North Carolina Newspapers

i plans being made i for flower show I Boone Garden Club Sponsors exhibition Of Flowers On September llth. K The Boone Garden Club will hold ,1 Flower Show on Friday, Sept. llth & ;r. the basement of the Boone Methodist church beginning at 1 o'clock r ju . and running until P p. m. This show has two reasons for existence First, to encourage the beautifying of our homes and a better knowledge of flowers; Second, any pr.'eeds that may be made will go to plantings to make our town more beautiful. V.'- crave the cooperation of the whole community in making the town the prettiest ill Western North Carolina. We hope every one will Join and attend our club meetings, we have wonderful plans for Boone that just require cooperation, a little work and a lot of pleasure in making Boone a place people will want to come and see and remain in the summer to enjoy our scenery, climate, etc. Below is a list of flowers that maybe entered in tile show the 11th. A.11 f'rmVrs delivered as ear ly as possible- ( or. the morning of the 11th, and not ,:c-r than 12 o'clock of that day. | Dahlias largest and best display; best vase cf pink dahiias; best vase of yellow -ii, bronze; hesl vase of red dahlias:! best vase of.cactus dahlias; best vase i f white dahlias: best display of j Pompons; best display of Peony flow-led; best display of orchid-flowering: best arrangement of dahlias in two colors; best single,dahlia; best combination of three type3 or varieties. Best collection of Gladiola: best vase of gladiola. Zinnias Best display of Giant Zinnias; bc.it nspiay of Dwarf Zinnias; best display of Mixed Zinnias Best display of Asters; best dis play of Roses: besc collection of nas-j turliuins; beat vase of marigolds; I best display of delphinium: best dis-i play of wildflowers; beat display of j everlasting flowers; beat display of' potted plants; best display of windowboxes; best miscellaneous display; best basket of Cosmos. Judges will be selected from out of town who know flowers. Ribbons will be given as prizes. Everybody come and let us join hands in making our town the beauty of the Blue Ridge. Changes Are Made In Fishinc Season! | County Fish and Game Warden E. i B. Mast announces that the season | for taking baas from the mountain; waters has been extended to October 1. by a special arrangement with the State Board ot Conservation and Development. Mr. Mast states that the season ordinarily closes on September 1, but that extremely poor fishing conditions during the present summer prompted the board to give 1 the anglers an added opportunity. I The trout season closed on Septem-j ber l." Information coming to Mr. Mast from Mr. J. B. Chalk, commissioner of game and inland fisheries, is to the effect that there will he a strict enforcement of the conservation laws I this fall, and the cooperation of all i sportsmen is asked. The squirrel hunting season opens September 15th, and Mr. Mast will have the hunting licenses available at various points throughout the county in ample time. McDonald Tenders Services To Party Winston-Salem, Aug. 31.?Dr. Ralph !W. McDonald, who was defeated by Clyde R. Hoey in the recent Democratic gubernatorial primary, today volunteered to serve as a speaker in the Democratic national campaign. tn tt telegram w uuuiiimn James A. Farley, McDonald said: "Believing the re-election of President Roosevelt to be the most imperative concern of the nation today, and desiring to be of the fullest possible aid in bringing about an overwhelming victory, I am tendering my services to you as party chairman and specifically to the speaker's bureau to go anywhere, at any time, "... furtherance of this great cause of the Democratic part; Sj "Please command me and put mc to work. "Having made approximately 200 speeches in a recent Democratic primary, I am fully warmed up and ready for the firing line." Alcoholism Textbook Will Be Considered Raleigh, Aug. 31.?The slate board of education will meet tomorrow to consider the approval of a textbook on the evils of alcohol and narcotics, to be used in a course given all sixth grade children in North Carolina. The course was made a requirement by the 1935 general assembly, which ordered that instruction In "alcoholism and narcotics" be "taught as a unit of work." The board, at a meeting today, approved bids of Harpers brothers and Beckley-Cardy company for supplementary readers WAT An 1 VOLUME XLVIII, NO. 9. Landon Attends Chun Among old