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PAGE EIGHT Grand juryTn j report to court i Judge Alley Commends Grand Jury for Services: Report to Court Given The grand jury for the spring term of Watauga superior court was dismissed by Judge Aiiey late last Wednesday after having acted upon I 103 bills of indictment. Judge Alley in dismissing the jurors, commended them highly, and stated that tie didn't recall having worked with quite as good a jury as he found here. The grand jury was composed of the following: C. G. Hodges, foreman; Owen Wilson, Horace C.iok. IV. C. South, Howard Cottreil, John Boiick, W. H. Gragg, Glenn Howell, Vester Phillips. V. D. Cook. N. G. Cook, Rutar Hollar Don Stokes. I I.ynn Morris. B. H. Gross H. F, Greer. Rom Wilson and Harnp Blackburn. I Following is the report of the | grand jury as submitted to the court: We. the grand jury, have passed on all bills and presentments that have come before us. Prison Camp We visited the prison camp as aj" body and upon invitation of Supt. j Carter Farthing we as a body riad:< a very sumptuous and well prepared i1 meal there. We found since last in- 1 spection that the camp had been > changed from colored to white pus- ' oners and that there are 103 there ' 1 at this time. We found by the ad- j missions of the prisoners that we: ; talked to, that they were well fed j' ar.d kept. We found also the grounds j I and premises in good conditions. : County Home We visited the county home in a . body and found the place in an ex- i' cellent state of cleanliness. Howev- j' er, there are some repairs that are j' urgent that they be made while ma-1' tenuis are still available, namely, |: Tile porch fastened to the wall, the plastei repaired, and the building'! repainted inside and out. We found [1 the inmates well clothed and in.f good health except for a negro nam- ;' eu Grover, whom we recommend .: have more medical attention. Wei also recommend that Mrs. Simmons j1 I).- given an increase in pay suffi-! clent to meet rising food costs. ' Courthouse Vi/i- frtiinH thai J?-V-i??.- i mended by the last grand jury be. put in the downstairs hall had not been placed there. We recommend that this be done and that the door to the grand jury room be fixed. Jail We visited the jail in a body and found it in a good state as to repairs. clean and well kept, and the p. isoners weil fed. We <io, however, I recommend that the inside of the j, celis and wall be repainted, and that! new mattresses be placed in the j, cells where needed. The county school bus garage was !, visited and it was found to be kept! in good order by a capable me- , chanic. He states that he is well supplied with tools and equipment for the maintenance of the buses. One broken five-pound iron con- ' tains enough iron to make four hand j < grenades. ' ' < BOC ONE M O N D A M A B^prc _ DIREC ADMISSION ' Adults 35c Children 25c V . Highlights of the Circus?Ralhbi Premier Girl Wire Walker; Bok and Beautiful Dancing Girls; P Marshall and Hop! Army chief of staff, George C. 3 of the munitions board, who have London, called at the White Hocs< America. Photo shows General Ms bas*ador to Great Britain, and Ha the White House. raroloccnocc and Pri WUlVAUkfiJIAVkllJ U1AU Ull Blamed For Disas Raleigh?Negligence and carelessless ana criminal incendiarism are he sole causes of the disastrous for;st fires sweeping the mountains of Western North Carolina. W. K. Beichler. chief of forest fire control >f the state department of conserration and development, declared lore. Beichler, terming the forest fire situation ' critical," asserted that "99 per cent of the forest fires in this state are, and have for years, nan-caused fires, and therefore preventable." "Negligence or carelessness, or both," he said, "are almost invariably concerned when a fire escapes trom the burning of brush piles 01 litch banks or other litter, or from i discarded cigarette stub. "The question today is?can North "arolina and the nation afford not to recognize that any such negligence under existing conditions is .-riminal negligence, should be punshed as such, and soon abolished?" The fire control officer charged that 50 per cent of the current outbreaks of blazes were of incendiary origin. During all of 1941. lie said, the figure was oniy 23 per cent. Beichler said his department had not yet had time to fully analyze WAR BOND CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED (Continued from page one) more dollars voluntarily pledged for the purchase of bonds, the less will oe the tax load. The money invested in these war savings securities?the safest investment in the world?will be taken nut of competition for consumer goods, thereby preventing inflation and building up a cushion of savings tor the individual when the war ends. These securities also make every citizen buying them a share-holder in the future of America. Following tip Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau's recent announcement that North Carolina's quota of war bonds and stamps for >ne, r DAY O I Y ISH Y 2:15 an Barnes !T FROM MIAMI PI rw _ _ ? m.