North Carolina Newspapers

R0ONE SKETCHES | By J. C. R. t I i PASS THE TAFFY J Five boys, well plastered with mud, niude their a^pcanuice at Carolina Store No. 25 on Kast Main Street Monday morning. The drubWed quintet fjisually viewed the appealing displays ol candy, fruit and such-tike, softly muttering words of advice, one to another. Manager Sid StaAllngs, fresh as a spring morning in his starched jacket of white, approached the prospective customers with usual politeness. "What'll It be, young fellers?" quoth he. And the country youths immediately went into a confidential huddle. Five pen- j nles were collected from five over- j jill pockets by the group's spokes- j man, who exposed the collective wishes of the five in one falterinir i sentence: . . . "Mister, we want five j of them big Baby Kuth candy bars." j And Mr. Stallings obliged the bo.vs immediately, and offered to sell 'em a lot more stuff . . . but that was all. There's not much to this story, only . . . those five boys had wulked from Todd, u distance of eleven milesr most of the way through woods and cow p:u?t,ures, to buy five big Baby Kuth bars for five cents! WITH APOIXXJIES TO WEVC1BEL FLASH . . . William Cole's bloodhounds, nonchalant as a coupie of piggies on ice, casually stroll around Ralph Church's garage, indifferently sniffing the ground for the whiff of somebody who stole something. FLASH . . . Mi3S Cora Pearl Jeffcctit, who during the past few j months has lost two perfectly good I, housekeepers via. matrimony, sorrow j. fully acknowledges that Number 3?! just as efficient as the others?is con- j * elmplating double harness. j i- . . . Ponce, tipped off to ' the lact that eleven gallons of booze had been hidden near town, arrived ] too late. A brace of the county's most notorious high-jHehera beat the 1 gendarmes to the cache I . . much to i' the discomfort of all interested par- ' ties. ' FLASH . . . O. J. Harman, noted ' for his secrecy in passing ' cracks" ! about Sheriffs, etc., is contemplating ' entering a new automotive venture, 1 uiuiig with others . . . according to 1 Hamp Blackburn. FLASH . . . Boone's newest alderman, who- wiatnrs hts name- withheld , from the public prints, is slowly cracking under the strain. 3av close f friends. ( FLASH . . Local business man, r who for many weeks has been wor- ; rird over the disaDDearanee of his fa- ? vorite brother-in-law, returned recent-I ly from down the-eoun try, empty-! I handed, sorrowful and blue. I FLASH . . . Federal officer, slight- ? ly corpulent about the midriff, sub- f scribes for magazine after petite ? agent has agreed to "buss" lanky male companion. ' * FLASH . . . Ftoby Owens quotes i President Roosevelt as having said in iJ recent radio broadcast that "those who can't stand six per cent, beer wili have, to drink Coca-Cols." FLASK . . . Saturday visitor to * Boone tries to pay Democrat man ten dollars on account, and shortly afterwards Is arrested by police on drunk- ? ^eune.13 charge. ^ FLASH . . . Clint Norris, late of , the city's police department, enjoys j ali the facilities of urban life down t on his Howard's Creek farm ... in- j eluding a "white way" more brilliant , than Water Street's. t FLASH . . . Newly-opened Howard r Street, pretty tol'able muddy at pres- < ent has been christened "C. W. & A. j Railroad" by Billie Cook. ( FLASH . . . Local authority on t such matters, with warning of se- i crecy. declares that a certain sheriff < in a certain North Carolina county t * has & "measured half-gallon" of depu tv sheriff badges for sale. < I ! PAGE MR. CHIC SALE) ' Brand-new little outside "telephone lKioths," just sa party as plctnrea, are making their appearances along the trails and highways of Watauga County , . . and mMf in charge of their construction ore to bo complimented for the wonderful !? ? they are using in this newest project of the CVVA. folks who icad Chic Sale's pleas- j tog little volume on hack-lot architecture. which circulated freely sevj eral years ago. unquestionably will note with pride the new models which are being Introduced locally. An excellent specimen, minus the i deceptive chimney ventilator used on the old-time one and two-holers, may he seen froth the rear window of Doc Moose's Boone Drug Company . . . gracing the gently rolling hillside to the gonthward. Even from a distance the observer may )> readily distinguish the superb lines aud finish of the diminutive gtruc- ' turo . - . and, likely as not, there's u great big pile of nice dry stove wood right