I
ALL-STAR SQUAB
BEING SELECTED
AT APPALACHIAN
Poll Being Conducted in Ordei
to Decide Players and Positions:
Everyone Urged to
Vote
In an attempt to establish an ailstar
first and second football teams
here at Appalachian State Teachers
College, Professor Wright anil the
coaches of the college are Co nonet
ing a poll in order to decide the
players and positions for the two
squads.
The players receiving the most
voles will be placed on the teams,
and they will hold their distinctive
positions until next year, at which
time a new balloting will be held to
decide what substitutions will be
made.
The coaches and other sponsors of
this procedure have urged that all
persons interested in the voting to
either send in a list of players which
they think should be placed on the
teams or cast their votes at one of
the local drug stores where ballots
have been distributed for this purpose.
.
Lasted below is a list of football
piayers who have held positions on
Appalachian's football team. This
number does not include all of the
college's stars, however, it is persible
for the voters to include others
at me u<uioung:
Ends: Canipe, Pyattc, Coins, Kannamachor,
Ray Walker, McConnell.
Hooper. Rudisill, Lackey, Earl Smith,
Farllley.
Tackles: Red smith, Mahoney, McDonald,
Vance, Livingston, Westenberg.
Oehler, Turbyfiil, Hobbs, McCasiri.
Eggleston.
Guards: McKsriney, Fortner, Loy.
VVortman, Chivous Hoyle, Dougherty.
Cline Farthing, Ervin Smith.
Centers: Moore, Johnson. Fulkerson,
Adams, Hai Farthing.
Backs: Conrad Hinson, Williams.
Calhoun, Red Walker, Baucom,
O'Hare, Triplett, Hallyburton, O'Neal,
Weaver, Trippany, Fitzgerald,
Harris, Wilson, Angel, Ward, Stines,
Martin, Earl Henson.
COLLEGE CO-OPERATES
IN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
One of the most encouraging features
of the Red Cross Roll Call
which begins November 11, reports
say. is the co-operation between the
students of the college and the merchants.
in the matter of advertising
the campaign. The merchants are
oech lending one show window which
will be decorated by some student
organisation. Both business men
. and ?to..!??is. are .entering enthusiastically
into the plan and it is expected
that this unusual feature will
do much toward making the roll call
plan a success
Mrs. James H. C'ouncill, Red Cross
chairman, makes the following statement
regarding the Red Cross:
"The Red Cross draws no distinction
o? race, creed or color. The organized
resources of its services are
rc5Tnctoci omy 10 neeu. m its eyes
all people are equal who need help.
The Red Cross does not discriminate,
it simply aids. This is as true of
the local Red Cross serving' this community
as it is of the national organization.
If you want to he.lp your
iess fortunate neighbors?Ute underprivileged
everywhere?do so by
joining forces with this active agent
for the relief of suffering through
membership. The Red Cross calls
the roll, invites your membership,
from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving."
DAUGHTER OF 313. AND
MRS. McCOY MORETZ DIES
Mrs. Edwin Moretz Moss, 35,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McCoy
Moretz. of Charlotte, died Sunday
morning at a Charlotte, hospital at
9:30 o'clock. Her late husband, M.
Parker Moss, a member of the faculty
of Slate College at Raleigh,
died several years ago, and Mrs
Moss has made her home with her
parents in Charlotte since his death.
She is survived by a daughter,
Nancy V. Moas. and her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. McCoy Moretz, three sisters,
Mrs. James M. Armstrong o!
Belmont; Mrs. William Greene Williams
of Lancaster, S. C., and Mrs
John Goodwin Craddock of Lynchburg,
Va, and one brother, Charles
D Moretz of Charlotte.
Mrs. Moss attended Queens Co)
lege, Charlotte, and Elizabeth Col
lege at Salem, Va She was a mem
her of the Second Presbyterlar
/>Vi nrr-h .vf OFt a fo fllirl truvlr on
ivc part in church work.
Funeral rites were held at the
Moretz home in Charlotte Mondaj
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services
were in charge of Rev. J. F
Crigler, of St. Mark's Lutherar
church, assisted by Rev. C. C. Beam
and Rev. C. C. Garth.
