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MRS. MARY BROWN DIES ON TUESDAY Well Known Boone Woman Succumbs to Brief Illness. Funerald Is Held Saturday. Mrs. Mary A. Brown of East Boone z passed away at the Wilkes Hospital f on Thursday morning;. June 4th, following a brief illness. About three weeks ago she became ill and was removed from her home near the college campus to the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. I,. Cook, on East Main street. Later she was taken to the Wlikes hospital where she passed away. She was seventy-two years, eleven months and twenty days old. i Mrs Brown was born June 24, 1863 near Absher. Wilkes county. North Carolina, in 1879 she was united in marriage with F. J. Brown. To thus union ton children were born arvd grow to maturity Funeral services were conducted I for her in the Boone Methodist Church Saturday morning. June 6 at 10:30 o'clock. Dr. J. D. Rankin was j in charge of the services, assisted by j the Rev. J. A. Yount of the Lutheran | Church. The Hon. W. R. Lovill dcltv- ' ercd Uie funeral address in which he I emphasized the strength found in the i modest, unassuming kindly character | q of Mrs. Brown. I ? Her spirit of neighborliness had' n attracted to her a devoted group of j 0 friends ar.d neighbors who often; J came tc visit with her in the midst ] o i^r v i.. v. mvi nuwera. n. was nero: u that young and old alike found in her ; li the symbol of the responsive friendii ncss of nature expressed in the fra- i w-> grant profusion of the variety of her j K flowers and shrubbery, tier flower garden was a reproduction of nature ! unspoiled by the artificial hand and [ whims of man Her flowers and shrubbery were taken from their na- J}) lural habitat on the mountain aides and by the trickling streams and transplanted to her garden. This mec-' en of flowers symbolised the cliarac- j tor of Mrs. Brown who loved ail tia- ; tuie'r children, both animate and In- j ho animate. It spoke more than words, P? iof her faith and love in th? eternal' '>c (Continued on Page 8) High School Summer i po Term to Open Tuesday: in | riv The Boone High School and the hL Boone Demonstration School will of open for their summer terms on next in Tuesday, June 16th. The term In each school will be for eight weeks. No to tuition charge will be made In the J t(l demonstration school. A fee of $3.00 j ?f for a half course and $5.00 for a full! ^ course will be charged In the high j er school. It i3 desirable that all who! care to attend enter as early as poa-1 ;l[ sible. The school day will open at j lc O . OA to.Oft P1M I o.ov unu tiuju in J11 '.vi'? auiu- 1 iiifr terms are open to any boy or! girl in Watauga county until the!'"' schools are filled. Stl 4-H Club Group Back ti-. From Week's Outing J.h ; ag About forty boys and girls, mem-1 tl< bens o? the 4-H clubs, have returned! *), from Swannanoa, where they were' ilf in camp during the past week and ] where classroom duties were pursued [ cc in the morning hours und the eve-! m nings given to various forms of rec- cc reation. ' j, Tlsose attending the camp, byjtr school districts, were: jot Green Valley: Tiielma Norris. Eu-1 la Norris; Deep Gap: Paul Miller, j w Kent Miller. A..F. Nichols, Austin ' ai Muretx, Coolidge Greene. W, M. if Greer, Anne Miller, Lois Hardin, Ruth P< Hardin; Valle Crucis: Murl Rum- er gnrdner, Councill Henson, Ear! Rowe, Ernest Rowe; Bethel: Elizabeth Kin- J caid, Irene Kincaid, Dorothy Far-1 thing, Fannie Clay, Margaret Perry, j Mild red Perry, Buster Wilson, Joe ? Farthing. j p< New Member of Police Force Is From Maiden !t d! Mr. F. E. Litten of Maider. has eI taken work as a member of the city V police force to succeed Mr. Ollis u who recently resigned. Mr, Litten s< has had a number of years exper- al ieonce in police work in Maiden and Newton and comes to Boone highly recommended as a thoroughly effl- 01 cient officer. He wishes to express ?