between it and the nearby residence. Thanks to Franklin 11., Watauga Is getting some pow*fnliy ornamental, as well as usefullittle houses! WA1 An I VOLUME XL,V. NUMBER 28 | Breaks Swim Recorv's Misy Lenore Kight, Homestead, Pa., fret* stylo women vs swimming champion of. the I) S. lowered two national records in a meet of Olympic stars at Miami. Florida. Both tpcoMs were set in 300 yards events. LOCiORYSM" TO ATTEND MEET United Dry Forces of Norlh Carolina to Assemble in Greensboro on 16th to Perfect Permanent Organization. Interested People Invited. The United Dry Forces of North Carolina will assemble in a Statewide conference at Greensboro on January 16th, for the purpose of perfecting a. permanent organization to continue in North Carolina a constructive program of education in favor of temperance and against the *vi!s or aieonoi. The county nnd other local units ot . Lhe organization that fought, to keep North Carolina dry in the recent election, desire to conserve the benefits rf the recent campaign ana to con.inue their efforts to keep legalized ' icjuor out of North Carolina, and to mprove the enforcement of our pres;nl prohibition laws. Many local units lave already become permanent, and t i3 anticipated that the Greensboro li vlijig on January ioli. will set up i l permanent State-wide organization. J Temperance Workers Invited I AU^persoua ,J? North. Caroling. M- 1 erested Ih "(he promotion of temper- i nice are invited to attend the corner- ' nee, ami all members of the Central Committee, all candidates, county ! hairmen and managers of the United < Dry Forces are particularly urged to iO nvntmv.t Clyde R. Greene. Rev. J. A. Mc- 1 ,'nnrrVicn r.h T7< nm-ks T> c* i -ft""". ? uiiiguuiM, IVOV. IWJ. > Jotson. W. F. Miller, W. R. Dovill ' irid perhaps other leaders In last fall's 1 irohibition campaign are expected to I i ttcud from Watauga County. 1 Zova 'Creek High School ' Has Good Cage Season i 2 The Cove Creek boys' basket ball earn lias made a good record in the 1 tames played tliia year, having won 1 light out of ton games. Some of the i :est teams in the country have been r ilayed ar.d Cove Creek has made a i p>od showing against all of them, i rhe loss of Thomas Wright L/Owranee, I he former center, is felt very much, lowever, the team played an excep- < ionally good game against Tipton dill High School in the last game vith Fred Mast as center. Some of he onlookers have reported that this . vas the nicest and cleanest game ] :ver witnessed in the Cove Creek l jymnasium. The Tipton Hill hoys 1 iroved their reputation of being a earn of good sportsmanship. The < 3ove Creek school is always glad to i alter Lnto friendly combat with such ] .earns. i The boys making the first squad ; if ten are Fred Mast and Jack Henx>n, centers; Olen Combs, Joe Ban- i i or, Lonnie Isaacs, Jessie Eggers, for- i vards; Earl Hanson, David Horton, j UeiHi:.. TVae.1 ? . i i/cai, ui/o wuigiiaiii, ^IIIUUB, 1 while Bert Fletcher, Russell Oliver, 1 A. R May. Clyde Love and Lester I Deal are working for future places. 1 The games played and scores are : as follows: i Cove Creek, 51, vs. Fleetwood High School, 9. 1 Cove Cr?ek, 49, vs. Fleetwood High j School, 29. Cove Creek, 27, vs. Blowing Rock : High School. 16. Cove Creek, 37, vs. Bethel High School, 13. Cove Creek, 45, vs. Newland High i School, 11. Cove Creek, 46, vs. Miller's Creek High School, 8. Cove Creek, 26, vs Tipton Hill High School. 33. Cove Creek, 34, vs. A. S. T. C. Freshmen, 25. Cove Creek, 24, vs. Bristol (Term.) High School, 41. Cove Creek, 25, vs. Tipton Hill High School, 20. Butler (Term.) High School will he at Cove Creek on Saturday night, January 13th. This is expected to be : a good game as Butler has always brought a good team to Cove Creek. A. skating party will follow the game. ndependent Weekly l^Jews EOONK^wkTAUCj A tXH STROKE IS FATAL j TO ABNEil ADA?; WAS 83 YEARS ?JD Former Citizen of Watauga SuejSfcabs at Home Near Sutherland A-jWfth an IJiness of Three Months. el Sunday at Mountain "Vlow JjWlbodlst Church, and Interment ?B6ra. Widow nod Four Children Sufwvtk Ahner Adams, pioneer cltlza^ot Watauga County, died at h'.r, ?dnu near Sutherland, Ashe County. Friday evening, the culmination of an lUsoAj which began with a paralytic stfeke three or four months ago Dccctted was #3 yearn old. "3L Funeral services were con.lucSd Sunday at 2 o'clock from the Molm tatii View Methodist Church Dy m; JSugenc Brown, of Mountain City, and interment wan in the cemetery ne&rby. Survivors include a widow and four children: Mm. S. A. Ncrris, I'ooijj; Mrs. J. M. Barlow, Trade, Temr.tSy L. and J. D. Adams, of Stony Poilur Depulj Sheriff of Watauga * Mr. Adams was born and rearedJgl Watauga County where lie was and favorably known by all the oicSff residents. For a good many years be served as deputy sheriff under ife late William Baird. and was a most efficient officer. He was a nicmtifcr of the Method is; Church and dur!