BOONE
SKETCHES
By J. C. R.
THE KILLEK (iOES DOWN
Johnny Dillinger, Indiana farm la
who with his lousy tribe of hoodlum
wrote many bloody pages in the his
tory of crime, busted into big head
lines again Monday morning . . . bu
the printers ink told a different stor;
this time ... it recorded the "swai
song" of the iong-sought desperad
... it pictured his ignoble death i
h hail of "guv'mint" lead on Chics
go's North Side, which had harbore
him most of. the time for many week;
Wise guy, this Johnny . . big she
of gangland . . . bank-looter extraor
clinary . . merciless killer of Suno
cent men . . high-priest of lawless
ness . . . society's No 1 enemy wit!
$15,009 on his head! But the lar
which he exploited showed its fang
Sunday night as the jaunty ban
dit emerged from a small movf
show, nattily clad, a woman on cacl
arm. an automatic and seven dollar
of the tens of thousands he had pil
fered during his reckless career in s
pants pocket ... a dozen or so De
partment of Justice agents surround
ed him ... lie reached for the imple
men: of his profession . . . the:
"rubbed" him out. these officers, u
a filthy alley of the upi>er-ur?der
world!
Dillinger had it coining, not a
particle of doubt about tlmt . . . and
it affords a great deal of pleasure
to chronicle his passing. A few of
those who are prone to the worship
of the criminal ilk . . . the Turpins,
the Kidds, the -Jameses., the
Daltons, the Diamonds and Capones
. . . have started their mouthing
. . . the law didn't give Johnny
a break . . . "the officers shouldn't
have >bot him down like a dog" . . .
"he was -a pretty good sort of a fellow"
. . . and all that grade of
unabridged bosh! But during his
mad rampage against society, this
Dillinger kid's authority had been
the rat-tat-tat of the machine gun,
the crack of the automatic . . . us
he and the rats who followed his
hoary standard dealt death to a
dozen or more law-abiding, useful
c it teens! A poo! of blood in the
unholy darkness of a grimy alley
wrote a fitting finis to his infamous
life!
But we'll venture a guess that "th<
woman in the red dress," alleged t<
have placed the "finger" on Johnny
has been roundly cussed by a millior
good snen and women this very daj
. . . Lhnt a million hero-worshiping
boys have "wishf it were one of th<
officers who had fallen "in C?hicag<
, . . that a thousand letters of sym
pathv have been written to old Johr
Senior back in Indiana! But if ore
of those Federal agents had bitter
the dust Instead of Johnny . . if ?
squadron of blue-coatocl cops hat
been riddled with gangster huliets
there wouldn't have been ?. word sail
about the incident! And that spiri
prevalent among our people hoi
caused America to rank high among
the nations of the world in crime an<
general hellishness!
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WE (cOT OUR r.VKT!
But don't let *ein tell you that
Chicago stole the whole show Sunday
night . . . that the Dtllinger
episode furnished amusement for
the entire nation . . . Boone came
in for its share of excitement! Residents
along Fast Main Street sat
on their porches grabbing a breath
of fresh air . . . some smoking, others
reading. A Gray hound bus, piloted
by on? of Colonel Hoodie's
expert jockeys, came westward, en
route to Bristol ... a sedan of
doubtful vintage approached from
the west . . . bang! bang! . . . there
was a mighty collision! Residents rs
close liy observed 11 "skeletonic"
apparition soar through the atmosphere
in the general direction of
terra firma! No, It wasn't a comet
... it was merely the poor old
Sketch Man, barefooted, clnd in the
scanty habiliments of a bathing
beauty . . . both extremities of his
angular carcass battered, banged,
bruised! Professor Hill declares it
wos the funniest sort of a Ihing,
Billy Conk swears that the picture
should be reproduced in Barker's
Family Almanac . . . ah, sympathy,
between what words in a Funk and
Wa snail's can I find thee?
But consolation came when a fev
of the boy friends called at the slio]
to find out when the funeral wouli
take place . . . others intended to vis
it the old man in a Charlotte hos
pital . . . still others inquired fron
just what sort of a flagon the ser
pent had crawled ? But the Sketc!
