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w VOL. LI, N07^4 $ KETCHES*' o'pu-1 LIFE (|?i) j "WASHINGTON, D. C.?Friday was a day of pomp and pageantry in Washington. General Anastasio Somoza, chief executive of tiny Nicaragua, accompanied by his dark-eyed senora, arrived at Union station for a brief visit with President Roosevelt. Double lines of sleek marines, well known to Latin-American ropublies, stood at saiute; a half-dozen bands ,,'s" Tvlovflf? IF !r"*Jvv fnB; j I bIc as "good neigh- I tx>r' met ''good r f j? 4ij _? neighbor" and pa- f jg raded down the ave- r". M I nue before five thousand troops representing almost cv- MF erv branch of Uncle St ^BSbHB Sam's fighting forces. War planes Jim Iltvcrs zoomed overhead, tanks and other i devices of destruction clattered ! along the pavement. Not since World War days has the capital witnessed such a demonstration of force . . . and indications arc that the "play" given the visiting Latins was merely a prelude to the colossal doings in pixapect when Britain's George and his queen come to Washington along' in June, A decade ago. even the Standard Oil Company wouldn't have gone to the trouble of sending out a gasoline truck to welcoi.se. a Central American . president. It seems to have come toj pass that European goings-on have B definitely ruffled tlie eagle's neckfeaihers; that, despite Senator Reynolds and other isolationist members of congress, America has decided that she cannot live to herself alone. And a fellow finds it hard to dodge a conviction that the traitip of marching foot, flags flying ir. the breeze and bands blaring forth the strains of a Sousa masterpiece is anything Slit i, nholln.im. Irt Oi.l II' 1 -l 1 - - -" i ~V, v_ri\* v?Ui III VUViltttorch ip a thai we on this side of the ocean axe very much pleased with democratic rule . . . that we're not I yet ready to accept any of the made tn-Europe "isms." ONE OF THE BUSIEST congressional offices on the Hill is that of Representative Artliur W. Mitchell (III.), first and only negro selected to the national assembly by the Democrats. A native of Chambers county, Ala., and for years an office boy of the late Booker T. "Washington's, Mitchell is tile lone representative of his race in the seventy-sixth congress, and a steady stream of negroes passes through his office daily. A quiet sort of fellow, the Illinois men is said to be a hard-working member, and enjoys the respect of his white colleagues, even those from "way down South. And speaking Of negro congressmen, many of whom were elected to the lower house from Southern states during the hectic days of Reconstruction and fusion, we turn the leaves of the Congressional Directory to the name of Joseph Hayne Rainey, first (Continued on page eight) Local Insurance Man Leads Field in April Frank M. Payne of Boor.e, general agent for the Security Life & Trust Co., of Winston-Salem, has been Bingled out by his company for special recognition on account of having led all the agencies during the month of April in the number of insurance policies written Mr. Payne wrote 32 cases during the month, a WinstonSalem agent following up with 22. At the same time the Security announces that April has been a banner month for the company. There was the greatest number of applications for insurance and the largest volume of business ever received in a thirtyday period. Valle Crucis Is Chosen For Next Meet of Diocese Vallo Crucis was selected as the meeting place in June, 1940, of the convention of the Western North Carolina Diocese of the Episcopal church at the conclusion of the twoday session at Fletcher, N. C., last Wednesday. The Rev. E. D. Itatt, rector of Holy Cross church, was named a member of the executive council of the diocese. MAT An Independent ~ BOONE, \ POPPY DAY TORT OBSERVED MAY 27 I Plans Completed for Sale uf Memorial Flower Made by Disabled Veterans I Poppy Day will be observed j throughout the United States on Saturday, May 27, with the wearing of I memorial poppies in honor of the World War dead, Mrs. Mh-linda Weaver, president of the Watauga unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, announced yesterday The observance will be led by the Auxiliary women who will distribute poppies on the streets during the day. More than eleven million of the little red memorial