North Carolina Newspapers

I V* 1 f Ka* rtf -v v'v.:'.- . ?& -:? VOLTLTTNO. 40 Iketches] Capital LIFE I (^IM) WASHINGTON, D. C.?House appropriations committee, charged with the expenditure of a measly $30,000 set aside by congress to investigate Works Progress Administration, last week sent a score of agents into the field. What they intend to do with a task so great is still somewhat doubtful, but it becomes increasingly apparent that time and funds will not permit a thorc ough scrutiny o 1 the world's number g?7i > one spending agen3B cy. Tlie alleged poj^vH " litical coercion ol I - ' / I project workers, the 4 oft-recited "collee'1 tion of monies from Ijgk the indigent f o t Kg* s. jjSjjSf campaign chests oi ffiy IhwM favorite candidates' ax 'yt- fd^ajj arid "genera) cusscdness" whicli a skep-Jim Itivcrs tical opposition believes to be lurking behind tile scenes in every sewing room, on every construction project, will liave to wait. For the nonce these eagle-eyed boys should content themselves with a hurried investigation of county ami municipal subdivisions, each oi rvhich lias in effect become a free agent of relief in its mad scramble ro obtam public improvements at the expend-.- of a harried Uncle Sam . oroide are generally agrera thai m,.. i .-in . a gargantuan ratholt. They see in it as they righteously should, the charitable impulses of a great-hearted nation which refuses to stand smugly by us hunger and dire want pays visit to the millions of homes of millions or deserving men and women . . in a land of great plenty. And Ihest fair-minded people- the most ol them?are anxious that congress appropriate sufficient funds for the needs of those actually In distress But they are inclined to an opinion that there arc lots of mayors and boards of county commissioners the country over who arc willing to expand relief rolls and distort statistics on poverty in order to obtain buildings and highways and streets anil sewers and playgrounds . . . things which could not be provided by depleted local treasuries. "Federal treasury raiders," as they Dare sometimes called, need a thorough investigation, so that congress may fairiy determine the true wants and needs of this multitude of poverty-stricken Americans. Thirty thousand dollars is indeed a small appropriation for such a t&3k, as things go today . . . but if expended along these lines it might bring forth a meager sample of the abuse which, through no fault of the central :WfPA administration, has attached itself to such a worth-while agencj'. IN THE SPRING of the year even the fancy of official Washington lightly turns to thoughts of fishing. Weaver Myers of I^enoir, who as an attorney assists the joint committee on internal revenue taxation in shaping the nation's fiscal legislation, occasionally finds time to indulge in piscatorial pursuits?c o m m o n 1 y known as "fishing," And in between times, he prepares for his forays to the tall and uncut by fashioning fly hooks from the vari-colored feathers of an ancient game rooster whose life was unwillingly given that this disciple of Walton might with greater certainty angle for those speckled fluvial denizens back in the hill country. Wuflro 1-nAM'o low. 11 J mm ay Lucy i: iUJ tell you?but he has an equal knowledge of the habits, the appetites and manifold idiosyncrasies of the finny tribe. With expert fingers he attaches the body of a "May fly" to a tiny -barbed hook; hackle, tail and wings are added; a water-proofing compound is applied to the finished job . . . and you have the glorious but unpalatable "dessert" for a mountain trout's evening meal. He nonchalantly tosses the artificial insect into the filled bowl of a lavatory. It gracefully settles on the water . . . natural as life itself . . . and surely there's no fish in the Elk or Pigeon rivers wise enough to withstand the temptation of taking just a wee nibble a1 the tempting morsel. Flies of every color and kind, rockcrawlers and kindred vermin of th< creek bed, lie ready in the Myers baitbox for a fishing jaunt to the Bif Wjilson in Caldwell county ncxl month. They will lend their arti ficial bodies to the expected captun (Continued on page eight) /ATAl An Independent" BOONE, \\ jTuPERIORCOlIRT TERM TO START HERE ON MONDAY Judge Frank Armstrong to Preside; (i5 Cases Appear on State Docket; Three Score Civil Actions: Suit Against Oil Company Draws Interest The regular spring term of Wat| auga superior court will convene i Monday morning, with Judge Frank Armstrong of Troy, presiding