North Carolina Newspapers

BULLET IN BRAIN, WATAUGAN LIVES Oliver Hampton. Intended Sui side. May Have Chance to Recover From Wound Oliver Hampton, resident oi Blow i ing Rock R. F. D? Tuesday after noon apparently had a fair chanc to survive a wound from a sma! bore rifle bullet, which is said 1' have ranged through the front sec ticn of his brain. The attempt, a self-destruction was made last Fri day morning, and Tuesday, from hi bedside in the Davis Hospital, States ville, LTr. Hampton was able to rec ognize his friends and to talk t< them at frequent intervals. Surge ons are said to be more or less baf flea by his resistance to the griev cus injury, and now believe he ha an outside chance of recovery. The bullet entered in the corner o the left eye, cutting the optic nerv and emerging near the too of th head, t is reported. Mr. Hamptoi left a note written before the sho was fired, which indicated that do niiestic and financial worries Kaw brought about the suicide attempt. To Include Potatoes In '38 Farm Progran AAA Reveals Large Majority Want ing Plan; North Carolina In Favor Washington, Oct. 12. ? Potat< acreage stabilization provisions wit be included in the 1938 agricultura conservation program, the agricui ti;ral adjustment, administration an noimced today, after checking pre liminary returns of the referendum among potato growers which closet October 2. The potato program like other parts of the agricultura conservation program, is voluntary Unofficial reports received v Wnshinirtrtn ?Vivnm> li OH showed that in the nation-wid< referendum 25,193 votes were cast ii favor of a potato acreage, stabiliza (ion program, and 5,425 against The returns were from 710 counties Ninety-two other counties where po tatoes are grown. commercially liac not yet reported. North Carotins growers voted 2,670 for the potat< goal, with 40 against. On a percentage basis, 82 per cen of the 30,618 votes were in favor o the potato program. In announcing the 1938 program it was stated tha goals for potatoes would be includec if such goals were favored by a / least two-thirds of commercial pro ducers. . The referendum included all coun 1? ties where potatoes are an import ant commercial orpo. In thosi counties all growers who raise po tatoes for sale were eligible to vote The question on which grower: voted was "Are you in favor of es tablishing a potato acreage goal fo: each commercial potato farm in con nection with the 193S agricultura conservation program 7" AAA officials explained toaa? fthat the potato acreage stabllizatioi program is an effort to hold potat< acreage at a constant level. Th< national goal for potato acreage ii 1938 is between 3,100,000 and 3, 300,000 acres. The average acreage for the 10-vear period 192S to I93f was 3,346,000 acres. The national goal will be appor tioncd between states, counties am individual farmers on the basis o: past production, modified by produc tion facilities, soil conservation re quirenients , and recent acrcagt trends. As a result of the referendum tin potato program becomes an integ ral part of the 1933 agricultural con MS& ' servatiop program. Payments per acre will be base?. cr. the annual normal yield of pota toes for the farm. For early potatoei the rate will be six cents per bushel For iate potatoes the rate will bi four cents per bushel. Deduction: for excedeing the goal will be at i considerably higher rate per acr< than fhc rate for adhering to it. PIE SUPPER AT THE DEEP GAP SCHOOI The public is cordially invited t< attend on Saturday evening, Octobe 16. at 7:30, at the Deep Gap school a Halloween frolic and pic supper. Th- main features of the evenins will be string music, fortune telling and contests for all ages. The pro coeds will be used for the purposi of buying supplementary readers. SARAH E. PHILLIPS Sarah E. Phillips, 94-year-oli ^ Brown wood resident, died at th home October 4th, funeral service being conducted on the following tday by Rev. Joe Greene, intermen in the neighborhood cemetery. J nephew, A. S. Cooper, of Brownwood survives. WILLIAM WHITTINGTON William Whittington. 