North Carolina Newspapers

SLAYER OF HERSE j HODGES IS DENIED PRIVILEGE OF BAIL Spencer Henderson Given Prc!iir*inary Hearing Before Justice Hahn; Counsel to Argue Self-Defense; Stale Contends Premeditatibii Existed Spencer Henderson, confessed siayycr of a brother-in-law. Hersel H dges. and a resident of the Sandy Fiats section, was denied privilege of bail in a bearing conducted by Justice of the Peace Edwin N. Hahn Tuesday afternoon. A large- crowd gathered for * the preliminary and perhaps a score of witnesses summoned by the state were placed on the stand to relate the?r knowledge of the shooting and ;; events leading up to if Henderson, who admitted the shooting ' before the coroner's jury, did not j take- the stand, but Chief of Police ' Fred Hat ley of Blowing Rock, to whom the accused surrendered, and . others told of the conversation of j the confessed slayer, who was said t have repeatedly assorted that ''he \ killed him, and didn't, hate it.7' Henderson's story of the affair as j related by witnesses, indicated that ! lie and Houses were traveling* in a ; trick, on a squirrel hunting trip. They, it seems, wore on a dirt road leading from the Yonahlosscc when they were stopped by another vehicle which was blocking the road, j The owners of the second machine, : it was thought, were in the woods. Hodges was s?.id to have become en- j raged, seized a shotgun and went in quest of them. He shortly returned with the information that he had the wrong shells for the shotgun. Hon- j dor son claims he remonstrated with ] him about his anger, that they pro- j ceeded a distance, an argument en- j sued, the truck was stopped, Hodges ! got to the ground, seized a rock j from the roadway and was "pecking" at the defendant through the open window of the truck cab. Henderson then, it was alleged, stated that he moved to the far side of the cab and fired the fatal shot from the 2Sguage shotgun, which the state con tended had been unloaded up to mat time. Coroner Richard E. Kelley testified, us did others, that the pools of blood from the heart wound, were some few feet from the point at which defendant averred Hodges was standing, and that the body was several feet on beyond the pools of blood, which were some two feet in diameter. Coroner Kelley, from his experiences as a mortician, did not believe the injured man could have moved any distance with a charge of shc-t through his heart, and stated that he had previously handled bodies where death had ensued from similar wounds, and that in each instance the men had dropped in their tracks. The stute made considerable capital out of the allegations that the body had been moved from the point at which life had undoubtedly left it, and the court, took the position that there was an element of premeditation involved 15ond was refused by Justice Hahn and the defendant will be tried for murder at the spring term oi court in Apru. AIR MMLWEEK TO BE OBSERVED Effort Being Maile to Better Acquaint People With Air Mail Service In obseivance of air mail week, October 11-16, Postmaster W. G. Hartzog is urging business men to use air mail during the period as much as possible, to give the service a real test, to see if each one so using the service will not be benefitted by faster mail in the transaction of their respective businesses. Governor Hoey, in calling attention to the fact that North Carolina i3 the birthplace of aviation, has urged an observance of air mail week, and it is stated that at each town with suitable landing facilities mail planes will make stops during the week and gather outgoing mail Boone, and other towns without airport facilities, will have the mail transferred to the nearest town that is equipped in this respect Thus everyone of the state's 1,200 