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| SKETCHES IFE Raleigh.?During the Khringhaus reign Captain Fanner's highway patrol formed many an escort for His Excellency's frequent trlp3 about the State. With motors roaring, sirens screaming, sidearms glistening . . . the debonaire con^ stabulary lent an air of pageantry to f j each Gubernatorial " He; junket. But GoverijBj cP?! nor Clyde Hoey has ff;p\ simpler tastes . . i^et ! he prefers the walks i >44 ( of ordinary men . . . 't. he delights in their companionship along the streets, in hotel lobbies and at drugKZ^HHSHsI store soda-bars . . . a most democratic Democrat he is. * ? * Some time back the new Governor was Invited to a nearby city for an evening address. Captain Farmer, believing that Erhinghaus custom had carried over into the Hoey administration, assigned a trio of his pistol boys to accompany the executive . ? limousines . . . and they carried out instructions to the letter. The "last ride", it might have been termed . . . for Mr. Hoey didn't like It. * * * i Captain Farmer was courteously informed that he (the Governor) had been traveling the highways and byways of the State for more than forty years . . . that he'd become reasonably familiar with the road system . . . thRt he could find his way around without the use of "guides." So, henceforward, Gover nor iioey will unobtrusively tour nts commonwealth . . . with nothing to identify his position but the "No. 1" license plate on his car. And Captain Farmer will seek to find other uses for his patrolmen! ? * > GARDNER'S DILEMMA Ernest A. Gardner, Cleveland county's representative in the 1937 Assembly, and "man Friday" to Governor Itoey tliroughout the sessions, is still on the anxious bench. Loyal to the last rap of the gavel was Ulis Shelby law-giver . . . and surely there's none more deserving of po< f- litical dessert than he . . everyone's agreed on that point, including the (j# Chief' himself. ' But, where -to place S him . . . all, that's the problem! A A little too green in Jurisprudence, perhaps, for a seat on. the Supreme , i court; a little to obscure for one. of the recently-dispensed chairmanships . . but, much too faithful to be overlooked is Mr. Gardner! Going the rounds is a funny tale which, if true, explains his predicament. * Ami this is the story; Once upon a time the Governor of North Carolina found it his unpleasant duty to 'fee"' name a chairman of the Highway Commission. Mr. Capus Waynick, who had served in that capacity since the fall of "34, was most anxious to succeed himself, had, in fact, raked ? together considerable support which , I included some of the state's leading newsmen. Mr. Waynick, incidentally, led friends to believe that if denied his pet chairmanship he'd accept no other post in the State's adm ministration . . . and acted pretty cocky about it, too! ? * , V Governor Hoey was not anxious, the story continues, to incur the displeasure of the press . . . no, indeed .' . . . but in certain quarters Waynick's popularity had "wayned" almost to the point of non-existence ... he just had to be given the 'pink slip." A3 a sort of balm to sooth abrasions suffered by the High Point man in being "asked out," kindly Mr. Hoey proffered a $6,0O-per-year plum . . . that of Purchase and Contract . . . feeling pretty sure it would be greeted by a gruff "no soap!" And then, the Governor mused, a deft shuffle of the deck would shift Dewey Dorsett to the purchase job . . . would ; leave the Industrial Commission chairmanship unguarded ... an ideal spot for earnest Ernest Gardner. A pretty plan, indeed! ? * But there was a joker in the deck j. ... the joker was Capus Waynick! A little sore was he, no doubt . . . for he'd basked in the pleasant, 'tho uncertain' glow of political preferment for nigh on to four years . . . had learned to love it. He oould return. as dopsters had predicted, to the field of journalism . . . certainly he wields a facile pen . . . but where, oh, where was the