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[ BOONE 1 SKETCHES I By J. C, R. MOUNTAIN IDYLS I>i(l you ever stand at the top that beautiful waterfall near Va Crucls, where gurgling, laughi . Dutch Creek plui ij' ftMiLM?: e3 c'shty feet, so t neighbors say, fn W "?| a moss-grown w of granite to a cr; ra tal poor beneath ? % '0^ M well I did; And wt ly hemlocks, stent t ? oaks, standing sen * ife nel over a far-flu j| ASm orchard of rlioi $? ilendron and inot ~ ~ tain laurel . . . o\ "J:n>" a tangled infinity I v.- not -.tain loveliness! Dot canyon ot green boug) and limpid pools, and white rapi' and waving wild-flowers the visi wanders to Valley Mountain with ; / patchy acres of corn ground, its mi iature pastuies, its grazing flocks . to rustic homes in the valley wh: happy children play! A trout?one the native speckled kind?splash the pool as he seeks a belated dinn ... a bob-white calls his mate fro a distant grain field ... a late si r* sends shafts of gold through the s I eluded bower . . . and you turn yo back, reluctantly, on something th J will live in niem'ry for many a da That's Dutch Creek Falls . . . whi lies within the hospitable precincts Vaile Crucis! * * * Did you ever pause for a just moment in the gap of Rich Mou tain . . . along about sunset . . wh( Mother Nature has brought out h pallet, her brush's and colors splash heavenly designs on the was ern skies ... to gild, during the r ceding moments of twilight, a Ian scape to halt the feeble breath i man? No? Well I did! Away the left of you lies Grandfather'3 fac carved in ancient stone ... a wrea of filmy cloud caught in his whi kers . . . and Hanging Rock, whii guards the enterprising village I Bannei Elk . . . and the towering pi nacles of the Beech . . . and the ere of the Roan with its magnificent bo sams hidden by the blue haze of dl tance . . . and the far-away Unaki of East Tennessee . . . and the smol spires of countless mountain chaii not catalogued in the Sketch Mai mind! The scene is fast changing . darkness settles in the liny vaile; . . . lights appear in the windows ntaitj <*. vlM(.Ui;.L W. . . . LfH* CJTCSt I Rich Mountain carries its lust flu! of subrlued gold . . . day is done; ? ? ? Did you ever stop at Lawyer Lo ill's home, just west of the villag as night draws on her ebon garmeu ... to puff a pipe, on his wide vera: da ... to enjoy his stories ar strengthening philosophy ? Well, did! A embryonic millwheel in tl nearby brook lends its cheerful tui to a chorus of crickets ... a scree< owl, 'way up on the face of the Pi nacle offers his plaintive call . . . breeze, carrying the chilling hint approaching fall weather stirs tl tall Lombardy poplars and tarn racks . . . you lean deep in your roc' ing chair . . . inhale a couple of goi deep draws of the Lawyer's "hillsii navy" . . . you draw your coat clos . . . and kinda wonder why you ev have to leave it all! . . . why you ev have to worry over installment ct Iwtoia . . . over pi inting netvapapc . . . over past-due notes . . . over gr eery bills . . . over the opinions other people . . . over a thousand ai one of those pesky little things th make life miserable for we of the tw legged horde? A visit up to Lawy LoviU's house during the early nig hours makes a fellow feel that wa o BRAINS APLENTY Here's a little ditty we gleaned frc the Christian Herald ... a good stoi and something to fill this column: It it's brains you're looking fi I've just heard of some you'll bound to respect. Out in Omaha, t officials who hire men for the Fai rjredit Bureau have one of those hig ly scientific intelligence tests to whi every candidate is subjected. Up to few days ago, these tests included couple of catch questions?the ki that couldnt be answered. You prov you had brains by not trying to a swer them. Well, all went accordi to plan until a young University Towa graduate turned up for the < ams. He was asked the two questic ?and to the hor.or of the sclent! he answered both of them. Here tli are, with his answers: "How long," read the question, a piece of string?" "A piece of string," said the brif boy from Iowa, "is twice as long the distance between its center a either end." Think over that one. "How far," read the second qu tion, "can a dog run into the woods To which the young Iowan ; swered: "A dog can run only h way into the woods. After that 1 running out of the woods." The joke was on the scientists. 1 that's only half the joke. For test contained another question; i An In VOLUME XLVII. NUMBER 10 IN "BABY DERBY" L lt?ll Eleven Children Born to Caning adian Wife Since 1926. iff he n. TORONTO, CANADA.?Above is pr0 :n Mrs. Lilly Kenny, mother of four- ?r0 Br teen children, li of whom were t0 hoi-n since Oetober 21. 