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SKETCHES
By J. C R.
THAT ^SPRINGY" FEELING
At seven bolls till* a, 91. the old
aiarm clock roused a sketch man J
from troubled dreams . . . and as
he placed his dainty doggies on the
Icy puncheon he debated in a befuddled
mind Just whether to kindle
a fire or go jump In the lake
or river or something! A dark
brown taste welled in his mouth
and bis nose was out of order and
he had the blues and he was nursing
a grouch . ... and he didn't want
to be messed with hardly. But be
donned his clothes, uncovered the 1
kindling and kerosene, lighted him- j!
self a fire, put on the percolator, i
reached for the paper, glanced at
Orphan Annie and the Gumps ...
just the same old routine that he'd
pursued since winter began . . . and
visions of unpleasant tasks to be
performed rose up before him, and
thoughts of bill collectors and hate- j fal
people and this and that haunt- i
ed him. As h** opened the door to j
tcti-e r* iook at me weatner, a couple
of robins, bitting on the limb of
an apple tree, greeted him with a
batch of first-class music . . . and
the sun was shining brightly, and 1
the skies were azure blue, and a
pleasant brteezc was stirring . T .
and spring had arrived! The old
boy snapped out of his groucli like
magic, threw back his chest and
headed for the print shop post
haste, full of pep, full of ideas, full
of ambition! i
And he planned to write a column
that'd knock your eye out ... a
column fit for the kings . . . about 1
a couple of elderly people head- 1
over-heels in love . . . about a local t
gent whose cap had been locked up <
in the calaboose . . . about a cute 1
little chorus girl in a home talent
show who chewed her gum vocifer- <
ously its she padded down the shoe ]
Feather . . . about the beauty of the ]
mountains on Tuesday morning . . . i:
about boyish girls and girlish boys! j
But the sun grew brighter and am- 1
bition faded . . . Spring had hold of i
the Sketch Man! . . . his thoughts I
?i i*y mil jiinaer at me nsn- i
ing hole, his imagination dwelt on i
speckled beauties of hand-saw pro- ;
portions . .. . nisd he cared not a 1
dang whether newspapers were ever I
published again or not! No column i
this week . . . well uln't that a pity I
. . . ain't that a snamer ito-num, ,
well be. seeing you again when this i
drowsy, no-count feeling leaves us! j
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RANDOLPH COUNTY OFFERS
CANDIDATE FOR CHAIRMAN i
? 1- 1
Asheboro.?Randolph County Re- <
publicans injected a three-cornered t
fight into the State convention to be ;
tflu six Cutui'sUc oii April 4th loot i
week when they put forward A. I. ]
Ferree aa a third candidate for chair- <
man. James S. Duncan, present chair- j
man, and Judge Meekins of Header- i
aonvine have already announced.
Ferree, prominent lawyer, publish- '
er, active Legionnaire and a political '
leader of recognized ability, has a
strong following, it is said, through- :
out the State. His friends state that I
he is not connected with any faction,
but answers the call of a new lead- i
crship that is fastly springing up in ]
the ranks of the G. O. P. !
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REV. WALKER TO CONDUCT
REVIVAL, AT MABEL CHURCH
Pastor G. U. Graham of the Wa- J
tauga Charge, has announced that
special revival .services will begin on
next Sunday at 1J o'clock at Mabel 1
Methodist Church. The leader for the 1
services will be Rev. W. J. S. Walker, 1
evangelistic preacher and singer of '
Mocksville. The services will continue >
for perhaps two weeks, with services 1
twice daily after Monday. All Chris- 1
tian frier.da are cordially invited to
join with the Mabel Methodist con- 1
gregation in the services. 1
DUGGER'8 "BALSAM GROVES"
TO BE REPUBLISHED SOON
Banner Elk.?The first volume from
the pen of Shepherd M. Dugger, "The
Balsam Groves of the Grandfather
Mountain," will be reissued in a new
edition next month. Mr. Dugger's latest.
book, "War Trails of the Blue
Ridge," was published last year. "The
Balsam Groves," originally published
over' thirty years ago, has been out
of print fo- many years and the author,
a ^?lve of Banner Elk, has received
many requests for copies of
the new edition. The new edition, he
says, will include many features printed
in the first edition but omitted
from subsequent editions to the present
time.