newspaper desk 4 that would yield a salary of six thousand per? . . . where in the realm of the Fourth Estate could he find self v satisfying authority -which he'd en- | joyed as chairman of the road body . . . which he could continue if he j accepted the proffered appointment? , . He coukln't think where ... so he called on Mr. Hoey, let the Governor "urge" him, as the paper stated . . . i and all of a sudden made up his mind ... to become director of the Division of Purchase and Contract! ? ? Mr. Waynick has again donned the j purple of North Carolina's Democratic royalty . . . again he's on. the big bay horse. And up at Shelby is Ernest Gardner . . . Wiuting, watching, wondering what? # ? . ..NEW HONORS FOR THE MAJOR ? y Major J. Hampton Rich, exponent of pioneer iore and marker of D. (Continued on Page Two) 7, i $ & Wt y:: , - -Mi ;?rVr-:r' ..' j.'. - > ... ~-\, WA1 An I VOL. XLVIII, NO. 45 Back From Tour r 2Yl * New York.?Dr. John It. Molt, religious loader and president of World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Association, returns from a survey tour of Europe, India and the Near East fn the cause of World Chirstkihity. JURORSDRAWN _ FOR JUNE TERM Judge Cowper to Preside at Civil Term of Watauga Sn : .??a ? *? ? jjeiiwr ^uun on .nine < The regular June Term ot Watauga superior court will convene on Monday, June 7, with Judge G. V. Cowpor, of Kins ton, presiding. The court which is scheduled for a two weeks setting, will try civil cases only, and there are 47 suits docketed. Following are the names of those who have been drawn for jury service: First Week W. S. Miller. Bald Mountain: A. E. Trivett, E. P. Vines, Lewis Norris. Beaver Dam; P. P. Coffey, G. C. Robbins, Blowing Rook; Sandy Shore, Blue Ridge; Geo. Austin, Charles Houck, Chas. C. Rogers, C. G. Brown, Boone; Ed Henaon, W. H. Hurbin, M. L. Warren, J. B Mast, Cove Creek; J. P. Cook, Elk; A. C. Mast, Henry Hagaman, Laurel Creek: M. H. Norris, Meat Camp; Alex Ellison. North Fork; Russell Farthing, Shawneehaw; I. P. Church, Stony Fork; Hard Thomas, J. B. Oole, Watauga, Second Week O. G. VVInebarger, Meat Cadp;-J. F. Sherril, Boone, Clyde Perry, Beaver Dam; J. E. Maltha, Watauga: VV. L. Austin, Blowing Rock; S. T Icenhour, Blowing Rock; W. T. Baird, Watauga; F. R. Critcher, Blue Ridge; C. E. Carroll, Boone; Rufus N. Ward, Laurei Creek; S. S. Gragg, Boone; Lonnie Greene, Watauga; H. NeaJ Blair, Boone: R. L. Wallace, North Fork; P. G Carroll, Elk; W. D. Lookahill, Stony Fork; R. P. Vannoy, Bald Mountain; T. L. Wilson, Cove Creek. MllS. MILLER DIES j AT ADVANCED AGE Cove Creek Resident Was 111 for Five Weeks; Services Conducted at Banner Elk Mrs. Mary Milter, 80 years old, member of one of the pioneer families of northwest North Carolina, died at the home of a son, James Miller, at Sherwood, last Thursday, from an illness with a heart ailment which had its beginning five weeks ago. Funeral services were conducted ' from the Presbyterian church at Banner Elk Friday by Rev. Mr. Fletcher, of Hensons Chapel Methodist church, who was assisted in the obsequies by Rev. Mr. Parker of Cove Creek Baptist church. Interment was in the Banner cemetery. Pallbearers were: Sam F. Horton, Chauncey Moody, R. N. Brooks, Ralph Harmon, Tom Moody and Andy Greer. Mrs. Miller was born in Banner Elk, the daughter of Marcum and Elizabeth Banner, and was one of the oldest survivors of the family from which the community derived its name. She was married in 1889 to John A. Miller, and after spending a short time in the vicinity of Banner Elk, they moved to the state of Washington, where Mr. Miller died 22 years ago. She made her home in the west for 25 years, residing here with her son for ihe past 20 years. She was a member of the Baptist church, was consistent in her beliefs and took a particular interest in Sunday school work. She was well known throughout this entire section, particularly by the older residents, and was held in highest regard. New Police Chief , At Blowing Rock Fred