WATAUGA FARM
DEBTORS MAY BE
GIVEN EXTENSION
Paul Chappell of Rural Resettle
mcnt Asks Persons Whosi
Lands Arc Likely to Be Fore
closed to Communicate Will
Him
Mr. Paul Chappel, county supervis
or in charge of rural ruhabilitalioi
program of the resettlement adininis
tration in Watauga and Avery coun
c:es, zeeis uiat tnerc arc farmers 11
this section in clanger of losing Ihci
property from foreclosure, or other
wise in distress on account of debt
who could be helped by the farn
debt adjustment Service which is nov
a part of the rural rehabilitation pro
gram of the resettlement adminis
tration.
While thousands of distresses
debtors in the nation and hundred;
in this state have been helped t<
clear up their debt entanglements land
and chattel?to the satisfactioi
of both creditor and debtor, recen
studies indicate that there are stil
those who do not take advantage o
the friendly debt conciliation service
offered by the resettlement adminis
tration/* Ivlr. Chapped said.
"While it is not always possible t<
save a farm from foreclosure, ii
Imany cases, we do," Mr. Chappel
continued, "and there is always ;
good chance that we can be of som?
assistance. The farm debt adjust
innil Cf-rvipft ic ovailnhlo tn *?11 form
ers in serious difficulty on accoun
of debts and it costs nothing to ap
ply-"
All one has to do is to address i
postal card, or apply in person, to hi:
nearest county rural rehabiiitatior
supervisor who will talk over the ap
plicant's problems and advise hin
whether it is possible to assist him
Mr. Chappell's office is located in tin
Peoples1 Bank building in Boone.
Mr. Chappell calls attention to thi
fact that voluntary committees, com
posed of public-spirited citizen:
working without pay, other than ac
tual expenses, have been organize!
in every county to help with thi:
farm debt adjustment service. Thesi
committees meet with the debtor ani
creditor, try to have the debt reducei
in accordance with the debtor-s abili
ty to pay, or to get the debtor 111011
time in which to pay off the deht, 01
to find a new creditor.
To work with the rural rchabilita
tion supervisors and with the count;
committees,"* "and -especially-1-to handh
the knottier problems, one or mon
farm debt specialists have been as
signed in each slate. These special
ists are versed in the problems o:
debt and the intricacies of refinanc
ing. They are prepared to make ;
careful study of the more difficult
debt problems. Particularly ar<
these specialists called in when
there is an emergency situatioi
threatening immediate foreclosure
Mr. T. A. Holcomb is the debt speei
alist or farm debt adjustment super
visor, as he is technically called
covering this and several adjoininf
counties.
Christmas Seal Sale
Nets Nice Amount
Mrs. George K. Moose, chairmai
I of the Christmas Tubercular Sea
Sales in Watauga county, Tuesdai
stated that her organization during
its recent drive collected $130.37
This tidy sum was raised from thi
following sources:
Boone Demonstration school
$14.77; Boone high school, $5.16
Appalachian State Teachers College
$lo.63; Valle Crucis, $3.42; Blowing
Rock, $7.00; Matney, S2.00; Cov<
Creek (including Beaver Dam am
Laurel Creek sections), S25.22: Vilas
$1.00; town of Boone, $57.17.
One-fourth of the above amoun
has been forwarded to the Nortl
Carolina Tuberculosis association, t<
be used in its fight against the whit*
plague. The remaining $97.78 ha
been placed in the hands of Mis:
Marguerite Miller, county welfare of
?S ficer, and treasurer of the Christrna
Seal fund, who will administer its ex
Ipenditure for the relief of destituti
victims of the disease in Watauga.
SHELL CAFE WILL BE
ENLARGED BY OWNERS
The Shell Cafe, operated for thi
past several months by Howard an<
i Raleigh Cottrell, is being enlarged t*
accommodate the fast-increasing
patronage of this popular eating
house. A portion of the saies roon
of the Shell Pillinsr station wil
be used as a dining rooin, and pain:
are being taken by the managemen
to make it attractive in every way.
g - The CottreU twins Tuesday assum
ed management of the Shell station
and in an announcement found in thi:
issue promise the public an unexcell
;S -ed service.
