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w w . ^'fwwssl VOL. 52. NO. 30 Runs For Congress Waller H. Woodson, Sr., Salisbury attorney, lona prominent in lhe affairs of the Democratic parlv in the siaier announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to congress in the ninth district, following the decision of Representative R. L. Doughton to retire from congress at the end of his present term. The only other candidate in the field as this is written is Jim Rivers of Boone, who announced his intentions several weeks ago. DOUGHTON MAY DECIDE TO STAY IWaphimffton Information Intlicntcs Veteran Solon Mav Yield to Demands of Friends Washington. Jan. 23.?Indications were today that Representative R. 1., Doughton mielit yield to the demands that are being made by constituents for him in reconsider his position. and a pa in become 0 candidate for cungress. Mr. Doughton was today in receipt or more than 100 telecrams from Democrats.of the ninth North Carolina district urging him to reconsider the decision. He nnnounc.eft lust week that lie would retire from congress at the end of his present term. i Among these was a loiter from Walter Woodson of Salisbury, who had announced that he would bo a candidate for congress. His announcement was hascd on that of Mr. Doughton. In his letter Mr. Woodson said thai under no cirrumslanees would ho be a candidate for congress and advised Mr. Doughton to reconsider his decision and run in the next election to succeed 1 himself. A large delegation was due to arrive in Washington tomorrow from various places of the ninth district to ask Mr. Doughton to reconsider and become a candidate, but the veteran congressman has asked them to defer their visit to Washington until he can give the situation careful consideration. Mr. Doughton announced a week ago that he would retire because he was anxious to look after his personal business properties in Laurel Springs. Parkway Contract Is Let To Nello Teer Contract for the construction of the link of Parkway between Deep Gap and Blowing Rock has been let to Nello Teer Construction Company. it is learned, and work was to have started on the 15th. Due to the rigorous winter weather, however, nothing will likely he done until after the first of the month. County Schools Closing Due To Weather. Illnncs The eight consolidated schools of the county are closina today (Wednesday) for the remainder r- ? of the week, due to the heavy snow, which has rendered hiqhIway travel perilous and because of considerable influenza in the county. A combination of these circumstances brought the attendance down to a very small percentage of the enrollment. The schools closing are Boone high and demonstration. Valle, Crucis. Bethel, Mabel. Cove Creek. Green Valley and Deep Gap. These will reopen Monday, with the exception of Boone, which opens Tuesday. Small rural schools are given the authority by County Superintendent Walker to either close or remain open as they see fit. Prof. John Howell, principal of the Boone demonstration school, said only a handful of students came Wednesday but that the classes would be conducted durIing the day. Mr. Walker asks students to lake good care of their health during the period in which the schools are closed so that they will be able to return when classes are resumed. JATA\ An Independent BOONE, WATAUGi MRS/WM. J. ELLER DIES SUDDENLY AT SUGARGROVEHOME Well-known Teacher Succumbs After Taking Strychnine Tablets hv Mistake; Coroner Kclley Investigates Fatal Accident; Funeral Services to Be Held Thursday Mrs. William J. Eller of Sugar Grove, a teacher in Bethel consolidated school, died early Tuesday evening one hour after she had taken strychnine tablets which she had thought to be a cold remedy. 