North Carolina Newspapers

I SKETCHES j^^LIIFE ?? (Ra'.eigh. N. C.?News-reel of the Windsor-Warfield wedding at stately Chateau de Cande tend to disillusion those of us who have followed this greatest of all modem-day romances. For the camera tells its story candidly, brutally . . it reveals a Wall.v bearing the F wrinkles and blcmishes of former ^4 "matrimonial wars" f / ... a WaUy whose ' Am i smile and chassis i and manner are not , t,. " nearly so attractjM| ive as imaginative j newsmen would: BE' 1 MkBM have us believe. The ex-king o t Britain's far-flung empire, who dramatically cast aside crown and sceptre that he might indulge in "the God-given privilege of every man," awkwardly parades across the screen ! with "the woman 1 love." Mr. Windsor, too, seems much the worse for wear . . . his clothes hung badly, his graces are those of a Hollywood extra: no smile dissolves the blank stare on his nigh-expressionless mug; no look or gesture reflects the amorous palpitations of his royal heart. Romance, somehow, has always associated itself with the effervescence and physical attractiveness of youth in the minds of most people. . Fresh full 'lips, broad shoulders, plump accessories, bright eyes, windblown hair, eager faces . . . these are the ingredients of love affairs as we'd have them . . . with a dash of soft music and moonlight for seasoning. But the news camera mixed a drab batter .as it recorded the Windsor-Wally classic. It showed a couple of tired, washed-up pilgrims, too young to be old, too old to be < young . . . who sought romance and . found, perhaps, a "sympathetic un- 1 derstanding." < Edward's speech of abdication was * a masterpiece; it furnished excellent i background for his widely-heralded < affaire il'amour with Baltimore's for- t mer belle . . . his self-imposed exile in a Tyrolean hermitage whilst Mis- \ tress Simpson "pined" on the French 1 ftiviera and, incidentally, a\vai?$U. ftC.- I tion of an English divorce court, lent ( an international flavor to the thrill- I ing life-drama . . . oh, the whole thing was honey-sweet, indeed! But r what a pity it is that some buck like f Tyrone Power couldn't assume the / role of His Royal Highness . . . that c Loretta Young, bubbling over with c n , couian i iaKc uie lemimne lead! j That would be ROMANCE . . . the j kind we Americana sigh about at the quarter movie show. j * * * t REDUCING RELIEF B It is generally believed hereabouts t that relief expenditures will be dras- 1 tically reduced during the coming j year. And it's natural to suppose c that many of those who have sucked fc the federal teat since Hoover times a will be stricken from WPA rolls, j These conclusions are by way of ap- o proaching a subject of vital importance: "How are the cuts to be made, t and what will be the arguments of t those who apply the knife?" a Having had considerable experi- e ence from time to time with Hopkins- v ouviai wuxncia, mc oivciui Man has written a little one-act I drama, entitled "Oh Yeah!" The dialogue contains a few of the complex phrases and words commonly used by the profession, some of which are "Dutch" to the author t himself. , I The scene is laid at the front-door j } of a comfortable three-room cottage ( occupied by Mr. and Mrs. VV. P. Aers. ( Miss Iva Theory, mannishly attired ( social worker, impatiently raps the ( oak panel. The touselert head of Mr. ; Aer, who's b<- ' *?> thrust frot" Miss " ~X .er . >| Mr M way): f Miss T. / mcnts of react f become necessary -r- ( J tain people from .. _rk projects, .j You've been employed, I believe, on ] WP-36702. ( Mr. A (yawning): Yeah, I've been j working on the Mill Creek road all ; a Ion [r What's this cuttin* cot to Ho with me? ( Miss T: We must reduce quotas, t as I've just explained, and, as you ( are possessed of a comfortable domi- j cile, it seems the validity of your ( certification is somewhat in doubt. ] Mr. A: I don't know what you're a-talkin" about; cain't understand j them high-falutin' words. Miss T; This house and farm be- < longs to you, don't they? My. A; Reckon they do; hain't j paid any tax lately. 