lODAY ?"d ISANK PARKS RXP>5it>C STOCKBRI D6E MOULYCODDL.KS . . . good word It was President Theodore Koose velt who gave popularity to the g-? old English word "Mollycoddle." B; that lie meant someone who had ev eryth'.ng dor.e for hirn and was in capable or afraid of doing or tryin> tc do anything for himself. I think looking back over the preceding para graphs, that J. have been taking a ien out of Col. Roosevelt's book There isn't any way to count them but it seems to me that moliyood dies are a great deal more numeroik new than they used to be when Col R' :-.eve!t and I were both young. Wonder. sometimes, whclher the boy cf t< lay gets the c.bance to be anything else. Keeping boys in school un til they are sixteen, forbidding their f ' tc/>rlf if .rbpv tiro unfloy ifi&SS to me to be excellent ways ol reaving mollycoddles. If a boy hasn'l learned to fight his own battle* against the world before he is eighteen. he hasn't much chance to learr later. DEFEATISM . . . since the war 1 am sometimes aghast as I lister 10 young folk talking about there being no opportunities left. There seems to have grown up siuce thv war a school of thought which I car only characterize as "defeatism," a belief that the last frontier has beer conquered and there is no more chance for enterprising youth to satisfy the spirit of adventure and the urge to rise by his own efforts. Unfortunately that feeling has beer encouraged by those in high place who ought to know better, t cannot help feeling that President Roosevelt did not stop to think his subject through before he promulgated the notion that this country had become so completely settled and explored that there is nothing ahead for the young except to find a good safe hole and crawl into it. And that the Gov einment must help them find the holes. SECURITY' . . . there is none There is no such thing as securitv of nrmwH r\f ;?*?.%. tiling else, for that. matter. How can there be. when there is no security of life itself? One of the present-day tendencies that makes me wonder, whether there are not a lot: of wrong ideas in circulation is the idea that so many youngsters have that they are entitled to security, to a job aa noon as they graduate from high school 01 college, to a safe place in which to earn big money for little work. T think that idea, that everybody Pis entitled to security, has been for" tCrCd ny the tiiniiiuitlUm ui OuoiikiOUS sums of public money to persons who have rendered no return for it and who, in many instances, could have got by, somehow, without it. It may take us a long time to get. back to the realization that unearned security is the brand of the pauper. ADVENTCKE . . . means risk The only life worth living is the adventurous life. I do not mean by that that everyone should be an explorer or run into needless risks, but 1 do mean that the most degrading and softening influence upon human char &cter is refusal or fear to take affiances. Show me a man who never risked his fortune or his life whether for an ideal or for gain, and I will .':?cvv you a man who is to be de jteised rather than envied, no matter how wealthy he may be in worldly " gfcods His spirit is a poor, wishywaahy thing. ^Bgiedrich Niotzche, the great German philosopher, hailed what he called the "'dangerous life," as the only way for a man to save his soul. President Theodore Roosevelt ex. pressed the same idea when he spoke of the "strenuous life." Both meant that one can only live life to the Wiliest if he does with all his might .