I APPALACHIAN IS
I ONLY UNBEATEN
1 STATE GRID TEAM
Charlotte, Oof 2o.?With tile
spotless records of Duke and North
5' Carolina blasted in Saturday's gridiron
warfare, all of the state's big
five members have now tasted defeat.
Only the Appalachian Teachers of
the North Stale conference remain
as the single North Carolina eleven
JVIUI iwuo in <iu ui us t'lig^agpnieniH.
Kvery member of the big five met
I out-of-state competition the past
week-eha and the group standings
remained the same. Duke and Carolina,
with one victory each and no
defeats, were tied for the lead over
their rivals of Davidson, Stave and
Wake Forest.
The Tarheels and the State Wolfpack
are pitted against each other in
the only intra big five game of the
week, meeting at Chapel Hill Saturday.
Davidson's Wildcats and Hunk Anderson's
Wolfpack were the only big
five reams to uphold ihe state's football
prestige in their games last
week.
Davidson, paced by its brilliant
Teeney Lafferty, triumphed impressively
over the Citadel, 21 to 0, for
its third successive Southern conference
victory, while state, appareentiy
on the comeback trail after
a bad start, trounced V P. L. 13
to 0.
Wake Forest fell before the George
Washington Colonels Friday night,
13 to 12
Besides the Tar Heel-Woolfpaclc
clash, games scheduled for Saturday
send Duke against Washington
and Lee at Ftichnond, Davidson
against Furman at Greenville, S. C.,
and Wake Forest will take on Presbyterian
college from Clinton, S. C..
on its home field.
Tn thf Morfh ?
uvu<.<- v.viur(XlivU,;
Appalachian, by virtue of its fine
record, is the undisputed leader. The
strung* teachers added another victory
Saturday by routing the South
Georgia Teachers. 27 to 0.
Catawba's Indians won their an-j
nual clash with the Guilford Quale-(
ers. 20 to 6, in their headline intra co
life re nee game, of the week Thej
Western Carolina Teachers eked outi
a 7 to 6 victory over Eastern CarUna
Teachers, and Elon's Christians!
had A field day at the expense of
Duke "B" team, winning 51 toO. Lenoir-Rhyne
could only get a 6 to 6 tie
with the Apprentice School at Newport
News, Va
North State conference games this]
week pit Guilford against Lenoirfthyne
on the latters field Friday
and Eton goes fo Newport News toj
meet the Apprentice school the saniei
Saturday, W. C. T. C. will en-J
tertain Mtlligan ut Cullowhee, ondj
Appalachian will have Tusctilum as
the opposition at Boone. Catawba)
ha& an open date.
Movies of Local People
To Be Shown at Pastime
Cajc to find out whaL you'd look
like in the movies? That opportunity
will be presented to a number
of people of Boone and the county
at the Pastime Theatre here Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
November 2nd, 3rd, 4th and
5th.
For several days II. Lee Waters of j
Lexington, a movie cameraman, has j
been in Boone employed by the man
tix tut r-asume ineatre to
make motion pictures of Boone people
as they went about their work,
hobby or recreation, as the case
might be. These pictures will be
shown for four days.
In addition to the "local movies."
the program for the four big days at
the Pastime will feature headline
productions, such as "Susy," with
Jean Harlow; "Captain Kidd," with
Guy Kibbee and Sybil Jason, and
"The Bride Walks Out," with Barbara
Stanwyck.
PEIJLEGRA YEAST HERE
Mrs. James Councill, chairman of
the Red Cross, states that the yeast
for pellcgra patients has been received
and is now available at the welfare
office in the courthouse. It will
be necessary for patients applying to
bring with them a doctor's certificate
Indicating their need of the
treatment.
"HOW DEEPEN OUR
FAITH IN CHRIST"
Hie above subject will be discussed
at the Brotherhood meeting Sun
day rjgni al o;ju, a nieeuiig ior ail
adults. Come and bring your wife
and enjoy one hour in the study of
this great subject. This union appeals
to you to make an honest effort
to be present Sunday night. The
past few years have brought discouragement
to many earnest Christians,
the world has been in a state of confusion,
with vast changes taking
place in social, political, economic
and religious conditions among the
. nations. Sometimes it seems almost
as if the very foundations have been
shaken, and that there is nothing sef
cure "Ijisteii"' Come and learn
what Scripture lesson Jesus read
when asked to read from the Bible.
He selected His own passage. This
one thing will be worth your while.
ADULT BROTHERHOOD UNION,
Boone Baptist Church.
