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BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Spenders of Yesteryear
A U7:*u ?:u:?^
vxvuc it mi asi^-ax i#iuavuj j
Paris Hotels Empty
j England Learns Also
Europe learns that political experiments
coat money. England decided
to prevent Mussolini taking Ethiopia.
camping along the imperial British
highway, and controlling Lake
Tana, source of Nile water. The attempt
faiied. England backed out
of that situation, hastily, after her .
war department had assured our socalled
war department in Washingtor,
'.hat Mussolini could not possibly
conquer Ethiopia in less than three
years, probably not at all.
When the dust had settled and
England, with her chicken-feed assortment
of 51 league nations, had
apologized to Mussolini and tossed
Haiie Selassie into the waste-basket.
England found her foreign commerce
much damaged. She had missed
Mussolini, and shot herself in the
pocketbook.
For a little while she will copy
Job; "I will lay mine hand upor.
.ay mouth. Once 1 have spoken . . . j
yea twice, but I wili proceed no fur- t
ther
Paris, which is France, decided <->!
sing and dance a new carmagnole 1
with Russian dressing: clenched fists;
raieeo in air a la Kusse; red flag f
waving: the doleful strains of the1
Communist hymn, lTntcrnationale, j
and its Communist injunction, "Arise, I
ye Prisoners of starvation." excel-,
lently sung from the Arc de Triomphe
to the Place dc la Bastille.
You can hardly imagine what fire, fury
and enthusiasm thousands of
young and old French gentlemen put j
into that hymn, although many of I
them showed few outward signs of
starvation.
There were, and are, manifest a- j
tions everywhere. Now in th > chain-1
ber of deputies. Monsieur Gaston ^
Gerard, practical French statesman',
asks. 'What has become of our for- j
cign tourists and their spending;
money ?"
u
M. Gerard tells the deputies some-j l<
thing must be done. In 1U27. 2,125,- J tl
000 foreigners from all over the j h
world visited France, spending much i I.
money. Visitors now number only
TOO,000; as a rule with little money 3
to spend?oysters containing no v
pearl; many that come to help sing e
I'lntcrnatlonale bring no money. i_
Foreign visitors, aavs M. Gerard, T
used* to give highly paid employment, h
to halt a million French men and n
women; spent 500.000,000 francs for t!
French railroad and steamship si
tickets; scattered throughout France c
from lit to 15 thousand millions of n
francs.
Fifteen billions, even in francs, u
are "real money" here. M. Gerard 11
tells the chamber French prices are tl
too high. There is something in that, T.
with the four-cent franc costing six g
to seven cents in the United States c<
a comic-opera siluation, considering'
the relative wealth of the two na- y
tiona. 3
M. Gerard thinks there should be b
some cabinet official to look after y
foreigners, with better propaganda d
and fewer vexatious taxes on for- a
eigners; there is nothing in that. t 1<
Foreigners do not voluntarily a
travel and spend money where they c
feel they are not wanted. The cos- E
inopolitan, educated Frenchman is
as polite and hospitable as ever, e
but ask him what sort of reception p
the crowd gives to the foreigners, s
British especially. It offends the h
British ear to hear A has les Ang- f
Us!?"Down with the British!" b
An innocent American, in an Inno
cent average American automobile, g
sallied forth on July 14 to help *
France celebrate the destruction of
the Bastille, and perhaps give a few
feeble cheers for Lafayette, or Woodrow
Wilson, or somebody.
Great crowd in the Champ3 Ely- d
sees, especially around the innocent
American car, with new paint, shiny
chromium and several cylinders. A f
polite policeman says monsieur ()
should know better than to appear
in a car of "grand luxury" on such
a day. Such luxury cars you may f
see by the thousands and millions on
American roads. ^
Nothing happens to the car of v
grand luxury; it crosses the Avenue s
of the Champs Elysees, about 300
feet, in less than twenty minutes.
The Frdhch, newly self-identified as
"prisoners of starvation," are inter- g
ested in the auto American, which t
is careful not to bump anybody.
The bourgeois, the "rich," an ex- t
tinct species, although it does not t
yet know it, are nervous. In a va- g
gue way they feel that they are held ^
responsible for all those "prisoners c
of starvation." with their stroner
voices, deep chests, powerful fists
and pink complexions. t
SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED t
TO 4-H CLUB MEMBERS i
A one-year scholarship to State
College will be awarded by the lsjQtlonal
Cottonseed Products Assocla- <
tion to the North Carolina 4-H club ]
member who grows and exhibits the 1
best dairy calf at the State Fair this i
fall. 1
WAI
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VOLUME XLVIII. NUMBER 7.
j Drought Caltlg Invadf.
r-sx v . - . . ; , .