-' In advance his appreciation to the f< people here for their co-operation in the faithfui performance of his du-l" ties a c; REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN PROGRESS AT CLEVELAND tl b Hie Republican National Conven- a lion is in full swing in Cleveland to- fJ day with the keynote address having been delivered Tuesday evening by "1 Senator Steiwer of Oregon, and most political observers believe that when the voting occurs Governor Landon will easily win the presidential nomination. <j Senator Stelwer's address urged a f "drive to put an American deal Into t the place now usurped by a self- t styled new deal," and invited uie aid and counsel of all Americans, regardless of political party. Lashing out at the Roosevelt Administration repeatedly the Oregon Senator nevertheless stayed dear of nominee and platform controversy within the convention. WA1 An VOLUME XLVII. NUMBER 49 Tiniest Baby Thrives I f " ' ' ;_ _ _ . i ? Mr ^^SHBF CHICAGO . . . uttle Miss Jacucline Jean Benson, above in the Inns of her mother, is now 5 Months ok! and weighs 7 pounds, Vi ounces. VVlien she was born amiary 14, she weighed a mere 12 unces, the tiniest baby ever to be orn. Photo was taken as Jacqueme arrived "at home." iONUS BONDS M A Y COME NEXT WEEK pccial Quarters Provided For Certifying Bonds; Wataugans Get $200,OeO. Veterans who wish to have their nus bonds certified at the Boone stoffice are instructed that the mis are being mailed out of Washgton the morning of June 15th and e expected to be delivered from the :al office on June 16th. The local stoffice will he ready to certify e bonds on the morning of the 17tli. ic to lack of space in the postof;e quarters. Postmaster Hartzog ates that he has secured the use the Junior Hall in the same buildg during the emergency period. inoae veterans who are not Known the certifying official will have prove their Identity. The Wataul post of the American Log-ion has sign a t.e>l a committee to assist vetaus in being identified. Patrons of both the rural routes al village delivery are also instrucd to be al home or at their mail ix to receive the bonds by reglsteri mail N'o person except the adessee can receive them. In case of :kncss or temporary absence of the Idressee the bonds may he held at e po3tofflce for thirty days, tt derery is not effected the first trip e carrier should be notified when ;ain to attempt delivery. Identifica>n has to be made in the receipt of e registered mail as well as in tving the bonds certified. Veterans in othor parts of Use mnty should have their own postaster certify their bonds and not ime to Boone. Any postmaster may v this and it will save time and owklo t.> rl\a s>afn>nm qa via tha fice at Boone. It is possible that, not all bonds ill be received on the date stated id veterans should understand that they are not received then that all tssihle haste \vtil be made to delivthcm as soon as -possible. tonus Payments Will Reach $200,000 Here Watauga county veterans arc exited to receive between one hun ed and seventy-five and two-hun ed thousand dollars in bonus bonds, le first of which should arrive Tuesiv, June 16 according to word giv1 out by Legion officials. Postmas r Hartzog is arranging for the esiblishment of a certification office, > that the bonds may be certified :rd sent to the paying office lmlediately. A special meeting of all veterans ' Watauga county has been called C the American Legion hut in Boone >r Friday night, June 12th, at whlct rne it is expected that members ol le local postoffice force will b< ble to explain in detail the certlfi jtion and payment of these bonds * 4. 1. 1 J'nis approximate^ iwu uunuicv. lousand dollars should stimulate usiness throughout this section t< is unusual amount and all business tumid benefit by this payment. ["hanks People For Orderly Behavioi Members of the police departmen !esire to express their appreciatioi or the fine conduct of the Severn housands of people who thronge* he streets Sunday during the tim he county singing was in progress t very few arrests were made fo mblic drunkenness, but even in thes :ases there was practically no disot lerliness. Policeman Lltten believe hat he has never witnessed such arge gathering- with as little la-v dotation. :aug Independent Weekly Ne\ BOONE, WATAUGA COUI HOEY HASSLIGHT LEAD AS RETURNS ARE NEAR FINISH Shelby Lawyer Only Four Thousand Ahead of Dr. McDonald For Governorship. SECOND PRIMARY SEEN AS VIRTUAL CERTAINTY Bailey Apparently Winner in Senatorial Race; Lieutenant Governorship and Secretary of State Remain Undecided. THE LAST WORD A tabulation] of the complete returns in the primary election indicated Mr. Hoey was leading Dr. McDonald by 4,4^1 votes, the complete check giving: Hoey, 193,935; McDonald 189,151. Unofficial returns from 1,809 out of 1,856 precincts in Saturday's primary gave for governor: Hoey, 189,"70A - -?o=oeo. r* ? ~ ?v?