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SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN BOONE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 hnk!! DO YOUR CHRISTMAS Shopping H? ? ,A VOL. LXI. NO. 23. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948. FTVE CENTS A COfcV Official State Election Returns Are Released Raleigh ? The official canvass of the Nov. 2 general election showed President Truman de feated Thomas E. Dewey by 200,543 votes in North Carolina. The State Board of Elections met to certify th Nov. 2 returns. Its canvass showed that Presi dent Truman received 450,070 Tar Heel votes, Dewey 258,572, J. Storm Thurmond 69,652, and Henry Wallace 3,915. The Elections Board also adopt ed a resolution, on the recom mendation of Chairman Hubert F. Olive, praising all State and county election officials for their work in "an especially honest" election. Official results of other races: U. S. Senate ? J. Melville Broughton (D) 540,762, John A. Wilkinson (R) 220,307, William T. Brown (P) 3,490. Governor ? W. Kerr Scott CD) 570,995, George M. Pritchard (R) 206,166, Miss' Mary Price (P) 3,364. Lieutenant Governor ? H. P. .Taylor (D) 544,560, Kyle Hayes (R) 206,511, Kenneth Harris (P) 3.368. Secretary of State ? Thad Eure (D) 546,480, James S. Dockery (R) 207,332. State Auditor ? Henry L. Brid ges (D) 538,540, M. V. Hickman <R) 208,641. State Treasurer ? Brandon Hodges (D) 538,583, Ben L. Spence (R) 209,668. Attorney General ? Harry Mc Mullan (D) 538.996, Herbert F. SeaweU, Jr. (R) 209,433, C. P. Pearson (P) 3,567. Superintendent of Public In struction ? Clyde A. Erwin (D) 542,052, Buford T. Henderson (R) 208,377. Commission of Agriculture ? L. Y. Ballentine (D) 538,594, Watt H. Gragg (R) 207,741, John W. Stubbs (P) 3,326. Insurance Commissioner ? Wil liam P. Hodges (D) 538,853, Deems H. Clifton (R) 207,092. Commissioner of Labor ? For rest H. Shuford (D) 539,653, M. K. Harrill (R) 207,038. Associates Justice State Su preme Court ? Sam J. Ervin Jr. (D) 538,912, Robert H. McNeill (R) 208,43*. Member* of Congress: First District ? Herbert C. Bon ner (D) 3 J, 850, Zeno Ratcliff (R) 2,507. Second District ? John H. Kerr (D) 36,227, J. H. Satterthwaite (R) 1,406, Robert Lstfttm (P) 116. Third District ? Graham A. Barden (D) 34,997, Perry G. Crumpler (R) 9,407. Fourth District ? Harold D. Cooley (D) 57,658, Joel A. John son (R) 15,866, James H. Wright (P) 278. Fifth District ? Thurmond Chat ham (D) 47,575, John Tucker Day (R) 17,041, Harvey A. Cox, Jr. (P) 784. Sixth District ? Carl T. Dur ham (D) 50,659, Ralph O. Smith (R) 17,906, M. H. Ross (P) 1,709. Seventh District ? F. Ertel Car lyle (D) 43,292, J. O. West (R) 7,839, Robert E. Davis (P) 231. Eighth District ? C. B. Deane (D) 46,941, Lafayette Williams (R) 27,924. Ninth District ? R. L. Doughton (D) 51.586, Clyde R. Greene (R) 35,008. Tenth District ? Hamilton C. Jones (D) 48,043, Roy A. Harmon (R) 32,321, Ralph Lael (P) 227. Eleventh District^? A. L. Bul winkle (D) 40.009, Calvin R. Ed ney (R) 21,614. Twelfth District ? Monroe M. Redden (D) 52,036, W. W. Candler (R) 30,456. Constitutional amendments ? To increase legislators' salaries, for 235,535, against 248,786; to re FOR A MAN'S CHRISTMAS white shirts with Aeroplane Cloth collars guaranteed to outlast the shirt R?n*mb?r. You Don't H?t? to Hunt at Hunt's Boone, N. C. mimgtgrmwmieierimgrigig'imgrim T\jne in WHUaa L Shirer every Sunday (ti at) (station). Now you can own a shirt that's strongest where If wears out fastest . . at the collar. For the Iimous Aeroplane Cloth Collar of your Wings White Shirt is made of one of the most durable fabrics obtainable . so rugged, that it is used in aviation. And the makers of Wings guarantee that your fine two-ply Pima yam Aeroplane Cloth Collar will outlast the shirt. The rest of your Wings Shirt is something to talk about, tpo . . . smartly tailored