BOONE
SKETCHES
By J. C R.
The Hour Approacheth
rPlHK nufrnmii nf
, _ , wwux.v v? uwv/iiv o inuuiv ipai
X election has, quite naturally,
caused the public pulse to throb anxiously.
It's also caused we forecasters
of hoss races, pugilistic encounters,
^ dog fights and polit|
| ical shake-downs to
scratch diligently blip
^8|p tQ the dump-heap of
if unrestricted opinion
111 for money-winning
I *** ?* |] tips on the ever|
":-t? J& drawing-nigher bat^tie
of the crossed
circle. But relief, ah
i sweet, relief, came
* Tuesday morning as
JK' the Sketch Man was
i> soliloquizing in full
tones, doubtfully, of
J. C. R. course, on the whys,
the wherefores and net. results of next
Tuesday's balloting . . . Colonel Pinknev
Erastus Baldwin, bewhiskcrcd
Sage of Ripshin who recently celebrated
a slightly controversial twohundredth
birthday anniversary at his
wilderness retreat near the headwaters
of Boone's Fork, sauntered into
the sanctum-sanctorum. The problem,
surely, was nearinn solution _
from beneath a frayed flap of his
venerable "claw-hammer" the Colonel
extracted a sizeable cut of "rich and
waxy" ... a calloused hand bore a
he-man offering- of the authoritative
twist to the cavernous Baldwin "hop-!
per" . . . the Colonel "set" his chew
well back amidst those yellowed-bytime
molars, adjusted his cane to a
characteristic angle, smiled sweetly as
a blushing Elberta . . . and gave us \
the merriest sort of a "howdy-doI"
WHAT do you think of the corning
election. Colonel?" . . .
that was the first question we asked
him. The oldster's chinquapin eyes
ngMm wickedly . . . he wee visibly
affected by the query . . . his dyspepsia
must have been bothering }
him. "What election?" he demanded
.. . and we told him. The Colonel
then proceeded to deliver himself
of a history-making philippic
... he pranced to and fro pounding
his rugged staff on the office floor
... he declared 'pon honor that
times ain't what they were back
'endurin'" the Injun Wars when
Gen'ral Andy .Jackson teamed up
with the clan Baldwin in many a
duel-shooting, rip-snorting crusade
against the enemies of democracy
. . . that polittcy hi rotten and candidates
rottcner than ever before in
his long-range memory . . . that
hoss-sense has ceased to be a virtue,
or an accessory, of mankind
. . . that the country, if it keeps on
going to the dogs, will soon be
there! "I've been athinkin' all
along," the patriarch continued with
a pfe-Revolution flourish, "that Td
come over here and vote in this
election . . . but I ain't certain about
ANY of these candidates: guess I'll
just stay home and help the old
woman plant corn next Tuesday"
. . . and then the wise old Colonel
trlfincAfl tpnHf?r!v haiuti an,t ^ .viI
ed his remarks with a simple little
request . . . simple, quite simple:
"Son, you just see to it that
they elect a perfect man for Mayor. |
and everything will be all right!" j
And with this the Colonel shuffled j
away . . . bearing the burden of his |
great age with a surprising dignity, j
TTTE didn't learn much from the!
VV Colonel ... in fact, about all we j
gleaned from his scholarly lecture is
tliat perfection MUST abide in the
Mayor's seat for the coming biennium
. . . and that ought to be plumb
simple. Without even a guess as to
the outcome of Boone's battle of the
century, its* our extreme pleasure to
announce, loudly, lustily, the "card" i
for next Tuesday, May 7th: "LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN! ... In the left
corner is "Slugger" Gragg, 220-pounds
in his BVDs, entry of the Hamiltonian
Club! ... In the right corner is "Kid"
Cottrell, 152-pound man-mauler who
also craves the crown of municipal
authority. The "Kid" was selected by
the Jeffersonian Club following an
^elimination tournament" held Tuesday
night of last week. An anxious
world awaits the outcome of this featured
bout! Mrs. Carrie Coffey Willisai?
will referee the stupendous
struggle; Winkler and Stanbury are
the time-keepers! Another exciting
event win t>e a "battle royal" between
four amateurs and two professionals
. . . Jack Oempsey Wilcox, "Killer"
Hamby, "Butcher Tatum," "Slasher"
Rogers, "Bull" Moose and "K. O."