ANCIENT TESTAMENT
"ageland, S. C.?A copy of the New
Testament hearing the date of 16415,
and bclieVed to be a copy of a translation
by Martin huther, who died
in 1546, is owned by A. F. Funderburk
of Pagetend.
Printed in old German, the volume
was brought to America "by a forefather
of the Funderburks after, in
811 probability, being smuggled from
Germany. The Catholic Church was
trying hard about this time to suppress
these Bibles.
WAT
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VOLUME XLV. NUMBER 38.
FUNERALSERVICES
HELD IN LENOIR FOR
DR. JOHN SQUIRES
Prominent Chemical Engineer and Financier
Met Death in Florida Car
Wreck. World Traveler and for
Many Years Head of DnPont laboratories.
Received Karly Education
at Valle Cruris.
Funeral services for Dr. Jo.iii
Squires, who met death in an automobile
accident near Miami, Fla., on
Wednesday of last week, were held
at the First Methodist Church in Lenoir
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'-j
clock. Rev. Excell Rozzell, pastor,
was in charge of the rites which were
participated in by the Masonic Order
of Lenoir. Members of a Delaware
lodge, to which Dr. Squires belonged,
were also present. Interment took
place in a Lenoir cemetery.
The well-known chemical engineer
and financier was driving alone when
his car left a Florida highway, and
death occurred before aid anived.
This information was revealed in a |
telegram to Chief of Police John
Walsh, Lenoir, from the coronor of
the Florida <_ounty in which the accident
occurred. A brother of the deceased,
Mark Squires, was in a sanitarium
at Black Mountain, and was
immediately notified.
Chief Chemist for DuPonts
Dr. Squires was chief chemist for
the DuPoct Powder Company at Wiimington,
Del., for a number of years >
and served in a similar capacity with
[Jencra! Motors for some time. He
was 52 years of age.
Dr. Squires was born in Union
bounty January 19, 1882, at Morven.
He moved to Lenoir with his motuer,
Mrs. Mary Ann Stevens Squires, in
1894. Ho received his early education
at Davenport College and the old
Talle Crucis School lor Boys, this
county, later attending North Caroina
A. & M. College, now North Carolina
State College, at Raleigh. He. I
received his A B. and M. A. degrees
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
lis Ph. D. degree at Cornell. He
taught two years in the State Agricultural
College of New Mexico and i
hen became connected with DuPont. i
After the World War he did research ;
worn tor the. American Cyanimid Go. i
n Europe and Asia. He then became
:onnected with General Motors.
He was a world traveler and had
/isited all the civilized countries in i
he world, both as a student and in i
lurrying on his research work. He re- i i
urned to Lenoir in 1931 and was in- i
itrumental in the reorganization of >
oic ciusetl Fit ai NitlOUH t n&ii'K Oi "]
-enoir and served as vice-president ;
it the Union National Bank for a
mar. He was still a director ot the .
nstitution at his death. i
Dr. Squires had many friends in 3
iVatauga County, especially in the i
i'alle Crucis section where he had
spent much time of recent years,
i number of whom attended the rites
Sunday.
Survivors include a brother, Mark
Squires of Lenoir, and three sisters,
Sirs. W. L. Nicholson, Miss Kitty
Squire3 and Mrs. J. W. DeLaney, ail
it Charlotte. He wa3 never married.
Cove Creek Cagers Take
Part in Tournament Play
The Cove Creek High School basket
ball squad, composed of eight
olayers, the scorekeeper and coach, ,
lave just returned from Winston-Saem
where they took part in the ninth
innual Journal and Sentinel basket 1
ball tournament for twenty counties
jf Northwestern North Carolina.
The Cove Creek team advanced to
the quarter-fiDal round before being
eliminated by Dobson, State Class B
champions and winners of the tournament.
Dobscn went on to defeat
Copeland, and then won over Rural
Hall High School, 45 to 26 in the final
game.
