BE
feOONE
SKETCHES
By J. C. R.
I
HEV, RUBE!
It's ehuck-a-luck, the old arm>
game . . . It's straight as a string
- . take a fling, hoys!" . . . these
\vords the intonation of a handpainted
female shark as -die introduced
Boone's gullible youth to the
galloping quartet of Afriean dominoes
when the circus played its oneday
diind down at the old Mustei
I ield. And the dollars, halves, quarters
and dimes leaped to the checkered
dais, the dominos bounded hither
and yon In their gilded cage . . .
and the haggard fcmine tilted her
Empress Eugenie to a rakish tingle,
nonchalantly swapped sides with
her Dentyne, and socked the easy
lucre Into the old apron pocket . . .
drawling gently, persuasively . . .
"It's chuck-a-Iuck, the old nrmv
^ game . . take a fling, lioys!"
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Within the canvas waits of the min
s.rel tent, a lanky hlack fairly rippw
I lie boards from a fragile platforn
as he cut the buck-nna-wir.g . . . :
pair at trim quadroons glorified lie
Alabama tango ... a trio of home
sick camels munched disconsolately
at a pile of hay . . a lone eleplian
extended his proboscis for peanut;
and such-like ... a rouged, casy-to
Iddk-at mama with great big come
hither peepers executed the Span&l
: and an go, and a faded trouper o
doubtful vintage wiggled am
squirmed and wiggled some more a;
shr displayed moat o! herself betwixl
the fronds of waving fans . . . and thi
men-folks were herded closer, closer
closer . . . invited to a special attraction
where, for the small sum of twobits.
Jewel and Itita, 'the little ladies,"
deserted accepted conventions,
icr.ned the fig-leaf raiment of Mother
Eve, and danced . . . not with their
feet . . . no, no, Mary Ann . guess
again:
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itight dab in the center of this
tented resort :i ciopghty showman, a
patriarch of the sa^illist circles, had
unpacked his favorite "puzzle" . . .
the venerabie shell game . . . Iwur*
d> as Moses whoa Columbus palled
it on the Indians. But a truculent
f last for un\*.orke?2-lor riches, coupled
with the alluring whlupcrs of
the amiable gamester. sniashod
down barriers of fear . . . ami pretty
smart fellows 'lowed as if they
knew the exact geographical posi tion
of the lowly pea . . . bet money
they could place a finger on It . . .
iuumi out h Mt too l?ie that ttrt?
pea was n "Harvard" pea!
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Chuck-a-tuek, three-card monte. the
::he!!s all taking a heavy loll from
local bankrolls . . . deputies sheriff
with blaclt-jaoks and pistols and handcuffs.
pockets overflowing with complimentary
tickets placed there by
cagey showmer. . . . rendered impotent
by the sugar-coated smiles, the
coarse jokes, the irresistible milarky
of a "crap-shooting" gentry . . .
gawking at the ostentatious display
of lights and gaudy paraphernalia?
just standing 'round in a case a yokel
indulged too freely in the forbidden
cups' Thus the circus moves . . . the
show "poes on . . . and people laugh
as the "merry Andrews" crack wormeaten
chestnuts . . . laugh loudly . . .
enjoy themselves immensely . . . forget
for the moment that it's a mighty
costly pastime!
FOUND . . . HONEST MAN'!
Fishing has brought to the front
a million hardy liars . . . golf, since
its intioductiou to American sportsmen,
has produced a host of "holein-one"
An schist's . . . and farmers,
"honest, conscientious sons of toil,"
on occasion have drawn the "long
hoy" with the proficiency of a -aullor
man! But if old Diogenes will
park his lantern in the Spirit I end
and hie away to the Vilas community,
he'll find truth and righteousness,
without half-looking, In the
person Of Sir. G. B. Trivelt. Mr.
