i 1
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
One Human Shipload
A Floating Microcosm
Intelligent Mrs. Widener
Mrs. Astor and Dr. Carrel
? On Board "he Normandie.?Ttv
ancient writer n ide this admission
Then' be three tilings which are ttx
wonderful for me. yea, four which :
know not:
The way of an eagle Ir. the air
the way of a serpent upon a Rock
the way of a ship in the midst of th<
sea; and the way of a man with :
maid.
What would that inspired write)
say of this modern ship in the midsl
of the sea? The biggest ship hi
ever saw could be hung from thi
celling of the dining salon on thti
hont or tucked away In a corner oi
Uie sun deck, disturbing no one.
A modern ocean liner. Queen Mary
Normandic, Rex or Europa. a3 i!
crosses the ocean indifferent to waves
and winds, is a small world in itself
a microcosm, with this little eartl
playing the role of "Cosmos." If this
ship should sail to some new, uninhabited
island of Utopia, it might
supply everything necessary to start
a new civilization better than th<
one invented by Sir Thomas More
who has been made - saint since h<
wrote "Utopia" to amuse himseli
and had his head cut off for his Cath
olic faith.
On board, with his friend, George
Bacon, is Myron Taylor, head of the
United States Steel company, biggesl
industrial unit on earth. He woulc
supply the material for skyscrapers
ships, railroads and machinery, plus
organization.
Simon Guggenheim would tell their
how to make corporations profitable
by 'holding on."
Various newspaper workers on the
beat would be ready to 3tart "the
New "Utopia Gazette"; Floyd Gibbon*
for war correspondent, plus members
of the Edward H. Butler family, that
own the Buffalo News, and the able
Abraham Cahan, known to more New
Yorkers than any editor in America,
with one pxcprttion Anrl mno(- i*v?_
portant to newspaper prosperity, the
ship carries Mrs. George D. Widened
of Philadelphia, who has traveled up
and down in every corner of the earth
and says to your nana lor:
"Mr. Brisbane, I have always wanted
to meet you, because I read yout
articles every day."
There spoke the nucleus of a highly
intelligent reading public.
Mrs. Vincent Astor, her way back
tan -grouse* iwmii --irr-Scotland
would resume her real Job of promoting
deep music, finding cooperators
in the passenger list?Madame
Fiagstodt, the admirable Norwegian
, singer, a deep soprano able to make
Isolde more impressive than Wagner
ever imagined her. On board also
is Arthur Bodanzky, ready to conduct
the "New Utopia orchestra."
Mayor LaGuardia of New York will
tell you how earnestly Mrs. Astor
talks to him about her plana for a
great musical center. But Mr. LaGuardia
will never know what shudders
would sweep from Ward McAllister's
pineal gland to his Achilles
tendon if he could hear Mayor LaGuardia
say of the young lady in
^u?uuii, niai. jars. AMLOl' 13 a 111C
serious girl, thoroughly in earnest."
To make tills list complete, P. G.
Wodehouse is on board, one who
could and should describe this shipload
of "important humanity" going
nowhere in particular, for no reason
in particular, some in the steerage,
some "tourist" and some, with cabins
on the sundeck, whose names
break up passenger list continuity to
make room for the magic words
"maid, valet and chauffeur."
The contest between modern ships
for the "Atlantic blue ribbon," or
ocean championship, held at this moment
by the British Queen Mary,
supplies most amazing proof of modern
engineering efficiency. Consider
that, in a race across 3.000 miles of
water, the Queen Mary, after being
beaten several times by the French
liner Normar.die, beat the latter and
took the Atlantic blue ribbon by a
margin of less than half a mile, across
3,000 miles of ocean.
The of tener you cross, the more
ciearly you realize that the ocean
is a great deal too big for our small
planet- It is a!! one ocean?Atlantic,
J. JUIkUl VLIU, Ull WUCIIing?water
covering' three-quarters
of the earth's surface.
Consider the Pacific; take your
world map, Mercator's projection,
raid it over from Asia toward New
York and beyond. It will cover the
United States, the Atlantic ocean and
all Ehrrope to the Bosporus.
Nutrition Specialist
Will Be Here Today
Miss Sallle Brooks, assistant nutrition
specialist from State College,
will be in Boone Thursday, October
8th and will hold a Leaders' school
for Home Demonstration Club food
leaders.
