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1 [(boone! SKETCHES By J. C. R. AN AFTERNOON OFF fie wore a neatly patched pair o overalls, a blue work shirt and bro gan shoes; her gown was of check ered gingham, somewhat faded b; age and far removed from the currer, mode . . . but they were spending Sat urday afternoon In town . . one o the big moments in their simple lives As they promenaded the "main gut' he held her rough hand closely walked a long step in front, an< pointed out sights of interest with tie suavity of the urban-bred. From ! sagging pocket in his oversize cos he took a large brown 3ack of candy They munched the cheap confectioi with apparent delight. In front of th< theatre they halted for a careful in spection of the glaring lithograpbei broadsides depicting sensuous siren; of the underworld planting illicl ki3sea on the lips of poor, tired bust ness men. Passing on, they haltec for a few exciting minutes near thi ,, canopied truck of a down-tbe-countri huckster, bought for themselves twi n*irifli?r;\na oiinoc ? ?"" J UL naLciiuciUll, o'S' gied a lot as the honey-sweet juicf trickled down their chins, argued a lot as to the time they should be a\ home, cast approving glances at passing cars and women and men. Then to a grocery store they wended thcii way. A dozen or so bananas, a sack of oranges, some more candy : . . and they wore ready to leave. On the east-end of a lumber truck they rode to their little cottage, a shabby, weather-beaten shack in an obscure cove 'way back in the hills. Three or four cotton-topped youngsters ran tc greet them. The candy and oranges and bananas were divided amongst them. The good wife removed her dresa-up clothes, put on cvery-day garments, and hummed an old-time mountain baUftd as she began the preparation of the evening meal. The husband picked up the milk-pail and scampered away to juice old "Bosaie" in an emerald pasture nearby. An exciting afternoon in town had come to nn f>nrt -ur%w f J * - ?.. . . . UUM uity WP1C glUU kU get back to the children, and the cows, and the chickens, and the solilUitc that effectively curtains them otl from the cacophonous affairs of we allegedly modem ones, who dash crazily about, extracting synthetic joy from synthetic gin, contracting the jiiVeio UMIU CuuwttCt . . . dtce ing, flirting, dining, drinking , . , try ing our very best to have just a litsfc'ia'ci.. .tlA fiiw.. . vr ---- - - : " ' ' LVDESCRIBAKLE BEAUTY We've made a very startling discovery ... a little chunk of heaven recently broke away from its celestial moorings and dropped right dab in the middle, of Boone. You don't believe it? Well, smart fellow, we'll prove it to you. Just get ihA ki"k?< out of your, legs hud take a short stroll up North Water street. When you come to a bramble of rhododendron, top-heavy with blooming clematis, turn abruptly to your left, and walk across the shady bridge that spans the sparkling brook. Hold your breath, brother, you're there! Take a look at that garden! Feast your unworthy eyes on those dahlias, and gladiolus, and asters, and phlox, and a dozen or two other varieties of flowers that botanists had best try to spell. The beauty of this plot of ground Is indescribable. Thousands of blossorrie in thousands of shades . . . blossoms as large as ordinary dinner plates . . . blossoms as fragrant as the proverbial Rose of Sharon . . . blossoms that life their delicate heads from a veritable bovver of lesser blossoms. One look will inveigle sincere ."Oh nays!" and "My goodnesses!" from man, woman, saint, sinner. A tittle chunk of heaven, that's all ... all hemmed in with rocks and logs. It's worth anybody's time to take a walk up to Mrs. Watt Oragg's superb garden. HERE YOU ARE, FOLKS! Mention of old-fashioned light roll! was made in this column severa weeks ago. A friend down-State reai about 'em, recollected the way hi: granny used to bake 'em 'way year: ago, and dropped us a line, askinj that we furnish a recipe. A neighboi lady, one of the best