SKETCHES
/?LIFE
Raleigh, N. C.?Get drunk as a
hound, if you like, on brandy or
grain alcohol . . . they're North Carolina's
official purveyors or "kick"
. but lay off gin and Ucker . . .
they're the devil's
G e ncr a 1 Seawell
a decision which reK^9HK:
Ps 1 amounted recent.
scs3i?ns of the State
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Fortification of wine and the
proper construction of locally-sold
cocktails was the unusual theme
of SeaweLVs ultimatum, and the
legal judgment of so brilliant a
barrister can't be taken lightly.
Quoting section so-and-so of the j
Consolidated Statutes, which |
vaguely pertain to the sale of herbjuice
in a politically dry Commonwealth,
the Attorney General observes
that brandy or neutral
grain spirits may be used to bolster
the alcoholic content of wines too
tame for Tar Heel palates . . . that
either of the aforementioned liquids
are "legal" seasoning for giggleproducing
concoctions sold nowadays
at most highway filling stations
and lunch-stands under a
dozen different brand names.
? * *
But stick a. jigger of gin or rye in
a bottled cocktail or a wine jug, offer
the blended beverage to a thirsty patron,
and you're a bootlegger of the
vilest sort . . . that's what Air. Seawell
says the law says! Thus brandy
and alky become the official beverages
of a State we ail thought leaned
a little grain toward white com
licker.
* * *
Church bells have tolled incessantly
in Raleigh today. . Ministers and
active lay workers arc crusading |
against liquor stores which are being I
voted "in" or "out" of Wake coun- |
ty. One block down Hargett street
a disreputable saloon serves drinks,
mixed or plain, to a nondescript clientele
. . . there are three more
speakeasies in short walking distance.
Across the street is a beer
joint with the significant sign "Oasis"
011 its windows, fortified wine and
cocktails of twenty-odd percent alcoholic
content on its shelves. Fight
fans are gathering to hear the result
of the Braddock-Louis championship
and returns from the licker election.
The boys are most anxious to know
if Wake county is to remain "dry."
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A personal opinion is to the effect
that ministers and churchmen
should conserve a portion of their
energies for earnest prayers to the
Good Lord that North Carolina be
delivered In future years from
weak-kneed, spineless legislators
^ and "dry governors." For this
sorry combination has most of a
certainty yanked a perfectly good
State right dab into the middle of
a helluvamoss!
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r Larrtiv uulx
Mr. H. C. Martin, friend of The
Democrat family since *88. has forwarded
to the Sketch Man a letter
which contains some much-appreciated
compliment, along with suggestions
relative to the grinning portrait
which appeared, until this week,
sat the column's head. With a sincere
hope that alterations proposed
by the former Lenoir newspaperman
may be carried through in future
editions, we give you Mr. martin's
letter, in part:
#
"1 have been wanting to congratulate
The Democrat upon the
return of the Sketch Man to its
columns. I read all he says and
enjoy it. I think his 4Oh, Yeah* in
the last issue is great. I wish,
though, he would take that picture
out of the paper, for it spoils
that good honest face which we all
admire, and that grin reminds me
of a modern flapper. I think the
. . Sketch Man's field Is in the homey
mountain stuff we are all familiar
with and love, with an occasional
dip into State and National affairs
which he handles with interest
and enlightenment; rather than
in the realm of kings and potentates,
of which we know little and
care less."
*
Thanks again, Mr. Martin, particularly
for your reference to "that honest
face!" And from Washington
comes a letter over the signature of
Charlie Zimmerman who's doing a
turn with the Justice Department as
an attorney. Charlie says: "It was
a pleasure to learn that your column
will again appear in The Democrat.
I will now look forward to my pa.
. per each week with more than usual
(Continued op page four)
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VOL. XLVIII, NO. 50
GORDON SPAINHOUR ON
2,000 MILE BICYCLE TOUR
Gordon Spatnliour, son of Mrs.
P. G. Spainhour, of Amantha, is
on a bicycle tour of North Carolina.
He Started on the trip nonday,
June 14, went via Ashevllle,
where he attended the Rhododendron
Festival, then down to Mur
phy, and when last heard from
was at Franklin. He expects to
swing down into South Carolina*
then back to Charlotte and Wilmington.
