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I ^ VOL. 53, NO. 12 BOTH PARTIES T0~ NOMINATE SLATES CANDIDATES SAT. Republicans and Democrats Announce Nominating Conventions: Wall to Address Republicans; Democrats Not to Have Outside Speaker For the first time in recollection. Democrats and Republicans o! Watauga county will hold their nominating conventions on the same day. Next Saturday at 2 o'clock the Democrats of the county will gather in convention at the courthouse to name their candidates for county office, and at 7:30 in the evening the Republicans will place their candidates in nomination. The Democrats will hold their precinct meetings at 2 o'clock on Friday at the various polling places, while the Republicans will name (heir precinct delegates to the county convention at 2:30 on the same day. The Democrats have not announced any outside speaker for the occasion. while tin- Republicans will present Hon. L. I.. Wall of Winston-Salem. Little Interest So far little pre-convention enthusiasm seems to have developed locally. but it is expected that about j the usual amount of interest will have developed by the time the conventions are called to order. This year candidates tire to be named for representative in the lee islaturc. register of deeds, county commissioners and surveyor. The clerk does not come up for election this year, neither docs the sheriff or coroner who are serving fouryear terms. Superior Court In Number of Judgments Watauga superior court adjourned Wednesday after having cleared up the state docket, but no cases were tried on the civil calendar. No jury trials were heard during the term, all the defendants have one submitting. One quit the court during the process of a jury, trial. Following are other judgments of Judge Fhiliipps court: Reed Thomas, driving drunk, $50 and the cost, driving license suspended for one year. R, C. Greene, worthless check, prayer for judgment continued on payment of check. Dwight Moody, driving drunk, 90 days; operating car without license, 30 days. A. G. Church, driving drunk, $50 and cost. License revoked for one year. Dale Story, driving drunk, $50 and cost; license revoked for one year. Roy Lentz. driving drunk. 90 days, also suspended sentence of 90 days put in effect. Leonard Watson, driving drunk 90 days. Lawrence Burris, driving drunk, $50 and the cost; license revoked for one year. W. A. Hicks, driving drunk, 90 days. Dewey Johnson, violation prohibition laws, 4 months suspended on payment of cost. D. Greer, Omar Greer, Cline Bowen, violating prohibition laws, onethird cost, 4 months suspended. Lewis McVey, violation prohibition laws, 4 months on roads. F. S. A. To Engage In Food Rehabilitation Mr. William A. Smith, county rural rehabilitation supervisor foi Watauga announced this week thai the Farm Security Administration has been notified to assist in the rehabilitation of low-income farm families who are in distress because of the flood. These families will be accepted and assisted on the same basis as other FSA clients and wil be given assistance in planning theii farming operations in such a way a: to rebuild their farms and provide food for their families and feed foi their livestock. Also, the plan wil provide the necessary financial as sistance to carry it out. Farmer: who can provide their own finance! from other sources cannot be assist ed by FSA. All low-income farm families whe are needing the assistance offeree by the Farm Security Administra lion are requested to make appli cation at the FSA office in thi courthouse. Merchants Ask That Essays Be Submittec All those who wrote essays in thi "Mrs. Typical Customer" contest held in connection with the Nation al Retail Demonstration are askei to turn them in to the store when they received the entry blanks b; CnnfnmKnx OQf K G rtVlnpli kj((iuiucl,y, kJtpitlllULl uvu>, ? ?-? ' after which the essavs will be judg ed and the $10 and other prize awarded. Those who have not yet prepare their essays are urged to write ther at once as there is still time to be come eligible for the gifts and chance at a trip to New York. /ATAl Ait independent ^ \y/?