I Col. Baldwin Rules
Against the Main
Politicians in Race
CXi.onel Pinkney Baldwin, who
vows he- will be 301 years old, "come
next old Christmas," paid one of his
infrequent calls at the Democrat office
the other day. told of his plana
to publish a book containing a firsthand
history of the world from the
Garden of Eden on down, spoke casually
of pleasantries exchanged oet-ween
he and George Washington,
as they occupied easy chairs on the
spacious piazza at Mount Vernon,
and proceeded to give the tow down
or. the political situation as one "up
in years" sees it.
Clyde R. Hoey, tile silver-tongued
oral or and candidate for Governor
had just finished delivering a speech
that had the folks talking, when Colone.
Baldwin propped himself on his
crooked walking cane, anil opened
up in confidential fashion, the while ]
'-v snuiea ins looacco between yellowed
molars which allegedly e.nab.t-d
him to masticate such food as
they had when he bore arms against i
lord CornwallLs in the days of the
"aid Revolution." Hoey, according to '
the tattered prince of patriarchs, is
entirety too young to be Governor of
such a great state as North Cro- i
Una. "He's not more *han fifty years |
olc. quoth the Colonel, "but I hear i
he's giving in his age at something j
more'n a hundred. If you can't de- i
pern.- on a man's word about his age, j
T don't think there's much to him.;
8fc His father told me not more'n five |
months ago that Clyde was only a j
la<-. rust turned fifty."
I The Colonel avcr3 that no man is
sufficiently settled to occupy the!
Governor's chair until he should have i
reached the age of 200. The young |
fellows, says he, are too unsettled j
for serious business.
When questioned as to the other;
leading candidate. Dr. McDonald, the j
Colonel set forth a merry chuckle,
which a grim visage quickly dispelled
"I wouidnt vote for that guy ii'
he was the last man on earth." and
a sort of righteous rage shook the i
drooping frame of the speaker. "Way
back, 'fore you can remember (guess \
you ain't a hundred yet) wc was ;,
fighting in the Revolution, men fall-j
an hooui, ana new ones necaoa. i
Old McDonald wouldn't fight a. lick j
I and laid In the rock cliffs till the I
war was over No 3ir, can't vote fori
hi/r-. he's got the age on him, but!
a Colonel in the war don't forget." 1
The Colonel agreed that the race |
was between Hoev and McDonald, de- J
clixied to comment on the other candid&tes.
and with a highly expectant]
'got a quarter by ye" started back j
to Boone'a Fork, where he says hs
settled as soon as he could get there,
aftw the Mayflower docked herself.
HEATED PRIMARY I
COMES SATURDAY
Many Democratic Candidates \
lor County Offices; Interest
In Governorship.
Saturday brings to an end the
most heated campaign for Democratic
nominations known over the!
state in many years, and lately con- ;
IvHTSBtinns about the streets of the I
town have been monopolized by pre-1
<liot.?ons as to who will win, parti- i
vulariy as regards the Governorship. !
lr: the county, wnere tne primary ,
law Is being applied lor the first!
time, seventeen strong men are seek-!
ing the Democratic nominations,
while two women and one man are
asking for the Republican nomination
for Register of Deeds. Copies of ballots
in all contests appear in the
current issue of this newspaper.
apparently the race for the state
offices is overshadowing the county
contests and few can be found wno
will make open predictions as to who
will win among the local citizens. It
is generally agreed that a group of j
strong candidates are filed, and that i
no landslides are in prospect.
Aggressive sentiment has manifested
itself locally in favor of both Dr.
McDonald and Clyde R. Hoey for
the Governorship, and both arc expected
to pile up a large vote in Watauga.
Sandy Graham will likely also
come it for a considerable number
of votes. Aside from the governorship
there is little interest in the
state ticket locally. No sentiment
against the renomlnation of Senator
Bailey is apparent, while thene is
some interest in the race for Secretary
of State due to the fact that
both Thad Euro ar.d Mike Dunnagan
have presented themselves to a number
of voters In-this section. Opinion
is that something like two thousand
votes will be cast here, but as to the
approximate number each candidate
may receive, one guess may turn
out to be practically as good as another.
4 11 BOYS AND GIRLS
TO 8WANNANOA CAMP
Miss Cleta Jones, home demonstration
agent and Assistant County
agent Hamilton, left Tuesday in
company with 40 4-H club boys and
girls for Swannanoa where they will
be in camp until Saturday. In the
party is a like number of young folks
from Avery county, and a specialist
is expected there from Raleigh tc
the class work, while the
evenings throughout the week will
be given over to recreation.