From there he is going
to Norfolk, Va., then back home
by way of Raleigh, Greensboro
and Winston-Salem. Hie entire
trip will cover approximately 2,000
inilcs
FOUR IN TOILS FOR
DYNAMITING FISH
District Game Protector Says
Practice of Destroying Fish
Must be Stopped
District Game Protector H. Grady
Farthing tells The Democrat that on
Tuesday of this week, four Caldwell
county residents were arraigned before
the recorder in Lenoir on a
charge of killing fish with dynamite,
and were given their choice of paying
$100 each and the costs of the
action or serving five months on the
chain gang. When Mr. Farthing left
Lenoir the money hadn't yet been
paid into the couf-t, and presumably
the road sentences will go into effect.
The law violation took place on
Gragg's Creek, where the conservation
department had made an especial
effort to provide good game fishing
by intensive stocking, and it is estimated
that, some four or five him
dred of fingerling trout were killed
by the blast. The depredators, who
were immediately apprehended by
County Protector Clyde McLean, had
retained 30 large trout. Mr. Farthing
commented on the excellent work
Mr. McLean is doing in the neighboring
county, and stated that he
has the 100 per cent backing of the
sportsmen.
Dynamite Humors liere
The conservation department official
continued by stating that there
were persistent rumors of the use of
dynamite in Watauga county
streams, that these reports, as well
as those regarding seining, are being
investigated, and that a particularly
stringent effort is being made to enforce
the law.
DR. LEN HAGAMAN JOINS
STAFF AT LOCAL CLINIC
Dr l.en Hagamnn, sou of Mr. anil
Mrs. Smith Hagaman, has returned
io Boone following: an intensive
course in medicine and surgery and
has affiliated himself with Dr. J. B.
Hagaman in the conduct of the
Hag-am an clinic.
Dr. Hagaman finished his initial
course in medicine at Wake Forest
in 1934, with high honors, received a
medical degree at the University of
Pennsylvania, since which time he
has served an internship at the Gallagher
Municipal hospital in Washington
City.
He is a particularly capable young
man, and with his superior training
may be expected to succeed well in
his profession.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
WORK IS MOST VALUABLE
Leaders in the Home Demonstration
program here have cited some
of the outstanding advantages derived
by the county from this work:
"The women learn to plan, prepare
and serve better meals to theii
families which means better health
They study clothing for the family
Learn to be better home-makers as
well as better housekeepers.
"Then the farm woman's markel
adds to the family income which
means home conveniences and com
forts.
"The girls also have' their part ir
the progTam of foods, clothing, room
improvement and in living up tc
their club pledge, make better citizens
of the county, state and nation
"Watauga won first place in the
western half of northwestern dis
trict Health contest."
PHOTO SHOP NOW IN
IMPROVED QUARTERS
Mr. Paul Weston announces the
removal of his Boone Photo Shop tc
the Jones building, opposite the Belk
White Co., and the establishment ha*
been enlarged, modernized and im
proved to the point v/here it is one
of the best studios in this section oi
the state.
Mr. Weston, who had four year!
experience with MGM in Hollywood
and two years with a New Yorl
studio before coming to Boone, ha!
enjoyed a splendid patronage here.
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Independent Weekly News;
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT
961 REGISTERED j
AT APPALACHIAN
{Summary Prepared by Registrar
Indicates C70 Come From
East of the Ridge
Enrollment data for the first summer
session of Appalachian Slate
Teachers College as compiled by Mr.
Downum indicates a wide representation,
especially of counties in North
Carolina. Of the 861 registered,
670 are from cast of the Blue Ridge
mountains and 201 from west of the
ranee. Seventy-six North Carolina
counties with a total of S81. and 46 i
out-of-state counties with 80 students
are represented.
Leading in county attendance are:
Watauga, 119: Ashe, 71; Iredell, 37:
Wilkes, 36; Surry, 36; Yadkin, 31;
Union, 27; Avery, 26: Caldwell, 25:
Mitchell, 24; Rutherford, 22; Alleghany,
21; Stokes. 19; Sampson, 18;
Cleveland, 18: Yancey, 16; Chatham,
15: Lincoln. 15: Gaston. J4; Davidson,
14; Moore, 14; Rowan, 12; Stanly,
11; Anson, 11; Catawba, 11;
Rockingham, 10; Mecklenburg, 10;
Robinson, 9; Forsyth, 9: Burke, 8;
and Person 8.