^totever it is he wishes to do, withCfet thinking about money or possible consequence to himself. is nothing to life but living It, Nobody can win the game with death. The thing to do. it seems to me, la to play the game for the sake of the game, and not with the false idea Of winning. fSOOittrs . . . into the wilds /|wrt is one line of adventure, it into which boys of today are to get. That is piant-hunting tar ^jhe Department of Agriculture, .aojMHtW is real and ratisfy'mg advenin going to the wilds of the " and finding new varieties of '- Wits which can be introdiieerl intr J.ry. I know one of the best )lant hunters. David Fairi-m-law of Professor Bell, ited the telephone. A man ndent means, he has devotee to enriching his country ng back many valuable foot lich he foimd in odd corners ;rld. I have always thought he most satisfying life ol I ever knew. owles Ryerson, chief of the if Plant Industry, says thai all who try to equip them plant hunters succeed in g, there are many other bland useful opportunities m off from such preparavhich young men can satisfy wing for' constructive and WA1 An I VOLUME XL.V. NUMBER 47. I ! DOUGKTONASKS ; THATHARTZOG ; BE POSTMASTER Local Contractor Wins Congressional L KecomjiiendatIon for Important Position and Appointment and Senate Confirmation Expe?twl to Come "j Quickly. Appointee Carried Over3 J whelming Democratic Endorsement f. Wiley G. Hartzog, prominent build- | . I ing contractor of Boone, was recom- | . I mended for the postmastersliip in this j j city last Monday by Congressman R. , ! L. Doughton, to succeed A. W. Smith, I r j whose resignation was tendered ef- ; I j fcctivc as of last March 31. i The appointment is expected to be I . i made at an early date, but since it L j has to be confirmed by the Senate, i a few davs are exnected to elanse be fore the necessary routine may be i carried out and Mr. Hartzog actually inducted into office. The change is! rrot expected by many local people j before the first of the month. Mr. Hartzog, who has long: been a ! t j faithfui follower of the Democracy ! won first place in a. competitive ex- | L j a mination conducted the latter part ,1 of February and was accorded prac. I tically the unnaninious endorsement ; j of the Democratic leaders of the town i | and county. He has lived in this city J l I for perhaps twenty years where he I , j has been engaged in teaching and j contracting ile is well equipped to car j . ry or. the duties of the postmaster- i ship in the same efficient manner I , which has characterized Mr. Smith's , administration and is being generally! j congratulated upon his attainment. ! A number of other Democrats were ,, in the race for the appointment, chief i among whom were Mrs. Carrie Wil- j | liams and Mr. R. F. McDade, both of i whose names were placed ifeioW that j j of Mr. Hartzog on tlie eligible Tlst; I made public by tlie Civil Service Com- 1 j mission. j LEGIONAUXILIARY ts an i nnnnipo n* Lii'iiiii rurrir^ Saturday, May 26th, Designated as Poppy Day. Money liaised by Sale of Paper Flowers to Be Used for Rehabilitation of Veterans. The memorial poppies which the i women of the Arnei ican Legion Aux- ' ilts.ry u3hero on Poppyt I Day," Saturday, May 26th, will recall ! vivid pictures to the minds of World \ j War veterans who served overseas,; ' states Mrs. Lloyd S. Isaacs, president j j of the local organization. The poppies I | blooming amidst the waste and de- j i struction of the battle front, and among the bare graves of the dead,; left an unforgettable impression on the American soldiers. "When the American divisions i drove forward in the great offensives ; j of 1916," Mrs. Isaacs continued," they j entered a region torn, desolated and . i trampled by the most tremendous j battles of history. Destruction and j death were everywhere, but amid it all the little wild poppies bloomed on. When machine gun and shell fire took its toll from the American ranks, the poppy was nature's floral offering on the graves of the dead. To the soldiers those poppies seemed to sym-! bolize the brave spirit of fallen comrade, and when they returned home theWcterans made the poppy the memorial flower of the American Legion." Poppies to be worn in tribute to the men who gave their lives for America in the World War will be offered on the streets throughout the city Saturday, May 26th, by the American Legion Auxiliary Women. Men of the Legion are co-operating in promotion of the project. The pop-1 | pies, paper replicas of the fiowers : that grew on the battle fields, have J 11 been made by disabled veterans in > i hospitals. All contributions received , : j for the poppies here will be devoted ' | to the