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w V VOL. 53. NO. 1 Deceased Attorney ||F 1 MERFJ i: ji^Bw jLuwi wm?BS^B&Bwtt? & ?^JM Hfcjfig -^B H&jflfi Bbsm i Baxter M. Linney of Boone and ! Lenoir, funeral services for whom ] were conducted here Monday aft _ ernoon. PAUL NORRIS DIES i IN AUTO ACCIDENT!: |i Beaver Dam Man Is Killed Moil-1; da> When Truck Goes Down . Mountains i Pan! Norrir. 33, well-known far- a mor and nrddiiro iimlnr nf no-ivrm i Dan: tow nship, died in the Blowing f Rock clinic Monday afternoon froni ] injuries sustained a short whilp before, when the truck which he was it driving left the highway four utiles j; from Blowing Rock and plunged .. several hundred feet down the i\ mountainside. I The accident occurred near the i Wes Hartley filling station on the < Blowing Rook voad and was said to f have been caused when the rear wheels of the truck hit a muddy spot \ in the storm-damaged pavement, f skidding froth the highway. How- j ever, when Mr. Ray Brendall recov- i e yd the car from the ravine Tues- c day he found that r worn connec- ? lion on the steering column had j fallen loose, and expressed the be- a lief that when this occurred the r car went out of control and plunged r from tne roadway. Mr. Norris s suffered fractures of his right hip j and left thigh in addition to cerebral <_ injuries which were believe'! to t have been the Immediate cause cf j his death. y, Robert Moore, colored, who was v accompanying Mr. Norris home from -3 Columbia. S C? where they had de- y live-red a load of produce suffered J ); slight injuries and was treated at j Watauga hospital. j. Func-rai services were conducted, front the Bethel Baptist church Weditesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by 'j Rev. W. D. Ashley and burial was L. m that neighborhood. Mr, Norris, who was a son of Mr. t( II. N. Norris and the late Mrs. Norlis, had resided ir. Beaver Dam [ township ail his life, where he had engaged in farming. Recently he ,, had been dealing in produce and was a good, industrious ciliren. a Surviving are the widow, the for- a iher Miss Mona Greer, and two small sons, Eddie and Johnny. The i'ath- j, er also survives. y HUMDREDSOFFAKMjj FAMILIES DAMAGED. B 1( County Farm Committee and a Other Farmers Gather Mua- | day to Report on Oisastcr About 1.200 farm families suffered ^ the loss of feed supplies and other crops in last week's storm, it developed at a meeting of the county AAA committee and other fanners at the county agents quarters here j, lasi Monday. E The purpose cf the meeting was C to gather the information as to the s agricultural situation following the o stonr. and to inform the State Col- ii lege extension service and the farm e security administration of the needs C of the farmers in this county. County Agent Harry Hamilton h has written numbers of letters asking prices on feed for livestock and he urges the fanners of the county to hold their cattle for the a present. Arrangements are being d made to provide loans to those un- d able to buy feed so that as many r of the feeder cattle as possible may a be kept, in the county. Individual v farm problems will be analyzed as soon as possible, and Mr. Hamilton tj urges the fanners to await further u information on.tne situauun. . Meantime, state highway forces o are doing everything possible to E open up community reads so that e produce now ready tor the market may move. c Twenty-five per cent of the per- b sons killed in traffic accidents in this state from January to July, 1940, were driving at the time they 1 were killed. J ATAI An Independent BOONE, WATAUGA,C SAXTER M/UNNEY )1ES BY OWN HAND .AST SATURDAY Veil Known Attorney Enrls Life at Home of Mrs. E. S. Coffey: Inquest Deemed Unnecessary: Funeral Services Are Held Mondav Afternoon Baxter M. Linney. 3G. soil of Mrs 'rank A. Linr.cv of Bonne, and .roir.inent lawyer of Lenoir, comnitled suicide Saturday afternoor >y firing the load from a 20-guagt hotgun into his heart. Deatn \va: nstantaneuus and Coroner Ricnarr C. Kelley deemed ar. inquest unne ressarv. Mr. Linnev. who had been in il tealth for some years, had fust re urned to the home of his mother in-law. Mrs. E. S. Coffey, from a lo al hospital where he had been tak ng treatments, and no one was il he room when the fatal shot wa ired. No message was left am .eorrv over the condition of hi health is believed by relatives t tave brought about his tragic death Funeral services were conducte rom the Roono Methodist churcl tlondav afternoon by Rev. Pau ['ownsend. the pastor, who was as dstod in the rites by Rev. Claud !. Moser of I.enoir. A large nun: er of friends of the family fron nrougtiout tr.c- state attended tin ites. imd Jutlg; Don Phillips, hold ng superior court in Lenoir, ad earned court and he. together witi U tnpmbers of tin Lenoir bar at