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? VOL. 52, NO. 33 WATAUGA COUNT! ONE OF NINE OUT OF DEBT TO STATI County Has Paid All Funds Col lcctablc Under Ad Valorcn Tax Levy for Schools in 1931 32; Over S700.01K) Is Still Dui According to an announcemcn made last week by State Treasure ^ ?1.... Tnlincnn Wnloiino nmiri V/iiaiits m. omuuun. n ui<^uga wu" ty is among the nine counties whicl have paid the state all of the fund due under the 15-cent ad valoren tax levied for the support and main tenance of schools in 1931-32. Treasurer Johnson's figures wen compiled for submission to the gov ernor and council of state under ; 1939 statute authorizing "settlement adjustment or compromise" of sum due the state. Seventy-two counties still ow< approximately $700,000 from a tola levy for the two years of nearly $9,000,000. Mr. Johnson has been adverse t< make any recommendations al though the 1939 statute conlemplal ed a full settlement of the claim: through compromise, because of "in ability of some counties to pay." Tin reiuciance to make recommendation! grows out of a study of the list which shows that some of the poor est counties in the state have paic or overpaid what was due by then while some of the wealthiest coun ties are still in arrears. The following nine counties hav* paid precisely what was due b> them: Alleghany, Caldwell, Cas well, Cleveland. Granville. Guilford Hertford, Watauga and Wilkes. The following counties have overpaid in the amounts stated: Cnhnr rus, $1,024; Columbus, 31.478: Curvs rituck. $44; Durham, $2,306; EdgeSi ctrtnbp, $2,457; Gates, 51.00; Graham $227; Madison. $120; Mitchell, $15 iy Northampton; S.01; Transylvania $i' $.00; Warren, $4,454; and Wilson $01. The act of the general assembly ; made no reference to relief of these counties, but Treasurer Johnsor will recommend that refunds b< made to them in full at the time y of any general settlement. The remaining 7fi counties o\v( sums ranging from 10 cents due b> Dare to $71,086 due by Buncombe Counties which owo the state in excess of $10,000 each are; Alexander $14,375; Beaufort, $14,453. B u n uoyibo. $71,068; Burke. $25,1U'J; Cra von, $27,910; Cumberland, $21,784 Forsyth. $20,907; Gaston. $24,390 Henderson. $19,846; Iredell. $13,866 Johnston. $13,825; Lee. $16,979; Lenoir, $12,705; Mecklenburg. $20,100 Pitt. $24,057: Robeson. $17,471; Rowan, $33,967: Rutherford, $14,251, ar.c Sampson, $11,681. Wake owes $".E 000. The tax was levied by the 1931 general assembly as a compromise school term. The 1933 general assumed support of the six months school term. The 1938 general assembly removed the tax and substituted a general sgles tax. The total levy was $8,925,691. and the net amount now due. after deducting overpayments, is" $674,101. BCOSTERSlEAVE AIT TIT ATkTfv A mr*TTW> UN JP'IAHUVA. I Klr Mnvur Grover C. Knbbins of flowing Rock ou Tour; Gene Wikc Represents Boone Two busloads of western North Cdrolina mayors and other boosters, one of the vehicles from Asheville, tne other from Charlotte, left Tuesday for a 2 200-mile good-will tour o-' South Carolina, Georgia and Flbrida. Mavor .Grover C. Robbing of Blowing Rock, is on the tour, together with Gene Wike. local newsoapet writer, who substitutes for Mayoi "W. R. Lovitl. who was unable tc make the trio. More than fifty people are included in the tour, the nrimarv purnosE i. of which is to publicize the resort area of western North Caroline among the winter visitors to th< slate of Florida. A large amount ol publicity matter is being carried or the two special buses, and newsna..per men on the trip will write nres; releases from time to time durinf the progress of the journey. 17 PERSONS KTI.t-FD IN GEORGIA TORNADC Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 12.?Tornndc damaged Albany shifted its ruin* Sundav. revised its death list to 17 one white woman and 16 negroes and set about rebuilding devastator property valued at from $5,000,00( to $9,000,000. Red Cross Field Director J. M 8 Cullens announced the revised deatt B list. He said estimates in excess o 20 Saturday night resulted frorr duplication of reports. More that 300 persons were treated for injuries. he said. Meanwhile national guardsmci with bayonets looked on as mor< than 500 workers started systematii check-up of damaged buildings it the downtown area and undertool (g the task of removing tons of twist n ed steel and crumbling masonry. /ATA I An Independent BOONE, WATAUGA f | "Dark Horse r aril ~ ; i k m t Washington.?Representative J. W. Martin. Jr., of