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pO 0 N E SKETCHES ! f|^ By J. C. R. | THAT PF.SXY TIG! MBj Perhaps a- few folks disbelieve "Groundhog Tlieoiy" . . . perWSjSttps there are a few of tbe ;ntelliHHcntsia who care not a whit wheththe sun shines brightly on CanY$|ttlcTua.s J!)ay or is shrouded in a r-fplanket of coal-black clouds . . . ^niad then there are those who s.rc :|V.too darned contrary to admit that lowly whistle-pig can and d<?es "" Control the weather! But there are ?fcl\vays knockers and scoffers and cranks, ready to l?eat down well-founded theories and age-old traditions . ^ . suspicious folks who disregard the moon's phases, the f, crow of a hen, the thick husk on the car of corn, and every other , j -sign that's really worth a tinker's v dern! I^ast Friday was the day, and despite a thick blanket of snow, thf> sun shnriP hrip'htlv nil rtnv Irtntr _ . . and a thousand whistle-pigs on j - a thousand hills saw a thousand . shadows . . and those thousand |g weather prophets nwde a thousand streaks back into the sequestered glodni of a thousand dens! The sun still shines pretty tol'able || bright, but there's a chili in the air that tells of coming blizzards, of :;i sleet and snow and northwest gales , | - . . yes, there's going to be forty g| days and nights of the very worst v weather the country ever knew! & Ask the patriarchs of the hills, who ? watch their pet signs with the eye i J, of a chicken-hawk, and they'll tell j / you . . . that the Groundhog hasn't ) raL failed in fifty-odd years! BEAUTIFUL, SNOW j?&The poets sing of the beautiful snow, 5oi the cracking ice and the winds that blow; *;Of the jingling bells on the passing sleigh. Of the glowing fire at the close of day . . . "But for we'uns the storm is cramful of woe. t Beautiful snow! Beautiful snow! The kids they play in the blanket of white And mama makes onion syrup at night For little William or little Jane Choking with croup . . . ain't that a as Z~&r.7 inspiring siui?, wnen I tic mercury's low . . . lii Beautiful snow! Beautiful snow! M When the plumbing's stuck as tight as a wedge And icicles hang from the window's M ledge. V And you're looking for Charlie to .15 thavt bilt the sink g And he swears he will be there, in " just a wink: ? You cock a skeptical eye as you go ... > Beautiful snow! Beautiful snow! cff Yes, the bards they rave of the flakes jig that fall j f. Of the drifts that pile by the garden to wail, But we'll bet a berry they live in a ? clime --8 Where thrushes sing in the wintertime, ,'^S Where there ain't no slush to wet Hp their feet, IS Where there ain't no big coal bills I to meet; They're all right, folks, but they just don't know About beautiful, beautiful, beautiful snow! When the blizzard roars we dream of a clime, A dark-eyed gal and a jug of wine And a book, perhaps, by the sapphire sea3 Where zephyrs lurk In the cocoanut trees; Far from the ice and far from the sleet, Far from the muss of our own Main Street . . . That's where we'd like to pack up and When we hear about beautiful, beautiful snow! Tim GREATEST SORROW A .strong man, eyes filled with tears, discussed with friends his greatest sorrow, bis most trying experience, his most irrepalrable j loss . . , the death of a tiny son! The passing of a baby attaches j trifling significance to those whose i ,lovc UCVUl UlTH UieSSeU Wlllt the beauty and joy and inspiration ; of parenthood. But to a man W&q has felt chubby little fingers twine about his own . . . who has heard a weak little voice prattle its first words . . . who has seen the initial steps of his child end in a gurgling heap on the nursery carpet?to him is borne the somber notes of dire ] tragedy when death robs a cradle. A king may pass In tbe prime of hie usefulness and his subjects, cast down with sorrow, will bow In reverence at bis bier . . . but whoever heard of a king kneeling at his father's side to recite the age-old words of "Now 1 lay me down to sleep" ? A Napoleon, fresh from victorious battlefields where he wrote history in human