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w VOL. 53, NO. 31 miSISHEARDAT] LINCOLN DINNER Republican Leader Extols Memory of Lincoln and Fears for Safety of Democracy Hon. Charles A. Jonas of Lincolnton, Republican national committeeman, and long prominent in the affairs of his party in the state, spoke eloquently at a gathering of local Republicans at a Lincoln Day banquet at the Gateway Cafe Monday evening. Mr. Jonas described Lincoln as being "among the plain people beloved above all other Americans. They love him because they love liberty. The passion of his life and i the cardinal principles of his political philosophy was the advancement of the cause of human liberty and thp nrntiirtinn r?f human ninhtc Un with other forward-looking men of his time founded, or rather gave birth to a new political party in America, grounded upon the fundamental principle of the protection of basic human rights." The speaker then briefly reviewed the rise to power of the Republican party in the notion, quoted many immortal utterances of Lincoln, including his Gettysburg address, and ] launched into a discussion of the po- J litical situation as maintains in the United States today. "We face a political and economic crisis," he said,'"as grave as that which faced the country during the [ Civil war. Once more the perpetuity of constitutional democratic government and American liberty arc endangered. Again the attack is from within. No outside power can ever destroy our constitutional de- tr mocracy nor our republican form of o government. No fifth column can r ever undermine the faith of our peo- si pie in the freedom and liberty es- fi teblished here by the founding fathers and preserved by a galaxy of sj brave and consecrated patriots who r, have piloted our ship of free gov- sj ernment throughout the years. If fj the end of constitutional freedom ?. comes in America if nnr rennhlie falls, the bio": will be struck by de- ls mocracy's mist deadly enemy, die- w tatorship within the government. (j) Let us take warning before it is too yj late! The danger is imminent. One by one the executive department is abrogating to itself powers delegated to the legislative and judicial de- J'1 partments by the constitution. The deadly poison virus is covering our " body politic like creeping paralysis ^ and the majority of our people arc not aware that government pay checks and crooning fireside chats t are mere smoke screens that hide , the barter of our liberties for a Eu- 1 ropean type of statism and slavery. "I call upon all who embrace this faith, of whatever name or order. It forgetting polities temporarily in co the face of impending disaster, ar highly to resolve that liberty and W freedom and democracy in America II shall not perish." he fn Appalachian Sets Dates ^ For Sumnier Sessions ds Appalachian State's first summer Fi school session will open June 10, R< with an outstanding visiting faculty wi from leading colleges and universi- isl ties of the nation, it was announced at here this week. Dr. Roma Gans, long considered ar one of the nation's leading women u( in primary education, will come h< from the Teachers College, Columbia University, to take up duties Di with at least ten other prominent Co visiting instructors. Dr. Gans con- si< ducted a series of short courses here at last summer. Wanda Robertson and Ruth A. Ki Hargitt of Lincoln School at Colum- w bia University and Cincinnati City re schools, respectively, will be back in ki the primary and kindergarten de- Wl partments at Appalachian for their m second session. Rosa Veal of Ball State Teachers College and Paul R. s< Collins of Cincinnati schools, will open their third session in Boone. Wade E. Brown Is er On Florida Tour ea st Attorney Wade E. Brown is Wl a member of the annual tour <3f Western North Carolina mayors, of newspapermen and civic leaders, st now touring Florida on a goodwill ca and publicity mission. The tour started last Tuesday and 111 representatives of the various com- 'e munities of Western Carolina will f? riictriKufA o/liroriicind m n t. F i 3 1 Pi throughout the southern tourist re- 'x gion, and do all possible to encour- dl age winter visitors there to come to cc the Carolina hills during the summer months. The trip last year wai described as being most successful. A MAI An Independent \ BOONE, WA' New Agriculture Head ' wa*?ssaKMB^^ [: Washington. D. C.?Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Claude j Wickard, pictured as they arrived at their first cabinet dinner given in honor of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Mr. Wickard was appointed to the cabinet after the selection of Henry Wallace as Mr. j Roosevelt's 1940 running mate. NCOME TAX MAN COMING MONDAY leputy Collector to Aid Citizens In Filing Incomes Under Changed Law R. L. Clay, deputy collector of inminl revenue, will be at the postffice building in Boone February 7th and 18th, for the purpose of asisting federal income taxpayers in i ling their returns. ; Under the now law, it is explained, 1 ngle persons are required to file 1 jlurns when tHcir gross income is 100 or over. Married persons must 1 le where gross income is as much ' ; $2,000. 1 The returns for the calendar year 140 must be fifed not later than ] [arch 15, 1041, with the collector internal revenue at Greensboro, . C. A penalty of not more than $10,10 or imprisonment for not more c lan one year, or both, is imposed r r statute for wilful failure to make C turns on time and in addition, 5 to ' I per cent of the amount of the 0 ix. i >r. William B. Hodges \ Succumbs On Thursday ? m Dr. William Burton Hodges, aged j, l years, member of one of the iunty's most prominent families R ia Drother of former Sheriff John ^ . Hodges of Boone, died at Watauga ospital last Thursday, where he ^ id been taken several days earlier, am his home in Meat Camp town- ^ ip. Dr. Hodges' illness had been ^ nsidered serious for only a few lys. Funeral services were conducted < iday afternoon from the chapel at v lins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, J ith Rev. E. C. Hodges, Baptist min:er, in charge, and interment was the Gragg cemetery near Boone. ^ The only near relatives surviving c e a brother. John W. Horiees of . o f, )one, and a sister, Mrs. Ermine j, adges, Route 1, Boone. t Dr. Hodges, who was a son of \ illard Burton Hodges of Watauga unty. was a graduate medical phy- j. dan and practiced for many years i Unicoi, Tenn., before going to j ansas City, Kans. He lived in j ansas for 30 years, returning to g atauga county in 1928, where he = tired from practice. He was well ( lown throughout this area and *" as held in high regard by a large ] imber of friends. i DUTHEASTEHN LINES TO HAVE NEW TERMINAL Ground has been broken for the ection of a new warehouse and rminal facilities for the Southstern Motor Lines, on Howard reet, east of the Sherrill Woodorking plant. The structure will be 36x80 feet, concrete and cinder block conruction and is designed to" take re of the present and future needs i the motor company. The buildg, which is being erected by Walc. C. Greene, building contractor, r the Farmers Hardware & Supy Company, and D. L. Wilcox, will ? rpadv for nwnnarrv Kv the mid e of March, if weather conditions rntinue favorable. The Titanic disaster occurred on pril 15, 1912. JGA J Weekly Newspaper?Establ; TAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAROL ; S COMMERCE GROUP f MEETSTHURSDAY ~ Sew Folder Released and Plans Made For Entertaining Teachers; New Road Urged About thirty leading business and professional men gathered at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held Thursday evening, at which time the new Boone folder was released, general opinion being that it is the most outstanding piece af publicity ever to be prepared for this section. The folder is tn four colors and contains 18 scenes, illustrating the educational, transportation, recrea.ional, agricultural and industrial possibilities of Boone and environ;, and Wade E. Brown, who is representing Boone on the mayor's goodwill tour to Florida this week, is ~.o distribute a number of the folders. The printers, it is said, thought so 1 well of the folder, that they are using some 8,000 copies, containing __ their advertisement to distribute to the names on their mailing 1 st. 1VI The folders are available to th >se j III who can use them to good adva itage. During the meeting a - colored Florida movie reel was enjoyed, and the possibility of securing the next j.