rehabilitation and welfare work j . of the Legion and Auxiliary among | - the disabled veterans and the depen- i jdent families of veterans of Watauga] ; County. j ! Closinpr FveiTl'tek ill Valle Crucis School On Saturday night. May 26th, at 8:30 o'clock Class Day exercises for , Valle Crucis School will be held in the dining room of the institution. Sunday morning at 7:30 there Will be a celebration of the Holy ComI munion. At 11 o'clock the consecraII tion sermon will lie preached by the ; Rev. Preston Burke of Hendersonville, followed by the consecration of Holy Cross Church by Richop Emi met Gribbin, assisted by Rev. H. A. : Dobbin of Legerwood and Rev. Mr. . Scratchley. i On Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock there will be confirmation by Bishop i Gribbin. On Monday at 8 p. m. the graduatp ing class of Valle Crucis School will [ receive diplomas. Bishop Gribbin delivering the graduating address. VAUG ndependent Weekly Nev\ BOONE. WATAUGA CC | ^ | MADISOM, Wis. . . . Professor Samuel ftogc&i (ahove), French instructor at the University of Wisconsin and the father of three children, is winner of the $10,000 prize for his novel, "Dusk at the Grove.91 HIGH SCHOOL OPENS OTTMMI7D Tl?nni IT Til dUiTilTlEill ILIITI Jill Summer Course Offered for Benefit of Specific Groups of Students. Minimum Tuition Fees Are Established. Classes at S. The summer school session of Boon* High School will start simultaneous ly with that of the College on Jun< 5. The school will be operated to mee the needs of three distinct groups first, that group that is delinquent 11 one or more studies; second, tha' group which is not delinquent bu feels the need of strengthening itsell in certain subjects; third, that grouj which wishes to broaden its educatioi or to finish in a shorter time than th< regularly required four years. Gener ally, the third group will be restrictec 10 tliose who have been cited for tin honor roll or distinction list during the year. The summer school may hoi be used lor lightening the subsequenl year's work. Courses will be offered in any reg ii'Iar -su bjects fv.*h ieh- tiie re-is- -Sr-de* ma mi sufficient to justify organizing > class. There can be however, no clas ses offereil in home economics. Stir dents who have not previously enroll cd in Boone High School must makj arrangements for entering' before Jun< 5. The principal of the summer schoo will be in the school office on Mondaj June 4th, for the purpose of inter viewing new students. Tuition for the summer school wi! bo three dollars for the half eourst Or five dollars for two half courses Two half courses, counting one-hall unit of credit each, will be the maxi mum load allowed to any student. Classes will start at S o'clock am will continue until 12:.K1 Students Srit not be required to remain at schoo the whole morning unless they ar> taking two subjects. U. I). C. WILL HOLD DIST. MEET HERE Miss Lucy Finley of North Wilkes boro to Preside Over Sessions Friday. Officers to Be Elected. Luncheon at Daniel Boone Hotel. ^The meeting of the Second District United Daughters of the Confederacy will be held at the Methodist Churci in Boone on Friday, May 25tli, be ginning at 10:45 a. m. Miss Luca Finley of North Wilkesboro, district director, will preside over the meet ing. An interesting program has beei arranged, and delegates are expectc< to attend from all the chapters in Tu* district. Granite Falls, Lenoir, Mar ion, Morgan ton, North Wilkesboro Old Fort and Sparta. A special fea lure will he tho nr!flp,\Q<; r?f Mro Tn:mo< Edward Woodard, president of th< North Carolina U. D. C. The Boone Chapter will be hostes: to the attending delegates at lunch eon at the Daniel Boone Hotel, eacl delegate paying for her lunch, whici is a rule in the district. The regulai routine of business will be transact ed, and officers elected for the en suing year. The complete progran follows: Song, "America"; invocation, Rev J. H. Brendall, Boone Methodisl Church; pledge to the Confederal flag, led by Mr3. Alice Hardin; wel come, Mrs. J. M. Moretz, presideni Watauga Chapter, Boone; response