#? his more active years contributed a full share of his time and energies to the furtherance of religious work. He was a member of the Masonic Ojdcr, a leading figure in this scctiis^ throughout his long life, and one at this section's most upstanding cozens. MRSrVMDVKEIS; DEAD AT AGE OF kV?U Known Resident of Route 1 j cumbs to Long Illness. JF'une^al froiiir j Home and Interment inlthe ^ ru?a. ' j vt:u/]U3rjr, *""1 Mrs. A. M. Vandyke, died M _{$&?. tumo on Koute X Monday after-4. ong illness. Should she had lived'raw til the first of February she wouAt )ayeibee?"-eft?yeAra-?W*'3'ihlei'al seti~? ces were conducted from the homo' Tuesday morning by Reverends VV. D. Ashley, P. A. Hicks and W. C. Payne, uid burial was in the Orltcher Cerastery. Sorn in Granville County Aim Rliaa Miiureu Vandyke was jorn February 1, 1845, in. Granville bounty, near Oxford, Uie daughter of Thomas Groves and Francis Critcher Horrls, who moved to Watauga Coun.y in the year 1857. She was married :o Elkaney Vandyke on Aupril 4th, 1867. To this union were born four Jiilaren, all of whom are living in md near Boone: Mioa Nelia Vandyke, V. T. Vandyke, Mrs. J. C. Brown and lira. T. Len Cooke, Mrs. Vandyke was preceded to the ;rave by her husband, March 2, 1922. laving joined the Three Forks Bapist Church about the year 1860, she va3 a devoted Christian, always ready o help the siek and needy, and a nother whose greatest privilege was o do something for her children. >1J) CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED AT VILLAGE ON N. C. COAST Rondanthe, N. C.?Last Thursday, January 4th, was Christina Eve in lodanthe and that night Santa Claua filled stockings for grownups and the , uddies. The residents of this isolated spot j >r. the outer banks of North Caro- ; ina prepared to spend Friday as a icllday exactly as most of the world celebrated Christmas on December , 15 th. It has been custom hero for generations to regard January 5 as Christmas, but there is no record In church iist.ory of an old Christmas. There is he feast of Epithany or Twelfth Night which is said to be the time the three wise men reached Bethletune to find the Christ Child In a manger, but that date falls on January 6th. The feast of Epithany was established in 813 to celebrate the manifestation of the star of Bethlehem. Even oldest residents here know I aot how they came to observe January 5th as Christmas, but it is custom, handed down from generation to generation ar.d for Rod an the Bidr^fltr siTHO tKa+ rloir STORY?TRIPLETT Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Triplett of Triplett have announced the marriage of their daughter, Mies Chloe, to Mr. Turner Story of Boone, the ceremony having been performed in Mountain City, Tenn., on October 1st. The bride is an attractive and accomplished young lady who made many friends in Boone during the time she was a student here. Mr. Story is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Shuford Story and is well and favorably known throughout this section. The newlyweds are making their home in Boone. I k DE palter?-Established in th TNT^NORTH CAROLINA, THURS1 "'Birthday Balls' * for President Roosevelt on January 30th., will be held in towns and cities throughout the country Col. Henry L. Doherty, New York, ia chairman of the national committee sponsoring the movettcnt,. the returns to go to the Warm ^Springs. (Ga.) Foundation which is T%0 be endowed as a national center for the development of methods of ' treatment for infantile paralysis, a ^movement to which the President has :nlcnt much support. Photos show President Roosevelt; a group of the .cheerful little patients at Warm Springs and, lower right, the birthday take for the President. jl ai mci s Program; Ma Two meetings were held la the i mlttiwitBuasa .. I jgnijjp. igfl\jv-ou'.uiue.y wnm: aputtA;r?' explained the Federal goverisneaShj'ct-op reJt^Stlon program as apjl[$fto the growing oi_Burlcy tobac2o,-&r.d ohowed-the. farmers "the iiene"its to be derived by entering into a. oveinmental agreement calling for m acreage reduction this year of "rem 3S to 