Hungry cattl.e whose rangelands are
finally invaded the state capito! groi
last week, nibbling at such sparse gi
scorching heat which grippe:
FATHER AND SON (
STUDY AT DUKE
'rof. Hoy Dotson and Son Of! p
Boone Continue Their Educational
Progress.
Durham, Aug. 15?A futher and
cm who in 1933 received their haclieir's
degree together are continuing lheir
3ide-by-aide educational prog- ^
ess In study this summer at Duke f'
Iniversity. *"
The fattier, Roy Dotson, of Boone, -D'
operintendent of the high schon! diision
cf Appalachian State Teach- |
rs' college, and the son, Hugh Hight ?
totson, teacher of English in the
lurharn central itinior hlvh school.
ave virUiaiiy -Mraplpiei require- "
lents for their master's degrees B
iirough three consecutive summer H
essions at Duke. They expect to re- el
eive their degrees together at Duke's ?
ext commencement. "
Tiiree years ago the two were grad- f<
ated from Appalacliian State with
lie hachelor of science degrees. At ''
lie same time, a daughter, Mrs. Oia n'
K>t3on, of Concord, received her de- w
ree, and her son was the etnas mas- a
:>t. tl
Mr. Dotson is 51 ana hi3 son 23 j'
ears of age. The father, a public
chooi teacher and official for a iium- ''
er of years, had lacked but half a
ear receiving his degree when he '
ecided to complete his undergradu- ?
te requirements and receive his '
mg-deferred diploma with his son 0
,nd daughter. The father has speialized
in education and the son in c
;>igli3h. e:
With the completion of their mast- e
r's degree requirements the two will
art ways as fellow students. The
on plans to continue courses lead- p
ig to the Ph. D. degree, white the tl
tiuier lULcnus v.o uevoie tin ms nine v3
his professional work. n
e
>aralytic Stroke l? "
Fatal To Ben Miller *
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Ben F. Miller, aged 57, well-known
itlzen of the Laxon neighborhood,
led at hie home Monday as a result I
f a stroke of paralysis.
Funeral services and burial were at
Hot Mountain Baptist church Tuesay
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Two sons survive, Elmer of Boone
nd Emery of Laxon, together with C
ivc brothers and one sister: Harrion,
Tilden Miller, Laxon; Wayne
filler, Fleetwood: Jim Miller, Idlc/ild;
Charlie Miller, Brown wood and
frs. Bettie Blair of Butler, Tenn. v
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ANOTHER STILL SEIZED a
Tuesday evening Sheriff Howell a
ind his deputies seized a whiskey dis- I
illery and destroyed a quantity of t
?er in upper Meat Camp township, y
hus bringing to sixty-nine the num>er
of such outfits taken by the f
heriff during his tenure in office, t
[Tni-ty-eight men have been arrested
in connection with the operation c
>f these plants. r
Six stills and five men have been f,
alien within the past seven weeks, r
ind the sheriff states that the coun- t
:y bastile has been crowded with f
irisoners during the past 30 days. j;
t
RETURN TO CALIFORNIA i
Mrs. E. P. Marshall and two small g
ihildren, E. P., Jr.. and Mary Ma,
eft Friday morning for their home v
;n Santa Maria, California. They c
vera accompanied by Miss Maude j
Mcretz, of the Meat Camp section, s
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AUG,
idependent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA COUXJ
: .'d.as;
: now barren dust-covered plains, j
inus at Bismarck, North Dakota,
rasses as had survived the
i the state for week3.
j
COLLEGE HONORS :
ONE OF TRUSTEES i
i
'ortrait Of Governor W. C. .
Newlanil Is Presented Tues- ,
day With Ceremony. i
Hon. W. C. Newland, chairman ot i
le Board of Trustees of Appalachian ;
ollege and often referred to as the i
ither o! Appalachian, was signally 1
snored Tuesday morning when his 1
nrtrait was presented to the college I
t special chapel exercises, when in '
Jdition to the students, a number <
r persons from other points attendJ.
