m 1 BOONE ! r SKETCHES | By J. C. R. ^hat Birthday Party Way back in the days of the Pharoahs. when the lice and hoppy-toads and locusts went on occasional evangelistic tours, and green-eyed misses wooed their ardent swains to the seductive strains of the ancient lyre . . . back when old King Tut himself was placed in hi3 jewel-decked sarcophagus . . . folks just had to dance when they were happy . . . when they wanted to celebrate. And times, it would appear, have changed but little! Tuesday night a hundred or so people faced a northwest gale and near-zero temperatures to attend a ball at the Daniel Boone, given in honor of the fifty-second birthday anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. From surrounding counties, from rugged and remote communities, from distant towns they difted into Boone . . . orderly, smiling, happy . . . wanting to dance, dying to have a little fun! Willowy damsels in closefitting gowns of sheerest silk, chubby matrons in their Sunday's best, gray-haired mamas and bald-headed papas, awkward youths and blushing maids, newly-weds and willing-to-bes ... a glorious sight it was when Paul Weston and His Collegiate Syncopaters broke open their implements of modern jazz and bore down on "Happy Days Are Here Again." And the audience applauded, and yelled lor some more. But the Sabbatical calm which so placidly settled over Watauga's capital a few months ago when a certain antidance ordinance was passed, had been desecrated by the sound of , Sjf care-free laughter . . . and some ? accommodating brother or sister, may lie, sent in a three-ball alarm! \ And it wasn't long till the constabulary put in its appearance, unscheduled and uncalled-for, got it- . self an eyeful of the merriment, < folded Its tents and moved quietly ( away. And the music started again . with a brand-new tempo. ( Boyles and Perry, a couple of col- 1 lege crooners, dished up a couple of 1 messes of old-time "barber-shop," as Brother Weston crucified the ivory ' and added a couple of shots of "vovo-deo-do!" . . . ana Joe McCoy, mas- ] ter of ceremonies, told the folks that ? ljii' rresiuL'ai a party . . . not Uie , Democratic -party by any means - - was on, and introduced Miss Virginia . Wary, Appalachian goiden-voicca ] songster, who held '6m spell-bound as i she unwound a melodious question, "Did You Ever See a Dream Walk- . ing," and answered a hearty encore with another little ditty that had to i , do with romance, or something. And ] Mrs. K. Z. Linney, elocutionist ex- j, traordinory, lay 'em down for the; count with a laugh-provoking imper- ] sanation yi a good oiu ie-shiunv-U j No'th Ca'lina lass "saying it with ba- i lor.ey" to three or four men-folks. Miss Dolly Le May, clad in the pop ular habiliments of New York's ? Greenwich Village, sprang out of thin air, so to speak, gave her audience a chance to get its breath a couple of times . . . and did she tap dance, or DID she TAP DANCE? Yea, verily, brethren, she wore down the old shoe leather, she made the "big time" look like a thin plugged dime . . . and following the advice of the late lamented Txeay Guinan . . . they gave the little gul a great big band! In a secluded nook of the dining hall a few of the celebrants warmed up to bridge . . . and sandwiches were devoured, and soda pop and three-two, and maybe a little of ftiaf *' .urn uiuv v.in ilium aaesiri j have were gargled cautiously. And a poor old married rnnu trinkol his eye at a cute little flapper, and get young, by hicky . . . and a stately lady put the Kltx on an amorous male . . . and Paul Coffey broke in | on whoever he pleased . . . and Doe Moose wore the same old smile that he used to wear during Coolidge's prosperous reign . . . and Tracy Council] did his best to start a square dance, but didn't get away with it . , . and the President told the crowd, via radio, that he was happy as a lark . . . and the big bad wolf was forgotten . . . and the folks were glad that the little crippled kids down at Warm Springs were getting a break . . . and all present hod a good time?and said they did! What a night! What a