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VOL. LI, NO. 36 |?KEKHEt CapUalLIIFE (^M) | WASHINGTON. D. C.?There's a int. of spring in the air these last few days. And spring brings joy and xjiyuunuig -woras to a poet, but nothing nvore than a feeling of extreme laziness to the draftsman of this alleged. column ... a laziness which attaches to vagrant thoughts of a dark fishing hole back of the budding willows . . thought of small consequence in a capital city where paunchy politicians and patronizing females and cadavrr] crous professors and .statisticians and \K' who-have-you gath* H er and fret and fuss Iff#*. *** ;iT1<* fume and try to if*7; /do something about , d I the economic and so! cial ailments of a ggf HudS so LET S leave C Ml all Ihc heavy stuff to the Brain Trust, Jim Itlven and sort of wander 'round . . . just looking, and thinking. Women arc sure doing their part of the smoking nowadays. Half the "ducks" along the walkway arc tipped with the carmine of milady's lip rouge. THE SQUIRRELS on the White House lawr. get most of the peanuts mid at Klcx.1 ne-ely-?-inted p.mh_. ... -- - - . ? -v Tfw* almost whitVTOlii paniarcn=g^^^^ti lower limb of that eim tiee must nave aeon at least three different tenants ol the executive mansion. Wise looking fellow. Wonder what squirrels think about . . except peanuts? STRAIGHT AiND TAJ.J-. clothing immaculate, eyes clear, every whisker In its place . . Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes of the supreme court is the embodiment in human form of law. Smart as a whip, too; but he last the Presidency in 1916 because he didn't believe it nikiessary to fraternize with California's Hiram Johnson Thus an ordinary snub, dished tip by the stately justice, probably changed the course of world history. But heading up the court's not a bad job, either. THE MELLON GALLERY of Art, fast taking shape, Ls a mighty imposing structure. Ten million dollars worth of house is a considerable house, anyway you look at it. Can't help but wonder whether 'twas Gull" Oil or American Aluminum o r Medicinal Spirits or some other of Andrew's many enterprises that paid for those giant steel girders. TAXI DRIVERS are a pretty sharp bunch, and they're almost as accommodating as barbers about dishing up news, and telling their "fares" what's ijkely to happen come next election. ''It's about time these Democrats were getting a licking," aaiu our caoman wun a strong suspicion of finality, "but it won't be Vandenburg?he'3 a stuffed-shirt. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it ain't Tom Dewey or Senator Lodge " WONDER WHAT BECAME of that house resolution which lodged in the senate last session . . . the one which proposed to appropriately attach the name of Congressman Robert L. Doughton to the ShcnandoahSmoky Mountains Parkway ? Could it have been jealousy on the part of Virginia's Senator Byrd ... or the plain cussedness of somebody else? Of course. Farmer Bob didn't exactly build the road by himself, but some pretty smart folks hereabout will tell you that, bad it not been for his untiring fight, this beautiful project would today be in the junk heap with Passamaquoddy and the Florida ship canal. COTTON ED SMITH, e b u 1 e n t South Carolina senator, is one of the beet cussers in congress Speaking of the ever-present cotton problem at a public hearing, the peppery Palmetto petrel unwound a few passages that sounded a good deal like this: "'It's time we started raising hell around here. We'll never get anything by pussyfooting. We sit around ilike a bunch of fools and let men write our laws who wouldn't know a stalk of cotton from a jimson weed or a cornstalk from a fishing pole. If a fool-killer ever comes around here there will never be a quorum in the senate or the house!" (Continued on page eight) /ATAl An Independent ^ BOONE, W J NE Bk The new county office huildin nient. A banquet was held Thursd MERCHANTSPLAN i SPRING EVENTS Treasure Hunt Again to Take , Place During May; Trade in Boone Days Announced Tile trade promotion committee of the 3oonc Merchants Association has i decreed March 30-31 and April 1 as ( Trade-ih-Boone days, during which j period members of' Stic association J Will make every effort to induce < | sprusg trade, by offering "niforralyj j *?r c*v<?ry Mne of trade. j | A L Ihr >?.*'? ~ -*?*_ vu w >iwxx .uoones accona annua; \ Treasure Hunt during May, at the ^ termination of which many valuable t prizes will be given away to shoppers , in the city. The distribution of trade , tickets will start A-pr^l 15th. _ and . the treasure hunt will end May 17. j Detailed announcements concerning j ' the event will appear soon in the z j Democrat. s A. J. WELLBORN i DIES AT AGE OF 73; Prominent Citizen of Stony Fork > Township Succumbs to Pneu- 1 monia; Rites Tuesday , < Deep Gap, March ID.?