Massachusetts, minoritv leader in the house of s Representatives, who is being considered the "dark horse" for the L, Republican nomination for Presij denrt by party leaders. BUILDING & LOAN " : NAMES DIRECTORS 5 . Stockholders Gather in Annual I Meeting and Hear Report of i Favorable Year The stockholders of the Watauga r Building and L?oan Association met in the offices of the institution Sat urday afternoon, heard a report of the activities of the organization for . the past year and named a new board of directors. The meeting was largely attended, the large majority of the stock being represented eith or in person or by proxy. The entire board of directors was re-elected aa follows: W. D. Farthing, W. H. G^ngg. L. A. Greene, A. W. Smith. G. P. Hagaman, C. M. l-ritchor, Grady Farthing, R. 1,. I Bingham, W. L. Holshouscr and Rob ; Rivers. An executive committee was . named composed 01 Grady Farthing, r R. Vj. Bingham and C. M. Critcher. L. A. Greene was re-elected president: Grady Farthing, vice-president, and W. H. Gragg, secretary, while Mrs. Carrie Bingham continues as assistant secretary. Hoffman Announce? For Governor On Republican Ticket i John R. Hoffman, Burlington attorney, tossed his hat into the already crowded ring last Wednes day for the nomination for governor of North Carolina on the Republi can ticket. In a lengthy statement of bis conception of the duties of state and federal government, the new candil date goes on record as favoring "increased salaries to school teachers; the construction of all-weather rural roads, so that those who live in the country may be as accessible to the outside world as those who live in the city; the immediate reI peal of all laws now regimenting people, arraying one class of labor against another, retarding our industrial progress." A prohibitionist. Hoffman's --'atform includes the immediate closing of all A.B.C. stores in North Carolina, "because I consider the liquor traffic the prratpst pnpmv tn the human race." Favoring repeal of all social security taxes, unemployment insurance. old age assistance tax, the Burlington lawyer proposes a three I per cent tax on all transactions and a levy of one per cent on the true value of raw materials and manu. facturcd products, "so that the bur. den of our generation's duty to so. ciety be borne now, by all, for ail. , without discrimination or regimentation." Hoffman is a native of Guilford . county, and was educated at Whitsett Institute and the University of . North Carolina. He has been practicing law in r Burlington for the past 33 years. Touching the farm problem, Hoffman explains: ! "I favor a maximum of produc, tion of farm products, except tobac' co, which under existing conditions must bp curtailed for a period of two years or more until a more in. lelligent system of farming can be set up . . . We must return to indi} vidual farming," he declares. . Aged Citizen of ; Laxon Succumbs ) Asa Watson, 84 years old, died at his home in the Laxon neighobor> hood of Watauga county, Sunday, f Funeral services were conducted i on Monday by He v. Levi Greene of t the Baptist church and interment - was in the Gragg cemetery near Boone. t Surviving are six sons and three - daughters: William, S. C? Noah, : Gene, Dock and C. G. Watson, Mrs. i Wesley Michael, all of Watauga t county: Mrs. Em Phillips of Fleet wood .and Mrs. Jerry Greene of Lenoir. JGA Weekly Newspaper?Est t COUNTY, NORTH CAROLIN MEIICIIANTS WILL GATHER FRIDAY Annual I.adies' Night and Employees' Banquet Will Be Held at Baptist Church The Boone Merchants Association's annua! employees' banquet and ladies' night event will be held ill the basement of the Baptist church Rri day evening, starting promptly at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced Tuesday. About one hundred members cf the association, including their wives and employees, are expected to gather for the banquet, following which a short program, stunts, contests, etc., will be enjoyed. Through the courtesy of Spencer .Miller, manager of Miller's Rink, the group will leave the banquet table to enjoy a skating party. Mr. Miller suggests that since likely many of his guests will be unaccustomed to skating, that they provide themselves with pillows before going to the rink. There will be plenty of 1'un for all at both the banquet and the skating party and no business matters will be discussed at cither gathering. Farm Lean Group to Hold Annual Meeting Members of the Sugar Grove National Farm Loan Association