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lr v VOL. LI, NO. 25 . Dies In Service " I ^ ' J. W. Jones. Jr., son of tie Iat< Dr. Jones and Mrs. Jones of thi ciiy, nuirru! an vICC5 iul 7?IiG?i were held at the Methodist churcl Tuesday afternoon. Young: Mi | w Jones iLed In San Dieg^>, California where he was doing: service witl the U. S. Marine Corps, on Decern her 15. . MRS. FLETCHER I DIES ON TUESDA' Sister of Mrs. W. H. Gragg Siv rumbs; Funeral Held at Hampton, Tenn. Mrs. Minnie Horton Fletcher, agi 46, died 6t the home oi a aister, Mr Tv_ ti in Roone 1>iesds g&Sjif.' morning, after a iifnocl ox imiu hoiiith cxtendtr.p over >. nnmoer < vears. Death came as Mrs Fletehi slept, and the immediate cause of h< li(' death is thought to have been u hea Bj# attach. She had been cheerful at |- ., i .) wv rse .Monday and teai eninyed tl festivities of Christmas immensal ? Mrs. Fletcher had been a visitor i . the Gragg home for the .past tu Stfe Funeral services were conductc , Tuesday afternoon from the Christie yj, church at Hampton, Tenn., by Re |^Mr. Shepherd, and interment wr 'J- , Immediate survivors include tt |iuabar.d ar.d one sou, Jack Fletchei "AT one brother, J. W. Hbrton of Ham] f ton, Tenn , survives, togctlier wit fh. tSoar sisters: Mrs. J. J. Laughrai f, ^BurnavlHe; Mrs. J. D. Brad3haw, R Jfief, N. C.; Mrs. R. W. Pettlgre\ B Kb , . ^"Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. W. H. Gragj The pallbearers included Hortc Gragg, Ralph Laugran, Harlan Ho: i?h :l|?n, Jim Mtorrell, Robert Cample r?? and Paul Henllne. all nephews of tt RKsl|tej." deceased. Born In Yancey County wji Mrs. Fletcher was born near Burn: Haw "vflle, the daughter of the '.ate Mr. an Mrs. B. T. Horton, but spent tl major portion of her life at Roa f ,?g. tlivS^iountain and Hampton, Tenn. A Roan Mountain she operated, tl IS ^Kuntain Spring Hotel for fiftee i'% kjyRtars and became most popular wit Ti the traveling public and the resident . , o?, a wide area. She retired from tl T'.Jrjanagement of the hotel because c Stijliealth, going to Daytona Beacl $gjQ0U wbere she also operated a ho: S 'SPSfV- She returned to this sectlo KJ& spent the winter of 1837 wit I Gragg, since which time she hs gHptn with other relatives at lnte: ; vBis, seeking to restore her healti Stra Fletcher was a consecrate . Member of the ChristlEin church ? I'. * Bfcaipton, and always evidenced f ^ keen interest in the better things < Egg $;j?2>eceased was well known in Boon - . siKpre she numbered her friends b iter, acquaintances. Her ready smil L i sunny disposition endeared her t M j vi?ltors at the Gragg Home. She boi S&r affliction with cheerfulness an fwtitiide, and her visits here wei forward to with pleasure b S&gl HOLLER NEW OWNER OF MULLINS GROCER' JKlllIr. L. H. Holler has purchased tt ^jmecery establishment which has bee lifSgratlng under the name of Mullii jjj SSHsEhmkley and a son, Mr. Craig Ho j has assumed the active manag< | of the business. Mr. Ah Mu vJwB*, who founded the store five yeai i to), will devote his full time to ti r 'v ment of the Muilins Electr Appliance Co. Mr. Holler has nc EMKtuuced the personnel of h;3 ne ? %jQHb))lzation, but promises the sam I bV ZaK^CTteous and efficient service whic kttim made the store popular in th V'ATAl An Independent ~ BOONE. 1 FUNERAL IS HELD FOR J. W. JONES Body of Former Boone Boy Interred in City Cemetery; Manv Attend Seruiros Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist church here Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 for J. W. Jones, Jr., son of the late Dr. Jones and Mrs. Jones of this city, who died in San Diego, Calif., on the 15th, where he was a member of the United States Marine Corp3. Rev. Paul Townsend, the pastor, and Rev. H. A. Dobbin of Patterson, participated ir> the rites and interment was in the city cemetery. Active pallbearers were: Joe Crawford, Paul Coffey, William Rush. Craig Holler, William Casey, Earl Miller. Honorary: Wade Edmisten, Frank