Attending the funeral from Boons
were Mrs. Joe Cooke, Mrs. R. K
Bingham Mrs. ohn H. Norris. Mr
and Mrs. Council Cooke, and Mrs. K
A. Link of Lenoir.
INSTALLS OUTSIDE METERS
The New River Light & Power Co
is now installing outside boxes on a)
the now residences and ot.her home:
where meters are now inside th<
house, "his, it is pointed out, wil
be a considerable convenience to cus
tomers of the firm.
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VOL. XLVIIL NO. 18
Democrc
large Tote cast
in local contest;
the late figures
Success of Democratic Candidates
in the County Indicated
as Unofficial Returns o n
County Ticket Come In
Complete unofficial returns at
noon Wednesday indicated a majoriay
for the Democratic candidates Tor
county office of about 400, with the
heaviest vote recorded in the county
j for many yeara. Intense interest
i was shown in the national election
i and this is thought to have been par:
tially responsible for the outpouring
| of the electorate.
In the congressional contest, in|
complete returns brought an estimate
of a majority of something
near 200 for Congressman Doughton
over Mayor W. H. Gragg oT Boone,
but the returns are so incomplete in
both this contest and in the state
and national voting that no attempt
is made at tabulation.
County Returns
Following are the returns for the
county candidates by townships:
Beaver Dam
State seriate, Greer 339, Critcher
; 168. House of representatives, Mil\
ler 338, loggers 169. Sheriff, Edminj
sten 33V, Harman 173. Register of
I deeds. Underdown 340, Powell 169.
j Coroner, Keliey 339. Surveyor,
i Vines 339, Bumgarner 172. Commissioners,
McNeil 346, Billings 349, Edminsten
350. Greer 165, Moody 166,
Miller 164.
Blowing Hock
Greer 287, Critcher 287; Miller
| 233, Eggers 273; Edminsten 239,
i Flarman 264 ; Underdown 260, Powell
2'j3; IvC'Icy 244; V ncs 224, l>uiug;irncr
267; McNeil 236. Billings 236,
EumiiusiOit 233, Grver 26?r, Moody
272. Miller 268.
Blue Ilidgo
Greer 56, Critcher 298; Miller 60,
Eggers 300; Edminsten 67, Harman
293; Underdown 66, Powell 299; Kelj
ley 65; Vines 63, Bumgarner 297;
McNeil 62, Billings 62, Edminsten 62,
Greer 29S, Moody 298. Miller 298.
Boone
Greer 3 .0, Critcher 420; Miller
, 1,461, Eggers 394; Edminsten 1,467,
: Harmon 405: Under-down 1,501, Powj
fill 369; Kelley 1,490: Vines 1,476,
: Bumgarner 360; McNeil 1,479 Billings
1.430, Edminsten 1,478, Greer
382, Moody 377, Miller 388.
Cove Oeek
Greer 503, Critclier 415; Miller
521, Eggers 401: Edminsten 504,
Halman 422; Underdown 509, Powell
415; Kelley 515; Vines 515; Bumgarner
402; Mr", .'oil 517, Billings 511, Edminsten
514, Greer 412, Moody 406,
Miller 408.
Laurel Creek
Greer 290, Critcher 241; Miller
296, Eggers 235; Edminsten 286,
Harrasn 246; Underdown 288, Powell
241; Kelley 287; Vines 292, Bumgarner
236; McNeil 294, Billings 299,
Edminsten 299, Greer 236, Moody
235, Miller 232.
Meat Camp No. 1
Greer 302, Critcher 236; Miller
334, Eggers 226; Edminsten 338,
Harmon 225; Underdown 346 Maude
Powell 207; Kelley 336; Vines 334,
Bumgarner 223; McNeil 339, Billings
336, Edminsten 327, Greer 222,
Moody 220, Miller 235.
Meat Camp No. 2
Greer 41, Critcher 36; Miller 44,
Eggers 36; Edminsten 44, Harman
' 36; Underdown 44, Powell 36; Kellej
42; Vines 43. Bumgarner 36; McNeil
44, Billings 44, Edminsten 44. Greer
! 36, Moody 36, Miller 36.
