VOLUME XLIX, NO. 40 LAUREL CREEK ROAD IS URGED Tennesssan Tells of Advantage; Which Would Enure From Building New Highway. Commenting on the need for the completion of the highway frorr Sugar Grove to Butler and Johnaor City, Mr. Finley P. Curtis, writing in the Johnson City Chronicle, has this to say: Many comments have been received on a recent column concerning the suggestion of "a highway or sort of skyline drive" from Johnson City to Boone, N. C., by way cf Elizabethtori and Butler and through Beech Creek and Cove Creek valley, to be built -by North Carolina and Tennessee jointly. I have received several requests to write more on the subject. wen. 01 course, a whole lot might fee written on it, but in my opinion the most important thing is the practical need for it. This immediate section especially needs it, for there in no good direct route in thin end of Jo'nuson or Carter county from Butler to Boone ami other towns and cities in North Carolina. To reach any such towns or cities from this vicinity one must travel either by way of Mountain City or by way of Hampton and Roan Mountain, which routes require many miles of additional travel. The present road from Butler to Beech Creek, N. C.. which has been the only road in use for fifty years or longer, usually is in such bad condition that it cannot be traveled with a satisfactory degree of speed, safety, comfort or pleasure. During winter lime 11 is practically impassable; hence, it is not very much help. Tourists, If they were o:i the way to Boone or other towns or cities ill North Carolina, would not even stop to consider this road, although they had to travel more than a hundred miles out of their way to reach their objectives. It would be the same if tourists in towns or cities of Western North Carolina wanted to reach certain towns or cities in this section of East Tennessee. Many miles of additional travel would separate them from their objectives. As suggested in the recent column referred to, such a highway from Johnson City to Boone, N. C., by way of Butler, would open a vast territory almost unbelievably rich in forests, farming and grazing lands, natural resources of many kinds and inexhaustible waterpower. At least three sit s 011 WHtauga river, six to eight miles from Butler, long have been considered especially Important as *uuiT;e3j ui wmer power. II now appears there is seme good prospect of harnessing "Watauga's current for practical use. And as for the natural scenery to be viewed along such a highway, I dare say it could he rivaled hardly by any other section of the country. To travelers its wild and rugged beauty would furnish a constant breath-taking sight. Flower and fauna, mountain and gorge, rock and stream there vie in such a .picture of riotious beauty as to render tongue and pen inexpressible with wonder. \>Jo artist could duplicate it on canvass. A serious and concerted effort on the part of all the people in the communities which would be chiefly benefited is needed to create general interest in such a project, and the people should keep right after it until some definite action is taken. Writing about it and talking about it may be good selling points, but considerably -'ore is needed. Action always speaks louder than words. Highways built on paper cannot be traveled. Two Million AlWatwl For Secondary Roads Raleigh, April 11?Governor Hoey, tor the second time in less than a year, today allocated $2,000,000 from the highway fund surplus for the improvement of secondary, or farmto-market roads. The appropriation, the governor said, was made possible because of a large highway surplus and "because the state generally is in good financial shape." He added, however, that it still was likely that some highway money would toe diverted for general fund expenses before the end of the 1937-39 toiennium. SHRUBBERY AVAILABLE Mayor Gragg tells The Democrat that there are still some choice evergreens at the city hall, which are available to the residents of the city at wholesale cost. He insists that those who ucBite to further beauty their premises take advantage of the opportunity to get the very best nursery-grown stock at the lowest possible price. VATA\ An