I ? VOL. 53, NO. 28 Begins Third Term JEte ^BinBffiiSw! ?^^^B^2al^i9ra9KSsee^ ? ?? FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT TAKES OATH OF OFFICE FOR THIRD TIME President Vows Democracy Cannot Die in Third Inaugural Address; 75.000 Chilled Spectators Jain Capitol Plaza; Address Termed "Lesson in Democracy" Washington. Jan. 21?His hand resting broadly upon an old Dutch Bible, his eyes squinting into the bright noonday sun, Franklin D. Roosevelt slowly and thoughtfully repeated the presidential oath of office for the third term yesterday and asserted that the task of the times was to save "the nation and its institutions from disruption from without." "Democracy is not dying." he said with impressive solemnity, his head bobbing emphatically to the rhythm of his cliunwl anrl cnnnnrl t?rr.*>rlo "We know it cannot die. . . . "We know it because it wc look below the surface, we sense it stilt spreading on every continent, for it is the most humane, the most advanced, and in the end the most unconquerable of all forms of human society." He dedicated his third administration to the protection and perpetuation of "the integrity of democracy" in "the face of great perils never before encountered " A spreading throng of some 75,000 chillled and heavily bundled spectators were jammed before him into the Capitol plaza. Some were even perched in the branches of the trees. Others had found distant vantage points on the roofs of the senate and house office buildings. Although the crowd was as large as usual, it was strikingly less noisy than the throngs which have seen past inaugurations. It may have been the cold, for though the sun shone brilliantly, the wind was brisk and chill, or it may have been the solemnitv of the theme. But while the interruptions for applause were frequent they were relatively short and the sound was muffled by gloves. The chief executive spoke from an imposing temporary stand, its (Continued on page four) JONAS TO SPEAK AT LOCAL MEETING Slate Republican Leader to Address Lincoln Day Gathering in Boone February 10 , T. E. Bingham, chairman of the Watauga county Republican execu- I live committee, announces that the Republicans of Watauga county will 1 gather in Boone Monday, February 1 10, to hear an address by Hon. Chas. ' A. Jonas, Republican national com- 1 mitteeman for North Carolina. ' Mr. Jonas, who served a number 1 of times in the general assembly from Lincoln county and who was a , member of congress from the old ninth district in 1928-30, is recognized as one of the foremost orators of the state. The meeting which he will address in Boone will be in , the form of a Lincoln Day dinner , and local Republicans are congratu- , lating themselves upon this oppor- , tunity of having Mr. Jonas with them. Mr. Bingham will release detailed \ plans for the dinner next week. General use of Christmas cards to convey seasonal greetings at the ; Yuletide began in 1862. ] 1 SATA An Independen BOONE, \ COUNTY TEACHERS ENDORSE 5-P0IN1 STATE PR0P0SA1 Retirement Plan. Salary Ir creases. Centralized Stat Board of Education Among lb Proposals Finding Favor Wit Watauga County's Tcachin I By WHEELER FARTHING. (Staff Writer) Meeting last Saturday morning i Ihe Appalachian high school builc ing. the Watauga chapter of th North Carolina Education Associ: tion approved the five-point legisl: tivc program of the state organize tion consisting of a retirement plai continuing contract proposal, salar increase, enrichment of the schoi program and centralized state hoar of education. These proposal which will be presented to the lej islature by State Superintendent < Schools Clyde Erwin. were agree upon by a group of educational lcac ers representing the entire state an all leading educational organization last December. Because of the absence of Mr Ruth Vick Everett, field secretary c the N. C. E. A., E. S. Christcnburj Appalachian high school principa briefly addressed the teachers a their meeting Saturday, outlinin the legislative program given abovt and the teachers and principals gav their official approval to the propos als upon the completion of his dis course. Favors Retirement Plan The retirement of teachers, long ; part of the educational system o other states, was recently outline! in a plan set forth by the state re tiremont. commission. In order t< finance retirement in this state, lh< commission proposes a 5% deduc lion from teachers' salaries and ; similar contribution from the stati treasury. In proposing a continuing contrac system, educational leaders of thi county and state have favoret amendments to the school machin cry act which would guarantee tha teachers would not be dischargee without sufficient cause and tha schools and communities would bi protected against incompetent 01 otherwise undesirable teachers. Asks Higher Salaries The association urged further thai the state provide for the most lib oral increase possible in the teach ing salary schedule, beginning witi a ninth increment for teachers anc a fifth increment for principals, sicl leave for school employees and fin ancial recognition for superior teach ing. These and other improve mnntc en ncenoi^t.''