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VOL. LIX, NO. 31
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1946
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LOCAL FARMERS
BENEFIT FROM
AAADURING YEAR
Two Thousand Tons of Phos
phate Used on Pastures and
Cover Crops This Year, in
Triple-A Farm Improve
ment Program; G vern
ment Shares in Costs
Watauga county farmers par
ticipating in the agricultural con
servation program put approxi
mately 2,000 tons of phosphate
on pasture, and cover crops in
1946, thereby conserving and im
proving the nutritional value of
their crops, according to Ned
Glenn, chairman of the county
agricultural conservation commit
tee.
The amount of phosphate this
year is about 400 tons more than
last year, an amount 50 per cent
larger than anticipated when it
was apparent earlier in the sea
son that it would be impossible
to supply all the needs of the
participating farmers.
"Experts now agree that there
must be certain quantities of
minerals in the soil if life is to
continue," Mr. Glenn explained.
'These minerals are numerous
and some are needed in small
amounts, but phosphorus ? along
with nitrogen, potassium and
calcium, is needed in large quan
quantities."
Mr. Glenn said that application
of phosphate is only one of the
several important soil-building
practices carried out in Watauga
county under the agricultural
conservation program. ACP aims
at more and better feed for all
consumers, as well as land, high
er yields, and profits for farmers.
A little later farmers will be
getting together with their far
mer committeemen to figure out
their conservation needs for the
coming year. Farmers are ex
pected to use more phosphate
next year. Other major soil-build
ing practices that will be en
couraged during the new year
are: Lime, potash, winter cover
crops, crimson clover, ryegrass,
austrian winter peas, and hairy
vetch, plowing under small grain,
seeding and re-seeding pastures,
turning under red clover, mowing
pastures, and seeding or improv
ing meadows.
Under ACP. the government
shares with the farmer the cost
of carrying out soil-building
practices and water conservation
measures. Additional information
conservation practices to be en
couraged in Watauga county dur
ing 1947 may be obtained from
the county office in Boone.
FURNITURE FIRM
OPENS BUILDING
Edmisten Furniture Company to
Open Modern Building
on King Street
The Edmisten Furniture Com
pany celebrates its second an
niversary with the formal opening
of its elegant new building on
the principal street of the town,
just opposite the courthouse Sat
urday December 28th, and de
tails of the opening are carried
on page eight of this newspaper
' today.
The structure which is to house
the local concern's expanding
business, was designed expressly
for its needs, and fronts SO feet
on King Street, with a depth of
70 feet, and contains a full base
ment, and two stories above the
street level. The building is con
structed of brick, and represents
f a fine addition to the business
section of the town. The base
ment, street floor, and rnezzanine
Will be used for the furniture
business, while the top floor is
being made into nnoaern resi
dential apartments.
, t The building is steam heated,
and is modern in every respect
I?? connection with the opening,
it is stated, the business will be
department ized. The basement
will be used as a second hand
furniture store. The street floor
and mezzanine will contain the
Electric appliances department,
the antique departments, the
electric and radio repair depart
ment, etc.
It is stated that valuable prizes
i are to be given away by the
popular company, ana that the
opening will feature the largest
display of electric household ap
pliances ever exhibited here.
I The owners of the Edmisten
Furniture Co. are D. M. Edmis
ten, D. M. Edmisten, Jr., and
Crayte P. Teague, the two latter
men oelng veterans of the last
' World War. Mr. Dean Hodges is
I to be manager of the radio re
I pair department.
not: for behold^ Ubnrig yoy-^OOfK
tidings of great joy,^^db?<Ste^slioir
be to "STI people. _? ?
For unto you is born this day in the city
of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye
shall Find the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly host praising
God, and saying,
Gl*?ry to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 2 10:14
GRADUATES HEAR
NOTED MINISTER
Dr. Luther Little of dharlotte.
Deliver* Address at
College Finals
Taking for his subject, 'The
Crowned Life," Dr. Luther Little
of Charlottee, delivered tne
graduating address at the winter
commencement exercises held at
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege Wednesday evening.
The topic was discussed in the
light of the choice of a right voca
tion, an attractive personality,
the best equipment, continued
mental growth, and the use of
one's talents in building a right
Southland and a right world,
dedicated to the Creator.
Those receiving B S. Degress
were
Gloria Grill, Valdese, Lilly
Campbell Garvey, Cum Laude,
Knoxville, Tenn.; Silver Miller,
Cum Laude, West Jefferson; Bet
ty Cline, Newton; Lewis Hill Jen
kins. Cum Laude, N. Wilkesboro;
William B. Rankin. Sailsbury;
Tillie Eaker, Crouse; Bettye
Ellis, Boone; Rosena Burton,
Winston-Salem; Una Lee Richard
son, Cum Laude, Sparta: Ruth
Bailey, Toecane; Wayne J. Cau
dill, N. Wilkesboro; Reeves Edens,
Rowland; Mad^e C. Maxfield,
Honaker Virginia; Walter B.
