BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Honor Dead at Vimy
Spanish War Pitiless
Russia Aids Loyalists
Hitler Watches Spain
The dedication of the magnificei
war monument, designed by a Cam
dian artist, recently unveiled by U
king of England in memory of tt
Canadian soldiers that fell at Vim
Ridge, is important to all our frlent
north of the boundary in Canada,
will interest, also, all Americans thi
were sent abroud in that famot
fight, with which we had nothing t
do except iose our men and 01
money. American soldiers, who like
the Canadian and Australian trooj
better than any others they met, n<
cording to statements made by man;
testify to the courage with whic
the colonial Englishmen fought t
Vimy Ridge and elsewhere
Statistics of the war show that, o
the side of the allies, the percentag
of death was higher among the Ca
nadians than among any other troop
involved, excepting the French their
selves, who fought at their own fror
tiers to defend their own homes.
Sixty thousand Canadians lie bui
ied, each one an "unknown soldier,
around that great monument. Th
king of England, after a long an
really admirable speech of apprecia
tion, lowered the flags that hid th
monument which, as he said, will for
ever honor the courage of the Ca
nadians that fought and that lie deai
and buried.
The war that killed so many mil
lions, blowing them to pieces, leav
ing them to die shattered and agon
izing on the battlefield; suffocating
making them insane with the poisoi
gas just coming into fashion, seem?
between 1914 and 1918 as horrible a:
any war could be.
But the civil wur, the worst, rnos
savage, pitiless and ferocious of al
wars, now going on in Spain, make!
the big war comparatively mild.
Lord Rothermcre's London Dailj
Mail eclipses in the horror of oik
published statement all stories o!
horror in the war and goes beyond
anything that could possibly be believed.
wnen the French newspaper, the
Friend of the People, described fighters
for Madrid's radical government
digging up and throwing from their
graves the bodies of Catholic nuns
that horror ~?m? beyond belief.
Burt Lord Rotiforrn ore's newspaper
prints the statement that other nuns
A LIVE were eeired?three of them?
their- clothing saturated with gaaotine,
and burned to death. The Daily
Mail also quotes the statement that
in the city of Harcelcnia, when the
radical forces had conquered the rebellious
insurgent inhabitants, "any
Catholic priest in the city was butchered
without mercy."
Russia is. according to reliable reports,
in constant communication
with the Madrid government by radio.
Newspapers in England, and the
more conservative newspaper in
France, declare that Russia, in ad
dition to advising Madrid concerning
the immediate civil war and helping
the Spanish government by the
purchase of Spanish bonds, is also
sending by radio detailed information
as to the organization in Spain of
a "Soviet government" similar to
that existing in Russia.
France, thanks to the existing alliance
with Russia?resented by many
of the old-fashioned Frenchmen, who
ask, "Is Stalin the real ruler of
France?"?is under pressure from
Russia to help the Madrid government
against the insurgents.
If Spain should become really sovietised,
under the guidance of Russia.
the Spanish peninsula would be
practically a branch and a dependency
of Soviet Russia at the southwest
corner of Europe.
Russia, whose pi&nes have been
taking information on manufacturing
poison gas and building factories
to the nations that are friendly to
her in central Europe, might build
up a chain of Communist states tod
powerful even for the dictator governments
of Italy and Germany, and
the remaining "democratic" government
of Great Britain. It is not a
happy time for Europeans, or for any
interested in Europe's future peace
and welfare.
Hitler te reported on the point of
siding with the Spanish insurgents
against the radical Madrid regime,
because of savage attacks made on
Nazi officers in Spain. It is reported
that a woman in charge of the Hitter
office was threatened with death
if she would not reveal the whereabouts
of her principal; dragged into
the streets, her dross was soaked
with gasoline. An interruption prevented
applying the match.
A COBppenON
In an announcement last week of
the wedding of Miss Hilda Cooke to
Mr. Frederick Craig, the date of the
ceremony was given as August 16th,
whereas the wedding actually took
place May 16 This error is regretted.
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VOLUME XLVIII, NO. 8.
- Children In Fighting Ran
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IHMy
_ These young boys and girls are nou
? militia and in desperate battles wfr
e rebel forces marching on the capitj
d! younger than those in the picture, h
battle 1
j P^JECT PLANNED
AT BLOWING ROCK
i
" Summer Resident Of Neighbor- j
ing Town Sponsors Project
J for Model Playground.
| The development of a model playground
at Blowing Rock High school.
c la outlined in a WPA project now
being prepared for submission to the
Raleigh and Washington authorities,
* states T. D. Hcffner, district engineer
who was a visitor In Boone lost
week.
