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unar tt UNITED STATES m M WAR Vli BONDS Y f STAMPS ' 111' An lm VOL. 55. NO. 21 CO. DRY FORCES I TO ASK BAN ON WINE AND BEER Reorganization Meeting of Watauga County Dry Forces Held Sunday; Officers Named and Program Planned; Resolutions Sent Congressmen At a meeting of the organization committee of the United Dry Forces of Watauga county held at the Boone Baptist church last Sunday, Mrs. T. P. Adams was unanimously eected chairman, and the following officers were selected to serve with her: Rev. Roy Dotson, Rev. M. A. I Osborne and Mrs. Nora Wilson. | vice-chairmen: Clyde R. Greene, secretary-treasurer. An executive committee representing each of the 14 townships of the county was eccted. This committee is composed of E. R. Michael of Todd; Mrs. W. W. Wilson, Sugar Grove; N. L. Harrison. Blowing Rock; Dewey Mitchell, Blowing Rock; Dr. D. J. White- j ner, Boone; Russell Henson, Sherwood: V. C. Cox, Triplett; Henry Hagaman, Valle Crucis; Frank Main, Tamarack; J. A. Winebarger, Meat Camp; L. E. Beach, Zionvillc; W. O. Smith, Banner Elk; Verne Greene, Stony Fork, and R. A. Farthing, Vilas. 1 Mrs. Adams appointed a committee composed of S. C. Eggers, W. W. Wilson and E. R. Michael to confer with the lav/ enforcement officials of the county and town and to convey to them the assurance of the support of the organization in their work of enforcing all the laws. f Plans were also made to wage a campaign to have the next session * of the North Carolina general as- c sembly outlaw wine and beer in I Watauga county. Roy Dotson and \ L. R. Wood were designated by Mrs. I Adams to confer with our newly t elected representative, Tom Jick- \ son and state senator, Grady Farth- r ing, relative to this effort. Roy Dotson was named to J all tlva churches in the county'Took- '( ing to the appointment by the ? churches of temperance committees. / and Rev. J. C. Canipo was appoint- J ed chairman of the publicity com- \ mittee. 1 The meeting adjourned after t adopting the following resolutions, c copies of which are to be sent to our two U. S. senators and Hon. t R. L. Doughton, our representative: 1 Resolution I Whereas, beer, whiskey and other 11 intoxicating liquors are injurious to 1 the health, efficiency, morale and f morals of our fighting forces, our r industrial workers and other citizens; \ Whereas, it is urged that our na- i tion conserve at this critical time all i of her resources, both in manpower j and in materials; \ Now, therefore, be it resolved as 1 follows: (Continued on page eight) i CHRISTMAS SEAL : SALE OPENS MON.; C Thousand Dollar Goal is Set for c Watauga Organization; Need i is Now Greater The 36th annual nation-wide Christmas Seal sale, in which the National Tuberculosis Association ^ will take part, will open on Monday v and continue until Christmas, ac- c cording to Mrs. J. E. Holshouser, 1 president of the local organization. The Christmas Seal sale is the sole * support of the National Tuberculosis I Association and its 1700 affiliated ' associations throughout the United ? States, Canal Zone, Hawaii, Alaska J and Puerto Rico . I Ninety-five per cent of the income 1 from the seal sale remains in the state in which it is raised. Five per i cent goes to the national association. 1 With tuberculosis already increas- ' ing in a number of overcrowded in- 1 dustrial areas in the United States, the nationwide goal for this year's ] sale ha3 been set by the national association at $8,000,000, Mrs. Holshouser said. "This amount, the largest the associations have ever asked for, is ne- i cessary to carry on the expanded t work planned throughout the coun- I try in an intensive effort to prevent t a widespread and material wartime rise in tuberculosis," she added. < Watauga's quota is $1,000. "If 1 this amount is raised," said Mrs. t Holshouser, "the program planned for 1943 can quickly go into operation." i Those receiving their stamps by J mail are asked to make prompt re- 1 mittance. t t MAI iependent Weekly Net BOONE, WAT/ - Leads in Africa 1 H^SBn ? IQB^ an^RB be W mHHHwj IHUMaPW IIWllWI I hHRBWHH |W This photo is the latest portrait of Lieut. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. 1 American commanding general in s the European theater of operations. Gen. Eisenhower fed U. S. troops in landings in Ihe French colonies in North Africa. ALGERIAN WAR~ 1 AFFECTS LOCAL 5 PIPE INDUSTRY CO Imported Briarwood May Soon (r Compete Again With Local w, Product; Lavictes Makes D; Statement on Outlook, and '^c Asks for Protection st. pi Algeria is free and briarwood st; rom that country is likely soori to ed le on the American markets, in ompetition with the local product, j,, n this connection, Mr. D. P. La- mi 'ictes of the D. &; P. Pipe Works of t0 loone, makes the following observa- dn ions as to the effect the African w| var may have on the city's only nanufacturing enterprise: he "Qnce again, as after the first pr War, the market for -Ameri- arl '. in hilar (ivy and laurel "burial is ibout to be killed. Not because the Vmerican burl is inferior to that of th Algeria, but because they can bar- pi, est them, manufacture them into be ilocks, bug them, and deliver them da u new iorK ior one-nail our low- w] st possible selling price. ch "We pay ten times as much for ce >urls in the United States: our hour- er y wage is more than an Algerian th eceivcs for a day's work of 10 ta lours or more; our freight rate to Co Jew York is double the ocean to reight; our factory overhead is nany times their cost. I "Ivy and laurel burls have no alue except for pipe blocks and inless our market is protected, as 11 tobacco, wheat and other farm iroducts, this much-needed income vill stop as soon as the fust ship- J 1 oad arrives from Algeria. r "The above statements are based ? ipon official U. S. reports and a let- p' er by the head of the largest pipe 1 nanufacturing company in the ' vorld. ^ "Write to your U. S. senators vf ind congressmen to look after your ^ narket on a competitive basis. You annot compete with pauper labor m equal terms." ^an Hinson Named !g Junior College Dean ADDOintment of Van CJ Hinsnn ac lean of Spartanburg Junior College vfcs announced recently. He sueeeds W. A. Owings, recently called se o army service. Dean Hinson, who has assumed lis duties, is a former resident of Pc 3oone, and has an AB degree from c0 ^enoir-Rhyne and a Master's de;ree from Duke University. For 12 ears he has taught and coached in forth Carolina high schools and at th Appalachian College here. d; Dean Hinson, in addition to serv- wi ng as dean of administration, will di each psychology and education, Dr. w: lembert B. Burgess, president of W he college, announced. m R< REA Meeting To Start Scrap Drive d? Fi A meeting is to bs held in the 1EA office in Boone Monday, No- nc 'ember 23, at 2:30 p. m., for the pur- ^ lose of organizing a special scrap Irive throughout Watauga county. REA especially invites the offi:ers of the churches and the minis- to ors of all the churches in the coun- w y to attend this meeting. ar is If the nation's 27, million motor- pi sts cut their 1943 driving to the b< 'igure recommended?5,000 miles? of hey will save more than 17 million th ires, according to estimates. Jit. JGA vspaper-Established lUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAR* WOMEN AT WAR" WEEK WILL START ON NEXT SUNDAY nited Effort Being Made by Local Women to Sell War Bonds and Stamps; Mrs. J. A. W. Davis Chairman of Drive; Other Leaders Named The week of November 22-28 has en set aside as "Women at War eek." Local women and men are ncentrating every possible effort iring this period toward selling ar stamps and bonds. Mrs. J. A. . Davis has been named countyide chairman of the effort, while iss Elizabeth Bridge, home demonration agent, is vice-chairman. Mrs. M. R. Maddux has been naml chairman for the town of Boone; rs. R. A. Olsen and Mrs. W. W. ast.. Valle Crucis to the Avery iunty line; Boone to Cove Creek, rs. Coy Billings; Cove Creek to e Tennessee line, Mrs. Stanley arris; Perkinsville to Todd. Mrs. ay Brendell: Perkinsville to Wilkes unty line. C. M. Watson. Mr. W. . Walker has been named head of special committee to organize the hools of the county, and other immunity leaders will be named. Stating that it is everyone's paiotic duty to co-operate in every ay possible during the drive, Mrs. avis