Perry! The awards will be three nice,
comfortable seats on the City Council!
The show begins Tuesday morning
at 7 o'clock in a specially arranged
arena at City Hall. Those who intend
to participate in the entertainment
had better 'ave made their "registrations"
early!
o
THE "cow, hog, flower-garden,
dump-heap, electric, bond and
Interest" platform . . . that generous
offering of last week'3 Sketch column
. . . died abornin'! As a putterover
of political platforms, we must
.-omit that our onions are in ignorance
. . . but it certainly did read
right pretty in places . . . now honest,
didn't it!
WAT
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VOLUME XLVI. NUMBER 44
NAMED MASCOT
Billy Joe Crawford Honored
at Boone High School.
j |
Billy Joe Crawford, attractive son J
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Crawford of j *
this city, who lias been chosen as
mascot fo** the Boone High School I r
senior class. Billy Joe is two years ' f
old. j (
WOOLPOOL BEING" \
FORMED IN COUNTY ;
Agents and Teachers Work Out
System to Aid Farmers in f
Disposal of Crop.
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The Vocational ieaciiei a duu u
ty Agents of Watauga have formu- j,
later! a plan for assisting farmers of c
the county in selling their wool p
through a pool this year. Agent W. p
B. Collins, as spokesman for the 0
group, invites sheep growers of the
county to meet at the courLhouac in f\
Boone on Monday, May 6th, 10 a. m., v
to make plans for selling this year's 7
crop, and to elect a committee to sell v
the woo!. It is his belief that a com-ib
mittee composed of three good business
men representing the growers of t?
the county, can sell the forty thou- J|
sand pounds of wool produced here
at a much better price than it can he
sold for by the individual growers in
small lots of fifty to five hundred
pounds.
Market quotations will be receiver! \
daily at Agent Collins' office, and
contact will be made with wool buyers
in order to assist the selling committee
in geting the best price possi- J
ble for the farmers who pool their;
wool. IP
, l.onj; Experience Agent
Collins haa for the past five v
! years assisted farmers in selling their a
wool through the pool system. During d
that time th0-*"* who enlorod th?1 pools
I received from 2 Vb cents to 6 cents r
J more for their fleece than local huy- ^
ers were able to pay at the time the 8
pool was sold. 5
No charges will be made for sell- F
ing the pooled wool and the farmers r
will be given checks by the buyer c
when the wool is taken up 8
Only wool that is reasonably free 1
from trash will be accepted. Farmers 1
should shear their wool in a clean ?
place and keep it free from trash. Mi. v
Collins states that the only way to i]
keep tags out of wool is to thorough- v
lv tag the sheep before shearing. v
Cards are being sent out to the 8
I sheep growers of the county asking a
them to express their willingness to c
sell through a pool. This will be the d
only contract required of farmers. 8
"We would like for the farmers who
sign these cards and return ther.i to j
us to hold their wool for the pool or
notify us if they decide to sell through
other channels," Agent Collins said.
In order to get the pool started, it
is important that a large delegation
of sheep growers attend the meeting
here next Monday.
jrotato Bill Uraws i
Presidential Favor ,
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WASHINGTON. D. C. ? White
House approval of the idea behind the i
Warrer. potato control bill which .
would extend the benefits of the AAA 1
to potato growers, was Tuesday giv- <
en to Governor Brann and members J
of the Maine delegation in Congress.
