VOLUME ALII, NO. 15
AimiARmmK
TO CONDUCT SALE
OF POPPIES, 23RI
Committees Formed to Work Ou
Plans for Day. Every Section o
Comity Will Be Given Opportunity
to Aid in Rehabilitation of Help
less Veterans. Mrs. Isaacs Acts, a
Chairman of Group.
The little reel memorial poppie
which disabled World War veteran
have been making: through the win
tor and spring, will be sold in va
vidua parts of Watauga on Saturday
May 23rd. Mrs. Fred Winkler, pub
licity chairman of the American Le
gion Auxiliary, announced today, t
complete organization which wil
L,ivt {ji nvk.ivrtnj> cv?iyune in me lowi
and county an opportunity to buy am
wear a poppy in memory of tht
World War dead is being developei
by the unit under the leadership o
Mrs. L. S. Isaacs, chairman of th<
poppy committee, with Mrs. R. D
Hodges and Mrs. Fred Winkler a:
assistants. A larger sale of %the me
mo rial flowers than ever before is an
ticipated by the unit.
"The purpose of the poppy sale i:
two-fold," Mrs. Winkler explained
"first, to honor the war dead bs
wearing the poppy which grows or
the fields of France and Flander:
where they fell, and second, to ait
the living victims of the war, tht
disabled veterans, their families anc
the families of the dead. Every pen
ny of the money which the people ol
Watauga pay for their poppies wil
go to the relief of war sufferers,
the bulk of it tc needy veterans ant
families right here in our homt
county.
"Saturday, May 23rd, the Saturday
before Memorial Day, will see the
whole nation wearing the memorial
poppy," continued Mrs. Winkler.
"Poppy sales conducted by 7,200
Auxiliary units will cover practically
every city and town in the country.
More than 10,000,000 Americans arc
expected to pay tribute to the World
\*r i .v - ---
*r?i ueaa ana neip tne war's living
victims back to health-and happiness
through buying and wearing a
poppy on that day,"
For the benefit of many who may
not fully understand the meaning ot
S&fflBMiC 8f&' the' following ex planaNjp*
tory fa*fcts arc given.
Poppy Sale Facts
What is the memorial poppy?
The memorial poppy is a replica
of the poppies which grew on the
battle fields of France and Belgium
during the World War.
Why was the poppy chosen as a
memorial flower?
The poppy was chosen as the memorial
flower- for the World War
rdead beeaus it grew where they fell,
the one touch of beauty in the desolate
battle areas.?8
Who makes the memorial poppy?
The memorial poppy is made by
disabled" veterans working in hospitals
and workrooms under the direction
of the American Legion Auxilf
*2? i** memorial poppy?
Women of the American Legion
Auxiliary and co-operatir.g organizations
working as unpaid volunteers.
What is done with the money pnid
for the poppies?
Every penny is used to support
the work of the American T.eorimi
and A uxiliary for the welfare of the
disabled veterans, their families ant
the families of the dead.
How can the purchasei- foe sure
B that he is buying a veteran-made
American Legion and Auxiliary poppy?
1
By the distinctive badge of poppy
sellers and by the Legion and Auxiliary
label on the poppy.
What does wearing the poppy
mean?
Honoring the dead and serving tht
, living.
Ben .Wise Is Seriously
Injured in Collision
A dispatch from Newland state:
that Ben Wise, saw mill operative
eipployed by the Lir.ville improvement
Company of Linville, was seriously
injured Monday afternoon al
te-1 o'clock when the motor car or
which he was riding on the E. T. sne
W. N. C. Railway was struck by t
special freight train one mile south
east of Linville.
Mrs. Wise, who was riding witt
her husband, was thrown from tht
mirfor-:sscspcd /with flight
bruises. Their 10-year-old son escapee
injury, having jumped before th<
motor car was hit by the train.
Mr. Wise received a fracturee
skull, three broken ribs, and possi
b!y internal injuries. He was rushee
to Grace Hospital at Banner Elk
where he is said to be resting fairl]
well.
