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? An VOL. 53, NO. 12 MERCHANTSGROUP TO STAGE DOLLAR OAYS THIS MONTH Plans Going Fortvard for Annual Spring Merchandising Event; to Be Held Later in Month; Details to Be Announced Later At a meeting of a special committee of the Boone Merchants Association held last week, it was agreed that the annual spring merchandising event of Ihe association members would this year take the form of Dollar Days, and that the community sales are to be held on Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17. During these two days all the members of the Merchants Association will join in a concerted effort 11\ Krinn I.. I ho . ,,f ?l? ? ? ? * "- ?*?= 1l,uh' ping public the advantages to be derived by trading in this community, and special prices will be featured in individual advertisements appearing in The Democrat that week. Although the detailed plans for the Dollar Days haven't been worked out. further announcements will be made in subsequent editions of this newspaper. JURY FEE ORDER MADE BY JUDGE Jury Fees Nol Chargeable Where I'lca of Guilty is Entered Before Empaneling Judge H. Hoyle Sink, presiding over Wavauga superior court, has signed an order that in the future the clerk of the court shall not make a charge of jury fees in cases where a plea of guilty is entered prior to the empaneling of the jury. The judicial order is as follows: It having been called to the attention of the presiding judge that the county commissioners have in their official capacity been charging the clerk of the court with jury fees in cases where pleas of guilty were entered before the jury was empanneled in the regular and orderly manner as though the cases were tried before a jury, and the court being of the opinion that the law makes no provision for charging of jury service where none is actually invoked ; It is. therefore, ordered and adjudication of this court that in the future the clerk of the superior court shall not make any such charge in any case where a plea of guilty is entered prior to the empanneling of the jury. The court will be glad to hear the pnuntu f?nmmiccinnorc appointed attorney at its convenience, or nbte an exception to this order, if desired. q FEDERAL COURT TO CONVENE ON MAY 19 Wataugans Are Drawn for Jury Service at Wilkesboro; Hayes to Preside The May term of federal court, which will dispose of cases originating in Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga counties, will convene in Wilkesboro on Monday, May 19. The following Watauga county citizens have been summoned Jo serve as jurors for the term: E. B. Hagaman, Beech Creek; H. M. Cornell, Zionville; L. M. Cook, Stony Fork; J. E. Young, Blowing Rock; Ed Yates. Matney; Charles Trivette, Beech Creek; Grady McNeil, Zionville; John W. Hodges, Boone; Voyne Edmisten, Boone; Walter Edmisten, Boone, Battle Norris, Boone. Mrs. Lewder Norris Succumbs in Arkansas Word reaches The Democrat of the death of Mrs. Leander Norris, which occurred in Bentonville, Ark., on April 4. after an illness following a paralytic stroke. TTi mnrol cnrr-ieor nrorn r.r\rir)i '"to/1 I in that community, but details are unavailable. Mrs. Norris will be remembered by the older residents of the county as the daughter of the late Rev. Mr. Floyd of Boone. She had lived in the state of Arkansas for many years. In the immediate family only the husband survives. One brother, John Floyd, lives in Nashville, Tenn. | /ATA I idependent Weekly Ne BOONE, WAT WORLD'S LARGE , > ? SS&r / Shown hero prior to its final ii Douglas B-19. "Guardian of the Ht first pictures outdoors. Its mighty corps to span two continents, measu: I motors total more than 8.000 horse p j est airplane. Its cruising range is ' Three Walaugans Art Governor On Pa [Farmers Ready To Plant Huge Crop Of Garden Peas Mr. E. L. Hazen of the Black Car- J ter Marketing Company, was back ^ in town Tuesday looking after the j, seeding of a large acreage in Watauga county to garden peas, the product to be handled by this con- " corn at their warehouse in Boone w this year. o Mr. Hazen states that contracts )( have been signed to insure the planting of about 30 acres of peas; this year, and says that actual seed- j ing will begin about the fifth of the s< month. There is yet time for oth- C( er farmers interested to make their . plans for planting peas, and com-} plete information about this crop, q which has never before been grown ; commercially in Watauga, may be frn?, *1. - c ? ai uvbuv^u Hum tile fdimci's naruware j & Supply Co., or the county agent's S1 office. Mr. Hazen says that the culture of ^ peas is not at all difficult on a com- i mercial scale and believes that with j^; a sure market in Boone, and a guar- j tj antced price of 75 cents per bushel, i or the day-by-day market price as j a desired, the income from peas will j be better than that from other crops q which have been produced here. N Cucumbers, squash and rnapy oth- g er truck crops can be produced G profitably for the market in this lo- a cality, says Mr. Hazen, and informa- w tion along