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WA1
An
1 VOLUME XLVII, NUMBER 48
~ The LANDOTv
TOPEKA . . . These pictures of '
Mrs. London, are recently taken port
first lady of Kansas. Republican frie
White House at Washington will be
BANK PROPOSAL ]
IS PROGRESSING'
i
Meeting of Stockholders of Wa-j
tauga County Bank Is To |
Be Hcid Today.
The meeting ot the stockholders of \
the Watauga County Bank held inj
the courthouse in Boone, North Car
Una, on Friday, May 29th, 1936, at j
2 p. m was recessed until Thursday, I
June 4th at 2 p. m. It being neces-!
sary that 66 2-3'/, of the stock be!
represented either in person or by
proxy, and because of the fact that
only about 62% '.vas represented, It
was decided that the meeting be recessed
until the above mentioned
date It was necessary for Mr. Hood, |
Commissioner of Banks of North
CaroHna. and Mr. John <3. Allen. |
Chief State Bank Elxaminer- to Sfc'.i
turn to Raleigh. R. M. Sasser of the .
State Banking Department is stilt At i
the Watauga County Bank and will!
be glad to answer any questions and
help in any way possible in connec-,
tion with the preferred stock which ;
was discussed at the special meeting ;
held on May 29. Mr. Sasser stated i
today that it appears that about i
68% of the stockholders have expressed
their approval of the plan;
submitted by the State Banking Department,
and that he believed that1
the plan would be approved by a I
substantial majority. Mr. Sasser also j
stated that each and every stock-1
holder was earnestly i-equested to be
present in person or by pi-oxy at the
meeting to be at the courthouse next
Thursday. June 4th. 1936.
Thousands of Farmers
Off Delinquent List
Columbia. S C.. Mav SO.?Pavment
of over $1,424,400 of state and county
taxes in North Carolina has removed
the names of thousands of
farmers front delinquent tax listsand
helped reduce farm tax sales in the
state to iess than half of the 1933
level, according to Julian, H. Scarborough,
general agent of the Farm
Credit Administration of Columbia.
Some 12,900 North Carolina farmers
refinanced their debts through
the Federal Land Bank and Land
Bank Commissioner since the Farm
Credit Administration was organized
and, in many instances, the loans ineluded
funds to pay back taxes owed
by farmers to local tax authorities.
The total amount loaned for the
purpose equals an average tax payment
of about $110 per farmer refinanced.
The $1,424,400 covers tax payments
in connection with $28,137,000 of
land bank and Commissioner loans
made in North Carolina from May
1, 1933 to January 1, 1936. About 5.1
per cent, of this amount was used for
tax payments.
Payment of back, taxes as a result
of Federal land banlc refinancing has
provided timely assistance to the
various counties to pay 9Chool teachers.
county officers and meet other
local government expenses.
CAT NURTURES RABBIT
'Mr. Russell Hampton of Bamboo,
in luwa oaiiuAuiy, atxya uiai iiin uuuae
cat, the mother of two kittens, recently
brought a tiny rabbit to the
nest, presumably for the evening
meal. Strange to say, some qualmof
conscience evidently smote the feline.
for rather than devouring the |
_Jlttle animal, she adopted it in motherly
fashion, and the baby cottontail
and the two fuzzy kittens are
regularly being nourished by the
mammy cat Mr. Hampton says there
is no discrimination noticed in the
treatment of the three suckling ba- j
bies. I
- . vjfldtos
Independent Weekly New
BOONE, WATAUGA COO!
IS OF KANSAS r
Governor Alf Landon and his wife,
rait studies of the governor and the
nds and supporters here think tne
their next honie.
TELEGRAPH LINE
NOW IN PROSPECT
Vice-President of Railway Promises
To Try and Get
Wire This Summer.
The chances of obtaining Western
Union telegraph facilities are brighter
than at any time, says Mr. H. W.
Wilcox, agent for the Linville River
Railway, who states that he has been
told by the company's vice-president
that he will try to get a direct line
into Boone this summer.
Tests have been nrade, says Mr.
Wilcox, to determine if the wires
being used by the railway into Boone
will satisfactorily carry the Morse
signals, and since it has been found
that they will, this fact is expected
to hasten the matter.
Mr. Wilcox, who has been handling
the. telegrams by telephone Front
Cranberry, states that since he came
to Boone less than three years ago
Western Union business lias inerens- j
,v) , hiindrnS .1 "'t Flfl,. ?' "J
UHU 1.111/ pel UUiil., OllU
he feels that with standard teie- J
graphic service there will be yet a
greatly increased volume of mes- 1
sages.
WATER SHORTAGE !