Miller, Clifton.
Earthquake in Japan
Takes Many Live*
Tokyo, Dec. 21 ? A deadly
earthquake, ranked as possibly
the heaviest in world history
and followed by at least six tre
mendous sea waves, wrought hav
oc in more than 60,000 square
miles of southern Japan today,
taking a high but still undeter
mined total of lives.
Fragmentary reports assembled
by the United States army and
Japanese agencies through ravag
ed communications listed at least
500 Japanese known dead. 43
missing and 612 injured, with
many districts not yet heard
from at all.
No American personnel of any
<OTt, military or civilian, were
among the casualties reported.
One British soldier was reported
missing.
Striking in the predawn dark
ness of 4:20 a. m Friday, the gi
gantic earth tremor shook an
area of Japan stretching south
west from about 90 miles below
Tokyo into the island of Kyushu,
a distance of 450 miles
A joint program has been un
dertaken by the United States.
Great Britain, Australia ana
Siam to speed the output of tin in
Siam. The United States is ex
pected to get substantially larger
tin supplies in 1947 under the ar
rangement, according to the State
Department.
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'God Bless You All" f
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The cracking of nuts,
the popping of corn,
the banter of adults,
the laughter of chil
dren. thel opening of
presents ? well, it all
adds up to another
glad Christmas.
We know again that
Life has been good,
that every day has
been worth living,
and that many more
happy holiday sea
sons are coming. It'g|
time for good wishes
and good cheer, and
for tne warmest, fin
est greeting of all:
Another year of
Life's little uncertain
ties and worries has
all but passed, and the
traditional season of
Good Cheer is upon
us. Somehow the
Christmas season eras
es froml memory so
many of the past
year's irritants that
we wonder why.
[we ever worried at all!
It will be good to
gather around the
hearth again with
family and friends.
Wr who publish your newspaper wish you
and yours
A MERRY CHRISTMAS!
State Teachers Favor
S. Piedmont Plan
For Higher Pay
Raleigh. Dec. 21 ? Enthusiastic
support of the so-called South
Piedmont plan for teachcr salary
increases in the state was voted
unanimously here today by over1
150 classroom teachers
The meeting, called by Margery
Alexander, a teacher in the
Charlotte primary system, was
held despite the lack of official
stamp of the executive council of
the classroom teachers' depart
ment of the North Carolina Edu
cation Associatin.
Over 700 claasrom teachers in
the state were issued invitations
to attend by Mecklenburg couny
and Charlote, but due to inclem
ent weather and the Christmas
holiday recess of schools the at
tendance was surprisingly low.
Mrs. Nancy L. Jones
Dies at Advanced Age
Mrs. Nancy Louise Stanbury
Jones, 82 years of age, died on
Wednesday at the residence
Boone, R. F. D. 2., following a
lingering illness.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from
the Meat Camp Baptist Church
by Rev. R. C. Eggers and Rev. W.
D. Ashley. Interment was in the
church cemetery, with Reins
Sturdivant Funeral home taking
care of the details.
Surviving are 3 daughters and
four sons: Sirs. Mary Greer, High
Point: Mr?. Julisia Beach, Boone;
Mrs. Emma Greer, Boone- Rufus
Jones, ZionviDe; Arthur, Willard,
Tom Jones, Boone. There are two
brother*, Harrison Stanbury, Elk
Park ana Arthur Stanbury, But
ler, Tenn. A half sister, Mrs.
Rhoda Winkler of Zionville sur
vives. There are 42 grandchildren
and 10 great grandchildren.
Eugene Talmadge,
Governor-Elect of
Georgia, Is Dead
Atlanta, Dec. 21 ? Eugene Tal
madge, one of Georgia's most
colorful public figures, died to
day, scarcely three weeks before
he would have been inaugurated
[for a fourth time as governor.
I The'rad-gallused advocate of
white supremacy, who made 272
speeches against doctor's orders
in a bitter Democratic primary
last summer, succumbed lit 7 a.
m. An attending physician said
Talmadge was aware since Tues
day that he was dying, and voic
ed anxiety concerning the politi
cal future of Georgia after his
death.
Governor Ellis Arnell ordered
the state capitol closed today and
Monday, and said Talmadge's
body would lie in state from 2
to 5 p. m. Sunday in the capital
rotunda. As an expression of
official respect, Arnell said he
and elected state house officers
would attend the funeral at 2 p.
m. Monday at Talmadge's farm
home on Sugar Creek, near Mc
Rae, Ga.
Dry Goods Stores
Decide to Open Jan. 1
At press time today six of the
city's dry goods establishments
decided to remain open on Janu
aryl.
