615 ENROLLED 1
AT COVE CREEK
:nc i During First Month
' t School Term Perfect
Attendance Roll
Cove Creek high and j
lory schools enrolled G1C? .students {
ftthe first month of the term. |
: V'rinc.'paa S. F. Hortcn reports
a aUend&iice of 96 4 per i
for '.he period. There are 2YS J
h -i school pupils and 337 in the
ry grades.
Following is the perfect attend- I
at e record for the first month:
First Grade
C!ir.t Byc-rs. Robert Earp, Billy j
Harmon. Paul Sheppard, Millard j
Tr "veil. Helen Deal, Maude Morris, j
Ruth Church, AlUe Iiicks. Betty Ma; \
Hers on. Mamie I>3!.s Harmon. Ruth j
Is?5?cs, -Merie Johnson. Dora . j
Gladys Parker. DoUie Lou j
Jack Campbell. Max Fox. j
Cavlcch Greene, Curtis Johr.so.i, j
Boh'r.y Mast Carson Perry. Johtany .
T?? t ? x-*- %-*
i i'.-wu, .'tailwuru, jjamon \\ :nebarger.
Swond Grade
Marie Combs. Iva Jean II arm oil,
P.iniine Presneii, Billy Pro/lit, lino- j
gene Campbell, Louise Greer, Joyce j
Hon. Evelyn Hicks, Sniah John
s . Anor M.inton, Elaine Moretz,
Nx'.iUc Parker, Joy Ward, Hubert
Bingham. Jack. Bingham, D. T.
Eic.-wn, Raymond Earp, El wood Henscn.
Lonnie Johnson, Jimmic Masl.
Jr.. John J. Bingham. I
Third Grade
Burl Elliott, Willis Farthing, Eu- .
gen.? Fox. MaeDonaid Greene, How- j
ani Greene, Barrac Hayes, Buster I
McGuirc, Richard Miriton, W. T. ;
Payne. Jr.. Billy Sheffield. Dean Wil- i
son, Clinard Ward, Margie Bradley, !
Alice Byers, Nannie Helen Greene, j
Frances Harmon, Lena Mac Isaacs. ]
Josephine Main, Betty Jo Miller,
Ruby BhulJ, Nell Ward.
Fourth Grade
Mary Ann Bingham, Raymond
Harmon, Louise Parker, Anna Mae!
Perry, E. B. Fox, Lena Mae Fletcher,
Leo Mast, Robert McGuire, Carline
Isaacs, Harriet Collins, Kyle
Warren, Lillian Edmisten, Robert
Atkins, Sarah Swift, Omer Swift,
Mario Baird, Mack Banner, Barbara
Sue farthing, Rose Edna Billings.
Betty Bingham, Hazel Prcsnell, Virginia
Dare Miller. Dean Henson. Tav
ior Mast, Blanche Elliott. Edward
Campbell, Frances Byers, Taylor
Horton, Clara Mae Shepherd, Rom
Isaacs, Eat! Norris, Billy Stokes.
Paul Greene, .James McConnel!
Fifth Grade
Judgv Adams, Funnan Billings,
Jimmy Billings, Billy Billings, Ted
Eller. Claude Harmon, Robt. Hodges.
Dean Testnr, Mary Martha Bingham,
Josephine Brown, Juanita Greer,
Pearl Hayes, Betty Henson, Gertrude
Henson, Edna Isaacs, Virginia Ward.
Sixth Grade
Grace Banner. Faye Greer, Dare
Henson, Ruby Hicks, Beuloh Johnson,
Louise McConneli, Jewel lifest,
Nora Miller, Jewel Perry, Christine
Sheffield, Wilmetta Ward, Luther
Bingham, Paul Brown, Billit Harmon,
Gene Harmon, Marshall Johnsen,
F'ari Ward, John Bingham, Gordon
Bingham, Howard Coles, Evcrotte
Tester, Soplironia Banner, Joyce
Collins, Mary Lee Dctson. Doris
Fletcher, Juanita Grass, Lor a
Greene, Mattie Louise Graham, lva
Deane Mast, Clora Morris.
Caonnth .1
OCtClllil UlttUC
Inrs Byers, Gcraidinc Bingham.