Hagaman, Frank Wyke, Pat McGuire, Den Wilson, Torr. Council), b Jack Hodges, Faw Miliar, John W. s Hodges, Jr., A. E. Hamby, Jr., and ii A large floral offering was in charge of Mrs. J. Mi. Gaither, Misses ^ Gertrude Perry, June Lec Russell, 1 Elizabeth Cook, Loree O'Danie'13, Joyce Belvin, Jewel Hagaman, Pauline Bingham, Helen Gragg, Pauline McGhee, Geneva Cook, Gladys Miller, Evelyn Smith, Louise Cook, Francis Linney, Mesdamcs Velma Casey and Jean Wyke. rr A military funeral was held at the | marine corps base auditorium San Diego, December 16, with the base chaplain. Commander Thomas L C- Kirkpatrick, officiating. The pallbearers and escort were close friends of the deceased and the officers and men hie Jiafollirwi tRn rites. Private Michael Ar.gelo Ajeo5,1 roso was designated to accompany s- The remains to Boone. 'i* short history of young Jones' 's (Marine Corps service ronotvb. ,f [ 'Hp enlisted In Ihc II. S. Marine =r Corps on June 14, 1935 111 Washington, D. C.. a,nd was sent to Pnrris Isr,: land, S. O., for his recruit training. 1(1 On September 7, 1935, he was trans,e ferred to Mhrine Barmc'.is, Norfolk, y- Virginia, and on December 4 of the 'n sa?nc year embarked on the U. S. S. Henderson for China. While there he was attached to Company "D," 1st id Battalion. 4tli Marines at Shanghai, in until February 1st, 1938, at which v. time he was transferred to Company is "D," 1st Battalion, 6th Marines. On February 18, 1938, he embarked with ie the Sixth Marines on the U. S. S. r; Chaumont and sidled for the United j- States, arriving San Diego, Califorh ilia, April 29, 1938. il, '"During his stay in China he J. tamed an enviable record through his v, activities in athletics. H5a success in jr the"-boxing ring is shown by the large number of trophies he collected. His m tastes In life were not confined to r- boxing and his friends were many, ill both in the corps and in civilian life, ie He made friends readily and held them through his unique personality and true sense of fair play. d CCC Enrollees in ie n January Will Be ie Accepted at Camp n h (North Carolina has received requis sltlon for 1,077 juniors for COC enie roilment between January 1-20, 1939, >f T. L. Gritr, CCC selection supervisor, i, announced thl3 week, i- Plans have been worked out with n , Fourth Corps Area headquarters and h j CCC District "A" at Fort Bragg | a whereby enroliees may be accepted at r- the camp nearest the local selection t. agency. Former practice of the OCC d organization was to establish certain it towns us enrolling points throughout a the state, and the new system will be >f a saving in miles for applicants seeking admission to the corps, Grier s, pointed out. y The state board of charities and le public welfare, designated as the se;o lecting agent by the war department, e has delegated actual choosing of the d applicants to welfare officials in the e counties. y City Mail Delivery Is To Be Extended v The postofflce department has orle dered that the village delivery service n be extended to include the section bels tween the corner of King and Depot 1- streets to the intersection of College and Locust streets. Also to include 1- Junaluska, Summit, Carolina Avenue, s North, and North Depot streets. This le service will begin as soon as the i- street signs are erected and the >t houses are numbered, w The department desires that this le service be extended to relieve the conh gestion at the stamp and general deis I livery windows of the local postofjfice. JGA Weekly Newspaper?Esta WATAUGiTCQUNTYT NOKTH C NEW "FIRST FA? As 1938 draws to an end, now gov year begins. Four of them include Ci with Mrs. Vandebilt, upjwir center; A Miss Dorothy dames; and Raymond 1 MISS PEARSON IS KILLED IN CRASH Sister of Frank Pearson, Boone Merchant Fatally Injured as Car Plunges Into Sireani Miss Marie Pearson, of North Wilkesoorci, sister of Frank Pearson, , prominent Boone merchant, was kill- i lid Monday evening when her car left * highway 115 and oiungeo lino a J ". Lioou'iu Sti roiVi ??I*r StS't'SVilk., fin? j j Davis, North Wilkesboro youth, was | accompanying her and was badly In- 1 jurcd, being taken to a Slatesvillc,'' hospital for treat meet. Hie two 1 were en route to Statesvllle to visit ' Mrs. Ta) Pearson, ^hospital patient j in that city, when the accident oc current. The cause of the crash was ' not known. Persons who were near the scene of the accident pulled Davis, who was unconscious, from the water first, the body of Miss Pearson being' found some distance downstream. Fur eral services were held at Boomer, Wilkes county, Wednesday afternoon, and a number of Boone people were expecting to attend. Miss Pearson was a menrber of a prominent IWilkes county family, being tlie daughter of the late Hamp Pearson and Mrs. Mary Jane Pearson, who survives. AJso surviving are four brothers: Tal J. Pearson of North Wilkes bo ro; Claude Pearson of Purl ear; George and Frank Pearson of Boone. Northwestern Bank Purchases Assets of Taylorsville Bank The Northwestern Bank, with home offices in North Wllkesbcio, and branches in several northwestern North Carolina townp last Monday took over the Merchants and Farmers Bank in Taylorsviile. The purchase of the Taylorsviile bank was announced by bank officials simultaneously with the opening of the bank there as another branch of the Northwestern. The move had already been approved by stockholders of the Northwestern Bank and the Merchants and < Farmers Bank and had been given approval by the state commissioner 1 of banks, bank officials said. i In the transaction the Northwest- t cm Bank took over all assets of the i Tayloreville institution and assumed j all liabilities. v The deal increased the assets of the 'Northwestern bank to well over t three and one-half mllUon dollars i and the capital stock is $180,000, i which, with surplus of $120,000, s makes a total capital structure of r $300,000. J The Northwestern Bank was form- 1 ed on July 1, 1037, as a consolidation c of the Deposit and Savings Bank, North Wilke3boro, Bank of Sparta, < Watauga County Bank at Boone 1 with branch at Blowing Rock, Mar- ] chants and Farmers Bank at Bakers- ] vil'.e with branch at Burnsville. The < Bank of Ashe was taken over as a t part of the consolidated bank in 1 June, 1938. 1 The expansion to include the bank at Taylorsville is a continuation of carrying out the original purpose of .< the consolidation?a more complete < banking service for the territory ? served, bank officials explained. DEM< blished in the Year ELigh AROLINA! THURSDAY, DEC ernors prepare to take office In 13 ? llbert OLson of California, left; Willi rthnr James of Pennsylvania, show. S. Baldwin of Connecticut. The Week in Washington A RESUME OF GOVERNMENTAL HAPPENINGS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Washington, Dec. 2S?By Wedneslay, January 4, the expectation is .hat congress and the nation will vi" k -rr.v the names of the persona vha eye to 1 AUornev General hjmmings, Secretary of Commerce Janlul itopeT ar.<3 Justice Cardo7-o of :he supreme court. The 76111 congress will meet on ruesday, January 3, but it Is not likcy that It will receive any communi:nt tons from the President until the text day, 3incc the membership will je busy, on the first day In getting rganized There may he surprises in the President's appointments and in his nessage generally, but the probaliili:les have been so thoroughly discuss*1 here that the keenest observers inliai'a fhorr IrnAiir strllA x?r?11 Kn tlio lew members of the cabinet and of he supreme court. The guess on attorney general is iractically unanimous; it is the ger.:ral belief that the man scheduled or that Cabinet p<J3t ia Robert H. rackson, the oollcitor-general. He is lot only the logical candidate by region of his attainments and his pressnt position, but he is a warm friend if iMr. Roosevelt's and sees eye to :ye with him on all new deal maters. Hopkins a Possibility For secretary