Other counties with le3s representation
are: Guilford, Granville, Cabarrus,
Bladen, Richmond, Randolph
and Lee, 7 each; Columbus and
Montgomery, 6 each; Cumberland,
Davie, Duplin and Harnett, 5 each;
Alexander, Edgecombe, Hertford,
Hoke, Nash, Onslow and Vance, 4
each; Alamance. Beaufort, Durham,
and Scotland, 3 each; Bertie, Buncombe,
Johnston. Madison, McDowell,
New Hanover and Orange, 2 each;
while the following have one each:
Craven. Greene, Henderson, Martin,
Polk, Tyrrel, Wake, Warren and
Wayne.
Some interesting facts are connected
with the denominational affiliation
of the students. Considering
the entire group, 338 are affiliated
with the Baptist church; 336 with
i the Methodist; 104 Presbyterian; 21
j jLiutneraus; Ui> oLftcr churches, and
! 22 no church.
Taking- the academic rating into
consideration, 95 colleges are represented
with 858 undergraduate students,
103 bachelor's degrees, and
three master's degrees. Of the. number,
505 are from Appalachian and
282 from; other colleges.
The term closes July 14th, and the
second term begins July 15th, closing
August 20.
POOLED WOOL IS
SOLD FAVORABLY
Local Fleece Brings Good Price;
Times and Places Given
for Weighing
r->y vv . ?>. ^k/Ltl il l\ o
(County Agent)
The wool committeemen of the
Watauga wool pool have sold the
pooled wool at a good price.
The following is the time and
. places at which the wool will be
weighed up:
Monday, June 28, at Harbin and
Shores' warehouse, near depot,
; Hoc le, from 8 a. m. to 2 p. m.; W.
W. Mast's store, Valle Crucis, from
2:30 p. m. to 4 p. m.; Vilas Service
: station from 5 to 6 p. m.
Tuesday, June 29. at Clyde Perry's
store from 8 to 10 a. m.; Don Ilagaman's
store from 10 to 12 a. m.: W.
F. Sherwood's store from 1 to 3 p.
. m.; and Bert Mast's store 4 to 5 p. m.
All farmers of the county may sell
5 through the pool regardless of
whether they have signed up in the
. pool, and they are requested to bring
i their wool to the place most conveni.
ent for them at the time specified
above.
! DOUGHTON IS PROTESTING
' RAILWAY MAIL CHANGE
In a personal letter to a citizen of
! the town who is intensely interested
- in the continuance of the mail service
over the narrow-guage railway
into Boone, Congressman R. L.
Doughton states that he has already
[ lodged his protest with the postoffice
department against the proposed acs
tion.
> Mr. Doughton further states that
- the recommendations toward the diss
continuance of this service have not
- as yet been filed, but that he has
: been fol< .hat the matter will be
f discussed further with him before
final action is taken.
5 Mr. Doughton states that he rea.
lizes the importance of the railway
c mail service to this community and
3 section and that he will use every effort
to assist in its retention.
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paper?Established in the
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the funeral service of the late movie
MAGAZINE STORY
PUBLICIZES CITY
Highway Traveler Gives Two
Pages to Boone and County;
Considered Invaluable
Boone and the Blowing Rock country
in general have received invalu- .
able publicity through an article appealing
in the current issue of the
Highway Traveler, organ of the
Greyhound Bus company and which i
has been circulated to two hundred
and twenty-five thousand persons
throughout the nation.
The article, which was made possible
through the efforts of Mr. H.
W. Wilcox, lodfel bus station mar.: -ger,
occupies two pages of the magazine
and carries pictures of the
Boone, and Blowing- Rock localities.
The material for the publicity came
through the co-operation of Wade E.
Brown, secretary of the local Chamber
Of Oo'mmerce.
" In commenting on the publicity, ,
Mr. Wilcox makes the following
(Continued on page four)
MOTOR PARTY RETURNS
FROM FAR WESTERN TRIP
Messrs. A. E. South. S. C. Eggers
and C. J. Stuart have returned from
a trip to the Pacific northwest,
which required IS days and which
embraced 19 states. With them was
John Vannoy, who was returned to
his home in Snohomish county,
Washington, from his first visit to
his native home in Watauga county
for IS' years.
The itinerary covered 7,910 miles, j
and the travelers visited many
places of interest, which included
Yellowstone National Park, Mount
Ranier National Park, Bryee Canyon
National Park, Zion National
Park and the Carlsbad Caverns.