post offices will have an opportunity ol taking part in the observance. Postmaster Hartzog does ivot be Jieve the people here are really ~ac quainted with the air mail servic< as it now exists and calls attentior to the fact that a letter may b< mailed in Boone at 6 a. m. to Sat f Francisco and reach its destinatioi on the Pacific at 6 the following ra morning. THE COUNTY SINGING The county singing which was heli at the courthouse Sunday was at tended by a considerable numbe from various sections of the count} and a number of classes participated The attendance, however, was th smallest for a number of years, du to the rain. ' Mtg*" *WM" WAT An Jr VOL. XLIX.. NO. 13 MRS.C.R.GREENE | DIES THURSDAY; i FUNERAL FRIDAY; Boone Woman Was One o f Town's Most Beloved Characacters; An Active Church Worker: Rites at Boone Baptist Church; Burial at Meat Camp Mrs. Gertie Plv5er Greene, one cf the town's most beioyed ladies, and wife of Clyde R. Greene, prominent business man of Boone, died at the home Thursday at the age of 36 years. Mrs. Greene had been 111 for a long time with an incurable ailment, and for several weeks it was not believed she could recover. Funeral services were conducted I from the Boone Baptist church Friday afternoon by the pastor of the | deceased. Rev. J. C. Canipc, who was assisted in the rites by Rev. J. A. ! Yount. Dr. J. D. Rankin and Rev. Wayne Williams. Interment was in j the Meat Camp cemetery. The active pallbearers were: Rus sell D. Hedges, Wade E. Brown, S. | B. Greene, Chas. C. Rogers, D. I., j Wilcox and W. O. Robertson. Honorary pollbearcrs: .Tchn W. j Hodges. J. R. Quails, J. A. William:}, ill. R. Eggers. J. T. C. Wright, Dr. j Farthing, W. C. Greer, W. D. Farth! ing, A. D. Wilson, V/. R. Winkler, j A. E. Hamby, W. H. Gragg. T. E. | Biughu m, Dr. G. K. Moose, B. K. j Osborne, A. R. Cook. G. p. Haganian, |t. M. Greer, S. C. Eggers, A. R. 'Smith and G. H. Winkler. The unusually large and varied I floral offering was in charge of the ! momhpvs nf FiHoHu r?1ace> r%f thr? ? ?? - Boone Baptist Sunday school:: Mrs. A. R. Smith, Mrs. T. M. Dunkley, Mrs. Vera. Tunnell, Mrs. John Howell, Mrs. A. G. Quails, Mrs. Wade Brown, Mrs. Ed. Farthing, Mrs. Chas. C. Rogers, Mrs. Frank McCracken, Mrs. Hill Hagaman, Mrs Floyd Hagaman, Mrs. Cliff McConnell, Mrs. David Foster, Mrs. W. R Winklen Mi*s. John Conway. Mrs. Ncal Blair, Mrs. L. T. Tatum, Mrs. S. M. Ayers, Miss Oaroljm Weaver, Mrs. Raymond Ilendrix, Mr3. B. G. Teams, Mrs Vanee, Mrs. E. E. Garbee, Mrs. Wm. Grubbs. Mrs. Leonard Storie, Mrs. S. B. Greene, Mrs. D. L. Brown, Mrs. I. S. Miller, Mrs. A. Y. Howell, Mrs. Milton Greene and Mrs. 11. S. Storle. Also: Mrs W. C. Greer, Mrs. Erie Adams, Mrs. Ruth Matt ox, Mrs. Ola Greene, M)\s. Sherman Holler, Mrs. Faye Hodges. [Mrs. Clyde Winebarger, Mrs. D. J. [ Whitener, Mrs. J. C. Canipe, Mrs. I A. E. Ham by and Mrs. Earl Cook, j A large number of friends of the [deceased and of the bereaved family from distant points attended the funeral, among whom were the fol I lowing: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Propst, Mary Propst and Phil Propst, Concord. X C.; Mrs. Adeiaid Prop3t , Hickory. X. C.; Mr. and Mis. C. H. Barringer, Miss Katie Barringer, Jay Barringer, Mrs. Chas. Barringer, Collie, Barringer, Mrs. Elsie Wagnor. Gold Hill, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Barringer, Mrs. Lottie Cranford and Mrs. D. B. Culp. Richfield. N. C.; Samuel Sullivan, Kingsport, Tenn.: Paul Tiller and H. M. Tiller, Greenville, Tenn.; I. G. Greer, C. C. McKoin and Mir. Alexander, Tliomasville, N. C.; T. R. Ballard High Point, N. C.; G. M. Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. Earl Donnelly, Trade Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Benlley and J. F. Moore. North Wilkesboro N. C. Born In Cabarrus County Mrs. Greene was the former Mis: Gertie Plyler, the daughter of Rob ert and Thursa Barringer Plyler, ani i was born at Gold Hill, Cabarru: i county. May 28, 1901, and joined thi i Wesley's Chapel Methodist church it 1916 at the age of 15 years. Shi i joined the Boone Baptist church it 1935, and was one of the leaders it the religious life of her community 1 She was married to Clyde R. Green, . i ITnhri 1 hntr 1 fV 1009 ortrl Via rooirlntl il ! this county since that time. Durinj " her residence here. Mrs. Greene en deared herself to the people of th community and surrounding countr " through her pleasing personality am ' lovable traits of Christian woman : hood. 1 The husband and five children sur : vive: Perry. Cecil, Mary Sue an 1 Betty Rae. l ? BIG APPLES Due to the kindness of its friend! The Democrat is having big apple in abundance this fall. Mr. J. i * Lowrance, of Trade, sends in a goo " sized boxful of beautiful specimen r which v/eigh more than a poun ' each, while Mrs. Frank Critche gives us two Wolf Rivers of about - pound and a half each. She says on c apple she had weighed one and thrc( quarter pounds. "AUGi idepencien! Weekly Newsp BOONE. WATAUGA COUN Esteemed Lady Dies I I IMrs. ,C1yde R. Greene, beloved J Boone lady, who siiccijm!>ed last j Thursday after a !om* illness. HOMECOMING DAY i PLANS COMPLETE : Hundreds cf Graduates ?i> Gatli or on Anpnlnefcinn Campus in ! Hon'er't,,,in,r Kvonl i Pla^s orf> riTvir'fiv r.earin# com-1 ! rjlottor for Homocorninn* Dav at Ap-1 nalarinian College next Saturday, ] when some several hundreds of stu! dents of former years will converge on the campus, mingle with friends and enjoy the program which has ; been prepared for their entertain- | ment. Tliose in charge of the plans for j the Homecoming are of the opinion that more members of the alumni | than ever before will participate. The Program The Homecoming program will start at the regular 10 o'clock chapel service with a song and invocation, and announcements concerning members of the alumni will be made by Dean Rankin following which Secretary Starr Stacy will make his annual report. Hon. W. B. Austin, prominent Jefferson attorney and graduate of the A. T. S., will deliver the alumni address, and the program for the remainder of the day will be as folj lows: ; i. 1:30-12:00- Business meeting. 12:00-12:30? Class meetings, 12:30-1:30- Luncheon. 1:30-2:30?Open. 2:30-5:00 Football game \v i t li I Carson-Newman. 5:00-0:30?Dinner. 6:30-3:00?Open. 8:15-10:00 Play. "Tons of Money.'* The football game with Carson! Newman and the Playcrafters' pre ; sensation of a three-act play, entitled i Tons of Money/' will be the highi lights of the Homecoming Day cele bration. Other campus organizai Lions have various plans on foot by ! which they will greet every Appaj lachian alumni with a hearty wel11 come. ! Dr. Whitener's Mother Dies In Hickory Mrs. Alice Kincaid Whitener, 71. widow of Daniel W. Whitener of . Hickory Route 1, and mother of Dr. . D. J. Whitener, head of the history , department of Appalachian College, ' died at her home Monday night aft. cr an illness of 10 weeks. She was well known throughout Catawba county and in Burke county, where i she was born. Funeral srvceies were held at 1 | Bethel Reformed church near Brook' ford, of which Mrs. Whitener was a 5 charter member, at 11 o'clock Tuesi day morning. i Mrs, Whitener is survived by two i daughters, Mrs. J. C. Abernethy of l Hickory Route 1, and Mrs. John M ' Cansler of Wilson; four sons, Gordor . lin-u - C d.wi-r.ll w ~ ? VVHIUMICI" Ul H1VAV1((, ivuoov.il * YVhitener of Newton, Rev. Sterling ? W. Whitener, Reformed church mis sionary to Yocho City, Hunan, Chi na. and Dr. D. J. Whitener, Boone V one