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VOL. 53. NO. 18
88 WATAUGANS TO
BE CALLED INTO
SERVICE BY JUNE 30
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First Draft Quota is Fixed For
State; Counties to Oct Credit
for Volunteers; Questionnaires
Being Sent Out; South fiends
Advisory Board
A total of 88 Watauga county men
will be called to the colors for a
year's military training between this
time and June 30. 1941. it was announced.
as the net quotas for each
draft area board In the state were
made public from the office of Governor
Clyde R. Hocy.
At the same time it is said that
each county is to receive credit for
men who have enlisted since Januarv
1
The local draft board is mailing
out questionnaires to registrants in
the county, according to order numbers.
and decision will be made upon
the information furnished therein,
and 'oy such other affidavits as the :
registrant wishes to offer in regard i
to dependents, profession or physical
condition.
After the draft board has made its
decision, registrants may file notice
of appeal with the board, but are
never allowed to appear m person
oi through an attorney before the .
selective service board or the district
appeals board. Registrants who
desire assistance in filling out qucs[
tionnaircs may receive same from
a member of the county advisory
board, of which A. E. South is chair
f man. :
The first 88 order numbers in- c
elude the following Watauga county (
people: i
Order j
No. t
1?Russell Daniel Wellborn t
2?Calvin R.-tgnn I
8?Fred William Harmon I
4?Thomas Russel Snyder
5?Marvin Cirwro Proffit
6 ?John Jefferson Conway \
7?William Ernst Harmon !
R?Thomas Earl Tugman
9?MacDonald Ward <
It)?Kenneth Herbert Mathis
i 1?Frank Lloyd Brown
12?Fred Teague 5
13?George (Irubbs Horrir.g
,f 14?noy Younce f
15?John Kay Brown i
16?Floyd Everett Greene C
(Continued on page eight! v
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County's New Officials j
Will Be Sworn In First
Monday in December 1
All Watauga county officeholders
elected last week except the representative
in the general assembly
/ will take the oath of office before
Clerk ef Court Austin E. South on
the first Monday in December, which
.f? is December 2.
Gordon H. Winkler, representative-elect,
will take the oath or
office when the general assembly
pones session in January.
All constables will be required to
post bonds with the county commissioners.
County-wide officers elected November
5 included Gordon Winkler,
representative; Grady Greer, Ira
Edmisten and Beit Mast, county
commissioners; Miss Helen Under
down, register of deeds, and C. F. j
Thompson, surveyor.
Remainder of the offices subject to
election were township offices of
justice of the peaple and constables.
Short, Short Story
Contest Sponsored
The iiterary and education division
of th Woman's Worth While
Ciub is sponsoring a short, short
story contest, through the schools of
the county, and all stories must he
in the hands of Mrs. E. T. Glenn of
Boone by November 26th for final
judging. The stories, however, are
to be submitted by the students of
the county through their high school .
principals.
MARK HOLTZCLAW INJURED
Mark Holtzclaw received severe
injuries on the 31st, when the car
he was driving overturned in Stony
. Fork township, when it struck a hole
in the roadway caused by the August
flood. Mr. Holtzclaw suffered a
broken left shoulder ?and other injuries.
However, the last of the
week he was able to return to Pittsburgh,
Pa., where he has been employed
for some time in the building
trades.
GOV. HOEY SETS NOV. 28
AS THANKSGIVING DAY
Governor Hoey has proclaimed
t Thursday, November 28, as Thanksa
.giving Day in Ncrth Carolina, settine
the date a week later than the
time designated by President Roose}
B velt.
if TEACHLRS' MEETING
V| Mr. Dale Norris, chairman of . the
!'J Watauga County Teachers Associa/a
tion, announces a county-wide teachers'
meeting to be held' at Boone
| M high school Saturday morning at 10,
Jjr November 16.
Black widow spiders are so named
because the females willingly
make widows of themselves by eat
W ing their husbands.
rATAl
An Independent ^
"BOONE; WATAUGA C
EMPRESS OF B
4 M'' ^
Berlin Germany.?A view of 1Y
of Britain, fourth largest merchan
which was sunk by a German air-i
mans claim that a submarine finishe
was being lowed into port by Brit
WATAUGA HIGH IN
POPULATION GAIN
bounty Ranks Twelfth Among
Counties of State in Census
Increase
Watauga county ranks twelfth
imong the 100 counties in the state
>f North Carolina in percentage
jopulation gains during the 1030-40
iecade. a review by the University
Hews Letter reveals. During the
jeriod the county's population increased
from 15.1G5 to 18.084, or a
jcrccntngc gain of 10 2 During the
jeriod from 1920 to 1930 Watauga
gained 12.5 per cent in population.
