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VOLUME LV?NO. 36.
JURORS DRAWN
FOR APRIL TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Judge Will Pless To Preside Over
Spring Court Terra of Two
Weeks; Only 40 Cases on th?
Criminal Docket: About The
Same Number Civil Actions.
The county commissioners on
Monday drew the jury for the
regular April term of Watauga
Superior court, which will convene
on Monday, April 19, for
a two weeks session, with Judge
Will Pless of Marion, presiding.
Clerk of the Court Austin E.
South says there are only"' 40
cases on the state docket, with
about the same number schedul
ed tor trial on the civil calendar.
Following are the names of
those citizens who have been selected
for jury service:
First Week. April IS.
T. H. Coffey, Jr., D. P. Coffey, W.
A. Doaton, B. H. Henson. H. Clay
Hodges, Ralph Colvard, Gordon H.
Winkler, Grady Bradley, Blan D.
Clawson, J. S. Lyon, John W. Ward,
J. B. Cannon, H. C. Moretz, D. M.
Edmislon, Grady McNeil, L. E. Beach
George Edmistcn, Russell Farthing,
Oscar Ward, Howard Edmisten, M.
J. Williams, R. L. Honeycutl, V. D.
Ward, J. C. Farthing, Jim Tester,
Josh Woodring. E. G. Farthing, A.
C. Eirby, Noah Winebarger, Stewart
Brown, Mack C. Johnson, Ron Davis,
W. S. Miller, G. E. Luther, Lawrence
Bolick, Perry Farthing. R. A.
Olsen, W. M. Thomas, Boyd Norris,
Dallas Wilson.
Second Week, April 26.
Frank Woodring, C. W. Crawford,
H. H. Brown, Collis Greene, Ross
Lentz, Dewey Mitchell, Paul Coffey,
Bill Lentz, Arl Parker, C. H. HoweU,
Clyde Perry, A. C. Shoemaker, R. L,
Gentry, John R. Horton, D. G. Edmisten,
L. W. Tiinmons, O. G. Wineb&rger,
W. H. Mast, Willie Clawson,
Fred Wilson, Clint Winebarger,
Granville Norris, E. Y. Edmisten,
Frank Culler, Henry Hagaman, R.
W. McGuire.
Madical Missionary Of
Labrador Speaks Sunday
On Sunday Marfh 7, at 11 o'clock.
Dr. Hogarth Forsyth of Labrador
will address the congregation of Holy
Cross Church, Valle Crucis. Dr.
Forsyth's account of tire work of a
medical missionary in a land that is
for the most part of the year cut
off from the outside world by snow
and ice, will be of interest to all
who are interested in learning something
of the life of our neighbors
in the North. The congregations of
all the churches in Valle Crucis and
vicinity are being asked to come to
Holy Cross Church to hear Dr. Forsyth.
Dr. and Mrs. Forsyth have been
spending the winter at Banner Elk
where Dr. Forsyth has been assisting
at Grace Hospital. Although
Dr. Forsyth has been on a leave of
absence, he came to Banner Elk to
help in the medical work there because
he could not endure being idle
for so long.
Remember the date and the hour.
Sunday March 7th, at 11, Holy Cross
church.
President Roosevelt
Cross Month"; Ask
BY THEPRESTDE*JT O*" THE
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the American National
Red Cross during the first year ol
our participation in the war has rendered
vital humanitarian services to
5. the members of our armed forces and
-t to their families, and
WHEREAS, the demands made upon
the Red Cross and steadily increasing
from day to day as it is
called upon to accomuanv our Army
and Navy into world-wide theatres
of action, to nrovide blond nlasma
for our wounded, to send relief to
American and United Nations prisoners
of war, and to expand its preparations
to meet emergencies al
home, and
WHEREAS the American National
Red Cross is under the necessity oi
raising further funds in order thai
these essential services may be continued
and cxnanded;
NOW THEREFORE. L FRANKLTK
J m D. ROOSEVELT, President of the
' f United States of America, and Pres*
ldent of the American National Re<!
