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M VOL. 54, NO 12
I BLUE RIDGE FAIR T
ENDS FIRST YEAR; "
WAS BIG SUCCESS
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Thousands of People Gather to
View Agricultural Displays
and Attend Carnival; Live- j
stock Exhibits a Principal At
traction
The Blue Ridge Fair came to a
close Saturday evening, with around
twelve thousand people having been
admitted to the grounds during the
five days. Although a heavy rain
Wednesday night caused a decrease
j". in gate receipts, the loss was made
fup, toward the end of the week, and j
the officials of the fair state that
it was successful, even beyond their
expectations.
Of most interest to farmers
throughout the territory were the
beef shows. An eight months old 4- "
H Club Hereford calf, weighing 790 9'
pounds, owned by Max Vannoy of
Bamboo, was named grand chain- lc
pion in the baby beef class.
A three-year-old Hereford bull, 11
weighing 1,750 pounds, owned by W.
E. Shipley, was selected as the _ .
grand champion bull. A cattleman I
from another state was heard to re- "
mark that he had no idea such cattle
could be found in Watauga
county.
Wilson Norris won first place with
his two-year-old Hampshire ram. cjn
Fair officials were unable to compile
a complete list of the awards
in time for this edition, but this inJa
formation will appear next week.
The displays were complete in all ^
it departments and reflected the remarkable
progress made on the t'lf
farms of the county in recent years. Se]
The Crescent Amusement Com- be:
ipany lurnisnea me miaway atlrac- ma
tions which provided clean, whole- hei
sum fun for young and old, and the ho:
fairgrounds were crowded until a of'
late hour each evening. bei
MUCHMILKBlNG ?
SOLD IN COUNTY si
300 Farmers Now Supplying $7
1,000 Gallons of Milk Daily _ 1
For Commercial Use -;t
The milk receiving station recently
established at Sugar Grove by ?
Coble Dairy Products, is now receiving
more than 1,000 gallons of
inilk daily from over 300 farmers.
These farmers are receiving approximately
$5,550 per month or an Df
average of $2.15 per hundred pounds sc|
of milk. yj
The milk is weighed, sampled for pjc
butterfat, cooled and stored at the
Sugar Grove plant. From there it
I is transported daily in insulated (
stainless steel milk tank trucks to .
the company's main plant at Lex- '
ington, N. C., where it is processed .. ,
into more than 25 different dairy ls,
products.
At present milk routes are operating
in practically every commu- c"
nity in this area. Officials of the
company suggest that farmers not
I now selling milk but interested in
doing so in the future get in touch P"
with the plant at Sugar Grove. The '
compary is in a position to handle
an unlimited volume of milk. The
receiving station will be operated
permanently on a year-round basis.
842 Are Registered ah
At Appalachian
Mi
Yesterday the enrollment for the
fall term at Appalachian College ha
reached 842. This compares very on
favorably with the enrollment for
last fall, which was 914.
Another new teacher has been ,
added to the college faculty, Miss tj
Catherine Glenn, graduate of Geor- <
gia State College for Women, who I ^
will join the home economics de- |
ii partment.
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COUNTY SINGING TO fie
BE HELD IN OCTOBER wi
Oc
The semi-annual county singing of
convention will be held at the m<
courthouse in Boone on the first
Sunday in October, beginning at 10 foi
o'clock a. m. Pri
L. M. Hodges is chairman of the of
singing association and Z. T. Greene be
is secretary. All classes invited. foi
toi
DR. HENDERSON VISITS A.S.T.C.
Dr. John P. Henderson, former
president of Carson-Newman College,
was Dr. B. B. Dougherty's visitor
on the college campus Monday.
