North Carolina Newspapers

! f VOL. 52, NO-T2 I WATAUGA CALVE^ TAKE MONEY AT VIRGINIA SHOW County Conies to Be Known as Leading Beef Cattle Producer: 4-H Boy Wins Hereford Championship at Tazewell Show: Local Boys Encounter Strong Competition Watauga county is known throughout North Carolina as one of the leading beef cattle counties in the entire state. l*asf week the Watauga 4-K Club "baby beeves made a step higher in the snow ring and brought additional fame to the <*<?mty by making a successful showing at the Southwest Virginia baby beef show which was held at the Tazewell ftNuntv fniv Four Watauga baby beeves were exhibited at this big- fat stock show and in spite of some of the keenest, competition in Southwest Virginia, came through with "flying colors'' by winning the Hereford championship as well as first and fourth places in the senior hereford class and fourth and sixth places in the junior baby class which was open to Hereford, Shorihorn and Aberdeen-Angus baby beeves calved since September 1. 1933. The 4-H Club boys who fed and exhibited the Watauga baby beeves at the Tazewell show arc John Edmisten from Howor Beaver Dam. whose calf won first place in the senior Hereford class and was judged the champion Hereford of the entire show; Asa L. Reese, Jr., from upper Beaver Dam township, whose calf won fourth place in the senior Hereford class; Gilbert Edmisten from Sugar Grove, whose calf won foiirth plac? in b?e?o? babv beef class; i and I"Yank Afccst from VoAle Orucis, whos^ calf won s'.x'n place in the junior baby beef class, in other words ail four Watauga calves placed Well up in the money. C * " ... wwjunwt-v*L Virginia nas long1 been considered the leading beef cattle Stronghold in the eastern part of the ? - ? Uinit*<i States tmd 'the Ta&ewett show is the leading fat stock show in Southwest Virginia. This year many of the baby beeves exhibited at the Tazewell show were selected from some of the best purebred herds in that part of the state and until this year Southwest Virginia Hercfords had not been beaten at the Tazewell show for many years. Consequently, when a Watauga county baby beef wins the Hereford championship over the keen competition afforded by the counties of Southwest (Continued on page eight) Postmasters Asked To Meet In Boone All postmasters of the county are to gather at the Daniel Boone hotel here at 10 o'clock on September 28, according to an announcement made by Postmaster W. G. Hartzog of Boone. Mr. Paul Younee. central accounting postmaster of Charlotte, will be present for the occasion and the meeting is called at his behest. Skatinc Rink I* Being Erected Here 11 r Spencer Miller is erecting a skating rink On a lot adjacent to the Woodcraft Novelty Company property. ar.rt expects to have the structure ready for use by the end of next week. The building is to l>e 60x100 feet, and of the most approved type of construction. WILBURN GREER DIES IN LONDON, KENTUCKY Wilbur Greer, aged 84 years, a resident of London, Ky., died at the home or. September 10, funeral services and interment being in that city. Mr Greer was bom near Todd in Ashe county, the family having moved to Kentucky many years ago. He was a younger brother of ''Upcle" Phillip Greer of Mabel, the latter now ibeing the only surviving member of the immediate family. ririH w wra wuitAiiais STRICKEN FROM ROLLS Washington, Sept. 18?-More than 22 per cent of administrative employees of the Works Progress administration were dropped during July and August, Colonel F. C. Harrington, the administrator, announced today. The cuts were necessary, he said, because of the "reduced funds made available for the administrative expenses of the work program during the present fiscal year. More dismissals will be made in September, he said. AIAI An Independent BOONE, i V. F. W. Commander - | Boston, Mass.?Otis 31. Brown or j Greensboro, X. named coin- j mander-iii-chief of Veterans of Foreign Wars at the 10th national encampment here, is pictured with I Mrs. Brown. He succeeds Eugene I. Van Antwerp of Detroit. DEATH OF INFANT i T*T 1 ? - ? ? ?1 ? - - BLAMED ON POISON Coroner Conducts Inquest Into Death of Three-Hour-Old Deep Gap Infant An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Carlton of Deep Gap, died at the home at 3 o'clock Tuesday, and an inquest conducted by Coroner Richard E. Kelley at the Rcins-Sturdivant Funeral Home Wednesday morning: resulted in the decision that the child "died from some kind of chemical poisoning: 01 unknown origin." Dr. t*en D. HUgaman , who had been present at the birth of the. baby three hours before its death, appeared before the coroner's jury and stated that the child was in normal health after its delivery. Tests made by the physician indicated that some sort of chemicals had resulted in the death of the three-hour-o-ld baby, and the bed clothing bore signs of a severe hemorrhage. After the body was brought to the local undertaking establishment, Coroner Kelley, who is also the mortician, noted burns about the mouth of the child and accordingly called the inquest. The infant's mouth and throat were severely burned, it \va3 stated, and a burn also appeared on the neck. When Dr. H again an left the home, it is said, a neighbor woman and her daughter were left with the mother and son. The woman returned to her home and the