PAGE FOUR __ The Watauga Democra The RIVERS PRINTING COM RAJS" Established iu 1SS8 and Published fo 45 years by the !ate Robert C. River PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year - $1.5 6ix Months I Four Months ... . 5 (Payable In Advance) R. C. RIVERS, Jr., - PublLshc Cards of Thanks. Resolutions of R< upect. Obituaries, etc., are charge for at the regular advertising rate. Entered at the Postoffice at Boon N. C., as Second Class Mail Matte THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1!?9 OBJECTS TO WILD RIDE OF POLICE. OFFICER Editor Democrat: Wo. the people of the country, i order to preserve tranquility and t preserve the lives of our childre who may he walking: home fro: church, as well as countless othei who may he traveling" the highway, do ask the law to refrain froj hurtling over the highways ni death-dealing chase with some offer der as they did last Sunday night. Is it in the name of progress tha an officer speeds his car tc the poin that everyone's life is in danger, jus for the sake of catching one* offer der? How much difference is ther in the fact that the car being chase is driven by a man who is probabl under the influence of liquor, an In the fact that the officer doing th chasing is driving his ear just as fas and shooting ever so often and all i the darkness of a country highway ? Is it in the spirit of progress tha these same cars?the chaser and th chased?-kept up this merry ehas until the. road was running red wit the blood of innocent victims ! happened?all right. Get the detail if you're interested. Now. we the people, love to so the law enforced. We want all ba men to be behind thts bexs, but p7cas? isn't there some belter v.-av to eatc tptci. wis 05 we>V ever ,\ou like, and if there Ls a pu you want wSto iooks like he is hca< inp west, or east, then use your tel< phone, Mr. Officer; call your deput and tell him to stop all cars unt you ease over from Boone and pic out the one you want. Or is there somethinp in the spir rtf til A Mlflf ttAu'/l foil "re that way? We arc for you, officers, but yo frightened us. We want the higl ways safe for everybody. IMA CITIZEN, and U. B. A. CITIZEN. Sugar Grove, N. C. LIKES DEMOCRAT Editor Democrat: Can you find space in the Demo crat to publish these few lines? En closed you will find check for $1.5' to pay for my subscription to th Democrat. We look forward ever Friday for the Democrat. We en jo: reeding your paper. We moved fron Watauga county to Greene county Tennnessee, in November, 1937. sold my farm in Watauga county ant (bought a farm in Greene county. W< like Tennessee fine; we go to Sunday school most every Sunday, but w< often tliink of Boone's Fork church I sure think the good people of Wat auga county are doing the right thing In trying to help Representative Greer to wipe out beer and wine ir Watauga county. T. M. COFFEY. Greenville, Term, March 3. 1939. On the Street and About Town (Contributed) Citizen telling Chief Oilis the reason he cannot walk straight is that he had a tooth pulied. Sanitary Inspector Webster explaining to lad}' about the puritv ol water. Noah Storie stating his political views to a street crowd. Zack Greene teaching W. E. Setzer, June Russell and R. \V. Pulliam to sing. Man crossing the street during downpour of rain, with coat tightly drawn, but bareheaded. W. ML Cook spiicing his cigar so il will last longer. VALLE CRUCIS SCHOOL HONOR ROLL, 6TH MONTH First grade: Charlie Joe Cole Katy Sue Farthing, Jean Herman. Second grade: Celia Coffey. Lizzii Hicks, Howell Cooke. Third grade: Dorothy Townsend Freddie Michael. Fourth grade: Ruth Coleman Evelyn Clarke, Wayne Clarke. Fifth grade: Lena Maltba, Russel Hodges, Ella Dollar, Henry Caudill. Sixth grade: Roberta Burkett Ruby Reece, Frank Mast. Seventh grade: Mary Hazel Farth ing, H. W. Mast, Jr. I [I BOONE HI LIFE _ ! r' Several puppet .shows will be given <* before the end of the school by the _ puppet group of Appalachian high y school. This gix>up has given sevenil shows during the school year. At chapel last Saturday they gave three plays, "George Washington and the L Cherry Tree," "The Three Bears," p and Bpaminondas and His