flowers have been made by disabled World War veterans working in government hospitals and in poppy workrooms maintained by the Auxiliary, said Mrs. Weaver. These flowers are crepe paper replicas of the poppies which grow on the World War battlefields a n d ameng which the dead and wounded fell. They are recognized throughout the English-speaking world as the memorial flower for those who fell in defense of democracy. Plans for the local observance of Poppy Day are being completed by| the Watauga Auxiliary unit under the leadership of Mrs. Charles L. | Younoe, unit poppy chairman, aided by a committee composed of Mrs. Lionel Ward, Mrs. Fred Winkler and Mrs. Weaver. Volunteer workers from the unit will offer poppies on the streets all day and will receive contributions for the Legion and Auxiliary welfare and relief work among the disabled veterans and dependent families of veterans. Poppies for distribution here have beep ordered from Otcen, Tsr. C, where disabled veterans have Ik-op given employment through i'.t winter and spring snaking Qie little tlowcrs. They are expected to be vorr: more generally than ever before on Poppy Day this year. Every cent of the money; contributed for memorial poppies will go to aid disabled veterans and the families left, in need by the death of veterans. SANITARY SEWER PLANS PROCEED WPA Allots $19,000 Toward Sewage Disposal System for Town of Hooue Information from the Works Progress administration is to the effect that approval has been given to an allotment of $10,113 for the installation of a sewage disposal plant in Boone Information coming from Mayor W. R. Lovill is to the effect that the city council is giving serious consideration to the sewage proposition, and that plans are being worked on to furnish the necessary sponsors funds. The official believes that it will be possible for the city to proceed with its part of the undertaking so that the project may bq started within a reasonable length of time. Dynamiting Fish is Bringing Road Terms H. Grady Farthing, district game iprotector, tells the Democrat that there are some reports of dynamiting fish in the county, and that every effort is being made to bring the violators before the courts. Air. Farthing tells of three men who were brought before the court in Alleghany county, fined $100 each ar.d given sentences on the chaingang of six months each He attended superior court in Caldwell county Tuesday, where five were tried for using powder in the streams, fined S100 each and court costs, road sentences of six months each being suspended. HtV T7o?<V.;nn' wol-oo s* I ho and his department will prosecute j to the full extent of the law any person found placing- dynamite in the streams or otherwise violating the conservation laws. Blowing Rock to Get Dial Telephones The index finger will figure heavily in conversation at Blowing Rock beginning June 1, when the dial system of -the Bell telephone replaces the units now in use there. Dials have already replaced the old telephones in various places, and by June 1 the system will be in full operation. The Blowing Rock operators will be shifted to other units and long distance calls worked direct from the Denoir unit. JGA J Weekly Newspaper?Estal VATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH Ci NO JUNE COURT TO if | BE HELD IN BOONE! Governor's Office Cancels Term On Recommendation of County Commissioners Acting in accordance with recommendations from the Watauga county board of commissioners, the chairman, Mr. Eller McNiel, has received advices from the governor's office that the June term of civil court for Watauga county has been called off for this year. The commissioners had asked some , time ago that this term be cancelled. ' due to the fact that the few cases which could be tried at the time would not justify the expense of holding the term. The June term was to have start-1 cu v?n wiunuiiy, uune lz, ana was to liave been presided over by Judge Hubert E. Olive of Lexington. Camp Yonahlossee ^ Host to Schoolmasters The Northwestern Schoolmasters Club will be entertained Friday at Camp Yonahlossee, and Dr. A. P. I Kephart. owner of the camp expects about 75 visitors for the occasion. The club i3 composed of members from sixteen counties, centering about Guilford, and both members and their wives