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vs VOL. 52, NO 9 PEARLPRrrCHARl) GETS 9 YEARS ON MURDER CHARGE Valmcad Woman Submits To Manslaughter Charge in Slaying of Taylor Stevens of Boone in Caldwell Court Monday; Judge. Bobbitt Passes Sentence Pearl Pritchard, resident, of Valmpait. Caldwell cour.ty. was sentenced by Judge Bobbitt in Caldwell superior court Monday afternoon to n term of nine years ir: the state penitentiary, on a manslaughter charge, growing out of the fatal shooting of Taylor Xorris Stevens of r Boone at the home of the Pritchard woman on the third day of August Tile sentence followed the agree mem of oeier.se ancl state's attorneys to accept a manslaughter plea, and witnesses were examined only for the purpose of determining the extent of the sentence The defendant did not take the stand, and there was no further explanation of why she fired the fatal shot, than her previous allegations that it was a result of a quarrel oyer some money belonging to her and which she alleges Stevens had at the time. The case consumed about three hours of the time of the. court. Solicitor Spuriing was assisted in the prosecution by William R. Loviil of Boone, while the defense was represented by Pritchett Strickland and James Farthing. Although there * was some evidence of premeditation in connection with the shooting, the manslaughter plea was agreed upon by counsel after the jury had been chosen. Some spectators held to the belief that the jury might have returned a second degree verdict, should the case have been tried. Aged Couple Weds In Mountain City Mountain City. Aug. 22?Two octogenarians were nuiiTie.l l'.ero last Thursday b>- a mu.Kistrr.ro who is 81 years old Mrs. Nancy A Riii-.ile of Blowing Pock Hi liCcnttiit fVir. hriiln r?lf M /"* Johnson of Bloving* Rook. S2. Magistrate T. A. Wills. 64. of Mountain City, performed the ceremony. The wedding marked Mrs. JolrnBon-s third marriage and Mr. Johnson's second. The couple is living * at Mt\s Johnson's home in Blowing Reck. The ceremony involved 247 years ?the combined age of the couple and trfe officiating officer. It is be, lieved to be the most unusual marriage ever performed in Teim?f :. Graham Meeting Comes To Close "Hie two weeks' series of evangelistic meetings conducted in the Boone tabernacle by Rev. Dan Graham and party ended Sunday evening, the huge tabernacle being crowded to capacity for the closing service and some hundreds of people being unable to find seats. Interest was' high f" throughout the meeting. Rev. M. C. Miller of Mountain City, Tenn., who was conducting a revival here when the Graham meeting was arranged, co-operated throughout the two weeks and is continuing with his SPrvioAu Hoilv XTs. ~ ? ?.?.j. buitici io aiav; a sermonizer of rare, ability and power and large crowds are attending his services. STATE WILL OBSERVE THANKSGIVING NOV. 30 Raleigh, Aug. 28.?North Carolinians will observe Thanksgiving this year on the same date they have had -ft the holiday for 75 years -the last Thursday in November. Governor Hoey announced today that after ''mature consideration" he had decided it would be "unwise" to change the date, al President Roosevelt suggested, so that the day would fall one week earlier. Hence, the governor said, November 30 will be designated as the official Thanksgiving in this state. > PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GOES TO 55,238 TAR HEELS Raleigh, Aug. 28?A total of 55,"238 North Carolinians received $483,118.82 in public assistance payments this month, Nathan H. Yclton director of the public assistance division, said today. County, state and federal fund: combined in joying an average o: $8.50 to each of 33,555 needy agct _ and $5.91 for each of 21,064 depen dent children. . ( i-.'ji'&i?.'