SEEMS INEVITABLE1:
i
Mayor Asks Citizens to Refrain! i
From Watering Lawns and [
Gardens For Present.
Due to the protracted dry weather j
and resultant burned lawns and;;
withered vegetable gardens, many
residents of the town have been using
city water for irrigation, and ;
Mayor W. H. Gragg desires to state
that if this practice continues the
city will soon be faced with a serious
shortage of water.
The supply of water at the intake
is quite satisfactory, according to
the mayor, but with the opening of
the summer term at the college and j
uic increased oruin on tne supply as
a result, there will be no water available
for lawns and gardens. He respectfully
requests the residents of
the town to co-operate In this instance
in order that the supply of
water for domestic purposes may not
be diminished.
Drivers Are Urged
To Secure License
W. C. Thomas, state highway patrolman,
calls the attention of the
Democrat to the fact that a large
number of automobile owners in this
section havq failed to secure their
driver's license. Mr. Thomas 3ays it
is imperative that this be done at
once, and states he will be at the
Standard Service Station in Boone
each Thursday from 10 o'clock a. m.
to 9 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of
receiving these applications or for
straightening out any difficulty
which might have been experienced
in this connection by motorists. He
will be in Blowing Rock each Friday
at the same hours and for the same
purpose. The Bcense fee is $1.00 plus
the fee for money order. It Is ex
plained.
DUGGRR A VISITOR
Mr. Shepherd M. Dugger, 82-yearold
mountain author was mingling
with friends in the community Saturday.
Mr. Dugger who has published
two books recently, states that
his newest work entitled "A History
of the Siamese Twinn," is now be-,
iivg published.
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spaper?Established in the
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HOEYIS HEARD IN !
CAMPAIGN SPECXH
Shelby Orator Greeted With Enthusiasm
As He Brings
Message to Loral Voters.
Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby orator and
one of the leading contenders for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
brought his campaign to Boone Monday
morning when a capacity au- !
dience at the courthouse greeted his j
deliverance with enthusiastic ap- ;
plause. The I^enoir High School band ;
was present, an amplifying system j
had been installed and many who
could not find seats in the courthouse j
listened to his address from the j
street.
Vl>- LJ ..... . ? - .1 ' - * -
??. cutciai lULU ?i Vigorous
defense of the Democratic party's .
record in the state of North Carolina ;
from the days of Charles B. Aycock, .
ami assailed Dr. Ralph W. McDonald. j
for having- had no active part 1n the !
defense of the party. "Even through i
the campaign of 1928," declared the ,
speaker, "when the democratic party
was engaged in a death struggle. ;
Dr. McDonald did not one raise his [
voice for his party, and didn't take
the trouble to vote i ,u.l 1932."
Mr. Hoey pointed out that since, ;
as a boy of 18. he championed the !
cause of William J. Bryan, he had j
strode up and down the state of j
North Carolina defending the party, !
at his own expense, and lauded the !
achievements of the; nine democratic
administrations since 1900.
'If the things Dr. McDonald says
about your party and mine are ti*ue,"
3aid the candidate, "we are not fit I
to govern the state and would be }
thrown out. If they are untrue, the
man making the statements is unfit
for the office he seeks." Mr. Hoey
continued his attack on his opponent,
likening the former college professor to
Herbert Hoover who spent most
of his lif not knowing what his political
faith .vas, and who promised
the people everything, even to Uie
abolition of poverty. { S)
"I am not going to make the peo-1 S|
pie of North Carolina a lot of pro-! j,
ntise.s impossible of fulfillment," he ! V
said. "I don't have to be Governor: ei
of North Carolina, out. I do have to ,,
retaih, my honor and my integrity, ' g
and this I am going to do." Referring ; ?
to the pales tax, Mr. Hocy stated j d
that he didn't like it, claimed no kin n
to the thing, either by Mood or mar- ?
riage. but believed tliat as an emergency
measure it was preferable to 3
the closing of schools over the state 1
)r to the shortening of the school y
terms. He did, however, state that )
he thought it best to remove it first C]
from the necessities of life, and take j f,
it away altogether as soon as possl-;
ble Referring to charges relative to | ,j'
1 political "machine" the speaker re-101
ferred to himself as a private in the I
ranks of the democracy, who had j
sad no official connection with the j f]
:ity of Raleigh, since he served in. g
the legislature during the adminls-j
(ration of "the illustrious Aycock." j ^
Mr. Hoey revealed in hurried detail I b
Lhe progress of the state during 36 o
years, lt3 roads, its schools, its institutions
for the unfortunates, its man- ,
jfacturhig, its agriculture and its I
position in material progress at the ^
head of the list of southern states, 1
and brought out that during
Litis rapid march of progress
the Democratic party had been at j
the helm of government in the commonwealth,
and defended it in characteristic
fashion against allegations
of his orincinal oDiionent.
