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I -I BOONE| SKETCHES ; By j. C R. WELCOME, EDITORS! GenUemeri of the "Fourth Estate," accompanied by their women folks, paper and equipment salesmen, are gathering over at Banner Elk today lor the Sixty-second Annual Convention of the North Carolina Press Association . . . and Edgar Tufts, whose managerial genius has fuiriv hewn an empire from the wilderness, is putting on a "snow" that'll kneel: Inscribes colder' n a mackerel , . . for this fccy Tufts kncrtvs his colleges, he knows his hospitals, his orphanages, his game birds, his game fish, his potatoes . . . and he knows how to ? * * I An invitation to visit Banner Elk I was a blessing to the editors ... a ! blessing* that wilt last . . . for those j who dwell in the atmosphere off ' printers ink and type lice need in- j spiral ion . . . gobs of K . . . and the } transformation which has occurred during a few short years in this mountain village is enough, within itself, to provide material for a Jthousand-page volume. A junior college, where hundreds of mountain boys and girls arc trained for ! the duties of life ... a sixtv-bed j hospital, described as tile largest in j rural America ... a orphanage ! where scores of God's unfortunates j are reared into useful man and ! S womanhood . . . varied industries to attract unborn genius in youth ! ... a hundred and one glorious enterprises . . . all the culmination ! of a dream dreamed 'way back yon- j der by a poor Presbyterian mission- ' ary . . . the daddy of the man who \ heads the Edgar Tufts Memorial j h Association today. St * ? # k i ro But the .setting of Banner F.!k is n. the thing that gets 'em going: To the , k north the pinnacles of Beech Moun-j^, tain rear themselves into the clouds ^ . . . fifty-five hundred and some feet, i g, To the south old Grandfather, most' -v\ ancient formation on the American continent, lifts his head to an altitude aJ of near six thousand . . . his sides: ^ fairly covered with fragrant groves l^, of balsam and rhododendron. And the O J Sugar Mountain and Hanging Hock! gt Mountain stand in between like gi-! c gantic sentinels. Skirting the village j c( F.'k River, clear as crystal. tumbles! in a never-ending cataract as it races V( toward the Tenuessee. Beautiful! . 3t <2,rv.n^~i . - * ? wuuuuiv. gj + * * ii " "1*; Another bessing of no small liri- cc port was dished out to the journal- i ct ists when they selected Banner Elk j io as their 1934 convention site ... I it gave them opportunity to tra- , yerse Watauga bounty as they ! 1,1 joarney to and from the neighbor- j'T' ing village! They are permitted to J let their vision ramble at will over ? thousands of acres of growing ' spuds and cabbage and corn . . . ; B harbingers of a returning prosperity. Thousands of cattle and sheep > on thousands of emerald hills bear | testimony to the diligent labors I of an industrious people; modern i schools and churches lend spiritual j B and educational atmosphere to the i B; rugged scenery . . . yes, it's a bless- j ing . . . and we're mighty glad our \ brothers in the. craft from away i'J down in the cotton and nicotine belt got a passing glimpse of the very I] best county in Northwest Carolina. .... The editors will have as their ct guest tonight Senator Bob Reynolds, tc our one and only Bob . . . tomorrow si Judge John Parker and Undersecre- in tary of Commerce John DickinsoD . . . j B and it's the Sketch Man's sincere I wish that they, along with the breth- tt ren, will east their cares and worries S into the hell-box of dbUvion, take a a good long' inhale of mountain air or w something, and cut up! Incidentally, tl that's just what wo intend to do as vi scon as we finish thi3 column of ba- B loney! jt * r ? Thin afternoon a car bearing one U of North Carolina's foremost pub- h Ushers rolled along Boone's main b drag, en route to Banner Elk . . . and as he passed the printshop a I J one-legged troubadour strummed a i buttered banjo from his perch on a i fire-plug. And to the tune of "John ny and FrankSe," he sang this little ditty: Y "There's bright lights oil Broadway, c