North Fork
Greer 21, Critche- 120: Miller 16,
Eggers 123: Edminsten 20, Harmaii
121; Underdown 21, Powell 120; Kcl1
ley 21; Vines 21, Eumgarner 120;
McNeil 22, Billings 21, Edminsten
21, Greer 120, Moody 120, Miller 118.
Sbawneehaw
' Houghton 118, Gragg 179; Greer
117, Critcher i<3. Miller 117, Eggers
I 173; Edminsten 115, Barman 173;
1 Underdown 117, Powell 173; Kelley
1 117; Cines 115, Bumgarner 172; McNeil
117, Bil'.ings 118 , Edminster
! 116, Greer 171. Moody, 172, Millei
171.
Stony Forlr
Greer 140, Critcher 378; Millej
144, Eggers 377; Edminsten 146,
Harmon 374; Underdown 145, Pow
! ell 375; Kelley 145: Vir.es 145, Bum.
garner 375. McNeil 148, Billing?
1 145, Edminsten 145, Greer 378
3 Moody 375, Miller 374
- Watauga
1 Greer 298, Critcher 488; Miller
- 299, Eggers 486; Edminsten -98
I Harman 487; Underdown 303, Pow
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Independent Weekly News
BOONE. WATAUGA COUI
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ONE KIIXED A!Si)
ONE IMMED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
1
; Willie Dresling. of ElizabethIon,
Victim of Crash Thursday
on Boone Trail Highway; I
Hits Mail Truck
Willie Dresling, age 28, was killed
and his uncle. Dr. H. Hoffman,
was injured Thursday in an autotomobile
accident 27 miles east of
Boone on the Boone Trail highway.
The young man's skull was bursted
and he died, soon after arriving at
a North Wilkesboro hospital. The
elder man, a chemical scientist at
a large rayon plant at Eli;;abethton,
Tenn., was not seriously hurt, being
thrown clear of the car after it hit
the guard rail fence and a mall
truck driven by Roy Sanders. The
car. a Studehaker, was a complete
wreck and described as beyond re|
pair.
Both o? the men involved in the I
wreck were prominently connected
with the rayon manufacturing industry
at Elizabcthton.
The accident occurred on a curve
near the home of Dr. W. R. Triplett.
Investigating officers attributed the
cause of the wreck Ig driving faster
than was practical around the
curve.
ADDITIONAL NY A
| FUNDS FOR A.S.T.C
I Will Give Employment to 40
' Students From Drought Area
in North Carolina
Six hundred and sixty dollars additional
NYA appropriation has boon
received by Appalachian State
Teachers College due to the large
number ot' students in attendance
from the drought stricken area of
North Carolina. This new addition
has made it possible lor the institu
tJon lo give employment to forty
more students, thus raising the
number of students employed by the
NYA to 140.
Counties of the drought-stricken
area are: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery,
Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba,
Cleveland, Gaston, Granam, Hay|
wood, Henderson, Lincoln, McDowell,
Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell,
Ruthefordton, Union, Watauga and
Yancey.
A brief resume of the previous enrollments
of the college shows that
each year approximately 53 per cent
of the students came from the dry
area. The total enrollment for 19341935
was 1,016, 54 per cent being
from the drought counties. In 19351936,
there were 9,54, 51 per cent of
which was from the drought area.
REED COFFEY
GETS REPRIEVE
Reed Coffey, Ldnville youth, first
Avery county person ever to receive
the death sentence, schduled to be
i executed by gas for the murder of
his uncle, Hardy Coffey last spring,
received a reprieve on Monday to
postpone his death date from Octo,
ber 30. until December IS.
i The state supreme court has de
nied the appeal of Coffey, the decist
ion made some two weeks ago auto
matically setting the execution date
for October 30.
Edwin Gill, parole commissioner,
, said that the reprieve had been
i granted in order to permit further
studv of the case
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
A Mr. Edwards is reported to have
' been injured when a car raid to have
i been driven by Mrs. Earl Cook,
struck him as he walked into the
, highway near the Black Bear filling
station Saturday night. The wounds
> did not include any broken bones, it
' is said, and the injuries are not expected
to prove serious. Information
is that the accident was unavoidable,
and there is no blame attached to
. Mrs. Cook.
oil 484; Kelley 304; Vines 303. Bumi
garner 481; McNeil 297, Billings
. 1298. Edminsten 238, Greer 485,
Moody 485, Miller 485.