$^GA"0C ? | ] "The Least of These" London. England.?Jane and Jacqueline, two pitiful little inmaies of the East Grinstead (England) sunshine home for blind babies, hurry to the home's air raid shelter as Nazi planes roar overhead. MURAL IS PLACED" | IN POST OFFICE BY ALAN TOMPKINS | Doughty Pioneer Dpjiicled in Oil I I'aintiliE Which Dccoroli><; il?c Lobby of Federal Building: Artist Is Widely Known For l Abilities J Installation of the new mural for the Boone post office has been reported as complete to Edward Bruce, chief of the section of finearts, Federal Works agency, by Abut Tompkins, the artist. Painted in oil on canvas, the panel has been entitled: "Daniel Boone or. a Hunting Trip in Watauga County." Mr. Tompkins was commissioned lo paint the mural on the basis of the designs submitted in competition recently held by the section of fine arts. In keeping with established procedure all of the entries in the contest were reviewed ani onymously by a jury of distinguished American artists. In his description of the mural, Mr. Tompkins says: "After 1761 Daniel Boone went on many hunting trips in which is now Watauga coun[ ty and to the country to the west of it. He built a cabin at the present side of Boone and is said to | have used it as a base camp on many occasions. "The mural shows Daniel, at the age of 26, with two companions on on one of these trips The hunters have just come to the top of a rise and have paused to survey the i country ahead. Two pack horses carry the skins and supplies. "At this time Daniel Boone was an experienced hunter, trapper and woodsman, as well as a wagoner, blacksmith and farmer. He was al ready a veteran Indian fighter and had been a soldier in Braddock's ill? . fated campaign. "I have chosen the peiiod when Daniel Boone had completed an exacting apprenticeship and was beginning the explorations which were j to make him famous. The time is dawn, the wilderness is vast and forbidding, the characters are courageous, determined, resourceful." Born in New York in 1907. Mr. Tompkins is now a resident of Con1 necticut though he has traveled and ' studied extensively in this country ' and abroad. After graduating from ' Columbia College in New York in ' 1929, he studied in Austria, Ger' many, France and England, and then ' returned to obtain a master of fine arts degree from Yale in 1933. The ; Winchester fellowship of 1933 again ' took him to Europe, and after anothJ er year of study he returned to - teach at the John Herron Art school ; at Indianapolis, and later at the 5 Cooper Union Art school in New ' York. Well known as a mural painter, examples of work in this medium ? may be found at the Columbia Uni1 versity club. New York, and in the post offices at Martinsville and "* North Manchester, Ind., two earlier - commissions awarded to him by the section of fine arts. REALTY TRANSFERS Mr. Walter C. Greene sold five * acres of land near Laxon 10 the Red Cross which will build a four-room s house for the widow of Andrew Greene, whose life was lost in the - flood. 1 Mr. Greene also sold 1114 acres of 2 land to Dwight Greene of Laxon, , who will build on the property next year. s GREAT BRITAIN SUNDAY Next Sunday. September 29th. has 3 been proclaimed a day of prayer? n prayer for Great Britain. This is a nation-wide movement which gova ornors and church leaders throughout the country have joined. JGA J i/eekly Newspaper?Estal iUNTY. NORfrfcAROLlNA, TH WATAUGA CALMS) TAKE TOP HONORS ! AT CATTLE SHOW | tames Duggcr Shows Grand Climri|(i(in a( Hendersonvillc; Local Boys Win Six Places Out of Seven: Calves Bring Fairly Fancy Prices The Watauga county '1-H Club boys' Hereford calves, which were led. fitted and shown under the su net-vision 01 H. M. Hamilton. Jr., county agent, again look top honors at tin Western Carolina Fat Stock show. Wednesday, September 18. which was held in connection with the Western Carolina fair at Hendersoriville. Out of seien possible first prizes the Watauga boys with their babe beeves won six. leaving the other to Haywood county. In the lightweight class of baby beeves. Gilbert Edrnisten won first prize; Maston Hodges third, and Passed Hodges fifth; Lawrence Wilson. ninth, and Ley Isaacs tenth. In the medium weight competition. James Dagger won first prize; John Edrnisten second, and Russell Hodges eleventh. Heavyweight class; C'ouncill Henson second and third prfees; Eov! Edrnisten fourth; Frank Mast seventh. First prize in this class was won bv Calvin Francis of Haywood county, and was the only first prize in all the baby beef classes