1
The handsome oil portrait was pre- I
inted in an aoproiirial$i,(u^li,esa by|i
. l>\ Williams, Lenoir ftfUJi-iihy, whH6 j1
ion. Ulyde Erwit:, State Superintend- 1
id. received it for the college. Dr I
ougherty and the other members of <
le hoard of trustees were present
>r the exercises. <
Mrs. Rufus L. Gwyn, well known '
enoir artist and friend of Govcr- '
or Newiand, painted the portrait, '
hich hangs in the college chapel
longside those of other leaders in 1
te establishment of the college. The
nrtraits of Dr. B B. Dougherty and
ic late D. D. Dougherty, were aiso '
ainted by Mrs. Gwyn.
In presenting tlie portrait Mr. Wilams
briefly reviewed the active life
f former Lieutenant-Governor Newnd,
and called attention to his vigrous
fight in the legislature of 1903,
jr the establishment of Appalachian
ollege, and of his continued interst
in the institution and in the genral
cause of education.
In conclusion, Mr. Williams said:
"Dr. Erwin and Dr. Dougherty, I
resent this handsome portrait,
lirough you, to the State of North
larolina, with the full assurance on
ly part that, while portraits of othr
distinguished citizens may adorn
tiese walls, none of them will repesent
men who love the mountains
nd their people more than he, whose
keness it is?the Honorable William
alhoun Newiand."
rVATAUGA MAN IN
VIOLENT TYPHOON
?. C. Mast Of Valle Crucis Was
Member Of Crew Of Dl-Fated
Geodetic Survey Ship.
G. C. Mast, Watauga County man,
fas a member of the crew of the
'athomer, coast and geodetic survey
hip, which was on the rocks at Port
Ian Vincence, en Liic northern tip of
/ouzon Island, as the most violent
yphoon to visit the Philippines in
ears, whirled off into the China Sea.
to news was forthcoming for hours
rom the ships which were driven on
he reefs.
Later reports from the navy indiated
that the Fathomer was on the |
ocks, her boat rail awash and herj
orecastle, boiler room and engine
oom flooded. Her crew of seven
Americans and 60 Filipinos were reorted
as being safely ashore and
iving in tents. All lighthouses in
he region were destroyed, telegraph
ines were down and enormous detraction
throughout the region.
Hope was held out that the ship on
vhich the Watauga man was sailing,
:ould be saved, as the harbor at that
lolnt is known as a compartively
lafe one.
5paper?Established in the
ry. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSI
OFFICIALS REA
TO GATHER HERE
FOR DISCUSSION
Meeting Looking to Inclusion Of
Watauga County In Rural
Electrification Program to Be
Held On First; Doughton to
Be Present.
Twenty leading citizens of Watauga
County went to Lenoir Monday to
ittend a session for dissemination of
information regarding the Rura!
Electrification program of the Federal
government, and following a
conference with Congressman Dough,
ton. who spoke at the meeting, and
with Chester Lake, REA official from
Washington, it was decided to hold
i similar meeting at the courthouse
in Boone at noon September 1. at
which time it is desired that there
tie a full attendance of the local citizenships.
particularly from those rural
sections where electric lines are
iesired and badly needed.
Mr. Doughton ar.d Mr I>ake will
both be present at the Boone meet- ^
ing. and it is explained that Watauga '
likely can receive such benefits from 1
the Rural Electrification Administra- *
Lion as are desired by her citizens. 1
Understanding is that under the proposal
of the Federal agency elec- i
tricity is made available to the rest- j
lpnt? f'n.> niml ancrmnc nf. Hir?
country without obligation on the
part of the citizens other than to
use the current provided A local
cooperative is formed, it is said, j
money is provided for the construction
of the lines, which must have j
is many as three customers to the j
mile, the government sets a low rate
>n the current consumed, which
would be figured to take care of the a
indebtedness at the end of twenty t
years, together with three per cent c
interest. When the indebtedness is lifted
the power systmes become the e
property of the local communities. It d
is to be understood that the only se- ii
curity the government lias, is a lien
m the lines it constructs. a
Congressman Doughton expresses 3
tiis desire of cooperating to the very t
fullest extent in bringing this im- e
portant development to Watauga t
;bunry, the importance i
>f there being a "large attendance atrh
Lhe meeting in Boone. If the people t
iesire rural electrification, with the j
accompanying possibilities of inr?reA?r?rf
rtwflilmmftn! nf this rnnntv ri
1 is believed that a program to that
5lld may be approved within a reasonable
time.
Residents who will be benefitted
3hould be prepared to indicate their
intention of approving the venture,
which would carry with it the most
far-reaching benefits of any proposal
thus far offered this region.
