VOL.. LI, NO. 38
ASSEMBLY ENACTS~
MARRIAGE LAWS;
ELECTION REFORMS
Ninety-Day Session of Legislature
Ends Tuesday; Appropri- I
atcs Record Amount for Conduct
of State Affairs; Governor
Iloey Says Legislature
Did "Constructive" Job
The North Carolina legislature adjourned
at 2:30 a. m. Tuesday, and
ended a 90-day biennial session, chief
accomplishments of which were passage
of a record $155,000,000 appropriation
bill, and of stricter marriage
and election laws.
New laws will require men and
women to have pre-marital physical
examinations and expectant mothers
to be given blood tests. The absentee
ballot was abolished in primaries,
and its use restricted in elections.
The "professional marker" will be
eliminated in primaries.
The new election law will allow
AWtiAv. >- -
vii luiciia lu maj-K uanots only
if no other marker Ls available. It
will also prohibit a marker, other
than an election official, from aiding
more than one voter.
New Hanover county (Wilmington
and Morchead City) were authorized
to legalize horse racing and parisnutual
betting if they are approved
by referenda. Onslow county was
given permission to have races and
betting if the county comnnissioners =
approve. ^
Extra funds were voted for public ^
schools, which may be used by the
school commission to restore pay of
vete?*an teachers to the 1939 level.
PThe money \yaa nor. ear-marked, however,
for increments, and i.vjy be
used m general salary adjust merits *
111" leglsiahire sfijonrned exactlyt
VO V?\iJC-Vi'-i s Vv. ?i.
Governor Hoey, in an interview I
yesterday, said the general assembly
had done a "constructive" jol>, and c
listed the following as among "a "
few" outstanding accomplishments: r
Substantial progress in public cd- s
? ucafcisn; enactment or a"contimiiag ?
revenue act; v.ddo expansion of the s'
health prognun; an agricultural pro- 1:
gram which "very distinctly rcpre- 11
eents progress;" an "entirely satis- -v
factory" department of justice at a ?
cost of only $10,000, and election law
reform. ll
During the final hours tile house
killed a bill which would have provided
for a popular vote on a consti- ^.
tutionul amendment to raise the pay
of legislators from $600 to $900 a
cession. ,,
The house also killed a senate bill p
which would have provided a com- p;
mission and advisory council to study
the state's educational facilities and
plan a iong-range educational pro- e
gram. b
The house Dassod a spnni. am
levy a $250 tax on peddlers and itine:~
nt dealers who solicit farmers and p
buy their scrap tobacco. M
TAX LLSTINGTO
START APRIL 17"
v
Ten Per Cent Penalty For Those R
Delinquent in Their Listing; J.
List Takers Named
Tax listing will begin in Watauga
county Monday April 17th, according' ^
to Mr. C. D. McNeil, tax supervisor
of the county, who has announced the
appointment of the new list-takers,
ss follows:
Bald Mountain?Glenn Howell.
Beaver Dam Blowing
Rock-?Kent Brown. ,
Blue Ridge?Marion Coffey.
Boone?W. T?. Trivette.
Cove Creek?Allen Adams.
Elk?JP. G. Carroll. ,
Laurel Creek?J. L. Shull. I
Meat Camp?Bynum Clawson.
North Fork?Walter South.
Shawnechaw?Howard Edmisten.
Stony Fork?E. B. Hardin.
Watauga?Paul Fox. o:
Mr. McNeill points out that this %
^ ^ ? ,, , IV
j ten a. ecu pci v^uju penalty 13 .providod
against those who are late in ^
listing, with a minimum, charge of ^
for listing made after the month (
of April. The penalty is made mandatory
under the machinery act.