/ MHfr ' ATAl An Independent \ ~BOONE, W Aged Citizen j "IJnch'. Phillip" Greer, 96 years i old mid a resident of Mabel, who i lina been in rather poor health for the past several months. L;;rg;e t numbers of friends and relatives ! I visit the aged and esteemed gentle- [ ; man every Sunday, and these visl- i its are eagerly looked forward to by Mr. Gn^r, whose kindly disposition and sterling qualities of good i citizenship have endeared hint to n the people of the region. STORE BUILDINGS i BEING ERECTED: jj New Business Block Bcin^ ("on- j . structcd by Prof. Chappcl Wil- |! son: Ready bj November i; i Tlo1 foundations arc poured for 1.1 , | new business SSsffl or the old l.Splaoo-! \ J pal ohm cli properly a (J joining" the 1 Dixie stores. and Prof. Chappel Wilson. the owner of the property, expects to have the buildings ready for occupancy by the first of November. ' Two store building ssizes 25x70 and 17x70, respectively, are included in the program, and Mr. Wilson docrii not give out any infoimation as to who the occupants of the new buildings will be other than to say they arc for rent. They ft re to be of 'prick construction, one story in heigh, with full basement, and modernity arranged. These two buildings together with the Dixie store building:, also owned by Mr. Wilson, will b" heated from i centred heating plant. Mr. Walter Greene, local building contractor, is in charge of the work. The brick walls are to be constructed by Mr \V. B. Hodges. Blowing Rock Visited n -of x /N oy ^nurcn Uroup j Blowing Rock, Aug. 25.?Two hundred and seventy-six students, rep- j resenting 31 states and the Lutheran Association of America, moved their convention from Lenoir-Rhyne col- ] lege, Hickory, to Blowing Rock : Thursday afternoon for a picnic and scenic tour in the mountains. They were at the Rock Thursday J night following a motor trip from 1 Hickory to Marion, and then to < Grandfather mountain. After dinner < at the Rock, the party returned to < Hickory to complete a program J scheduled to continue through Sat- 1 urday. ] Dr. P. O. Monroe, president of 2 Lenoir-Rhyne, who directed the tour, 1 said the convention is sponsored by the board of education of the United i Lutheran church of America. The association, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., follows its students to various colleges and univer1 sities with specially-aprpointed pasters to guide their work. The delegation was greeted at the Rock by Mayor G. C. Robbins, after which they listened to special music by the Spencer Collins orchestra. W. J. SWINK DIES William Joshua Swink, 85, leading , citizen of China Grove and prominent textile manufacturer, died Wednesday morning at 1:30 o'clock at the . Rowan Memorial hospital in Salisbury. ( Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Thursday at his home in ', China Grove followed by burial in Concord. Mr. Swink is survived by his wife, I the former Anna Swift Hearne, who ' has been in Blowing Rock for several months, and the following children: Hearne Swink, secretary of the Can; non Mulls company, who lives near f Salisbury; Mrs. William H. Hardin, 1 Jr., of Salisbury; Caleb Swink of . China Grove; and Mrs. William E. Fitch of Washington, D. C. JGA Veekly Newspaper?Es ATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH FALLTERM START, AT APPALACHIA! NEXT WEDNESDA1 Freshmen Start Registration e 30th; Upperclassmen Septen ber 5; Large Enrollment E; peeled; Many Improvemen About Campus Noted The regular fall term of App aeliian Stale Teachers College gc jnder \va.v today (Wednesday) whi Tiembcrs of the freshman class begb :o register, while returning uppe lassmci) will register Tuesday, Se ember 5tb. and meet classes 011 U allowing" day. Information is that the dormito es for women have been filled f< ?oine and that applications, ai ;till being filed. The new dormltoi ;or men will be ready for occupam n about a month and will furnb iccommodations ior about 130 It bought likely that the enrollment f< .tie fall and winter months will su >ass that of last year, when 956 rcj stored Faculty Additions A number of professors have be* idded to the faculty for the fall at vinter months. Dr. Robt. Buste Y.B.. M.A.. Ph.D., from the Unive ;ity of Indiana, has been added to tl ;eicr.ee department and the foUowin idditions are noted in the liig >cHpol department: E. F McCulloc \.B., M.A.. University of Georgi 1-oc.ial science; Ann l^eitner, A.B., O ver College, Af.A . University of lil is, French: Susan Mulling, Ml A Y.B. University of Kentucky, con normal work; Phillip Cartwrigh