Trivctf, an agrarian of long stand,-t^
ing and a spud-grower extruordit
nary, prides himself in the record
yields he has expertly coaxed from
Mother Earth this season . . . hut
unlike it lot of 'tutor farmers, he
desires that honesty be brought Into
play when printers ink chronicles
his accomplishments. In a recent
issue of The Democrat a small ish
item revealed that Mr. Trivett
hod dag so many bushels of spuds
from so ntarry bushels of No. 2's
u liuii apuiif; . . . aim Hint
haif the crop hart rotted in the
field. Editors are inclined toward
color . . . they like to make the
story as large as possible . . . and
the 'half rotted" statement was
just anothet skein of yarn spun In
the scribe's own alleged brain . . .
he was guessing. In a letter to the
office, the Vilas farmer asks that
this tiny, whitish lie be erased from
he public mind . . . declaring that
he (Mr. Trivett) had not measured
the putrid spuds . . . that he had no
way of telling the exact precentage
of his loss. We gladly ntake the
correction . . we're sorry onr
frler-d was misquoted . . . and we're
even resolved to track the truth-a
bit closer lii days to come . . . but
It's hard to satisfy our exacting
readers with whole-truths . . , the
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VOLUME XLVI. NUMBER 16
| |" ^ Now U. S. Air Chief
Washington, I>. C.?Colonel Chan.
Dan forth (above) is now in com- <
maud of virtually every aerial com- i
bat unit of the U. S. Air Corps, on
the order of Secretary of War Dern
j isi reorganization of the air units. i
i A S T. t STUDENT
: BODY COMES FROM
- THIRTEEN STATES!
I r
I* t One foreign Country Also Reprc-!1
11 seated in Huge Enrollment at Local
}? College. All Kinds of Sports and
f j ehitertainments Offered Students.! .J
, I One Hundred and Twenty-five Wa
j Uuigans Registered.
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,| The student body at Appalachian I C
(State Teachers College tills fall comes j s<
I Jrom a more largely distributed area i p
than ever before and also in larger! v.
j numbers. Thirteen states and one for-1 o<
tifiU country are represented. On the !
:a:npus are to >ie found young men Id;
and young Women from almost every i bi
immunity in North Carolina, and j
sixty out-of-state students give a
somewhat cosmopolitan touch. h<
The many organizations on the '1
campus furnish opportunity for a student
to find pleasure and develop- M
nient in his chosen field of interest, ' <
i There are six literary .societies, four "
, church organizatveiii, a student vol- >v
| ur.teer group, Young Women's Chris- P<
j .ian Association. Young Men's Chris:
an Association, International Rein- !h
tiokis Club, the Glee Club, College Or- !'
c'ne.stra, Playcrafters, almost every "i
Hind of sport and Physical Education -C
.organ i/itUon.?la
Large Number I.-ocal Students ^
In the enrollment of more than
r.'ne hundred, Watauga is represented
by one hundred and twenty-five sturaonts,
as follows: J 1
3oone: Edna Aloouy, Hugh Steel- ^
i,e\v 3 Carson, Mary Norman, Pldye
J vv.i. ... WlfVVrt V-Wft, \yifl- I
| ion, Chloc Mtehan:, Virginia Clay,;
Virginia South, Kona Farthing, Lo- |
vena Millar, Morgarat itay. Eliza-; *
-.nth Cook. Susan Winkier. Marion '
Beach. Lei: Wilson; Con Moore, Molly
Carroll, Thomni Bingham, Beatrice
Bingham. Ralph Tugman. May Bryj
ant, Leila Avers, E. W. Love.tt, Eleanor
Clark. Elizabeth Clark, Ralph j -1Hagaman,
Enioger.e Sctzer, Ollie w
Jean Coffey, James Farthing, Eliza- W
i beth Hahn, Edna Miller. Morris Eg|
.oi's, Gene Lewis. VVi'iton Rankin, M
I lomer Eggrs, Elaine Greer, Ruby hi
| Shu!l, Helen Edmir.sten, Vallie Maltha,
Vonnie Hoover, Dole Keller. Car- di
iyn Biair, Kathleen Woodie, Louise S:
Farthing, Morris Barnett, Jack Mc- di
Ghee, Charles Scott, Barnard Wat- hi
Skill, Josejih Townscnd, Lillian Ab!
rams, J. P. Fox, Elizabeth Tillctt, Ha- cl
rold Graybeal, Blaine Miller, Helen 5"
Stansberrv, Barnes Miller, George L. si
Sawyer Jr., Alton Young, D. C. Red- e;
mr/.id, Ray Greene, Wendell Ballon, i
Erwin Norton, Carl Dennis, Ray j
(Continued on Page Si
FACBCHARGESOF I
RAISING MONEY?
