THE DEMOCRAT > la your bast and moat acono mical madlum or nlialMm With mora than. UN paid-up. caab aubacrlpUona. your maa aaca (oaa to U,?0* c inula, an ttta unlTaraaUy uaad baaia of ova raadan to aa* aubaoribar. VOL. LXI, NO. 1. .'.V v.Tr.1- 3 ?a- ? ? ?: An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? JLstabhahed in the Year 1 888 BOONE, WA'BAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948. FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET ; BY ROB RIVERS i > THE USUAL SMALL TOWN COSSIP has given way to bigger things in the past few days . . . to the naming of a president, a Governor, and the failure to name a different negro to wear the belt of the heavyweight cham pion of fistiana . . . the so-called wise guys were, many of them, even offering to lay their mon ey on the line that Pewey could tnan fitom the bi^state did that and with ease .... Likewise a lot of "in. the know" informa tion was that the Democratic organization of the State would not break down ? not yet . . . but Charlie Johnson took a drubbing from Kerr Scott, dairy operator, and sort of general po litical house-cleaner . . . Soime of the boys along the Street laid down their coin on Jersey Joe Wolcott to eliminate Joe Louis from the boxing championship. It just wouldn't work . . . The "brown bomber" laid the Jersey contender low and limber just when he decided to ... so all in all. the Street hasn't done so well in its considered opinions of what is likely to happen on the big town stage . . ._ and of course most- everybody still contends he was right . . . and that fate. d??stinv. or what have you. was al! wet. * ? ? PAYING A VISIT TO THE CASCADES . , , scenic spot on the Parkway, where a man was dashed to bits the other day . . Go out to the shady nook mi so often . . . like it . . . but this time, like so many others, per haps want to try to figure out how the victim of the aocid? t thought it would be poasfble to lake a shower under the Aral o: 'he precipitous falls mad* by the sold mountain stream as n plunges down Us rocky way . . There's a little ledge, where the poor fellow probably imagined he could stand in the cooling mountain water ... a. circus performer probably could . . . but a barefoot boy would nev er try . . . we would recall from many a fishing trip, just how slippery rocks become in these mountain streams . . . anyway the fact that this peaceful glen had seen stark tragedy didn't dampen the ardor of the folks who kept moving in and out of the woods to the picturesque waterfall. CHESTNUT SPROUTS contin ue to grow for brief periods ar ound the stumps of the trees which were struck dead near twenty years ago . . . They grow for a period, and die from the same old blight that killed the parent tree . . . the clean and well-kept parking and recreat ional areas along the Parkway . . folks still respect the authority of the Federal government, to a degree, at least. . . . the magnifi cient spread of the mountain ran ges. . . . The handsome new Three Forks Church . . . The in creasing number of dairy cows as milk routes spread over the country . . . Jim Brown, preach er, carpenter, auctioneer, offering to sell anything for the high dol lar. . . . business men talk of the inevitability of an economic shake-up after the election, no matter who wins . . State em ployees wondering what they'll be doing after the first of the year . . . man sipping coffee and delivering classic talk to a com panion on the need of less self ishness and more genuine hones ty . . . hustling about to get rea dy for church, and getting all sauared up and ready about mid way of the service . . . fellow hopes Dewey will clean-out the internal revenue department . . . he will, but there most likely will still be income tax laws . . . An other wants Scott to boot out all State employees ? . . Wade Lewis, native Wfetaugan, coal miner for fortv vears, lauds John L. Lewis . . . savs' he has been a god-send to the miners and others . . . al wavg argued there was two sides tothe matter . . . Watt Gragg back form Philadelphia, full of vim, vigor and hope . . . was for the (Continued on page 4) CALLING ALL YOUNG MEN By a to 1 ? oi 78 to 10 the Senate pa??ed the peacetime draft bill which would call up man aged 19 through 25 for two years of mil itary duty. Shown following passage of bill by the Senate an Sen ate armed services committee members, left to right: Senators Raymond E. Balwin (Rap. Conn.): Lereretl SaltonstalL (Rap. Mass) Chairman Chan Gurney (Rep- S. D.); Millard Tydings (Dim., Md); and Richard B. Russell (Dapi.. Oa.) Foot Slips, Man Dies In Fall From Parkway Clifl NOMINEE Body of Kannapolis Man is Crushed at Bottom of Scenic Waterfall. . Governor Thomas E. Dewey of Ntw York, who was chosen by acclamation ?