sacrifice, succumbs to the ravages of his own intemperance, and his warriors sigh . (Continued on Page 8) ' WAI An Ir VOLUME XJ,V. NUMBER 32 100 VIOLATORS ! ESCAPE TRIAL IN : MIDDLE DISTRICT' I Marshal W. H. Gmgg' Says Warrants ] Outstanding Will Be Held Uniii i "Detailed Instruction Are Received j from the Department of Justice.] Unanimous Supremo Court Decls-1 ion Upholds Judge Hayes, Perhaps no less than one hundred violators of the Volstead Act will escape trial in the Middle District Court, says Marshal W. H. Gragg ol Boone in commenting upon the decision of the United States Supreme Court to the effect that persons, -r ??-- -1 ' bUtugbU niui Viuiatiuu Ui. LU" prUIIIUI- I tion laws are to go free, provided sen- j tences imposed have not gone into | effect. Marshal Gragg states that of the j approximately 100 warrants some ot them are in the hands of the field deputies, others are in the office, and that no especial effort had been made in serving the papers for the past few days, pending the action of the supreme tribunal. Just what disposition will be ordered made of the papers, Mr. Gragg does not know, but, expects definite instructions from j Washington within a few days. No , person from Watauga County is af-1 fected by the ruling, so far as the! Marshal recalls. He states that a \ great number of cases have already I been docketed for trial. Opinion Given on N. C. Cases The opinion was given in passing on two cases from North Carolina where Federal Judge Hayes ordered the discharge of Claude Chambers and Bynum Gibson. The Judge took the position that he was without jurisdiction to proceed with Uic trial because the Eighteenth Amendment haxl been repealed. This was in the face of a plea of guilty by one of the men. The Government appealed to test the question and determine the status of about 9,000 other cases throughout the land. ? JUNIORS CLOSE 17CC1 A \T ininimii.v'irn! LSdA I LUlYIfiM Prizes to Bo Awarded High School Students in Public Meeitng Saturday Evening. Guy H. Hill to Be. Principal Speaker. Public Invited. Dr. Guy H. Hill, principal of the SOimc High School, who is known as i an exceptionally forceful speaker, will deliver the principal address at the public meeting of Daniel Boone Council, Junior Order, Saturday evening at 7:30 in the courthouse. The meeting marks the close of the essay contest in which cash prizes were offered high school students for the best essays on the subject of Crime Prevention, and the awards will be presented, and the winning compositions read at this meeting. Since this meeting is open to the general public, it is desired that there be a large attendance, as matters of vital concern to the waif are of Wa~ tauga County and her people will come up for discussion. The high | school students of Watauga County are especially invited to attend. The complete program for the event, follows: Song: "America." Devotional: Revs. P. A. Hicks and J. H. Brendall Jr. "Interesting Facts About the Junior Order," Clyde R. Greene. Presentation of Awards: Wade K. Brown. Reading of Best Essay and General Comment. Rev. J. A. Yount, president of Citizens Crime Prevention Association. Address: Dr. Guy H. Hill, principal Boone High School. Benediction: Chaplain W. L. Trivette. Officials of Land Bank Pay Visit to Watauga Mr. S. C. Lattimore, reviewing appraiser for the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, spent Tuesday in Boone looking over the work being done by his agents in Watauga. He was acrvimnaniprl hv Mr Am>i T^a-n Florida, who is drainage supervisor! for the Land Bank. Both of the gentlemen were highly pleased with the security being offered by those seeking Federal loans in Watauga, declaring that values I represented far exceed those of other sections in the Southeast. Mr. Updike owns one of the largest citrus groves in the State of Florida, and expressed himself as being highly interested In the summer resort possibilities of this section. Mr. S. C. Eggers, corresponding secretary for the Columbia Bank, stated Tuesday that approximately $400,000.00 in loans had been appraised, and that his office was having a minimum of difficulty in gaining approvals. Checks aggregating around $75,000 have already been rejceived locally. *55 W? waww* Bp mm "AU Gl idependent Weekly Newspa BOONE, WATAUGA COUN' Sing for President /|j( fllwplflnd Wisa Nnn .1 n h 11 f! O II ! mi (above) has been invited by Pre&i- ?