says that stamps in the 10 nt aiad 25 cent denomiiiations will available at every store, filling alion and school, also the bond ap- I ication blanks. Those who haven't! arted their stamp albums arc urgto do so now. Those having lders for stamps are asked to add her stamps during next week. This Thanksgiving week, and thanks ay be expressed in a practical way your Uncle Sam so that our solers may have the equipment with aich to win the war. "This is everyone's war. We at'; me who cannot carry a gun are ivileged to fight with our dimes id quarters. They offer th#;ir lives we only loan our money." In Boone booths will be found in e bank, postoffice, drug stores, cture show and Belk's. There will a speaker over the radio each y at 5:15. Listen and find out hat this campaign is about. All airmen are co-operating 100 per nt and they are depending on evy man, woman and child to do eir part in reaching the quota esblished for this county. Watauga unty has always gone over the PLS.O. Contributions Are Acknowledged Rev. M. H. Currie, chairman of e local USO campaign, announces e following contributions, which ive been received since the list as last published: eviously acknowledged $76.00 r. G. K. Moose 5.00 r. and Mrs. T. M. Greer 2.00 aonymous 1.00 rs. Mae Miller 1.00 O. Cook, Sr 1.00 Total $86.00 MAKE IT GROW! Irown Is Confirmed As Local Postmaster Mr. J. Edgar Brown was confirm[ last Friday by the United States nate for the postmastership at jone. Understanding is that the ap>intment will be completed and mmission issued at an early date. JAMES OXENTINE DIES James Oxen tine, 70, resident of e Shulls Mills section, died Sunly after an illness of only a few eeks. Funeral services were conicted from the home on Monday, ith Rev. G. W. Sebastian of North ilkesboro, in charge, and interent was in the Winkler cemetery, eins-Sturdivant Funeral Home beg in charge of the arrangements, irviving are six sons and three lughters: Will, Ronda, Sherman, ank, Fred, Stuart Oxentine; Miss nma Oxentine, Mrs. Willard Pres:11 and Mrs. Roby Oxentine, all of atauga county. PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME A number of contributions came The Democrat office this week, ithout the signature of the writer, id thus could not be published. It not necessary for your name to be tblished, but the publisher, as has sen mentioned literally hundreds : times, must know who submits lese items. No anonymous news ems or letters will be published. DEM in the Year Eighteei OLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEJV Legionnaires Who 1 .J* ? - A detachment of the French shown marching through Marsei by this time have undoubtedly o and British forces in North Afr Chamber Commerc Plan Publicity For Stores of City to Close Thanksgiving Business places of Boone, will few exceptions, will close ihei'. doors for the observance o: Thanksgiving Day on Thursday of next week. Drug stores anc cafes arc expected to remain oper as usual. The bank, building anc loan, and governmental office: will observe the holiday as well as the retailers. Those having business to transact in Boone should arrange tc come to town on Wednesday rather than Thursday, so that the minimum of inconvenience may result from the holiday closing. V'-"' . ??BANDAGE ROLLING AN URGENT NEEI Figures Given Front Productio Department of Red Cross; More Help Sought At this moment men are beir. wounded on the battle front; the flow of blood can be eased if yo personally, will do something aboi it, says the local Red Cross produi tion department. Local people ha\ been waiting for an opportunity i help the national war effort in son way, and now is the opportunit Both men and women are needed : increased number to roll the sugr cal dressings. Those who have a ready signed up to aid in this in portant task, are asked to mal good their pledges by reporting the Red Cross bandage room once. The need is described as b ing urgent. The production department is be congratulated upon doing a got job. The following list of garmen made since last report is proof th; their share of the work is being we done: Men's night shirts, 57; women night gowns, 20; girls' gowns, 2 women's and girls' blouses, 23 men's shirts, 60; children's rompei 108; children's bath robes. 