Hatley, former candidate for sheriff, has been named police chief of the town of Blowing Rock, succeeding Eugene Story who has handled law enforcement problems in the resort community for the past seventeen years. Hie recently elected town board also supplanted Robert Green as water master, giving the position to Everett T. Pitts. AUG, ndependent Weekly NeVte BOONE, WATAUGA COUITI PftPPV IUV Will ? v* * * JLTXJLJL TV AJUU BE OBSERVED 29TH Mrs. Ward Announces Annual Event; Proceeds to Be Used , for Relief Needy Families Poppy Day will be observed In Boone this year on Saturday, May. 29th. The clay when once each year we of America pay tribute to those' who gave their lives in America's service during the World War, by wearing their memorial flower?the Poppy. The Poppy comes to us from the battle fields of France and Belgium where war obliterated all touches of beauty except its brave red blooms. There it was nature's tribute to the heroic dead. The flowers offered for sale on Poppy Day are not, of course, natural flowers. Their petals are only paper and their stems wire, yet into them have been breathed the spirit of patriotic sacrifice as they bloomed under the hands of the disabled veteran and his family. The money which is dropped into the box in exchange for your flower goes entirely to the welfare activities of the Watauga unit and post for the relief of needy families here in Boone. The women who distribute the poppies, unlike the disabled veteran mm ma imiiuy WHO maKe incra, receive nothing for their cffort3, only the satisfaction of having helped brighten the memory of the dead and of having contributed to the welfare of the living. Understanding the meaning of the poppy and the use to which the poppy funds are put. can anyone be deaf to the appeal of Poppy Day? Can anyone fail to greet the auxiliary workers with a smile, fail to put on the poppy of remembrance for the dead and show that we remember the living by contributing as liberally as our means will permit? I am sure there are few in Boone in whom remembrance, gratitude and patriotism burns so low. I am sure that the poppy will be on everyone's coat on Poppy Day. District Club Meet At Banner Elk May 21 j Mrs. Harold Fowler, of Statesville, will preside at the annual meeting of the third district Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs which will meet at. Lees Mcltae College, Banner Elk, Friday, May 21. Home demonstration clubwomen from Iredell, Catawba, Avery, Alexander. Caldwell and Watauga counties will be in attendance at this meeting, and in addition to the club members it is expected that their husbands and many others interested in the work, will be present. Mrs. A. C. Kim Cry of the North Carolina extension service at Raleigh, will speak on "The Value of Proper Diet in Building a Healthy Body." Other guests who will greet the clubwomen ut the federation gather nfi .ii i 1x113a nutil V/Ui 11" 11 l, suite home demonstration agent; Miss Arrant, Northwestern district agent, Mrs. Esther Willis South, western district agent. Webster Speaks to , Lions on Sanitation Mr. H. S. Webster, of the district health office, was the principal speaker to the Lions club at a session held at the Daniel Boone hotel Tuesday evening, and emphasized the importance of strict community sanitation. Mr. Webster, in speaking of the municipal water supply, urged the flushing under pressui-e of the city reservoir, to relieve the tanic acid condition caused by the presence of tiTrfbor, and discussed sewage disposal, particularly in reference to certain families using the small streams in town. Privies came, in for discussion while the gathering and dumping of garbage in approved fashion was mentioned. Mr. Webster referred to the regulafinno rrrtrrnmninrr fKn 1. juwwaw fevr v-? mug U1C JiCCyUlg U1 cows and hogs in town, and stated that the milk supply had been vastly improved recently, there being two dairies which arc coming up to sanitary regulations. Spanish War Vets To Meet at Picnic The