WA1
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VOL. XLVIII. NO. 17
SHERIFF HrtWFII
A **v ? T AiJLiJU
HAS BUSY WEEK
Seventy-Second Still is Captured
Under fresent Administration:
Other News
Sheriff Howell gives Yh?* Democrat
a brief report of the activities
of his office iast week, when it is
revealed that an unusual amount of
work evolved upon the law enforcers,
and the seventy-second distilling
plant was captured hy the sheriff.
Following is a terse report of the
sheriff's activities for the week:
Tuesday morning" the sheriff took
a lead of inrors to -Wilkesboro to assist
J. C. McConnell in holding the
inquest of Mrs. Stutts. who was killed
by falling from an automobile.
Tuesday evening Walter Greer was
apprehended and charged with the
murder of Ira Watson. He was placed
in the county joil awaiting preliminary
trial.
Wednesday night Monroe Woodring
was arrested and brought to
jail, charged with the serious cutting
of Mack Winebarger. He was
taken into custody on the aide of
Pine Orchard mountain about 13.
o'clock Wednesday night;.
Thursday the sheriff and deputies,
Carter Ragan and John K.
Brown, made a raid on the upper
Meat Camp "section near the community
where the cutting affray look
place and captured three distilleries.
One of them was a 90-gallon copper
outfit, one a 30-galloti copper still
I ami one a HO-gallon tank steamer
i Friday evening Sheriff lie well left
I for Waynesville for a prisoner wantj
ed for non-support and abandonment.
I It was foggy and rainy and many of
roads under construction, the detours
muddy. The sheriff drove all night
I Friday and reached Boone just at
| daylight Saturday morning with his
prisoner.
I Saturday a number of arrests
j were made for public drunkenness
and driving drunk. Sunday night
j Sheriff Howell and his deputies had
i a call to come to Hot Hollow, where
! a number of men and women were
! reported to be having a frvc-for-aii
fight, with rocks and knives. Ten
were arrested and brought. U> the
"Cross Bar Hotel." A round sixteen
arrests were made during the weekend
and the jail was crowded.
This makes the seventy-second
still and 38 men taken in connect ion
fW.J ?-?
U4iv?i i.pLiaiwk aince snemi
Howoil has been in office.
This is the greatest number of
stiils and prisoners that have been
captured in Watauira in one week for
many years.
WORKERS SOUGHT
FOR ROAD WORK
Representative For State Employment
Service Wants
More Skilled Men
The demand for skilled workers,
particularly as regards highway construction,
Is still urgent, according to
R. L. Wooten, representative of the
State Employment service, who was
in town again Friday registering
men for jobs on the Scenic Parkway
and other projects in this section.
He states he will return to Boone
November 7th, and would like to
contact men capable of operating
road machinery.
Referring jto the Laurel Creek
highway, Mr. Wooten states that the
first request for labor on this project
called for 15 laborers for excavation
for a bridge, Cobb and Homewood
of Chapel Hill, having secured
the contract for the structures.
Prnaidont Will
a * wu??4Vl?V f V ill
Inaugurated Jan. 20
When tile voters finally have their
Inning November 3. they will elect 33
governors, 35 senators and 435 members
of the house of representatives
?but not a president.
So far as the presidency is concerned,
they will "appoint" 531 electors
who will mark the actual election
ballots at meetings in their respective
states on Monday, December
14. The new senate and house,
which will convene January 5, must
meet jointly the next day to cout
the ballots and declare president any
candidate with a majority The regular
convening day is January 3,
but that falls on a Sunday and congress
passed a resolution changing
the meeting date.
On January 20 will come the first
January inauguration in history. The
change from the fourth of March
was made by the twentieth, or "lame
duck" amendment to the constitution.
H. C. Miller of Macon county, has
applied 12 tons of lime to his crop
land this fall and says one ton is
needed an acre to get a good stand
of clover.
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"AUG
Independent. Weekly Nev
BOONE. WATAUGA COt
SPEAKS SATURDAY
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, whose
spectacular campaign for the governorship
last summer focused the
political eye of the nation on the
state, will deliver a campaign address
to the voters of this section
Saturday afternoon at 2:30, it has
been announced. It is understood
that Dr. McDonald is making a
vigorous campaign for the entire
Democratic ticket, and that enthusiastic
throngs are greeting the
I accomplished orator at each engagement.
ROLL CALL DRIVE
TO BE INTENSIVE
Organization is Completed foi
Enlisting Members in Red
Cross Body
The annual Red Ci ^ss Roll Call,
which starts on Armistice Day and
continues through Thanksgiving,
! will be carried on in grand fashion
j in this community under the guiding
| hand of Mrs J. H. Council!, county
J chairman of the Red Cross. Roll Call
chairmen for the county include Mrs.