I I ?
Marvin Warren Hold in WUIcesboro. ;r
Accused of Changing ItoJlar Bill in- r.1
to Ten-Spot. Thought He Made C
About $20 in Msnipnlalions. a:
Marvin Warren, Mabel resident, is s<
being held in Wilkesboro jail in de- h<
fault of $5,000 bond, for trial in Fed- a
eral Court on November 19th, where tl
he will answer charge.', of manipulating
currency in such a way as to 11
change one dollar bills into tens.
Warren was arrested last week by
Deputy Marshal W. A. Jones, and
given preliminary hearing before D.
S. Commissioner S. C. Eggers, and a
was taken to Wilksoboro when he n
was unahle to fill the bond set.
According to such information as p
has been forthcoming, Warren had s:
been using a ten-dollar bill and one- v.
dollar bill, and making them both n
into tens by splitting and putting op- k
posite pieces together. Two or three fi
of the tinkered bills are said to have tl
been passed to merchants in the wes- fi
tern part of the county, and likely S
twenty-five dollars was realized, one s
merchant being reported to have se- s
cured a refund >
Secret service agents sent into the
county are said to have brought b
ibofx fb" s-?rest. g
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AUG
idependent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA. CO
? X.
BULWINKLESPEAKS
MONDAY;PREVETTE
DOUGHTON BILLED
I
Big Giins of Two Parties Will Souijd
as Campaign Gets Under Wq^v.
iluiwinkle to Face Audience pi
County Courthouse; Doughton
Cove Creek Tonight; Prevette 'to
Speak Thursday of Next Week, j
Congressman Robert L. Dough ton.
Congressman A. 1_. Bulwinkle aid
Joseph M. Prevette, Doughion's
bublic opponent in the race for the
Rational House, are all scheduled to
jjpeak to Watauga voters, the fiflPt
.f the series of addresses to be <fcivered
tonight /Wgdm*gg*w-V "r-"n
vlr. Doiighton will give an accost
his stewardship at the Cove CrSk
School and ask for the continued sv&>?ort
of the people at the pods.
Congressman Buhvihkic will deljv?r
his first political speech} in VYaauga.
County at the courthouse next
viouday evening at 7:30, and a large
irowd is 'expected to hear the former
ATorhl War major Many local vetgr- ,
Ins soldiered with the Major; ;in
Prance and arc looking forwardjvto !
tearing him. He is described aSpa j
creeful and convincing speaker. . j
Prcvcitc Slated *
Hon. Joseph M. Prevette of West
efferson. who seeks to oust Congressman
Do ugh (on from his seat ih
lie House, will deliver his second
ampaign speech on the 25th at the
fove Creek School. The hour has b^en
;t for 7:30. Mr. Prevette spoke to o.
picked house at the Republican condition
and his address was well rejived.
Republican leaders stated Wednes13'
that other speeches would likely
* arranged by next week.
Doughton's Dates
Mr. Dough ton has announced tlujtt
c will speak at two other points in
le county, on Saturday evening, the
ftli, at Green Vallpy sclioolhouse in
'eat Camp Township, and on Satur?y,
November 3rd, at the courthouse
Boone. This last meeting, it is said,
ill take Uie form of a county-wiHe i
riitica) rally. ,1 j
With fhr> hnlf.ilrtfpn jdo^oIioo I
?ere<l in tho county, belief is th{Lt
litics will begin t? warm, mid that
e hustings from now on will begin
- reflect an increased activity. Thus
ir the campaign,, if any, liaa hften in
le whispering form, mid lTorfcikblfc
itivity on either side of the fence ;
is been practically mil.
IVER2M0GATBER
FOR HOMECOMING!
1
noun! F??te at Appalachian College :
bright Spot of Season on Campus.
Thirty iv r Cent of All Degree 1
Graduates Are Present.
|
The population on Jiie campus pi j
ppalachian State Teachers College
as more than twenty-five hundred
at Saturday, wher. graduates of tor- f
i.tr uoarb oafhorM fit thf-iv Alma I
later anil participated in a special '
ime-eommg day proa ram
Prof. A. J. Greene di.livv.rril the adesses
oC welcome, while Hon. G. M.
uddecth presided as responses from
fferent of the old graduates were}
>ard. Following dinner in the cental
during hall, members cf the
asses of each year for the past ten
alhered in separate rooms, and bodes,
homecoming was observed m.
ich of the six literary societies.
