North Carolina Newspapers

1 w VOLT 53t NO. 20 < :y ^ FARMERS FAVOR ~ 3-YEAR QUOTA IN BURLEY VOTE More Than Three Hundred Take Part in Balloting on Control of Production of Weed for Next Three Years: the Vote by Townships Although only a little more than three hundred took part in the balloting. tobacco farmers of Watauga county last Saturday voted overwhelmingly in favor of strict control of production of burlcy tobacco for the next three years, to conform to a narrowed market, brought about by the European war and its curtailment of exports. The proposal, which was submitted under the terms of the Agricultural Adjustment act, prvided for a vote for one-year control, throe year control or against all quotas. The vote by townships in the county is as follows: 3-yr. 1-yr. No "Rnnnn W i r. Beaver D;un 56 1 4 Cove Creek 70 1 19 Laurel Creek 53 0 8 Meat Camp 8 1 1 North Fork 12 0 0 Watauga 15 0 0 i Total 208 4 38 N. C. GROWERS FAVOR * BURLEY CROP CONTROI. Washington, Nov. 26?Seventy per cent of North Carolina's hurley to bacco growers voted for the threeyear marketing quotas in the Satur day referendum which also resulted in approval of three-year quotas for fire cured ami two dark air-cured types of tobacco. According to a preliminary tabulation released yesterday by the agricultural department, 4.057 Tar Heel voters cast votes in the hurley referendum. Of these 2,838 favored tlirce-year quotas, 102 endorsed quotas for one-year and 1,117 wanted no quotas at all. This tabulation showed North Carolina burley growers less enthusiastic about quotas than those of jff: other states as 76.4 per cent of the (Sflf 97,435 votes cast favored the threeyear quotas. RED CROSS DRIVE IS SUCCESSFUL Reports Indicate that Half of ] County Quota Already is I Accounted For With more than half of the canvassers in the Red Cross Roll Call not having yet submitted their reports, more than $250 of the $500 quota assigned Watauga county has already been accounted for, and Mrs. Wm. M. Matheson, roll call chairman, believes that complete returns will round out the quota. Following are the names of those who have joined and who have not been hitherto published: Mrs. E. E. Garbee, Mrs. S. M. Ayers, Mrs. Herman Eggers, R. W. Watkins, Mrs R. W. Watkins, Mrs. D. D. Dougherty,, Miss Anna Hayes, Mrs. Bertha Moody, Miss Myrtle Poteet. Miss Nell Welborn, Mrs. John T. Howell, Mrs. W. M. Grubbs, A. R. Smith, Mis. D. J. Whitener. Miss Elizabeth Lord, Mrs. H. S. Webster, I. T. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Norris, Troy Sims, Mrs. Mae . Miller, Mrs. R. K. Bingham, Mrs. ] Floyd Hagaman, Harvey S. Webster. J. E. Holshouser. Mrs. J. E. Holshouser, Mrs. L. T. Tatum, Mrs. E. Ford King, Jr., Mrs. L. B. Tyson, Miss Cora Pearl Jeffcoat, Gordon Nash, Mrs. Gordon Nash, Mrs. Willard Beach, Mrs. Jerry Wilson, Mrs. Alice C. Robbins. James B. Winkler, Milton Winkler, Mis. Ray Estes. Ed G. Farthing, Dr. Robert Busteed, Mrs. Robert , (Continued '6n page eight) I navyrecruTts 1 TO BE ACCEPTED Arrangements Made for Enlistments in Boone First Three Days of Next Week Postmaster W. G. Hartzog has received information that a traveling ! I navy recruiter will be at the postoffice here on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday, December 2, 3 and 4, for the purpose of receiving recruits into the United States navy. The recruiting will take place daily on the dates mentioned from S a. ro. to 4 p. m., and all those in this territory desiriug to enlist in the naval branch of the armed forces should appear in Boone on one of these days. ATA1 An Independent BOONE, WATAUGA Aged Citizen Dies *'*' II Inir Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hodges, well-known resident of the Adams neighborhood, who died last Tuesday. Obituary on page five SANTA CLAUS TO COME WEDNESDAY Christmas Lights to Bo Tiirnci On and Shops to lypcn Christmas Merchandise The opening of Boone's Christina hopping season is expected to talc dace next Wednesday, simuitanr usly with the opening of the bur ey tobacco warehouse, according I lohn Conway, chairman of the tradi .lomotion comrnittee of the Boon' -fcrchants Association, and Sant; !llaus with his big bundle of gift s expected to be present and dis ribule goodies to the children a his time. The Christmas decorations are t< le installed along the streets an: the holiday lights turned on Wed icsday, at which time the stores am ihops will be resplendent with th< nost imposing array of gift mer fhandise in their history. Retail business over the country i; xpected to be the best during tin toming holidays since 1929 and lo ,ul merchants have lost no tune ii ireparing for the upswing. Peopli { the surrounding