vs An In VOL. 54, NO. 18 DR. E. K. MLARTY j SUCCEEDS HIS SON ! AS BOONE PASTOR | Methodist Church in Boone Loses Rev. James B. McLarty to Belmont; Dr. McLarty One of State's Most Eminent Ministers Dr. E. K. McLarty, Sr., will be the pastor of the Boone Methodist church for the coining year as a result of the action of the Western North Carolina conference in Winston-Salem Friday. Dr. McLarty, who comes here from a four-year pastorate of Central church. Concord, succeeds a son, Rev. James B. McLarty, in the local pastorate, the, latter going to Main Street church in Belmont. Rev. Paul Townsend, former Boone pastor, leaves the Belmont church for duty as chaplain in the United States Navy. Dr. McLarty is one of the most < distinguished ministers in North Carolina Methodism. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Trinity College in 1895, and was awarded a bachelor of divinity degree from Vanderbilt in 1898. He was given the honorary degree of doctor of divinity by Trinity College in 1914. 1 During his long ministry. Dr. McLarty has served the most of the larger churches of the conference, including central church, Ashevillo; Tryon Street and Hawthorne Lane churches, Charlotte; West Market street, Greensboro; Wesley Memorial. High Point; Centenary church, Winston-Salem; First Methodist, Salisbury; Broad Street, Stalesville; First Methodist, Hendersonville; i-emrai cnurcn, oneioy, ami many others. He was presiding elder of the Charlotte district for a time, and had been director of evangelism for the Western North Carolina I conference. For 20 years he was president of the board of missions of the conference, and is at present chairman of the commission on evangelism. Dr. McLarty has often been a member of the general conAn eloquent speaker, a profound student, and a man of deeply spiritual nature, Dr. McLarty is greatly beloved wherever he has ministered. Two of his three sons have followed him in the ministry, while the other is a teacher in an institution of higher learning. Dr. McLarty has a strong sense of humor, and the youthfulness of nis spirit makes him popular with the . young people of his congregation as ' well as the older ones. Rev. James B. McLarty, like his 1 father, is an able preacher, was ed- ' rucaiea ai uuxe university, where he received his A. B. and B. D. degrees, and since his graduation has held some of the best churches in ' the conference. His congregation ' here regretted very much his inability to return to Boone, where he i was most popular, but considers it- ' self most fortunate in securing the i services of his eminent father. i REV. OSBORNE RETURNS i Rev. M. A. Osborne was returned ' to the pastorate of Watauga charge at the Western Carolina conference in Winston-Salem Friday. Mr. Os- 1 borne during his ministry here, fur nished the leadership which resulted in lifting the debt from Henson's Chapel church, and is most popular with his congregation. Appreciation Day Awards Are Made A number of gifts were received I last Wednesday at the Appreciation : Day exercises as follows: i Ruth Parlier, Boone, $12.50; Park- < way gift, Mrs. Joe Crawford; Mrs. i waae lugman, gift from Burgess < Antique Shop; subscriptions to I Democrat, Mrs. Ruby Shore, Mrs. < Belle Winkler, Mr. Ernest Payne. j Breen Elrod missed a gift of i $62.50 by being absent, while Jose- i phine Bradley would have received 1 $12.50, if present. Interest in the Merchants Asso- i ciation event is increasing weekly 1 and large crowds are gathering to share in the gifts. Customers of the participating merchants should be sure to be at the city hall each Wednesday afternoon at 4:30. All 6% Town Bonds Are Now Refunded The last two remaining town bonds carrying the six per cent in- 1 terest coupons have been exchanged : for the refunding bonds, according to Mayor W. H. Gragg. i Now all outstanding bonds of the town carry a three per cent inter- i est rate, which will bo increased in 1 1946 to four per cent. MAU dependent Weekly News BOONE, VVATAUG ! Father Succeeds Son iROi i Ft emja minub and tl j <'d by I env ire I a moc HgBHnBHHHflflHHHjflU tOm yond mPtI ing da m HS*JI111 ' ", Crack* ^mBMMMbKpbRl,. n did ro Dr. E. K. McLariy. above, who % succeeds his son. Rev. James B. LOicn McLariy. below, as pastor cf the to Boone Methodist church. Dr. Mc- ?pj Lariy is expected to arrive in Boone today, as Rev. Mr. McLariy leaves for his new work at Mrs. Belmont. Boone HONOR MEMORY OF ? * LATE ATTORNEYS =* which n: ? WCVCII1 More Than Three Hundred Gath- As 1 er to Pay Respects to Dc- ^ ceased Leaders ageme ing ar More than three hundred men '?Sical and women gathered at the state fish hatchery last Friday evening to pects pay their respects to the memory of sales : r. E. Bingham and Baxter M. Lin- Witt ney, deceased members of the local nouncl festivi bar, and to participate in a picnic , ? . openin dinner following the memorial ex- season ercises. The meeting was called by Ken- IColl neth M. Lmney, president of the _ Watauga County Young Republican OU 21ub, and Mr. Linney made the initial remarks of the evening. Mayor W. H. Gragg, close friend of the de:eased atorneys, paid tribute to their Miss lives and activities. Others making "*e JU1 brief remarks included: Dr. A. P. *el>e> < Kephart, Clyde R. Greene, Grover 2. Bobbins, Ivy B. Wilson and Miss Edna Bingham. Durha her ili Merchants and Fun, r- | Sunda, c mpLoyees n ave Annual Meeting attend About one hundred merchants, Bustee Iheir wives and employees gathered Mrs. i it the state fish hatchery last Thurs- friend; lay evening, at the annual employ- ed th ;r-employee meeting, participated in 'Alice , Tumorous outdoor games and enjoy;d a fish fry at the dinner hour. e Softball, horseshoe pitching, crojuet and racing provided entertain nent and merriment during the ifternoon hours, and there were Mr oany expressions of approval of this t0 Kmo ftf #-vi ilinrt ^ ?" 1 " ui vKMiig, muui mttjf UC lllitut- pies jL in annual affair. Heretofore the being , imployer-employee gatherings had y, taken the form of banquets. s( _ can, Pastors and Deacons Greeni To Meet Next Monday treesB! these A meeting of the Baptist preach- Thei ers and deacons will be held Monday of sec at 2 o'clock, November 3, at the but M Boone Baptist church, according to have I an announcement made by Rev. N. of the M. Greene and Ronda Earp, members of the committee. The program N1 follows: Mrs. Representing the Cause, by Rev. was ir Carl Triplett. freak How Much We Should Suffer for is nihi Christ and the World, Rev. Grady botton Minton. All th There will be a general discussion, contaii ga : pa per-Esta blished ;a county, north card U) IMPROVED ~T 10M BOONE TO L FOSCOE SECTION Job of Road Work Being ised by People of Shulls Is and Foscoc Neighbord: Work Proceeds in Direci of Yonahlosscc e highway forces are busily | I'd in widening and surfacing i >adway between Boone and J Mills and Foscoe, and now it sible to travel from the county r near Foscoe in about fifteen es. route which is being iinprovdown the Laurel Fork roadie outlet is greatly appreciatthe people of Shulls Mills and ins, who have not hitherto had lern type of highway. The it is said, is proceeding beFoscoe in the direction of the ilossee highway, and it is bethat sooner or later this may e a direct route of travel from ? into Lunville. I C way, a mighty good job is benc, and the folks up the river ave been more or less isolatsire to publicly express their > to Mr. Ilayworth, Mr. Morn and others of the state ay department for the splen- S ad way they are providing. MAKE PLANS K HURLEY MART S 01 G lan to Be Here Next Week C< Take Preliminary Steps tr award Opening Market te re Ruby Ellis, secretary of the Merchants Association, states JT he has been notified by Mr. Coleman, lessee of the Moun- s! Burtey Tobacco warehouses ? that he will be in Boone next to lay preliminary plans for 31 lening of the market here. 01 is to be around the first of ,ber- ty isual, the Merchants Associa:nd other local organizations ?> V .www W11UUV.ICU y from the Methodist church m vicinity of the late residence, m R. F. D. 5, and interment w i the neighborhood cemetery. bi ibers of Appalachian faculty ft ing the rites were Dr. Robert tr id. Prof. J. A. Williams and ^ -illie Hardin. Three student b; > of the deceased also attende funeral: Jean Stirewalt, P Anthony and Florine Lutz. md Crop Apples In Many Varieties di w W. W. Gragg of Boone, brings th Democrat office a box of ap- at ist picked from the trees and the second crop to be gathered be ;ar. Among the varieties of th ;cond fruiting are Red Astri- m Virginia Beauty, Northwest to ing. Winter Banana and Mai- P: lush. Mr. Gragg says that the :ontain quite a number of P second-crop apples. e have been numerous reports ond crops of summer fruits, R r. Gragg is the first man we to "leard of having a fresh crop a winter varieties 01 apples. sa n< NE EARS IN ONE HUSK st Carrie Burkett of R. F. D. 2, m 1 town Tuesday, exhibiting a fe ear of corn, which in reality w 2 ears grown together at the so i and contained in one husk, ai e ears are well formed and w a good sound grain. di DEM' in the Year Eighteen LIN A. THURSDAY, OCTOBI Another Huge Def ^ ^ ^ " ' Wiih Hags, speeches, cheers the $12,000,000 Douglas Aircraft ' cated at Long Beach, Calif., and the speed the defense program is day. the first concrete was pour< the size and capacity of the plan be turned out. TOIITHEADS FISH AND GAME CLUE portsnien Go On Record as Be ing Opposed to Removal of Local Fish Hatchery Lee H. Stout was named presideiv the Watauga Fish and Game Clut a largely attended meeting of th< ganization held at the Parkwaj -jmpany Monday evening. Paul A jffey was named secretary