-K, lUbj^vnaiu , uraiiaui, 125.135; McRae, 6,487. With Hoey far short of a majority in the four-cornered race, a second primary July 4 was assured when McDonald's headquarters announced he would exercise his privilege and call for a run-off contest. Senator Bailey Wins Senator J. W. Bailey, who did not make a single campaign speech, appeared to have been renominated in Saturday's primary along with seven of the state's 11 congressmen who had opposition. The senatorial campaign was devoid of a ciear-cut issue. I A tabulation of returns from 1,060 precincts gave Bailey 207,256 votes; R. T. Fountain, former lieutenant governor, 147,769; William H. Griffin. 79.744 and David L. Strain. 11.802. Bailey's opponents charged that he did not support the new deal, but Bailey replied in a statement that he voted for the administration on virtually every bill. Besides the governor's race, in wui|j*ctc i v<-ui no MUHvavi-U liiciv ! would also be run-off contests be tween Paul Grady and W. P. Horton (Continued on page 8.) I FINE PROSPECTS i AT BLOWING ROCK Unusually Active Tourist Season at Famed Resort is Seen As Almost Certainty. I Blowing' Rock is destined to have the best tourist business in perhaps ten years, in the opinion of Mr. C. S. Prevette. prominent real estate man of that place, who states that already more than one-third of the cottages oil the mountain have been rented, and that visitors are flocking to the inns and hotels in very large numbers for this early in the season. Resides, it is revealed that new buildings and improvements being j made on existing ones have provided j an early summer building program ! at the Rock which will likely exceed j $50,000. ! All the hotels and inns are oper with the exception of Mayview and Green Park, which will open on the : 18th. The Mayview annex is alreadj open. i ANGLING EVENT AT BANNERS ELK Captain Bill Combs to be Ii I Charge of Fisherman's Jubilee on Elk River. ' Banner Elk, June 5.?Captain Bil 1 j Combs, well known engineer, ex :jpiorer, conservationist and writer, J J will handle the Elk River Trout Dcr ! by, fly-casting contest, and fisher j man's jubilee to toe staged at Bannei " j Elk on the Elk River in Avery coun i ty, N. C., Juno 11-12-13, and ha 1' been given leave from his currcn ! duties with Pisgah National Fores > to handle these events. ' Cap't Bill, who has hunted an. fished from the equator to the Arc tic Circie, stated that be would han j die the events on condition that the; i be strictly amateur, giving ever; " j fisherman and his equipment I nbanna <v\inrtatf> OTY/i Vlr* had Ifli t j out the course, and set the rules cc 11 cordingly. * I Excitement among the fly-caster * i and trout fishermen, who have tla e : preliminary tip-offs on the comln L | contests to be staged on the Elk, I r j running high, and they are lookin e | forward to the three days fishin ; derby, and fly-casting contest, wit 3 i keen interest. Pinnacle Inn at Banrn a j Ely, will be headquarters for tii v j events, and entries and reoervatior | are coming in already. A Dl vspaper?Established in TTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TK FACE SECOND I Clyde R. Hoey. left, who mainta cipal opponent. Dr. Ralph W. Mcl the gubernatorial nomination Sa liave announced that a second pri Saturday, July 4. BANK PROGRAM 15 GIVEN APPROVA Committee Named to Distribu Assets Belonging to Group Preferred Stockholders. A large majority of the stockln ders of the Watauga County Bai in special meeting Thursday vot to approve the plan previously a nounced to expedite the payment the preferred stock, represented the old deposits of the bank. Since all deposits made since t! l opening of the bank are insured 1 the Federal Deposit Insurance Ce poration, it became necessary to co template a settlement with the o depositors, the supervising authoi tica having refused a request to p I mlt the distribution of further pa ments to the preferred stockholde until some suitable plan was adopte The plan graining approval, provid that certain assets, including SIC 000 in cash, be turned over to fi1 trustees who in turn were to ele a competent person to convert : the assets into cash as rapidly possible and make distributia Clyde R. Greene, W. F. Miller, Go don Winkler, A. E. Haraby and \ M. Thomas were elected and m Tuesday evening- for the discuss!