North Carolina Newspapers

BOONE | SKETCHES By J. C. R. AIN'T VOU CiLAI)? Held your horses, gentlemen, the elephants are coming! In just a fe*.\ days folks around Beonc will heai this ciarion call . . . for the circus a on its way ... a small circus, indeed it is . . . hut It's hilled as the great as! show on earth, and everybody's happy! Whether a barefoot boy or a gray beard, whether a little curlyhaired gal or a sophisticated matron whether a lawyer or a bootlegger or a business nuui . . . there's a tingling about the scalp when a circus callope bleaks loose in blatant harmony on "Stars and Strives Forever." And when the painted ladies in sheerest costumes, and the clowns and the acrobats and tumblers arid elephants and horses parade beneath the big top . oh, boy, ain't it a sensation? Even the smell of a little old wagon snow is a aeugnt witmn itself . . for it stirs a fellow's memories? it takes him back to carefree days, when the patched tents of a nondescript organization ot' bedraggled troupers viewed through his boyish eyes was just bo much heaven. And the pink lemonade. dirty perhaps, and the stale peanuts and staler candy . - ambrosia of the gods, says we! There's gaudy paper in all the windows . . . there's pictures of monkeys and women and tigers and lions and clowns on every billboard . . there's a trif'e of expectancy in the air . . . folks walk a bit pearter and feel a sight happier . . . the "biggest, most, stupendous and colossal traveling exposition on the American continent'' is coming to town! And all the old married folks will be on hand, "just because the children wanted to come!" WELCOME, GIRLS! They're here, good people . . . just hundreds and hundreds of the cutest little school ma'ams to be found in a State that leans mightily toward the production of feminine pulchritude! Or. Dougherty's summer school is off with a lmng, and Boone's main ilrau swarms with platinum blondes, ravishing brunettes, dazzling red-heads . . . girls with dimples, stream-lined models, petrifying "Garbos" ... gee, golly. golly, all makes an sizes! Even to one who has worn the double harness for many, many years, the appearance of summer students is as refreshing as an April shower, as inspiring as a mountain sunset, rus> invigorating as a dip in ? crystal pool, as elevating us a crock of Bourbon' It's a fine looking bunclt, no doubt about that - . and there's at least a dozen of 'cm; bless their little old hearts, that could cauise a feller to forget his "chillun" just, as easy as sin! But "gone are the days." as the poet sang . . . we're trying- to be content with watching .-'em parade alone Xhe boulevard . -S--, -: we're just sitting around wondering why it was that Solomon had :t corner on the female market of his kingdom, while a modern man has to worry along with just the one woman ? JUST BETWEEN US? t ESTER SETZER has a cow, the cow runs ill a posture near his home, aYul the cow wears a cow-bell! Well, there's someone in the neighborhood who can't stand the musical tinkihig of the hell, at least that's the way it appears. A few mornings ago Mr. Setzer went to juice old "Bloss." The cow was at her accustomed stand, minus the bell, which hung to a nearby pest, its leathern band severed right smack in the middle. A note attached to the ding-dong informed Ester that the neighbors "just couldn't stand that turrible racket." Which reminds us of the fellow who couldn't A?', hear the music of a fox chase for listening tc the dogs barking. SOLICITOR SPURLING is a real, hone.st-to-gootlnoss vote-getter, which loir? was demonstrated by his record majority in last Saturday's primary election . . . and by a funny little inVnf" citlent which took place in a Watauga precinct. A fellow procured his '.ft tickets, entered a booth, did some marking and approached the ballot box. He struck a Napoleonic attitude and addressed the judge thusly as he exerted his civil rights: "There - goes one for Win'oomc; and here goes ; ftft another'n for that blinkety-blank rasft . cal who sent me to the roads for twelve months!" PICS WIU, BE PIGS ... but they seldom perlorm as this one did! A week or so ago, a shoat weighing per:!v2S haps seventy-five pounds made his pKf appearance at the old Blackburn ho;5jjR tel building. He ambled about for a few minutes and then, for some reason or other, decided to give the upstairs floor, where the Charles Stever.son family lives, a look-see; He i.'