The stores which are declining
from the observance of New
Year's Day as a holiday art:
Newton's Department Store,
Belk- White Co., Bare's Fair Store,
Hunt's Department Store, Crest
Stores. Fashion Shop.
Of the 90 worst train wrecks
in the United States since 1870,
none occurred on a Friday the
itth.
TOBACCO SALES
OVER 3 MILLION
I ON LOCAL MART
Last Auction Sales of Pre
Christmas Season Held Last
Friday; Receipts to Con
tinue Through Holidays:
Sal.es May Start Dec. 30
Sales of tobacco on the Boone
Burlcy market reached the tou.
Df 3.00T.8S8 pounds at the closc
of the pre-holiday auctions las
Friday, ^nd the market is ex
pected to open for the remain
der of the current selling season
on December 30th, unless somt
change is made in present plane
Warehousemen report that af
floors of the market are clear o
the weed for the first time in the
nistcry of the market, and state
hat heavy receipts are expected
before the re-opening of sales,
due to improved grading weather.
They again slate that larmer.
may always unload in Boone, ant
urge planters to continue thei.
marketing here.
The Farmers Burley Warehouse
was first to close for the holidays
having conducted their last sale
on Thursday, when, Mr. C. -C
Taylor reports, 259,778 pound
was sold for $104,143.40, lor at
average of $40.88 per hundred
Mr. Taylor states that his average
for the last two and a half sale;
is better than 40 cents, and tha
his season's poundage is 1,126,000.
He asks that farmers bring theii
weed when convenient right on;
through the holidays, and it wil.'
be promptly taken care of.
Mr. R. C. Coleman got the last
sale of the pre-Christmas seasor
at the No. 1 Mountain Burlej
warehouse last Kriday, and re-'
ports that 1,881,858 pounds have
been disposed of on his floors dur
ing the season. He states thai
there is plenty of room lor to
oacco on his floors and asks the
aimers to continue to bring
In ir tobacco during the recess
of sales, and that there will be
men on hand to take care of the
weed at all times, except Christ
mas day
XMAS CLOSING
1 DATES GIVEN!
Store* of Town and Public Olfi-i
cei to CIom Both Wadnai
day and Thursday
The stores of the town, practic
ally without exception, together
with the county and city offices
will close both Christmas day
?nd Thursday, as a holiday vaca
tion period.
The bank will likewise be
closed two days, while the post
office will only close the delivery
and stamp windows Christmas
day, it is said.
It is announced by the Mer
chants Association that a ma
jority of the stores of the city
will be closed on New Year's
Day
AAA Farmers Must
Report Practices by
End of December
Watauga county farmers par
ticipating in the 1946 agricultural
conservation program, who have
carried out soil building practices
during the year, are again urged
by AAA chairman Ned Glenn to
report their practices and file
their application for payment by
December 31. "In the past, many
farmer^ have lost a casn payment
by failing to file their application
before the closing date, said Mr.
Glenn.
A number of farmers indicated
on their farm plan last spring
that they would purchase materi
als such as lime, phosphate and
seeds and have not reported
carrying out practices with these
materials. It is important that
this be done before the closing
date.
Practices) carried out in 1946 on
which participating farmers are
eligible for payment are: Lime,
phosphate, seeding winter cover
crops in the fall of 1940 such as
crimson clover, ryegrass, aus
trian winter peas, and hairy
vetch, turning under small grain
in the spring of 1944, and seeding
and re-seedmg pasture*.
SERVICE PRISONERS
The Army and Navy wfil free
1,170 prisoners for Christmas. All
those to be freed hare records of
good conduct a* prisoners and
their sentences would have ex
Sired early next year. The Army
i releasing 1,345 general prison
era and the Navy. 425
Pastor and Wife
Dr. w. w. Bond, new pastor oil
the Boone Baptist Church .and
Mrs. Bond.
RULES DURING
FIRE ARE CITED
Fire Chtai Asks Co-operalion of
Public Whan Fir* Alarm
Sounds
Joe Crawford, chief of the
Boone Fire Department, respect
fully asks that the people of the
town observe the following simple
rules, when the fire alarm is
sounded, in order to aid in the
preservation of property:
"1. All members of the fire de
partment please report to the
fire station at the city hall for in
structions unless you are aware
of the location of the fire.
"2. The public should not call
the telephone exchange under
any cirsumstances. If you must
call about the fire, call 65 at city
hall, and they will give the in
formation when possible. But it
will be much better to delay
your call, rather than cause conr
fusion. Every minute counts
when we are trying to get infor
mation in order to answer an
alarm.
"3. Those not with the fire de
partment should keep out of the
way of the fire engine, and desist
at all times from driving over a
hose "
Early Edition Local
Paper This Week
The Democrat this week is
mailed Monday, in order that the
publisher and employees may en
joy a Christmas vacation period
at their homes. Accordingly this
edition is hurriedly prepared, and
due to early press-time is not as
comprehenseive as usual, which
is regretted.
