I PARKS FEATURE
I SCENICHIGHWAY
Recrational Areas Are Planned
Along Blue Ridge Parkway
| Officials Say.
A program for wayside recreation
parks adjoining the Blue Ridge Parkway
has been definitely launched, it
[ was revealed in Richmond. Va., last
I week by Pederal officials. Aoquisiton
of lands for several parks in
Virginia and in Norht Carolina has
been negotiated and approved for
purchase by officers of the Resettlement
Administration, which is supplying
about $300,000 for land buying
ami partial development. Development
of these areas will be under
the supervision of the National Park
Service and in accordance with the
so-called master plan for the development
of the Blue Ridge Parkway,
now being constructed to connect the
Shenandoah and Great Smoky Moun
cams ..National parks. It is expected
that v/hen the first WPA allotments
for construction are released shortly
by the Resettlement Administration.
approximately 80 per cent, of
which funds will go directly to Che
employment of labor from the relief
rolls of neighboring counties.
Development of the parks will first
be undertaken in sections where the
Blue Ridge Parkway is now under
construction. Parks will be developed
on Bent Mountain, near Roanoke,
Rocky Knob, near Floyd, and Smart
View, near Smart Postofflce, in Virginia.
An outstanding North Carolina
mountain (Cumberland Knob), near
Galax, Va., ami The Blue Park, near
Sparta. N. C., will be the first parks
to be developed in that state.
The National Park Service officials
stated that the present program of
the Resettlement Administration is
a portion of a comprehensive park
plar. for 19 such units distributed
along the 500-mile mountain drive.
The Baie Ridge Parkway has been
routed through large sections of National
Forest areas along the Blue
Ruige. The program of tile Resettlement
Administration is intended to
supplement the regular parkway
right-of-way through the non-forest
sections of the parkway, with an lliitai
purchase of five parks totaling
12.000 acres of land.
vscmservation or the natural scencry,
including mountains or whole
groups of mountains, adjacent to -the
Blue. Ridge Parkway, is an objective
of the program in addition to the
provision of reerdation. Reforestation
?erosion control and other planning
measures will be employed to bring
back the one-time natural beauty of
many areas which have been despoiled
through exploitation for forestry
and agriculture.
Those reclaimed and beautified
sre-as will be administered as part
of the Blue Ridge Parkway and will
be made available to the tourist by
means of minor spur or ioop roads
along which parknig spaces will be
provided. From those points trails
Will lead to the interesting natural
features within the park. It is explained
that the parkway itself cannot
provide a complete enjoyment of
the mountain area to which it will
form a backbone of access. The restrictions
of modern road alignment
and grade, plus the desirability of
maintaining reasonable direction,
have largely determined the location
of tha parkway. Many of the most
ur.usual features of nature are to be
f rtii I"./"* i?i "+V? more ? x-_J_
...V luvtc i u^t'U JllOUIlIH1I1
areas where it has been found impracticable
to build the parkway.
The main developed facilites
within the parks will consist of picnic
areas consisted of individual units
with tables, benches and fireplaces
o! native stone and logs. Suitable
areas will be set. aside lor camping.
In some of the larger parks provisions
will be made for horseback
riding, fishing and swimming. Concession
buildings for gasoline and
restaurant facilites will not be provided
under the present program, it
was said.
Will G. Moody Dies i
From Short Illness
Will G. Moody, 47 years old, a
j good citizen of the Blowing Rock
section, died at his home last Friday,
after a short illness with pneumonia.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Brushy Fork Baptist Church
Sunday morning by Rev. Boh Shores
and Rev. W. D. Ashley and interment
was in the Hines cemetery near
Boone.
Surviving are the widow and six
sons and daughters: Mrs. Ivy Greene,
Margaret, Virginia, Verlee, Viola,
and Dwight of Blowing Rock. One
oi other, Mr. Ed Moody, of Adams,
survives, and one sister, Mrs. Mattie
Hollers of Blowing Rock.