Cross, do hereby designate the montt
tfATAl
An Inde
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Heroine of Bataan
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Lieut. Beth Veley. U. S. Army
nurse, veteran of the heroic resistance
on Bataan and Corregidor,
is shown shortly after she arrived
in Seattle to recruit nurses
for the army. She wears the ribbon
of the Legion of Merit, three
campaign stars and battle stars
for Bataan and Corrigedor.
LAST RITES HELD
FOR MRS. SWIFT
Prominent Cove Creek Citizen Succumbs;
Funeral Services Are
Conducted Friday Afternoon.
i
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
McBride Swift, widow of the late
Enoch Swift, who died Wednesday
morning February 24th, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Stanley A,
Harris, were conducted from the
Cove Creek Baptist Church Friday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev.
J. C. Canipe of the Boone Baptist
Church officiated, assisted by Rev.
Sam Edwards, Mountain City, Tenn.
Pallbearers were selected from tile
Cove Creek community and flowerbearers
from the younger members
of the two churches of her community,
under th,> direction of Miss Evelyn
McLean of the Cove Creek
High School Faculty.
Mrs. Swift is survived by foui
sons and three daughters: Wiley H
Swift, Montezuma, N. C.; Don and
Scott Swift, Mrs. Stanley A. Harris,
Mrs. Chas. L. Lewis, all of Cove
Creek and Mrs. Selmer Fuller, o)
Mountain City, Tenn., twenty grand
children, seven gre&t-granchildren,
many relatives and a host of friends
Mrs. Swift, was born Septembei
27, 1857, and united with the Cove
(Continued cn page four.)
Measure Would Aid
Small Burley Growers
Washington, March 1.?Representatives
Gore (D Tenn.) and Flannagen
(D. Va.) introduced identical
i bills today providiing that no grow
er ot ouriey tobacco should be limited
to less than half an acre this
year.
All burley quotas already have
been increased 10 per cent over 1941
by order of the department of agriculture.
The legislation which Gore says is
supported by the department, would
further raise the quota of every farmer
whose quota still is less thai
half an acre, but would not increase
the allotments of those now permitted
half an acre or more.
The legislation would not create
any new burley growers. According
to one estimate, it would increase
the total burley acreage from 427,000
acres to about 433,250 acres anc
would benefit more than 50,00(
small growers.
Designates "Red
s Generous Response
beginning March 1, 1943, as "Red
Cross Month," and I request that during
that month our people rededicate
themselves to the splendid aims
and activities of the Red Cross. 1
summon the men, women and young
' people of our country, in every city
j ana town ana village, m every coun,
ty and state throughout the land, tc
enlist in the army of mercy mobilized
under the banner of the Rec
Cross and to ?mtribute generouslj
to the Red Cross War Fund in ori
der that the sum of one hundred anc
twenty-five million dollars, everj
: cent of which is badly needed, maj
i be raised promptly.
, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hav<
hereunto set my hand and caused th<
. seal of the United States of America
; to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washingtoi
I this twenty-third day of February
; in the year of our Lord nineteei
hundred and forty-three, and of thi
. independence of the United State
of America the one hundred and six
r ty-seventh.
. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
. By the President:
| CORDELL HULL,
! Secretary of State.
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pendent Weekly Newspap
VTAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAR
70 WATAUGA MEN
FOR ARMED DUTY
IN CURRENT QUOTA
i
Large Number Of Selectees To
Report Soon For Induction
Into Armed Forces Of The
Nation; The List of Men Who
Are Required To Report.
Information Tuesday from the
local Selective Service Board is
to the effect that seventy more
Watauga county men, are soon
to be inducted into the army to
supplement America's constantly
growing armed might.
The names of the men, who
are to report for induction on an
unannounced date, follow:
George Grubbs Herring.
John Glenn Ward.