best cooks in i land of good cooks, gladly gives u: the formula, and we pass it along with a sincere hope that everythinj turns out O. K. Here it is: 1 yeast cake 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup warm water 2 tablespoons melted lard 1 teaspoon salt. Method: Mash yeast cake up, adi sugar and warm water. After it I dissolved, add salt, pour in bowl am add' mixed lard. Work until rea stiff, then put in a greased bowl t rise. About 1 hour or lVfe hours be flfi you are ready to bake, roll ou - 'Title thicker than you do your bit 'Slits and cut with small cutter. ITie: hljish them with melted butter and le ruse until ready to cook. . . . Poke 'er in the stove, brown heavenly, pike on tsble, smear prodigally with yalle butter, take a couple of bites, jum up, kiss your wife, and sing at th top of your voice. "Happy days ar here again!" (Continued on Page 8) ! WA1 A No VOLUME XLV, NUMBER 10 FOE OF SALES TAX ? * ? Hon. T. C. Bowie, of West Jefferi son, who has accepted an invitation to address the Watauga Unit of the Fair Tax Association at the court ! house Friday evening;. The prominent solon will urge the abolition of the 3% general sviles tax. I ' DAI17W TA n a \r ov/uifi iu r la i SALES TAX NEXT FRIDAY EVENING Jefferson Attorney and Prospective Gubernatorial Candidate to Speak at Mass Meeting at Court House. All Citizens of the County liiged to Attend and Hear the Important Issue Discussed. Hon. T. C. Bowie of West Jefferson, member of the General Assembly and ardent foe of the sales tax, will speak to the citizens of Watauga County and point out the evils of the three per cent, levy, at a mass meeting arranged by the Watauga Untt ot the Fair Tax Association at the courthouse Friday evening. C." W. Tea!, viee-eha'rman of the local organization, in making the announcement, asks tliat it be specifically TTdsrstOOf! that this meeting Is in no sense a gathering of merchants,! but that all people, regardless of po- J litical affiliation, are urged to be present and be informed of the injus-1 ticcs existing under the special retail tax as levied by the last Legislature. Judge Bowie Is expected to be right in his element on this issue. He leu j the bloc in the Legislature which i annrht to nrftw.nl nnsnnftr rif the. sales tax, and his heart is in hi? sub ject. He is an orator of rare ability and is being widely mentioned as a candidate for the Governorship next year. The meeting will begin at 8:00 o'clock. Roy Williams Rites Are Held Last Friday Funeral services for Roy Williams, well-known resident of the Poplar Grove section, were conducted from the Baptist Church in that neighborhood last Friday by the pastor, Rev. R. C. Eggers, assisted by Rev. W. C. Payne, and interment was in the family graveyard. Active pall bearers included Fred Winkler, James Hodges, John Dotson, P. M. Winkler, A. A. Dotson, A. E. Vannoy and H. L. Hodges. Twenty-four flower girls bore the large floral offering. Mr. Williams, who was 45 years old, died last Thursday after an illness of a week. He became desber ately ill after a hard day's work and failed to rally. He was an industrious farmer and carpenter, a good man ) and valuable citizen. I Surviving are the widow, formerly 1 Misa Connie Hayes; three daughters, a Pauline, Ora Lee and Beatrice; two i sons, Clyde and Hoy Jr.; an aged ; mother, Mrs. Susan Williams; three r sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Cottrell, Mrs. Tom l Hayes and Mrs. Will Norria; and two J brothers, Raleigh and John Williams, ; all of this county. r ' " > ??????????? Blowing Rock School To Open on Sept. 18 The Blowing Hock School will open on Monday, September 18th. The 1 opening date that is generally accepts ed by the patrons of the school is 1 September 11th, but 'due to some J work that must be done on the school o building, the date has been changed - to the 18th. t Principal Grady Tester requests i- that all parents make an effort to w *- ?V-:- wr. nnaniniy JlOl (~ U1CI1 bUUUlCU V?l bUC UJIVlilug