*v M.M. M. UV/1 JKfc- A ^ w lrns Sisters Aerialisis Supreme; Loi > and Toby with Company of Clow erforming Elephant, Horses, Ponies WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY tins Report to Chief iK1 Hspi we is an mi m< pr: larskaJX and Harry L. Hopkins, chief ho been on a confidential mission to pj ? immediately upon their return to f irshall, John G. Wlnaut, U. S. amxry L. Hopkins, as they arrived at ol to du minal Incendiarism | rtrous Forest Fires " thi ! the incendiary aspect of the current P" : wave of blazes. He said he could , not yet estimate the state's loss dur- <lri i ing this month alone in timber rc- !lu i sources, scenic beauty, forthcoming !ls i erosion of burned hillsides, destrue- an lion of rich forest soil and c.f game and fish, "to say nothing of the loss w< in man hours which could have been an far better spent in positive defense *rt : activities." *ns Beichler declared that an incen- m; diary forest tire is a form of sabot- do age as sure, if not as spectacular, as le? the blowing up of a bridge or the "h wrecking of a freight train. dri He urged as preventative mcas- to 1 ures against all forest fires: Fc 1. Neighborhood co-operation? ms reporting of persons consistently ol negligent with fire. thi ] 2 Making forest fire incendiarism pe a felony, instead of iis present in- tal torpretation as a misdemeanor. tei 3. An increase in the state's ap- ha I propriation of $59,000 for forest fire control, which provides one-third of mi I the North Carolina forests with no gr protection and two-thirds with pro- in: lection estimated at about one and fit three-quarters cents per acre. ca Beichler said the present fires wl were aided by a widespread drought at and a shortage of manpower to fight a | the blazes. br May had been set at $5,888,500, w. State Administrator Charles H. Rob- pc ertson and Statu fhnirrrtoT-. .... ?uu<u> 01 Price of Greensboro, said in a joint vj, 1 statement that "we are confident North Carolinians can be counted j^a upon to exceed the quota set for re our state." vj, "North Carolina's average month; ly purchases of these war savings ar) securities in the seven-month period I in January was $4,207,031," they ? said, "and if we did that well before Pearl Harbor we certainly ought to be able to go ahead of that record now." Ashe county's 4-H clubs arc 100 ! per cent behind 4-H mobilizationi for-victory program, reports R. H. j C rouse, farm agent of the N. C. i State College extension service. sr. c. S *L Y I o ws d 8:15 d. m Circus RIDA SEE BIG ALICE SECOND LARGEST XEPHANT on EARTH ON MAIN STREET AT NOON TIME is Troupe Kentucky Beauty ns; Walt Daris Cowboy Band ever seen within a show. THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. SPORT OF WATAUGA t HEALTH DEPARTMENT * P (Continued from page one) cpayer, and by preventing toe n read of the disease, it would be s inestimable value. We have. in a r eour.ty, at the present lime. s ses who are unable to pay for j_ ;ir sanatorium care, and for whom i can find no funds to gain them I r mission, though the charity rate only 50c per day. Each case on average will infect some eight to 1 other individuals, so we can see ; real necessity of segregating and ic lining these people so as to protect s lers. Home maternity service has adttcd 28 expectant mothers during j; first three months with 39 t idical conferences, six visits to ivate physicians, 12 visits to their f mes, and 36 office nursing visits, j ve of these cases have returned r examination following the birth f their baby, with 14 nursing visits this same group. We are con- s cung nvo cnnics: one in tne iJeth- I neighborhood and one in the \ ark's Creek vicinity, as well as J i work done at our main office. \ lis is a work which is grow ing in ror and prevents much trouble -ough proper guidance during this i riod of the mother's life. t Twenty-one infants and 34 chil- t en of the pre-school age received J ?dical service and 61 nursing vis; 30 visits being tnadc to homes E d 39 office visits. School hygiene covers all of the 1 irk done for the school children, ' d there iiave been in the period ] im January through March 425 ' ipcctions, 21 more complete c-xamitions, 439 inspections by the ? ntist; each of these having their *th cleaned as well, and 445 fillgs and extractions done. Two hun- 1 ed and one children were referred the local dentist for further work, irty-two classroom talks were . ide with an estimated attendance ' 1,299. Six school children had sir eyes corrected during this same ? riod. Medical examinations to- ' ling 100 have been made on rchcrs. midwives. milk and foodndlers. We have had seven admissions to 1 ^dicat service in the older age " oup and four admittted to nurs- I g service; these have a total of 15 :ld and office visits. One of these ses was that of a young mother ho was brought in and delivered fhfl hncr.iinl V-1 nrn etnim/1 . V . .vuf'w? .. Iiv?v. Oin/UU ll?l total of 14 days. The case was ought in from a home where contions were so poor that her feet ere badly frostbitten, and her exinscs were taken care of by several the local organizations and indiduals. Under general sanitation, 12 foodndling establishments have been gistered for supervision, arid 38 sits were made t.o them. Three dry farms are under supervision d nine visits have been paid to Vicoto is so economical because a little of it goes a long, long way! /I nd results are sure! Vigoro supplies, in balanced proportions, all 11 food elements growing things need from the soil. It's the complete plant food for lawns, flowers, shrubs, vegetables and trees.Vigoro is safe, odorless, easy to apply! A product of Swift & Company. VIGORO y THE COMPLETE PLANT FOOD t/4&>VlG0R0 la/t&ta for potted pints, woW o?d windtw boxtt 'aimers Hardware & Spply Co. Boone, N. C. hree places. Approved water in- ? tails t ions have been made at two tenste, one public water supply i.is licen visited and two visits to cwoiage plants, with five visits nade to private premises. Eight pecimcns of water have been ex- I' mined. 