BOONE SKETCHES By j. C. R. SOME CANBUDATES Mr. Theodore F. Cumraings, Hick ory attorney who seeks the Demo cratic nomination for Solicitor of th Sixteenth District, came to Boon Monday, shook bands with the publi at large, and expressed a keen desir to gamer a right big majority o Watauga's vote in the June primary And I fine fellow he is . . . tall lik a pine tree, with an intellectual fore head, a pleasant smile and forcefu manner . . . just the type fo- a State" attorney. Yes, we liked this aspiring Catawfe lawyer a whole lot . . . we admire * his sincerity, we admired his Jriendl; method of campaigning. But some how or other, we couldn't help bu cast our thoughts up toward Or courthouse, where Solicitor L. ? Spurling, who seeks renomination, i prosecuting a sizeable criminal dock et. This man Spurling has been com lag to Watauga for the past tw< years, and the folks around here lool on biiri, using a bit of slang, as "thi cat's pajamas." He upholds the State", er,'I of an argument with dignity . . he looks a juryman squarely in tin eye, and drives heme his point witl unusual clarity . . be prosecute: without resorting to persecution . . and he's as easy to talk to as a neigh boring farmer. The Soiicitorial mtest is the onl; matter to he voted on by Wataugi people in Jui but it's a might) important contest, and should creab an unusual interest. Both candidate: arc amply qualified for this digni ficd position . . . one of them ha: proved his worth in the courts of tlv district. Both ate lawyers of unques tioncd standing . . . one of them ha: eight years of unbroken eourtroon experience behind him. Both ar< virile, pleasant Individuals . . . on! of then) has sun ounded himself witl a large circle of staunch friends ii Watauga. Democrats here in the mountain! just have to do a little voting everj now and then . . . and it's a safe bei that Solicitor L. S. Spurling will wall away with a nice big basket of Wa tauga ballots on June 2nd! THESE CHANGING TIMES * Court week, so far as Watauga 9 Is concerned, ain't what it used lo be. Just dig back in the past and r take a look at the "first Monday" . . . then compare it with the presCola CtaCt** lor.f 1?.wr? wagons and Babcock buggioct, carefully supervised by a regiment: of Henkel's liest traders . . . patent medicine men in frock-tailed coats and checkered vests, cracking- jokes at awkward hill-Williams, exchanging quick cures for shiny dollars . . . herds of women in poke-bonnets and checkered aprons, babes fn arms, lining the streets . . . jennets and jackasses and plug bosses tied to every available fence in town . . . Tack Campbell distributing bills for bis Great Wonderland Moving Picture Show . . . Mose Klarshaw and Rom Linney and Coot denes and all the old-time lawyers shaking hands with friends en route to courthouse . . . bacon sizzling in a score of skillets as campers prepared their meals . . . tricksters from "fur-places" betting their cash on "which shell the pea's under" , . . hundreds and hundreds of men and women and children enjoying their first visit to town for a long time. Rut this week there wasn't much to it . . . just a scattering of folks summoned as witnesses or for jury duty . . . just a couple of covered wagons behind the courthouse . . . just three or four hoss traders trimming the fetlocks and currying the welted sides of a dozen uruitcii-uuwn, nea-uirten equities . . . just two or three pot-gutted magazine salesmen ... no patent *?, y medicine vendors, no magic-lantern show, no bonnets and crying younguns, no grub-wagons ... nothing lint court-week, deprived of all Its erstwhile splendor! Ho-hum, times ain't improved any! STRANGE BUSINESS The trial of a homicide case, fo some reason or other, draws a packc courtroom . . . but why ? The drawr anxious face of an accused killei lined with the misery of long eon finement ... a heart-broken mothe dabbing her swollen eyes with a lim handkerchief . . . the monotonou grind of the justice mill as juror are selected and witnesses examine and mercy pleaded ... a fatherles -child casting accusing glances at th man who robbed her of parental se curity . . . and dozens and dozens c other unpleasant, wretched. deDlors ble phases that people, civilized pet pie, enjoy! No more pitiable sigh could be imagined than a young ma facing the (hair ... or a life of cor finement Nothing more patheti could be envisioned than a wife an her children deprived of a husbnn and father. It's bad business, sa business . . . but, for some unknow reason, there's always a crowds courtroom when a homicide case tried! Stranger?What makes your cat s small ? Boy?1 guess it'a because we fee It on condensed rnllk. VOLUME XLV. XUMBER 43 To Be Heard Here ^ | r 3i Mr. \Y. M. SnuCurU. superintendent of the Junior Order Orphanage at Lexington, who will speak at the district meeting:, Jr. O. U. A. M. in Boone on Wednesday, May 2nd. HIGH OFFICIALS OF JUNIOR ORDER TO SPEAK IN BOONE ! j Third District Meeting to lit- Featured by Addresses of State Councilor | and Treasurer. Superintendent of | Orphans Home to Speak and I're[ sent Class of Children. Delegates to Come from Tlirec Counties. i The scmi-unnual meeting, Third ! District, Junior