territr.rv am cor iially invited to attend the openin) iay entertainment. Burgess Officials Hold Meeting Hen Superintendents of the Melvin F Burgess Construction Co., and oth >rs prominent in the organization ii Lexington. Marshall, Clyde ant Norfolk, Va., where the local con ern is engaged in the constructioi if REA lines, met in business ses :ion at the home offices here Sat jrday morning and afternoon. In the evening Mr. Burgess enter ained the members of his organiza ion at a turkey dinner at the Gate vay Cafe. Mr. Burgess had previ lusly held his business sessions it Charlotte, Norfolk and others of th< arger cities, but this year made i ule to entertain his men in Boone Among those present for the ban iuet were the following sUDerinten ients and clerks: Albert P. Sims lubert Taylor, Glenn Dill, Rober VIcGill, Frank Davis, Clay Pennel tnd J. C. Moore. W. D. Farthinj >nd W. R. Winkler also attended thi banquet. . Pastors and Deacons Will Meet Monday Preachers and deacons of Wat auga county will meet at the Firs Baptist church here Monday after noon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. C. Canip; who releases the program for th conference, invites all pastors an: deacons to attend and take part. Subject for the conference: Need of the Modern World. Devotional?W. C. Payne. The World Needs Jesus?W. 1 Ashley. World Needs Bible KnowledgeR. C. Eggers. World Needs the Church c v.xirisi?uraay A. hamby. World Needs the Baptist Messag ?D*M. Edmisten. Discussion time for all. BULGARIA WILL NOT JOIN AXIS AT THIS TIM: Berlin, Nov. 26?Bulgaria. Ion viewed as a likely convert to th axis line-up, is staying out, for th present at least, informed Na; sources indicated yesterday. This disclosure came with th surprise statement by these info] mants that the signatures of Hur gary, Rumania and Slovakia to th Rome-Berlin-Tokyo pact ended th present series of additions. LJGA : Weekly Newspaper?Est< COUNTYTNORTH CAROLINA, Tn "I SEER TO CHANGE J RESULTS OF VOTE IN THIS COUNTY Charges Made By Republican of Election Irregularities: Seek to Have Boone Township Thown Out- Would Result in Republican Officials Charging various irregularities and illegalities, members of the Republican party in the county have petitioned the state board of elections to throw nut the vote of Boone township as cast in the general election of November 5, rather than to certify the returns, but County Board Chairman Roby T. Greer is in rprpinf of f. - r.- v> .Mwiumvivjii 11U11J Wl?: j state board to the effect that since the irregularities charged are in one township of the county, the petition should be referred to the county board for hearing rather than to the state group. Should the returns from Boone j township have been thrown eut ' Tuesday when the state board canL vasscd the returns, those assuming office in the county next Mond: v j would be Republican rather than Democratic. The petition which was signed by Clyde R. Greene. McCoy Bingham and G. P. Miller, all voters in Boone , township, alleges that the voting setup in Boone township was stri'."p 1> contrary to the election laws. " that no guard raiis were set up, and - that voters crow ded around the bal0 lot boxes: that the Republican judge ? was not permitted to observe the activities at the boxes: that the registrar failed to check voters against the books, and that large numbers of s ballots which should have been - placed in the county box were in 1 the receptacle provided for town' ship votes, and vice versa: thai elec1 -Jlion officials examined tickets l.er ) fore depositing them in the box, and . that officials became intoxicated 1 during the day, and that returns a were n t signed that night because . of this allegation. The petition also alleges that 115 s students from Appalachian College 2 voted after their right to the fran-j - chise had been challenged. 1 "On account of the various irregu2 larities and violations of the law on . the part of the election officials." the ; complaint says, "and the,manner in which the voting was done, and it being impossible to ascertain which were legal ballots, if any, these petitioners aver that the alleged vole ; in Boone township would be discarded and thrown out and not , counted in the tabulation of the results of said election, and that an i investigation should be had by the . state board of elections and these ' matters inquired into, and that the said board of elections should take such action as it deems necessary linger thn Jfif " ? ?V b.uoiuig CUjlUlllUIUi. Mr. Greer received a copy of the complaint Monday on the eve of the canvassing meting of the state hoard, and Democrats subsequentily made detailed answers