which was net won by a Watauga steer. Entries in the get-of-sire class consisted of three steers fed in the county from which they were shown and the get of a registered bull of one of the beef breds. In this class three steers iiom John Bugger's bull won first prize; three steers from Dr. H. B. Perry's bull won second prize, while three calves from the bull owned jointly by Wiley Perry and W. W. Wiison won third prize. County Group Entries in the county group class consisted of five fat steers fed in the county from which they were shown ar.d only one entry was allowed from each county. In this class a group of five Watauga baby beeves won first prize. In the township class, Earl Edrnisten won first prize, Gilbert Ed,Yi icfun COftAnr) O?N?-I ToniJUi T\nnrr.??? dCkvuu, aum third. - .. J&v*. 1 Grand Champion In the championship class the baby beef which was fed and shown by James Dugger of Vilas, was awarded the grand championship honor. This is the fourth consecutive year that a Watauga county county baby beef has won the grand championship at the Western Carolina Fat Stock show. The county agent, Mr. Hamilton, v. ho has personally looked after the feeding and shewing of all the Watauga Herefords during the past four years, should feel proud of such an enviable record while the tanners of the county feel themselves most fortunate in having the services of such an expert cattleman and 4-H Club leader as their county agent. (Continued on page eight) HJt.". STR1KS AT BERLIN AND THE CHANNEL AREA London, Sept. 25?Cutting a fiery ! swath of destruction across western , Europe in their mightiest assault of ' the war, British bombers blasted j Berlin yesterday and early today ; and sank five Nazi torpedo boats along the French coast where manv , German troops were reported killed during "invasion" rehearsals. Unloading explosive and incendiary bombs on Berlin for the third consecutive night, British raiders early today bombed a hospital and ! residential area of the capital in a two-hour, 48-minute attack, according to informed Nazi spokesmen. British bombers smashed directly upon two German mine-sweepers in the channel and a third was damaged during another daylight attack by the R.A.F. and. in an air battle that followed, a British bomber and a Nazi plane crashed into the sea. it was stated. The mine-sweepers, like the attacked torpedo boats, might be used to launch any attempted invasion of Britain, clearing the way for troop-laden barges. CAFE IS ENLARGED Mr. J O. Cook .owner of the Hotel Watauga and Cafe, states that the cafe is being enlarged by the addition of a commodious private dining room, and that a large amount of modernized equipment is being added to bring the popular eating place up to the highest possible standard of convenience and service. BUYS TOWN LOTS Mr. Walter C. Greene bought the 16 lots, a part of the burley warehouse property which was to have been sold at auction on the 13th. Mr. Greene says he bought the property for development and will likel 1 :u ? ' - ly uuuu nouses unereon to suit the prospective owners or renters. STORE ALMOST FINISHED I The stove building of J. T. Barnett jin East Boone is being erected rapidiy and the brick work is up to I ceiling height. The structure is about 50 per cent completed. Mr. I Walter Greene is the contractor. DEM< i>lished in the Year Eight* UKSDAY, ^EPTEMBEfT'iil"til HIGH PRICES PAID FX The 4-H boys shown above wiJ are happier and wealthier toilowi North Carolina fair which closed S top is the grand champion, an 82 bought by the A. & P. Company t calf is James Dugger. 12. of Vilas, with him is L. A. Bell of Chariot bottom left is the reserve cbampio county, who got 25 cents a poun< pany for his 965-pounder. At the Watauga couniy. and his 900-pou in the medium weight division, th treine right, bought tor the Dixie BURLEYGROWERS TOVOTEONQUOTAS November 23 Is Dale Set To Ballot Oil Three-Year Litmus Burley tobacco growers of western North Carolina will vote Saturday, November 23. on marketing quotas for their future crops, according to F. S. Sloan, western district farm agent of the State College extension service and he says that farmers will have the opportunity to approve quotas for the next three years instead of for only one year, as has been the cose in past referenda. "This is the same three-year quota system that