Elsie Greene, Louise Greene, Mary
Ruth Greene. Helen Hicks, Mildred
Hayes, Lola Miller, Virginia Hollers,
Dorothy Mast, Carleen Mast. Elizabeth
Mast, Betty Jane Proffit, Margie
Lee Palmer, Bonita Rominger,
Blanche Trivett, Robert Bingham,
Billy Greene, Billie Henson, Tom
Hartley, J. V, Miller, Fred Perry,
Foy Parker, DeRn Swift, Arliss
Shuli, Cap Ward, Payne Ward, Lewis
Wilson, Ray Harmon.
Eighth Grade
Bennie Baird, Carrol Baird, Dar-1
i ol Baird, Robert Banner, Mlurl j
Buingarner, Carlton Cole, Gilbert!
Edminsten, R. D. Edmisten, Doug- j
las Glovier, Mack Greene, Dwighl
Hayes, Robert Hayes, Thomas Holloway,
Joe Horton, Cecil May, Albert
Moody, John Presnell, Alfred
Rominger, Barton Sutherland, M. L,
Warren, Edward Wilson, Ross Wlnebarger,
Dexter Yates, Clyde Your.cc,
fBerla Snow Aldridfge, Josephine Banner,
Annie Bingham, Maxine Bradley,
Lennis Brown, Geneval Cannon,
Betty Collins, Carolyn Combs, Ethel
Cook, Eileen Crocker, Ruth Davis,
Annie Lee Eggers, Iva Lee Greene,
Nora Hayes, Ivaiee Henson, Ruth
Hodges, Louise Isaacs, Louise Lewis,
Mrytle Love, Virginia Love, Zadie
iucuuiic, cjuii.ii mciiuire, .vi my sue
Michael, Rebecca Moore, Theo Oliver,
Hattie Perry, Lady Bird Presnell,
Mae Rominger, Margaret Stansbury,
Mae Belle' Thomas, Ada
Townsend, Ella Mac Wallace, Dorothy
Welch.
Ninth Grade
Harold Mlast, John Shepherd, Ephriam
Fox. Berl N. Greene, Carl Anderson,
Elmer Fox. Gray Presncll,
Robert Brooks, Hade Smith, David
Love, Lee Watson, Buster Henson,
Ronald Rominger, Clay Baird, Blaine
Fletcher, Everett May, Henry Johnson,
Worth Wilson, Berl Thomas,
Ruby Adklns, Elizabeth Bingham,
Ruby Bingham, Billie Brown, Marjcrie
Baird, Dare Caudill, Virginia
Banner, Ella Greer,, Minnie Dare
(Continued on page four)
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VOL. XLIX. NO. 12
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; i own i sonors ' .oker
Tripi^ on Retiffn ; I
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Colivr Triplett, lloone hoy, j!
.v : ><* .p<?: tacular Memphis h.is; S j
?: *][ careor of the past .s;int:r. j;
let! !*> his purchase1 hy the One::- tj
: 3 Gu:>s For sum said to he In !
of $30,000. has returned to ;
Snow and will remain with his
roily here during the \yjuQti*r.
Young Triplett was honored
Thursday afternoon by a parade,
headed by the local fire depart- j
i nt and participated iii by a
number of business men and base- !
ball fans of the cotiairnmitv. The
rs carried banners v/eicomin^ i
tire diamond st^r, and Triplet^
:e- cordially greeted and congvruled
by almost hundreds or i
rend: in fhe community and (
county.
REVIVAL MEETING
AT FIRST BAPTIST
!]
Rev. Wayne Williams Delivering
Sermon? Interest ii?
Meeting is Growing
The revival meeting at the First <
Baptist church is in progress this j
week, with Rev. Wayne W. Williams P
of Otecn, doing: the preaching;, and '
Miss Giacia Halstead, of Oklahoma s
City, giving her famous chalk talks.
The crowds arc increasing at each '
service and the interest is growing. 1
The meeting will continue for several '
days.