The approval of the Warren bill I
was immediately transmitted to Rep- I
resentativc Lindsay C. Wan-en, the '
author, who expects to introduce a <
revised bill having the support of the
uepii uuCTit of Agriculture today and
to secure early action by the House
committee.
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TO REGISTER TOURIST HOMES 1
Mr. Archie Quails, secretary of the I
Watauga Chamber of Commerce, asks ;
that all residents of the town and ;
county who are in position to accept 1
summer people or tourists, please register
their names, accommodations
and rates at his office in the Watauga I
County Bank building. This service |
is offered free.
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ndependent Weekly Ne
BOONE, WATAUC
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TOBATWITHFULI
MUNICIPAL SLAT
Straight Political Fight Is No
On for Mayor and Board
Of Aldermen.
FIRST TIME REPUBLICANS
HAVE OFFERED TICKE
rV. II. GritR^ Heads C?. O. P. Tick*
With D. .1. Cottrell His Opponent.
Action Cornea 24 Honrs After
Democratic Potv-wow.
For perhaps the first time in ti
nstory of Boone, voters who go
lie polls next Tuesday will cast bs.
jts on which appear a full slate
democratic and Republican candidat
ror Mayor and City Commissionei
ind a full-fledged political campaij;
s being waged by the political!
runded.
That the Democrats would have o
josition in the city election this yei
leveloped twenty-four hours aft
heir nominating election last wee
vhen leading Republicans of the con
nunity gathered in convention ar
indorsed a ticket headed by W. I
Iragg for Mayor, and followed I
he names of D. L. Wilcox, A. E.. Han
>y and Dr. G. K. Moose as candidal
or Aldermen. The Democrats, as wi
ublished last week, nominated D.
boftrell for Mayor and Dr. H. B. Pe
jr, L. T. Tatum and Charles Roge]
or Aldermen.
First Partisan Contest
Until Uie last few years, candidate
or municipal office had been nom
ated by citizens' mass meetings, ar
ncluded both Democrats and Repul
icans. Later Democratic tickets wt
nopposeq: except wcnalultall}' by Z
ndependent slate of candidates. Tt
ity having always been consider*
)emocratic by a large majority, tt
Republican party had not previous)
ffercd a ticket.
As a result of the placing in 11
ield of two strong tickets, a lar$
ote is expected to be cast on It
lit. Alx>ut six hundred arc eligible 1
ote and the election this year is 1
e held at City Hall.
ilKSGAlTHKR WW
INSURANCE CASE
Vidotv of Deceased Dentisi Gi\
en Favorable Report in Judge
Phillips' Court.
Tho Spring Term or Watauga Si
erior Court, which convened on tli
2nd with Judge Phillips presidin:
ras adjourned last Monday wit
bout fifteen cases on the civil calei
&r finally disposed of.
The suits brought against the Si
urity L.iie ana Trust Company >
Vinston-Salem and the Mutual lnsu
nee Company of New York by Mr
i V. T"? > "*-? ' - *
to.rixt.i jd. gamier 01 uoone ior tr
>urpose of collecting insurance ca;
led by her late husband, attractc
onsiderable interest and resulted i
verdict favorable to the plaintif
'he only question to be answered t
he jury was whether or not *3?. Ga
her committed self-destruction, Th
answered "no." Mrs Gaither ha^
ng won something like $12,000 by tl
erdict. The prominent Boone denti:
'as fatally wounded last fall whe
shotgun accidentally discharge
jid understanding is that insur&n<
ompanies resisted the payment <
oublc indemnity clauses in some po
cies he carried.
Citizens Ticket in
Blowing Rock Votin
As has been the custom for mat
fears, Blowing Rock voters at tl
Section next Tuesday will cast bs
ots upon which appear the names
wo candidates for Mayor and s
or Commissioners, with no party a
illations indicated. The candidat
vere nominated at a citizens met
r*faThose
appearing on the ticket tt
rear are: For Mayor, I>. P. Coffey,
I. Boyden; For Commissioners, He
>ert Stewart, C. S. Prevettc, W.