Spanish War veterans of Wilkesboro Camp Nc. 13, will gather at the ftutherwood Fish Hatchery Sunday, May 30, for a memorial day service and the annual picnic dinner. Rev. J. A. Yount, Boone Lutheran minister, will deliver the sermon of the occasion, dinner will he served on the grounds, and others will speak to the assemblage. Mr. Albert Watson, commander of J the Wilkesboro post, in making the announcement, urges the attendance of World War veterans. Civil War soldiers and all others who would like to take part in the occasion. All are asked to bring baskets of dinner. About 35 Spanish War veterans are expected to be present. X Dt ipaper?Established^ the *y. north carolina|; fiursdi 6,000,000 Buddy T*yons, N. Y.?Ex-service men li IV ttrc making lluddy Poppies for the Entire proceeds of the sale arc devo eludes an allotment for the Nations! of Ex-Service IVIeu at Eaton Kapid! DR. TRIYETT iS TAKEN BY DEATH Washington Dentist Was Native. V . of Boone; Funeral Services Are llplfl Tnp^Hnv ?J I Dr. Arthur M. Trivctt, 65, native Boone citizen, but for many years a | c! practicing dentist in Washington, D ! ' C., died in Emergency hospital in | the capital city Sunday, following a A tyro weeks' illness. ! tt JDr. Trivctt was born near Boone, a the soh of the late Elijah and Mrs .. Tyivett, and was graduated front the I Columbian Dental college in Wash- *' irtfcton, which is now a unit of George I g Washington "University. and began i tl to practice there in 1906. p, -Active in the Masonic fraternity. f< Dr. Trtvett was a member and past a master of Joppa Dodge of Masons, a a( past patron of Joppa chapter, Order a, oft the Eastern Star and member of tl SfigMasood Comraandery.- Knight a Templar. He also had been active tl in church work and wa3 a member B of the board of trustees of Pctworth ci Methodist Kpiscopal church. He was ai widely popular in his home section, jc where he visited infrequentiy, and tl where he had a wide circle of friends ai and acquaintances. fc Surviving are the |widow, Mrs. bi Carrie E. Trivctt; three brothers, tt David N. Trivctt, Beaver Dam, Va.; cl L M. Trivett, Vilas, N. C.; Calvin di Trivett. Vilas, and three sisters, Mrs R. A. Brown of Boone; Mrs. Alice cj Hayes, Vilas, and Mrs. Mary Hodges, pi also of Watauga county. a< Funeral services were held Tues- tc day afternoon from the late resi- 11? dence at 808 Aspen street. Washing- I ti ton, and interment was in the Cedar | ai Hill cemetery. ti ja, Doughton Would p Continue Parkway ? ?? ' a; The house reached the Blue Ridge g; parkway appropriation in the annual interior department supply bill late ti Monday, but suspended further con- a; sideratlor. of the bill until today Is (Wednesday). Representative Robert L. Dough nn ton is to offer his amendment to re- hi store the parkway appropriation from the committee figure of $2,- A 500,00(5 to the $5,000,000 recommended by the budget bureau. Doughton said he wished to make sure that there would be no lack of funds to continue construction of S| the scenic highway between the c' Shenandoah national park in Vir ginia and the Great Smoky Mountains national park in North Carolina. o: n: BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY ? WORK FORCE EXPANDS 3, ? ? ei North Wilkesboro, May 17.?Pay- c] roil for the five sections of the Blue c, Ridge parkway now under construe- a; tion in Alleghany, Ashe Wilkes and Watauga counties totals over $40,- ti 000 per month, it was learned here c today from authoritative sources. t< While weather conditions are fa- n vorable the contractors are pushing 2 the work as rapidly as possible and on some sections are working two g shifts daily in order to complete n projects this summer if possible. s James M. Anderson, head of the district employment office here, 3aid j. today that the contractors are now able to use all available labor fitted for the work and there is a shortage of common labor, especially for rock quarry work. h Sl GOVERNOR'S BROTHER * sxiwtKtJi AX Stlt-Lur