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SKETCHES j
ByJ-CR. j'
HUBERT COFFEY
Ono uf the town's most promis- |
nig young men, Hubert Coffey, is !
being laid in his final resting place j
today, and many a head is bowed
; jj?B| in genuine grief, .lust a few months
ago the picture of health, face
aglow with the joy of living . . . he ,
fell victim to an insatiable illness,
the body of clay which housed his !
kindly spirit slowly crumbled away j
| ... the end came quietly Tuesday*, j
People here hi Watauga liked Hu- j
bert ... he was a native product,
a stalwart offspring of worthy par- j
entage . . . loyal to his friends ... ,
Irank in his opinions . . . progres- I
sive In thought ... a diligent work- i
er! It's hard to realize that such !
a lovable fellow has been removed j
from the earthly realm . . . the loss J
seems irrepairable. The Sketch !
nuiu, on behalf of Democrat read- j
ers. extends to the grieved mother J
and sisters profound sympathy in |
their bereavement.
AT IT again:
J. Hampton Rich, official trail
marker for pioneering backwoodsmen,
Indian chiefs, et cetera, is back at.
his old game ... this time 'way up
. yonder on th cr ck-bound shores of
New England. An Associated Press
dispatch from Boston states that our
friend the Major has arrived in the
City of beans . . and he has one of .
those "huge arrowhead markers" with
him, \vhicli he desires to unveil, with j
appropriate ceremonies, of course,.
right smack in the middle of Bos-1
ton's public garden.
" ^ Major Rich, it appears, recently
learned that certain aristocratic Mas- j
Sachusetts Indians a few centuries
back made it an annual custom to'
Visit the upper cream of Virginia's;
"first families." So he grabbed him- j
r; Self an arrowhead marker, crammed j
a hatch of collars and socks in his j
^telescope." and scurried away to the j
. lar. 1 of the Puritans . . he just nat- j
orally had to mark yon end of the i
Indian trail . . . he had to establish j
' the boundaries of his next patriotic i
Enterprise,
The Boston correspondent, referring
to the Maior's nmbifiona ppcrnriUntr I
an airowhead in the commons of that.
City, had the following to say: "It
may spoil the Major's fun when he
?:2<jg learns the public garden is a tract j
of made land, and that Indians who I
' y traveled that area in the old days j
: were navigating canoes." Well, the i
. > serine who made those remarks is j
just not acquainted with the pioneer- J
v|ng blood which courses through J. ;
?V?1 rtwr/M. Jph- pih.-,}-= "V?fS&K
? * ?,r- V.OWJC3 J
S&j&jwells and all the balance of that i
Beacon Hill crowd will have a heck j
ii fat chance" discouraging the I
trail marker ... an arrowhead will j
soon be seen in those gardens . . . a \
thousand school children will wave
their flags . . a thousand voices willj
lilt to the heavens "My Country 'Tis i
Of Thee!" And in just a few more'
years, the major will have those j
little monuments of his planted as .
thick as telegraph poles between I
. ^Virginia and Boston Harbor! Who's ;
get the nerve to deny it?
g3p' Major J. Hampton Rich belongs toj
.-i.fi class all his own . . . he's the trail-j
/^blazingest guy in the universe. We've J
fcot 1 little job of marking that we'd f
ittke for the old boy to tackle, while I
laP*'3 up there in New Englanri . . a i
rather difficult task it is. Our sug-!
gt'.stion would be that he strap on a
vj/WW dozen cast-iron replicas of turkey!
j gobh'ers, climb to the top of Plym- j
out Rock, take a jump into the briny
. . and blaze the route that the j
Mayflower followed with her cargo J
of stiff-necked pilgrims.
THANKS, MISTER!
