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BOONE
SKETCHES
By J. C. R.
OX Ol"K WAV HOME
A sweaty; smell day over ... a sor!
cf tough day . . . and we're trekking
up Water Street toward the old cabir
. trying to hatch up a couple 01
three ideas . . ideas from which tc
construct this weekly, or woaklj
column A lig-ht was burning on the
doctor's porch . . . but the family hat:
retired for the night . . .
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THE DOCTOR WAS OUT . .
where, the Lord only knew . . and
we tumbled around in the old think
box, seeking the reason for his nocturnalcall.
Who could be sick? Who
CUUIU ut; uijutvu njifjirin-cn
( woman could have the jitters on a
night like that? Perhaps the doc
was "ketchm" a youngun," as we
bill-billies say, in some distant
hollow . . . perhaps he was removing
a misplaced bean from the nose
of little Willie Jones, 'way back on
Frog Level ... or takbig a dozen
stitches about the umbilicus of a
surprised community bully ... or
administering a comforting shot of
morphia to an expiring patriarch
... or watching beside the cot of
a croupy baby ... or soothing the
heartaches of a bereft mother. Always
on the go. always deprived ot
a norma! existence, never allowed
a full night's rest, seldom praised
and more seldom paid . . . these
country doctors arc heroes without
laurels, king's without crowns. And
those women who keep the lights
burning, who answer the phone in
the wee small hours . . these wives
of doctors . . . you couldn't find a
group this side of Glory, masculine
or feminine, with a more outstanding
record of unselfish service!
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OLD REX, the children call him . . .
Bynur.i Taylor's venerable English
Shepherd . . . trots carefully out of
the Taylor yard, ctosses the street
and laps water from the brook. Rex
is as blind as a bal . . . has been that
way since a summer day years ago
... a sultry day, a long cattle drive,
a tough job for his master, which resulted
ui "closed windows" for the
faithful dog. But Hex has made the
best of his blindness ... he knows
every kid that plays on the street
. . . he knows every path and alley
in his end of town ... he listens for
cars before he crosses the street . .
he just lays around in the shade, eats
good victuals, and enjoys his wellearned
retirement. ....|
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A COUPLE OF SPOON ER.S sat
close together over near Watt
Graggs water-wheel . . . and a feminine
giggle broke the stillness as
a pair of masculine arms embraced
a trim body . . . and the blooming
dahlias in the surrounding garden
nodded their colorful heads In a
knowing sort- of way as the boy
friend whispered that three-word
secret into the ear of his lady. And
nit iv a lci a s*mig A flieiuuy t)I
Love" as they raced across the
wheel!
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LIGHTS BURNED AGAIN in Che
house back of the beautiful maple
grove . . . the Souths had just returned
from an eight-thousand-mile
trip to the Pacific Coast . . . and the
children were telling their little
friends aliout mile-deep canyons, and
painted deserts, and big trees, and
golden beaches, and far-away cities,
and slant-eyed people, and towering
mountains, lyul rolling prairie3! And
mouths flew open and tiny faces
wrinkled in amazement as they drew
imaginary pictures of "them wideopen
spaces out yonder."
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OVER IN 'HIGH HEAVEN," that
portion of town in which the sons
and daughters of Ham reside, a
group of throaty songsters bore
down 011 an old favorite . . . and
as the melodious words of "Swing
Lew. Sweet Chariot" were wafted
out on the night air. a pack of fox
hounds opened in "full music" 'way
up on Howard's Knob as they gave
chase lo sly old Reynard.
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HOME AT LAST . . . plumb tire*
. . . babies asleep . . . cat turue*
out . . . stummick full of corn brea<
ana milk . . . hands washed . . . pant:
off . . . ready for bed. We pick ui
an Eastern newspaper . . . for no veri
good reason, perhaps. A column en
titled "Looking Backward" tells o
happenings one hundred and ten year:
ago. A five-line paragraph attract
the eye. We read (with due apologie,
to barrister friends) 83 follows: "Ar
rived sloop 'Henry,' from Falmouth
Passengers: 4 ladies, 3 musicians,
lion, 1 lama, 1 Shetland pony, a mon
key, a baboon, and two lawyers." W
iaugbs a little . . . we hits the hay!