10 year ., old, colored, died Friday at the horn here from what was termed an ab ? scess of the brain. Funeral service were conducted Sunday afternoon b; tRcvs. Hatlon and Swan t'.nd inter mer.t was in the city cemetery. Th parents, Raymond and Delia Whit tington, survive. WAT An In ; VOL. XLIX. NO. 14 -Funeral for S ; Held Sund; s - Surgeon at Banner Elk Hospital, " j a Native of Boone, Succumbs to Short illness; Many Attend Rites; Was Leader in Profession 31 I i Funeral services wptp ronrfuflwl i f ; gtmjoy afternoon from the Boone I e ! Methodist church for Dr. Honda H. e Hardin, widely-known physician and J i j surgeon, who died at Grace Hospital, \ t Banner Elk, last Friday morning, J - Dr. Hardin became ill a week prei vious, following church services and j an emergency operation was per- j ; formed. His condition had been ' I thought to be improving until short- j : ljr before his death, which was at- j I tributed directly to a heart attack. ! The rites were in charge of Rev. j - J. M. Murray, pastor of the Banner j Elk Presbyterian church. Rev. Paul j jTownser.d and Rev. J. C. Grtnipc, 01 , Boone, assisting during trie course :> | of the sendees. More than a thousand residents of 1 Watauga ar.d Avery counties, including many from far distant , points, gathered to pay their respects ! at the bier of the esteemed physi1 |clan, and the church was filled, a; 1 vast throng being unable to secure seats. Perhaps as many as two J 1 hundred members of Cranberry and Snow Masonic Lodges attended the 1 ! rites in a body and were present 1 j for the services at the graveside. Active pallbearers were: Henry Hardin, James Councill, B y r o n Pritchett, James Horton, James Shoemaker and Rob Rivers. Honorary pallbearers: Dr. W. C. j Tate, E H. Tufts, Dr. G. K. Moose, ^ j Dr. H. B. Perry, Dr. B. B. Dougherty, j | w. t>. wnlung, Dr. Edward Campbell, Harry Burleson, John F. Hamp^ ton, F. H. Stinson, R. O. Banner, Mr. f Bagby, Ed Gualtncy, Don Horton. y Bcil Winters, Mr. Bowman, Carl ^ Wiseman, Mr. Nesbit, Joe Taylor. B. I J. Council^ W. H. Gragg, R. D. Bingt ham, A. W. Smith, C. M. Critcher, W. L.. Holshouser, L?. A. Greene, W. I>. Farthing, G. P. Haganuui, W. W. Mast. The chancel of the church was lit* orally hanked with flowers, some of "m the pieces being given by different organizations, civic and business, 4 with which the deceased physician had been prominently identified. r About twenty members of the nursing staff of Grace Hospital atI tended in uniform and assisted in handling the flowers. Other flower , bearers were: Mesdames E. H. x Tufts, J. M. Murray, B. J. Councill, ^ B. Crowell. Jim Councill, Rob Rivers, % Henry Hardin, M. P. Critcher, Sam ~ Horton, James Mast, R. L. Clay, Jeff Stanbury, Chappell, Tracy Councill, Eugene Byerly, Charles Zimmerman, \T"iCjQoa \fo rrro T*> i^tr. 1^" * * " . x ux 1.1, r auLCLir, i Hurst, Martha Petteway, Claire i Douglas, Crow and Ruth Lowe. I Interment was in the city cemetery. Reins-Sturdivant taking care of ! the arrangemenLs. Native oi Boone - Romla Horton Hardin was born in Boone, a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. ! : Joseph Hardin, November 25, 1892, j - a member of one of the pioneer fam- i - ilies of the county. He received his ; early education at the Appalachian . 1 Training School, and graduated from ; - the North Carolina Medical College 3 in Charlotte in 1914. and later at. tended the medical school of Duke ; University. He began practice at i s i Shulls Mills, where he practiced for ; r several years as physician with the e Whiting Lumber Company, and Tr. 1925 went to Banner Elk, since which time he has been associated with Dr. W. C. Tate in the operation of Grace Hospital, which is said to be the largest rural hospital in 0 America. r He did post-graduate work at Tu1 lane University and was elected two years ago as a member of the Amer, ican College of Physicians. He was chairman of the post-graduate sec. tion of the North Carolina Medical e. Society. Said Dr. Roswal C. Long, chairman of the board of trustees of Edgar Tufts Memorial Association, of which Grace Hospital is a branch: 1 -The trustees of the Edgar Tufts e Memorial Association feel that in s the death of t>r. Hardin they have * lost a friend as well as a great doc' tor, a man who has been a credit ^ to his profession as a fellow of the ' American College of Physicians, and who has made a wide circle of friends." Dr. Hardin not only reached the s pinnacle of success in his chosen e profession, but became a leader as well in religious, business and edus eational crcilcs. He was a deacon Y in the Banner Elk Presbyterian - church, a Mason and a Shriner, a die rector of the Banner Elk Bank, > President of the Watauga Building (Continued on page eight) ,r, : I " SStt ' fflSRW AUG dependent Weekly- New: BOONE, WATAUGA COL )r. Hardin ay Afternoon Physician Dies Dr. R. H. Hardin, who died at the Oraee Hospital, Banner Elk, Fnday from a brief illness. SERVICES CLOSE" AT FIRST BAPTIST Forty Are Baptised at Close o Revival Meeting; 7". Additions to Churcli The revival meeting closet! at thi Baptist church here Sunday night having resulted in 73 additions 1 the church. The pastor, Rev. J. C Canipe, baptised 40 in the new bap Listry at the close of the service Sunday evening1. The church wa: crowded to overflowing