VOI,. 52, NO. 22
HOLIDAY LIGHTS
TO BE TURNED ON
SATURDAY NITE
Opening of Christmas Shopping
Season in Connection With
Tobacco Celebration! Santa
Claus to Distribute Gifts as
Streets Arc Illuminated With
Yuictidc Lights and Decorations
The Christmas shopping season
will eet under wav in Boone
next Saturday evening when
the Christmas lights to be installed
by the Retail Merchants
Association are to be turned on.
when Santa Claus himself will
be present to distribute gifts to
the children of the county, and
when the stores of the city will
be resplendent with the widest
variety of gift items displayed in
the city in manv vears.
I The town is co-operating with the
business interests of the city in
stringing huge ropes of evergreen
on cither side of the street in the
business districts, and the Merchants
Association, through the cooperation
of the New River Light S.-.
Power Company will have the variiului'w
lights in piaee in iiitVple tittle
for the opening.
The lights arc to be turned on
promptly at 5:30 and all the people
of the surrounding territory arc invited
to be present and bring the
kiddies to see Santa and to receive
gifts.
Officials of the Merchants Association
state that never have sol
many inducements been held out to
the buying public of the Northwest
section as at this time. The stores
are literally jammed with gift items
of every kind and price and description,
and a record-breaking Christmas
trade is in prospect.
RED CROSS ADDS
MANY MEMBERS
Roll Call Campaign Well Ahead
pf That of Last Year; a List
of Those Joining
The Red Cross Roll Call campaign
comes to an end today, and reports
coming from Mrs. James II. Council!,
county chairman, and Mrs. If.
P. Eggcrs. roll call chairman, indicate
that this year the people have
responded much more enthusiastically
to the appeal of the organisation
than last. Following is a list
of those joining, who have not hitherto
been reported:
Boone: Starr Stacy, J. G. Roberts,
Leonard Eury, Miss Jennie Todd,
Ralph G. Greene. Mrs. Ralph G.
Greene, Dr. J. B. Hagaman, Kelly
i Miles, Dr. Robert Busted, Ruby Wilson,
Book Store, D. J. Cottrell, Mr.
and Mrs. Flueie Stewart, R. W
Walkitex, Rex Ilagaman, Gordon and
Mrs. Nash, Mrs. Raleigh. Cottreil,
Rev. J. C. Canipe, Mrs. C. W. Williams,
Mrs. D. E. Bonfield, L. L.
Critcher, B. H. Watson, Mrs. J. E.
Holshouser, W. M. Grubbs, Mrs.
I John Howell, Mrs. D. D. Dougherty,
Ed Culler, Ed G. Farthing. Mrs.
Amos Abrams, Rev. Paul Townsend,
Mrs. Carrie Smith, Mrs. J. D. Rankin,
Mrs. E. N. Halin, Mrs. Chappel
Wilson, Mrs. Van G. llinson, Remsi
Sttirdivant, Mayflower Beauty
Shop, Mrs. W. F. Miller, C. M.
Stiles, Mrs. Jennie Critcher, Mrs.
Annie Coffey, C. H. Trotter, E. N.
Hahn, T. M. Greer, Mrs. T. M. Greer,
Harley Dotson, Smithey's Store, C.'
A. Price, Wiley Smith, J. W. Beach, I
M. Hosteller, Mrs. B. F. Williams,
Appalachian Soda Shop, Mrs. Wiley
Smith, Dr. E. T. Glenn. Mrs. E. T.
Glenn, Miss Jennie Coffey, Dr. J.
C. Farthing, Mrs. J. M. Moretz,
Moretz Brothers Electric Co., Couneill
Cooke, Linney Walker, Ideal
Barb'r Shop, W. G. Hartzog, E. L.
Tcague:
Robert C. Rivers, Jim Rivers, Mrs.
* Cora L. Councill, C. C. Wilcox,
Thos. Miller, S. T. Moser, High Land
Furniture Co., M. W. Beach, J. G.
^ Huckins. Miss Mildred Elkins, Mrs.
George Sawyer, W. H. Gragg, Mrs.
, R. L. Ciay, C. M. Jones, W. E. Rush.
I* J. F. Sherrill.