flue-cured growers in the eastern part of the state recently approved by a 6 to 1 margin." Sloan said. "It means that buyers can pay better prices when they know that nrnHnrtinn will Ko lr?r>f in line with consumption over a longer period, and growers can make their plans without fear of drastic changes from year to year." The extension official said that at a recent hurley conference in Lexington, Ky., it was indicated that any reduction in farm allotments that might be required in 1941 if quotas are approved for one year cnly. can safely be postponed or possibly avoided, if quotas are approved for three years. "Leaders (Continued from page eight) District Conference Of the P. T. A. To Meet at Blowing Rock Blowing Rock, Sept, 24?The second district of the Congress of Parents and Teachers will meet at the Blowing Rock high school on October 1. Eleven counties will be represented and 150 persons are expected to attend. Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, state president. and Mrs. W. P. Dorsey. district chairman, and many other notable speakers will be here for the program which will begin at 10 a. m. Rev. Walter K. Keys, pastor of the Rumple Memorial Presbyterian church here, will have the devotional. The Boone and: Cove Creek chapters of the P. T. A. will take part in the program, and the Boone high school band will furnish music for the occasion. An educational program will be rendered and all P. T. A. members and others interested in this work are urged to attend. TAXES NOW DUE A. W. Greene, county tax collector. states that 1940 taxes are due October 1. and that the books are now in his hands. He asks that payments be made as promptly as possible. 3CRA' :en Eighty-Eight 3R4-HCLUBCAL;' S lP ' % - - - ' ten "" op Lh their orize-winning baby beeves irL ng the auction at the Western at aturday at Hendersonville. At the rn;i 10-pound. 11-rnonths-old Hereford. | or 35 cents a pound. Holding the Watauga county, who raised it and ; te.. buyer for the A. & P. At the pa n and Calvin Francis of Haywood ^*c i from the Pender Grocery Combottom right is John Edmisten of nd Hereford, second-place winner m; at Harry Falls of Asheville, at exHome stores at 19 cents a pound. GRAND JURY IN | USUAL REPORT s \V! Non-School Attendance Cited K' C1J and Repairs on County Home th Urged by Jury Following is the report of the grand jury which was submitted to wJudgo-Phillips' cours at the close of dt the body's deliberations last week: it We the. grand jurv. have passed bt en all bills and presentments that pI have come before us. m School Attendance cti It has been brought to the atten- gr tion of this group that there arc th some children in this ijounty that M haven't attended school In the past Li three years. It is our urgent recommendation that these children be co put in school. is Prison Camp L< We visited the prison camp as a yc body, we were invited by the super- sv intendent of the prison camp, Mr. hi Carter Farthmg to take a meal at fa the eamp while there. The invita- m tion was accepted and a complete sumptuous and well prepared meal p was served. There were 108 prisoners in the camp. The prisoners with which we talked expressed themselves as being exceptionally well taken care of. The premises were well kept and in a good sani- pi tary condition. - Jail 9.1 We inspected the jail in a body ' and found the prisoners well feci U and with good sleeping accommoda lions, we. However, recommend thai the two toilets downstars be put in sanitary condition or padlocked. Wc ., also r."commend that the steam S (Continued on page eight) j ~ A New Dress Shoppe lei To Be Opened Soon ^ Announcement is soon to be made I of the opening of the Watauga Dress and Tot Shoppe in the Hahn building, and Mr. J. O. Cook, owner of . the new busmess recently spent ten cays in New York City buying the ? merchandise. Mr. Cook states that nationally I' advertised lines of dresses for worn- " en and children will be handled and exclusiveness will be lent to each ? purchase on account of his policy of C1 handling one garment only of any particular style. Further announcement of the new venture wiil be made soon. Hlirlev Hoiks In Nearly Finished " b Walter C. Greene, local eontrac- e tor. has almost finished work on the s new hurley tobacco warehouse. The t framework and siding are in place ti I and the