Mammy." Basketball Boys Honored at Party ~ The basketball boys of Appalaeh"r Uin high were honorevl at a party "" given by their coach. Mr. Wcy, Tuesday night. This was the climax ^ to their successful basketball career s. ? Farmers Sponsor Contest e? The Young Tar Heel Farmers are r- sponsoring an old fiddlers' contest to = be given at the courthouse on SaturI day night, March 18. Everyone is _ cordially invited to come and have a good time. ^ Junior-Senior Ilcecption Last Saturday the juniors of Appalachian high issued invitations n honoring the .seniors at a theatre o I party on Thursday, March 9. at 7:30 n J o'clock with a reception following at ^ the high school gymnasium "s II III J?t * It U Monday night, March 6, Miss n Natalie Purdom presented a feu* of her music students in recital. The program was as follows: Bicycle Waltz, piano duet, Mary Lois How'] j ell and Ruth Talum. To a Wild Rose. ' piano solo. Alma Ruth Kagaman; To ' Bee a d the Clover, piano solo. Emma Jean Wilson; Beautiful Dreamer, vo' j eal solo. Frances Walker; Anita's Dance, piano solo, Nancy Mullins; j Alaskan Twilight, piano solo, Mary ( Lois Howell; Souvenir o f Stephen 1 Foster, piano solo, Mary Alice Cook; j Scarf Dance, piano solo, Carolyn ! Miiler; Still is the Night, vocal solo, , Lqiiise Cress; La Paloma, piano solo, Carolyn Winkler; Edelweiss Glide, Roster Barnett; Sea Piece, piano solo, * Josie Little; Rustles of Spring, piano solo. Louise Cress; The Rosary, piano solo, Gwendolyn Crawford; Trees, * piano solo, Charlotte Alley; Charge of the Uhlans, piano duet Eva Bingc ham and Helen Wilcox. After a * | short inter mission the Boone High ^ Rand gave a short concert with these ' nur.ibors: The Secret. Prince and 'z J Jester, Overture, aru: Cossack -Jip-Or i- Meat Camp News y Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Jones, who il have been very sick for the past few k days, are slowly improving Mrs. Tom Jones, who has been scriit ously il! for several months, is now t able to be up, we are glad to know Mrs. Herman Woods is still unable u to be out. She is suffering with i- rheumatism. Albert Greene, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Greene, has been very sick for the past few days, is improved. Mr. and Mrs. Greene and family have returned to their home in Longwood, Fla. Mrs. Walter Greene visited her motlier, Mrs. Laura Tatum, Sunday afternoon. q Mrs. Brodie Beach is slowly ime proving after a serious illness. ^ Misses Fay and Lucy Brown and Mr. Ernest Hodges visited relatives 1 of Mr. Hodges in Elizabeth ton, Tain., Sunday. j I Mrs. Ola Brown, who has been , helping to care for her father, Mr. ^ Blackburn, spent the week-end with ~ her family. We are glad to learn ^ that Mr. Blackburn is improving. Mrs. Bessie Greene visited Mrs. ] Herman Woods Tuesday afternoon, , also with Mrs. Rayfield. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Verne S. Greene and t children were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Brown Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Wilson visited Mr and Mrs Claude Norris Sunday i afternoon Junior Lookabill spent Sunday j night with Kenneth Greene. Misses Gladys and Grace Looka- j bill spent Monday night with Misses. Erleene and Nelle Gross. Mrs. John Wilson visited his daugh- j ter, Mrs. Henry Mriller of Zionville, over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Wood row Greene vis ited with home folks Sunday afternoon. j Mrs. Carl Byers and Mrs Bessie Greene visited Mrs H. S. Jones last Friday afternoon. Mr. Grover Lewis returned to his home last Tuesday afternoon from the hospital in Lenoir, where he had ' been receiving treatment for his eye. Miss Margaret Wilson is visiting relatives in Bristol, Tenn. PROF. GREENE ENTERTAINS Prof. A. J. Greene entertained a number of business and professional men of Boone, who were former residents of Mabel, at a dinner at the [ Greene Inn Thursday evening. A delicious three-course dinner was pre, pared by Mrs. R. M. Greene. After dinner Prof. Greene introj ducea the 4'progressive" game of fox and goose. Dr. H. R. Eggers of the , teachers college, carried off high honors and was awarded a handsome , red bandana. John Greer was voted the winner of a lying contest and 1 bull-slinger in general. Those attending the dinner were: , R. M. Greene, W. M. Thomas, D. E. Benfield, Lee H. Stout, J. F. Greer, - R. G. Greene, H. R. Eggers, G. P. Bggers and A. W Smith WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVEI jLATE NEWS BRIEFS! | vni.iT vuv training FOR ITC IS I'KtitSD Shelby. March 0- Rudimentary | military training' for the nation's CCC boys was advocated in an addross here tonight by Stephen F. Chad wick of Seattle, Wash, national commander of the American legion. Chadwick, speaking at the post officers conference of the North Carolina department of the legion, asserted that ''if we are going to spend vast sums on materials, on arms and equipment, then let's train men to the intelligent use of these arms and equipment." accuse 8 of passing million dollars in bogus money New York. March 6- Secret operatives and police last night arrested six men and two women as members of a counterfeiting ring which they said had passed $1,000,000 in bogus } money during the past year. Leader of the gang was said to be Henry Braun, who was deported to Germany in 1935 after serving a sentence for counterfeiting. He returned to this country in 1936 and was arrested last 3'ear for illegal entry, but jumped his bond. Twenty-five plates, for making S5. 310 and 320 bills, were j found in the Braun apartment. ? 4 \ SOUTH STII.L ECONOMIC | PROBLES!, S.VVS PRESIDENT Charleston, S C., March 4.--President Roosevelt came out again 3*esterelay for higher industrial wages in the south, asserting increased purchasing powc r for southern people must be brought about if progress is : to be made toward solving the nation's "economic problem No. 1." Questioned D3* Charleston reporters during an interview aboard the cruiser Houston; the chief executive said he had seen no change yet in the problem. An administration agehcy several months ago called it the nation's first problem demanding soluj tion. He said he hoped there was go| ing to be a change for the better and j he was going to do all he could to | help bring it about. * * CARDINAL IWCKLLI IS ELEVATED TO PAPACY Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli was elcct: pope Thursday and took the name : Plus XI} on his; t\3rrt birthday in cjio cf history's shortest conclaves in V&U&ar City. He became the] - _ . _ . . -s o i. 500,000 Caiuolics and temporal ?vve?< ign o? Vatican City just 20 days after the death of Pius XT. who he served as papal secretary of state for eight years. He is the first pope ever to have been in. the United States As papal secretary of state he came here in 1936 and was received hy President Roosevelt. People fainted ir. the crush of 150.000 faithful who jammed St. Peter's square to receive the benediction of the tall, thin and ascetic diplomat who was raised by his brother princes of the church to the Vicarage of Christ. * * * ItOOOSFAKLT HAPS FOES OF DEMOCRACY Washington, March 4.?iUpcn a cheering, gala joint session of congress, President Roosevelt and Chief Justice Hughes impressed today the thouglit that the individual liberty guaranteed by the constitution is this nation's defense against those who would destroy democracy. Gathered in the big hali of the house of representatives were the members of both branches of congress, commemorating the first meeting of the national legislature under the constitution 150 years ago today. With them were the members of the cabinet, the supreme court, the heads of the army and navy and the diplomatic envoys of more than 50 foreign countries. Today." said the President, "with many other democracies, the United States will give no encouragement to the belief that our processes are outworn. or that we will approvingly I watch the return of forms of government which for two thousand years [ have proved their tyranny and their , instability alike." He served notice I that the United States would not stand passive and silent while rej ligious liberty was denied in other | lands, but would use every "peaceful means" to preserve religious and personal freedom. BARES FIRE SALE Bare's Fa>r store today announces