for his : first time in this county. There are 1 65 cases on the state docket, which ^ arc mostly ior misdemeanors, while GO suits appear on Uic civil calendar. The term is called for two weeks, and Clerk of the CourL Austin K. j South states that if all the cases are j cleared away, the full period of time j will be utilized. j Of considerable interest In the suit j brought by Prod Oxen tine against the Shell Oil Corporation, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover SGO,000 as a result of an oil explosion which brought death to his wife and infant son. Tile contention is that gasoline was sold to the p unit iff rather than kerosene, thus bringing about the fatal explosion. The fire was being kindled with the fluid and ; the container exploded. ROBT. scon DIES OF HEART ATTACK j Brother of CoHinasslonei' of j I Agriculture Was Supervisor 01 i I Blister Rue I Project Here j Robert Walter Scott. Jr., of Burl-j ington, N. C.. a brother to State j Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott, died at the Watauga Hoa pital Monday midnight from an illi ness with a heart attack. Mr. Scott > had been in his usual good health until 4:30 MJonday aftentoon, when he suffered the fatal attack. Mr. Scott was supervisor of the ! 3late and federal project for the control of blister rust on white pine timber in Watauga county, had made his home here since last February, and was held in high regard by his acquaintances in this area. ' Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at K&wfiolds ( church near Mebane Mr. Scott was a former superintendent of the Edgecombe test farm, and he operated one of the largest apiaries in North Carolina at Bolton ' where he lived for the last 17 years ; Wm. Klutz Wins in Bank Essay Contest William Klutz, student in the Blowing Rock high school, has bcecn awarded the grand prize of ten dollars in the Northwestern Bank's essay contest recently closed. Young Klutz had previously won $5 for having submitted the best essay from his school on saving money. The prize-winning essay, with a number of others and the picture cf some of the winners, appears on another page. BLOWING ROCK P.-T. A. WILL MEET TONIGHT The regular monthly meeting of the Blowing Rock Parent-Teacher Association will be held Thursday 1 night, April 20. The topic for consideration will be "The Place and Value of an Adequate Library in Our School Program," on which subject 1 Mrs. Ingle, the school librarian, will talk. Mrs. Dorscy, the district chairman of the P.-T. A., will be the guest ' speaker of the meeting. SCHOOLMASTERS CLUB WILL HEAR KEPIIART . On Friday, May 19, Dr. A. P. Kep- , . hart will address the Piedmont | Schoolmasters Club at Camp Yonahlossee. Members of the club who attend the p-ntherinfr will ctAv nwr . night at the camp. FEDERAL JURORS ; The following citizens of Watauga I county have been drawn for jury service in federal court which will convene in Wilkesboro on May 15: R. D. Edmisten, Matney; Ron Davis, Todd; Collis Greene, Blowing : Rock; D. J. Htorton," Vilas; D. P. Mast, Sugar Grove; Roscoe J. Hartr ley. Blowing Rock; W|. S. Miller, Todd; S. S. South, Meat Camp; W. J. Cook, Blowing Rock R. F. D.; > R. F. Tate, Boone; John Hagaman, Vilas; Henry Hagaman, Beech Creek. JGA Weekly Newspaper?Es rATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH SATURDAY LAST DAY TO REGISTER Many Expected to Participate in City Election on May 2: , Registrations Heavy Saturday is the last day on whlcl voters may register for tlie city election to be held 011 May 2, and all those who are now entitled U vote, and who have not previously participated in municipal balloting will be required to register. Some thing more than 100 new voter.* have already registered and then ?.-? ';.i|rcvnni iu in- u. consiaeraDK rush on the last day. Interest iu city politics seem' rather intense at t. is time and a large voto is in prospect. It ii likely that the record of two year; ago, when more than GOO went U the polls, will he exceeded this time The present line-up at the city hal is two Democrats and two Urpuh llcans ^ndr^peeul^Hon is rife as t< whether the normally Democrat!* n ?!..! :pality will iigaln endorse i politically - mixed administration The outcome of the election de ponds largely upon whether or not a full vote is cast. Watauga Ho First Y< FACULTY SELECTEI FOR SUMMER TERR Summer Scbooi Factisi.:.' v/iii B V.