ended the rites in a body. Thi Ibral offering was one of the nets trofttse ever teen in this locality. Active pallbearer- were: G. K loose, Dean Gingham. P.oh Rivers Jr. W. J. Miller, Watt Gragg, Rus ell Hodges. John Matheson air; lilton Greer. The list of honorary lailbearcrs was composed of mem iers of the Boone and Lenoir bar ihysieians and other professionn rier.ds. The flower girls: Misses Kit; Vinkler, Ruth Robinson. Ellen Cof cy, Pauline McGhee. Maisio Jear ones. Gertrude Perry. Bemict jragg. Irene LeQuex. Maude Cath art. F.dna Bingham, Marv France! Sal lew; Mcsdamc-s A. R Smith antes Winkler. Amos Abrams, Rich rd Kelley. Ruth Redmond. I.act Ireenc. Carrie Bingham. Ruth Ken edy. Annie Laurie Whitcncr. Rus ell Hodges. G. K. Moose. Gruuj at'.hing. Alice Robbins. Jenitu ritehor. Tracy Council I. Ronch lardin. R. I.. Clay James Council: . G. Hallow. Clarence Coffey, las last Maude Spahrhour. Edith Con ray. Grace Sherwood Bingham V.nr Cashing, Paul Townscnd. Pa IcGuire, Joe Crawford, Wat. Mathe ors, T. M Greer. W R. Winkler 'iueie Stewart. Joe Hardin. J. S lolshcuscr Mrs. Cook. Mr. Linney was born and roam n Boone, the son of the lato Front t. and Mrs. Linney, and was ftdti atea at Appalachian College alio Juke University. He was admited to the bar in 192? and was ; lember of the firm of Bingham inney and Bingham in Boorte until 931, when he moved to Lenoir there he has since practiced. -mi- umnt'y was an auie lawvei nd had taken an active part in the 1'fairs of the Republican party oi ic slate, having at one time been resident of the North Carolina 'oung Republican Club, and had een the Republican nominee for ldge of the county court in Cald'ell. He was a member of the loone Methodist church. Surviving are the widow, the forler Miss Nolle Coffey of Boone; the lother, Mrs. F. A. Linney; two sissis, Mrs. Paul Coffey of Boone nd Mrs. P. O. Brewer of Chapel till, and one brother, Mr. Kenneth linnev of Bocne. iarbee Speaks at Lions Club Meeting Mr Eugene E. Garbee, of the Analachian College faculty, was the peaker at the banquet session ol tie Lions Club held at the Daniel loone Hotel Tuesday evening. Mr larbee graphically described the toi-m damages done in every section f Watauga county, and described i detail the work being done in the mergency by the American Red iross. HGHWAYS REOPENED IN BLOWING ROCK VICINITY vvnn tne resort season in lull blast t "Blowing Rock, the state highway epartment rushed repairs of stortr amages so that vacationers may each Blowing Rock by the Lenoi: nd West Jefferson and Boone highways. Blowing Rock itself suffered litle from the storm, and ail schedled and social activities of the ummer colony have continued withut interruption. The highway from (lowing Rock to Linville was opend Sunday. No one, not even the governor, an restore a driver's license thai ias been revoked for driving drunk four bicyclists were killed ir forth Carolina from January tc uly, 1940. jga : Weekly Newspaper?Esta :OUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, T. Sixteen ^ Flood W r - vf vkPictured here is the inside < tc-rs, Velma, 14. Creola, 36, and ^ Stony Fork. Note table, cabin* Paul Weston, Boone Phoio Shop. STORM POSTPONES i SCHOOL OPENING . County Schools Nol to Open ' Until September .1; No More > Saturday Schools licie 1 The schools of Watauga county, - which, had been scheduled to open " on August 20, wit! not open until ! September 2. according to announce monl made Monday by W. H. Wal" leer, county superintendent. The postponement came as a result of " the flood and consequent damage to " roads over which the buses operate. Mr. Walker states that every ef: l'ort u ill be made to have ali the 1 school open on the second, however. definite announcement will be made in the next edition of The Demo rial. Boone and other schools which 1 have been operating on Saturdays Will operate on Monday instead tills year, says Mr. Walker, since the at torncy general has ruled against observing Monday as a holiday. Mr. ' Walker asks that the attorney gen; end's letter be published: "You stale ill your letter of Aug1 ust 7 that the public schools of ' Boone have been operating on Sat 1 urdays instead of Mondays for a number of years, and inquire if the ' school machinery act prohibits sucli ' operation. 'Section 4 ot the school machinery act of 1939 nrovides 'a school ; month shall consist of four weeks and not less than twenty teaching ; days, no day of which shall be a J Saturday, unless in case of emergency, and subject to the approval of the local committee and the superintendent of the administrative unit.' "This office has previously rendered an opinion on the meaning of the word 'emergency' as contained (Continued on page five) , Father of Mrs. Clyde Winebarger Succumbs Mr. Robert L. Coulter. 