'SFCNNY, AIN'T IT?
Human inconsistencies .... those
little "slips" that one time or another
find origin in the best of us,
are always good for a titter. Here's
one, which we credit to Mark Holsclaw:
A certain prominent business
man, active in the "dry" cause last
fall, obligingly carried a friend to
the home of an equally prominent
bootlegger this morning . . . for
why we know not!
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' VOLUME XLVT, NUMBER 3
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Mrs. SamuelInsull
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Ciucago. ? Mrs. Samuel Instil!
(above), wife of Hie indicted utilities
magnate, is here from Greece i
to stand by her husband when lie ]
faces trial on the various counts j .i
which have been pending so long in j 1
j Federal and State Courts. j
DEPOSITS BEING
TAKEN AT BANK j
i
j Cheeks Are Again Drawn on Special
Trust Accounts at Watauga County .
Bank. Depositors Hasten to Meet
Government Requirements. ,
A number of people are again mak- v
ing regular deposits in the Watauga 1
County Bank and paying their bills *
by check c?n the local institution
closed since March 6, 1933, according i.
| lo information gained from officials i
| the first of the w eek. These depos- '
j its, it is explained, are handled i
1 through special trust accounts, es- i
, tablished for the convenience of the ;
(general public, and are not to be confused
in any way with the deposits on 1
record at the time of the bank's cios- j
li?EOfficers
have been busy iiu: past,
few Jays gaining the approval of
chocking depositors in regard lo the
new regulation of the Federal Gov- ]
crnment, requiring that all classes of
I accounts share alike in the distribution
of dividends. It is stated that
the request is meeting with uniform
approval, that many depositors have
already signed the agreement ami
that ethers are .affvxmg their (denatures
daily. II is necessary to have a
100 per cent agreement, in order to ,
I meet the requirements of the Federal},
; Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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. jcujuu i c:i in uegins
At College Tuesday
The second summer term at Appa-!
1 laehian State Teachers College began
Tuesday, and at noon Wednesday 418
teachers had been registered for the
six-weeks period, about the same
number as had enrolled at this time
; last year. Dean J. D Rankin wa3 uu1
able to make predictions as to How
' many might come later, but stated
that registrations were still being
^ made rapidly.
1 FOUR EWES NET OWNER
FORTY-FOUR DOLUYUS
Mr. Fred VViLson of Vilas believes
he has four ewes which have rather
handsomely earned their keep this
season. From the four, the wool and
lambs yielded him eleven dollars per
head or a total of forty-four dollars,
and one lamb was lost at that. To
give an idea of the thrifty lambs produced,
Mr. Wilson says that one
weighed 94 pounds at 89 days old.
THE WEATHER
Weather report for week ending
July 17, as compiled by the Co-opera
i [ uve Dureau at Appalachian State
ii Teachers College:
1 Average maximum temperature, 77
i degrees.
j Average minimum temperature, 81
r degrees.
Average temperature, 69 degrees,
f Average daily range in tempera3
ture, 16 degrees
s Greatest daily range in tempera3
ture, 20 degrees; date, 8th.
Average temperature at 6 p. m.
i. (time of observation), 70 degrees.
1 Highest temperature reached, 82
- degrees; date, 14th.
e Lowest temperature reached, 57 degrees;
date, 9th.
Total precipitation in inches, 2.35.
Greatest precipitation in 24 hours,
0.85; date, 13th.
Number of days with 0.01 inch or
more precipitation, 7.
Number of partly cloudy days, 3.
Number of cloudy days, 4.
Though there are some cases of:
American foul brood in the apiaries;
cl Burke County, the sourwood bloom
gives promise of a good crop of fine
honey.
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[dependent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA CO
TWO MILLION SET
ASIDE FOR PARK
TO PARK HIGHWA Y
Total of Six Million Now Ready for
Work on Project. Thoroughfare Is
Expected to Pass Through Blowing
Hock Section, and Will Provide 350Mile
Drive Between National Parks.