* the Republican candidal* for tha Presidency, at the party's national convention in Philadelphia last weak. All-Star Game . r I Next Saturday Large crowds from every com munity in the county are expec ted to assemble at the college field in Boone at 3 o'clock Sat urday to watch their favorites in the county's first annual all-star game. The squads, hand-picked at a meeting of fi. managers show much class and a close ball game is expected by all. The west seems to have the edge in the pitching department with Deck Rominger, the league leader, with seven victories to one defeat. The east will have the edge in hitting with such sluggers as Dorm an Cook. Carter Lentz, Hugh Hamp ton coming up with good aver ages. 1 Mayor Gordon Winkler will throw out the first ball. There will also be a game Sun day July 4, which will see Berts' Raiders meet Foscoe on the lo cal diamond. The game is scheduled for July 3 at 3 o'clock. Admission will be 25 and 50 cents. In case of rain the game will be played at the same time Monday July 5. No Crimson Clover Being Provided Due to Inability of local dealer* to her.ilc crimson clover seed at ?he recommended fair price, the Wntauga County AAA Committee will not be able to issue any pur chase order* for crimson clover seed this year. However, credit will be given and payment made to the extent of available funds 'or seed purchased and seeded be fore the closing date, which Is October 1. Ticket* covering the purchase of this seed mu?? n resented when the report la made. Farmers ore urged to carrv out the winter cover crop practice, which include* crimson clover. Austrian winter pea*, vetch and ryegrass. T|hl* Is a real conserva tion oractlce and should not be overlooked. ? Decline in divorce* last yeari noted In national survey. ' Clyde Smith, 38 years old, a resident of Kannapolis, met in stant death, when he slipped and fell more than 175 feet down the granite face of the Cascades, a scenic waterfall on the Parkway, four miles from Deep Gap. Companions said Smith dis robed and attempted to "take a shower" near where the . swift mountain stream starts its mad dash down the mountainside, and apparently his foot slipped, cat apulting him 175 feet down the sheer cliff. Death was thought to have been instantaneous. The body was said to have been bad ly broken, but a crushed skull was said by Coroner Richard E. Kelly of Boone, to have been the cause of Accompanying Mr. Smith were his nephew, James M. Smith and Miss Dina Mozelle Childers, both of Kannapolis. The accident oc curred while the Kannapolis peo ple were on a brief vacation trip in this area. Mr. Smith was said to be sur vived by his parents who live at Hiddenite. No funeral arrange ments were disclosed here. Forest service rangers, who in vestigated, said that while Mr. 'Smith's companiions were appa rently suffering from severe shock, and seemed confused as to details, such evidence as they can Bather, indicates that the death resulted from an accident. Concerr Violinist To Appear Here The summer lyceum series will bring to the campus of Appala chian State Teachers College an other outstanding musical per sonality on Saturday night, July 3 at 8 o'clock, with the presenta tion of Mark Wollner, well known concert violinist Mr. Wollner has appeared at the college before, and has been received with enthusiasm and praise. Mr. Wollner, who is making Henderson ville his headquarters for the summer, conducts a well known violin studio in Tampa, Fla.. during the winter months. The public is invited to hear him. Thomas E. Moody Rites in Pkpt City Mr. Thomas E. Moody, Jr., 88, a resident of Plant City, Fla., died June 23 at Watauga Hospital. The body was returned to Plant City, where funeral services were held, and interment was in the Plant City Memorial Park. Mr. Moody was the president of the Hillsboro State Bank In the Florida town, and had been mak ing his summer home in Boone for ten years. On THE MOVE America has been on the move since 1940. Statistic reveal that one-half of the entire population of the United States, or 70,000, 000 persons, have moved at least once since April, 1M0. Twelve millions moved to new states, 2,000,000 to the West Coast; 13, 000,000 moved to*m new county within the same state, and about 90,000,000 moved from one loca tion to another In the same municipality. DEWEY AGAIN TO LEAD GOP ON HUSTINGS! New Yorker Chosen lor Pres idential Race ; Governor Warren Takes Second Place On National Ballot As Re bulicans Hold Convention. Convention Hall. Philadelphia, ren ticket today and closed their convention cheering for a coast to-coast victory hope in Novem ber's presidential elections. California's Governor Warren got the vice presidential nomi nation by acclamation once New York's Governor Dewey, unani mously nominated last night for [the presidency, pointed him out as the man he wanted for a run ning mate. The gravel ending the 24th Na tional Republican convention banged down at 12:30 p. m. (EST). Chairman Joe