anc easurer. The club membei-3 and other in rested persons attending went or cord as being 10C per cent oppos1 to the proposed abandonment oi e state fish hatchery located neai )one, and the president was in ructed to communicate with tht ate department o{ conservation, a; i the reasons for "the reported step id at the same time lodge a vigor is protest against such action. At the same time other citizen: id officials in Boone and the coun are joining in this protest. It i: tinted out thai this territory i: itliout industries, a chief attractior r tourists lies ill trout fishing, anc liioval of the hatchery would re :t strongly against tourist trade it le area. Considerable damagi ould also result on account of th< ict that the hatchery grounds hich have always been used by tht iblic for picnics and other gather igs, is the only reccreational spo this vicinity, that the cost of it: aintenance is comparatively small id that it should be preserved ii s present beautiful setting, for th< ;neral benefit of the entire re on. idewalks, Streets Are Being Repairec Worlr of rnno irin n V??-? v??? vi .vj/uini mt oiutwain; i the south side of King street ha: ;en completed by W. C. Greene cal building contractor, and th< nished job represents a great im ovement. Many blocks of the con ete were broken by constant freez g. and all of these have been re oved and new ones poured. At the same time the state high ay commission has placed a a nev -idge on South Water street neai ic laundry, and applied surfac< eatment to the section of Nortl 'ater street, which was destroye( f the flood last year. deception For New Minister Plannec Dr. E. K. McLarty. new Rlethost minister for the Boone church ill be honored at a reception ir ie church basement next Sundaj ternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. A church loyalty program ha: :en arranged for this occasion, anc lere will be a social hour. A1 embers of the church are expectec be present to welcome the new istor, and to enjoy the program. RESIDENT CONSIDERING ANTI-STRIKE LEGISLATE Washington, Oct. 28.?Presidem Dw>cvt:u, wuose uince-voicea piei John L. Lewis has failed to enc strike of 53,000 CIO coal miners iid today that he was eonsiderinf :w legislation to cope with defensi rikes in general. The Presiden ade this disclosure at a press con rence while on Capitol Hill < ave of angry feeling producer iggestions that troops be called ou id that fersons conducting strike; ith "intent" to retard defense pro iction be punished as saboteurs. OCBJi i Hundred and Jp/^3 iR 30. 1941 .... Mp ense Plant Ded*^ ed >;pg and the roar of bombers overhead, 'blackout plant" was officially dedi v/eni into full operation. Typical of faking was the facl thai on the sazne id for tho addition that will double i. Here all types of big planes will AGED MINISTER ! TAKEN BY DEATH - Rev. Leonard C Wilson Found Dead in Bed; Funeral Thursday "Afternoon t Rev. Leonard Wilson, one of > the best known ministers of the ! | Three Forks Baptist Association, ' was found dead in bed at the home of a son, Mr. W. W. Wilson, in Bea1 ver Dam township Wednesday morning. Mr. Wilson had been in his | usual health recently, buf. had comi1 plained some with his heart. When the aged minister failed to arise for E breakfast, his son went to the room and found that he had expired. He was 82 years old. ' Funeral services are to be held 'Thursday afternoon at Bethel Baptist church, with the pastor, Rev. W. D. Ashley, in charge. Rev. E. J. Farthing will assist in the 1 rites. Burial is to be in the Bethel ' cemetery, with Reins-Sturdivanl |] Funeral Home taking care of the ar' i rangements. I ; Surviving are four sons and one I daughter: Rev. J. Arthur Wilson, 4 oi.xuey, eiKia.; w. VV. Wilson. Sugar , Grove: Rev. Clay Wilson, Siloam j Springs, Ark.; Dr. R. Bynum Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa., and Mrs. C. G. I Cook, Elizabethlon, Tenn. Rev. Mr. Wilson, who was born t and reared in Watauga county, was ; a son of Lemuel Wilson, who was , killed during the Civil War. He had i been a minister of the Gospel for ; about 50 years, was an able and - popular preacher, and had been the pastor of a large number of the Baptist churches in this county. 