TRADE
AT HOME
VOL. 1.1, NO. 23
The Week in
Washington
A KESUME OF GOVERNMENMENTAL
HAPPENINGS IN
THE NATIONAJ CAPITAL
Washington, Dec. 13.?Overshadowing
every other subject of discussion
in the national capital is that of
Ameiican preparedness for war. The
program of national defense, which
some refer to as the "fourth new
deal.'' seems to be growing both in
size and scope.
It is still too early to estimate the
extent of the support which the new
congress will give to the far-reaching
and elaborate plans of the administration.
So far as those have been
disclosed, they include not only a
great enlargement of the military and
naval armaments of the United j
States, but the inclusion of all Latin- ;
America in any program which may]
toe adopted. ,
The objective which President j
Roosevelt envisions is ttinfr r.F I
American League of Nations, bound
together by the common tie. of democracy,
united in the resistance to political
penetration and colonization
'by the dictatorships of Europe and
the Orient, and all relying upon the
United States for leadership and for
their first line of defense in ease resort
to arms becomes necessary.
Estimated at Two Billion
As the senators and representatives,
new and old, begin to arrive in
Washington for the session which
will begin January 3rd, questions as
to how necessary the proposals for
siith an increase in the nRion's fighting
strength really are, and how much
it is all going to cost are at the tip
of their tongues.
It is easier to answer the question
at cost than that of necessity. The
tentative estimates for additional expenditures
for army, navy and air
forces run to about two biaion dollars.
That. is In addition to similar
expenditures already authorized,
amounting to nearly two billions,
which is now being spent en building
battleships, destroyers, submarines
ana cruisers, and for new weapons
and equipment for the army and tire
air force.
By spending another two billions
In the course of the next two or,
thJfoj years, army arid navy mon
iflirurr* t?int Amf?ripn H.% oMh '
oil a few hours' notice to mobilize an
effective, well-equipped army, to put
more than ten thousand fighting
planes into the air. to patrol both
oceans with the most powerful navy
In the world, and provide adequate
defense of both coasts against air
raids by an enemy power.
There is noticeable among the
members of congress who will have
this defense program laid in their
laps, a disposition to question the
need of such extensive preparations
for war at this time. At the ri3k of
being branded as unpatriotic and denounced
as Fascists or Communists,
there are several senators and many
members of the house, not all of them
opposed to the new deal for partisan
or other reasons, and some of them
men of considerable influence, who
Bay that they will get out in front in
opposition to the gigantic defense
program, unless somebody shows
them convincing evidence that the
liberty of the United States and of
the nations of South and Central
America for whose territorial integrity
we have assumed responsibility, is
actually threatened from east or
west.
Many Aware of Danger
TflsAro i r niiy\tl>o? 1 a nrrn olomani <yv
both houses which is ready to go
along with the administration in any
kind of defense program, some merely
because it is what the administration
wants, and probably more hecause
they sincerely believe that
American liberty and American ideals
(Continued on back page)
BOONE TRAIL IS
TO BE RELOCATED
Four Miles of New Construction
West of City to Be Let to
Contract in Spring
That the contract for rebuilding
four miles of the Boone Trail highway,
west of the city, will be let early
next spring, seems practically certain
as Engineer Guy Lillard and his
locating party proceed with re-establishing
the route of the roadway.
Mr. Lilian! and his crew will com
plcte estimates and plans this winter
so that the contract for construction
may be let without delay when better
weather arrives. Plans are to
eliminate a large number of the hairpin
curves on the heavily-traveled
thoroughfare and to make a road
west of town which will compare
favorably with the modern new highway
east.
I
7ATAl
An Independent A
booneT"W~1
BURLEYGi)WFi51
WILL DECIDE ON
MARKET QUOTAS
Tobacco Farmers of County to
Vote Saturday Whether They
Will Market Their 1939 Crop
With or Without Use of Marketing
Quotas
Growers or burley tobacco have a
choice to make on Saturday. Tliey
will decide whether to market their
1939 ciop with or without the use of
marketing quotas.
The marketing quota plan is a part
of the agricultural adjustment act
program. Acreage allotments and
soil-building practices are iu this
program. If all burley tobacco farm1
ers planted within their acreage allotments,
marketing quotas would
not be necessary in most years. But,
whenever excess plantings or heavy
yields cause the supply of burley tobacco
to reach a certain high level
stated in the agricultural adjustment
?- ?-?i _* Ui 1 L1.IJILUU: 15 1
required to announce a marketing
quota for the next year.
The law specifies when marketing
quotas will be announced, but farmers
themselves decide whether the
Quota will ho applied. Under the
farm act of 1938, marketing quotas
are announced when the supply of
hurley tobacco is above the level defined
as Uie amount needed for use
in this country and for export. The
hurley supply is now above that
point. =
Farmers voting must approve
marketing quotas by a two-thirds
majority before they become effective
tit 1939.