party! What a (lance! And now, Mr. President, please have another birthday just as quick as you can . . . for we like those parties of yours as well, or maybe better, that CQT, or XVZ, or l.MM icinr ? J. ? ?' -...x, WJl ixivu. . ? . turn vvb uuu !? unu: a single one of 'era! TIMS BEER OF OURS! Those who cussed about the alcoholic content o ' beer last spring when the boys down iu Roily were passing a little bill to make its sale legal, must have been a trifle stout in their contentions . . . for several bottles froze and "busted" in a certain local establishments a few nights ago when the blizzard was blitzing, and the i mercury had run low in the tube. The j proprietor was madder'n a wet hen, | and is alleged to have said, "Dad blame it, I knowed that stuff wasn't no-count all the time!" WAT An Inc VOLUME XX.V, NUMBER 31 END FIRST MONTH j OF YEAR REVEALS! UPWARD TREND! Retail Trade Running Ahead ol AU j Estimates. Wholesale Markets 15 to 20 Per Cent Above January of Last Year. Acceleration Noted In Automobile Industry. Car Loadings Increase 12 Per Cent. New York.?The last full week ot January drew to a close with the first month of 1934 having surpassed most expectations in trade and industry. The automobile industry has begun i to overcome its manufacturing dlffi- I culties, and output in the past week' showed striking acceleration. Retail I trade, after some unevenness in the' previous week, has quickened once J more, and wholesalers are busy with spring merchandise. Steel production has faltered, as | orders from the railways and from the [ automobile makers have not been j : -j i c _ -- -? I aa iayjui^ iis eA|i?;ui.eu. ailU eioctric power production had declined a little. Industrial production generally, howveer, is well above last year at this time, and extensive overhauling of plants in preparation tor expanding industry in the near future has appeared in the largest orders for machinery and tools booked at th'.s j season in three years. 4-1,996 New Motor Cars i Most striking of the weekly statis-| tics was an increase in automobile ^ output to 44,996 units, according to /I Cram, which was 10,503 over the previous week, and 5,966 over the like week of last year. "Steel" estimated ingot production T* at 33 per cent, of capacity, an unexpected curtailment of 2 percentage points from the previous week. One of the best weekly showings was in the movement of revenue freight, amounting to 560,430 cars, wnich was sp only 4,803 over the previous week, cil but a moderate decline would have M? been the normal seasonal expectation. Dc The total was 12 per cent over the ch same week of last year. of Regarding retail trade, Dun and sc Bradsteet's survey said "the strength 5P of consumer demand at this period s*-' i.q rimninor hnunn/1 ^..?: ?* ? ? placed on it in December." Retail nn sales of automobiles, in the aggregate lo< nas snown Due aiignt improvement, iei according to Cram, but this appears fii to be due largely to lack of dealers an stocks. ha In wholesale markets, orders are na estimated at 15 to 20 per cent over eli last year at this time. Orders for to: shoes, millinery and hosiery have he been heavy. Sales of dry goods have Br been encouraging to textile mills, mjicalilig that deaic* a a lucks have lieell sp drawn down sharply. ni W Wrightsville Beach Fire -,h Causes Damage Million de wi Wrightsville Beach. ? The entire Di northern extension of this ocean resort, one of the South's oldest sum- nc mer playgrounds, was a smoking cfc shamble Monday, following a fire J. which destroyed 108 homes and cot- D tagas and the palatial Oceanic Ho- p? tel. inflicting damage estimated at th more than $1,000,000. m The blaze, of undetermined origin, til began in Kitty Cottage Sunday afternoon and driven by high winds, de- w fied the efforts of firemen to check * it for several hours. The boardwalk was razeo and telephone and street car lines to nearby Wilmington were cut off. er Officials of the Tidewater Power 'a< Company, which owned the boardwalk and the Oceanic, said that their ^ loss alone would reach approximately jj, $83,000. cc Besides Kitty