Dr. Henderson taught psychology to
Dr. Dougherty when the latter was fir
ia student at Carson-Newman. Dur- toi
ing the summer months Dr. Hender- wi
son has been a visitor at Blowing wi
Rock but was on his way to his als
home in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, so
ATAl
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BOONE, WA'
Testifies jl
J. J. Pelley, president of rail- <!
>ad association, who testified be- 1
>re a senate committee in\ esli- <
aling the petroleum situation
lat there are 20,000 surplus or
lie tank cars that could move six
> eight million barrels of oil a
lonth from Texas to the Atlantic
^aboard. ,
IVESTOCK MART I
HAS BEST SALEI
ecial Calf Sale DraWs 433
Head Livestock; Boone is
Highest Market
The special calf sale conducted at
s Watauga Livestock Market on
ptember 10th, is described by
ster Carroll, secretary of the
xket, as the best sale ever held
re. Four hundred and thirty-nine
id of cattle, hogs and sheep were
ered and prices were said to have
in around $1.00 per hundred
'her than on any other market
it week. Following are some of
i prices:
-hoice calves $G0.0O; good calves,
3 to $50; medium calves, $30 to
3; common calves. $20 to $30.
niRTiiTCo cm BR. khif- i
;, $8.50 to $9.50; medium heifers,
to $8.50.
Choice steers, $10.20; good steers,
.50 to $9.50; medium steers, $7 to
50.
Lambs, pen 1, $11.50.
ounty Teachers Hold
First Meeting of Year
Mrs. Dessa T. Edmisten. principal
the Valle Crucis elementary
lool, was elected president of the
atauga county division of the
>rth Carolina Education Associam
at a meeting here Monday.
Donald C. Thompson, principal of
e Deep Gap school, was named
:e-president, and Mrs. Gordon
ish, Appalachian high school Engh
teacher, as secretary-treasurer,
rhis was the first meeting of the
rtauga county instructors for the
rrent season, and the day's acti;ies
were discussions of the 12th
rde. General opinion of the group
is that the extra grade should be
reed in the grammar departments,
[iuutjf WIIIUI WULI1U Ul'llCl [fi epai e
e student for high school and aid
preventing students from gradting
from high school at the imiture
age often the case in the
esent system.
Discussions of the 12th grade as
ready in operation in North Caroia
were made by Chalmers McColm
on the High Point system; Mrs.
artha M. Rivers, the Hoke county
stem; Frank Hamrick, the Durm
county policy, and Mrs. Nash
i the Winslow county 12th grade
stem.
United Dry Forces To
Observe Field Day Here
Rev. M. A. Adams of Statesville,
nounces that a Watauga county
Id day for the United Dry Forces
11 be held in Watauga county on
rtober 26th, with a splendid array
speakers. A detailed announcemt
will be made in due time.
15 ot" Tl/T A /3 f > -il- ?. - - ? r a il>ni i
?t*. iui. rxuauis jlui uit'i bldlcs uldl
it of the eastern wet counties are
sparing to vote on the abolition
their liquor stores during Septemr
and October, and that the dry
-ces have good hopes of being vic ious
in these elections.
ast Call is Made
For Tonsil Clinic
Anyone wishing to register for a
lal tonsil clinic will please get in
iich with the health department
thin the next few days. Notice
ill be sent to interested individu5
as to the exact date or dates as
Dn as list is completed.
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rAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA
CROWDS ATTEND
MERCHANTS FETI
Appreciation Day Award is Woi
By Orville HoJges: Other
Winners Not Present
The first Appreciation Day stagei
by the Boone Merchants Associatioi
last Wednesday afternoon, was wide
ly attended, patrons of the parlici
pating merchants gathering from fa
and wide to take part in the fur
and to witness the distribution o
cash awards to those showing th>
most skill in performing the servic
required by the association.
Tile principal prize winners, Mrs
Bessie TriDlott and Vaiiehlnn Wat
son, who would have been givei
513.60 and S6.80 respectively, wen
riot present on the occasion, an<
cannot claim their gilts. Orvilli
Hodges was given 53.40.
Again this Wednesday afternoo?
rt 3:30 at the city hall, the enter
taining program wijU be rendered
featuring customer skill, fun and cx
citement and more than one hull
ired dollars will be paid by the mer
chants for definite services renderet
by some patron.
All the customers of the partici
pating merchants, whose names ap
pear in an ad todav, are particular^
urged to be present.