t days. The golf course and most of the n hotels where students are employed e are expected to be closed by the r lath. p e Crotalaria seems to be finding a e place as a summer legume In the peach orchards of Richmond County, says A, D. Robertson, county ageift. : n-Partisan Newspaper, De> BOONE, WATAUGA COUN' |GRID PRACTICE '} j BEGINS AT A.S.T.C; ! TOUGH SCHEDULE 1 Garbce Supplants Johnston as Coach of Mountaineers- Three Games to j~, Be Played Here. Fighting Squad r< Expected. Schedule for Season An- 3. nounced. Pyatte Again Coach at B Local High School. n t) Freshman football practice began s at Appalachian State Teachers Col- g lege under the direction of Coach Gar- y 1 bee, who supplants Johnnie Johnston as leader of the fighting Mountain- fi eers. Indications arc that the local u school will place in the field a grid- r iron machine that may easily be ex- p pected to sustain the wonderful rec- p ords built by Johnson during his a three years here. The varsity play- a; ers will begin practice Thursday, and ai the first game of the season will he t( played against Erskinc College, at Erskine, on September 23rd. h A number of star players on the p Mountaine.er squad were lost this y ear <j| on account of graduation, but their t places are being filled by seasoned e performers, and local dopesters are p of the belief that a fast, fighting ag j PTPfntirtn Will Via i-t.aAv Kir *Via - o --n ?" IV. ing of the season. U Schedule Announced c Coach Garbee ha3 announced the following schedule of game3 tor the ^ varsity, three of the most important ^ to be played here: T September 23: Erskine College at & September 30: Milligan College at jj Johnson City, Tenn. F October 7: Glenville State College $ at Boone. October 14: Western Carolina Tea- ~ chers College at Cullowhee. 1 October 21: Piedmont College at 1 Boone. October 28: King College at AshevOle; N. C. November 4: Concord State College at Boone. November 11: Open. November 18: Tusculum College at Greeneville, Tenn. November 25. Eastern Carolina s< Teachers College at Greenville, N. C. The freshman schedule has not yet g "been completed. " High School Practice Begins ^ Coach Claude Pyatte of the Boone jwigb Suliyvv best*. puttinjr^hia iL boys through the paces this week ^ V>!o H*,.=4- ln-rt-a fort last spring; but he expects to produce ^ a formidable squad by the beginning ^ of the season. Following is the sched- ^ ille for the season: ^ September 29: Cranberry High School at Boone. October 6: Open. ~ October 1-1: Mountain City High School at Mountain City. p October 22: Crossnore High School , at Crossnore. f October 29: We3t Jefferson High ' School at West Jefferson. g November 4: Glen Alpine High at g. Glen Alpine. November 11: Taylorsville High at Tayiorsvilh-. ? November 18: Open. November 24: North Wilkesboro High at Boone. geo. p.M;rill ! passes thursday; h Pioneer Citizen of Beaver Dam See- (j tion Dies After -Cong Period of De- a dining Health. Had Been Leading y Citizen and Church Worker. j, f. George P. Sherriii. 83 years old and one of Beaver Dam's most prominent citizens, died at his home in that sec- d tion last Thursday. Mr. Sherriii had been in declining health for several years, and death came largely as a I result of frailties of old age. M Funeral services were conducted from the Beaver Dam Baptist Church in which deceased had been a leading spirit on Friday, and interment was in the nearby cemetery. A large con- I course of friends from over the county gathered for the obsequies, which were in charge of Rev. R. C. Eggers, Baptist minister. Rev. Wellington Swift, aged minister of the same denomination, assisted in the services, ii Surviving are the widow and four h children: John Sherriii of Knoxvilie; C George Sherriii, who is president of is Clemson Clolege, Clemson, S. C., and v Mrs. Dora Swift, who lives at the old n home. Mr. Sherrill had rounded out a long c and useful life. He was a consecrated ii churchman, a kind and helpful neigh- v bor, and a leader in