&ujj ambled up the thirty-odd steps, his foot slipped and he fell with a bang 'Uli to the down-stairs hallway! Up "at '$jS3i came, determination gleaming in his : eyes, and right back tip the steps h; ? ran! Mr. Steven.son, broom in hand gave chase . . . and the big just nat|g| urally joined the bird gang . . . h( zi;J. jumped fourteen feet to the pave* meat below, gave a few nonchalant grunts and ambled away, unhurt, un troubled! Iiitg mine gTspguu^ Wiui tae VVilKej mail, who was immersed in Ta\ .steaming: fluid. Unrieralanding is li< j will be held in jail pending: the out ! come of Phillips' injuries. Mr. Phillips, a well know u resident of Wilkes County, is fighting for hi ! life at Wilkes Hospital and report coming to The Democrat indicat . that his chances for recovery an ' slight. According to his statements | he did net recognize the man witl j whom he grappled, and who succeed i ed in throwing him into the boiling ! vat. He was burned practically al , over the body. Matherly and Turney laws were ar I rested and taken to Wilkesboro jai from the still site, but it could no i be learned whether either of therr ; threw Phillips into the mash. I Following the raid. Marshal Dowc personally investigated the affair anc i directed a search for the guilty par J ty- Every deputy marshal in the dis ! trict. was summoned to North Wilkes i boro and joined in the searcli foi j the person responsible for the near ; fatal injuries of the Wilkes citizen I who. is it understood, was acting ii j the capacity of a Federal officer a! j the time. | JONES WINNER BY ; LANDSLIDE VOTE Seventeenth District Solicitor Carriei | Every County in District. Majority ! May Run to Ten Thousand. Complete Returns Not Available. Solicitor John R. Jones of North Wilkesboro won an overwhelming vie tory over his opponent, F. J. McDuffie, for the Republican nominal icr o. lilmself. in the primary oi ; Saturday, although a complete tab ulation of tlie vote by counties is no1 I yet available. Indications are, how j ever, that the popular State's attor I ney has swamped his opponent bj i practically five to one, or to the turn j of about a 10,000 majority. Wilkes County gave its native sor ! a majority which will range fron . three thousand to thirty-five hundred : although the complete vote had no' i been ascertained at this writing. Davie County was carried by So licitor Jones in handsome fashion and Avery County approved his can ; didacy by 1,000 majority. Alexandei | County returned a majority of 1,851 j lor the incumbent, who is being wide ; iy congraiuiateu on naving carriei ! every county in the district by sucl gratifying margins. REGION'S CHILD WELFARE SURVEY BEING CONTINUEI Mrs. Charles Younce, who has beei engaged in the registration of dis abled and diseased children for thi past week, announced yesterday tha j she will remain at. the county relie | offices through Saturday. The survei ! is conducted by -the American Legioi j and Auxiliary, and following enroll ; meat of the physically handicappei 1 children, treatment and further ex ! animation will be furnished. This ser ' vice is free. Mrs. Younce states that more thai j one hundred have been enrolled, an. j is hopeful that the work may be com j pleted by .this week-end. i MISS REBA DOUGHTON GETS | I'OST WITH YOUNG DEMOCRAT: ! Washington.?The appointment o Miss Reba Doughton, daughter o 11 Representative Doughton of Nort Carolina, as an assistant to the ex ecutivc secretary of the Young Darn ocratie Clubs of America, was an nounced Sunday by Cliff V'oodwarr president of the organization. Miss Doughton will join the head quarters staff here June 15. SPRINKLE ON OIL BOARD Mr. B. F. Sprinkle, Lenoir oil deal er, who is well known here. has bee appointed chairman of the Caldwe County petroleum committee to rep