! BOONE
SKETCHES
By J. C. R.
SHERIFF FARTHING
From near and far a vast cue
course of sorrowing humanity gatfc
creel in Boone today to staud b
in reverent silence as the mortr
remains of 1,lit her Farthing iver
consigned to u grave amongst th
hills he loved so greatly and serve
so unselfishly. . . . ~\len in paiche
overalls . . . women with cryin;
huhes in arms . . . men from th
higher walks of life . - . wome
from the Ititle cabins in mounati
coves . . . men and women fror
the upper crust'* . . . men am
women from the "under edge" . .
they were here in legion, and the,
came, not from curiosity but becaus
they'd learned to love the "Littl
tru Sheriff," as he was called by nios
*. * in? gurw mat r>ner
ift Farthing; hart faults, for the;
say it's a characteristic of the raw
hut whatever they might- have been
that big heart of his, that willing
spirit, that pleasant smile, tha
charitable disposition so far over
shadowed the trivial weaknesse;
that he became well nigh an exam
pie of earthly perfection.
Sheriff Farthing possessed a phil
osophy of living far above the average
. . he looked a fellow right
square in the eye. he followed th<
teachings of the Golden Kule, h<
respected the opinions of those wit!
whom he walked the road . . . and
he wasn't afraid of live man 01
dead ghost! If fortune smiled, tht
Sheriff smiled, too, . . . but if adversity
brought heartaches and miscry,
why, he just kept right or
smiling! He wasn't a bluffer, but
he couldn't be bluffed ... he was
a man, just a man, but those thre*
letters constitute one of the biggest
words in the whole English language!
Away back in the '90s, Luther
Farthing completed his education
at a little college over In Tennessee,
and as valedictorian of his class
he delivered a most beautiful oration
on "The Object of Life." In
rambling through The Democrat's
files we stumbled across a reproduction
of that deliverance, and a
portion of it is if produced us a fittin)':
benediction to his useful pilgrimage:
"We find that a revelation has
been given to man, and it thoroughly
teaches him what he Is, how he
became so, and the manner Ju which
he is to be redeemed and his faculties
developed. This Book of Books,
dictated by the Spirit of God, tenches
us that the wages of neglecting
the highest faculties, those faculties
which were created in the likeness
of our Creator Himself, and
vl giving lOORC r&lsi to our carnal
appetites which ally us .to the brute
creation, is death to the soul of true
man; and that the gift of God, if
man will only receive it, is a regeneration
of the dead faculties of the
soul by which it will live forever.
It teaches us that our first object
should be to seek God and His
righteousness, and that in so dofng
we may be assured that all the
temporal blessings will be added
unto us day by day as we need
them. It also teaches us that we
should not be conformed to this
world, but should be transformed,
by the renewing of our minds, that
ire may prove and thereby know
what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God. * * * * A
study of nature acquaints us with
the laws of progress and develop
luent from the. simplest one-celled
animal to the exceedingly complex
organs of the human body and faculties
of the mind, but we can go
no farther uy the study of nature.
The Bible removes the barriers to
our knowledge and teaches us how
man. by right use of his faculties,
may enter a higher kingdom in
which there will be an eternal progression
toward the infinitely great,
good and glorious perfection of his
Creator. ' *
The mind which gave those inspiring
words has ceased to function,
. . . the Sheriff has gone away,
Be studied the laws of his Maker
and proved an apt student . . . he
* was a friend to mankind . . . and
surely there have been reserved foi
him an exalted seat "Cpstairs."