friends Governor Land' tial candidate, attended services i church where his grandfather was the nearby parsonage. Governor church with an aunt. LOCAL PEOPLE TO ! HEAR PRESIDENT! I Green Pastures Rally to Draw! At Least Fifty From Watauga County. Cievc Gross, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee for Watauga County, states that he expects no less than fifty locai Democrats to journey to Charlotte on the tenth, < when President Roosevelt will address the Green Pastures Rally, and when i governors and leading figures In five 1 southern states will take part in the tiugc {njuu?;ai gauiniui^. Mr. Gross 3ays that inquiries are coming to him daily from those who have been appointed as marshals j fiviii thlu county, ssd to others de-1 siring to attend. Marshals and others. slates Mr. Gross, will receive! instructions after thc-ir arrival in I Charlotte at Green Pastures head-' quarters in the Hotel Charlotte. He stresses the desirability of local people being on hand early. , The rally is to be held at the American Legion stadium where arrangements have been made for seat ing more than 70,000 people. President Roosevelt will speak at 4:30 and the governors, senators from the five states will take part in the program ROAD CONTRACT TO BELET SOON Highway Officials Believe That Road Down River May Be : Let During Month. Information coming to Mr. James' H. Councill, resident district state highway engineer, from official sources, indicates that the Highway Commission is making every effort to include the Laurel Creek road project in a letting dving the month of September. It is stated that on the Boone end of the project, that is, presumably in the vicinity of Sugar Grove, it has been found necessary to make several revisions in the location, which has delayed the preparation of plans on which contractors' bids are to be based. The road which leads from Sugar Grove down the river to the Tennessee line, has been under discussion for many years, and residents of the county have been pleased that at last definite steps are being taken to secure the construction of the thoroughfare. Little doubt is heid out lhat with the definite location, the road i will be let to contract and pushed as j rapidly as possible. Seawell To Shape Issues For Ballot i Kaieign, Aug. at.? me state ooaraj of elections asked Attorney Genera! I A. A. F. Seawel! today to formulate the wording on the ballot for five constitutional amendments to be submitted to the voters November 3. Raymond Maxwell, secretary 3aid the laws providing for the vote on the amendments v.-e e "indefinite in particulars." The amendments propose: To give the legislature authority to add a new associate justice for the Supreme court; to allow exemption of homestead up to $1,000 from taxation; to permit classification of property for taxation; to increase the limit on income taxes from 6 to 10 per cent, and to provide a new method debt limitation by governmental units. -ATTf^ .X 1VJVI ndependent Weekly New BOONE. WATAUGA CPU ch in Town of Birth Dn of Kansas. Republican presldenin West Middlesex, Pa., in the pastor when Landon was born in Landon is shown leaving the Mrs. Emma Lininger. LITERARY DIGEST POLL BROADCAST Goodyear Sponsoring Presentation Of Straw Ballot Reports Thrice Weekly. With every indication pointing to a hotiy-contested election interest in pre-election news is going to be white-hot during the last two month3 of the campaign, according to Mr. Ed Hodges, manager of the Hodges Til* Company, who states that Goodyear has completed arrangements to scoop the nation's press by issuing three times a week by radio, the complete returns of the Literary Digest's presidential straw poll. This nation-wide poll is considered the most accurate, is iua'tpS * watched closely by almost everyone in the country, and Mr. Hodges states that great interest is being shown in the Goodyear broadcasts. Monday, iVednesday and Friday evenings of each week, beginning Sept. 2, the Goodyear program, "the Peoples' Choice" will attract probably the largest radio audiences that dial in any feature going over the air. The broadcasts will continue right up until the evening before the election. The broadcasts, says the local Goodyear dealer, will be more than a summation of the latest Literary Digest poll figures. The returns wil! hp nnalvrw) anti infrr??