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DO OUR PAR?^ _ =j BOONE SKETCHES By j. C. R. *"* ! A CALL FOR YOU, GKN'KAL! Democratic North Carolina, loyal to the last drap of her heroic blood, j bucking the Roosevelt Administra- \ Hon in every single effort, barring prohibition, . . . has soltenlv "shot a crap." Governor Ehringhuus a j few weeks ago issued an eloquent ! proclamation urging ail employers ! of labor in this State to sign one . or another of General Johnson's j multitudinous codes. The tobacco ! manufacturers lined up, the textile [ manufacturers came hi, the publish- j ers agreed, the contractors con- j curred, the furniture trades signed, | the butcher, the baker; the candlestick maker, all of them swallowed the NRA, hook, line and sinker, often at great personal loss, and settled back to watch the Blue Ragle of Recovery strutt its stuff. But the State Highway Department, * closely supervised by one of the ! dear old Governor's right-hand buddies, refrained from any action whatsoever. And today those gal- j; lant road-builders who, some eight- I , ecu months ago, stood by Rhringhaus because "it meant their jobs," j. are managing to exist on wages j far below those paid by other em- I ployers. "Doogaloo" workers right here in Watauga, untrained In highway work and oftentimes unaccustomed to labor of any sort, are gar- i nerlner thirtv cents ner hour for tbclr Iiuif-ht urtod of forts, wliilo skilled foremen wHh records dat- ! [ iug back to the Morrison era supervise them for a dollar sixty. John Christopher? BEucher, you'd better do something ... or we're going to ' asio far (Jfn'ni! Johnson! - _? jj GLVNCINfi ABOUT The dc-ath of national prohibition and the (lawn of legitimate liquor fetched along a batch of unusual par- ' allels, some funny, some foolish, some 1 downright disgusting, (".lancing about 1 the streets and scanning newspaper j columns, the following digest of world events has been compiled to: the busy reader. Cameron Morrison adjusts a brand 11 new slug of plug in his jaw and de- j = Clares that all he v .nts is a seat in 11 the State convention. . . Prominent! I newspaper man gives Clyde Hoey his; ' choice of the "political plate lunch,"! ( soup to nuts. . . . I jitter Day Saints reject eighteenth amendment over the protests of Brigham's church. Pennsylvania, cradle 01" prohibition, i wrecks Vare machine and repudiates! dry laws, as the Buckeye State, parent of the Anti-Saloon League, legal-! izes booze by near a million votes.! . . . Major LaGuardia. Sicilian barber,! twists the tail of the Tammany tiger i and becomes mayor of Manhattan, as| poor old Texas Guinan. who had: thumbed her nose at prohibition to( the tune of millions, slipped quietly away to the Canada of the Great Unknown. . . . A1 Smith, scarred veteran ef the "-war on the Pope," expresses . satisfaction over the repeal of "some- J thing thaL should never have been in the Constooshun," visits the White House in company with John Raskob, and discusses the problem of "grandchildren" with President Roosevelt. ? ... Bob Reynolds, North Carolina's (' champion of the late lamented repeal ' movement, gallantly admits that the ' "people have spoken," eall9 on Director John T. Hurley of the prohibition 1 division, and is assured that North 1 Carolina 'leggera will be protected ' from "outside competition." . . . Governor Khringhaus, shy as a school- ' girl, coyly confesses that he cast a ' "wet" ballot at Elizabeth City. . . . Grim-faced gangsters from up around ? > i T -1 yUenlr noi..-.,! ' iiu: ureal lyijica uicvn nui iu lina highways, make local contacts,! and promise their thirsty clientele a| amber flood of "Golden Wedding.' i "Log Cabin," "Four Roses," "Old Tay-! lor" and the like by Christmas." . . .! Winter visitors to the Sand Hills region cancel reservation by the hundreds because til-- y desire to "drink legally." . . . Jake Newell "happy as a colt" knee-deep in clover, declares that the Republicans have won a smashing victory. . . . United Dry Forces make plans to execute the beer law at the next session of the State Legislature. . . . Unkpown party casts; lone ballot for repeal in Elk Township (Watauga County). . . . Flashy blonde, expert concocter and sampler of high-powered drinks, boasts of having "voted dry." . . . Honest bootlegger, with the "good of his country" at heart, refuses twelve-ounce bottlea, pointing out to an