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i -======BOONE SKETCHES By J. C R. Good-bye, Abe! That "Sweet Chariot" . . . the resplendent Heaven-bound vehicle of negro lore . . . swung low over Boone Sunday evening . . . and a band of snow-white angels salvaged j the smoldering wreckage of a huifhiirued shack lor the immortal remains of poor old Abe Hewett . . to the promised home across "Jerri un" they bore us unselfish a spirit j as ever dwelt in the bosom of man! Children around town thought tUo 11 -.1 -i ,t nf * ? tri ... iiic invn.rt.Tt ?mu j dimes he earned at odd-jobs x^ere J expended for blow-gum and candy J and oranges . . . foolishness to 'plug* J the jaws of little folks along the ; street. He told them tales and made j them toys and laughed away their childish sorrows! And the grownups respected Abe for bis ability as a Xixcr-up of anything, for his wholesome philosophy of life, for his ready wit and charitable disposition. Our old colored friend knew "the eniiest way" to do most everything . . . kill hogs, cook possums, polish stoves, bed cabbage, plant flowers, mow lawns, trim shrubbery, kill rats, shine shoes . . . and lie carried in his ragged garments the implements of a jack-atiill-trades. Just a simple suggestion that an unusual job had to be done started Abe on his duties . . . and the pay-off was the easiest sort | of thing ... a quarter for ?'a little coffee" or a dime "for some chewing tobacco." || Some folks are telling that Abe was fairly well liquored up when flames trapped him in his dingy jg' hovel, all of which may be true . . . for the old darky had been known to step from the straight and narrow on infrequent occasions. There may have been other minor social sins chronicled in the "big book" uiun^Niae me neweii name . . . Bins | of a strictly personal nature, for th i venerable black treated his friends kindly and stayed away ffrom those he disliked. Hut surely the "Old Master," with whom A!h> held secret "conferences" all along*, will weigh carefully the fruits of his simple, inoffensive pilgrimage . . . and mete out a reward commensurate to his diligent stewardship. And if we're so fortunate us to I reach that Golden f?1rand, "we Sorta' entertain a belief and a hope that we'll see Abe Hcwett, colored, pipe in mouth, broom in hand . . . strolling along the shiniu* streets, picking up heavenly litter dropped by Indigent cherublms, rubbing stardust from the pearly gates . . . and offering advice, the "onliest kind" of advice, to his beaming neighbors. That Election The country -was saved . . . for somebody ... on November 6tb . . . but every now and than some guy pop3 up .with a ]>o\v'f-i' hard question, to-wit: "For whom?" . . . and most all the answers are the same, towit: "For Roosevelt!" Well, we just | tireii u smart enougn to analyze the .situation, but it does appear that this lad from Hyde Park has just about captured the public imagination . . . and in order to be eleoted for most anything thus year, a candidate had to endorse the "Roosevelt method of contract" lock-stock-and-harrel. Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson and the likes of 'em. furnished few of the "cute little sayings" of 1S34 campaign orators . . . yessir, they forsook former party idols, and told Mr. and Mrs. Public what Mr. Roosevelt thought about everything . . . drought, famine, stock-markets, cabbage, beans and pigs. A few Republicans were electto the United States Senate, a few more to the Lower House . . . but pretty nearly every one of those old I hoi's that hobbled in had to promise his constituency that he loved the Administration, or, at least, wouldn't fight it even a little bit! Here in Watauga the New Deal wasn't presented to the voters very' fluently . . . and a batch of Republicans pretty night slipped into office . . . which shows how easy it is to lose an election any more. Mr. Roosevelt has certainly outgrown the n&rtv. ffe'o oHmtf ?"