200-foot Kight-of*Way Required.
Local interest in the Park Highway,
which is confidently expected to
pass tnrough the Blowing Rock country,
is rekindled with the announcement
by Administrator Harold Ickes
Luui. an *iuun.ion<ti ^z,uuu,tiuu in jfWA.
funds has been set aside for the mammoth
project to supplement a pievious
allocation of $1,000,000.
While the definite location of the
parkway route has not been given
out. belief in these parts is that Blowing
Rock will win. should either of
two different routings be followed.
3ne would, it is understood, go into
Tennessee from Ldiivilie and enter the
Smoky Mountains Park from the Tennessee
side, while the other would
proceed directly into the Ashevflle
section. Both would pass through
Blowing Rock, it is stated.
The parkway, which is planned as
3nc of the outstanding drives of the
iation, will extend from the Shenanloah
National Park in Virginia to the
3reat Smokies National Park in
Nforth Carolina and Tennessee, prodding
a 350-mile drive, ^approximate y
following the crest of the Blue
iidge, and utilizing ?i 200-foot right)f-way,
to be provided by the stales
:oncc*rned. ?
The linking of the two national
>ark areas is expected to bring thouhands
of additional visitors to t he region
to vacation, to rest among the
lills, and to enjoy the unparalleled
scenery.
The parkway project is described
is perhaps the Public Works A dm in titration's
finest gift to the nation.
The natural beauties of the country
hrough which it will run. arc famous
ind the section has long been noted
is a naturalist's paradise,
FARM TEACHER TO
CONDUCT CAMP
[tolwrl 0. Shipley, Head oi lloone
High School's Now Agricultural Department,
to Take Group of Prospective
Students to White 1 -ihe.
Mr. Robert G. Shipley, recently
tamed as teacher of Agriculture in
.tie Gesjiir High Sciiuui, wiii lU'.xi
Monday, July 23nl, begin a week's
famp at White Lake, N. C., and is
now visiting the homes of many of
the boys who are expected to be enrolled
this fall in liis agricultural
classes, and taking the names of
those who desire to go on the camping
trip.
Mr. Shipley, who is a graduate of
V. P. I., tells The Democrat that
those who arc interested in agriculture
and who expect to take the
course during the next school year,
will derive considerable profit from
the trip, and hopes that at least
twelve may go.
Those who are not personally con
tactccl by Mr. Shipley, and who are
interested in going to White ljdke,
may get in touch with hint at the
Boone High School. The total expense
of the trip will be about five
dollars aud every boy who possibly
can is urged to go along.
Must Sign Tobacco
Contracts by the 28th
Burley tobacco growers of this section
who desire to sign the Government
contracts to reduce their acreage,
are asked to call at the office
of County Superintendent Howard
Walker and produce the necessary
blanks. Mr. Walker says the contracts
arc the same as those signed
by a number of gTowers last spring,
and that the papers must be executed
by July 28th.
LOCAL, JUNIOR COUNCIL
ORGANIZES BASEBALL TEAM
The local Council of the Junior order
has organized a baseball team
consisting of members of the order.
The opening game v.'as played last
Thursday afternoon with the Vilas
team at Vilas, the Juniors winning by
the score of four to six. Keplar and
D. Hodges were on the mound for the
Juniors, while Brinkley and Clint
Mast pitched for the Vilas nine. A
return game is to be played on the
Boone diamond this afternoon. Other
games are to be booked at early
dates.
PASSES DENTAL TEST
Dr. E. T. Glenn, promising young
resident of the Sugar Grove community,
was one of those who passed
the State Board of Dental Examiners
last week, and will be privileged te
practice hi3 profession in the State
Twenty-three other applicants passed
the rigid tests of the State examining
board.