The Cove Creek team made 95
points in defeating Mt. Ulla, 33 to 15;
Yadkinville, 39 to 20, and losing to
Dobson, 35 to 23. Mast was high
qpnrnr nrifVi 99 rwintn vrrWla Uo?i Haw.
son ran a close second with 22.
Go wan H. Caldwlel, Journal and
Sentinel sports writer, who selected
the mythical .all tournament teams,
awarded Earl Henson a second team
post and gave Mast an honorable
mention.
Those making the trip were: Juck
Henson, Olen Combs. Joe Banner and
Bonnie Isaacs, forewards; Fred Mast,
center; David Horton, Earl Henson
and Marvin Deal, guards; Stanley A.
Harris Jr., scorekeeper, and W. H.
Walker, coach.
I.EES-McRAE COLLEGE TO
ISSUE ON T A RAG A JUNIOR
Banner Elk.?The senior class of
Lees-McRae College will publish a
year book, The Onbaraga Junior. Last
year's annual, the Ont&raga, was
forced to suspend publication because
of the early closing of the college.
The yearbook will be smaller in 3ize
than the usual annual but will contain
more than the usual amount of
pictures and reading matter.
AUG,
dependent Weekly Newsj
BOONE, WATAUGA COU
1
For Federal Judge
WSWk flWEi
Cleveland. ? Judge Florence E. |
Allen of the Ohio Supreme Court 1
(Above) has been honored by Pres- ;
iCcnt Roosevelt, having been nomi- |
nated for the federal bench as judge I
of the U. S. Circuit Court of Ap- j
peals at Cincinnati, the highest !
federal judicial post every held by
a woman.
REPUBLICANS TO
GATHERSATURDAY!
Convenlon Will Name New Executive
Committee and County Chairman
and Select Delegates to State and
Congressional Conventions.
i
The first official reminder that an-:
other election year has rolled around
comes Saturday when the Republicans
of Watauga County gather at the
courthouse for the purpose of elect- j
mg a county organization, naming;
delegates to the Congr essional and,
State conventions, and either endorse;
or fail to endorse for one of the con-!
tenders for the State chairmanship, i
The convention has been called to;
meet at the 2 o'clock hour and will
bo more or less of a routine meeting.
The different members of the exccu-'
tive committee will be chosen following
the action of the precinct meet-!
ings to be. held Friday afternoon. No |
candidate is known to oppose Russell!
D. Hodges for the chairmanship, and |
opinion is that he will be re-elected:
without a dissenting vote. Then thej
Julegates will be named to the Con-j
gressional convention in TaylorsvUlej
on Morc.h 31 and to the State con-j
ventioh in Charlotte on April ith.it
At the State convention principal'
interest centers about the selection
:>f a State chairman James S. Duncan,
who has held the important post
for four years, is solidly backed for
ro-electiori. while William Meekins. a
son of Federal Judge Isaac Meekins,
.< ucvn neiivety campaigning. Mr.
Meekins was in Boone Saturday looking
after his interests and inquiry
ievelops that he has drawn con3idjrable
local support. Impartial observers,
however, doubt that the local
ielegation will be actually instructed
for either man.
I VAIT I1JTMP IHPII
liuii nimnihn
POST WITH CHAINi
Boone Man Made. Supervisor Hickory
Division of Carolina Stores, After
Four Years' Service. Promotion
Comes as Reward for Service.
Mr. H. L. Lyon, for four years employed
in managerial capacities with
(he Carolina chain of grocery stores;
and lately stationed at Rutherl'ordtort,
visited horncfolks and friends in!
Boone last week, and incidentally told '
The Democrat of having beer, pro-j
moted to tho position or supervisor |
of stores for the Hickory division, 1
which comprises nine individual es- j
tabiishmer.ts. He assumed his new du-t
ties the first of the week, the promotion
having come in the nature of a
reward for outstanding service, and
carries a very lucrative salary.
Mr. Lyon has made an enviable
record with the Carolina people and
has been known to have placed three
stores on a solid paying basis, when
they had previously operated without
profit. He was reared in this community,
is an exceptionally industrious
and well-met young man. and a
wide circle of friends will congratu- j
lofo KV.OT. Vi? " -J * I
l?vv MUiJ liyvii Alio UUVOJltCIHCiiL.