NILEY COOK INJURED
Mr. Niley Cook, resident of the s<
Blowing Rock section; was critically o;
Injured Wednesday morning when his T
body was crushed by a log as he ol
worked in the timber In the Samp- ti
son district. As the Democrat went hi
to press attaches at the Hagaman ai
clinic, where the injured man was
brought, could not yet divulge the pi
extent of his injuries, but feared that 51
bis condition was serious. 21
'AIM
An Independent
~ BOONE, \
$25,000 Dev<
Follow Sale <
Closes Big Deal
S. C. Eggers, local realtor, who |
has jiLst sold the "Tator Hill"
property to a newly-formed corpo- I
ration. The deal, which is the re- |
suit of three years effort on the i
part of Mr. Eggers, will result in |
the expenditure of $25,000 in the |
development of the scenic moun- j
tain retreat.
iCHOOL BOARDS ~
ARE SELECTED
card of Edur?{ion Names ilorzoii
Chairiraii ahu rxc-ru->
" ? j
The recently-named board of eduaticn
met Monday and organized by
anting J. B. Horton chairman and
e-electlng W. H. Walker as county
uperintendent, at the same time apoint
Xor the . various
chools of the county. XJnder the new
tw, one member has been appointed
:>r a term of three years, one for two
ears and one for one year, in the
rder listed, while the first named is 1
mvporary chairman, who will call "
ie initial meeting.
The committees are as follows: i
District 1?Boone <
L. L.. Bingham, Roy Ha gam an, Joe 1
!. Hodges. :
Building Committees: Howard's '
rceu. Bart morris; otuuierwoou, ike
;cdcnhamer; Miller, Harrison Baker;
ich Mountain, L. E. Beach; Bamboo,
H. Vannoy.
District. 2?Green Valley
Green Valley, Winebarger and Rivrview?
Alex Tugman, Wm. Winearger
and G. C. Ragan.
District 3?Deep Gap
Deep Gap, Castle, Stony Fork, Mt. '
aron, Elk and Lower Elk?W. C.
toNeil, Zeb Greene, P. G. Carroll. '
District 4?Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock, Cool Springs, Pen- '
y, Bradshaw and Cook?Richard
tallers, Collis Greene and Clyde '
lawson.
District B?Valle Cruris
Valle Cruris, Foscoe, Grandfather,
alley Mountain and Cool Springs? i
ichard Olsen, T. H. Calloway and "
L. Triplett. 1
District 6?Cove Creek *
Cove Creek, Rominger, Presnell,
elleraville. Windy Gap and Liberty '
all?T. L. Mast, W. T. Payne and
am Atkins.
District 7?Bethel
John W. Ward, David Hagaman
id Carl Farthing. I
District 8?Mabel
Mabel, Silverstone and Pottertown |
-John E. Combs, Bert Mast and Al- ;
n Perry. t
Todd District <
Elkland?W. N. Howell.
lurley Average Last \
Season Was $19.01 j
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Washington, April 1.?The bureau
t agricultural economics reports
ross warehouse sales of hurley to- (
acco in the past season totaled ap- |
roximately 341,500,000 pounds and
veraged $19.01 per hundred pounds .
>r a total value of $66,814,000. 1
In the previous season, similar
lies amounted to 419,000,000 pounds
t an average of $20.08 per hundred
>r a total value of $81,126,444.
The bureau said that in the past i
:ason 252,000,000 pounds were sold 1
a Kentucky markets, 66,500,000 on s
ennessce markets and the balance on <
ther markets. Sales on the .Kenicky
markets averaged $19.47 per i
undred, on Tennessee markets $18.16 <
nd on others $17.18. t
The Lexington (Ky.) market top- i
ed the list with total sales of 75,- .
50.000 pounds for a value of $16,- i
50,854. l
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Weekly Newspaper?Est
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH ~
elopment To
31 Tater Hill
S. C. Eggers Disposes of Seenic
Mountain Top to Unnamed
Corporation; Extensive Development
is to Follow; Improved
Road to Property is Now in
Prospect
Afir. S. C. Eggers, local realtor, announces
the sale of the famed Tater
Hill property to a newly formed corporation,
which plans to build a
swimming and fishing lake, a golf
course, overnight cabins to accommodate
100 people, and develop a
mountaintop resort of unexcelled
convenience and beauty. The total
investment will be in the neighbor-1
hood of $25,000, when the property I
is improved.
Mr. Eggers is not privileged at j
this time to give the names of the
buyers, but does slate that work will |
start and details he given out as soon
as the papers of incorporation are!
completed. . I
The .l.254-acre tract of land which |
has been in the Linney family for j
three generations, and which was a
prized possession of the late Ool.