1 Miss T: Well, it is evident that j you have a means of livelihood which i (Continued on page 8.) WA1 An li VOL. XLVIII, NO. 49 Young Sit-Downer i Philadelphia, Pa. ? Billy Mc- i Crae, age 2, shows how he stopped j a train by sitting down on the j track. Quick thinking on the part ; of the engineer stopped the train j in time to save Billy's life. b7&l directors" named last week | Association Gets Report of Most | Successful Year; Officers j Named Monday At. a meeting of the stockholders it the Watauga Building and Loan Association held last week the corailete slate of directors was rc-eiect>d. and Secretary W. H. Gragg gave i minute report of the business durng the past year, which he describ- j id as one of the most successful in | he history of the institution. The directors arc: W D Farthing, ! T T i . ' *- o r 1 " ?*. uiub(,, i-i. x*.. vjitctir, 1%. . . . Hardin, A. W. Smith. G. P. Haga11 an, W. W. JiaajUC- At Criicher, II. J. Farthing, R. L,. Bingham, \V. L. folshouser and R, C. Rivers. On Monday evening the directors net and the officers were elected as ollows: R. H. Hardin, president; L. v.. Greene, vice-president; VV. H. Iragg, secretary-treasurer. An exeutive committee was named which s composed of H. G. Farthing, R. L. iingham and C. M. Critcher. The report issued to the stocklolders by the secretary indicated hat during the last series 970'i hares of stock were sold, which is he highest mark attained during the listory of the institution. The relort indicated that new loans for :onstruction of homes and business louses had been approved to the imount of $32,325.00 during the iresent year as against $24,675.00 luring 1936. Mr. Gragg states that the associaion is earning its usual rate of inerest on stock and that the semimnual dividend checks will be maild out to the prepaid stockholders cithin the next two weeks. Dry Official Says Repeal Has Failed Rev. M. A. Adams, director of emperance education of the United Dry Forces of the state, sends The Democrat the following statements elative to the increased wave of irunkennes3 following the repeal of ;he eighteenth amendment, and in :onnection with the field day which s to be held tinder 10S? auspices of organization in <" 'auSa county he second Sun July: a1 ? ty indment, ition of ailure. i ..at ?he -I, claimArrests ... u.unkcnness have in:reased under repeal. South Caroina has had repeal for three years. !n Spartanburg in 1932, the year beore repeal, there were 479 arrests or drunkenness. In 1936 there were !,009, more than four times as many. \rrests for drunk driving in South Carolina in 1931 were 586?in 19-36 here were 2, 322 arrests. In Wilson iounty, N. C., there were 485 arrests 'or public drunkenness the year before repeal while the first year after epeal, there were 689. In Washington, D. C., drunkenness : ncreased 48 per -cent under repeal < from 1932-35. Women drunks in- 1 ireased 53 per cent. The National Life Insurance com- i sany'S report shows that under re- i seal drinkers under 30 years of age < ncreased 178 per cent from 1932-36, 1 vhile drunkenness from 30 to 45 l (Continued on Page Eight) t AUG. ndependent Weekly News BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT BASIC FOODS WILL BE EXEMPT FROM TAX AFTER JULY 1 Ten Foods Will Not Be Subject To State Sales Tax Under Law For Next Two Years; ' Merchants Must Keep Accurate Records Bread and rolls will not be subject ! to the sales tax after July 1, after | which date r.ir.c other basic food j articles will also become exempt, it ! was pointed out today by department i of revenue officials, coincident with j the announcement by Commissioner I at jttevenue Allen J. Maxwell that the tax would be more stringently enforced and collected than ever before, that merchants would be required to keep more complete rec- J ords. The nine other exempted food articles are flour, meal, meat, sugar, salt, coffee, milk, lard and molasses. By meat is meant any fresh, smoked, salt or processed meat other than canned meat. For canned meat, also canned milk, will continue to be j subject to the sales tax. Merchants selling both taxable j and non-taxable articles must keep I an accurate record of all sales of ? taxable and exempted articles, oth- j erwise they will be required to pay j the full 3 per cent sales tax on their ; gross sales, it was pointed out by of- ? ficials in the sales tax division. In making their returns each month, merchants must list their gross receipts, then their total taxable sales and total non-taxable sales. But if they do not keep accurate and detailed records of both the taxable and