Y.B., M.S., Indiana State Tcachei College, health ami coaching. lii the elementary demonstratic irhoul the followibg faculty addftioi lave been nibde. WCsss Isabel Hiayc Y.B, MLA . University of G corgi K Continued on page five.) Cove Creek High School Begins Terjr Thb Cfi\*e Creek high and fcftthei ;ary schools opened Wednesda horning, w ith r. large enrollment, k> 'ordins to Sam F. Horton. nrinr.inn The members of the nigh schci acuity arc S. F. Morton, priiicips Sirs. S. F. Horton, Hoy EUisoi tvhcelcr Farthing', Miss Constant Slioun, Mrs. Philip Fletcher, Mb rennic Love. Miss Varidu. Wltieke Mrs. Ho by Cieer. Paul Bingham. Mil Annabel Bingham and Finest Hi iard. Mrs. Gre^r is teacher < tome economics, Miss Annabel Binf ism is commercial teacher. Pa> Bingham is the boys* coach, Mb W<hickcr the girls' coach, and M Milliard is teacher of agriculture. Teachers in the elementary dt lartment are: T. J. Moody, princ >al, Mrs. Ruth Mast, Mrs Mae Payn Mrs. Susie Hienson, Miss Blancl Stokes, Miss Anna Mae Sherwoo Mrs. Dora Mast, ;Miss Ophelia Binj lam and Mrs. Gladys Bingham. Mir Maude Spainhour-is teacher of musi Other county schools opening c iV-ednesday are: Howards Creek, M3 er, Rich Mountain, Bamboo, Gree Galley, Winebarger, Rivei*vie'. Castle, Mount Paron, Elk, Lower El. Cool Springs, Penley, Bradshat Cook, VaJle Crucis, Foscoe, Gran* father. Valley Mountain, C o c Springs, Liberty Hill, Rominge Presnell, KeKerville, Winay Ga -v?--^ - " jujilk:;, ouverstone am: i'O tertown. Tiiose to open today (Thuradaj are: Appalachian high school. App: lachion elementary, Ruthcrwoo Deep Gap and Stony Fork. Blowing Rock school will op( Monday, September 18 Parkway Company Is City's Newest Fin The Parkway Company, Boone newest mercantile establishment, h; completed its organization plans ai is to open an electrical and hardwa store in the old postofficc buildii about the 10th of September. Wade H. MrGhee i3 president the new firm; Kenneth Linney, vie president, and J. A. MJullins, seer tary and treasurer. Tl\e Parkwi Company has bought out the stocl of the Mullins Electrical Applian Company and to thus line will add complete line of hardware, it is sta ed. The large building to the rea which has been used as a bowlii alley, is to supply warehouse spa for the new enterprise. Contractor Walter C. Greene has crew of men busily engaged in ma ing the necessary alterations in t) building, erecting shelving, countei etc., preparatory to its occupant Further announcement as to t opening of the new store will made later. DEMX ? stablished in the Year sT ghl C ARgUN A," TUT USD A a" AUG SI 20 Die, 114 tifit in I r \ .? I 1 V . ; lp , r- , Hcno. Nevada.? View of the \vi IT tr:Un whiiili I??f4 in iho I rc passengers and injuring 114. The ~y transconlinental train. ;h ? ' : " Boy Preacher r- ?? or. 3 tWzSi St. epulis. Mo.?Mint -; : *ot<t Frcil Cross, 'Jr.. above, di'lfvb?<?d vi 19-day series of sermons here. Son of the lie v. and Airs. -Fgtl KCross of Ivnusas Oitj, Kan., he began preaching about a year ago. | MARTIN YATES IS IV * in * TV vu T n r* I *r* n *nr\ r LKAWJNli MKlTiM il. r>) J, Best Demonstration Farmer in County Chosen at Conclusion of Annual Farm Tour >s r, is bfartin Yates of Matney. was ad !- judged the best demonstration farnv if in Watauga county at the close of j- the annual farm tour Tuesday, and jl Bun Hodges of Vilas, was selected 5s as the second best by the one hunr. dred farmers who comprised the tour. s- The farms were judged on the foli lowing criteria: home beautification, e, improvements on farm buildings oth. ?e er than home, livestock and pould, try improvement, crop rotation systern, including crop improvement s. through the use of lime, phosphate, c. commercial fertilizer, clover and >n barnyard manure; pasture improve1 ment through the use of lime and !n phosphate, farm fencing, v, In the election of the best demonk. stration farmer, all those attending v, both days of the tour were eligible i- to vote and they voted for the man > i who they believed had made the r> greatest progress along the lines mentioned, giving due consideration t_ to his farm and the means available for its operation, f) (Continued on page