GOVERNOR NAMES
BOARD TRUSTEE
Nine Persons Are Chosen fo
Appalachian College Board
of Trustees
Governor Broughton on last Fri
day appointed nine persons to thi
board of trustees of Appalachiai
State Teachers College. The ap
pointments, all of which are fo
terms expiring May 1, 1945, are a
follows:
G, P. Hagaman, Boone; Eugen
Transou, Sparta;. Wade E. Bro.wr
Boone; T. C. Bowie, West Jefferson
H. A. Cranor, Wilkcsboro; Williar
J. Conrad, Jr., Winston-Salem; Mr:
E. F. Reid, Lenoir; V. D. Guire, Le
nnif and W AT TV/f?\r?i*n CfntnetMllrr
District Governor
Speaks to Lions Clul
Deputy District Governor Howar
Hawkins of Valdese, was a speci;
guest and principal speaker at tb
local Lions Club meeting Tucsda
evening. Mr. Hawkins spoke to th
group concerning Lions Club act
vities throughout this section, enr
phasizing the importance of regula
attendance and work among th
blind.
Plans for an eye clinic for th
school children of Watauga count
were discussed by Dr. R. R. Kini
club president. Two new member
Messrs. Vance Howell and Ralp
Beshears, were welcomed into tt
club. -Mr. Lee Reynolds, who hi
been doing graduate study at Ir
diana University during the pa:
JVUI, >?ao a i.-iu ^icacill.
Pooled Lambs To Be
Taken Up Saturda;
Due to a Jewish holiday in Ne'
York on Monday and Tuesday, Sej
tember 22-23, the lambs for th
county pool will not be taken up o
Thursday, as scheduled by a lettt
from County Agent Harry Hami
ton, but instead will be taken up o
Saturday, September 20.
In announcing the change, M
Hamilton expresses regrets that th
mistake occurred, and says ever
effort will be made to notify th
farmers to have their lambs at th
scales on Saturday rather than o
Thursday.
Financial Statemen
County Chaph
March 1, 1941, to
Balance on hand March 1, 1941 ..
Special war production contributio
Total
CASH
War production?materials and fre
Home service?transportation
Home service?investigations
First aid?school supplies
Junior Ked Cross
Red Cross institute, Charlotte, N.
Red Cross convention?two delega
Postage for chapter -
Total
Balance or. hand
DEM<
'.d in the Year Eighteer
lROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEJ.
Panzers On Wheat
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i The German caption does noj
e lanks are maneuvering could har
plains of ihe Russian Ukraine, v
1 summer, when the land is bakei
had been removed from this secit
Rlirlnv Tftharnn Mn
To Open Abou
, Late War Bulletins
German southern armies claimec
Tuesday night to be sweeping east
ward from the lower Dnieper rivei
over broad and hard-won bridge
' heads toward the Nogaisk steppe*
j and by these accounts it appeared
that a grand offensive to isolate th*
Crimean Peninsula from the Rus
r sian mainland was well under way
Berlin laid claim to general successes
all the way from Leningrad?
where it was said that Soviet bunkers
and blockhouses were beinj
slowly and bloodily reduced?cleai
^ down to the Black Sea.
r Russians claimed punishing defeai
s of German mechanized columns be
fore Liningrad, defeat of a Gcrmar
e tank division further to the north
, also claimed Soviet and aerial force:
smashed a total of 19 German ves
sels, seven of them ladened witl
; troops.
Axis warplanes were declared b;
the British to have bombed Cairo
which like Mecca to the Moslen
world has the aspect of holiness tha
L Rome has for Catholics, killing 3
persons and wounding 93. Th
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U11U5U, in u siawmeiii irnm in
prime minister's residence in Lon
'' don on last April 18, had warnei
e that it either Athens or Cairo wa
y bombed, Rome would be bombed ii
:e reprisal.
i
l" British and Russians, impatier
11 with what theyj called the stallin
c tactics of Reza Shalt Pahlavi in no
meeting their demands for puttin
e an end to Axis intrigues and infill
y ence in his country sent troops t
occupy the Iranian capital of Tehc
s' ran. The Shah abdicated in th
h face of this imminent seizure of hi
ie capital and his 21-year-old son, th
,s Shahpur Mohammed Reza Pahlv
ascended the throne,
st
In occupied Paris, the long an
aeaaiy undercover struggle betwee
conquerors and conquered went 01
A German non-commissioned off
y cer was gravely wounded and an
other German soldier was unsuccesi
iV fully fired upon.