Special Service* Begin
At Local Church Sunday
Special pre-Easter services are to
begin at the Baptist Church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock and will continue
throughout the week at 7:30.
The services will be conducted by the
pastor. Rev. P. A. Hicks, and besides
being in line with the Buster season,
will be of a revival nature, aimed at
developing a deeper spirituality
among the members of the congregation
in this community. A large attendance
is desired at these meetings,
which are expected to oc exceedingly
helpful.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. David Greene
at Hagaman-Linney Clinic on Tuesday
afternoon, a daughter, who has
been named Lucy Jeanette.
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aaper?Established in the
KTY, NORTH C-iKOLIKA, THURSO
iNOTHERV'ElERAN;
OF CONFEDERACY!
DIES AT TRIPLETT
Newton Greer, 5)3, Buried Last Thursday.
Served for Duration of War
With Armies of Northern Virginia.
Had Been Bedfast for Forty Years
With Rheumatism. Survived hy Two
Sons and a Daughter.
Newton Greer of Triplctt. Watauga
County, a veteran of the Confederacy,
died at his home on Wednesday,
the 14th. He was 93 years of
age. Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. Marshall Watson, Baptist
minister, on Thursday, and the
body laid to rest in a community
burying ground.
Surviving are the following children
: Albert and Jasper Greer and
Mrs. Julia Hartley, all of Triplett.
Mr. Greer enlisted in the Confederate
Army at the beginning of the
Civil War, and served with Lee in
Northern Virginia until the final hat- 1
tie at Appomattox. For the past forty-odd
years the aged veteran had
been confined to his room with rheumatism,
but he had borne his infirmities
with the same courage which
carried him safely through the carnage
and misery of the War Between
the States.
He was known as an excellent citizen,
had been a member of the Baptist
Church for nearly seventy years,
and until illness made attendance impossible.
had been active in religious
work. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Greer,
passed away November 25th, 1933, at
the age of 83 years.
Only four survivors of the Confederate
armies now reside in Watauga.
They are Elihu Luther, Deep
Gap; William H. Norris, East Boone;
Enoch Swift, Amantha, and Lemuel
Greene of Sugar Grove R. F. D.
GREER NAMED TO
TAX POSITION
Former County Treasurer Succeeds
J. S. McBride, Deceased, as Superviaor.
TJat?ru Nmsed 2nd
Work to Be Completed May 1.
R G. Greer, well known Zionville
citizen, has assumed the duties of
Tax Supervisor of '.Vatauga County,
to succeed J. Smith McBride, deceased.
The appointment came the first J
Monday of the month at the hands [
of the Board of County Commissioners,
and Mr. Greer is rapidly completing
a slate of list takers for the
different sections of the county which ,
will be published next week.
Mr. Greer points out that the present
law requires listing as of April (
1st, and that taxpayers should com- ,
picte accounting of their property by :
the. first of May. He does not state
just when listing will commence, other
than that the listers will get down
to business as early in April as is
possible.
Mr. Greer is well known In Watauga
where he served six years as treas- j
urer, and is well qualified for his r.ew
line of work
DEEP GAP NEWS CHANGES
ITS NAME TO BATTLE AXE
Mr, W. A. Watson of Deep Gap,
.who a few weeks ago launched a
small newspaper known as the Deep
Gap New.-?, tells The Democrat that
he is now issuing The Battle Axe instead.
The new publication is described
by Editor Watson as a redhot
number, costs 25 cents a yeRr,
and a copy may be had in exchange
for a stamp.
MANY TO ATTEND
JACKSON DINNER
Indications tliat Several Local Partisans
Will Go to Raleigh March SI.
Senator Clarke to Speak. Tickets
Must Be Secured Early.
oeverai ui tne younger jl^iuuuiuui
of Watauga County have signified
their intention of attending the Jackson
Day dinner to be held in Raleigh
Saturday evening, March 31, at which
time Senator Champ Clark of Missouri
will deliver the principal speech.Senator
Clarke is a young and able
speaker, and is said to have followed
closely in the footsteps of an illustrious
father.