Mr. Moody was well known
throughout this section where he had
always made his home, and held In
the very highest regard by all.
CATCHES LARGE TROUT
Mr. Ab Mullins, popular local grocer,
and persistent angler, has outdistanced
other followers of Walton,
aa was evidenced by a 22 54 inch
brown trout displayed at his store
last Monday. The fine specimen was
taken from the waters of Elk River
and weighed three and three-quarter
pounds. During the first three days
of the week Ab has caught 27 trout,
practically all of which were above
the average size.
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VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 46
America Thrills in !
| " ^ ^
NEW YORK . . . The inaugura
Europe and America, which becai
parture of the great German dtrig
nine scheduled round trips for 19;
Thousands visited the field at L.ake
Photos show two views of the Hir
ner, Commodore; and right Miss 1
American passenger to purchase a
M'DONALD ASKS
LOCAL SUPP0R1
Candidate for Governor Out
lines Ilis Views in Speech
At Court House.
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald. Forsytl
county representative and educator
who apparently is leading the fieU
in his primary race for the Gover
norsliip. addressed a sizeable and en
thusiastic audience at the courthous
last Thursday morning, dealt candid
ly with the issues of the campaigi
and asked those who believed in hli
policies to go to the poli3 under hi.
banner on the 6th of June.
Dr. McDonald dealt at length wltl
the sales tax which he is vigorous);
opposing, and termed it a tax on con
sumption, rather than on ability t<
pay He further submitted that th
Democratic state platform itael
pledges the parly against the retai
levy, and said the amount of mone;
raised by the tax could be replace*
with taxes on corporations and oi
dividends which go untaxed at th*
present. .The candidate upheld thi
enactments of the new deal and cri
ticised the state administration To
not co-operating in the matter o
social security and tobacco regula
tion.
Dr. McDonald castigated "ma
chine politicians" who occupy swive
chairs in Raleigh and pledged unde
his administration to bring about *
changed and more wholesome gov
ernmental condition. He praised hi
opponents from a persona! viewpoint
said no finer men lived in the stat<
but opposed thorn for "allegiance t
the machine."
The candidate's remarks were in
terspersed with rich humor and th
deliverance was well received.
DR. ST ANBURY HONORED
Dr. W. A. Stanbury, pastor of th
West Market Street Method!;
Church a t Greensboro, and
native citizen of Boone, wa
] signally honored by his cortgr<
gallon recently, when it was unanl
mou9ly voted to extend Dr. Stanbur
a six weeks vacation later on in th
summer. Dr. and Mrs. Stanbury wi
likely attend the World's Sunda
School Convention in Norway.
The lettuce crop of New Honove
county is selling at a fair price an
truck growers are in a happy fram
of mind.
OFFICERS NAMED
AT JUNIOR MEE1
State Officials Are in Attend
ance At District Meeting of
Order Here.
More than 75 delegates were pre*
ent for the district meeting of th
Junior Order held in Boone laf
Wednesday afternoon and night an
Monroe Adams, of Statesville, Stat
Councilor and Gurney P. Hood, Stat
Treasurer, addressed the enthusiast!
gathering.
The afternoon session was fe&tui
ed by the election of district offioei
aa follows: Wallace Gentry, EI
Park, district councilor; Richard Ke:
ley, Boone, vice-councilor; Russe
D. Hodges, Boone, Scc.-treas.; R. C
Isaacs, Elk Park, Conductor; E. I
Odum, Elk Park, warden; W. I
Stout, Elk Park, inside sentinel; .
: C. Sparks, Spruce Pine, outside ser
' tlnel; J. C. Canipe, Boone, chap'.ali
Mr. C.yde R. Greene of Boone wa
i again recommended for the post o
District Leputy, and it is expecte
that he will be elected at the stat
convention.
rAUGi
n Independent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTS
?