Romulus Z. Linney, extends from the j
top of Harmon's Knob 011 the cast, 1
west to include the 5,300-foot emi-1
nonce, known as Tater Hill, and is'
three miles long, and thirteen miles |
around. There are 300 acres of almost
level land. The immediate
view is the Cove Creek valley, whilfe
to I he east on clear days a splendid
view may be had of parts of Wilkes
ami surrounding areas. During the
past century Colonel Linney developr
cd the tract to an extent and built
11 rock house to which he journeyed
each summer. In lata y^nrs, howevgSf
i.nhaV.iiiTj the axes..!
hns worked .for \
years in -bringing tne xransiei :>e?
culmination.
Preliminary plans call for the
building of a lake covering 14 acres,
which will be stocked with fish and
used for bathing; cabins are to be
constructed which will accommodate
IOOT persons, a modefii golf course
will be built and a dude ranch will
be a feature of the development.
The development will soon be accessible
by a fine motor road from
Boone, via Howards Creek falls, in
15 minutes. The development promises
to be a mecca for sightseers because
of its scenic value and the fact
that the nearest human habitation is
IVIUHI. UHU iiilico 11UI1I Uiv; ouilllllll. ox
rater Hill.
Further news of the development
ivill he awaited with much interest.
Farmers Get $21,000
In Benefit Payments
Watauga county farmers have already
received checks totaling $21,)00
in payments under this year's soil
:onservation program, and several
housand dollars are yet to be expenled,
states County Agent H. AT. Ilarv.lton,
Jr. This is in addition to about
54,000 worth of phosphate which
armers have taken in preference to
he cash payments.
Mr. Hamilton states that 450 local
armers have made application for
17% phosphate to be used on pasAires
and meadow land this year, or
About 250 tons valued at $7,500.
Postal Receipts at Local
Office Show Increase
Postal receipts for the first quarter
of this year show an increase of
L3.2 per cent over the same period
ast year, according- to W. G. Hart?og,
Boone postmaster. The gain for
he first three quarters of the 1939
nccfll vpflr O ru?r* /?pr\t
Receipts for the first nine montlis
>i the 1938 fiscal year totaled $11,?34.92,
and for the same period this
'iscal year receipts jumped to $12,539.46,
an increase of almost $1,000
iver the same period last year.
Total receipts for January, February
and March of this year was $4,129.40,
compared with $3,532.93 for
he same period last year.
Rev. Buchanan to
Give Up Pastorate
Rev. E. S. Buchanan, pastor of the
Blowing Rock Presbyterian church,
lendered his resignation la3t Sunday
md will likely accept a call to Leo
Bounty, Va.
Rev. Mr. Buchanan came to Blowng
Rock in June, 1931, and is ex:eedingly
popular with the people of
ill denominations in this area. His
esignation goes into effect April 23.
congregational meeting Sunday
right will vote on acceptance of the
esignation.
DEM<
ablished in the Year Ei'"
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CAROLINA, THURSDAY, .
MARTIN TO SPEAK
AT GATHERING OF
COMMERCE BODA
Winston-Salem Editor to Bi
Principal Speaker Whet
Chamber of Commerce ant
Local Retailers Gather Tucs
day Evening; Business Matters
to Be Discussed
Hon. SanU'ord Martin, cditoi
of the Winston-Salem Journal
j has accepted an invitation tendered
by the local Chamber ol
Commerce, to be the principal
speaker at a banquet to be held
at the high school building
Tuesday evening at 7:30, under
the joint auspices of the commerce
body and the Boone Merchants
Association. Mr. Martin
will he nresentert tn tVio a*:ceTr>
j blago by the mayor of Boone
j Mr. W. H. Graggi
I At a business session of the two
j organizations, which will follow the
banquet, special committees -will
' make their reports on the outlook for
| the establishment of a burley tobacco
warehouse in Boone, and a build'
ing: of a golf course in the vicinity.
Prof. E. S. Christeribury of the
J3oone high school, and Prof. Hamrick
will be present with their dehating
team, as special guests.
The merchants had planned to hold
a pep meeting- during the course of
the evening: on account of the annual
treasure hunt event, which is to be
announced next week. Advertising
matter, trade tickets, etc., are to be
distributed to -he retailers at this
time
nirw i y>
FOR AUTO VICTIMS
Two Beech Creek Men Are
Killed When Car Plunges
Down Embankment
Funeral services were lie Id at
Beech Creek Saturday for John Barman,
25, and Tbvight Trivett, 20.
residents of that section, who met
their deaths Thursday afternoon in
an automobile accident. The men
were en route, \t is said, to Butler.