independent ? B BETTERMi i WEEK ANNOUNCED j Miss Bridge' County Chairman of National Event; Clean-up Campaign Urged . Miss Elizabeth Bridge, county t home demonstration ager.t, has been , appointed county chairman of Better Homes Week, which will be observed , April 24 to April 30. Miss Bridge asks that every organization and individual co-operate in observing the period as a "clean-up week." She , says: , Better Homes In America is a national non-profit organization devoted to the development of a better appreciation of home and family life, made possible by a grant from a v/eli known foundation. Its purpose is to co-ordinate the work of various agencies and to create a real psychology for better homes and better citizens. Bo the primary purpose of Better Homes in America, is education. j Sine#1 if {9 natlrvn-urirlA In if" ties it renders a public service by di- j recting attention to various methods and aspects of home improvement. It provides a medium of organized effort which seeks to help communities and their families to have better and more attractive homes. Its purposes are to: 1. Provide pur citizens with information on the best standards of home building, home furnishings and equipment. 2. Encourage families to study their housing needs and to pian, build and furnish their houses in accordance to these needs. 3. Disseminate information on home ownership, saving for home ownership, methods of financing, and to dujiisifit families with the benefits to be derived from owning a home of their own. 4. Promote and encourage the building of single-family houses 5. Acquaint families with the best methods of reconditioning old houses and the improvement of home grounds. 6. Make communities housing conscious in order that al! sub-standard housiug eventually may be eradi I oaitu. 7. Supply knowledge on more convenient methods of housekeeping, the elimination of drudgery and waste in household operation, and the fundamentals of household management, 8. Encourage music, reading and recreation in the home; the building of character and better family relationships. 9. To develop an appreciation bf all arts for the real pleasure to be found in them. Annual Better Homes campaigns ore organized as a means of concentrating public attention on the above objectives of the various agencies which are working for better homes and better home life. I. G. Greer Will Address Graduates Mr. I. G. Greer, superintendent of the Thomasville Orphanage, will deliver the baccalaureate address to the graduating class of the Boone hign school at the Baptist church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. There will be service at the oth cr tiiurcnes 111 roe town and tiie puD3ic is cordially invited to attend. Notice to Burley Tobacco Growers Every farmer in the county who has not grown burley tobacco before 1938 and who has sown a plant bed in preparation for growing burley tobacco in 1938, should call at the county agent's office immediately to apply for a base, if they have not already made application. Those farmers who grew tobacco before 1938 and who have not signed" a work sheet should call at the county agent's office immediately and see that their tobacco acreage is listed correctly. W. B. COLL,INS, Oounty AventREFUNDS TO BE MADE TO TOBACCO GROWERSj Mr. W. M. Thomas is in receipt of a letter from Mir. C. H. Robertson, collector of internal revenue, in wuiut it is Histea inai ulose who sold tobacco under the provisions of i the Kerr-Smith tobacco act, have the privilege of filing a claim for the re fund of taxes paid. Mr. Robertson has furnished Mr. Thomas with a supply of the blardts necessary for i securing the refunds, and he will toe . glad to render the farmers such as. sistance aa he can in this connecl tion. 1 Weekly iNewspaper?Esta OONE WATAUGA COUNTY, NC _. , Deceased Physician Dr, Logan E. Farthing:, prominent Wilmington physician, whose death brought sorrow to a wide circle of friends hi Boone, where he was horn and reared. imil inhnroa J *?iL,L awuRiaa ; LOCAL FARMERS 5 I Control Measures for Cabbage ^ Diseases are to be Discuss- j ed by State Authorities. S J. O. Rowel!, extension entomolo- s gist, and Dr Luther Shaw, extension > plant pathologist, will be at the J courthouse in Boone on Tuesday, j April 19tli. at 2 p in., to talk to the C cabbage growers of the county on control measures for cabbage diseases and Insects, County Agent W. B Cnhins announced yesterday^ _ * Every cabbage grower in the eoun- x' ty should attend this meeting and get the latest Inforanation" on controlling cabbage diseases and Insects. Sir. Collins says there are: a num- 0 ber of diseases and insects which r cause considerable damage . do the " cabbage crop In the county^ Tlie S farmers of the county could ^wold >' moat of thin damage if they would find out liow to corttiol the diseases 1 and insects and then apply the meas- 11 ures required for control. n It )3 hoped that ?. large number of q cabbage growers will attend the U meeting at the courthouse here on Tuesday, April IBtJi at 2 p. m. I Middle Fork To Be ? Opened For Angling e Much interest is being shown in P the announcement that the Middle FVirk of New River will be open to fishermen April 20. and it is said C that a large number of anglers from I distant points have indicated that ^ they would be present when the ban v is lifted from the famous trout V stream. p At the recent meeting of the Mid- F die Fork Fishing Club, which con- 1 trols the stream from the power dam to the Cone estate, it was stated by < Mr. H. G. Cook that something like 50,000 trout have been released in the stream during the closed season of the past year. Many of the fish were ten inches and longer, it was ^ said. The club is a co-operative organi- t zation, being formed by the land owners along the stream. Daily per- , mits will be sold by 'Warden Earl Colvard. Farmers Hardware & Supply Co., Boone; H. C. "Hayes, Blow- t ing Rook,_ or Wade E. Brown, Boone, j. who is executive secretary of the a club. t On-the opening date it is proposed to give a prize to the fisherman ^ landing the largest trout, and to the , one who gets the largest string of } fish. : ! New Lutheran Minister i Will Arrive Soon ] Rev. Edwin F. Troutman, who is c the new .pastor of Grace Lutheran i church, and the Boone-Watauga s parish, is expected to come here i with his family the last week in t April. Rev. Mr. Troutman is a graduate J of Lenoir-Rhync College and a grad- . uate of the Southern Theological Scminarv. Columbia 5? P hM been engaged in the ministry tor 12 J years, 11 of which have been in home 1 mission work. He is said to be an t excellent speaker and a splendid pas- l tor. Mrs. Troutman is also a gradu- 1 ate of Lenoir-iRhyne. 1 FOOD SALE ' The ladies of the Laurel Springs i Haptist church will conduct a food sale at the Boone Bargain House 1 next Saturday. The proceeds of the ; sale 'will go toward the erection of 1 a new church building. l blished in the Year Eightf -iRTH CAROLINA,'THURSOA S TOBACCO QUOTA 1 PLAN DEFEATED BYWATAUGANS L.ocal Farmers Vole Against Buriey Tobacco Quota; Crop Control Plan is Carried in Nation By an Overwhelming Majority Watauga county, hurley tobacco ;rowers turned thumbs down 011 the >roposal of the federal government o apply quotas to the product ion of he weed, when they went to the rails last Saturday. One hundred uid thirty-nine votes were cast in avor of the AAA measure, while 282 vere tabulated in opposition to the >roposal. Voting was conducted at three >oints in the county. In Cove Creek, he vote was 79 for and 171 against; jaurel Creek 22 for and 08 against; ieaver Dam, 38 for and 43 against. The vote in the other counties was is follows: Yes No llleghany 72 9 Ivery 25 12 luncombe 973 213 1 Jlay _..... 37 4 J 2ra.hfum ** > -100I iaywood 886 41 lenderaon - : 32 12 tocon .......... 23 2 fttebell 216 103 j iwain 13 3 1 Yansylvanla _ 17 8 fancey 759 49 SadLson 1281 495 LShe ....! 300 388 ackson 40 1 ' aierokce -1 41 1 1 1 Washington, April 10.?The AAA ranged today to apply marketing , ult of a referendum amor.g growers' , aturday. ; In fourth election hejS. since i rep ecntrol law was enacted in Feb- I uary, the tobacco producer* voted by ! top-heavy majority to permit"'' ftie' < ovcinmcrt to regv.lapc sales of. this < eWa ccop- - . . 