Martin ended it on the same note hit on Monday when it opened ? victory. Just before the session's end, he in troduced Warren as the "next Vice-President of the United States." The cheering delegates left nol doubt they believed him ? that this is the year the GOP can end sixteen years of Democratic rule. Warren in an acceptance speech pledged "every bit of loyalty in my make-up." Mrs. Warren and the Gover nor's three daughters, Virginia, nineteen, Dorothy, seventeen, and Nina, fourteen accompanied him to the platform. The smiling family group pos ed for five minutes for pictures. Mrs. Warren wore a blue suit and a wide-brimmed white hat. Warren took the speaker's stand and drew a laugh ft the outset by saying: 'For the first time in my life I know what it feels like to get hit by a streetcar. "Yesterday, I received some thing of a jolt. I had no idea I am sure " that there was any such shock awaiting me as today. And before you change your mind I want to say ? I accept. "Now the reason that I am so quick to say that is that I have not yet recovered my breath, much less my thoughts. "If I let it go any longer, I'm afraid I'll forget to say even that. "I am more grateful to you than you know for the great jhonor that you have given me." Sing Feature ai Blowing' Rock Blowing Rock, June 23. ? A big Fourth of July sing will be held Sunday evening at 8 o'clock on the village green. If it rains the High School auditorium will be used. The Appalachian summer school band will contribute num bers and there will be quartets from several Watauga county churches, negro spirituals will be presented by colored groups, and the Rotary Club quartet featured ? all this in addition to the com munity sing by all present. The singing will be directed by Norman Cordon, recently added to the staff of the University of North Carolina to promote inter est in music in the State. All vocalists and lovers of mu sic are particularly invited. MRS. WILCOX IS INJURED AS CAR LEAVES ROAD Mrs. Herman W. Wilcox of Boone, was seriously injured Sunday afternoon, near Todd, when the car which she was op erating skidded on tha wet pave ment on a sharp curve and turn ed over down a steep embank ment. Mrs. Wilcox, it is stated, was thrown from the vehicle as it rolled down the mountain. Information from Watauga hos Dital. where Mrs. Wilcox b a pa tient, is that she suffered frac tures of the spine, and perhaps in ternal injuries, and will likely be hospitalized for several weeks. Her recovery, however, is antici pated U. S. aide says ERP envis ages no '48 buying from Argen tina. CAROLINA'S CHOICE I Kerr Scott, former Comminioner of Agriculture. who won the Democratic nomination for the Govenorship orer Char 1m M. John son. Stat* Treasurer, last Saturday, by an impressive majority. Mr. Scott's majority is expected to bo wall ovar forty thousand, whan the r turns are officially tabulated. Many Visitors Expected! In Mountains on Fourth Business Will Cease Monday As Local Stores Observe , \ Holiday. LIONS LEADER Dr. D. J. Whltanar of lha {acuity of Appalachian Stata Teachers Collage, who was named Gover nor of district 31-A. North Caro lina Lions, at tha Lions Club con vention hald in Greensboro re cently. Eraesion Added To Music Dept. The music department of Appalachian State Teachers col lege has added to its regular faculty Nicholas Ernesto n, specialist in stringed instru ments, and enrollments are now being accepted for class i retrac tion and private lessons. Mr. Erneston was graduated from Boyden high school, Salis bury, where he played concert master in the high school orchestra for four years. He holds a bachelor of music degree from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Dayton, Virginia, a master of music degree from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and will shortly receive his master of education degree [from Cincinnati Conservatory. Boone Juniors Defeat Asheville Coach John Hollar's boys re gained their batting eye* to de feat Asheville here Monday, 8-3. Big Carlock Greene went the route striking out 15 men. Thursday tj>e boys play Mar ion on the local field at 3:00. The game will go a long way in de ciding the final standing of the Juniors in the State race. POSTAL DEFICIT ' For this fiscal year, tha Post office Department is expected to have a deficit of about $300,000, 000 It handled 940,740,000, 0M pieces of mail Tourist travel into Blowing Rock and Boone is expected to hit peali proportion* this week end as vacationists from every section of the country will ar rive in the hill country for the Fourth of July holidays. Since the fourth ^alls on Sun day, Monday wil be observed as a holiday by most business firms everywhere, and in Boone, the merchants have planned to re main closed Monday, in order that they and their employees may celebrate independence day. No formal celebration of the Fourth is