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w VOLUME LI, NO. 2 SKETCHES /"-LIFE The publisher regrets that the following: from the pen of the "Sketch Man" arrived too late for inclusion in the Golden Anniversary of The Democrat: tjnicago, Illinois. Dear Democrat: You were fifty years old Monday, and I hasten to congratulate you, and wish for you man}' happy returns of the day. Maybe you'd like to use this letter, which will confine itself to the memories which crowd by mind mind as I glance back over the years 1 I've known, you . . . over the years J when Boone was a sequestered ham- : let, almost unknown to the outside world, and you were a simple, hanii,press journal, edited and published , by Bob Rivers the elder, and his boys. Today's edition will tell of the marked progress Boone and her excellent paper have made during the years which have elapsed since July 4th, 1888, when the eld Wash- , ington hand-prt'3s was uncrated, the fonts of worn type distributed in their cases, and the founder launched you ] on your long career of service. Today's edition will be illustrated with countless pictures which attest the ' growth and expansion that have ' taken place in this hectic half-cen- ' tury. But X wonder, as 1 delve into ! the musty tomes of memory, if this I, progress which we laud has contrib- ' iited much to the joy ot life arc llv- ' mg; whether or not folks in Watauga ' aic as happy today na they were in the primitive past when they lived as one big contented family, sharing with each other their sorrows and simple pleasures? Don't believe me to be a cynic, for I m not T just'woh3er! Bat, frankly. those old days were good hays. The roads were nothing more than rocky trails, but folks had no par' ticular desire for travel. They were contend to rpraaln at home. Money was as scarce as the proverbial hen'3 teeth, hut money was a minor detail ... in fact, folks had little need for it in the mountains. There was corn in the crib, flour in the bin, hog-meat in the smokehouse, and the milk of human kindness flowed freely in the veins of all. Yes, those old days were good days. Back thirty years ago . . . that's about as far back as the writer can go . . . there wasn't a great sight of i ambition in Boone or Wiatauga, hence * thore wasn't much selfishness. Cloth- v ing was worn for the protection of, , the body, not to display its seductive lines, and women folks looked mighty . pretty in their frocks of calico and gingham. A deck of cards was looked on as an implement of Lhe devil, and dances were called "frolics" . "the best .people" just didn't go in for t either. There wasn't an automobile 3 or a road to run it on if there had been one. Moving pictures had been ^ heard of but not seen. The children got stick candy and chocolate drops j at Christmas time, and appreciated ; them. They got a few toys^ too, J. guarded them as treasures, and they r were in good condition when Santa Claus paid his next visit. c We moderns are inclined to wonder just how folks got along back then, what they did for amusement? There's room for this wonderment, plenty of room, for we've allowed ' ourselves to forget that there was a time when church socials and "pie suppers" were looked forward to with ^ keen pleasure; when a wagon circus . was the chief tonic erf conversation 11 among- kids months after its passing; ? when magic lantern shows and their lecturing operators brought the wonders of the world to the village and plenty of enjoyment to its citizens. In these days of soda-pop, ice 8 cream and a hundred decorative con- * coctfons to satisfy the palate, where is the boy or girl who knows the de- e liciousnesy of "mint tea" made with 6 ?old spring water ? Or custard, ^ frooon by mother with ice cut from ^ the mill pond last winter? Or gingerbread and apple cider served to lusty youngsters from the hack door in mid-afternoon ? Or molasses taffy, j boiled In a black pot on long winter c evenings, and pulled until as fair as Oa platinum's curls? Or juiiqr apples v roasted in front of a log fire, ac- r cnmpanied by hickory-nuts gathered c from the woods? And there was laughter and contentment, there was a love of family, <; there was genuine thankfulness for r the gifts of ftrovtder.ee and a genu- i ine tear of "tire hereafter" T-. . in j (Continued on pege three) i. , ; rATA An Independer BOON] GRAHAMMEETING DRAWS BIG CROWI Tennessee Evangelist's Reviv Bringing People to Boone From All Sections From two to three thousand poof are present each evening in Boone hear Rev. Dan Graham's evangeli tic sermons in the tabernacle, esp cially built by the noted minisb and at no time in the history of tl city have so many people evident* such an interest in church services Rev. Mr. Graham's discourses a the sraight-from-the-shoulder ty] and are meeting with the approval