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rT/gCjA '. /M * _ VOL. 53, NO. 38 STONEMAN RAID TO BE NOTED IN CITY ON STATE PLAQUE Chamber of Commerce and Department Conservation Unite in Memorializing Raid o f General Stoneman; Marker to Be on Main Street Through the co-operation,, of the officials of the Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Conservation and Development. a bronze marker, size three by foul feet, is soon to be erected here, calling attention to the raid of General Stoneman through the city at the close of the Civil War, at which time two local citizens and three of the raiders were slain. The inscription on the historical marker will be "On a raid through fwBSTern norm Carolina, tiencral Stoneman's U. S. cavalry fought a skirmish with the home guard at Boone March 20, 1665." The plaque will be erected somewhere along the main street of the town by the state highway commission, the site to be selected by city officials and property owners. History of Baltic Herman Wilcox, president of the Chamber of Commerce, has compiled the following brief history of the historical incident: "In 1865 a United States cavalry unit under the command of General Stoneman, made a raid through Watauga county and other counties in North Carolina, and was engaged in a skirmish with the Confederate home guard in Boone. During th s 5;? encounter Ephriam Norris, father of Si the late Capt. E. J. Norris, and Jacob Couneill were slain. The Federals lost four men, whose remains were interred in the city cemetery. The graves are suitably marked. This battle was fought near the large white oak tree back of the F. A h{''. Linney home. It was more or less of a running battle, which covered (a considerable area in and out ol the city limits of the town." Boone Debaters To Go To Chapel Hill Appalachian High Teams Win From North Wilkesboro and Lenoir The debating tennis of Appalacht \ ian high school won both debates iu S a recent triangular contest with Le? noir and North Wilkesboro high jJp schools. The decision was unanijjr' mous in both debates. All debates were, held away from home with Appalachian's affirmative, composed of Hope Eller and A Y. Howell, Jr.. meeting the negative team from North Wilkesboro at Lenoir, while Appalachian's negative represented by Tharon Young and Baxter Howell, met Lenoir's affirmative at North Wilkesboro. In the contest held here, Lenoir's negative defeated North Willcesboro's affirmative. These debates were sponsored by the North Carolina High School Debating Union and the dual win entitles the Appalachian teams tc enter the finals at the University ol North Carolina to compete for the Aycock cup. It will be the second trip to Chapel Hill for three members of the local team. In addition to the speakers taking part in this contest, Appalachiar high school is represented in debating by two other teams composed ol John Boone and Charles Rogers affirmative, and Agnes Preston anc .T n ?i?6amau, HCgctLlve. .Mil Ol these speakers have established ar enviable record in debates witl neighboring schools and in the de bate tournament held here recently Debating activities in the loca school are under the direction of Mr A. Frank Hamrick, administrativ< principal, and Miss Cleo Jones, col lege debater and student teacher Mr. Hamrick states that he hopes t< place debating and public speakinj on a definite class basis next year and that plans are under considera tion for including such a course ii the curriculum. Four Are Accepted For Naval Service C. J. Reinhardt, chief signalman U. S. fleet reserve, spent Thursday and Friday here, seeking recruits foi tho naw nrirl clntoc that fiMir Wof J, "*"v *" auga men have been accepted, sub jcct to passing final examinations ii Raleigh at some future date. Those accepted are: Blaine Jame Combs, Claude Bodenhamer, Blaim Councill Stanberry and Edgar How I elf Eomisten. The three last namei are now in school and will not re port for final examination until aft er the present school term. r ^ 7ATAI An Independent W BOONE, WATjf ' FRANCE STILL I Among conquered France's big p sands of children. Here Marshal Peta io Si. Etieene. by the town's childrc national hero