European Air Service J
tion of passenger air service between
me a reality upon the arrival and de~ v
;ible "Hindenburg" on the first o? her y
>u, luuuu America nigniy enthused. g
hurst, N. J., to inspect the huge craft. y
idenburg. Insert, left. Dr. Hugo Elcke- q
lelen Leisy of Peoria, 111., the first g
ticket for the return trip to Germany. 4,
RilES ARE HELD \
' FOR BASIL ANNAS"
Former Student at Appalachian s!
College Is Killed In Auto- j1
mobile Accident. ^
? - v
Granite Palls, May 11.?Funeral
' services for Basil Adams, age 20, of _
Saw Mills, who was killed early Sun- "
' day morning in an automobile accl"
dent near Wade3boro, were held this
2 afternoon at 3 o'clock at Mt. Zion
" Baptist Church at Saw Mills. Rev.
1 R. D. Carrol of Hudson, was in a
3 charge. 0
3 The death of the young man, who "
would have been a senior at Appala- 1
i cliion State Teachers' College. Boone,
f next year, occurred at 5 o'clock Sun- *
- day morning when the car which ho
j was driving overturned, left the^ *
e highway, and rolled down an emf
bankment on a curve on U. -S. Higt?3
il way 74, west of LiicsviHe, near '
V Wadesboro.
1 Young Annas received a fractured I y
11 skull, deep abdominal injuries, and a p
e crushed knee, when he was thrown J5,
b from the ear. Hi3 death followed 1
- within several minutes after the "
r wreck.
f Bane Smith, of Hudson, suffered n
- a broken collar bone, and Clarence
Julian, also of Hudson, minor cuts II
on ilia face in the accident. Smith "
1 is receiving treatment in a Mooresr
ville hospital.
a Surviving the Annas boy are his
- parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Annas, ^
s of Saw Mills, and the following
t, brothers and sisters: Carl Annas,
>, Fort Bragg: and Mildred, Harold,
o Bobby, and Doris Annas, ali of Saw
Mills.
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e Saturday Last Day *
Voters Can Register j]
c
e Mr. A. D. Wilson, county election
it board chairman, calls attention to n
a the fact that ail those who desire to n
s vote in the primary of June 6th,
must be sure they are registered,
I- since the books will not he open w
y again after Saturday. The following i u
e Saturday is challenge day. C
11 It is to be understood that all 1
y those who have previously voted In S
this county in a general election or
primary ure not required to register, tl
r only those coming of age since last c
d election, or newcomers who have re- s
e sided here for the legal length of ti
time. n
POPPY DAY WILL*
r BE OBSERVED HEREt
1- Legion Auxiliary to Offer Ked
Flowers For Sale in Honor
Of Veterans. t
u
I- l'oppy Day is to be observed in t
e Boone this year on May 30, it has v
it been announced by Mrs. Coy I. Bil- t
d lings, president of the American Le- p
e gion Auxiliary, anu the 'little paper c
e flowers which are fashioned by the
c disabled veterans at Oteen govern- j,
mcni hospital will be sold on the ^
streets for funds with which to aid
s these veterans and others in this lo- p
It cality who may be in need.
1- Sirs. Russell D. Hodges will be in j,
II charge of the sales in Boone and a p
group of other ladies will aid her in B
>. selling the poppies. Legion Auxiliary e
4. members bespeak the full co-opera- p
T. Hon of the public in the furtherance p
[. of this worthy work. p
1. _ 9
s The strawberry crop of southeast- n
f ern Carolina wttl be short this sea- b
d son due to the late, wet spring, the b
e subsequent dry weather and the pre-'v
valence of leaf diseases. t:
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paper?Established in tP
r, NORTH CAROLINA, THURS]
>EM0CRATS MEET;
GROSS CHAIRMAN
>elegates to State Convention
Arc Named at Party Convention
Saturday.
At an enthusiastic gathering of
le Democrats of the county Saturay
afternoon, a full slate of deleates
to the State Convention was
lioscn, and Clcve Cross of Boone,
as named as chairman for the enjing
two years by the executive
rmmittee.