There's sunshine in Dixie, 11 But there's moonshine in them a North Ca'lina hills!" v o "THE HANDWRITING" From The Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket Island's hundred and thir- y teen year old newspaper, we garner 11 a breezy article, headed "Handwriting on the Wall," which fills the hole, 11 as printers say, and provides amuse- d ment for those who watch and wait. h Here it is: h F. D. R.?1932 1 N. R. A.?1933 a T. A. X.?1B34 S. O. S.?1935 G. O. P.?1936 Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. West and i small daughter, Jimmy, returned to 1 their home in Clarksburg, W. Va., r Sunday, after a visit of two weeks d with Mrs. West's parents, Rev. and I Mrs. W. I. Trivett. C . . WA1 An 1 v'OLUME XLVI, NUMBER 2 Maxie Greets Ma New York.?Max Baer, the now heavyweight champion of the world, greets his mother when she arrives from the West to help him celebrate his victory over l'rinio Camera. S. T. ('. SUMMER SCHOOL LARGEST I IN ENTIRE STATE; tudent Body of Near Nine HundredRepresents Nine States and One Foreign Country. Auxiliary School Being Conducted at Dobsoii. Watauga Leads With 110 Students; Ashe Has Fifty-four Appalachian State Teachers College as the largest enrollment of public *hpol teachers assembled anywhere i North Carolina for its first sumicr term, according to announcement Bide this week by Dean J. D. Ran in. Nine states ami one foreign coun y arc represented: Florida, Georgia, ent.ucky, Now York. Norhl Carolina, oath Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, rest Virginia, and Iraq, Asia Eight hundred and eight students re enrolled in the summer school at oone and 87 in the auxiliary school nng conducted at Dobson. making a rand total of D85. In these combined udenl bodies, seventy-one North arnlma counties and twenty-four mnties in other states are repre nted. Ninety-three colleges and uni rsities are represented, sixty of the uaents already hold Blachelor deteea cttiant'wo have Master degTees, hose students are completing their lucationa! requirements for Class A rtiJicates. or for principal's certifates. Watauga County leads in enreilent with 110 students, Ashe followg with r>l, and Iredell with 15. hose registering from Watauga are: i Watauga Students Boone: Jack Ailred, Ella Austin,1, im Austin, Wendell Bullou, Morris [ sirnett, Mrs. Gladys Bingham, Alary t ?>.iig?a:u, rtucn Jcsiatr, lJeiJa Irene lark, Mrs. R. L,. Clay. Ollie Jean yff&y, Betty Collins, Mack Cowles, rs. Mack Cowles. Carl Dennies. Mi's, ab Dixson, Zeb Dixson, Edwin ougherty, Eunice Dawson, Homer ggers, A. L. Eggers, Roy Ellison, (Continued on Page 8) wo Lincolnton Women njured in Car Accident Two young Lincolnton women relived serious injuries when the auimobile in which they were riding cidded and overturned on the Blowg Rock Road, five miles from oonc, Monday morning. Miss Ethel Hoover, a student at le summer school of Appalachian tate Teachers College here, suffered fractured leg. Miss Frances Ruth, ho was visiting Miss Hoover over ic week-end, suffered a broken pelis bone. The driver of the car, John ing'.e, of Lincolnton, was not inlred. The two young women received eatment at the Hagaman Clinic ere and then were taken in an amulance to a hopita! in Lincolnton. )emocratic Meeting To Be Held Monday An organization meeting of the 'oung Democratic Club of Watauga :ounty win De held in the courthouse ext Monday evneing at 8 o'clock, ccording to an announcement made Wednesday by Jim Rivers, chairman f the organization. The purpose of he meeting is to elect officers and a name delegates to the State Conention of Young Democratic Clubs i Asheville July 27, 28, 29. Senator Robert R. Reynolds has eon extended an invitation to adress the meeting, and Mr. Rivers lelieves it ?s entirely possible that e may have opportunity to accept, ncidentally, the chairman requests . large attendance. MRS. KING DIES IN TEXAS A telegram received by Mr. R. R. lodges on Saturday told of the death a Paris, Texas, of his niece, Mrs. toward King. Mrs. King prior to narriage was Miss Olln Hodges, a laughter of the late Colonel Jake lodges, former resident of Watauga