AIainar.ee comes first on the list
vith a gain of 35.9 pi r cent, while
3erquimans is at the foot of the list
vith a toss of 6.5 per cent, kight
ilhcr eastern Carolina counties show
imall population losses.
Caldwell county's population is
15.79.9 as against 28,016 in 1930, for
i percentage gain of 27.8. being
burth on the list of counties. Ashe
s 68th with 22,662 as against 21,119
iu 1930. a percentage gain of 7.8,
vhile Avery, Watauga's other neigh>or
is 32nd. Avery has a populaion
of 13,552. had 11,803 in 1930 and
las gained 14 3 per cent.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO REGISTRANTS
Registrants with local board
whose order numbers are No. 1 to
Ho. 50, inclusive:
There have been this day mailed
to you questionnaires which
you are required by the selective
training service act of 1940 to exe
cuie ana reiurn wiimn live days
from date hereof.
Failure lo complete and return
your questionnaire is an offense
punishable by imprisonment and
fine.
Any registrant whose order
number is included above and who
seeks a deferred classification,
may, within five days from the
date hereof, submit proper affidavits
in the space provided in his
questionnaire or submit them separately.
Any other qualified person
seeking deferred classification
for the registrant shall use Form
42 (Claim for Deferred Classification
b" Dependent, Employer or
Other Person), or other applicable
forms available at the office of the
local board.
Failure of the registrant or any
other person concerned to exercise
any right or privilege within
the lime authorised by the selective
service reaulaiionc or within
an extension of time granted by
the local board, may constitute a
waiver of such right or privilege.
V. C. HOWELL.
Member of Local Board.
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OFFICIAL VOTI
PRECINCT
Bald Mountain
Beaver Dam
Blowing Rock
Blue Ridge
Boone
e-uve v^reoK
Eik
I-aurel Creek
Meat Camp No. I
Moat Camp No. 2
North Fork Shawneehaw
Stony Fork
Tvatauga ?
TOTAL
Majority L. mKBwSliSI
JGA
Weekly Newspaper?Est
~iountytnokth caroltnat
IRITAIN SUNK
ie Canadian-Pacific liner. Empress
it vessel flying the Briiish flag,
raid off the coasl of Ireland. Gerd
the Empress as the smoking hull
ish destroyers.
GRAGGLOSES CO.
TO CHAS. JOHNSON
Boone Candidate for Slate Trcsurer
Sixty-four Behind Winner
in Watauga
Watt If Gragg of Boone. Republican
candidate for state treasurer
lost Watauga county to his successful
opponent, incumbent. Charles M
Johnson, by the narrow margin ol
64 votes, official returns indicate.
Mr. Gragg, humorously referring
to the Democratic landslide in the
state, savs that 'scattered return!
seem to indicate the success of my
opponent. However, I shall not concede
defeat at this time."
The county returns on the treasurer's
race follows:
Johnson Gragg
liald Mountain 64 1C?
Beaver Dam ... 337 !2f
Blowing Rook 266 251
Blue Ridge . 63 271
Boone 1303 63C
Cove Creek 440 381
Elk 33 12C
Laurel Creek 303 22f
Meat Catnp No. 1 ...... 26'J 251
Meat Camp No. 2 42 52
NnHit Vnrlr 01 lOf
Shawneehaw 112 15."
Stony Fork 145 3tli
Watauga 259 4of
Total 3654 3621
Funerai Services Are
Held For Hugh Reese
Funeral services were conducted
from the Beech Creek church Sat
urday afternoon for Hugh Reese, 62
prominent merchant and farmer ol
that section, who died at the home
ol John H. Bingham at Sugar Grove
Friday morning.
The rites were in charge of Rev
J. W. Parker and Rev. WilliajT
Stout, and interment was in tht
Beech Creek neighborhood come
tery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs
Nora Bingham Reese, four brothers
and five sisters: Mrs. Julia Edmisten
and Mrs. Laura Edmisten, Beech
Creek; Mrs. Dave Allwood, Mountain
City, Tenn.,; Mrs. Sarah Meadows,
Dandridge, Tenn.; Mrs. Elizr
Younce. Elizabethton, Tenn.; John
Grant, James and Tom Reese, all ol
Beech Creek.
AMATEUR PROGRAM AT
MABEL SCHOOL NOV. 1!
There will be an amateur contest
at the Mabel school on Fridnv nivht
November 15th, 7:30 p. lii. The
public is cordially invited. Comt
and have a good time. The admission
is 10 and 15 cents.