five.) a d' John King Winner m Soap Box Derby John T. King was the winner of the five dollar prize in the annual soap box derby sponsored by B. W. StallD ins's on the North Water street course last Thursday evening, at which time :'s more than five hundred people gathas ercd for the competitions, and there id were thrills and spills galore for the re spectators. lg Young King was followed closely by Spencer Quails of Blowing Rock, of who easily had the most modern e- type of racer on the track. Young e- Quails was featured in the major acly cident of the afternoon and barely ks escaped a broken ankle, when the ce improvised vehicle went out of cona trol. Other minor cuts and bruises t- resulted from the accident. it, Richard Bingham came in for the ig third prize, while Harold Watson ce won fourth award and Ray Marsh fifth. a There were ten entries in the derby k- and spectators agree that the race he far eclipsed any previous effort. Mr rs, Stailings promises next year to enter y. the contest in Charlotte with his he winning vehicle, which places the be Boone boys in line for national competition. i 3CRA teen Eighty-Eight . 31. 1939 ?lavada Train Disaster J ; :A W'kcd cars of the craclc streamline*! lumboldt Kiver canyon, killing 20 disaster was the first- to a modern NYAPROGRESSiF COUNTY IS CITED Average of 167 Young People of Watauga Gained Employment East Year, Work Reviewed An average of 107 young people in Watauga county gained valuable work experience from the National Youth Administration's program for outof-school yoil til during the past fiscal year, it was reported here yesterday by Mrs. Clara P. Simpson of Boone, NYA supervisor for Watauga, county. Results of a tabulation just completed and made public by John A. Bang, slate youth administrator, showed there was an average of about 167 young people employed on NY A. projects in th^s county, earning a total of $2,b0? a month, re^ea'iing that app:oximatrly >30,060 was spent in this county for NYA labor during the past year. According to Mrs. Simpson, an increasing number of young people in the county will be given on opportunity to participate in the NY A program during the new year. Youth employed on NYA work projects are ' between 18 and 24 years of nee. in elusive, out-of-school and incmp'.oyed. Their need must be certified by local welfare agencies. Although youth employment during the 1938-39 fiscal year ranged from a high of over ?.000 during one pay period to a low of about 3,500, the above statistics being taken from an average month when 0,505 youths (Continued on page five.) Dr. Stanford Dies Of Heart Attack Rev Alfred Leland Stanford, D D., pastor ot" the First Methodist church of Lincoluton, who died there Friday evening of a sudden heart attack, was buried Sunday afternoon at Chester, S. C., the funeral services having been conducted at Lincoln ton at 3 o'clock in the afternoon The services were largely attended, many accompanying the body to South Carolina. Dr. Stanford held pastorates throughout the state for more than 40 years, one of his first assignment* being the Boone church. Under hi* pastorate here the church below tht Blackburn hotel was erected, and tht deceased minister will be remember ed by many of the older residents oj the community He is survived by his widow, wh* was Miss Ethel Wall of Chester, an< two daughters, Carolyn Stanford am Mary Wall Stanford, and a brother William A. Stanford of W?nston-Sa 1cm. Yonahlossee Camp Ends Current Seasor Camp Yonahlossee closed a mos successful season with a final ban quet on the 21st, preceded by the an nual camp pageant, "The Coming o Yonahlossee." Season honors went to Miss Man Sutherland of Atlanta, Dr. A. P Kephart, camp director, announced He reported that 93 campers partici pated in the weaving activities, 41 made leather moccasins, 36 made has kets, 40 did pottery work, 40 madi sketches while 75 per cent of thi campers did their own picture devel i oping and printing. Dr. Kephart has announced tw changes in cantp routine for nex year: a four-week period in June fo campers demanding a short perio , and tutoring in school subjects, ani a period of one week at the end o i the season for campers of other sea sons. The camp had a full .enrollnien throughout the summer. T $1.50 A YEAR IburleymarketT ! FOR WATAUGA IS ALMOST ASSURED Chamber of Commerce Hears _ Encouraging Report by Warehousc Committee 'Members; j Congressman Houghton i>isI cusses Youth Problem at Dinj ner Meeting j A burley tobacco warehouse for VVlatauga county, to be opened in time for this season's sales, appeared almost certain following1 a report made to the meeting of the Chamber of j Commerce Tuesday evening, by j J&av'or Vy. R. Lovill and S C. Eggers, ?