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w An In VOL. 54, NO. 8 THREE ARK HEED IN TRAGIC DEATH OF DEAN PAYNE Local Man Succumbs to Injuries Received in Affray at RoadJioiise; Three Watauga Men Held Without Bail; Funeral is Conducted Tuesday Dean Payne, 34 years old, died at V/atauga Hospital early Tuesday morning from injuries sustained j Sunday morning. August 10. in an affray at the Lng Cabin, just outside the city limits. Perry Watson. Ches , ter Carroll and Clctus Welch, who I were jailed for participation in the affray, arc now being held without privilege of bail for trial at superior court on charges growin out of Payne's death. . Young Payne, who was conscious only for a brief interval after his admission to the hospital was badly beaten, it is said, and death resulted from a fracture of the skull. Sheriff Edmisten, Deputies Carter Ragan, Clay Perry and Fred Norris, j made the arrests, and state that Watson, Carroll and Welch were beating "Dad" Buchanan, the owner cf the Log Cabin, when they appeared on the scene, and they were arrested. Officer Norris states that Payne had been attacked prior to * that time and didn't appear on the scene until after the arrest. Buchan' . an is quoted as saying that he intervened when Payne was attacked, that his gun was taken from him and - he was severely beaten about the face. Norris states that Payne, who was taken to prison along with the others, was conscious at the time of his arrest, and identified his assailant. Funeral services for Mr. Payne were conducted from the Cool Springs Baptist church, of which the deceased was a member, Wednesday \L Tvtrtminrt ot I 1 rt' inuiimij, ov xa >j viuv.iv, uil' paaiui, \j Rev. Tipton Greene being in charge, rf Rev. W. D. Ashley and Rev. R. C. \\ Eggers assisted in the rites and infd terment was in the cemetery there, r Surviving are the widow and three children: Virginia, W. C., and Martha Jane. The parents. Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Payne, also survive, together with one brother and four sisters: Milton Payne, Mrs. Connie Storie, Mrs. Luna Pennell, Mrs. Alma Moretz. Boone; Mrs. Eddie Sherrill. Blowing Rock. Mr. Payne, who was a member of I one of the county's best families, and who was well-liked in this community, was a valued employee of the State Highway Commission at the time of his death. PULLING CONTEST TO FEATURE FAIR x Mechanic I Device to Indicate Power of Teams; Prize List is Given Arrangements have been made nntli thp cfatp foiv BS^SSBBSBSB of - ..<v uowk\^ AUU. OUU1U11UCO Bl, Baleigh to have a machine called the ''dynamometer" brought to Boone to be used in a horse, mule and an oxen pulling contest. This machine belongs to the state departCMMKjl ment of agriculture and is used anI nually at the stair fair to determine the state champion pulling team. The pulling contest .at Raleigh is one of the most interesting events of the whole fair. Several farmers in this section have seriously considered taking their teams to Raleigh to compete. Since this will be the first time that many people in our section have had a chance to see such an event, it is believed that wide interest will be manifested in determining the county champion pulling team. Friday afternoon will be the time set aside for this contest. The cost to the fair association for obtaining the machine will be $50. Since this is true, an entry fee of $2.00 will be charged for all horse and mule teams entered. No fee will be charged for oxen. All contestants must provide their teams with strong and adequate harness. Double-trees and single-trees need not be brought to the fair. The prize list follows: I. Light class?pair of horses or mules weighing 2,500 pounds; neither animal shall exceed 66 inches in height with shoes on, (measurements taken on hardsurface). 