non-taxable sales in their stores, they will be taxed on the basis of i their gross sales, it was pointed out. Several different methods arc being outlined for use by grocery stores to keep track of their taxable and nontaxable sales and these will be mailed out soon to all merchants along with me new rules and regulations. So far no definite system for separating taxable and non-taxable sales to the .consumer,. so that they wilr not get mixed up and the customer taxed for exempted articles, has not been worked out, it was said. Hut it was indicated that thought is being given to this problem and that grocery store operators may be required to record sales, on separate slips, so that there will be no danger of charging customers the sales tax on commodities which are exempt from it. CHILDRENSEE FATHER DROWN Gurney Green, Former Watauga Resident, Loses Life in Mill Pond at Patterson Two small children Monday afternoon saw their father, Gurney Green. 27. native Wataugan, drown in the Hagaman mill pond near Patterson. Two hours later, George Robbins of Lenoir, succeeded in recovering the body. It is believed that Green slipped from a rock and fell into the deep water, and being unable to swim, perished almost immediately. A fiveyear-old son who accompanied him to the pond, with another child ran to the home a few hundred yards away, screaming, "Daddy's under the water," but before help could arrive the father had expired. Funeral sendees were conducted at Laurel Springs Baptist church in Watauga county Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Levi Greene being in charge, and interment was in the nearby cemetery. Su'-vivipo- is the widow and four -:>nJren: Ju-uor, Jack, Betty Jane and Annie Lee. AI30 surviving is the mother, Mr.,. Ellen Green, of Deep Gap; five pothers ar.d one sis ter: W. G. ancVG. G. Green. Deep Gap; M. C. Green, Johnson City; Conley Green, Fleetwood; R. F. Green, Boone; Mrs. Martha Ray, Miles City, Mont. New Jewelry Store Is Being Occupied Mr. W. B. Stallins, local jeweler, was busy Monday moving his estab- . lishment into his recently-completed brick building, which is one of the city's most attractive business , houses. The structure is of brick, with solid plate-glass front, and unique display windows are arrsngid. The brick work is to be fini3h>d in gray stucco, ana the establishment will be one of the most nodern to be found anywhere in , his section of the country. < A. DE ipaper- ^ Sstablished in th< Y, NOJ^ CAROLINA. THURSI / CONTROLS ON .1 view ui i in* comroi panel o feature the safety parade in Booo rect the course of the Chrysler ma t ear far behind iu the parade. Th i witness the scientific performan: PROGRAM F0RB.&! L.MEET ANNOUNCED 34th Annual Session of State League to Be At Blowing Rock June 23-25 Wilmington. June 11.?Reprcscntatives of the building and loan interests in North Carolina will gather at Blowing Rock June 23. 24 and 25. for the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the North Carolina Building and L?oan League, as announced here today by Frederick Willetts, president | of the organization. The meeting will be held at the Mayview Manor and the first session will convene at 11 a. m. June 23. Aimong the out-of-state speakers to appear on the program are Hon. Frank Hancock, Washington, representative from the fifth North Carolina congressional district; Hon. Preston Delano, Washington, governor of the Federal Home Lc- n : system; Thos. W. Elliott, Washington, representative of the Federal Housing Administration; T. W. At Kins, umcago, rieia service director of the United States Building and I*>an League. Other speakers within the state 'Who -win appear on the program, are W. H. Gragg, Boone; N. Mitchell, j Winston-Salem; J. G. Dunn, Jr., New Bern; I. J. Dowdy, Jr.. Kocky i Mount; Clayton G. Bellamy, Wilmington; V. M. Stonebanks, Raleigh; D. E. Angel, Winston-Salem; W. F. Haywood, Mount Gilead; A. F. Goodman, Concord; J. B. Williams, North Wilkesboro; J. L. Suttle, Sheiby; G. B Howard, Spindale; D. R. Fonvilie, Burlington; W. A. Biggs, Durham; Geo. W. Crone, deputy insurance commissioner, Raleigh; R. H. Gregory, Jr., Rocky Mount; O. K. LaRoque, president of the Federal Home Loan Bank, Winston-Salem; T. B. Follin, Winston-Salem; Senator R. P. Taylor, Wadesboro; E. F. Al t?it, ubuuu , i^aviu j. yviiilv, uicciiaboro. The