Mrs. B. R. Underwood, Wilkes Val ley Guards Chapter, North Wilkes boro; minutes of the last meeting Mrs. C. D. Coffey, secretary, Wilkei Valley Guards Chapter, North Wilkes boro; appointment of committees 30I0, Mrs. Hooper Hendrlx, Boone address by division president, Mrs James Edwin VVoodard. Wilson; lun cheon, Daniel Boone Hotel; report of chapters, reports of committees annual election; adjournment. The first herd of Jersey cattle t< he classified in this State by th< American Jersey Cattle Club is thi one owned by Granada Farms in Cald well County. * A DE rspaper?Established in the JUNTY, NOP.TH CAROLINA, THURSD pUDDERTH NAMED 'POSTMASTER; NEW JUDGE IN PROSPECT Judge of Kecorders Court Accepts Blowing Koek Post masters hi p. Had Xo Opposition. Had Served as Judge Since Court Was Created. John H. Bingham Appears tlkely Suooess1 or. Commissioners to Act QuicUlv. ( George M. Sudderth. Judge of the Recorder's Court and well known law yer of Blowing Rock has been appointed postmaster in that city and it is understood will assume the duties of his office during the present week, meantime the County Commissioners are faced with the rcsponsi- j bility of filling his seat on the court i bench in time for Tuesdav'n spesinn 1 and a special meeting is in prospect for that purpose. Was Unopposed 1 Judge Sudderth did not encounter ) opposition in his race for the post master, the Democracy of his comImunity having united solidly behind hin; Tor the preferment. He has a background of wide business exper-; f ience as a banker and lawyer and has | been a moving force in the Democrat- ; ic party for many years. He will sue- , ceed Howard P. Holshouscr, who has I served the public efficiently as post-! master for more than two years. j Bingham Favored as Judge ? Vlbn John H. Bingham of Sugar j ^ Grove has been sponsored by a large j . group of friends for the Recorder's j j Court Judgeship since it became I t known that Mr. Sudderth would re- j, j. tire, and best information would in- j t- dieate his being appointed by the' .j commissioners when they meet, likeL ly Saturday or Monday. y Mr. Bingham lias not sought the I \ honor, it is understood, the movement j t being a voluntary one on the part of , Jiis friends, :ind general belief is that j I Would fill the position with dis-: ? ;ti?ctioii. He is one of the oldest prac- j " dicing attorneys in the county and: j jtsis ability has bec-n recognized by an 100 jfep cent endorsement by the local bar for the Recordership. \ ALL? SUBMITS i : REPORT TO HOOD 1 7u r State llnnk Bxahmier Recommends I Wataiiga County Bank lor Federal \ Deposit Insurance in Report til I Raleigh. Final Check Expected. i Mr. John G. Alien, .special examin-;! t* jer for the State Banking Department, - \ who has been here for the past seV- i j oral weeks checking over the affairs j *! of the Watauga County Bank, went' II to Raleigh Saturday and submitted { 1 j If Is report to Commissioner Hood, rec- ; - ornracndi.ng the local institution for j membership in the Federai Deposit i Insurance Corporation. This membership would automatically insure all bank deposits in the , future up to and including $2,500. i Commissioner Hood in turn made a j i similar recommendation to the Wash, j ington authorities and Federal exam- j - iners are expected here within the; | next lew asys Co make a final check i up on the institution, which in turn : j is expected to result in its inclusion i under the new Federal guarantee, i Mr. G. P. Haganian. cashier, states | that the Watauga Bank is still niak-; j ing satisfactory progress in erasing! I indebtedness and getting the note > j case in shape, and that with the con- J i tinued influx of Federal loan money , ] to aid the borrowers, that all else j should be ready for the opening by i the time the deposit insurance can! ! be put into effect. MEMORIAL EVENT j ON NEXT SUNDAY; | American Legion Sponsors Memorial j Day Services at Cove Creek Baptist Church. Rev. Avery Church Will Preach. I ! The annual Memorial Day services. conducted by the Watauga Post Am- j J eric&n Legion, will be held next