Order United AmeriI can Mechanics, to be held in Boone j Wednesday, May 2nd, is to be a noteI worthy gathering of the members of the organization, since the session is to be featured by addresses by the State Councilor, State Treasurer and others of high standing in the fraternity. The business session will be held in the council hall at 3 o'clock. The evening session is to be held in the auditorium of the Demonstration School, will be open to the public, and State Councilor B. C. Siskc- will be the principal speaker. Ovirney P.. Hood, State Junior Treasurer and Commissioner of Banks, will tell of the work of the rtrnlinrt hnmna nt Tif.fin Hhin nnri Lexington, N. C. Since Mr, Hood is a member of the board of trustees of tlic institutions, he is minent'.y qualified to give first-hand information on their history and operation. \V. M. Shuford, superintendent of [the Lexington child-rearing institution, will present a "class of oimdrar. in ait entertaining program, which is to be followed by a three-reel moving picture, "Facts About the Junior Order United American Mechanics." The showing is sponsored by C. W. Snyder of Winston-Salem, Field Secretary for Western North Carolina. District No. 3 is composed of Avery, Mitchell and Watauga counties. The membership in this territory is 332, Each council is to be representee! in the business session by three members. Local officials of the organization state that the public is cordially invited to attend the night session, hear the notables and enjoy the progiam and movies. There is 110 charge of any kind. Appalachian Teachers Lose Last Home Game A nn.qInrViian lnot thoir loot Hatyip baseball game to Lenoir-Rnyne Tuesday. 8 to 5. The game was close throughout, and |home runs aided much n the Bears' victory. Newton, VVillett and Mills hit home runs for I.cnoir-Rhyne, while Deal got Appalachian's only circuit hit. Although the Teachers did nol make but one error, they played ou of position badly, and many throw! were wild. Trippany and Smith led the hit ? ting for the local boys and Newtor for the Bears. L, Next Week Will Be r Observed as Annual s Clean-Up Period 3 d The week bcgnlnlng Monday, Apis ril SOth, has been designated as e clean-up week by Mayor Tracy !- Council!, (luring which period prcpif crty owners of the city are respectl fully asked to lend full co-opera> tion to the officials In their efforts it to make the community more sanln tary and Inviting, i- Trucks will be provided by the c I city for hauling away the rubbish d I and citizens are asked to place the d! refuse in boxes convenient to the <1 streets or alleyways in order that n removal may be affected with the d minimum of speed, is In making the announcement, Mayor Council! stressed the impor? tnnee of the movement, and is es10 pecially anxious that property owners do their part in making the d city spick and span before, the beginning of the tourist season. Independent Weekly Newsj BOONS, WATAUGA COU lewis goeso?~| TRIAL FOR FIRST j DEGREE MURDERi Alleged Slayer of Police Chief to Be Tried for His Life. Six Members ot Jury Chosen at Noon Wednesday. Boone and Beaver Dam Townships Excluded from Jury Service. Taking of Evidence to Begin Thursday. Rufus Lewis, held in the county j jail since last September in connection J with the slaying of Polite Chief Hill ! Hagamon, was arraigned for murder j in Sirooriitt PnJiri Vioro \fnnrlav ifU. I | ornoon and Wednesday at the noon j J recess of court six of the twelve men I who will try the defendant for his j life had been selected As Lewis was arrigned defense attorneys introduced affidavits in an effort to have the trial removed or to summon jurors from outside the county Feeling engendered, said the depositions, from detailed publicity and from the prominence of the slain man, ran so high that following the arrest of Lewis it was necessary to j remove the prisoner to another coun- ( ty for safe keeping. As the suggestion i of the State, however, it was agreed j that the trial would be before a Watauga County jury, Boone and Bea-. ver Dam citizens being excluded. Of- ! ! ficor Hagaman had been reared and j lived practically his entire life in these two sections of the county. A venire of seventy-five men was j summoned Tuesday, and Wednesday} morning selection of the jurors got under way. As The Democrat goes to j press, it is not believed that the jury | j will have been completed before the : afternoon recess of court, and that ] evidence will probably be taken be- . ginning Thursday. Without about fifty of the veniremen examined, the following six had been selected for jury service: Robert ! Hodges, Elk Township; Howard Fos| ter. Meat Camp; J. H. Shoernalte, i Shawn chaw; H. D. Cook, Oove I Creek; Coy Yates, Watauga; Charles I Span, Blowing Rock. Uncertainty | exists aoout tne court as to whether It wiil be necessary to summon others. Solicitor Spurting is being assisted in his efforts to secure a first degree verdict by Messrs. Liovill and Zimmerman, while Lewis is .represented by < wruaia. Trivirtte ? Ilo'uTyUtCr I John E. Brown. Perhaps no more than six or eight witnesses are to be examined, and aside from the legal arguments the case is expected