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\ %jr j \*E DO OUR VMCTy^ "boone SKETCHES By J. C. R. THAT AIJDERMANIC JINX Boone's aldermanic body, which alters its personnel as regularly as a chamelicn changes its color, is due to undergo another transition Friday evening. Political prognosticate!?!, who have developed flowing beards since first they offered opinions on coming events, are clawing distractedly at snowy locks, trying vainly to figure out the guy on whose lucky cuiuuiuet's ujc intuitu: K? municipal authority, recently cast away by Tracy Council! for the ermine robes of the Mayoralty, will fall. Each time a prospective alderman's name is mentioned some wise-acre in the audience chirps out that ''he don't know know a deficit from a surplus," or speaks unkindly of the way the gent combs his hair or shines his brogans. Just what the issues involved constitute, nobody seems to know. Just oc casionally, however, a citizen comes to the front who, by his own admission, knows more about defaulted bonds and the scarlet ink of municipal deficiency, limn the celebrated Solomon . . . and then, of course, you recognize a potential aSdcrraan . . . a kind-hearted, public-spirited person who is willing to sacrifice life and limb and happiness for the common good of the common people. But only the strong-hearted survive for any length of time on the city council. They enter upon their public career with a colorful flourish . . . they talk freely of municipally-owned hydro-electric plants, of reduced taxes, of white ways and illuminated alleys, of golf courses and airports, and city halls. But those bonds ... ye gods and little fishes . . . those thousands and tens of thousands that were expended away back t yonder for a water system and a few Strips of pavement, bob right up in the face of the hopeful councilman--and his beautiful dreams are busted into a million or so tiny fragments. Brokers' representatives plague his footsteps, each yelling for money and, * ttr run-a.- tibwit?*hrome-awmn^rant ??d rave about the condition off streets, and workers threaten- to go to court or get their wages. Then the aldermanic jinx is working . - . and the hopeful one is in a helluvafix, best described by this borrowed verse; The centipede was happy quite, L'ntil the. frog, for fun. Said "Pray which leg comes after f which f' Which Wrought his mind to such a pitch, He lay distracted in the ditch, Considering how to run. A loafer suggested the other aay that if aldermanic timber has been exhausted in the city, it might be a good idea to rope PerkinsviUc into the incorporation . . . and give Bob Pulliam or Grady Farthing a chance! UST'S TRY IT ONCK! Press-time reports reveal that the pastor of a Watauga church nilPnlv rfpflnroc Ha h-?u ??<? for any man or woman who tabes even a casual drink of liquor. The sketch man readily agrees with the parson . ... . for we believe sincerely that imbibers of North Carolina's post-prohibition corn haven't one particle of respect for themselves, or at least for their digestive organisms. But in the meantime, we wonder just how many churches will be built and how many pastor's salaries paid after "casual drinkers" are driven out of the congregations. SKETCHES FKOM LIFE , Billie Cook greeting friend with "are you tol'ahlc?" . . . John E. Brown smoking a cork-tipped cigarette . . George Hagaman eating another apple . . . Will Walker enjoying a light breakfast of pork chops . . . Bud Heffner complaining about "them britches" . . . Rub drinker trying to swap inferior grade of alcohol for a more palatable article . . . Wilson Norris cracking a joke out of the package window at the postoffice . . . Jerry Brewer wondering when those CWA checks will begin circulating. . . . Joe Greer getting ready to play Santa Claus for Smithey's . . . Doc I Mocsc looking in cash register to see how business is . . . Love-sick youth purchasing loud silk night-gown for his lady friend . . . Baxter Linney telling how good the NKA isn't working . . . Policeman Gross escorting a souse to jail for the nth time . . Council! Cook pestering folks foi their light bills . . . Woman with