will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday. February 20, at the courthouse in Boone, it is announced by A. G. Miller, urcsident. At this meeting. Mr. Miller said complete and detailed reports will be submitted on the association's operations for the past year along with a complete financial statement of the organization. Two directors will be elected. The Sugar Grove Notional Farm Loan Association is one of the major co-operative institutions of the county. through which fanners obtain long-term loans from the Federal Land Bank of Columbia. This association serves Watauga and Avery counties. Mr. Miller said a very interesting program has been arranged for the annual meeting and that it is hoped every member will attend. Visitors who are interested .in lung-tertji farm loans are also invited. The board of directors consists of A. G. Miller, president, Deep Gap, Dr. H. B. Perry, vice president. Boone; R. M. Ward, Sugar Grove; H. Neal Blair, Boone, and S. C. Eggers. Boone. O. H. Bracey of North Wilkesbnro. is secretary-treasurer of the association. The meeting will begin at 10 o'clock and it is urged every member be present at that hour. Many Wataugans At Lincoln Day Dinner The following Watauga county people were in attendance at the Lincoln day dinner held at the King Cotton hotel in Greensboro Monday: Clyde R. Greene, Russell D. Hodges. John W. Hodges, W. H. Gragg, Paul A. Coffey. Baxter M. Linney, S. C. Eggers, Russell Grar . W. M. Hodges, Ivy Wilson, Albert Wilson, Charles G. Lewis, Owen Little, M. C. Holler, Walter Carroll, C. W. Williams, Greer Hodges, Perry Greene, Joe Wiliiams and T. E. Bingham.' The dinner was one- of the most widely attended thus far held in the state, say the local leaders, who were much impressed by the speech of Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, which was described as being most logical and entertaining. ACTIVITIES OF THE NYA GIRLS AT MABEL The group of 15 NYA girls assigned to the- NYA Mabel lunch room arc; ouite active with many other activities other than preparing and serving hot lunches to over 200 school children. Or.o of these activities is feeding table scraps to the NYA pig which became a fat oorker. Accommodating youths of the community butchered the porker. NYA girls canned the pork, making sausage and mince meat, etc.. to be used in the lunch room. Ttiey have an organized club which Miss Elizabeth Bridge, the home demonstration agent. in structs. teaching many valuable subjects pertaining to both their lunch room and homes. The cluh meets in the lunch room and has grown until almost the entire community attends. The youths on their overtime pre pared many infant garments and gave a shower for Mrs. Fretz. a woman of the community, enabling her to be prepared for the arrival of Mr. Stork. SHERIFF FAILS TO FIND GOD IN CHEROKEE COUNTY Murphy.?.In official search of Cherokee county for God resulted in the sheriffs attesting he could not be found. An eccentric woman's will left part of her estate to God. In an endeavor to settle the estate, a suit was filed in court and God was named a party. On the summons the sheriff made the response: "After due and diligent search, Gcd cannot be found in Cherokee county." DEMC <S* ablished in the Yeaciighte* A. THURSDAY, F.'i1 15, 1941 VANC MEMOF * i. . i j-j-zz'JTrr_ Artist's drawing of James I. church, which will be built on Howa structure will cost approximately HORTON GIVES OUT I CAMPAIGN PLEDGE i Lieutenant Governor Stands for 5 Economy in Government, Ed- ! ucational Improvement Pittsboro, Fob. 11?In his plat-1 form, which he made public at his | home here today, Lieutenant Cover a nor Wilkins P. Ilorton, candidate forjci the Democratic nomination for gov-jo ernor of North Carolina, pledges iH the utmost devotion "to advance ourj present program of public service" j o in the state. "My future course ofjp action shall he jusl as consistent i si with the present state policy as my jo legislative record has been consist- o ent with it," he adds. I a "Economy of government" is I a cliampioncd bv the gubernatorial as-: pirant, who holds that "every effort ai should bo exerted by those in all- a Ihority to obtain a maximum serv- si ice at a minimum cost." Advance- n nient of "the established program of d public service now existing in North Carolina" is favored, together with p "a just and fair tax policy for all our d people. Serious consideration should is given to. and positive action taken on, the question of reducing J taxes now imposed upon those least able to pay them, whai it can