causes for public s betterment. No man was held in t greater esteem in Watauga than d George Sherrill. t S SUFFERS STROKE 1 Mrs. Dick Holler of Blowing Rock 1 suffered a stroke of paralysis at her a home last Sunday morning, and so far t hasn't rallied from the sudden illness. She has no use of any part of her body, it is stated, and is speechless. \ The friends of the good woman have t grave fears that she may not survive ? the stroke. jl - \ 1 roted to the Best Interes TY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURS Death Claim Veteran of W. R Spainhour, S8-year-old veteas of the Civil War, and the laal ernaining follower of Lec and Jack mi in this community, died at his ioone home Friday morning., the ira iediate cause of hts death oelng atributable to a heart ailment. Mr palnhour had been ill, however, a ood part of the time for the past ear. Funeral services were conductcc om the Boone Baptist Church Sat rday by the pastor. Rev. P. A ticks, who was assisted by Rev. J tj BrendaH of the Methodist Church Tofessor I. G. Greer, W. R. Lovii nd Dr. B. B. Dougherty, life-Ions nd intimate friends of the famuyj ich paid brief but glowing tribute p the life ol' the deceased Active pallbearers were. Joe Spain our Jr., Ralph Spainhour, Hoopei Lendrix. Grady Farthing-, Henry Har in, James Council!- Tracy Council! he honorary pallbearers: 1. G. Greer . B. Dougherty. W. R. Loviil. Roberi ulliam, Ralpli Greer. Walter Winkr, J. L. Winkler, E. J. Councill. Clifi IcConnell, M. P. Critcher, E. G. Far ling, A. S Harris, Henry Hardin aut >r. R H. Hardin. Flower girls: Miss Nita Winkler [rs. H. G. Farthing, Mrs. Hoopci [endrix, Miss Louise Farthing, Mrs racy Councill, Mrs. Jim Council] [rs. Ralph Greene, Mrs. Jim Miller [iss Blanche Blair, Mi's. J. W. VVil ams, Mrs. R. H. Harden, Mrs Eel arthing, Mrs. Henry Hardin. Mis: allie Ray, Mrs. Serman Hollars, Mrs Large Crowd Is Mast Win A crowu of men, women and chil ren representative of practically al :ctiona of the county taxed the ca acity of the courthouse auditoriun unday afternoon to hear Hon. VV - xi.tvinnci. Prof. I. G. Greer. Attor ey .T. F Spalnhour and other promlent speakers fire the opening gun! nf Oil1. United Dn terces to have Watauga County fen ?r a majority against the proposer :peal of tiie Eighteenth Amendment [id to nominate W. W. Mailt, VaJlt rucis merchant, as the candidate foi ry delegate to the constitutional con entlon to be held in December. All available seats were taken a: . E. Bingham, one ot the county drj lanegers, called the house to ordei rofeasor J. T. C. Wright led in aing lg "America," and prayer wa3 ot ired by Rev. G. C. Graham, Meth dlst minister of Sherwood. Count; uperintendent Smith Kagaman pic ided at the convention and Mr. Bing am briefly introduced Mr. Newland eteran barrister of Lenoir, who spok uentty and intimately to his Watau a Coimty friends on the eviis of th quor traffic aria urged them not t ike a backward step by joirting i le repeal parade. Mr. Newland re ailed that near thirty years ago h rent down to defeat in a Congres lonal race because of his legis'.ativ upport of the Watts prohibition lav he wet forces that year, it is remeir, ered, rallied under the banner of th ashing young Spencer Blackbun nd Mr. Newland missed his seat i Vushington. He is proud of losinf owever, since he went down in de 1at defending prohibitory laws. Tells of Old Days The former Lieutenant. Governc [escribed visits to Boone in earl IRAUTFACTORY IS IN OPERATION Inusual Size Pack to Be Made at I.( cal Cannery. Cutting Now doing on and Cabbage Being Delivered In Large Quantities. Cutting of cabbage for converslo ito the famed Watauga Sauer Krau as commenced at the North Stat lanning Company's factory here. : 9 stated by W. F. Miller, manage: rtio says that this year'9 pack wi ot likely be larger than usual. Twelve employees are on the jti utting the cabbage and packing nto the tremendous stave vats, froi whence it will emerge as the finei auer kraut, and the popular by-pro< ict, kraut juice. For the last fe lflV5 a nt^'Adv strpnm nf wfter.no nn rucks have been engaged in haulin ;rcat loads of fine cabbage to tf cnives of the slicing machines, an donday haulers had to be stopped ft l brief period on account of all tt >ins being loaded, Mrs. Blonnie Clay of Charlestc Vest Virginia, has purchased the Li her South property in Buena Vist 3he and her family expect to mo\ tere next spring. '& v .... IMOC sts of Northwest. North C IDA?, SEPTEMBER 7. 