astonished clerk that fourteen ounces is the right sort of a pint. . . . Avowed repealists refuse to drink blockade liquor, and (Continued on Page 8) WAI An I, VOLUME XLVt NUMBER 20 JUNIOR ORDER TO OFFER PRIZES FOR ESSAYS ON CRIME Fraternal Organization Drafts Resolution Pledging Aid in Movement to Cheek Crime Wave in Watauga and Offers ThrtM; Cash Prizes for Rest Essays on Crime Prevention. High School Students Are Eligible. At the last regular session of the local Junior Order, United American Mechanics, Attorney Wade E. Brown sponsored a resolution upholding the Citizens Anti-Crime Organization, pledging the support of the order, and at the same time announcing an j essay contest for high school stu-, dents, in which ten dollars will bej awarded for the best papers. The res-j olutions, which contain details of the contest, and which were unanimously approved, follow: The Resolution "Whereas, there has been organized in Watauga County a Citizens Organization for the prevention of crime. "Whereas, it is one of the cardinal ( principles of the Junior Order, United American Mechanics, to uphold , the Constitution and laws of the State ! and Nation; "Whereas, it Is realized by all tlnnk-1 ing men and women that successful j crime prevention can come about only j through a process of education; * "Now, therefore, be it resolved. First, that the Daniel Boone Council No. 129 of the Jr. O. U. A. M., en rtorse whole-heartedly the principles* set out in the constitution of the Above referred to organization. "Second, That for the purpose of j promoting public interest in crime prevention, and for the further purpose of encouraging education among the youth of pur county toward making better citizens, the Daniel Koone Council No. 129 of the Jr. O. 9. A. M , under the direction of its counselor, offer three cash prizes in the i-jm of 1st. $5.00; 2nd, $3.00, and ' 3rd, $2.00 for the. first second and ; third best essays written by high;] school pupils of Watauga County on;' the subject of 'The Prevention ofj' Crime.' " Rules of the Contest | , 1; Essays must he written hy high I school pupils of Watauga County* ami J shall contain not less than 100 andj not more than 500 words* subject i f matter being the main basis for se-1 { lecting the winners, but neatness, or-j iginality, etc., being considered. 2. Each high school in WEtaugaj; County shall oy pm^ov climiQa.tJ.on ] submit the three best essays from j that high school and submit their, to < i central committee to be selected ind announced by the Junior Order . it Boone. , 3. The name of the High School i n which the pupil i3 studying shall i i r?nno i* i\rt hio r?r nonor hilt thp < lames of the pupils shall be kepi byli Jie school and his or her paper shall ] ie designated by the name of the l ichool and the pupils number, and a < *ecord of the numbers assigned to * lach pupil kept by the school, and 1 lot made known until after the win- 1 iers have been selected. 1 4. All the papers shall be submit- ' ed to the Junior Order Council not < ater than Saturday night, February ' 10, 1934. I Vlajor Capus White Will Speak Friday As was announced lost week. Ma- ' jor Capus White of Raleigh will adIress World War and Spanish War /eteraus and all others who care to ' ?me at the courthouse in Boone on ' friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All ,'etcrans are asked to be present, and ' ither citizens are also invited. Laiies are especially asked to come. Major White is State Commander 3f the Spanish War Veterans, is an able speaker and his discourse will j oe interesting and instructive. Seek Foodstuffs for The Grandfather Home The Democrat is in receipt of a letter from uranaiatner urpnaus Home, in which it stated that a truck from that institution will ho in Boone, Saturday, October 25th, to secure such provender as the people in this section wish to donate for the sustenance of the ninety little children being: cared for there. The late R. C. Rivers had hitherto solicited funds and food for the mountain kiddies being: reared at Grandfather and his newspaper is anxious that the donation this year be as generous as in the past. All thoso who wish to divide their potatoes, apples, canned goods or other food with the mountain children will please bring or send their gift to The Democrat office before the 25th. likewise any monetary offering may he left with the pubi lisher, i