Sun- j i day at the Cove Creek Baptist church ! I at which time Rev. Avery Church of ! I North Wilkesboro, noted Baptist di- j vine, will preach. j I m Keeping wiin Lne custom ov several years the services are rotated ' among the different churches of the town and county, and are strictly union gatherings. All denominations are ' cordially invited to join in the servi3 ces, whose sponsors especially insist I ' that all veterans of the World War, ; Spanish-American War and Civil War ' attend. The services begin at 11 o'clock and the following program has been 3 arranged: Invocation; Song?"America"; Announcements; Scripture Reading by Chaplain W. C. Greene; Prayer, Rev. 3 Mr. Church; Song?"My Faith Looks 5 Up to Thee"; Reading, "In Flanders : j Fields", Miss Gladys Swift; Special - Music; Sermon, Rev. Avery Church, j North Wiikesboro; Invitation Hymn. MOC1 : Year F jghteen Eighty-Eig AY MAY,1634. PISS |u ^ jq&L ,C< KANSAS CITY . . . Former U. S. j w Senator Jnnic3 A. lived (above), is J N of the opinion that he is needed in 1 e< Vv'ashingtou again to curb Bolshevik | 2' trends and is reported as heiqg in ! fi the race to regain his Senate scat. i 5< ! F PARK ROAD GROUP | E TO ARRIVE TODAY E; | o: Party of State and federal Officials q to S|' nil Wednesday Night at j o Blue ing Rpck on Trip Over jc Proposed Highway Haute . SJ - n Headed by George 1.. Radcliffe and j \v Theodore 22: Straus, special advisers j U on public works to Secretary of the J ei interior I ekes, the federal and state i ai parkway inspection party of about [ tl sixteen is expected to arrive at Blow-j s< ing Hock this 'Wednesday) afternoon \ tl and will spend the night at that place j w The inspection party, which is trav- ! vv eling in eight automobiles visited ML K Mitchell yesterday and today have! tl traversed the Grandfather Mountain i t* country, in an effort to map out at) ! exact location for the magnificent 200 j foot roadway which has been autboriz j a f J to connect the Shenandoah Nation- . r.\ r.l Park in Virginia with the Gro;1! < , Smokies National Park in North Oar- u oiina ami Tennessee. U Members of the party have indicat- w ed that other inspections and surveys B of the proposed rentes may he. nee- p cssary before a decision is made fts bi to just where the scenic roadway will ir ho located. The greatest concern, at e; the present, it. is said, is the collection \ m of is much uata as possible on aug- ; v. gc'iiEea locations. -si This is the third inspection trip un-u tlertaken, the first attempt m March t> naving been cut short by bad weather ci and an aerial survey attempted in \ i\ April given up for the same reason. a Federal officials in the inspection! C party, besides Messrs Radcliffe and! n Straus are: H. J. Spelman, chief en-jsi gineer of the bureau 01 public roads; a. W. M. Austin, engineer of the bureau ! t! of public roads; W. I. Lee and A. B.; h Ombhundro, construction engineers of j the bureau of public roads m charge e of Smoky Park work; Thomas C. Vint o chief landscape architect of the nat- h ional park service; A. VV. Abbott, as- t sis tan t special parkway landscape ar- v chitect; and C. K. Simmers, right of s way engineer for the park service. t< Representing North Carolina in the t< inspection party are E. B. Jeffries of c the state highway commission, -and I b R. G. Browning of Raleigh, locating \ p engineer of the highway department.; ii and James H. Council!. district resi- j c dent engineer of Boone. j c Boone Station Wins in i p Bus Ticket Competition 13 j ii Mr. Herman Wilcox, manager of j1 the local bus terminal, recently won j s a $15 cash prize for having excelled j v in a ticket salens contest conducted \ during the months of February, March ! ? and April. Boone was in direct com- j1 petition with 84 stations ill several 3 states and won the prize for the great- v est percentage mcrease in ticket sales ? over the period. s Boone was the only station in the i u state that won and had the largest ; ! sales increase of the other four di- jv visions. The average increase over j" last year in Greyhound sales was a 491.3c,'c. which