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mm WATAUGA ' DEMOCRAT uaedbeala of fly readers to ? tnir ?tricthT' An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888. vwThX. IMPORTANT The date on your adi label (bowl the date bscrlpuon win e date tout paper ?U ed. The Democrat la in* strictly on a caah VOL. LIX, NO. 21 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTV, NQRTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 194C TcENTS A COPY* FOUR MILLIONS , NOW ON DEPOSIT . EN LOCAL BANK Deposits at Northwestern B ||d k Show Remarkable Growth in Past Nine Years; An Increase of More Than a Million in Past Year Deposits at the Boone branch of the Northwestern Bank reach ed the record sum of $4,087,575.33 as of October 10, Mr. W. D. Farth ing. cashier, states, calling atten tion to the fact that when he as sumed his present duties on Oc tober 10, 1937, deposits were only $365,244.51. The following comparative fig ures showing the deposits on October 10th of each year, 1937 to 1946, inclusive, give an insight into the remarkable growth of the local institution: 1937 ( 365,244.51 1833 ... 405,885.37 1939 525,469.74 1940 * 620,163.48 1941 719,354.33 1942 802,862.48 1943 1,331,901.71 1944 2,017,365.05 1945 3,084,306.13 1946 4,087,575.33 In releasing the figures, Mr. Farthing says: "It is a matter of pride to me that my friends and neighbors in Watauga county have made this wonderful growth possible. I shall continue my ef forts to give the best possible banking service, but at the same time shall try, with all my pow er, to protect the interests of our depositors, my friends. "It may be interesting to thein to note that approximaely three and a half million dollars of their money is uninvested and in the vaults of the large banks compos ing our correspondent banks. In other words, our loans total slightly more than $600,000." SCOUT TROOPS IMPRESS LIONS Boy Scouts Aid in Lions Club Program: ''Spud" WMtener Quartet On Hand The Boone Lions Club had respresentatlves of Boy Scout troops 41 and 109 of Boone, as their guests last night, and Lion Wey told of the Scout activities and announced that the local patrols won the highest, awards in a camporee held last spring. Scout Bill Miller gave a very en tertaining report of the camporee, and Scout Bill Greer thanked the Lions for supplying a truck for the camporee. Four college students, Troy Hashy, Tommy Craig, Tex Cra ven and "Spud" Whitener, who formed a quartet before the war and have revived it this year, were present, and rendered four numbers which were most enter taining. Lion S. M Ayers was com mended for his work in placing safety signs near the school and obtaining uniforms for student patrolmen. The Scouts concluded their program with an impressive cere mony which they use in the in stallation of new members. Blue Devils Win Over Walkertown October 11 saw the Blue and Grey team outclass a stubborn Walkertown outfit 21-7. Outstanding among the local) boys were Cook, Harrison, Ald ridge, Edmisten, Keller, York and Councill. In addition to the above the following turned in stellar performances in gaining their second win in 4 starts: Whit tington. K, Hodges. Miller Elrod, Gaither, A Hodges, Storie, Wil Jiams, Lawranoe, Nichols, Bren dell, D. Edmisten, P. Edmisten. GOERING COMMITS SUICIDE; 10 NAZI CRIMINALS HANGED Nuernberg, October 16, ? Ten Nazi War criminals were execut ed by hanging today in Nuern berg prison, but the 11th Richs marshal Hermann Goering. com mitted suicide by taking cyanide of potassium. Goering killed himself in his cell at 10:45 o'clock last night, it was announced. He was under closest watch by a guard who kept him in sight at all times through an opening in his cell door. The guard thought Goering was motionless. Suddenly the sentry heard him make a strange noise He called the cor poral of the guard. World War criminal No 1 was dead. FIRST FLYING POST OFFICE * , , ? v - ? ? ? , . ? t ? V < t\y _2J' l . . . mi v Post office clerks aboard the first flying post office, sort mail on its initial flight to Chicago from Washington. Postmaster Gen eral Robert E. Hannagan predicts that in five years delivery of the mail should reach every place in the world in 40 hours. Heads Seal Sale D. Hidden Ramsey above, prominent newspaper man, has been appointed chairman of the 1946 Christmas Seal sale by the executive committee of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Associa