Aii interesting incident was the atmdanee
of Mrs. Rose Fuller, Jiouniin
City, a member oi the first class
aduating from the Appalachian
raining School m 1903. She spoke, us
d Tom Cash, football coach in tne
Jlisbury Schools, Tom Hayes of Id lira
Creek, and Lcroy Sossaraon of
rontman High School.
In the evening presentations by the
lee Club and Playerafters were enyed
and the alumni formeil a nerianent
organization, with Howard
ollins of Moorcsville left in charge
i secretary.
The homecoming event was doiribed
by a number of those who I
id been present on several such ocisions
as the outstanding event of
le kind lliey had witnessed.
^[oretz Buvs Funeral
Home at Erwin, Tenn.
The following article is taken from
recent issue of an Erwin, Tenn.,
ewspaper:
"J. M. Moretz of Boone, N. C , has
urchased the Unicoi Funeral Home
nd Burial Association (Eiwin), and
ill continue operation of the busiess.
For the present he will use the
>eation on Willow Street where the
uneral home has been operated for
he past couple of years. Later the
irm will occupy the former Acorn
tore building, corner Gay and Main I
treets, ar.d will operate a furniture
tore in connection, opening about
fovember 1st.
"Mr. Moretz has been in a similar
msiress in Boone. N. C.. for the past
everal year3."
jpaper?Established in the A
ls7" - ~~ '
OHTT, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDA
Scenes As Federal Ccu
Chicago, ill.?Above are courtro ...
Federal prosecution centers its fire on :
Insult Jr. (left), on the charges of usic
through the sale of stock. At the r:gl
klnsou, who is presiding over the trial
MOUNTAINEERS WIN (I
SCANTY VICTORY IN
SAME SATURDAY
Captain Trippany's Sixty-yard Sprint XV
I'aves Way for Lone Tally Against
Catamounts of Western Carolina
Teachers College, Homecoming
Croud of More than Three Thousand
Witness Contest.
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege Saturday defeated the Western fjil
Carolina Teachers, 6 to 0. before a -n
hcme-coming day crowd of more cn
than 3,000. a
i dc
The Mountaineers chalked up their j '
winning marker early in the initial ^
period, and from then on the contest .
was a see-saw affair, with neither
side able to get within striking dis- i N J
LQKVP u*. gvai,
Captain Carlisle Tripp any lock the so
opening kick-cfx on his JO-yard lino i(_"
and scampered 60 yards to Western ;fl
Carolina's 30. From that point the in
Mountaineers made two first downs
on running plays and from the One m
yard line Trippany plunged across. I m,
Oehler failed to convert an attempted ! hl,
irnpkick 1 f.(
Trippany and Angell, liuuiltaincer'mi
r.alfbacks, both ripped off gains from !
20 to 30 yards on several occasions, s'e.
hut they did their running in midfielcl.
, of
SCOTT CfflLD RUN S
DOWN BY MOTORIST 5
10
Fhreo-Year-Old Daughter of the For
mer Miss Bertha stanbury Still I n !
conscious After Injuries Received r\
At Fallston, X. C. !U
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LitUe Xancv, three-year-old daugh-i lj
r#?v of pn.1 Itfi-s YVilliinn K/Vitl J I
of Fallston, was likely fatally injured
Saturday afternoon, when she
was struck by an automobile driven (
by a colored man of ("net section. The
accident, according to information secured
by relatives here, was de-,
scribed as unavoidable. The- machine
in trying to swerve from the path of
the child, struck her as she changed rr
her course.
A fracture cf the skull, bringing u
about a hemorrhage of the brain, and rj,
spinal injuries resulted, and the child ^
is a patient at a Shelby hospital.
where her condition is said to be critical.
She has not yet regained consciousness.
s;,
Mrs. Scott will be remembered as
the former Miss Bertha Stanbury of .v
Boone Her sisters, Mrs. R. U. Clay'
and Mrs. .Teff Stanbury of this place.
have visited the child since her injuries
were sustained. tyj
er
3,000 Orchids Cover ?