1 Coroner Richard E. Kelley made an investigation of the fatal accident and stated today tWedr.esdayl I that the well-known teacher had returned from her school duties in I tho nnrlv flftiarrinnn a headache and other indications of influenza. A member of the household took from a medicine cabinet a bottle of strychnine tablets, believed to have been quinine, and Mrs. EUer swallowed three of the pellets. The mistake was discovered alter the victim had suffered a convulsion. Medical aid was summoned as quickly as possible, but death occurred before the doctor arrived. Mrs. Eller prior to marriage was Miss Mary Austin, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Austin of the Winkler's Creek community near Boone. She was a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers College and had been a teacher in Watauga county schools for the past several years. Survivors include the husband, the parents and the following brothers and sisters, all of whom reside in the vicinity of Boone: James. Frank, Samuel. Henry, Jack and Mack Austin; Mrs. Fred Oxentine, Misses Bessie and Nora Austin. Funeral services under 'lie auspices of Reins-Sturdivani Funeral Home, will be held at Cove Creek Baptist church on Thursday after noon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. C. Canipc, pastor of Boone Baptist church, will be in charge of the rites. Burial will take place at the Winkler ccmei a.: vv.ajr, m.n unofc */4 1.1U> I.HJ . Mrs. Ellcr's splendid knowledge of primary educational theories and her fine personality had made her one of the county's most popular teachers. As a member of tile Forest Grove Baptist church she had also taken an active part in the religious affairs of her community. She w;is 27 years of age. OFFICER SEIZFS WHISKEY CARGO Fourteen Cases of Liquor Taken as Gastnnia Man is Apprehended Here Police Chief Edward Mast seized fourteen eases of tax-paid liquor Monday afternoon, and George Holme of Gaslonia, one of the occupants of the Ford coupe, which was carrying the illicit liquid, was placed in jail. Officer Mast noted the car passing through the business section of the town, and his suspicion was aroused. He succeeded in stopping the machine near the Baptist church, where one of the occupants of the vehicle made his escape, and Home taken inlo custody. He was carrying a revolver at the time and the weapon together with the nearly new automobile are being held Home, the officer states, carried j a bill of lading on the whiskey, i showing seventeen cases, three evi! dently having beer, disposed of here j or at some other point along the way. At noon Tuesday Home had not I drrr.nfJA^ hail On Tuesday night Chief Mast seized a Ford ear containing twenty'ive gallons of blockade corn on the Main Street of Boone. While the officer was making the search of the vehicle the two occupants, identified as Dallas Stansberry and one Woodring, of Butler, Tenn., made their escape. Sheriff A. J. Edmisten and two deputies tracked the fleeing men for some distance in the heavy snow, but failed to make an arrest. AUTO BODY SHOP TO BE HOUSED IN NEW BUILDING Ernest Simms, owner and operator of the Boone Body Shop, Friday purchased the Ralph Winkler property on King street in which his business has been housed for the past several years. The price pail for the lot. former site of Boone M. E. church, was not made known. Mr. Sims stated Tuesday that by early spring he will begin construction of a modern brick building, 34x70 feet, which will be occupied by the body repair shop. He expects to add several new pieces of I enuipment when the work is completed. The frame building adjacent to the Boone Body shop, owned by Watauga Building and Loan Association. and occupied for the past 10 years by the Christian Tin and Metal Works, will probably be razed next spring, and tentative plans indicate that a new brick - building will be built on the site. jga ; Weekly Newspaper?Esta V COUNTY, NORTH CAROLIN i | : Cites His Views . s 1 t j mm n K PSBW^bSil jb W HBB BhBEBR ST s Jim Rivers of Boone, who on i Friday announced some of his j views on issues which he dtems 1 important to the nation, as a fn*e- ! liminaxy to an active campaign I for the Democratic nomination for j congress from this district. Rivers ! made his original pronouncement j several weeks ago. JIM RIVERS GIVES VIEWS ON ISSUES ; FACING NATION Boone's Candidate for Nintli Distinct Congressional Seat Makes First Pronouncement on Issues: Says Views Will Be Elaborated in Coming Weeks j ' Jim Fivers, member of TbeDomo-j crat staff, and the first candidate to. announce his ambitions to fill the' ninth district congressional seat, on last. Friday gave to the press a statement outlining some 01 liie issues on which he will wage hi* campaign for the office whic> isTto be vacated next January by veteran Representative Robert L. Houghton. The statement which Riveri&said included "the - sincere proposals of an earnest. non-revolutionary candidate," follows: "This is the first time in my life that I've been for myself in a political race. I feel like a