Man, perhaps a bit the worse fo
wear, was hammering away at hi.
usual chores . . . more alive than dead
more anxious to live than usual! J
report, which has gained considerable
credence locally, has it that he whi
pens this very paragraph emerge!
from the Sunday night wreck, witl
blood streaming from his ears, a ca?
of Scotch under his left arm, a ma
chine gun in his right hand, and t
couple of "pineapples" in each hi]
pocket . . . but, alas and alack?hi
had no pockets! A little short ga
who lives up our way has create!
a bit of verse, which we pass along:
"Too much be use,
And not enough sheuse,
Almost cause the Sketch Man to
lose his teuse."
WA1
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J v'OLUME XLVI, NUMBER 4
'^ | | "Woiking Coil" Queen ^ J
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CHICAGO?Miss Patricia Mar- k;
c j ciuum. 21, (above) is one of ITh*
1 hundreds of "woiklng golfs" at the th
x Century of Progress here. She has at
_' been selected 4*19H4 Queen" from ir
the hundreds employed in various iu
capacities at the fair. ta
; BOPFSWELTERS :
IN HOTTEST DAY I
Mercury Climbs to Six-Year High on Ci
Monday, According to Weather ,r-,
Man. More than 700 Deaths Are i vj
Reported in Drouth Area. j (ft
Old Sol ruled high and mighty in J
j the heavens Monday and his scorch
ing rays broke the six-year records
jat the college weather station, where
Professor J. T. C. Wright has dili- c..
! gently recorded the whims of the eie- n.
i ments year in and year out. Professor V;
j Wright says that the 92 degrees re- p.
j corded laid all his formc-r figures in Irj
the shade, and Wataugans, unused to ai
I torrid seasons, sweltered under the Qj
I blading sun ai
At the same time blistering neat jn
held sway throughout the nation, and ei
the death toll from the current selge T)
reached the 700 mark, with little or q
no general relief promised by the | p(
j tvcuuici uuruttUH.
; To Solicit Funds for
Community Building 0r
, Messrs. N. L. Harrison and Leonard tn
, Wilson are in charge of a campaign
J | being conducted among the peoolr of t;:
j! the county for funds witli which to w
I construct a Community building in the Ifi
,1 American Legion Park, and co-work- jv
. crs have been named in each town- w
, ship to assist in the work. V meeting is
t of the members of the committee, ,)>
J with the general public, lias heen
. j called for Saturday afternoon at 2:31),
iiat which time ways and means of ?s- .
, ! tablishihg the community ana county'wide
center will be mapped out. A ;11
,! representative attendance is very ri
JI much desired. Following is a list of ;n
I the committee members: w
N. L. Harrison and Willie Cook. w
j Mt. Vernon Church; Jim Burkett, p,
Union Church and Mabel: Kemp Wil- i3
j son, ZionV'Jgg; Wiley Greene, Beaver c;
Dam; Stewart Hayes. Mt. Lebanon;
| Gordon Hodges, Brushy Fork; E. B. r
I Hardin, Laurel Springs: Don Oliver r
I and John Smith. Matnev: Henrv Ha
5Vif35
I gaman, Mt. Zion; Blaine Coffey and
E. R. Hollifield, Boone's Fork; Mr.
Greene, Stony Fork.
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Associational Meeting of 1
B. Y. P. U. Next Sunday
The Three Forks B. Y. P. U. annual
associational meeting will be j
held at the Cove Creek Baptist
Church on July 29th, at 2:00 p. m. g
The churches throughout the associ- fc
ation are urged to send large delegations
of young people to this meet- dj
iug, those ill charge "hoping that this w
will be a gathering of great spiritual ^
power and the beginning of a new
day for the work of our young peo- ^
pic who arc to be our leaders of tomorrow."
Following is the program g
for the afternoon: ^
Devotional service by Mrs. Clyde j
Winebarger; 2:10, appointment ol j b.
committee; 2:15, special music, Alton b!
Young; 2:20, playlet by Cove Creek ?j
B. Y. P. TJ.; 2:30, "The Challenge to "r
' the Yoimg People of Today," Etheline
} Cain: 2:45, "The Challenge for B. Y. jr
J P U. Work in the Three Forks Asso- aj
ciation," Dean Swift; 3:00, special r(
- music, quartet; 3:05, address by State C1
" B. Y. P. U. worker; 3:25, reports from
lujurciies; reports from commit- g.