? roost popular leader the nation ever produced. But a lot of we Democrats are afraid that if be should be sni tched out of the picture, we'd have about the same kind of party we had in 1924. Yes, it's funny how he's retaining his grip on the voters, both Democratic and Republican . . . they just glance down a ballot, vote for the man who votes with Roosevelt, and "smear" the guy who has other notions. A fellow told us the other day that If Roosevelt had been President back in 1860 the negroes would have been freed without the loss of a pint of Mood; If he'd been President in '98 a couple of his brain-trusters could have settled the dispute with Spain in a couple of hours; and if he'd been running tho show in 1919, we'd have signed the covenant of Versailles in three or four places! Which ain't far from wrong! wat An VOLUME XI.VI, NUMBER 21 Federal Reserve Head Washington, D. C.?Marriner S. Eccles (above), Oj;clen, Utah, banker who hits been serving as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, is the new Governor of the Federal Reserve Borad. His appointment by President Roosevelt was to fill the vacancy in the return of Eugene Black as Governor of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. FLAMING SHACK IS FUNERAL PYRE FOR POPULAR NEGRO Abe llewett Burned to Death as Fire Sweeps Through Ramshackle Tenement. Sunday Night Blaze Brought Under Control Without Damage to Nearby Buildings. Town's HandyMan Buried in Catawba County. The charred body of Abe Hewett, 5?-y ear-old Boone negro, was taken iroin me ruins 01 nis makeshift dwelling early Sunday night, after firemen had succeeded in quenching the flame which threatened destruction of adjacent properties west of the relief office. The tiny shack, which was located cl03e to the rear of the Christian Tin Shop, was a mass of flame when the fire company answered the call, and presuinubiy was ignited as the aged negro went about preparing his evening repast. No thought of his being in the ramshackle structure as the fire raged was entertained by spectators, and an afterthought of one of the firemen resulted in the discovery of the body, r.orribly distorted and burned practically beyond recognition. Foul Play Suspected The building, which was originally a cheap private garage and which did not have a floor, had been occupied by the negro for several months, and at first suggestion of foul play was made, as apparently it would have bean an easy matter for him to have escaped. Accordingly, Deputy Ooroner Cliff McConnei! held an inquest Monday when it was found that no bruises existed on the body. Two sons, Victor Hewett of Baden and Lee Hewott of Pomona Mills, came .to town Tuesday and conveyed the body to McKenzie's Grove, in Catawba County, for interment. Abe Hewett was 57 years old and a native of Catawba County. He same here from Rowan several years ago, and had made many friends of the white people of the town, who respected him for his willingness to work, and liked him for his funny and eccentric characteristics. Ke tended the lawns of the town in summer, did gardening, and iwas the city's general handy-man and jack-of-all-trades. KILLED IN CAR WRECK Mr. R. R. Hodges received a telegram Saturday stating that his nephew, Jake Hodges, of Cisco, Texas had been fatally injured in an automobile wreck on Thursday of last week. Burial took .place at Paris Texas, on Sunday. Mr. Hodges was a son of the late Jake Hodge3, who moved from Watauga to Texas many years ?*8w. MllS. MAUDE M. CHADSEY TO SPEAK AT ADVENTIST CHURCH Mrs. Maude M. Chadsey of Boston, Mass., president of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society, will speak in the Advent Christiar, Church next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Mrs. Chadsey i3 a very talented lady and has traveled much in foreign mission fields. Her message will be an interesting one. Rev. Kenneth Barrs will speak at the 11 o'clock services. The public if cordially invited to attend both services. The value of a crop rotation will legumes has proven valuable in Alexander County where corn yield.1 i have increased from eight to sbotj bushels an acre since the work started a few years ago. rAUG Independent Weekly Newsj BOONE, WATAUGA COU | FUTURE COURSE i OF GOVERNMENT PUZZLES WRITERj ^ Democrat's Special Washington Cor- J respondent Surmises as to the Fu-} tun* of Administration. Discredits Gossip that Republican Party Is Dead. Says Democratic. Party Survived Similar Defeats. Washington, D. C.?Now that there has been lime to take a long" breath and analyze the election returns, political Washington -and there isn't anything in Washington that isn't political?-has resumed its favorite pastime, which is guessing what Is going to come next. The three brain- J teasers over which the soothsayers! and self-appointed prophets are puzzling at the moment, are: What will the Administration try} next in its effoi*t to get workers on the relief rolls and .the wheels of business rolling full speed again? Will the new Congress eat out of the President's hand like the old one, or will it take the bit in its teeth and jump over the traces? What is there ahead for the Republican Party? Curiously enough, the answers"~?o that last question are easier to guess than the others. The man in the street is saying that the Republican party is dead. The same unthinking folk were saying the same thing about the Democratic party in 1920 I not to go any further back and again in 1924 and 192S. But the real students of politics point out that great political parties are not. 