HOMEECONOMICS
GATHERING HELD
Watauga Vocational Teachers :
Attend State-Wide Meeting
In Raleigh Last Week.
The annual Vocational Home Eco- 1
nomics Conference for North Carolina
was held in Raleigh August 1315
at the Carolina Hotel uder the
direction or Miss Catherine T. Dennis
and Miss S. Frances Mauney of
the State Department of Vocational
Education.
Teachers of Vocational Home Eco- .
nomics gathered at this tune tor tne I
purpose of planning: the teaching
program for the coming school year
and discussing its relationship to the
Federal Program for Vocational Education.
Watauga County was represented
by Miss Annie Dougherty and
Mrs. Wade E. Brown.
Many outstanding speakers were
heard on the program. Dr. Clarence
Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer
and a member of the Federal
Board of Vocational Education, spoke
to the group on Home and Community
Beautificatlon. T. E. Brown,
State Director of Vocational Education,
spoke on the Joint Home Economics
and Agricultural Program.
Among other prominent speakers
were: Clyde A. Erwin, Superintendent
of Public Instruction and Miss
Margaret Edwards, Dean of the
School of Home Economics, Woman's
College.
Vocational Home Economics is
m n Ho Twaalhla thrmitrh tho hnnnara.
tion of the local school board with
the State and Federal Departments
of Vocational Education. One-half
of the expenses for the maintenance
of such a department for a tenmonths-period
is reimbursed through
the use of Federal and State funds.
The other half is taken care of by
the local administrative unit.
There arc 112 white departments
for Vocational Home Economics in
the state and 8 colored departments.
It is expected that a substantial in(Oontinued
on page 8)
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: Year Eighteen Eighty-E
DAY, AUGUST 20, 1936.
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The United States* Hying speed,
;irl. Helen Stephens, of Fuiton, Mo.,
vho broke the world's record for wonen
in the 100 meter dash In 0:11.5
leconds, to win the Olympic crown in
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JCHUI, Vjuiimiu.
FIRST SCHOOLS TO
OPEN NEXT WEEK
>aies For Starting Various Institutions
Given By County
Superintendent.
The various schools of the county
ire to open August 27. 31 and Sepcmber
1, according to information
oming from the office of the County
Superintendent Wednesday, and parents
are urged to send their chilIren
the first day in order that they
nay get organized without delay.
Books will be available for rent
ind the procedure will be about the
ame as last year, and the books will
>e placed in the hands of the teach:rn
for rental. Books for sale will
>c in the county superintendent's ofice.
but Mr. Walker does not believe
1- want to 'buy, in viotgt.vKB
he likelihood of free text books neSt?
rear.
The following schools will open
rhursday morning. August 27: Oak
Jrove, Howards Creek. Liberty Hill,
Jrashy Fork, Aho, Winebarger, Rich
fountain. Bamboo, Lower Elk, Bradihaw,
Penley, Cook. Elk, Stony Fork,
rfount Paron, Cove Creek. Kellervilie,
Vinay Gap, Rominger, Presnell,
2ooI Springs, Valle Mountain, Valle
3rucis, Clarks Creek, Dutch Creek.
Shulls Mill, Foseoe, Grandfather,
bethel. Timbered Ridge. Forest
3 rove, Reese, Mabel, Silverstone,
Morth Fork, Zionvilie, Tracy, FotterLown,
Riverview, Castle and Blowing
lock.
Green Valley and Elkland schools
will open Monday morning. August
51 and Boone, Rutherwood, Miller
and Deep Gap will open Tuesday,
September 1; Beaver Dam colored
August 27 and Boone colored September
1.
OCTOGENARIANS
f no 17 nnruPMC
LWL tmtmiiw
Town's Oldest Residents I^ose
Flocks to Thieves On
Recent Night.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Norris
Boone's oldest Inhabitants, who have
reached the respective ages of 86 and
87 years, and who have celebrated
their sixty-third wedding anniversary.
believe they have been the victims
of the thievery of the worid's
meanest man. Mr. and Mrs. Norris
who do all the housework and the
odd chores about the places were
proud of the fine flock of chickeni
they had raised this summer, and
couldn't conceive of anybody being
so ornery as to molest the fowls
However, a visit to the poultry houst
one recent morning disclosed thf
loss of the entire flock, scarcely a;
much as a feather being left. Mr
Norris 3ays he thought Uncle San
was feeding practically everybody
and that it wasn't altogether neces
sary to molest the fryers of a couph
'mighty near a hundred years old.'