Tenn. on business when the car they
occupied left the road and plunged
down a 35-foot embankment. Both
were dead when a passing motorist
readied them. Harm an was beneath
the vehicle with his head crushed.
Trivctt, the driver, was yet under the
wheel, his neck broken.
Mr. ITannan was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Harman. while Mr. Trivett
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Trivett. Trivett is survived by his
widow, while Harman was unmarried.
Rev. Vivian Greene and Rev. Ed
Farthing conducted the double
funeral services, which were widely
attended. The young men were most
popular in their home community,
where their tragic deaths brought
deep sorrow.
Conservation Officials
Are Visitors in City
Mr. Charles W. Buraham, supervising
fish culturist, and Mr. E. B. Kugler,
assistant commissioner with the
department 01 conservation and development,
together with Mr. H.
Grady Farthing, district game protector,
are spending a few days in
the county, surveying the game fish
streams and otherwise looking after
the propagation of trout in the area.
More than 1,100.000 fish are now
in the pools at the hatchery near
Boone and will be placed in the
streams this spring. Many of the
trout to bo released are already of
legal size.
State's Cigarettes
Worth Half Billion
Washington. April 2.?The census
bureau reported tonight, cigarettes
constituted almost one-half of the
$1,384,737,686 totat value of products
turned out by North Carolina's industrial
estalbishments in 1937.
The report said 10 establishments
produced cigarettes valued at $536.1
915,093, and paid $14,536,210 to 16,421
wage earners.
During the year the state had 2,896
manufacturing establishments,
including printing and publishing
plants, which paid $189,265,474 in
wages to 258,771 workers. The 1935
figures were: 2,599 establishments.
$148,922,367 total wages. 277,100
workers, $1,103,910,930 total value of
products.
!?>CRA
.een Eighty-Eight
<TL 6, 1939
Candidates F
r Offices Are PI
: Heads WPA in N. C.
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i C. McGinnS vyho on April 1,
entered Into the office of acting !
I slate VVi'A aJniinis'; rvitor for North
Carolina. T: v .appointment as administrator
becomes effective on
April 20. at which rimo the accrued
annual leaves of the rbiiKing administrator
expires.
WRIGHT HOME IS ~!
RAZED BY FLAME
Loss of Appalachian Professor isj
Partly Covered by Insurance:
Teach era ge Damaged
located near the Appalachian Cp?-j
lego t.eacherage, and one of the best i
frame buildings iri the town was
burned to the ground at noon Tuesday.
The fire started from a chimney
and whs first noted oil the roof of
the structure. Meat of Dr. j
Wright's library and considerable of |
the furr ihuc was saved from the'
flame. The Wrights will reside for j
the time boinir in one ef fh.? i
homes.
The loss, which is perhaps five or
six thousand dollars, is partially cov- i
cred by insurance.
The college Leacherage. located i
cast of the Wright residence was,
damaged about a hundred dollars as j
a high wind held the flames against'
the side of the structure. The prin
S oipal loss was broken window panes
and burned window frames.
Easter Cantata to Be
Given at A. C. Church
"Redemption's Song" is the name
of the Easter cantata to be given in
the Boone Advent Christian church
on Sunday evening, April 9th, at S
o'clock by the combined choirs of the
Grace Lutheran and Advent Christian
churches. The soloists arc: Soprano,
Mrs. Clyde Winebarger; alto
Mrs. Elbert Vannoy,; tenor, E. M.
Cook and Arendall Warraan; bass.
Rev. Will Trivettc. Following are
the numbers of the cantata:
"A New Song," choir with soprano
obligato.
"Ride On in Majesty," men's clioir.
'Midnight in the Garden," soprano
and alto duet.
"And, He, Bearing His Cross Went
Forth " bass solo snd choir.
"If T Bear Not a Scar for Him."
, soprano solo.
"Now Upon the First Day of the j
Week," choir.
"Tell the Glad Story," three-part j
Sviiiens cnorus.
"Death is Swallowed Up in Victory,"
alto solo and choir.
"The Song of the Redeemed," tenor
solo and choir.
"Behold I Stand at the Door and
Knock," tenor solo.