The hurley supply is above the
quota level by more than it was when
the 1938 was announced. The i eferendum
which approved 1938 quotas
was held last April 9. and of the 7,183
growers who voted is the 10
counties in this state. fi,20'4 or them,
or ?3.& per cent, approved the quO'A
plan. The vote in Watauga was 139
for and 282 against control.
It now appears that the 10S8 crop
will be about 00,000,000 pounds above
the consumption level. This is irgcly
due to the unusually high yield per ncre
In 193S If there hnd been no |
marketing quota this yecr, the total J
supply would be materially larger
than at the present time. Without
marketing quotas, non-co-operators
with the acreage allotment system
would be planted heavily and flood ^
the market.
Polling places for the December 17
referendum in the county are as follows:
Courthouse at Boone; Victor
Ward's store in Laurel Creek; Bethel 0
school building In Beaver Dam; r,
James Mast's store in Cbve Creek; p
?W. W. Mast's store In Watauga. Hie w
polls will be open from 9 a. m until i,
sundown. tl
Any farmer in the county who has
grown burley tobacco in 1938 may 6
vote. ii
Funeral Is Held n
For A. G. Story ?
il
Funeral services were conducted at 81
Tryon, N. O., on the fifth for A. G. n
Story, former citizen of Watauga e:
county, hut for the past few years a tl
resident of Lynn, Polk county. Mr. 8
Story died on the fourth after a
period of failing health extending n
over about three years. t
The regular funeral services were 1
held at Vilas in Watauga county on c
the afternoon of the sixth at 2:30
o'clock, and interment was in the 8
Story cemetery. V
Mr. Story, who was well known in h
Watauga county, and a splendid citi- n
zen, had been connected with his son, ^
C. O. Story, in the grocery business ^
at Lynn since 1935. His son is the
only survivor.
Bridge at Deep Gap 1
Is to Be Widened
The 18-foot bridge across Gap
Creek at Deep Gap, which in the c
pa3t ha3 been a source of much an- t
noyanoe to travelers, is to be widen- b
ed and made into a standard 30-foot d
structure, according to word coming f
from state highway officers the first h
of the week. The new bridge will be a
built without inconvenience to the i:
public. r
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ALERT CLASS DOWNS ?
FLEETWOOD 39 TO 16 *
Hie basketball team composed of S
members of the Alert Sunday school ?
class defeated Fleetwood high school
in a game here Saturday by a score
of 39 to 16. Burl Storle led the
scoring for the local basketeers with e
12 points. Paul Hagaman scored 8 t
| points. The goal of the Alert class 1 r
is to have the best baskctb&U aggre- t
gatlon in the city. jt
JGA 1
Weekly Newspaper?Estal
\TAUGA~COUNTY. NORTH CAP
WHEN SANr
MFM IT1
-^" SCSKBf
Pictured hero is Santa Claus and
to share his benevolences Saturday *v
by S:utta Claus to the youngsters as t
Weston, Boone Photo Shop.)
Stores To Remain
Open in Evenings
Beginning Monday evening
stores of the city are to remain
open each night until fl o'clock, so Fi
as to give shoppers the opportunity
of taking care of their holiday
buying even at tot clotting hours.
Many county people will finu it
. ..? n'rr.t tu drive into town aftor
supper and make a tour of the ^r!
stores, purchasing their gift items
while the stocks are still complete
lUid ample. a
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ilMPTY STOCKING S
FUND IS SMALL g
nv
.ittle Interest Is Shown in Ef- '''
Mi
fort to Provide Cheer for ae
Destitute Children R<
w]
Four readers of Tlie Democrat, out 30
f a likely ninety-five hundred, have ^
isponded to the appeal made by The
emocrat last week, for contributions
'ilh which to fill stockings in this I"
nmediate vicinity, which except for \J
ie thoughtfulness of we more format
es, will hang empty by a chilld
hearthstone on Christmas morn'-K
In former years, this appeal has SI
let with a ready response from the
eople, and it is hoped that yet suficicnt
contributions will be made to
isure a glad Christmas morning for
jme hapless youngsters who. through
n fonlt .f thai- mim " ? Hioi. ^
- W
nts, are not accorded more pleasure ar
ian is contained in the bare neccs- ^
Ities of life. y
Those interested in the empty
tocking fund may leave their dona- ^
ions at The Democrat office, with ^
tayor Gragg or with Pat llcGuire, ^
hief of the fire department. fQ
The contributions as of today are
s follows:
Vatauga Democrat $10.00 v
Irs. T. M. Otter 50 ^
Idwin N. Itahn 2,00
Ira. Edwin N. Hahn 1.00
I. AV. Beach _.... 1.00
th
Total $11.50 w
H
Merchants Co-operate ?