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ipaper?Established in the
LTNTVT, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSE
U.S.S. Houston Steaming
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Oi: Board the U. 8. 8. Houston at :
Ocean aboard the cruiser Houston, P
cation tour which will bring him to t
above shows the president and his s?
presidential salute when they went a
while the Houston stood by in the of
RESISTSARRET;"
SHOT BY OFFICER
itesident of Elk Township Shot in I>?g
and Back After He Opens Fire on
t Officers. Brother's Shots Take
Effect. To Bo Tried Tuesday.
; riplebt, resi lent ?-l Elk Town?hip*
waa injured by two revolver
allots Saturday evening, when no re
i fu '.'.uvcin aa *.n?-v r?iugiii c<? aij
i him on a charge of drunkenness
j.nd possession of spirituous liquors,
j According to such information as i
The Democrat was .able to gather,;
C Trfpleti, a deputy sheriff, sought)
the aid of Austin Tnplett, a consta- !
i.f .. as he started but to arrest the
hitter's brother, Dell. It is said that
Deli, when the officers approached,
tired his revolver several times in
their direction. Austin returned the
nre, two bullets taking effect in the
body of his brother, one passing
through the thigh and the other inflicting
a flesh wound across the
back. The Injuries are not described
as serious, and following medical
treatment, the prisoner was placed in
jail, and will be arraigned at Recorder's
Court Tuesday. Later he gave
bond for his appearance.
It. is ?aid ih?Lrth?*-- wounded.. man.
states that he fifed the pistol playfully.
not intending to sh?H>' the officers.
They, however, think di.'Yercn
tly.
Combs Will Lead
Young Democrats
John E. Combs, well known Mabel
citizen and prominent partisan, ivas
elected chairman of the Watauga
County Young Democratic Club at
an organization meeting held in the
courthouse Monday evening, and
which was attended by a representative
group of young Democratic men
and women. Mr. Combs succeeds
Jim Rivers, who had served as chairman
since the club's organization two
years ago.
Mr. Tom Jackson was named as
vice-chairman, Mrs. Charles Zimmerman,
second vice-chairman, and Wade
E. Brown was re-alected secretary,
following which delegates were chosen
to attend the convention in Asheville
on July 2Y, 28. 29. The main
business sessions are to be held on the
28th. Brief political addresses were
made by Charles T. Zimmerman and
Robert W. Pulliam before the close
of the meeting.
Those named as delegates to the
Asheville meeting were: Grady Moretz,
Dr. C. L. Rhyno, P. & Wy'ae,
Mra. Frank Williams, Wade Brown,
James Sudderth, Nile Cooke, Wade
Miller, Asa Reece, Mrs. Mack Cowles,
Blanche Stokes, John E. Combs. Sam
If Pnrtnn T> c_
vivw 1UIMV, liwjr .? ? V-?l J AO,
Green Brown, Howard Edmisten, Edward
Baird and Gladys Taylor. Any
other Wataugans who attend the
convention will be recognized as delegates.
Father of A. S. T. C.
Teacher Succumbs
i Professor Chappell Wilson and family
have returned from Robeson County
where on Friday morning they at:
tended funeral services for his father,
Joe Martin Wilson, who died almost
suddenly on Thursday afternoon. Deceased
was 81 years old, a farmer,
and prominent citizen of Howellsville
Township. He had suffered a stroke
; of paralysis twelve weeks ago, but
had been able to ride over his farm
I the day before his passing.
i Funeral services:. were conducted
i from the Wilson home by Rev. W. W
Abernethy, assisted by Dr. C. H. Duri
ham and Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth, anc
burial was in the Allen cemetery ir
the home neighborhood.
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: Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei
iAY, JULY 19, 1931
. Pacific With Presentv
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Sea. ? Now on the broad Pacific
resident Roosevelt is enjoying a vahc
Hawaiian Islands today. Photo
on, Fra lklin D. dr., receiving the
shore a Mayaeciez, Puerto Rico,
Hng.
119 MAKE HONOR
ROLL AT COLLEGE
I Students from Forty-three Counties
Win Distinction at Appalar'iiu. List
Contains Names of '.28 Watuugam.
Some Unusual Records.