Mr. and Mrs. Norris, who beside!
being the oldest, constitute one o:
the most esteemed couples of thi
town, are hale and hearty and en
joying a remarkable degree of health
CRAIG-COOKE
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Cooke an
nounce the marriage of their onl;
daughter, Hilda, to Mr. Frederic Wil
son Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rot
ert E. Craig, of Lenoir, on Aug. If
1936, Bumsville, N. C.
RAT
ight
dMBk $1.50 PER YEAR
ISKbonly
CLUE 'iOWATH OF
LLOYD PBtf NELL
Laurel Creek Ma99B}ies From
Bullet Wound lvtBle Hunting
With Two Friends: Bullet May
Solve Mystery; Sheriff Discredits
Suicide Theory.
Uoyd Presneli. 18-year-oM resident
of Laurel Creek township. was
shot and killed Monday afternoon,
and Allen Mast, 16, allegedly a comipanion
of the slain man on a rabbit
hunting trip, is being held in the
j county jail, while an official invest!?gallon
is being made to determine
I whether or not Presneli was a suicide.
Young Mast is expected to
have a preliminary hearing next
j Tuesday.
The 3liooting. according to Sheriff
Howell, occurred in a thicket below
and not far from Rominger Postoffice.
Presneli. Mast an J Clinard
Hicks, it is said, each armed with a
1 22 calibre rifle, had earlier in rh?
day entered the woods in quest of
j ganie, and Hicks had become separated
from his two companions. Mast,
says Sheriff Howell, states that he
was walking a few steps in front of
Presneli, when hearing a shot turned
to find that a bullet had stnick h?a
j companion in the left forearm,
| ranged out of the flesh and entered
j the region of the heart The incarj
cerated man did not seem to know
whether the wound was self-inflicted
or not.
Sheriff Howell is inclined to its
credit the suicide theory. The gun
carried by the slain man had an unusually
long barrel, he states, ami
he thinks it iinposible for him to
have placed it in such position as to
have fired the ball into the forearm
in such a direction, that upon emerging
the bullet would have pierced the
heart. Following the coroner's inquest,
Mast was taken in custody
and the three rifles involved in the
fatal hunting expedition, were seized.
The bullet was removed from the
slain man and will be taken to a ballistic
expert in Charlotte, who will
; seek to determine from, which rifle It
l.was fired.
i funeral services for Fresneli wcr?
Ijgpnductcd in the home neighborhood
Tuesday, but the details are not avail- "**
abie.
Sheriff Howell states that so far
as he was able to learn, Presnell,
| Mast ana hicks enjoyed good repu|
tations, and that he has been unable
to uncover any evidence which,
would indicate that there was any
ill-wil! between either of the thoe.
Cove Creek School
To Open Next Week
Mr. S. F. Horton, principal of the
. Cove Creek High School states that
the institution's regular term will
open Tuesday of next week at 9
o'clock, and he is anxious for as
many patrons as possible to be present
for the opening. Books, he says,
will be availab'e for renting and children
are asked to come prepared to
take care of the rentals, so that they
may get their book3 on the opening
day.
Mr. Horton asks that the teachers
meet at the school Wednesday at
2 o'clock.
' BUS DRIVERS AND SCHOOL.
PRINCIPALS MEET TUESDAY
On Tuesday morning, August 25th
all county school bus drivers and
school principals who have a bus or
busses under their supervision will
' meet at 8:00 in the Cove Creek high
; school building to discuss the state
transportation system The drivers
will receive complete instructions regarding
the system and the routes
which they are to follow before the
1 buses are released to their care.
1 On Tuesday morning, August 25th
; all county school principals (one
! teacher school principals also includ'
ed) will meet at 10:00 in the Boone
' Demonstration school building to
' discuss organization plans for this
scnnoi year. scnool attendance,
! teachers' salary ratings and the state
' textbook rental systems will be dis'
cussed. Teachers who are not prln
cipals are invited to attend this
1 meeting.
" PROGRESS BEING MADE
; MABEL SCHOOL BUILDING
' The modern new school plant at
Mabel, should be completed within
1 two more months, according to Mr
Wilfred Davis, construction foreman,
' who states that the roofing is now
on, the frames all set, and that the
stone veneering is well under way.
.- The building, which is being cony
structed jointly by the WPA and the
1- county school board, will be tboroughly
modem in every detail, and
5, will fill a long felt need on the part
of the citizenry of the Mabel section.