' Mr. Heffncr states that the project
; is under the joint sponsorship of the
town of Blowing Rock anil Mrs. J.
' N. Wheelwright, a summer resident
' of the resort town, and although final
estimates are incomplete as to what
: will tie done, It is tentatively planned
to spend about three thousand
dollars in grading a three-acre play
ground, constructing a concrete slab
for rcllei skating; fencing the entire
athletio field, planting native shrubs
. and s??d??-apliuf.
, Very little work has been done In
Blowing Rock, states Mr. Heffner, on
account of the relatively small number
of certified relief cases in that
vicinity; however, it is planned to
transport labor into the community
to carry on the operation of the
playground project when it gains approval.
It is stated that Mrs. Wheelwright
is manifesting keen interest in the
worthy project and is expecting to
make a liberal contribution.
M.il rif >< tr 11
muuier ui mr?. fveny |
Dies In Ashe County
Mrs. Virginia Lee Lowm&n, mother
o{ Mrs. Ethel Keltey of this city,
died Monday at her home in the Nathans
Creek section of Ashe county,
from an illness with a heart ailment.
Mrs. towman was 71 years old.
Funeral service# are to be conducted
from the Center church in the
home neighborhood by the Reverend
Curtis Swain and interment will be
in the nearby cemetery.
Surviving are the husband, A. L.
Lowman and the following sons and
daughters: Wiley Lowman, Faraday.
Vs.; Wade Lowman, Bishop, Va.;
John Lowman, Roger, Ky.; Mack
Lowman: Meadames H. T. Snyder,
Marion, Va.; Will Sanders, West Jefferson;
Ethel Kelley, Boone; sisters,
Mrs. Mary Shook, North Wilkeaboro.
Four brothers also survive. Lewis
kelley, Coburn, Va.; Charles Kelley,
North Wi'.kesboro; Richard, Nathans
Creek; Bamett Kelley, Eiizabethton,
Tenn. Thirty-four grandchildren and
four great grandchildren also survive.
RECORDER'S COURT
Following are the cases disposed
of in Judge John H. Bingham's Recorder's
court last Tuesday:
Robert Garron, carrying concealed
weapons, 8 months on roads Bound
to Superior Court on charges of having
stolen the two pistols involved in
the first count.
Oka Henson, driving while intoxicated',
$50 and the coet.
Troy Norris, assault with deadly
weapon, $25 and cost.
Allen Mast, charged with slaying
Lloyd Presnell, waited examination.
REPORTS LARGE YIELDS
Mr. Andy Greer of Vilas reports ,
the ownership of a tomato vine on ,
which he has counted 78 tomatoes.
He also believes he has established
a good record in producing 66 bushels
of wheat on two and one-half acres ,
of land.
MANY ARE JAILED
Sheriff Howell reports that the
county jail was occupied over the
week-end by 26 prisoners, most of
them charged with drunkenness and
other liquor law violations.
AUG,
Independent Weekly News
BOONE. WATAUGA COUN
ks on Spani^ Fr^nts^ ^
s
r at the front in the ranks of the l(
tich ate being waged against the p
it of Spain. Many children, even n
avc marched oiit of Madrid to the ?
front. u
F!MNCi"READY~" \
FOR R.E.A. LINES;
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State College Authority Urges tl
Rural Districts to Take V
Immediate Action. u
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a
Tlie policy of tlie Kural Electrification
Administration is to help
those who help themselves, said Da- 0
vid S. Weaver, agricultural engineer ?
at State College.
In communities where farmers g
show they are making an organized ~
effort to secure electricity, he added,
the RE A will make loans to help
finance the construction of power
lilies and the wiring of buildings. *
liut it is not going to pour money
into communities that are making no
effort to obtain electric power, he
declared.
The national RSA has set aside !
1,000,000 for loans in North Caro- a
Una, he pointed out, and is ready to a
allot an additional North
Carolina farmers gc- after it
To get it. they must push the ru- y
ra! electrification program and con- .
vince the REA that tiiev will make u
good use of the money. Otherwise, b
it will be loaned in other States.
The state REA and the State College
extension service are endeavoring
to help push the rural electrification
program in ail communities
that are interested and willing to co- ol
operate, he statdd.
Already, more than 1,300 Slilea of d(
rural power lines have been strung ,j
in this State, he went on, but that y
is only a beginning. At the close F
of 1935, he pointed out, only 11,558 (i
of the 300,967 farms in the State, or r)
3.S per cent, were served by cfectricity
from a central distributing
station.