babe in arms inquiring about Christina* tree . . . Friendly friend advising a* to what should be run in a newspaper . . . Letcher Teague trying tc inveigle a local swain into, using a taxi instead . . . Charlie Zdmmenr.ar humming a tune along the Mair Drag . . . Dirty-faced children admiring Christmas display in dime stort window . . and gobs and gobs ol other thing3 as the show moved on! Catawba wheat growers who signet 1 adjustment contracts are now receiv I ing rental payments from the Agri 1 cultural Adjustment Administration. t WA3 An] VOLUME XLV, NUMBER 24 .Janet Snowden, 19. wealthy American oil heiress and recent bride of five days, now has movie-screen i ambitions and is willing to take "extra" parts at only 560 per week. SMFFMAKES" i ARREST OF 2ON | KIDNAP CHARGE Former Caldwell County Woman and Detroit Man Held for Taking of Woman's Three Children from Patterson School. Two of Steele's Children Returned. One Goes with I he Mother. Trial Next Spring. The former Mrs. Paul Steele and o. man from Detroit, Mich., were arrested near Vilas last Thursday by j Sheriff Howell and Deputy Lee j Gross, when word was received from Lenoir that the pair wa3 wanted there ' to answer charges of kidnaping three | children of the woman from the Pat| terson School. The man and woman j were taken before the Mayor and couitsel arranged for a trial at the I Spring Term of Caldwell Superior i Court. J According to information, Paul ; Steele and his wife had been separi atcd for a long time. Mrs. Steele has been making her home in Detroit and ' Mr. Steele has been rearing the children at Patterson. The former recently decided to gain custody of her offsprings, secured the services or 1 the Detroit man as a driver, aud pro| cceded to Patterson, and when the ; arrest was made tliey v/cre presum; alily on their way back to Michigan. The younger of the children was allev/cd to go nn with its mother, while. fch?* othcrr two were retvmtcd to the father. Other Activities Sheriff Howell reports unusual activities in enforcement during the past several weeks, one item of which i was the capture of his thirtieth still, j Don Dotson, Ron Tester and David i James, who came to the still, were j captured. The first named was re-1 | leased while the "ethers arc serving j limv or. the roads.'Fores'- McGhlh!'!'' was arretted with six gallons, and Bill and Cecil Bumgarner wore tried for possession and transporting. Tliese are a few of the recent arrests the Sheriff mentions. VACANCIES FOR TRUMPETERS AND DRUMMERS IN MARINES Savannah.?A limited number of boys between the ages of 17 and 18 wit! be accepted at the Marine Corps Recruiting Office, Postoffice Building, Savannah, Go., during the month of Decemher to learn the drum and trumpet, it is announced by Lieutenant Colonel A. Is. Drum, officer in charge. Applicants for drum and trufiipet must have at least an eighth grade education and be not less than G8 inches in height. In addition to the vacancies for drum and trumpet, 35 graduates of high school between the ages of 18 and 30 will be accepted for general aBrviix. Applications will be mailed upon request to young men of this section who have the above requirements. LEGION MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT There will be a special social meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary on Friday night, December 15, at 7:30 o'clock, at which time it is hoped that every World War veteran and all wives of Legionnaires will be present. Several things of interest to all veterans and their families will 1 be discussed, and it is planned to have | a good feed, furnished by the ladies l of the Auxiliary, free. Come! I A HUGE CAT STORY Mr. Sam Adkins of Vilas, N. C., is] ! responsible for this story: "When I moved from Boone to Vi' las, I brought the family cat along. ' Of course he had to make a survey ; of the new home. Out in the garden ' I he met Parson Trivett's cat After the usual greetings, they began to climb each other. Up and up they went until they vanished from sight. I cannot say how much hair it rained but the cats returned to the ground the next day about one