JULIA ANN CHURCH
Mrs. Julia Ann Church, aged 65
died last Tuesday at her home in thi
Buffalo Cove section. Funeral serv
ices and interment were in tha
neighborhood on Thursday.
J WA1
An
B VOL. XLVIII, NO. 28
; JOHN H. MAST IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
AT AGE 78 YEARS
S
t. One of County's Most Prominent
and Influential Citizens
Passes Away: Funerat Servi
ices Conducted Friday by Rev.
Mr. Fletcher
John Hight Mast, .78 years of age.
one of Watauga county's most es,
teemed citizens, and iate a resident
11
j of the Zionville community, suc'
| cumbed at the Grace Hospital, Banner
Elk. last Thursday after a long
^ period of declining health.
I Funeral services were conducted
I from the Cove Creek Baptist church
f Friday afternoon by Rev. Mr. Fletch ?
or and interment was in the family
_ 'cemetery near the late residence.
Survivors include an adopted
3 daughter, Mrs. "Nora M. Wilson, of
3 Zionville, three brothers and two
I sisters: J. C. Mast, Bel Air Md.; Dan
-x H Mast. Sugar Grove; and A J.
? Mast of Zionville; Mesdames J. C
_ Smith, Vilas; Leona Smith, Valle
_ Crucis.
t Under the title, "A Great and Good
Man Gone." a close friend of the He
.
ceased gentleman has submitted
t the following sketch:
3 "After a prolonged illness, J H.
1 Mast, 'Uncle John* as he was famjfl.
arly known, was called home to be
, with his Lord, January 14-th. Thus
ended the earthly pilgrimage of one
l of the best citizens of Watauga county.
? "Uncle John was a native of Wat.
auga county, born October 10,1858.
3 As a young man he was of a quiet
. disposition and always tried to asI
sooiate with good people. His friends
3 have often heard him say that he
^ never saw two people fight
1 "Mr. Mast was converted and join1
ed the Cove Creek Baptist church at
(Continued on Page Eight)
MRS. PERKINS DIRS
AT HOME IN BOONE
' Daughter of Late Kobcrt Shearf
er Succumbs to Pneumonia;
Funeral Thursday
L
I Mary Florence Perkins, 75, a
\ daughter of the late Robert Shearer,
? and surviving widow of I.ee N. Per .
kins, veteran of Morgan's Confederate
cavalry, died at her home east of
_ the city Tuesday afternoon at. five
. o'clock, following an illness of six
days. Pneumonia was th immediate
. cause of her demise.
Funeral services wdl be conducted
from the pulpit of Boone Baptist
church Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with Rev. J. C. Canipe, pas[
tor, in charge. Interment will be
made in the Shearer family burying
ground near Perkinsville. The body
1 was taken to Reins-Sturdivanl
' Funeral Home where it will be held
until buriai.
> Survivors include one sister. Mrs.
J. G. Pulliam, who was at the bedside
; when death occurred: one brother,
Mr. M. G. Shearer, of Lenoir, and
several nieces and nephews, one of
whom is Attorney Robert W. Pul
liani, a long-time resident at the
> Perkins home.
5 The deceased lady was of the
1 fourth generation of Shearers born
and reared at the ancestral home in
Perkinsville, her forbears having
1 played a leading part in the forma1
tion of Watauga county, and the de3
velopment of Northwest North Caro
lina. Her father, the late Kotiert
3 Shearer, was one of the largest prop3
erty-holders in. the mountains, and
his home tor a generation was a
3 pivot around which the social and
civic life of a newly-born county re3
volved. The Perkins home, built on
the site of the old Shearer residence,
was destroyed by fire several weeks
ago.
5 In the late eighties Martha Florence
Shearer became the bride of L.
e N. Perkins, of Mouth-of-Wilson. Va.,
1 j whose reminisccnses of the Civil war
? ( were published several years ago, and
X attracted wide attention. No chilX
dren were born to the union. Mr.
t Perkins passed away six years ago.