The injured man and his famil;
were en route from Linville t<
Boone when they met the freigh
train. The engine, which was not be
mg driven at a very fa9t pace, 3trucl
the motor car and knocked it of:
the tracks, Mr. and Mrs. Wise beinf
1 brown clear of the wheels.
Mr. Wise was employed at Shult
Mills for several years during tin
I-.v.ber operation there.
A Non-Partisan f
boo:
Busy Yale Boy
Theodore R. Fisher Jr., of Scars?
dale, N. Y., runs three camps while
j working his way through Yale.
; L0V1LL BILL WOIJLI
HELP TAXPAYER!;
; LN THREE COUNTIES
T _
" Local Senator** New Act Would Rt
J quire Sheriffs and Tax Collector
to Accept Quarterly Payments o
| Taxes. Would Only Apply to Wr
tauga A the and Alleghany. Place*
on Senate Calendar.
I
* Raleigh; N- C.?Senator Williar
j R. Lovill, of Boone, introduced a hil
1 in the Senate on Wednesday of las
week which would authorize,. direc
and require the sheriffs or tax col
lectors of the counties of Watauga
| Ashe and Alleghany to accept quar
terly payments of taxes of not les
than 25 per cent, of the amount o
1 the taxe3 due by any taxpayer Thi
bill was placed on the Senate cal
endar. This plan of tax payment ha
: met with the approval of many Wa
| tauga citizens, who believe that tm
[ instalment method will greatly ai<
both the Sheriff and landowners ii
making prompt settlement of tlv
county's business.
The text of Senator LoviH's bil
follows:
"The General Assembly
Carolina Do Enact:
"Section 1. That the Sheriff o
Tax Collector of Watauga, Ashe, am
Alleghany Counties be and they, o
cither of them, are hereby author
1 ized, directed and required to accep
quarterly payments on taxes of no
less than twenty-five per cent, of the
amount of taxes due said countle
by any tax payer thereof.
"Section 2. That all laws and al
clauses of laws in conflict with the
provisions of this act are hereby re
pealed.
?S"Sect:on 3. That this act shall bt
in full fotce and effect from am
after its ratification.
j Deceased Beaver Dam
L Man Had Lar??e FamiK
Mr. Hufus May, who cited in thi
Beaver Dam section on April 2S> 8
1 ihe age of 82, probably had mon
descendants than any man who ha:
: dwelt in the county in many genera
1 tions. A relative Saturday discloset
: the fact that Mr. jVIay reared to man
I hood and womanhood fifteen chil
dren. Two of his daughters were thi
! mothers of fifteen children each, al
: of whom are living. The grandchii
dren of the deceased gentleman nam
ber one hundred and twenty, ant
the great grandchildren are so nu
merous that no one has hazarded ;
guess as to their quantity.
KENT SPEAKS AT
B. ROCK FINALS
I Principal Nye Awards Diplomas tt
Four Seniors. 80 Students En!
Rolled Last Year in High
1 School. Nye Resigns.
Blowing Rock High School cann
t to a close on Tuesday night, Ma;
i 5th. The literary address was deliv
I ered ir. a very forceful and practi
i cal manner by Rev. L. F. Kent, nas
- tor of Valle Crucis Associated Mis
sions, and head of the Valle Cruci
i School for Girls. A well-rounded-ou
> program of music and songs added b
t! tbe pleasantness of the occasion.
1 Principal F.. C. Nye delivered di
> piomas to Misses Annie Louise C.of
fey, Virginia Suddreth, Mary Woo
1 ten and Veltie Hartley.
The enrolment for tfce year wa
1 317, with eighty in the high schoo
, department. Last year the enrolmen
r was 261 with 71 in high school. Pa
' trons of the school look on the tern
r just closed as the most successful ii
> the history of the institution.
t Mr. Grady E. Tester will be prin
- cipal next year, succeeding Mr. Nyc
c who resigned the position some Week
f ago.