194 lests tor svphiks made, i ix for gonorrhea, or.e for intestinal I larasites. and 34 urinalysis. JOLPHUS THOMAS CASE !] MUST BE TRIED AGAIN ] i i (Continued from page one) ontinued advancing on him, and he [ ( idniitlcd striking deceased with his :. evolver when lie had hold of him. ' The state failed in its efforts to irove that Dolphus Thomas return- ; d home for his pistol, which it was j iroven had been carried in the car . ^ rom time to time, and the princi- ' ial contention of the prosecution ested on the premise that the deendant used excessive force. SolieiAop T. C. iv1 >*- * ?? -? - w. upun>:i5 wan as isted in the prosecution by Messrs. |, Burke & Burke of Taylotsviile, |; vhile defense attorneys were Messrs. Trivette & Holshouser and V. R. Lovill. Other Court News Court reconvened Monday rnornng, and a number of divorce decrees vere granted, prior to the resumplon of the criminal docket. Other ! udgmerts of the court are: Floss Eggers, driving drunk. $50 j ind the costs. Odus Watson, violation prohibition ; aws, four cases: fined $300 and the rosts; sentenced to two years on the oads, capias to place the sentence I nto effect to issue in len days. Oscar Pitts, driving drunk, $501 ind costs. Mrs. Emma Mast and Grovcr' Brown, prostitution. Mrs. Mast. 4 nonths in jaii, suspended for five | ears during good behavior. Grover | Brown, prayer for judgment contin- J icd on payment of costs. Capias to I ssue within five years if found in i [6th district, for passing of sentence. B. F. Williams, driving drunk. >50 and the costs. The cotton that gees into a medi- ; jm-priccd auto would moke four \ mifonns for soldiers. PAINT YO .^N? w. ? i~i, ; I ' ' ^ "1 nature?paints from Pittsburg glowing, soft-toned beauty 1 Freshen up furniture and wood\ Remember, you need but a s room in the house with Pittsbv | WAU-HIDE.Walls and ceilings | uucmiucwiuc with this wonderful finish of l long lasting ' Quart 85c WATERSPAR ENAF The onc-coat enamel for woodwoi Flows smoothly. Leaves nobrushmi hours. This durable finish can be e Par Quart.. $1 FARMERS Hi SUPPL BOONE. ] PITTSBURGH ( APRIL 30, 1942 SUGAR RATIONING V* REGISTRATION TO START ON MONDAY I (Continued lrom page enrj ;d. issuance oi the book will be ivithheld until later. A family unit has been defined by :he office of price administration as 'a group of two or more individuils consisting of all persons who are living together in the same household who are related by blood or carriage." Since forms were late in arriving, I he local ratoining board says that those required to register on April 28-29. and who failed to do so, may register with the high school principals on Monday through Thursday jf next week. Teachers of all county elementary schools will register applicants for buying sugar starting Monday and continuing through Thursday, if that j much time is required. All applicants should go to the school in 1^ their district between the hours of 3:30 a. in. and 3:30 p. nr., and one ? * member of the family will register. No person can buy sugar until he has received purchasing stamps through registration. TEACHERS TO GATHER TO GET RATIONING FORMS The elementary school principals of Watauga county are asked by , Superintendent Howard Walker to meet in the auditorium of the county office building Saturday at 3 I o'clock for the purpose of getting instructions and forms for registering consumers oi sugar, which begins Monday. "I MET A ZOMBIE "?TRUE STORY OF ADVENTURE Thrilling account of a noted writer who went to Haiti to find out if the voodoo doctors were actually able to resurrect human robots from the grave. What the author discovered presents a thrilling tale. Look for this feature in the May 3rd issue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY The Big Magazine Distributed with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN On Sale at A11 Newsstands URSELFA | N HOME! | ?i I 3 i t* /our home into the thrilling, linute place you havedreamed lagic strokes of the paint!. Take color schemes from ;h. Let Wallhide bring new, to faded walls and ceilings, work with Waterspar Enamel, angle day to redecorate any lrgh Paints. FLORHIDE. Gives a sturdy I wear-resisting lustertopainted floors. Dries to almost no time. ngPQKprtf 1) Eagy to apply. Par |^? ??wQ| II I Quart <1.10 rt EL rk and furniture. : arks. Dries in four \ asilv cleaned. CHTJiffiJ ^RDWARE & Y CO. ?. c. ff) MINTS j ?A
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