and as the man who Recently the British blockade has b< to enter from the United States. _ 1 LIONS HEAR HEAD L OF DRAFT BOARD 1i Chairman Howell and Dr. King Si Give Interesting Figures on Operation of Draft Law "Calls may be stepped up to include a new draft of military power wj every ten days," said Chairman V. so 1 C. Howell of the local selective serv- ? ice board, as he addressed the Boone Lions Club at its regular meeting m" last evening. be "bo far," he continued, "we have registered a total of 2,004 at the lo- pi cnl board, have inducted 37 into the y< service, of which number seven e> have been returned from camp on >'< account of physical defects. The is . current quota calls for a total of 88 i th by June 30." jco , ! Nft PnlorpH mon hittrn Knnn palln/I I into the service yet, but four have w volunteered in the armed forces of ln the nation. Recent information from . the national board, which included ? , a questionnaire about the number of colored registrants, indicates that , perhaps sorne of them may be in. ducted soon. With the physical examination so i exacting in the current draft, only about 10% of every 100 persons call- W! . ed in this county have been admit- ve ted. One of the reasons for this ca low percentage is that no married v[ men have been called. gi Dr. Robert R. King appeared on the Lions program and discussed f_. some of the reasons for physical re- *; jections. Bad teeth had disquali- ? tied over 22 %. flat feet rank next in order, while hernia and conditions of blood pressure fall in their respective orders. "Results of laboratory examina- Gi ' tions made during registration," di said Dr. King, "failed to indicate a nc 1 single case of veneral disease." All ' blood tests made during registration went out of date March 2. he said, ^ and new ones must be made for all dl 1 future drafts. 50 i ; MANY ARE INJURED IN ^ ALLIS-CHALMERS STRIKE [j 11 bi r! Milwaukee, April 2.-?Union strik( ers, using bricks and rocks, and law j enforcement officers, armed with at tear gas and dire hose, engaged in y, a two-and-a-half hour battle that er j sent 31 men to hospitals and emergency wards at the strike-bound n( [ Allis-Chalmers plant at suburban w West Allis late yesterday. to At least seven men were injured J seriously and taken to a Milwau, kee hospital. Others were treated at N the plant hospital. g( ' Hundreds of windows of the com- ri: , pany's" main office and laboratory ;n were broken, automobiles, including gt that of Governor J. P. Heil, were smashed and damaged; an eight- sj foot fence was torn down and the jn j governor himself stoned as he tried st to leave the shop office in which he th had taken refuge. si \ The fight started at 3:30 n. m. and . was still in progress last night. m hi AGED PONY DIES t0 i "Gyp," Shetland pony, which has h< been in the family of Mr. J. S. Wink- w 3 ler of Boone, for 37 years, died from cc i a broken neck last Sunday. The - aged which was well-known ai 1 throughout this section, was in good Vi - condition, and was frisking about oi - the barnyard, playing with a colt, st when he fell, with the fatal results. R JGA J eekly Newspaper?Estab VUGA COUNTY. NORTH CARO -IAS A HERO | IV noblems is the feeding of ihousi1 tin, French nremier, is welcomed on n who lock uo to him as iheir vwill in some way provide food. j]0 sen relaxed to allow some food ' JVESTOCK MART lj? OPENS NEXT WEEK is Me te ecretary Predicts Banner Year et for Livestock Sales; Many I cij Buyers Expected ! n< bi The Watauga Livestock Market " ill hold its first sales of the sean Wednesday, April !), beginning w 2 o'clock, according to word com- ?' g from the secretary, Mr. Lester n irrol), and indications arc that the 11 iti^i c<>i? ..,;u ,i-?... - 1........ ...? t< ...... ??... ..... uiaw .* null." t of buyers from a wide territory. 