its big- fire sale which started the middle of last week and which has drawn unprecedented crowds to the 1 r\C01 /loniTif r*>ont ? * * v tvW' uvji.iimiii.iil ^iwic. ounn: 01 uie merchandise being slightiy damaged by water during the recent fire, the , entire large stocks have been marked down to fire sale prices. Details of : the offerings will be found on page eight. COVE CREEK 4-H CLUB The 4-H Club of Cove Creek school met Monday, February 27, The minutes of the January meeting were read. Miss Bridge held a discussion on cooking and dental treatment. The ninth, tenth and eleventh grade girls remained after the meeting adjourned. Miss Bridge advised these girls to join the Leadership Club now being organized in Boone. ?-Reported. WANTED?Girl or soman to cook and do general housework. Small family. Inquire at the Democrat office. 1 p V \ xY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. rTfiuKciT'i ^OTMEMEMS ! BOONE METHODIST ( Preaching servients at 10:50 a. m. < and 7:00 p. m. Sunday. Sermons by the pastor. Young Peoples' service at 6:15. PRESBYTERIW Rev. John S. Yeltpn of Stony Point, | Tenni, who is chairman of the home 1 mission committee of the Hoist on 1 Presbytery, will preach for the Boone 3 Presbyterian congregation at the J high school building Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school will Im ' held at 0:45. j UNION BAPTIST CHURCH Mr. Wayne Stout preached for us 1 Sunday a week ago. and brought a i fine message. We have great con- ' fidence in Mr. Stout and believe lie will make a highly successful minister. Rev. Honda Horton, Boone colored minister and his choir, will be at ' Union next Sunday at li o'clock. All are invited to attend. A1) V EN T Ciir.lSTIAN "The Kock Church" Christ's resurrection is Christianity's sign that this religion is of divine origin. It is aiso the assurance to the people of this world that, there shall be a resurrection of all those who have gone down in death. The resurrection of the dead is the; Bible's only hope of eternal life. We I hope all the people will realize at! this season of the year the import- J since of the teaching concerning j Christ's resurrection told the resurrection of ail the dead. Services next Sunday as follows: 9:45?Sunday school. Prof. Hodges, superintnedent. 10:45?Sermon, "The Promises to Abraham." 6:00?Loyal Workers* meeting. 7:00?Sermon, "The Young People." FIRST BAPTIST Rev. J. Canipe, Pastor The pastor is giving an exposition on selected Psalms at the evening services. Last Sunday night \vc hac an appreciative audience and a large cue, too. Won't you join us in worship ry ^ CAROLINA i PHARMACY i Phone 47 Boone, N. C. i ?nce of Southern Mountain Workers, in \t tiie meeting of the Episcopal see- th ; of the conference, Mr. Butt will ar ead a discussion on the subject, ha Specialized Training for Rur a 1 Uiurch Workers." Bishop Gribbin is si< me of the leaders of the conference, ar SKETCHES FROM THE ce CAPITAL a as (Continued from page one) S ce in the congress .was followed by 01 i term in tlie state assembly and fears on the supreme court bench. *c \nd over on the house side was . . . JOHN BAP11SA ASHE oi Halifax. ,vho commanded North Carolina's e<^ .roops at Valley Forgei Jater attend- ? ng sessions of the Continental con- ? gross as a delegate. Retiring from, national politics, Ashe served three terms in the state assembly, was elected governor of North Carolina in 1S02. but died before his inauguration. And another representative was . . . TIMOTHY BLOOD WORTH, reared on a New Hanover farm; self-schooled teacher of schools and master of many trades, who manufactured muskets and bayonets for Washington's army. And a financier of considerable importance in those times was . . . JOHN STEELE, shrewd Salisbury planter, whose sendee in the house was followed by six years as a comp-1 trailer of the treasury, having beer, j appointed by President Washington ; and reappointed by Presidents Adams ami Jefferson. And a scholarly fei- ? low was ... J ? ITUCH WIl-LIAMiSON of Edenton, I -? ordained minister of the Gospel. | professor of mathematics, student of medicine. 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