Elk
The vote in Eik township averages
, approximately 3i Democrat and 144
- Republican.
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DOUGHTON LEADS
IN HOUSE RACF,
Incumbent Predicts a Victory of'
25.000 Over Mayor Watt
Gragg of Boone
Congressman Robert L.. Donghton,
veteran ninth district solon, apparently
gained a huge majority over
his Republican opponent, Mayor
Watt Gragg. or Boone, as the returns
continued to pour in from over
tile district.
Complete unofficial returns given
The Democrat by Mr. Doughton late
Wednesday, indicated his majority
would reach 27,000. The Doughton
majorities in the different counties
of the district are approximately as
follows: Cabarrus, 6,850: Iredell, 6,531;
Rowan, 6,589; Stanley. 1,16*:
Alleghany. 850; Caldwell, 2,985; Ashe
1,000; Alexander, 750; Watauga, cs[
timated at 200.
Mrs. John A. Shook
Claimed by Death
Mrs. John A. Shook, aged 88 years,
died at her home at Balm, Avery
county, Wednesday, October 28. Although
Mrs. Shook hail been in declining
health for several months,
her condition was not considered serious
until a week ago when she
developed pneumonia
Funeral services were conducted
from the Mt. Calvary Baptist
f'Vlll roll K*? 4-K.-x naetno Oa?i Dbillin
Fletcher
Mrs. Shook was the former Miss j
Rebecca Caloway, daughter of the
late James Calloway.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
Eliza Reed, of Lin.ille, five sons and
four daughters, Roby Shook, Amantha;
Jim Shook, Hickory; George W.
Shook, East Orange, N. J.; Joseph
Shook, Memory: H. H. Shook, Aaheville;
Mrs. Frank Cliappell, Balm;
Mrs. Sam Howell, Balm; Mrs. Lee
Carender, Matney; Mrs. Richard
Smith, Banner Elk. Two children
preceded her in death, Mrs. D. W.
Wooten and Luna Bell Shook. There
are 41 grandchildren, a large number
of great-grandchildren, and
two great-great-grandchildren surviving.
Mrs. Shook was a devout member
of the Mt. Olivary Baptist church
throughout her adult life, and was
lieid in the highest esteem ir. iier
community and hy all who knew
her.
An Imperial Valley, California,
well produces 50 tons of dry ice
daily.
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.SDAY, NOVEMBER ISoG
County
clinary Victory
ROOSEVELT^^^^^
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MAJORITY TOLLED
Governor-Elect Predicts Final i
Count to Show Democratic j
Landslide in State
The landslide which swept Frank- i
lin D. Roosevelt back into the White j
House for a second term, brought a
victory of similar proportions to
North Carolina, it was indicated
Wednesday morning on the faoe of
rapimy rising tabulations in the balloting
of Tuesday.
Clyde R. Hoey, who defeated Gilliam
Grissom for the governorship,
told The Democrat at noon YVednecday
that the majority of the major
party in the state was ranging from
225.000 to 300,000, with a large number
of precincts yet to he reported.
An unusually heavy outpouring of
voters, coupled with the fact that
electors marked four ballots, has delayed
the count, and it will likely not
be determined for a day or two, the
exact exent extent of the Democratic
victory in the state.
At noon Wednesday, 1,200 precincts
out of 1,800 gave Roosevelt
435,000 and London 170,000 in the j
state.
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RECEIVES KNIFE WOUNDS
Mr. Guy Stout received wounds
about the neck from a poeket knife
said to have been wielded by Howard
Dula. of Lenoir, as the two engaged
in an affray on the streets of Boone
last v/eek. The wounds, fortunately,
were not serious. His assailant
lias not beer, apprehended.