o'clock." GREENE?HOUCK Mr. Lankford Green and Miss Edith Houck, both of the Laxon section, were married in Mountain City, r Tenn., on December 9th. The bride | is the attractive daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. T. E. Houck and the groom is ! a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Greene, i The popular young couple have - many relatives and close friends in - Watauga who will hear of their wedding with interest. ' * ':'P. | ;^: AUG; Independent Weekly Newsp BOONE, WATAUGA COUN J. T. MILLER DIES ! AS AUTO SKIDS ON ! SLIPPERY PAVING | Former Cashier of Bank of Blowing Rook Fatally Crushed. Miss Helen Undcrdown, "Register of Deeds and Driver of Ill-fated Car, Kscupes Pnictically Uninjured. Funeral Services Held JLast Thursday. J. Thomas Miller, HO years old. former cashier of the Bank of Blowing Rock and for a few days an official in the National Rc-cihployihent offices here, succumbed last Wednesday evening at the Hag&man-Linney Clinic, less than an hour after he had j been removed from The wreckage ofJ i an automobile which had catapulted J down a steep embankment on the] Blowing Rock road three miles from | Boone. The accident occurred as Mr. Mil- j ler v/as en route to bis home at Blowing Rock, traveling with Miss Helen TJnderdcwn. Register of Deeds, and was attributed to the slippery condition of tne surface of the road. At a point just above the New River Power flnmnnnv'c Uwlm t-v*o. machine skidded and tumbled down the. embankment before Miss Underdown had a chance to right it. When the passeiigers were removed by passers-by, the light sedan rested in the rocky river bed below the power plant and almost a hundred yards from the highway on which it was ? driven. Miss (Jnderdown and Mr. Ml\ler were rushed to the local hospital. 11 the latter never having regained jU consciousness. A compound fracture of the skull was said to have been I JJ the cause of death. Miss Under down i i received only minor cuts and bruises ] and is carrying on her usual off It 1 ti cial duties. \X Fimcral services were conducted Thursday from the Blowing Rock Baptist Church, Reverends P. A. ' Hicks, W. D. Ashley and F. M. Huggins each having a part in the rites. A large crowd attended and the floral offering was large. Interment, was in the Winkler Cemetery near Boone. Surviving are the widow arid a small daughter. Mr. Miller was born in the Meadow j. Creek section of Watauga County, I'/j1 a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Miller, j y1 received his education at the Boone college, anil accepted a position in | ~Jthe Watauga County Rank, which jri! he held for many years, later assum?!. ing the easliiorship of the Bank ofj1" Blowing Rock which he held untif4^x about two years ago. Since he w?s. al Order of the Moose and at the time of his death had just entered nI into the service of the Re-emnlovmcnt Office. He was known as an excep- j 'a! tionally fine business man, wan wide-1.S3 ly known throughout. this section, and | had acquired a wide circle of friends. | ~ NEWSTRlTWiLL I BE OPENED SOON is 1 Howard Street to Provide New East and Went Thoroughfare Through j j Boone. Work to Begin this Morniiig. Funds Provided by CWA. JZ( ho Howard Street, running parallel nc with King Street and extending from South Water Street near the old jail to Blowing Rock road, is soon to be opened and work is expected to start 1 ' on grading this morning. The new street was made possible through money secured of the Oivil Works Administration, and the job of grading and surfacing the drive- "l; way is expected to be comoleted with in a short time. The portion which extends from the original Bryan-Rivers line to the Owens Machine Shop co has never been open for travel, and the new street will be a decided convenience to citizens of the town as Wl well as the general public since it ^ provides an additional east to west thoroughfare through the city. OXENT1NE CHILD DIES ^ Little Elizabeth Catherine Oxen- * tine, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roby Oxentine, Blowing Rock, died Sunday, December 3, 1933. The ' funeral services were conducted in L the home