2. Heavy class? horses or mules weighing 2,500 pounds or over. The prizes for both the above events will be: first, 10; second, $7.50; third, $5.00; fourth, 5 , tons of lime. 3. Best pulling team of oxen?open to the world. The - jjag first prize in this division will be 5 tons of lime, while second and third will be awarded ribbons. IATAI dependent Weekly Ni BOONE, WA1 Statesman-Soldier Capt. Lodge, better known as U. S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Jr., of Massachusetts, has just reported for duty with the 2nd armored division. Reserve Officer Lodge, who very properly is a member of the senate military affairs committee, spends about a month each year in active service. PARK SERVICE IS 25 YEARS OLD Public Invited to Help Celebrate With Bangers the Silver Jubilee of Park Service On Monday, August 25, the National Park Service created by an act of congress in 1916. will be 25 years old. The quarter-century has seen many of the most beautiful scenic features of the nation brought under public ownership as national , parks, and the anniversary will be marked by celebrations in many of ; the 191 federal park areas through- ] out the nation. , Thp cPVi?n-vt>nr-AlH TY111 r? RiflffA Parkway, through young in comparison with such vencrables as the 1 Yellowstone,.. Jfoscrnite .and ML Rainor parks, is a large aYid fast growing member of the family, and on the Parkway on Sunday night. August 24, will be lighted jubilee 1 campfires at 7:30 eastern standard j time, at Rocky Knob in Virginia, and at the Bluff Park in North Carolina. The park service has always believed that its uniformed person- ! ncl, the park rangers, are the key men of its organization and the ' campfire programs will be in charge of the parkway rangers. Short talks describing the national park system ' will be given by the rangers who will speak informally of their interesting experiences in this and other parts of the country.- Group singing about the campfire will be a prin- i cipal feature of the evening's program. The fire at the -.luff Park will be lit in the vicinity of the meadow picnic area, and at Rocky Knob the visitors will gather at the new playfield area near the picnic grouds where the several campfires ' were ] held last year. The forest rangers extend a cor aiai mviiaiion to everyone to join with them in celebrating the 25th anniversary of their organization. Mr. Miles 'Accepts Washington Position Mr. Kelly G. Miles, science teacher of Appalachian high school, has resigned to become instructor in radio engineering in the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Miles are leaving for Washington late this month. Mr. Miles has been at Appalachian high school for the past five years. Mr. Miles states that part or all the engineers in more than 35 broadcasting stations, more than 800 radiomen of the U. S. navy, men in more than 100 CAA stations, and a great many in the U. S. army, marine corps, signal corps as well as industrial organizations such as RCA, General Electric and Philco have been trained in the school with which he will work. It is said to be one of the best highly technical radio schools in America. Urges People To Buy Defense Securities Mr. W. D. Farthing, chairman of the Savings and Defense Bonds committee in Watauga county, is i anxious that the people of this section show their patriotism by buying the bonds and stamps now being offered by the government. These defense securities are now on sale by ah. and at the ir.cn 1 postoffice. Mr. R. .T. Greer is sec- I retary of the committee. JGA iwspaper -Established [ AUGA COUNTY. NORTH CARO GEORGEMORETZIS HEIJ> IN DEATH OF S1LVERST0NE MAN Merchant is Alleged to Have i Fired Shots Which Brought Death to William Lowrance; Funeral Services for Deceased Are Held Sunday George Morelz, well-known merchant of the SiiVerstone community ; is being held in the county jail on charges of having fired the shots which brought death to William Lowrance of the same neighborhood, following a difficulty between the two men at the Moretz store Saturday morning at about 2 o'clock. Since no preliminary hearing has j been held as this is written, no in- j formation is available other than that given to sheriff's officers and a representative of The Democrat by Will Greer, who is held under bond as an eye witness. According to Greer's statements, he. in company with Moretz and Lowrance, had been across the state line into Tennessee Friday evening, returning U> the Moretz store about 1:30. Their three men. he alleges, chatted for j r some few minutes at the store, and ! Lowrance is said to have told Moretz he should go home. The accused complied, he says, but returned immediately with a pistol, order- ^ ing Greer and Lowrance from the premises. As they started to comply, he states. Moretz moved in the direction of his home a short distance away, and Lowrance called to him, stating that no one but a cow- n ard would draw a gun, whereupon p Moretz is alleged to have turned and tj started firing. Two bullets from tire p automatic 22-calibre weapon struck n Lawrence, the lethal missile piercing a the right arm and entering the right p side of the chest, ranging in the d'.