tion, according to an announce ment by Frank W Webster, exe cutive secretary of the associa tion. Ramsey succeeds Kemp D. Battle of Rocky Mount, who served as chairman in 1945. BROWN HEADS DISTRICT BAR Charles T. Zimmerman Named Secretary at District Bar Meeting in Morganton Morganton, Oct 12 ? Attornry Wade E. Brown of Boone, was elected president of the Sixteenth District Bar at an annual conven tion was held here Friday night, succeeding Attorney John Mull, of Morganton. Attorney D. Z. Newton uf Shel by, was made vice-president and Attorney Charles T. Zimmerman of Boone, secretary, the latter succeeding Attorney Harry L. Riddle. Jr.. of Morganton. Attorney B. F Williams of Le noir, was re-elected to the state council and the new executive committee was named as follows: Russell Berry, Burke county; Hal Adams, Caldwell county; Judge Eddy S. Merritt. Catawba county; Joe Whisnant, Cleveland county; Kemp B. Nixon, Lincoln county; and J. E. Holshouser, Watauga county. The 1947 convention will be held in Boone next summer, at a date to be determined later. Brief News Dreamboat will fly from Egypt to United States by stages Alaskan Highway is opened to restricted civilian traffic. U. S. sending economic mission to aid its zone of Germany. C. B. Baily says rural banks now are in "excellent shape." Gridiron fatalities reach mark of 1945; rule changes urged. General Wicker sham urges military training in short periods. Representative proposes a check] on Army disability pensions. | 1, 651 cases went to the NLRB in August, record for month. Cure for peptic ulcers reported by use of hormone from hogs. CPA acts to contral priorities to war veterans to end "fronts." Best world wheat crop since 1940 is seen in Federal forecast Legion convention attended by few veterans of World War II. Los Angeles rocket navigation class charts planetary trips. Two of 25 are found guilty in Tennessef racial disorders. Government may permit build ing of twelve new ships. MOUNTAINEERS MEET CATAWBA Stewartmen Ritiy Selves For Ti? WUh Ancient Foe Next Saturday With the Catawba game, which can well be termed as the tough est game of the year, on this Saturday's slate, Coach "Flucie" Stewart has really been putting his charges through the ropes in this week's practice. In the ini tial workouts of the week, the Mountaineers worked on the er rors which struck out in last Sat urday's game. Much time was spent on offense and defense tactics, but the main course of the drills was on passing and kicking. John Kirk, hard-hitting tackle, was injured in the High Point game and did not report for the opening workouts of the week. Bill Brennan, who will hold down the right end position, was present for the practices, nursingl a bad leg. I Th<' Appalachian eleven still 'stands undefeated, sucessful in Ithree starts, with victories over INewberry, Elon and High Point. A muddy field and bad weather conditions checked the smooth clicking "T" formation last Sat urday, but it didn't slow down the hard-driving line as they held the High Pointers to four first downs, while their cohorts were gather ing twelve. i Catawba and Appalachian clash 'in their annual contest in Wins ton-Salem's Bowman Gray Mem orial Stadium Saturday night. Catawba, seeded at the top in the North State conference, and last year's champions will definitely clinch the favored role as the age-old rivals pair off for the first time since last fall, when the Indians handed the Mountaineers a 55 to 0 setback. TRUMAN FREES MEAT FROM ALL PRICE CONTROL r' Chief Executive Reverses For mer Stand and Removes Meat Fram Control of Gov ernment; Decontrol of Oth er Items to Be Hastened Washington, Oct. 14. ? Angrily assailing "selfish" politicians, President Truman tonight aband oned price controls on meat and announced that the whole de control program will be speeded up. Thus, three weeks before the congressional elections, the presi dent altered the course he pre viously had set, removed the ad ministration's hand from the meat situation completely and for good, and put it up to the in dustry to restock the housewife's icebox. He said it was the "only remedy" for the shortage. The action had been urged by| many within his own party. And| as he castigated congressmen and) candidates whom he blamed for, the meat shortage and failure of controls, he made no attempt to pin responsibility solely to Rep