Keesler Memorial essay contest will be held on Wednesday evening. The winners in this contest will be awarded $100 first prize; $50 second; $25 third and 10 to each additional contestant. The banquet will be held on Thursday evening at which Cy Hogue, Wilmington, will preside as toastmaster, and R. L.. Pope, of TliomasviUe, vice president of the North Carolina Bankers association, will be the principal speaker. GEORGE BINGHAM DIES AT AGE 72 Well-known Sherwood Citizen Succumbs in Statcsvillc Hosital; Rites Thursday George F. Bingham, 72-year-old > resident of Sherwood, and a mem- j ber of one of the county's most | prominent families, died in a Statesville hospital Wednesday of last V^CIV. Funeral services were conducted from the Henson's Chape! Methodist church in the home neighborhood Thursday afternoon by Rev. Mr. i Parker, the pastor, and interment was in the nearby cemetery. Survivors include the widow, four sons and three daughters: S. J. R. S., and W. D. Bingham, Kingsport, Tenn.; Herbert, of Sherwood; Mrs. Lunda Nobles, Mrs. Lillian Brooks and Mrs. Virginia Taylor Sherwood, of Watauga county. Two brothers, Attorney John H. Bingham, and Dr. D. B. Bingham of Sugar Grove, also survive, as does one sister, Mrs. Jane Bingham, also of Sugar Grove. Mir. Bingham was well known throughout this section where he had lived the greater part of his lifetime, and where he engaged in farming enterprises. His death has brought sorrow to a host of friends throughout this section of the state. MOC1 ; Year Eighteen Eighty-Eig JAY. JUNE 17. 1937 "MAGIC" CAR jfl n th?* driverless car which will i r ne Friday. Capt. Lynch will di- 0 inline l?y remote control from a . j. jusands of people are expected to 2C. * LOCAL RAILWAY IS ; NOW IN JEOPARDY: ! A Citizens Protest Proposal to J Cripple Narrow Guage by !( Removing Mails 11 A small group of citizens gather- j> I ed at the courthouse Monday even- j 1 ing to file protests with, the auth- j > orities at Washington against the ; 1 i proposal to remove the mail from the ' 1 j narrow guage railway, and it was j < j the opinion of the gS. the ring that the \ < postoffice department would grant j; the people of the community a hear- i ing before any changes were made. < Dr. Dougherty, Appalachian College president, voiced the opinion ;i that should the railway lose the mail j ] contract, it would likely be a mat- j j ter cf only a few months until the ! < ; company would be allowed to take i * \ up the rails into this city, thus | i thwarting the growth of the town ! < and the college to a large extent, j1 Dr. Dougherty, who took a leading I ^ I part in the negotiations which result- ! ed in the building of the narrow- 1 ' I guage, ami whose college plant is j * worth a million and a half dollars, j < | referred to the favorable freight ; | rates on building materials, which 11 j are now in effect^auuj. staled that 1 this institution and the town should scarcely hope to continue their march 1 of progress witliout railway service. 1 The railway, lie avers, cannot make 1 a profit without the mail, and he called upon the citizenry to file a > vigorous protest against the move- I mcnt which would be the "beginning' < of the end" for the narrow-guage. ? Tourists Are Visiting { Rutherwood Hatchery The Rutherwood fish hatchery is rapidly becoming a sort of rendezvous for tourists, particularly those i who come to Boone by way of the North Wilkesboro highway, and visitors never tire of watching the giant rainbow and brook trout, which Charles Smathers has tended from r the day they were hatched until they c have reached the average weight of y about three pounds. r Mr. Smathers says he now has 5 ready for releasing in the streams of f this region something like 800,000 trout, about evenlv diviripd hpfwppn ~ the brook and rainbow varieties. His j hatchery has become a sort of show- t place for the people of this section, and literally millions of fish from his c rearing pools have made their way j into the streams of this section to f delight the anglers and to draw v countless visitors to this section of the state. | AMATEUR CONTEST TO BE GIVEN AT BLOWING ROCK The Junior Community club of j. Blowing Rock, is planning to spon- ? sor an amateur contest early in July, . which will include talent from any ^ part of the county. Anyone who j. wishes to compete