<J dent and Mrs. Roosevelt to sing at the White House some day soon, Th and she has accepted. Nan, a vie- Pu tim of infantile paralysis since b, ^ was prevailed upon to give up piano and study voice. She appeared R before the Cleveland Rotary Club Kg recently, which appearance brought vit the White House invitation. j kn I foi BAR IN FAVOR OF Is BURKE FOR JUDGE ;s ! Watauga County Lawyers Go on Itcc- J 10 ord in Resolutions Favoring Alex- ; Ka under Man as Flnley's Successor. ! ye; A Unanimous Endorsement. j FY j tin The Watauga County Bar Associ- i Br ation has gone on record as being leg heartily in favor of the nomination tin and election of J. Hayden Burke, of an Taylorsville, as judge of the Seven- rej teenth Judicial District, to succeed am Hon. T. B. Finley, who retires at the 7,3 end of his present term. Although Watauga County is not in the Seven- ^ teenth District, local barristers felt g0 so strongly in favor of Mr. Burke's 0?c candidacy tliat o resolution was adop- t,C] ted, as has been done in many coun- mj ties both inside and outside the dis- ye< trict. The resolution says. ar< -V-We. the undersigned members ofjdir the Watauga County Bar Association, toi while not being residents of the Seventeenth Judicial District, but betng set interested in the selection of a man ex well qualified in every respect to sue- be ceed the Honorable T. B. Finley, prcs- pu cut illdfre of tlir* sniri district anU who has declined to submit his name ; eri for re-election to said office, do herebv most heartily endorse the enndl- A dacy of Honorable J. Hayden Burke of Taylorsville, N. C., for Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial District. "We know Mr. Burke to be a man D. of high legal attainments, ot good Br moral character and one who pos- es, sesses integrity, who is learned of Co the law, and a man of fine judicial Iv: temperament, and if he is elevated to L. the bench of North Carolina, we be- fit lieve he will make a record that both Mi his friends and the State of North St Carolina will he proud of in the years J. to come." En The resolution, which was unani- H; mously adopted, bears the signatures an of: William R. Lovill, Charles T. Zimmerman, J. E. Holshouser, T. K. C Bingham, John E. Brown, John 11. j Bingham, R. L. Ballou, Robert W. j Pnlliam O H4 * V. > " r - -' ^ ' ^ ujnaiit, M. m. OUUUCI UI OUU W UU JO. Brown. ga Commissioners Meet ^ , In Routine Session w be The Board of County Commission- St era met in regular session Monday, on but little except the routine matters to of business came up for discussion, ioi The agitation for a county farm he agent, which has been revided within Lb recent months, was mentioned to the ju board by farmers who had seen the I sa benef'ts of agent work in other coun- j at ties, he commissioners, while not | hostile in any way to the proposition, I rj explained that no provision had been ^ made for such a project in the present budget, and that it could not be accomplished before June, in any event. They, however, indicated a willing- ar ness to hear the pro and con argu- pa ments by that time so that iritelli- ^ gent action might be taken. ca It was decided to postpone the ad- q vertising of property for taxes until the next first Monday, particularly m for the benefit of those who are ar- ar ranging to take care of their indebt- \ a Kuiiess cnrougn J'ederal loans now c3 pending. tb CWA Registration Is Extended Indefinitely ce y< Mr. R. S. Swift, manager of the or National Re-employment Office, says that several hundred CWA registrants 2 j have failed to re-register aa required. This registration should have been completed by the fi.at of this month, te but an indefinite extension has been n< granted. Mr. 3wift points out that it tr will be taken for granted that those | 8 who do not re-register have found IK 1 employment in private capacities. 