*nvAt*?rl a fn. mous political annlyist, there will be spicy news comments, discussions between different types of everyday people?plenty of variety and drama. The programs will be strictly impartial and non-partisan. "Constantly throughout the program," states Mr. Hodges "it will be made plain that Goodyear tires are not Democratic, Republican, Socialist or political tires, but the best tires?that Goodyear have for twenty-one years been elected by all the people as their first choice." FALL COURTTERM JURORS DRAWN Judge Alley Will Preside At Superior Court Session to Convene On 21st. Judge Felix Alley will preside al the Fall term of Superior Court which convenes Monday. September 2tst and the following citizens have beer chosen for jury service: W. F. Norris, Will Davis, Spencer Dishmnn, Ray Wilson. Don Kerley J. Millard Hodges. Collis Greene, li C. Hayes. Dick Hoiiers, D. T. Tatum D. L. Glenn. W. M. Hodges. Floyd ITagaman, Jack E. Norris, J. W. Me Connell, Tom Banner. Don Stoke3 Chas. Simmons, Chas. Tester. Geo A. Edmisten, W. M. Mast, E. B. Hag aman. J. J. Mast, Ray Brown, G. W Dookabiil, C. C. Greene, Jont Ragar: Clyde Wallace. Roby Wilson. A. A Hamby. \V. D. Brokabill, \V. K. Wk one. W. G. Brown. L. F. Townsend Geo. W. Caudill. Clyde Tester. Joht Fox. Howard Mast, B. D. Yates. Robj Storie, I. N. Minton. ?Superphosphate used with wheal on 3 Avery County farms boosted th( acre yield from 6.5 bushels an sen to 14.7 bushels in demonstrations con ducted last spring. ?J. W. Christiansen of Bolton, Co lumbus County, recently purchase! 150 feeder pigs in Alabama. Mr Christiansen's farm is devoted to th production of corn and hogs. A. DE spaper?-Established in tl N'TY. NORTH CAROLINA, THU LARGE SIMS ARE SPENT IN COUNTY Report Made By Resettlement Administration Of Payments Made In This Section. Durham, N. C.?Payments totaling $12,588.40 were made in Watauga County by the Resettlement Admin Istration from July I, 1935 to Jun< 26. 1926, according to information received by R M. Gantt. State Director for the National Emergencj I Council. Of these payments loans totaling $11,516.40 were made to S7 person' and $1,072 of grants to 56 persons were disbursed Tiie State of North Carolina hac received rehabilitation loans through June 26. 1936. amounting to $1,834.985.56 wbioh were actually certifier I for payment. There remained thi ! sum of $202,718.52 in unpaid commit I ments. Rehabilitation grants during j the same period were advanced ii I the sum of $231,611.97. A total o I 7,141 persons in North Carolina re ! CCived loans, while 9.238 Dei-sons wer the recipients of grants. There were 910 cases considered bi Farm Debt Adjustment committees in North Carolina during the ptriot September 30, 1935 through May 31 1936 of which 859 cases were adjust ed. The indebtedness prior to ad justment totaled $1,151,712.00 whit] the reductions made equalled $289, 983.00. Additional results includi $31,799.00 of taxes paid and 107 case; of interest reductions or extensioi agreements. In the United States the Resettle ment Administration has made allot mcnts in the amount of $107,075,75i for Rural Rehabilitation loans an< grants. Loans and grant voucher certified for payment in the pcrio* July 1, 1935 to June 26, 1936 amount ed to $90,855,323, leaving an avail able balance -for future loans am grants and unpaid loan commitment of $16,220,435 as of June 26, 1936. "The farm debt adjustment phase o the Resettlement Administration pre gram which is designed to bring to gcthcr farmers and their creditors i: order to make posible a lessening o the obligations of the farmers ha served in 31,566 cases involving a .jndeWedness of $93,327,379 prior t with & reduction efteel eu oz wz.&cd,t?yy. Ttiese settlement caused $1,739.8331 of taxes to be paic R. M. Gantt emphasized the fac that the 12,000 committee member volunteered their services and re ceived only a small per diem rate fo the time actually spent in farm deb adjustment meetings. MRS. TESTER DIE! OF SUDDEN ILLNES! i | Prominent Resident Of Count Succumbs En Route to Church Gathering. i Mrs. Charles Tester, 67 years oli I prominent resident of Laurel Cree township, died suddenly last Wei ncsday, in the automobile in whit she and other members of the fan ily were journeying to the Bapti: Association at Zionville. Death o curred shortly before the par! reached their destination, and wi believed to have been caused by heart attack. Puneral services were u>. duct, from the Antioeh Baptist Church c Thursday by Rev. W. C. Payne at interment was in a neighborhot cemetery. Surviving is the husband, one si and five daughters: Grady Teste Ferguson, N. C.; Mesdames W ' Ward and Fred Harman, Valle Cr cis; Dewey Ward, Ferguson: Georj Harman and Roby Vines of Sug. j Grove. One brother, W. J. Farthh ! survives, a number of grap.dchildr j and a host of relatives and friends | Deceased was born May 16. ISf |j the daughter of Thomas B.. and Cel | Greene Farthing She joined Belli Baptist Church at the age of i years Two years later she ir.ov '! her membership to Antioch churc '{where she remained a devoted me: jj ber until death. Site was married J Chas. Tester Dec. 22. 