_m a spcciii committee which has been working" day and night in an effort to convince the tobacco manufacturers of the wisdom of furnishing buyers for the proposed market. Mr Lovi!? divulged the information that one of the principal manufacturers had already definitely stated that a set of buyers would come to Boone; final negotiations are in progress with the other two major manufacturers, with definite prospects of having similar promises* from them within the next few days. At the same time two independent i manufacturers have indicated t.heir intention of co-operating with the proposed market. Mr. Dovill said. It is thought quite likely that within, the next two weeks work may be started toward the actual erection of a warehouse, with the intention of having it ready for the December hurley sales. Houghton Speaks Congressman Robert L. Doughtoti, who has been or great assistance to the- local Chamber of Commerce hi j the matter cf vontaeting tobacco i j manufactucv.iii, vvaa the honor guest. <>i" the evening, a"<? was introduced by >Layci Lioviil. Mr. Deughton used as his subject the Youth Prob* lera, and described this as the nation's JSlo. problem Despite the vast sums of money being spent for the education of the youth of the land, Mr. ! Dough ton referred to The fact that the I jails and penitentiaries of the counj try are yearly becoming more erowdj ed with youthful law violators He j lent strong endorsement to vocational I Pilll'M HAii tn v.??A~.r. r ' - - -i-' . - ,.yj w.*V f'l U1 lU.iCJlUlg J the yout.ii some sort of occupation, \ and cited subsequent hard work as j the best means of curbing youthful I delinquencies H. \V. Wilcox, president of the Roone Chamber of Commerce, pieaided over the meeting and a* out 60 members of the organization and of the locai merchants association were ; present for the dinner, which was served in the basement of the Boone Baptist church. Smith Hag&man, superintendent of . the Baptist Hospital, spoke briefly, as did Judge Justin iMHller. of the U. S. District court of appeals Miller-Hendershot Meeting Is Resumed The. meetings that were suspended ; for the visit of the Graham party, i have been resumed in the Boor.e tab> ernacle by Evangelists Miller and * Hendershot. The public is invited to i hear Mr. Hendershot sing and Mr. ; Miller discuss such great Bible - themes as: f ''The "Hbly Spirit", "The New Birth", "The Word of God". "The > Divine Plan of the Ases". "The Twn 1 Ways", and "Salvation By Grace," i and other similar subjects that should , he of interest to every Christian. Mr. - Miller also will answer questions each evening' on vital matters pertaining to religious life and and teaching. You are urged to come and bring your questions and make these meetl ings mean the most possible to all, while they continue. The preaching t hour is 7:45 p. m. Auction Sale of Land Next Friday On Friday, September 1, at 1:30 . p. m., two business lots on Oepot - street and one on Howard street are 5 to be offered at public auction by - Mr. W. O. Robertson, local realtor, i who states that much interest is bee ing shown in the announcement of - the offerings. On the same day at 2:30 p. m., 20 0 acres , the property of N. N\ CJolvard, t located three miies west of Boone r on highway 421, wall be offered, to1 gether with four acres on the same i highway adjoining T. L. Mast's store f and being the property of Ralph - Hayes. Mjr. Robertson says indications are t that there will be an active demand ' for all of the property heing offered.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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