Made of steel, n sectional rowboa
s for one man that can be transporter
e by automobile has been invented fo
fishing ssd camping trips
Newspaper, Devoted to the
s'E, WATAUGA COUNTY, MOKTH C
j Twenty-nine
Degrees Conj
Teachers Col
The annual commencement of the
Appalachian State Teachers College
on Friday, May 8th, called togethei
one of the largest audiences ever as
serabled in Boone. Every section oi
North Carolina was represented: fa
therS. niOth??r?: nnil e?l>Anl "of.
ficials.
The speaker of the day, Dr. Hoi
land Holton of Duke University
greatly endeared himself to his hear
ers as he drew a parallel between the
rapid development of Duke {University
which began as a normal school
in the early days, and the unusua
growth of the Appalachian. State
Teachers College. His address was
replete with the eloquence of vigor.
ous thought that reveals him as an
1 educational statesman. All schools of
' higher education, he said, if they do
^ their duty to the State, must give at^
tehtfon to teacher training, because
these schools, with the public schools
jj|!are the safeguard of civilization.
31 They are charged with the duty of
teaching the best things that the race
I has learned in all the past, and in
~j unifying the community and the
^ i State to an acknowledgement of obligation
for bringing these things to
j! bear on the present and future. It
[ was a great address and brought to
a fitting close the greatest year in
the history of the college, which has
" enrolled 83G students.
The senior class play, <;T\tfced!es,"
which was presented on Thursday
I pvnninty woo J ?? - *
bl ..aa *r inicaacu uy a large
audience, the clever manner in which
; W. 8. ROGERS DIES
: FROM PNEUMONIA
e Had Been a Resident of Watauga (or
^ Near Fifty Years. Burial at the
1 Hampton Graveyard. SurQ
vived by Eigrht Children.
^ A belated account of the death of
. Mr. W. R. Roizara..o?. the upper Elk
rtlfeil t$? Democrat
Saturday. He succumbed on Friday
\ evening, May 1, after an illness of
only four days with pneumonia. He
r yfas 80 years old. Funeral services
" were held at the Hampton graveyard
in the Deerfield community by Revs.
Finley Watts and S. E. Gragg on
" Sunday, the 3rd.
s Surviving are the widow and eight
. children: Mrs. H. M. Ashley of West
Lafayette, Ohio; Mrs. Adn Hampton,
B Blowing Rock; Mrs. Pearl Reynolds,
iripietx; snouer J. Rogers, Fallon,
k Nevada; G. O. Rogers, Fallon, Ne,
yada; D. Rogers, Chemawa, Ore,;
D. F. Rogers, West Lafayette, Ohio;
Charles C. Rogers, of Boone.
William Rogers was a native citizen
of Alexander County, having
f come to Watauga in the year 188?'?
c3o?r the purpose of erecting the Ifi'-c
old home near the Blair place on
j; New River. He became so much in
love with this region while his work
" was progressing that he made his
b home here: For several years he and
. two brothers did carpenter work
throughout this section. Later
bought a tract of timber on the Elk
side of the Ridge and built a home
j I where he resided until death claimed
him. He had been continuously engaged
in the lumber business and in
" farming oprations since that time.
Will Rogers was weil known throughout
Western Carolina, was a fine
1 citizen and will be sorely missed.
STATE HORTICULT
j TO CONTROL PES!
(Prepared by H. R. Niswonger,
Extension Horticulturist)
The potato field kept free from
weeds and the (Tines free of damage
caused by fc>*ie flea beetle and late
e blight disease will result in large
.. yields of Irish potatoes. Weeds
compete*with the potato vines for
moisture and plant food. The flea
beetle and late blight injure the
foliage, thereby interfering with
s nature's process of converting the
t plant food in the soil into market5
able potatoes.
% WEED CONTROL
The best time to destroy weeds is
~ when they first appear. Run over
the field with a lig&t harrow with
teeth pointing backward before and
s af ter the potato . plants have come
1 through the ground. Cultivate fret
quently without ridging.
' BEETLE And BLIGHT CONTROL
^ Spray or dust with Poisoned
Bordeaux. Make first application
when potato plants are about three
inches high and repeat every two
g weeks until plants begin to die.