The meeting, which is sponsored by
the Young Democratic Clufas of the
State, has the approval of the regular
Democratic organisation and many
political leaders will be present. A
social hour has been arranged as a
new feature of the banquet event, and
dancing will culminate the entertainment
Attendance is by ticket and Jim
Rivers, chairman of the Young Democratic
Club of Watauga County, insists
that those making- plans to attend
the Jackson Day dinner get in
tauch with him immediately and secure
tickets for the event.
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MOO
Year Eighteen Eighty-Eig
AY. MARCH 22. 1934^
(HgS 1
^ Kr.^ ions ^ ^
New York. ? Eberbard Faber
(above), pencil king of the U. S. j
who celebrates his 75th birthday
this month, savs he has snout fifty - I
five active years as an officer of his j
company and has gone through depressions
of all kind. He says the J
present depression Is at its end. J
Doi\'t worry is his rule for loiigcvity.
farthing urges
home gardening
Former Sheriff lo Supervise Itelicf
Planting ami Named by TV A to
Encourage Promotion of Seed Potato
Culture in Watauga.
Ex-Sheriff L. M. Farthing has been
placed in charge of a county-wide gardening
program, his principal duties
being those of railing on relief families
and having them plant gaidens,
seed and fertilizers for the projects
to be furnished from relief sources.
Mr. Farthing will further superintend
the planting to a large degree, see
that the gardens are cultivated and
that the crops are taken care of.
Simultaneously with this appointment
Mr. Farthing has been designated
by the Tennessee Valley Authority
to encourage the planting by
farmers of certified seed potatoes.
This movement, which is a part of
the TVA co-operative plan, has as its
object the production of seed potatoes
rather than tubers for table consumption.
While it is a little late to get
fVlO fllUnet rAniilf n 1? *V.i? ? ? * -
1VOU11P Hi CiHiS CVIillCCLIUJl, |
Mr. Farthing i3 to make a strong effort
to have as many certified oota-i
toes planted as possible. Seed will be
purchased by him, and in turn resold
to farmers through the TVA, which j
wii! have charge of selling, grading
and certifying. Warehouses are to be J
constructed here later to store the
product, and those in authority state
that markets may be found for all <
the certified seed that the three
counties of Watauga, Avery and Mit- i
_heii can produce, 'itie particular m- '
iuccment to the farmer, of course,
iies in the fact that seed potatoes 1
sell at a very much higher price.
Mr. Farthing asks that all farmers
in the county interested in seed potato
production get in touch with
bim at the earliest possible time, and I
consideration is being given to the
holding of a farmer;, meeting for the
discussion of the possibilities of the
TVA program.
GRAGG GOES WITH
FENNER & BEANE
Former Marshal Assumes Position
With Brokerage Firm After Reliring
from Government Service. To
Buy and Sell Securities.
Watt H. Gragg has accepted a position
as field representative with
Fenncr & Beane, international stock
and bond brokers, and assumed his
new duties on the 15th, immediately I
following the termination of his work
as Unietd States Marshal for the
Middle District.
Mr. Gragg's new duties will carry
bis into every county of the State,
where he will contact those wishing
to dispose of stocks and securities ot
any kind, investigate and keep tab of
tho financial standing of counties,
cities and towns, and offer investors
such securities as they might desire.
Mr. Gragg states that he will be
glad to be of service to citizens wishing
to know the value of stocks,
bonds or securities they may own.
Fenner & Beane is one of the largest
firms of brokers in the world, maintains
offices in nineteen foreign countries,
and private wires connect its
offices in fifty cities of the United
States. While Mr. Gragg did Dot mention
his salary, he intimated that he
was quite as lucratively employed as
when in the service of the Govern
meat, and friends are congratulating
him upon his new connection.
. "HEAVEN BOUND"
"Heaven Bound," a play unusual In
interest, will be given at Elkland
High School on Saturday night. Mar.