1 tees: 3:35, playlet by Boone B. Y. ^
r P. TJ.; 3:55, installation of new offi- r(
3 cers: 4:00, adjournment. r(
b Pigs Are Distributed a'
To Relief Families ?
1 About two hundred pigs shipped in
1 from the State of Kentucky have been ei
- supplied families drawing their 3ub- ei
" sistence from the relief roll of the r<
1 E. R. A., according to Miss Theo- s\
? dosia Watson, local administrator.
2 These pigs are supplied the families R
1 at a given cost, and .paid for by them
1 in labor lator on, as in the case of
fertilizers, etc., supplied in the gar- w
dening program. Miss Watsor. states ti
that so far as she knows there will u:
be no further shipments of swine in- 1(
to the county. a'
I
AUG
lependent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA CO
ARKWAY ROUTE
IS AUTHORIZED TO
NEARBY RESORT
ourse from Blowing Rock to Smokies
in Dispute. To Start Work on
Scenic Road at Once. Exact Locaiton
in Ashe and Alleghany Counties
Not Yet Determined. Secretary
Ickes Issues Statement.
Washington. D. C.?Secretary of
iterior Harold Ickes Thursday annuiced
two portions of the route for
e scenic parkway which has been
ltliorized for construction from puh:
works funds and which will con
?ct the Shenandoah and Great Smo,*
national parks.
The sections authorized are from
ie southern boundary of the Shenldoah
Park to the .James River and
0111 Adney Gap, just below Roa>ke,
to Blowing Rock, N. C. Secrery
Iekes stated at his press conreuce
on Thursday that after he
turns from his vacation in the West
:xt month he will make a persona)
spec!ion tour of proposed routes
tiding from Blowing Rock to the
real Smoky Mountains National
irk. He further stated that proponit.s
of the suggested route will be
ven an opportunity to express their
lews at hearings he himsoli will conict.
Route of Parkway
Upon completion of the two secerns
authorized Thursday they con
utilized in advance of construc3:1
of the entire parkway by Short
inieeliohs with existing roads. Sectary
Xckes pointed out. The parkay
after leaving the Shenandoah
irk will follow the main rtcige for*
at ion to the James River. The next
ithorized sections begins at Adney
ap and goes by Pinnacles of Dan
id close to Fancy Gap, Va.. enterg
North Carolina about ten or e.levi
miles northwest of Mount Airy,
lie route then passes Laurel Springs,
lendale Springs and on to Blowinir
oclc. The route is almost a straight
it from Adney Gap to Blowing
uck, following, of course, the conurs
of the mountains.
The PVVA has allocated $10,000,10
for the parkway, six million otf
liich is now available for expending.
A. E. De.maray. acting director of
ie National Park Service, stalest hat
ork on making ihe detailed survey
r location of the parkway along
10 course outlined by Secretary Ickes
ill get under way immediately He
confident that men will be at work
i the job within a few weeks.
Must (let Itights-of-\Vuy
Ilenieray said the slates had to ob.iii
rights-of-way for a groat porous
pi the parkway, iiut He -iwi not
iticipate any exLended delay in this
igard. He said the secretary was
sisting on a 1,000-foot right-of-way
hero ret possible. Much of the parkay
will go through government pro:rty
and securing the right-of-way
merely a matter of cieta'.l which
la be completed within a few days.
LEIJEF OFFICERS
TO MEET HERE
our Counites to Be Represented at
Soone Meeting Tomorrow. Plans to
Be Formulated for Full and
Winter Farm Program.
NCERA farYn and garden supersors,
case workers and vocational
rjicullure teachers will meet in
oone July 27lh to formulate plans
ir a fall and winter farming proram
under the Rural Rehabilitation
vision of he NCERA. The meeting
as called by George Ross. State
ircctor of Rural Rehabilitation, and
oy H. Thomas, State Supervisor of
grieulturul Education.
Counties to be represented at the
oone meeting are Allegheny, Ashe,
'ilkes and Watauga.