on Tuesday afternoon by . the Rev. G. Sexton Buchanan in the presence of friends and loved ones. ? Interment was at the Critcher graveyard near Boone. ^ The little child was only In the C home a few days, but long enough to fill the hearts of a devoted father ? and a loving mother. To them we ^ wish to extend our deepest and sincerest sympathy and love In this trying hour. We are not forgetful of the marvelous words of Jesus, who said: "Suffer the little children to v come unto me, for of such is the n Kingdom of Heaven." This should be i \ i n nniircd r\f ^ 1 lieving heart.?A Friend. FLAY AT BLOWING KOCK An interesting play entitled "An Old Fashioned Mother," will be presented by members of the Blowing Rock B. Y. P. U. in the graded school auditorium of that village on Saturday night, December 15, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Proceeds from an admission charge of 15c and 25c will be applied on the church piano. Mrs. 1 Dave Mast is directing the cast, and I those who attend are promised an ! evening of rare entertainment. Only two bushels of silage spoiled | in the trench silos dug and filled in ; Macon County this season and this spoilage occurred at the top of one silo where the material was not pack ed down. v....' V Dl aper?Established in TY. NORTH CAROLINA, THC National 4-H Leadei , ?" M ?, ?f*l m&9 ^wM 1 . *+wii>ew j ( W , Doris Eater. Clark, IS. of Goo Granite, Okla., are the national 1! and winners of the H. A. Moses five years and Hugo completed 4 |R. ZEB SHERRB 'ASSES AT M ARIO UNERAL WEDNE inner Watangan anil Eminent P sieian Succumbs After a Slid Illness. Was 70 Years Old, and I Practiced in Marion tor 80 Ye: Widow, Also a Physician, Survh Many W:\taiigans at Funerah Dr. Zebulon V. Sherrill, 70 ye 3, widely known physician of M a, Va., and native Wataugari, r; ondav after an illness which ^ scribed a3 sudden although he ! en in poor health for some ti meral services were conducted cdnesday morning at XO o'clock : terment was in a mar ion cemetc irviving is the widow, who is i physician. Many near relatives s vr in Watauga County, am* ion: are a brotner, Jxxr; Jc*txii Ct 1 of Boone. Dr. Sherrill was born in the P r Grove section of Watauga Co . a son of the late William Sr 1. and was reared in this coui ?ter having received his preparat ucation he taught school on C cck, later having entered the Ri ind Medical College. Soon after actuation he located in Jiarion UA_- ma BMiession, 3 ccoeded well. He was Known as linen t physician and was &Uic ider in the civic and religious his community, being one cf wing spirits in the Baptist Chu ere. He was Well Known by the >ns of his native county, and st of friends here are grieved ws of his passing. G. P. .Hagaman, Smith Hagan d Miss Stella Sherrill were ami ose from this community atte ^ the funeral. RECORDERS' COURT Following are the cases which V sposed of before Judge George idderth in Recorders Court Ti yFinley Estcp, public drunkemi sts or 30 days on roads. Forest McGhinnis, violation pr< tion laws: fined $10 and assei ith the costs; 12 months suspen ntence. Don Dotson, violation prohibit ws, dismissed. Cecil Bumgamer and Bill Bumg r. violation prohibition laws; i'i 0 and costs; 12 months suspen ntence. Charlie Greene, assault, six mor 1 roads; notice of appeal to hig urt filed. Wade Stewart, assault, asses ith the cost. Annual Duke J )f Interest At Attended by 23 former Duke si lents and friends, Boone's seco innual Duke University Day dim vas held Monday night at 7 :lock in the dtning room of the L Jale Home Economics Club at A )alachian State Teachers Colle )l\ XV. Amos Abrams, professor Cnglish at Appalachian, served oastmaoter. The following p ogram was r< lered: Invocation, Rev. G. C. Gi lam; poem. Professor J. M. Do mm; Music, "The Song of the Se >y Ruth Ellen Kinsland; Addre lev. J. H. Brendall; Reminisci :es of Days at Duke, former s lenta: Duke songs, alumni a riends. Girls in the Home Economics I lartment of the college ass,3ted Preparing and serving the dinri An attractive decorative schei vaa carried out with galax a iprigs of spruce. The followl hree-course dinner was served < ing the evening; Tomato juice; ti iMOCI the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eigl TRSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1933 rship Champions for 1933 0 1 ( Wj | ? ^ \ i ^ | v * S / it * ?L \ / - . ?" y ! i,os . dmaii, Wis., and Hugo Grauraann, 20, oi 933 4-H girl and boy leadership champions I tio: trophies. Doris completed 15 projects in i tris 8 projects In eight years enrollment. ! ?