31st, at 7:30. This play has a cast of
twenty-five, all negroes. It is their
own production and conception of
the journey through life. Negro spirituals
are woven into the play in an
interesting manner. This is the most I
popular play of the State. Com: seel
old Satan himself in character, also
| St. Peter and others. ' I
ElAT
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*1.59 PEK Vt/AH
WALKERE NAMED
HEAD OF SCHOOLS
AT BOARD MEETING
Howard Walker of Cove Creek High
School Appointed Superintendent of
INibllc Instruction for Watauga
County Monday. Technicality in
Law Causes Farthing to Withdraw.
Now Official Goes in First Monday.
Luther M. Farthing, former sheriff
ol Watauga County, appointed superintendent
of schools the first Monday
in March to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Smith Hagaman,
caused the Board of Education
<-\j iuccl ah ^peumi session Monday lor
the purpose of tendering: his withdrawal.
A technicality in the State
law requiring superintendents to have
so much actual school experience
within the past ten years developed,
and Mr. Farthing, rather than to have
any question involved as to his qualifications,
withdrew, ir. the meautime
thanking the members of the board
for their consideration.
Immediately thereafter the board
went into executive session an l Mr.
Howard Walker, teacher of Agriculture
in the^Sove Creek High Schoo1,
was named to the superintendency,
his term of office to begin the first
of the month according to the terms
of Mr. Hagaman's resignation.
Well Qualified
Mr. Walker is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Y. Walker of Sugar Grove,
and has spent his entire life in school
work, both as an instructor and as a
student. He is a graduate of Cove
Creek High School, going from there
to Berea College where he received
a B. 5 degree at graduation. He
taught in the schools of Rockford,
Ala., for one session, going from there
to summer school at N. C. State College
for special work. He then became
instructor of vocational agriculture
at the Cove Creek High
School, which position he is now holding
for the third consecutive year.
Mr. Walker is recognized as an exceptionally
able young man, and no
doubt is entertained but. that he will
be able to perform the duties which
go with the superintendcncy in thoroughly
erricient manner.
Rutherwcod Hatchery to
Distribute Million Trout
Charles E. Sraathers, superintendent
of the Rutherwood Fish Hatchery,
otafno Miof V*.* '1 1? ?- "" AAfk nn"
, M1UI. lie will jiuve J.WUUUU
rainbow, brown and brook Iront ready
[or distribution in the streams of ihia
section by May tat. He is anxious
that local people procure as many of
them as possible, and states that application
blanks may be had at bis
office.
Mr. Smathers plans extensive improvements
on the hatchery during
this summer, one of which will likely
be a filtering plant for the water
supply.
The trout fishing season will open
in Watauga on April 15th, and Game
Warden Grady Farthing is of the
opinion that streams will be well
stocked. Licenses will be on sale at
s- veral points in the county.
Dr. Guy Hill to Speak
At Henson's Chapel
An address on the subject of "Practical
Christianity" will be given by
Dr. Guy H. Hill, principal of Boone
High School, as the main feature
when the annual Young People's Day
is observed at Henson's Chapel Methodist
Church next Sunday evening at
? p. nt. mere will oe a program rendered
jointly by representatives of
both junior and senior divisions of
the organization. This will consist of
silent prayer, instrumental music, the
rending of two select Scripture passages
by junior and senior members,
prayer by the group; poem, "Along
the Way"; offering, hymn "Give of
Your Real to the Master," and a 15mniuf.e
dialogue, "Failure ? or Success
this number to be rendered
by Mr. Stanley Harris Jr. and Miss S
Chloe Michael.
All of the young people of tte community
are cordially Invited to attend
this annual celebration of Young People's
Day, and their attention is called
to the program, especially the address
of Dr. Hill, on a subject that
win ue treated especially xtoel. tae
standpoint of youth of today.
GEORGE W. MAI.TBA PAS8K&
AT AN ADVANCKB AGE
George W. Maltba of the Blowing
Rock section, who for several years
had been in declining health, paaaed
away on Wednesday afternoon of last
week. He was 77 years of age. Funeral
services were conducted Thursday
and burial took place at the Winkler
cemetery east of Boone. k
Mr. Maltha was employed on the s-.
estate of Mrs. Mo <ea H. Cone for a -njG
long period, an (1^ was known aa an
upstanding citizen. Surviving is on
aged widow.