Manley Ira Clark
George Thomas Wellborn
Wade Hampton Fletcher
Ira Hamilton Main
Fred Franklin Dixon
Jay Cornelius Knight
Lester Proffitt
Jerry Hooker Wilson
Freddie Paul Wiles
Argus Glenn Wallace
jonn ocou wneeier
James Madison Coffey
Arnie Frank Isaacs j
Alfred Washington Pitts
Grover Estel Culler
Walter Fellows
Joseph Hal Johnson
Frank Edward Lowrance
Blaine Harding Cox
Edward Linzy Presnell
Ralph Newton Sherwood
Warren Leonard Presnell
Walter Perry Greer
Theodore Kermit Greer
James Blaine Warren
Robert Nelson Brooks
Robert Minis Wakefield
James Blackburn Miller
Welch Kenneth Tester
Hill Triplet!
[ Clay Gilbert Baird
Sanford William Miller
! James Edgar Reece
Finley Estes Wagner
[ Tracy Coleman Brown
Solomon Miller
James Clinard Cornette
William Steve Brown
Robert Elrod Norris
James Edward Winebarger
John Henry Harmon
Finley Richard Watson
John Edgar Cornett
(Continued on page four.)
. Buys Two War Bonds
With 1,500 V-Nickels
Glenn Farthing, of Valle Crucis,
; now a senior at State Colege, Raleigh,
began saving v-nickels as a
. hobby during his freshman year. On
i January 4th, he went to the North.
western Bank in Boone and bought
two $50.00 War Bonds, paying for
; them with 1,500 v-nickels.
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Mrs. Warman Appears
In Biblical Lectures
The public is invited to tune in to
; local radio station WDRS every Sun!
day afternoon at 4:30, war time, to
! hear Mrs. F. E. Warman lecture on
' Bible subjects.
1 vr.v.,4. o, j? *r? tit ?111
I1CAI ouuuaj', IV11&. VV dllildll W LLL
>1 speak on "The Woman Riding the
Scarlet Coloured Beast." Other subjects
she will use at later broadcasts
will be "The Mark of the Beast;"
"The Mystery Book of the Bible";
"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse";
"The United States in Bible
! Prophecy"; "The Opening of the
Seven Seals," and others.
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; To Our Readers
, Due to the shortage of help in
the Democrat office it was impos>
sible for us to revise our mailing
list completely for this issue, and
[ some who have not renewed will
r receive their paper today. However
the work of putting the list in
1 strictly current condition is ber
ing done as rapidly as possible,
r and if you want to continue to get
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; recently sent you. and see if your
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who don't want to miss an issue
i should renew immediately, for the
j time is growing short. Out-of-state
i subscribers must now send $2.00
? per year, rather than the $1.50 as
s previously and other price changes
are in prospect.
Many hundreds of subscribers
have renewed in the last few days
and we thank them for their unprecedented
response.
DEM<
er?Established in the Y
OL1NA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1
Captured German L
PHSBk
Captured when their submai
charges, was forced to be beai
Nazi crew men were objects
town. As for the submarine,
i be sunk.
Mrs. John Conway's
Local Angle to E
Mrs. John Conway, former resident
of this city, who has lived in
Lenoir, since the death of her husband,
Lieutenant John Conway, a
few weeks ago, has addresed the
following letter to the Caldwell
County Red Cross Chapter, bringing
local color to the value of the
Red Cross on the home front. Mrs.
Conway says:
"My Dear friends:
"I want the people to know just
what the Red Cross is doing for
ftirt* cnMinrc nnd what fho V? nrl
Cross does for relatives of our armed
forces.
"During the recent tragedy of my
husband's death, the late First Lt.
Jqhn Conway, I was brought to realize
just what the Red Cross can
mean to one in trouble, and so far
from home.
"After his injury my husband
was taken from Princeton, N. J.
to a station hospital at Fort Dix,
N. J.
"1 arrived at the Fort at 10 p.
m. Saturday night, with no idea
of where to find accommodations
so late. But the Red Cross had
been notified of my arrival and
called me to say they had a room
for me. However, at my husband's
wish, I spent the night at the hospital
"Next morning I was shown to
the Red Cross unit adjoining the
hospital. The ladies there were
more than merely Red Cross workers,
they had the kind and personal
sympathetic touch that made
me feel I was not among strangers.