BORDEAUX FOR SPRAYING
Formula: Blue stone, 3 pounds;
t hydrated lime (plasters" finishing
d lime), 4 pounds; 2 pounds arsenate
r of lead; 50 gallons of wafer'.' Dissolve
blue stone in wooden or ear
; Best interests of Northwt
AKOHNA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, i!
Bachelor Arts
erred at State
lege on Friday
?! the laughable comedy was produced
ij provoking round after round of app'ause.
-j At this commencement seventeen
'[young men and twelve young women
- received Bachelor of .Science degree?:
In Physical Education and Science:
\Y. J. Fulkerson, Jonesboro, Tenn.;
. Mary Beth Garrison, Burlington;
Conrad Hinson, Marshvillc; Kermit
. Hinson, Marshville; Mid L. O'Hare,
, Syracuse, N. Y.
. ? In Physical Education and Mathejmatice:
Clyde (Tanipe, Alexis, N. C. j
11 In Science and Mathematics: Carll
jHendrix, Murphy; Lloyd Hendrix. J
.j aiurpny; frank Kotger, Vale; Hugh
'I Hoyle, Vale; Cam H. Landreth, Strat11
ford; Clem Lipscomb, Milton; James
?j Miller, Todd; Robert Williams, Table
, i Rock.
! In Grammar Grade Education:
J Mrs. Norma Brown (Jragg, Boone;
. Irma Hinson, Monroe; R. W. Hovis,
Al<*cis; Chivous Hoyle, Shelby; Es
tht'r Niblock, Cleveland; Gladys
, Payne, Granite Falls; Elmer Rankin,I
Boone. Also Science and Mathemat,
ics: Lillie Belie Slaton, Montgomery,]
Ala.; Gladys Swift, Bcone; Annie Utle'y
Charlotte; May Utley, Chariotte;
. John Warden, Laurel; Theodosia
' Watson, Boone; Margaret Woodward,
Warsaw.
In Primaly Education: Beatrice
Cline, Newton.
In addition to the four-year graduates,
sixty-nine young men and wo"
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WILLOBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY
] Services at Advent Christian Church
| Expected to Draw Large Crowds.
Program Celebrating Memo- I
rial >Day. Vets Invited.
A committee from the Advent
. Christian Church, co-operating with
the Watauga. Poat American Legion
and Auxiliary, is now engaged in
working out a program for the Memorial
Day exercises which will be
held at the stone church on Sunday
morning, May 31. Veterans of all
wars are cordially invited to attend
the services, and a special invitation
is being issued to the remaining
membeis of the Confederate and Union
armies. People from all over the
county are asked to join at this t"ne
in doing honor to the soldieys of
three wars. i
Rev. Isbell, of Lenoir, is scheduled
to deliver the sermon, he having visited
the fields upon which the battles
of the World War ware fought,
and gave sons to the service of his
country. The progva-.r. will be drafted
within a few days and published.
Professor I. G. Greer, leader of the
j Baptist Church choir, will have charge
of the vocaj numbers, while the
; American. Legion hand will niso par-.
ticipate. Songs from the old Chris-1
i tian Harmony will feature the pro-;
! eram.
Mr. A. K. Hodges, manager of the'
j Central Tire Company, went to Char-1
lotte last Wednesday where he attended
a convention of Goodyear tire
dealers from all sections of North
Carolina. He was accompanied by his
partner in business, W. R. Winkler,
and Mrs. Winkler, who visited with
relatives and friends there.
URIST TELLS HOW
S IN POTATO FIELD !
then vessel, mix hydrated lime and
Arsenate of lead to a thin paste,
each in a separate container. Fill
a 50-galion barrel three-fourths
full of water; add the lime paste
and stir thoroughly. Mix thoroughly
the dissolved 3 pounds of blue
tspnc wnn we nme water, rui tne
barrel full of water and add the
arsenate of lead paste. A stock solution
of blue stone may be made
by putting ten pounds in a burlap
bag and suspending it in 10 gallons
of water until dissolved. One
gallon of this solution will equal
one pound of blue stone. Malce
spray application as soon as Bordeaux
Mixture is made. Each spraying
for an acre (when the vines
are young) will require 75 gallons
and about 125 gallons when
they are about grown.