* | Ju. ? j tne XlTRACY COUNCIL! \v N;| PRESENT MAYOR; Is SJ MOORE RESIGNS S i ten hyr;s Member Board of Aldermen Assumes den j Leading Role in City Government j lad When -J. Frank Moore Retires. I&! < urs. Kx pec ted to Receive Position tin- i \ i?cs. der (JWA. Counciil Named Friday, j New Member to Be Selected. i e(j ars Tracy Cou: cill, well known dairy-1 Tar- man of this city and the youngest ' H I tied member in point of service on the j \jl vas Board of Aldermen, was named May had aw of Boone at the Friday evening j L roe. session of the city council, when the & on resignation of T. Frank MGore was and j accepted. The vacancy on the board j _ ;ry. caused by the elevation of Mr. Coun-; ^ ' ilso' oill has not been filled, and this ac- | x iur-1 Hon will probably be the principal | ong | item of business at the next meeting. J Ufc- V MnAwo.. admXoo - naima/UJ a- Xto vr I or since the May election, it is said I 1 op- resigned on account of liis health,j l)lv un- and understanding is he will be em- i c}" ,er- ployed in connection with the Civil! r;1i ity. Works program in Litis county. Mr. J"? ory j Oouncill states that he is serving as j 1 c" ove ' Mayor only for the "time being" but! eh-1 his appointment seems to nave iiiet ] y*?? his with the public approval. i aa5 for soi ? STORES REGALED :: 1 FOR HOLIDAYS S cit- to his Shpoping District Takes on Festive ??* at Appearance as Throngs Begin their Purchases. Business Described tan as Better Than Last Year. i .. an B fa' nd-, Boone's stores have taken on. the j ] j holiday appearance, :is evergreens, | inj j "snow," Santa Ciuases, etc., appear i 51. I in the windows, and reports are that | ere the shops are better prepared for the ! ^ j j M-! holiday trade than in any recent year. otlies" j And from talk among the merchants, i $2. ess; ' trade is good this year and is going j ^ j to be better. Most of the stores re- j ,;il 3,li" i port considerable increase already j Cy I over a year ago. and with the CWA soi | payrolls now beginning to circulate. Ion | hopes are high for the best retail II | business in the history of the town. ?' iTJd I Shoppers are being urged to make 1 decj | their selections early as improved J trade conditions will cause stocks df iths j some items to be depleted perhaps. ? her, The Democrat carries good news for s j holiday shoppers today, and there's tsed t monev to be saved bv a nernaal rv< i the advertising: columns. ?? i Day Dinner Event $ J Fu Teachers Co! leg e | ah tu- key, baked apples; scalloped oys- th' in<l ters; rice; gravy; eggplant; let- thl t.uce and celery salad; ice cream c": and cake. fai ? " The dinner here was only one of W!< ily many which were being held in ; ly tp- North Carolina and other states |' |c crn QTlH ul'Otl oaimml r/\xni(m Aoxnt^ion I T*lf o? w>" CVCM ovrviai KllCIgll WUilLi ICO : of in commemoration of the ninth "anas niversary of the creation of the Duke Endowment, making- possible :n- Duke University, on December 11, Ft ra- county in North Carolina. se: w- Those present Monday night were mi a," Mr. and Mrs. Vann G. Hinson, Rev. fri ss, and Mrs. J. H. Brendall, Mr. and St in- Mrs. J. A. Wiiliams, J. M. Dow- Ri tu- num, G. P. Eggers, L. E. Eury, es Jid Miss Maude Cathcart, Miss Ruth fei Ellen Kinsland, Miss Dixon, MLss st< >e- Lillian Crowe, Miss Virginia Wary, te) hi Tom Cash. Dr. Rankin, Rev. G. C. Pr or. Graham, Dr. Amos Abrams, Mr. w< me and Mrs. Baxter Linney, Kenneth nd Linney, R. W. Watkins and Mrs. hg A. M. Norton. 