1933 s City's Last Confederacy W. K. SPAINHOUR -1 : Dean Bingham, Mrs Joe Cook. Mi . Joe Sutherland. Mrs. Mack ILuttre I Miss Louise Miller. I The floral offerings were unusual t: profuse and beautiful, and the mass r I of bloom bore testimony to the e i. teem in which Mr. Spainhour w f i held in this section. I Surviving is the widow and l\ . ; children by the. first marriage, M W. F. Miller of Boone and Mrs C 3 Powell of Wilson. N. C. (Continued on Page 8) I at Dry Rallj s Nommatior days when inebriates would be lyii I along the road, and cited present co - ditions in proof of his contention th i the Eighteenth Amendment had su . ceeded. He stated that prohibits -1 laws were the most Lrifiridlv enforr of any statute on the books and sa 3 that crowded court dockets prov / its success. He predicted that shot " North Carolina go m this Taii, i. I legislature would feel Compelled i repeal the Turlington act and th - there would be a saloon at every fi r ing station, if the proprietor was wi - ing. He stated that Eritish distilie we're spending millions to rid t 3 chantry of prohibiUuii au that th t could profit by releasing a flood * whiskey in this country. 2?r. Newland referred to Preside - Roosevelt as a great executive, sa - he had done much for the count! Y but that he thought it unfair to ha " a cabinet member, incidentally t " job dispenser, calling on the count '? to defeat the national prohibiti e law. He stated lie could not allow t President to control his conscience e this matter and averred that he w ? not abandoning the Democratic pli II form. Stating that the platform call ~ for repeal with protection against I e saloon, the speaker declared that t ~ repeal resolution passed through Cc e gress offered no such protection. 7. I _? J v?" * oilmen wiui an appeal to vi'atauga to rally to the dry standards a e come to the polls on November 7th '> carry a majority against repeal. 11 Greer Makes Plea r? Professor 1. G. Greer, superintei ent of Mflls Home, Thomasvi brought a stirring message to neighbors of Watauga. He cited scr ir! tural injunctions against strong drii y' (Continued on Page 8) IiankIolled" i BY ELECTRICIT i- Ira Dugger of Elk Park Meets lies While at Work in Plant of .1. 11 Dearmin. Funeral Services HeiT on Sunday Afternoon. n Elk Park.?Ira Dugger, 26. e! t trtcian employed by the J. M. Dei e i min Coal and Ice Company of I it, Park, Avery County, waa electron r, i cd at 9 o'clock Saturday morni 1! j when he came in contact with an I ectric light wire, ibj Mr. Dugger was engaged in pai it|ing a pump at the ice plant at on j time. He was in a pit in which th )t was water. He reached for a lij t- cord and was electrocuted when w left band touched the wire, which c d ried a voltage of 220. g Mr. Dugger was alone at the til le His body was found by Harold \\ id ters, a small boy. >r The funeral service was held at le home here at 2 o'clock Sunday aft noon, with the Rev. Roy Wilson ficiating. >n Surviving are his widow, two c. l- dren, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H a. ry Dugger, two brothers, Milton i re Gurney, and two sisters, Mrs. De Shell and Mrs. Reece Winters. ;* 'RAT arolina $1.50 FEB YEAH VER700 ENROLL ,AT APPALACHIAN '] FOR FALL TERM J Registrations About the Same as Last Year and Pass 750 Mark Before Noon Weednesday. Three to Four "-rT Hundred Freshmen and Nearly as Many Sophomores. Boone High S Ciets Off to Good Start. i The Appalachian State Teachers College is abreast of last year's record enrollment, it was