-Funeral ser- < vices were conducted from the Stony t Fork Baptist church Tuesday at 11 o'clock for A. J. Wellborn, who died . at the Watauga Hospital Sunday ' night from an illness with pneumonia. Rev. W. C. Payne assisted the pastor. Rev. Vilas Million, in the rites. Interment was in the nearby cemetery, a brief service being conducted c at the graveside. I Mr. Wellborn was born January 39, r 1866, and died March 16, 1939, aged ? 73 years. He was married to Miss Betty Triplett April 4, 1891. He f joined the Stony Fork Baptist church j at an early age where he remained a . faithful member until death. He j had a host of relatives and friends to t mourn his passing. $ He is survived by one daughter, j [ Mrs. L. H. Greene,Deep Gap; seven , grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Three sisters, Mrs. Larkin Watson, Mis. Bessie Brown and Mis. ^ Mary Glenn, also survive. There arc , two brother, Messrs. A E. Wellborn * and D. L. Wellborn, of this comity. E ^ 4 Committee Approves Cotton Guarantee ' c ???- I Washington, March 15 (Special)? E The senate agriculture committee Frdayi unanimously approved a bill . guaranteeing cotton producers 12 J cents per pound on their 1939 crop in a plan to increase southern income and reduce the 12,000 OOO-bale carryover from other years. The measure was drafted by Chairman Ellison IX j Smith. if Smith says the bill authorizes cot- 1 ton farmers to make withdrawals I from the 12,000,000-bale surplus, on which the agriculture department has t been making loans, in lieu of plant- c ing cotton for the 1939 season. His ] contention is that acreage control, c plus dimunition of the loan stocks, j will bolster prices and eliminate necessity for cxhorbitant subsidy payments. Another provision would permit the farmer to withdraw loan cotton 1 for sale on the market when the price 1 is sufficient to pay off the full goverament loan, plus handling apd in- t terest charges. ? JGA Weekly Newspaper?Esta ATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C WLY-OCCU PIED COU1 | g, which was completed the last of th< ay evening in connection with the dedi< 6ti6rn/XmT r* * PRISON ESCAPEE IS HELD HERE Man Captured by Roy Kcplarj Has Criminal Record With Federal Bureau Sam Clark, about 27 years eld, who \as been t raveling under various tliases. is a prisoner in the county jail, where he was lodged a few days igo on a charge or attempted larceny it an automobile. the property of Mr. toy ICeplai of Floor,e. Through the S sfforts of jnv, A. fiiisse'Fs local 1 aii .*7--. :t Cduii3il hut Clark has a long recor d si dnnyt vitli the Federal Bureau of lnveaj$- ' fatlon. He is wanted by the board at iaroles in the state of Iowa to cotft- , Mete a ten-year term for brcak$& ind entering; escaped-lasl Jutts from 1 North Carolina chaingang, where te had served less than two weeks of 1 four months sentence for larcenyind has a total record of ten ar ests. Most of these arc for burgary and thefts of various kinds. L>o-.al officers are awaiting word from he Iowa officials before taking' furher action. Clark was apprehended by Mr. <eplar when he accidentally blmv he horn of the Keplar car, parked lear the residence, as he Is thought .0 have been attempting its theft. ] ur. ivepiar urea at nim as he fled. J caught him and held him in his resilence while Mr. Keplar telephoned he police. Funeral Services Are Held for Mrs. Vandyke Funeral services were held Sunlay afternoon from the Three Forks ; Japtist church for Miss Ada Corlelia Vandyke, who passed away Saturday afternoon. i "Aunt Nelia," as the deceased was i amiliarly known, had been a partial : nvalid for 45 years. She joined the < rhrec Forks church at the age of 12 < rears and always attended church | md Sunday school as long as she was ; ible. Her life of patience and loving . dndness was an inspiration to all her i nany friends. > Pallbearers were R. L. Bingham, A. I. Edmisten, Dempsey Wilcox, Chas. ' Vilcox, Cliff McConr.eli, Len Storle < md Floyd Hagaman. Flower bear- < ;rs were members of the T. E. L. 1 ind Fidelis classes of the Boone Bapist church. < Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. j Uice Brown and Mrs. T. Len Cooke j >f Boone: Mr. \V. T. Vandyke of Slowing Rock. Several nieces also iurvive. Blowing Rock Bill Passed By Senate Raleigh, March 13.