arc invited for din- P ner, bed and breakfast Friday even- v ing. 9 Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of Appalachian College, and perhaps ? members of his faculty will be in at- * tendance for the dinner, and W. H. * Walker, county superintendent of scboois, has beer, invited. I Dr. Kephart is ope of the charter ] j members or the Schoolasters Club *' ' and was tor a time president of *} t 1 | ..rgani^ation. a | Laws as to Road Houses 8 Are Cited by Board * r The hoard of county commissioners r has called attention lu the new laws "a relative to the operation of road houses, tourist camps and the iike, , which require that body to issue a ' license for- the operation of these places. The application for license shall contain. The name and residence of the applicant, the name of the owner of the premises 011 which Hie business is to be operated, that c the applicant intends to carry on the j business himself 01- under his inime- ^ diate direction and that the applicant is of good character and has neverbeen convicted of a felony involving 1 moral turpitude, or adjudged guilty of violating the prohibition laws 3 within a two-year period. The application must be sworn to. Under the law which is described ^ by the commissioners as ''having tppth " rpniiirpc tho woriotwiriAn *\C guests at road houses or tourist ,. camps, together with registration of the motor vehicle occupied. It is advised that all persons operating such i establishments as come within the meaning of the act make their applications for licenses. Board of Education In Session Monday ac C At a special meeting of the board \ of education held Monday, the resig- j nations of two teachers in the county t schools were accepted?Mrs. Sarah a Horton and Mr. J. B. O'Neal. At the t same time approval was given to the appointment of Paul Bingham, and s Wheeler Farthing at Cove Creek high rv school: Mrs. Dora Mast, Cove Creek a elementary school, and Mrs. Amy I Johnson, KeDcrville school, { A representative of the state school |.commission is to make a survey of I Wlatauga school bus routes next week. Anyone desiring changes in bus routes should apply to the coun- ^ ty superintendent's office next Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Triplett Bats Out s Three Homers Friday * . i Hooper Triplett, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Triplett of Watauga coun- * ty, played spectacular baseball last 3 Friday for Gastonia in that team's r 13 to 5 victory over Statcsville. ^ He drove in nine of Gastonia's 13 runs, got four hits out of five times j at bat. including three home runs and a single, got home runs off three different pitchers, and in short, say sport writers, made hash of Statesville's pitching staff. i Triplett has played good baseball I from the start of the season with y Gastonia and his batting average d stands at .400. He is a brother to c Coker Triplett, big-time baseball f j player, who is now owned by the r 1 Chicago Cubs. t DEMK blished in the Yea ~iglv VROLINA," thursd^;, MA\ Possible G. O. P. Pr? esmr, Washington, D. C.?Possible ca dentin! nomination in 1940 were gt American Society of Newspaper Put Senator Arthur H Vandenberg of jV York, district attorney, and Scnatoi mL FIX PAY FOR SCHOOLTEACHERS )t\ Dougherty Named On Commission to Prepare Salary Schedule For Next Year A committee to prepare a teacher iay schedule for next school year ras named Thursday by the state chool commission. LSoyri Griffin, executive secretary, aid the committee would report at he commission's next meeting, set or June 8. Ntamed to the N committee were Dr. 5. B. Dougherty of Boone; Clyde A. irv/iii. state superintendent of public ilfitrvcUoi?; Edwin Pate of Laurel Till; A, ifcL. Graham of Clinton. and ule B. Warren, executive. secretory if the North Cair.linu Education Acocial.ion. The 19311 general assembly prodded funds which the advisory budget cc-nunission 3aid would provide a tinth increment, but left distribution if the fund" up to the school conimistion. Colonel Starling At Blowing Rock Colonel Edward Starling1, chief of he White House secret service, was in unexpected guest at Blowing Rock Sunday, stopping over for lunch at he Hob iNob Inn on his return to Vashington from Ashevi lie Oliver E. Taylor, chief of engineers of the national park service, wis