One 1"undred and nineteen students
of Appalachian State Teachers College
mr le the honor roll during the
spring crm. according to information
receive^ from Prof. J. T. C\
Wright, head of the department of
matheim tics of the institution. These
honor students represent forty-three
different counties and three states,
the following Watauga County students
having distinguished them
selves:
Mrs. Winnie Hoover, J. D. liortfin
Mrs. Thelnia llorton, Jesse Honek,
Mrs. Eteuli h Lyerly, Manic Jean Jones,
Hole Keller. Gueille Most. -Banner
Miller, Mary Moret7., Winton Rankin,
George Sawyer, Karl Sawyer, Ruby
Shull, Ray StiUe, Gertrude Vance,
Clint Arinms, Ollia Jean Coffey, Pearl
Cowles, Beatrice. Culler. Frieda Farthing:,
Homer Farthing, Howard Garbee,
Joe Hardin, Katherine Harwell
and Muriel Hodgson, all of Boone;
Mrs. Virginia Dare Strotlier and Susie
Banner, Sugar Grove
Mrs i.yeny, Alazie Jean Jones
Wiiitoii Rankin and Katherine Harwell
have maintained this honor record
for the past t.wo years.
LEGION PARK IS
TO BE IMPROVE!
Community Center i.s Goal of
Post. Auditorium Seating n Thou
j sand tn Br Constructed. FER.V
May Supply labor.
Plans are going forward rapidl
for the complete development of tb
I American Legion Park. property int
j a community center, according to il
formation secured from officials c
' the lccal Legion Post, who point ot
i (hat an auditorium with a sea tin
i capacity of no less than one thoi
' sand will be one of the first tad
vidnal projects to be undertaken.
The public has been asked to dc
uate certain buijding materials t
supplement Legion resources, and ir
dications are that labor costs may t
taken care of by the Federal Emu
: gency Relief Administration.
Mr. Leonard Wilson of Zionvill
. ha3 been appointed as chairman of
special committee and asks tlial a
, persons interested In lending- a han
, in this public benefit program g<
: ta touch with him at once so tha
plans may be developed as soon a
nossible. The main auditorium shoul
be constructed, it is said, in time t
take (are of the county-wide singta;
this fall, which usually overflows th
courarouse auditorium.
Many Take Narrow
Gauge Railway Tri]
Mr. Herman Wilcox, station ager.
for the Linville River Railway Corr
. pany, states that the Monday excui
sions over the scenic line of his con
pany to Johnson City and return hav
attracted wide interest and that
well-filled passenger train remind
. one of the old days in railroadlnj
Last Monday a great number of pec
. pie from Boone, Blowing Rock an
:. Vallo Crucis took advantage of th
| low excursion rates ?rwi greatly U
11 joyed the trip. Only two more trail
will be operated, Monday, July 2
I and Monday, July 30. Tourists ai
. particularly interested in the sce.ncr
. provided in the gorge of the Dc
I River, which la comparable to t'r
i grandeur of the noted Royal Corf
of Colorado.
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RAT
8ht
J1.50 PER Vr,AR
FIRST CANNERY j
OF TVA TO OPEN
ON NEXT MONDAY
i People of Immediate Counties Will
Benefit by Cannery at Cranberry,
i Others to Be Opened I^ater On. I n[
employed May Benefit from Berry
Picking. Turnip Seeds from Japan
! at l/oeal Hardware Store.
j Burner Elk.- - As a result of the
} program adopted by the Tennessee
I Valley Authority, the cannery at
j Cranberry. X. C., will be ready next
j ivnjiiuity w receive tuc a-oumieim. .iujii
ply of blackberries that growthroughj
sol our mountain region. This canJ
nerv will also receive green .snap
beans A second cannery at Green
Mountain. N. C., is nearibg completion.
and an opening date will be announced
later.