42, won en's and children's bed jackets, 10 boys' shirts, 41, and boys' pants, ? Discarded Hosiery Asked For War Effoi Worn out silk, nylon and rayt hosiery is being solicited for use making powder bags for the mun tions factories, and all the stores the city which sell hose, are a ranging so that their customers m< turn in old hose as a contributic to the success of our armed forces All the discarded hose must be d livered laundered, but it doesn't di fer how tattered they might b they are all wanted. Those findii it more convenient may leave tl hose at the office of Miss Elizabe Bridge, home demonstration agent. WINS BY ONE VOTE Southport.?The Brunswick corn ty elections board refused a recom of the vote in the general electic November 3. which gave John Ward, Democratic nominee f c judge of the county recorder's corn 1,833 ballots, and D. R. Johnson, tl Republican nominee, 1,832. The board ruled after a four-d< hearing that the vote stood as caj vassed November 5, giving Ward tl victory by a one-ballot margin. i H undrM and Eighty-E Vlay BeFighting U. S. S ^. f\ I! l..' m .JM J* . M! _ ve re Foreign Legion from North Africa is ! llles, France. These African fighters j ( gme to grips with ihe combined U. S. i ico. \\ hi :e, Merchants Meet to i ti Local Burley Market * - a> Fifty Business Men Attend cr Gathering and Pledge $400 to th r. Tobacco Market Promotion; ju Express Line. Dehydrating 111 J i Plant Discussed 1 : at r At a joint meeting of the Boone jn I I flhamhpr nf rnmmnrrn nnH A/F?>r_ 1 chants Association held at the Gate- c> | way Cafe Monday evening, the two ] organizations pledged S400 toward |u the publicization of the Mountain I j. Burley tobacco warehouse, which ba > will open for sales early in Decern- th her. of Mr. H. C. Coleman, lessee of the ex local warehouses, who has arrived be from Tabor City for the season, was sei - present at the meeting, and stated qt ~ that he would do no less toward 30 advertising the market than last year, when he spent more than lie )S800. Newspapers, radio and di- ba rect contact with tobacco growers th' will feature the publicity effort. Be Mr. Coleman has surveyed the ftp n burley growing region, and states an that particularly in Tennessee more cei tobacco is expected to be sold here dj< than was the case in 1941. The crop thi is believed to be generally good bo ig throughout the belt. tai jr Mr. H. W. Wilcox, president of the E\ Chamber of Commerce, discussed the fe, ' project to have railway express ser- to Jt vice here, through connecting motor Jt links with nearby rail lines. He [Hj re stated that local freight lines didn't pC to want the express line established, or le and that the matter has been taken pt up with the utilities commission. ^ Mr. Clyde R. Greene, member or ^ j the special committee named to in- h. 2 vestigate the possibility of establish- ' ^ ing a dehydrating plant here, stated ... that the effort was started too late ve , , ...... . to 10 Dear iruu mis year, but that such ^ a plant would likely be secured in 1943. 1 gAbout 50 attended the enthusiasto tic meeting. ai i burLey grading 1 "i school planned 5 l s p: 6; 8; Experts From Department Of s, Agriculture To Conduct A n" Demonstrations H 2: oi ,9" Two tobacco grading demonstra- ^ tions will be held in Watauga county on Monday, November 23, an- ti( . nounces County Agent Harry Ham- ^ ft ilton. The first one will be at the ^ tobacco warehouse in Boone at 10 >n a. m., and the other one will be at T in Wiley Perry's farm in the Bethel ^ ii- community of Beaver Dam town- C in ship. Extiert tobacco era Here of tho t r- U. S. department of agriculture will fiy have charge of these grading demur onstrations and all tobacco growers '< are urged to attend one of these e- meetings. f- The demonstrations are being held y< e, later than usual but there is still a cc ig lot of tobacco that has not been a{ le graded. cc th The way tobacco is graded is a Fi very important factor in determin- vi ing the price it sells for aid Wat- fo auga tobacco growers need to learn a- more about the art of grading in or- in at der to receive the