these lines will be glad- S ly furnished any interested farmer, ai IV Late War Bulletins d N Heavy forces of German bombers D again assaulted a southeastern Erg- 01 lish city, apparently Plymouth, Tues- w day night and early Wednesday aft- Jj er a 7-hour bombardment of the Dover area by long-range German c cannon. Much of Plymouth already 9, had been declared an evacuation ^ area because of steady Nazi bomb- g ings that destroyed whole zones and j left hundreds homeless. ^ Russia, in a move which may be 1 p of great significance, was reported to have decreed that henceforth no Q| war material would be allowed to 0j cross her territory. Germany is re- ai ported to have received considerable v war materials from Japan via the H Transsiberian railway. B H The war's heaviest cross-channel ft bombardment in the Calais-Dover ri area begain shortly after 8 a. m. ol Tuesday and continued intermittent- P ly until some time after 3 p. m. It was_the_sort-of barrage to-be expected with any invasion attempt. ^ German pursuit troops pounded w after the retreating British in Greece ~ and informed Berlin circles said 1 they were annrnaohiTity tho lnet A lets and bays affording the British a chance to escape by boat. Nazi dive-bombers attacked all craft putting to sea. Axis mechanized forces in north < Africa were stalled near Salum, in 1 Egypt just across the Libyan fron- 1 tier, the British said. A furious < sandstorm aided British troops and i planes to halt three German-Italian 1 columns there, Cairo dispatches said, t 1 The average circus elephant's daily ration includes 125 pounds of hay, 1 one-half bushel of oats, seven i pounds of bran and about 50 gallons of water. i JGA wspaper -Establishec AUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAR ST AIRPLANE .. i Vj? J*. - .T.-xT**ci-W ispeciion and ground check, the jmisphere." poses for one of its wings, designed by the army air re 212 feet from tip to tip. Four ower on this?the world's larg7,750 miles. 2 Named By rkway Commission Jordon Winkler, S. F. Horton and I,ylcs Harris Arc Chosen On New Parkway Commission; Body Authorized by Past Legislature Gordon H. Winkler of Boone, Sam . Horton of Sugar Grove and Lyles [arris of Blowing Rock, have been aincd by Governor Broughton as lembers of the Blue Ridge Parkray commission, together with 51 thers from the 18 counties adjacent > the new scenic highway. The commission was authorized y an act of the 1941 general as .-uiuiy in uiui'i 10 comracL anu j-operate with agenc:es of the fedral government" in matters affect\g the parkway which lias been, nder construction in western North arolina for several years." The act authorizes the governor to jpoint the chairman of the commison and to set his salary. No apropriation from state funds is proided and the commission itself ave to raise any salary paid. The avernor indicated he would follow ishes of the commission in naming le chairman. Other members of the commission re as follows: Wilkes, T. E. Story, J. B. Mcoy and Dr. H. B. Smith, all of orth Wilkesboro; Caldwell. Mark oforth, F. L. Townsend and R. L. wyn, all of Lenoir: Alleghany jur.ty, Eugene Transou, W. D. Ed ards and W. F. Osborne, all of parta; McDowell, L. J. P. Cutlar id William W. Neal, Jr., both of larion, and J. C. Rabb of Pleasant arden; Burke, A. B. Stoney, W. I. avis and Frank S. Thomason, all of [organton; Jackson, Dan K. Moore, an Tompkins and T. W. Ashe, all t Sylva; Swain, McKinley Edards, W. E. Elmore and Frank yatt, all of Bryson City; Avery, J. . Bowers of Newland, J. F. Hamp>n of Linville and J. P. Dellinger f Crossnore; Polk, Jack Arledge, harles J. Lynch and George A. atliey, all of Tryon; Buncombe, J. . Howell, Hubert C. Jarvis and ack Enwright, all of Asheville: she. Judge H. C. Tucker, Lem Hair, both of West Jefferson, and L. . Colvard of Jefferson; Mitchell. C. . Peterson and B. C. Burgess, both f Spruce Pine, and W. F. Hughes t Bakersville; Yancey, D. F. Fouts ad G. L. Hensley, both of Burnsille, and R. N. Silver of Micaville; onderson, L. L. Burgin, Harry uchanan and M. M. Redden, all of ondersonville; Surry, Dr. Moir S. [artin of Mount Airy, T. N. Woodiff of Low Gap, and H. C. Dodson E Elkin; Madison, Guy V. Roberts, hilip Elam and Dr. J. H. Hutchins. Born to 'Mr; and Mrs. Verne S. rcene of Meat Camp township, at /atauga Hospital on April 11, a son, I ho has been named Dennis Linney.' Joone People Narrow Death In F Mrs. Louise Aldridge. two children, Joan. 7. and Patricia. 