>
e Red Cross Nursing
;r Course to Be Taugh
l
n Mrs. J. W. A. Davis is chairma
of a committee which will have i
r. charge the establishment of a Re
le Cross home nursing course in Wat
y auga county. Home nursing will b
le taught in the different sections o
ie the county by graduate nurses, an
n a detailed statement concerning thi
activity will be made soon.
t of Watauga
?r American Red CroSi
September 15th, 1941
_ S339.5
ns _ 30.2
$369.7
PAID OUT
ight $ 94.2
_ 14.9
C 10.3
tes _ 50.0
.? - $179.7
? $190.0
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IBER 18. 1941'
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\ say so, but the terrain over which ! ^
dly be anywhere else but the great J
/hich are ideal for tank warfare in j ^
i and firm. Apparently the wheat Id
Dr before the arrival of the invader. ! rt
rkeis Expected ju
t Second of December M
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Opening Dale is Revealed at To-j
^ hacco Meeting at Asheville jt
Saturday; Farmers Federation |
to Serve as Agent for Cotn-lg
modity Credit Corporation
i CC
. The Boone and Asheville hurley
. tobacco markets probably will open
on December 2. W. P. Patrick, seni.
or tobacco expert of the state de
partmcnt of agriculture, told a ^
. meeting of tobacco growers of west>
ern North Carolina at the Buncombe s,
coun? courthouse in Asheville Satjurday.
M
I The opening date for the Lcxing- OI
L ton, Ky., market has been tenta
tively set for December 1. Mr. Hcd- >,
x rick said, and the Asheville and
; Boone markets will open the day ai
s following.
The meeting, attended by about d
i 150 tobacco growers of this region,
adopted a resolution accepting with a,
i thanks the Farmers Federation offer
/ \ to serve as the agency for the Com- ai
i, i modity Credit Corporation. The
i service will he free, it was explain- a;
t | ed, to all farmers marketing their
a luuaccu 011 me iioono ana Asheville I $,
c ! markets.
e Under the government's parity a
- price pian, federal graders will put
i graded prices on piles of tobacco c
s on the warehouse floors, and the
a grower will be given a card with a
his name and the graded prices on p
it. Then, when the tobacco is aueit
tioned, the grower may refuse to ac- b
g cept the offer of the bidder, if he
I bids less than the graded price, and o
g the government will buy the tobaci
co from the farmer at the graded a
o price, and put it in storage, paying
all costs of hauling, processing, stor- a
e ing, etc. When the government
s sells the tobacco, if it is sold at a 2
e profit, the profit will be returned
i, to the grower. t
Approximately 150 growers who p
sell their tobacco on the Boone and
d Asheville markets attended the t
n !meeting, which was opened at 11
l. o'clock by James G. K. McClure, $
i- president of the Farmers Federal
tion. c
Harry W. Love, who has just completed
an investigation of the man- i
ner in which the parity price plan S
works on other markets, presented i
the proposal here. Mr. Brown, indet
pendent grower of the Weaverville A
section, told of the differences in the
n operation of the system in Kentucky s
n and Tennessee as compared with the
d plan worked out here. Mr. Brown c
accompanied Mr. Love on a tour of
e Kentucky and Tennessee markets r
,{ several weeks ago.
j Headed by County Farm Agent 6
s Harry M. Hamilton and S. C. Eggers
of Watauga county, a delega- c
- tion of representatives from the
Boone market attended the meeting. S
The growers present were enthusiastic
over prospects for the burley c
1 market this coming fall and winter.
Mr. Love in explaining the price c
parity plan, said the Commodity
Credit Corporation of the federal c
4 government will have a number of
0 "graders" on the market for the pur- i
- pose of setting fair prices on burley.
4 In event a grower's crop does not t
bring as much in the floor auction i
as it is marked by the federal grad- r
" ers, the Commodity Credit Corpora- j
0 tion will take this tobacco on an \
5 advance loan plan from the grower
0 paying him the price the grader 4
2 marked it. The tobacco will then
0 be shipped to a bonded warehouse? 1
. probably in Winston-Salem or some
^ other North Carolina city?where r
5 the tobacco will stand as security r
~ to the government for the advance
0 until such time as the Commodity ?