Contributors: Henry Baggett,
Howard Cottrell, Ralph Estes, Roy
Thompson, Wesley Honeycutt. J. O.
Cook, T. H. Shull, Mrs. Frank
Hrnnnn TVTt-c Wprmfln Wilofiv Mre
Bryant, Billy Stallings, Anna Rentier.
M. C. Miller, H. R. McGuire, J.
K. Brendall, Mrs. Bowers, Tom
Beach, D. P. Wyke.
Cove Creek: D. J. Brown, Ernest
Hillard, Rev. J. W. Parker, Mrs. J.
W. Parker, Miss Annie Smith, Jennie
Love, Mrs. Roby Greer, Roy Ellison,
Paul Bingham, Mrs. Dora
Mast, T. J. Moody, Mrs. Maude
Spainhour, Ophelia Bingham, Mrs.
Ruth Mast, Vanda Whicker, Constance
Shoun, Gladys Bingham,
Blanche Stokes, Mis. Odes Wilson,
Mis. Will Payne, Odes Wilson. B.
. W. Stallings.
United States families were divided
among home owners and
tenants in the ratio of 14 to 15 in
the 1930 census.
rATAl
An Independent
BOONE, W/
Justice Butler Dies
S5y?\3Si? s&3s? * ?CaKaTSfiGeflBfli
Washington, D. C.?Pierce Butler.
associate justice of the United
States supreme court, who died
during his 73rd year.
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JUVVJilii UV/U1/U ULIllll
War Has Direct Effect on Mountain
Root and Herb Business;
Germany Not Buying
The war in Europe is having a
Hi red effect on one Boone business
"irm, the root and herb house conducted
bv Mr. C. A. Wilcox, who
tells the Democrat that already two
ships carrying botanicals from the
'ocal warehouse have fallen prey tc
marine warrare.
The Dutch steamer Binnendiik,
carrying in her hold considerable
stores of herbs from the hill coun'ry
of Watauga, went down in the
English channel front the explosion
of a mine, while the S. 5. Matra
also carrying a oucotity ot the local
product was sunk by a tv-pedo from
a German sbmersible.
Mr. Wilcox states that he is still
dripping botanicals to England
France, Holland and Belgium, but
that the good trade he enjoyed Willi
Germany has been wiped out b\
hos. ties. Goods are being exportcu
by the local firm to Canadc
and Cuba, and trade negotiations
arc now under way with China
Japan, South America. Mexico, Australia
and several other countries.
HUNTING SEASON
IS OPEN TODAY
Holiday Groups to Take to Field
and Forest as State Lifts
Ban on Gunning
Today. Thanksgiving, marks tin
end of the closed season on uplanc
game and manv local nirnrods will
observe the holiday by trips intr
the fields and forests. The huntinc
ac.uauu un iiuasi, LLiiKcy, grouse anc
mbbit, will find an abundance ol
the upland game, according to loca
wardens and hunters.
Quail may be taken every day except
Sunday until February 15. the
hag limit being ten a day or 150 fo;
the season. The possession limit i:
TO, meaning that this many birds
may be kept in refrigeration foi
personal use until 10 days after the
close of the season.
The grouse or pheasant seasor
ends January 15. The bag limit is
two a day and 10 for the season
and the possession limit is two.
The rabbit season continues unti
February 15. The sky's the limit oi
the cotton-tail?no bag, season oi
possession restrictions have beer
made and they are the only game
that may be sold during the oper
season. The game division say;
hunters will find a plentiful supply
in most sections of the state.
County Residents
Receive $1,872.50
In Aid Payments
Watauga county received a tota
of Sl.872.50 public assistance pay
ments from combined fedora], stab
and county funds to be distributee
io ztii county resiaenis urawing ok
age assistance and aid to depen
dent children, Miss Ada McRakan
field representative of the stat
board of charities and public wet
fare, has been advised by Nathan H
Yelton, director of the public assist
ance of the state welfare depart
ment.
A total of $1,261 went to th
county's needy aged numbering 16t
and another $100 was given to fou
widows of Confederate veterans wh
had been transferred from the stat
pension rolls to the public assistanc
lists under the act of the last legis
lature.
Dependent children in the count;
numbering 126 were given tots
grants of $611.50.