resent the State code authority. Th t board will hold monthly meetings t - investigate violations of the code an secure compliance. WAT An VOLUME XLV, NUMBER ty WATAUGAiANli J ARRESTED; CHARGI : BURNING OFFICE! I i : j Claude Tengue Taken Into Custod. j Bast Week as Result of Near-Fats ] Burning oi Wilkes Citizen. M. 5 Phillips Not Expected to Recove , i Iron? Burns Received When Throwi Into Vat of Boiling Mash. i Claude Teague, resident of Blow in] | Rock, was taken in custody last wee I by Deputy Marshal Milliken ani | Chief of Police T. E. Story of tha I place, and lodged in jail on a charg j of participating; in the serious injur; j o? M. S. Phillips, of Ferguson. wh< i was recently litrown into a vat o ! boiling mash as he was aiding offi cers in a raid on a moonshine distil ! lory. Teague was said to have a bad j ly burned foot, which is alleged t< ! have come about as he lost his foot rAUG Independent Weekly News BOONE, WATAUGA CO Announces Candidacy Mrs. Merlin# H. Shunnvay, who I ? is one of the first to announce her candidacy for State president of the | s American Legion Auxiliary, has e wu'Wd on the State Board for the e past three years and is a member of the tJini Leonard Unit of Lex! ington, N. C. ij(^AREENROLLED : FOR COLLEGE TERM ) " Students Continue to Arrive in Great ? Numbers and Belief Is That Lust 1 Year Registration May Be Surpassed. Many Seek Rooms. 1 | The first summer term of Appa-! t; lachian College opened Tuesday, and i Wednesday noon registration was still going strong after 67.7 had enrolled. I This figure lacks only about fifty of) 1 reaching the peak of last year's sum-"j . i mer school, and belief is expressed . that the number this year may go far j . j beyond the former period, r I Since last, week students have been' . arriving in great numbers from all directions by public and private con- j i vevance, and the streets of the town arc again thronged with teachers. Dormitories arc rapidly filling, and , many, through preference, have ap! plied for accommodations in private riumes or i.nn town, j Complete registration Figures witf ' j not be known for several days yet, libut still the teachers continue a;$ rive. 8 Missionary Union to Meet at Blowing Rock The Woman's Missionary Union of 1 the Three Forks Association will hold its annual meeting in the Blow ing Rock Baptist Church, beginning j 1! at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, June , TkCr Ecaalun win continue thru-! '' out the day and dinner will be served j Uby the local society. The theme of, - the program for the morning ses-'i sion will be "Recapture the Rapture I of Prayer." ' The young people's program will: be presented in the afternoon, theme, j l; "Stewardship." The Union is par- 1 i j ticularly fortunate in being able to II have Miss Sara Funderburk, mission- i 11 ary to South China, who will deliver jan address on "Prayers Answered in, _ J China," and Mrs. Edna R. Harris, j j State \V. M. TJ. corresponding secre-j . < c?ti y. x nc auojecc oi Airs. Jtiarris' ad- i r I dress will be "Wanted." )j All members and their pastors are' . I urged to be present. The public is in- j 11 yiteci; i I r Typing and, Accounting Courses at High School > I Mrs. 3S. S. Christenbury is opening j i j her typing classes at the Bo rne High . School today (Wednesday) and all, * those interested in taking a course t of this kind are asked to get in touch t with her at once. / At the same time, Mis. Bagley of i Cranberry is offering classes in ste. j nogiaphv; shorthand and accounting. i! at the high school. Any of these . j courses may be secured by paying _ ! a small tuition fee. The special trainl ing will cover a six-weeks period and n is given under the general direction j of the high school authorities. Classes are open to all. whether students or rot. RECORDER'S COURT D I Tho frtllorirlno" 3 j iViivniAig vii.jvo w CJC uispuacu j of by J udge John H. Bingham in Ref ; corders Court Tuesday: f | Charles McConneil, assault on fell j male, 3 cases, 8 months suspended on payment of 820 and cost, i- Roni potter and Ed Potter, assault i- with deadly