country lad standing naked in early spring at the edge of the old swimming hole, trying to muster sufficient courage to dive headlong into the icy waters. Not unlike the rustic nudist, I have gingerly sampled the frigid pool with an extended toe. It doesn't seem to help a bit. So, clamping my teeth closely together. I immerse myself in the untempered. (Continued on Page Fight) Tour of Mayors To Florida Arranged Mayor Grovcr C. Robbins of Blowing Rock, was a visitor to Asheville Friday, where he attended a meeting of mayors and other officials from Piedmont and Western North Carolina, who are laying plans for a tour of Florida, along about the 12th of February, the purpose being to interest tourists in that state in stopping in this area on their return north at the end of the southern resort season. The Queen City Coach Company has tendered the use of two or three buses, as necessary, to carry the visitors to the sunshine state, and the trip will take about ten days. The governor has been invited to go, together with Grady Cole, radio comment ator, representatives of press services and others. Pathe News will also take a photographer on the trip. Mr. Robbins is expecting to attend and one or more persons may go irom Boone. ANCIENT LETTER RE SLAVES PRIOR A yellowed scrap of note paper indented with a few well-penned lines wiis urougnx xo ine Democrat office yesterday by Joseph S. Winkler, local business man. and its message again reminds students of history that human slavery was taboo in Northwest Carolina long before President Abe Lincoln's proclamation of emancipation. Addressed to "Col. E. C. McCarty," doubtless attached to some frontier military post, and signed by A. W. Finley, prominent Wilkes plantation owner, the brief letter was placed in the hands of the late Joshua Winkler, founder of one of Watauga's leading families, back in the spring of 1859, for the purposes outlined in its text, which follow^ "Col E. C. McCarthy, "Dear Sir: "The bearer of this, Mr. Joshua Winkler, is on his way to Kansas with a few negroes which have been freed by his uncle, Joshua Pennel, with the request that the bearer would take them to some free state and purchase land for them to settle on. Any informs DEM* ff. iblished in the Year E:^.t A, THURSDAY, JAIW25, PRESE)E!NTSML1 WILL BE fAGEI ON FEBRUARY 2NI Plans Are Complete for Annua Birtlalnv Dance Designed t Rn;se Moncv for Infantila Pa raiysis Victims: Dances to B Arranged at Cove Creek ant Blowing Rock At a meeting of a lar"e numho of interested citizens held at rt-tr Watauga Monday evening, definit olan^ were for the annua President's Birthday Bell, which 1 to be held on the evening of Feb ruarv 2. at the barley tobacco stor age house near the railwav deoni Roger McGuire. who is again chair man of the event states that t h floor provided is splendid and thn the building will be thorough!' comfortable regardless of the weath er. Prehminary reports indicate t Mr. McGuGire and the vice-chair man. Marguerite Miller, that thi year's ball will be widely attendee and one of the most successful ye held here. Fifty ncr cent of tb amount raised from a SI per nrrsoj admission charge will be forwarde to the national foundation for (h prevention of infantile paralvsn while the remainder wi'l be used t neip crippiea cnimven m this coun ty. Olher Dances It is also stated that dances are t be held at Blowing Rock and Cov Creek and that further details eon earning these events will be mad known next week. The campaign against infantxl paralysis is being carried on in tw ways: A march of dimes campaig: is under way this week, throng which thousands of coins will g into the fund, while the balls wil be held on or near the birthday c President Roosevelt, himself a vie tim of infantile paralysis. Hess Orchestra The Hess Orchestra of Freeze Va., one of lite best known organi zaiions in this region, will suppl; the syncopation for the Boone dune* which will be the usual gala affaii (Continued on page eight) Bt!RLE?MRKET TO CLOSE FRIDAY Hardy Brothers Report Success ful Season: More Than Two Million Pounds Sold The Mountain Burley Tobaee Warehouse will close its first se: son with the sales Friday and Wf Paul Hardy states that when til final basket is disposed of the sale will have totaled considerably in c-> cess of the two-million pound marl Mr. Hardy is well pleased with th first season here and states that th poundage is in excess