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263 264 261 259 291 236 262
63 277 65 276 65 277 63
1487 452 1506 453 1509 452 1466
466 374 466| 371 461 374 445|
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146 282 148, 381 147 382 142
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THURSDAY? NOVEMBER 14, IS
G.O. P. PROTESTS
VOTE IN WATAUGA;
ASKS STATE PROBE
Defeated Candidates Ask State
Board of Elections to Investigate
Conduct of Election in
Watauga; Charge Illegal Voting:
Statement by Kephart
Republican candidates for
countv office in last week's election
on last Thursday protested
! the "purported results of the
election field on November 5."
and requested a hearing and investigation
bv the state board of
elections "as to the conduct of
the election, the manner of holding
said election, and as to the!
illegal voting in said election."
The officiai protest was signed by
Dr. A. P. Kcphart. Republican candidate
for the legislature. J. B. Wilson
and John W. Hodges, candiddates
for county commissioners, and I
v/as presented to the county board
ef elections on Thursday while th
c .nvavss of the election returns wt"
in progress.
The canvass of the vote was completed
and the protest was voted
down by the board.
llohy T. Greer is chairman of the
local board. J. C. McConnc'.l and R.
D Hodges being the other two
members.
The document, which takes exceptions
to the returns and canvass.
! is as follows:
"We. the undersigned Republican
' candidates in the election of November
5. hereby -wotest the pur;
ported results of said election held
. November 5 and protest the returns
; as being illegal and protest the returns
and canvass of the county
board of elections ol Watauga county
and except to the said returns arid |
canvass as being illegal and give no ;
tide of appeal to the state board of
i elections?pf North Carolina and rci
quest a hearing and investigation b.v
| the state board of elections as to the
conduct of the election, and manner
of holding said election, and as to
j the illegal voting in said election in
| Watauga countv on November 5.
i 1940."
I It is presumed that the slute board
of elections will take action on the
I protest when it meets on November
i 26th to certify the state-wide elee;
i i inn returns:
KEPHART MAKES CHARGES
Greensboro, Nov. 11?Dr. A. P. j
Kephart of Blowing Rock, who was |
dfeated in Tuesday's election in his
race for the state house of representatives,
stated here yesterday
, that a protest had heen filed with
' the Watauga county elections board
charging "flagrant violations of the
I election laws."
Dr. Kephart, formerly of the N. C.
, Woman's College faculty, said the
: protest was filed with the board be1
fore the votes were counted and that
" it asks an investigation and hearing
bfore the state beard of elections.
He ran on the Republican ticket,
; losing to a Democrat, Gordon Wink.
ier.
He declared the protest was lodged
by a number of Republican can_a:
_ '
. uiiiuita wuu were inaKing races.
; among other charges alleged in the
protest, he said, was that about 500
i absentee ballots were cast in one
. township where there were less than
. 2,000 votes, a number of students att
tending Appalachian State Teachers
t College at Boone and residing else;
where voted in Boone township after
their right to vote had been challenged.
and that over 500 persons in
Boone township were challenged and
I as a result, over 300 absentee ballots
were withdrawn the day before
election, a majority of which were
students of the State Teachers College
in Boone.
China shipped about $500,000
worth of firecrackers to the United
States in 1930. I
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GEORGE W. BARNES
GEO. W. BARNES
DIES THURSDAY
Pioneer Kesidi'iit of the Cit.
Succumbs to Long Illness;
Funeral Friday
George W. Barnes, aged 89 year;
pioneer resident of this community
died at the home last Thursday afl
er a long illness.
Funeral services were conducte
irom the late residence Friday afl
crnooh at i o'clock, with Rev. E. C
Hodge? in charge. Rev. G. A. Ham
by assisting in the rites and inter
ment was in the Hine cemetery. A!
lomey W. R. Loviil paid tribute t
the life of the deceased.
Surviving arc four sons and tw
daughters- Rev. Linney Barne:
L.ctcher, Stewart and Gurdy BarneMrs.
T. F. T.ovill and Miss Matti
Barnes. There are 20 grandchil
dren and five great-grandchildren
Mr. Barnes was reared in Me:
Camp township, but had lived i
Boone for the past 40 years, whet
he had engaged in farming activ
ties He had been a member of 111
Baptist church for !i!) years, an
' as a charter member of the Oa
Grove congregation.
"Uncle Bud," as Mr. Barnes wi
familiarly known, was one of tti
community's best and most esteemc
eitizons. He was possessed of
fine intellect and came to lie know
as the "mountain philosopher." H
genial disposition, his neighborly d(
nteanor and spirit of fair play ha
won for him many friends durin
his long life span.