weapons and disturbing l_ public worship, nol pros with leave. Burless Hortley, removing crops, |. costs. Robert Miller, violating prohibition laws, 4 months suspended on payj iner.t of cost. Dennis Teague and France Tester, 1- larceny, 4 months suspended on payn ment of cost. 11 i- Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Moore, of Moro, e Oregon, who are spending a few o weeks touring the east, visited with d j friends in Boone Wednesday afterI noon. a r\i A Ui jpaper?Established in t UNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THLT illGALLONS OF LIQUOR IS TAKEN IN SINGLE RAI Three Are Arrested and Two Aui iQbbflw Seized in largest Coup Blockade Liquor Ever Effected a Watauga County Sheriff- O Car Equipped With Smoke Scre? RemarkaWe Enforcement Kecori I The largest amount of illicit w'n key ever taken by the Watauga Cor ty authorities was reported 1: Thursday by Sheriff A. Y. Howe),'., t official coup netting one hundred a forty-one gallons of a lair quality corn liquor, two automobiles, thr men. a smoke-screen apparatus and high-powered rifle. Wednesday evening Sheriff How. in company with Deputies W. L?. Da John K. Brown, and A L. Gross ai Granvilie Norris of the Boone poll force, stationed themselves on t Boone Trail Highway near Rutin wood. They were watching for a pc t.icular person who, incidentally, c not show up, and it was neccssa to stop practically all cars. At a bo 11 o'clock a Chevrolet pick-up w halted, its cargo of sixty-five gallo seized, and two men, Howard B:o\ ar,d one Lane, of Watauga Couni taken into custody. About one o'clo at the same spot a Ford coach w taken, together with seventy-six g; Ions of liquor and two men. Arm: Gilreath and Ralph Freelarid, bu of Wilkes County. The latter cor w equipped with a large smoke sere attachment and a high-powered rif loaded with -hollow--pointed bullet was taken from the vehicle. It is u dcrslood that the smoke screen co stitutes a felony. Thus the night netted the office four men, two automobiles, smbl screen, rifle, and one hundred ai i*oll vo ?r 1! > I ?. -vnc gbiivns u\{(;ui. iiiiAl in li ; Questionably the banner catch f I this .section. ! The automobiles wili be sold at pii | lie ^iictior. while the trial of the pri j oners will take place at next we el session of Recorders Court. Howel* lias Fine Record investigation reveals that JShcri Howell has created for himself wonderful record of enforcement dti ing his tenure in office. He and h deputies, with the co-opcration of tl nnUGA. hnvo rantumJ th.jrtyfn stills^;and ..taken fourteen men co rented with the operation of the licit plants. More than fifteen thou and gallons of still beer has be< (lumped, and hundreds of gallons 1qnor destro.ved. Fifteen automobiles have been co fiscateti, either stolen machines liquor haulers, and thirty oscapconvicts, highwaynVeil, kidnapers men wanted by other states ai counties have been arrested. It found that about <500 have been a rested and jailed since A. Y. How< took the oats of office a little mo than fifteen months ago. Men ai women have been captured haib) from the following states: North Cr olina, South Carolina, Virginia, Wc Virginia. New Mexico. Florida, Ca fornia, Georgia, Alabama, District Columbia Tflflhr* VI (Hliano OV, nesaee. DEMOCRATS TO MEETSATURDA ; Delegates to Be Elected to State Co vention. Precinct Meetings Frid:w E\ccflt?ve Commit tee ^ anU Chairman to Be Named. The Democrats of Watauga Cor i iy, pursuant to a cail from Chairm J. L,. Wilson, will assemble in t ; courthouse liext Saturday at 2 clock for the purpose of naming d ! egates to the State convention a ! to perfect, a county organization. ! Precinct meetings will be held ! Friday at 3 o'clock and delega< named to the county convention. Eg | township, at the same time, will e!