"Rejoice and Be Clad," choir.
Wo invite you to be with us and
hear these songs of praise and
thanksgiving for the resurrection of
Jesus.
Pre-Easter Revival
Is Now Going On
Rev. J. C. Canipe is now engaged
in the conduct of a pre-Easter revival
at the Boone Baptist church,
the well-known minister using ''Passion
Week" as his general theme.
Large crowds are in attendance at
the services and widespread interest
is being shown. Mr. Canipe having
been in and around Jerusalem is able
to make the story of the last week ir.
the life of Jesus unusually interesting.
One will be amply repaid for
attending these services, which arc
to continue through Sunday.
T
$1 50 a year
or Municipal
iaced In Field
i W. B. Lovill to Oppose Mayor
W. H. Gragg in City Gleclion;
Aldermanic Candidates Are
Named; Interest Grows in
Contest; Registration Books to
Open Saturday
I A Democratic ticket headed
by W. R. Lovill as candidate for
; mayor; A. E. Hodges, Lee Stout
and R. W. McGuire for alderi
men. will oppose Mayor W. h.
j Gragg, G. K. Moose, A. E. HamI
by and George C. Greene, in the
j election May 2. to determine
j which political party shall hold
! the reins of the municipal gov(Tnment
for the forthcoming
two years.
The Democrats held their convention
Thursday evening at wh?rh time
more than 300 partisans gathered in
nominating session, while the Republicans
nominated their slate Tuesday
evening. Indications are that tho
campaign wilt be waged intensively
and that the largest municipal vote
in the history of the city will be cast.
Forecasters believe that the total vote
will be in the neighborhood of lrCOO.
The registration books will bo
open at the city hall Saturday and
ell those who have never participated
in a city election or who have become
21 within the past two years will lie
required to register.
The city has been for the past two
veal's controlled by :? bi-partisan
group. Mayor W. H. Grogg, a Republican.
is serving b;r, second term
G K. Moose, now in his third term,
gig u Rnniihlicaft member of the board
bf fl'-icvfr cn A. I?3. Horlges Demo<?V.,
- ? .... ...... w L?
L. T. fa til m is rounding out his second.
SUNDAY SALES OF
BEER FORBIDDEN
Compromise Law Dries County
on Sundays and Restricts Issuance
of Wine Licenses
The sale of beer and wine is to be
forbidden in Watauga and twenty
other counties on Sunday as a result
of a bill passed in the closing moments
of the legislature, and which
was adopted as a substitute measure,
following unfavorable action on all of
the hills presented which would re
Turn individual counties to their former
bone dry status.
When hope of returning prohibition
to the mountain counties faded, Representative
-Greer and Representative
Johnston of Ashe county, urged the
appointment of a sub-committee to
act on the proposals. The enacted
law is the result of the recommendations
of that group.
Under the proposal the county
commissioners are to have the right
to ban the sale of wine and beer on
Sundays and to have discretionary
powers in the matter of issuance of
"on premises" license for the salo of
wine.
Information is that the Watauga
county commissioners will take immediate
action to place the statute
in effect in this county.
?r*i xr r\
w uey morns isies
At Meat Camp Home
Mr. Wiley Morris, one of Meat
Camp township's most esteemed citizens,
died at the home Sunday from
a long illness. He was 83 years old.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Meat Camp Baptist church
Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Tip
ton Greene, and interment was in the
Brown cemetery.
Survivors in the Immediate family
are three sons: W. P., T. C., and
C. K. Xorris of Boone Route 2. Two
sisters and one brother also survive:
Mrs. Mary Greene, Boone; Mrs. Magpie
Henley, Hay, Wash.; John Norrifl,
Laurel Broomery, Tenn.
Mr. Norris, who was reared in the
Meat Camp section, was one of the
county's best and most honorable citizens.
WINKLER BUYS GUERNSEYS
Mars Hill, April 4.?Four registered
Guernsey cows have recently been
sold by Roy J. Wh.ll to W. M. Winkler
of Boone, owner of Hew River
Dairy. These animals are Fanning
Fields Flora, Fanning Fields' Effie,
Fanning Fields' Fanny, and Faiming
Fields' Edwina, seconding to the
American Guernsey Cattle Club of
Peterborough, N. H.