'killed* by one or two or even a dozen defeats G. O. P. Roots Still Deep The wise ones are .pointing out tliat, J although only 28 of the 47 millions fof registered voters went to the polls > on November 6th, 12 millions of them I voted the Republican ticket pretty nearly straight. And there are plenty of county anil town hoards that arc I still solidly Republican. It is from local units that any national party derives its .strength. The roots of the Republican party arc still pretty deep in the soil. It was only the upper branches, including a good many dead d limbs, that were killed in the Demo- t: cralic landslides of 1932 and 1934. .b In the inner circle of forward- C looking Republican leadership there h are few tears being shed over the de- n feat of Senator Reed in Pennsylvania and several other members of the f "Old Guard" elsewhere This loss aim- o plifies the job of reorganizing the b pai ty. t Looking for loaders v Where the leadership will be lodged it is too early to .predict. At the mo- s meant the "white hope" of the Repub- 1; licans is Arthur II. Vanderburg of h urana .Kapul.T, Mich., just re-elected jf to tlie Senate. In the party ranks this |:" newspaper editor has made a name for P himself. He was tlie party's candi- ' date for President. Pi-o Tom when the Senate of the Vitrei Congress was or- " ganized, and is chairman of the leg- ' islative committee of the Senate ini- 11 nortty. He is distinctly a Liberal in } his political outlook, and he has the r geographical advantage of hailing n from the Middle West. The fact that Republican leaders ' are pinning their faith on Senator ? Vanderburg is sufficient indication of their realization that the party must 1 throw the "die-hards" and the Bast- j em "big business" interests over- ' board if it hopes to survive as an efficient party. And such examination 3 of the (personnel of the new Congress v as has been possible thus far indicates that there will .be plenty of Radical I proposals for Liberals, by whatever t ! party name they call themselves, to oppose. Stronger Bloc Looms The indications are that there will be stronger "blocs" than have ever been seen on Capitol Hill, urging inflation of the currency, government control of credit and banking, wild universal pension schemes (there arc expected to 'be ten million signatures on the petition for the adoption of I ; the Townsend plan for giving every- I body over 60 a pension of $200 per e ! month), immediate .payment of the r ; veterans' bonus, tax schemes of the *> "soak-the-rieh" variety and, of course, % projects for vastly greatly Govern- s ment spending than have yet been I drSLmed of. The President'3 major task, poli- t 1 tical wiseacres predict, will be to con- t ' trol this tendency to run wild on the \ part of Congress. Reports credited i ; here are that he would like to see t Representative Sara Ray burn of Tex- i as in the Speaker's chair vacated by j ' the death of Speaker Rainey. Mr. t Raybnrn is regarded as a strong character and a sound politician. He was the President's right aim in get ting the Stock Exchange Control Bill i and the Securities act through the ( last Congress. But back-slapping Joe s Syrns of Tenr -asee has a lot of mem- 5 i bers pledged to himself. It looks like 1 a scrap. ! ' Middle age is a state of mind lather . than a chronological reckor.-ng?Geo. i W. Coleman. i A. Dl aaper?Established in tH> NTY, north CAriULIN A. THURi Roosevelt at Southern F )AN YATES WANTED >N MURDER COUNT former Wataugan Charged with the Slaying- of Clay County Man. and | $150 Is Posted for His Capture. Bloodhounds Cose Trail. A -award of one hundred and fifty ollars has been offered for the caplire of Dan Yates, former Wataugan ?t of late years a resident of Clay bounty. Who is charged with the slaylg of EJmory Duckworth, 35, another esident ol that, section. The information which came from' layesville on Saturday indicates that ne hundred dollars of the reward has ecn authorized by Cloy Count}' and he other fifty dollars by J. C. Duck-, rorth, brother of the slain man. R. JL.. Dong, Sheriff of Clay County, aid that Yates is believed to be hid- 1 ig somewhere in Georgia, as bloodouivds followed his trail into North Jeorgia. After the trail was followed ome distance it was lost, Yates aparen-tly having entered an autoraoile. The body of Duckworth waa found n a road near his home about noon i?