to the complaint as j outlined. It is contended by the . Democrats that the election was j conducted in a regular and lawf- 1 manner and that the voting took place within sight of Republican . markers and other G. O. P. parti. sans, who had ample opportunity to t observe the voting throughout the 1 dayf - Joseph James, 81, Succumbs Sunday j Joseph James, 81. of Watauga Falls, died at his home Sunday morning following an illness of sovcral days. Funeral services were held at the Pincy Grove Methodist , church Monday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. John j I. Rhea of Boone. Interment was in the Mast cemetery. IS Mr. James is survived by his widow and -six sons: Roby James of Elizabethton, Tenn.; W. H. James of ) Plumtree; Willard James of Lenoir; Smith James of Vilas; Dewey and T-? x nr. . ,, ? uavc uaiiiC5 UI WctlttUgcl r <41 IS. J? 1VG I daughters also survive, Mrs. Mary ,f Moody of Nebraska; Mrs. John Cornett of Sutherland; Mrs. Raymond e Cornett of Shulls Mills; Mrs. Sallie Fresnell of Madison county, and Mrs. Bessie Hannon of Sugar Grove R. F. D. E License Tags Oft Sale Next Saturday ^ ????? si Automobile license places for 1941 will go on sale at the recently e arranged bureau at the Cook-Nich ols Motor Co. on Depot street next i- Saturday. e Tags may be placed on autos at e or.ce, it is said, they being good for the remaining days of 1940. iblished in the Year Eightee HURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 194 Mountain 1 To Open NEW TOBACCO WA m : M 2 m I am .JBW I lb Pictured above are, left lo right Frank Jones and Tom Jones, who hi Tobacco warehouses lot the current Tabcr City, while the Jones Brother: thoroughly experienced in the tobacc when the sale opens next Wednesdt 7 ~ ,r] Christmas Edition * Will Be Published | Next week the Watauga Democrat proposes to issue its annual A Christmas shopping edition, and indications are that the issue will be the most comprehensive gift number thus far to come from the local presses. Advertisers are advised that t will be necessary for a great ^ number of the advertisements to be in type before the end of the present week, in order that there o may be no delay in producing the n enlarged edition. Advertising cuts v. and copy, if desired, are gladly furnished without cost, and t)io L complete co-operation of ih? mer- n chants in getting their copy in e shape this week will be appre- s] cialed. v rawIyheawng j SET EOK FRIDAY 1 Local People to Resist Scrapping of Narrow Guage Line at > Johnson City Hearing ( s The interstate commerce commission will take action on the petition of the Linville River railroad !o I abandon its lines from Cranberry to Boone at a hearing to be conducted at the John Sevier hotel, Johnson City, Friday, November 29. at 10 o'clock, standard time. in . a hearing to be conducted by Examiner Sehutrumpf. The railway, which was seriously damaged by the floods of August 13, ana wmch has not given service into j this city since that time, avers that t it is unable to rebuild the lines, that the railway has been operating at a J loss, and asks that they he allowed r to scrap the narrow guage. c Business and civic leaders of the ? town will appear before the examiner and file protests against discon- f linuance of service, with an inipos- J ing collection of tonnage data, etc. f Everyone interested in the railway C is asked to attend the bearing. t j ASKS AIRLINES HELP i Washington.?President Roosevelt s proposed yesterday that commercial 1 airlines withhold plans of expansion I ' so that increased production efforts t i might be devoted entirely to the 1 [ building of military planes. ; )CRA in EJghty-Eight 0 iiirley Was /^ales On / iHOUSE LESSEES Sewy ' "*-' y . ' ',ve in % They a,.e o business, and will be on hand tyrOBACCO BAIX " NEXT SATURDAY tmuial Dance Will He Feature of Tobacco Opening: Proceeds to Charity The second annual tobacco ball, nder the sponsorship of the Tuesay Night Club, is to be held here aturday evening from 8 to 12 'clock, with Stubby Taylor of Leoir and his orchestra, supplying the hylhm for the dancing. Present plans are for holing the all in the tobacco storage room ear the railway depot, although the vent will bp moved if more suitable pace can be secured. The entire proceeds from the ball ill go toward supplying an empty locking fund", to buy gifts for destirte children of the community at 'hristmas time. -lorace O. Dowling Succumbs on Friday Horace O'Neal Dowling, aged 6(1 ears, a former resident of Boone, lied suddenly at the home in Winton-Salem last Friday, after a long >eriod of declining health. How vcr, he appeared to be in his usual lealth just prior to the fatal