Well, the circus is here . . . with
elephants and bears and monkeys
? ^*nd clowns . . . a right nice looking
little outfit it is . . . and trying
to fill a newspaper with baloney
on circus day is irksome, provocating,
just no good. A fellow by the
name of Joe Hawortli ... a gen- !
erous cuss . . . dropped along by the j
shop : . . paid his respects . . . !
i Stuffed a batch of passes into our i
jfflfcreasy palms . . . dished out a few j
*<> od pieces of ,.IuIosophy . . . told j
-iis about all our old-time trouper j
SMfiends * " * and ambled away! |
These fellows who romp about the j
country, year in and year out, learn l
a lot about humanity . . . they know I
~ ^^srhat the score is . . . they know ]
to go up against the raw seams '
they can hold their heads at j
-"v .'the feast . .. and we're not ashnmwi
v.to state that we like them imJust
as soon as we finish spin- |
ning this column we're going: to i
doll up in the old blue serge, scrape j
-a little ink from off oar faces, grab |
V [ our hats, run down to the show j
lot . . . and use those "comps." I
Th anks a lot. Mister, we'll be ;ee- j
, , tag you directly ... or there ain't
( an elephant in your outfit!
' i : ?
-Pi; your mixing bowl on a folded
towel when you are beating ingredient:
with one hand and adding material
with the Other- The howl won't
.slip on the towe! as it does on a j
ttSKO'h table surface.
; Sttfil '
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An I
. OL.UJIE XI. V. NUMBER 50
HUBERT COFFEY ~j
PASSES; FUNERAL |
SERVICES TODAY
Scion of Prominent Boone Family
Succumbs to Long; Illness. Had
Been Connected With Engineering
Department of State Highway
Commission for Many Years. Mother
and Four Sisters Survive.
Hubert Coffey, 28 years old. State
Highway engineer and member of one
of Watauga County's most prominent
families, died at his home in Boone
Tuesday after an illness which had its
beginning a few months ago. The immediate
cause of his death was given
aepLiuaemm, ueveippipg I TO 111 an
operation for tonsi litis several weeks
ago
Funeral services were conducted
from Boone Baptist Church at 3:00
Wednesday afternoon. Rev. P. A.
Hicks, pastor, was assisted in the
rites by Rev. J. H. Brendall Jr., Methodist
minister. Interment followed ui
the city cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Messrs. A.
B. Cole, R. M. Munday, W. R. Masagee.
C. R. Fuller, Elwin Braly and
J. E. Story, all members of the engi-!
neering party to which deceased be- j
longed.
Honorary: Pat McGuire, KennethLinney,
P. A. Coffey, Glen Lewis, Hor- j
ton Gragg, Carl Payne, Joe Crawford,:
Grant Hodges, Johnnie Hodges, Raleigh
Cottrell, Gordon Winkler and
Jack Hodges. Associates of Mr. Col - j
fey in the State Highway Department
and members of the local bar
association were also included in the
honorary list.
The large floral tribute was borne j
by the following ladies: Mrs. James
Councill, Mrs. Tracy Council', Mrs |
Joe Gaither, Mrs. John Hor ton, Mrs. j
R. D. Hodges, Mrs. David Greene,;
Mrs. Jim Rivers, Mrs. Douglas Red- j
mond, Mrs. Paul Coffey, Mrs. George !
K. Moose, Mrs. Alice Councill Rob-1
Kir-iu Mioc !?????? r :
' I ?>? ?i M?ai j- uiiiiic.y, miss ;
Virginia Wary, Miss Anita Winkler,}
Miss Masio Jean Jones, Miss Hazel!
Gragg, Miss Louise Critcher, Mrs.
Dean Bingham and Mrs. D. J. White- j1
uer.?
Surviving are the mother and the
fc.ujjpwing sisters: Mesdames B. K.;
Williams, Boone; Baxter ML Linney.
(Continued on Page 5)
REV.MOSER DES
IN MOTOR CRASH
Father of Former Boone Faster Loses;
Life in Accident Saturday. Wife
looses Sight of One Eye. Children
Injured. Funeral Held Monday.
Rev -I F MnaftV Si vAare r\lH nna. ,
tor of the Main Street. Methodist I
Church of High Point ami father of
Rev. Claude VI. Moser, former Boone
pastor, was killed in an automobile
collision near Charlotte on Saturday
afternoon. Clinton Griffin of Washington,
D. C., met deftth in the same j
accident and Mrs. Moser lost an eye j
and suffered other injuries, a daughter.