1 Virtually complete returns gave 36,507 for "and 19,497 votes against be quota system, or an affirmative lajority of 87 per cent. The lnw re- ' aires approval by two-thirds of ieaa votinv 1 Under the quota, system, sales of 938 grown hurley tobacoo will be | mited to 305 000,000 pounds, or ( bout 100.0G0.0O0 pounds less than ( te 1937 crop. Producers who sell in , xoess of their quotas will be subject o a penalty tax of half the market ' rice. j The unofficial returns by states: For Against Olio 3,340 1,862 ' ndiana 3,489 2,054 j lissouri 410 264 . 'irginia 4,449 1,452 , '/est Virginia 525 178 forth Carolina 4,196 1,542 ' lentucky . 91,934 8,162 'ennessee _ 27,445 3,693 Safely Director At Blowing Rock | TJf-r Walfnr V I .... . >? WVV.1 L . xxv/OJIi^, aulCLJT UUCUor of the Carolina Motor Club, which 3 affiliated with the American Auomobile Association, was a speaker it the meeting' of the Chamber of Commerce in Blowing Rock Tuesday ivening, at which time plans were nade for the inauguration of a safey campaign, which will be featured ly an address by Mr. Hosier at the chool building at Blowing Rock on tpril 19, at 10 a. m. A branch of the Carolina Motor Hub has been established at the fob Nob inn at Blowing Rock, and At. Rufus Coffey of the Shell servce station will attend to the garage vork which goes with membership n the organization. Besides the egular services which go with triple1, the Hob Nob inn is distributing olders giving full information concerning all the resorts in the United states, Canada and Mexico. This lervice is free and will be of great rame to visitors on the mountain op. IUNIORS HOLD MEETING AT ELK PARK SATURDAY The district class initiation of the lunior Order U. A. Si, was held at 31k Park Saturday evening and the hree degrees were conferred upon L5 candidates toy the degree team rom the Burkemont Oouncil at Morranton. The attendance was the largest in ecent years and a banquet was held n connection with the meeting. Those attending from Boone were: I. E. Kellcy, W. O. Robertson, Howtrd Shore, Russell D. Hodges, R. D. dodges, Jr., N. C. Greene, T. A. iVeaver ar.d Clyde P- Greene. I*"1' Benjamin J. Council!, the oldest sto native-born citizen Gf Boone, who died recently. Mr. Council! was a member of Boone's pioneer family, members of which had been lead- i LA^ ers in the development of this sec- **tion since Revolutionary War days, tht =.-=r-^r--r^i illg FARM LOAN GROUP " MEETS ON TUESDAY "' El Report Indicates 9G% of Federal Loans in County in Current Condition; Officers Named T boe The annual meeting: of the Sugar for lirove National Farm Loan Associa- bol tion was held on Tuesday in the pOS eourlhouse here with a goodiy nura- aew acr of the membership present. "ind Charts showing the financial state ,vo 3f the association as of March 31st, n(11; Miuwcu the tuuuumlnsr vo llave r.ct . isseta of $17,268.27, und the operat- lhp r.g statement showed a surplus for . t( :he past year and the condition of he loans were most gratifying, as ma )6% of loan installments were paid sou uid leans in current condition. Real istate activities showed the associa- , iouat the present time owns hut; one ma farm in the county and that the as- Suj nidation now has a membership of vpt UP. with ioans aggregating $360,- bjn >00- the The stockholders were well pleased ^ vith the showing made by their as- ^ ociatlon for the past year. The or;animation offers ci-edit facilities to _, he farmers of its territory for long it' era loans at tile cheapest interest ate ever known for long-term loans. the charts also showed that there vcre six applications for loans now 5 lending, aggregating more than daj 15,000. S. The following officers were re- Ma elected: A. G. Miller. Deep Gap, whi resident; James T. Gross. Adams n lice-president; O. H. Bracey, North the Wilkesfcoro, secretary-treasurer, and the the following directors: A. G. Miller, ser lames T. Gross, Dr. H. B. Perry, Se: Boone; S. C. Eggers, Boone, and R. As] M. Ward, Sugar Glove, 1 Three prizes were given away at ing this meeting to those holding ths J. lucky number?