"With all this money available
from the national REA," he said, "we ^
face the best opportunity we have
ever had for eiectrifvinp- rnrai rfia- .
? ?? ? t>
tricta. Let's take advantage of it." ^
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CONGRESSIONAL MEET tl
AT TAYLORSVILLE 3RD
The Democratic District Congressional
meeting will be held at Tay- tl
lorsville on Thursday, Septmeber 3, d>
according to advices coming to Coun- 14
ty Chairman Cleve Gross from Con- n
gressman Doughton. tl
The principal address will be delivered
by Hon. Charles West of Ohio, F
under-secretary of the interior, and
Congressman Doughton. together
with State Chairman Winbornc, will
address the gathering. Chairmen of t<
the, different county executive com- ci
mittees of the ninth dsitrict will also p
make remarks. P
The meeting will get under way at lr
11 o'clock in the morning and will B
continue throughout the dav, with sl
the addresses coming at the after- t<
noon session.
It is urged that there be a large tl
delegation attend the meeting from ol
Watauga county. d!
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D? Ci i. A ? ir
uwnc kjirccw /ire gi
Ready For Surfacing ?
The work of surface treating those
Boone streets which have been im- w
proved as a part of the local WPA i ?
program, is expected to start today w
and two five-hour shifts of laborers
will be used daily in an effort to dispatch
the work as early as possible. H
Mr. D. W. Woo ten who has been
engaged as foreman on the Boone
streets has resigned to take employment
with a scenic highv-ay centrac- s<
tor and Mr. Thompson, who has com- 1.
pleted a street repair job in Salis- 01
bury and who has several years ex- fc
perience in the application of bitumi- ti
nous surfacing, has taken Wooten's di
place as foreman. s<
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paper?Established in the
TY, NORTH CAROLINA, THUR5
HAST CONFESSES
FATAL SHOOTING
LLOYDPRESNELL
'outhful Prisoner Admits to
Officers That He Shot Companion
On Hunting TripClaims
Self-Defense ? Bullet
Is Clue.
Alien Mast. 16 years old, who had
ben, held in the county jail since the
rst of last week in connection with
le slaying of Lloyd Presnell, 18 a
,'ighbor youth, admitted to Sheriff
[owell and Police Chief fatten last
eek. that it was he who fired the
ital shot from a .22 calibre rifle,
hen he found that the slain man
ad his gun pointed in his direction.
The confession came after the
heriff and Solicitor Zimmerman had
iken the guns carried by Mast,
rcsnell and Cllnard Hicks, a third
lember of the hunt, and the missile
rhich was found in Presnell's body,
> a ballistics expert at the Charlotte
olice Department. There it was
efinitely determined that the lethal
ullet was fired from Mast's gun. On _
leir return the Sheriff and Mr. Lit- ,
?n secured the confession from the 1
outhful prisoner. Young Mast stat- '
d that he wa3 walking in front of
resnell in the woods, and that upon
timing, found himself covered by
Tesnell's gun. He fired, he stated,
1 an effort to save his own life. The j
ullet penetrated Presnell's left forerm
and entered the heart.
Officers state that Mast denied
ver having had trouble with the deeased.
and stated that they were
laymates in former years, had since
een companions, attended Sunday 1
chool together and lived altogether '
micably. ^
Mast waived a preliminary hearing .
efore the Recorder's court Tuesdajr v
ryi will be tried at the regular fall f
:rm of superior court in September. g
INJURED IN COLLISION
Thoa. W. Hubbard, of Washington, \
>. C., was severely cut on the head j
nd Mrs. Hubbard suffered a sprained c
nkle, when tlie car they occupied I
ras struck by a truck driven by W. i
i.. McRary, of Lenoir, near , the coi- i
cui^pus. The injuries are not 1
lought to be serious, and no crimtal
action resulted, the damage to t
le vehicles having been arranged ^
etween the drivers. a
F
ENTERS BARBER SHOP
Willie Folk, colored, was jailed at j
o'clock Tuesday morning on charges *
I robbing the City Barber Shop ot
irrency in the amount ot about six
ollars. It is said that a glass in the
oor was broken, and the latch on
ic inside loosed by reaching through J
le opening. Police officers arrested j
oik at the log cabin near the city ,
raits shortly after the robbery was
(ported. j
CEMETERY IMPROVED
The colored people of the commuity
have just finished two days most ,
Tective work in the bcautification 3
t their cemetery. All ruhbish and ;
room sedge has been removed and
le area sown in suitable grasses, j
iding much to the appearance of j
le landscape.