-lt convention of the agricultural teachers of North Carolina was discussed. " About 35(1 of these teachers would attend, and ways and means of taring for the number were discussed, ft in the event the convention co ild No! be secured. A committee composed cm of Dr. Orby Southard, chairni in; nul Wiley G. Harlzog and W. H. Gregg T)1; was named to investigate the po: li- gan bility of securing this convention. car The possibility of securing a new rcg highway from Linville down t ie cou Watauga River and into Boone can c fro, jp for discussion, and R. D. Hodges ^ and Wade E. Brown were named as , a committee to look into this matter. At the next meeting of the Cham- > " aer of Commerce late in March of- k ricers will be elected and the an-1hfnl lual ladies' night banquet observed i Sl < nisi Defense Survey of ) ^ Registered Nurses ~ be In order that the nursing facilities g if the nation may be organized for [10u lational defense, a Defense Nursing <jay Council has been created under the q American Nurses' Association, and pL.r luestionnaires will be used to get p nformation for the permanent rec- gjg< rd which will tie kept in state and akc intional headquarters of the organiation. Filling out the questionnaire Iocs not, it is said, obligate any iurse. Per All graduate nurses now living in 2( forth Carolina, who have ever been t0?' egistered in any state are urged to Per end their names and addresses to less E. Balton, county health de- < lartment, Winston-Salem, N. C. ITou will later receive a question- Mm iaire from Edna Heinzerling, 415 F Commercial Building, Raleigh, N. C. Per 'his is to Be promptly filled out and O eturned to her. Per T State Highway Dept. ^eeds Mulching Material hou R James H. Councill, resident state lighway engineer, says that the ar ommission is in need of great quan- a ities of briars, weeds, etc., for use r,re n mulching cut slopes in connec- or ion with landscaping U. S. 421 be- mee ween Boone and Deep Gap. ara Any property owner in the vicin- ls ' ty of this highway who would like can o give the material in order to get nul ields cleared up, should so advise mo1 . H. Council], district highway en- .con ineer, Boone. ' ? age, iTUDENT FATALLY ^ dURT IN PLAY AT nati APPALACHIAN GYM a terc Hal Turbyfill, 18 years old, YT* popular member of ihe freshman tlor class at Appalachian College, was ls n fatally injured Tuesday evening while going through practice ma- "le neuvers with Prof. Iverson's tumbling troup at the college gym. Al Turbyfill jumped from a low , springboard, lost his balance in ' some way and landed on his forehead. Despite the fact that he T fell from a distance of only about holt four feet and onto four inches of Far padding, he died about 45 minutes at t later in the Inral hmnitnl lrr?m TToK what physicians said was a brain ben injury. M The deceased boy's parents, Mr. Lan and Mrs. R. H. Turbyfill, live at pre! Maiden, and a brother. Tom Tur- pati byfill, is on the wrestling team Mil here. Another brother, Roy, is the coach at Lincolnlon. is s DEM" ished in the Year Eight ilNA, THURSDAY, FEBRU. A PRAYER IN 5>". "'" ' - ' ' : "" Cairo, Egypt.?This photo, pas eceived hore via clipper plane, vho were besieging the Libyan ci i sunrise. Even the war was sio EN ARE NEEDED IN DEFENSE WORK iploymcnt Service Lists Openngs at Kort Bragg and Holly Ridge Projects lr. B. G. Gentry, manager of the :th Wilkesboro office of the state ployment service, says there arc nerous calls for men from Fort igg and Holly Ridge, where giitic defense projects arc being ried on, and that men are being istered for these positions al the rthouse in Boone each Friday -n 10 a m 1 ?* " ollowing are some of the opens which were reported last week: Hotly Ridge 0 linemen IV; must be experied in hot work. Wages $1.25 per ir. 1) sheet metal workers; must furt usual hand tools and be exienced in. duct work; wages $1.00 hour. 000 Carpenters 1 and carpenters, sh; wages 90 cents per hour. (To filled in next 10 days. 000 laborers; wages 40 cents an r. Order to be filled within 10 s. no civil engineer; salary $1,800 annum. our accounting clerks; salary. 10 - $1800 per annum; duration wi. t?vu uiuiitiio, ac.