lountv. PAUG independent Weekly New BOONE, WATAUGA CC RECORD YIELDS BRING SMILES TO COUNTY FARMERS Most Favorable Season in YearBrings Figures on Potato Crop t? Near a Million Bushels. Seed Belnj Produced Under TVA Supervisioi Will Bring Added Income. Krau Industry Takes Care of Cabbage. The most favorable growing seasoi known in Watauga County for manyears has wreathed local farmers faces with smiles, and those whn to mathematical speculation hav been so bold as to predict a yield c Irish potatoes of from eight hundred thousand to one million bushels, wit] | cabbage, beans and other mountal; truck crops thriving iri bounteous pro j portion. A fine open spring season enablethe farmers to seed their soil wit] a minimum of hindrance from the ele mcnts. which rewarded their "labor by the witholding of late killing frost which have wrought such damage ij late years. Unlike any summer whic] i can readily be recalled, almost dail; | .mowers have interspersed the ho I sunshiny periods, and so rapid ha been the growth of vegetation, par ticularly potato vines, that many far mers have been forced to forego : final hoeing, because of tbe overlup ping of a jungle-like growth. Those who have "sampled" hill of potatoes report in many instance that the. lubers are now as large a at digging time Inst year, and a no ticoablc absence of twos and three: is reported. An 800.000 bushel yiel< is regarded, in most quarters as a cor. sv.rvative estimate. Certified Heed In addition to the usual marke crop of the table variety of spuds. ; good many farmers in Watauga havi gone in this year for the productioi of certified seed, under the direc supervision of the Tennessee Valley Authority. One thousand five hundre< bushels of choice Maine-grown sc.e< wire planted 111 Watauga and Aver? counties, the vines are being sprayei j .ui oared for in accordance will Government specifications, and om inspector has already visited thi fields. He was unable to find faul with methods employed or with thi rank growth of the foliage. The pp povtuntty which Is opened to Vt'aiau ga farmers for increased incomi through the production of certifiet seed is strikingly shown by the f'aci that tile seed planted in these seleci patches cost growers $2.35 per bush el t". u. b. Johnson City, Tenh. Ai that time the regular market on table potatoes was $1.00 siv. less ii some Instances. Other Crops Flourish Likewise, cabbage, beans and oth er crops by which is gauged the pros nerity of Watauga County people have responded in prolific style tc the kind treatment of Mother Naturi and bumper crops are imdoubte'dlj in the offing. The local krant factory has 3bout twice as much acreage o: cabbage under contract this year a; ever before, and encouragement ii found In information that this year'i output is aireauy sold, and that then has been cc? kraut available at thi factory since about the first of tin year. Afore cattle and sheep are to bi found in Watauga -than in many year, and the market, while still snort, l much better than last year. With brightened prospects as t improved market conditions, Watau sans generally believe that this yea will mark the sharpest economic up turn ever known in a similar perio. of time. Game Farm at Banner Elk Promising Projec One of the interesting places t visit at Banner Elk is the game bir farm of the Lees-McRae Collegi where Edgar Tufts has aroused th envy of other such enterprise throughout the country in that he ha actually succeeded well in the rearin of the ruffed grouse. So well has th producton of this favorite and war bird progressed that plans are visua izea tor uie semng aside 01 iuu acre of mountain land for a grouse rel uge. Kggs were originally secure from the slopes of the Grandfathc Mountain and hatched in an incubt tor. Mallard ducks, quail, ring-nec pheasant and wild turkey are bein grown in abundance at the gam farm and many of these birds at sold over the nation as breeders. M: Tufts has always been keenly intei ested in wild life, and this latest ver lure of the versatile educator is th fulfillment of his long-time desire t restock the mountains with gam birds. It