MOSES TEAGUE DIES AT
BANNER ELK SATURDAY
Moses H. Teague, aged 37, and a
resident of Boone, died at the Banner
Elk hospital Saturday morning
after a lingering illness.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Boone Baptist church Sunday
morning at 9 o'clock by Rev. W.
C. Payne and interment was in the
Reform church cemetery at Blowing
Rock.
Surviving are the widow and six
children: Walter, James, Virginia,
Earl, Evelyn and Sylvia. The mother
Mrs. Sarah Teague, of Boone, also
survives, as do two sisters. Mrs
George Grimes, Concord, Teiin.; Mrs.
G. G. Galyen, Knoxville, Tcnn. i
.
CLYDE R. LOVE RETURNS
FROM WILKES HOSPITAL
Mr. Clyde R. Love has returned to
his home at Vilas from the Wilkes
hospital, where he had been a patient
as a result of severe injuries
sustained some time ago when struck
by a limb from a falling tree. Mr.
Love received several broken ribs
and a spinal fracture which neces- i
sitated the use of a plaster cast.
Physicians, however, believe he will
recover from the injuries.
AN UNUSUAL FLOWER
The Democrat is indebted to little
Miss Emma Lee Lookabill, of the
Meat Camp section, for the most
unusual floral gift of the season.
Strangely enough, the flower is only
a thistle, but its beauty and fragrance
has been the cause of much
comment. The bloom is of lavender
hue, about three inches in diameter,
and is an oddity in the thistle
family. It is likely that the seed
which produced the unusual pliant
came into the county with grass
seed grown in some other region.
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Year Eighteen Eighty-E
AY, JbNE 24. 1927
AN HARLOW
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>f flowers from the chapel of the
Lawn Memorial Park here, where
5 star were held.
BLOWING ROCK
DRUGGIST DIE!
Dr. Berryman Succumbs i
Philadelphia; Was Prominent
Citizen of Resort
Dr. Clarence H. Berryman, own'
and operator of the Bio wing Roc
Drug store, and one of the leadir
citizens of the resort town, die
Monday niornir.gr in a Philadelphi
hospital, where he had beer, unde:
going- treatment.
Complications resulting- from a
illness with influenza are said i
have been the immediate cause of h
demise.
The body will be brought to Blov
Ing Rock this (Wednesday) mornir
but funeral arrangements will not t
completed until the arrival of Mr
Berryman, who has been with h<
husband in Philadelphia.
Surviving are the widow and foi
children: Clarence. Jr., Jjmes, Owv
dolyn and Warren, with one broth'
Marty Berryman. of Philadelphia.
Dr. Berryman was a native <
Camden, N. J., but had been rosidir
in North Carolina for more than tc
years. He first established his hon
at Burnsville, and came to Booi
from that citv shortlv thereafte
and was employed here as pharnv
cist in the Hodges Drug Co. Whc
the local firm established the dri
store at Blowing Rock, Mr. Ben;
man was the manager and latbought
the establishment. Since th:
time, he hits resided there where I
was popular and a leader in the civ
affairs of the resort town.
WORK PROGRESSE
ON TEACHERAG!
College Apartment House Wi
Be Constructed This Summer;
Is Three Stories
A modern three-story teachei
home is under construction on App
lachian campus near the site of t]
old public school building, and it
expected that the structure will :
completed during the summer a:
fall.
The structure will be of mode
brick construction, will contain eig
apartments and 16 looms, in adt
tion to parlors and laboratories, it
said, and detailed plans are now
the hands of B. G. Teams, colic;
building superintendent, who is g
ing forward with the excavating.
The apartments and rooms-will
used by the teachers of the colic]
and demonstration school. The nc
structure will be of great corner
ence to the professors and will pr
vide additional room for sLuuents I
removing the members of the teac
ing staff from the dormitories.
BUY EQUIPMENT FOR
NEW BEAUTY SALO
Mr. and Mrs. Pat MeGuire we
in Charlotte Wednesday whei
tViPV nHIl mirchncfi Tifw wiuinrvif.
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for their Rudcmar Beauty Sate
which is soon to open in their bull
ing across the street from Bell
store. They were accompanied
Mrs. John Greer and Mrs. Baxt
Linney.