of commerce there s not quite so much certainty exiressed by those who profess to enow all that is going on in the President's head. "The widely-held iclief that he Intends to appoint to his post Mr. Harry Hopkins, adminstrator of the WPA, is opposed by hose who maintain that Mr. Hoptins, hy reason of bis political acivities in the recent senatorial and longresstonal campaigns, has made a many enemies in the Democratic larty that the senate would not conirm him if he were to be named by he President. That may be doubted; but a more irobable ground of opposition to him n the senate is his lack of business ixperence. Mr. Roper left his cabinet post or December 23. Mr. Cummings' resiglation takes effect January 1. There ire rumors that more cabinet resiglations may be expected shortly, lerhapa before congress gets really inaer way. Postmaster General Farley wants o quit his Job. and has been looking or some time for a suitable opening n private business. Washington ob:ervers are looking for the anlouneement at any time that Mr. Swanson, secretary of the navy, and ifr. Woodring, secretary of war, are (Ut. As to the supreme court vacancy, >pinion here is shifting a bit away rom the belief that the man of the President's choice is Prof. Felts frankfurter of the Harvard law school. There are several reasons foi hat. One is the belief that Prof frankfurter prefers to operate as s one wolf in federal affairs. Exerts Powerful Influence From his position behind th< icenes he exerts an extremely pow?rful influence in the affairs of thii idministratlon, and has done so from (Continued on page two) JCRA teen Eighty-Eight ? ffls&ke office suttes immediately after the new i am Vanderbilt of Rhode Island, shown j i in lower renter with bLs daughter, PASTORS MEET HERE MONDAY Program is Announced for Gath-1 ering of Baptist Ministers at P the Local Church The Baptist Pastors' Conference 1 i wit' -bo ihcld at the Baptist churcti in ' Boone Monday, January 2. at 2 p. m? < according to an announcement made ! tv -Revs. ij. U. a*.mister and Paui Tugpiap, the committee io of. , fc.rangemenfs . The following program has been ar. t ranged for the gathering, and all pas- ' tors, deacons and other Christian < worKers arc urged to he present: J Dcvotioual by Rev, Carl A. Trip- ' lctt. < i ?l-ne xNeeii or Deeper Cons ecru- j _ tion in the Lives of Professed Chris- j i j tiana," Rev. W. D. Ashley. "Hindrances to Deep Consecration , at the Present Time," by Rev. Will Cook. ( 'What Can be Done by laymen to i Deepen the Cor.secratonl of the < Church as a Whole?" by Rev. W. C. 1 Greene. : "What Can a Pastor Do to Deepen 1 the Consecration of His Oongrega- < tion?" by Rev. J. C. Canipe. 1 1 Funeral Held For 1 99-Year-Old Lady funeral services <or Mrs. Martha Carmilia Payne were conducted Monday morning at 11 o'clock at the i Gap Creek Baptist church by the Rev. G. M. Watson. Burial was in the Gap Creek cemetery. Mrs. Payne died suddenly at her home in Boone Saturday at G:801 o'clock. She was the widow of Wil- 1 liam H. Payne, Civil War veteran. I and had been a member of the Baptist church for 79 years. At the time of her death she was 99 years, 4 months and 2 days old. She is survived by the following ' children: Mrs. Millard Watson, Boone: Mrs. John lather, Deep Gap; ' Mrs. Bob Johnson, Glendale Springs; Mrs. Avery Watson, Stony Pork; , Thomas Payne, Boone. Also sur: viving are 29 grandchildren, six great- , I grandchildren and five great-greati grandchildren. Pallbearers were W. G. Greene, : Glenn Moretz, Conley Greene and i David Lookabill. Flower girls were: Avalee Payne, , Faye Watson, Virginia Payne, Mary Lilian Payne and Louise Payne. Those out of town attending the funeral were Mrs. Dean Smith, Elizabethon, Term.; Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Minton, Hickory; Miss Zina Watson, Johnson City, Tenn.; Bowman WatI son, Mt. Airy; Dorothy Belle, Mor, ganton. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home was in charge. MUST USE NEW PLATES r Raleigh, Jan. 27.?State officials . warned motorists today that 1939 automobile license tags must be t shown on vehicles operating on and after Sunday, and that several hundred thousand vehicles have not been . provided for yet. Tag sales through December 22 had ! reached 162.854 pairs, a gain of 15,i 311 over 1938 sales a year ago, but 582,0000 pairs were sold during 1938. T ~ $1.50 A YEAR HOLIDAY tSADST" IS VERY BRISK Merchants Report an Unusually Fine Sale of Christmas Merchandise Holiday traiie in Boone was far ahead of Ia3t year, according to the r.oncensua of opinion of some of the leading retailers, and business men ire optimistic over the outlook for the New Year. By Saturday evening certain lines jf Christmas merchandise, notably toys, had all but been exhausted, .vhile late shoppers went from store to store gathering together articles ivhich they thought of at the last minute. In the grocery line, many iousewivcs had trouble Saturday tvening getting all the extras rejuired for the Christmas feast, even though the stocks provided had been )f more than normal proportions. The lighting of the streets and the ;o-operativc advertising of the meithanits association in Watauga and id joining counties contributed to the olume of holiday trade. CHRISTMAS CHEER FlINH IS ADEQUATE llany Kiddies Made GlarJ by Concerted Charity Effort; Little Want Existed Those who participated in the prorision of food, wearing apparel and Ihristmas goodies to the destitute ciddles of the community and seciop, bolieve that few empty stockngs hung above local toearistonea rhristroas morning. The fund which was raised by the 'Vati.ik'Ji Du^ioErai. a .-J the local firieparIt: e..t. rearrre apiilcli -voa pes I for toy.-., items i' clothing, : an dies, nuts, etc., and moot 01 uie nnrrhtirt'l .-vf Win nlfw <n<\wft.nm*<vrl Hh 'ra 11) of their stores for the benefit >r the poor. Something' like1 t!<JO ehiiiren were thus provided for at the :ity hall Friday and Saturday and tone went away empty-handed. Belides, in some instances, the charities vere taken to the door3 of the poor. In addition to this fund, the Evanjelistie club took care of numbers of he poorer families and different hurch organizations entered into the lispensing of Christmas cheer with -arnestnesa. All in aii, it was the biggest Christmas the poor of the lection have had for many years, and hose who contributed were able to J!joy their own festivities more by he knowledge that everyo7ie was lappy in the locality. WINTERWEATHER FOLLOWSHOLIDAY Snowfall of Monday Followed by Stinging Cold Tuesday; 10 Degrees Wednesday The mild temperatures of Christmas day which were likewise enjoyed by residents and visitors to the mountains, were supplanted Monday by a snowfall, of four or five inches, ivhich brought out the snow moving equipment of the state highway commission and slightly hindered travel m the cross-country roads. Sleet followed snow and Tuesday evening a howling northwester brought mercury plummeting to 10 degrees, perhaps the coldest period of the winter. Wednesday, however, the aun is shining and there is some thawing of the frozen snow along the streets. Surplus Products v Help Many During Month of November There were 234 cases representing 1,182 persons certified by Watauga county welfare officials as eiegible to receive surplus commodity products during the month of November, Arthur E. Langston, state director of commodity distribution with the state board of charities and public welfare, announced this week. A state-wide total of 174,710 persons comprising 38,105 cases were certified during the month, 94.5 percent of the number being actually serviced during the period, Langston said. Following is a list of persona and cases certified in adjoining counties: Avery 147 cases, 1,502 persons; Ashe 214 cases, 1,167 persons; Caldwell 331 cases, 1,696 persons; Wilkes 521 cases, 2,754 persons.
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