is said, however, that seven years will be required to obtain a sm ficiently large breeding stock befor any birds may be released into th forest and field. Mr. Walter W. Sutton, publish! of the Greensboro Patriot, accomp: nied by Mrs. Sutton, were guests ? the Daniel Boone Hotel over the wee end. A DE rspaper?Established in the 3UNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSD. Reynolds Spei (! Meet Opens A ) Near one hundred editors and publishers, with their ladies, passed 51 through Boone Wednesday en route j * to Banner Elk, where Edgar Tufts ' is playing host to the journalists x at the sixty-second annual convert- ; * tion of the North Carolina Press ; tiuu. j jnuucie inn, popular \ summer hostehy of Lees-McRae * j College, is convention headquarters, v,! and the organization program has ' been supplemented with a number I of suggestions by Mr. Tufts for e. pleasant and informative glimpses of the mountain scenery thereJ about. II The convention, which comes to 11 a close Friday morning, opens on Wednesday evening, when, following a welcome address by Mr. r* Tufts, the Tennessee Valley Develk opment will be discussed by Mr. W. S Sturdevaril, director of informa5 tion for the T. V. A. s Hon. Robert R. Reynolds, United a States Senator, will follow with one 1 of his inimitable addresses, and the P high spot on Thursday's program - will be the address by Hon. John J. s Parker, Judge of the United Stales Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Parker, who is known as a master3 fnl speaker, will discuss the proposed new State Constitution. Thursday afternoon will be given 5 NEW BREEDERS AT ji 5 STATE HATCHERY SnViithers liestodp Pools After Van- > dais Destroy Hundreds of Fish. ? Rainbow, Browii and Brook Trout j i si'ti. iicvvaru for Prowlers. Hundreds of trout, tog ones of the jhbow, brown and speckled species. , were pieced in the breeding pools at 11 Kulliorwood h'ish Hatchery last Sat- ; i unlay by Manager Charles E. Smath- 11 cry, and will replace those killed re-. ] cently when night prowlers diverted ! t the water from the rearing pools. Mr. { Smathers secured liis new stock from the Mormon Hatchery at i'mcoia and I from the State Hatchery at Roaring ; Gap, and states that despite the hard j bi:ok of recent weeks, he'is new in a i position to proceed with the hatchery i as if nothing had happened, and wdth i a mihimum of delay. I Mr. Smathers incidentally makes ; known the fact that 550 has been of- ; fered for the arrest and conviction 1 of the person or persons who turned | the water, from the hatchery pools > and destroyed the trout. Health Clinic Will Begin Next Tuesday i ) A second child health clinic will j begin Tuesday, the 17th, at the Dem- 1 f castration School building in Hoonc, f and will be conducted by Drs J. B. a Hagaman and H. B. Perry. Assisting 3 Dr. Hagaman will be Dr. Baugnmrtu j . of Ellzabethton. Tenn. and the cam* I I low rates will apply to tonsil and ade~ noid operations. Hyes will be examI ined and glasses fitted at cost. Other arrangements are the same as prca viously announced. ~ Miss Theodosia Watson, director of j s relief, says she will be able to assist j in defraying the expense of a limit0 ed number of operations for children whose families are on relief rolls, and r anyone knowing of children needing j such medical aid will please notify j ^ Miss Watson at once. The case will be looked into and such steps taken as seem advisable. Junior Order Council t To Install Officers o Daniel Boone Council No. 129, .lr. d O. U. A. M.. will Install officers for i. the new term at its regular meeting e Monday night, July 23nl. s The officers who will be installed 3 are: Clyde R. Greene, past comg cilor; Ralph G. Greene, councilor; O. e I J. Harmon, vice-councilor; Russell D. V I Hodges financial cnorof or-?r P I- Osborne, treasurer; Linney Walkei-, a recording secretary; Dallas Sboemake, assLstant recording secretary; d Finley Shore, conductor; Vilas Mo:r retz, warden; James Carter, inside i- sentinel; Tom Shore, outside sentinel; C. II. Blackburn, trustee. k g LAMBS BRING GOOD PUK'F, ie e Mr. M. J. Williams