I Mrs. Perkins became a member of
3 the old Three Forks congregation in
t early womanhood, but moved her
membership to Boone Baptist church
- several years ago, where she was a
i. regular attendant until death. She
s was known to a host of friends
- throughout North Carolina as a most
charitable woman, one who lent willing
hands and a sturdy heart to the,
enterprises o? a land she loved.
I, Dallas. Texas.?The price of ime
ported Chinese tung oil, now being
- produced in six southern states, fluct
tuated from five cents a pound in
1933 to more than 40 cents in 1935.
rAi JG t
Independent Weekly Newsp.
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY,
?
National Leaders
President ar
T i.i
SEES COMPLETION
COUNTY SCHOOLS
IN EARLY MARCH ,
Buildings at Vallc Cruris. Beth- j
el and Boone Progress Nicely j
Despite Weather; WPA Kn- f
gineer Pleased With Work ~
II
Alt rural school buildings being MJ
constructed by Works Progress ad- 1)
ministration in Watauga county will D
be ready for occupancy by the first
of March, in the opinion of T. D.
H:::!; Heffner; WPA engineer of
eorth Wilkesboro, -who spent Tuesday
in Boohe. t m , ,
Mr. Heffncr pointed out that Valle
Crucis school has been plastered
throughout, and that skilled workmen
are now engaged in trimming
out the interior of this modern rock fr<
structure. A septic lank is being
constructed, water lines laid and
plumbing fixtures installed. ev
Bethel school building, the largest ly;
structure in the curren rural construction
program, is in the procss
of being plastered. Workmen are 11
also constructing a sewage disposal th
plant and installing a water system ?
at Bethel This building is of native D
stone and, when completed, will
house a five-school consolidationSanitary
Project for Mabel
A project for the construction of
a Laiin anu ui
the water supply at Mabel school,
recently completed, will be commenced
not later than February 1st. Mr. '
Heffner stated. Placing of finish da;
hardware, which has recently been tie
received, will also be included in this un
project. po
The school for colored children, hoi
recently started in Boone, is also ses
progressing nicely, Mr. Heffner said,
and, despite rainy weather, has been all
roofed, enabling the workmen to coi
proceed without interruption. This Ch
building is otf frame construction, coi
containing two large class rooms and ad
an office. thi
The WPA. engineer revealed that
the farm-to-market road program
throughout his five-county district co
has been practically at a stand-still ra
due to the excessive rainfall. ar
Blowing Rock Scl
To Be Improves
A project for th improvement of o;
grounds at the Blowing Rock high
school will be commenced within
01
the next lew days, according to an ir
announcement made yesterday by ei
T. D. Heffner, of North Wilkes- a
boro, field engineer for Works si
Progress administration. V
Work will include the grading of ti
grounds, building a baseball dia- ir
mond and stone bleachers, fencing,
landscaping, etc. The plans for V
this much - needed improvement ii
u/f?r? rirawn hv T.liwrl Rnhhinn. n
Blowing Rock contractor. b<
The federal government proposes n
to Hpend around three thousand tl
dollars for labor and materials on SJ
this project, which is officially n
i sponsored by the town of Blowing e;
' Rock. Mrs. Robert Wheelwright, }j
of Philadelphia, a summer resident d
of the neighboring resort, will sup- e:
plement federal funds with an ad- p
itional fifteen hundred dollars, p
which will be partially used for the e
transportation of relief labor not g
v de
aper?Established in the
NORTH CAROLINA, THURSu
~~$?F^=
Plan Gi<5 # cic Ball
id Raise /"nfantile
V. T"!? I
A group of proteges of the War
nfantile paralysis sufferers are tr<
D. Roosevelt, whose birthday Janur
ion-wide parties to raise funds for
ysis, and Conel Henry L. Doherty,
lie fourth year.