The local newspaper closes for
no other holiday but Christmas
during the year, is published re
gularly 52 times a year, regard
less of holidays, ana is proud of|
its record of uninterrupted ser
vice. The newspaper office will
t>r closed Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, and will
reopen Saturday morning to re
main open every week day until
Christmas 1947.
HOUSING
In a wide removal and easing
of restrictions. President Tru
man has opened home building to
?11 citizens. He announced a "vig
orous" Federal housing program
for 1947, which turns the prob
lem of providing homes over to
orivate enterprise with virtually
no restrictions. Rent ceilings are
not affected by the action, except
new construction
DR. BOND IS NEW
PASTOR LOCAL
BAPTIST CHURCH
Kentucky Divine to Hold
Special Service January L
Graduate of Richmond and
Baptist Seminary; Miss
Boone Quits as Church Sec
retary
Dr. W. G. Bond, pastor of the
Erlanger Baptist Church, Er
janger, Ky., has been called 4o
the pastorate of the Boone
?fpt'st Church, and will be ia
?i a 5pcclal service to be
heW Wednesday evening January
o. ? 0 clo?ck ?? the church
auditorium, following which an
informal reception will be held.
to attenrt ihi" cordially invited
? . J?? ^Jis service and it is
Dr- Bond will fill the
local pulpit at the regular Sunday
services beginning tRTflm^S?
day m January.
rv Of Carolina
t/,nw^nd ls "native of Eden
ton, N. C., a graduate of the Uni
versity of Richmond and the
W,?16?1 ?aptist Theological
Seminary , and received his decree
aao *5 h?' T!?eolo'?y two years
has been the pastor of
th? cilureh four years.
^hurchi ^?vin8 made notable
progress during the period A
EItTh chuUPel was built undw
his leadership and he wa, active
in civic anp educational enter
p rises. He served two years as
Aihi> hoaid
worth Bend Association and is
ufrk^e?? ?/- Northern Ken
Baptist Pastor's Confer
ence. He is a director of the Er
langer Rotary Club.
Mrs. Bond is a native of Rich
Rev" K B awl,LS " da"ghter of
n i ,n- Watkins, pastor of
Rjile'gh Fro bos Memorial Baptist
Church of that city. He attended
the .?f ^?uiavU,e ***
c ' , U training school of
Th i iar? of LouisviUe, Ky.
The local church feels fortunate
!" sec,uring Dr. and Mrs. Bond aS
the leaders of the church to
carry on the work so ablv do?
previously bv Rev. J. C. Cani~
nf ,tu^,?r ?ttle> former pastor
rhnri^. i Baptlst Church at
5^ /i88 acted as supply
pastor for the congregation dur
ing December.
Mi?i Boone Resign*
,J''-\rth regret that the church
loses the sen/ice of Miss Daffie
Boone, as church secretary her
resignation being effective as of
31 Miss Boone, it ?
wor'li in ?.t dni' " remarkable
worlt in setting up the records of
the church and otherwise keep
c,uUrch activities going dur
?lr'ho. period in which the
church had no pastor. She is re
turning to the Southwestern
?aptist Theological Seminary to
complete the work for her de
Kroe at that institution
fatally hurt
IN AUTO CRASH
[
John Andrew Tester of Beech
Creak Succumb* in Banner
Elk Hospital Thursday
John Andrew Tester, 33, resi
dent of the Beech Creek neigh
borhood, died at Grace Hospital,
Banner Elk, Thursday from in
juries received in an automobile
accident which occurred twenty
four hours prior to his death.
' Information is that the auto
mobile driven by Mr. Tes er left
the road between Beech Creek
and. Whaley Postoffice, and that
Mr. Tester died from head and
chest injuries received in the ac
cident. One of his brothers, a pas
senger in the car at the time, wa#
said to have been seriously in*
tared and is a patient at Banner
Elk.
Funeral services wept' conduct
ed Saturday at 1 o'clock from the
Antioch Baptist Church by Rev.
W. C. Payne and Rev. Raymond
Hendrix, ana burial was in the
Harmon cemetery at Sugar Grove
by Reins-Sturdivant Funeral
"Tome
The widow survives together
with twin sons, Med and Ted Of
the home: the parents, Mr. and
Mrs W. B Tester, five brothers
and one sister: Victor Tester,
Rominger; William, Thomaa Her
bert, J. B. Teeter, Sugar Grove;
Miss Marion L. Teeter, Sugar
Grove.
mujilrd ihfaht ma
An infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Hillard of Vilas, died at
Banner Elk Hospital Wednesday,
and interment was in Cove Creek
cemetery Thursday. Rev. Mr.
Middleton conducted graveside,
rites.