Mr. Hoey declared himself in- un- J
equivocal terms for the old age pen- | a
sion act, for free school books for |n
the children of the state, and for! 1
the administration and policies of 'u
the Roosevelt administration. ''
The address marked the most en- c
thuslastic primary gathering In t
Boone in recent years, and the epeaker
wa3 interrupted frequently by applause.
Several Wataugans aocom- d
panied Mr. Hoey to Jefferson where a
he spoke at 1:30. before proceeding "
to Winston-Salem for an evening n
engagement. v
v
Poppy Sales Bring J
In Splendid Sums [,
The sales of paper poppies in the 11
county on memorial day brought in (
to the American Legion $65, accord-| v
ing to Mrs. Russell D. Hodges, who 11
was in charge of the sales in this J
community. Under present practices,, j
all of this money remains with the' c
Legion Auxiliary to be used locally t
for the benefit of disabled veterans j g
of the work} war or their families, i
tuts. nuugra in rnmuu ox uue AUX- \
iliary wUses to extend thanks to I (
all those who assisted so unselfishly 11
in the sales of. the flowers, and those !;
who so generously contributed. 3
OFFICES CLOSE SATURDAY
The offices at the courthouse ."ill 1
be closed during the day Saturday, I
it is announced, in order that the 1
hallway may be used as is usual, for i
the conduct of the primary election, i
Those who have business to transact i
should take note of this fact. i
MOCB
: Year Eighteen Eighty >DAY,
JL'.:-E 4, 1938
"THE BIG ONE" Ibo
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m * ^ 'Tc,
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Sff % :i. ) Govei
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p.rs o
| K?lar
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, . ? ... | said
j the 1
Ah Mullins, local grocer. in com- j taugc
pany with Mayor Gragg, soon after j sirspe
the former had taken the 22-inch (June
brown trout from the waters of j whicl
Elk River near Banner Elk. The iof Ju
fish weighed four pounds and. is j sons
the largest hooked by a local ang- { "T>
!cr this year. i licing
? | and e
SrArTifT/^t nnA^m*: (part.
friiiAuufl rnuvtrv
AS GARDEN SPOT "-"
J cause
Itudy Made by Home Demon- jaM<1
strut ion Agent Convinces One j jeno
of Garden Possibilities. hy Ih
era o
That Watauga is the "gardening" slott t
x>t of the world is evident from a olina
turiy recently made by Miss Cleta suspe
>nes, home demonstration agent for perioi
latauga and Avery, assisted by sev- that i
ral ladies of Watauga. The study ritorii
icals were served which included ve- tauga
etablcs either fresh, stored, or; exper
aimed, over a period of six months ! -it
uring the fall and winter when too I of th
lany homemakers feel that they J the G
lust resort to "paper-bag" cookery. ] that
The tabulation shows that Mrs. L<ee I the ;t
wift. with a family of six. served | mlasli
139 meals from her garden; while Jminei
[rs Dean Reese, with a family of [ crai
n ee. served 1078 meais which in- j week
luded vegetables. Five other ladies I fying
om different sections of the emir.- juror:
, utilized vegetables from their gar- board
ens for almost equally high numbers
r meals. jyt
The vegetables served included
abbngc, celery, snap beans, cauliower,
sweet and Irish potatoes,
recn and dried onions, carrots, pick- Mr
id beans, corn, peppers, pumpkin, ached
juash, turnips, rutabagas, cucuni- Arts
ers. ground; cherries, and perhaps j ercis.
ther garden vegetables. I Peabi
Mr
ALLEGE OPENS *!
Nortl
TERM ON TUESDAY ' 4
i ached
I mid reds ol Teachers Will Con- nlu"".
verge on Appalachian Cam- tfOI,G
pus for Summer School. june
Perhaps nd less tliar one thous- ferre!
nd teachers will attend the sum- dont
rer term of Appalachian State
'eachers College, registrations for ~
/hich will begin next Tuesday morn- op*
rig, according to the beliefs of offtials
at the widely-known Instituion.