MUTED TOKTRAIT ARTIST TO
STUDY AT BLOWING ROC
George Aid, noted portrait painti
who spend the winter in Oharlott
will come to Blowing Rock ne:
month to continue his portrait stuc
ies. Mr. Aid will return to Chariot
in the early fall where he has mac
about fifty very interesting picture
LAWN SUPPER TO BE GIVEN
HENSON'S CHAEL SATUKDA
The young ladies of the Henaor
Chapel Methodist Church will give
lawn supper and program of ente
talnment at the church Saturday ev
ning at 8 o'clock. Refreshments w
he sold to the public and a small a
mission fee will be charged for t
entertainment features, the procee
to be used for religious enterprise:
1 WA1
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VOLUME XLVI. NUMBER 1
RUNS HIGH FOR SUH
"
t
? Julius A. Rousseau, of North Wllk ,
, ination for the Seventeenth District 1
, by four hundred votes over his opi>on,k
Mr. Burke has contested the result of
HAYDEN BURKE <
:! PROTESTS RESULT
: OF JUDGESHIP R ACE
. J ]
1 Tayiorsville Attorney to Contest Vir- ?
tory of Julius A. Rousseau in Run-!
' I Off Primary. Charges Wholesale,
j Voting of Republicans In Wilkes;
i Copnty. State Board of Klections
j Receives Formal Notice.
, Taylorsvitle, N C;?-Formal protest
that J; A. Rousseau's victory in the, i
Democratic run-off primary for judge t
in the Seventeenth District was the r
j result of voting irregularities In c
i Wilkf-S ifoilRAPfliPs hnm^ cnunLv wnc
| filed with the Slate Board of Elec- ' i
I ttions Tuesday by J Hayden Burke ,
|of Tajrjoraville, defeated candidate. I
Burke charged that, contrary ?e a'?
j ruling of the State s attorney general, J J
j Republicans voted in -Saturday1*<pri- j <
! .-nary in Wilkes. He further alleged t
J that the Wilkes boarii of elections ;
1 had refused to recnnvass the votes. 't
] Rousseau's lead over Burke in Sat-! t
! urday's primary was approximately! t
100. with voting extremely heavy! t
I throughout the district. Rousseau al30 ' \
i led in the first primary, when sev-1 \
j eral hundred allegedly Republican:
'votes cast for Burke in Alexander! a
County were thrown out by the State j ]
Board of Elections. Ragland, the'c
third candidate, was eliminated ir. the ' a
first primary. : ;
ilasetl on Precedent 11;
| It is on the alleged precedent set
| by the Sttae hoard in the first pri-11
I maty that Burke Tuesday said he' j
| was basing his protest.
In a statement addressed "To my t
' supporters in the 17th Judicial Dis-ii
Jtrict," Burke said: jj
"Permit me to again express to you j c
i mv siiicero 'hanks for vnnr invnl cnn. I ,
(Continued on Page 8) j;
INEW CREAM ROUTE :
| NOW IN PROSPECT
| Biltmore Dairies Examining Fit'Id' j
| With View to Purchase of Cream j
from Farmers. Great Need for
the Product Is Cited.
I
A cream route through Watauga
County, as a feeder for the Biltmore (
Dairies, Asheville, may be established
1 within a short time, according to Mr. '
J. M. Lynch Jr., who was in this com- 1
munity last week looking over the <
situation. j
Mr. Lynch states Lha' Biltmore is ,
i now supplying dairy .produ :ta for Lin
I viile's summer camps, and comiec
' ; tions may be established at Blowing
' I Rock. It was while working up this
J trade that the possibilities of pur- .
I phftainf funmtifion nf croam frAm I
- farmers of Watauga County became
apparent.
K It is stated that Biltmore Dairies
is in dire need at this time of an in;r
creased supply of cream and that Wae_
tauga County farmers may find a
nt mo3t profitable market. Mr.' Lynch
3- proposes a more thorough investigate
tron as to tlTe amount of the product
je which might easily be procured, and
a should his action prove favorable,
a route will be established.
Y Much Food Distributed
By Local Relief Offices
L'S
a Large quantities of food have been
r- given out to destitute families in Wae
tauga County during the past few
ill days by the local relief offices. Ind
eluded in the recent distribution was
he 17.000 pounds of string beans, 177
ds bags of flour and 3,000 pounds of
>. meat.
I
AUG
idependent Weekly New
BOONE, WATAUGA CI
PERIOR JUDGESHIP
'y '1
j!w
sboro, who won the Democratic nomudgeship
in last Saturday's primary
nt, J. Hitydeu Burke, of Taylorsviile.
the voting.