daughter attended the baby one time, administering a small amount of warm water. After she left the room, the child ceased crying, the mother called, and when the neighbor reached the room the Infant had expired. No further investigation Into the death is in progress. EUROPEAN WAR BRIEFS Danzig, Sept. 19,?Adolf Hitler served notice on Britain and France today he was prepared to wage a seven-year war if necessary and asserted that Germany and Soviet Russia. Europe's "two greatest nations,'' would re-establish ''law and order" in Eastern Europe. The fuehrer in an hour and 14-minute speech told the western allies?Britain and Francehe had "no war aims" against them, but declared that Poland, as created by the Versailles treaty "never again will rise." In one of his best oratorical efforts. Hitler spoke in the medieval Artushof as the crowning event of his first visit to Danzig since he brought the former free city of the Baltic "back home into the Reich.*' Dwelling at length on Nazi relations with Germany and France, he said, 'I have always endeavored to bring about friendly relations." "In the west and south," he declared, ' Germany made important concessions hoping to bring about definite peace in Europe. We believe we would have succeeded had downright war agitators not always upset our efforts." Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia are in agreement that the post-Versailles Poland shall not be revived, he asserted, ^adding that they were the only ones "entitled to re-establish law and oraer in Eastern Europe." London, Sept. 19?Authoritative quarters reiterated Britain's determination to say "no" to any Nazi peace offer tonight as an official communique charged Adolf Hitler's Danzig speech was "full of crass misstatements." The statomcnt gave a lengthy review of "the tale at Herr Hitler's broken promises" and said (Continued on page tour) JGA Weekly Newspaper?Est WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH MANY CASES TRIED IN FALL TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT Judge Bobbitt Presides; Many Cases Involving Misdemeanors Disposed Of; Frank Teague Dismissed; Fifteen More Cases to Be Tried Watauga county superior court convened ii: its regular fall session Monday. Judge W. H. Bobbitt of Charlotte, presiding, and up until Tuesday evening splendid headway had been made toward clearing the state docket. At that time about 15 cases remained to be tried, all of tbSh. ir.volvrr.g misdemeanors, court officials believed that the court would be ready to turn its attention to some of the civil cases sometime Thursday. The court will end with this week and little headway can be made on the civil calendar, it is stated. Following are the judgments of the court up until Wednesday morning: Fred Penned, larceny, ,2 years on roads, suspended for 3 years during good behavior Placed in charge of probation officer. Walter Hicks, driving drunk, 3 months sentence suspended on payment of $50 and the costs. Driving license revoked for 12 months. Nora Mooney, prostitution, prayer for judgment continued on payment of the cost. Dell Richardson, violation prohibition laws and larceny, 8 months on roads. Walter Bumgamcr. driving drunk, 3 months sentence suspended on payment of the cost; driving license reV< ked for 12 months. Grady Ha'tiey. violation prohibition Jaws, \ months on roads. Will Wllcr, non-support of child, $250 and costs IP? K&, R. P. Cartlwcll, driving drunk, 3 moriUis sentence suspended on payment of $50 and costs. Driving license revoked for 12 months. iDonntc Isaacs, driving drunk,* 3 months sentence suspended on pay ment of ?50 and the costs. Driving license revoked for 12 months. Gordon Carson, driving drunk, 3 months sentence suspended on payment of $50 and the costs. Driving" license revoked for 12 months. Arnold Triplett, driving drunk, 3 months sentence suspended on payment of $50 and the costs. Driving (Continued on page eight.) Patrolman Is Now Located In Boone Mr. C. M. Jones, state highway patrolman, has established headquarters in this city, and will patrol the highways of Watauga county. Although no territory other than Watauga has been assigned to Mr. Jones, he thinks it likely that later on he will have Avery county included in his territory. Mrs. Jones will arrive in the city within a few days and the family will establish its home here. Presbyterians Call Greenville Minister The Presbyterian church of Boone Till! in .1 nflll fr?T- Ruu Xf Greenville, Tenn.. at. a congregational meeting September 10. Mr. Rhea accepted the call to the pastorate of the church and expects to move to Boone during the second week of October. Mr. Rhea comes here with a record of splendid work done in his former fields and the new minister is welcomed to the city and to the local church. CONGRESS TO MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION Washington. Sept. 19?President Roosevelt disclosed today that he would go before congress Thursday to deliver an address officially opening the historic contest over the neutrality law. He began drafting that significant j document?which is to be short, be- j cause congress already has much j information on the subject?as members of the house and senate began arriving in the city for the special session. . Among those who reached the captol, Senator3 Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan, and Holt, Democrat of West Virginia, immediately anr.ounc- j ed their opposition to changing the neutrality statute at this time, while Senators Connelly of Texas and Guffey, Pennsylvania, Democrats, said they would support the lministration's proposal that the embargo on arms shipments to European belligerents be repealed. DEM< I :ablished in the Year Elijr CAROLINA, THURSDAY. Sj? ?Mf S. S. Roosevelt Tal New York, X. Y.?Workmen : flags next the huge lettering UF Lines*' on the side of the liner \vh REVIVAL STARTS AT LOCAL CHURCH First Baptist Church Will Have Dr. R. C. Grcshman as Evangelistic Ministei Dr. U. C Greshnian, pastor of the First Baptist church of Moultrie, Ga.. will occupy the pulpit at the First Baptist church next Sunday morning, in the first of a two weeks' series of revival services Dr. Oreshman is a graduate of Mor -v. uauvcianj itih.i ine cioiunorn Baptist Theological Seminary. The Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred upon him by Mercer University because of his outstanding ability as -*t leader among young people anc Sunday school work 111 the .state of Georgia. He is now president of the Baptist State Sunday School convention of Georgia. Tile minister is widely read and traveled and is in constant demand as a preacher and ieoturer at young peoples' assemblies and meetings lie is pastor of one of the greatest churches in Georgia, having arourd 1,500 members. The services beginning Sunday will continue for about two weeks The pastor. Rev. J. C. Canipe, will assist Dr. Greshman in the meeting The local church had more than one hundred additions to its membership last year and the prospects are bright for another great year under the leadership of Mr Canipe. The First Baptist church is a large house, with a large congregation, who have large hearts of welcome to all the people of Boone, the college, the com. J munity and the surrounding country Ebenezer Castle Dies On Monday Ebenezer Castle, 83, died .Monday morning at the home of a daughter, MJrs. Martha Phillips, at I>axon. Funeral .services were held at Bethel church Tluesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and burial was in the family cemetery near the home. Surviving arc six sons and four daughters: John A. Castle, Zionville; Rev. M. I. Castle, Charleston, W. Va.: B. H. and M. I. Castle, Canton, Pa.; Robert and Spencer Castle, West Lafayette, O.; Mrs. Sarah Greene, Canton, Pa.: Mrs. Nathan Phillips. Lixon; Mrs. Lillian Price, Vilas; Mrs. Alex Fortune, Wheeling. W. Va. Also siu-viving is one sister, Mrs. Martha Rominger, of this county. Loses Right Hand On Circular Saw Mr. Roby Vandyke, resident of the Bamboo section, suffered the loss of his right hand a3 a result of an accident at a sawmill which he was operating in the edge of Wilkes county last Friday afternoon. Mr. Vandyke, it is said, pushed a lever, which reverses the carriage of the mill, the feed belt broke, and he fell into the mechanism. The whirling saw cut and mangled his hand, to such an extent that it was amputated immediately following his removal to the Wilkes hospital. BOUND TO FEDERAL COURT Jess Street, resident of Roan Mountan, Tenn., was tried before United States Commissioner S. C. Eggers Monday on charges of possessing and transporting non-tax paid liquor and was bound to the November term of Wilkesboro federal court under bond of $500. Street was apprehended by Chief Ed (MJost and Sheriff Edmisten as he passed through town with 29 gallons of blockade whiskey. )CRA een Eighty-Eight I . 21, 1939 tes War Precautions llMMIWW <!?, " mi ire shown painting large American resident Roosevelt?United States ' il<* in port here. SPEECH BY HOEY j CLIMAX TO FAIR Annual Fair to Start at Cove' Creek Next Week: Governor To Speak Friday 'Hie ninth annual w.itauga county , fair will reach its climax this year on ! Friday morning, September 29, when I the citizens of Watauga gather at i Cove Creek high sehcod, scene of the fair, to hear an address by Governor I Clyde R Hoey Thus will be Mr. Hoey's first visit to the fair, and the citizenry of the county is looking forward to his coming The lair will he officially opened on Thursday, Sepiernber :>S. at 12 o'clock, and the farm products of the county will 'be placed on exhibit during the afternoon. Because of the fact that the. new gymnasium will i not be completed by this time, all i vegetables and culinary products of j the home will be placed oil display in j the Cove Creek high school building. i ijiwoun.lv wan oe exnioiteu in the I j stock pens situated in the rear of the ! building. Included in thus showing will be cattle, sheep and poultry gvMh! ered from tlie noted livestock farms jof the county. A program, unusual for its high en| tertainment qualities, is now being : prepared for the three-day occasion. For Thursday evening, Mir. Krnest Hillard, fair executive, has secured a nine-reel movie depicting the problems connected with the raising of livestock and the proper rotation of farm crops Governor Hoey is scheduled to speak on Friday morning, and follow| ing his speech a band parade will be be given by the student organization of the Boone high school On Friday evening an amateur show will be j staged in the auditorium of the high school. This entertainment, according to fair officials, will