11 Mr. Carroll says that higher c' ices are in prospect for stock this Cl ;ar, and that sales are expected to tceed those of the market's banner ? tar of 1940. All kinds of livestock handled at the local market and e highest prices have always been iinntanded. Beginning next Wednesday sales I q ill be held each Wednesday, start- h, g promptly at 2 o'clock. R ! w t. S. T. C. Luncheon ; ir Feature of Meeting^. F A luncheon for students, teachers rr id alumni of Appalachian College g ill be a feature of the state con- B intion of the North Carolina Edu- S tion Association held in Ashe- ^ lie Friday. The luncheon will be ven at Broome's cafeteria at 1 m. H VATAUG A BOY, llf~D FROM LAXON TO N North \Vilkesboro, April 1.?Lee \v reene, age 11 and small for his age, S1 a o... t o?i--. v* u vwv: iiuiav.UlUUd OUIlUdy cHLt'l- ^ >on. He drove a pick-up from ? axon in Watauga county to North tl ilkesboro. It was his . -st lime iving on a highway and it was a ti lo trip. si His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie h reenc, were away from home vis- k ng a son at Fort Jackson, S. C. h *e was left at home with an older t< other, who- left some time during p e day. 1< Lee was lonesome all by himself si the home and there stood the ti e pickup with the keys conveni itly in the switch. He had driven q a little about the farm but he had s ;ver been on a highway. But it si ould be easier, he said to himself, a drive on nice, smooth pavement, h He had a brother working in b orth Wilkesboro. He had been to a orth Wilkesboro; he knew that by b itting on highway 421, that broad bbon of pretty pavement, and go- 4 g east that he would eventually a it to North Wilkesboro, and he did. d He was so tiny that he couldn't li t on the seat and reach the steer- i< g wheel, clutch and brakes, so he e ood up and leaned back against p ie seat, not a very comfortable po- , o tion, to say the least. I v There was no one at his home to I olest his departure. He got in the li gliway and proceeded east. Mo- s rists along the highway could not a ;lp but notice the small truck, c hich seemed at times to be out of v introl of the diminutive driver. t Observers sensed something amiss e id someone called Police Chief t 'alker in North Wilkesboro to be h 1 the lookout for the pickup. Police v ationed themselves at Reddles c iver bridge here, not knowing just b t 'i DEMC lished in the Year Eighte< LINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, ] IRS. HARRIS IS [ AGAIN NAMED ON 1 WELFARE BOARIp mnty Commissioners to point Second Member of Welfare Organization; the Two Members to Name the Third; Welfare Officer to Be Named July 1st Mrs. Stanley A. Harris of Sher3od, has been reappointed by the ate board of charities and public ?lfare to the Watauga county welre board. The board of county commissions will choose a second member of e board at its April meeting, hile the third member will be sected by the two appointees. The esent welfare board is composed T. C. Baird, Mrs. Harris and very W. Greene. Under a 1941 law, the commisoners may designate one of their vn body or any other person. Pre- ] Ollsly commissioners were not al- | wed to name one ol their own I oup. The appointment by the commisoi'ers will be for a term of two :ars, running from the first of pril, the appointee of the state >ard will serve for three years, and it; third mem'ber selected by these i'o will serve for one year. Subiqucnl appointments will be for a rm of two years in the case of tch of the three members. Prior service will not prevent the jpointmcnt of a member under the ?.w set-up, but in the future memurs cannot serve more than three mis or six consecutive years. One of the chief duties of the new elfare board will be the selection I the superintendent of welfare, ho will take office July 1 for an (definite term under a merit sys:m soon to be installed. Before lis year the superintendent was losen for a two-year term by the ;mmissioners and welfare board. ionor Roll Given Out ] At Appalachian College The honor roll for the winter uarter at Appalachian College has een released by the registrar, H. V . Eggers, and includes 139 students ho made an average of "B" on lurses for that quarter. Foliowig is a list of Watauga county stuents on the honor roll: Frances Canipe, Boone; Mabel F arthing, Sugar Grove; Sarah Wil- " ia Harman, Sherwood; Harold Mast, a ugar Grove; Charlotte Farmer, ^ oone; Aubrey Payne, Boone; Helen herwood, Sugar Grove; David hunnan, Boone; Marie Wellborn, 'eep Gap; Helen Winkler, Boone. ' a There are only 12 letters in the ^ tawaiian language. RIVES TRUCK ORTH WILKESBORO c L 'hat to expect, and imagine their I jrprisc when the pickup arrived 5 rith the little' fellow half standing, Ih alf sitting, behind the wheel. He | ^ as not scared by the appearance of '' le blue-coated officers. ^ They asked him the routine ques;on about his driver's license. He '' aid he had heard of such things but t e had never seen 'em. He didn't s now he had done anything wrong, * e had decided to drive over here a a see his brother, just as any other erson would have done who was 1 ift at home by himself and lone- a ame and with means of transpor- a ition so hand., |f When ne was taken to police heao uarters for further ouesticnir. UJ'roundings appi... a b: me for the lad and he broke down | nd cried a bit when he realized he *' ad done something wrong. His 11 rother who works here was found 11 nd the young fellow was carried t: ack to his home. 11 But surely he will not forget that v 0-mile ride, his first solo drive. To 11 .appearances, he was alone in the s river's seat; but luck?the best of 1 .igK.?must nave been his companin because highway 421 was crowd- j d with traffic Sunday afternoon by eople who were taking advantage f the first pretty spring Sabbath to isit the mountains. But he had the drive without mis- t ap, without even as much as a f cratched fender, and luckily he nor o ny one else was hurt by his inno- r ent escapade. He did it calmly and r .'ith a fCeline that he was master nf a lie situation. One observer report- ? d to police that he slanimed on his v rakes near Miller's Creek. The .ve- I icle turned sideways on the highway; he backed it up straight and c ontinued on toward North Wilkes- I ioro, his destination. i )CRA in Eighty-Eight L91? jjl' ?^" Officials W r ; ;?,! j ... -i_. ;" , ; I onj : cv( iscc - *': '. :-\V. : ' : ." \ A--: -r . ' " Herman Wilcox, above, and lou HALuifi ? R'-""'" !"" " k"~*?- 11 named president and secretary, re- j foil spectively. of the Boone Chamber of Commerce. ? ~ riv< WELVE TO GO TO ? ARMY ON FRIDAY S spe Vatauga Men to Enter Service jnc at Fort Jackson; Call No"w she Every Ten Davs I*-*1 of Sic Twelve Watauga county m r> n. ln L-gistcred i:nder the selective serv- -] :e act, have been notified to appear wo t the offices of the local selective |)as ervice board on Friday, April 4, at sta a. m., whereupon they shall he ent immediately to Fort Jackson, pU| i. C? for twelve months military ma raining as provided in the defense an'( ct. Those required to appear Fri- Qr ay arc: pa, Thurman Lester Price, Blowing the lock; Allen Mercer Norton. Boone: t;r.< luster Floyd Triplet!, Triplett; ] loughton Robert Baker, Boone; Os- o? ar Fred Huffman, Blowing Rock; gas .ewis Edward Davis, Vilas; Charles an ,ee South, Sherwood; William How- ov< rd Kincaid, Sugar Grove; Thomas ovi Slaine Ford, Blowing Rock; Frank wli ilutz, Blowing Rock; Raymond Mil- oil er, Meat Camp; Linney Howard bel Vinkler, Laxon. gal Mr. V. C. Howell, chairman of the in ocal selective service board, states frc hat instructions recently received tot tate that for the time being calls lio or men will be made each 10 days, lin nd that the next quota of 11 will ie on April 12. The new instruc- spi ions urge the local board to have ad reserve of class A-l men to meet th< ny increase in requirements or all requency of calls. of Notice to Registrants tin Man of all registrants under co draft act is called to the law ba tquiring them to keep in close or ouch with the IwaJ ^raftDoeui and trs otify it promptly of any citM'.gSi address. All letters sent i egis of rants are required to bo answered br nmediately and penalties are pro- ha ided for delinquency. rei The draft board Tuesday finished to timing questionnaires to those in I tic he 700 group. orl irr \ttorney Jno. Ragland <=r Is Found Dead in Auto st; stl John W. Ragland. Spruce Pine at- Ci orney, and formerly a resident of $3 lowland, was found dead in his car be m the Marion highway about three pa nilcs from Spruce Pine Sunday vc norning, March 23. Friends of the of ittorney said he had visited friends s t iaturday evening and apparently kr vas returning to his hotel in Spruce wi >ine when stricken. an