CONSTRUCTION OF
PRISON CAMP TO
BE STARTED SOON
'laterials Being Bought for Construe
tion of Modern Penal Plant Nru:
Bmme. Latent Carpenters unu Ma
soils to Re Assisted in Building It;
A tirade Prisoners. Built for Oni
Hundred Couviets.
T'he State prison camp, construe
ion which has been pending fo
he past several months, is now defi
itteiy on the way. according to Retd
lent Knglneer James H. Council), urn
l good portion ot tile eonstructtoi
nalerials for the olant have been or
ie d- ... j
ine oawp is to do construciien cvi
h"wtritc property tetowii ak the Loiij
arm oat- mile west of Booac, an;!, ac
tordibg to Kr Cour.atU, is to tsi i
boroughly modern plant The prm
ipu! building will l>e of brick con
fraction, 60x100 feet, and is designed
.0 accommodate 100 men. Dinir.j
ia.ll, laundry and other structures wil
ic of frame construction, and a dee]
cell has already been drilled to pro
ride an adequate water supply.
Local carpenters and brick mason
.re to lie employed and the comir.oi
abor is to be done by A-grade pris
iners. The group of buildings, wine!
ire second to none of the lype in Ihi
State, are expected to be ready To
iccupancy by the first of October.
Mr. \V. H. Brown, for many year,
naintenonce foreman for the Stat]
lighway Department, lias ben
tamed as prison superintendent, ant
1 J. Farthing will act in the capae
ty of steward. The remainder of thi
tersonnel, it is said, will be eomposet
'f maintenance men, who would.oth
i-wise be out of employment wit]
he advent of the convicts.
5300 DOZEN CANS
ARP Tfi RP PHIPf
nillj IV UL 1 llJLliL
duge Canning Program Sponsored fo
Benefit of Relief Families, Miss
German in Charge with Assistants
in Each Community.
Thirty-three hundred dozen glas
fruit jars have been received at th
offices of Miss Theodosia Watson, lc
;jl relief administrator, and a hug
fanning program has been launche
in an effort to lighten the relief roll
during the coming winter.
Miss Annie Ruth German of Nort
Wilkesboro, home economics instrut
tor in Boone High School, has agree
to act as temporary home demor
stration agent to supervise the car
ning and will have twenty or twentj
five assistants in the different conr
munities of the county. Under th
plan proposed, the relief families wi
be given small numbers of jars at
Lime, as their gardens demand, an
a check-up will be made to see ths
the contract is carried out.
The jars are to be filled from tl
products of the relief gardens, f
nanccd by the administration, ar
cultivated by members of relief fan
ilies. The entire shipment of jars
to be filled by September 1, with a
different varieties of garden sass f(
the sustenance of the destitute fan
ilies during the couuiig winter.
Good Gardens
Reports coming to Miss Watsc
from throughout the county indica
that the gardens ofthe relief familii
tnd fair to show splendid yields, ar
volunteered information from neig]
bors indicate that many ot these far
ilies have more food crops than th(
ever had before.
A DI
spaper?Established in ti
3UNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURi
[DR. DOUGHERTY
1 DELIVERS SPEECH
i TO STUDENT BODY
President of State College ill Ad
dress on "New School Organiza
tlou." Figures On Prograui Given
Red Cross Official Conducts Classe
in First Aid. Class Presents Pa
triotic Pageant Tuesday.
President B. B. Dougherty spok
before the Institute of Civic Relation
ships on Friday at Appalachian Stat
Teachers College. His subject Was th
"New School Organization." His dl?
cussian was astonishing in its cleat
ness and frankness as he told th
story of how eleven men were appoin
ted to work out the organization an
set tip a school system.
Every sehool district in the State
said Dr. Dougherty, had been wipe
cut and the total available school in
come changed from $32,OOO.OtK) t
S16.000.000.
As the address developed the fo!
lowing economies were revealed
SSOO.OOO saved in, transportation
$300,000 in fuel, and lesser saving
in many lines, and turning of thes
savings into teacher salaries. The an
dience, made up largely of schcc
* teachers, could see how every possi
I bio care had been taken for the!