Aims of the program which is to
e launched in the district embraced
y the above-named counties, and in
il sections of North Carolina are to
icrease the vocational ability of the
irm families now on relief by teachig
them better methods of planning
in produoing food for an ul!-vearmnd
supply and better methods of
jring, storing and preserving foods.
The program also 13 aimed towards
iving instruction on rural problems
ad assisting in planning local rural
ihabilitation programs by planning
itatioiis, farm layouts, terracing,
rstures and other land improvements
ad instructions in new and improved
ractices for both agriculture and loll
industry.
The vocational agriculture teach"s.
farm and garden supervisors, and
ise workers in each county will diict
the work of the program and its
ipervision.
EVTVAL MEETING AND BIBLE
SCHOOL AT WILLOWIIATE
A revival meeting and Bible school
ill be conducted at Willowdale Bapst
Church, beginning Monday. Augst
6th. School sessions will be from
) to II o'cioek a. m., with preaching
t night by Pastor W. R. L>avis.
A DE
spaper?Established in the
UNTY", NORTH CAROLINA, THURSI
Fraternity Holds Annu;
i BEIOH DA.?rhr Alpha Delta Phi
j fraternities, celebrated its 102nd. yet
{ and election of officers on the hist1
of Bermuda of tho Furness Lines. Ph
of the Kent School, Kent, Conn., clccti
(Above), IV. L. Momsen, secretary i
S Worden, chairman Executive Counc
1 chairman of the Coltiml?ia 1 University
22 SCHOOLS ARE ~
; BEGUN LOCALLY
j Thirty-seven Teiu-hers Mow in Wa- j
' tau^a Class Rooms, Says Superin|
tcndent Walker. Other Schools
I Slated to Begin September 3rd.
Thirty-seven teachers, comprising j
the combined faculties of 22 county j
schools, entered upon their dutie3 last j
Monday morning, states County Su-!
perintendent Howard Walker, who
announces at the same, time the opening
of the other schools of the county
on September 3rd.
Those schools which have begun
their regular -terms, together with
the names of - the tutors, appear below:
.
Oak Grove: Cieve Gross and Annie
3.tms Walker, - V .
Howard's Creek: C. G. Hodges and
Stella Taylor. - . , " . . . ?.; j
I oiUtUIV y^OWlflB" ailU
^ >PORtV C?*>WJ?8^ c:"s^ tfST ' ""- '- ?-,''
T Liberty Hilt: TOa We 'lWW
Wilametia Rowc
Brushy Fork: Tom J. Moody and
Gladys Mast Bingham.
Alio: Clyde Henson and Lucy Henacn;
Wincbarger: Olin G. Winebarger
and Gladys Wlnobarger.
j' Lara ho-.: Mrs. Edith F. Estes and
j Grace Edtnislen.
I Stony Fork: James I). Horton and
1 Mrs. James D. Horton.
I Mt. i'aron: Jeptha Bingham.
Kelierville: Stanley Harman and
Alice Mast.
Windy Gap: Cecil Glenn.
Fresnell: Susie Banner.
Valiey Mountain: Ernie Triplett
and Lnvola Carrender.
Dutch Creek: Clint Baird.
Foseoe: Sam G. Austin and Mary
Austin.
Grandfather: George Harman and
Bessie Bee Fox.
Forest Grove: Ray Walker and
Nettie V. Wilson
Reese: Ford Henson and Mabel
Henson.
Rivcrview: Fred Greer.
Castle: D. L. Bingham,
j Coo! Springs (Blowing Rock):
Dewey Mitchell.
Fiddlers Convention
Slated for Next Week
The Fiddlers Convention, which is
annually sponsored by Watauga Post
American Legion, will be in the courthouse
in Boone Friday and Saturday
evenings. August 3-1. according to
announcement made today by Legion
officials, who stale that indications
point to a larger gathering that usual.
Cash prizes are being offered in
. more than a dozen different competitions,
anil as heretofore, much in
terest centers in the old-time buck
arid wing and Charleston dancing contests.