Castle, J. H. Winkler. B. D. Gree
and T. A. Weaver.
rtcporis coming- to Boone Indies
that there is considerable interest
the campaign in the neighbor!
town and that a good-sized vote
expected to be cast.
SAYS PAPER IMPROVES
Mr. J. L. Thomas of Mabel, old tii
friend of the Democrat, in extendi
lis subscription, writes: "You are pi
ting out a good paper and I think y
ire making improvements every we<
I wish you the very best of succes:
These words are greatly appreciate
"Uncle Jasper" as Mr. Thomas is 1
miliarly known, is still active, desp
his advanced ago and takes acti
interest in the work about his pll
cation.
A DI
wspaper?Established in tl
3A COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Doughton \\
g 1936 Guberi
WASHINGTON, D. C.?Reversing
W a definite intention which he had
entertained until a few hours before
he made his formal announcement,
Representative Robert L.
Doughton Monday evening declared
that he will not be a candidate for
T Governor of North Carolina in 1936.
The reversal was due to the personal
request of President Roosevelt
-*> who over the week-end wrote Mr.
Doughton a letter on the subject,
sent an emissary to him and Monday
morning asked him to call at
the White House before announcing
lie any intention to leave Congress. Mr.
to Doughton, who was confident he
il- could be elected, said he had acted
of "reluctantly."
es *1 made up my mind definitely
*s, that unless the President asked me
?n to stay, that I would announce for
y- Governor," said Mr. Doughton as he
gave out his formal statement, in
p- which he said:
ir "I have been convinced that my
er best field of service at the present
k, time, if I am to remain in public
11- life.. i3 with the Congress and for
id the nation."
i. i Late last week Washington news?y
I papers carried a story that Mr.
a- Doughton would step aside from his
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liWAFMMS HAVE
BEEN SELECTED
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I ? - ? ..uvuu^u * i am lor
J^| Experimentation. Phosphate
- Tn Be AoDlied.
ie
** The ten TV A demonstration farms
le for Watauga County have been sel>"
lected, the farms mapped, and a requisition
for phosphate to go on the
pasture and other grass land on these
farms has been forwarded to the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
O Following is a list of the TV A
-O demonstration farms and the amounts
of triple phosphate to be used:
Tracy Councill, Boone. 7,700 pounds,
JJ D. F. Greene, Sugar Grove, 4,300
3 pounds;. Don J. Horton, Vilas, 26,400
pounds; W. FT. Mast, Sugar Grove,
W 3.900 pounds; A. G. Morctz, Deep
3 Gap, 7,600 pounds; C. M. Shore,
Shulls Mills, 25,800 pounds; A. N.
Thomas, Trade, Tenn., 8.500 pounds;
J. L. Triplett, Mfttney, 7,190 pounds;
Alex Tugman, Boone R. F. D , 7,500
pounds.
This phosphate will probably be de1.
livered to these farms by May 15. A
kp system of crop rotations will be
^ worked out on these farm and rech
ords will be closely kept by the ownl
ers*
Huge Liquor Haul Is
" Made in Wilkes County
S.
ie NORTH WILKESBORO.?Federal
r. revenue agents working in .Vilkes
;d County Saturday morning made a
in raid which netted 7,083 gallons of lif.
quor on which tax had not been paid.
>v The illicit liquor was seized at the
i- 'home of Glenn Johnson, fifteen miles
is east of Wilkesboro.
/- The liquor was stored in Johnson s
le residence in cases of iiaii-g&nbn fruit
9t jars, it was reported. Four rooms of
?Ii the home were used for storage ana
each was filled to the ceiling, officers
>e said.
Johnson, according to unofficial re,1.
ports here, mftde his escape from the
officers.
Revenue and penalty on the liquor
was estimated to reach $24,000 or
$25,000.
& Mrs. Hazel Moody Edminsten oi
Raleigh spent Easter with her parents
?y iin the Shulls Mills section.