Mr. Charles Hodges served as
-mpnrary chairman and Mr. Cleve
rosa as Secretary to the convenon.
VV. F. Miller, Clement McNeil
rad Henry Hardin constituted a nolinating
committee to propose dcleates
to the state convention. The
tilowing were approved by the consntion:
Jim Rivers, Joe Luther, W. R. Loin,
Roy Wilson. A. D. Wilson, W.
L Brown. T. L. Mast, Jack Horton,
am Horton. John Combs, W. S.
tiller, Don Hagaman, John Ward,
lyde Perry, D. J. Boyden, Wade
rown, C. C. Triplett, Clay Hodges,
oyd Welch, Dallas Edminsten, Nile
dolt, Marion Coffey, Walter South.
C. Baird, John Fox, Olus Mast,
ohn H. Bingham, J. R. Phillips, C.
. Hodges, Avery Greene, Harrison
aker, Henry Beach, G. C. Carroll.
Mrs. Honeycutt, Dora Strother,
/ilma Baird. Mrs Howard Edmintcn,
Ola Thompson, Mrs. Tom Millr,
Carrie Britton, Mrs. Clyde Perry,
r., Annie Dougherty. Eula Cowles.
.nn.ie Mae Sherwood, Mary Harris,
irginia Shipley, Lee Look&bill.
diss Hagaman Secures
Coveted Scholarship
Mr. Charle3 E. Hagaman, public
ccountant of Hickory, who was reard
in Watauga county, was a husiess
visitor tn Boone last week and
rings the intelligence that a daugh;r,
Miss Ne'.l Hagaman has all her
ork finished for a PhD degree at
Columbia University, and has been
ccorded a scholarship in the school
t philosophy, the only one awardi.iii
that particular branclt of the
jjtitution. The award gives Miss
raganian tlie advantage of a half
ear's work at Columbia with all exenses
paid, and is given her be
?uatr iter uiiusum urn nam scnotstic
record. Friends of the family
i the county are congratulating Miss
[agaman upon her fine achievelents.
iANY GUESTS AT
PUROL, BANQUET
lore Thau Hundred and Fifty
Enjoy Hospitality Eocal
Oil Dealer.
More than one hundred and fifty
specially invited guests were preset
at a banquet given Tuesday eyeing
at the Daniel Boone Hotel hy
se Pure Oil Company, in co-operaion
with the local distributors,
lodges Tire Company, and the eveing
was one of splendid entertainlent.
While the event was instituted
irgely as a geod-will meeting, and
ith an advertising angie. following
Te recent establishment of a Pure
>il bulk plant here, the banquet was
horoughly enjoyed and a general
ood time resulted.
Mr. Klrkpatrick, high official of
tie company, spoke of the newlyvolved
motor fuel, while the district
upervisor, Mr. Talmadge, a brother
a Georgia's renowned Governor, also
lade remarks. The talks dealt in
lege measure with the solvent used
i Purol gasoline, which it is said
limlnates carbon deposits in motors
nd results in economical operation.
/ital Statistics
Record Incomplete
The Works Progress Administraion
has a force of clerical workers
nder the direction of H. Walter Horon,
cataloguing and indexing the
ital statistics and it has been found
hat .the record of births is incomIete
in that the names of many
hildren are not on the record.
This 1st apparently a m o s
nportant part of the record and
he co-operation of parents is asked
i order that the discrepancy may
e remedied.
Children born since 1913 should be
iterested in having their names proerly
Inserted in their birth record,
0 both parents and children are askd
to please call at the office of the
legister of Deeds and see that this
irth record is complete, or mail a
ost card to H. W. Horton, Supervior,
Boone, N. C., giving child's
ame, parents' name and date of
irth, so that it may be checked. It
1 the desire of the project superIsors
that this important service to
he community might be well done.
Moqp
te Year Eighteen Eighty-jiMi
DAY, MAY 21, 1936 ??"