6, and Mrs. Aldridge's mother, Mrs. Edna Hodges, Boone citizens, narrowly scaped death Monday e-ening when the Fayetieville apartment muse in which they were living, was destroyed by fire of an unknown origin. The family had been living- in Fayetieville for several months, where Mrs. Aldridge is employed. The apartment building in which the local people resided DEM< I in the Year Eighteen OLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, I mayormTthree aldermen will be elected tuesday Registration of N e w Voters J Closed Last Saturday: Consid- 1 erable Interest in Developing ] in Municipal Contest as Election Date Draws Near Voters of the town of Boone will on next Tuesday elect n mayor and a three-member board of aldermen to administer the affairs of the municipality during the next two years, and considerable interest is beginning to deveiop in the approaching election. Registration of new voters came tn a ciose last Saturday afternoon and a checkup reveals that 135 names were added to the roster of eugioie voiers. vme hundred. and one of these new voters indicated that they were Democrats; 18 Republicans, while 16 registered as independent voters. Next Saturday will be observed as challenge day, it is pointed out. The Democratic ticket is composed of Wade E. Brown for mayor; Chappel Wilson, W. R. Winkler and D. P. Wyke, candidates for aldermen. The Republican slate is headed by W. II. Gragg as mavorality candidate; G. K. Moose. D. L. Wilcox and Kenneth Linney, candidates for aldermen. All candidates are leading citizens of their community, and it is expected that a large vote will be cast. Usually around 700 vote in the municipal election. LIONS (IIIR HOST TO DISTRICT MEET Two Hundred and Twenty-five Attend Banqquel at College Cafeteria With 225 delegates from six districts in western North Carolina present, the Boone Lions Club was host to visiting Lions and Lionesses at a banquet in the college cafeteria last week. Following two-minute reports from presidents of the North Wilkesboro, Valdese, Newland, Lenoir, Morganton and Boone clubs, the Appalachian tumblers and baton twirlers entertained. Morganton received the traveling trophy for having the largest delegation present. Lion Governor "Heck" Everett of Charlotte, Earl Reese of Hickory, deputy governor; Frank Tillotson of Charlotte, district secretary; Dr. B. B. Dougherty and Dr. J. D. Rankin, of Appalachian College, appeared on the program with short talks relative to the meeting and announcements about the state Lions club meetinr* in Ashnvilln in Tnnn Dr. W. Amos Abrams, president of the local Lions, delivered the address of welcome, and Gene Wike, publicity director of the college, served as toastmaster. Wike has been invited by the Lion governor to appear on the program during the state meeting in Asheville. COMBAT ZONES DECLARED OPEN TO U. S. PATROLS Washington, April 29.?President Roosevelt reaffirmed his determination to extend operations of the naval neutrality patrol as far as necessary to safeguard the Western Hemisphere, and pointed out that United States fighting ships may legally enter combat zones fixed under the neutrality, act. He said at a press conference that only merchant ships are barred from combat areas and emphatically stated that his explanation did not mean that naval craft were to be sent into these danger zones. At the same time he refused to say how far into the seven seas?the all-inclusive area into which he has declared the patrol would be sent, if necessary?units of the patrol now are operating to create a safe lane for war shipments to Great Britain. vly Escape 9VrAllA?VlllA aycucviue U1MM6L caught fire at about 2 a. m.. and tenants began leaving the blazing structure by jumping and descending ladders, but two men and a four-year-old girl lost their lives in the blaze. Cecil Beard. 26. Fori Bragg civilian employee, his daughter. Barbara, and Charles B. Holbrook. 30. of High Point, also employed at Fort Bragg were trapped and burned to death. The damage caused by the flame was estimated by officials at $50,000. 3CKA Hund&',d and Eighty ====*==== ====== 941 I" ?#= See" $19,000Damagi ates Girl By E ; ^ Fall; Court Ma; Duty Calls Ending their honeymoon of less than a week, following their recent marriage. Captain James Roosevelt. the President's son, bids his wife goodbye on leaving for marine duty. He then boarded a Pan-American Clipper for Honolulu and his official mission there. GRAND JURY IN REPORT TO COURT Jury Finds County Property in Good Shape; Minor Repairs Suggested The grand jury for the spring term of Watauga superior court fin imii'u us worx on last Wednesday and submitted the following report to Judge Hoyle Sink, who is presiding: We, the grand jury, beg to submit the following report: 1. We have carefully examined all bills that have come before us, and passed on the same. 2. We visited the convict camp located one mile west of Boone, and find this camp with 95 convicts under the capable management of Capt. C. J. Farthing, to be a model of sanitation and that this institution is conducted and managed under the very best and approved regulations. 3. The county home was visited and found 11 inmates, who expressed themselves as being splendidly cared for and the premises and home appeared to be in excellent condition, except we recommend that a dozen mattresses be provided; also the wood-work on the porch be repaired and painted. This jury commends Mr. and Mrs. Simmons for the work they are doing. 