e, Shelby, May 17.?S. Ernest Hocy, 67, only brother of Governor Clyde e R. Hoey, who died of heart ailment o today, will be buried tomorrow after I funeral service at the Central Moth- A odist church. Hoey was plant foreman and sec- h retary of the Shelby Star Publishing h company and was a founder of the c firm. His wife and six children sur- d vlve. t iVIU^i Year Eighteen Eighty-Eig \Y, MAY 20, 1937 Poppies Ready ( r n the Veterans' HoHspital here c annual memorial week's sale. \? >t?xl to relief work, which in- b it Home for Widows and Orphans a s, Michigan. )PPORTUNlf Y IN : C. M. T. C. CAMPS ? ii t. V. H. Walker Has Application I a Blanks For Interested i Youths in County ? The Citizens' Military Training " imp will be conducted this year at P 'ort Bragg, North Carolina, from el ugust 3rd to September 1st. Atsndance at these camps is open to I II young men between Uie ages of 1 r and 24 years who are physically t and of good moral character. The oycrnment pays the expenses of lose attending, consisting of transortation to and from camp, uni- * >rms, food, shelter, medica! attendnce and all other necessary expon;s. Soon after arrival at camp, the cceptcd applicant is reimbursed for le expense of his journey_to camp L ffie rate of 6 ceiita per mile for v le distance from his home to Fort S ragg; shortly before the end of s imp, the accepted applicant is v ivanced the funds for his return e iurney home from Fort Bragg at t le rate of 5 cents per mile. Those k Ltending camp do not draw any pay t >r the time they are at the camp s at, as stated above, ail necessary lings are furnished them without t large?food, clothing, shelter, laun- n ry, medical attendance and so forth, li The Citizens' Military Training t imps are conducted by the war de- 11 irtmeht under the national defense it. The object of these camps is y > bring together young men of high I 'lie from all sections of the coun- g y on a common basis of equality id under the most favorable condi- J oris of outdoor-life; to stimulate nd promote citizenship, patriotism id Ampripjtninni' anH thiTiinrh ov ert physical direction, athletic jaching and military training, to jnefit the young men individually 1 nd bring them to realize their obli- I ations to their country. I The influences at the camp are en- a rely wholesome. Religious services v re conducted on Sundays by chap- s ins designated for tile purpcsc. 1 Information and application blanks o lay be had from W. H. Walker at I is office in the courthouse. c j iNNOUNCE SPEAKERS FOR LEES-McRAE FINALS \ Banner Elk, May 17.?The main j jeakers at the commencement ex cises at LeesMcRae College, which c ill be held May 30 and May 31, ave been announced. j Dr "John Timothy Stone, president . f Presbyterian Theological Semi- % ary, Chicago, HI., will deliver the , accalaureate sermon to the gradu- I ting seniors Sunday morning, May 5, at 11 o'clock. Dr. Stone is an . minent leader in the Presbyterian v lurch, and is a frequent speaker in ( illeges and universities of the east j nd midwest. * Dr. R. B. House, dean of adminis- c ation at the "University of North ^ Arnlirm has arvpnfpd on imritntiftn > make the address at the com- r lencement exercises on Monday at j p. rn. 1 Tlie graduating program will be- j in Saturday night with senior class ight. Senior vespers will be held unday night. May 30. IIGHWAY OFFICE FOR WILKESBORO PLANNED "\ North Wilkesboro, May 16.?Upon J is return from the meeting of the * late highway commission, J. Gordon 5 lackett, of this city, said that the ' istrict highway office will be locat- j d in North Wilkesboro. * Hackett is commissioner of the ighth district, which is composed f Wilkes. Surry, Yadkin, Forsyth, iavie, Watauga, Caldwell, Ashe, < lleghany and Stokes counties. 