BORDEAUX FOR DUSTING
Commercial poisoned Bordeaux
dusts or copper lime dusts are very
satisfactory if thoroughly applied.
A good dust gun is necessary tc
aPply these compounds. It will take
from 15 to 25 pounds of dust, depending
upon the ?ise of the vines,
to cover an acre of potatoes at each I
dusting. Make dust applications
early ) the niornang or late in the !
evening during periods when little
.wind is blowing.
sst North Carolina
>31
j
An Apple Queen
Miss Harriet Anderson will rep- j
resent North Carolina at the Vir- j
girtia Apple Blossom fete.
TOWNCOUNCIL
MEETS IN FIRST
CALL SESSION
Newly-Elected Board of Aldermen
Meet With Mayor and Pass Important
Ordinance Regarding Operations
of Fire Department. Financial
Situation Draws Attention.
Norris Named Temporary Officer.'
The first meeting of the newly elected
city governing body, composed
of J. M. Moretz, Mayor; H.
B. Perry, Frank Miller and R. L.
Clay, Aldermen, was held Mondav
evening, the quai&et paving been
inducted into office last Thursday,
following the election of the prevl-j
ous Tuesday.
Aside from a round-table discussion
of the present fiscal affairs of
the municipality, the outstanding
item of business was the adoption of
an ordinance relative to the operations
of the fire comnanv. in i-hr
case of out-of-town conflagrations.
In view of the fact that the members
of the voluntary fire company
have been paid at the rate of two
dollars each for every fire cali answered,
the fees coming from the
city treasury, it was unanimously
'agreed that in the future when fires
are attended outside tbe city limits
the beneficiaries shall pay for the
services rendered. No charges will be
made for services within the city, as
the revenue for the support of the
fire department is derived from thej
taxpayers of the town.
Deputy Sheriff Clint Norris is actting
in the capacity of policeman for
the time being, succeeding Messrs.
Lee Gross and Poly Wyke. who have
rendered faithful service for a period
of two y?ars. ar.d who, it is
understood, did not s<*ek reappointment.
It is noi given out whether
or nor Mr. Morris would accept the
position, permanently if tendered him.
Meantime, it is said there are mim- :
hers of applications on file, but it. is]
being hinted that only one patrol- {
iViJin -.vfiw-ftlrtx-wl SB- I.. i...'
! til any tliat by requiring water vents
to be paid at the office, and with
j xlie provision for additional help at
special times, one man can handle
the job. The board, however, lias not
taken any definite action in this eonj
nectipn.
MAYOR MORETZ IS |
GUEST OF CIVITANi
Roviev,? Progress of Town During
the Twentieth Century. Club
Pledges Support to New
City Administration.
Mayor J. M. Moretz was the guest
of the local Givitan Club at their i
noonday meeting last Thursday, and [
delivered a most entertaining talk \
on the progress made by the city of
Boone since be became a citizen
some thirty-five years ago. The newly-elected
Mayor- stated that he was
a membehiof the city administration
when the first tax levy was made,
and that the highest taxpayer at
that time was assessed only $75. Previous
to this time public works were
mninfoivnic) K.. TLAA I?UAV
.u..ivu>iibt> vjr ii-tc iauui
Mr. Morcts. dwelt at length on chc
co-operation which should exist between
the citizen and administration,
and pledged his best efforts to the
-ft>tTwardin*r tov.T,- u3' a, resort
center. Civitan I. G. Greer answered
Mayor Moretz on behalf of the club,
and .offered him the unstinted aid
of the membership during his administration.
Rev. John Greene, new pastor of
Boone Advent Christian Church, was
introduced to the Club by W. H.
I Gragg, and made a few appropriate
! remarks.
An announcement was made of an
| important business session of the
club to be held Thursday evening at
7:30 o'clock. A full attendance is
urged.
Motion "picture censoring in Latvia
has been placed in the hands of
the ministry of education. SSBSSSSft
OT IKE FATAL TO
P.fL HAMBY AT
llj LENOIR HOME
P'ovraer Prominent Citixrn of Watauga
County Succumbs Early Wednesday
Morning from Stroke Suffered
a Week Ago. Had Been in
Failing Health for Some Time.