192G. Below . is Mrs. Grace Hagnato, mother of ^i1(, e_ 23, nine of which were born since Mo, [j. October, 1926. These two icad in !nlJ] 0f the baby derby to win the Millar ca) L, will bequest of $500,000 to the To;e ronto mother giving birth to the -g most children between October 31, ^ s. 1920, and October 31, 193G. hav :h tin; ;; J. L. GRIDER DIES IN g i CROSSVILLE, TENN. S as j ' for ty j Sch as : F o r m c r Resident of Watauga Sta 13 Dies After Long Illness. Sis- J)e ? . hat ys ter Resides at Peoria. tiOI L#l tCJl of The Crossville (Tenn.) Courier tells plai sli of the death of Mr. J. L,. Gryder, 77 pro year old, who passed away at his and farm home near that place oil August 23rd, aiter a long illness, v- Funeral services were held in the S e, Crossville Baptist Church on Sunday, can ta : the 23th. The body was taken to his Run a-ioltl home in Jefferson County where esc; id I interment was made in Shady Grove sho T i Cemetery. oth le! Surviving are two daughters. Miss wit] le Nula Gryder, who has been a teacher dcri :h j in the Crossville city schools for sev- to n- eral years, and Mrs. J. E. Nelson, who of a lives with her husband on a farm ad- mm of joining the Gryder home place. He he also leaves a brother, J. N. Gryde-r, a- of Crossville, and a sister, Mrs. S. C. g k- Greene, of Peoria. wer 3d Mr. Gryder was a most excellent ing de Christian gentleman and enjoyed the sior er friendship of a wide circle of acquain- ylc er tanccs both in Tennessee and West- ?ia er ern North Carolina. *4iis wife pre- , >1- coded him in death several years ago. hy rs He was born in Alexander County, 3js? o- North Carolina, October 17, 1857. lie 0j , of moved with his parents to Watauga gUa nd County in 1372. He was married to y,e at Lucretia Farthing. December 21, 1883. totf o- He moved to Jefferson County, Ten- hy er nessee, in 1914, where he lived five tro< ht years before going to Crossville. In y! early manhood he professed faith in Christ and united with the Baptist Church. R< ,m Chevrolet Dealers Win Excess Sales Award i?? 0T' aL cei\ be Members of the organization of the mei be w. R. Chevrolet Company of Boone low "m have each been awarded wrist watch- Rol ;h- es, valued at $27.50, for their superior at ch salesmanship in having practically Mr. a doubled their quota of sales of Chev- c. a rolet cars during the month of Aug- nur nd ust. The awards were made by Wil- ten ed ]iam E. Holler, general sales mana- con in- ger of the Chevrolet Motor Company, hirr ng' to the following: W. R. Winkler, Dal- 1 of las Cottreli, W. T. Payne, Hamp me ix- Blackburn and L. L. Bingham. anc ins Joh ^ WITHDRAWS APPEAL ?*e Kermit Wilcox Tuesday appeared bib before the Recorders Court, withdrew ser his appeal to Superior Court and ask- Ho fbt e(j t0 begin serving his sentence of the aa eight months on the roads for lar- SPC Lnt* ceny of mules, passed several weeks ago. es- : i?" nit mi- of the kind that you'd get away with ar< alf in New York, but net in Omaha. Here saj ie's it is: "If A gave a mortgage on a the mule to B and the mule had a colt, eig 3ut who would own the colt"" And for ing the that one the bright boy's . ver was: ,aft me "A mule can't have a colt." mc / | 1ml AUG. dependent Weekly News BOONE, WATAUGA OCAL FARMERS DPrrnrrn nirnn UDUUVMI U V tII SEVEN THOUSAND gurcs for A. A. A. Rental and Benefit Payments Are Made Public at Raleigh. GHWAY PATROLMEN ARE SSIGNF.O TO NEW POSTS e Motorcycle Officer to Be Sta-1 ioned at Boone. Extra Session of | Legislature Not Likely. Wi'A Projects are Hastened. By M. R. DUNNAGAN (Special Correspondent) RALEIGH, N. C.?Watauga Coun- j fanners received S7,732.61 in AAA ital and benefit payments distrib- j d to growers co-operating in the ?p adjustment programs during the eal year ended last July 30th, Dean 0 Schaub, of State College, re-ts. These payments, he adds, are ) y a pari of the increase in farm j ome. The rise in prices paid to J * iwers for their commodities has in j my Instances increased their In- J nc more than the amount of rental 1 benefit payments, Dean Schaub d. \>tal payments in North Carolina the fiscal year were $14,732,147.51, . which $8,015,330.21 went to cotgrowers, $5,945,844.43 to tobacgrowers, S719,363.20 to corn-hog ducers ana $51,599.67 to wheat -were. Expenses of administering programs for the year were $1,OQ0 "71 alwMlf cr.vnn r\nw amount distributed in the State. * ?t of this went to