4. The county jail was found to be capably kept, and the building in good condition except the replacement of broken windows, plumbing checked and special attention be given ivj cue puuuc unlets in ine basement of the jail. 5. The county offices were examined and found that the records and management were of the very best so far as our body could ascertain. The report was signed by Donle> Hagaman, grand jury foreman. Other members of the jury were: Mrs. John Lewis, 55, Dies at Florida Home Mrs. John Lewis, native Watauga county citizen, but for the past fewyears a resident of Plant City, Fla., died at her home in that city on Tuesday of last week, according to meager information reaching friends and relatives here. Death followed an illness beginning last fall. Funeral services and interment were in Plant City. Mrs. Lewis was reared in Watauga county, and was Vae former Miss Emma Wilson, daughter of the late Harvey and Mrs. Wilson of ] Meat Camp township. After her marriage the family lived in Boone for several years, where Mrs. Lewis was held in the very highest esteem. From Boone she moved to Johnson City where she lived for four years before moving to Florida about the year 1937. Mrs. Lewis bad been a member of Meat Camp Baptist church since childhood and lived a life of devotion to the Christian cause. Her friends in this locality w?.<= iiuuiueifu oy ner acquaintances. Surviving are the husband and three sons: Glenn, Rufus and John Thomas Lewis. lT -Eight $) .50 A YEAR bs In Death of lecirocuiion Last Y Adjourn Thursday Local Utilities Concern is Defendant in Suit Brought by Rclati es of Gladys Yates; Civil Calendar May Be Finished and Court Adjourn Today The Northwest Carolina Utilities ! Company is the defendant in a suit ; expected to he brought up for trial in superior court today (Wednesday) ! in which relatives of Gladys Yates 1 seek to recover the sum of 810,000 I.as A result ?.f dnotK j with a live electric transmission line, allegedly owned by the defend| ant. ! The Yates girl met her death last December as she gathered Christmas j greens in the woods. It was alleged at the time that the live wire was , so near the ground that the girl j touched it in an effort to pass bc! neath it. Death was instantaneous. The plaintiff is being represented , by Messrs. T. E. Bingham and W. R. : Lovill, while Trivctte & Holshouser , appear for the defendant. Other Cases Tried Other civil cases tried this week | in Judg<- Sink's court included one brought by T. L. Moretz against the state highway commission for damjages inflicted by the building of the I' Parkway near Deep Gap. The jury awarded the plaintiff $2,f?00. In a comnromisp T 1. u>ac given $2,750 as damages to his property because of the rebuilding of highway 421 at I.ovill. The trial of civil cases is expected to end Thursday afternoon. Following are the remaining judgments of the court in criminal actions, which wore not published last week: Joseph Carl Ellington, embezzlement, 7 months on roads. Doeglas Morris, public drunkenness, prayer for judgment continued for three years. Faye Trivette, larceny, 18 months in slate prison: capias to issue within -;three years upon breach of the peace. Ed Low ranee, public drunkenness and resisting arrest, G months on roads for resisting: prayer for judgment continued on public drunkenness charge. Dwight Moody, public drunkenness and resisting arrest, 15 months on roads, suspended for two years during good behavior. General Lee Richards, breaking and entering, 90 days on roads, to begin December 1. James C. Welch, resisting an officer, prayer for judgment continued upon payment of costs. Bloom Gragg. assault with deadly weapon, prayer for judgment continued on payment of $40 costs. John Wheeler, abandonment, setContinued on page eight) LOCAL JUMORS IN DISTRICT POSTS W. T. Casey and Howard Cottrell Win District Junior Offices at Morganton At the third district meeting of the Junior Order, United American Mechanics, held in Morganton Tuesday evening, W. T. Casey of Boone, was elected district warden, and Howard J. Cottrell. also of this city, was made district inside sentinel. At the same time it was decided that the next Junior district meeting will be held with Daniel Boone Council No. 129 in Boone sometime next fall, the actual date for the gathering to be determined later. J. L. White, state councilor, was the principal speaker at the Morganton gathering. Also appearing on the program was Clyde B. Greene of Boone, one of the trustees of the Children's Home. The third district is made up of councils in Avery. Burke, Mitchell, Caldwell and Watauga counties. Howard Cottrell W T Pacov Ray Estes were the delegates to the meeting from the Daniel Boone council. PASTORS AND DEACONS TO GATHER ON MONDAY The pastors and deacons conference of the Baptist church will be held at the Boone Baptist church on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. D. M. Edmisten. who makes announcement of the conference, urges a full attendance and says there will be a round table discussion of these subjects: "Our Problems as Pastors," and "Our Problems as Deacons." Devotionals will be led by Rev. Carl Triplett.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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