Fiddlers, banjoists and guitar
players will vie withone another for
first honors, the tunes of the moun.
tain pioneers will feature the proI
/frnm anrt ftluinHonf --*
. D ... ^.... uwtuiuiMlt. ClILCt IttlillllCIil IS
promised for all.
| On the opening night children will
j be admitted free with their parent3.
'.New Hardware Store
Organized in Boone
j The Watauga Hardware Company
11 is the style of a new finn being established
in Boone by Messrs Brantley
Duncan and George Greene. The
building formerly used by the Boone
! Clothing Store is being thoroughly
. remodeled for the purpose and a modem
establishment is expected to be
opened about the tenth of the month.
Detailed announcement concerning the
new store is to appear in the next
edition of The Democrat.
MOC
: Year Eighteen Eighty-Eij
)AV. JULY 26, 1-J31
ll Election on High Seas
i, ono of the oldest American College 1
*r by holding the annual convention ]
seas en route he-re aboard I he Queen j
otos show (insert), Dr. Frederick Sill '
;d Alpha Delta Fhi president for 193-4, '
of the Executive Council, Eugene C. j
ilr and Irwin If. Cornell, committee \
Chapter, sponsors of the voyage.
WARREN TO SPEAK |
HERE THURSDAY i
! Democratie Candidate for State Sen-j
! ate Will Deliver Anti-Sales Tax Ad- j
dress. Courtney and Paul lawn
ard Also on Program.
Hon. Dalian Warren of Alleghany j
County, Democratic Senatorial nominee
fl ora the 29th District will speak i
at the courthouse Thursday evening!
at 8 o'clock in opposition to the 3 j
jper cent, sales tax.
j The Watauga Unit of the Fair Tax ^
I Association is sponsoring the mass j
meeting an<i fceis fortunate in hav-1
ing been able lo secure Mr. Warren
for a place on the program. A native 1
of Mississippi, Mr. Warren taught in
the schools of Alleghany for many
years, later went Into the mercantile
business and received the senatorial
nomination in the June primary on an
mil-sales 'tax platform. He is said to
"^'^^lm^sf^'and is
known as a forceful and logical speaker
Since Watauga County is in his
district, considerable interest attach j
fs to his first appearance here,
j Mr. H. W. Courtney, prominent
| business man of Lenoir, will also ap|
pear on the program, and .1 Haul
I Leonard of Statesville, secretary :
j the State organization asking foi
sales tax repesl, will be present and
likely speak briefly.
The local association is especially
anxious thnt there he n inrw 'I
aiice, and promise that the issues
facing the electorate as regards taxation,
will be discussed *n able and
straightforward fashion.
PRIMARY HEARING
AGAIN DEFERRED
State Election Board to Examine
Charges of Corruption in Seventeenth
District Judicial Fight on
the First of August.
! North Wilkesboro, N. C. Hearing
on charges of irregularities in the
i rwn-off judgeship primary in the 17th
' Judicial DLHtnct on June 30th has
been postponed from Wednesday of
| this week to Wednesday, August 1st.
Information received here by J A.
i Rousseau and others interested was
| to the effect that the postponement
I ji lik' r.earing Dy tno state Board
of Elections was matle at the request
of J. II Burke, who filed protest ol
the vote in Wilkes
Returns certified by the election
hoards in the six counties in the di3j
triet gave the iocal candidate a r.iaI
jority of 447.
J Burke protested the vote in Wilkes
| County, alleging that 1.500 RepublicI
ans cast ballots in the run-off pri1
mary and also alleged that coercion
j was used by Rousseau's supporters,
i The protest was carried to the
State Board of Elections when that
body >net to canvass the vote of the
district and declare a nominee, at
which time evidence in the form of
affidavits was presented to the board
alleging the irregularities.
In order to get more first hand
knowledge of the way in which the
1 second primary was carried out. the
State board set a date for holding a
hearing iu Wiikeshoro.
Attorney for Mr. Rousseau has allegod
that many Republicans voted
for Mr. Burke in his home County.
Alexander.
The candidates carried their respective
home counties by overwhelming
: majorities and the interest in the
I present investigation has reached a
jrigb point.
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51.50 PEK Yc-AK
PROSPECrSGOOD
FOR CREATION OF
FARMING COLONY
Quiet Investigatxoii of 1'ossibiliites in
Watauga of Enormous KehabiUtation
Project Leaves Favorable Impression
Amonjf Those in Authority.