county and com- J mty committeemen named from lo- 2 farmers to aid county agents. f PROVE STATE INSTITUTIONS 'he Governor and Council of State c c been busy in recent days get- 4 j ready for Federal funds as nts to supplement State funds for iroving, enlarging and equipping 2 te institutions. The General As- ' ibiy provided for a bond issue of N i),000 for the three State hospitals 1 the insane and Caswell Training 2 ool, and for ?2,000,000 for other ' te institutions but on projects to * self-liquidating. The bond issued e been ordered a*U' BUI *' ,r,' i* is for Federal grants of 45 pei- " t ot tile cost are going in. The ns are to get these projects ap- c ved before ihe deadline this week v next. CONVICTS ESCAPE ix convicts in the Macon County 0 lp near Franklin jumped on a lone c ,rd trying to overpower him and ' ipe. One escaped, but the guard c t one, likely to death, stopped an- 2 er with a load, clubbed a third ' h his gun, and two others surren- c ed to a nearby guard who came ' the aid of his lone fellow. Most c the prisoners had bad records, rder, robbery and the like. f PATROLMEN GIVEN" POSTS J ixty-six State Highway patrolmen c e paraded before Governor Ehrhaus who issued them commis- t is as State officials Friday, after c y had been sworn in by Justice t rkson, and they were then aasign-ed he respective posts over the State M. C. S. Noble Jr., executive as- < ant commissioner of revenue. Two hem fill vacant places Oil LliU viu j rd, the 64 being added by act of 1935 General Assembly, making a U of 121 officers and men, headed Captain Charles D. Farmer. The jps and divisions remain the same, (Continued on Page 3) ^publicans to Meet in Greensboro on Friday .ussell D. Hodges, chairman of the il Republican committee, has re>ed official notification of the iting of G. O. P. leaders and idlers, which is to be held at the jert E. Eee Hotel, Winston-Salem, 8 o'clock Friay, September 13th. Hodges joins State Chairman W. Meekins in the hope that a large nber of local Republicans will atd the meeting, and asks that those templating making the trip notify i at their earliest convenience, he 8 o'clock meeting follows a eting of the executive committee, 1 will be featured by a speech from in D. Hamilton, executive director ; the Republican National Commit . Mr. Hamilton is known as a hard- < ting, brilliant speaker anu has ; ved as Speaker of the Kansas ; use of Representatives. Leaders in State organization will also sak. SUNDAY EXCURSIONS rhe Sunday excursions to Johnson .y over the narrow" gauge railway i to continue through September, ra H. W. Wilcox, local agent for ; road. The train leaves Boone it ht o'clock in the morning, return; in the afternoon at 6:30 in the ernoon every Sunday during the inth. tpaper?Established in th< COUNTY, NORTH CABOT .TN A, ITALY POURS TROC Transports Embark With Soldie Africa. "Sila" Divisioi NAPLES, ITALY?The above pic It weeks as Italy embarks its crack divi front. Photo shows "Siia" division er BAPTISTS MEET ji IN ASSOCIATION I , Ninety-fifth Assembly ot Three ' 1 Forks Association Held Last Week at Brushy Fork. The ninety-fifth annual session of ; he Three Forks Baptist Association i vas lielcl at the Bi-nshy Fork Church b fuesday an?1 Wednesday of last week, n mil clmrchmcn state that the attend- h mce was perhaps the largest in sev- t ral years. W. B. Farthing was re-elected mod- I irator, and Clyde R. Greene was elect- c id clerk of the Association. t The annual sermon was preached c >y Rev. W. R. Davis of Blowing Rock \ mil I. G. Greer, superintendent of the io dills Home, spoke on the orphanage ! t vork. Superintendent Smith Haga- v nan of the Baptist Hospital, gave an c iccount of the activities of his insti- v ution, and Secretary Huggins of the itatc Mission Board spoke trorn the t itapdDdint of missions, as did Miss c '"IMnfrk, returned mission- 2 iry from CEIna. |c It was decided that the next as3o- ;1 iation will be held with the Zion-j ille church. , Rig Gain in McnilH-rsliip j I a iie rcpuri or associaiionai prog- , ess, made by Rev. W. O. Greene, in-; Heated thai the membership had in- j roused during the year by 197, while | he total membership of the group of 11 hurehes represented in the Associ-,1 itlon is 5,479. The total number of .4 Saptists in the county would also in-.1 iludc the membership of about a doz- j' n churches of the Stony Fork Asso- 1 iation. The report further showed that '< here were 376 baptisms during the It last year, an increase of 214 over the , I (receding year, and that the Sunday J School enrollment is 4,473, or a gain if 313. |i Tlie financial report indicated that j he group of churches had contribut- 1 id a total of $15,554.62 for all purloses, or a gain of $1,873.75. 