The tentative prices to be paid for
these commodities, delivered to the
cannery, will be: blackberries, 20c per
gallon; snap beans. 2\-> cents down
to one cent, depending upon grade,
j This announceorient is expected to
put hun-lreds-of unemployed to pickj
ing berries and assures them a fair
j wage for their labor. Only weliripcncd.
sound berries .'not over-ripe)
will be received, and any lot of berries
containing red or green berries,
stems or trash, will be rejected.
A plan is now being worked out to
I gather these commodities by truck,
land this pin* will be announced la'
ter. In the meantime, it is urged that
communities co-operate with one anj
other to get these products delivered.
} It has been learned that many rhilj
dren of school age in this area Jo not
have sufficient money to buy their g
j school books, and officials of the co
operative cannery believe that some
j plan can be worked out with the
county superintendents, principals and
] teachers, whereby blackberries can
j be picked by these children, and
I enough earned to more than cover
i the cost of their books.
A limited supply of Japanese tur;
nip seed has been secured to be planti
ed for turnip greens, which in turn
! will be bought, by the canneries. This
! supply is so limited that only a lew
| pounds have been distributed to the
i following locations. where tuey can
i be secured for sixty cents a pound
, (two pounds will plant one acre):
, 1 Farmers Hardware & Supply CemI
i pan.v, Boone: The Exchange, Banher
| Elk; The Commisary, Cranberry;
| Charles Baird, Newland; M. C. Honeycutt,
BurnsvlUe; J. W. Howell,
! Green Mountain: Brite Tipton, Bakersville.
1 It,, Ui,i iiiun i;i liadcasititg, these
j seeds should be sown in drills so that
' lite are ens can be more easily weeded
! and readily harvested with a sicifle.
Tt is estimated that three crops cf
i greens , an be sold by each grower
I if they are planted not later than
j f.ugust 1st.
. | The Carolina Mountain Co-operaII
lives, whose temporary office is loI
rated at Banner Elk, will he glad to
send bulletins, which are Issued twice
,, a month. Th'ose interested should
idrop thera a card asking that their 3
I names be added to the mailing list- ajS
! This is open to residents of Avery,
i Mitchell, Watauga and Yancey coup- SS8
y'ties.
? Farthing Heads Farm
if Class at Cove Creek -Jj
g Mr. G C. Farthing of Sugar Orove
i- has been named as head of the Agrii
cultural Depart mem at the Cove
Creek High School, and will take over
>- his work with the beginning of the
o j next school year.
i-j Mr. Farthing is a son of Mr. and
e | Mrs. WiiHam Farthing, is a grad.
uate of Beroa College, where he was
especially trained for his new posie
tion, and is eminently qualified to
a carry on the work in fine shape.
11 The Agricultural Department, which
d has been a feature of the work at
it Oove Creek for many years, was for t
nierly headed by Mr. Howard Walker,
s who resigned to accept the county
a j superiiii.enuency. Cater a brother, Mr.
o I J. K. Walker, was tendered the pog
i sition, and declined in order that he
e! might continue his -work at Boonville
High School, where he has been for
six years. Agricultural instruction at
Cove Creek has been a most valua- sfiBH
ble part of the school work, and wiU..;?$MB
J he added .to the Boone School for
f first time this fall. 3
1- RECORDER'S COIKT ^ \
i- Following' are the cases disposed of
re in Recorders Coiirt Tuesday, and the
a judgments handed down: ' Sgpg?Isr'amM
s W. M. Adams, A. G. TriplehhtPsyul
j. Hanncr, violation of prohtbitkil5"?rs?; ..re
)- Adams f.i..-l sbh ..si tire COfctS. the
d other two being found not 4(jiwy.
ia Clyde Hamby. assault with, deadly .--fa
i- yieapon; $50 and cost. .c
.? Clyde Hamby. dairying hati*Aled jja
i, weapon; costs and mx nio&hs *u?r
e pended sentence. v " < v
y Euger.c Triplet!. VegtfSiWf ?!?<! . iSjjfi
le cost and six moflth^'ift&jSSBdod sen- ' jHj
ic tence. jB
'fi Tom Bnrr.ga.rner violation, prohi- 3jBH
bltion laws; five months fin rood? . U