ublicans. "The responsibility rests square- 1 ly on a few men in the congress who, in the service of selfish in- 1 terests, have been determined for( some time to wreck price con-' trols no matter what the cost might be to our people." he de- [ clared. And again: "The real blame lies at the door of the reckless group of selfish men who, in the hope of gaining political advantage,! have encouraged sellers to gam-' ble on the destruction of price control." The ceilings on livestock and the food and feed derived from it go off tomorrow. That willt mean, Mr. Truman announced, that the decontrol of all other items "will have to be accelerat ed under existing legal standards." Included in the hastened dec control process will be the wage controls, the president made clear ? "We all recognize the close relationship between wages and prices." But he refused to abo lish the wage controls simultane ously with the meat ceilings, as those labor leaders favoring meat decontrol have insisted. "Moreover," he said that "this does not mean the end of con trols now," "Some items, like rent, will have to be controlled for a long time to come," he continued. "Other items, consisting of cer tain basic materials and other commodities of which there is now a grave shortage, will have to remain under control until pro duction of them has been greatly increased." The price control act expires June 30. But Mr. Truman's state ment on rent appeared to fore shadow a fight to extend that (Continued on page 4) Hereiords Predominate At Show Of Livestock Held On Friday HEALTH CLINICS BEING PLANNED I Dr. Robert King. Jr.. Announces Schedule of Clinics for This District Dr. Robert R. King, Jr. an nounces the new schedule of Iclinics for the Alleghany- Ashe Watauga District Health Depart ment to be as follows: Alleghany County Health Department, Sparta, North Carolina each Tues day 9 a. m. to 12 noon, Ashe County Health Department, Ashe Memorial Hospital Fridays 9 a. m. to 12 noon, Watauga County Health Department every Monday land Saturday 9 a. m. to 12 noon. These general clinics are for foodhandlera, immunizations, and veneral disease control. More specialized clincs willl be an nounced later. Dr. King, Mr Wade E. Eller, district sanitarian, and Mrs. Opal M Clawaon, Watauga county health nurse attended the North Carolina Public Health Associa-. tion meeting in Winston-Salem, October 7th, 8th and 9th. The program emphasized tuberculosis control and school health coordi nation. , Masonic Meeting There will be a regular com munication of Snow Lodge No. 363 Friday night at 7:30, with work in the first degree. Treasury Secretary Snyder see* need to keep up taxes. Keen Competition is Evident at Show; Some of County's Best Stock Seen; ? List of Animals With Theix Placement; State College Men Are Judges The first post-war W atauga county purebred livestock show held here last Friday, proved to be a bif^ success. With Hereford^ the predominating breed and keen competition in all classes. Some of the best livestock in the county was shown. Judges for the show were Dr. J. E. Foster and H. M. Stamey, animal husbandry; F. R. Fam ham and R. L. Tait, dairy cattle. The following classes of Here fords were shown: Bulls over ?. yean old: 1st, Grady Farthing; 2nd. Howard Walker Bulls over 2 year* and under 3 year*: One entry. Howard Walker Bulls 12 to IS months: 1st. Dtck Vannoy. 2nd. Shipley Farm Bulls 6 to 12 months: I 1st. Triple F Farm 2nd. Howardl Walker Hulls under 6 months: 1st. Howard Walker: 2nd. Gordon Winkler Pair Bulla. Any Age: 1st. Howard Walker. 2nd. Gordon Winkler Champion Bull : Prtnce Romtno Paladin, Jr.ownrd by Grady Farthing. Jim CouncllU and Harry Hamilton Reserve (Thampion: Psrkwly Super Domino 1st. owned by Dick Vannoy, Cows over 3 ran old: 1st. CouncQl and Hamilton; 2nd. Grady Farthing. Cows over 2 years and under 3 : 1st. Triple E Farm: 2nd. Council and Hamilton. Heifers 18 to 24 months*. 1st. Council and Hamilton; 2nd. Shipley Farms. Heifers 12 to It months: 1st, Council and Hamilton: 2nd. Council and Hamilton. (Continued on pagq 4) WAR CRIMINALS CONVICTED Defendants, top Nazi leaders, tried before the International Tribunal, Nuernburg, 12 of whom were sentenced to hang seven sentenced to jail and three asquitted. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, left in the box, was among those sentenced to be hanged, while Rudolph Hess, second from left, received a life sentence. QUESTIONS ABOUT BURLEY REFERENDUM ARE ANSWERED Married 52 Years Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Hodges of] Adams, whose 52nd wedding an-j nivcraary occurred on October 4.j Mrs. Hodges, Vrho is 74 years old,' has been indisposed, and due to this no celebration was planned for their anniversary. Mr. Hod ges is "< i years of age, and is en joying good health. The aged couple is held in the highest es teem by the people of this sec tion. BURLEY GROWERS TO MEET MONDAY Burley Referendum to Be Topic of Farm Bureau Organizer; All Growers Invited Clyde R. Greene, president of the Watauga Farm Bureau an nounces a general meeting of that [organization, together with all burley tobacco growers at the courthouse on Monday evening October 21st at 7:30, and insists that all farmers make an especial effort to be present to hear the discussion of matters which are of vital importance to the people of this county Will Rogers of Raleigh, organi zer for the State Farm Bureau, will deliver the principal address, and will discuss the issues in volved in the burley referendum to be held on October 25th. Lees-McRae Alumni To Provide College j Memorial Building Banner Elk ? At their annual meeting held at Lees-McRae col lege on Saturday, the alumni of the institution voted to give a building to the college honoring the alumni who served in World War II. The building is to be used as a student center, with provi sion for game rooms, places for group meetings, and quiet rooms. Detailed plans and costs were not decided upon, but an offer of an alumnus, now with an architectu ral firm, to draw up the plans for the building was accepted by the organization The Reverend Thurston Math eny of Concord was elected presi dent of the alumni association, succeeding Fate J. Beal, attorney of Lenoir, who has served for two years President Matheny was given authority to appoint the necessary committees for work ing out plans for the building, land for raising the funds for its jerection. Big Pumpkins Mr. Roy Adams of Sherwood grew a pumpkin this year which weighs 82 pounds. Three other* were on the same vine, and the smallest one weighs 38 pounds. Chairman of Agricultural Con servation Association Gives Timely Information Regarding Balloting on Tobacco Quotas; Voting on October 25 "Several important questions have arisen in connection with the Burley referendum to be held Oct. 25," Ned Glenn, chairman of the Watauga County Agricul tural Conservation Association announced yesterday. The following answers to some of these questions should clear the minds of the tobacco producers of the county as to the signific ance of the referendum and the importance of each producer voting. Question No. 1: What is the authority for the Burley tobacco referendum? Answer: This referendum is being held in accordance with provisions of the Agricultural Ad justment Act of 1938, as amended, an act of congress which provides for marketing quotas for certain crops when the supply exceeds the reserve supply level. The act also provides that quotas cannot be in effect unless approved by at least two-thirds of the eligible voters voting ih a national re ferendum. ' Ouestion No. 2: Who is eligible to vote in the referendum? Answer: Any person who has tan interest in a 1946 crop of bur lley tobacco as owner, tenant or sharecropper. Any member of the family may vote provide they Ishare in the proceeds in the crop in the status just mentioned. | Question No 3: What are the is sues of the referendum? Answer: Growers will vote on one of these three propositions: (1) Are you in favor of quotas for the three years, 1947, 1948 and 1949? (2) Do you favor quot as for one year, but are opposed to quotas for three years- (3) Are you opposed to quotas? Question No 4: What will hap pen to .my allotment if quotas are voted into effect? Answer: The allotment for anyj farm in 1947 will not be less than' 80 per cent of the 1946 allotment > provided the acreage grown on the farm in one of the past three years was as much as 75 per cent of the allotment. However, the law provides that the 1947 allotments will not be reduced for those farms having 1946 al lotments of nine-tenths of an acre or less. This means that quotas will affect less than 10 per cent of the allotments in Watauga county. Question No. 4: Is there u sur plus of burley tobacco at this lime? Answer: During the past