IM'.AL BIRTHDAY (0
IGCEST PARTY IN
ckct Sale Indicates Throngs YlT
Hotel on Saturday. January 3
Attendants; Freddy Moore'
ing the Evening; Local
Prosperity having at last m:
>m "around the mythical corn
atauga and surrounding count
cr before concerning the natio
sis, Pat McGuire, chairman of tl
ni s jairmaav Ban, expects tsoi
'tv-fifth anniversary on Janua:
usiasrn.
lry Forces Granted
Request For Delay
-aring On Liquor Issue Postponed
By Assembly From Thursday
Until January 28
Etaleigh, Jan. 19.?United Drys toy
asked postponement of the batset
for Thursday, January 21,
til January 28, and that in imrtance
outdid anything before the
use of representatives in its brief
ssion this afternoon.
rneNdrys found it impossible to get
the reinforcements necessary to
mbat the strongly entrenched wets,
airman Blount, of house judiciary
mmittee No. 1, which will hear the
vocates, gave his consent to defer
j hearing until the 28th.
Washington, D. C.?Winter is a
Id period, not because the sun's
ys arc cooler, but because there
s so many fewer hours of sunlight.
hool Grounds
i By P. W. A.
btainable around Blowing Rock.
Mr. Heffner is of the belief that
ktu npnio/>t u.-hi/>h trill >i<> i'i irnr(l_
usly prosecuted, is one of ranking
nportanee, and should be completi
by early summer. A force of
round twenty-five men will be asgned
to the phoject, and Mr. D.
V. Wooten, experienced construeon
man, is being named as supcritendent.
Daring the early days cf the
yPA program, a project for the
nprovemcnt of Glen Bnrnie park
t Blowing Rock was attempted,
ut due to the fact that little or
o relief labor could be found in
le immediate section, work was
son discontinued. Since that time
othing has been done by the fedral
works agency In Blowing
lock. Mr. Heffner stated yesteray
that Mrs. Wheelwright's genrous
contribution has made it
osslble for the first time to transort
sufficient labor from nearby
[immunities to carry on the school
round project.
MOC]
i Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei
>AY, JANUARY 21, 1937
u 1 !
to Honor I i
Paralysis Fund
m
-< ' j ;
h !
I -? i
^ j
jj mm n azmmsss !
I
rri Springs, Ga., Foundation, where
jated. Below. President Franklin
try 30 is inspiration for the riathe
fight against infantile para- !
national chairman of the ball for J
ffllTTEE PROMISES!
HISTORY OF EVENT
ill Attend Ball at Daniel Boone
0; Many Attractions Offered
s Orchestra to Play DurChildren
to Bo Aided
ide its long-awaited appearance
er" and the general public of
ies being belter informed than
nal fight against infantila parage
local committee for the Preside
to celebrate Mr. Roosevelt's
ry 30th with unexampled enTlie
local "birthday party" will be
hc'.d at the Daniel Boone hotel, beginning
at eight o'clock in the evening
anil continuing until miilnight.
Music is to be furnished by Freddy |
Moore's Cara Lome orchestra, aod
dancing' will be enjoyed. A bridge
and "setback" tournament is in
preparation for those who do not indulge
in the dance, and refreshments
will be served by a special committee
of local women.
At 10 o'clock all festivities will
temporarily be suspended so that
the merry-makers may hear a broadcast
of President Roosevelt's birthday
message to the nation. An admission
fee of one dollar will be
charged those who attend. Tickets
have been on sale for the past week
at the Carolina Pharmacy and Boone
Drug Company.
Chairman McGuire, who is being
assisted by Gordon Winkler in preparation
for the local celebiation,
states that thirty per cent of the
funds obtained will be used to forward
the work of the men of science
who are courageously seeking to
strike at the heart of poliomyelitis,
commonly known as infantile paralysis,
to stamp out thi3 enemy of
children, and to help those who, like
President Roosevelt, have been its
victims.
"But seventy cents out of every
dollar collected," Chairman McGuire
continued, "will be "spent locally for
the relief of infantile paralysis sufferers.
The local 'party' will, therefore,
represent the spirit of the good
neighbor and good Amrican, first
benefiting friends and acquaintances
and afterward contributing toward
the general good of the entire nation."
Committees at Work
The following' committees are now
engaged in perfecting details for the
celebration:
Program committee: Wade Brown,
Mrs. Amos Abrams, Mrs. James
Mast and Mrs. G. K. Moose.