WINS AWARD El
Councill Cook Gets Havana Li
Cruise From Phiico
tT^Fik-inrgaiP'1' \ II,CIi
l^owfagSL-.^KSSKSaSBS^Tiitiira in ti
Mr. C. C. Cook of New River Light I w
& Power Co., local Philco Dealers ancl
who has just been notified that he ther
is the winner of a week's cruise to 000.<
Havana in the Philco Havana Cruise plan
contest. This Wation-wide contest was issu?
sponsored by Philco and the winners wer<
will sail from New York on May 24. hard
Seventeen dealers from the Caro- has
lina territory will make the trip on *
the "Monarch of Bermuda." luxuriorjQ
f
ous Furness-Bermuda line steamer, ~
which has been chartered by Philco ,)een
The winners will leave Charlotte, N. ''5s
C., May 23 on a ape cay. 1 Pullman ?
car for New York.
payr
This contest was nation-wide and surr<
Philco dealers from all over the Uni- |)cen
ted States and Canada competed for then
this wonderful trip. Over one thous- rjenr>
and dealers will be on board. othe
cost.'
AGED RESIDENT . TAKEN
BY DEATH ;ri
W. W. D. Edminst.cn Passes at
Age of S5 Years; Funeral the
"* Held Thursday. wtts
recti
A period of failing health extend- Guri
ing over a period of about two years Banl
resulted in the death of Mr. \V. W. his
D. Kdniinsten last Wednesday eve- Pi
ning. The immediate cause of his de- folio
mise was given as heart dropsy. | the
Death came to the venerable citizen Luni
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Will Graf
Hayes, on New River. Geo)
Funeral srevices were conducted
from the home Thursday at 10 o'clock W 1
by Rev. J. C. Canipe, Baptist minis- Jr
ter of Boone, and Rev. Mr. Watts, A1
former pastor of the deceased and direi
burial was in the family cemetery. cePc
Surviving is one daughter, Mrs.
Will Hayes and two sons. Hill Edminsten
of the state of Maryland and |y
William Kdminsten, who resides in *t-J
Montana.
With the death of Mr. Kdminsten
comes the loss of another of the
county's pioneer citizens. Although jyja]
slightly too young for conflict in the
j Civil War Mr. Edminsten was a po- tl
tent force in the rebuilding of the
devastated South, and established
himself as a model of good and con- Jc
structive citizenship. Mr. Edminsten ver,
was loyal in his religious beliefs, mar
charitable and kind as a neighbor, mor
and contributed in an abundant mea- deat
I sure to the general well-being of his and
' fellow man, his state and his nation, bus
lett'
[.Sheriff's Office Has ^
i Busy Saturday Night T
day
Sheriff Howell tells the Democrat ThL
; that he ami his deputies had a very "ier
active Saturday night. The fore part ra
of the evening was spent In a still u" '
raid, and after twelve the Sheriff,
his helpers and Patrolman Ingle cap- on
tured two automobiles, 74 pints of li- a-v
quor and brought nine prisoners to J
jail about four o'clock Sunday morn- 11001
ing. bringing the total up to fifteen
in jail over the week end. Four of
the prisoners arc young women, it racl
j is said, one of them being an escaped rcsi
convict from Kinston. a ri
This makes 90 odd escaped convicts 0001
and criminals captured by Sheriff *"?
Howell since he has been in office
for other states and counties. a
the
THRESHERS ASKED TO ^
SECURE LICENSE SOON ing
J
Miss Helen Underdown, Register slat
of Deeds desires to ask ail farmers cia
who expect to operate threshing ma- coll:
chines this year to come to her of- ced
fice and secure the licenses which senl
are required. The fee Is 50 cents. yen
c
KILLS BIG EAGLE Wil
Mr. Royce Lookabill of Deep Gap T
killed an eagle last week which had fine
a wing spread of seven feet and four fan
inches. His father, Mr. W. D. i-ooka- the
hill, was In town Thursday and ex- In
hibted the e talons of the bird, the
LAT
it
1 " 1 1,1 ?*
$1.50 PER YEAR
SDENDS MAY
I AGAIN PAD)
BY LOCAL BANK
;e Banking Commissioner
escnts Plan For Retirement
of Preferred Stock.
kN IS UNANIMOUSLY
PPROVED BY DIRECTORS
;rnl Meeting of the Stockholders
ay 29th; Belief 1? That Common
Stock May Sooa
Boar Dividends.