Cottage, several oth- j,j er resort hotels patronized by State j, and northern vacationists for many t,r years were destroyed. Among them p, were the Carolina and Parsley Cottages. Firemen, reinforced by detachments from Wilmington, were handicapped by lack of water. Houses on the southern extension 01 were not damaged nad no one has a' been reported injured. r< APPALACHIAN BEATS LINCOLN WPT\fftRT4 1 riAT t ?nci*. wajLdUUA, *41* 1U 4U I tl The Appalachian Teachers Friday i Zl night defeated tlie Lincoln Memorial r' cagers from Kentucky, 49 to 40, TH a ? close game that saw the Mountain- v ccrs hold the lead throughout. The Teachers led at the half, 22 to 15. 81 The lineups: a Lincoln (40) Appalachian (49) a Kennedy 7 ..KF _... Lackey, 5 Jefferies, 2 JLF Brown, 16 S Gillis, 8 _..C .McConnell, 12 Slover, 10 KG Bacom, 6 Bowling, 1 LG Rudisill Scoring subs: Lincoln, Bradley 12; d Appalachian, Davis 10; Score at half: 1 Appalachian 22, Lincoln 15; Referee: h Overcash (L. R.). a n Approximately 95 per cent, of the E j tobacco growers in Wilson County t | signed acreage reduction contracts, o says Farm Agent W. L. Adams. ii AUG iependent Weekly New; BOONE, WATAUGA. CO Frank Buck Back NEW YORK . . . Frank Buck, (above) lias done it again, " bringin g them back alive" ... a whole ship load of wild animals, captured chiring his latest travels through India, among which is the only male Indian Rhinoceros in captivity. UN10R CONTEST TO LOSE FEBRUARY 3 iree Prizes Offered to School Chilren by Local Council. Program to Be Presented on February 10th. Addresses by Able Speakers. The essay contest which has been onsored by the Daniel Boone Coun, Junior Order United American *c'nanics, will close on Saturday, :cember 3rd. Attorney Wade Brown, airman of the committee in charge fcht": contest hns vinitert worv Hio^i nool in the county and reports a lendid spirit of rivalry among the idents of the different schools. According to a previous announceint. three prizes were offered by the ;nl Council for the best essays writer; on Prevention or Crime." at prize is $5.00, the second $3.00, d the third $2 00. Each school could ve three papers entered in the lii judging. All papers were to be minatcd to three by the English rollers of each school, and the three at forwarded to the judges at lone. A program consisting of several eecnes by state officials of the .lunr Order and school authorities of atauga County will be presented to e people of Watauga at the courtiuse in Boone on February 10th. A finite program and announcement ill be published next week in The imocrat. Councillor Ralph G. Greene anuinces that the following have been loscn as judges of the contest: Rev. A- Yount, J. i?. Holshouser and J. . Rankin. He al30 requests that all tpers be sent to Boone not later an February 3rd so that the judges ay have sufficient time to read iem. So Court Tuesday, Cold Weather Cause There was no session of Record's Court Tuesday and no term is to ' held for another week, says Soliciir Charles T. Zimmerman, who adds lat Judge G. M. Suddreth of Blower Rock, failed to show up on ac>uut of the sub-zero weather. The idicial automobile was frozen, and jdge Suddreth was unable to secure anspurtatior. to Boone in time to reside over his court. JOHN HUDSON PAROLED John Hudson, convicted at the Oc>ber 10th term of Recoi'ders Court t assault with a deadly weapon and mtenced to serve eight months on le county roads, has received a pa >le, according to reports coming om Raleigh early this week. A recommendation signed by the ial judge and other prominent citijns. was forwarded to Governor Ehlighaus recently, and the local nero has been placed under the superision of tho county welfare officei or the remainder of his term. Hud jn'3 arrest and conviction followec fight with several young white mer t a Boone barbecue stand last fall. UPPORT OF SIMMONS IS DENIED BY REP. DOIJGHTOh Washington.?In a statement Mou ay Representative Robert L. Dough Dn of the Ninth District stated Tha e had been erroneously represente< s saying that he was supporting for ler Senator F. M. Simmons of Nev tern to