Music: Miss Nell Trivette and
Miss Virginia Wary.
Entertainment: Dr. Amos Abrams,
Mrs. Sarah Bagley Gaither and Mrs.
Jennie B. Critcher.
Bridge and Setback: Mrs. Baxter
M. Linney, Mrs. James Councill and
(Continued on Page Eight)
RAT
ght
$1.50 PER YEAR
ANNEXATION OF
BLOWING ROCK BY
CALDWELL ASKED
Committee of Citizens Meet
With Lenoir Chamber of Com
Al /-i . ff
inciic. ?-?i LOllUV wVcS.V 5
Town Has Been Neglected bv
Watauga
SCHOOL CONTROVERSY
Charges Made That County Officials
Run Educational System
to Suit Themselves; No
WPA Work Given Town
The action of Blowing Rock
citizens, who Sunday met with
officers and directors of the Le
noir Chamber of Commerce,
seeking annexation of that resort
city and its immediate environs
to Caldwell county, has
caused considerable agitation
among Watauga people.
The delegation was headed by
Mayor D. P. Coffey and is said to
have comprised many of Blowing
Rock's largest property-holders.
Mayor Coffey told Lenoir newspapermen
that citizens of his town believed
their interests could best be
served by Caldwell county, which he
described as "the gateway to Blowing
Rock"
The estimated taxable value of
Blowing Rock property is SI ,500,000,
a large percentage of which, Mayor
Coffey said, is owned by Cahvell
county citizens. An investigation of
scrolls for Blowing Rock township
in the office of Tax Collector A. D
Wilson, reveals, however, that not
more than ten per cent of the property
is hid by persons claiming Lenoir
or Caldwell county as their
home. The exact valuation of Caldwcii
holdings in Blowing Rock la
$1.47,000, this amount including all
properties of a development company
controlled by Lenoir business men,
but. which hits m a n v investors
throughout the Piedmont section. It
also includes May view Manor, which
is valued at $90,4*5:
Mayor Oof fey Interviewed
A Democrat representative interviewed
Mayor Coffey by telephone
Tuesday evening, arid was told by
him that petitions were being form(Continued
on Page Eight)
Mrs. Gladys Teague
Passes On Monday
Mrs. Gladys Tongue, 24, wife of
Riley Teague, of the Hedges Gap see|
lion, died at Grace hospital, Banner
Elk, Monday night about 9 o'clock,
| following an illness of more than two
weeks' duration.
Surviving are the husand. an infant
daughter, her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Conley Brown of Hodges Gap; a
brother, Frank Brown, of Boone, and
one sister, Mrs. Margaret Sherrill, of
Hodges Gap.
Funeral services were conducted
from Oak Grove Baptist church Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. Rev.
W. C. Payne and Rev. Ed Hodges
officiating. Burial took place in the
Hine graveyard nearby. A large concourse
of friends and relatives attended
the rites.
Mrs. Teague was born and spent
her entire life in the Hodges Gap
community. Sir.ee eariy childhood
she had been a member of the Oak
Grove Baptist congregation was
popular amongst a wide acquaintance,
and her passing has been the
cause for sincere grief locally.
LIONS CLUB MEETING
The recently organized Lions club
held its reguiar bi-weekly meeting at
the Daniel Boone hotel Tuesday
evening, with President Charles T.
Zimmerman presiding. More than
20 members were present. Rev. J. C.
Canipe delivered an interesting talk,
and the attempt of Blowing Rock
citizens to annex themselves to Caldwell
county was discussed. The local
civic club, through a special committee,
will endeavor within the next
few days to bring about a more
amicable feeling between the two
towns.
LOLA IRENE PARSONS
Mrs. Lola Irene Parsons, aged 19,
wife of Willard Parsons, succumbed
January 10 at the home near Todd.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Baptist church at Todd January
12, and interment was in the
neighborhood cemetery.
Surviving are the husband, Willard
Parsons, the parents, Mr. and Mis.
R. W. Scatz, and nine brothers and
sisters: Barby, Nellie, Hazel, Annie
Lee, Conley, Edgar, Edna, Grace and
' Eugene Parsons.