LIONS USE RED """
CROSS AS THEME
Work and Need Of Red Cross
Subject of Speakers To
Local Lions' Meet.
At a capacity meeting of the Lions
Club Tuesday evening the work and
need of the Red Cross was the theme
of the speakers before the club.
Those speaking were: Rev. Marion
Currie, chairman of the Red
Cross; Rev. Edwin Troutman, publicity
chairman; Mrs. Virginia B
Jones, Public Health Nurse and instructor
in nursing for the Red Cross
and Mr. Clyde Greene, chairman ol
the War Fund Committee. The program
chairman was Dr. Wm. M. Math
eson.
Guests at the club were Ensign
Ralph Beshears, an absentee membei
of the club; Dr. Mock, new owner oi
the Carolina Pharmacy, and Gordor
Winkler, chairman of the Watauga
OPA.
The club welcomed a new member
in the person of Mr. Herbert
Wey, principal of the Boone High
School.
The Lions are starting an attendance
campaign ending in June, with
the leaders of the opposing teams
being Milton Greer for the winners
and Lee Stout for the losers.
At the next meeting ladies night
will be in order and no real Lior
will fail to be there with his mans
in order.
CLOPTON FARTHING FINISHES
WORK IN DENTAL COLLEGE
J. Clopton Farthing, son of Dr. and
Mrs. J. C. Farthing of Boone, received
a D. M. D. degree from the University
of Louisville School of Dentistry
last Saturday, February 27 th
He will be at home a short tim<
before entering the armed service
as a first lieutenant in the denta
corps,
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OCRA
ear 1888. ^f||
!-Boat Crew at Or a /%'
rine, damaged by British depth
ched near Oran, Algeria, these
of considerable interest in the
it was a case of surrender or
; Experience Gives
lenefiis Oi Red Cross
"The rooms were very attractive.
They supply you with everything
to make you comfortable
and are with you constantly. Our
meals, coffee, etc., were brought
to our room.
"X was called to my husband's
side at 5 p. m. for the end. When
I left his room, the Red Cross field |
worker was waiting for me and
went back with me to my room,
helped me pack, brought coffee,
and did? oh, so many things for
my father, and especially for my \
young son.
"They told us not to worry about
train reservations, that they
would attend to that. They called
New York for Pullman space
and were refused, but told us not
to worry, that we would get them,
they were being requested through
the army. In less than 30 minutes
we had our reservations.
"We were driven in a Red Cross
car by an officer from the Fort
and accompanied by a Red Cross
lady 22 miles to Trenton, N. J., to
board our train. They stayed with
us until our train pulled out.
"Had it not been for the many,
many kindnesses shown us by the
Red Cross and the army officials,
it would have been so much hardnr
"I knew the Red Cross was a
wonderful organization, but had
never known. before just how unlimited
and how personal their services
are.
"Sincerely,
"MRS. JOHN CONWAY.'
rat campaign v.
now in progress
City Government Makes War On
Rodents: Good Results
Seen By Webster.
A campaign to control the rat
plague in this city was commenced
Monday by the city government, the
actual work of distributing the poison
being in charge of Harry S,
i Webster, of the health department,
who volunteered his services to the
town for a week in this connection,
Although the work was not be.
ng carried on due to tire bad weather
on Monway and Tuesday practical"
ly all of the business section had
been baited, including nearby creek
banks, and just as soon as the weat
tiler is again favorable, the poisor
. campaign will be speedily pushed tc
5 completion.
, Mr. Webster was highly gratified
( at the large number of dead rats
which have been found and sav?
residents of the city are already re.
porting great relief from the rod[
(Continued on page four.)
Rev. Mr. Keys Named
On War Ration Board
Rev. Walter K. Keys, Presbytert
ian minister and one of the leading
' citizens of Blowing Rock has beer
: nominated as a member of the Watauga
County War Ration Board, tc
iiu ine vacancy created by tne rec|
ent death of Mr. C. S. Prevette, ol
Blowing Rock.