of his expei tations. However, he believes th sales would have been even heavii but for the bli?.v.ards which hav raged since the first of the yea and which precluded bringing tl weed to Boone from some of tl most distant points of the burlc belt. Mr. Hardy and his brother will 1 back to Boone next year to coi duct the two warehouses which wi be available for the opening sale and incidentally, they may spend part ot the summer in this viciiiit: City Auto Tags Are Now Availab? All automobilists of the city ai notified that the new city licen: plates for the year 1940 have bee received and must be displayed c all vehicles owned within the cit Police Chief Edward Mast urges a motorists to secure their licenses once. The price is ?1.00. CALLS FREEING OF TO EMANCIPATIO? tion you may give Mr. Winkle: in relation to the above matte: will be thankfully received b: him and also oblige your frienc and most obedient, "A. W. FINLEY." i Wilkesboro. N. C. April 8, 1859.' Joshua Winkler carried the let ter in his pocket and a dozei slaves in a covered wagon to Kan sas and freedom. His son yester day recalled the pioneer's anti pathv for human slavery and tbi fact that, despite his considerabl estate, he never owned a negrc Stories, now vague, were passe< on to Joshua's sons and daughter of the long wagon trail to th western prairies; of the purchas of land for the negro families anc the erection of homes; of the re luctance with which the black accepted freedom from their kind ly owner. Mr. Winkler says his father kep in touch with the freedmen fo many years following the trip t Kansas, which consumed mor than eight months, and that inos of the negroes enjoyed reasonabi prosperity on their Kansas farm; 3CRA' teen Eighty-Eight 1940 JConley Greene )! jjPlunges From ,j Snow storm; O pi * Borah Is Dead [1 I' n William E. Borah of Idaho, dean j fn e of the United Stales Senate, who i.,. died in Washington Friday from p a brief illness. Story on oage 3. ?BUILDING & LOAN s! HAS FINE YEAR S >f i j tC! Annual Rcort of Watauga}**1 BuildinP and Loan Received j wi by Directors Friday M % ch ' The Watauffa Building and Loan [ (Association en^oved a most successriil vear in 103ll. according to the ^ audit of the avoirs of the institute n 0j which was submitted to the board <_j, of directors Friday evening, a sum- ..j, mary of which is published in the?' floral newspaper today. ! ve The report indicates that the i \\r sets of the association have increas j ot | ed $21X00 dur'nt* the vear that th^i I usual rate of interest has been p ud \ w] >- btjth to paid-up and inst aliment j ,ic shareholders. and iltat 52.000 was added to the contingent reserve -m, und, which is set up to lake care i |w of any losses which might occur. | o The directors are well pleased i- with the report and a meeting of the r. stockholders will be called shortly, e when a board of directors will be s named and such other business ? transacted as may be deemed propt. cr. 1 e W. H. Gragg, secretary of the asc soeiatinn. states that stock is selling rapidly in the new series of Building ic and Loan which opened on Janu>r ary 1. cc 5 bishofMcell i * TO PREACH HEREilj ie 1 1' Noted Divine Will Fill Pulnit of 'n s' SI: E. Church on Februarv 4; ' "j y' Will Also Speak at College i p. Bishop Claire Purcell of the Meth- p odtst Episcopal church, considered ;c ene of the denomination's leading e figures, will come to Boone on Sat- nl I urday. February 3. and tentative j, re plans indicate that he will deliver j p se a message to the student body of n Appalachian College at the 10 t) >n o'clock chapel hour. r: y- On Sunday morning, the 4th, c' ill Bishop Puree,! will fill the pulpit of a at the local Methodist church at the 11 w o'clock worship period. The theme ? of his sermon has not been announced. Rev. Paul Totvnsend. pastor of the j Boone congregation, who more than ti \ a year ago extended an invitation to 11 Bishop Purcell to visit here, de- 21 scribes the church leader as a gifted Cl r orator, one who makes deep and :1 c lasting impression on the minds of lr I his audiences. Mr. Townsend ex- '< tends a warm invitation to people = of all denominations to hear Bishop Purcell. COVE CREEK YOUTHS ON , SEED JUDGING TEAM Ralph Stokes, John Shepherd, Cap I Ward and Lovill South, members of e the Cove Creek chapter. Future j Farmers of America, accompanied by their agricultural instructor, Mr. i Ernest Hillard, were