Stale-wide average payments t
needy old people was $9.63, to de
pendent children $6, and to pen
sioners $25.27.
Arkansas produces the bulk of th
I country's aluminum are.
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Weekly Newspaper?Esta
iTAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA1
MANY EXPECTED TO
jATTEND TOBACCO
FETEON SATURDAY
Plans Proceed for Celebration
Mountain Burley Warehouse
and Opening Christmas Sea-1
son; Mile Long Parade, Addresses
and Grand Tobacco
Ball to Feature Event
Plans are rapidlv taking shape
for the big celebration Saturday
marking the completion of the
burley tobacco warehouse, and
word coining to W. H. Gragg.
chairman of the committee or.
arrangements, is to the effect
that thousands of people from
Carolina and surrounding states
are to take part in the event,
which starts with a colorful parade
through the streets of the
city, progresses through the
opening of the Christmas shopj
oing season?Santa Claus and
nil anrl wlnrlc nn a Hnu tv^o-r
riment in the first, annual tobacco
ball.
At 10 o'clock sharp, states Mr.
Gragg, the crowds are asked to
gather at the warehouse, where the
tniln.lnng pv?2{lG Will ijO fOnilC{i
and where those who have never
had an opportunity to see a warehouse,
may observe their first floor
of tobacco. The parade will pass
! through the city from King and
North Water streets to the Baptist
' church, then to the high school
! building, where prominent local
, people and distinguished visitors
( will speak to the assemblage. In
the parade will be the Boone high
school band, the high school bandr
; (rom Mountain City, Cove Creek.
' Blowing Rock and Spruce Pine,
, together with the troupe of funclcwns
and curr.hlers from Agpala
1 lachian State College, who will ap;
pear in a series of tumfclir.g acts
during the course of the parade;
Business men of the town and ad[
joining towns, notably Mountain
City, will appear in the parade,
' while leading farmers wilt also join
i in the line of march. A mounted
i. cohtingent Will- add ,.color, to JJ:
. parade. One float will feature . a
! tobacco auctioneer conducing a sale
! At the high school Mr. Gragg will
. be master of ceremonies, and will
present Mayer W. R. Lovill, who
will briefly address the crowd. Con
grcssman R. L. Doughton, who unstintingly
lent his inliuencc and effort
to the establishment of the
market, will speak, as will Kerr
Scott, commissioner of agriculture,
unci Mr. Iledriek. state extension
service tobacco specialist. County
agents from Ashe, Alleghany, Wat|
auga, Johnson, Yancey ana Madison,
together with representatives of the
farm security administration, will
JJC itxugmwu. \
All tobacco growers in Carolina,
. Virginia and Tennessee are being
I urged to come to Boone Saturday,
I December 2, and take part in the
, festivities. A number of newspa>
pcrmen and high officials have al
! ready indicated their intention of
f being present.
[ At 5:30 the Christmas shopping
season will be opened, the holiday
lights turned on and Santa Claus
> w ill mingle with the crowds during
the evening hours.
i In the evening the celebration
j will reach its climax with the lirst
annual tobacco ball, sponsored by
. one of the women's clubs and supported
generously by business and
i civic leaders. Funds raised from
; this source will be used ior Christi
nias charities. Stubby Taylor's
famed Green Park horel orchestra
1 will provide the syncopation, and
: due to the cold weather the ball will
r be - held in the burley warehouse
i addition near the depot. The build?
ing will be warm and indications
i are that a large crowd will attend
5 irom throughout the region.
/ Tickets are now on sale at local
drug stores.
Legion To Be Host
To Officials Today
* The Watauga post American Legion
will act as host to county and
1 city officials, business and civic
- leaders at a dinner given at the
i Legion hut this (Thursday) evening
1 at 1 o'clock.
1 n. d. 11an or rseirnont, airector 01
- the Legion Americanism departi,
ment, will be present and talk on
s the Legion program. Other distill -
guished guests from throughout the
[. area are expected to be present for
- the meeting.