... ? - ?' - 1? iuouv.muun uuiCiai^ OC lieve, would call for a school budge? approximating $3,000,COO. Among other proposals of the as sociation are increases in state anc federal appropriations in order tc make way for broadening the pres ent curriculum and raising the (Continued on page five) Four Watauga Boys Enlist in Air Corps Four Watauga county boys, resi dents of Bethel township and al graduates of Bethel high school signed up for the United States ah corps before Sergeant Charley R Price in Johnson City Wednesday oi last week. The air-minded group included two cousins, William Gordon Farthing, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berl F. Farthing, and Dick Thomas Farthing, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B Farthing; Lee Ward, 21, son of Mr and Mrs. John W. Ward, and Berl Greene, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Greene, all of Sugar Grove. The local boys were assigned tc general headquarters, air corps detachment, McDill Field, Tampa, Fla, It is the first time that Sergeant Price has accepted as many for the air corps in a single day and the first time in his experience that he ias received as many graduates from the same high school. Junior Order Meets On Monday Evening Clyde R. Greene, recently-elected :ouncilor of the Junior Order, presided over the meeting last Monday ri l aVit onrl onnnunofol r 41 u<>u r.i.iiuwnLiii piaiu iyi lilt: pear. Under a special arrangement, it ivas announced, new members will tie admitted and old members reinstated for three dollars initiation fee. A special effort is now being made to enlist new members and pvospeets for a real live council are good. UGA t Weekly Newspaper?Est VATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA1 TWELVE V i r :/ a I 1 '.'J*1.V *;'?? iMS'uliZi 5. BWgl ? Twelve Watauga county men. ieft Monday morning for Fort Br* U. S. armed forces, as V/aiauga's c; a der the selective service act. All f contingent volunteered for the or i training period. They are, back rc Henry Ford Miller. Meat Camp: J * Shull, Sugar Grove; Blan Franklir ? Chas. Edward Hodges. Banner Elli Underwood, Blowing Rock: Marvii CHARLES ELLER I DIES IN FLORIDA ! Former Boone Merchant Suct cumbs to Paralytic Stroke; j, Interment at Orlando i P t Charles F. Eller, 56. died at Orlan- : do General Hospital, Orlando, Fla.. . Wednesday, January 15. as a result . ol a paralytic stroke suffered the 1 > day before. 1 Mr. Eller will be remembered in : Boone by a host of friends, as he " - resided here for some time where ( - he was engaged in the mercantile ) - business. Funeral services were conducted L from the Carey Hand Chapel Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In the ab" sencc of Dr. J. Powell Tucker, pas- ] tor of the First Baptist church, of J which Mr. Eller was a member. Dr. Fred A. Turner, of the first Meth5 odist church, officiated. Active pallbearers were: J. H. Hall, F. L. Shrewsbury, Edward Boullion. Wil- , lis Roberts, Fletcher Ferguson and . L. R. Allen. Interment was in the ' i Greenwood cemetery with members < of the American Legion performing 1 the graveside rites. [ Mr. Eller is survived by the wid- i ow, the former Frances Mary of i - Butler, Tenn., and the following sis- 1 . ters ana Dromers, all of whom were I; t present for the services: Mrs. Civile i' Ramsey and Mrs. John Wetnered of ; I Orlando; Miss Sophia Eller, Abing- t don, Va.; Mrs. W. C. Greer and i Lloyd Eller of Boone. Others at- I ' tending the services from Boone ( were W. C. Greer and Mack E. < Greer. < Willkie Warns Party Against Isolationism J New York. Jan. 18?Wendell L. ' Willkie warned his fellow partisans today that the Republican partywould sound the death knell of its own hopes to regain national lead- ' ership if it blindly opposed the j "lease-lend" bill to aid Britain and 1 become an isolationist party. The erstwhile Republican candi- c , date for President appeared before 1,600 celebrants at the Woman's Is a- ] tional Republican club annual banquet, at the Hotel Astor, extemporaneously told them in a broadcast soepph that hp flpcirnnl TmrJeJone 4 ? ensed at economy prices. In connection with the formal ipening of the new store Smithey's * innouace special sale prices and the ?I ast page of The Democrat today Bch ells of the details of the big mer- Sui chandising event. 5111 lin Dance To Be Held ^ In Boone Thursday ou* J Under the sponsorship of the sp ruesday Night Club, a dance will be wa icld at the old Crest store building wa "hursday night of this week, with ^ro :he proceeds from admission tickets ^'? ?oing to the President's Birthday a?: Ball fund. Johnny Thompson and his Appa- 1 achian orchestra will be present for oni Lhe occasion, and the admission has St? aeen placed at 75 cents. S3C XX/J :n Eiglity-Eig * r 23. 