roofers are expected to com- b i mence their work in a few days. After the roof is in place. Mr. Greene will pour the concrete floor which will take only a short time and the a structure will be ready for the song p of the auctioneer. ii pi|?iia| r IPE FACTORY IS^ 1EW ADDITION TO CITYS BUSINESS oodcraft Novelty riant is Leased to New Yorkers Who Are Processing Native Rhododendron Burls for Pipe Bowls; An Exclusive Process Mr. David P. Lavietes and son. ml, of New York City, have closed deal for the lease with option to iv, of the Woodcraft Novelty Cominy of this city, and are using the ant for the manufacture of native iarvood smoking pipe blocks, to 1 the need in the industry brought tout by the war, there having been imports of foreign pipe bowl marials since the entrance of Italy to the European war. The senior Mr. Lavietcs was in kvn two weeks ago and took an tion on I hi local manufactory. On nday lie and his son arrived back town and bright and early M011v morning a crew of five men irted to work sawing blocks from I hurls or grubs of the native rhodendron, which m New York fining plants will be transformed 0 the high e.ualin briar pipes, licli are in universal demand long nine smokers throughout the irld. ill. Paul Lavietes. who has estab!rcd his residence here and who II be in charge of the manufactur1 plant, states that tor the present least, no finished pipes will be u.ufactured here, but that the pipe icks will be wholesaled to niamtturers throughout the country. Patented Process ilr. Lavietes says that through a tented process the native brihrind becomes an even more desirle material than the famed pipticds of Italy and France, that, rough the process employed the iterial is practically fireproof and at many more perfect cuts may be and iVi the native wood than in the reign product. Pipes manufacture frum the ivy burls are most beauul. it is said, and have longer life an those made from the materials ross the seas. Mr. Austin Miller lias been made reman and when the business gets ider way a large number of men ill likely be employed. The dry Ins are being rebuilt for the spell needs of the new industry, and e blocks will be delivered to pipe anufaeturers. fully dried, processand ready for the finishing. An Aid to Farmers Contracts are now living made illi farmers of the region for the livery of the ivy grubs and since is expected that tl-.e industry will permanent, a cash income will be ovided during off-seasons for marers who may earn good wages in gging the stools from their new ounds. Those wishing to furnish e grubs should communicate with r. W. H. Gragg or see Mr. Paul ivietes at the factory. Young Mr. Lavietes, who is welmed as a new resident of the city, a graduate of Washington and ?e University, 1938, and for two ors was southern states backstroke rimming champion and captain of s learn. He was trained hv his tlier ill the business, and has been ost successful. ederation Women's Clubs To Meet Here The third district of the North iroima Federation of Women's lubs will hold its annual meeting i Saturday. September '28, in the rsl Baptist church of Boone, with ic Bonne Worth While Women's lub as hostess. The meeting will be opened at 10 ni. by district president. Mrs. lyde Price of Hickorv. The adress of the day will be given by orth Carolina's state president. Mrs. irs. John D. Robinson of Wallace. 11 friends are most cordially invit1 to attend. .. L. Wall To Speak To G.O.P. Gathering Hon. L. I.. Wall of Winston-Sa:m, will speak to the Republicans f Watauga county Saturday evenlg at 8 o'clock, following the noraiating convention of the party. Mr. 'all is regarded as one of the state's wemost stump speakers and party r??ani7.ntinn mon arp na-cjinir nil tli.i itizcns of the county to hear him. tEW GARAGE WILL BE COMPLETED SATURDAY r The new salesroom and garage of re Cook-Nichols Motor Company n Depot street will be occupied ext Saturday, it is expected, and ie structure is one of the best to e found in this section. Constructd of native stone, faced both inide and out. the building is a beauiful structure. The Ford agency is 3 be commended upon its fine new uilding. MOVES TIN SHOP Mr. W. S. Christian has purchased lot near the Woodcraft Novelty T lant and lias moved his tin shop nto the building there. - i
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