All Pood Leaders are urged by
Miss Cleta Jones, county home demonstration
agent, to attend the meeting
which will be held at the College
Heme Economics laboratory.
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VOL. XLVIil, NO. 14.
* Heads New Program J
t Coach Watliins, of Appalachian
i College, who is head of the recreational
program recently institut- ;
- ed for the entertainment and bene- !
fit of the children of Boone I
: BOONE CHILDREN
! ENTER CONTESTS
i
Scooter Race is Next Event On
1 New Recreational Program
For Local Kiddies
Coach Watkins, head of the recrea'
tion program for the Demonstration
School children of Boone, reports
that steady progress is being made in
this field of work. Daily a more extensive
program of athletics for this
\ group is being added to the curriculum
and much enthusiasm is being
1 shown by the participants.
The latest plana include a scooter
, race which will be an event from
twelve thirty to one-thirty Thursday
of this week and a bicycle race which
will take place next week at the
same period. Just as the contests
held heretofore, all under fourteen
years of ape will be allowed to take
part.
Daily lectures are being given to
the students on highway conduet By
. means of these talks the children of
. Jaao.ne . are-being, taught how, when
: nd where to cross the road and the
c rreot place for pedestrians to walk
on the hlghwty
Constantly more members are being
added to the large number already
under instruction. The swimming
class conducted every week has
an enrollment of approximately 30
children who are being taught to
swtm. Others have let it be known
that they are planning to join the
clasd.
At present workers of the college
are building a playground field just
above the football ground which will
t,a ,,I-.. - ---- ' - * -
?n, wAviuaircijf ujr mi: aiuucaus
of the Demonstration and High
Schools.
l Edward Snyder Dies
In Mining Region
Edward Snyder, 32, member of a
prominent Beaver Dam family, died
in the coal fields of Virginia Saturday,
meager information indicates
and funeral services were" conducted i
from Beaver Dam church, in this
county Monday by Rev. Ed Hodges.
A delegation from the local union of
the United Mine Workers of America
wa3 present for the services and
conducted the ritual at the graveside
in the community cemetery.
Surviving are a widow and four
children.
Deceased wa3 a son of Mr. J. S.
Snyder of Beaver Dam und had
been working in the eoal mines for
the past 12 years, it is said.
Town To Be Decorated
For Homecoming Event
The business men of the town have
planned to decorate their store fronts
in carnival attire for the Homecoming
Day exercises at Appalachian
College Saturday, when hundreds of
former students and graduates will
converge upon the campus to enjoy
the program prepared and witness the
clash of the Appalachian and Guilford
College football squads.
At a special meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce held Tuesday it was
decided to place two large banners
across the streets of the town calling
attention to the Homecoming,
which is the hieh snot in the vear's
activities at Appalachian.
STORE BEING REMODELED
Spalnhour's store is undergoing a
, thorough remodeling this week, car'
penters, painters and paper hangers
I taking over the establishment in the
I evenings, when the day's business Is
done, and the management promises
' the public an interior of much great
cr beauty and convenience. The
work is being done in such a way
that the regular business of the firm
is not being interfered with.
"AUG
Independent Weekly New
_ BOONE, WATAUGA CPU]
HUGH EGGERSDIES;
RITES MT. GH.EAD
Prominent Citizen Of Beech
Creek Succumbs; Other News
Of That Section.
By Regular Correspondence
Hugh Eggers. who had been ill for
some time, died at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. George I>awrence,
September 24. Funeral services were
conducted from Mt. Gilcad church by
Rev. Ed Farthing, who was assisted
in the rites by Rev. Ashley and
the interment was in the Mt. Gilead
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Marion Younce,
Hugh Reece, Elmer Warren, Arthur
Stauberry, Clyde Buntoa and Jack
Bryant.
The floral offering was in charge
of a group of young ladies of the
community.
Surviving are eight children:
George and Henry Eggers, Jackson,
Ohio; Filmore Eggers. Derby, Iowa;
Mis, Gertrude Smith, Mehirrin, Va.;
Mrs. Mollie Lambert, Bid well, Ohio;
Mrs. Etta Stanberry, Johnson City,
Tenn., and Mrs. Jennie Lawrence and
Joe Eggers, Beech Creek, N. C. Also
| four brothers, Solomon, Mabel, N. C.;
i Smith, Trade, Tenn.; George, Sugar
Grove, N. C., and Monroe. Hickory,
N. C.
Mr. Eggers was born November
18, 1857. He was the son of Joel
and Ann Younce Eggers. He was
married to Eliza Lawrence in 1876.