H. R. Eggera, Boone; Mrs. H. C.
Hayes. Blowing Rock, Mrs. Stanley
IltiiiiS. v* t-r.. uSfa; vv cult:
Wagner, VaUe Crucis, and Mrs. Cjvdc
Perry, Beaver Oani. Members of the
A. S. T. C. faculty on the county
council are: Miss Maude Cathcart,
chairman of the Junior Red Cross;
Miss Cora LeMav, chairman of life
saving: Dr. ,T. D. Rankin, vice chair:
man of the county Red Cross cnapI
ter. and Prof. Eugene Garbee, chairj
man of first aid.
I According to plans outlined by
j Mrs. Councill, the major clubs of the
! campus will prepare displays to be
placed in the windows of the store
buildings up-tpwn and will compete
| against each other as to the most atj
tractive and applicable presentation
j Miss Cathcart, chairman of the
Junior division, nas mads contact
with the schools of Cove Creek
Blowing Rock and Boone, where the
plan or organization was received
with enthusiasm. This is the first
time in the history of the Red Cross
that the Junior division has been introduced
to these schools.
Meets Death In Texas
Automobile Accidenl
Mr. R. R. Hodges has received a
mesage informing him of the death
of his nephew, Sam T. Hodge3, ol
Lubbock, Texas, who was fatally injured
when struck by an automobile
at that place on October 17.
Mr. Hodges was a son of the late
Col. J. C. Hodges of Paris, Texas.
He leaves a widow, the former Miss
Nene Alexander, one son and one
daughter
SUCCESSFUL SALE
S. C. Eggers & Co., local realtors
disposed of the real estate of the
late Col. Romulus Z. Linney on Saturday.
The property located in the
town of Taylorsville, was sold foi
cash in hand, it is said, and the own
ers as well as the popular realtors
were pleased with the deal.
IT IS TIME TO
CALL THE ROLL
Once a year the roll of the
American people is called and they
are given an opportunity to join the
Red Cross. This roll call serves not
only to maintain the Red Cross organization,
but serves as a yearly
check-up of public sympathy with
the work it is trying to do.
Mrs. James Council!, Red Cross
chairman for Watauga county, and
the executive committee is making
plans to make the roll cell a big
success this year. They are especiI
ally anxious to see the county reach
i the quota of 300 assigned to the
| county.
The following roll call chairmen
i have been appointed: Blowing' Rock,
; Mrs. H. C. Hayes: Valle Crucis, Mrs
Wade Wagner; Cove Creek, Mrs
Stanley Harris; Beaver Dam, Mrs
Clyde l'erry; Boor.e, Mrs. Herman
J Eggers.
a/de
/spape: ^-Established in th<
:
FNTY, ;RTH CAROLINA, THUR
jcKtS GATHER
i FOR BARBECUE,
I POLITICAL RALLY
! i
Congressman Dough ton Principal
Speaker Today; Hon.
Frank Hancock and Others on
Program; Large Crowd is Expected
j
! As The Democrat prepares to go
to press indications are that by the
time the Dougliton-Day political rally
and barbecue gets under way
there will will be a vast throng of \
voters from every section of this and
surrounding counties to hear the veteran
congressman and one of his colleagues
speak, and to partake of the
barbecue and fixins which has been
in the course of preparation for the
past two days.
Mia'* Beatrice Cobb, national coiumitteewoman.
and Mrs. J. D. Spillman,
vice-chairman of the stale
Democratic executive committee, will
deliver the first speeches, likely
making a particularly strong appal
to the women voters to rally to the
cause of the Democratic party, and
will be followed by Congressman
Doughton, in the principal deliver-nr.ee
of the day. Hon. Frank Han-j
cock, congressman from the fifth
district, will complete the speaking
program, and the crowds will gather
for the open-air feast.
To Defend New Deal
I Advance information as to tne
f text of the Doughton deliverance indicates
that he will speak solely to
the gathering on the accomplishments
of the Democratic party from
the federal agencies to the county j
courthouse, and appeal for continued
SUDDOrt Strflitlv frnnn tho I
i Dough ton will laud the admimstra-j
tion of the President and discuss the!
, administration from the standpoint i
of progressive and effective dealing |
with the problems of the government
to the point that a complete business
recovery is now in sight. He will
laud the party whose cause he espouses
as one of action, progress and
good lo the many rather than to the
j few, and will label the Republican
.party as one of privilege and inac;
tion.
Due to the late arrival of Mr.
Hancock, the specific lines he will
follow ill his speech c^ufi not be secured;
however, he is known as a
forceful speaker. This is his first
visit to Boone.