JUNIOR ORDER MEETING
The Daniel Boone Council, Junior
vsvuvt uiiitcu American ittecnamcs;
will meet in regular session Monday i
evening at 7:30. There will be candidates
for initiation, and a full attendance
of the members of the organization
is urged
MRS. MARY E. CARROLL
DIES AT AGE OF 77 YEARS
Mrs. Mary E. Carroll, age 77
years, died at her home at Triplctt
on October 30. Funeral services were
conducted at Mt. Ephriam Baptist
church on October 31, conducted by
Rev. Vilas Minton. Interment was
' ir, the church cemetery.
Deceased is survived by the following
children: F., H. Simmons. C.
T. Simmers, Mrs. J. S. Hayes, J.Irs.
.A. J. Wheeler, all of Tnplett. She is
also survived by twe sisters, Mrs.
! Martha Alice Hodges. Tripicit, and
j Mrs. W. P. Corpening, Worry, N. C.
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PRESIDENT WINS
IN 46 STATES OF
UNION LN SWEEP
Landon Gets Eight Electoral
Votes, Those of Vermont and
Maine, as Unparalleled Balloting
Produces Political Sensation
A landslide ol ballots, of proportions
hitherto unknown in
the political history of the country,
Tuesday swept Franklin D.
Roosevelt into the presidency
for the second term, leaving
Governor Landon, his Republican
opponent, with only two
states to his credit, with a total
of only eight electoral votes.
Mr. Roosevelt went into an
early lead as initial returns indicated
his victory in the far
west, in the farming regions, in
the industrial states of the east,
and even in his opponent's state
of Kansas. For the first time
since the Civil war Pennsylvania
came through with a subcFantial
rYinaorU" fKn
uvutikjuA JUU'VI UJ il/1 WH. t/CIUU"
crats, and only the states of
Maine and Vermon tremained
loyal to the Republican candidate.
At 2 o'clock Wednesday
the electoral vote stood: Roosevelt
513, Landon 8. The popular
vote at that time was: Roosevelt
19,700.000: Landan 12,300,000.
Early in the evening Tuesday
the Kansas City Star conceded
the re-election of the president.
The pro-Landon journal was
shortly sustained in its judgment
by other large metropolitan
newspapers, including Col.
Frank Knox's Chicago Daily
News, snivel nut Tisndon, how
ever, withheld formal congratulation
of his successful opponent
until 2 o'clock a. m. Wednesday.
Mountaineers To Play
Catawba Friday
H?he question that is bothering1
sport fans of North Carolina, ".lust
"now good iS Appalachian State's
football team?" will probably be
answered Friday afternoon when
Kidd Brewer s miracle team meets
its crucial game with Catawba. It
appears odd for a team which is undefeated,
unlicd, uuscoretl on, boasting
of the nation's leading scorer,
having thrown their opponents for
greater losses than the total gains
against them for six games, should
go into any game as the underdog,
but such is the case concerning the
Catawba game.
The Appalachian varsity nas played
but eleven of the 24 quarters this
season, being substituted as a unit
rather than one man at a time. The
Catawba team has had enough tough
games to give Coach Kirkland's boys
plenty of seasoning, and nis charges
will have a definite advantage of
experience.
Appalachian will be seeking her
first North State conference title in
history, and providing that she could
luck out a win the title will be hers.
The best that any other team could
do is win three games, and Appalachian
has already won that numi
ber of conference battles.
Appalachian's feat in holding Tusculum
to four yards from scrimmage
established some sort of record
for the state. The big Mountaineers'
forwards were at the same
i time throwing the Tuscultxm backs
for losses totaling' 95 yards. Kidd
Brewer's boys hung up 386 yards
from scrimmage and completed one
of two passes.
There are so many brilliant stara
in the Appalachian firmament that
it is hard to pick any special one as
outstanding. Earl Smith's work at
an end post was probably the highlight
of Saturday's game. Hummie
Adams and Captain Cline Farthing
continued their fine work in the Appalachian
line, while the first, second
and third string backfiekl appeared
without flaw.
WILKES DEMOCRATIC
Wilkes county, traditionally a Republican
stronghold, has gone Democratic
for the first time in perhaps
thrce-fourth3 of a century. Information
is that Claude Doughtcn won
in the sheriff's race over the incumbent,
Vv". B. Somers, by a majority of
500, and that the remainder of the
Democratic ticket went over by an
average of something like 200.