the people of i.atauga and adjoL ing counties. A large number of tl able minister's hearers have be< converted and it is felt that gre and lasting good is being accor plished for the comnrunity. Services are being held ea< morning at 9:30 and each evenin except Mondays, at 7:30. The mee ing is strictly interdenonvination and a cordial welcome is extended 1 members of all churches. Reviews Progress of Christian Religion In Mountain Sectio Rev. E F. Troutman of Gra< Lutheran church delivered a splend '.ermon last Sunday evening on tl progress of the Christian religion :he mountain section over a flft: Kear period. Talcing his text fro: Joshua, where Calab had come inl possession of Hebron forty-five yea iftcr he had been sent as one of tl :welve to spy out the land, he cou ook back over t hi) t period and no row Israel had been purged of a liscenters and was now ready to s 'onvard. with the Lord's work. / i companion text Rev. Mr. Trct-lma lsed Paul's message to (lie Fhilipp ins. "I can do ail Lhinga throng Ihrist who strengthened! me.!' In comparison to that far-off tim Mr Tmntiman ir> / imiw >f his awmoti: ' Today one cf oi lister churches held a seivice eon nemoralive of the progress made he advancement of Christ's gospel i his section during the last fift ears, and they, like Caleb, can loo lack with gratification and pride : heir own achievement as weli a hose of other faiths, for like Pau hey "knew they oould do thin| hrough Jesus Christ."' The simile was apt. as well a leautifully drawn and made a prt ound impression on his hearers. Rev. Mr. Troutman is a nenvcon ir here, and a bright future is pr< licted for hlin as he labors in h master's cause. He is young, enth' liastic and wholly consecrated. Mr Troutmant is a charming, culture woman and an able helper in h sork. ?RIZE IS OFFERED AT LOCAL CURB MARKE On July 16, the ladies of the loci :urb market will give away a beat ifut cake to the person who is luck imong the customers who buys lollar's worth of food. Their mum vill lie put into a box, and at 2:3 I. m. a small child will draw th ucky name. Come and buy you lupplies at the curb market. Th idies of the Home Demonstratio narket invite you. >PAIN HOUR'S HAVE SUMMER CLE ARANCI Spalnhour's. Inc., one of the leaf ng department stores of North wes larolina, uses extensive space in th Jemocrat today to announce its an >ual mid-summer clearance salt lanager J. O. Cook says that neve n the history of his store have mor outstanding values been offered t ach department. BANK IS PROSPERING The Democrat carries today tatement of condition of the North western Bank, which indicates tha he institution is perhaps the strong st now operating- in all the westen ection of the state. The statemen irovides interesting reading and th /emocrat notes with pride tie excel snt condition of the local bank. A CORRECTION Recently a story carried in Hi )emocrat stated that Mr. Vv. E Shipley of Vilas, had bought 2: lead of purebred cattle in the wes rhtch cost $1,100. The cattle refer ed to actually cost $11,000. H* rror is regreted Mrs. George Henson, of the Gov. Ireek section, returned to Davis hos dial, Statesviile, the latter part o ist week, ffirs. Henson has been li cor heiitli for several months m< } tan little improved. \S VGA it Weekly Newspaper?E E, WATAUGA COUNTYT NOR1 :" WASHINGTON . . . Fra.ikly Waltham Jr., former Dolitlrnl ml "" umni3t, was appointed Director c Publicity for the Republican Na :h tlonal Committee. In his new Jol g, Waltham has as his opponen t_ Chas. Michelson, the Democrati ai Publicity mentor. SERVICES OF 50 YEARS AGO HEL " Oldest Active Minister in Cot ty Conducts Services at Advent Churcli i 10 Services depicting he customs s in usages of fifty year3 ago were c f~ ducted at the Advent Christ: m churCh in this cit; last Sunday mo ing and the crowds overflowed ' auditorium of the hand30nne str ,e structure. Rev S. E. Grogg, who 'd the oldest active minister in the co: 'e many out-of-town people were pr dl cr.t for the occasion, i" ty; delivered an abie seimor., a ? - ivoustl 1j. ih wa3 litre anri spoke briefly to Uie ; i- semblage in the afternoon, as ft Rev. R. L. Isbe.U of Lenoir. David | Allison and W. R. Ix>vill of Boon e, A bountiful picnic dinner was ae je ed at the noon hour. li Some of the audience came -in fo wagons and many were dressed in the fashions of fify years ago. 1 in occasion was one of the must spin y al and enjoyable thus far held in t k city it ~ ^ Blowing Rock Pet 3 Show Is Big Succe ls Blowing Rock, July 13.?In wi >- was considered one of the most ent taining and enjoyable events of I i- season up to this date. Miss Peg Robbins, five-year-old daughter is G. C. Robbins of Blowing Rock, u i- awarded by popular acclamation I 3. prize for having the most popu d pet in the Blowing Rock Pet Sh is and Gymkhana which was held h< last. Sunday afternoon under the ai picas of the Junior Community Cli Seven prizes were awarded to ow _ ers of other entries in the show . 