of Dovil! tells r. The Democrat that he recently sold r- 13 lambs, weighing 1040 pounds, for i- seven cents per pound. A number ie weighing less than SO pounds were o kept on the farm. A neighbor. Clyde ie Danner, sold four at the same scales ll which weighed 3S0 pounds and f- brought the same price. In both in e stances the sheep were sold on the ie farm where produced, and Mr. Williams, states that considerable "drift" i was thtis saved. i r i- Messrs. Clifford Norris and Clint j it Norris, of West Virginia, spent the. k week-end with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Norris in Boone. MOC Year Eighteen Eighty-E A.Y, JULY 12, 1934 jks As Press t Banner Elk over to recreation, and in the evening the program is to he featured hy an address by Dr. John Dickinson, Assistant Secretary of Com SENATOR BOB REYNOLDS merce. Dr. Dickinson, a former law partner of William G. McAdoo, is said to be scheduled for a place in the regular President's Cabinet in (Continued on Page 8) COCK ISftAMEDAS FARM SUPER VISOR Says There Is Plenty of Time to Produce Vegetables, and Will Co-operate in Giving Information. Seeds at County Relief Offices. Mr. Newton Cook has been appointed as County Farm Supervisor by lie Emergency Relief Administration :o succeed L. M. Farthing, who died JLKt wee'.c Mr Cnnl? inniQtQ on lion. Me of Watauga County growing later :rops of vegetables, and has given lie following" statement to the press: "There is still plenty of time for :lie people of Watauga County to plant fall- garden? The opportunity s open to overyone to grow an abuniant supply of vegetables for fail aria printer use. -Many early crops, such is onions and peas, have already been unvested. This ground can be prepared and planted again, or other ground prepared. The main rush 01 die crop season is past, giving ample Lime for the planting and cultivation if these crops. "It is not too late to grow suet vegetables as beets, carrots, beans peas, mustard, turnips and many oth Bp similar crops. These crops giv< added variety to the table during fal ind winter months. Any surplus maj be canned or stored for future use The people of this section have nevei yet fully realized the necessity of i fall garden, or the success with whici it may be grown. Once tried, it wi! become an important part of the gar den program. Mr. Cook will be glad to co-oper ate with any family In need of hel] in growing a late crop of vegetables There is still a supply or" suitabli seeds available at the Relief Office Anyone interested should see abou them at once. Local Park to Be Developed by Legior At a meeting of Watauga Post American Legion, last Friday night it was decided to build a cottage ii Legion Park to house a park mana ger, and plans were laid with pre moters of the county singing and oth er public-spirited citizens for devel opment of the park into a countj wide social center. The erection c a community building with seatin capacity of not less than 1.000 wa discussed. Mr. Leonard Wil3on has been s? lected as county-wide chairman, T. solicit funds and materials for thi building. Record Sale of Cars Reported for Jum More Chevrolet automobiles wer sold during the month of June tha at any time in the history of the R. Chevrolet Company, Mr. W. I Winkler, president of the concert told The Democrat Monday. Sever teen new units were delivered to thei owners during the thirty-day periot and the preference for the new Che\ rolet is said to be widespread througt out this section. In addition to tb new cars. Mr. Winkler states tha his concern disposed of 23 used cai during June. IMPROVE SCHOOI. GROUNDS A project which would lead to th improvement of many rural scho< grounds in Watauga is being conten plated by the local relief administra ticn, and Miss Theodosia Watso asks that those interested call at ht office for a discussion of their pal ticular problems. RAT ig?