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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ???? An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. -VOL LVI. NO. 32 BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, $1.50 A YEAR 5c A COPY DOUGHTON TO SEEK EIGHTEENTH TERM AS CONGRESSMAN >llnth District Solon Finds Pres sure So Strong That He will Seek Another Term in Nation al Congress; Had Planned Re tirement Washington. Jan. 28. ? Represen litive Robert L. Doughton, of Laurel Springs, who intended to retire tiom congress three years ago, found pressure on him to run again so strong that he announced yester day his intention to seek another tr'rm in the house In announcing that he would be s candidate for re-election, as far as he knows or could see at the pres ent time, Mr. Doughton issued the following statement: "1 have undergone many con flicting emotions recently with re spect to Whether or not I should be cume a candidate for re-election to i-ongress. If there had been no con sideration other than my private in terests and personal feelings . 1 ?would not be in congress today, and ?certainly would not be a candidate for re-election. In 1940, I had fully made up my rrind to retire from public life and sc announced. However, the gen . erous confidence and insistence of my friends and the people of the district I have so long represented, combined with the gathering war clouds, impelled me to change my nind. Since that time. I have en deavored earnestly and wholeheart edly. fme from partisanship, to give to our country the full benefit of my entire time, experience, train ing and best judgment. "I am now faced with a decision :l-: to the immediate future. A great many people of all political persua sions and in all walks of life have urged me to remain at my post. In view of this apparent overwhelm ing sentiment, and of the fact that it is the duty of every citizen in time of war to serve when- it is thought hi can be most helpful, I have de rided to offer for re-election. I shall not let my political interests interfere in the slightest with my public duly nor neglect for one day in this time of war my pressing re sponsibilities, but remain at my post ul duty, endeavoring to assist in the maintenance of a sountl government, to the end that those who die in battle shall not sacrifice their lives in vain, and that the millions of our sons and daughters who return may find peaceful employment and a country that has been fully and faithfully preserved for their wel fare and happiness." M). Doughton, who is chairman ot the ways and means committee, is still vigorous enough to carry on. As chairman of this committee, he lias taxed more people than any other man in congress. Mr. Doughton, who is serving his 38th term as a member of congress from the ninth district, has served longer than any other representa tive from North Carolina. Wade Eller Now With District Health Dept. l!r. Wade Eller, of West Jeffer son, is the new sanitarian with the District Health Department, suc ceeding Harry S. Webster, who re signed several months ago, and as sumed his new duties the first of January. Mr. Eller first came to Watauga Monday of last week, after under going training for the work for several weeks. He will continue to make his home in West Jefferson, and his duties will include the three counties in the health department district, Watauga, Ashe and Alle ghany. To the People of this Community KILL OR RE KILLED United States Marines paid the stiffest price in human life per square yard lor the capture of Tarawa, vital Pacific outfit. It was kill or be killed. Your boys did not flinch when they ran into, the deadliest fire power along the beachcs of this important Gil bert Island stronghold. This assault, bloody and cost ly, is one of the many which must be jnadc before Tokyo and Berlin are pounded into dust and ashes. What are you doing to back up the boys? , Remember these are boys from this very community. gerhaps from your very home. Any ome in your neighborhood which today does not display the treas ury's red, white and blue 4th War Loan Shield proclaiming "We bought Extra War Bonds'* is not backing the attack. Every Extra War Bond you buy becomes a di rect fighter against Japan and Ger many. If you could but see one man die on the battlefield, you would, not count the cost of your slight sacrifices to buy Extra War Bonds to make each succeeding as sault les? costly in the lives of our boys. ^ You can't afford NOT to buy Ex tra Bonds in the 4th War Loan if jo.; would help these boys. THE EDITOR. To Run Again ! CONGRESSMAN DOUGHTON LOCAL MEN GO TO INDUCTION POST Number of Wataugans Leave Sun day For Induction Into Mili tary Service Following ate the names of those who left Boone Sunday morning for an army induction center, from the local Selective Service Board. Earl Dean Cook Jones Oarverier Harmon Luther Ernest Hicks George Dayton Norris Ivan Elias Younce Ernest Glenn Pitts Lloyd Van Miller Spencer Blackburn Pope Charlie Monroe Hampton Russell Lee Watson Earl Church Glenn Russell Norris Charles Luther Warren David Lee Presnell William Jackson Austin