1! the classifications included the nr ^ tiest. the ugliest, the best manner ( the most unruly, the most approp ate, the most unusual and the m< * popular with the spectators. Following' the pet show, the gy; 0 khana was held and the diffrer events such as the ribbon race, pol to race, and the jumping contest kc the crowd in an uproar from be mirth and excitement. At the clc n of the gymkhana, IJoyd Tate, w acted as master of ceremonies, a nounced that another show would scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Ji E 24th. 1 f BLOWING ROCK HAS * NEW SKATING RIN e - "Sooot and Sit" is the name of t - new skating rink opened Monday r Blowing Rock at the site formei e the home of the G. Suddreth Burnt a Co., and the children of the resort a r.ow learning to parse a new Lai verb. They can be heard at thi play mumbling, "Skato, Skateri, Fa a BumptU3." A careful check of the departme t stores reveals that there is not a p - low left in the town and as a co a sequence Blowing Rock claims t t the distinction of being the only tov e in the nation which is profiting fix - a falling market. MR. WALTERS WILL REPRESENT NEWSPAPEF e !. Raube Walters, -who directed t 2 50th Anniversary Edition of t t Watauga Democrat, will remain - Boone as the news correspondent f ? four state daily newspapers. Wa auga oounty feature stories on inte eating places and personalities w e be a feature of Mr. Walters' wo; - here. f i A number of thd group arrived 1 Banner- Elk Thursday and remain at the inn urttil Saturday v\ Sv r, " a jSs e' 7 99 rGflgv?T [R?!t SCEa-t.*.-' v, ? - - IP 3w>v ay ftyaaffi* * &"*r-.'? . > !-K deU Established in the Yeai^^ght< *H CAROLINA. THURSDAY,~JLnvV COLLEGE ANDTOWN WILL BE HOSTS TO SUPERINTENDENTS I Second Annual Conference of State School Leaders to Convene Here July 26-28: 300 Expected to Attend The facilities of Appalachian College. the town of Boone, and neighboring resort centers will be thrown ; wide open to approximately 300 , school superintendents and their wives who will be in this city July 26-28 attending the second annual | superintendent's connferer.ee of this ? state. Registration for the event n opens Tuesday, July 26. at 8:00 p. m. Messrs Wade E Brorwn, secretary . >l 01 uit uoone '.iiiinirjer or rjomnreroe; W. H. Walker, superintendent of Wat- . J> auga county schools, and D. B. ~ Dougherty, business manager of the college, are uniting as a conunittee , of placement and entertainment. Private homes as well as apartments at the college and in hotels of the town will house the visitors, and a D recreational program of golf and ex- ( cursions to Blowing Rock, Grandfather and other scenic points are slated ' as entertaining features. '{ in. The program outlined by the state , department of public instruction lists , participants from almost every de- . partment -f the state's educational ' in(j system, as well as the state highway , 3n. and unemployment divisions. Aside ;an from Mr. Clyde A .Erwin, superinten- , rn dent of public instruction, who is ' acting as presiding officer, many me state directors are scheduled for dis- , ja cussions relative to their respective )n_ divisions pg. Tuesday. July 26, at 8:00 p. m.. . will see the opening of the conference ( n(, when Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president ;cil of. Appalachian Stale Teachers Col- " ^5. lege, delivers the welcoming address, jjfi Tiie school heads In attendance will j p i also be privileged to hear Dr. C. V. [ c ! Reynolds, state heaith officer, dis- , py. cuss "Health and its Relation to ( Bjtucation," and Dr. John H. Cooke, y.jc VVomen's- college. Greensboro. explain ;n "The Teacher Retirement Question." -he Wednesday morning the program tu. will reach full stride with one hour >le and 15 minutes discussion on "The Selection and Distribution of Textbooks." a thirty minute lecture on "The .Negro in Public Education," and one hour on "Safety Education." J,. Participants in this phase will be H. M. Roland, superintendent of New ^ Hanover county and Wilmington city schools; A. W. Honeycutt, chairman of the high school textbook com" ' mittee; E. N. Pteeler, secretary of ")f the state textbook commission; Dr. N. C. Newbold. director of division of negro education; W. F. Cradle, j director of division of schoolhouse " planning; Arthur Fitlk. director of ,re highway safety; Sherwood Brock1S well, school buildings; Neil Hester, jh public and safety education. In the " afternoon the recreational program ^ goes into effect. e(_ At 7;30 Wednesday night superin^ tendent W. D. Half acre, of the Nortli V Wilke3horo city schools, will be toastmaster at a banquet to be held 0 in the college cafeteria. Hon \V. P. _ Horton, lieutenant governor of North Carolina, 3nd Dr. W. H. F'ra^ zier, president of Queens-Chicora t College, Charlotte, will be the prinith ciPa' speakers. If plans pending ma|Sfi ture, Ted "Wiegand's orchestra from }lo the Green Park Hotel. Blowing n_ Rock, will aiid their bit to this oc^ casion by rendering music, j Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, director ot the division of instructional serv- . ice. and his assistant, A. B. Combs, i Miss Hattie Parrott. Mrs. Mary P. ? Douglas. H. Arnold Perry. Miss Julia Wetherington and G. E. Spencer will he discuss the "Handbook for Elementary and Secondary Schools. Dr. . James B. Hillman, director of divister ion of professional service, and C. D. re Douglas, advisor of school libraries, in w*'1 sp^ak in behalf of "Teacher Echijir cation and Certification," and MAyne Albright. 3tate director of unemployment, and T. E. Browne, state vocant tional guidance, will be heard in addresses pertaining to "Guidance in n the Public Schools." he ? 1 m wrA SOCIAL WORKERS ' m MEET AT PINNACLE INN Banner Elk, July lft lhirteen directors of social work of the WPA, r representing six districts in Western ^ North Carolina, held a one-day sea- e he ?>on at Pinnacle Inn Friday , he The group, under the leadership of e in Miss Attawa Dixon, regional super- ( or visor from Charlotte, and Miss Chlo- j it- ris Kellerman, of the Raleigh office, r it- discussed problems involved in the c ill intake and certification of social j rk workers in the WPA. t Directors attending the meeting j j represented Aaheville. Charlotte, Al- t iri j bemarle, Winston-Salem. Statesville, \ ed | Greensboro, Brysor. City and Frank- i i 'in. / i f )CR^ sen Eighty-Eight 14, 1938 ROOMS ARE NEEDED j FOR SUPERINTENDENTS j Officials of the placement com- I ; mittee for the school superinten| dents' meeting here July 26, 27 j I and 26, have announced that ! rooms for these visitors are need- i od. Citizens of Boone who have j ! available rooms and are willing to j I furnish sleeping quarters without I meals at one dollar |>er person should contact Wade E .Brown or j W. H. Walker, members of the i placement committee. PRESS ASSOCIATION ro OPEN THURSDAY AT BLOWING ROCK itr ? - ? uaiauga uemocrat and NewsTopic Hosts to Sixty-sixth Annual Convention of Newspapermen; Varied Program Blowing Rock, July 13.? More than 100 editors and publishers cf North Carolina newspapers are expected tc irrive here Thursday for the 66 the annual convention of the North Carolina Press Association, which will be held here July 14-15-16, with the Lenoir News-Topic and the Watluga Democrat as hosts to the state froup. Sessions of the convention will oe held in Mayview Manor. A well-balanced program of instructive and recreational entertainment has been arranged by the executive committee of the association with David Ovens, Charlotte business leader; Major A. L. Fletcher of Ft-aleigh, commissioner of labor, and Frareis R. Harmon, ranking official if the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of Alnerica, Inc , as the principal speakers. The opening session of the ccr.vcnLion will be held Thursday evening tl 8 o'clock, at which lime President IV. Curtis Russ of Wayncsville, will Jeliver the president's address and Mr Ovens wi'l speak on "Are JWc Biasing New Trails?" Committee appointments will also be announced at the Thursday evening session. H. C. Martin of Blowing Rock, will ieliver the address of welcome, the response being made by J. W. Noel! if Roxboro. Friday morning the dailies will meet, with President W. Carey Dowd rf Charlotte, presiding, while President Rats, editor of the Wayr.es/ille Mountaineer, will preside over :he weekly session. Friday afternoon will be devoted to -ecreational activities, with a trip to Grandfather Mountain and tea at l-anville clubhouse scheduled. Mamrers not wishing to make this trip may fish, play golf, visit other scenic points, or take advantage of other recreational opportunities. Friday night the annual banquet viil feature the address of Francis S. Harmon, first assistant to Will Elays, president of the motion piclure group, speaking on "A Small Town. Ed itor Looks at Hollywood." Saturday morning, W. C. Lassiter rr Raleigh, general counsel to the association, will speak on ''Legislative Prospects," and Major Fletcher will iddress the group on "The Press and Labor Legislation " The election of new; officers will re held at IX o'clock after a roundAble discussion of newspaper probems and activities. Memorials will re delivered to Robert La than by Llharles Webb, J. P. Rawley by Holt 14'cPherson, W. C. Manning by Herrert Peele, and Rone H. Lewis by lames Harper. Following reports of committees md the completion of business, the invention will adjourn. Present officers of tire association ire: W. Curtis