%., 111 aic. Fort Bragg > sheet metal workers; wages $1 hour. ) electricians: must bring usual s for BX and conduit work. $1 hour. 000 sewermen (colored); wages rents per hour. ) linemen; wages $1 per hour, it be experienced in hot work, our stenographers; sala y $1440 year; sex, male. ne tractor mechanic; wages $1.25 hour. wo first cooks; salary $840 per um, less $25 per month for subence; sex female; color, negro; rs 8 per day. Nurses Wanted egistered nurses living in North olina who desire work as nurses Fort Bragg should write Corps a Surgeon, Headquarters Fourth ps Area, Atlanta Ga., if they :t the following qualifications and interested under the conditions ?d below. Qualifications: Applit must be graduate of approved ses' school having class of 50 or e in training classes; or have had siderable subsequent training in approved hospital; sex, female; , 21-40; color, white; marital statsingle (divorcees or widows actable); must pass physical examiion. Salary $88 per month plus m, board, laundry and medical ntion; hours 8 per day. Only inlotnrl nnolifi tnnlioonte cVimilrl .OVV.U 1^UtUUlV.U UJ.fUVUllU] Pltutuu te, giving all necessary informal in their letters of application. It ot necessary to contact either loor state administrative office of employment service. inual Stockholders Meeting Next Tuesday he annual meeting of the stockiers of the Sugar Grove National m Loan Association, will be held he courthouse in Boone Tuesday, ruary 18 at 10 a. m. and all mem5 are urged to attend, [r. J. Major Pruitt of the Federal id Bank of Columbia, will be sent at the meeting and partici; in the discussions. Mr. A. G. lcr?of Deep Gap, is president of assiciation, while O. H. Bracey ecretary-treasurer. OCF/A een Eighty-Eigh * \RY 13, 1941 'J' : -jfj[ THE DESERT I J 7 | iy' ' ' ' ; .v iQ&<UftxL- > k^JT gyFWff^ ' ised by the British censors and just shows a group of British soldiers, iy of Bardia. kneeling in the desert 2 pped just long enough for a prayer. 1 Televen watauga ! BOYS TO COLORS' I < . Third Quota of Men Called Under Draft Act to Report for 1 Duty February 1ft ________ J . Nine Watauga county men will he < required to report at the offices of ] the local selective service board on < February 19 at ft o'clock' to fill the ' county's third quota under the mill- I tary selective service draft act. In | addition, two men will report at the I same time as replacements for two | others who were rejected on the sec- i ond quota. Those who will report at this time ' and be assigned to Fort Bragg are 1 as follows: Baxter H. Michael, ? Route 2, Boone; J. Edmisten, Romin- t gcr; Hedgje Henry Ward, Boone; i William McKinley Ward, Banner Elk; Thomas Earl Tugman, Route 2, i O XlT ?T"* 1 J -**T_ > *"*? '? uuuhc, iviui-njiiuia warn, :anuus 1 Mills; William Fred,Sanders, .Zion- 3 ville; Dan B. SoutK,'.TamaracV" Wit- 1 liam Vern Greene, Ifaxon. The two 1 men who go as replacements are: I Hubert Grant Hodges and Walter 1 Edward Robbins, Blowing Rock. i This quota brings to 23 the num bcr of men called from Watauga 1 county under the conscription act. 1 The first four named on the above c list are volunteers, it is explained. * Legionnaires Are To Register Friday v Members of the Watauga Post | American Legion will register for r voluntary national defense at a , meeting to be held at the Legion hut j Friday afternoon, February 14, it has been announced by Chas. C. Rogers, commander of the local post, ? who urges all former veterans to comply with this voluntary registration. For the country as a whole the 1,078,119 Legionnaires will register Saturday, February 22. In commenting on the registration, Mr. Rogers says: "Of course the American Legion is now helping the government in many ways in preparing the nation for total defense. This is one reason for our voluntary registration of all Legionnaires and , veterans. We want to have a complete index to the qualifications of , ; an our members so that we can | place this information in readily available manner at the disposal of the federal, state and local governments." Blowing Rock Man Soon To Get 'Wings' Olen C. Cook of Blowing Rock, is one of the 335 members of the class of future pilots at Randolph Field, 1 Texas, and completed his basic training Friday. He will soon get his wings in the army air corps. Young Cook will now go to Kelly Field for a final ten-week advanced flying course. Following this he will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the air corps