AUG. ndependent Weekly Newi BOONE. WATAUGA COl " 1 I - Bapi i V ^ j| An excellent photograph of a scene locknee, Ga,, prepared to baptize a ni friends took part in the ceremony fr< CAMPAIGN FOR RED CROSS NOW UNDER WAY IN WATAUGA Committees Have Been Named in Various Sections of County to Take Part in Drive Which Opened Monday. Officials Are Hopeful that the Goal of Two Hundred Dollar Mcml>erships May Be Reached. The Annual Red Cross Roll Call, legan in this county Tuesday, andj Austin E. South, chairman of the Ticmbership campaign, is hopeful that Watauga will go over the top this /ear and raise two hundred dollars, the amount which officials believe vould be a reasonable goal. Commit:oes have been appointed in the various sections of Watauga County, '.rui groups of canvassers began promptly in Boone to solicit memberships, ami already the littie red crosses are beginning to appear inj rviiivlovvs and on coat lapels Mesuazxioa Tracy Ccmr.o:!!, Pan! ADoifey, D. F- Greene, Rob Itivcrs and Frank Rob bins, and Misses Gertrude Perry and Maisie Jones have been canvassing the town of Boone, and the flr3t dollar memberships reported are: A. IC. Ram by, Or. J M. Gaither, Dr. R. Z. Limiey, ?drs. 3. C. Eggers, J Mrs. J. L Quails. Dr. C. L. Rhyne. j Dr. G. K Moose. L,. C. Jones, It. F.| McDado, L. T. Tatum, Spainhour 5tore and Rob Rivers. One-half of the dollar fee collected joes to national headquarters and 1b! used ir. alleviating suffering in calamities of nation-wide scope. Tne other fifty cents remains with the local organization for meeting conditions iS iistres3 at home. Watauga Chaple* { ins been enabled to render much aid :o worthv Deonle ur> until the time. )? the bank closing:, and the small! imount of money on hand has since been unavailable. Therefore, it is loped and believed that during: the present campaign, which closes on die 30th, people will respond generously, to the end that the treasury nay be replenished. Clarence Coffey Dies Suddenly in New Jersey Clarence O. Coffey, 42 yearn old. lative of the Foseoe community and for the past twenty-five years attached to the United States Army, lied at his post of duty in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Sunday, according to a telegram to homefolks here. The message did not state what was thought to have been the exact cause jf his death, only bringing word that tie died "suddenly." Funeral services are to be conducted this morning at 10 o'clock irom the Advent Christian Church hi the home neighborhood, by the pastor, Rev. S E Gragg, and interment will follow in Calloway Cemetery, Foscoe. Surviving is the widow, the former Miss Beuian ucrry, ana one son, Clarence Jr., a step-mothev, Mrs. J. F. Coffey, three sisters and two brothers: Mesdames Edna Hodges and George Williams, of Boone; Mrs. Rose Aldridge, who resides in the State or Washington; Stanford and Jessie Coffey, of the home neighborhood. A sister, Miss Eva Mae Coffey, also survives. Mr. Coffey was born and reared to young manhood in the Shulls Mills section, but about twenty-five years ago enlisted in the United 3tates army, where he carved for himself a fine record. For the past six years he has been military instructor at Rutgers University. He was a member of the Blue Ridge Advent Christian Church for many years, and was known as a very worthy young man. He was widely known throughout this section and had a host of friends. He visited home infrequently, but was here two years ago and mixed for a few days with boyhood friends. A DE spaper-?Established in the JNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDj sizing Ceremony Down In Geo , wherein Rev. J. Gorman Garrison of tl amber, of converts in a near-by stream )m the shore. Falling Tree Fatal To "Peanut" Coffey Milton (Peanut) Coffey, 23-yearold prisoner, a native of Blowing Kock, was killed Monday afternoon near the Polk Prison Farm, when a tree, fell upon him as he worked j with u gang in clearing land. The Raleigh dispatch stated that Coffey's chest was crushed by a limb of the tree, a section of the limb landing in the region of the heart. He lived only about fifteen minutes. Young Coffey was sent up from Watauga Superior Court at the bill term, 11)33, to serve a sentence of from 7 to 10 years on a store-breaking; charge, growing out of the robbery of the T. I-. Oritoher store at Bamboo some time previous. No information is available as to the