- -The senate has >asscd and ordered enrolled for ratiication Representative Roby Greer's >ill to enable the town of Blowing lock to regulate seasonal businesses. Mr. Greer's bill permits the town , ,o license, tax and regulate operation >f seasonal businesses between A-pril ' I and November 1, and to adopt or- ' linances providing appropriate fines ind penalties for enforcement. TWO-HEADED LAMB A ewe on the farm of Mrs. Francis 1 filler of Howard's Creek, recently rave birth to a lamb with two heads. Che animal died, but the heads were 1 sach complete, each being of normal ilze, and of usual proportions. DEM( blished in the Year Eight AROLINA. THURSDAY. MARC NTY OFFICE BUILDW W# " 15 > week and whieh :s housing various <1 atory exercises (Photo through eo U. D. C. Leader WXa. ^ISbIS^^' ^^^#59Q8titiilS6SiiiS3B^8i Sb ?*&* Mrs. J. M. Morote of Booms district director, who is to preside over meeting' of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to be held here Tuesday. DISTRICTU. D. C. MEETING TUESDAY Ten Counties to Be Represented at Gathering; State U. D. C. President to Speak District meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is to be held at the Methodist church in Boone Tuesday, March 21, at 10:30 3*clock, with Mrs. Ethel Karris Fisher, the state president of the organisation delivering the principal address. Mrs. J. M. Moretz of Boone, district director, will preside over the gathering. which will consist of delegates from Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Watauga, Wilkes. Mitchell and Yancey counties. At the close of the program, to which the general public is invited, a | club luncheon is to be served in the church basement by the ladies of the Women's Missionary Society. The complete program for the gathering -follows: iPiano prelude?Mx. J. T. Roberts. Invocation?Rev. Paid Townsend. Southern Songs?-Mrs. D. J. Whitener. Address of welcome?-Miss Eula Todd. Response. Reading: The New South (Grady) ?wars, tsugar uooKe. Violin Solo?-Miss .Natalie Purdom. President's address?Mrs. Fisher. Luncheon. ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY A Saint Patrick Day's party will be given in the basement of the Boone Methodist church Thursday night at 7:3C, sponsored by the senior group of the Woman's Missionary Auxiliary. Children who attend the Sunday school classes meeting in the basement will be charged 10 cents admission, others 15 cents. Come in Irish costume or wearing somethin' of the green. Miss Maisie Jean Jones, who teaches in Iredell county, visited with her mother, Mrs. J. W. Jones, over the week-end. ) RA een ghty-Eight :]Tlf L939 ?? ij I - - V. V ' I ' v. ^ -iW*KRSBA ^i^^SSRSS I ii-i|t;!:l B ai|' 11 Si. > | | ?Tp:;rmieiHs o! tlio county governor lesy of Winston-Salem Journal) BEAUTIFICATION OF CITY SOUGHT Mayor Says Shrubbery Again to Be Furnished at Low Cost to Residents of Boone Mayor YV. H. Gragg states he is particularly anxious that the people of the town got together this spring in a campaign to make the city the most beautiful to he found in the mountains. He is anxious that as many people as possible plan some shrubbery and flowering plants this year, ar.d lend a hnnri In making the town attractive ? tourist: y??l Air. Gragg haa* a' ranged to gel u. large number of native shrubs at about half the nursery cost, and is anxious to ..distribute these without profit to those who want them. .Special orders for evergreens and flowering plants can be made- through the town at the lowest prices. I? IT* i ? m runerai neia ror Stephen Holtzclaw Stephen L. Hbltzclaw, aged 71 years, died at the residence in the Brushy Fork locality last Friday, after a long period of impaired health. Funeral services were conducted from Oak Grove Baptist church Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. C. Canipe occupying the pulpit, and interment was in the Hine cemetery. The widow, who was formerly Mrs. la the Norris, survives, together with one daughter, Mrs. R. L. Hayes of Vilas. A brother, Mr. M. E. Holtzclaw, resides in Boone. Deceased was a son of the late Wesley and Mrs. Holtzclaw of Ashe county, and spent the greater part of his life, in Watauga where he was always held in high regard, and where he was known as an upright citizen. He was a painter and paper hanger by trade, and was well known throughout this entire area. Political Activities of WPA Being Curtailed Washington, March 15 (Special )*-Drastic curtailment of political ac tivities of WPA employees was an nounced by Col F. C. Harrington WPA administrator, Friday, soor after be had stated "serious reduc tions" in relief rolls will be necessary unless congress votes an additional j $150,000,000 appropriation before the I end of the