succeed C. L. Abernethy h he House. Further, that while he rec gnized Simmons' ability he was tak ng no part in the matter. A. DE ipaper?h.stablished in the UNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSO. [ROOSEVELT BALL IS GAY OCCASION; THRONG ATTENDS Town Council in Ubeial Ruling on City Anti-Dunce Ordinance, Permits Roosevelt Ball at the Daniel Boone Hotel. More than Fifty Coilpies Join in Merriment. Spectators Entertained by Bridge. Some fifty or more couples tripped the light fantastic at Daniel Boone Hotel Tuesday evening, a3 President Roosevelt was honored on the occasion of his fifty-second birthday, and a considerable sum was realized to aid in the endowment of the Warm Springs Foundation for the treatment of infantile paralysis, founded by the chief executive several years ago. During the evening throngs ol spectators paid an admission fee through I benevolent impulse, and were entertained by bridge, readings and solo dance numbers. Music for the occasion was supplied by Weston's Collegiate Syncopaters and Miss Virginia Wary, Mrs. R. Z. Linney and Miss Dollie Le May j were among those providing rare en- | tertainment in the form of vocal num- j bers. readings and solo dancing. Mr. Joe McCoy of North Wilkesboro, who operates the local hostelry, acted as master of ceremonies and young and old alike made merry until the eleven j j o'clock hour when there v/as an in- j I termission while President Roosevelt i acknowledged through a radio ad dress the gesture of a grateful na-' | tion. 1 "All of you know," he said ui his, address to the nation, "that the work I at Warm Springs has beeh close to' my heart because of the many cases' of infantile paralysis which have been treated there. It is a fact that infantile paralysis results in the crippling of children and grown-ups more than any other cause. "Warm Springs is only one of the ( many places where kindness and pa- j ucuw. iiiiu 3Kiii arc given lo liandi-: capped people. There are hundreds oi | other places where the surgeons, doc- j tors aikjcjiurses of the country glad-. ly work IJay in and day out through- j out the -Spars, often without conipen- j sat ion. ,rI wi'A utrejia that thn ninhlpm of Ui^crippled child is so great that. in every community and in every' state the local facilities for caring 1 for the crippled need the support and ' interest of every citizen." The President thanked Lhe coun- j try for the wide recognition of his; birthday, adding: "'No man has ever had a fineri birthday remembrance from friends and fellows thai; yon have i I given me tonight. It is with an hum- j ble and thankful heart that 1 accept j this tribute through me to tile stric-j kcu ones of our great national fam- j ily. I thank you but lack the words toi tell you how deeply I appreciate what | you have done and I bid you good. night on what is to me the happiest I birthday I have ever known." law Liberalized The Board of Aldermen in session j last Friday evening liberalized the local anti-dance act to the extent of j p or mitt ill c charitv bftlls nit>?r?no -w . preparation had to bo mania at the j last minute and with only hurried j publicity, couples from Avery and j Ashe counties as well as from John , sou County, Tenn., came and Watauga County was well represented. The j occasion surpassed the expectations | of its sponsors. wresWMmeet with duke sat.l I i Appalachian Boys to Go to Mat in; Hard Encounter. Line Up of the Team. Beat Knoxvillo "Y" and Arrangements Made for Others. j A wrestling meet with Duke Uni- j versity will feature the week's ath- j ' letic activities at Appalachian State College, and will occur at eight o'-' clock Saturday following a girls' basket ball game to commence at the gymnasium at 7 o'clock. The line-up ! of the wrestlers is as follows: 118 pounds, Blalock; 125 pounds, Austin; 135 pounds, Finloy iaoore; 145 pounds ! McCoy; 155 pouuds, Frank Moore; j 165 pounds, Loy; unlimited. Red j Smith. The Appalachian wrestlers returned Sunday from Tennessee where they were victorious over Knoxvllle "Y' ' 6% to 261*, and the coach from the University of Tennessee was so impressed by the showing of the local boys that he at once began to negoI ti ate for a meet which will take place soon. If a few drops of olive oil are addt ed to the water when washing chami ois leather glove3, the gloves will not - become hard or stiff. ! ' In Yadkin County 94 wheat grow era have received rental payments of - 112,490.20 for reducing the acreage this ' winter. MOC \ ear Eighteen Eighty-E AY. FEBRUARY 1. 