She proceeded him in death several
years ago. He professed faith in
Christ at an early age and united
with the Zionviile Baptist church. He
up i.u luc laim ne prorcsseci
throughout his life and was a good
citizen in any community. He had
a wide circle of friends who. will
greatly miss him. But the will of
God should be the will of men and
the question that differs is Is it well
and from the life Mr. Eggers lived
wo. feel that all is well.
Mrs. Grant Rcece who has been ill
for some time is no better.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul B2dmisten,
a baby girl, Mildred I*ee.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Hcccc, s. baby girl, Pofegy Ann
Mr. and Mrs. Tore Earlblng- ivuin.
Butler, Tenu., spent the week-end
with their daughter. Mrs. Carrol
Younce.
Mr. Henry Eggers of Jackson,
Ohio, is spending some time with
relatives in the community.
Mr. Bill Trivette, who is working
in Kentucky, spent Saturday night
with his family here.
Mrs. Conley Warren and Mrs. Will
Jones of Elizabethton are visiting
their sick mother, Mrs. W. G. Rcece,
for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bunton, of
Elizabethton, are spending some time
with friends and relatives here.
The revival meeting at Mt. Gilead
church which was in charge of Rev.
Ed Farthing and Rev. Ashley closed
loot XXTAA*,, !.?? ? -
iuoi. ftcuucauaj wiui LCI1 UUdlllOUb J
to the church.
Several Cases Are j
Heard By Recorder
Eight, cases were tried before Judge
Bingham in Recorder's court Tuesday:
Graham Teague charged with public
drunkenness. Prayer for judgment
continued until December 1, during
good behavior.
Spencer Trivett. larceny. One-half
the costs.
Nellie Trivett, public drunkenness.
One-half the costs.
Frank Trivett, violation of prohibition
laws. Suspended sentence of
b months 011 the roads placed in effect.
Dean Adams, assault with deadly
weapon. One-half the costs.
Paul Cheeks, reckless driving. $25
and the costs.
Will Dougherty, public drunken- j
ness. One-half the costs.
Willis Swift,, passing school bus. No,
intent found to violate the law. As-1
scsscd with one-half the costs.
Estes Receives
Serious Injuries!
Tvfr Rnu TTcfno o%? !
..WJ cui ClllJJiUJ tc U1
the New River Light & Power Co.,
received serious Injuries when he
fell a distance of about twelve feet
nom the side of a building' at Ap-,
palachian Collge. The accident occurred
Friday, Mr. Estes was at- j
tempting to transfer a heavy lead
cable over the top of the building,1
when the anchor broke, pitching him
off the building to a heavy timber i
on the ground.
He suffered severe cuts abcut the
body but physicians at the Hagaman
Clinic, where the electrician was carried
for treatment, state that he is
steadily improving and should completely
recover. He will remain at
the clinic for perhaps another week,
and will he at his home here until
fully recovered and able to return to
work. |
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spaper?Established in th<
NTY^NORTH CAROLINA, THLTfi
Jim Says to John . ,
ililiMHiSnSnSS
" Mr^ . s Jr.
^MK880??^
WKBaS^ . .. v ifPWMa
New York?Here are the two mas
tween Democrats and Republicans
(left) Jim Farley, Democrat, and
ton, Republican. The woman aud
here, got a great kick out of seeing
tion. The respective national cha
"Good speech, Jim." "Didn't
1I.F.C. SENDS LARGE
SUM TO WATAUGA
I
j $121,435.35 of Emergency Fund
is Distributed in County,
Report Shows.
Durham, October 5.?The Reconstruction
Finance Corporation durj
Ing the period Februar y 2, 1932 to
June 30, 1936 distributed the sum of
$121,435.35 rin Watauga County, according
to information received by
Robert M. Gantt, State Director for
1 the National Emergency Council for
North Carolina.
r>UKt?eaa?ri<>ntft in North C&?Olin&
(aggregated $iti,8?2,l?Pr.?e,not"i?Btnaf
ing amounts that went to various
government agencies or relief gtahts.
to the state of North Carolina as authorized
under the Federal Emergency
Relief Act of 1933.