month. Colonel Harrington's statement envisaged a slash in WPA employment from 3,000,000 to 2,000,000 if congrass persists in its refusal to allot WPA the full sum demanded by the rivSiUtUli. Sources close 10 the President indicate that FDR will make renewec presentments to the congress this i week. COVE CREEK FATHER-SON BANQUET HELD FRIDAY The annual father and son banquel of Cove Creek high school's class o! vocational agriculture was held a( the school Friday evening. Clarenct Berry, president, acted as toastmas ter. Talks were made by Sam F Morton, principal of the school; H M. Hamilton, farm agent for Watauga county, and Roy Ellison, Lawrence Spavin and Harold Leftwich members of the faculty. Music was furnished by Hard Thomas, Wheelct and Dick Farthing. T $1.50 A YEAR MANYTAKEPART IN DEDICATION ! OF CO. BUILDING | County and City Officials, WPA Leaders and Other Prominent Citizens Participate at Official Opening of Elegant Structure; Banquet is Served A large number of the leading citizens of the county, and surrounding area were present last Thursday evening for dedicatory exercises in connection with the opening of the new S35.000 county office building, v/hich was constructed by the joint use of county and WPA funds. A banquet was served in connection! with the program W. R. Lrovill was master of ceremonies. Mr. C. M. Cnitchfield, area WPA supervisor, introduced Mr. Swartz of the slate WPA office, who made the principal address. He referred to the | fact that Watauga county had been I a good sponsor for WPA projects, leading the state in percentage of j contributions. Mrs. Clara Simpson spoke of the | part NY A had played in the coni struction of the building while brief l talks were made by Mayor W. H. \ Gragg. Commissioners Coy Billings and Ira Edmisten; Clyde Perry, member of the education board; Jim Oouncill, state highway engineer; S. P. Horton of Cove Creek school; C. M. Dickson of Bethel school; Harry Hamilton, county agent: Marguerite Miller, superintendent of welfare, Br. R. R. King, head of the health depar tment. Howard Walker, county superintendent of schools, s]*oke of the methods : used in the construction of the buildJ ing. the cost and its uses. The buildj ing. h? was constructed entiref r WP* .nod NFYA except fcr the | factured the rough uin/ber. TtVO value of the building is from $35,000 to $40,000, but it cost the county lees than one-third of this amount. The state school commission helped generously in building the bus garage. The following agencies moved into the now building Saturday: District health department; welfare department, home demonstration agent, county agent; WPA and county superintendent of schools. The base meni is already occupied by the school bus parage. Mrs. Martha Brown Dies at Laxon Home Mrs. Martha Norris Brown, aged 7s years, resident of the Laxou neighborhood, died at the home Sundayafter having been ill for some time. Funeral services were conducted from the Laurel Springs Baptist church Tuesday at 2 o'clock, Revs. W. C. Greene, Levi Greene and. W. J. Cook taking part in the rites, and interment was in the cemetery near the church. Mrs. Brown was one of the oldest ladies of her community, where she was widely known, and where her death brings general sorrow. Surviving are three sons and two daughters, Axlie Browjn, Laxon; N. C. Bi-own, Dillsboro: K. W. Brown, Boone; Mrs. Ira Brown. Boone, and j Mw. Fred McNeil, Ridley Park, Pa. Figures on Local County Home Given Out of the total of $713,224 spent i by 85 North Carolina counties in the - fiscal year 1938 for care of indigent ' and aged in almshouses, iWatauga I county had a monthly per capita cost of $8.50 in taking care of an average daily population of 16. according to figures of a survey by the division nf iricfitlitihfo or?/l -** Al | ... air.i vuiiWLlUlUt VI Ultf state board of charities and public - welfare. Average annual per capita cost in the 85 county homes came to $213.54 or $17.76 a month exclusive of exl penditures for permanent iiraprove; meats, while the average daily population for the 85 homes collectively was 35 inmates. ' M'Giimis To Succeed Coan as Head of WPA ' Information coming at noon Wed: nesday from the office of Senator ! Robert R. Reynolds, indicates that Charles C. McGinnis has been named to succeed George W. Ooan, Jr., as state administrator for the Works Progress Administration. Mr. Coan's resignation is effective as of April 1. Mr. McGinn is has previously been i assistant administrator and the va' cated position lay between he and. Fred Cohn, the publicity director.
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