of fine broadcloth, full cut. and WING-SET, to iit you perfectly. HUNT'S DEPARTMENT STORE move debt limitation on State, cities and counties, tor 184,063, against 273,409; to permit coun ties to increase tax on property from 15 to 25 cents per 100 valua tion, tor 90,414, against 374,154; to decide special elections by majority vote, for 278,350, against 141,858. FOREIGN TRADE The decline in United States exports, domestic and foreign merchandise, from $988,200,000 in August to $926,200,000 in September extended to all Con tinents and the decline in gener al imports from $598,400,000 to $558,200,000 extended to all Con tinents except North America and Europe, according to the De partment of Commerce. The largest dollar decline in exports from August to September- oc curred in exports tp Asia, from $169,200,000 to $145,100,000. HEW HOMES The number of new homes on which construction work was started dropped sharply in Oct- , obber from the September total, but the ten-months total for 1948 is still well ahead of the same period a year ago. The Labor De partment reported the October figure was only 72,000 compared with a 80,000 in September and 94,000 in October, 1947. ] Business population put at re- J cord levels for half-year. A New Singer Sewing Machine makes a wonderful and useful ( gift for many years. If you are 1 interested tend card with ad- ( dress to Singer Sewing Ma- ( chine Co.. 318 E. Main Street, , Johnson City. Tenn.. and our representative will call at your home. Singer Sewing Machine Co., 318 E. Main St., Johnson City, Tenn. j D. A. Benfield, Mgr. Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on genuine BISMAREX and refuse other so-called Anti acid Powders, recommended to be "just as good." BISMA REX is sold in Wataug* county at Boone Drug Co. The REX ALL Store . Wont Jrive a foot without 'insurant. * As important as the motor It's foolish to drive any car a city block without ample in surance. You may hit somebody the first 50 fret and get sued for 50 thou sand. You may not have 50 thou sand. hut, the law may take your l.'.rrs'- or attach your wages for years. Or your car may burn, be stolen, be damaged or# cause damage. Yes sir, a car is full of risks. Let us give you figures on the many protections an America | Fore policy can give you. A America Fore INSURANCE CROUP ? WATAUGA Insurance Agency E. F. Com. Manager Box It. Boon*. H. C. THE XF7U-I The Navy's nswt*t carrier based fighter, the Chance Vought XF7U-1, is one of the most radi cally-designed air craft ever pro duced. It Is powered by two axial flow Westinghouse turbojects, smugged in close to the narrow fuselage. In the conventional sense, the plane has no talL Hie designed speed of the plane is still a secret Farley says U. S. must be pre pared to lead the world. MARRIAGES Government statistics indicate that marriages are on the wane. The Public Health Service re ports that 57,185 marriage lic enses were issued in September ? the third largest for that month during the last ten years. It re present a drop at 3,591, or 6.5 per cent, from September 1947, and 7,006, or 10.9 per cent from the September record, set in 1946. Dollars to be sought this year in March of Dimes drive. I * DUDS A DUD Walla Wsjla, Wash. ? When county officers found a girl's clothing beside a rural road re cently, they suspected foul play. Everything was explained, how ever, when a 13-year-old mi* arrived at the sheriffs office to claim her clothes. She told of ficers that every day she has to walk 3 miles through sagebrush and over fences to catch her school bus. To save her good clothes, she puts on old slacks and a sweater owr them, pkM extra mittens and boot*. Whan she reaches the road, oft eooMS the old clothes, which the places under a big rock. There's where a country road craw found tta. starting all the ftiss. 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