1 b ssm V DE iper?Established in the IX NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDj ) LOCAL MEN TO 1REENSB0R0F0R I LINCOLN DINNER! rgest Delegation Ever Known Will Ittend Republican Banquet. Rep re- i tentative Harold McGugin of Knnias Will Deliver Principal Address. i\ Brief Sketch of Career. Last of Wataugans Expected to Attend. Forty Watauga Cuonty Republicans ve signified their attention of atlding the Lincoln Day Dinner in eensboro Monday evening, Februy 12tb, this being the banner atidance from this section since the ieption of the banquet event five ars ago. Formerly a considerable jnber of Wataugans have attend, but interest is reported as far eater this time than previously, lis is the first assemblage of Reblicans on a State-wide scale since e elections of 1932. Representative Harold McGugin, spublican member from the Third insas District, has accepted the in;ation to deliver the address. He is own as a forceful orator, well in'mci r?n !hn loan/ID fV.? -1 * wiv tocu?. o vi viic uay , diiu I imbers of the local delegation look1 "ward to a clear-cut and interesting |. dress, although it has not been an- j unced as to the details constituting, 2 discussion. J Mr. McGugin. a native Kansan. is years old and was admitted to me in3as bar in 1914, spent almost two! axs with the American armies in | ance, was a second lieutenant ui j' 2 adjutant generai's department ati est: was a member of the Kansas! -islature in 1927; is a member ofj 2 American Legion, Odd Fellowa? d Elks. He was elected in 1930 ro| present the Third Kansas District j' d again in 1932 by a majority of j1 71. I: To I^eave Monday Morning I , Watauga's delegation will leave! , one Monday morning at about 101 lofck, and it is explained by mem- j 1 rs the local arrangements com- ( tt^e that those who have not as , tfttade reservation may go if they j 2 fet Boone prior to 10 o'clock. The j njfer will be held at the King Cot-! ( otei, at 7:50 ?luu Cor.gr rssrran j iGugih'&. address follows. No other i t speech has been arranged, but temporaneous remarks will likely j' made by several prominent in He-; blican political circles. Those who have already made res- ' ,'ations lor the dinner are: R. D. idges, A. E. Hamby, Win. Winkler, i W. Smith, W. h" Gregg, Baxter' mcy, w. u. Kobert-ioni .1 1". Itoh j is, Fred Wfhltler, T. E. Bingham, j orge C. Greene, J. E. tlolshcna.er, j L. Wilcox, G. K. Moose, Jeiryj ewer, S. C. Eggers, John W. Hortg- j Rodney Greene, A. D. Adams, Earl j iok. I,loyd Hodges, Kenneth lanney, j liter Carroll, Greene Miller, Boone; : E. Wilson, C. G. Lewis, W. A. Prolt, Carl Byers, Meat Camp: A. G.: Her, Deep Gap: Russell Welboin, j ony Fork; W. M. Thomas, Mabel; i W. Herman, Alvin Cannon, Ben j J thing, Valle Orucis; J. E. Young, j nvard Holshouser, C. S. Prevette; d G. C. Robbins, Blowing Rock. evenlh Grade Test To Be Given March 21 j County Superintendent Smith Ha ! man states that he plans to give a! venth grade test to all pupils who I tnt to take this examination on ednesday, March 21st. This is to the new Standard Achievement ate-wide Te3t and will be the only e given on which to base promotion high school. Mr. Hagaman is anx-1 as to learn from each school ju^tj w many students will want to take is test in order that he may know st how many to buy. It is necesry that he have this information once. I bounties Being Paid on j Birds and Wild Cats The Department of Conservation d Development has authorized the .yment of bounties on sharp:ahinned id Cooper's hawks, crows and wildts, and County Game Warden H. Farthing asks that the head of the rd or both ears of the cats be subitted him for payment. The hawks e paid for at the rate of 25 cents head, crows 15 cents, while wildIs bring $2.00. Mr. Farthing further points out at it 13 now legal to take carp and j ickera with gigs, provided new 1934 lenses are first