Definite estimates on the probable ^
rirollment cannot be made however. Princ
lue to the fact that with the expan- Ame
ion of the plant, and increased dor- 8at,1<
nitory space, reservations are not
nade in advance in such numbers as nual
ras the case when accommodations
rere limited However it is generally tro<Jt
>elieved that this summer's term jof' ^
rill be fully as| great as those of day
he preceding summers, .when usual- a" v
y in the neighborhood of one thous- Gree
.n(l teachers were enrolled. dress
! son,
JAYS VITAL STATISTICS , [If
iECORDS YET INCOMPLETE j w..n
Tim nomoa llinuoonda trm.nn I _ -
111V. IIOIIIM Ul UIUUOUIIU^ J VUI It, 1 OU
leople under 23 years of age are not I grou
>n record at the courthouse. Some- Co
iine in the future it may be of Mrs.
p-eat importance for this record to a ca
>e available for reference. Mr. H. was
V. Horton, supervisor of the WPA turn
ilerical project at the courthouse is a
irging you to phone, write or call pre?
it the register's office and see that stati
four birth is properly entered. ans
The earliest strawberries might
.veil be shipped by truck but the later
pickings should move to market typi
by railway, believes W. H. Shearin. ]3M
assistant county agent of Columbus m j
bounty, who rode to New York with will
i truck load of berries to study their curr
condition on arrival. schc
LAT
k
Mi, S1.50 PER YEAR
S RULES TO
D REGULAR
OURTTERM
on Is Taken After Cons a! tain
of Local Bar Association
Monday.
S'ESS AMONG LAWYERS;
IL DOCKET IS LIGHT
jsonce ot Attorneys Utile Coo id
Done In Disposing or IJociiot,
Resolutions Say. Cons Id erahiR
Saving Cited.
? reguiar June terra of Wataumerior
r*mirt i*?
t - - "i . ivv t.j i/c uc1u
week as intended, the Board
>mmissioners in regular session
ay having voted to direct the
rnor to suspend the term, due
e illness of a number of attorwho
figure prominently on the
nt calendar. The full text of the
iition passed, is as follows:
he Board of County Com missionf
Watauga County, being in re~
session and holding its meetn
the 1st day of June, 1936, and
gearing to the satisfaction of
Board after consultation with
Local Bar Association of Wai
county, that is it advisable to
nd the holding of the regular
term of the Superior Court
i would convene on the 8th day
me, 1936, for the follownlg reathat
is to say:
lal some of the attorneys pracin
said court and interested
mpioyed as attorneys in a large
of the principal business or lttii
set for trial at said June Term
mfortunately seriously ill and
e to attend said term, and from
urther fact excluding these
s the civil docket is very light
would probably not consume
than one or two days of said
IT IS, 1-IEREFORE. resolved
e Board of County Comrmssionf
Watauga County now in senhat
the Governor of North Carbe
and he is hereby directed t?
nd said June Term 1936 of JSu
Court of Watauga county, for
in adltion to the foregoing mejus
causes tne oounty of Wawill
save considerable cost and
ise th eby.
is further ordered that a copy
is resolution -be forwarded to
iovernor of North Carolina, and
this resolution be spread upon
linutes of said Board of Co.ni>ner3
and that notice in. a proit
place in the Watauga Demobe
published in its issue of the
beginning Mav 31 1936 noti
all litigants, witnesses, and
3 of the action taken by said
Eggers Receives
His Master's Degree
. A. L. Eggers of Boone, ta
ulcd to receive a Master orf
degree at commencement ex's
to be held June 5 at George
jdy College for Teachers.
. Eggera is a major in the geoty
departntent. He is a member
te Peabody Graduate club, the
1 Carolina club and the Camera
5 commencement address m
[uled to be delivered by Dr. Cmpresident
of DePauw TTniversireencastle,
Xnd., at the eor.vocato
be held Friday afternoon,
5 In front of the Social ReligiBuilding.
Degrees will be cond
by Dr. Bruce R. Payne, presiof
Peabody College.
inish War Veterans
Enjoy Annual Picnic
gathering of more than ISO,
npally veterans of the Spanishrican
War and their families,
ered at the fish hatchery at
crwood Saturday for the ftnveterans
picnic.
lyor W. H. Gragg of Boone iniced
past Commander Leavitt
sheville, who made a memorial
address in honor of veterans of
vara. Capt. Capus White, of
nsboro devoted most of his adi
to eulogies of McKinley, HohDewey,
Roosevelt and other
es of importance during the
lish War, Both addresses were
received, and were followed by
mntiful basket dinner on the
nds.
immander Albert Watson and
Watson presented to the Camp
ke in red, white and blue, which
sold, and the $12.50 yielded was
ed over to the Auxiliary.
number of other guests were
ent from different sections of the
2, and several world war veterjoined
in the happy event.
TYPING CLASSES
rs. Christenbury will conduct
ng and short hand classes at
ne High School this summer as
jrevious summers. The classes
begin June 9 and will run con ently
with the college summer
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