ALLIED PLANES SHELL
e NAZI AIR AND SEA BASE
t,
r Berlin, Nov. 28.?British war
l> planes today machine-gunned the
e German air base at Borkum, 26
e miles northwest of Eindcn at the
mouth of the Ems River, but dropped
no bombs.
y The British air ministry announc1
ed that "British planes machinegunned
three German seaplanes at
o Borkum this afternoon." The British
- planes, seeking Nazi planes which
- have been laying min'es along the
English coasts, were fired on by
anti-aircraft batteries but returned
c to their home base without damage,
tlie British announcement said.
DEM<
iblished in the Year Eight
MOLINA, THURSDAY, NOV.
Burley Op<
! To Decern
I ? ?
SANTA COMIF
Santa Claus is on his way to
dren of the county during the ev
mas season starts promptly at I
No Parking In
Business Area
Next Saturday
In an effort to provide ample
room for the eniovmsnl of the
celebration next Saturday, the
committee on arrangemenis and
the police department are co-operating
in restricting parking in
the business district next Saiux
day.
WT ? -** * "
no parKing Win De ailOWttCl
a'ong M*>in street between the
old pcstolfice building and Smithey's
store, until after the parade
has passed at 10:30. Full co-ope
ration of the people in lMs matter
will be appreciated. Business
men of the town are asked to
leave their cars in their garages
until after the parade and save
inconvenience.
The short no parking regulation
is made solely in the interest
of ibe public, in order that full
opportunity of seeing all the features
of the soectacular parade
will be afforded.
STORES TO CLOSE
ON THANKSGIVING
Merchants of City Observe Dai
Set Aside bv Governor for
Day of Thanksgiving
Today (Thursday) the stores o
'he city will be closed so that tin
proprietors and managers may havi
^oportunity to observe a day o
Thanksgiving, in accordance witr
'he proclamation issued by Gover
Tier Clvde T? Wnev. The local nost
office observed last Thursday a;
Thanksgiving, according to the dal<
'ixed by the President.
The drag stores and cafes of ih(
city are exDected to remain open a:
usual on Thursday, being the onlj
exception to the general closing.
People of the town and countv an
asked to do their shopping on Wed
nesday so that there may be no in
convenience caused by the holiday
Union Service To
Be Held Tonighl
A union Thanksgiving service wil
be held in the Methodist churol
Wednesday night at 7:30. The mes
sage of the evening will be deliver
ed by Rev. J. C. Canipe.
Special music will be in chargi
of Miss Wary and Mr. Roberts, am
members of all denominations ari
cordially invited to attend.
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DR. JAMES VANCE i
DIES ON FRIDAY :
j i
Eminent Presbyterian Church- !
man Succumbs at Blowing
i Rock Home; Rites Monday
i
Dr. James Isaac Vance, eminent ,
Presbyterian churchman and seh'ol- j
ar. died at Blowing Hock Friday
morning after a lengthy illness. He .
was 78 years old. [
The body was taken to Nashville i
Saturday where funeral services ,
were h"ld Monday afternoon. j
Dr. Vance, who was the former ,
moderator of the Presbyterian j
Church in the United States, had
spent his summers in Blowing Rock i
for (he past many years. ,
Dr. Vance was pastor of the First i
Presbyterian church in Nashville for j
32 years, having resigned ttie pas- j
torate in 1936. He had been pas- i
! tor emeritus since that time. Once j
voted by his fellow ministers as one i
of the 25 most influential ministers
' in the nation. Dr. Vance gave up a
' boyhood ambition to study medicine
and turned to the healing of
the spiritual lives of men.
Bern in Arcadia. Tenn., Septenil
ter 25, 1862, Dr. Vance was edur
cated at King College, Bristol, Tenn.,
' and Union Theological Seminary,
Richmond, Va. He was ordained a
minister in 1386 and accepted the
' pastorate of the Wytheville, Va..
Presbyterian church. He filled pastorates
at Alexandria and Norfolk.
Va., before going to Nashville in!
1894. Alter six years he accepted a ;
- call to Newark, N. J... where he
; served for ten years, returning to
. the Nashville church in 1910.
In the year of his ordination Dr.
' Vance married Miss Mamie Stiles
Currel of York. S. C. They were
. the parents of six children.
; Watauga Industries
Board Holds Meeting
; The anniversary meeting of Wat -
5 auga Industries was held Tuesday in
the craft house. The meeting was
especially favored with the pres
ence of Mr. Howard Ford, state su'
pervisor of handicrafts and former
director of Watauga Industries.