was seconded by Bel e Air, Ohio with 245.69r gain. These marked increases in ticket Ir' saies in Boone have attracted wide attention over the entire Greyhound 11 System, states Mr. Wilcox, and have h resulted in many inquiries as to the ^ type of Mountain city Boone really is. Valuable publicity has resulted J from the giving of the contest result ^ to all stations in the entire system. ? a Senator Reynolds May J Speak at Press Meeting s ii Senator Robert R. Reynolds has h been extended an invitation to ad- t dress the meeting of the North Car- t olina Press Association at Banner c Elk, July 11th. Capus M. Waynick, s chairman of the program committee, ti issued the invitation, and it was said o in Washington Friday thai Senator Reynolds would accept the invitation is possible. ji RAT ht $1.50 PER Y i..AH. 5ANWTS ROB TAXI IAN; SHOOT POLICE )NE IS CAPTURED lowing flock Man Robbed ol Car, Begs Bandits to Sparc Rife. Raid Near Erwln Takes One Man. Same Couple Who Seriously Injured Two Nentna Officers Friday. Prisoner Is an Cscaped Convict. Cecil Critcher. Blowing Rock taxi an, who was abducted, and his au>mobile stolen by two passengers ,st Thursday afternoon, participated a raid on a mountain hideout of :e bandits near Erwin, Terr.., Sunly, positively identified one man tain as one of his assailants, and ac>mpanied him to Newton where he as lodged in Jail. Meantime two cwton officers, dangerously wound i. identified the prisoner, Will King, 7, as one of a trio who tired near ital shots as they attempted to larch the machine in that city early fprtay. The stolen automobile, rejvcred by Critcher. bears three bul;t holes fired by tbe .officers in. Now. >n. King was captured early Sunday at lumber camp neai Krwiri, and did ot resist arrest. Eugene Story, chief 1 police of Blowing Rock and Cecil richer, accompanied Cheriff Bares f Catawba County to the Tennessee ity, after they had received a rhfcssge telling of locating Critelicr's ew sedan. King was easily taken, bile a companion took to the mountins. Critcher arid Story, with oth\s in the party, fired several shots "tor the fugitives, and both believe, ley registered hits. Kowevei'; the icond man has not been taken, allough belief was Sunday that he as fairly well surrounded in the ooded hills of the jsqtaled section, lug was also identified as one of ie trio that robbed a Johnson City ixi-ld them they were welcome to the ?v. and hesought them to do him no oaiiy Harm. King, it wan s^id, yet ersistcd in his argument for slaylg, but the driver condoned him, the ar was stopped and the bandits proeeded on their way. Criteher reached Banner Elk as uickly as possible where he telehoned to police officers in Tennescc. this action probably resulting a the final recovery of the car and he capture of the man. King was aid by Criteher to have been the ,'orst of the two. apparently. Proceeding on their way, the of tiers secured Tennessee license tags or the new Chevrolet car they had tolen, and circled around t< Xewton, . here their suspicious conduct caused ffitters in that city to attempt a earch. A gun battle ensued and Depty Sheriff Ray Pitts and Arthur [uffnian were seriously injured. Pftts fas shot square through both hips, fhile Huffman was shot through the bdomeu and in the wrist. The wounad men are reported by hospital atftehes as making satisfactory progess toward recovery. King, who escaped from Sanatorim, X. C.. where he had been sent y State Prison authorities for tu ercuiosis treatment, was sentenced i from twenty to thirty years by udge Finley in 1932 for robbing a ar.k at Biscoe, N. C. His home is lid to have been in Randolph Counv, and he is said to be wanted for bank robbery in a small town near ohnson City, Term. The sheriff of Catawba County tates that King will likely be held \ Newton jail until a preliminary earing is held, instead of being reumed to the State Prison authoriLes. Prior to the theft of the Crithcr car, two men answering the decryption of the desperadoes are said o Save stayed in Boone for a day r two. M1S3 Francis Maltha is right oerlualy ill at her home here.