highest market w >n price for their tobacco. Ci B. hi >r The Chickamauga National Park ns "t, Tennessee gave 8,000 cannon balls ie and all unessential markers and plaques to the national scrap drive. ?y 1, n- The daily cost to France of Ger- ec le man occupation would build 2,500 ei modern workman's homes. gi i s mm i i nminaMH ~ "v* <\YK?9iW!?H^BWI^Hl '. ar \ight $1.50 A YEAR TATE BOARD MAY CT ON ELECTION 1SPUTE TUESDAY lection Board Met in Boone Friday to Hear Evidence Regarding 300 Disputed Ballots, Upon Which Depends Results of Local Election Raymond C Maxwell, secretary of e state board of elections, stated onday that the board "probably mid not arrive at its decision in e Watauga county election controrsy until it meets in Raleigh Noimber 24, to canvass the election turns. The full membership of the state >ard attended the hearing in Boone st Friday, over which Chairman A. Lucas of Wilson, presided, and jard witnesses testify, and listened i affidavits touching on the vality of 312 county ballots found in ie constitutional amendment box id upon which depends the results the November 3 balloting in Wati(JO nAtitttrr *b? '-"""'J Chairman Lucas ordered a transipt of the testimony, and stated at the matter would be acted upon ist as quickly as possible following e preparation of the written testiony. Should the state board uphold the lion of the county board in declarg the ballots legal, the Democrats nuld retain all the county offices :cept that of sheriff. C. M. Watn, Republican candidate for sher. has a majority of 32 votes over s Democratic opponent, Sheriff A. Edmisten, even if the disputed illots are counted. Accordingly, if e ballots are ruled out, all county ficers will be Republican with the ception of Thos. Jackson, who has en elected to the house of reprentatives. 274 of the 312 ballots in lestion were marked Democratic, Republican and eight mixed. Testimony offered by the Repubans that the votqs were illegal was sed largely on the contention that e number of county ballots in >one was greatly in excess of the imber of votes cast in the state d township boxes, that the perntage of Democratic votes in the sputed box was far greater than i percentage in the regular county x, and that the poll books were npered with since the election, 'idcnce was introduced to the ef:t that 91 names had been added the poll books since the election, was also stated that the questionballots were marked with red neil, ink and black pencil, but that ily the regular black pencil were ovided in the voting booths. Attorneys for the county board of ections, which by a majority vote id counted the disputed ballots, -esented affidavits from election ficials. Poll book holders made 'fidavits that they had examined le books since the election and that ley had not been altered. It was intended that some county ballots ere found in all the ballot boxes, id that the votes in question were istributed among the constitutionamendment ballots, and not mnd "in bunches." It was stated lat the actual balloting was supersed jointly by members of both irties throughout the day. Members of the state group atnding with Chairman Lucas were . S. Mitchell of Winton; Warren all of Charlotte; Walter Woodson Salisbury, and J. R. Morgan of 'aynesville. Attorneys "for the Watauga elecsn board were Irving Carlyle of rinston-Salem, Wade E. Brown and k. L.oviil of Boone. Attorneys (presenting the Republicans were rivette and Holshouser of North 'ilkesboro and Boone, and A. H. asey of North Wilkesboro. Assistant Farm Agent Enlists in Air Corps W. Flake Bowles, for the past ?ar and a half assistant Watauga lunty farm agent, who some time to volunteered in the army air irps, was called to duty on last riday and was inducted in Nashlle, Tenn., where he will remain r the time being. Mr. Bowles, who is quite popular this county, has done outstanding ork in the agricultural program, aunty Agent Harry Hamilton says s successor has not yet been imed. . j ' a ACHIEVEMENT J During the past week, the nation's 1 500,000 4-H Club members check1 on their contributions to the war fort and made plans for even eater service in 1943.
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