North Carolina Newspapers

SSaE^I$ gf*o$?ty O ' ?T^*i WrT T * j 1 tie W eek m ^Ya:sbiiigtoii A KKSlTr.JE OF GO VEItNM EN MENTAL HAPPENINGS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Wa5.hir.gton, Sept. 2.--With congress cut of the way as the focus of public attention, for the time being. Washington is relaxing by paying r.icre attention to the doings and personalities of men and women whose functions arc r.ot primarily political. i Somebody raised the question ?* , around the luole at the National Press Club, as to who is the hardest working member of the President's cabinet. After a very brief discussion there was unanimous agreement tha: that honor goes to Iiaroltl W. Ickes, secretary of the interior. CSeriamiy no other cabinet minnbc-rs has so many jobs. He gets appointed to committees and commis U. ;o Wtvuuoi. lie nao jnuvvu Jlllliaci: j such a tireless worker ami a first- , rate executive. lie gets things done. Duties of Mr. Ickes The work of the secretary of the | interior covers a fairly wide range : O: interests^ which most of Mr. Tckbs* prede'cSssprs have found enough to' attend to. But in addition to the duties involved in administering the i public land office, the rcclanjation : service, the bureau of Indian af- i fairs, the patent office, and a few j other brandies of the interior dc- J pa^tment; Mr. Ickes is the head of the public works administration, in | (Continued on page eight) Auction Land Sale ( Draws Wide Interest ' S. C. Eggers. local realtor, says that the sale Saturday of the Hamby subdivision has aroused more interest i in the public mind than any such event he has promoted in his entire ; career, and that a record-breaking I aggregation of bidders is expected to j be on hand. The property, which is being sold i to settle the estate of the late P. L. j Hamby is located two miles east of | Boone- on the North, Wilkesboro high- j way, and has been divided into 41 !1 -choice residential lots and 23 baby!' farms. The properLy. which is just j off the highway, is profusely studded < with large spreading oaks, and offers the home-builder some of the most. beautiful sites thus far offered in j this locality. A concrete reservoir has been so situated that each lot or tract may be supplied with a sufficient gravity supply of pure spring water, which has been approved by > H. S. Webster, sanitary inspector) with >ae local health department. ! Chas. Swaim of Greensboro, will' be the auctioneer, there will be concerts by a brass band, and there will be liberal prizes given. The sale wiil start promptly at 10 a. m. Saturday Brown to Address Ashe Co. Democrats! Wade K. Brown, Boone attorney, j wii! oe me principal speaker before i a county-wide meeting of the Young" 1 Democrats or' Ashe county, which i will be held at the courthouse in Jef- ! ^ fersor. Friday evening at S o'clock. ^ Mr. G. B. Gambili, county chairman of the organization, stated that new county officers will be elected j and that a slate of delegates would be chosen to attend the stute convention in Winston-Salem September 10-11. Officer Is Injured In Effecting Arrest i Monroe Greene, costable of Stony Fork township, received cuts about the left hand and arm Monday evening, allegedly inflicted b y , Dean Yates, whom the officer is drunkenness. Yates, it is averred, submitted to arrest, but brought the knife into play as he and the officen walked away. Yates was tried by Justice of the Peace Eugene Russell and in default of a 51,000 bond was committed to jail, ar.d will be tried at the Sep-! tcmber term of superior court. Blowing Rock School r..:u:? d. d ! UUUUUlg IU LIC JLJCgUll A ten-room addition to the Blowing; Rock high school building is to get under way shortly, it is an- j W nounced by T. D. Heffncr. area VVPA engineer of North Wilkesboro, who states that work on the construction will be pushed to completion before cold weather. The addition, which will be of brick construction, is to be built by "VVPA ar.d the county 3chool board at a cost of about $27,000, and will give that town a splendid type of building, adequate to the needs of I Ihe school. New York?More than $4,000,000 to combat infantile paralysis has been raised during the past four years by the President's Birthday 1 balls, under the direction of Col. H. L. DoHerty, national chairman of the philanthropy. WAl An 1] VOL. XLIX, NO. 8 BERN HODGES j ENDS OWN LIFE Kern Hodges, one of the most j ipstanding .voting men of the Ad- i nms neighhohnwl. was found fatally shot oil a porch to his homo . Wednesday morning about eleven o'clock, and while there was no message to indicate the cause of ' the suicide, it Is believed that poor tw-tlfh M (iu r..