secured. These li nses will be good throughout the ;ar's fishing seasons, and are now 1 sale. <EW WESTERN UNION HOURS Mr. Herman Wilcox, agent for Wes;rn Union Telegraph Company, aniunces that hereafter the office will 'ansmit and receive messages until p. m. each day. Mr. Wilcox rightly sels that this improved service will s appreciated by the public. MOC Year Eighteen Eighty-E VY, FEBRUARY S, 193i ^ Junior at 14 Atlanta.?Above Ls A W. Cain, of Dahloneea, Ga., who at 14 years of age is a junior classman in the University of Georgia, the youngest junior in the history' of the school. LAUD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING PR0JEC1 Junior Order Praises Authorities fo Their Kfforts Toward Securing a Modern Plant and Drafts Resolutions Pledging Support. The effort on the part of local edu cational authorities to secure a mod cm higli school building for Boon through funds made available by th Public Work3 Administration, ha won praise from Uie membership o the Daniel Boone Council, Jr. Orcie United American Mechanics, at a re recent meeting resolutions were draft cd pledging the co-operation of th Council in this movement. The resolution, which bears the sig natures of L-inncy Walker, Clyde J Grpf?n?^ and W f. TriwLh> nc n enppi* co inmittee, rol lb war- "Whereas, one. of. the cardinal prir ciples of the Junior Order Unite Americna Mechanics Is the support c the American free public school sys tem of education; and whereas, th buildings and equipment of the Boon High School are woefully inadequate and whereas, for the best interest, c the pupils and the community, it i necessary thai a cor.Ymunity ov.ne and controlled high school building t erected in the Boone District: "Now, therefore, be it resolved b Daniel Boone Council No. 129, Junic Order United American Mechanics, i regular meeting assembled on Febrt ary 5, 1934: First, that we com men the local District School Committe the County Board of Education an the County Commissioners for -ft steps tlicy have taken to secure tfc money through the PWA for the con struction of an adequate high sehoi building in the Boone District; sc< ond, that we pledge our support, t the school authorities in their efforl to secure better buildings and equij ment,.ana mat we urge til cm to us every effort to get this project a| proved by the PWA authorities in mediately; third, that a copy of thes resolutions be sent to the school at thorities, and that a copy be given 1 The Watauga Democrat for publlci tion." Plans for the proposed new buili ing have been drawn and submittt to the PWA authorities, it is leame but so far the project h3s not bet approved. Every effort is being pi forth in this connection, and a del nite answer is expected soon. REV. MILES H. VESTAL DIES AT HOME NEAR YADKINVILL Elkin.?Rev. Miles H. Vestal, 76, r tired Methodist minister of the Wes ern North Carolina Conference, dt< on Wednesday night at his home nes Yadkinville from cancer of the ston ach. During his ministry of half a eel tury he had served many charges i pastor and preciding elder. Before el tering the ministry, he served h county as legislative representatu two successive terms. Funeral rites were conducted ( Thursday at Yadkinville. NOTED MINISTER LAUDS DEMOCRA' Dr. O. J. Chandler, former pasto of the Boone Methodist Churct now a resident of Asheville, In recent private communication take occasion to compliment Wataug County's only newspaper. The opir ion of the eminent minister is ap preeiated anu is contained in thi terse statement: "I have greatly enjoyed your pa per and think it the best- weekl ! paper I have ever known anythin about." RAT .igj-it SI .Of) PBK X.,Alt Iaoult schools 1 ) be opened 0ring the week a ; T u ;ers Training: School Enters Into d .t Week, and '11 Watauga Teach ^-j .Have Taken Special Courses to able Them to Open Classes for S ose Above School Age. Several ? unties Represented. | JSfeE More than one hundred teachers, twenty-one of the number being residents of Watauga County, will finish a special course ir. adult