traveling with Mi*. Starling, long with several other secret servcc men attached to the White IDouse. Neither Starling nor Taylor comnented on the pux*pose of their visit, ;ut it was probably in view of Presilent Roosevelt's visit to North Caroina at the dedication of the Great >moky National Park. Courthouse Grounds Being Beautified A crew of WiPA workers, under he foreraanahip of Mr. L<ee Teague, s engaged in gTading the grounds Lbout the courthouse and the new ounty office building, and setting >ut a large amount of shrubbery. The fork is adding materially to the ap>earanee of the commons, and when he lawns, which are being reseeded, ire well set, the landscape will be icautiful. The co-operation of the public in taying off the new planted areas fill be appreciated by the workers md by the county officials. Vlany Taking Part In Troacnm Wnr?f Alt JL a. \^1WMl M AUIih As the Democrat goes to press toay, hundreds of people are in Boone, side from the usual crowds to at- j end the Boone Merchants' Assoc ia.ion Treasure Hunt which will be | taged at 2 o'clock, at the end of rhich more than fifty valuable prizes i/ill be given away by the participatng merchants. Intense interest has developed in he merchandising event which was t&rted four weeks ago, and much nerriment will accompany the awardng of the prizes. improvements Being Made at Oil Station A noW washing' and greasing house i being constructed at the Todd Srothers Esso Service station, and Jill be ready for use Within a few ays. The new building is of brick construction and will house modern acilities for washing and greasing notor cars, making a valuable addiion to the popular station. )CR^ teen Eighty-Eight _____ ;sidential Candidates ' * W* jaB i.ididatcs for the Republican Presiicsts at. the annual banquet of the lishers and Editors. I^eft to right: [ichigan; Thomas E. Dewey of New r Robert A. Taft of Ohio. liEDlICED POWER | RATES SOUGHT Town Officials and Power Rep resentatives to Seek Lower Rate Schedules The city officials initiated a move rnent at one of their first meeting: to secure better electric power at re duced rates, according to informatioi given the newspaper by A. K. Hodges town clerk, who states that a num ber of citizens are co-operating t< bimg about lower schedules for elec trie energy. "In view of the fact," says Hodges, "that power throughout th county is being supplied by P.KA, : movement has been started to indium New River L.i.ht &. Jftower Co. t work cut arrangements by which th? town could be served by REA.. Th city commissioners have arranged > meeting and invited officials of RE*' and New River Light & Power Cc to attend on Wednesday night of thl week, to discuss possibilities, inves tigate rates, and make comparisons, "The citizens of Boone and sur rounding communities," says Afi Hodges, "are very much interested ii industrial expansion, which calls fo an abundance of electrical energy a lowest possible rates. It is believe that prospects of electrical power a the lowest rates in the history of th< town are good." MANY FARMERS GET SOIL CHECK: More Than One Thousand Farm ers to Participate in Farm Program This Year xmiiic imnurea ana eignty~on farmers of Watauga county have re ceived checks totaling: $26,309.95, a payments for their participation i the 1938 federal soil conservation program, according" to information received at County Agent Harr Hamilton's office the first of thi week. About thirty more checks states Mr. Hamilton, are yet to be received by local farmers. More than one thousand farmer will participate in this year's fari program, it is pointed out. Fou thousand tons of lime and over 30 tons of TVA phosphate is alread being delivered to participating farir ers. County Singing To Be Held On June 1 The semi-annual Watauga count; singing convention will be held ii Boone on Sunday, June 4, according to announcement made by ?N. L. Har rison, chairman of the organizatioi sponsoring the event. The singing will start at 12:30 i] order to give pastors, Sunday schoc leaders and others an opportunity t I *- !