*t Wednesday^ He was shot in the louth with a load from a ?hotgun, >ut no information has reached The >emocrat as to what evidence con ectect Yates with the homicide The hunted man was reared in Wuauga County, is well known throug-liilt this section and is described as eing 50 years of age, five feet nine nches tail, mid weighs about if20 ounds. He is said to have been once ried here for tlie slaying of -lack itcGuire of Poga, and sentenced to even years *1 che penitentiary, but nas ipardoned shortly afterwards. MIAffiTOHOLD DEC. COURT TERM in Exchange of Courts Arranged for Judges Sinclair and Moore. SixtyNine Cases Will Be Tried at Special Term Which Begins on 3 id. An exchange of courts for Judge A. Sinclair and Judge Clayton .loore was approved Monday by Govrnor Bhringhaus. Under the new ar an-gement Judge Sinclair will hold Vatauga's special term which convenes in Boone on December 3rd, instead of Judge Moore, as had been >reviously announced. lie calendar for the two-weeks erra, which is now in the hands of he printer, contains si::ty-nixie cases vhLch are scheduled to be tried durng the two weeks. No criminal acions will be taken up, the term haves' been scheduled for the sole pur>ose of clearing the congestion on he civil docket. THANKSGIVING DINNER An old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinler will be given by the Willow Valley Community Club at Willow Valley ichoolhouse on Saturday, November 14th, noon until 4 p. m. Price, adults !0c, children 10c. Mr. Remmel Porter of Harmony, Arkansas, arrived in Boone Friday, vhere he expects to spend the next several months. LMOC e Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei 'DAY. NOVEMBER 22, 19?^ Eme of Andrew Ja son J Nashville, Tenn.?In his suing through the South to personally inspect the Government's huge Tennessee Valley development projects and a stop at Harrodsburg, Ky.} President Franklin 1>. Koosevelt paused here to visit 'The Hermitage," state-owned shrine of the Old South, the home of Andrew Jackson, built in I8"J3. Photo shows the lovely old mansion where lived the former Preai- j dent Andrew Jackson. Insert is | of President Koosevelt who has j followed in the steps of other I Presidents in visiting the shrine. WATAUGA BANK TO PAY AGAIN ON 30TH Ten Per Cent. Dividend to Preferred j Stockholders. Follows Close on 20 j Per Cent. Paid October 25. Bank Officials Are Highly Pleased. The Watauga County Bank has been granted permission to pay a second dividend, amounting to 10 per cent., to the preferred stockholders of the institution, checks to be drawn as of November 30th. The second dividend 'fftllnWS rlrtOA r?n Oio payment of 20 per -cent, which was made October 25, and which released j about $40,000, and bank officials are i highly pleased that the State Bank- j | big Department granted their request' to make another payment at this I time. The 10 per rent, dividend will carry with it interest on the stock to date I o" payment. The speed with which the bank is taking care of its obligations i iii this connection bodes well for the {future of the institution, and indicates ja rapidly, improving condition in filnaneial circles. I ; [Predicts High Prices For Burley Tobacco Mr L. H. Bane of the Neil, Dixon and Bane warehouse at Abingdon, Va., was a business visitor in town Wednesday and tells The Democrat that indications are Burley growers will share some of the good fortune which attended the sale of the flue curea leat. Mr. Bane says that warehouseman are freely predicting an average of twenty cents per pound for the weed grown locally, and says in order to reach such an average, many choice 'baskets .will have to bring as much as forty and forty-five cents per pound. He says he finds growers in enthusiastic support of the crop reduction and believes that if the matter were re-submitted, 99 per cent of the growers would freely and voluntarily sign the AAA agreement. Mr. Bane says the Abingdon warehouses open on December 3rd and that they expect to handle a large part of the local crop. BURLEY GROWERS TO MEET TUESDAY Abingdon Chamber of Commerce Sponsors Gatherings for Benefit of Tobacco Growers. Speakers to Discuss Marketing: Problems. The Abingdon Chamber of Commerce provides the sponsorship for a meeting of the Burley tobacco growers of this county, which is scheduled to ihe held in the courthouse in Boone next Tuesday at 11 o'clock at which time eminent authorities will discuss tobacco growers' problems, especially from a marketing viewpoint. A brass band will furnish music