$5.00 first prize, $3.00 riei for second prize and $2.00 for third to prize. These prizes were won by boi Bonnie Greene, Vilas, first; Will Wil- All son, Reese, second, and Mrs. Sarah Ho Miller, Meat Camp, third prize. Gix Postal Receipts p sis Show An Increase am Receipts at the Boone pestoffice H for the first quarter of 1938, as compared with the same period of 1937, have increased 12.4 per cent, according to a statement made to The Democrat Monday by Postmas- to ter W. G. Hartzog. to The postal receipts during Janu- zei ary, February and March of 1937, of were $3,143.33, as compared with col $3,532.83 for this year, it is stated, en COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM A1 AT OAK GROVE SCHOOL The commencement program at ( Oak Grove school will be rendered be: Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. One mc of the most interesting features of Ar the program wiii be the dramatiza- co tion of the life story of Old Black At Joe. A number of shorter plays and dialogues will feature the entertain- ir.i J"' merit and there will be music by one art of the largest and best string bands wi in the county. tri The public is cordially invited to ov attend. There will be no admission charge. hi de BENEFIT PLAY tu Come see the play, "Farmer of Brown's Conversion to the Doctrine pi; of Stewardship," at the Boone De- re monstration school Thursday night, April 14, 8 o'clock. Ten cents to wi everybody. Proceeds will go to di; building r.ew church at Laurel C! Springs. an '^raSsfi OSTOFFICE TO ?E CONSTRUCTED OF NATIVE STONE ading is Completed on Site of federal Building and Contract tor Erection of the Structure Mav Bp I'Of Hi Far!v Postmaster W. G. Hnrtzog receivn telegram from Congressman R. Doughton Tuesday, in which it s stated that the procurement diion of the treasury department had initely decided to use native stone the construction of Boone's new >,000 postoffice building. The ac11 came after a concerted effort the part of the local ciitzens to .'e the structure built from the ncs of the neighboring hills, rhe lot has lieen brought down to ide in accordance with the speciatior.s of the federaj engineer, and is thought that tile contract for i actual construction of the build will be let within the next few cks t is said that the building will be ; of the most imposing thus far cted In any small city in the state. lection Called Off At Blowing Rock Pile election, which was to have hi held at Blowing Rock Tuesday the purpose of passing on a id issue of $85,000 for the pure of extending the water and lage system of that city, has been efinitely postponed, according to rd reaching The Democrat tVedday. i meeting of ths tov.T. officials. Chamber of Commerce and other cicauw ciLiiGtrua waa ?eju ana it 3 decided that an effort would bo de to secure aid from federal rcea for the inuch-needed Imvemer.t. A committee was apUted to go Into ihe deiaila cf the tier and La coinposed "of G. M. IderUi, O. C. Brinkley, C. S. Prete, G. C. Rol-.bins and George Robs. It is stated that in the event federal grant i3 not secured to in the project the election will held at a later date. :tes For T. S, Coffey Held at Blowing Rock 'inal rites were conducted Thurs' afternoon at H:S0 o'clock for T. Coffey, 56-year-old brother of yor D. P. Coffey, of Blowing Rock, d died Wednesday morning, lie services were conducted from home with interment following in Blowing Rock cemetery. The vices were conducted by Rev. G. cton Buchanan and Rev. G. E. tiley. or. oofiey was a native of BlowRock, being the son of the late P. and Mlat'lda Coffey. He mar1 the former Miss Lily Hollars and this union three children were 71, all of whom, survive, as follows: 'red of Blowing Rock; Mrs. Oscar well of Granite Falls, and Mrs. iver Turner of Morganton. Uso surviving are one brother, D. Coffey of Blowing Reek, and two ters, Mrs. J. Lee Hayes of Lenoir, i Mrs. M. C. Johnson of Blowing ospital To Be Open To Visitors rhe Watauga Hospital will be open visitors Sunday, April 17, from 2 5 p. m., according to Miss Hemling, the superintendent. People the community and county are -dially invited to inspect ihe modl hospital building. WATEUR PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED FOR FRIDAY _ ; ; . - - - .. ; Clarence Shadwell, "the Old Sheprd," will be the master of cerernies when the Young America, nateur program is held at the urthouse in Boone Friday evening