disposal of the body, which likely will be returned to Watauga tor interment. LOCAL MEN ON FEDERAL JURY Middle District Court Convenes in Wllkesboro Monday with Judge Hayes Presiding. Wataugans Summoned tor Service. ?.? i Judge Johnson J. Hayes will preside at & regular term of Federal Court for the Middle District, to convene in Wilkesboro on next Monday, I November 20!.h. A number of Wataugans have been, summoned tor *ory service for this term as follows: Dee Mast, Sherwood; Collis Greene, Blowing Rock; Raleigh Johnson, Vilas; V. C. Cox, Triplett; Walter Brown, Laxon; D. C. Coffey, Bbone: D. L., Greene, Zionville; M. W. Mast, Valle Cmcis; Elbert Vannoy, Hodges Gap; W. O. Robertson, Boone; Clyde Perry, Sugar Grove. Mrs. R. S. Walker Dies From Heart Ailment i Mrs. R. S. Walker, aged 83 years, | died on the 5th at the home of a I nephew, Joe McNeil, at Vilas, after a week's illness with a heart ailment. Funeral services wore conducted from Laurel Springs Baptist Church' at I.axon by the Rev. Finley Watt3 j and burial was in the thurch cemetery, beside life grave of the husband who had been dead many years.! 1 There were no children. Mrs. Walker was the former Miss I Rachael McNeil, and was bora at Purlear, Wilkes County. She came to Watauga about 50 years ago, and has lived here since. She was a long- j time member of the Baptist Church; i was consistent in her religious affiliation and was loved by a wide cir- j cle of acquaintances. Watauga's Offici Prohibition E Township Bald Mountain Beaver Dam Blue Ridge Blowing Rock Boone ? Cove Creek ...: - Elk - Laurel Creek Meat Camp No. 1 ? Meat Camp No. 2 North Fork Shawneehaw ? Stony Fork - i Watauga - - TOTALS ? - moc; : \ ear Eighteen Eighty-E \Y. NOVEMBER 1<>, 1933 rgia .J ic Midway Baptist Church, near Ochas members of the church and their MANY NEW SUMMER HOMES BEING BUILT AT BLOWING ROCK Bight Construction Projects Under Way in Neighboring Resort Town. Sunday School Rooms Being Added. to Presbyter mil Church. Chamber of Commerce Plans Kx tensive Advertising Campaign. Eight new construction projects have been contracted for and work begun in the neighboring resort town of Blowing Rock, according to a story in the current issue of The. I<euoir News-Topic. Most of the new building is scheduled to be completed in the winter J. B. Alexander of Charlotte has an eight-room house well along under construction on a lot which he ujuftii<- liic jJttoi auiiiiuci near LJI'J jvxtiplcwood Inn. Mrs. A. D. Kjiowiton of Columbia, S. C., who sold her handsome summer home near Mayview Manor last su.uroait.tp. a JriwiiwA another lot. near Mayview Rocks and has under way a new summer home Dr. McGwire of Plant City, Fla., bought a nice lot near the Blowing Rock Hotel the past season and has let the contract for a summer home to be ready for occupancy next season. Dr. Davis, a retired physician of Miami, * J?1** :, is preparing to erect a summer home on the hill In the northern part of the village overlooking a part of the handsome Cone estate. Through the generosity of Mrs. Joe Cannon of Concord several new Sunday School rooms will be added to the chapel of the Presbyterian Church. Rufus L. Patterson of New York, owner of the "Rovden or Mnnvnnrf property and Maplewood Trrn, will add several rooms to Llie inn between now and the opening- of next season. He is also planning to establish a boys' camp on the beautiful knoll near Norwood house to accommodate 20 or more boys. H. C. Hayes has recently finished a nice little apartment in his stori building which he and his family ar< occupying this winter. Other important construction worl is being considered and it is quiti probable that more will be under waj by the opening of next season. The Chamber of Commerce, whict has been inactive for some time, ha: been reorganized and is planning some extensive advertising for nexi season, and reports that the lminedl ate future for this famous resort i; quite promising, especially since th< new Federal Park-to-Park Highwai project seems to be so encouraging. During the first four days following the receipt of cotton loan blank: in Hoke Comity, local bank3 and or gaiMumuiis luaucu lu larmci'; on their cotton at 10 cents a pound says S. C. Oliver, county agent. al V ote In The lection Nov. 7th Con. No. Con. Rep. Ilr; 4 147 2 14 8 287 11 28 23 193 18 20! 74 192 63 21 134 842 185 84 128 369 195 40 - 1 125 1 12 40 187 72 15 28 285 22 29 3 36 3 3 2 63 2 6 ? 