for the occasion and S25 in cash will be given away at the meeting. All those interested in disposing of their Burley for the high dollar <\re asked to attend the meeting, more specific details of which appear in a 1 large ad. on page eight of The Democrat today. RAT ght 51.50 PKR Yii.AK HILL RESIGNS POST |T0 EARN LIVING; I PLACE NOT FILLED | Principal of Boone High School, in. Tendering Resignation, Says TSmt L~jiul)ord and Grooeryman Must Be Paid. Goes to Mount Airy us Sates Manager for Auto Concern. Dot son, Farthing Mentioned as Successor. Professor Guy H. Hill, for more than two years principal of the Boone High School, in tendering his resignation to the Board of Education, tells The Democrat that he is forced to give up his life's work in order tc earn a living for his family. He will go to Mount Airy, where he is to be sales manager for the Eastern Auto Supply Company, his resignation to be effective as of December 1st. Mr. Hill says that his salary was to have been supplemented by the college for extra work he is doing, but that ithe landlord and the grocer must have their pay as they go, and that, it is impossible for him to support his family. He gives The Democrat tne following statement: Reasons for Resignation "The reason for my resignation is that I cannot support my family on my present salary. I was promised a supplement from the college for teaching two Education classes and directing the student teaching in the high school, but thus far no supplc * ?; - - iioo uutxi given to me, and the first quarter of the college year has passed. I feel sure that the promise i of the supplement is good, but my groceryman and my landlord say that i muzt pay, an^ pay as I go." Mr. J-iiil came to Boone two and one-lialf years ago as principal of the high school, and has bent his every effort toward the improvement of the educational facilities of the town. He expresses keen regret that after 18 years of preparatory work, he must venture into other fields for sustenance. I A new principal has not yet been j appointed, but mdications are that I the position will go either to Prof. jJC. S. Christenbury. Professor Charles i Farthing, or Prof. Roy Dotson. Mrs. Carpenter Dies At Pineola Tuesday Mrs. J. C. CSirpenter, 84 j'car old resident of Montezuma, died at Pinejola Tueisday morning after an illness jof only a few days. Funeral services will be conducted from the Southern Methodist Church at Montezuma at 1:30 Thursday and interment will take, place in that community. Surviving are the following chilidren: O. W. Carpenter, Portland, Ore.; Alonzo Carpenter, Long Beach, Cat; Mrs. Sherman Calloway. Pineola; Mrs. Mack Luttrell. Boone; Mrs. Cam Sherrod of Maryland; Mi-3. Claude nugiica, tvewiana. two mothers also survive: Mr. Newt Banner of Sugar Grove and Mrs. C. C. Banner of Montezuma. Mrs. Carpenter was reared at Banner Elk, a -member of one of this section's most prominent families, and had a number of relatives still residing in that section. She had visited in years past with her daughter, Airs, j Luttrell, in Boone, where she had j made a wide circle of friends. The Half Circle B ranch recently established in Buncombe County plans to distribute some of its cattle among 4-H boys of tihe county at reasonable prices. HAVE YOU JOINED THE RED CROSS? I1 If not, you are missing an opportunity to join wiht your fellow citi zens in carrying on the work of this great institution the services of which include: Disaster Relief, First Aid, Life Saving, Assistance to Veterans. Public Health Nursing, Home Hygiene, Junior Red Cross and Volunteer Work. The workers report a hearty response which seems to indicate that Watauga County will surpa^ her quota of two hundred. A word of appreciation is due the merchants for their help. Special attention is called to the Red Cross window in the Mullins and Clay Grocery. It is extremely simple, yet Striking for that very reason. Mr. Mullins gave an entire -window to this display and his generosity deserves special mention. Below is a part'tl list of members enrolled. The remainder will be printed next week: Rev. J. A. Yount, Mrs. F. W. McCracken. A. D. Wilson, Helen Underdoiwn, A. E. South, W. H. Walker, City Meat. Market, Mrs. J. L. Quails, R. F. McDade, Watauga Drug Store, David Greene, Mrs. W. F. Miller, Mrs. R. D. Hodges, Johnson -Stewart Company, M. B. Craven, A. S. Harris, R. W. McGuire, A. E. Hodges, Dr. J. B. Hagaman, Dr. W. M. Matheson, Mrs. R. M. Greene, E. N. Hahn, E. C. Wi. denhouse, C. C. Rogers, Smithey's Store, Kenneth Linney, Dr. George K. Moose.
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