<..nnvil,l,. XI physical condition had gcen greatly impaired since his jtpfviwT-iir i**c y World War. Mr. Hodges. i( is said, had made a trip to Boone to visit a physician and on his return greeted his ; mother, and went into the house, filter he called to his mother, and , in a matter of seconds a gunshot I was heard. Mr. Hodges had step- | ped onto a porch and fired a hu.llrt j front it .22 cnlhlrc rifle into his head behind the ??:ir. Death resulted in about 30 minutes, without the injured man having regained consciousness. As The Democrat goes to pre**--, Funeral details had not been ar- i raiiRrd. Immediate survivors arc the widow and a year-ohl baby. STATE SEED LAW ! TO BE EXPLAINED Representatives of Department j of Agriculture Will Meet With Farmers on 11th Farmers of Watauga county have been invited to meet at the courthouse in Boone September 11 to hoar representatives of the N. C. department of agriculture and the N. C. j Crop Improvement association ex- ] pium uie oeneuts or me new siaie seed law. "The Value of Using Seed of j Known Origin" will be the theme of \ the meeting and plans are to show j a motion picture illustrating the ne- s cessity of using pure seed. "Simi- j lar meetings will be held in 39 coun- j ties between now and September 11, j and growers interested in better' farming practices will find these! meetings of vital importance" Coun- j ty Agent VV. B. Collins states. Speakers on the program to be j held at Boone will be J. VV. Woodside | and T. A. Holcomb, botli of the State i department of agriculture. In addition to explaining the new j law and brief talks on the prevention ; of seed dumping1 in North Carolina, j the services offered the farmers by: the department of agriculture's seed j laboratory free of charge will be out-| lined. Under the present law, any farmer j may send seed to the department at; Raleigh and obtain correct inforrha- j tion as to purity and germination j without cost. "The program for the department of agriculture calls for the elimination of impure seed in North Carolina, insofar as possible and the individual complaints of the seed purchasers and seed growers will De aired at the meeting and the cooperation of all farmers will be asked, looking toward the betterment of agriculture in North Carolina," D. S. Coltrane, assistant to Comfmissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott, said. HARTZOG REUNION There will be a reunion of the Hartzog family at the home of Mr. Charlie Hartzog at Obids, Ashe county, on Sunday, September 5th. All connections of the family are invited to attend and enjoy the day. ASSOCIATION TO | GO TO OAK GROVE I Baptist Body Names New Officers; Church Near Boone to Entertain Next Year At the ninety-eighth annual session of the Three Forks Baptist Association held at Howard's Creek church iast Tuesday and Wednesday, it was decided that the next gathering would be at the Oak Grove church, one mile west of Boone, on Tuesday and Wednesday after the fourth Sunday in August. 193S. The gathering last week was attended by a large throng of people throughout its sessions and there was intense interest in the meeting. Following is the slate of new of| ficers elected: Rev. R. C. Eggers, j moderator; C. R. Greene, clerk and I treasurer; A. J. Greene, historian; G. ! F. Hagan-.an, chairman executive ; committee; N. M. Greene, chairman promotion committee; S. C. Eggers, Sunday School director; A. D. Wilson, hospital director; Rev. Philip Fletcher. BTU director; R. D. Hodges, orphanage director. Aua independent Weekly News BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT EFFORT MADE TO EXTEND SEASON AT BLOWING ROCK May view VViH Remain Open j Until October 15 so Tourists! May Be Entertained During | Colorful Autumn; Entertain-' mcnt of State Tour Tn an effort to prolong: the tour-I 1st" seasoii at Blowing- rcock, so that visitors may enjoy the glories of the j autumn foliage in the mountains, the j management of May view Manor, agreed the last of the week to re- ! main open until October 15. Reports | coming from the popular mountaintop hostelry indicate that there are a j record number of tourists anxious to ! remain in Blowing Rock during Sep- \ lembcr at least. Information is that the Blowing Rock hotel and probably I other hotels will remain open during I September