Rev. Mr. Williams is chaplain at '
Oteen World War Veterans hospital :
Tills is the greatest hospital of its i
kind in the world, with 875 beds for i
patients. Chaplain Williams has 1
had some wonderful experiences in
dealing with the sick and dying and '
he brings the Gospel of love and
hope to human hearts
Miss Halstead has given her famous
chalk talks in colors to the 1
leading churches of Lhe Southern 1
Baptist convention. It is a rare opportunity
for the people of Boone
and surrounding country to hear
and see an artist skilled in the fine i
art of making Jesus and His love 1
real to ear ana eye.
Rev. Mr. Canipe, the pastor, announces
that the services will continue
Tor several days at 3:30 and
7:30 each afternoon and night, and
that the people are invited to conic
with tile entire family. Something
interesting and inviting for each j1
member of the family.
WATAUGA FAIR IS
most srirrESSFiii.
*'* v a ^ v/ v/jui
Annual Agricultural Fair at
Cove Creek Largely Attended;
Many Exhibits
The Watauga county agricultural
fair held at Sugar Grove September
23, 24 and 25, is said by is sponsors
to have been the most successful
since the conception of the institution
several years ago.
The farm and home exhibits were
better and more varied than ever before,
the livestock show was most
outstanding both in number and
quality of an mals exhibited, and intense
interest was shown by farmers
and business men throughout the
county. Local farmers are becoming
: particularly interested in purebred
livestock as evidenced by the large
number of thoroughbred animals
shown. ' The livestock show as a
whole was probably one of the most
outstanding exhibits to be presented
by any county fair in the state.
It was the opinion of several livestock
specialists, including Mr. L. I.
Case, state extension specialist in
animal husbandry, and Mr . Paul
Fletcher, state marketing specialist,
that the exhibition of Hereford cattle
was the largest in the state. A
large part of the credit for such an
fVPAllppf PfprAfAPrl ohrtttr arnoo frv +Vir>
4-H Club boys of the county.
County agents and home demonstration
agents from several surrounding
counties say that the fair
this year was one of the largest and
best county fairs in the state, and
if interest continues to increase, it is
predicted that Watauga county will
soon have a fair of which all of
Western North Carolina will be
proud.
A complete ii3t of prize-winners
will be published in next week's issue
of The Democrat.
GREENE INFANT DIES
An infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wood row Greene, of Meat Camp,
died Thursday, and funeral services
were conducted from the home by
Rev. J. C. Canipe of Boone. Interjment
was in the Meat Camp cemeItery.
AUG,
dependent Weekly Newsp
BOONE, WATAUGA COUN
BLAINE COFFEY
IS ACQUITTED ON
MURDER CHARGE
Former Representative anil MeJvina
Dillinger Gain Freedom
From Court in Fatal Shooting;
Dillard Coffey Draws !
Ten Years in Pea
Blaine Coffey, of Shells fife,
twice a representative of Watauga
bounty in the legislature, gained his
freedom in Judge Will Plcss* Su- i
perior court last week, haying bee;; I
tic Id in jail here since the spring !
terra on a charge of being ars accomplice
in the slaying of Raymond
DilJiager. Melvjma Dillinger. wife of
ihe 'fain man, who waalso held in
rbimection v/itli the shooting, was i
'nsr-'i:;fgcv: by th<> court. v/hiJe I>il- I
Goffcy confessed to the second |
'o;zree slaying" of Dillingcr and was |
jiveh a term of 10 years in the .state : _
prison.
Court, adjourned Friday noon, aft- j
?r completing one of the heaviest. ;
lockets of recent years, and follow- ]
ng are the judgments, with the exzc-ption
of those which were publish- :
Hi in The Democrat last week :
Conlcy Woodring, manufacturing j
vhiskey, 4 months sentence suspen- ,
led on payment of the. cost.
Wade J. Friesland, driving drunk,
>75 and the cost.
Dan Rimer, Edna Oliver and
Dee Adams, larceny; Rimer, 8
honths in jail: Oliver 4 months and
Adams 4 months.
Tom Bumgarner, violation prohi- j
bition laws, 12 months suspended !
sentence of last court term placed j
in effect. Defendant was given an
idditional 12 months, suspended for
five years.
F. T. Friday, carrying concealed j
tveapon, 60 days on roads.
Vern Phillips, larceny, G months
suspended on payment of cost.