< j a township committee, the chairm }of which constitute the county ox | utiye committee. Vice-chairmen, v men, will also be named in the seve townships. A county chairman will 5>e select j by the committee at the county c< j vent ion. ine Slate convention will oe in 'at Raleigh oh June 21. at which ti: J former Senator Cameron Morris will be the keynote speaker. WATAl C AN BADIA BURNED ?S Oil. TANK EXPLOSH A message received by W. M. (B ber Bill) Hodges on Friday stal that a brother. Mr. J. L. Hodges, v seriously burned in an oil tank < plosion at Corbin, Ky., on the t previous. The many friends of 1 Hodges, who is a native of this cot ty. will be grieved to learn of misfortune. No news as to his pr ent condition is obtainable. He i been a resident of Corbin for so time, being engaged as a filling s tion operator. iMOC. he \ ear Eighteen Eighty-Eij isday. tcxe: 7. iyst ^His Proim^^ ^ of XVushinirtoii. 1>. ?\? ? imander ! G. W. Culver (above), # Navy, i House Physician, since ? , 5s the I storm center as tin; arTeuipt was ( 211 made to promote bim to the rank | L^T? of Captain in 1935 appropriations. kJ S BYRDS INJUREDi | IN AUTO CRASH; as Sbuils Mills People Hurt as Cars Col- , as lide. at Granite Pulls. Being: Treated i vn ' at Hickory Hospital. Blame for Ly, | Wreck Not Established. ck| as Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Byrd, promial-! nent residents of the Stiujfs Mills see. ! >ld j lion, a son, Letcher S. Byrd, and wile, j tli j Mrs. Margaret Byrd. were more or ; as | less seriously injured in an aufoino- j en [ bile collision which occurred last Smile, i day morn at Granite Falls. N. C. j Is, ' The injured were immediately taken ii- to a Hickory hospital where latest n- reports indicate that hope for recovery is entertained. rs j Mrs. Margaret Byrd sustained a : ; fractured skull and possible omens- 1 [ltj; sion of the brain, and was likely the] n_ most severely injured. Hospital at- i or taches are encouraged, however, since i the lady has regained consciousness. ! Ijj 'A*. H. Byrd received cuts about! js_ the face, body bruises and injuries to i's I u"s al'u,K- 1 Mrs. \V. H. LiyiJs' injuries consist :i broker, arm mid severe cuts llt j about the face and head. I. L. S. Byni received trcatir.eilt for I a siight cut &n<3 was dismissed t'rom : 1S | the hospital |: Le ( lmipeUinteJy following the accident] : llr_ Sheriff .1. C. Tolbert of Caidweii rn^de n_jan investigation and learned that the j, | crash occurred when a car occupied |S_ j by Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Martin of *n .Granite Kails, was makn-g a left turn ?fl'?n Highway 17 to enter :i strcec loading to a church'. At this point. the'] n_! Sheriff reported, the Byni car at-; or tempted to pass, with the resultant! i j crash, the Byni ear turning over two J or j or three times and being practically i ! ds:r.olish<ui. Mr. and Mrr.. \ir.i tiv. j ; capod uninjured and there was slight r_ damage to their machine. ?,j Blame for the accident has not been !, re I established by the Sheriffs office, it |MI is said, and no arrests have been made in connection with the crash. v! LT- ! '.Judgeship Race Is ai! In the Local Mind in- { | The triangula r face for the Supe- j t rior Court judgeship in the . Seven-j 1 teenth district, which has simmered i . down to a contest between J. A. Rous- j jaeau. of North Wilkesborc, and ?. Y liiiyden Burke, of Taylcr.sv.il% Las ! provided the principal topic of com. i j versation locally since last Saturday's ; i voting. ill ? : IPiiii.-iOxv -lli! to'm.lnilw . A vuvoitp tut ,u><u;ciiiyii Mi UIV U1J I- J r. ; cial vote, most reports would indicate j I a victory toy Burke. However, the j Winston-Salem Journal, in a survey j j in its Tuesday's issue, indicates that j m- J Burke received 4304 as against 4698 ! an j for Rousseau, with a relatively small? he 'vote for J. A. Rag] and. On the basis! ?