As this is written, rome of the i
more optimistic Democratic leaders |
' are predicting that when the rally is!
under way there wiii be from three j
' to four thousand people on the;
j grounds.
1G. O.P.ANNOUNCES
i SPEAKING DATES
No Outside Oratory Has Been
i Brought to County by Republicans;
Intensive Campaign
Russell D. Hodges, chairman of
the local Republican committee,
stated Wednesday morning that!
-! present plans of his organization do
not call for the appearance of outL
side speakers during the closing days
1 of the campaign.
Mr. Hodges did state, however,
that candidates for the various coun!
t.y offices are conducting speakings
in different sections of the county
1 and gave out the following engagements.
At each place there will be
' some of the candidates and perhaps
* others to deliver campaign addresses:
Laurel Fork tBlue Ridge township)
the 28th; Stony Point and
, Clarks Creek, the 20th; and Foscoe
> in Watauga township, on the 31st.
All the speakings will be at 7:30
>. p. m., and a full attendance of the*
voters in each locality is urged to
hear the discussions of campaign is,
suea.
The Republican candidates have
been appearing at different points
for several days ar.d a vigorous campaign
is being waged.
W>lf? R ?
* T ?u?va *-+? viawoull
Claimed By Death
Walter Bledsoe Clawson, aged 34!
years, died at hir home in the Todd
neighborhood last Saturday. Funeral
, and burial was in the Howell cemetery
at Todd Monday morning. Rev.
:! Ed. Blackburn and Rev. C. F. Wright
being in charge of the services.
I Survivors include the widow and |
four children: Joe Bill, Tommy Kirk
Ray Dean and Sue, of Todd. The
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Clawson,
: of Todd, also survive, two brothers
and six sisters. R. H. Clawson, Panai
:na. Canal Zone: James Clawson,
, Todd; Mesdames Hally Blackburn,
Todd; Chess Proffit, Banner Elk;
. Lizzie Wright, Lenoir City, Tenn.;
. Lawrence McGiimis, Ray Ballard,
i Taft Smith and Lester Armstorng.
Cherryville
MOC
5 Year Eighteen Eighty-EJ
SPAY, OCTOBKI^ 29, 1936
FOLLOWER OF LEE
i&.n ~
... - i ;
_1 j
Mr. Lemuel Greene, of Amantha,
who on the 16th of October celebrated
his 01st. birthday, and who
is the only surviving: Confederate
veteran in this county with the
exception of Mr. .J. E. Luther, of
Deep Gap. Mr. Greene is hale and
hearty despite his great age and
often visits briefly with friends in
Boone. Two Federal veterans live
in the county. Uncle Newton Banner,
of Sugar Grove, and Mr. Jsndy
Wilson, of North Fork township.
Pictures of Mr. Luther, Mr Banner
and Mr. Wilson are to be carried
in subsequent issues of The Democrat.
DR. WIDENHOUSE
TO BURNSVfLLE
Rev. l'aul Townsend New Methodist
Pastor at Uoone: Salisbury
Conference Ends
I
Dr. Ernest C Widenhouse, popular!
pastor of t he Roonb M ethodist |
church for the past two years, was
transferred to the Burnsvillc pastorate.
as the appointments were read
in the closing hours of the Western
North Carolina conference in Salisbury
Monday, and Rev. Paul Townsend
will come to the local church.
At the same time Rev. .5 W. Parker
is. returned tcv the Watauga
Methodist circuity
Dr. Widenhouse has been popular
with the congregation here and regret
is expressed over his departure.
Rev. Mr. Townsend, however, is said
to be a minister oX outstanding qualities.
and served as a teacher in the
high schools for many years following
his graduation from Duke University.
He formerly was pastor ofj
the Gastonia church, once served by!
the beloved Rev. Claude H. Moser,
and members of the local congregation
feel fortunate i:i securing him
as their pastor.
Among those attending conference
from this community were: Dr.
Widenhouse, Prof. J. M. Downum,
Dr. and Mi-s. J. D. Rankin, Rev. G;
C. Brinkm&n and Miss Naomi Brandon.
Mrs. Ailey M. Ray
Dies At Age of 76
Mrs. Ailey M Ray, aged 76 years,
Uied at her home at Deep Gap Saturday,
and funeral services and
buria! followed Sunday at the T.aurel
Springs Baptist church.
Surviving is the husband, A.
Ray, of Deep Gap; four sons and six
daughters; W. O. Ray. Harley Town,
Mont.: W. h". Ray, Deep Gap; Clyde
Ray, Brown wood: Willard Ray. Deep
Gap; Mesdames J. J. Purlear, Laxon;
L. C. Stansbury, Boone; J D.
Miller. Laxou. Grady Greene, Deep
Gap; M. C. Greene, Johnson City,
Tenn.. and G. A. Watson, Deep Gap.