attack Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon from Vogler's hapel in Winston-Salem by Rev. W 1. Stanbury and Rev. J. H. Brendall, [r., and interment was in Forsyth Memorial Park. Mr. Dowling came to Winston>alem from Ozark, Ala., 10 years go and was salesman in the Piednont district for the Thomas D .Turphy Co.. of Red Oak. Iowa. He eas well-kr.own in Boone, where Irs. Dowling formerly conducted he Caro-Jcan Inn. He was a member of Centenary ."ethodist church. He was also t nember of all Masonic bodies, in luding the Alcazar Temple ol >nrine. Surviving besides his wife, whc irior to her marriage in 1910 wa< diss Jinny Lind Nickells, ar? r.ur daughters. Mrs.. Judson E. Me Ihesney and Mrs. Gertrude Kelley >oth of Washington, D. C., and dissos Carolyn and Jcannettc Dowlng, both of Winston-Salem; twc ons, A. G. Dowling of Washington 3. C., and H. O. Dowling, Jr., ol 3oone; one sister, Mrs. J. D. Holmai >t Ozark. Ala.; one brother. Jame; X. Dowling of Washington, D. C. md six grandchildren. lT ~ $1.50"A"YEAR chouse Wednesday 'THREE MILLION POUNDS BURLEY TO BE AUCTIONED | Prospects Bright for Sale of Weed; Two Houses Relieve Congestion: Full Set of Buyers On Every Sale: Jones Brothers j and Coleman New Operators of Warehouse The Mountain Burley Tobacco I Market will open its second season in Boone next Wednesday. December 4. with buyers present from all the leading manufacturers as well as independent brokers, and indications point to a fifty per cent increase in sales over last year when two million pounds of hurley were auction< d in the local house. This year the floor space of the warehouse corporation has been doubled, and approximately two acres of land are now included ill me structure. The second house was finished just a few weeks ago. nd the inconvenience experienced by farmers last year in waiting for space on the floor has been largely eliminated. R. C. Coleman of Tabor City; Posey .lones. Tom .Tones arid Frank Jones of Mount Airy, who leased ihe house this year are highly pleased with the physical properties of the warehouse corporation and believe that Boone is destined to become one of the best market towns J in the immediate burlcy region. The officers and directors of the corporation feel most fortunate in having Messrs. Coleman ar.d the Jones Brothers on the local market this year. They have had long and varied experience in (he tobacco business, and are known throughout the various belts for their fair and square dealings with the fanners. Some Tobacco Arrives O ? . . _ ounic luuacuu uL'gau 10 arrive on the local floors the last of the week and before opening da> it is expected that both floors will be loaded to capacity with weed from Watauga and adjoining counties. Sales will start Wednesday and Continue each day except Saturday with a full set of buyers on each sale. Tile very highest prices are assured t h e grower. Leading citizens of the community and the Appalachian band have toured the burley country in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia for the past few days, conducting meetings among burley growers, giving band concerts and awarding free prizes. These meetings are being held in Mitchell and Avery counties today, and yesterday the group toured Johnson. At Mountain City. Tenn.. the courthouse was filled with farmers, many of whom spoke briefly, telling of the fine treatment they received when they sold their tobacco in Boone last year, and urging their neighbors to bring their weed to the new market this season. wiieit* cue response on tne part of the farmers has been enthusiastic and a banner season for the market is confidently expected. Next Wednesday the business people of the town will be hosts to the fanners, and invite all the people of the region to visit Boone at that time. The latch string hangs on the outside and a cordial welcome is in store for the neighboring farmers. THANKSGIVING IS BEING OBSERVED Most of Stores of City Close to Celebrate Holiday; Drug Stores, Cafes Open , Practically all of the stores and shops of the city are closed, today , for Thanksgiving, and the managers and employees are enjoying a one nay respite from their labors. .. Offices at the courthouse and city hall are likewise closed and no busi( ness will be transacted at the bank. Cafes, drug stores and most of the [ jilling stations, however, will remain open as usual. AIRCRAFT STRIKE ENDS Downey, Calif.-?A 12-day strike , at Vultee Aircraft Corporation which tied up work on military contracts f totaling $84,000,000, ended yesterday . with ratification by the workers of ; new contract which will increase the ; wages of 5,200 employees by $1,400,000 annually.