Mary Moser, had a broken jaw,
and Worth Moser. a son, suffered a
broken leg. The Mosers were on their
war to Kafmapolis when the crash occurred.
Funeral services were conducted
from the High Point church, the pulpit
of which the deceased filled, Monday,
and were attended by many clergymen
of the church. The rites were
directed by Rev. C. S. Kirkpa trick,
presiding elder, Dr. W. A. Lambeth,
pastor of Wesley Memorial Church;
Rev. R. Dwight Ware, pastor of the
Main Street Methodist Church in
Thorn as vide. Interment was in Greenlawn
Cemetery near China Grove.
Mr. Moser had many friends in
Boone and vicinity where he had
preached several times during the j
pastorate of his son.
VjIUUI musis JLl
Heavyweight
Max Baer, California's prime of- ]
fering for the heavyweight crown,
will meet Primo Camera. Ttaiian
title-holder, at the Madison Square
Garden's sunken bowl on Long Island
tonight (Thursday), unless the
dispute over the challenger's physij
cal condition is renewed during the
day.
Baer. given an examination by
I Boxing Commissioner Bill Brown
last week and judgde to be unfit
for ring service, yesterday boxed
several swift rounds with a couple
of sparring partners, penned an insulting
note to the beefy Primo. and
declared that he wasn't even a little
bit "skeered" of the big bad
Wop. Gamblers, however, who have
been laying seven to five on Carnera's
winning the fifteen-round go,
wouldn't bet a thin dime there'd
even Be a fight.
The champion, alleged to be a
trlfift oy<*rTraided, hasn't been in
action much at his camp in New j
Jersey. He spent most of the day i
ose w* 7.y *
rAUG
^dependent Weekly New
BOONE, WATAUGA C<
On Tour of Mountains
AMBASSADOR DANIELS
AMBASSADOR AND
PARTY EXPECTED
Hon. .Josephus Daniels, Mrs. Daniels
and Mrs. Harold Ickes to Visit Wataugii.
May Have Bearing on Location
of Scenic Highway.
Hon. Josephus Daniels, accompanied
by Mrs. Daniels and Mrs. Harold
Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the
Interior, are expected to arrive in
Blowing Rock and possibly Boone today
(Thursday j. Secretary Ickes,
who had been invited by Arno Crammerer,
director of the National Park
Service, to make a tour of the scenic
sections of Western North Carolina,
found it impossible to leave his duties
in :*ne national capital at this
time.
The distinguished party is expect
ou to remain in una area over tne
week-end, ,*md then wili visit the
Smoky Mountain Park region and the
Cherokee Indian reservation. Mrs.
jlc.kes is deeply interested in Indian
affairs, and this feeling, coupled with
a desire to visit the Southern Appalachians
caused her acceptance^ofdfce
invitation to make the tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniels arrived in the
States from Mexico several weeks
ago, and have since been dividing
their time between Raleigh, N. C.,
and Washington. During years gone
by they were frequent: visitors in
Rbuuu iiiiu L>IuW?;?g:-Rssk," their
many friends in Watauga will derive
much pleasure from their brief sojourn.
HARTZOG GAINS
CONFIRMATION
Senate Approves Appointment of Local
Man to Post mastership. Bond Is
Expected and Commission Likely
to Be Forwarded in Few Days.
Wiley G. Hartzog, local contractor,
recently appointed postmaster at
Boone, was confirmed by the Senate
for that position last Thursday.
TTncIersbinding is that as soon as
his bond has been approved, the commission
will be forwarded, and that
Mr. Hartzog will succeed A. W. Smith,
incumbent, within the nest few days.
BAKE SAI.K TO BE HEED BY
MVINGSTON (TAB SAT I KUAY
The Idvingston Club will hold a
bake sale on the porch of the Critcher
Hotel, Saturday, .lune 15. The
sale will begin at 1 o'clock. There
will be ail kinds of delicious candies,
cakes and pastries. So please come
and do your Saturday baking the
easy way.