sister, Mrs. Ella E. Hoon, New '* ton: three brothers, Malcolm, Wil - liam and Frank Kincaid of Morgan ton, and 13 grandchildren. f DR. HARDIN IS ILL Dr. Ronda H. Hardin, of the Grac< Hospital, Banner Elk. remains se riously ill, but information Wed 5, nesday noon was to the effect thai s tile esteemed physician was holJinj 3. his own. and was resting fairly com d fortably. Dr. Hardin became sud s denly ill at church services Stmda; d morning, and was removed immedi t ateiy to the hospital, where ai a emergency operation was performed e Tile many friends of Dr. Hardin ii Boone, his home town, are mucl concerned over his illness. \ DE taper?Est a Shed in the TY, NORTH ? <OLINA, THUt LEGAI /INiON j SAYS COURT MAY i YET BE CREATED| Attorney General's Office Re-' verses Self on Question of1 Right to Establish Recorder's Court for the Town; Board May Act This Week The city recorder's court may ye. yeccm" a veamy. according vo a revised opinion of the attorney general's office, which points; to a legislative amendment of 19,31. permitting the establishment of such tribunals in the sixteenth district. The court proposal which "was late THE MESSAGE Raleigh, N". Oct. * A. (J. Qua IN, C;i\ Attorney, Boone. C. Chapter nineteen public laws, s nineteen lliirty-onc amends sec- | ticii two chapter eighty-five. Rub- , lie laws, extra session iii?eieerr| twenty-four am! permits the os- j tahlfshment of recorders' courts iii the sixteenth district. T. W. IH KTOX, j Assistant Attorney General. | last month endorsed by the voters of the town, was thought to have been nullified last week when Attorney General Seawcll opined that the city had no authority to establish such an institution. City Attorney A. G. Quails, however, who has been a consistent supporter of the proposal, together with other local attorneys, did not believe that Mr. SeaweU'3 office had conducted a sufficiently thorough examination of the statutes, and he called the matter to the attention of the attorney general again. The telegram dated October 1. reverses the message received by Mayor Gragg, by stating that the city court is permitted under the amended statute. The board of aldermen will likely act on the court issue at the meeting Friday night of this week, and it looks as if at the present time; the mandate of the voters will be carried out, a judge and solicitor ap| pointed, and the court placed in opej ration soon. Mr. Quails in the Open Forum of j Tht Democrat today gives the { favorable side to the court question, i the opposite view as taken by Mayor Gragg in the same column last i week, and readers will be interested jin perusing his remarks. WILKES RESIDENT i FATALLY INJURED | j Eugene Sloop Dies as Car ; Turns Over On Boone Trail Near Watauga Line Kugene Sloop 22-year-old Mortl I WillraoVinvn vpciijatil u'as irslantll ! killed a! 1:30 Sunday morning, wher the car he was driving skidded anc overturned on the Boone Trail neai the Watauga-Wilkes line, as he anc four companions were traveling to ward North Wilkesboro. Chief of Police Cillis was cadet upon to investigate the wreclt a about 3 a. m.t and states that thi other occupants of the car. who weri brought to the Hagaman Clinic, fo: examination and treatment, receive only slight injuries. Sloop's bod; was also brought to Boone, it havinj not been determined at the scene o the accident that death hail resulted Wet pavement, fog on the moun tain, anil perhaps excessive speei were believed to have contributed t the wreck. The car did not leav ' the highway. : Ministers. Deacons To Meet at Oak Grovi The Baptist ministers and des icons' conference will be held at th j Oak Grove Baptist church Octobc 11. at 2:30, according' to announc< ment made by Rev. VV. D. Ashle; the chairman of the program corr mittee, who earnestly insists that a the ministers come prepared to tab part in the discussion and that th - deacons also attend. The devotional will be in charg - of Rev. T. T. Danner. and thei t will be a discussion of the followin 1 subjects: 1. What is the Pastor's Duty 1 - his Board of Deacons? ' 2. What is the Duty of the Boai - of Deacon3 to their Pastor? 