13 131 13 13 66 228 65 23 43 352 24 37 567 3437 676 351 BrasES BnhBnH ' RAT ^?ht_ $1.50 PER Yc-AR i; DR. COFFEY MEETS DEATH IN FLAMING INFERNO OF PLANE lute rnatfonaiiy- Known Surgeon, Nati\K of Caldwell, Perishes with Thrwi Others When Ship Crashes Into OIUs Near Portland, Oregon. Had Relatives in Watauga. Gained I Attention of World for Skill. i Dr. R? C. Coffey, internationally known surgeon anci medical authority, a native of the Mulberry section of Caldwell County, and who had many relatives in Watauga, met death last Friday when the ail-plane in which he was traveling crashed in the woods near Portland, Ore., and became a flaming- funeral ovre. Three other persons died in the crash, which came when a pilot lost his way in a dense fog:. Funeral services were held in Portland Sunday. ' Outline of Life i Dr. Coffey was born in the Mulber! ry section of Caldwell, the son of | P. V. and Marticia Coffey. He mar1 ried Ellen Coffey of Colletsville. Sisj ter of F. H. Coffey of Lenoir, in 189-i, and in addition to his wife, he | is survived by three sons. Dr. J. A. i Coffey, Dr. Robert Mayo Coffey and ! Wilson Coffey, all of Portland, Ore. He was Itead cf the Coffey Clinic of Portland at the time of his death. Dr. Coffey was internationally known for his operation, one of which he demonstrated before the London, and Paris medical societies last year. His | fame spread when he successfully performed the operation of removing the ; bladder in a hitman and attaching | the tubes from the kidney to the large j bowel. The operation of reattaching j the stomach to the back is known as 5 "the Coffey operation" and has also ; brought him much fame. Schooled at Globe His early education was received | at the Globe Academy under J. F. j Spainhour and R. L. Patton. He was ! graduated by Iba Louisville Medical (Continued on Page 8) Ira Brown Succumbs Wednesday Morning j %ru uigitTi, 52, prominent rp*w<mt lot the Meat Camp section, died at . I' his hoir.e Jaat w'edn?aun.jr after an illness of several days. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday at 2 o'clock from the Meat ' Camp Baptist Church by Revs. vv. D. Ashley and VV. C. Payne, and inj terment was in the neighborhood I cemetery. * A large crowd of friends came to i pay their respects at the bier ol a i departed-friend. | The pallbearers were: Jake Ragan, Johnt Ragan, Lloyd Hayes, Glenn i Brown, Robert Sliull, Frank Lewie. ' Honorary pallbearers: Alfred Brown, N. M. Greene, June Brockshire, Jack Norris, George Hayes and D. L. The large floral offering was borne by members of the Intermediate Sunday School Class of Three Forks Church and the following: Edna Mae Brown, Sue Ragan, Annie Clawson, Clara Coffey, Lucy Brown, Fan Brown, Annie Norris, Dorothy Brown, Dalphna Brown, Leo Norris and Carrie Jones. I Surviving is the widow and the fois lowing children: Roy Brown, Boone; s Mrs. G. C. Greene, Boone; Mrs. B. K. Bentley, North Wilkesboro. Three sis: j ters al30 survive, Mrs. T. C. Norris, ! Mcdford. Oregon; Mrs. I.ula Ragan. ' j Boone; Mrs. Tom Farthing, Butler, | Tenn. ij Mr. Norris had been a member of i: tlie Three Forks Church since he was ; j 18 years old, and always took an inl tense interest in religious activities. - He was a farmer by occupation, and i co-operated in all movements which ; he believed would react to the adr vantage of the community, county and state. He was well known and much admired for his fine traits of citizenship. A Body of Infant Found Near ShuIIs Mills A well-developed infant, found in I an outside toilet on tlie Woody j farm near Shulls Mills, preciditatI ed a coroner's investigation at the courthouse Sunday, in an effort to 1 determine whether or not there had been foul play in the baby's death. Coroner J. B. H&gainan presided at the hearing and the jury after Y listening to testimony by three ^ prominent physicians, concurred in the belief that the infant had nev2 er breathed following birth, and no 1 charges were lodged against any3 one in connection with the roinia3 ture corpse. 5 Information Is that the dead child 9 was first discovered by Claud Shore, 8 owner of the farm on which the 6 outbuilding was located, and that 3 he, in company with neighbors, im1 mediately brought the body to 5 Boone for official investigation. 2 The mother, who resides in that - community, bears an excellent rep6 utatton, It is said.