* good.
Dr. Dougherty stated that ?180,1
000 was secured from the Feders
Government for purchasing new bus
es, and $600,000 to help pay salarie
in lull for the past sehool year.
[Conducting First Aid Course
Dr. Otis Marshall of the Americas
Red Cross, distinguished author am
lecturer on the subject of health an<
life-saving, is giving instruction to j
r class of seventy teachers at Appala
chian College. Those completing th
f course will be awarded certificate
II of authority by the Red Cross t
teach life saving. Dr. Marshall is on
of only three physicians who cove
- the United States, giving this type o
r instruction for the Red Cross.
Give Historical Pageant
Miss Metta lales, with her class i;
i Grammar Grade Education, gave a
i interesting and Instructive his
- torical pageant before the student
g at the college. Tuesday. This was i
r honoi of the national holiday, Jul
I -till, which is being observed by th
- jsuiviim-r school today yWednesday).
1 #iinm pine
J Ul/IIVVli UUO Ull/kJ
i RECEIVED MONDAY
V
Thirteen Ix>w Bids Approved by th
Board of Kdueation. Subject to F:3j
nal Approval"by State. Swperin
tendent to Give Instruction.
1 Bids were received Monday by th
County Board of Education for tii
1 transportation of students to th
schools of the county over fhirtee
* | different routes. The low bidders Sver
accepted but the bids are subject t
1 the final approval of the State. Si
perintendent Howard Walker ash
that no arrangements be made tc
actual transportation or other mote
service until he shall have nqtifie
" the bidders. Following are t.hof
1 whose bids were accepted by til
| Board:
" J No. 1 Todd to Boone. 191 . mile
Vaughan Howell, $74,70 per month.
No. 2. Deep Gap to Boone, 22 mile
. Neal Greene, $80 per month.
1 No. 3. Around Deep Gap Schoo
W. B. Day, $60 per month.
No. 4. Sutherland to Cove Creel
r 25 miles. Grady Johnson, $68.37 p<
month.
No. 5. Bait-view to Miller to Ell
land, 8 miles. Clyde S. Jackson, $69.1
per month,
s No. 6. Middle Fork to Blowir
e Rock, I2Vr miles. James Underdow
$74 per month.
No. 7. Whiting Road to Blowir
e Rock, 12 miles. James Underdow
d $70 per month.
s No. 8. Matney to Valle Crucis, :
miles. Edward Baird, $45.50 p
h month.
No. 9. Grandfather to Cove Cree
d 22 miles. Ralph Baird, $79.99 p
i- month.
i- No. 10. Windy Gap to Cove Cree
r- 14 Vi miles. Hubert Thomas, $59 p
l- month.
ie No. 11. Peoria to Bethel, 8 mile
11 Geo. Smitherman. $49.50 per month
a No. 12. Reese to Bethel, 4 mile
d Ira Scott. $39.49 per month,
it No. 13. Poplar Grove to Boor
around Bamboo, 15% miies. Linnt
ie Walker, $66.99 per month.
f Blowing Rocket Makes
is Its Initial Appearanc
u
jr The Blowing Rocket, weekly new
l- paper published at Blowing Rock d
ring the tourist season, made its fix
appearance for the year last Sati
in day. Messrs. C. V. Henkel and A.
te Robertson Jr. are listed as publis
es ers, Gwyn Harper succeeding h
id Robertson as editor. Meantime, i
h- Joe Wadsworth of Charlotte i3 t
a- new business manager for the jot
:y nal. The Rocket, as heretofore, com
from the presses of The Democrat.
LMOC
ie Year Eighteen Eighty-1
5DAY, JULY 5. 1934
m
1? |
Ex-Sheriff Succumbs J
_ '
0 i Luther M. Farthings, four-time j
Sheriff of Watauga County, wlio
.succumbed to a sudden illness at his
home in Boone Monday afternoon.