3. What is the Duty of the Past< and Deacons to their Church? 1 4. What is the Duty of Pastor a Deacons and Churches to the Lo: World? MOC1 Year I:., .rhiee!' Eighty-Eig {SDAY. 7. 10 Property i Site for Fede Outstanding mmimb^. - i I.cm Wilson. Boone boy, whoso outstanding porforr. v. n.i'S in the Hickory encounter of Appalachian .- ad tlnoir-Rfyn'- contributed 1 much to the victory of t'e Braver BEARS BEATEN BY LOCAL GRID SQU AD j Lenoir-Rhync Fails to Score j Against Krcwcr's Mountaineers Who Lead in Loop j In the only game played in the | North SUite Conference last week j Appalachian jumped into the lead it j the loop with a 12-0 Victory over the ! Mountain Bears of Lenoir-Rhym College. Played under tne italics the game was one of the hardest, fought ever played by the two coi leges. ! Outstanding throiighout the gamt ] was Len Wilson, big Boone boy f whose bone-crushing line plunge: j and expert passing, kept the Bear: . backed up to their goal line through J out most of the game. The Lenoir j Rhyners made then only seriou; j scoring threat early in the game "t; ; virtue of a Jnh'g r ass which place: i the ball deep in Appalachian terri ] lory. j Captain Rovie Angel), of the in i vadi::g Rrewevmau, was also in th< | limelight with his dizzy dashe) ! around end aiid his stellar pass-re i ceiv ing. | Four touchdowns were made b: j the Mountaineers during the game '' two being minified by penalties | Earl Henson, local hoy who saw hi ; first action as a member of the firs team in the game, broke loose for : ; 30-vard run for touchdown in th ?third quarter, only to Imve the bal ! called back for illegal blocking b; the Appalachian team. A secow 1 | touchdown made on a paas fron i WiiS/vm tn Anocll wmsi nullified bv a | I offsides penalty. : j The first Appalachian tally cam in the second quarter when a penalt placed the ball on the Lenoir-Rhyn one-yard stripe and Wilson plunge aseross for the score. Angell's place . kick was wild. ; Paul Coffey Cashier j Of Burnsville Ban] , j Paul A. Coffey, cashier of It i Boone branch of the Northwester 1 Bank since its formation, has accep . ed a similar position with the Burn: cl ville division of the institution ar 0 assumed his new duties the latt< e i part of the week. The directoi have not yet named Mr. Coffey successor here, but will probably c so within the next few days. Mr. Coffey, who had been connec a ed with the Watauga County Bar for many years prior to the form ticn of the Northwestern, is a popi j Iar and efficient banker, and a 1 {though his transfer comes in the n ' | ture of a promotion, many patrol ! cf the bank regret that the chanj '' ;has occurred, i- I H g A SPIDER IN THE PAPER ie Mark Twain had a letter from o of the subscribers to a paper that ' e edited saying he had found a spid e in his paper and he wanted to knc g j whether it was a sign of good lu or bad. Mark replied: :o j "Old Subscriber: Finding a spid I in your paper was neither good lu d nor bad luck for you. The spid was merely looking over our pap >r to see which merchant is not advi tising, so that he can go to th s, store, spin his web across the do st and live a life of undisliubed pea afterwards." 