: a special meeting: of the Di>rs
of the Watauga County Bank
in the banking rooms at Boone,
'riday, May 15, at 10 o'clock, inisteps
were taken with a view
aciiitating and expediting the
emenl of the preferred stock.
oruigJSjr aoout tne possibility ol
;arly resumption of dividend payts
to the common share holders
hat institution.
hen the bank was reorganized
re-opened in September, 1934.
e was outstanding- over ?200.)0
In preferred stock. Under the
of re-opening, the preferred
t was to be retired as collections
i made on the old assets of the
Since September 1934 one-hall*
been paid, and there now remains
he preferred stock of the bank
.200.00 outstanding. The $100.>0
of preferred stock that has
retired in installment payments
entailed an enormous amount
rork on the part of the bank's
iais and employees, as with each
nent old certificates have been
jr.dered, new certificates "nave
composed and exchanged for
?, clerical work has been burome
and postage, printing and
r expenses have added to the
3.
illy cognizant of the large
unt of time and energy expended
he bank :n connection with these
ations, the State Banking Dement
outlined a plan whereby the
_irred stock could be handled scpely,
and thus relieve the bank of
.IvirHfln a? QM \UA!?5/ rl""V.'??ln?
? ?<_?. ?v. I 1*1.? plan
presented to the Board of Diir.s
at Fridays meeting by Hon.
icy P. Hood, Commissioner of
ts. and other representatives of
Department.
eaent at this meeting were the
wing officers and directors of
Watauga County Bank: Mrs.
i P. Bobbins, P. J. Carroll, S. E.
fg. L. A. Greene, President,
-ge P. Hagamar., vice-president,
R. H. Hardin, Baxter M. Lilnney,
,V. Mast, J M. May, R. C. Rivers
Paul A. Coffey, cashier.
11 of tin' officers and all of the
dors were present, with the exion
of Dr. B. B. Dougherty, a
(Continued on Page 2)
FOUNDGUILTY
IN BUS COLLISION
nslaughtcr Verdict is Returnimed
in Case Involving
Death of Two Persons.
>hn Jones. Greyhound bus drily;
us found guilty of involuntary
islaughter by a jury Friday
ning in Wilkes court for the
h of Miss Wilholminia Triplett
Mrs. Hubert Canter when the
he was driving and Miss Trips
car crashed headon 15 miles
t of this city on the Boone Trail
iway in October, 193.1. t
he jury returned its verdict Frimorning
after being out since
irsday afternoon and a recomidation
was made for mercy,
yer for judgment was continued
1 the June term of Wilkes court,
he trial consumed practically the
rc week of court starting Monmorning
and ending with the
rge to the jury Thursday afteri.
More than 100 witnesses were
1 by the state and defense,
he state alleged that Jones was
ng with Dell Richardson, Boone
dent, and that he was driving in
eckless manner when the crash
irred. Richardson is indicted for
same offense but the case was
reached. The prosecution alleges
: Richardson had driven around
bus and crowded Miss Trlplett'3
frnm thp rnnH fanolncr it +? ?
rve into the path of the oncombus.
ulius Minton, convicted of manighter
in the death of Jack Mcin
in an automobile-motorcycle
Laion, was fined $500 and sent onto
five months 011 the roads, the
tence not to take effect until Nolourt
adjourned Friday noon.?
he TV A triple superphosphate is
ling favor with Transylvania
ners especially where they mix
material with ground limestone
the proportion of 200 pounds of
lime to 100 pounds of phosphate.