and the first part of Oc- | ber. Old North State Tour" Another reason for the extension j of the hotel season is for the enter-1 tainment of the "Old North State i Tour" of the directors from travel bureaus and automobile clubs of the nation. This tour will be made ihrough the state October 10-20. Vai ious places on the route will entertain litem, and they have been invited to spend the night of Wednesday, October 13, as guests of the town of Blowing Rock. The town, with the business houses and hotels and inns, is co-operating with Mayview Manor. Influential Group Elnlertaining the tour membership | will, according to Chamber of Com- i mcrce officials, give Blowing Rock and the surrounding country an op-1 portunity to get before a group that' has the greatest influence in directing travel of any group in the nation. O. \V. Stone, secretary of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, said, "It behooves not only Blowing Rock but all of western North Carolina to combine resources and entertain these people in a big and different way. It will take close co-operation And hard work" but if everybody will do his part ,ahd if every interest that will derive benefit will contribute its part, the burden will be light on all, and no estimate can be placed nn thr> fiitnra vnliio r?f a fflvnrnhlp impression." COUNTY SINGING IS ON FIRST SUNDAY OCTOBER The regular county singing will be held at the courthouse in Boone on the ffrst Sunday in October, according to a joint announcement made Monday by N. L. Harrison, president, and 7. T. Greene, secretary of the singing- association. This will be the | choir singing by all the classes and all churches are asked to be re pry! sented on the program. The solo, duet aiul quartette singing which was held here last Sunday was well attended and an enjoyable occasion. S A M BROOKSfflRE STABBED BY NEGRO t ?> j uu\.ai man is ucvuvcuiig i' i uin Injuries Inflicted by Negro in West Virginia Sam Brookshirc, son of Mr. and Mrs. June Brookshire of Boone, and for some time night shipper for Wilson & Co.. Northfork, W. Va.. received severe injuries about the arir ar.d leg, when he was stabbed mori than a week ago by Rastus Harris colored, of Xorthfork. Brookshire, it is said, was standing in front of the Northfork hote when Harris approached and inquire., as to the whereabouts of a friend ol his. The negro apparently disbelieved Brookshire's answer, became en raged and drew a knife on him Brookshire in an attempt to disarn the negro, was stabbed a number o: times in the leg and arm. Harris was taken to jail and is be ing held there until the grand jun meets. Brookshire received treat I mem tor nts injuries, an<l is now a the home of his parents, yet unabli to resume his work. j AUTO LICENSE INSPECTOR TO BE HERE ON FRIDAYS State Highway Patrolman Carlyli Ingle tells The Democrat that, be ginning this week, an automobile li cense inspector from the stale de partment, will be at the courthousi . ill Boone each Friday from 8:30 a. in to 12 noon, for the purpose of issu i?g operators' licenses, duplicate li i censes, etc., and to render any sucl , aid to motorists as possible in cor. nection with their license problems. A. OE ipaper?Established irjp "e ? NORTH CAROLINA, -tSD i Guard Grav ^ *Vhei ! ; i \ y Mf Philadelphia, Pa.?Policeman H Henrietta E. Garrett in L.:inrel Hi II threaten to use dynamite to explo'd burled with her. Mrs. Garrett died million dollars ant! about five ban U YOUNG DEMOCRAT I MEETING MONDAY' Officers Wi'l Be. Klected and p Delegates Named to State Convention on 10th Members of the Young Democratic Club of Watauga county are asked . I by President Wade E. Brown, to c | gather at the courthouse next Mon- ( | day night, so that a new slate of of- t j ficenj may be elected, and that dele- < | gates may be named to attend the ! state convention in Winston-Salem < September 10-11. | Mr. Brown states that the speak- j Ier for the occasion has not been ? chosen, but that a leader in the Do- * | niocracv will occupy the platform. , j It is urged that the young Democrats , j from every section of the county be ( j lb attendance, and all others, as for!, j that matter, who are concerned over j ! the welfare of the party. BIG TRADE EVENT TO BE PROMOTED i Merchants Association Sponsors Carnival of Bargains; Details Next Week ; ] At a meeting of the Merchants! ; Association to be held Thursday evening at 7:30. the final details for ! Bocae's biggest merchandising event, ! will be