3 A np X.rV 1 'ht _ S1.50 PER YEAR Jwners Offer ral Building Lowest Property Offered S2.000; Highest Price Asked $13,750; Site Agent Will .'Make Investigation of Proposed Sites and Recommend Action. Boone citizens offered the i postoffiee department ten difi fei ent lots for the construction I of the new federal building, in sealed proposals opened public I iv fjy x-u^iiiiariier uarizog lvion| day morning, the prices on the realty ranging from S2.000 to '$13,750. Those offering sites, | the location of the property, and | price asked are: Mrs. J. D. Councill, '.ho home place I opposite the present ppstotfice, $7,1 000. Mrs. Council] further agrees to j take $(>,000 for the site, she to rei tain SO feet or. Queen street, j Mrs. J. W. Jones, North Depot i street, opposite Harrison Chevrolet Cr.mpany. $5,S00: the King street property where the Jones residence lan.ls, SI 1.400. C. M. Critcher and others. Depot : *7 500 Mrs. K. S Coffey, King street and BJ.v.ving Rock road, $13,200 K. B. Kinney, corner Queen and I North Depot street. S2.2t3.3T. " irs Cora Ocuncill (the W. L. Bryan homestead) King street, $9,' 975; A IS. South, East Boone, Hardin ; and Howard streets, $2,000. Mrs. Etta M. Greene, Greene Inn property. King" street, $13,750. Postmaster Makes Report 1 1 Postmaster Hartzog* has made his 1 report of the offerings to the depart 5 I merit and expects the site agent to come within a reasonable length oil time to inspect the properties ofteretl and to make bis recommendations as to the location of the proposed * | structure. Upon these recoramenda tions, it is believed, will depend the 5 I ultimate purchase of the property. N. C. TRAVEL TOUR : WILL INCLUDE 85 Entire Group Will Spinel Night of October 14 at Blowing Rock r i Raleigh, Oct. 4. The state-wide travel tour on which more than 85 <: | travel executives, counselors, travel 3 writers and editors will be the t guests of the state advertising coina mittee. will stop in Roone and 55 e other citiens, towns and coinmnnilt , ties in North Carolina and pass y j through scores of others, it was d pointed out recently by the departn j merit of conservation and developn i ment, which is assisting the committee in arranging the tour. The tour e will begin in Asheville October 10, y and end in Elizabeth City October 20. e ! Because the travel executives and d | counsellors on the tour direct huni dreds of thousands of tourists yearly jand map out trips for as many more, j those sponsoring this tour are conIfident it will result in the sending of i thousands of additional visitors to k ] North Carolina who have never been j here before. It Is also pointed out ,e j that the score or more of travel cairn tors and writers who will make the t- 1 trip write for a reader audience 5- j which reaches into millions, up j Many of the 56 cities and towns in ,r ; which the tour will stop already rears lize this and are making elaborate 's preparations for the entertainment ]0 of the tour members. Hotel men, chambers of commerce, city officials and in some cases county eommis^ sioners are leaving nothing undone a. to make the visit of these guests u_ from other states enjoy their ten j. ; days trip through North Carolina. a_ ; The S5 or more guests who will ns : make the tour are from 31 cities in , re ! 20 different slates and the district i of Columbia. Eight representatives | of travel bureaus, newspapers or travel publications will be from New York City: ten from Pittsburh, ne Pa : seven from Washington. D. C.: five from Providence, R. I.; three er from Philadelphia; two from Boston; >w two from Chicago, while other guests will come from Detroit, Cleveland, Akron and even from Topeka, ier Kansas, and Oklahoma City, Okla. ck Stops in this section include; Ier Tuesday. October 14?Dake Lure, ier Rutherford ton. Marion, Little Switz:r erland, Linville, Banner Elk (lunch), iat Boone, Blowing Rock for night stop, or, Friday, October 15?Blowing Rock, ice Lenoir (lunch), Hickory, Gastonia and Chailotte.