A. E. Gouge, the coroner, was sti luotcd as saying death resulted t>c rom natural causes. Funeral serv- in ces were conducted Monday. r $1.50 A YEAR Tlcox, brown RE NEW OFFICERS MMERCE GROUP Baskcrville Principal Speak r at Banquet Meeting of Chamber of Commerce Held Friday; Says Toursits Revetuc Millions Ierman W. Wilcox was named sident of the Boone Chamber of mmcrcp for 1ho thirrl tot-m -j* nual meeting of the group held day evening and at a meeting of ; board of directors held Monday ming Wade E. Brown was named retary, succeeding S. C. Eggcrs. i. A. Manship was elected viccisident, and C. A. Price, treasurWade E. Brown, R, D. Hodges, in Conway, R. A. Manship, Her11 Wilcox and C. A. Price ronstie the board of directors, "he principal feature of the banit session of the organization was address by -J. C. Baskerville, publy director of the State Dcpartnt of Conservation and Developnt, who declared that the future this mountain town depended in its ability to attract and hold tourists who are anxious to nd time and money in this area. Baskerville introduced figures to iw that if each person actually iwn to have passed through me in the past year could have :n induced to have stayed over day in Boone and had spent $5 e national average is S3), the reus to the community would have n more than a million dollars, stated that the trouble with tno ic- uuill ??.-* ot 1.- - - : J " md an i'uiui vomiuunuics in the fact that they have procd no care for the traveler, and t without adequate accommoda1 and recreation facilities the rists must travel on. 'he full text of the address is as ows: The Speech lorth Carolina has definitely arid as a tourist state, with the ret that during 1940 some 3,300,persons from other states visited rth Carolina in more than 1.100,automobilox, remained in the to for an average of six days and nt more than SI 15,000.000 or an rage of S9,500,000 a month. The rease in travel noted during 1940 iws an increase in the amount exlded by tourists during the year at least 10 per cent, or from 2,000,000 in 1939. to $115,000,000 1940. These figures are not mere guessrk or stabs in the dark. They are :ed upon actual counts of out-ofte cars on North Carolina highys made by the state highway and olio works commission; on counts de by the national park service i the U. S. forest service iiv the eat Smoky Mountains National rk, the Blue Ridge Parkway and various national forests and on toline consumption figures. During 1940, for instance, a total 453,712,053 gallons of tax-paid oline was sold in North Carolina, increase of 31,013,724 gallons rr 1939, and 56,700,180 gallons ir the amount consumed in 1938, ten the total amounted to 397,,,866 gallons. It is estimated that tween 50.000,000 and 75,000,000 Hons of gasoline sold in the state 1940 was purchased by tourists >m other slates and that these irists traveled more than one miln car miles while in North Caroa. These figures show that within the ice of three years, since the state vertising campaign was started, j travel and tourist business has nost trebled so that is is now one the biggest business "crops" in i state, ranking next to the tobacerop in cash value. The 1939 tocco crop brought only $121,000,000 only $19,000,000 more than the ive] "crop." It amounts to almost e V,;pcs as much as the cash value^ _-J the 1939 cotton lint crop, which V- > rtuuu- UUII.Ul><J. II s the further advantage in that it quires no fertilizer, does not have be financed, requires no cultiva>n, plowing or curing. It is cash . the barrel head and goes into unediate circulation, helping evybody in the state. Back in 1937, however, when the ate advertising program was first irted, the travel business in North ? trolina amounted to only about 5,000,000 a year. It should not surmised, however, that the dertment of conservation and delopment claims the credit for all this increase as a result of the ate advertising campaign. It lows that thousands of people 3uld have come to North Carolina iyway, even if there had been no ite advertising campaign. It doet lieve, however, that the advertisg done now for three years, reach(Continued on page five)
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