in this contest . may do so. Mail your application to (Grace Hartley, Blowing Rock, N. C., v telling what you would like to do. These applications must be in by E June 30th. And those who enter will be notified of the exact date of Q the program. No entrance fee is being charged. SEEKS WHEREABOUTS OF h GIRL WHO LEFT SATURDAY a Edith Hicks, resident of the Lovill ^ neighborhood, was in town the first . of the week in que3t of a 3ister, Ad- J die Hicks, 18, who left last Saturday and whose whereabouts have since been unknown. She s?y3 the girl wore a white suit when she left home for Boone, and that the family P has been unable to get any informs- h tion as to her whereabouts. n B Mr. Mack Cowles left last week fl for Durham where he will attend P the summer school at Duke Univer- w sity. fx 1AT ;ht S1.50 PER YEAR 4ANY EXPECTED FOR SAFETY DAY PARADE FRIDAY )riverless Auto to Be Attraction in Safety Parade; Mayor and Civic Organizations Cooperate in Making Event Surcess; Parade Will Cover Business Section All is in readiness for the big ?-r-.*?- J.... n* TTW-I ,los<"V UOjr * 4 , une 18tli, at t o'clock in the afterioor., and one of the largest crowds f recent years is expected in the lusiness section to witness this safe y event. The parade will form promptly on Vest Main street at 3:30, and will >e headed by state and city police, ity officials, fire department, civic tnd fraternal bodies. Next in line vill be the "magic" car, a new 1937 Plymouth, and the control car, a Chrysler. These cars will be furnished by the M M. Motor company. 3oth cars will be operated by Capt. i. J. Lynch from the control car. 3oth cars will ride on Goodyear all.veather tread tires and Life-guard :ufces. The fine, delicate relays of Jie magic car will receive their pow?r from Willard batteries, and the tars will run on Purol motor fuel ind oil, these latter products furlished by the Hodges Tire company, )f this city. Merchants are expected to have 'loats and trucks in the parade, supporting this big safety movement. fUl cars and trucks will be furnished banners free. At the conclusion )f the parade will be a wrecker towng a wreck, and an ambulance with i little child riding in it with a iur.se, will be furnished by RcinsSturdivant Funeral Home.. The parade shows the value of safe driving, and the wrecker and imbuianc.e the futility of reckless Iriving. Scoutmaster B. W. Stallings will Oc on hand with the Boy Scouts to participate in the parade. ,v, \ Th Lions club has appointed the tallowing* safety committee: E. S. Zntrtstenbury, chairman, A. *E. lodges and Richard E Kelley. Mavor Grap-p* hfts nnnnvi xfr lard Dougherty as chairman of the mrade, and those merchants interested in being in the parade should fet in touch with him. CCC WILL ENLIST WORLD WAR VETS \pplications To Be Made Through Veterans Administration; Others in July World war veterans will be enrolled in the civilian conservation orps in July, and applications can e made through the Veterans Administration office in Charlotte, says diss Marguerite Miller, county welare superintendent. Any ex-service man wanting to .pply for enrollment in the CCC nay secure application blanks from he Veterans Bureau in Charlotte A junior enrollment period will pen in the early part of July and rouths interested in applying may ile applications after June 15 in the welfare office in the courthouse. Slew Officers Named n * i * * oy Local Lions Club At a meeting held at the Daniel loone hotel Tuesday evening, the Soone Dions club elected the followlg new officers: President, Wade !. Brown; vice-preSident, R. W. Watins; second vice-president, James louncill; third vice president, E. S. Ihristenbury; secretary - treasurer, i". Amos Abrams; Lion tamer, Muray B. Craven; tall twister, Richard !. KeDey. Frank M. Payne and W. r. Hartzog were named to the board t directors. The new officers will be installed t a ladies' night banquet to be eld July 1. Three new members were initiated t uie meeting: Koy liepiar, Cliff IcConnell and R. E. Hayworth. - ? ones Building Is Now Being Remodeled si Mr. Roger McGuire, who recently urchased the Dr. Jones building, i3 aving the structure completely relodeled, and will establish his :udemar Beauty Salon on the street oor as soon as the repairs are comleted. It is expected that the work 'ill be completed during the next :w days. %