1 Street Lights Shot Out by Night Riders i |i Mr. George T. Robbins. head of the < Northwest Carolina Utilities plant ' vhich furnishes electrical energy to 1 Slowing Rock, was in town Saturday, md tells The Democrat that for the i sixth time this summer the streets if the resort town have been thrown ' nto utter darkness as unknown prow. ers smashed the public lights with I ifle sh-*?. Friday night 45 of the amps were destroyed, a BB rifle be-1 ng used as the miscreants cruised hrough the town in the early hours >f the evening. Mr Rnhhinq Una ftffqroil o rqoli rq ward for information leading to the irrest of those who so wantonly satsfy their preference for darkness, and las bright hopes of ascertaining their dentity. Deeds Prepared for 3 i Sections of Parkway i RALEIGH, N. C.?Charles Ross, general counsel for the State High- i way and Public Works Commission, i said Monday deeds transferring the 1 rights-of-way for sections of the Shenandoah Mountains National i Parkway from the State to the Fed- i eral Government would be ready within the next month. Ross said he had informed the National Park Sendee at Washington he would have the deeds executed, recorded and other necessary steps taken to make the transfer of the following tracts: Section 2B to Air Bellows Gap, 7.7 miles. September 10: section 2C to Mulberry Gap, 10 miles, September 20; and section 2D to Horse Gap, 11.7 miles, September 30. MOC1 i Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei THURSDAY. SEPT. 5, 1935 . ?r. . ! | 11-3 1u t.1 miuf1a j rs Bound for Trouble Zone in 11 on Steamer Gange. vll *|, I" ire is no unusual scene here these sional troops for the Ethiopian war abarking on the steamer Gange. mctdirrr i rriaai i?l I Rib i IXiJibi1! MEETING FRIDAY Urs. M. H. Sbuniway. Department President of Auxiliary, to Deliver Address. i A special district meeting of the ' American Legion and Auxiliary Willi' c held in the new Legion hut Friday 1 light, September 6th, at 7 o'clock. All | seal veterans of the World War and j heir wives arc invited to attend. ' Special installation services are to ' le held and all jiost offici lis for ' he J oming years are to lie installed at 1 his time by Department Command- J :r Hubert Olive over Radio Stati in VET at Charlotte. All post officii Is if this entire district are expected '' o attend and all veterans and their ' Hives of Avery, Caldwell, Burke, Mit- ' hell and Watauga counties are in- 1 'ited. Sandwiches and coffee will be icrved by the Auxiliary and many iistinguished guests will be here. Mr:, vl. H. Sliumway, department presilent of the Legion Auxiliary. Lexingon, will be the principal speaker. Virs. D. W. Logan Dies in Winston-Salem Mrs. D. W. Logan, member of a irominent Watauga County family, lied at Win3ton-Salem Saturday light from a heart attack, having lever fully recovered from an operaion performed recently. She was 30 iears old. The body was returned to the home >f the mother, Mrs. Bynum McNeil, tt Zionville, where funeral services vere conducted Tuesday afternoon by Ftev. W. C. Payne and Rev. Roscoe rrivett. The body was laid to rest in ihe family graveyard where a large crowd of friends gathered to pay their respects. Surviving besides the mother are two children, Lucy Mae and Anna Belle Logan; four brothers, Grady, Toe, H. W. and .fames McNeil, all of tVatauga County; and six sisters: Mrs. S. M. Glenn, Missoula, Mont.; tfrs. George Jackson. Missoula, Mont.; Mrs. R. S. Castle, West Latayette, Jhio; Mrs. B. H. Castle, Canton, Pa.; Mrs. Glenn Moretz and Miss Annie McNeil, Zionville. Mrs. Logan was born and reared In Watauga County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bynum McNeil. She received her education at the Appalachian Training School In Boone and had made her home in Winston-Salem for the past six years, where she was floor manager at Silver's store. She was popular in hor home county as well as in Winston-Salem, and leaves a host of friends to mourn her passing. Projects Pile in as WPA Deadline Draws Nearer RALEIGH, N. C.?The rush to beat the September 12th deadline on project applications continued Monday at the office of George W. Coan Jr., State Works Progress Administrator. Coan announced here last night that he expected not less than $27,100,000 in applications would have been approved by his office within the next two days. He said State headquarters had received applications totalling $35,000,000. Projects approved yesterday by the State WPA brought to $17,000,000 the ] applications thus far approved and sent to Washington, he announced. Meanwhile in Chapel Hill Dr. H. G. Baity, acting director of the State Public Works Administration, said his office had received 130 applications for projects to cost 518.081,000. Mra R. C. Mabry of Concord spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John K. Brown. RAT ; - < ' ".'