The quarters are being modern
appointed, and Mr. and .-Mrs. hi
Guire believe that their establit
ment will be the most modern
the kind in this section of the sta
The new shop is expected to be opt
ed by the end of the week.
The Granville county board of eli
tions has set August 3 as the d!
for a liquor control referendum.
RAT
jght
$1.50 PER YEAR
|jBUSINESS MEN TO
iORGANIZE AT MEET
ON FRIDAY THE 2ND
i Willard Dowell to Be Present
For Actual Formation or Merchants
Association Which is
Outcome of Meeting Held
Last Week; Much Interest is
Shown
Willard I-. Dowell, executive secretary
of the North Carolina Merchants
Association, will be present
I at a meeting of the business men of
I m*. >.*- >vji ui ouuuc, wmcn wi11 ue
hold at Junior Hall Friday. July 2.
j at 3:30. the purpose of which is to
j complete the. organization of a retail
| merchants association for Boone and
[Watauga county.
i A preliminary meeting was held
Friday night, and was well attended
by the merchants of the city. R. B.
Tomlinson, field representative of the
State Merchants Association, was
_ present., and a committee composed
of A. S. Harris, John Conway and
J. E. Clay, arranged for the organization
meeting.
According to an announcement
Si made Wednesday by Clyde R.
^ Greene, a director of the State Merchants
Association, and who is actn
ively identified with the local movement,
all business men of the town
as well as of the county, who are en!
gaged in the retail business, are urg;r
ed to become affiliated with the organization.
Representatives of any
' type of merchandising, filling staUons,
garages, etc.. are eligible for
a membership, it is said.
r_ A board of directors will be appointed
which will contain men rep,n
resentative of the different business
interests, and a full time secretary
will be emp( }ed.
One of tlie primary ainis of the
association will be the establishment
of a card index system, giving the
credit standing of all persons in the
' trade territory, which will revert to
l the mutual advantage of both buyer
! and seller.
:< - UrgWJ Atlhri cnCc
Tn Parlcintr RsiIac
Df I
ig Chief Oliis, of the local police de;n
partment, realizing' the desperately
ie crowded condition of the streets of
10 j the town, is insisting upon ail mor,
torists parking according to the lines
a- painted along the curl).
>n Mr. Ollis states that if the people
ig will park systematically, much of the
y- congestion will be relieved, and he
:r proposes to begin a strict enforcelt
nient of the parking regulations,
ie Parking against hydrants is not to
to be tolerated under any circumstances
it is said. /
A suggestion has been made that /
S business men of the town could aid /
in solving the traffic problem to a f
great extent if they would leave
E their cars off the street during the
day.
The situation which has developed
,, owing to the great volume of traffic
and the relatively narrow streets,
i is causing grave official concern,
and the full co-operation of the people
is asked. '
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a- WESTERN-UNION OFFICIAL
IS A VISITOR IN BOONE
is
be Mr. H. C. Worthen, general nianand
ger of the Weslern-rtJnion Telegraph
company, together with Mrs. Worthm
en and Mr. and Mrs. John Spangenht
burg, all of Atlanta, Ola., were weekli
end guests with Mr. tVorthen's couis
i sin, Mr. George S. Walton, in Boone,
in j Mr. Worthen had some nice things
ge j to say about the improvements made
o- j in this eity since his last visit here
j ten years ago. He made mention of
be ! the rapid growth of the eity. as reRe
; gards building activities and referred
nv to the delightful climate, which he
li- thinks should attract an increasing
o- number of visitors to this section
?y during tlic summer,
h
DR. HAGAMAN RECOVERING
FROM RECENT ILLNESS
N Dr. J. B. Hagaman, who has been
right seriously ill for the past two
r0 weeks, is considerably improved, and
re while he is yet confined to his room
ht :. ;? helievcd Vie will b e recovered
m' within the next few days. During
d" the indisposition of the popular phyc'3
sician, Dr. Den Hagaman is looking
by after the practice at the Hagaman
el" clinic.
'y OPPOSES GOV. EARLE
[c" FOR THE PRESIDENCY
;h
of Harrisburg, Pa., June 21.?J. W.
te. Lindau, Jr., of North Carolina, no;n
tified Governor George H. Earle today
that he was raising S2,000,000
fund in the southern states "to preic
vent" Earle's "possible nomination
ite in 1940" as President of the United
States. <