In Decorating City ^
th
Due to a misunderstanding, offiials
of the local merchants associaion,
through Its membership, is beig
credited with having financed the ^
ocoration of the streets of Uie city ^
or the holiday shopping season. It ^
? explained that while the merchants cc
ssociation did sponsor the undcrtak- w.
ng, that non-members lent their fiancial
assistance also, and that the
chievemcnt is the result of the co
perative effort of practically all the
lusincss interests of the town, regardless
of membership in the retail ]
organization. s
HOLLY AVAILABLE I
Mayor Gregg states that a consid- i
rable quantity of holly for decora- c
ive purposes will toe at the city hall t
text Saturday, and asks residents of 1
he community to call for same at c
hat time. 1
Bsgrag&jffi 3ft a?
OEMC
)lished in the Year Eightee
tOLINA, DECEMBER 15,~T93fT
rA CLAUS VISITED TI
jTU~*^rWii iwt-' * I ' <^9&ML
iv few of the hundreds of children \vh
rening. Something more than five hn
he Christ sh onuitur
in advertisement by the Merchants uj
Lssociation. The popular establish- hi
nent is one of the ordinal members tl
if the merchants group and Maniger
J. o. Cook has contributed a a
nil share to the growth and sue- oj
ess of the organization. The error w
s regretted. le
ITES FOR JOHN 1
E. BROWN FRIDAY "
itieral for Prominent Attorney
ind Lending Citizen of County
Largely Attended
Funeral s< rvlces were conducted
jn: the Buuuo Baptist church Fiiy
morning for John E. Brown. SSti.
lose death in Washington City from
stroke of paralysis, was chronicled
?t week. Mr, Brown had resided
Washington for the past two years
lore he had held a Oegal position
the alcohol administration.
Tlie rites wra largely attended
d the profuse t'iorai offerings atsted
the esteem in which the for,'r
state senator and Boone postaster.
.was lield in this locality,
any from a distance attended the
rvlces which were conducted by
;v. J. C. Canipe. Baptist pastor,
10 was assisted by Rev. Paul Townnd
of the Methodist church. The
dy was taken to Mountain City,
snn., for interment.
OLLEGE CLOSES .
NEXT WEDNESDAY i
tudents to Return From Christ- F
mas Holidays Jan. 3, County
Schools Close 22nd
? rl-"
MOUUM,,-? at ttpptuuaijiair Vttjucjja -,Y
11 be dismissed at 12 o'olock next \V
ednesday for their holiday vacation, m
:d will return to tlie campus in fC
ue to resume their classroom du- tr
is on the third day of January. a:
Hie Boone high school and demon- cj
ration school will observe the. same p(
iliday period as does the college, tt
Tile the county schools win dismiss et
r Christmas next Thursday and re- pj
>en January 2nd. n<
EW FURNITURE STORE p
IS OPENED IN BOONE
The Boone Furniture Company is
e name of Boone's newest store,
hich has opened for business in the S<
ahn building, with Mr. ar.d Mrs. ft
T. Winters of Todd, as owners and w
anagers. More detailed informa- m
an as to the new business will ap- ai
ar in the advertising columns of
e local newspaper soon. ei
E
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT G
ej
On Wednesday evening, December _
, at 7:30 o'clock, students of the
label public school will appear in a ''
iristm as pageant. The public is
trdially invited to attend. There
ill -Be no admission charge.
A Correction w
c]
In last week's Iasoo of The T
Jemocrat, the name of Spalnbour's is
tore was, through error, left from k
)CRA'
:n Eighty-Eight
.' -y. an
cit
o thronged the streets of Boone a
ndred packages were distributed
icrei! In. (Photo courtesy of Paul
no
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Deceased Attorney of
19
w <$1
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am th
8b&b& pr
ffiflggs tr
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mm
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John E. Brown, Boone attorney p,
ttid former member of the state ^
enate, who died In Washington bl
3tty last week from a paralytic 9
troke.
'aper to Be Issued ^
Tuesday Next Week ct
The Democrat -will go to press r.ext hi
eek Tuesday evening, rather than on fc
'ednesday, in order that the force ti
ay have a longer vacation period It
r Christmas. Advertisers, con- 'bi
ibutors and printing patrons are v<
sked to remember the early publi- a!
itkm and the ensuing holiday
iriod, so that no inconvenience may ^
suit. Advertising, contributions,
c., must be in the hands of the
-inter not later than Monday for
:xt week's publication.
_ rr
'ension Checks Are h
Ready For Delivery
Clerk of the Court Austin E. R
mth announces that the pension
leeks for Confederate veterans and
idows have arrived at his office, and j *
ay be delivered to their owners or
?ents, at any time.