4 Continued on page eight) (
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Eight
$1.50 A YEAR
1E0RGE MOKETZls
ARRAIGNED TODAY
IN MURDER COUNT
enire Being Summoned In Case
Crowing Out of Death of William
Lowrancc; Cietus Welch.
Chester Carroll Also Held in
Death of Dean Payne
George Moretz, Siiverstone merlant.
was arraigned in superior
un Wednesday forenoon on murer
charges, developing from the
eatli of William Lowrance, who
as killed near the Moretz store,
llegedly by bullets fired from a pis>1
held by the accused. It was orcrtd
that a venire of 59 men be
.unnioned to appear before the
jun tomorrow morning, from
hich group a jury will be chosen
) iry the case.
Cletus Welch and Chester Carroll
ave not yet been arraigned for the
eath of Dean Payne which occur d
as a result of injuries sustained
i an affray at a roadhouse near
oone. It was thought likely as The
emocral went to press that the
loretz case would be tried first.
The court made rapid progress
londay and Tuesday in the dispotion
of a large number of cases inolving
the commission of misdeleanors,
and following arc the
idgments which have been passed
y Judge J. H. Clement:
G. W. Greer, manufacturing liquor,
months on roads.
F. B. Dean, driving drunk, $50 and
>sts.
If. E. Daniels, driving drunk, $50
id the cost.
John Hollars, driving drunk, $50
id cost.
Frank Teague. driving drunk, 4
onths on roads.
Homer Critcher, di iving drunk.
iO and cost.
George Cornetl, larceny and asiuII
with deadly weapon. 18 months
i roads.
William A. Hodges, violation proibitiun
laws, $25 and costs.
W. R. Harris, driving drunk, .$50
ad costs.
Samuel Dowry, driving chunk, 10
ays in jail.
R. H. Todd, driving drunk, $50
ad costs.
Willie Robbins, driving drunk. $50
ad costs.
Stanley Trivett, driving drunk. $50
nd costs.
William Greene, driving drunk,
50 and costs.
Milton Coffey, driving' drunk, $50
nd costs.
John Ford, driving drunk. $50 and
osts.
Monroe Winebarger, driving car
Iter license revoked, (30 days on
oads.
Cecil Bumgarner, violation prohiition
laws. 12 months on roads.
Paul Coffey (Rich Mountain) disrderly
conduct, $50 and costs.
Chas. Barnett, driving drunk, $20
nd costs.
s? ,J 1. sen
i vmi,^ ?? uJgg.it, uiivuig uiuim, ?7>uu
nd costs.
Roy Robinson, driving drunk,
months on roads.
Jas. Bryan and Ed Baird. violaion
prohibition laws, placed on
irobation for two years.
Mary Sumter, violation prohibiion
laws, 6 months in jail.
Leonard Rominger, driving drunk,
>50 and costs.
Ray H. Byrd, driving drunk, $50
:osts.
Johnnie Tester', abandonment, 12
nonths suspended on payment of
>15 per month to support of famiy
Walter Bumgarner, driving drunk,
I months on roads.
Evans Miller, driving drunk, $50
ind costs.
George Cornett, larceny, 18 months
>n roads.
Norman Miller and Junior Simnons,
larceny, 6 months on roads.
Chas. Walser, forcible trespass,
i months on roads.
Carl Hahn, driving drunk, $50
osts.
Gurney Triplett, driving drunk,
150 and costs.
Dennis Canter, larceny, 5 months
>n roads.
Willie Icenhour, larceny, 5 months
>n roads.
Dennis Icenhour, simple assault,
>ne month on roads.
Roby Oliver, larceny, 8 months on
oads.
In all cases involving the operaion
of motor cars while under the
nfluence of intoxicants, a fournonths
suspended sentence was
>assed, and the driver's license rejoiced
for a period of 12 months.
Tom Bumgarner, reckless driving,
: months on roads.
Cora Cornett, keeping disorderly
louse, 4 months in jail.
Robert Swift, driving drunk, 4
nonths on roads; embezzlement, 4
nonths on roads.
Erney Watson, fornication and
idultery, 12 months on roads; Ennis
3reer, two months in jaiL