at Die elos ing service. Rev. Wayne W. Williams, of OLeen did the preaching during the firs week of the meeting. However, h< had to leave and the pastor, J-lcv Mr. Canipc, carried on the rne^tinj with increasing crowds and results Miss Gracia Halstead, of Oklahoma City, assisted during the entir meeting with her famous chalk talks She also painted the beautiful Rive Jordan scene on the back of the nev baptistry. All who saw this pictur were deeply impressed with it: beauty and likeness to the real Jor dan scene. Rev. Mr. Canipe, wh< has been in the Holy Land and seei the Jordan River, gave Miss Hal stead some ideas for the paintinj and she portrayed it in a marvelou manner in the painting. The meeting was a great succes: from every standpoint and the pas tor and members of the local churcl feel that they are better prepared t< co forward with the work in ever1 way. The new church auditorium is nov complete in every detail and! it i. a credit to a town or city man; times larger than Boone. One cai often hear the remark by visitors t> the town. "Boone must be a wonder ful town: look what beautifu churches and schools you have." WIN PRIZES ON BEEF CATTLI Watauga 4-11 Club Boys Taki Awards at State Fair on Calves Shown That Watauga is rapidly comin to the front as a producer of fane livestock, was again demonstrate Tuesday when three prizes wer given local 4-H Club boys for th excellence of their showing of bab, beef cattle at the State Fair, Ra leigh. Joe Brown won first prize in th heavyweight classification, his cai being also adjudged the reserv grand champion; Earl Edmisten' calf won second place in the ligh weight division, while John Edmiste took away second prize in the niiddl weight class. Earl Edmisten wo third nlnf'A frnm tbo nnint nf obAU' manship. The three youths were given total of SI 04 in cash prizes. Farthing Cashier Northwestern Banl YV. D. Farthing, former cashier o the Bank of Blowing Rock, and laic ly manager of the Rich Mountai Mortgage Co., has been named cash ier of the Northwestern Rank her< to succeed Paul A. Coffey, who wa transferred to the management c the Northwestern at Burnsville. Meantime, Mr. Marion Thomas o Mabel, assumes the management c the Rich Mountain Mortgage Co. A lit? t\. 1.1 spaper?Esfcg|i|shed in the 'NTY. NORTH#' ROLI.YA. THU1 CONGP iS WILL j ME! OCTOBER 15 i/ * President Sees Urgent Need for Legislation After His Western Trip ; Vv"ju$j|ngton. Oct. 12.- President i Hovsevclt called a special session of i congress today to consider legislation ; which lie said would stabilize the ~ni\ come of the former and increase the j income oi the iower-paid employes or ! American industry. ! To these tasks he added: 1. Land utilization legislation? the spreading of the TV A idea to i other sections of the country. 2. Reorganization of the executive j branch of the government, i 3. (Tentatively) anti-monopoly legislation. ''I shall ask this special session to consider immediately," the President said in one of his fireside broadcasts tonight, 'certain important, legislation which rr?y recent trip through the nation convinces mc the American people immediately need. "This does not mean that other legislation, to which 1 am not referring tonight, is not important for our national well-being. But, other . legislation can be more readily discussed at the regular session." Congress will convene in special session November 15 instead of 1 waiting until the regular session in January. The President announced the signc ing of a proclamation calling the special session at a. two-minute press conference late m the after noon. In his speech tonight he declared e those who oppose calling congress . i into session are fearful of letting do3 j mocracy operate, and repeated pre ?' via us assurances that the adminis - traticm is concerned not with abolb ishing property but increasing the s number of property owners. j HANCOCK ENTERS ' RACE FOR SENATE ; - ^ , Fifth District Congressman Ene ters Candidacy Opposing ' Reynolds r v I Ashevillc, Oct. 12?Congressmar e Frank VV. Hancock of Oxford today 3 announced his candidacy for the " Democratic nomination as United [) States senator. 1 He issued his formal announcement in Asheville? the home city ol ? the incumbent. Senator Robert R 3 Reynolds, who has revealed his intentions to seek re-election. 