> Battle For
Crown Tonight
MAX RAER, CHALLENGER
Tuesday in bed, resting. He is described
by his managers as being
in perfect trim Tndirstinns new
are that the gate receipts will exceed
$400,000."
A DI
spaper?Established in th
DUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURS
Chief Justice CI
jPavs Liiaimoim
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i
Mr. Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes of the Supreme Court of
the United States, accompanied by
his wife, was an unannounced luncheon
guest at the Daniel Boone
Hotel Saturday, but he did not append
his cognomen to the hostelry's
registry, neither did he disclose to
manager or servant his illustrious
name. Incognito?that's what they
call it.
A palatial limousine, piloted by
a liveried chauffeur and bearing a
"D. C." license plate halted, well
past the noon hour, at the hotel's
entrance. A distinguished appearing
gentleman and his lady alighted
and strode through the lobby.
They craved a bite to eat, as the
mountain expression runs, and Man
ager uraven, who immediately recognized
those well-trimmed whiskers
which allegedly were lifted
with such hauteur in the presence
of one Hiram Johnson back in 1916
that it made a second-termer of
Woodrow Wilson, fairly scurried toward
the kitchen to do their bidding.
But Mr. Chief Justice Hughes
was not the least bit interested in
signing the hotel register he
merely wanted to eat. As he and
his wife munched their food, the
colored waiter was deluged with
questions as to the mode of living
hereabouts, as to the places of scenic
interest to visit . . . questions
, that less exalted personages are
wont to ply.
v A suspicious clerk at the hotel,
k refusing to believe that so promiJnent
a personage would drop in
(J without being announced by a fanWMmTcouisTY
MAY SECURE FARM
AGENT SHORTLY
Meeting to Be Held Saturday for Discussion
of Long Talked Question.
State and Federal Governments
<Jo-operate. Functions of Agent
Cited. Important That Wataugans
Attend Meeting.
y.
By NFAVTON COOK
During the past few years farmi
era of Watauga County hove realized
more and more the need ol a county
farm agent. The recent introduction
or the corn -nog rewuctiuii program,
TVA, and other similar agencies make
it necessary to have a county agent
in order to secure the most benefit
I from these sources.
: Much interest is being shewn ali
ready along this line. At a meeting
I of farmers interested in the corn-hog
I plan last week, the question was raisj
ed. It has been decided that at 2:1X1
p. m. next Saturday. June 16. a meet
ing will be held at the Courthouse
for the purpose of finding out. the exact
attitude o: the people ol the eounty.
Everyone interested shonld be
there to express his opinion.
The county agent has a large task
to perform, and is of great import
ance to the county, but on the othei
: naitu is uul a y i i',if expense, i-ie is ont
' county officer paid largely by tht
State.and Federal governments. Sinet
it is possible to secure so much at
so small expense, many local peopic
have reached the conclusion that ar.
agent would be a profitable invest1
nient.
Could Save Farmers Money
For example, a good agricultural
| agent could more than save his salj
al'y helping the farmers to reduce
! their fertilizer bills. He could show
j them how to adapt the fertilizer tc
j the needs of the crop and the soil
: and to further reduce the cost h\
; home mixing of fertilizers.
But testing and giving advice or
j fertilizers is only a small part of ?
| county demonstrator's duty. His wort
i continues with organized selection
'! and planting of proper crops and va
! rieties. with the proper culture ant
! preparation to meet market demands
I However, the growers of this county
j already know that it is useless tc
! produce good crops without an equal.
1 lv good market.
Development of Markets
1 One of the main functions of an
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nIelriof f Anr**-*** ft/T f t
4V*. lflCCLHl^
To Be Held in Boone
i
A district meteing of the American
j Legion will be held in Boone Friday
j night, June 15th, 8 o'clock. The pub
lie and all veterans of the Spanish!
American and World wars are invited
to attend.
District Vice-Ccmmander Alexander,
of Spruce Pine, will be toastmaster,
and Solicitor L. S. Spurlinf
has been invited to speak. Mrs. W
R. Absher, State president of th<
Auxiliary, and her secretary. Mis
Adams, are also expected.