learned Wednesday neon, when seven hundred and sixty-eight students had enrolled for the regular fall team. Information from the. office of Register J. M. Downu;n was to the effect that students continue to come and that, the number will be greatly increased be| [fore the students really get down to easiness proper. Between three and four hundred enter as members of the freshman ciass, while near three hundred will take second-year work, it is said. Other Schools Open The Boone High School also had an auspicious opening, but registration ? figures were unavailable at press rs. time. Dr Guy Hill remains this year 11, as principal, and there arc some changes in the remainder of the facly uity. A complete list of the teachers $ cs will appear next week, however. !s- The Demonstration School is proas gressing nicely, and the usual number of kiddies are enrolled in the privo mary grades. (' | Contributions Asked To Transport Guns The local po3t of the American Legion recently secured two large field T i guns from the War Department, to * be used for decorating the courthouse lawn. The guns are at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, J and are ready for shipment, but funds have not yet been secured to transport them to Boone. Contributions, large or 3mail, are being asked by vjj n> the Legion to carry out this project, aV and those who are willing to donate ' iCJ are urged to see any of the following i persons at once: Ed Luttrell, Shulls j Mills, W. W. Daniels, Blowing Rock; V. C.-Roone: L. E. Wilson, gjj |gjgj| ^ iwcui \-iaiujF, oam rxorcon, yove vjrecut; 'i3^ lld Mrs. Mary Harris, Cove Creek; Bob Gentry, LdUttmf -Gnxwu- nrruam. Laxon; 1 - JA Unza Cook, Stony - * at wood- Sugnr~T3mvw-R.--Jft-*X.r?fciittf*\ VS5T? ^ butions may also be left at The Democrat office. he Upchurrh to Fill Two of Engagements Locally Rev. C. A. Upchurch, former sunt perintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, who is campaigning for the To United Dry Forces of North Carove lina, will speak at Mount Vernon 'x "e Baptist Church Monday night, SepT tember 11, at 3 o'clock, and at South on Fork Baptist Church the following he Tuesday evening at the same hour, in according to announcement coming ^ from Clyde F.. Greene, a local Hry il~ leader, Monday, led ??WATAUGA TEAM 2 DEFEATS WII.KFS ' t0 Bill I A'at 7. Pitches Three-hit Ball to Lead Local Team to Great Victory. Second Gome to Be ll'~ Played on Thursday. lie, 11'3 North Wilkesboro. ? Bill Lentz, Blowing Rock mound ace, pitched three-hit ball to lead the Watauga League All-Stars to a 6 to 0 victory ? over the Wilkes League All-Stars at the fairgrounds here Thursday afternoon. YLentz pitched one of those rare games seen m baseball and silenced the bats of the leading sluggers of the Wilkes teams. Only Johnnie Osith borne, of Grier Mills, who registered 1. two hits after taking the place of f Allie Hayes at shortstop in the fifty inning, and Jimmie Henderson, lanky first baseman, touched the Watauga ec- Pitcher for a bingle. \r- Tom Rumgarner started on the hill ilk for the Wilkes team and Carl Triput pany, first man to the bat, greeted -v,ij jig one of his offerings for a home run ,.,'i el- through the left field fence. Bumgarner pitched effective ball at hlteri-k vals, but allowed four runs before the finishing his stay on the mound in ere the fifth inning. ght Coy Billings, who followed Bumbis garner to the hill, pitched sensationar ally, allowing only two hits until the ninth when two runs were scored by ne. the visitors. 'in- Pinch hitters were Ineffective ;V. against the slants of the Watauga the mound star and the Wilkes nine got f<? er- only one man as far as third base. -i$j of- Errors were few on both teams, and the game was played in a little more bil- than an hour and a half. e:i- The Wilkes ?.l!-,Stars will play the ' tnd Watauga team in Boone Thursday .'r:'-V~3 lsie afternoon, in the second ox a thf^c- A game series. *
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