. i*' N> ' u'?<-f?^w5S3a8?M8BaflS $1.50 PER YEAR BROWN WILL BE IN THARftF OR TFVT titlt M JU VJL OKS IN COUNTY TOgjiii Attorney Will Collect tteuS and Receive Non-Att,^tcndance Reports. BOtl't i MAY BE READY '!|Y MIDDLE OF WEEK BrownWJI Be in Office of Superintendent Each Afternoon After 'i O'Ciock and All Day Saturday Taking Requests. Under the new State school book rental and distribution system, County Superintendent Howard Walker Announces that he lias secured the services of Wade E. Brown, local attorney, to work out the details of the system in this county, distribute the books to the principals of the various schools, and make the rental collections as provided by law. Mr. Brown will also be in charge of enforcing the school attendance law. All reports of non-attendance will be handed to hirn for immediate action. <2AK~?I i U(.>mui moss are expected to be ready for distribution not later than the middle of next week. The students are to make their requests for books to their teachers, the teachers to their principals, and the principals to the county superintendent. The rental fee is to be collected in the same manner. Students wishing to purchase books will send their orders iirectly to the county superintendent. This method will be followed stricty and it is requested that teacher3 md students offer their co-operation It should also be understood til at no 'ree text books are available, but Lhat ill are required to pay the rental fee to Die Leacher before the hooks can re released. Mr. Brown will be in the county superintendent's office each afternoon )f the week after 2 o'clock and throughout the day on Saturdays for taking care of book requests. Flower Show Will Be Held September 7th The Flower Show sponsored by the Ladies Missionary Society of the M. E. Church and Circle 4 of the BapList W. M. IJ? to he held in Lhe Quails Building on Saturday, September 7, will be open from 10 to 12 in tile morning for tlic purpose of receiving entries. The show will enter the flowers of any Watauga resident. Hours for the show will be from 2 to 5 p. m. and from 7:30 to 9:30. Attractive and useful prises will be given for the following displays of flowers: Best vase of dahlias, 3 or more blooms; largest and most perfect dahlia bloom; best collection of dahlias; prettiest bowl of asters; prettiest bowl of marigolds; prettiest arrangement of gihdioli; prettiest arrangement of petunias; prettiest arrangement of zinnias; most attractive arrangement of mixed flowers; most attractive arrangement of hydrangeas; most attractive arrangement of scarlet sage; best collection of wild flowers; prettiest potted plant; most attractive projects; decoration for luncheon table; miniature garden; window box. Sponsors cordially invited everyone to enter this show, and see what a wonderful collection of flowers can be grown in the Land of the Sky. J. R. Blair Is Now A Kentucky Colonel Mr. J. R. Blair, native Boone man but now a prominent furniture manj ufacturer of Thomasville, has been ! commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Ruby Bafoon, the designation having come in the nature of a complete surprise. Mr. Blair is a son of the late George N. and Mrs. Blair of Route 1, and a uromer or rl. iNeal tsiair or Boone. A CORRECTION A suggested purchase of the Coffey lot on Main Street in Blowing Rock, published in The Blowing Rocket for August 31, 1935, as part of an account of a meeting held at Blowing Rock last week, was entirely without his knowledge or authorization, it was stated to the Blowing Rock newspaper this week by the owner, Mr. Tom Coffey. The meeting-was held to i discuss the possibility of purchasing I the Coffey lot as the sitft for a town park, and was attended" by yearround and summer residents on Wednesday, August 28th, in'tie Mayview Manor ballroom. Since Mr. Coffey discla' Ms proposed purchase, the publishers of the I Blowing Rocket arc glsu to raaV this retraction through v \ . of the county newspape. { ing was reported witho as news of local inter ??e Rocket, whoso next sisu not appear until next June .ie Publishers, The Blowing Rock'i