1 HARTZOGIN FULL
! CHARGE OF LOCAL
; POST OFFICE FRI.
Well Known Contractor Receives His
3 Commission Saturday and Spends
First Part of Week in Making
Transfer of Business. Succeeds A.
ti W. Smith. Who Has Held Position
I for Six and a Half Vears.
a :
a Wiley G. Hartzog, prominent local:
- building contractor and for a long pee
riod of years a leading school teacher |
s of this section, hits been commissioned j
o as postmaster at Boone and will as-!
e sume complete charge of the office |
r Friday morning.
f Mr. Hartzog.s commission came|
forward Saturday and during the first, j
part of the week he was engaged in
n mak ng the necessary check-tips inci- i
n denial to the transfer of records from ,
former Postmaster A. W. Smith, and
s familiarizing himself with the duties
II of his new position.
y Mr. Hartzog received the rceom-'
mendation of Congressman Doughton 1
some time ago when he stood high
among the three eligibles for Ihe appointment,
being followed in the lineup
by Mrs. Carrie Williams and R. K.
ii.. i ? -
_ *?vx^o?iu. uv ?*??? uccu iMiuwn ior many :
I years as one of the leading Democrats i
L of Uiis section, and is the first in-|
cum bent of that political faith since
e JoJui F.. Brown retired from the posimastership
during the administration
?.?f president Warren G. Harding.
He is amply qualified for the position
and may be expected to maine
tain a high order of service at the
e postoffice.
e Mr. Smith retires alter having been
n postmaster for six and one-half years,
e during which time he has frequently
0 been lauded for his painstaking serv1
ice to the public. He will spend a
h great part of his time at his country
>r home near Mabel during tlie remain?r
der of the summer, opening house in
<i whenever he so desires.
ie Understanding is that there is to
ie be no further changes in the personnel
of the office, present employees
s. being on a Civil Service basis.
Boone is a second class office and
a. the salary is 52,?100 per year.
' ELIlilBLES FOR
- ROUTE 2 NAMED
C
H) Walter Greene, Clyde Winebarger and
Ralph G. Greer Eligible for fiptg
pointment as R. F. 11. Carrier,
n, Winebarger Given Endorsement.
?g Following the Civil Service examin,
nation held several weeks ago, a list
of three eligibles have been announced
12 by the Commission, from which one
er will be appointed as carrier for R. F.
D. Route No. 2 out from Boone,
k, The eligible list contains the names
er of Walter C. Greene. R. Clyde Winebarger
and Ralph G. Greer, listed in
k, order named. Mr. Greene, who is a
er disabled veteran of the World War,
received an extra ten points credit
5s. on account of his war record. Mr
i. Greer had a five-point advantage foi
>s. World War service. All three, however,
made fine grades, it is shown
le, and are all capable young men.
ey The Democratic Executive Commit
Itee, in session Monday, unanimousij
recommended the appointment of Mr
Winebarger, and it is assumed thai
there will be some definite actior
:e from Washington within a few days
Messrs. Greene and Greer are bott
'S- registered as Republicans, but th<
u- former has amassed considerable sup
st port for the position. Mr. Greer hav
ir- ing withdrawn in his favor.
T. Mr. Howard Gragg has been acting
;h- as temporary carrier for the past sev
Ir. eral months.
lr.
he Farmers of Polk Counyt, who an
ir- digging trench silos this summer
ies have planted ribbon cane to be uset
03 ensilage.
. m
RAT
||nt
$1.50 PER Yi^AK
i riFf illness
3 :alses death of
jpTHER FARTHING
Former Sheriff of Watauga Pusses
After Sudden Attack. Funeral Services
Tuesday from Boone Baptist
Church, Hud Been a Beading Figure
in County for Many Tears.
Widow and Six CMldren Survive.
Isttther M. Farthingy who had Lht>
distinction of having held trie office
of Sheriff of Watauga County for
more consecutive years than any oilier
mar., died at his home in Boone
.Monday afternoon, following: an illness
of .scarcely more than an hour.