|: _ $1.50 PER Yi?AK disosrroRS to it are alike in ipening bank , Federal Authorities Do Not Allow Discrimination and 840,000 Will Be Distributed. Watauga Bank Meets AH State KAcquirements and Federal I Examiners Now Going Over Oie i ? . ? iuTurus. numar^pie i'rogress. The Watauga County Bank has met every requirement of the State Blinking Department, according to a statement issued by officials Tuesday. However, when the affairs of the bank were referred to Washington in connection with the granting ol deposit insurance, it was asked that all depositors, both time and checking, be treated exactly alike; that checking deposits must be put on the same basis as time certificates. The statement continues: "The $40,000 now available in cash in the bank belongs to all of the depositors checking and time, and in due course will be distributed, together with other collections that will j be made from time to time "Mr. C. G. Armfield, a grandson of the Jatc Judge Armfield of Stutesvilie. and Mr. R. Vance Brown, representing the Federal authorities, together with Mr. John G. Allen, representing the State authorities, have been in Boone for the past week making a complete examination of the bank for the purpose of deposit insurancc recommendations. "The bank has made remarkable progress toward the goal of increased liquidity during the past few months. All of its indebtedness has been paid; notes have been renewed and brought into current condition, and in many ! instances materially curtailed; considerable relief has been afforded through the two Federal Loaning agencies?the Federal Land Bank at '' Columbia and the Home Owners Loan Corporation at Salisbury, and the : pn.yi?iv<ii ixuMeaiuuce cm i.ne panning I quarters has undergone complete renovation. "The t00<; co-operation in meeting the last condition imposed by the Washinugton authorities, that all deI positors be treated alike, both time j and checking, is meeting with inj star.t ar.i abundant success. Ixi fact, \ evejyoag recognizes this as the fair:! est possible arrangement. Mr. Allen Optimistic Mr. John G. Allen, of the State i Banking Department, who through | his friendship to this section has ta ken a deep personal interest in the . affairs of the Watauga County Bank, (Continued on Page 8) . l .'Home Loans Now Go j Through Greensboro i.) . i Wade E. Brown, Watauga County | attorney for the Home Owners Loan r j Corporation, states that lie has ret cer.tiv been advised that local loans , J will henceforth be handled through >j the offices of the Greensboro Jus,'trict. and asks that people of Watauga take note of this change. For. merly Watauga County loans were handled through the offices of the Asheville district 1 Rev. Levi Greene Hurt In Automobile Crash Rev. Levi Greene, popular Baptist minister of the Deep Gap section, 1 was injured Sunday when the car he I W9?5 Hriviriir tho T>l/vt*pi*wv OAmlr , JT. "WW'S | road near the power dam, and crashed ..! into a building. Mr. Greene received a j treatment at Dr. Hagamau's office, and was taken to Wilkes Hospital, i- where it was found that his condition i- was not necessarily serious, and he I- wits returned to his home Tuesday, r- The automobile in which the min,f ister was riding was said to have g been almost demolished and the porch s of the building considerably damaged. He was en route from Caldwell Coun - ty to Hopkins when the accident oco currcd. s Only One Case Is Heard by Recorder ? Only one case was heard in Judge John H. Bingham's court Tuesday, e that in which one John Speck, Charn lotte, was charged with driving an r. automobile while intoxicated. Defent. dant was fined $50 and cost and driving license was revoked for a period i- oi yu nays. ir This constitutes one of the lightest dockets in Recorders Court for many r_ months and Judge Bingham is firm i- in his belief that the crime wave is e gradually receding, in so far as WaLt tauga is concerned. BIG WHEAT CROP The Democrat is in receipt of an appreciated personal letter from Hr. ;e J. P. Todd, forj resident of this >1 county, who hig *ed at Lancaster, ). Wash., for m'arr.1 (years. Mr. Todd i- calls attention t-. ?he fact that harn vest is just beginning m his section, r1 says that wheat is good and that an f. eleven-million-bushel yield is predict/ I ed for Whitman County. -i 0 t
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