planned locally, but the all-star baseball game Saturday is expected to draw large crowds from over the county. Heavy travel is anticipated, not! only in the mountain region, but in the coastal regions, and Motor Vehicles Commissioner L. C. Ros ser has appealed to drivers to use an extra measure of precaution during the holiday week- end. Recalling that eight persons lost their lives in highway acci dents in Carolina during the Fourth last year Rosser said: "Motorists will have to exer cise real restraint on the high ways during this busy week-end. Hold down your driving speed, stay in line on hills and curves. If you drink, don't drive. Observe all traffic regulations, signs and signals." Curb Market to Open Friday The Watauga Home Demon stration Curb Market will open on Friday, July 2, for its third season. The market, which is operated during the summer months under the sponsorship of the home demonstration clubs of the county, will 'be located on East Main Street, near the Ad ventist Church. Each Tuesday and Friday mornings from 10:00 to 11:30, members of the borne demonstra tion clubs will bring fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, chicken and baked things to sell. Notice to Advertisers in The Democrat Do* to tkt fact that the stores win be clejii next Monday, the day the Democrat normally car ries on Its advertising solicita tions. it will be necessary fer the publisher to have advertis ing copy fat next weeks' edition by the end of the current week. Advertisers will be called on Friday or Saturday, and their mnpsiratlnn hi letting as have their copy early this ttae will b# ! SCOTT CARRIES COUM LARGE VOTE TALLB Local Trend Reversed in Sec ond Primary as Scott Take* Lead Here; Vote Considered Large; The Official Tabula tion by Townships. ther handsome majority in the May 29 primary, did an about face in the voting last Saturday and gave Kerr Scott, who carried the State overwhelmingly, a nar row majority. Official returns indicate that Scott received 850 votes as against 802 for Johnson, thus carrying the county by 48 votes. This Is an im pressive local victory, considering the fact that Johnson carried the county in the first primary by a majority of 325. The first vote stood: Johnson 766, Scott 325. The vote Saturday was the lar gest turn-out for a primary in a number of years, and upset the predictions by both Scott and Johnson leaders that the vote would likely be lighter than was the case in May. The campaign locally was wag ed intensively, but without fan fare, both sides working quietly but effectively. Frank Baird of Valle Crucis managed the cam Da ign for the victorious Mr. Scott while Austin E. South did the work for Charles Johnson. The official vote by townships is as follows: Townships Johnson Scott Bald Mountain 29 19 Beaver Dam 20 Blowing Rock 63 25 Blue Ridge ? 14 Boone 200 122 Brushy Fork 49 90 ' [Cove Creek 287 42 V3k 2 4 Laurel Creek ... ? 40 80 Meat Camp no. 1 11 82 Meat Camp no. 2 4 8 New River 44 133 Worth Fork . 9 ? Shawneehaw . 11 41 Stony Fork 8 64 Watauga 25 55 Totals mw..im...B02 850 Ernest Eggers Burned in Crash Ernest E. Eggers, son of Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Eggers of Zion ville, and a resident of Kinsport, Tenn., where he is employed as a driver for the Mason-Dixon Lines is in a serious condition in a hos pital in Sweetwater, Tenn., as a result of a collision between his huge trailer-truck and a pick-up vehicle near Madisonville. Eggers was badly burned In the wreck, in which the Mason Dixon truck burst into flames. The driver was en route to At lanta, Ge. with a load of paint, varnish and steel. Tennessee highway patrol offi cers CpL C. D. Simpson and James Waldrop reported that the trailer-truck crashed into the rear of a lighter vehicle driven by Henry Coltharp, while attemp ting to make a left turn off high way 411. The impact of the collision caused the inflammable contents of the Mason-Dixon truck to ex plode, setting off a raging infer no. Patrolmen said Eggers was pinned in the cab of the heavy vehicle, and that when he was finally extricated almost all of his clothing had been burned off. The driver of the pick-up es caped with minor injuries, while Eggers was rushed to the Sweet water hospital, where attendants desribed his condition as "fairly serious." Mr. Eggers, a native of Zlon ville, N. C., had worked for the Mason-Dixon lines for the past nine years. Band Will Aid Antique Show In connection with the Antique Show and Silver Tea which the Worthwhile Woman'* Club ia sponsoring Saturday, July 10, the Band will fumiah a concert On the lawn between the Metho dist and Baptist churches at 7 o'clock in the evening. The antique show will be open to visitors between the hours at 1 p. m. and 0 p. m. Any person desiring to exhibit articles may do so by bringing them to the Baptist church by 11 'a. m. on Saturday.