to be j disposed of within a reasonably short period of time. Violet Adams, nineteen-year-old ' woman, 13 to be tried at this term of ! court in connection with the shooting ! I" II... nnlln,. ,_,ffin>l* I Several cases of minor importance ' have been tried and a few defendants 1 remanded to jail pending the passage ! of judgments. The complete proceedings will be published next week. Music Week Observed By Local Ladies Clubs A national Music Week program , was presented in the College Auditorium 011 Monday evening, April 23, sponsored jointly by the Worthwhile CTIub and the Friday Afternoon Club. Mu3ic Week does not come until the ; first of May. but the date was changed for Boone in order that the college stuaents might nave Che privilege of being guests of the local clubs. , Thirty young men and young Wo[ men from among the most talented | citizens and students of Boone look part in the event before a large, appreciative audience. The object of this community event, according to ; the General Federation of Women's Clubs, is "the development of a gettogether spirit in communities," and L to develop the art of appreciating t music, performing music, and crcatf ing music. Following is a list of those who took part in the event: Misses Virginia Brown, Mazie Jean Jones and 1 Charlotte Stalling*.; Mrs. D. J. Whitener, Carl Plaster, Jake Hugaman, Frank Hagaman, Irvin Norton; Frances Thomas, Jane Tedder. Argia Wilburn, Wmton Rankin, Margaret . Hamby, Calvin Wright, Virginia I Warv: Roy Greene. Paul Mahonev. Guy H. Hill, Norris Perry. Culleh Johnson; Mrs. Guy H. Hill, Mrs. Claude Pyatte. A community chorus, directed by Mrs. Hill, was composed of the following; Misses Lai I a Clay, Virginia South, Floy Oottrell, Helen Gragg; Messrs. John Critcher, Tom Councill, Mack Greer and Paul Hicks. Relief Bills Must Be In By First of Month All merchants and others holding accounts against the local Emergency Relief office, are asked to present their bills to Miss Theodosia Watson, relief administrator, not later than the first of May. In asking for these accounts. Miss Watson states that it is imperative that none fail to render Itoeir statements, as Instructions call for the settlement of all outstanding bills a3 of May 1st. >aper?Established in the NTT, NORTH CAROLINA, TMUKSD. TWIN VALEE Misses Juno and Joan Busli, duu^Ii Iwmiie, will be twin valedictorians of t at commemrenieut exercises today. 1 delivered by tlie student whose soholi dent, and whose citizenship is at least of the class. This year, when the mea* twins were found to be exactly equal as valedictorians. DL MILLER WILL 1 SPEAKATA.S.T.C. | FINALS ON FRIDAY Charlotte Kditor to Address Graduates ;** 11 n'dock Hour. 1'ooular Speaker Has Many Friends In This Section. Eighty Graduates Will Re-1 ceivc Diplomas on the Ith. IJst of | Graduates. Dr. Julian S. Miller, associate edi- ( tor of The Charlotte Observer, who ! it the same time is known as a1 ipeaker of rare ability, will deliver , the address to the graduates of Ap- \ oalachian College at the commencement exercises to be held Friday morning, May 4th, at the 11 o'clock hour. A Officials at the college feel fortunate in having secured Dr. Miller at this time, an recently he has been ; one of the most-sought-for speakers ! in the State. He has many friends in this region. More than eighty students will re-! ceive their diplomas at this time, while more than 125 will have gained Bachelor's degrees from Appalachian at the end of the calendar year. Fol- j lowing are those graduating next week: Mathematics and Science: Everett Abee, Morganton; Ella Mac Austin, Boone; Moselle Ball, Stony Point; Oscar V. Barker, Butler, Tenn.; Clarence A. Braswell, Collettsville; James Howard Collins, Mcoresville; Steve Lj. UUUU I UU1H l/iuuc;, LilllUUUlLUil, { Asa Watt Deal, Statesville Route C; Veb V. K. Dickson, Helton; Plato W. Greer, Todd; Kern Oder .Toines, Spar(Continued on Page 8) Water Supply Is Cut As Main Floods Store A main in the city's water supply system burst without explainable cause Wednesday mcrning, and for one time the town was rendered as dry as a bone. The fracture of the iron piping occurred directly in front of the Farmer's Hardware Store, and the terrific pressure lifted a section of the street paving two or three inches, finally finding egress into the basement of the hardware establishment. By the timq members of the firm opened the store the water stood at about twelve inches over the basement floor, and considerable damage resulted to nails, roofing, wire fencing, etc., stored there. City employees immediately began the job of digging the proken pipe from beneath the paving. City Taxpayers Asked To Gather on Friday Municipal taxpayers have been asked by Mayor Tracy Councill to be present at a meeting of the city council to be held in the town hall Friday evening, 7:30 o'clock. The meeting is called to discuss the condition existing as to the banded debt of the town, and to receive suggestions as to ways and means of lifting the city from its defaulted position. MOC Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei A Y, AI'RIl, 26, 1934 HCTORIANS! bH ^8 -v. ' rtf' _ Ste? Utt ' V ' N.^ * ^55. - iy^jj?#