3 Relative to the establishment of a a ighway machine and repair shop, j Ir. Hackett explained that at pres- 3 nt there is no adequate shop in the i istrict and that one would be es- ; abiished here in the near future. i *AT $1.50 PER YEAR ITIZENS AGAIN ASKED TO AID IN CLEAN-UP DRIVE layor Stales That Scant Cooperation is Being Evidenced; Many Complaints About Hogs and Rubbish; Matter to Be Placed in Hands of Police Mayor W. H. Gragg stated Wedesday that some progress is being lade in the matter of cleaning up he town, but that the co-operation f the citizens is far from being omplete, and desires to urge that a articular effort be made during the emaining days of the week in order hat the town may be made presenzble, and that there may be no ocasion for legal action. City trucks are making the rounds f the town, hauling away rubbish, he only requirement being that the efuse be placed in some kind of ontainer so that it may be loaded yith the least trouble, and that it ie placed in some accessible spot on street or driveway. Complaints continue to come to he city hall of people violating the rdinance which forbids the keeping f swine within 300 foct. of a residence or business house, and it is aid that this law will be enforced, i'he first of the week the police chief n company with a representative of he district health office will make .n inspection tour of the town, and n the case of hog pens and rubbish lumped indiscriminately on vacant Dts, the penalties of the law will be nvoked. Mayor Gragg insists on a concertd action by the citizenry so that Irastic action may be averted. WRS HARRIS ON WELFARE BOARD stale Welfare Board Names 97 Members of County Units; Others Not Named Mrs. Mary S. Harris, of Amantha, vas named as a member of the Watiuga county welfare board by the tate board of charities and public retfare last Friday. Ninety-six otlir such members were appointed at he same time on local welfare loards, which later are to take over he duties of setting up the social ecurity machinery. A second member of the board is o be appointed by the county comnissioners. These two members seect a third and in case of dispute he resident superior court judge ames the third. The commissioners have not as ret acted, but it is understood that he board is to be appointed mid be;in functioning in a short while. Wrs. Ragan Funeral Held Here Thursday Funeral services were conducted liuraday afternoon from the Boone dethodist church for Mrs. Isolone >avis Ragan, who died Wednesday t the age of 77, from an illness rhich had been considered serious ince last November. Rev. Paul Downsend, the pastor, was In charge f the obsequies and was assisted by lev. W. C. Payne, of the Baptist :hurch\ Interment was at Hopewell lethodist church. The pallbearers were: W. R. Winker, A. E. Hamby, Hamp Blackburn, V. C. Greer, D. L,. Wilcox. Cliff McDonnell, George Greene and A. E. lodges. There were three children: Mrs. R. 3. Rolen, who died in Port Collins, Dolo., last January: Charles Ragan, >assadena, Calif., and C. C. Ragan, if Boone. There are two sisters sur iving: Mrs. T. J. TUgman. Boone, ind Mrs. John Winebarger, Meat Damp. Mrs. Ragan was a daughter of he late W. S. and Sally Davis and eas born and reared in the Meat Damp section of Watauga county, lor husband, Jesse Smith Ragan. lied in Arizona twenty years ago. 3he Joined Hopewell Methodist hurch at the age of 14 and remainid active in religious work the renainder of her life. She had resided n Boone with her son for the past 14 years, where she was held in >igh esteem by the citizenry. COUNTY SINGING AT MT. VERNON JUNE 6 The Watauga County Singing contention wilt meet the first Sunday n June at the Att. Vernon church, five miles east of Boone. Every singing choir is cordially invited to some. Consult your pastor and choir eader about the quality of songs to (ing. PLANT EARLY CABBAGE Messrs. J. G. Campbell and Marion Dombs of Mable, who are among the pioneers in early cabbage raising on i commercial scale in this county, Pave set 15,000 plants and they expect the product to be ready for the market July 1. They estimate their yield from the tract will tic from 2 50,000 to 755,000 pounds. .....
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