> ? .. i ^n,vuu -iviuiuui iiiLcneruig wrui tnei morning services. Judge Johnson J Hayes, of the Middle District Fedcra .bench, has accepted an invitation t lecture to the crowd immediately aft er the singing convenes. Tater Hill Road Survey Is Startec Mr I. A. Burngarner is today start ing the survey of a roadway on Tate Hill mountain and information is lha as soon as the location is made, ac tual construction will begin. Th road will reach from the plateau t the top of the Tater Hill it3elf an will be about two miles in length. The roadway will be but a sma part of the Tater Hill dcvelopmen program. *- 5} d ~ S1.50 A YEAR jlSUNDAY SALE W BEER AND MNE IS BANNED IN COUNTY : County Commissioners Act Mon day to Enforce Provisions of Dry Legislation Passed by the General Assembly; "On Premises" Sale of Wine is Strictly Forbidden; Sheriff Asked to Enforce Law to Best of Ability I Effective Monday of this week the Sunday sale of wine and I beer in Watauga county is forI bidden, pursuant to the authority granted the county board of commissioners by the last geueral assembly, and there will be no "on premise" license for the sale of wine in this county. The commissioners met in special SC3&1UI1 mutiuu v uiiM * Sabbath dav ban against alcoholic beverages into effect. Sale of the intoxicants is illegal be tweeh the hours of 32:01 a. ra. Sunday and midnight Sunday night and ] in Lneir resolutions, uie commissionI era requested the sheriff of Watauga county to enforce their orders to the best of his ability. 31 Tlie text of the resolution as prass" I ed, which hears the signatures of 1 Eller McNeil, chairman, C I. Ridings and Ira Edmisten. is <os follows: "It being found that the legislature 5 of 'North Carolina passed an act relating to the sale of beer and other beverages in Wtatauga county, the law was read, and it was found that 13 the governing body of the county has 1 the right to prohibit the sale of beer and wine between the hpiirs of J 2:01 r'ja. m. on Sundays and nddnigftt. 53uilI day night. It -was also found that the f-j governing body has the right to rc1 fuse to issue 'on premises' license for ^ the sale of wines. i 'Therefore, upon the motion of C. s I. Billings, the following order was uanimously passed: " '1. That no person, firm or corporation has a right to sell beer and wine in Watauga county between the 1 hours of 12:01 a. m. Sunday and midr night. Sunday night, t ?i ?2 That the governing body >wilt ? not issue license to any person, firm t or corporation for the "on premises" e sale of wine. >l 'S. The beard of county commissioners cf Watauga county requests the sheriff of the county to enforce the above order to the best of his ability." J The resolution in in full force and 5 effect as of May 15, 1939. - Memorial Services To Be Held May 28 Under the auspices of the .Watauga e Post American Legion, the annual memorial services for the war dead s of Watauga county are to be held Q this year on May 28 at the state fish n hatchery, four miles east of Boone. 11 The meeting will start at 10 a. m. y Veterans of the World War are to s meet jointly with the Spanish war }? veterans and veterans of all the oth~ er wars. The Civil war veterans are especially invited, and will be honor 3 guests. There are only three left in n the county, Mr. Newton Banner, Mr. ir William H. Blackburn and J. E. Lu0 ther. y All veterans are urged to be presl" ent ana to bring well-filled baskets for the picnic dinner which will be served on the grounds. Prominent speakers will feature the program and the gathering will last until t evening. y Farm Gatherings Are Being Planned 1 i A series of meetings for farmers I interested in the 1939 soil conservan ! tinn IM-mrro m Vfofni.wn ? '? ? , -j-,?"- * 4.u? Kiauiuga i? '1 being arranged by County Agent o Harry Hamilton. r The purpose of these gatherings is i- to explain the provisions and bene 1 fits of the program for this year. It 0 is anticipated that a large number of - farmers will participate in the federal program this year. Work Is Started On 1 Livestock Market Workmen are now busily engaged r in erecting the 3heds and other struct tures at the newly-organized Wat! auga Livestock Market, which is loe rated at PerkinsvUle. Scales have o been bought and will toe installed d within the next few days, and it is thought possible that the market will ? be opened about June 7. t Buildings being erected will cost something like $2,000. i ' ?&??? - ' v-'.- i'Jsm
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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