1S9S. To tt ! union were born eight children, t\ ' i of whom preceded her in death. "\ TO UNVEIL, PORTRAIT OF MRS. CELESTE SMIT i Tiie members of the board of *ri - tecs and of the faculty of Appalachi , State Teachers College, are annour ' ' ing the unveiling of a portrait of M ' I Ceieste Henke! Smitli. who was i member of the board of trustees the institution from 1921 to 1835. T t portrait will be officially present ! on Friday the fourth of Septemb : at ten o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Smith was the daughter the late L. P. Henkel of Statesvil and was a leader in educational e - tivity throughout the state. 1 The portrait is the work of Clei ent Strudwick, native of North Ci e olina and a portrait painter of r Uonal reputation :moq be Year Eighteen Eighty-BH RSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936 j "Penny Pencil" Wina 1 jflm : &' 1 S; i , r Mrs. Susan ELsele. Biue Earth, j J l Minn., with baby son, adjudged the | J f j best country newspaper cor re- | ] -1 spondent and awarded a trip to \; ; ( New York and $200 in cash. Her ; J column, "With a Penny Pencil." j f j deals with everyday farm life j 5 j events. !, : CLAY TRIVETT IS 1 ! KILLED IN CRASH G . ' 3 Former Wntaugan Loses Life In Virginia, En Route to Wa- I , . | tauga County. q I Clay Trivett, 50 years old, native , j j VVataugnn but for the past many ] __ years a resident of Beaver Dam, Va., | ^ was fatally injured on the 21at, when , trie car in which he and his family j wore riding turned over between , ( Richmond and South Boston, while | s they were en route to Watauga eoun- , ty for a visit with relatives. The . f belated information which reaches the Democrat is to the effect that a son was driving the machine at a high , n rate of speed, that the machine left , ^ the road, careened back onto the . right of way and turned over. Mr. , Trivett received a crushed skull and I died the following day. The son was ? slightly cut about the head. The ' other occupants of the car were unj injured. t Surviving are the widow, three sons and three daughters, Alton. Art thur, Robert, Zilma and Leota. Funeral services were conducted at r Beaver Dam, Va., on the 24th by tlh 1 Rev. R. L Xsbell and interment was tliere. Mr. and Mrs. Wilby Brown and two >iaughters. Hope Suinmitt. j* Roby Shore and Jack Morris, all of 3 Watauga county, attended the obsequiea. h Deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Trivett and was reared in Watauga county. He moved to y Beaver Dam, Va., about twenty years ago, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He had enjoyed success, was popular in liis adopted . section, and also left many friends in / Watauga county. i 300 FRESHMEN AT "i COLLEGE OPENING -y is a Record Enrollment Of Near One Thousand Is Expected By the Registrar. About three hundred freshmen had ,d registered for the fall term at Appalachian College Tuesday afternoon. >n\ according to Prof. J. M. Downum, r> the registrar, who was getting all ' j in readiness for beginning the enrollu" I ment of those in the upper classes ?e! Wednesday morning. ar j Prof. Downum states Uiat it is 1o j quite likely when the registrations e!> | are completed that there will be one J- thousand students enrolled, which will ,0- constitute a record for the beginning L of the regular term. Last year the enrollment at the close of the spring 1J term was only slightly in excess of: -J iOO. :i1>; The dormitories on the ci^npus are "~i filled, it is said, many students have pj irtuw-.l lodging ::: thy down, auj jtc.w 113 faces are being seen about the col10 i iege each day. i LOCAL PASTOR RETURNS H FROM ELKIN HOSPITAL is-; Dr. Ernest C. Widenhouse. pastor an; of the Boone Methodist Church rote J turned Tuesday from the Chatham rs. i Memorial Hospital. ElUin, where he a. had been a patient for two weeks, of I following a serious operation. Friends he' of the jiopular minister will be glad ed j to know that his condition is decider! edly improved, and that he is expect i ed to recover witdm a reasonable of length of time. le, i Mr. Win ton Hank in went to 251ic ; kin and accompanied Dr. Widenhouse j back to Boone. m-j tr-j Miss Gladys Swift has returned to 1a-; Huntersville, where she will teach ; during the school term now opening. TO LARGE CROWD Congressman R. L. Doughton and Prominent Caldwell Citizens Inform Local People Of R. E. A. Benefits; Project for County Being Mapped. The auditorium of the courthouse ft a.