Coffin of Browning J
!h
New York.?Three thousand or- n.
chids covered the casket at the funeral
services of Edward "Daddy"
Browning Monday. B1
"It was his wish," said Victor Ross,
his attorney. "We scoured the city
and got them. They cost $5,000 and
were paid for by employees of Mr. ci
Browning's real estate firm." la
The services were held at Camp- 2
bell's, on Broadway?the Broadway lit
that "Daddy" Browning characterized s30
well. There were 150 mourners?
but Frances Heenan, the "Peaches" di
of one of "Daddy's romances, was not ci
among them. She sent no flowers.
There in the funeral home where v
Broadway's celebrities are given ser- i fs
vices, were his first wife. Xl'rs. Adele a;
Browning, and Mrs. Clarence Hood?
his adopted daughter. n
MOC]
(ear Eighteen Eighty-Eig
ST. OCTOBER IS, 1931
rt Grinds Insull Grisr ; (
.
i photos in the insult case as the j .
Samuel F.iisuil and his son, Samuel *
tg the mails to defraud investors
it is Federal Judge James It. Wit- ^
of the insults and co-defendants.
1
(PENSEASON FOR I
RIJFFED GROUSE!;
BEGINS NOV. 20TH'
.n
ataugtt Sportsmen May Take * iily. jBtrds
for Twenty-Day Period. Brisk j
Safe of License-; Uoported. Quail j ^
Season Opens November 15th and (
Continues Until January 1st. Far-'
thing Asks that Laws Be Observed. ^
The ruffed grouse, king of game ^
rds, has been brought back almost ?
om the point of extinction suffi-i
-Mitly to permit an open season fori,
brief period this year, County War-)4'
n A lbert Farthing announcing- for J(
e Department ot Conservation that I J;
is game bird may be hunted in Wu-1
uga, under restrictions, from No |
mber 20til to December 10th. in-1
isivc. i
The bag limit lor the special open!J
aacr. will be four a day with a 11mo?
.12 for the 30nson. Reports are
at the grouse are more numerous
this section than for years, some
ortsmen asserting that there are j
are this year than within their
grnory. They are swift anil wary of
inters, thus being hard to bag. Ollials
of rbe Conservation Depart;ht
think that the supply should not
greatly reduced oy this brief open
oson. i,
Warden Farthuig reports brisk siile I J
Licenses lor :Bl ype.s of game. ^
iltcr time; an i increased activity ,
wardens are partially responsible |
r the inerea.se. (Ireater leisure time ~
r workers is also making bunting (
ore popular. Farthing asks bunters j ,
be careful to reduce to a minimum!,
S3 of life and injury, and to oh- j j
; the Shite game laws. j,
IFFJCIALSOF FARM!
IftARn ARF MAMBft
r\JL 1 1 irTIIJULiA/ ^
irmers Choose W. Hard Mast fori j
?h?irinan and S, C. Eggers for !r
Viee-Ohai cmnn. Wiide E. Brown \ .
to Serve as Secretary. . t
c
2?v. W. Kaid Mast was named |
airman of the Agricultural Board j |
Watauga County at a meeting held N
the courthouse Saturday afternoon.!
idle S. C Eggers of Boone was
losen aa vice-chairman. Mr. Wade
Brown of Boone was made perma- j
mt secretary-treasurer.
Accompanying the election of pertinent
officers was a general discusen
of the needs and opportunities of
'atauga farmers. At the same time,
ays and means of promoting the
meral welfare entered into the dis- ;
ission.
The farm hoard has been approved ,
,* the Board of County Commission's
as the official spokesman for the j
rm interests, and it is hoped and '
dieved by many that the movement
ill show such satisfactory results
at it may pave the way for the :
iming of a county farm demonstran
agent, 1
RISTOL. VOTES TWO TO ONE
AGAINST BOOZE DISPENSARY
Bristol, Va.?Bristol drys won a de- |
sive victory in the city election of I
st Wednesday when voters cast a
to 1 vote against the Virginia State
quor dispensary which is located on
tate Street.
The liquor store will have sixty
lys to remove the stock from the
ty, it was announced.
The total vote cast in the election
as 1059. There were 353 voters in
ivor of retaining the store and 707
jainst the dispensary.