Funeral Thursday Afternoon.
News reaches Boone today (Wednesday)
of the death of Mr. P. L.
Hamby. which occurred at his home
in Lenoir this morning; at 2 o'clock.
Although Mr. Hamby had been ir?
extremely poor health for a long period
of time, suffering from high
blood pressure and accompanying
ailments, death is directly attributable
to a stroke of paralysis which
was suffered about a week ago. He
was 71 years old. Funeral services
will be conducted Thursday afternoon
from the Baptist Church at Lo
uoir by the pastor and informant uiU
be in the cemetery there. Numerous
friends and relatives from Watauga
county are expecting to attend the
rites.
Mr. Hamby was a native of Wilkes
County, having moved to his New
River farm just east of Boone in the
year 1900. For about eighteen years
he Was a resident here, was a prosperous
farmer and succeeded well.
However, thirteen years ago his
health became so impaired that he
thought it unwise to continue his
strenuous farm duties, and he moved
to Lenoir where he has since been
engaged in the produce and general
mercantile business. Mr. Hamby was
a prominent citizen of this section,
was well known throughout this
county, and it was regretted when
he felt it advisable to move his place
of residence. He represented the
highest type of citizenship and his
death is cause for genuine sorrow
among the wide circle of friends acquired
during his long sojourn in Watauga
County.
Surviving are a widow and seven
children: Mesdames Alice Watson,
San Diego, Calif.; Roxie Clawsori,
Lenoir; George Blair. Fort Myers,
Fla.; C. W. Woodward, St. Petersburg,
Fla.; Clarence Craig, Lenoir;
and Messrs A. E. Hamby of Boone
and Don Hambv of Lenoir.
Children's
Clinics to Be
Held in Watauga
Parents are invited to bring their
babie3 for a free health examination
at one of the following clinics:
Boone, at the home of Miss Fishel,
Watauga parish nurse, on Thursday,
May 14, at 1 o'clock, conducted by
Dr. Hagaman and Dr. Perry.
Bailey Camp, on Wednesday, May
20, at 2 o'clock, conducted by Dr.
Warfield.
Governor Pollard of; Virginia recently
made this statement: "No life
can be* truly happydevelop normally
that is handicapped by ill
health. Tlie time for conserving and
pi emoting positive health is in childhood,
and ehild^&^hlth problems
should be the foremost concern of ail
thinking people."
Your own family physician is interested
in the health of your children.
Give your doctor a chance to
help you keep your children well.
Ralph Lyons Honored
At Salesman's Meeting
Mr. Ralph Lyon, manager of one
of the local Carolina stores, won signal
honors in sales competition contests
last Tuesday evening when 28
managers from District No. 2 were
feted at a banquet given by officials
of the organization at the Caldwell
Hotel, Morganton. Mr. Lyon received
a five-Jollar gold piece for
having shown the greatest increase
in business over last year, and had
no close second- In a contest on the
most coffee of a specified brand to
be sold in proportion to total sales.
Manager Courtney of Newland won.
he having disposed of 270 pounds
of the commodity. Lyons, however,
sold 320 pounds, but less in proportion
to the total volume. Barnett of
West Jefferson scored high as to
produce, but Ralph ran him a close
second.
Mr. Howard Gragg, manager of
the original Carolina Store here, also
showed a highly satisfactory increase
in business.
SERVICES AT ADVENT CHURCH
xvcV.- Jchn.Gr?c!i?r pssto? o? Bcunc ~
Advent Christian Church, announces
the following services for next Sunday:
At the 11 o'clock hour, Jdr.
Greene's subject will be "The Christian
Church " At 7 o'clock he will
use "The Kingdom" as his theme.
The public is cordially invited to attend
both cervices.
BARGAIN D/ 3
Spainhour's storfc is announcing
another series of B (gain Days during
which time sp&.ial inducements
are being made to 3 -.imulate buying.
It is the purpose of ie store to sponsor
these events at regular intervals
throughout the year. Page three of
the Democrat gives full details of
I the unusual mercantile event.
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