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OU WASHINGTON, D. C. ? Charles
;k. West (above), former Ohio Coi
s" gressman, is President Roosevelt's
;d- new "contact" man, whose job it
fa- will be to work out closer relations
ite with Congress for the White House
ive He was active in arranging details
m- of the $4,880,000,000 relief resolution.
:moci
ie Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei{
, THURSDAY. MAY 2, 1935
ill Not Seek ji
:i
latorial FlumJ
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!i. 1. DOUGHTON ?
IDYNAMITE USED j
! TO DESTROY MILL"
s)
| Sunday Night Explosion Plays rt
j Havoc With Small Grist Mill P'
ir
1 Near Triplett Postoffice. p,
A grist mill, owned and operated w
by Miss Alzcna Hayes of Triplett, hi
| was literally blown to bits and the u;
j building almost completely destroyed si
! as a result of what is thought to have f 1
! been a dynamite explosion late Sun- ft
day night. fi
The explosive, it was deducted, had di
been placed in the "eye" of the mill
and the rocks or burrs were literally s!
blown to bits, the water wheel dc- ?
jstroyed and the roof blown from the h:
[building. The loss was something like &
j two* hundred dollars. It is satd, and it q
has not been determined as to who
the depredator was or the motive for Cj
i the act. t<
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I No Picture Shows Here '
During Coming Week ?
The Pastime Theatre will undergo
extensive remodeling and redecorat- "
ing next week, and Manager Hamby
finds it impossible to carry forward *
! this work, and yet maintain his daily u
S schedule of moving pictures. There- **
1 fore his theatre is to be closed to the
public all r.cxt week, with the c
J tton of Saturday. The following week, [
'however, he will offer his patrons the r
! usual program of late films, and the ?
interior of the building will no doubt 11
be appreciated in its new finishing. s
Five-to-Five Store a
Closing Out in Boone !j
3
; The Five-to-Five Store, popular
dry goods establishment, i? beginning!-?
a sales event, during the course of 1
which it expects to close out its large
isfnrk* nf mprphanilic^ Thorr? aro ??v
| Five-to-Five stores in the chain, most
i of them in Tennessee, and it is explained
that the discontinuance oi the
Boone store is in order to get all the J
establishments grouped closer together
so that they may be carried on J
conveniently under the same general
supervision. v
Mr. Jerry Brewer, the founder of
( the mercantile chain, was in charge J
of the local store until succeeded by .
Mr. Ft. F. McDade a couple of years
ago. The firm has been popular here
j ar.d has enjoyed a wide patronage. *
; Bill introduced lo A dd .
Court Term for Co nty ,
RALEIGH, N. C.?A new two- ,
| weeks term of court for the trial of |
civil cases, beginning the 14th Mon- \
day after the first Monday in March,
is provided for Watauga County in a
bill introduced in the Senate Thursday
by Senator Warren. The bill. Senate
Bill Xo. 529, was referred to the .
calendar committee. The main section
of the bill reads as follows:
"The General Assembly of "Xorth
Carolina do enact:
"Section 1. That section 1443 of the
Consolidated Statutes, under the subtitle
'Watauga' be amended by adding
to the end thereof after the word
'week' a new sentence to read as foli
lows: 'Fourteenth Monday after the
i- first Monday in March, to continue
( for a term of two weeks, for the trial
of civil cases only.' "
i
Mr. Albert Hodges, progressive far5
mer of Route 2, made an appreciated
call at The Democrat office Wednes-'
day afternoon.
RAT
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$1.50 PER YEAR
iFLENDII) SHOWING
rn? * . /r t nn wm.-r ?
!S lAUt UN FISCAL
\i AIRS OF BOONE
tulES . Board Cares for $21,800
interest Coupons During
3 depression Period.