in town Mons day, where they participated in seed e judging competitions of the Parke way Federation _district, which in3 eludes groups from the high schools of Alleghany, Watauga and Avery s counties, which maintain depart ments of agriculture. Ralph Stokes and John Shepherd made the seea t judging team. r The contest was held at the Boone o high school, where the Boone boys e placed second. The competition cen;t tered about the identification of 55 e crop and weed seed, the judging of s. Irish potatoes and yellow com. | r $1.50 A YEAR ' Dies As Car Highway In tliers Hurt ~ continent Watauga Farmer Fat a 11 v Injured in Accident Tuesday Afternoon; Gradv Filer Suffers Spinal Fracture; Funeral Services to Be Conducted From Bethel Baptist Church Wednesday Conley Greene. 54, prominent rmer of the Beaver Bam section Watauga county, was killed and rady Filer of the same community in Watauga hospital suffering om a spinal fracture and other scuus injuries received when a light r occupied by them skidded from slick highway on the east side of eorge's Gap near Sugar Grove /v-jsuuv aiternuon apoui 3 o'clock. The automobile left the road at a *rseshoe curve near the top of the iss which overlooks Cove Creelc illey. and rolled about a hundred ct into the road below. Mr. Greece as dead when helo arrived. Miss Carrie Greene of Charlotte, daughter of the dead man and a ird occupant of the vehicle, susincd minor bruises which were >ated by a local physician. Mr. ler. in unconscious condition, was ought to Watauga hospital, where is morning he was said to have en n-sling comfortably. A blinding snowstorm which eovd icy roads was held responsible r the tragedy. Tentative plans indicate that the neral for Mr. Greene will be held Bethel Baptist, church, of which was a me Tiber, on Thursday aft noon at 2 o'clock, and that burial II take place at a nearby cemery. I U'tns-Sturdivani F u n oral )tne is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Greene is survived by the idow, who prior to marriage was iss Rose Ell or, and the following ildren: Miss Carrie Greene, Charto, Miss Arlone Greene, a student A. S. T. C. here; Misses Aline and illie Grace Greene, who reside at e parents' home. Mrs. R. S. Swift Boone, a sister, and Dudley *ecno of Beaver Dam. a brother, >o survive. Mr. Greene was born in the Bear Dam'section, a sun of the late arren Greene. His splendid traits character had drawn around him i enviable circle oi friends who II w:~ 1- ' iii m. .*? c?i nia uiiixixiciy ueaui wun iip sorrow. LAYOR ENDORSES BIRTHDAY BALL avor Lovill Asks People of City to Co-operate in Raising Funds for Fight on Polio Mayor W. R. Lovill, who litis been nfined to his home for the past w weeks by illness and who is >w improved, tells The Democrat at he is 100 per cent behind the ovement to raise funds for the re>f of infantile paralysis, through e medium of the President's balL e says: "Yes, I stand hehind every moveent, which has as its motive the inishing of human misery, especi!y the dread disease of infantile ira'ysis, to which our children are ost susceptible. I congratulate the resident on sponsoring the event >r t'ne urst lime, and want to astro those who are making arrange icnts for the Boone ball that I will o anything in iny power to assist ltm. It is a noble undertaking :id I call upon the people to lend leir support in this humanitarian impaign. If you don't sance, you in drop a coin in one of the boxes bout the town, and help in that ay." REV. MR. TRIVETTE ILL. Rev. George Trivettc, aged Bapst minister of Vilas, is seriously 1 with a heart ailment at his hor.te, ad much apprehension over his mdition has been felt by his many iends. Reports Tuesday evening idicated that he was resting cora>rtabiy. Heavy Snowfall Visits County The rigorous winter weather of the past few days which sent mercury tumbling to the zero mark, moderated slightly Monday evening and Tuesday morning the big snow of the winter began to fall. By night six inches lay on the ground which during the evening was whipped into drifts by a driving wind. Despite the efforts of highway crews to keep the main thoroughfares open, automobile travel is dangerous, and mails were delayed Wednesday. This morning snow continues to fall with little prospect of abatement. The snow is the heaviest to fall in this locality since March. 1936. it is recalled. Vffr
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