TO UNVEIL PORTRAIT {
Arrangements are being made at (
le college for the unveiling on Fri- c
ay, September 4th, a portrait of | c
tiss Celeste Henkel, who was a|c
lembor of the Board of Trustees of j
le institution. | ^
ORMER EDITOR LAUDS j
PROGRESS OF THE CITY
Hon. J. F. Spainhour, of Morgan- ?
>n, founder of the Watauga Demo- ,
rat and its editor for a year, stop- i
ed by Saturday, to felicitate the t
resent publisher on the improvement j
i the newspaper, and to state that }
oone is showing the most rapid t
:rides along progressive lines of any t
iwn in North Carolina.
"Watauga County has always had 1
le best type of citizenship of either r
f the mountain counties. This con- t
Ition existed when I was solicitor in c
le nineties and prosecuted the crim- a
lai court dockets throughout the re- i
ion, and to this day there is less r
line in Watauga," stated the well- ?
nown attorney. v
Mr. Spainhour in company with i
Irs. Spainhour and son Ralph left
aturday after visiting for a while
1th relatives in Boone, and in the
>unty. s
iOONE HIGH SCHOOL c
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER I
t
The Boone demonstration and high 1
:hool will open on Tuesday, Sept. \
The buildings are now being gone
/er and put Into first-class condition c
>r the opening. The school authori- ]
es are anxious for all school ehil- '
ren to enter school at the opening '
> that all may get started together. '
MOC
; Year Eighteen Eighty-L
>DAY, AUGUST 27, 1936.
SPEAKS IN COUNTY
M. A. Adams, District Director of
Temperance Education, who spoke
at the Three Forks Association
Tuesday morning and who also
spoke at the Ashe Association Saturday
morning and Sunday at
Brushy Fork at 10:00 a. m., at
Cove Creek at 11:00 a. m.. at Mt.
Calvary at 3:00 p. m.. and at Willow
at 7:45 p. m.
BIGCROWD URGED
AT REA MEETING
Rural Electrification Possibilities
to Be Aired at Meet
Next Tuesday.
A full attendance of the people of
Vatauga county is askol at an open
nee ting to be held at the courthouse
Duesd&y, September 1. at the noon
lour, looking to the inclusion of
Watauga county in the far-reaching
>rogram of the Federal government,
vhereby electric current will be made
ivailable to rural residents, where
sufficient interest warrants such procedure.
Hon. Robert L. Dough ton ., through
vhose auspices the meeting was araoged
for this county, will be acompanied
to Boone by Mr. Cheater
-ake, of the Rural Electrification
Administration in "Washington and
he program will be minutely outined.
If sufficient interest is shown in
he program, a project covering the
lesired lines in the county, will be
ubmitted, and will very likely be ap>roved
in Washington, it is said.
Ylrs. Anders Dies At
Home Of Daughter
Mrs. Anna Anders, who for many
ears has spent the summers in the
nountains. and who was well known
n Boone, where her son. Dr. McG.
Anders, was a former resident, died
it the home of a daughter, Mrs. Will
'ennington at Sturgills, last Monday,
ihe was S6 years old
Funeral services were conducted
rom the Anders home in (J. stoma
ruesday afternoon by Rev. Mr. 5.0lelle,
Methodist minister, and intcrnent
was in the city cemetery
One son and one daughter survive:
3r. McG. Anders of Gastonia, and
.irs Will Pemiington, Sturgills.
Mrs. Anders was the former Miss
tnna H. Gallant of Mecklenburg
ounty and the widow of Rev. J. J.
3. Anders. She loved the mountains
f northwest Carolina and had a host
if friends in Boone and Watauga
ounty.
iVPA Projects Said
To Be Successful
The projects carried on during the
lummer by the WPA in connection
vith the Cove Creek School, have
>een very successful, according to
;he principal. Prof. S. F. Horton. Mr.
iorton states that three gardens
lave been cultivated and the vegeables
produced are being canned for
ise in the lunch room this winter.
The clerical projects, it is stated,
las also been very helpful All pernanent
record cards and all reports
lave been typed and brought up to
late. The Library has been kept open
md books, newspapers and magazines
lave been distributed. The music,
PPrPntlAn and oowivinr
???w-? ?v.nuig j/iwjtvtO nave
nrolled a large number of children
vho have been given valuable trainng.
Prof. Horton states.