There are only two Confederate vet- 4
ans in the county now, Messrs. J.
. Luther of Deep Gap, and Lemuel
reene of Cove Creek, who receive R
ich 518250 twice a year. Fourteen lc
las3 A widows of Confederates are
lid .$150 each, semi-annually. C
IANY T.B EXAMINATIONS
ARE CONDUCTED TUESDAY
About thirty-five examinations R
ere completed at the tuberculosis h
inic being conducted here, up until h
uesday evening. Hie clinic which e
being operated by Dr. R. T. Jen- o
uia vi tut: i>orui Vwtnuinu oaniion- IV
n in conjunction with the local a
;alth department. comes to a close f.
lis (Wednesday) evening'. fi
Tentative plans call for holding
second clinic shortly after the first F
t the year, at which time the work a
ill be confined to Appalachian Col- F
ge students. C
T PAGES
silo A YEAR
\NTA CLAUS GETS
IG HAND ON TRIP
ERESATURDAY
>Iiday Shopping Season is
Officially Opened Saturday
Evening; Santa Distributes
Gifts to Hundreds of Children
Along Gaily Decorated Streets
\ huge crowd gathered Saturday
ming to gTeet Santa Claus on his
n to the city, to wait for the
hting of the Christmas decoruns
along the street, to enjoy the
isic and to inspect the elegant arr
of Christmas merchandise in the
rious stores and shops of the city.
Santa Claus. rotund and genial,
ne to town in an ancient T model
rd, packed high with cartons of
iletide goodies, and children from
1 town and county pressed goodturcd
St. Nick t.o the point of suf;ation
as he handed out gift paekes
galore. No Jess than five hun2d
children had candies, nuts and
2 iike when Santa's ride through
2 city was concluded.
The streets contain inore than
ice the decorative materials used
year ago, and the holiday lights
e generously employed making the
Dpping district comparable to the
st to be found in any of the smaller
ies. The merchants report quite
brisk sale of gift items for the
st few days, and prediction among
>st of the business men is that from
w until Christinas the volume will
irease, with the final analysis
owing a decidedly larger turnover
Christmas merchandise than in
37.
URLEY BRINGS
GOOD RETURNS
rady Bradley Makes First Report
on Weed Sale; Heartily
favors retserai control
Mr. Grady Bradley of Vilaa, comes
rward with the first report on bury
toljacco sales for the season In
is county, having disposed cf 1,192
lunds on last Monday for ar. averre
of 25 Vi cents a pound or a total
$302.35.
Mr. Biadriey tells The Democrat
at he is heartily in favor of the
esent program of government conol
of the pioductkm of tobacco, but
>ubts the passage of the proposal
hen the matter is submitted to a
>te of the fanners next Saturday.
The well-known and prosperous
rmer says that for the three years
evious to the federal tobacco quota
ogram, his farm records Indicate
iat the proceeds from 2.7 acres
ought him an average of exactly
2-3 cents a pound, or a total of
!3o. For the past three crops, un r
the "quota system," Mr. Bradley
lid from 2.6 acres $1,528.75 worth
: the weed for an average of 37
mts a pound.
Mr. Bradley, who states that he
is made more money in the past
ur years from his farming activies
than in any similar period in his
fV* that in rvfianMno- tho i/n.
acco program, the farmers will reart
to unwieldy crops of the weed
t extremely low prices.
)ther Red Cross
Members Reported
Following is an additional list of
lembers of the Red Cross, which
ave not been hitherto reported:
Beaver Dam
Mrs. Clyde Perry, Clyde Perry,
oby Vines.
Valle Cruris (Incomplete)
W. W. Mnst, Mrs. R. A. Farthing,
Lisa Virginia Bouldin, Miss Adelaide
mith. Contributions from Miss
lary Potter, Mrs. Emily T. Hopkins,
Taney Taylor.
Boone
E. F. Troutman, Carolina Cafe,
obert Agle, C. H. Trotter, J. S. Gily
ieeks Whereabouts of
Owners of Checks
Mr. Marion Thomas, manager of
:ich Mountain Mortgages, states that
e holds eleven dividend checks which,
a Jo imeVlA ? a-- ??- ? ? - -
u m uiiauio w ucjivcr to stocxnoiars,
due ?o the fact that their places
f residence are unknown to him.
?r. Thomas would appreciate it if
nyone knowing the addresses of the
allowing would let him have the inarmation:
Mrs. Eannie Watson, Riley Cluh,
"red Greene, Ester Hand cock, Betrice
Benson, Ola Watson, S. K.
hilllps, Evelyn Hicks, Vilas Ward,
i. L. Gentry, Howard Coffey.
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