be done, consistent with our present program of public seiviee." Emphasizing public education tis highly vital, Mr. Horton holds thai ^ "an underpaid teaching profession is ? poor economy." and that "a contin- f ued increase in the salary schedule '] (of teachers) should be maintained * as rapidly as our resources will per- " mit." He voices belief "in the pririciples of a retirement system for c school teachers of North Carolina jj which will be equitable to and con- " sistent with the teachers and the v state," and he also suggests added emphasis on vocational education. An adequate system of public highways is advocated by the prcs ent lieutenant governor, and Mr J Horton proclaims it "essential for the safety and well-being of thousands of school children that our secondary roads be adequately maintained, and our entire system of highways bo improved nncl expand- * od as raDidly as revenue will per- ' mit. For this reason I am opooscd f to the diversion of highway funds. V and so voted in the general assem- t bly of 1935." c He champions, as his "legislative iecord discloses." he continues, "a r nolicy of just and fair treatment of r both caDitai and labor." "I have stood steadfast," says Mr. f Horton. "as thousands of North f Carolinians know, in my support of | every moral question proposed in i the eeneral assemblies in whieh T have served." Although he does no* j specifically mention liquor, friends< v here remarked that the gentleman C from Pittsboro has a record of un- ] C failing and uninterrupted opposition <t: to the liquor traffic. c c emergency crop and ;e feed loans available. i I The Emergency Corporation Feed ; ' Loans are now availahle to farmers of this county, according to J. E. I . Joines. field representative. Those J 1 who are interested should call at j c Mr. Joines' office in the courthouse _ as early as possible so that their ap- : plication can be forwarded to the regional office, and give lime for j their checks to be mailed back in ; time to plant their crops. There is a receiving agent in each ] county seat who will take your ap- 1 plication. < Traveling at 50 miles an hour, a 1 locomotive puffs four times for every revolution of its wheels, or 300 times a minute. * )CRA en Eighty-Eight ) lIAL church Vance Memorial Presbyterian rd street. Boone ih\s spring. The $25,009. MD PARTY AID TO MARCH DIMESi Tuny Expected to Gather at; County Office Building Tucs- I day for Entertainment A bridge and set-back party will e held at the county office building ere Tuesday evening, February 20, t 7:30, the proceeds from a 50c cnt admission charge to be used in onnection with funds raised for the larch of Dimes campaign. Mr. Roger W. McGuire, chairman f the birthday ball, under the ausices of whom the event is to be Laged, announces the appointment f the following committee tu work ut final details for the party: Richrd Olsen, Russell D. Hodges, Riciird E. Kelley and T. M. Greer. Refreshments are to be served, nd a number of prizes will be warded. Those who plan to attend urn Id notify Mr McGuire or some lornbor nt thn ay overling. Mr. McGuire states that the gross ro coeds thus far from Uie Presient's Ball and the march of dimes ; $101.00. 1. & L ASSEMBLY AT BLOWING ROCK The annual convention of the forth Carolina Building and I-oan .engue will be held at Blowing lock on June 18, 19 and 20, accortlrig to an announcement made by V\ H. Gragg of Boone, who lias een named general chairman of he convention. Mr. Gragg receiv d notification of his appointment s convention leader from Wheeler [ lartin, president of the league, i i'ho resides in Williamston. Mr. Gragg expects the attendance j t the convention to reach 300 this ear. "armers Should Get Phosphate At Once A number of farmers have phos;hate anproved for them on both he agricultural conservation pro:ram and the demonstration fare irogram, and yet they have not oken it out of storage, say the ounty agents. This is the time of year to apply >hosphate in order to' cot the best esulls. therefore, all farmers who :ave received notices t h a t their ihosphatc is a"irovud are urged to let it as soon as possible. COMMUNITY CHORAL CLUB The Music and Art division of the Roman's Ciub lias organized < Community Choral Club, with Mr. lordon Nash as director. An inviation has been issued to the church hoirs and all other groups and inlividuals interested to join the or;anization. The first meeting of the choral lub will be held Monday. February 9. at 7:30 p. m., in the college music tall. The purpose of this