Russ of Waynesville, rresident; H. A. Cecil of High Point, lice-president; Miss Beatrice Cobb, llorganton, secretary-treasurer; C. C. jouncill, Durham, L. C. Gifford, Hickory, Talbot Patrick, Goldsboro, iV- E. Hnrnor Mru P W dcCulloch, EBzabethtown, and the >fficer3, members of the executive committee. Paul Coffey Hurt In Auto Accident Mr. Paul Coffey of Boone, who is low employed at Reidsville, suffered 'arious cuts and bruises Saturday evening when the car in which he ras returning: home, was wrecked in in effort to avoid collision with anither vehicle near Winston-Salem, itr. Coffey, it is learned, left tile oadway in order to avoid hitting' a :ar which had driven from an intersecting highway. HBs automobile urned over several times and was ilmost demolished. Mr. Coffey was aken to a Winston -Selem hospital, there he received first-aid treatnent and returned homo Sunday naming. g w-' m * i lT ~ $L50_"A YEAR RURAL ELECTRIC LINES IN COUNTY ARE APPROVED One Hundred and Twenty-eight Thousand Dollars Allotted for Construction of rower Lines in Watauga County W. B. Collins, county farm agent, is in receipt, of a telegram from Con. gres3man R. L,. Doughton, which in dicates that rural electrification ia about to become a certainty in Wtottauga county The message says: "R. E. A. today allotted one hun dred and twenty-eight thousand dollars for extension of one hundred, and twenty-eight miles of electric . lines to serve people in Watauga county." Mr. Doughton has worked tirelessly in the interest of the rural electri fication program in the county and . his many friends are congratulating him upon his most recent accomplishment. This news has been received with a great deal of satisfaction by a large number of farmers who have had their hopes for electricity raised and ' lowered a number of tinjes during the last two years. These lines will be. huiU. as an extension of the Caldwell Mutual Oor. poration which now serves the rural sections of Caldwell county. Contact has been made with the Caldwell corporation and Mr. Collins has been assured that everything possible will be done to start construction on these lines at an early date. Preliminary surveys will have to be nrade, right-of-ways will have to be notorized, and membership , fees will have to be collected before con struction will begin. It will probably take f rcrrn 60 to, 90 iays to do tile necessary preliminary work no cessary before actual construction It is understood that the lines car. be built in anoot lie same length of time it will take to get ieady tc j begin construction. If this is true, it is hoped to have eitctcip lights in a large number of farm homes of the county by Christmas. LAWYERS TO MEET HERE IN AUGUST 16th District Barristers Will Gather Here August 5: Six Counties Represented The Sixteenth Judicial District Bar Association will hold its convention at the Daniel Boone Hotel in. Boone on August 5, according to information given "Die Democrat Tues day by Wade E. Brown, Boone attorney, who is secretary of the 33sociation. Barristers from Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Burke and Lincoln counties will be present at the convention, and Judge Justin Miller, of the District of Columbia court of appeals, will deliver an address as will Mr. Rose, of Fayetteville, president of the State Bar Association During the business session a state counselor will be named to succeed Hon. Walter C. Felmster, resigned WOULD FORM SOCIAL CLUB AT BLOWING ROCK A brochure signed by the "Club Organizers"' was received in the mall Monday morning. "Blowing Rock has long needed a social club, and it is evident that now is the propitious time to form such an organization," states the folder. From the best Information available, since those behind the idea are only trying to feel out" the sentiment of the other residents, and as a consequence arc remaining in the background, it is being promoted purely as a nonprofit club by a group of interested townspeople. The folder further states that a maximum of 100 members are necessary to complete the charter membership list and asks ui?iL an woo are interested in trie project to signify same by returning the postal card that was contained in the envelope. WINS REFRIGERATOR Mrs. Evelyn Simpson of Sugar Grove, is the happy possessor of one of the new Serve'. Electrolux refrigerators which she won in a contest conducted through the Proctor & Gamble Co "The Farmers Hardware & Supply Oo? local distributors of the Electrolux, are privileged to deliver the handsome machine to Mrs. Simpson. An advertisement in the paper today carries a picture of the presentation. Mrs. Lizzie Ward, popular lady of Blowing Rock, is seriously ill in a Rutherford ton hospital, and little hope is held for her recovery. 9
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