After having partaken of the midday
meal, he complained of not feeling"
well, but expected to return to town
in a short while. His condition rapidly
grew worse. Dr. H. E. Perry was
summoned, ministered to him and
thought he had recovered. Within a
few hours he became ill again, and
could not. be revived by restoratives.
, j\ ncart attack brought oa by acute
! indigestion was given as the cause
] of liis demise. Deceased was ,66 years
I of ago on the day of his death.
! Funeral services were conducted
I from the Boone Baptist Church Wednesday
at 10 o'clock by the pastor,
j Rev. P. A. Hicks, who was assisted
| by Rev. F. C. Watts, and interment
j followed in the city cemetery.
I Pallbearers were: J. T. C. Wright,
H. R. Eggers, W. G. Hartzog, A. D.
I Wilson, R. L. Bingham and Frank M.
! Payne. Honorary pallbearers were:
jW. F. Miller, J. A. Williams. A. H.
Duia. John St an bury, James L. Winkler,
E. S. Quails, W. R Covin. I. G.
Greene, Smith Hagaman and K. F.
McDade.
An unusually large floral offering
was borne by Mary Estes, Flora
Greene, Leola Fox, Anna Green, Lula
Dannc-r, Louise FarlhiJig, Pearl Mij
chael. Rena Mat- Farthing. Ruth Farj
thing. Ivey Henderson, Louise Kirkman,
Hazel Oragg. Irene Winkler, Anita
Winkler, Edith Bates, Mollie Carroll.
Ruby Dula, Iva Dean Wilson.
| Ruby Wiison: Mildred McDade, Lu!
c.ile Mast, Maxie Greene, Lucille Miller
and Ruby Parson.
Surviving are the widow by a second
marriage and six children: Victor
L., Chicago; Russell, Matney, N. C.;
Mrs. Benlah Edmisten, Sugar Grove;
[ Albert, Ruby and Marshall Farthing,
I of Boone. One brother, YV. D. Fa.ri
thing of Boone, aJso survives
Luther M. Farthing was born in
Watauga County July 2, IS6S. a son
of the 'ate L. W. and Mrs, Fartning
of Watauga Falls, and was reared and
spent bis life In this section. As a
i youth he received his elementary ed|
ucation at th'^ public schools afford(Continued
on Page 8)
Weasel Makes Away
With 88 Chickens
i Mr. Wade ti. Greene of Peoria was
i a visitor ir. town Friday and tells
] of the loss by a brother, Mr. A. G.
| Greene, of SS L.eghorn chickens durj
lug a single raid of a weasel. There
' were 107' chickens in the house about
the size of partridges when the visI
itoi entered through a small hole at
! the top of the house. Three were
killed and an attempt made to take
them through the hole. The weasel
failing in this, returned and killed
eighty-five more. The pestiferous
creature was later caught in a steel
trap Mr. Greene states that a neighbor,
Otus Harmon, lost 20 chickens
j in the Same manner.
Senator Reynolds to
Speak at Banner Elk
| Senator Robert R. Reynolds has aci
cepted an invitation to address the
I annual convention ol the North Car
olina Press Association at Banner
E!k next week, but since the detailed
program has not been released, the
exact dale of his appearance is not
| known. Several other prominent figures
will be featured 011 the program,
i The editors will be in session Wed.
i nosday, Thursday and Friday, and
headquarters will be maintained at
| Pinnacle Inn.
FISH AGAIN KILLED
AT RUTHERWOOD
I The thirteen remaining stock
. j trout at the Rutherwood Fish Hat!
chery, together with about one hundred
smaller ones, perished Thurs>
day night when lor the second time
within a four-day period the water
was diverted from the breeding
i pools. On the preceding Sunday,
more than eight hundred trout
i were killed in a similar nocturnal
) raid.
So far the diligence of police officers
and game wardens has failed
to bear fruit in the form of any
[ definite clues as to who the trespassers
are, but every effort is being
made to ascertain their identity.
Meantime, Mr. Smothers is go>
ing forward with his work and attempting
to take care of the situai'
tiott despite the tremendous handii
caps.