The liquor store will probably be
loved to Abingdon.
RAT
;ht
51.50 PER YtAR
HO,000 DIVIDEND
TO BE RELEASED
BY LOCAL BANK
>tate Banking Commissioner Authorizes
Payment of 20 Per Cent to
Holders of Preferred Stock' in Watauga
County Bank. Checks and
New Certificates Will Be Ready by
October 25. Deposits Increase.
More than forty thousand dollars
n dividends will be turned loose next
veek to the old depositors in the Waauga
County Bank as a result of auhorizaticn
received from Guraey P.
food, State Commissioner of Ban?*s,
Vednesday morning. This amount
ep resents a 2.0 per cent payment to
Be noiaers or preferred stock in tJie
ii v. tution. and is ike first dividend
c L.C paid those v.'ho were depositors
lefoie the reorganization.
The preferred stock constitutes two
hirds of the original deposits, the
cmaining one-thiril having been issued
in common stock at the time of
he reorganization. Thus, checking
ind time depositors share alike in
lie distri'outoin of dividends.
in announcing the payment, Mr.
j. P. Hagainan, cashier, states that
t will be necessary for the holders
>f slock to endorse their certificates
md bring or send them to the bank,
md receive in exchange a check for
10 per cent., and a new certificate for
he balance. The checks and certifi:ales,
necessary for the. exchange, are
low being prepared, it is said, and
ill be ready by the 25th of October.
A feeling of increasing optimism
paaifested itself as news of the oneifth
payment to depositors spread
bout town. The turning loose of fory
thousand dollars among the peo le
of this section will, it is felt, proLde
a stimulant for all lines of busuess,
and will at the same t:me, furher
increase the confidence of tiiSj ;
teople in the financial structure otj
Cashier Hagaman, in making the
mportaiit announcement states that
deposits are still increasing daily, and
hat the spirit of weakened confidence
ollowing the closing of the bank in
033 is being rapidly dissipated.
FORMER SHERIFF
FATALLY INJURED
I. ij. M&dron, Once Sheriff of Johnson
County, Succumbs to Injuries
Received in Auto Crash, Was
Well Known in Watauga.
R. L. (Bob) Madron, former sheriff
ft Johnson County, Tennessee, and a
u-orrrinent farmer am; stockman of
he Laurc.i Bloomery section, died on
.Vednesday night of last week, less
linn an hour after his automobile
xad plunged into a coal truck. The
iccident occurred about two miles
roni the Madron home, and is said
:o have resulted for the former peace
officer having lost control of his car.
jidication was that the Dodge coupe
vhich he was operating became unmanageable
and it was said the driv>r
of the truck, whose name was not
earned, had run his machine into the
licle ditch trying to avoid the crash.
Mr. Madron, who was 60 years old,
vas well known to a great many pecdo
in Watauga County, and had
icrved as sheriff of the neighboring
Tennessee County several years ago.
-4. son, v^a.ri Aiaaron, served ttiree
erms as sheriff since his father went
>ut of office.
Reese Announces for
Senate in Tennessee
Nashville, Term.?Under conviction
here on a charge of stealing $100,000
of bonds from the Siate Insurance
Department which he formerly headed,
Joseph X Reece announced Monthly
for the U. S. Senate and promised,
if elected, to obtain a Federal
position for the principal defense witness
at hi3 trial. Miss Hilda McCrary.
Miss McCrary, an employee of
Reecc while he was insurance commissioner,
and described by him at
his trial as his "confidential secretary
in political matters," is under
indictment here on a perjury charge
as an outgrowth ot her testimony.
Reece announced as an "Independent
Democrat" for the two years
remaining of the Senate term to
which Secretary of State Cordell Hull
was elected. When Hull resigned from
the Seriate last year to enter the
Roosevelt, cabinet, Nathan L. Bach
B!85 wcw a,ppouixea 10 xne vacancy
and was nominated for the rest of the
term in the recent Democratic primary.
Dr. John R. Neal, Knoxville,
is running for the post as an Independent
Democrat.
Tried in criminal court here early
this year, Reece was convicted of
grand larceny for the alleged theft
of $100,000, par value, of bonds held
in escrow by the insurance department
and was sentenced to from three
to ten years' imprisonment.. He has
taken an appeal.
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