bring into public view the best musical and theatrical talent in the comity. The program for the evening is being rap(Continued on page eight) 902 Now Registered At Local College ! Nine hundred and two students I are now registered at the Appalachian j tjouege ror the fall and winter term, i according to information coming j from the office oi the registrar, and a survey indicates that women stuj dents outnumber men by two to one. i There are 602 women and 300 men j enrolled. Seventy of the one hundred couni ties of the state are represented in. the student body, while 33 counties in eleven other states have representatives. The fall term began September 1, and closes November 18th. The winter term opens November 21. F.D.R. Invites Landon, Knox To Conference 1 Washington, Sept. 18?In an unj usual step which recalled his recent j plea for "national unity" on prob] leras raising' from the European war. President Roosevelt today broadened the coming White House conference cn neutrality legislation to include the titular heads of the Republican party, Alf M. Landon and Col. Frank Knox. He obtained their readily given ! consent to attend the meeting, which j is to be held Wednesday, the day be| fore congress convenes in special ! session to consider the administration plan for revamping the neutrality law, which now embraces arms shipments to belligerents. T _____l=== BliRLEY GROUPTO PERFECT PLANS THURSDAY NIGHT Prospects for Tobacco Market Brighten as Last of Three Big Companies Agrees to Furnish Buyers: Incorpoation Papers Being Drawn TOBACCO SPECIALISTS TO ATTEND GATHERING Mr. Hedrfck, tobacco specialist fiom the state department of agriculture, will attend the hurley warehouse meeting Thursday evening, according to a telegram received at press time by Mr. Herman Wilcox from State Commissioner of Agriculture Kerr Scott. Mr. Scott stated that he had sent Mr. Ifedriek with the request that he render every service possible in the establishment of the "warehouse. Mr. I'ell of the I. W. Lovifl - * * ... - muiui', -viry, will jilso be present to loncl his assistance. Mr. 1*011 is a former buyer for the American Tobacco Company. All those interested in the establishment of a burlev tobacco market in Boone are expected to gather at the Junior Order hall in Boone this tThursday) evening at 7:30 for the purpose of perfecting organisation plans and naming a t?oard of directors for the corporation. At this meeting papers of incorporation will be approved and everything possible done to perfect the organization so that plans for the actual construction of the warehouse may proceed, with a view to being ready for the opening of the hurley season, which is not expected before the first of (he year. It is especially urged that all the farmers and business men of Watsruga. jobr.su;-, \-/ne. A iy and Alleghany counties wno are interested in the establishment of this mountain market attend the organization meeting. Members of the committee which has been working for several weeks to get buyers for the new warehouse have seeiirori Hpfinlu ?oo.?*^..rikA the three big- companies will co-operate, and it now remains for the peopie of the area to construct the building. Tt is believed that necessary stock subscriptions will be secured and the warehouse completed in time for the selling season, which is expected to be deiayed for about 30 days this time, due to the closing of the bright leaf market,' and the extra time required to finish their sales if and when they open. Wilcox Makes Statement Mr. Herman Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, issues the following statement: "I should like to take this opportunity of thanking those who have assisted m the securing of buyers for our tobacco warehouse. The committee has done an excellent piece of work. In behalf cf the Chamber of Commerce I wish to extend my thanks to the merchants association, too, in its fine co-cperation in this undertaking. "In behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, I would like to thank those leaders of our great state, as well as the nation, who put their shoulders to the wheel and said, 'You must have your warehouse, and we will do all within our power to assist you." Association Held at Laurel Fork Church The Stony Fork Missionary Baptist Association met in its 78th annual session with Laurel Fork church September 12 and 13. The association is made up of 17 churches in Watauga. Wilkes and Avery counties. The session is said to have been one of the best the association has ever experienced. Every discussion was enthusiastic and carried a spirit of determination to carry on the coming year's work. Rev. Carl Triplett. who has been moderator for the past two years, was re-elected to that position, as was the clerk and treasurer, F. L. Hampton. Rev. Bill Brown, a young minister,' was elected associatioiial missionary; N. L. Harrison, orphanage director; Rev. G. M Watson, Baptist Hospital director; Mrs. Mead Justice, B. T. U. director; J G Storie, G. D. Watson and I. H. Henderson, executive committee. The association was one of fellowship and love, and the messengers had no trouble in agreeing on a greater year's work for the coming year. Plans were endorsed to promote the Kingdom work, both in soul saving and financing. A spiritual co-operation is expected from every church.