I Mr. Keys' nomination for the pa
sition, has been approved by th<
Charlotte district office, and the ap
pointment will be made soon. Ser
. vice oh the board is without com
; pensation but Mr. Keyes expresses
3 complete willingness to serve, an<
I thus contribute liberally of his timi
to his country in its war effort.
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$1.50 A YEAR?5c A COPY
$2,200 OF QUOTA IN
p THIRD DAY OF
RED CROSS EFFORT
Local Organization Expects To
Maintain Watauga's Record Of
Exceeding Quota; Will Make
Supreme Effort To Raise $5,000
By End of March.
As the third day of the Red
Cross War Fund campaign came
to a close, Clyde R. Greene, the
county chairman of the drive,
revealed that very incomplete
figures indicated that Watauga
I county had already raised a lit?
'tie more than ?2,200 of her quota
of $3,600 with only a "scratching
of the surface."
Mr. Greene states that with
very incomplete returns from the
initial canvasses, Boone and the
county had already contributed
$1,031.25, reports from Blowing
Rock, while not detailed, indicate
a subscription there of $1,126.00,
to bring the total to $2,257.25.
Mr. Greene points out that
last year Watauga had a quota
of 81,500 and raised $2,500, and
says that the county will again
greatly exceed its quota, as it
has always done. The officials
in charge of the campaign expect
to make a desperate effort
to raise $5,000 by the close of
the campaign at the end of
the month.
Following is the list of the
early contributors, so far as they
could be ascertained for this issue:
Watauga Post Am. Legion .... $10.00
Orris Hayes 1.00
A. U Gross 5.00
Dr. D. J. Whitener 5.00
W. G. Hartzog 1.00
F. M. Payne 5.00
Wade IS. Brown 5.00
Dr. Orby Southard 2.00
Mrs. James B. Winkler 5.00
Mrs. Jean Bell 1.00
Vida Teague 1.00
Irwin Bryunt 1.00
Mrs. H. A. Pelfry 1.00
Mrs. Margaret Gragg 1.00
Herbert Wey 2.00
John Nelson 1.00
Elaine Conlee 2.00
Crater Williams 2.00
Helena Clardv 2.00
Ruby Donald .. 1.00
C. A. Price 2.50
Mrs. Billie E Price 2.50
Wayne Caudill 1.00
Estell McElwee 10.00
Florence C. Dudley 1.00
Regena Wilcox 2.00
Ruth Norris . 2.00
R. Clyde Winebarger 1.00
Mrs. Nell C. Linney 2.00
(Continued on page eight)
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Adam Greene
Funeral services for Mrs. Adam
[ Greene, 82, were conducted ThursI
day afternoon from the Boone Baptist
church by Rev. J. C. Canipe and
Dr. E. K. McLarty. Mrs. Greene
died at Watauga Hospital on Feb. 22
after a long illness.
The pallbearers were: Ernest
. Greene, Curtis Greene, Jack Duffield
Frank Payne, Mack Greer and Joe
[ Crawford.
A large number of friends gather'
ed for the rites and the floral ofL
fering was profuse, and was in
, charge of the following ladies:
Mesdames R. L. Bingham, J. L.
I Goodnight, J. C. Canipe, Whitehead,
Sallie Payne, Jessie McGuire, Nancy
; Hagaman, Dudley Farthing, Bob
' Swift, J. J. Coffey, J. A. Williams,
D. J. Cottrell, B. R. Page, Floy Mast,
W. C. Greer, Graham Stout, Miss
Walker.
The body was taken to Timbered
Ridge church in Beaver Daw townI
ship for burial.
1 Mrs. Greene was the former Miss
Susan Gryder and was reared in
Taylorsville. The family moved to
Watauga county, and established itself
in Beaver Dam township, where
Mrs. Greene lived until ten years
ago when she came to Boone and
made her home with a granddaugh
[ w:r, dots. \.ouncw \_ookc. ?>ne naa
been a member of the Baptist church
throughout her adult life, and never
failed to lend her time and counsel
to religious activities, while her
health permitted. During her residence
in Boone she made many
s friends, who were drawn to her by
1 her friendliness and her many fine ffiwM
? traits of sterling Christian cbame- M-vg
ter.