WILEY FOLK DIES
Wiley Folk, aged 74, highly rejected
citizen of the town, died last
Wednesday from a recurrent stroke
>f paralysis.
Funeral services were conducted
rom the home Thursday afternoon
>y Rev. E. S. Swan, and interment
vas in the Boone cemetery.
Surviving are two sons and three
laughters: Clay and Edward Folk of
Joone; Jennie McNeil, Shell Creek,
Tenn.; Mayme Ray. Johnson City,
Tenn.: Maggie McClelland, Jellico.
Penn.
RAT
igbt :
$1.50 PER YEAR
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! SPEEDING TRUCK
SERIOUSLY HURTS
LOCAL WOMAN
jDriver Oi Truck Did Not Stop
IgkMarhine?Ralph Critchcr, Ar?"5^.sted
Later. Alleged to Have
Driver of Machine That
K*ck Mrs. Barnes.
Mrs. Gurdy Barnes, Booue woman,
was seriously, if not fatally, injured
last Thursday afternoon, when struck
, by a motor truck near her home In
I Perkinsville, as she walked along the
i highway, and Ralph Critchcr. rcsiI
dent of the Bamboo section, jailed
I later on charges of driving while inI
toxica ted, is alleged to have been the
j driver of the machine, which did not
I stop at the scene of the accident,
j Mrs. Barnes suffered a broken arm.
I a compound fracture of the left hip,
I and an extremely serious laceration
| of the side, when the front end of
the truck bed is alleged to have
( struck her. After having been given
? a hurried examination by Dr. Perry,
she was rushed to a North Wilkest
boro hospital, where for the time being,
no hope whatever was held for
! her recovery. However, information
now is, that she is showing a mosl
favorable reaction to the operation;
performed, and subsequent treat
ments, and hospital attaches believe
she has a chance of recovery.
According to Sheriff Howell, ilre
Barnes was walking between two and
three feet off the pavement when
struck, that she was thrown some fif
teen feet by the impact, and thai
the truck had continued about the
same distance off the pavement for
a distance of 81 feet. According to
the sheriff, Ralph Critcher. arrester
late at night, had struck two automobiles
in town after the accident,
ran into a rock wall, and was taken
on a charge of hit and run driving,
and driving while intoxicated. The
Sheriff states that laboratory tests
conducted by a Charlotte detective
agency, disclosed that stains found
on the truck driven by Critcher, were
. mAilo hu hltmnti hlAAfl .?
piece of skin also found on the machine
was also identified as human
flesh. A strand of hair on the truck
was adjudged as being" fron) ? hnmin
head and matched the locks of the
injured woman.
The Sheriff states that Critcher
will be held, pending the outcome of
Mrs. Barnes' injuries.
Clerical Project Has
Now Been Completed
The WPA clerical project, which
has been under the supervision of Mr.
H. W._]Eiorton. has closed, the major
portion of the work for which it
wa3 intended, having been completed.
Through this project, says Mr.
Horton, an average of about ten capable
office helpers have secured employment,
-and the work they have
done has been a real service to the
public, much of it in the schools of
the county and in the courthouse.
With the new card su?fr
up ty thi3 project the birth record
of all children born since 1914 can
be quickly found as they are now
arranged in a cabinet alphabetically
with the official book in convenient
shelves.
There is, however, states Mr. Horton,
several thousand incomplete record
certificates of birth on file,
where the child's name has never
been filled in, and both parents and
children would do themselves and future
generations a service by calling
at the office of the Register of Deeds
-and filling in the name now blank,
as official records of births might be
of great importance in future matters
of school, inheritance, insurance
or property.
The project was conducted under
the sponsorship of the Board of
County Commissioners.
CHANGES ARE MADE
IN TEACHING FORCE
Mr. Howard Walker, county superintendent,
announces a few corrections
in the list of Bchool teachers
which appears elsewhere in this issue:
Miss Martha Lee Micklc is added
fn thf*. Rfwino T-TTcr>? QfVirvr\T Mian
tie Brandon will teach in Boone elementary
In place of Miss Jane Eliason;
Mrs. John Horton takes the
place of Mrs. Dora Mast at Brushy
Fork; Miss Madge Williams will
teach at Rominger rather than T. C.
Adams, and Mr. O. G. Winebarger
has been added at Pottertown school.
In the bus lines George Wellborn
will drive No. 17 instead of James
Welch, and Paul Greene will drive
No. 6.
A few changes have been temporarily
made by the State School
Commission, says Mr. Walker, bus
, No. 15 being extended to Sutherland
In Ashe county and other minor
changes.