Prof. Newman, in Charge of
ERA Gardening, Visits Boone.
Apparent iack of interest or. the
part of :.he local eiC'izehry appears to
're the stiiinbliiig block the way
of the establishment oi ca:e of .the
v.t?.vcriment rarrn 'lOiuc-s :ri WAtttilga
County. according to the belief of
Professor C\ L. Newman, administrator
of gardening project? under the
ERA. who wa? a visitor in Boone on
Toe.-.day.
With Prof. Newman's visit it was
revealed that for a long time a quiet
investigation of the possibilities of
farm colonization has been going on
in this section, and that ' the soil; climatic
and environmental features are
ideal." He stated, however, that there
must be evidence of good faith on the
part of local people, and an united
interest in the project before it can
expect approval from the authorities.
"The plan for this Watauga County
home-farm development is simple."
said Professor Newman. "It is
free from the many technicalities and
Ambiguities that too often burden colonization
projects of co-operative
character Educational, social and
business problems that harass the Individual
farmer will be solved by
group| service as will production, processing
and distribution problems.
Production's first consideration will
be to supply home needs: second, to
produce a surplus for wholesale marketing.
"The soil, climatic and every environmental
feature are ideal and for
commercial disposal every product
will be of known adaption arid produced.
or available for marketing at
a time when each is in highest demand.
; "The peculiar or different feature
will be the non-competitive character
of the products placed on the markets
by the corporation. Some of the
J featured- products are seeds, bulbs.
| native nursery produced plants and
I livestock and poultry breeding. Brief!
ly- stated, these are some of the main
features of the- development, the consummation
of all depending upon the
clesire of .-the 'people living in thia"'"'
section of North Carolina and of all
interested.
It the people want i*, they can
| get it. when their desire* ir.r the
| greatest undertaking that has eome
i Io this part of the State is made to
1 she proper authorities," Professor
{ Newman said in conclusion
\ Local Cor|Kiratimi
it is inuiidtc'.l ii.e. 1 the for
the farm colony would eoivpvire sev;
oral thousand acres purchased with
! govern mental lnrtds through the
i agencies of a local corporation, the
J money to be secured by realty niort>
gages. This area would he expected
| to rehabilitate about two hundred
families, the most of that number beling
taken from tne Federal relief
j roils. The products, many of them.
11rum me gigantic enterprise, \vou!<1
j 'oe placed in a large cold-storage
! plant' provided and market in a mass,
j when conditions became favorable.
1 Thoroughly modern individual farm
I enterprises would constitute the colony,
and each inhabitant, while providing
himself with sustenance world
be, at the same time, given n broad
. opportunity to eventually own his own
farm unit. Little doubt remains as
; to the truition of the enterprise, unless
it is foiled by ihe indifference
jof the local residents
First Berries Taken
j To the TV A Cannery
The first load of biackberric-s to be
| taken from Watauga County to the
TV A cannery at Cranberry went from
W W. Mast's store, Valle Crucis, or
. Tuesday morning, where, they were
assembled front the outlying coinnivinities
at 15 cents per gallon. Another
! truck will leave Thursday, it is stated
from Mr. Mast's, and future dates
i may be secured by calling ?.t the re
lief office in Boone.
The crop of berries is said to be
heavy in the mountains, and now that
a certain cash market has been proivided.
it is expected that pickers will
j be busy in every section while the
i crop is on.
IIAY Will. BF. NF.F.DED FOR
HERD OF RELIEF CATTLE
Miss Theodocia Watson, relief ad
I njiiiiairaiur iur watauga County, announces
that a large number of cattle
will be shipped here in the near
1 future for relief purposes, and Will
i be grazed for approximately 3ixty
! days following their arrival.
The N. C. Emergency Relief Adminj
istration will require a large quan.
tity of hay to feed the cattle. All
j farmers or others interested in supi
plying this hay will please write to ' ;
I the local relief office, stating how
i much hay they can supply, the grade
i or grades of hay and the price of ,-j
same. This information must be tumj
ed in as soon as possible;
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