1 Showers Break s Long Drought 3 , On Monday, general showers fell 2 in this section, the first relief from - a drought of many weeks, and - while the rainfall wasn't sufficient - to restore springs and wells to their - normal flow, it gave hope of adequate relief before long. Reports from various sections of r the county recently indicate a scarr city of water, springs in many in stances having gone dry. and wells i reported as failing. In Boone, howI ever, the water supply has been adequate, and city officials have not found it necessary to curtail use of the supply, as has been the case in j many other communities. Work On Belk-White Building Progresses i ' Work of building a large addition to the rear of the Belk-White store > building is progressing according to i schedule, and C -ntrrctor Ed JenII kins is now on the job. The addil tion which will be 50x40 feet and ' which will nearly double the floor space of the store, is already up to the street level, and a foundation has been placed for the new steam T boiler, which will take the place of 1. I *1 ? ? * l i uiu siuciuer unii. row Deing used. i ] The addition besides a full base1 ment, will contain a street floor and ,! a mezzanine. The basement walls : i have been finished, are of stone ; i construction while the remainder ol t the addition will be of brick. Mr. - Conway, Belk-White manager, states i that the enlarged store will permit 1 the opening of other departments t and relieve the present congestion, s He expects to occupy the new por. tion of the building about the first of the year. lT >-Eight $1.50 A YEAR PLANSPH(K'EED^ FOR RED CROSS ROLL CALL DRIVE i Annual Campaign for American Hed Cross to Got Under Way Armistice Day: Watauga's Quota This Year is Over One Thousand Members Plans for the annua] Red Cross Roll Caal! campaign, which will get under way Armistice Day. have been announced by Mrs. W. M. .Mathesnrv Tho Wattinuo n?..r?c?r .. V.VUIIVJ quota this year is well over a thousand memberships, and every effort is being made to give every citizen a chance to participate by enrolling. The national organization is impressing the local chapters with the fact that this is a time of emergency and that demands on the services of the groups will be greater than ever. Committees have already begun work in special fields, the various projects and chairmen of the respective committees being as follows: Home nursing, Mrs. J. W. Davis; emergency loan closet, Mrs. Paul A. Coffey; military and naval welfare, service, Rev. John Rhea: war relief . production, Mrs. Mae Miller; disaster preparedness, R. D. Hodges; first aid and life saving, Miss Thursa Steed. Mrs. E. E. Garbee, chapter chairman, reports that all committees have produced remarkable results in their respective fields. Mrs. W. M. Matheson, roll call chairman, reports that already a large number have volunteered their services for the campaign. Special chairmen have been designated as follows: Rural territory, Mr. Harry Hamilton; business district, Mr. W. H. Gragg; speciaf gifts, Mrs. James H. Council!; financial, Mr. Rob Rivers; College roll call, Mrs. Herman R. Eggers; industrial, Mr. Paul Lavictes; publicity, Mr. A. Antonakos. j Late War Bulletins The Russian armies cf the center appeared Tuesday night to have considerably improved their position by general counter-attacks which were said in London to have beaten the Germans back before Moscow as much as 10 miles, but by all signs catastrophe was shouldering the Soviet in the far south. The southern German forces of jiviursnai oenn rou nunastedt, already immense and still being strengthened, were understood earlier to have stood within 10 to 15 miles of Rostov on the River Don and clearly were still advancing, if only slowly. Front-line dispatches to Pravda, the official Communist newspaper, claimed that the Germans had fallen to digging defense fortifications in some sectors of the Moscow front trenches and tank traps?in an effort to consolidate advances which had now been generally halted. Tuesday brought the most violent abuse of President Roosevelt for his Navy Day speech in Germany and Italy?liar and fool were among the 1 epithets used by authorized sources in Berlin, while the word liar appeared in the Italian press?but comment in Tokyo had a strong undertone of caution and was not | nearly so bitter. Axis forces struggling to maintain communication lines and supply bases in North Africa are encountering mounting difficulties through frequent naval and air bombardments by the British. The Mediterranean fleet in three shellings between Egyptian border and the Libyan ports of Tobruk and Bardia within a week have caused German plans a severe setback. Axis heavy artillery, motor transports, i uuop centers ana DarracKs were hard hit. Coupled with the attacks from the sea are steadily increasing raids by the fleet air arm and the RAF. The planes concentrate mostly on supply sources the naval guns fail to reach. A "last chance" offer to spare the lives of 100 French hostages and re lease war prisoners whose families turn informer on the assassins of ; two Germans was announced Tuesdy by Gen. Otto von Stuelpnagel, commander of the German occupa. tion forces. Suspension of the "hundred-for-one" reprisal system for an indefinite period was ordered by i Adolf Hitler personally, the general said, to give France more time to deliver information on the six assassins. One hundred French hostages have been put to death.