A special luncheon, for which i
: small fee will be charged, is to b<
j served at the conclusion of the pro
! gram.
i
iMOC
ie Year Eighteen Eighty-Eh
;DAY, JUNE 14, 1934
iarles E. Hughes
iced Visit to City
; fart of brass, stepped to the side of
the waiting car to give the old bus
' a. once-over. And sure-enough, there
on the door were engraved three
initials. "C. E. H." . . . initials
known the world over. But just
j then those honored guests emerged
CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES
! from the hotel's doorway, entered j
| the auto, gave a signal to the chauf- i
i feur. and away they went.
Thus Mr. Chief Justice Hughes, J
| former Governor, of New York, Sec- i
! retary of State in the Harding cab- |j
! inet. pretty nearly President of the | <
United States, and today occupy- i
ing the next highest position in the <
land, paid his unceremonious visit ]
to Boone last Saturday.
MUCH BUILDING i
NOW GOING ON IN
TOWN AND COUNTY
Near $25,000 in New Construction ! 1
Work Under Way in Boone, with;
Other Contracts io Be fcei. Fi\?
New Residences and One Business i
Addition lneltided in F.xpanslon i
Program. Rural Home Building. j;
Boone's current building program,'
including modern residences and one i.
! business structure, is decidedly the i j
largest since before the depression, j (
i and ill the sound of the woikmen's j1
-f-t??***?IP fmind. tliO-.cchQ-jOf. fl ICtUWI- ! j
ing prosperity. One building authority j
has estimated that struct i:es now in j
the building and recently completed '
within the corporate limits of the
I town, would reach the sum of $25,!
AAft fy> nn?, .v ..I ..-V .
i wvv, tv? aa.v ui vouuuVfW ? C" !
! pair projects being carried on at an \
additional expenditure of several 1
' ; thousands of dollars
; So urgent is the demand for buildi
ers that, it is said, in at least two
' | instances, handsome residences are
I planned upon which the property holders
haven't been able as yet to secure
bids. Among the improvements
noted in business and residential sec'
lions, the following arc worthy of
note:
The \Y\ R. Chevrolet Company is
(Continued on Page 4)
LOCATiONSCENIC
ROAD PLEASING
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j ! Congressman Houghton 3s Confident I
. j That Route of Park-to Park High- i
way Will Be Satisfactory to
Watauga County People.
; A press-time telegram from Con- \
\ gressman Bob Doughton to the editor J
j states that he is confident that the j
j : location of the Park-to-Park High- j
L j way will be satisfactory to residents |
. ! of Watauga County. Mr. Doughton !
j ' who has been a prominent figure in I
_ | national highway work for many j
I years, has had many conferences with j
j Secretary of the Interior Ickes, and ;
, : his efforts on behalf of Northwest i
! ! Carolina in the matter of locating the ]
| scenic roadway are thought to have
; resulted in adoption of a route thru '
Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga coun-|
ties.
Mr. Dcughtons bnet telegram t
states: "Confident location of Park-!
way will lie satisfactory to Watauga ;
! people. (Signed) R. L. Dough ton.1
I M C"
i i
Washington observers state that \
there is little doubt in the capital but
i that the parkway will follow the j
above-mentioned route as far down as
Linviile Gorge. The conflict in ru.1
mors is said to begin here. One report
has it that the Pork Service recommends
that the Parkway cross over
; into Tennessee just, below the gorge
. and enter the Smoky Mountains Na;
ticnal Park at Gatlinburg. Another
. rumor is that the Parkway will run
? in the form of a loop after leaving
^ the Ginville Gorge section. This would
j take in the scenery around the Cragi!
gies. Mount Mitchell and Asheville,
> j with the other side of the loop run.!
ning lo the Tennessee side and enteri
ing the park at Gatlinburg
RAT
M
51.50 PER \ -AH
DEB ( RATS MEET;
NA|E DELEGATES
ST I I K P0W-W0W
t
J. I.- " ? on Heads Executive Committi
m s Kesult of Caucus, A. D.
Wilson1 .vts as Chairman and Wade
E. Brown as Secretary. Rivers, liortoii
and Moretz Nominating Committee.