-s practically tilled mth a represcntative gathering from the various ownsmps 01 tne county. Tuesday at he noon hour, when Congressman R. Li. Doughton appeared in the inter?st of Watauga's participation in the itura! Electrification program of the federal government. Accompanying Mr. Doughton were Messrs G K. VJessick. County Agent; O. C. Carruthers and R. hi. C. Jones, aii of Lenoir, who have just recently been, given approval of a county-wide RE A program involving the expenditure of $130,000 County Agent W. B. Collins opened the meeting and presented Mr. Doughton. who spoke briefly to the gathering Mr. Doughton emphasized the part electrical energy is playing in the modern scheme or living, and expressed the belief that the rural residents of the country were qurte is much entitled to the benefits of electrical energy as were their fellow citizens in the urban areas. "You cannot secure this service through individual effort." said the veteran, solon. "The magnificent system of highways which spans your stale and your nation could never have been realized through individual effort: it took the cooperation of the counties, states and the federal government to put this giant program across. Likewise it is going to take collective effort to electrifj* the rural sections of sur country. The Federal government is now opening the door of opportunity." Mr. Doughton stressed his willingness to cooperate fully in the inclusion of Watauga county in the program, ar.d stated he was ready to go to Washington or anywhere else and help in the final consummation of a REA project for Watauga county. "I am ytMW-^^tont," he said, "and am feadyr-Jfj -owfena. my full duty. YOU pOOpIC n*. ,, ertiiy paid i??0 iCHV-pP-Pp', .. thousand times for "anything I might ever be able to do for you or for your county." A Washington representative of the REA, through some misunderstanding failed to attend the meeting, and the gentlemen from Caldwell, who are well versed in the procedure, volunteered their services in minutely (Continued on page 8.) Valuable Property To Be Sold At Auction S C. Eggers & Co.. local realtors have advertised the sale of 100 iots and tracts, a part of the late J. C Raj' estate, located just east of Boone, in the Perkihsville neighbor hood The sale will be on the premises for the high dollar Saturday. September 5 at 10 o'clock a. m. Mr. Eggers believes that he is offering an exceptionally fine piece of property for residential purposes and states that many persons have already become interested in the sale. The propertj- is well watered by springs and native shrubbery and fine trees abound. An opportunity is presented, says Mr. Eggers, to own a fine homesite, close in to the town, and without the burden of municipal taxes. An S-room house will also be offered in Perkinsville at the same time. REEMPLOYMENT AGENT | TO BE HERE ON FRIDAY ! Mr. Wooten, manager of trio XaI tional Reemployment Service for 1 this district, with headquarters in | North Wilkesboro, announces tnat i he will be in Boone at the courthouse next Friday and each succeeding Friday until further notice, for the purpose of interviewing* those woo desire particularly in connection with the conslrucUbiA rot- >nc ' scenic highway. Mr. Wooten is anxious that those j interested in securing employment ! under the Federal program meet him S in rioone as early as is convenient. RECORDER'S COURT Following are the judgments of the | Recorder's Court in session Tuesday: Howard Brown, reckless driving. | Assessed with the cost. Notice given of appeal to superior court Wayne Stout, violation prohibition larva and resisting arrest, cost. Lester Gordon, Marion Loritts, affray, cost. Ira Watson, reckless driving, onehalf cost. oJe Wheeler, public drunkenness, 30 days. Former suspended sentence of 90 days placed In effect Craig Simmons, disturbing public worship, 4 months on roods.