There are 53 grandchildren and 13
gTeat-grandcliildren.
Mrs Ray was a devout member of
the t.aurel Springs Baptist church
throughout her adult life, and was
held in the highest esteem in h'er
homc section.
Lees-McRae In Last
Home Game of Year
The Lees-McRae Bull Dogs will
meet Wingate College at Lees-Mc
Rae this afternoon in the last home
game of the grid season.
Wingate is said to have one of the
strongest teams in the North Carolina
conference. While Coach Mackerel's
boys are lighter than any
team during the past two years,
they are in fine shape and a good
game i3 expected.
If vegetables stored in a cellar j
start to sprout or grow, the tem-l
perature is too high.
RAT
ight
_ SI .50 PER YEAR
SAYS BALLOTING
WILL REACH NEW
I3ir?imi? IM omimr
riUURR 111 MAIL
Democratic a n d Republican
Leaders Express Belief Vict
o r y Imminent; Vigorous
Campaigns Have Been Waged
on Both Sides
Raleigh. Oct 27. ?Ejection officials
and party leaders joined today
in predicting a record-breaking vote
next Tuosjay when North Carolin;ens
vote for national, state and local
i officers and on five proposed changes
| in the state constitution.
! Democrats and Republicans direct !
ing one of the most intensive politiI
ca? campaigns ever waged in the
1 state, and R. C. Maxwell, secretary
i of the state hoard of elections, forei
cast a vote inexcess of 800,000, up
| more than 10 per cent from the record
set in 1932 at 711,501.
i The Democrats, announcing they
: will have more than 1,000 precinct
political talks Thursday night, have
scheduled probabiy close to 2,000
meetings during the campaign, and
practically every leader in the party
has taken to the stump, including
candidates defeated in the summer
primaries.
Governor Ehringhaus has been
campaigning for the national party
ticket in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The Democrats reported last week
that some 4,000 persons this year had
contributed ?12,803.01 to the party's
campaign fund, with Senator .) W.
Bailey's $475 topping the list, while
$7,569.70 had been spent.
Republican contributions showed
$5,733.50 between August 1 and October
20, with $5,000 being given by
Stewart W. Cramer of Oramerton,
and expenditures were listed at $5,
908.00.
Quiet G. O. P. Campaign
The Republican campaign has been
carried on quietly but intensively
with few major political railies.
Thomas Dixon, former Democrat and
well-known author, has been traveling
at the expense of t;>v? party at
tacking the new deal, but denying
he is a Republican. Various nominees
have also been made a number of
speeches, but nothing like as many
aw in the Democratic camp.
Gilliam Grissom, the Republican
choice for governor. expressed confidence
today he would be elected. "I
will gain a majority of around 75.000
of the honestly cast and counted
votes" Grissom said, and we are
going to work to hold ..1 avn the
doubtful absentee votes to insure my
election."
Wallace Winborne. state Democratic
chairman, predicted on the
other hand that the party would
sweep the state as it did lour years
ago and that the only thing- which
might keep the majority even as
low as the record-breaking 1932 margin
of 285,000 would be "overconfidence
in the overwhelmingly Democratic
counties."
FESTIVALEVENT
PLANS COMPLETE
Tri-Counly High School Association
Sponsors Harvest
Festival at College
According to the president of the
Ashe. Avery and Watauga County
High School association, the harvest
festival of the organization will be
held Friday afternoon and night,
November fourth, on the Appalachian
State College grounds.
The main features of this event
will include competition in music
and play production, and already
[ several of the surrounding high
schools have signified their intention
of competing in every event. Cove
Creek high school is producing two
plays, "Tire Blue Teapot" and "Professor
of Cove." These productions
will be entered in an elimination contest
at the home school and then the
best presentation will be brought to
thfe festival. Blowing Rock high
school plan3 to enter "Boss of Strategy."
and the Lansing high school is
producing "Marriage Proposal."
Other high schools which have
agreed to give productions are:
Boone, Fleetwood, Cranberry, Newland,
Jefferson, West Jefferson and
' Hpalirw -*
wyiuigo. ouij^es Will oe
set on the college grounds.
Waynick Will Speak
In County Today
Hon. Capus M. Waynick. chairman
oj the state highway and public
works conunission, will deliver an
address to the voters of this section
[at the Cove Creek school building i
Thursday evening at S o'clock, it was
I announced Tuesday,
j This is Mr. Wavnick's fir3t speakj
ing engagement in this county and
[doubtless there win be a large crowd
I present.
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