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2<i,()|? A' BONDS HAVE BEEN
iEThrrl) DURING BIENNIUM
Vatcr Respryoir and Street Improvemerits
Are Added. Simplified
Hooks Installed. Other
Financial Details.
Dr. H. B. Perry, senior member of
lie Board of Alderir.en and town
terk, Monday told The Democrat
lat during; the two-year admir.istraion
of the board which comes to a
lose next Tuesday ?26,000 in town,
onds have been retired, and $21,800
1 interest coupons canceled. The
onded indebtedness of Boone two
ears ago amounted to $257,000: toay
the slate couUl he wiped clean if
tie municipality had it in its power
o rake up $231,000, this including delultecl
interest and principal.
The board, at present composed of
>r. Perry, who has been a member
nice raza, Mr. u lj. Duncan and Dr.
r. K. Moose, is being complimented
y many local taxpayers on the relarkable
showing made by them in
ie two-year period, during which
tme the property valuation of the
)\vn has decreased $100,000, thereby
having $2,000 from annual revenues.
Water System Improved
In addition to the remarkable
lowing made by tiie city fathers in
xlucing the municipality's indebtcd?ss,
$10,000 has been expended durig
the past biennium on street iftirovements
and expansion of the warn
system: An impounding i-cacrvuixith
a capacity of 7,000,000 gallons
as been constructed and placed into
sc. which will afford consumers a
xty-day supply without additional
ow. This huge reserve of water af?rds
a maximum of safety against
re hazards, and insures against the
rought shortages of recent years.
By retirement of the. $26,000 in
.reet and water system bonds, Dr.
erry pointed out, the city's interest
ill has been cut $1,560 per annum,
Imost one-half of the amount reuired
fox normal operating expenses.
Despite the in toads made on muniipal
obligations by the board, the
>\vn today is in default $14,960 in in?rest
coupons, and $10,000 in bonds,
ut, in view of the fact that bonds,
iterest, notes and improvements
ired for during the period total $56,S0,
an almost unparalleled record
as been established in an era of fiancial
depression.
*"? *
xuc icuiaig nuara 01 Aiuermcn, in
ddition to its financial activities, has
istalled a simplified system of books
t the City Hall, which enables inereated
citizens to easily obtain a
omprehensive knowledge of municipal
ai l airs. The collection cf v/ater
enis has also shown a decided inrease
in recent months, and a much
nore practical method is being pufued
in this department.
Final retirement of Boone's giganic
bonded indebtedness still remains
. perplexing problem, but the fine
ecord of the olu Board of Aldermen
.t least offers a glimmer of hope to
lr. and Mrs. Taxpayer.
rVaiker Representative
For the C. M. T. C.
County Superintendent YV. H. YValkr
of Boone, North Carolina, has aceptcd
appointment as representative
or Watauga County to assist local
out hs to qualify for this summer's
Citizens' Military Training Camps, it
vas announced Monday
Mr. Walker also made it known that
mblic-spirited physicians of the couny
have again volunteered their servccs
to the Government and will give
tree physical examinations to candilates
for the training camps. Young
nen of this county should apply for
these examinations to Dr. H. B. Per
~y, N. O.
A recent increase in appropriations
Dy Congress has more than doubled
the number of men who may attend
the camps this year, and all youths
between 17 and 24 years are eligible
to apply. The Government pays such
necessary expenses as transportation
to camp and return and furnishes
wholesome food, uniforms, laundry
service, and athletic equipment.
The camps run for thirty days and
attendance does not obligate the candidate
for future military service of
any kind.
LUTUtiR GREENE STABBED
Luther Greene, 18, of Stony Pork,
was staobeci in the abdomen Sunday
night by Lee Smith, according to
meager reports reaching the Democrat
this (Wednesday) morning. The .
wounded man was carried to Wilkes- /
boro Hospital where an operation was {
performed, and his condition is said i
I to be critical. Whether or not his as- j
sailant has been arrested could not '
1 be ascertained. Young Greeen is a
son of Clinard Greene. J