H. D. Breece, "skipping" board
bill, prayer for judgment continued
for two years on payment of claim.
T.onov UT?Arlo ~ i
?? wuo, VAIL 1 y ill6 uuuucaicu
weapon, assault with deadly weapon,
driving' drunk, disturbing public !
gathering:, ?0 days oil roads; 4
months suspended oil payment or j
5100 (unpaid Wednesday); 12 i]
months, suspended 3 years during ;
good behavior.
Dean Yates, assault with deadly I
weapon, carrying concealed weapon,
resisting arrest, 8 months on roads.
Another 12 months' sentence suspended
for 5 years.
Sam Woodruff, Virginian, charged
with larceny, was sentenced Thurs- .
flay to 12 months, the capias to i3sue |
after twenty-four hours. Judge Fless
gave Che defendant a dollar to help
him on his way home.
D D. Stanbury, violating prohibition
law. 6 months on roads.
Claude Payne, manufacturing whiskey.
S.'iO and the cost.
George Coimett, breaking' and entering.
12 months sentence suspended
at last term of court placed in
effect.
Don Isaacs, forcihle trespass, mistrial.
Solicitor took nol pros.
Ed Shomnke, driving drunk, 4 |
months on roads.
Joe Jestes. assault with deadly
weapon, fined one dollar.
Chas. Walker, Curtis Miller, Roscoe
Brown, attempted forgery. 6
months sentence suspended on payment
of cost.
Marshal Foster, public drunkenness.
30 days suspended on pavmcnt i
of $25.
Just before the adjournment of I
court. Judge Pless signed a decree !
giving Mae Potts a divorce from J. :
M. PoTts
J
Potato Growers For
Potato Control Act
Watauga county potato growers
voted 127 to 1 in favor of having
Irish potatoes as a basic commodity
crop to be included in the 1938
soil conservation program, in a
'county-wide referendum which closed
Saturday.
Wayne county, incidentally voted
128 to 2 on the proposal.
Says R E A is
Lines in Wal
Mux C. Wilson, attorney for the j
Caldwell Mutual Corporation, has j
announced that the rural electri- I
fi rati on group would proceed with
construction of rural power lines j
in Watauga county In the near i
future, under a ^uvrnunmt allotment,
which is expected to be made
shortly.
The eo-operativc, established under
the REA, expects to build
200 miles of rural power lines in
Watauga, it is revealed, citizens
aper?Establish^ in th<
nr. NORTH CAR^^A, THl'
New York Fetes
Now York City?Stephen ( \.
mend Keliy, HefroH, >(ljnh)gau,
Mass., (ri*'ht), who was last wool
American Legion.
Voters Favoi
SeawelFs Ad1
SEAVVELLS TELEGRAM
Katcigh, N. C., Sept. 27.
VV. H. Gragg, Mayor,
Boone, N. C.
On account statutory exception
from chapter four, ('onsolidato;!
Statutes relating to recorder's
courts, Boone is not authorized to
establish a municipal recorder's
court.
A. A. F. SEAWEIX,
Attorney General,
At press time The Democrat
learns that there is a wide difference
in legal opinion here on the
question of the attorney general's
advices, and that his office is
malting a more comnletc examl
nation of the statutes regarding
tho establishment of the city recorder's
court. It Is stated thut
there is a strong likelihood of Mr.
Seawcll reversing himself on the
question.
TOENTOTSBS
HERE ON M0NDA1
Several Lots Expected to Be O]
fcred for Proposed NewFederal
Building
Sealed proposals, offering proper!
to the government for the new fe<
cral building in Boone, will be ppiei
ed publicly in the office of Postma
lei VV. G. Hartzog next Mor.ti?
morning.
It is believed that perhaps i
many as ten property owners in t)
town will offer a building site, a
cording to the advertisement post<
in the postoffice and published
The Democrat today. Mr. Hartzt
Will furnish anvone interested
making: a bid with the necessai
forms.
Mrs. Julia Castle
Passes on Thursda
Mrs. Julia E. Castle. 77-year-o
residence of Blowing Rock Route
died at the home last Thursda
after a long illness.
Funeral services were conduct
from Friendship Methodist chur
on Saturday morning. Rev. \
Woods preaching the sermon, and i
tennent was in the neighborii
cemetery.