* of the actual handling of the asse to be acquired in behalf of the pr ferred stockholders. The minutes of the stockholde meeting have been forwarded to t! state and federal authorities ai final approval is expected within t next few days, after which the tru ! tees will secure proper quarters a I office equipment for handling t ' assets. The proper machinery f ! handling the business should be s i in motion within thirty days, it I said. IcOUNTY SINGIN DRAWS THOUSAND II lingular Vocal Event Vrovid City With Largest Crowd in i; A Number of Years. 'I ... . . ... : I What has been estimated oy soi '' a3 the largest crowd ever to gatt in Boone, assembled for the ser annual singing convention held the courthouse Sunday. Seve: thousand people walked about t streets during the entire day. onlj small percentage of the attendai i finding even standing room in 1 auditorium where the actual sii , ing occurred. A number of claa were in attendance and the progri was thoroughly entertaining throul out. So orderly was the great throng 1 people! that the police departm " took occasion today to publicly ths the visiting friends for their 3plei> " demeanor. The next singing is scheduled r be held here earty in October. t Local Men Attend Funeral Dr. Burn ^ Messrs. Clyde R. Greene, C. " Tea! and Dr C. L. Rhyne expect go to High Point today for the tf ^ eral of Dr. John T. Burrus, St y Senator and recently elected pr< a dent of the State Fair Tax Assot ^ tion. Mr. Greene is a director i Mr. Teal a member of the ad vis committee of the association and i s serve as honorary pallbearers at J > s ? iunenu. g Dr. Burrus died Monday froo Is heart attack and had not prevka g been ill. He was one of the most g portant figures In the last sess h of the State Senate, had been l :r quenfcly mentioned as a gubernato ie possibility, and was rooognlzed is an authority oa taxation and ot . governmental problems LMOfc] the Year Eighteen Eigh^^-,i URSDAY, JUNE 11, 1936 '"^V; PRIMARY BATTLE M i '-' |? j linPrl u lAn^l (%f A JAR jtokoo <??? V?ir? ? :?> I * - ? ?.u rx.o ! Donald, right, in the primarj' battle for j c turday. Dr. McDonald's hearquarters t mary will be asked, which is to be held < I i FEW VOTES CAST ~f L BY REPUBLICANS!; | ( te Miss Maude Powell is Nomiuat- j ] d as Candidate for Register j i In Only Contest. )!- - " i 1 ik Miss Maude Powell of Blowing < ed Rock was chosen Republican caiwli !: n-1 date for Register of Deeds in Saturof day's voting, liaving had a clear main jority of the few ballots cast in the ( three-cornered race, the only content h m which the Republicans became on- i oy gaged. r. According to the official returns I n- Miss Powell received 102 votes In the ,ld county. Honier Greer 34 and Miss I ri- Neva Calloway 53. For all the other 1 ir- offices on the Republican ticket y- there was only one candidate, thus 1 rs eliminating th-: necessity of general ] d. Republican participation. REGISTRATION AT r.t i 21 COLLEGE IS LARGE .n. J ir- 705 Enrolled for Summer Term ( v | in One Day; Constitutes 1 ** Record Registration. Seven hundred and five students | ' e* were enrolled for the first summer term at Appalachian College Tucs- * rs day, breaking' ail records in the his- j he torv of the institution for a single ncl day's registration. Wednesday morn- ' he ing- large numbers of students were 3- yet being enrolled and registrations nd will be quite heavy through the next 1 he day or two. Officials believe, that or something- more than one. thousand >?t will have been registered when the is enrollment is complete, 800 registered for the first summer term last ( year. About 80 per cent, of the en- J Grollment is men. Regular class room work started j j Tuesday morning it is stated with the i |Vk regular faculty of forty members at. i U i tli?