3 Congressman Hancock's brief an* Rouncement said: 1 "I am a candidate for the Demo3 crati'c nomination as United States y senator in the June primary. ] shall run on my record of public service as a member of rniiBresa ftvt -s 1 the past 3even years. My campaigi y | will be an aggressive arid vigorous a one but always maintained on a p | high plane in keeping with my con " j cept of the dignity and responsibili 1 ! ty of the office." The congressman, who has madt an enviable record as state and na | tional legislator, spent several hours in the city today and released his an ^ ! nouncement shortly before his de f : parture for Shelby. In Shelby he. is ^ the guest of B. W. Rovster, his roommate while a student at tlu e University of North Carolina. Tlie entry of Congressman Hancock into the race as an opponent oi Senator Reynolds is expected tc eliminate Congressman Robert L ? Doughton and former Senator Cameroil Morrison as potential opponents of the Asheviile legislator Unless * there are developments not now ap parent. Senator Reynolds and Congressman Hancock will fight it oul for the Democratic nomination al next June's primary. TAX DISCOUNT DURING MONTH Si ? - One Per Cent Allowed Those . Paying 1937 County Taxes During October i The 1937 tax books arc iiaw ii the hands of County Tax CoHectoi C A. D. Wilson, who states that those paying their taxes during the montt f of October will be allowed a discouni - of one per cent. n Pursuant to usual custom, Mr - Wilson will make calls throughout i, the county during the first days o s November for the benefit of thos< f who do not find it convenient t< come to Boone to settle tlicir taxes f and an advertisement to this effee f will be published in the county news paper next week. : Year Eighteen Eighty-Eij RSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1937 North Slate 1 Tonight At E i MANY EAGER ft) ini\i cruaAf D \>n elVHT OU1UUL UAiU/ Enthusiasm Runr* High as Fuctnc 3t/usiis Report for First Rehearsal l With the enthusiasm that oniy ! youth can display, the- lx>ys and girl3 of Boone high school are accepting : the invitation to join the high school ; band. j In the new band nrc five clarinets. five trumpets, three mellophones, ; three trombones, one baritone, one i xlycphone and three drams. According to Band Director Gorj don Nash; several more clarinets and I trumpets are needed. and especially i is he in need of a sousa phone or buss. -This instrument is ?he backbone of ; every band but its cost is more than ; an individual is expected to pay. A ! sousaphone costs around S300. thcrc! fore, it will likely be necessary for the school to call on the community for help in purchasing this instrument. M.r. Nash is giving the invitation, "Join the New Band," to those who . are interested and still wish to join. ?He invites the parents to talk with jhim in regard to their boys and girls j who want yet to take music. 1 Free instruction is offered to j those from the fifth grade on up through nigh school: however, there 1 I is. a fee of 50c per month with which | the school purchases music materials j for the band. j Although the American Legion j has kindly consented to allow the 1 'high school to use their instruments, i they are still in need of several e? ' tra pieces. Should any persons have ! an instrument in their home not in j use, they could help the band considerably by allowing the school to * use it. ' KTODIES OFdTY WILL BE TAUGHT New Activity at Recreation ; Center Designed to Entertain Children of Town i The Boone Recreation Center is : now equipped to take care of a pre. school age group of children. Miss Mildred Elkins, supervisor of the center, wishes to announce to all - mothers in Boone this additional activity and to urge them to send or - bring their children (ages three to ; six years) to the center every morni ing from 9 till 12. beginning Thurs day morning, October 14tli. A staff of three capable leaders t i will be on duty every morning to; > j work and play with the pro-school I I group. Attractive programs will be | arranged for them, based on the - ; regular kindergarten system. As the | recreation program in Begone is a b I government project, supported by - i the community, there is no charge j for any of the activities offered ! Miss Elkins feels that every mother - ; with a pre-school child should take ; ! advantage of this new department in ? ! the recreation program, Ijecause it i ; will relieve the mother of the rej sponsibUity of the child during tlie -1 moruing hours, and it will also heir II to establish the recreation program > j in the community. . ; In addition to the above activity, - the center has a very attractive ; game room where all age groups i may participate in different t3ble . games, ping-pong, active games, etc. . Instruction in weaving rugs, towels, t etc., is also offered to any interested t person. The center is located in the old college administration building next to the new Tmsrrltni Urge Observance Of U. S. Navy Day 1 Two representatives of the r.ava ? ; recruiting- station at Aslieville