Resolutions Adopted.
The Democratic convention for Watauga
County was held in the courthouse
in Boone Saturday afternoon,
and a large and representative group
of partisans gathered from the dif ferent
sections to name delegates to
the State convention, formulate a new
organization and endorse the policies
of the Roosevelt administration.
A. D. Wilson was temporary chairman
of tlie meeting and Wade E.
Brown, sceretary. A motion was carried
to make the appointments permanent.
Sam F. Horton, Jim Rivers
and Walter Moretz were named as
a nominating committee and the delegates
from the different townships
to the State convention were unain
mousiy named, as follows:
Bald Mountain, Vv. S. Miller: Blue
Ridge, Nile Cook: Beaver Dam, Don
Hagaman, Clyde Perry; Blowing
Rock, Wade E. Brown, Donald J. Boyacn;
Boone, Stuart Barnes, W. F. Miller,
E. N. Hahn, T. L. Mast; Cove
Creek, Dean Swift, Chauncey Moody,
John E. Combs; Elk, Eula Carroll
Cole; North Fork, Walter South; Laurel
Creek. Ira Edmisten, Olus Mast;
Shawnee haw, Earnie Triplett; Watauga,
Ed Luttrell, T. C. Baird; Meat
Camp No. 1, C. G. Hodges; Meat
Camp No. 2. Henry Bcaeh: Stony
Fork, C. D. McNeil.
The State convention will be held
in Raleigh on the 21st, and former
Senator Cameron Morrison has been
chosen as keynote speaker.
At the precinct caucuses Friday
:mly one change was made in the
county executive committee. Dean
Swift of Cove Creek having been
chosen to succeed Ed S. Williams, re hg
nc-d.
The county convention was not featured
by outside oratory but several
local Democrats spoke briefly, urging
iiarrnomuus atu? eoiicertea party
action. Following the convention, the
executive committee went into session
and J. L. Wilson was unanimously
re-elected as chairman.
During the course of the brief session
the policies of the Roosevelt administration
were frequently lauded
and a committee composed of Robert
W. Pulliam, Charles T. Zimmerman
ami Luther M. Farthing drafted the
following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted;
Resolution
'Be it resolved by the Democrats
of Watauga County, in convention
regularly assembled:
"1 That we do hereby give wholeheartedly
our unqualified endorsement
to; the administration of that
great and fearless leader, His Excellency
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who has
so ably led the American people forth
from the sloughs of despondency into
the light of a new day. It is our sincere
hope that, he may be spared the
Nation for many years to come.
"IT. That we commend our Senators,
the Hon. Robert R. Reynolds
and the Hon. Josiah W. Bailey, and
our representatives in the Congress
from this State, especially the Hon.
Robert L. Doughton from this district,
for the able and fearless way
they have conducted themselves during
the present session of the Congress.
"Til. That we congratulate the
Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, the Governor
of North Carolina, upon the
second year of his administration for
the efficient and capable way he has
performed the duties of his high office
during these troublous times.
"ROBERT \V. PUELJAM
"CHAS. T. ZIMMERMAN
"L. M. FARTHING, Committee.
Fisheries Commissioner
c?" J "
ky(/wiud i nudy in Doone
John D. Chalk, State Game and
Inland Fisheries Commissioner of Raleigh,
now making a tour of inspection
of the western zone, visited
Boone and the State Fish Hatchery
at Rutherwood Friday. He expressed
himself as being highly pleased with
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Itcl c.
County Warden Albert Farthing
ag3in calls attention to the fact that
while there is no closed season on
foxes, licenses must be procured to
hunt them just th" same. Anyone desuing
to engage in the chase may pay
a ice of 60 cents and licenses will be
given them just as soon as they are
received at the warden's office.
Pay far Teachers
Is Now Available
County Superintendent Howard
Walker returned from Raleigh last
Thursday where he arranged for
teachers of Watauga County to receive
their vouchers for last month's
service. Many of these have already
i -eeeived their salary, and Mr. walker
lis gisa to nave been able to arrange
'for payment at this time.