50 per cent. At Cove Creek High School the rccu\i uuWtl gathered auii the audilu- i rium was comfortably filled with 'armer3 as W. H. Walker, agricultu-al Instructor there, outlined the Fed:ra! program. At Boone Mr. Davidion, county agent of Johnson County, reimeaaee, spoke to a smaller group tnd urged the signing of contracts. Under the proposal farmers agree .0 figure their average acreage over 1. period of three years, and the 1 ere age cut off will he paid for at he rate of 520 an acre, a bonus on he tobacco to be paid of either 10 or 5 per cent., depending upon whether he reduction amounts to one-third or -.ne-haLf of the tbree-year average. \ minimum price of 12 cents per bound is guaranteed under the program, the price guaranty dating back :o the December opening, applies to .obacco yet owned by signers. "Walker Has Blanks A supply of contract blanks has been left with Mr. Walker, who may oe seen at the Cove Creek High School on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and he is in a position to jive any further information desired before the actual signing of the agreement. 4. G. Adams Assumes High Banking Position Of interest to the many friends of the former Miss Hattie Hagaman, is the information coming from Spokane, Wash., to the effect that her husband, A. C. Adams, has recently been named as general agent for the Farm Credit Administration at Spokane. The general agency operates over all of the Federal farm lending agencies in that territory, and carries a salary of 552,000 per year, exactly double that which Mr. Adams has been receiving a3 secretary-manager of the North Pacific. Grain Growers. The Spokane papers carry Mr. Adams' picture and describe him as "a man 01 unusual executive uumiy aim long- experience in farm affairs." Mrs. Adams is the daughter of Mr. J. Roby Hagainan, -was reared in this section, and the information concerning her husband'a preferment is received by friends of the family with interest. There -were 184,442 farm women and girls, both white and colored, who were taught the principles of food consei vation, garden growing and how to feed their families for better healtn during the past year by home agents of the Slate College Extension Service. fflmm 1 f e V ear Eighteen Eighty-! DAY. JANUARY 11, 1934 Gift For President ii^Is | temHisll ! ; | jj\&w m?& ill ^ J ?? I? TB ~a -B^ll <ru ? SlUCI IJU11CJ rkets Opened Mr. Davidson explained in his Boon speech thai ihe AAA. has already U' necessary percentage of signers t carry through the program, but thr there is yet time for Wataugans I sign and thus receive the benefit i the guaranteed price as well as tt bonus payment. In urging the fani ers to accept the. program, Mr. D: vidsoti called attention to the fat that the cattle growers had been o: fcroti the Federal mo.rIxCjt.iij protection, but that the large grow ers and packers stalled the deal, the resulting in the lowest heel prices i years. No opposition was expressed b the farmers to the Federal plan ( reduction. Much Tobacco in County The tobacco crop in Watauga com ty is described as the largest sine farmers begem the Burley venlur .several years ago and the quality believed to be improved. Very littl of Lhe wc-ed had been sold when th markets closed in December, but wit the ODeninas in Carolina. Tennesse and Virginia on Monday, tobacco ! beginning to move. Most of the local product is sol at Abingdon, Va., Greeneville an Johnson City, Tcun. At Johnson Cit Monday 175,000 pounds were sold ; an average of $13.08, which repr< scnts an increase over prices receive before the holidays, and improve prices are expected to continue uni a higher average is reached. A goc deal of high grade leaf was sold, 01 farmer receiving an average price < $30, while numerous other crops wei sold at from $17 to $25 per hundre pounds, it was said. [Snow Lodge Will Sponsor "Sunshine' "Sunshine," a bright, snappy, mur cat comedy, is sponsored by Sno Lodge No. 363, A~. F. & A. M., ar will be presented by Cranberry Cha] ter No. 135, Order Eastern Star, ; the Cove Creek High School audit rium Thursday evening, January 1 at 8 p. m. The proceeds flora the el tertainment are to be used in helpin the Masonic and Eastern Star Hon ar.d the Masonic Oxford Orphauag Those who have witnessed the dram; fixation state, that it is unnsuaUy wc presented and that a rare entertaii ment i3 in store for those who com COMMUNITY CLUB TO MEET The regular monthly meeting i the Cove Creek Community Club w be held in the Home Economics Buil< ing Friday afternoon, January 19t at 2:80 o'clock. Mrs. ?