- j rection of the heart. The other bullet grazed the thumb of the right fj band. Death is said to have result- p zd almost instantly. j, Sheriff A. J. Edmisten and Patrol- a man Jones arrested Moretz at his n home about one hour after the u shooting. ? o Funerai services for Lawrence. who was 28 years old, were conduct- , a ed from the Pleasant Grove Baptist 1! church Sunday afternoon with Rev. S G. \V. Sebastian in charge, and in- C terment was in the Smith cemetery. F Survivors include the widow and o. ane son, Kenneth Earl. The parents, F Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Low ranee, also ir survive. o] belk:s to have i larger quarters5 at \S Contract Let for Large Addition w to Local Department Store ti Building ^ The contract has been let for the ^ construction of a large addition to d the rear of the Belk-White Com- b pany building in this city, which will d increase the floor space of the store * to 18,500 square feet. Mr. John Conway, manager of the " store, states that the addition will be 40 feet deep and the entire width f of the fifty-foot building, and will be of solid brick construction to match the remainder of the structure. There will be the basement I floor, the main floor and the mez- b zanine as in the present building, tl and the store will be the most mod- a em Belk establishment between tl Bristol and Charlotte. New fixtures j will be added, new departments tl opened and the entire interior re- 0 decorated. An improved heating g system is to be installed. f The Belk store since its establish- t: ment here has shown a remarkable c growth under Mr. Conway's mana- b gership, and today he celebrates his 13th year with the firm. The store in Boone has been in operation for six years. Claud Farthing Saves Airplanes From Flame Claud Farthing, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Farthing of Boone, who is making a success in airplane mechanics at the Winston-Salem airport, discovered the fire last Wed- F nesday evening which destroyed 15 I ships at a loss of over $50,000. The fire, which started in the fuselage of a Cub plane in the corner e of the big hangar, was discovered ci by Farthing, who used a fire extin- d guisher with little results. Then he, d together with two other employees, performed a heroic task in removing J/ two large Fairchild trainers and a h Cub trainer from the blaze. The fi controls of one of the Fairchilds C were locked making it doubly difficult to push. Only one of the ma- o chines removed was damaged at all. 1; DEMC in the Year Eighteen H UNA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, Hitler and Army Chiefs M.WN.s! i - ii*.? .. , y&bK...:-..< y. i?"****? Ai the headquarters of Adolf Hill front. Der Fuehrer and his top-ranking of the Nazi-Red war situation. On ih Brauchiisuch. At riaht ic n*?r? 7^w SLOWING ROCK |L( HOTELIST DIES 01 .ast Rites Held For Paul Mol- . Hl? denhauer, Owner-Manager ^ Of Green Park Hotel. Paul A. Moldennauer, 60, ownertanager of Green Park hotel and A fading citizen of Blowing Rock for scht te past ten years, was found dead in Sep is summer cottage Saturday morn- ing ing. Dr. J. H. Cox of Putnam, Va., lach ttending physician, pronounced bro; eart attack as the reason for his of t eath. com Mr. Moldenhauer had been con- ceSs ned for the past three weks with a the eart ailment, but had seemed much a nproved Friday and Friday night wisl s he attended the community car- ule ival and a square dance, operated ing jintly Uy his hotel and the Chamber sat, f Commerce. o'cli Thirty years of hotel work char- jn t rterized ltis business career. From COnl 324 until 1932 he managed the to t aranac Inn in New York state: the ing larendon Hotel at Daytona Beach. chai la., in winters of 1935-36; the Co- tion uina Hotel at Ormond Beach, not la., in 1931-33: Nautilus in Miami ther > 1934 and 1935, and owned and ncn] perated Hobkirk Inn in Camden, ask, . C? 1938-30. be. ; He