Andrew Jackson Wallace Ward Worley Miller Henry Clay Pennell Raymond Kaska Campbell Charlie Luther Perkins Herbert Noble Adams Johi\ William Ragan Herbert Marshall Aldridge James Crit Baird Jack L. Storie Jonathan Alonzo MoreU Buster Henson Carl Edison Carlton Fred Robert Farthing Jonas Clayton Moretz James Ernest Hayes Hardin Donley Snyder Lewis Councill Brown Ralph Conley Greer Milton Waistel Greene, Jr. James Wesley Young David Eller Ragan Clyde Robbins Fred Thomas Proffitt Kent Moretz Miller Transfers Doctor Franklin Main Ray Louis Winebarger Clarence Clyde Warren Farmers Asked to Raise More Burley Officials of the Mountain Burley Tobacco Warehouses here are urg ing fanners '.o plant more tobacco this year, while the weed is bring ing such uniformly high prices, and point out that it isn't against the federal law to raise tobacco above base acreage, but that a tax is charg ed on tobacco thus produced. It is said that with this tax paid, the farmer still has more money per acre for his work than in any other crop he can arise. An instance is cited where one acre of tobacco brought a fanner $1,368 on the lo cal floor, with all expenses paid Farmers, warehousemen say. can plant an extra seed bed, raise a lit tle more tobacco, or just sell the ex tra plants, and have tax money made on the side. Of 2,500 farmers in the county, it is stated, about 400 are raising tobacco. This number should, be doubled, for the county to get the full benefit of the market which has been established here. Initial Report of School Bond Sales Mr. S. F. Horton, county superin tendent of schools, submits the fol lowing initial report of the sales of bonds in the schools of the county for the month of January: Valle Crucis. $6,980.60; Cove Creek, $8,000; Boone Demonstration School, $6,179.00; Boone High, $1, 483.05; Bethel, $817.85; Mabel, $93.75; Green Valley, $187.55; How ard's Creek. $25.95. Prohibition Party Chooses Kentuckian Chicago. Jan. 28? Andrew John son, Wilmore, Ky., lecturer and evangelist, has been nominated by the Prohibition party's na'.'jnal ex ecutive committee for vice president of the United States. The announce ment was made today by Edward E. Blake, Chicago, chairman of the party. Johnson's nomination was made to fill a vacancy on the prohibition ticket created by withdrawal of P. C. Carrier of Takoma Park, Md. Johnson was a recent candidate for governor of Kentucky on the pro ibition ticket I RED CROSS SEEKS $6,000 HERE IN WAR FUND DRIVE Clyde R. Greene Chairman of Group Which Will Begin Neiv Campaign on March I; Organi zation is Now Reing Complet ed for County j The American Rod Cross has call- i ed upon Watauga County to raise j six thousand dollars in the War Furid campaign, which will get un- ; dor way throughout the nation on| March I. and Mr. Clyde R. Greene. : War Fund chairman; is getting his 1 organ: zgeum in shape for the local I effort. Mr. Harry Hamilton has been i named chairman for the rural dis- I tricts; i>r. W M. Mathefon for the | town of Boom-; Mrs. H. C. Hayes for Blowing Rock, and the initial Gifts j chairman is Mrs. J. E. Holshousor, ; of Boone. The various workers under each j of the above chairmen will be nam- I ed next week by Mr. Greene and j other members of his organization, j The Red Cross recently held a re- j organization meeting, and the fol | lowing officers were elected: Presi dent, Rev. Edwin F. Troutman; vice chairman, G. K. Moose; sec retary, Mrs. Russell D. Hodges; treasurer^ Alfred Adams; executive secretary; Mrs. F. E. Wnrman; exec utive committee. Wade E. Brown, Dr. G. K. Moose and Dr. Wm. M. Matheson. Mrs. R. W. Watkins is chairman tif first aid and publicity. WINKLER GIVEN DEMOCRAT POST Boone Business Man Succeeds Rob Rivers as Chairman Democratic Executive Committee W. Ralph Winkler, local automo bile dealer, long prominent in Demo cratic circles, has been named to the chairmanship of the Democratic Ex ecutive Committee, to suceed Rob. Rivers, who resigned the position at i a meeting of the committee held last Friday evening. Mr. Winkler was the unanimous i choice of the meeting to fill the va- j cancy, and all but two precincts ' were represented at the gathering. Mr. Rivers in his resignation, stat- . ed that his action was taken solely j because "lack of time prevents my giving to the position the time and : attention it demands." He had ! served :is chairman for almost two ! years. Chalmers C. Glenn Dies in Kansas City j Word has boon received here of the death of Chalmers C. Glenn, of Kansas City, Kansas. Mr. Glenn, who was 78 years old, had lived in Kansas City for many years, but he will be remembered by friends in this county, as his boyhood was spent in the Cove Creek section. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. R. Harper and Mrs. Wil liam It. Smith, both of Atchison, Kansas; a son, Cari O. Glenn, Kan sas City; two sisters, Mrs. Claudia Tester and Mrs. Dora Dougherty, and a brother, W. D. Glenn, all of Neva, Tenn., and nine grandchildren. Funeral services and interment were in Kansas City. Rev. Yelanjian New Presbyterian Minister Rev. Louis Yelanjian, of Glendale Springs, N. C-, is the supply minis ter at the James X. Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Boone, pending the appointment of a regu lar pastor to succeed Rev. M. H. Currie, resigned. Rev. Mr. Currie, who served the local church for about one and a half years, has gone to Kingsport. Tenn., wnere he is assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Rome Yanks ol ihe Allied Fifth army are shown wading ashore during a surprise thrust behind the German lines on Italy's west coast. The landing was aimed at Rome. Very little enemy opposition was en countered and shortly after the landing ihe Nazis began throwing strong force against southern Allied armies. With Red Cross COACH R. W. WATKINS WATKINS TO GO ] TO RED CROSS! Afhlclic Director Appalachiau Col- j lege lo Go Into Red Cross Foreign Work R. W. Watkins, athletic coach at j Appalachian College, has accepted a ! position with the recreational di- I vision of the American Red Cross and will go to Washington the 13th to begin training for his new work, which he expects will carry him to overseas duty within the next few weeks. Mr. Watkins has beer, given a leave of absence at the college, and his family will continue to maintain residence in Boone. Coach Watkins has been closely identified with Red Cross work here for a number of years, particularly with the various Red Cross courses conducted at *he college, and his expexience will oe , of great value to him in his new work. Pastors and Deacons To Meet Here Monday Pastors and ? joacor.s of Watauga ; county will meet Monday afternoon j at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist J Church. The program follows: Devotional ? Bonds Earp. Can We Win the War?? N. M. ? Greene. Can We Win the Peace?? J. C. | Sherwood. Exposition of Philemon ? J. C. Ca- j nipe. All ministers and deacons are in vited to attend. i | American Forces Land For First Time j On Jap Territory in Marshall Islands! Pearl Harbor. Feb. 1. ? American amphibious forces have invaded the very heart of Japan's fiercely-de fended mid-Pacific Marshall islands. Marines and soldiers landed on Kwajalein atoll, establishing beach heads near the powerful Japanese bases on Roi and Kwajalein islets. The invasion units struck yester day, two years to the day after the first American offensive action in the Pacific ? a hit and run raid on the same islands. Defending forces, described by Tokyo radio as "the best imperial units," were putting up fierce op position, Admiral Nimitz announced in a brief communique today. But indications %vere that American casualties so far have been mod erate. This first bold move into pre-war Japanese territory was preceded by heavy air attacks and ship bom bardment. For three days carrier and land-based planes rained hun dreds of explosives on enemy air fields and ground defenses. Our carrier- based planes which smashed at key bases in the Mar shal] islands last Saturday and Sunday probably destroyed 113 Jap planes. Admiral Nimitz said in a press release- The biggest enemy loss was at Roi island in Kwajalein atoll, where 18 planes were shot down and 51 were bombed and ma chine-gunned on -the ground. Army and navy planes had struck at the Marshalls daily since Jan . 5. and almost daily since mid-Novem ber. Battleships, cruisers and destroy ers, forming history's greatest sea armada, joined in the battle Sun day. They sailed close in, defying Japanese shore guns that may have survived the aerial pounding, and laid down a terrific bombardment. Presumably the ship barrage and drumfire bombing sent the defend ers cringing into their underground positions. Strong defenses, both above and underground, were ex pected as the enemy had nearly a quarter of a century in which to build them. REV. J. A. WILSON DIES IN OKLAHOMA Well-Known Evangelist Was Reared in Watauga County; Son ot Rev. L. C. Wilson Rev .T Arthur IVilc/vi*. native! Watauga County citizen, and pastor I cf the Missionary Baptist Church of Shamrock, Okhi., died at that place Sunday, according to advices reach ins relatives here. An illness de veloping from injections for varicose veins is said to have been the cause of his demise. Funeral services and interment were to have been al Ozark, Mo., former home o? Mr. Wilson, Wednes day morning. Surviving are a widow and two daughters, who are married and re side in the State of Oklahoma. There are three brothels and one sister: W. W. Wilson, Sugar Grove; W. Clay Wilson, of Minnesota; Dr. Ross B. Wilson, of Philadelphia, and Mi's. Carter G. Cook, "of EHzazbeth lon, Term. Kev. Mr. Wilson was bom and reared in Watauga County, a son of the late Elder L. C. Wilson and Mrs. Julia Farthing Wilson, of the Beaver Dam section. He attended Appa lachian State Teachers College in Boone, graduating from that insti tution about the year 1900. He taught school for a number of years and attended the seminary in Kan sas City, Mo., and Fort Worth, Tex., j before entering npon the Chirstian ministry. He was associational mis sionary in the State of Missouri for a number of years, doing a great deal of evangelistic work, and also served as pastor of a number of churches in the States of Missouri and Oklahoma. On