18 hi- Local alumni plan to make the ty ur- dinner an annual affair. fa * ' ' ' / IAT it $1.50 PKR Yju^AK )URT SENTENCE IAUSES DEPUTIES TO QUIT POSTS Miff's Helpers Not in Accord with iTerdiet of Court as to Forest Mclimus, Therefore Give Up Their onsider, unci Assures Them CSjjjjftrt > KibLng its Best. 5lx deputies sheriff, who are said have disagreed with the Recorder the degree of punishment meted : to men whom they have arrested, seci in their badges Tuesday, when rest McGiimis was fined 510 and .ced under a 12-months suspended it.ence. Complaint was made to Charles T. nmcrman, Solicitor of the RecordCourt, to whom the deputies exined their position to the effect it it was poor worth while for them make every effort to apprehend / violators without much rernunition, only to have many of them free by the court. Mr. Zimmern .says he remonstrated with them, I expressed appreciation for their e record of service, at the same ic urging them to act less hastily relinquishing their posts of duty. The immediate cause for the acd. of the officers came with the il of Forest McGinn is on a charge possessing a quantity of whiskey. Jge Sudderth fined him $10 and : costs, amounting to perhaps as ich as $30, and placed him under :welve-montlis suspended sentence, become active when defendant >uld be proven to have violated the vs of the State off North Carolina, c deputies nad been having trouwith reports as to McGinnis' aied blockading activities, it is said, i thought he should receive a sence, while the Judge was following iai procedure in giving- a chance a man who appeared before him s first time. Sheriff Howel! was unavailable at ss time, and it could not be learned ether or not the deputies recantand assumed their usual duties. fIRISTM AS CHEER 'UND STILL GROWS glon Committee Reports Progress their Efforts to Take Care of STecdy Children. Santa Oaus to He Here, on December 23rd. Contributions to be used for suping Christmas cheer to the needy ldrcn of the county are coming in iidly, according to the report of special committee of the Amern Legion which organization has iertaken to play Santa Clans this ir to the destitute. It is apparent, rs the committee, that the need is ng to be great, and the citizens i urged to send in their ecntrfbnns-as_ ranidly as is prtssihic^. SanClans will be in Boone at noon turd ay, December 23, and will md the afternoon here. Contributions should be forwarded Ralph G. Greer, Charlie Steveni or C. W. Teal, the members of > American Legion committee, or y be left with The Watauga DemMi. and in turn handed over to j Legion. Those contributing thus are: Livingstone Club, 25 filled stockrs; Mrs. Carrie Horton Rinp-ham 00; D. L.. Wilcox, .Si.00; T.,D. Heff $1.00; Fiye-to-Five Store. $10.00; G. Farthing, $1.00; Spainhuurs, ).00; G. D. Brinkley, $1.00; Boone Ug Co., $5.00: Dr. R. Z. L.inney, 00; Farmers Hardware, $5.00. B. Williams, $1.00; Watauga Drug ., $5.00; Boone Department Store, 3.00; Council! Cook, $1.00; Smith's, fruits and candies; Owen Willi, $1.00. /ATERSHORTAGE LOOMS IN COUNTY ntinned Dry Weather Causes the prings to Foil, and Acute Situation Described in Cove Creek Section. Some Are Hauling Water. Continued dry weather is reported have played havoc with the water oply in some sections of the counand news coming from Brushy irk and Cove Creek indicate that } situation has become rather ac;. In the vicinity of the Oove Creek hool, it is said, springs which have vays been flush, have failed, and s five hundred students enrolled ere sometimes have difficulty in se- jSKs;!? ring water during school hours. One mily iE reported to have hauled iter a considerable distance recenttor household use, and the situa>n is expected to become really se>us unless the weather changes. FUTURE FARMERS MEET The Cove Creek Chapter of Future irmers of America met in regular ssion on December 8th. Paul Fox ide a talk on "Making More Money im Young Chickens." "Keep Your oek Growing" was discussed by issell Oliver He gave some interting facts about the results of dlfrent feeds used in feeding young jck. James Sherwood gave an inresting discussion on "Some of the oblems the Orchardiat Has." Jokes sre told by Voit Shore.?Reported. Red raspberries will be planted on 4 acres by farmers of Burke Counthis winter as a new source of rm income. j ,. 'f:
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