1931 zzzT" ^^ A?;3!0 NEW YORK . . ? European heavyweights return fo.v new waro in American ringa. Shrimp Camera; Italy, (above) World Champion, and. .Max Sclimcling, Genuapy, (below) former title holder, luxuhng here last week. Camera ia now in Miami where he meets Tommy loughran in February. Schmeling'? opponent has not yot been picked. FUNERAL OF LEE CRISP WEDNESDAY Prominent Blowing Bock Citizen Succumbs to Stroke. Was 71 Years Old, and for Many Years Engaged in Mercantile Business. Funeral services for W. L.ee Crisp prominent Blowing Rock citizen, were conducted front the Presbyterian Church in that town last Wednesday, with Reverends R. L. f3hell arid if S. Puchanun in charge. Interment was in the Harper's Chapel cemetery at Patterson. Mr. Crisp was 74 years old and the son of the late Solomon Crisp of Patt-CitcCri. lib Wl"tV5; MUlit us vr^C C?d s???uj home on Greasy Creek and moved ti Patterson early In life" whbre bo remained until 35 years ago, when he established a permanent home at Blowing Rock. He was engaged lot many years >r. the mercantile business with Mr. H. C. Hayes and was well known throughout this sec.tioi and highly esteemed by a wide circlt /if. frleyiHo He was twice married,' first to Mis: Vienna "Watson, who died years ago To thus union three children wen born, one of whom. Mrs. Addle. v\ al her, died a few years ago. His sec ond wife was Miss Nelia Hartley who with four children, survive. Surviving besides Mrs. Crisp, an three sons, Will Crisp of Patterson George Crisp of Johnson City, Tenn. and Rynum Crisp of Blowing Rock thre- daughters, Mrs. Bynum Coffe; of Hudson, Mrs. Ralph Norman o Johnson City, and Mrs. Stuart Can non of Charlotte; a number of grand children, and one brother, J. M. Crisp city clerk of Lenoir. Richard Kelly New Manager Funeral Hom< (Journal-Patriot) Richard Kelly, of Blucfietd, Wes Virginia, formerly of North Wilkes horo, will succeed J. H. Sorners a manager of the Reins-Sturdivant Fu neral Home at Boone on February 1 it was learned Friday from W. k Sturdivant, president of Reir.a Stui divan t. Mr. Somers, who became manage of the Boone establishment when tb business was opened or. November : resigned several days ago to accep a position with the Hater Chevrole Company, of North Wilkesboro. Mr. Keliy ha3 had considerable ex perience in the undertaking busines and Mr. Sturdivant feels fovtunat in being able to secure his service for the funeral borne at Boone. Tobacco Growers to Meet Here on Friday ! Mr. O. F. Mcliary, district agent, I State College, in a letter addressed I to the tobacco growers of Watauga 1 County annonnces a meeting to be J held at the courthouse in Boone or Friday, February 2, at 10:80 a. nr. the purpose of which is to complete the Burley Tobacco Production Adjustment Campaign. Mr. McCrarj hopes that enough farmers will attend to eloet three committee met from each tobacco producing cen ter, who will in turn serve on th< permanent Tobacco Control Asso I elation. , i The County Control Assooiatioi will be elected from the chalrmei ! of the community committees. ' ;H,: -7-I g^^p^sMppaiBfl - ':i : ' RAT $1.50 PER Y i.AK ilOONEMTHOUT i WATER IN WAKE FRIGID WEATHER Mercury Drops Below Zero in First Extremely Colli Weather of Winter. Water Main Freezes and City Was Without Service Tuesday. Men Work Far Into Night Repairing Damage in Terrific Cold. Citizens of Boone anil surrounding territory awoke Monday morning to find that King Winter had at last triumphed over semi-summer time and spread his icy mantle over the country ir. the coldest weather experienced for many a day. Thermometers stood pat on zero in the early morning hours and only a few dotrrepa