teaching1 and nursery school work Saturday, when Mrs. J. M. Day of Ashevdle ends her classes at the Appalachian Teachers College. The institute was sponsored by the Emergency Relief Education and designed both, to place unemployed teachers in positions, and to give educational advantages to adults who for different reasons had been uBprivea oi rachitics tor learning: during1 their youth. About, fourteen counties from this section of the state were represented in tge large group which composed Mrs. Day's classes. Teachers to Organize Schools Bach teacher will organize his or her school in the particular section I affected, it js explained, and it is their desire to have thirty students each, j In some localities it may be possible _ j to have a two-teacher school. Any j person above the school age may enL roll, and twenty hours' teaching time j will constitute a week-s work, in atlr;dition to ten hours' preparatory work | on the part of the tutor. The hours of i teaching will be arranged to suit each community condition. Three or four of the adult schools have already been organized and interest is reported as running high among the older folks ^ In several communities. e Wataugans Listed ^ Those from Watauga County qual^ ifying for this special work and who r expect to institute classes next week In the communities indicated are: Miss Madge Williams, Mabel; Miss e Bulis Church Greer, Mabel; Miss Dorris Wilson, Meat Camp; Miss Ruby Farthing, lower Cove Creek section; ' W. D. Miller, Todd; Mrs. William ^ Tunnel, Maple Springs; Miss Sallie Ray, Gap Creek; Miss Aimedia BingHajii, 5ae<xUu\v GFeek; ICeirip -Wilson, i- Zionville; Miss Hazel Blalock, Boone's d Fork; Mrs. Jay Greene, Watauga >f Falls; Miss Merle Davis, Clarks ?- Creek; Mrs. Charles L. Youuce, tv Boone; Mrs. Paul Cook, Bamboo; I. ?jj. Bingham. Triplett: Mrs. Tracy i". Ccuncill, Boone; Mrs. J. L. Reese, ?f I Cove Creek; Miss Maggie Moretz, is j Boone; Miss Francis Brinkley, Vilas; d. j Mm.. minton Cook. Hnnimn c 1 Dewey Broome, Boone. I A few of the teachers mentioned y! will be engaged in nursery school >r work, but because of the* standard 11 equipment necessary, the scope of this 1- work must necessarily be limited. S LOCALWRESTLERS * WIN OVER DUKE Ol 2- A. S. T. C. Grapplers Score Spectacu > lar Victory Over Blue Devil Varsity, ts Blaylock and Smith Perform 5- Spectacularly. Summary. :e > Appalachian State's wrestlers dej f-eated Duke University's powerful ic 1 team, 16-14, here last Saturday night, i- Only three men were pinned, the othto ers winning by time advantages, i- Blaylock, Appalachian, 118 pounds, threw Dodd in four minutes and thir1 teen seconds for the most spectacular ;d match of the night. Smith. Appalachd, ian unlimited, won from McGrail in '-n three minutes and twenty seconds to ft give Appalachian victory, 'i- Summary: 118 Bounds. Blavldek (A) threw Dodd in 4 minutes 13 seconds; 126-pound, Gillen (D) threw Austin in 9 minutes 10 seconds; 135K pound. Trexler (D) won over Finley Moore, time advantage, 3 minutes 20 e- seconds: 145-pound, Chamberlain (D) t- won over McCoy, time advantage. 6 id minutes 29 seconds; 155-pound, Frank ir Moore (A) won over Benner, time ada vantage, 2 minutes 20 seconds; 105pound, Loy (A) threw Board, 6 mina utes 50 seconds; 175-pound, Apple ts (D) defeated Farthing, time advana tage, 1 minute 50 seconds; unlimited is class, "Red" Smith (A) won over /e McGrail, time advantage, 3 iriiutes 20 seconds. i -*<y >n As a preliminary to the wrestling events the Appalachian girls basket ball team swamped Young-Harris College by the score of 45-15. Bingham and Krisp led the scoring for the 1 local lassies, while Shoemaker, Chafin and A. Daniels played well at guard r positions. i, ! ! Quarterly Conference a j At Henson's Chapel i- The quarterly conference of the - Methodist Church will be held with s the Henson's Chapel congregation on Sunday morning, it has been i" announced by Rev. G. C. Graham, the y pastor. At this time the new prenidg ing elder, Rev. A. C. Gibba, will deliver the sermon.