- .JIIUVA-VCLJ-Li. X-JV- <1 \a ers From Over the Nation The first term of summer scho< at Appalachian College will start c June G, and information coming fro; jxic oiuce 01 uie registrar indicat< til ill. thfe number <u Ut&chvfft-M.iun tendance this summer will be fully f large as formerly with a prosper that all former attendance re coin: may be broken. Several new members have bee added to the visiting faculty staf lor this summer. They will indue Dr. Robert Busteed from Indians Margaret Mayer from Columbia; I) Robert Eaves of George Wtashingfcc University; Dr. VV. S. Sharp. pres dent of Pfciffer Junior College; D Russell B. Smith, Oliio State; C. I Wright, superintendent of Daurcr City Schools; Rosa Veal, of Maine! Indiana: C. M. Abernethyf superb tender.t of Caldwell County Schooli Marguerite Smith, librarian of Ham High School, Winston-Salem; Dr. I V. Hollis, College of the City of Nc York; J. O. Bowman, superintender of Anson County Sc1 ols. Niew courses are being offered j the music field as part of the ne curriculum for those who desire t major in music. Courses not offere before are being given in Labrai Science for teachers who wish to r? ceive librarian's certificates. SOURCE OF NITROGEN IN FERTILIZER VITA Prof. C. B. Williams, head of tt State College agronomy dopartmen says the proportion of organic nitn gen in fertilizer mixtures is one < the most important factors in econ< mical crop production. The highest fertilizers are thoj which obtain from 20 to 35 per cei of their nitrogen from such hig standard organ!cs as cottonseed mea Ai^ii soyi)'j;in meat ana lam age. Prof. Williams asserted. As a result of field research wor conducted in North Carolina, Sou! Carolina and Georgia over a peric of 15 to 30 years, the State Collej experiment station recommends th: fertilizer mixture contain the foilov ing percentage of organic nitrogei For tobacco 33 1-3 per cent; corn ar small grains, from 20 to 25 per con and sweet and Irish potatoes, 25 1 33 1-3 per cent. UNCHANGED Demand conditions, under whit tobacco growers will market the 1939 crop are expected to hold reli tively stable as compared with d mand factors during the current se: son, prdcicts the U. S. bureau < agricultural economics. CORN Only about 9 per cent of the Ame icon corn crop, usually running fro 214 to 3 billion bushels, is used in tl industrial field. One-half enters tl food market and one-fourth goes bat to the farm in the form of feed. DEM( itablished in the Year Eight CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL new yoriTfair j group visitors ; City Welcomes Hospitality Com-1 mittcc Friday; Travel Under ! Direction of T. E. Pickard | Eight "North Carolinians, who will j 1 serve as a hospitality committee at j I | the stale's exhibit al the New York > j World's Fair, stopped at the Daniel - I Boone Hotel for a few minute? Fri* j day afternoon, where they were " | greeted by Mayor \V\ H. Gragg, Dr. * ! B. B. Dougherty and a number of . : other leading citizens of the town, 1 j who supplied them with information j ? 1 and descriptive folder3 covering this 1 area of th*1 state. * j The group was under the direction j , jo: T. K. rickaiU, chairman cf the . j governors hospitality committee, and t 1 carae to Boone from Banner Elk, - 1 where they h. " lunch at Lioes-McRac > ' College, proceeding from here to Lei j rtoir. ? ! The committee is covering every . section cf the state in order thai - : they may supply every conceivable t ! kind of inform :Lien required timing ! their stay in New York. >spital Ends *ar of Service )Nc\v Hospital is rendering an Outstandingly Useful Service /I to Appalachian College and to I the Entire Section; lias Com- , petcnt Personnel , ?; ' T?? - tvrtryWihh Utile or r.o pomp xa aun Um occasion, Boone and surrounding communities on Monday stood in proud review of the progress of the 1,1 Watauga Hospital which is celcbrat01 lug its first anniversary. :s The hospital opened liust April 17, r Villi M'SS Oia Suggs, Appalachian 's student. from CJastonla. as the first " patient, and has grown to serve on an average of 20 dailv from the coileae and community. It has been culled a n new deal, especially for the surroundf ing counties of North Carolina and le Tennessee, in rendering all types ol L; surgical and medical treatment. Despite tiie lack of sufficient funds n in many cases, the institution 1ms developed from meager to ample supplies for up-to-date service Comr* munriy organizations have joined with the Duke Endowment, individual al donors and church clubs in (ure. lushing supplies necessitated by the l- rapid expansion. Active in this phase