vsirialinr woo ncfr./i ~ - ? -- .. <j.vv?vi uumig Liir sunshiny day. Scarcely more than a trace of snow accompanied the frigid wave. Tuesday morning mercury beat its own record as it dropped to 8 below zero, and by Wednesday a. more moderate temperature of 6 above was noted. Coincident with the usual burst water pipes, frozen automobiles and such the city water supply main J burst three miles from Boone Monday offer noon. Mr. J. S. Shoemake. who superintends the municipal water system, went to work installing a new section of piping. Throughout the evening hours, in fact until eleven o'clock at night, .Mr. Shoemake drove on and restored service. Tuesday morning at daylight, however, he had to summon his helpers again, for there was another break in the big pipe. Throughout the day he and his men labored, the zero temperatures hurling a crackbng challenge at the heroic workers, but by nightfall water was again flowing from the taps In the city, where only a limited supply of water from a few wells had been available since early morning. Mr. ; Shoemake saved the day and his zeal s in sending the water back to town i despite apparently insurmountable , handicaps, hoa been the topic lor a . great deal of favorable comment. Wednesday calls are going in thick ' | and fast to the plumbers of the city, a3 unusual numbers of burst water . i nines lire rflnr.rtoH fw?v? ? - | , ! -- - - v?.n MUUICA IUIU" . j out the community. ,! Mavqr Trhrvy. Co1!!?cill in flKmrBerit^ , I ing on the water situation Tuesday, . [ st&ted" that the reserve tank WguW, , I have carried tlie town over until ' ? | nal repairs had been made, but for . the fact that spigots were left run. nirigj Monday night in most homes to . ixrcvcnt freezing. Mr. Council! is em, phatic in his opposition to this prac\ tied, and urges water users to use the cutoffs provided, .otherwise he points j out, on extremely cold nights. Boone 5, may be absolutely without fire pro j taction. j The local water supply is capable of taking care of the situation iff fine shape, hnd can supply all legitimate needs of the city for years to come, but Mayor Tracy Councill says it Is 2 essential for some care to be used that the fire-fighting reserve may be '? j adqfcuate at ali times. t Robert Pulliam Named In Federal Capacity '< Robert W. Pulliam, well imown Boone attorney, was appointed as confidential business information enumerator for Watauga County last Thursday, according to an announceJ ment coming from the office of McKee Cooper of Asheviile, supervisor for the Western North Carolina Dis;l trict. Mr. Cooper was recently chosen i- as district supervisor by Senator Robs ert. R Reynolds, following the death, i- j of Everett McDaniel of Shelby. i I am - r%.? ?- ? - * 1' "* l, j -Aiai. t UIMiiUl ,-5VrttCiJ Ul&t Uie UUSi: ! ness census >3 designed primarily to -1 indicate the potential possibilities of I Watauga County from a business ; viewpoint, and aslis the co-operation of the people in answering all queal | tions. He states that this Information ,t j is strictly confidential and is open j only to officials of the census bureau. - Range Explodes As 0 Breakfast Is Prepared a Mrs. Kelley Osbo.-ne narrowly escaped serious injury Tuesday morning when the hot water element in her kitchen stove exploded on account of ice in the pipes, practically demoTTsh' ing the range and jarring out one window in an adjoining room. Mrs. Osborne, who was preparing brenifast, was near the range at the tine 1 j of the explosion, but was uninjured. ' j A nearby kitchen cabinet was par1 j tmily wrecked by the blast. > HARDEN AT CHARLOTTESVILLE Dr. R. H. Hardin of Grace Hosplt' al, Banner Elk, will address the Tri" State Medical Association, including 1 North aud South Carolina, Virginia. ' and the District of Columbia, at their s annual meeting to be held February " 12-15 at the University of Vir"'-*' <*? j; 1 He will speak cn the main ft, -jjv, " ||i i j of case histories in a small toMHHM i I basing his remarks on the syster ' veloped at Grace Hospital. At - .. ?- - ,01*?. j

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