*-!of these figures a second primary '.s ; e]- 1 inevitable. n(l Information Wednesday is that the 1 entire Alexandre vote has been conon Vested by Rousseau and that the Lea! c?tuity bo?ird of elections passed it ^. on for further ruling to the Statei ?ct board. The Alexander county vote j ~cn was Burke 2900. Rousseau 39, Rag- i ec*_ land 6. It is understood that Rousseau ? charges hcaw Rerublican voting in i , i Alexander, raj ed i Blowing Rock Named >n"; In Advertising Gasoline | fjf? , la a recent advertisement for Guif j me gasoline, published in daily newspa - | 1011 > pers throughout the nation and deI munstrating the pulling power of that | j brand of motor fuel, the name of \ Blowing Rock is prominently used. I >N j An automobile loaded with a long trailer bearing heavy cargo is piear. tured, being drawn up a hill near the ted neighboring town, and of course Gulf ras pulled the load farthest. This constiex tutes advertising for the town of lay Blowing Rock and, incidentally, Multir. tins &. Clay will lie interested to know m- that a bag lying atop the load carhis ries the well-known checkerboard dees sign of the Purina milts. aas me When black cloth becomes shiny, ta- cub the spots with slices of raw potato. RAT ?k $1.50 PER Ye.hR SPURuElviNS HANDS DOWN IN WATAUGA VOTING Light Ballo^itig Characterizes Primary in W hich Solicitor Gains All But Five of Voles Cast. Winborn? Bags All 15i?t a Scattering of Local Ballots. Xo Other Contest Before Watauga Voters. Solicitor L. S Spurling had a walkaway in Watauga's primary voting Saturday, when out of 1,117 votes cast, Jie allowed his unsuccessful opponent only five ballots. Mr. Spurliug, who won the nomination to succeed himself as State prosecutor in the Sixteenth District, carried five counties of the district, while Theodore F. Cumxnings of Hickory only carried Cal.awba. The official count vVir. ,i J . - ??. ciiv uwui'-t 13 to net Mr. Spurting a majority of something over 10.000 Voting in Watauga County was unusually light, in the absence of a county primary ballot, but friends of Mr. Spuriing feel gratiiied with the number ol" electors who came to the ballot boxes. There was little division of opmion and primary workers were confronted with only one problem. that of getting sufficient enthusiasm aroused to result in a fairsized vote. Winhorne I^eads Stanley Wiriborne, candidate to succeed himself as Utilities Commissioner. likewise had smooth sailing in Watauga, having marked up 963 ballots, as against 33 for his defeated opponent, K C. Macon. The official tabulation, as reported by the county board of elections Tuesday, is as follows: Solicitor Sixteenth District Spur- CumTownsliip ling mmgs Bald Mountain 20 0 Beaver Dam 25 0 Blowing; Hock so 0 Blue Ridge S 0 Lioone 516 4 Cove Creek 260 1 Elk 6 0 Meat Camp No. 1 77 U Meat Camp No. 2 7 0 1 a lire! Creek .... 56 0 North Fork 3 0 Shawnee haw II 0 Stony Fork ... 26 O Watauga 17 0 gggary irgTTiTiiXTii WW TUTALi 1112 5 Utilities Commissioner Township Winb. Macon Bald Mountain IS* 1 Boayer Dam 23 1 Blowing Rock 55 3 Blue Ridge 8 0 Boone 4 02 22 Cove Creek 255 t) 0. Klk 6 U Meat Camp No. ; 77 0 Meat Camp No. 2 0 0 Laurel Creek 51 5 North Fork 3 0 Showneehaw 6 o Stony Fork 26 0 Watauga 16 1 TOTAL 963 33 SCHOOLS WiLLBE OPEN SEPTEMBER Announcement is Mode of the Start of Elementary School. High Schools ro Open September 3, With One Exception, Walker States. All high school of Watauga County will oucn their 1934-35 sessions on September 3rd. with the exception of Bcone High School, which Is schedule i to open September 4th, according to information coming from County Superintendent Howard Walker Tuesday morning. Mr. Walker stales that elementary schools may open either on July 23rd or September 3rd. unless they happen to lie connected with a high schoc-i or bus line. In that case, it is explained they wii'l necessarily open on the 3rd. as buses will not start before that time. THE WEATHER Weather report for the month of May, 1934. as compiled by the Coonev&tivo Stnhinn at Annoio a** Stale? Teachers College: Average maximum temperature, 74 degrees. Average minimum temperature. 46 degrees. Average temperature, SO degrees. Average daily range in temperature, 25 degrees. j Greatest daily range in temperaj ture, 42 degrees: date, 17th. ! Hignest temperature reached, 84: dates. 20th, 22nd. Dowest temperature reached, 33 degrees: date, 26th. Total precipitation, in inches, 1 94. Greatest precipitation in 24 hours, (-.45; date, loth. Number of days with 0 01 inch or more precipitation, S. Number of clear days, 22. Number of partly cloudy days. 4. Number of cloudy days, 5. Dates of frosts, 26th. 27th.