>. L. Brow I Mrs. O. W. Bingham and Mrs. Hov ard Simpson will act as hostesses. An interesting program, "T1 American Home," is being present* under the direction of Mrs. Don Horton. All worsen of the community wi are interested in the school and cor munity lite are cordially invited 1 attend. RAT Eight $1.50 PER YuAK MAOT FARM LOANS BEING APPROVED SAYS MR. EGGERS More than 100 Applications Made for Moneys to Pay Indebtedness. $320,000 to Coine into County. Two appraisers on Job Constantly and Agent Promises Quick Service. Bor3 rowers Should Apply Immediately. ! 2 More than one hundred and sixty 3 applications for Federal farm loans 3 have been received through tne offi5 cos of S. C. Fggers, local loan agent, 5 it was revealed Tuesday. These appll^ cations average something like $2,000 each and represent, about $320,000. Mr. F.ggers states that, it is his opinion that no less than 75 per cent, of the aDDlication.4 will he ^nornvArf More than 80 per cent, of all monies applied for by Wataugana are to be used for the payment of debts, it is stated, and 20 per cent, for necessary improvements. Appraisers on Job Messrs. George Reeves of Alleghany County and George Braraleit of Asheville, appraisers for the Band Bank, have been in the county for the past seven weeks, and Mr. Eggers stales that it is entirely possible for an application to be made, the appraiser's report attached, and the whole mailed within one day's time. The appraisers are on call at any time, from Mr. Eggers' office. Recently it was explained. 42 applications were sent in at one time, and the money is expected daily. Mr. Eggers calls attention to the fact that anyone owning realty can make what is termed a commissioner's loon to pay any form of indebtedness. The interest rates am 4^ and 5 per cent.., and it is pointed out that - the program is not plunging the people further in debt, but is merely j transferring the indebtedness at Oe' creased interest. A Fair Proposition 3 Mr. Eggers states that it is the 1 greatest proposition ever offered The people, is eminently fair, and provides means of ultimately lifting the mortl3 gages through low interest and c-xie u"**-*rx_? pujriiiCa ua. :o Farmers and others who are interit ested in securing loans are urged to .o get in touch with Mr. Eggers at vf \ once. * TWO SENTENCED \ FOR FLOODING JAIL IS n Prisoners in County Bustile Turn \V?y tcr Loose and Flood Structure. Rerorder Says Six Months. Twp Previously Sentenced Same Offense. i- Johnnie Tester and Clay Tester, two :e young men held in the county jail for e trial on a charge of public drur.kenis ness, were sentenced to six months le each on the roads in Recorder's Court iu Tuesday, on a charge of damaging h public property. ie Plumbing fixtures in the cell block Is had been broken loose and the cells as well as the Sheriff's living quarId ters downstairs were flooded before d a plumber could reach the scene and y stop the rush of water. This is the it second time the jail has been flooded by prisoners, and likewise the second id time Judge Sudderth ha3 meted out d road sentences in this connection. .11 Other Cases Disposed Of id Charlie Greene, charged with larie ceny, failed to appear before the Keif corder. :e D. V. Wtnebarger, public drunkenid ness; dismissed. Dayton Ashley, Everett Story and - Dean Ashley, public drunkenness; assessed with the costs, amounting to $17.50. " Grover Ward, public drunkenness; costs, $17.50. Johnnie Tester, public drunkenness; costs, $14.50. w Clay Tester, public drunkenness, ld costs, $14.50. i> "To Register Farmers T- In Need of Laborers ? lg le Mr. R. S. Swift, manager of Wac tauga County Re-employment Office, ^ announces that his office is now ,jj ready to register landlords and farmera who are in need of farm labor e of any kind. Likewise, families desiring to rent a farm and unemployed farm labor are urged to register. Families who left farms for work in towns or factories and are now interested ill coinv hack in th*> farm H are urged, Mr. Swift said, to register 4" and give the Government a chance h- to help them find the kind of employ. n> merit they prefer. There may be some families applying for farm placement who do not le have enough food and clothing to "run" them until the crop is made. ^ Under certain conditions, provision will be made to extend help to 3uch 10 families, he said. All parties intern ested in this program are reouested to to call' at the re-employment office and register.