have heen the Friday Afternoon Club, Faculty Dames CHrb, the , Worth While Club and church organiaations. Two rooms were coniA pletely furnished in steel-grain design '* by Mrs. Grace MkfNinch Councill and Mrs. Miattie C. Hardin in memory of a t^eir deceased husbands, tv While the 37-bed hospital has o proved its value to the community d through regular phases of surgical y and medical care, it is mainly of benefit to the college in collaborating with the new health program for Appalachian students. Of importance have been the eye clinics, the throat clinics, not mentioning the fluoroL scopic examinations. orthopaedic treatments, Wassermann and other ic health tests rendered. More often t, communicable diseases?-measles, inj fiuenza and the like, are controlled if through quarantine and treatment in >- the hospital. The weekly home nursing demonse strations given by the hospital staff it to Appalachian students as a part of ;h their home economics study is prov.1, ing invaluable. Every day more co I- eds arc being motivated to study the technique of bedside nursing, and k Miss Edna Heinzerling, supcrintenli dent, lends her efforts and time in inid structing the students through the ;e actual situations as they occur in the it home or at the hospital. 7- Patients of the institution are 1: privileged with an open staff of docid tors, active on request and permitt; ted to use all facilities of the hosto pital. These are Doctors Len D. Hagaman, graduate of the University of Pennsylvania; J. B. Hagaman, University of Tennessee Medical < h School; H. B. Perry, North Carolina ir Medical College, and R. H .Harmon, i- University of Virginia. The staff e- frequently has the service and consuli tation of Dr. J. D. RudisiU, prominent 3t surgeon of lenolr. The remarkable success of the hospital reflects favorably on Miss Edna Heinzerling, superintendent, and her r- staff of nurses. Miss Heinzerling, m graduate of the Whitehead-Stokes le Sanatorium, now Rowan General re Hospital, broke into executive duties ;k in 1917 when she opened the Baden (Continued on page eight) x;R^ sen Eigl "/-Eight ~20." _ Che y Blossom Queen r * " r ?, Washington. U. C.?Senator Albm W. Barkloy of Kentucky, croivned Miss Foggy Townsoml Queen of the annual Cherry Blossom festival on the polo grounds in Potomac lVrlc. Photo shows Senator Barkle> kissing the queen alter the mrountihh C. M. BLACKBURN 6 CLAIMED BY DEATH Well Kntfwii Citizen of Todi Section Succumbs to Long Illness; Funeral Sunday Calvin Monroe Blackburn, aged 71 well-known citizen who resided nea Fcdd, died Friday after a long perio nf failing health. Funeral services weie conduct^ from the home Sunday afteirioor tor of Mountain City; Or Sarn Ed wards, Baptist minister of Mount at City, and Rev. Mr. Winkler of Todc taking part in the rites and intcrmon was in the family cemetery. A larft crowd of friends from Boone and oth cr Si ctious of Watauga and adjoining counties gathered for the funeral. Mr. Blackburn, who was born i: Watauga, was one of the best citi sens of the county. He joined th South Fork Baptist church in 189 and was .1 faithful member until i' health forced his retirement. He wa a kind and loving father, a dutifu husband and a friend and neighbo to ail. IITA was nuircifii in 1.QCIO /-? Yfiw Jennie Clawsou, and to them wer l>orn 13 children The widow an seven sons and daughters survive Hump Blackburn, Newton Blackburn Todd; Don Blackburn. West Jeffer son: Mrs. Ola Brown, Mrs. Bell Brown, Boone; Mrs. Annie Cool; Todd; and Joe Blackburn, Mountaii City, Term. One sister, Mrs. Flor ence Goodman of Todd, also survive together with two brothers, Jak Btackburn, Hardin, Mont., and Wile; Blackhurn, Fleetwood. N. C., togeth er with many relatives and friend throughout this area. Pallbearers were: Glenn Hpwel' Lesley "N orris, Wpde iNorris, Glen] McGuire, Turner Watson. Ho war Tester, Ralph White, Ernest Sims Wade Clawson, Tom Walsh, Oti Wlagner, Russell Bentley. Flower girls: Edna Mae Browr Lucy Brown, Faye Brown, Jenni Cook, Anne Mae Cook, Mrs. Glen McGuire, Ruth Blackburn, Juanit Brown, Helen Brown. Betty Rut Blackburn, Lor one Blackburn, Mar Jo Blackburn. Mrs. O. Itf. Wagnei Ruth McGuire and Bunie Hodges. Boone Folks to Attend Centennial at Duk< A number of Boone people will g to Durham Friday where the^* wi! attend the centennial program a Duke University, which is to continu through the remainder of the wee!; In all more than 1,000 people are t participate in the varied program and processions. Every major