> 1 ? nncfo nr/I wjith the fAtlowinc I added teachers: Dr. Dickinson of) es P'-aV.rv:iy Cc.U$g&; Prof. T. H. Mc-1 Gregory of Robeson county; Prof, j B. a. Holt of Liberty, N. C.; Miss \ Myrtle Brandon of the "University of [ lie Mississippi. S TELEGRAPH LINE n IS NOW REALITY tee die Telegraph Service Expected to rig- ! be Available Here Latter 5es ; Part of Week. im ?h- ; Mr. H. W. Wilcox, manager here for the Western Union Telegraph of Company, who has been transmitting ent telegrams by phone to Cranberry, .nk gives out the information that Tuesdid day morning men began the construction and improvement of lines, in to order to institute a direct telegraph wire to Johnson City. Mr. Wilcox states that this service should be In effect the latter part of Urn week j or the first of next. US Mr. Wilcox has been able to secure this needed service after a hard fight W. on the part of his office and others co concerned, and is happy that his efun fort3 have materialized. The officials ate have been promised an increase in I si- revenue with the improved service, :ia- and the town and county are asked uid to do all they can to show their apory preciatlon for the improvement, will the BANKHEAD IS NAMED SPEAKER OF HOUSE 1 a Representative William Bankhead isly of Alabama, has been named as ^rn" speaker of the House of Representat'on tives to succeed Speaker Joseph tre" Byrns of Tennessee, cut down last ft?* week at the height of his career by 43 a sudden heart attack and cerebral *ler hemorrhage. Funeral services were conducted in Nashville last Saturday. -jjji . h- ' f RAT grHt . $1.50 PER YEAR EEM AND MILLER HIGH IN PRIMARY; EDMINSTEN WINS Vliss Undcrdown Candidate For Register; McNeil. Billings, Edminsten Commissioners. LANDSLIDE FIGURES FOR BOTH HOEY AND BAILEY Heavy Voting Marks Saturday Primriry; State Senate Race Not Determined by Majority; Total Figures State and County. Roby T. Greer had a plurality of he votes cast in the five-way race or the state senate at the conciuuon of the primary balloting Saturday, and W. F. Miller had a heavy najority over L. T. Tatum for the lemocratic nomination for the house >f representatives; Miss Helen UnJcrdown won the nomination for register of deeds and A J. Edminsten for sheriff. The candidates for commissioner are Eller McNeil, Coy I 3iliing9 and Ira Edminsten. In the race for the Senate Wade E Brown is entitled to call a second orfniary, due to the fact that R. T. 3reer didn't pile up a majority. However as this is written, Mr. Brown las declined to make further comment than is contained in a prepared statement published elsewhere in tiie Democrat. The total vote in the county race is divided among the different caniidatcs. follows: For State Seiuitor Jharles T. Zimmerman 223 V. A. Dcaton 160 tV ad e E. Brown -548 lohn E. Combs 67 Roby T. Greer 747 1' or ilousr of Representatives . T Tatuin .421 iV. F. MUler 1214 For Register of D?-ds rlelen Underdown 1362 VCrs. Ruth Isaacs 316 For Sheriff 3. B. Mast 720 V. J. Edminsten 927 For County Commissioners J U Triplett 277 Mollis Greene 370 fVvety W. Greene 488 Biter McNeil 1407 '.toy T. Billings 1210 :ra Edminsten 1046 Hoe.v and Bailey I>.-ud In the state contest Watauga vox-re leaned heavily to the candidacy >f Olyde R. Hoey for the Governorship and that of Josiah W. Bailey for the United States Scr.ate. Following is the total number of votes sast locally in each instance on the state ticket: For U. S. Senate Josiah W. Bailey 1263 Richard T. Fountain 280 David l. strain 13 William H. Griffin 47 For Governor Clyde R. Hbey 1381 Dr. Ralph 'McDonald 281 Sandy Graham ... 81 3ohn Albert ifcRae i. 8 For IJeutenant Governor George McNeill .567 Wilkias P. Horton... 437 Paul G radv .413 For Secretary of State Thad Euro 468 M. R. Dunnagun 197 Stacey W. Wade 782 For Auditor Charles W. Miller - 91 Geo. Ross Pou 1008 Baxter Durham - 353 Willard L.. Dowel! _ 88 For Treasurer Charles M. Johnson 1147 Helen Robertson Wohl 242 For Superintendent Instruction A. B Alderman 217 Gilbert Craig... 151 Clyde A. Erwin 1053 For Commissioner Agriculture William A. Graham OSS W. Kerr Scott 444 S. D. Wilson Dies At Beaver Dam Home Mr. S. D. Wilson, prominent citizen of the Beaver Dam section of the county, died Friday evening, it was learned by the Democrat Just "prior to press time. Dropsy was given as the immediate cause of death, deceased having been in poor health for about four years. He was 67 years old. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Wilson graveyard where a large crowd gathered to pay their respects. Rev. Ed Earthing of the Baptist Church was in charge of the rites. Mr. Wilson was never married, and the nearest survivors are three brothers: Raleigh Wilson, of Reese, Jeff and Marion Wilson of Eubanks, Ky. Deceased was the son of the late Marion Wilson and was born and reared on the same farm on which he died. He was a farmer by occupation, a member of one of the leading families of this county, and lived a life of useful service to his fellowman and country.