Frederick H Jacobs, chief signalman. and Henry G. Fleming, chiei fire controlman. were in Boone Tuesday in the interest of navy day i October 27th. This day, it is said - ' will be observed in an effort to bet; j ter acquaint the people with th( i i navy and what it means to the coun I try ar.d at that time every depart| ment of the navy will be "at home' . j to the people. II Messrs. Jacobs and Fleming state 'jihal they are enlisting me" in the ; navy at this time and that it ii > likely an office will be temporarilj . opened in Boone a little later on foi t the purpose of acquainting youth! - of this section who are interested with the a intages being offered. jht SI.50 PER YEAR rour is Feted Slowing Rock Journalists. Travel Authorities, Included in .Motorcade Being Entertained Thursday Evening at Blowing Rock: Short Stop in Boone T'n.. motorcade of nation allyknown travel executives, tiewsI papcrmen and other writers ifrom many states, reaches the beautiful Blowing Rock country today (Thursday), when the distinguished visitors are welcomed at Banner Elk, Boone and at Blowing Rock where the night will be spent and where regal entertaimnent is planned j by May view and by the Chamber of commerce. The tour, which is made possible by the Governor's hospitality committee of the board of conservation: and development, originated in Asheville Sunday and has covered the entire southwestern part of the state before reaching the higher lands of the Blowing Rock regionAfter having viewed many attractions offered bv the mountain-top : resort and partaken of the rare hospitality of the citizenry there, the caravan or motor cars and chartered ; buses will proceed to Lenoir and on into the Piedmont section of the state, and 0:1 into eastern Carolina and the coast lands. Speml Night at Blowing Rock The motorcade arrives at Banner Elk Thursday noon, where its members are to be greeted by members of the faculty and Glee Club of Lees-McRae College, and a suniplu. ons mountain repast will be served 1 the travelers at Pinnacle Inn. A group of Boone citizens, includir\cr nffirM<vi<s nnd nthai>a 'fill *fh?v caravan at Banner 121k and journey | with it to Boone where at 4 o'clock, a stop of a few minutes will he made at the Daniel Boone Hotel, i The informal stop will include a brief welcome, likely by Mayor i' Gragg", the distribution of souvenirs, j typical of mountain handicraft, fol| lowing which the guests will be esI corted to Blowing Rock by civic ?leaders of that city, where extensive j plans have been made for their en; tertainment overnight. The tourists will arrive at Blowing Rock at 5 p. m., and go at once to Mavview Manor, which has remained open until this time, for the specific purpose of entertaining the group. George T. Robbins, president of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, teiLs The Democrat that the evening's entertainment will get under way with the cocktail hour which is from six to seven o'clock. A beverage, mixed from a recipe of old Virginia, will be dis' penscd beside a rustic fireplace on a spacious veranda overlooking the Johns River gorge. The informal dinner w ill be served at 7. Mayor Watt Gragg of Boone, acting in the capacity of toastmaster, and remarks will be made by various local citizens following the address of welcome bv David Ovens of Blowing Rock. Following the banquet will be an old-time square dance, and Mr. Robbins. together with the management " of May view, extends a cordial invitation to the people of this section to attend. 1 At 8 o'clock Friday morning the visitors will be taken on a tour of | the points of scenic interest about | ihe rock, and will be met on the highway near Green Park Hotel at 10:30 by a group of Lenoir citizens, who will furnish the escort down the mountainside. Lunch will be served at the Carlheim Hotel, before the ; party proceeds to Hickory. The tour, which was promulgated as a part o'f the state publicity program, is desigmed to better acquaint the outside world with the advantages North Carolina officers the tourist, the investor, the industrialist. Representatives of some of the I leading metropolitan newspapers and , magazines, together with represen tatives of nationally-known travel 1 bureaus are included in the t<wr while a number of state newspapermen and other local citizens are included. j FUTURE FARMERS FLAN TRIP TO STATE FAIR ' A number of the boys from the Daniel Boone chapter of Future j Farmers of America plan to attend J the slate fair at Raleigh this week. They arc making the trip in a col; lege bus and will have room for a i few farmers or other persons who i would like to go. If interested, see , R. ft. Shipley before Thursday [ night.