The principal purposes for which
the money was disbursed were as
follows: loans to banks and trust
companies, including receivers, liquidating
agents and conservators, $27,652,528.96;
subscriptions to prefcrredf
stocks of banks and trust companies
$7,188,500.00; loans to insurance com.
panies, $1,932,387.50; loans to building
and loan associations $3,504,149,45;
loans to mortgage loan companies
$3,105,806.53; and an additional
amount of $711,156.12 to joint stock
land banks.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
gave assistance to industrial
and commercial businesses in North
Carolina totaling $1,824,911.48. Selfliquidating
projects were aided in the
sum of $528,000. A further amount of
$67,722.92 was furnished to agricultural
commodities and livestock and
^-4-? 4 - ~ '
I toiu atoie ret'eivcu a aisoursement 01'
$6,545,722.92 for relief and work relief.
REGISTRATION OF
i VOTERS BEGINS
. Books Will Be Open For First
Time Saturday For
New Voters.
The registration books will be op
cned by the registrars in the various
i precincts of the county next Saturday.
for the convenience of first-time
voters and for those who inave moved
into the county since the last election.
and WITT remain open until and
including Saturday. October 24th.
October 31st is to be observed as
challenge day, states A. D. Wilson,
chairman of the county board of elec
tions.
Those who have voted in previous
elections held here, of course, need
not register, but those who have
come of legal age since the last balloting
should register, along with
those who have since moved into this
county. To vote in any county in
the state one must have been a citizen
of the commonwealth for 12
months, while those who have moved
into the county from some other seci
tion of the state are entitled to vote
after a local residence of four months.
Guilford farmers have made requests
for over 2G0 acres of land to
be sub-soiled by the terracing outfit.
Terraces recently constructed in
Moore County will make good fields
out of land that would have been
worthless in a few years at the rate
it was eroding.
MOC
iSDAY, OCTOBER
. and Jo 111 Says to JunRjlJ
ter-minds of the political battle be:
for the Presidency. In this corner ;
! in this corner (right) John Hamilience
which listened to their talks
the two friendly enemies in acirmen
are reported to have said:
do so badly yourself, John."
homcmgdaT
next saturday
Several Boone I'laycrs Feature
Grid Encounter With
Guilford College
Homecoming Day will Be observed
at Appalachian College next Saturday
and a hlghapot of the day's activities
will be the clash of the Mountaineer
varsity football team with the Gullford
College squad in the season's
second conference game. Of local interest
is the fact that several of the
players scheduled to see action arc
citizens of Boone: Cline Farthing,
captain of-the Mountaineers; Hal.
nui . i.i.iy , urotncr
OsiT Wilson, fighting- fullback.
"The Impatience of job," a threeact
comedy will be presented- by the
Appalachian Playorafters in the college
chapel Saturday evening and
will begin at S:15.
According to the schedule worked
out by those In charge, of the program's
details. Dr. George Sherritl,
native Wataugan and faculty member
of Clemson College, will be the principal
speaker. Eugene Byrd, a former
student, will also speak.
An added attraction will be ar.
exhibition staged by two bantam
weight football teams from Barium
Springs orphanage. These midget
acrobats will put on several entertaining
acts between periods of the'
regular varsity game.
Special invitations are being sent
to alumni and other citizens of Boone
to attend the homecoming day activities.
Officers of llie Alumni Association
who also constitute the program com- i
mittee are: Professor A. J. Greene,
Boone, president; Mrs. D. J. Whitencr,
Boone, vice-president; Starr Sta
cy, Boone, secretary; George Passage,
Charlotte, assistant secretary.
ROAD CONTRACT
EXCEEDS $55,000
Blythc Brothers Low Bidders
On First Letting Of Laurel
Creek Highway.
One and seventy-nine one-hundredths
miles of grading, surfacing
and structures are to be included in
the original letting on the Laurel
Creed road, bids for the completion
of which were received by the State
Highway Commission at their meeting
held Friday.
Blythe Brothers submitted the low
bid of $40,635.50 on the road work,
while the bridges involved go to Cobb
and Homewood, Chapel Hill, their bid
for the structures being $14,862.
The lettings were included in a
state-wide highway construction program
involving more than eight
hundred thousand dollars. It was
said in Raleigh that the contracts
with the low bidders would be drawn
during the present week.