1941 ?jj? )RT BRAGG I -5L!' J . -I fln n. rniLLirs IITES WEDNESDAY irmcr Iicione Ncwspapcrmai liiccumbs in Detroit; Funeral at Willow Valley funeral services were conductei idnesday afternoon at 2 o'clocl m the Willow Valley Baptis jrch for Don H. Phillips, aged 4t mer Boone newspaper editor, whi d in Detroit, Mich.. Monda; irning from a short illness. Rev tight Edmisten was in charge o > rites, and was assisted by Rev Farthing. Interment was in tin nily cemetery. Surviving is one son, Austin Phil s; two brothers, Joe and Bowe illips of Detroit; two sisters, Mrs re Strulher and Mrs. Claire Simp i of Sugar Grove. The fathei \ J. R. Phillips, also survives. VIr. Phillips was born and rearet Watauga county and as a yout! irked for some time on the Wat ga Democrat, gaining his initia perienee in what was to be hi ;'s work. In 1912 he establishes ; Watauga County News ii one, which he operated for mor in a vear point1 from Ttoonr. t rth Wilkesboro to assist in th blication of the North Wilkesbor istler. Later he worked in Moun n City, Tenn.. going from ther the far west. He published news pers in California and other west 1 states and at the time of hi ath was editor and publisher o i Cloverland Press, a most credi ble weekly newspaper at Ewer ch. He was an energetic and ca ble newspaper man and readil; ide friends. His death has occa ned sadness among his many ac aintanccs and friends throughou s section of the state. >one Boy Badly Injured by True! Aither Hardy, 11 years old, soi Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hardy o me, was right seriously injurei iday afternoon near Vilas, whei rck by a truck operated by Mar Cole, who brought the injure( r to the Watauga Hospital. Hi idition was said to be right seri 'he boj' was en route to Vilas ti nd the night with relatives ani s said to have been riding a smal gon. Cole said the wagon cut ii nt of his truck without warning charges have been brough linst Cole. t is claimed that approximate!; ?-half the motorists in the Unitei a week. \T $1.50 A YEAR ~ji COMMITTEES ARE 1 NAMED TO STAGE BIRTHDAY DANCE | Blowing Rock Hosts to Dancers I as Drive Against Infantile Paralysis is Continued; Stubby Taylor to Provide Music for Annual Event | Roger W. McGuirc. chairman of j the President's Birthday Ball in I Watauga county, says that a full j slate of committee members has been selected to take care of every detail j incident to the holding of the annual dance on the occasion of the President's birthday, in ar. effort to provide still stronger national defense against the inroads of infantile paralysis. The ball th;s vo^r i<= tr. the high school gymnasium at Blowing Rock on Thursday. January 30. and Mayor Grover C. Robbins will be the master of ceremonies, and will conduct the auction of the huge birthday cake. Stubby Taylor and his orchestra of Lenoir, widely-known dance musicians. will be present for the ocasion and dancing will start promptly at 9 o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to all the people of this section to attend he ball, the proceeds from which will go to the national fund to prevent infantile paralysis. The Committees Following are the committees: Entertainment Mrs. Sarah Gaither. chairman; Howard Cottrell. Mrs. James Couhjcill. Townley Bridge, T. M. Greer, M. I. Clark. Gladys Taylor, Mrs. Jennie Critcher. Mrs. W. B. Collins, W. R. Winkler, Mrs. G. D. Brinkley, Mrs. W. M. Matlieson, Mrs. Edgar Brown. Mrs. J. E Holshouser. Harry Hamilton W O. Robertson. Jack Hodges, Mis. John Conway, Miss Wilina Baird, Miss Earl Payne. ! Publicity Rob Rivers, chairman: Max Hovis, , Willard Beach. C. H. Trotter, Bill I Rush. Radio Gene Wike, chairman; W. R. Lovn ill. Dr. Robert R. King. Bernard Dougherty. Management Dick Holler, chairman; Grady Farthing, E. Ford King, Sr., Mrs. J. O. .1 Cook. A. E. Hamby, Roy Keplar, W. k H. Walker. Mrs. Joe Crawford, Mrs. t H. P. Holshouser, W. W. Williams, I, J. E. Joines, Joe Todd. ' Ticket Sales f Richard Kelley, chairman; Mrs. ' Coker Triplett, Mrs. John Hodges, * Jr., Mrs. G. K. Moose, Mrs. P. A. ' Coffey, Mrs. J. C. McConnell. Miss 2 Helen Underdown, Mrs Lett Haga(Continued on page five) ICITY MERCHANTS TO HOLD BANQUET i ' Annual Ladies' Night and Em1 ployecs' Banquet to Be Held s at Methodist Church J n ' Russell D. Hodges will be master u o? ceremonies when members of the c retail merchants association, their wives and employees gather Thursday evening for their annual gete together meeting and ladies' night banquet. The banquet will be held at the s Gateway Cafe at 7 o'clock, illness j! among ladies of the Methodist _ | church, who had arranged to serve , the dinner, changing the plans. This year the usual speech-mak, ing has been dispensed with and the . meeting will be devoted solely to . dining and fun. Numerous contests t will be engaged in, quiz programs conducted, and an evening of genuine good fellowship will be provided. Mrs. Ruby Ellis, secretary of the merchants association, is now sell, ing tickets and the price is 50 cents. , Seed Loans Will | Soon Be Available 1 J. E. Joines, field supervisor of j emergency crop and feed loan office in Boone, advises that loans will be made available much earlier and and will be available to all farmers who are in need of this class of loan, 3 and who are also eligible. ' Anyone who is interested in get'' ting assistance for their farming this 1 year can see Miss Doris Honeycutt - in the seed loan office and she will r- be glad to discuss any and all phases of the loan. Regulations have been liberalized so that more money can / be loaned per acre to individual i farmers and also more farmers will t be able to meet the requirements, for securing loans.