promulgated, complete details j . of which will appear in The Democrat next week. All members are urged; to be present as the big bargain car-1 i nival is arranged. i Committee members who are working out the preliminaries to the i city-wide sales event, insist on the full co-operation of all the members j , of the association in the publicizing ; j of Boone as the logical trading cen- j I ter of the entire northwest.. While j slashed prices are expected to pre- j vail, the merchants organization ex- j pects the biggest benefits to come; 1 j with the drawing of large crowds of i ! people to town who have hitherto I | shopped only occasionally here.j I Watch for full details. I It is also stated that Thursday's j [ j meeting will feature a discussion of j | the light and power rates in the city j j as compared to those prevailing in I L1 other towns of similar size through- i , i out the state. Secretary Wade E. Brown will pre- j ' I sent a report of the district conven- i j tion which he attended in Hickory j '! last week. ! j The association is making an cs- i c | pecial effort to trace down all bad , | checks held by members and their authors, and it is stated that the credit files of the organization are | ; j almost complete. WPA Field Workers Are to Be Reduced According to an announcement made last week by George \V. Coan Jr.. state WPA administrator, the personnel of the field administrative forces of the new WPA plan of operation. which takes effect the first of ! 5 the month, replacing the five districts | with 12 areas. ? Field personnel will be reduced' - about 30. Coan said, ard salary re- I - ductions will be affected in "most j - cases." ; E. W. Cole of Salisbury will be in ] . charge of the area office at Win-1 - ston-Salcm, T. D. Hefner at North - Wilkesboro, while Miss Eunelli Smart j i will have charge ci women's projects i -1 in areas seven and eight with head-1 I quarters at Winston-Salem. 1 Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei| AY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1937 re^ Will Is Buried ^ ; mgil Gallagher guarding grave ??r Cemetery here, where vandal.-* :* grave in order ic gei at :i wsu in 1930, leaving a fortune of 20 red Heirs. jflllGHTON SPEAKS ro ADULT TUTORS ^ i 111 h District Congressman Upholds Policies of President Roosevelt's Administration 'The WPA is [doing a good work, mil President Roosevelt is the great st humanitarian of the age/' said Congressman R. L. Doughton Moniay as lie appeared at Appalachian College before three hundred tcach?rs of adults in the federal emorgenjy education program. The veteran ninth district solcn auded President Roosevelt's leader- j ship in the institution of the WPA 1 ind other emergency programs, and ,vas especially impressed with the .vork being done in providing educational facilities for those who passed heir majority without having the privilege of even a meagre education. "Every organization," said he speaker, "which is instituted on i large scale, is heir to error, hut the kind of activity promulgated by he WPA will be of service to coming generations, and for every mistake made in its administration, a iinnlrii'l hpriAfifi! hnvo uroniiVl " Mr. Dough ton took occasion to laud Dr. Dougherty lor his superb accomplishment in fostering Appalachian College, which is rapibly becoming one of the leading institutions in all ihe south. He then called attention to the time, before absentee balloting was in vogue, when Prof. J. M. Downum, the registrar at the college, walked from Boone to Lenoir to vote for him. As a result of the long walk, Caldwell county was tabulated in the Dough ton column by a majority of exactly one vote. ROBERT CRITCHER SUCCUMBS SUNDAY Weil-Known Mabel Young Man is Victim of Sudden Illness; Funeral Monday Robert Lee Critcher, aged 31 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Critcher of Mabel, died at Banner Elk hospital Sunday from a sudden illness which developed the day previous From such information as The Democrat could gather, young Mr Critcher had been doing work about the farm, became ill and was taken to the hospital, where it was determined that his condition was criti cal. An ulcerated condition of the stomach was said to have been the principal factor in his death. Funeral services were conducted from "the Mount Vernon Baptist churcli Monday afternoon and interment was in the family cemetery near the childhood home of the de ceased. Surviving are the widow and three children: Marjorie. Lawford anc Larry. The parents also survive together with two brothers and threi sisters: Ralph, of Raleigh: Monroe, ol Kingsport. Tcnn.; Mrs. Nellie Coffey Blowing Rock: Mrs. Bill Fletcher Mabel, and Mrs. Nina Campbell Akron, Ohio. Mr. Critchcr was a hard-working ^ndustrious and likable young ma: and leaves a wide circle of friends ii this section. Raleigh, Aug. 30?Dr. R. S. Cheek blind commission seceretary, said to day that between 900 and 1,001 checks averaging aljout 516 each ar being mailed out as August payment under the aid to the blind social se curity program. RAT ght $1.50 PER YEAR COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE NOW OPENING; SOME BEGIN 13TH More Than Four Thousand Art* to He Enrolled in County When All Schools Have Opened; Only 74 Colored Students; the LJates tit Openings Some forty-five hundred Watauga county youriKStcr-: art* laying aside their swim suits, fishi: pares ana ciliet* paraphernal in peculiar to vacate r.-timc, and beginning their reluctant trek to the institutions of It-li ning, where the youngsters will fussel with the three Rs and the oldsters will ponder the vexing problems of the high school curricula. Last year there were 770 enrolled in the lour high schools and 3.78b in tho elementary grades. Of this lai.1nr Mimilifv 2d= children. While no material increase is noted from year to year, II is believed this year's enrollment will somewhat better the former figures. 11 is believed that under the compulsory education haws, Watauga county has an attendance of something like 08 per cent of all schoolage children. Five buses have been added, making a. total of *2.1 which are to operate in the county this year, the system and the roads over which the vehicles pass being described as one oi the best in the state First Openings The following schools opened on Thursday, August 26: Bethel Mabel, Potter town, Siiverstone, Cove Creek. Homliiger. Presneli, Kellerv illo. Windy Gap, Liberty Hill, Valio Cruei3, Foscoe, Grandfather, Valley Mountain, Coo": Springs tip s iawneehaw). Cool Springs (Blovririg Rock township!. Per.iey. Brads haw and Cook. Thursday Morning. Sept. 2 Boone, Boor.c colored, Oak Grove, Howard's Creek. Rutherford, Ml. P.aron, Elk and Lower Elk Monday Morning, Sept. 13 j Blowing Rook school; to open with ! Todd school are Green Valley, River! view and Wir.ebarger. Boone Schools To Open On Thursdav j The 1937-3S session of the Boone | High school and Demonstration : school will beg in Thursday morning, September 2 at S:30. tind the facui; ty is anxious that all the students he Iii vdvi'v Viii wilC uu^uui^ U?(A , SU UUlt 1 none may be handicapped by getting off to a late. start. The faculty tor flic year for the ' high school is as follow.-: E. S. ! ChWstenhury, principal: Mrs. J. E. i Rivers, English; Miss Lucile Miller, English: Miss Dorothy Miiier. French: ; ivelley Miles, science: Frank Hamrick. history; Mrs. E. S. Christenbury, commercial work; Mrs. Wade I Brown, home economics: Foy Martin, boys' athletic director; Gordon Nash, Mathematics and band masI ter; R. G. Shipley, agriculture; Alice ; Sherrill, librarian. The Demonstration school faculty: John T. Howell, principal; Miss Eula Todd; J. E. Rivers. Jr., Mrs. John T. Howell, Wm. Cole, Miss Clyde Good| man. Miss Ella Austin, Miss Nell j Trivett, Miss Carolyn Weaver. Mrs. | R. L. Clay, Miss Ruth Robinson, j Miss Myrtle Brandon, Miss Mary Reed Moore. Miss Helen Fleming. MANY FRESHMEN NOW ON CAMPUS 'I Registration at Appalachian is Slightly Delayed by School for WPA Instructors ! j More than two hundred freshmen :' have been enrolled for the fall and winter term at Appalachian College. . it was revealed Wednesday, with the registration of upper classmen to get : under way Thursday. Enrollment of ' students has been slightly delayed i due to the WPA school which closed . yesterday and which was allowed to : use facilities of the college for the r courses offered. It is stated that the number of . i freshmen already registered is slight . ly lower than formerly but that the ! deficiency will be more than made , | up by an increased number of stut i dents transferred from junior col1 j leges. All available doiyltory space on i the campus is filled and townspeo| pie who have spare rooms have been -; able to let them to students who 5 ! could not find accommodations at the e college. Indications are that when s registration is complete there will be - in the neighborhood of one thousand students. ? ... - ? ! ! "