was especially noted in Blow- afte lg Rock for his charity work, since ^ e was a large donor to various ancj lurches and community events. Funeral services were conducted ^ t 2 o'clock Monday, with the Rev. falter K. Keys in charge, and burial as in the Reformed church cetne- Ll iry at Blowing Rock. He is survived by his mother, Irs. Fred Moldenhauer of Albany, F. Y.; a daughter, Miss Ruth Mol- A enhauer of Washington, D. C.: one Chs rother, Fred Moldenhauer, of Pasa- Fri< ena, Calif.; and three sisters, Mrs. Wil titty Reynolds of Albany, N. Y.; nou Irs. Ann Stelle of New York, and gatl Irs. William Tobin of Bermuda. N feal ^orth State Fund ^ Contributions Grow bu^ que Several new contributions have t een made to the North State Fund, tie purpose of which is to purchase _on n airplane ambulance as a gift to thal he people of Britain, and Chairman I tob Rivers confidently expects. hrough the continued co-operation ^ f the people, to reach the county's seri oal of $100 by the end of the week. jroI ill those who haven't contributed to era his fund are urged to make their <jon ontributions as promptly as possi- me] , nun The status of the fund: ser, Previously reported $44.40 Dr. H. B. Perry 1.00 T. I. Hollo way .... 1.00 n?x Gordon Winkler 1.50 Wade E. Brown - 50 Chauncey Moody 1.00 Grady Farthing 1.00 Belk-White Co 2.00 Tuesday Night Club 15.24 lcar Total $67.64 iflrs. Tom Williams I dur Succumbs Saturday Mrs. Tom Williams. 66 years old. I the steemed resident of the Sherwood | Dmmunity, died at the home Satur- h ay afternoon after an illness of ten ays. N Funeral services were conducted ingl londay afternoon at 2 o'clock at the sess ome. The Rev. M. A. Osborne of- der ciated and interment was in the whi ove Creek cemetery. Gre Surviving are the husband and the ne son. Grady Williams, of Cleve- is tl ind, Ohio. or ( >cf?a undred an Eighty 1941 "1* on Russian Front i er, somewhere on ihe eastern [ commanders pore over maps le left is Marshal Walter Von [aider. m SCHOOLS TO 'EN SEPTEMBER 2 ;h School Students Desiring to fiange Schedules Should Do So On Saturday, Aug. 23 ppalachian high and grammar >ols will open Tuesday morning, tember 2, at 9 o'clock. Accord to Principal Herbert Wey, Appaiian high school will have the <dest curriculum in the history he school. Due to the new ses that will be offered, it is neary to make some changes in schedule, Mr. Wey said, ny high school student who ies to change or alter his schedfor this fall must do so by comto the high school building on irday, August 23, between 10 rck in the morning -and 5 o'clock no afternoon. There are some 'licts in the pupil's schedules due he large number of courses beoffered. Thus it is necessary to ; ige some student's pre-registraschedules. If the students do come on Saturday, Mr. Wey said. 1 their schedule will be set up as r as possible to what the pupil :d for last spring. No pupil will allowed to change his schedule r school starts September 2. rt, voice, physics, social studies industrial arts classes may be ;duled if pupil does so Saturday, [ust 23. tamber Commerce To Meet August 29 ,n important meeting of the imbcr of Commerce is to be held lay, August 29, says Mr. H. W. cox, president, who will annce the time and place for the lering next week, fr. Wilcox says the meeting will :ure the discussion of several c problems, and that the program dc arranged to taxe care o? all iness. he Chamber of Commerce is resting better mail service in and of Boone for one thing, it being lted out that this city has no outlg mail later than 1:35 p. nr. and t a later departure could be arged without any serious delay in movement of the mails, .lso, Mr. Wilcox states, there is ous delay in the arrival of mails n Winston-Salem, and it is genlly felt that something should be e to hasten this schedule. Com-ce officials have received a rber of complaints as to the mail /ice and these matters, along h a number of others will come for discussion at the meeting t week. RED CROSS YARN [rs. Mae Miller, production chairr for the Watauga chapter Ameri Red Cross, is expected to be ly from the city for the next four ?ks and Mrs. E. E. Garbee, chair1, will have charge of the work ing her absence. Anyone wishto co-operate in knitting garits for the Red Cross may secure material from Mrs. Garbee. -TTENDS