co' lege, university and society in th United States will be represented b delegates and many wili attend t'ror foreign institutions. Dr. Amos Abranis and Prof. J. a Downuni are the delegates from Aj palaehian College. Others from th city who will attend are Dr. and Mr W. M. Matheson. ORANT OF AID North Carolina farmers talkln about grants-of-aid these days mea that they are buying ground lim< stone needed for their soils an crops and that payments for the lim will be deducted from the subsidic paid for soil improvement practice earned under the AAA program thi year. Yancey county farmers ordei ed their first solid car of lime unde this plan a few days ago, the fan agent reports. lT $L50 A YEAR WKMARKEfr 1 BEING PROMOTED FOR THIS COUNTY Local Livestock to Be Sold in Boone This Summer; Organization Now Being Formed to Establish Mart at Perkinsville; Wide Demand for Watauga Stock Ono of the newest developments for Boone and Watauga county is a livestock market, which, is soon to be established at Perkinsville, and which will likely be ready for the June lamb sales. The land ar.d lumber is already provided and work will begin at once, it is said. A large number of the leailing farmers of the county have already subscribed for-stock in the venture, and some of the business men of the town are also participating. All other farmers who are interested in the movement arc asked to get ir touch with Mr. S. C. Kggers at once. Tiie organization of the local market was precipitated by the demand of buyers of Watauga county = sheep, cattle and hogs, who have * often complained in recent years over ^: -hc lact that they had to go to Vir| ghha and Tennessee markets to get f I tVi.v nmHlmVt- 41,io I of those buyers have Ivcen so insistent that- thc-y have offered to invest . money in a local market for their a own convenience in securing mountain grown livestock. When the market is opened, sates will be held regularly each week. , The organization is strictly a cov operative one, and all the farmers of J the county are Risked to participate. i TREASURE HUNT l BEGAN SA'MlHAi I City's Retailors Slarl Unique Sales Event; More Than 50 S Prizes to I>e Given II Boone's second annual Treasure Hunt got under way last Saturday, at which tiine visitors to the shops of the city were given trade tickets !! with their purchases, on the basis Of s which more than 50 valuable prizes will be given away at the end of the r event on May 17. The prizes beingoffered are valued at more than $150. 3 Last year the Treasure Hunt j brought hundreds of shoppers to the city and now, with an expanded prize list and with a more concerted effort ' en tlie part of the merchants, it is ~ expected thi3 event will be far more ^ successful than the previous effort. The Treasure Hunt is being spon1 sored by the Boone Merchants Association and the prizes offered. a3 well s as full information in regard to the e unique merchandising event, appear ^ in the various show windows. Commencement at a High School Saturday a 5 CoiVLmencement exercises for Aps palachian high school arc to be held. in the college auditorium Saturday i evening, Kev. I*aul Townsend of the e Boone Methodist church, being the n guest speaker. a Four well-known seniors will den liver addresses, taking the place of v the usual valedictorian and saluta[. torian. Jessie Timmons will appear 121 a vocal solo while Jackie Hardin will render a piano number. The awards will be presented by Principal E. S. Christenbury, while a Mr. Howard Walker, county superintendent, will award the diplomas. Class day exercises will be held at 9 U o'clock Friday morning in the audir torium of Hie elementary school. . NO PAY INCREASE FOR o ELECTION OFFICIALS s IN WATAUGA COITNTY e Election judges and registrars in y the forthcoming municipal primaries n will not benefit by pay raises voted by the recent general assembly, Attor1 ney General Harry Mo-Mullan ruled >- Friday. e The act provides that judges shall 3. get 54 instead of $3 a day and registrars shall get 55 instead of 53 a day. The act exempts Ashe. Alleghany and Watauga counties, g The ruling included interpretations n of all the election laws enacted at s- the recent legislative session: the d marker lav/ is applicable to municie pal elections, though the new stateis wide registration act is not; the abis sentee ballot cannot be used in muis nlcipal primary or general election; r- and acts relating to marking mixed x tickets and advancing the day of n statewide primaries are not applicable.