three years burley tobacco crops have been larger than expected and production has exceeded con sumption by approximately three hundred million pounds. Question No. 5: How will marketing quotas remedy this situation? , Answer: Marketing quotas af ford an opportunity to reduce the supply in line with the demand and eliminate this surplus. Question No. 6: Why is every grower urged to vote., Answer: Going to the polls is the privilege and duty of every grower in deciding such an im portant ime Each grower should make a study of all the issue* in volved and then vote his con viction. Any further information with respect to this referendum may be obtained at the office of the county^-Agricultural Conservation Association or from county or community committeemen. Government probes report Bund is busy agtiin. with Klanj ties. TOP PRICES PAID FOR HEREFORDS AT .SALE HERE Top Animal Brings 9690 as Watauga Hereford Brood ers Hold Fourth Annual Sale; C. C. Edmisten of Vilas, Sells Highest Priced Animal Hereford breeder* from near by states came through rain and wind to attend the fourth annual Watauga Hereford breeders sale in the Mountain Burley ware house here Saturday, and once inside, where the elements did not interfere the bidding waa lively, while the 29 lots of pure bred animals paraded through the ring to command an average price of $303.70. Auctioneer H. M. Hamilton held the interest of [the crowd throughout the sale The top animal brought $600, the top 10 lots averaged $427.50, and the 20 lots averaged $303.79. Twenty-five females averaged $308.60, while four bulls averaged $273.75. The honor for selling the high est priced animal in the salo goes to C. C. Edmistcn, of Vilas. He sold the bred heifer, Martha Domino, sired by Real Silver Domino 50th, and carrying the service of Silver Prince 13th, for $600. Fred Vannoy of Reddies River, was the successful bidder. ' E. E. Earp of Vilas, paid the top price of $505 for the bull. Parkway Super Domino 1st, by Foxhall Super Domino 27th, and out of Rosemont Domino cow. This bull consigned by R. H. Van noy, was reserve champion in the show. Auctioneer Hamilton was as sisted in the ring by Allen Davis, representing the Hereford Jour nal; H. M. Stamey, animal hus bandry extension specialist, and Scott Williams, auctioneer from Bakersville. Out-of-town purchasers were R. V. Hunter, Unicoi, Tenn., 3 heifers; V. V. Elledge, Purlear, N. C., 3 heifers; Fred Vannoy, Reddies River, N. C., one heifer; Ear! Robertson, Roan Mountain, Tenn., one heifer; E. M Huffman, Purlear, two heifers; A. O. Joines, Sparta, one heifer and one bull calf; Mrs. Charles Sutherland, Creston. two heifers; H. D. Hor ney, Banner Elk. one heifer and one cow. County breeders who purchas ed Hereford.* in the sale were Shipley Farm, one heifer; Ira G. Fox, one heifer; R. H. Vannoy, one heifer; Sherwood Bingham, one heifer; Chas. Lewis, one heif er; M. J. Williams, 2 heifers; G. H Winkler, one heifer; Collis Austin, two heifers; (Jrady Farth ing, one heifer; V. C. Shores, one heifer; E. E. Ear p. one bull; Ira Edmisten. one bull; B. H. Wat son. one bull, and W. G. Brown, one bull. MERCHANTS ASS. GROUP ELECTED 4 President Grady S. Tugmaa Releases Name* of New Committee Member* I Mr. Grady S. Tugman, new president of the Boone Mer chants Association, has appointed the following committees for the organization for the ensuing year: Finance: Alfred T. Adams. T. M. Greer, Mrs. Lona Quails. Clyde Townsend. Legislative: Clyde R. Greene, I Bert Ellis, Rob Rivers, J R. Cra ven. Membership: Joe Huffman, J. C. Cline, Richard Kelley, Mrs. Blanche Reese Trade Promotion: Bob Agle, R W Colvard, Wilson Boiling, J. J. Conn. Transportation: W. R. Winkler, Grady Moretz. Ralph Mast, C. O Ray. Tobacco: D. M. Edmisten, R. D. Hodges, Ivey Wilson. Postwar Planning: Barnard D. Dougherty, Raleigh Cottrell, June Russell. The first named in each case is chairman. AN ANCIENT ALMANAC Mr. Oscar Hayes of RED 2, son of the late G JS. Hayes and Mr*. Hayes, found, the other day, in his father possessions, an alma nac printed in the year 1764, and [entitled "The New Universal Pocket Almanac." The tiny vol ume, contained besides informa tion concerning the elements, mathematical tables, laws re garding. "loading, carting" etc., and other timely information of nhe day. The volume waa printed by William Weyman h* New lYoik.
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