his infrequent visits to Watauga County he had preached at different churches, where his sermons were well re ceived. He leaves a number of rela tives and friends in this county. Twenty Are Enrolled In Red Cross Course About twenty people have enroll ed for the course in accident pre vention being conducted by the Red Cross at Appalachian College, it was learned Tuesday. Mr. Charles Mix, of the Southeastern area, is teaching the course. ALLIED ARMIES WITHIN 16 MILES OF ROME Allied landing troops reached the outskirts of Campoleone, 16 miles from Rome, yesterday. The Nazis are bitterly resisting efforts to cut their communications and Cassino has not yet been taken by the al lied troops. Remains Here Rev. J. C. Canipe, popular pas ter of the Boone Baptist Church for the past seven years, has de cided to remain with the local church, after having been elect ed to the position of evangelist with the Baptist Slate Mission Board. Rev. Mr. Canipe an nounced his decisional the serv ices Sunday rooming. LEGION BOND SALE ADDS IMPETUS TO FOURTH WAR LOAN $50,000 Bonds Sold in Auction and in Personal Solicitation by Legion Saturday. Says Com mittee Chairman; Sale of E Series Bonds Sti!l Lags The American Legion came through on the Fourth War I^oan campaign in fine style last Saturday, when auction sales and personal so licitation on the part of the Legion resulted in the -sale of about S50.000 of the government securities. Beach Keller, chairman of a Legion bond sale committee, gives out the figures and states that some- reports from Legion canvassers are still to be re ceived. A parade, featuring the high school and college bands, and uni formed men from the present war, together with a number of World War veterans preceded the bond auction, at which time numbers ot items contributed by Boone business men were knocked off to the person bidding the purchase of the largest bond. Considerable interest was shown in the auction, and many bonds were purchased. Chairman W. D. Farthing, of the Watauga County War Loan Commit tee, states that actual sales of bonds now total $117,450. which on the face of the figures, looks close to the quota of $122,000, but in a clarify ing statement. Mr Fajthing points out that of the total sales only $05, 400 are in Series E bonds, whereas l!t?: qtiota tor Ule county calls for the sale- of $102,000 of the E series. As of last Saturday, $53,411.50 in "local bond rales had cleared through the Federal Resreve Bank, of which amount less than $40,000 were Se ries E bonds. The heavy remit tances of last Saturday are not ex pected to clear before Friday of this week, Mr. Farthing says. Mr. Farthing insists that the peo ple of the county buy more of the E bonds in order that the county quota may be realized in this type of bond. He also asks that solicitors make ev ery effort to sell thvse bonds to in dividuals. Sheriff Seizes Still In Laurel Creek Area Sheriff C. M. Watson and Deputy Wiley Day seized a 55-gallon whis key distillery in Laurei Creek town ship last Thursday, together with full equipment, including copper worm. The still was not in operation when fount!, says the sheriff, but indications were that the plant had been used for a long time, and that a run had recently been made. An examination of the terrain indicat ed that the still had been set up at different places in that immediate section. No clues as to the operators of the illicit plant were uncovered. Collector to Assist Income Tax Payers A deputy collector from the De partment of Internal Revenue, will be at the postofficc in Boone on February IV, 13. and 19, for the pur pose of agisting federal taxpayers in filing their income lax returns for the year 1943. Office hours will be from 8:30 a. m. to 5:15 p. mi. each of the three days. New Auto Tags Must Be Displayed Now New 1944 automobile license plates must be displayed on the rear of every vehicle operating on the roads of the state, says Miles Jones, local highway patrolman, who says that motorists who disregard this notice are likely to get into trouble. All old tags should be removed from both the front and rear of the vehicles, says Mr. Jones, when, new tages are attached. T riplett, Thompson Buy Grocery Store Messrs. Coktr Triplett and Donaid Thompson have purchased the well known grocery store in East Boone which was known as Bamett's Gro cery, and now are in charge of the popular establishment. The name of the firm is now Thompson's Grocery. Mr. Barnett, who founded the business, disposed of it in order to give more attention to his lumber ing interests. Chamber of Commerce Will Meet on Tuesday Mr. H. W. Wilcox, president of the Chamber of Commerce, has call ed a special meeting of the organi zation to be held at the Gateway Cafe next Tuesday evening at 7:30. Mr. Wilcox urges every member of the organization to be present, as a number of matters of vital civic importance are scheduled for dis cussion. The crating for one 40-mm anti aircraft gun requires about 87i board feet of lumber. We're ship ping thousands of these guns.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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