Surviving are one son and thr
daughters: W. B Castle. Mary
Castle, Cordia Castle, and Ar
Castle, all of Blowing Rock T*
brothers also survive, Watson M?
ney. Mountain City, Tenn. and Jo
B. Matney, of Matncy, N. C.
. J _ - A
i u> construe
tauga Count:
i here* having petitioned the Cali
well group for the extension of it
linos. several weeks ago.
Construction is being rushed, o
the Caldwell project as rapidly a
possible with a view to energriaun
ii'.l the. lines Within CO daj-s. The;
are $20 miles of service lines i
that county.
The co-operative has enterc
into a contract with the Duke Pov
er CcHupany for current at whok
sale rates.
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m am% m mmmhepmb
2 \ - Eighree \ Eighty-Lij
|RSPAY.S<?PTEai3?S 20, 1837
v , ',
JltUvifck m'' St'littio. "A.3 I.:;;.
with Daniel D;>. :;;I: y " 1 ; 'i :rn,
A elei'tv'-ii putioii -1 . 1
* Towi| Coiirt;
verse Opinion
.
" Attorney General Believes Statute
Precludes Establishment
! of Court; Opinion May Be
! Changed, Attorneys Think;
Majority of G3 Votes of Over
j 300
I More than three hundred
'citizens of the town turned out
last Friday to register theii
opinion at the ballot box on the
city recorders court proposal,
and while those seeking to establish
the inferior court marked
up a majority of 63 votes. Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawell
has apparently rendered the
election null and void by stating
that under the statutf
Boone is not. authorized to es
' tablish the court.
_! j While the city council has no1
~ j been in session since the receipt o:
tile telegram fron\ Raleigh, the in
dividual opinions of the members o:
fthe board indicate that lliere will b<
: no attempt to establish tile court h
i the face of the legal opinion Thi
matter, however, will be official!;
p.; acted upon and read into the min
ntes at the regular meeting Frida;
; evening.
1 Sinee ihe recorder's court becam
| an issue Severn! weeks ago. it hai
-y 1 been freely predicted that only ;
1- handful of ballots would be east, bu
a- when election day arrived interes
. rapidly developed and the spirite
vfctlng in the afternoon reminde
onlookers of a political election. Wat
j.erragg, mayor of U10 tovV.t, wa
is among the first to voice an objec
10 i tion to the proposal and in the Ope
c Forum of The Democrat toda
"clarifies" his position in the mat
"l ter. Many others shared the belie
in held by the mayor, but at the last
appeared that the weight of publi
bl | opinion was on the other side of th
ry issue.
The act under which the electio
was called, it is understood, provide
for the establishment of the courl
over the state, but an exception i
y ; the statute eliminated this count
j from participation A number <
,(1 1 people of the town have for soar
j | tune believed a lower court with ii
,' creased jurisdiction was necessai
' * and the matter of establishing anotl
j er one in the county was recent!
taken up with the board of count
[r commissioners who refused the r.
quest.
^ J Proponents of the court plan sta
'? ed that the court was self-financin;
ee would subsist on the costs ievif
L and that there would be no burde
' on the taxpayers. They further ooi
vo Itended thai justice would be facil
' tated and that a more complete ei
^ I forceinent of the law would resul
1 Others believed that directly or i:
i directly the taxpayers would fe
the burden of the tribunal and citt
tthe small superior court dockets i
evidence that the court ii not neede
^ Cars Are Demolished
In Head-on Collisio
i
is An automobile occupied by M
and Mrs. Bob Norris, Mr. and Mi
n Everett Drum, of Hickory, and 01
w ; driven by Mr. Wm. Sherrili, of Trou
K : man, collided head-on at the sha:
f j pjwoT>_A<rm nirvp on the Blowil
n Rock road Sunday, and while bo
machines were practically demolis
d ; ed, their occupants suffered on
;very slight injuries,
i Mr Sherrili, it is said, assunr
J the full blame for the accident.