Proof of New Folder
Expected in Few Day
The local Chamber-of Commerc
has been advised that the final la\
out on the new community adve;
tising folder is almost complete an
that as soon as the oroof is preseni
ed and approved the order will b
placed.
Funds for the payment of th
publicilv material are still short an
Commc- e President H. W. Wilco
asks everyone willing to help i
this undertaking to do so at onci
as solicitations are expected to b
completed next week.
Those making contributions la;
week are Gateway Cafe $5. Ma;
Market SI.00. Mrs. C. D. Taylo
Valle Crucis, $1.
Nightingales sing as often in dat
1 time as at night.
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$1.50 A YEAR
r Tobacco
m By Hedrick
j SALES OFTHREE
| MILLION POUNDS
I RFINfi PRFmrTFn
Giant Motor Caravan of Watauga
People to Tour Surrounding
Areas Next Week in Interest
of Boone Market;
Christmas Opening is Being
Arranged
Mr. W. P. Hedrick. tobacco
marketing specialist with the
North Carolina department of
agriculture, who recentlv made
a tour of the burlev growing
counties of western Carolina,
predicts that the Mountain Burlev
Warehouses in Boone will
this vear sell 3.000.000 pounds of
tobacco, as against the two million
of last vear.. It will be recalled
that Mr. Hedrick's prediction
of last vear hit the nail
, squarelv on the head, ar.d this
[ vear his optimism is shared bv
all those connected with the local
warehouse,
y Tuesday afternoon special committees
of the Merchants Association
met with members of the firm
of Jones and Coleman, lessees of
the warehouses and mapped an inSi
tensive publicity campaign to get
the market off to a good start when
it opens about December 4. A huge
motorcade is being arranged to go
into Ashe. Alleghany and Grayson
d counties, Va., November 22. when a
brass band concert, the award of
- prizes and short talks will feature
i- the meetings with farmers of neigh'
boring Sections.
The motorcade will leave Boone
many morning, movemDer 22,
promptly at 8 o'clock and all Wat0
nuga county people who can are
s. urged to join the caravan. Those
>; who do not have transportation will
e be accommodated so for as possible,
[- and it is hoped to have no less than
40 col's The group will be at the
,1 Jefferson courthouse from 9 to 11
n a. m.: Sparta courthouse 12 to 1 p.
.. in. and at Independence, Va? from
i_ 1:110 to 2:30.
The Boone high school band will
\ accompany the goodwill group and
1 a genuine good time will be enjoyed
K by both those making the trip and
the people of the sections visited.
15 This is the first of a series of
goodwill tours which will be conducted
into burley-producing coun'
ties of Carolina, Virginia and Ten
nessec.
Christmas Opening
J The Merchants Association is also
making preliminary plans for the
s annual Christmas opening, which is
to take place simultaneously with
the opening of the tobacco market.
The lights will be turned on at that
time, and the shopping district turn
cu imu a veruauie iairyjanu 01
many colored lights. A special
:e Christmas program will be arranged
r- for the occasion and there will be
- other entertainment features,
d By the end of the week it is ext
pected that the various committees
>e will have mapped out final details
for the big celebration,
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^ Trapping Licenses
n Are Now Available
e,
ie
Licenses for the trapping of fur-f
bearing animals in this area are now
available and may be secured upon
r application to Mr. Bill Casey, county
game warden. Mr. Casey explains
that steel traps may be used
f. only along creeks or in creeks, in
the trapping of muskrats or similar
_ animals, and that they are not to be
~ placed on dry land, where other animals
might become prey.
It is also explained that the bird
season opens on November 28 and
that those takin" to the field should
be sure to procure license in advance.
Hunting licenses are on sale
in every section of the county, the
county license costing $1.10 and
statewide $2.10. A combination
hunting and fishing license good until
July 31, 1941, and good in any
part of the state, is sold for $3.10.
Rev. Dan Graham
To Preach Tuesday
Rev. Dan Graham of Blountvil'.e,
Tenn., will preach at the courthouse
in Boone Tuesday evening, November
19th at 7:30. Mr. Graham was
to have appeared in Boone this week
but a death in his home community
prevented his coming.
He will also preach at Mount Vernon
church on Monday evening, November
18, at 7'30, and at Baird's
Creek Tuesday afternoon at 1:30.
BASKET BALL LEAGUE
All business men of the town who
are interested in forming a basket
ball league are requested to meet at
the high school gymnasium Monday,
November 18, at 7:30. and bring len?
nts shoes.
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