organization s to promote a definite interest in :ommunity singing arid fellowship. Ml who are interested are urged to ittend the first meeting. VALENTINE PARTY The Woman's Missionary Society if the Methodist church is sponsorng a Valentine party this (Wedneslayl evening front 7 to 9 o'clock at he church. Admission is 10c and ac. You are invited to attend. The Danish government handles he foreign affairs of Iceland. T $1.50 A YEAK PRESBYTERIANS^ i TO ERECT FINE : CHURCH IN CITY Tentative Flans Call for the Exj penditurc of $25,000 on Church Plant; Rev. Rhea Expects Handsome Structure to Be Occupied by Mid-summer Plans have been apnroved by the congregation for construction of the James I. Vance Memorial Presbyterian church, an edifice which will cost approximately $25,000, and 1 work is expected to begin before April first. Rev. John Rhea, first minister of the newly-organized congregation, i states that the modern brick structure will be erected on a lot situat| ed near the entrance to Boone cemci lery on Howard street. He expects it to be completed and ready for oc I cupancy oy micl-suimmer. D. K. Beeson, Johnson City, Tenn., [ architect and member of the I loir ston Presbytery's Home Mission committee, drew plans for the new j church. The interior and exterior will follow the early American style of architecture. Drawings indicate that the auditorium with balcony and choir loft seats 350 persons. The basement is divided into assembly and departmental rooms for the Sunday school, and a kitchen will be modernly equipped to care r dinner meetings of the congregation. The local building committee is composed of E. rord King, chairman; E. Ford King, Jr., Dr. Robert King, D. R. Beeson. Leslie Lyons, L, W. Timmcns, J. E. Holshouser, I. S. Miller and Rev. John Rhea. Contributions thus far have been received from a wide section. W. H. Belk, prominent Charlotte merchant and Presbyterian layman, has donated brick for the building, and members of the First Presbyterian church of Nashville, Tcnn.. of which Dr. Vance was pastor for more than thirty ^cars, arc expected to contribute liberally to the memorial. Dr. Vance, whose death occurred at Blowing Rock last November, was born and reared in the Holston Presbytery, and during his long life had come to be recognized as the leading preacher of that denomination. For more than forty years he had maintained n cnmm^p at Blowing Rock, and since childhood had paid annual visit to the mountain section. His annual Flat Top Mountain sen/ices for Watauga's rural citizenry drew wide attention for a quarter of a century, and offered inspiration for the memorial church here. Mrs. Vance and daughter, Miss Margaret, are now making their year-round home at Blowing Eock. The Boone congregation was or ganiaed in January. 1939, with a membership of thirty. Rev. Mr. Rhea, the first pastor, came in October and since that time membership has been increased to 63. Eighty-six Appalachian State students are regular attendants at services which are now being held at the local high school audiotrium. They come from the synods of North Carolina, Appalachian and South Carolina. NYAPROJECTTO | REPAIR SCHOOLS Seven Thousand Dollars to 8e Spent for Improvement of Public Schools Here ! A county-wide NYA project, which will involve the expenditure of about $7,000, and which will continue for a period of about three months, has been started in the county, with Mr. Orville llagainan acting as foreman. The project recalls for the repairing and repainting of the public schools of the county. Fifty boys are being employed and arc working in two shifts. Parents and Teachers To Play Basket Ball The parents and teachers of the two Boone schools will play basket ball on Thursday night, February 15. at 7:30. in the high school gymnasium. There will be a doubleheader, the first game played by the 'adies in the two groups and the second played by the men. This will be the second game of this kind and it is hoped that a large crowd will be out to see the contests. At the last game the faculty ladies won by a score of 6-5, while 'he town men turned the tables and won over the faculty men by a large score. Mrs. Wiley Smith is in charge of the town teams, while Miss Billie Happoldt and Mr. Herbert Wey are in charge of the teachers. Admission to the games will be 10c to everyone. In the last 15 years, tourist camps in the United Slates have increased by 1,000 per cent.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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