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!" * ? r- * * 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: * ? ? * 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! ? 9 ? 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 (Continued on Page ? YVA1 An Ii 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. i ? [ o ,| 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 l 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 ?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 ?ereard. 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 ? i _ 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. '"nfl