The financial report of the year
was made. It is hoped that the enterprise
may grow in volume of income
turned back to handicraft prot
ducers in this community. Deman 1
exceeds the local supply, it is stated.
1 It was voted to enlist sustaining
i members as a good means of invit.
ing and recognizing contributions to
- the support of the work. Plans
were made for the branch crafts
; center on Clark's Creek. In con1
rection with this, provision will be
? made for a home demonstration
kitchen with its activities.
T
$1.50 A YEAR
tponed
iipts Large
SHORTAGE BUYERS
SLAMED FOR DELAY
IN STARTING SALES
Local Market to Open With All
Others, Except Lexington,
Which is One Day Earlier;
Vast Quantities of Tobacco
Being Delivered on l^ocal
Warehouse Floor
The Mountain Burley Ware>ouse
will conduct its first sales
Tuesday, December 12th, rather
han on the 6th, as had been
ireviously announced, it was
earned Tuesday, due to the fact
hat buyers from the bright leaf
Warehouse Floor
Full To Capacity
At HOOn Wg?lnoc?laty Mr. Paul
Hardv of the Mountain Bur'.sy
Warehouse, stated t i*?e ,'x~a\
warehouse floor had been filled
?o capacity, and that it would be
impossible to receive more of the
weed until the opening of sales
on December 12ih.
Mr. Hardy explains that when
J he sales are ooened, space will
be continually provided and
there will be no further congeslion
at the warehouse.
>elt are not yet available for
luty in the burley districts. All
he burley markets in the counrv,
it is pointed out. will opcm
it !he same time as the B carta
narket. with the exception of
jexington, Ky., world's largest,
vhich; in line with old custom,
ilways opens one day earlier.
Reports that tiierc had been a
Kistponcment in the date for startng
the dark leaf sales were conirmed
in u telenhone conversation
elween Mayor W. R. Lovill and S.
"lay Williams, chairman of the
-card of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Jompnny. Mr. Williams stated that
he 12th had boon officially fixed
>s the opening date due to the fact
hat seme manufacturers would he
arable to get their buyers and ether
telp from the bright leaf markets
n time- for the December 6th date,
the moratorium in the flue-curcd
roll brought about the delay in the
dosing of the southern markets.
The Lexington tobacco board of
trade issued the following statement
in connection with the date change:
"Due to an unforseen emergency
and inability of some buying interests
to get buyers and other help
uuiii ouuinciu Ulcll IM.'IA, U1C upCUIUg
Sate has been postponed to December
II. But this change in the
opening is in no way to establish a
precedent to affect or change the
future opening date as set forth in
the by-laws of the Tobacco Board
of Trade, namely, the first Monday
in December."
Tobacco Arriving
Throughout the day Tuesday .and
on into tile night an incessant
stream of trucks was bringing burley
to the local warehouse. Farmers
were seen from different sections
of Tennessee and from practically
all of the hurley districts in
this state placing their tobacc on
the floor and conversing with their
neighbors in optimistic vein as to
the future of the local market.
Hardy Brothers, who have leased
the warehouse, have their full staff
of helpers on the ground, and are
much pleased with the present outlook.
Tobacco is being received
day and night and there is no letup
in activities at the warehouse.
Broken Toy Matinee
For Children Monday
Through co-operation of tjie Wat
uuga Democrat; ine tsoone fire Department,
the Watauga County Welfare
Department, and other organi7ations,
the Appalachian Theatre is
giving a special chlidren's matinee
next Monday morning for the purpose
of collecting and repairing
broken or discarded toys which will
be repaired and distributed to the
needy children of the town and
county.
The only requirement for admission
to this special matinee will be
one (or more) broken toys. These
will be repaired by the local firemen
and distributed at a Christmas
party to be given later. (If anyone
wishes to contribute toys for this
purpose and is unable to attend the
broken toy matinee, they may be
left at the Appalachian Theatre or
Watauga Democrat office at any
time.)
The program, William Boyd,
known to movie goers as Hopalong
Cassidy, in "Trail Dust" and Popeye,
the Sailor, in "Bulldozing the Bull,"
is one that will appeal to children.
All children are urged to attend
and bring their broken or discarded
toys.