68. of I Statesville, father of Mrs. Clyde Winebarger of Boone, died last Wednesday afternoon at his home from heart trouble. Since all telephone and telegraph [ wires to this section were down and . all highways closed, it was very : difficult to get Mrs. Winebarger in. formed of her father's death, which [ finally came over the Charlotte radio station. Mr. and Mrs. Winebarger [ lett early Priday morning to attend the funeral, returning Sunday. Surviving besides Mrs. Winebarger are four daughters and four sons, living in Hickory. Durham, Statesville and Winston-Salem. ' MERCHANTS TO PARTICIPATE i IN NATIONAL RETAIL EVENT " Members of the Boone Merchants Association are co particiDate in the National Retail Demonstration to be held the week of September 16 to 21, according to Mrs. Ruby P. Ellis. > secretary of the association. I OLD PHOTOGRAPHS WANTED Mr. Clyde R. Greene, secretary of the Three Forks Baptist Association, is anxious to secure photographs of , the original Three Forks church t building, old officers of the church, . and old" church buildings of the association. He would greatly apprei ciate those having such photographs > loaning them to him for associational work. DEMC iblished in the Year Eightee HURSDAY. AlTGUST 22. 1940 Vataugan aters Sivt WHERE FOUR DIED 5 HI 4 1.I '' ^ ^ ^ a . ^ one wall of the home in which And] /ernetia, 11, lost their lives as the land: ?t still standing and pair o? overalls li ) Other flood pictures on pages 2 and 7 Red Cross Bri Relief To St< Emergency Organization Oc- 1 n livers Food and Clothing to;11 i Peewit- of AiT.nc ' . N<> Campaign for Funds Be- ;t i ihg Made " j ! b Mr. W. J. Jones. fioid represent:!- j [ live of the American Red Cross, j.. ! came to Boone last Ft iday and in ' y conjunction \?ith the. Watauga Red Si Cross chapter, immediately estah- O lished emergency headquarters in ^ the John \V. Hodges building, and began cataloguing the storm's dam- s; age and furnishing food and cloth- $ ing to those made destitute. Mr. Jones v. as in Etizabetliton, ^ Tenn., alien, he received word to s, come to Boone. Ho iiad already es- o tablislied his organization there, P when he was ordered to Boone. ? Tiiere was no telegraph or telephone service left in Boone following the \ storm and Paul Weston in traveling ' ail of Wednesday night in carrying pictures to a Winston-Salem newspaper finally succeeded in getting the distress message to National Red c Cross headquarters from the local C. chapter. j li Mrs. Mildred Taylor Edwards. Red n Cross case worker, has joined the s local organization and two more t workers will come later. Each v case will he studied individually li and Mrs. Garbee, president of the a Watauga Red Cross chapter, and a v j special advisory committee will pass ! a on the merits of the applications. c At least 53 families had been sup- t plied with food and clothing by the first of the week, and the headquar- v ters was a bee hive of activity, o Thirty-two homes are gone, accord- 5 ing to the Red Cross survey. a It is explained that the Red Cross 1 CITIZENS URGED I TO BOIL WATER i Health Department Order Made ^ in Interest of Public Health: Boone Creek Polluted Residents of the town of Boone are reminded that all water used for drinking purposes should be boiled, y vw ?.? pitv-auiiunai V iuc?uic, jyvnunife r. such time as chemical analysis may u be completed and the water supply o be returned to its normal condition, y The health department will give due r notice when the order has been d rescinded. s Sewer leaks in the city have also g caused the health department to tl post Boone Creek and children are ii warned not to play in the waters of the stream which have become pol- v luted through underground sewage j seepage. s BUS SERVICE REINSTATED Regular bus schedules are again being operated through Boone. The Queen City Coach Company is operating between Boone, Charlotte, t Johnson City and Asheville. while r Greyhound service to Winston-Sa- t lem was maintained via Sparta and a West Jefferson. Today the Grey- r. hound is operating through to Moun- < tain City and Bristol. j. )CBJU n Eighty-Eight s Los*e J zep Over * - rew Greene and three daughslide and flood swept through snging on wall. (Phono by ings Speedy arm Victims tliel is strictly -111 emergency aid to >e people and citizens who have jffercd hardship from any other iusc than the flood, cannot he ided from this activity. Contributions to-the- .Red Cross tnd arc not being sought or asked, tit the following voluntary contriuliims have been accepted: Max adio Service. 25c; Rev. Grant olmsbee, $2.00: Mrs. .James, 515.00; Irs. Floy Mast. S1.00: A Friend. 10.00; a child. 