It is thought locally that the sue
cessiui Didders on the first link of
the Laurel Creek road, will begin operations
as early as possible after the
contract is awarded, with a view to
getting a good portion of their wofk
coinpleud before cold weather usually
stops such operations.
i
County agents report a greater use
of ground limestone by North Carolina
farmers this fall than in many
years. The seeding." of alfalfa also
have been increased.
RAT
ight
Sl:WPERYEAB
REA PROJECT ASKS
300 MILES RURAL
LINES IN COUNTY
Twenty-Four Hundred Homes
Tentative Users Of Electricitv
to Be Dispensed By Cooperative?Olson
to Submit Project
Monday.
I ' S
Three hundred miles of electric
transmission lines /ire being; asked
for in the completed REA project
which is to be presented to the Rural
Electrification Administration in
Washington Monday, and twentyfour
hundred homes are to receive
the benefit of electricity for lighting
and for household appliances, if
the proposal meets with the approval
of the proper authorities.
Mr. Richard Olsen, civil engineer
nf Vitlle Priific whn hnH Hivon namfd
chairman of the temporary '.ocal organization,
will take the project to
Washington Monday, where he and
.Congressman Robert I,. Doughton
I will present the request of Watauga
County to the REA authorities, and
it is freely predicted by the local organization
that the project will find
a ready approval.
The projei , which has been in
| process or preparation for almost a
month, includes detailed maps of the
[county, indicating the location of
the homes along the proposed tran3j
mission lines, the number which have
[indicated their willingness to use the
current provided, and also tentative
figures as to tlie number of radios
and various kindK of electricallypropelled
household and farm conveniences
may be purchased by the consumers
County Agent Collins ana Mr. Olsen,
who have borne the brunt of the
actual preparation of the project desire
to express a full appreciation to
the people in the various sections of
the county, who have laid aside their
usual duties and gone Into the field
in order to secure the detailed information
required. The type of cooperation
shown is of the moat unselfiu),
nn/l 1.1? 1, i .. .1 1 * - ?il
Loc&l Republicans
*f?gTo Hear Col; Knox ^
Motorcades are planning to organise
in all parts of North Carolina
to go to Ashevllle next Tuesday on
the occasion of the visit of Co) I'"rank
Knox, and- a crowd of more than 25.000
is expected to hear the address
of the Republican vice presidential
candidate.
Leading Republicans in every western
county of the state wore notified
Tuesday concerning the places
at which the motorcade will originate,
ard many local Republicans ore
expected to go to AshcviHc. Repubj
licans from Uie western tier of coun|
ties will gather at Hendersonville,
Bryson City, Bumaville, Marion,
Hickory, Statesvilie and Salisbury
ar.d from these points will journey to
Asheville lor the address. The event,
it is said, will be 1he occasion for
ihe greatest gatherin ; of Republicans
ever known in the South.
(Later information indicates that
I Watauga Republicans will leave 1
Boone Tuesday at one o'clock, and
will meet Col. Knox's train at Marion
at 4 o'clock, as will delegations
from Caldwell, Burke, Ashe and Alleghany.
W. H. Gragg, Republican
congressional candidate, will journey
from Chapel Hill to Asheville on Col.
Knox's train and rear platform tppcarances
will be made at Salisbury
and Statesvilie. The address at Asheville
is to begin at 8 o'clock).
County-Wide Rally Of
Democrats Is Planned
A rally of the Democratic voters
of Watauga County is announced for
Thursday evening. October 15th, at
the courthouse at 7:30, at which
time there is a prospect of Senator
Reynolds addressing the gathering'.
In the event that. the. Senator finds
it impossible to be here, another lead- jjSj
er in 3tate Democratic political circles,
will address the gathering. The
announcement comes from w?de tr
Brown, president of the local Young
Democratic club, which organization, J 5
is sponsoring the rally. A genuine
good time is promised and a full attendance
is being urged.
Mr. Brown also states that there Avl
will be political speakers in other . . :
townships of the county next week as j
Green Valley, Monday night; Blow- f >
ing Rock, Tuesday night; Cove Creek,
Wednesday night,
HtVSON SELLS FARM
Prof. Van Hinson has sold his New
River farm, the E. C. Norris place,
to Mr. J. W. Byers of Boone, and
the latter will move on the premises jsSajffl
soon. Mr. Wilson Norris, meantime
has purchased the Byers place west
oijStown. The transactions were . ,*5
made through 8. C. Eggeni & Co., . .ft
local realtors.