?ht
SI.50 PER YEAR
HERSEL HODGES
MEETS DEATH AT
KINSMAN'S HANDS
Spcncc. Ilendersois >.lclfl in Jail
On Charge of Firing Fatal
Shot ?s fir others-in-law Quarxehni:
S.H; ,-iirtg Occurred on
Yonalilc-.sce fti;;hwn\
Horsel Hodges, 30 years old,
! a resident of the Adarrss eoras
nfunify. met instant death Tuesiday
after noon when a .shotgun
lailesedlv held he -1e
law. Spencer ITcnder.sor-, was
lived point-blank into the reg
on ol the heart,
j The tragedy occurred on the Yonsahiossee
road in tht Sandy Flat
.neighborhood of the county, as Henderson
and Hodges wer.' on a squirfel
hunting expedition. Such reports
as arc available indicate that
a standing oar i nched the highway
i to the truck in which they w r
! riding ar.d thai Hodges look a
shotgun from the vehicle, for the
purpose of attacking the occupants
of the other machine. He is said to
have returned to the truck, stating
that he ha?i the. wrong guage shells
ifor the weapon, whereupon Henderson
states he remonstrated with his
kinsman, and tiiey proceeded on
their journey. An argument ensued.
however, the truck was stopped
and, according to the accused,
i Hodges advanced upon him with a
;rock taken from the roadway, and
| Henderson fired the shot from a 28
iguage shotgun, which entered the
; heart and brought instant death.
The load is said to have cut through
I the left forearm, as if that member
' :had been in a protecting position
I when the shot was fired.
| Henderson gave himself up to Chief
I of Police Fred Hatiey of Blowing
" iRock, who in company with Chief
IS. D. Oilis of Boone brought the
^ jprisoner to the county jail. Coroner
{Richard Kclley was present at the
' ; scene of the homicide and held an
" i inquest, which resulted in Homieri
(son's incarceration.
r.' *
j A* MJtcjrtw itwaj
| Funeral services for the deceased
arc to be held Wednesday afternoon
L from the Oak Grove Baptist church .
f near Boone by the pastor, Rev. F. C.
- Watts, and interment will be in the
L Xline cemetery.
1 Young* Mr. Hodges was a son of
1 Mr and Mrs. James Hodges of Ad
jams, and was reared in this comf
jmunity. where he was popular with
- jmany friends. formerly was env
jg-aged in the taxi business in Boone.
worked for a long time for the
i Wright Liumber Co., here and at the
* time of his death was engaged at
' the. Cone Orchards, it is said.
t j Sin vicing are the parents, the
1 1 widow and one small child.
d j t
j Perry Greene Dies
At Fleetwood Home
n
y Perry Greene, 18 years old, a
_ nephew of Mr. R. Greene oi
.f Boone, died at the home at Fleetit
wood, Ashe county. Sunday from inc
fahtile paralysis, having been a vice
tim of the disease for the past 15
years.
n Funeral services were conducted
d j Wednesday from the Laurel Springs
.s j Baptist church in this county, by
n jllev. Mr. Winkler, and interment
y | was there, Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
jf ; Greene a Item d the funeral.
,e j Surviving- ate the parents, Mr. and ?
v- [Mrs. J. C. Greene, three brothers and '
y 1 two sisters: J. C., Herbert and Kerj.
mit, Fleetwood: Miss Lucy Greene
y and Mrs. Bertie Blackburn of Washy
ington. D. G:
t jLadv Suffers Injury
s- In Automobile Crash
id
in ?
n. Miss Ruby Bryant suffered a
j_ broken arm, together with minor
injuries, when the automobile in
which she was riding turned over on '
che Jefferson highway in the Meat
el Camp section Sunday. She was
>(1 taken to the Banner Elk hospital for
treatment.
rl Jesse Walker, who it is claimed
was driving the car, was arrested for
driving while intoxicated. Mr. Walker,
however, it is understood, states
jj that he was not at the wheel when ;
the accident occurred.
Ta MILLER BABY
ae An infant, 'the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clint Miller, of Meat Camp,
rp succumbed Fiiday. Interment was
,g- in Proffit Grove cemetery. " '
TO SPEAK AT HOMECOSOXG
ly Attorney \V. B. Austin of Jefferson
will deliver the alumni adutcu
id at Appalachian's homecoming October
9, it was learned Wednesday..
fit