JUNIOR MEETING [r. Clyde R. Greene went to Lexton Tuesday for the fifty-first ;ion of the State Council, Jr. OrUnited American Mechanics, ich closes this afternoon. Mr. ene, who has been a leader in fraternity for a number of years, hird district trustee for the JuniDrphanage at Lexington. lT -Eight $1.50 A YEAS DR. MORGAN WILL ADDRESS FARMERS HERE NEXT WEEK Chairman Board of Directors of TYA and Other Eminent Authorities Are to Speak at College When Western Carolina farmers Meet Farmers of Western North Carolina?men who "taik a language" different from the cotton aud fiue|cured tobacco farmers of the rest of I the state?will hold their annual i meeting at Appalachian State ColI lege here Tuesday and Wednesday, August 26 and 27. F. S. Sloan of Franklin, district farm agent of the State College extension service, and R. W. Shoffner, in charge of the TVA-extension demonstration farm program, have arranged the program for the Boone meeting. A minimum of speechmaking and a maximum of discussion, has been planned. The only men invited to address the group are Dr. H. A. Morgan, chairman of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valiey Authority: Dean I. C. Schaub of State College; Dr. 1.. D. Baver, recently appointed director of the N. C. agricultural experiment station, and .1. C. McAdams. director of the TVA's division of agricultural relations. Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of Appalachian College, will welcome the group at the first formal session Tuesday afternoon. The mountain farmers will have an opportunity to discuss their sectional problems?beef cattle, dairy, poultry, hurley tobacco and fruit production. Of course the growing of grass, necessary in feed production for livestock, will 'come in for a major share of attention. The demonstration farmers will tell of their lesults from the use of iirae, and the super-phosphate supplied them by the TVA. The meeting will open with regi rr>..?i? ; ? ? ' ? -ovianuii xucoutiy luuuiinu, ana an afternoon program of two talks and group discussions. A motion picture ..... show and a barn dance are planned Tuesday night. Reports of the groups will be heard Wednesday morning, followed by two other addresses and adjournment after lunch. County Agent Harry Hamilton states that this meeting is of the utmost importance and urges the farmers to atend and encourage their neighbors to do likewise. He slates that inestimable value will result from attendance at this meeting. P. T A. TO MANAGE FAIR CONCESSION President ot Organization Asks Donations For Food For Lunch Stand at Fair The Boone Parent-Teacher Association having submitted a bid to the Blue Ridge Fair Association has been awarded a lunch stand concession for the fair which will be held in Boone the week of September 8. All money which this organization raises goes to help the Boone public schools. More and more each year those in the schools have to meet financial obligations for the schools' extra-curricular activities? as lunch rooms, band, glee club, etc. Mrs. F. E. Warman, president of the local P.-T.A., makes the following announcement in regard to the lunch stand: "Now if the patrons of these two schools will help out in donations for the lunch stand at the fair, the P.T. A. will be able to do more this year for the schools than | it has in the past. "We would like to have most of the food donated so that very little money will need to be spent. We are appealing especially to you patrons of the school who live in the rural districts to give of any surplus foods you may have. "We believe that it is not asking too much to-ask that every family who has a child in the Boone schools donate some food to be sold at this lunch stand; for all money above actual necessary expenses will be spent in some way to help the Boone schools. Anyone who will give a donation may leave same at the City Meat Market as Mr. Tatum has kindly consented to receive and store the food for us." GREER REUNION A reunion of the Greer family will be held at the state fish hatchery near Boone on September 15. All Greers and relatives are cordially invited to attend and bring well-filled baskets. The program is scheduled for 10 o'clock.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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