and will be awarded the coveted set of wings, i emblem of military pilots. , Mrs. Miller Is Named Triplett Postmistress i Congressman Doughton has sent ! a recommendation to the postofficc 1 department endorsing Mrs. Jennie D. Miller to be postmistress at Triplett, Watauga county. Mrs. Miller will succeed Mrs. C. C. Triplett. < who has been postmistress there for ] r number of years. i t T $1.50 A YEAR PIPE FACTORY IS SAPIDLY GROWING LOCAL INDUSTRY Peak Production of Briarwood Factory is Oversold as 30 Men Working in Two Shifts Strive to Meet Demand for Pipe Bowl Material The D & P Pipe Works, Boone's new manufacturing enterprise, is now employing thirty men and operating on two full eight-hour shifts in order to keep abreast of the orders being taken for their patented processed briar-wood pipe blocks, David P. Lavietes, senior member of the firm having returned to Boone on the third from New York with the peak production of the local plant oversold. Mr. Lavietes, Sr., and son Paul, started the development of the local manufacturing plant when war conditions practically stopped the importation of briarwood for smoking pipes from Italy, Algiers and France. During the first six months of 1940, more than 18,500,000 blocks were shipped to tile United States for the manufacture of smoking pipes, but during the latter half of tlte year, importations of briarwood were almost zero. Through a secret patent:d process, the Messrs. Lavietes have >ecn able to produce from ivy. laurel [" id rhododendron burls, a product tvhich actual tests reveal is far superior to anything heretofore offered through the European markets. The native briar is of the same white death family (erica arborae) which trows in Southern Europe, and only l.he portion of the wood which trows below the surface of the :arth is used. There is an unlimited supply of .he native briar, whereas the European supply has been constantly depleted throughout the past cenury and jittle of the first class wood -emaitjs. ritllPW ?r> thie frkMr,iv\T i* -? - - ; ? VVMMUJ, U id OaiUt ?re experimenting with native briar,vood blocks, hut none but Messrs. :>avietes can use the, lireproojfiixg . .. process which is amply covered by latents. During the processing period, the 'blocks are boiled for 48 lours in a secret solution before beng bone-dried and bagged for ihipnient to the finishing plants. The hocks are then as nearly fireproof is wood can be made. The publish r of The Democrat was shown an ictual smoking test in the local facory, where the bowl from a select liece of French briarwood was burnsi through, and the native wood, vith exactly the same punishment, vas perfectly sound. The grain of the local wood is leautiful and the finished pipes are eaily elegant. Samples of these >ipes are now being shown at the 3oone Drug Company. (Continued on page eight) Teachers of County Will Meet Saturday The school teachers of Watauga rounty will meet at the demonstraacn school building next Saturday noming at 10:30, it has been an tounced by Prof. John Howell, :hairman of the program committee. It is stated that no outside speak;r will be present for the gathering hut that the teachers of each grade will mee in separate groups, as will ihe principals assemhled, and discuss their individual problems and plans for the future. All teachers are urged to attend the meeting. Bank Will Close On Thursday Afternoons In order to strictly comply with the federal wages and hours law, the Northwestern Bank announces today that beginning on February 20, the local bank will be closed each Thursday afternoon. Patrons of the bank are asked to bear in mind this clianee in hank ing hours and arrange their business in such manner that no inconvenience may result. BAPTIST MINUTES HEADY Mr. Clyde R. Greene, clerk of the Three Forks Baptist Association, states that the minutes of the association are ready for delivery, and ivould like for the clerks of the va- 1 rious churches to call on him at the Farmers Hardware Company and receive their packages of the books, so that the cost of mailing them may be saved to the association. ATTENDS RALEIGH MEETING Messrs. "W. H. Gragg and Clyde R. Sreene attended the annual Lincoln Day dinner in Greensboro Saturday evening.
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