5c, Mrs. Moody, S1.00; . P. Haguman, SI.00; Rev. J. C. anipc. S5.00; J. E. Hoishouser. >.00: A Friend, $20.00: Watauga emoerat, $10.00; M. W. Beach, 5.00; Farmers Hardware Company, 10.00. Total, ?85.30. Mrs. Garbee states that Boone cpplo have' been unusually generus in supplying quantities of good jrviceable clothing for the victims f the storm, and expresses the aprcciation of the chapter for the coperation accorded. I 7 1/ ? ?* < welfare Uttrce Liives Victims Food Supplies Mr. A. P. Langs'.on. director of oinmoditv distribution of the North Carolina board of charities and pubic welfare, visited Boone Friday and tade arrangements whereby a good up ply of food for 100 families in he flood area of Watauga county .rns sent here Saturday. This food las been distributed by the Watuga county department of public relfare. Mr. Langston said that dditional food and other available ommodities will be sent here for lie relief of flood victimsFood for the regular clients of the relfare department was sent here n Monday of this week, slates Miss .Iargucrite Miller, welfare officer, lid will be delivered on the reguar days. LIVESTOCK MARTHAS A GOOD YEAR 'wo 10 Per Cent Dividends PaiJ To Stockholders Last Year; Prices Are Good Business has been good again this ear at the Watauga Livestock maret, according to information comlg from some of the officials in the rganization, and the market which .as organized in June, 1939. has aleady paid stockholders two diviends of 10 per cent each. The ales this year are about one-third reater than they were in 1939 and he market is perhaps the highest a this section of the country. Good lambs sold on the market reek before last at S9.20. which is ully as good as the prices paid at ome of the larger markets. DAMAGE AT CEMETERY Considerable damage resulted to he Boone cemetery from the flood, nany plots having sunken far below he level of the surrounding terrain, ind the individuals are asked to nake arrangements with Monroe Jrimes. cemetery caretaker, to resair the damage to their plots. T SI.50 A YEAR tjives As ' County MORE THAN THIRTY HOMES DESTROYED IN THIS REGION Many Take Treatment at Local Hospital for Injuries Sustained in Disaster: Destruction General Throughout the County Farm f .anrls Hlnrkiirairc - ??? * A*b" " ? Are Seriously Damaged Damage to Farm Crops and Lands May Run Inio Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars; Highways Are Opened and Telephone Service Restored; City Streets Are Be ing Repaired; Railway Lines Still Out; U. S. 421 May Be Opened in 30 Days; Power Plants Damaged in Record Rainfall BULLETIN! | A body found in Wilkes county k i iaie Tuesday and believed to bo . that of Nina Todd, v,*ho lost her life in the Stony Fork disaster, together with the death of Mrs. Wilburn Greene of Howard's ! Creek, which occurred in Wat auga hospital early this morning, brings the total count of Wair auga's death toll to sixteen. 1 The body, thought to be the i remains of MtsS Todd, was found ! in the Yadkin River near Fergu i son Dy a small bay*, and was buried in Ihe sand of ihe river ! bottom except for one leg and one arm and was on the same plot oi land on which the body of Zeb Greene w$s found. The partiallydecomposed body is being held for identification, Mrs. Greene died from irjurie? j sustained in the destruction of i her home, wherein two children were killed. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. J | Thirteen Watauga county peo| pie are known to have tost their lives, two are vet missing and believed dead, and one is a patient at a local hospital with iitjtle or no hope of recovery, as ; Watauga county checked up over the week-end on the death I toll of the worst flood in the history of Watauga county, which destroyed at least 32 homes, numerous barns and other farm structures, inflicted in estimable agricultural losses and left large scale destitution in its wake. The dead are: Martha Ann Carroll, Andrew W. Greene and daughters, Velma Lee. Creola and Verdetta Greenet Zeb V. Greene and Johnnie Greene, of Stony Fork township. William Townsend and son, Lee Townsend. of Dutch Creek. Two children of Bynum Shoemake of Balm. Wijburn Roscoe Greene and Joe Hardie Greene, small sons of i Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Greene of | Howard's Creek. 1 The seven first named were 'killed in the huire landslide and flood waters in Stony Frol; township. Mrs. Martha Ann Carroll and Johnnie Greene were killed when the Guy Carlton filling station was swept from the mountain by the landslide. The body of Johnnie Greene, nine years old, was not recovered until Sunday when it i was found on a pile of driftwood | fourteen miles down Stony Fork ] froolr AT T* c Willio rTrnnnn mother of the lad. is said to be seriously ill from shock and exposure. Mrs. Iona Miller, who resided one mile from the Carlton place, is believed dead, as no trace has been found of her since the storm. Andrew W. Greene and three (Continued on page eight)
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