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rimi WATAUGA DEMOCRAT skm IM universally uWbSuts of ope^tS* itrtcS , An Independent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the Year 1 888. m ' c*"h M ,Ilc* i ' ' ' 1 iggggggaa VOL. LIX, NO. 47 BOONE, WATAUGA COUlflTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947 ? FIVE CENTS A fcoPY JUDGE WARLICK TO HOLD COURT HERE NEXT WEEK Resident Judge Presides Over Two Weeks' Session of Watauga Superior Court; 95 Cases on State Docket; Sam Ellison Gets New Trial Judge Wilson Warlick, resident ludge of the sixteenth district, who lives in Newton, will pre side over the two weeks' mixed term .of Watauga superior court whjch convenes here next Mon day morning. James C. Farthing, the district's new solicitor, will prosecute the ?itate docket in this county for his first time, having been elect ??d last November to succeed Fol s;er Townsend, who held the po sition by gubernatorial appoint ment through the unfinished term of the late L. S. Spurling. Fred M. Gragg, clerk of the su perior court, states that there are <J5 cases on the state docket, about 75 per cent of which are tor driving motor vehicles while under the influence of intoxi cants, and that most of the re mainder qf the violations are for larceny, etc. One homicide case will claim the attention of the court, that of Sam Ellison, North Fork resi dent, charged with the slaying of a neighbor, Howard Hockeday. Ellison had been sentenced to 7 to 12 years in the state prison, ind won a second trial from the -tate supreme court. Clerk Gragg states that there ire 55 cases on the civil calendar, including nine divorce actions. It is unlikely that any considerable number of the civil suits will be disposed of. ANGLING STARTS AT BANNER ELK ? Famed Elk River Open to Fisher man: 30,000 Trout Planted During Past Year The Elk River Falls Fishing Club, with headquarters at Elk Park, which patrols five miles of Elk River brown and rainbow trout fishing water, was opened April 15 and will remain open throughout the fishing season of this year. The club is composed of 100 members, who organized the club a number of years ago for the purpose of better fishing to the public. Geo. M. Bowman, coun ty, superintendent of schools, is president of the club. Each of the 100 members is called upon each year to donate to the club's finances. All this money, and all money from permits sold, is put back into hiring wardens, and obtaining, rearing and pur chasing more fisn to replenish the club's waters. During the past year the club planted from 20,000 to 30,000 trout, both rain bow and brown, many of them of legal size. And during the sum mer the club aims to purchase and plant from 300 to 500 legal size trout every month. The club sells permits at $2 each, and, according to Mr. Bow man. they are sold "to all per sons." SMITH HEADS LIONS CLUB College Professor Named Presi dent of Civic Group; Other Officers Named Last Night Prof. A. R. Smith, of the Appa lachian College faculty, was elected president of the Boone Lions' Club for the ensuing year at a meeting of the organization held Tuesday evening. Other officers elected were: First vice-president. Bob Agle; second vice-president, M. R. Mad dux; third vice-president, Coun cill Cooke; secretary-treasurer, Richard Kelley; lion tamer, Joe Huffman; tail twisters, Cottrell Twins; directors, Wade Brown and G. K. Moose. The club is proceeding on sche dule with the preparations for the Lions show for the blind on the 23rd, and indications are 'hat the performance will be out standing. Guests for the evening were: Charles Kelley, Bryan Collins, O. ?Richardson, Mr* James, Perry Greene, Mr. Posey, Preston Phoe nix 0 HEAVY LOOT Pittsburgh, Pa. ? A trailer and its tractor, loaded with 25 tons of steel sheets and bars, was stolen shortly after being loaded. The tractor was found wrecked two hours later but police are wondering about the trailer and its 50.000-pound cargo. BULL'S REVENGE Clayton, N. M. ? Paul Miller, a young Seneca rancher, kicked an old bull to hurry him into a corral. The bull kicked back, breaking Miller's leg. State Prosecutor James C. Farthing, of Lenoir, newly-elected district solicitor, who will represent the state in Watauga superior court which opens Monday. ASSEMBLY TAKES LIQUOR ACTION Counties May Vote on Beex and Wine as Local Option Gives Way to State System Raleigh ? The 1947 general as sembly. weary of the biennial wrangling over the issue of beer and jvine, attempted to settle the problem by turning it over to the people on a local option basis. Under legislation speeded through the two houses in the closing days of the recent ses sion. if the people of a county want beer or wine sold legally, they can have it. And if they don't want it. they can vote to outlaw it. The new law. which is effective July 1, provides that upon peti tion of 15 per cent of those who voted in the last gubernatorial election, a vote may be held in any county on the sale of either beer or wine or both It alsrt provides that when a county votes dry, then an election may be held in ? any municipality in the county with a population of more than 1.000. No provision is made for elections in the mu nicipalities when the county votes wet. The new legislation is regarded as the biggest victory the drys have won in the legislature since 3.2 bee r and light wine were legalized on a state-wide oasis in 1933 The dry victory was far from a complete one, however. The law was drafted with the purpose of making it expensive for a county or a city to outlaw the sale of wine or beer. After July 1, taxes on the new beverages will be doubled, and the additional reve nue will be distributed to cities and counties which permit beer and wine to be sold ? the general assembly was told that this sub sidy would amount to approxi mately $1 per capita per year. If the drys could claim a vic tory for the action of the legisla ture on beer and wine, the wets could claim victories just as com plete on the liquor issue. Three measures calling for state-wide liquor referendums were defeat ed, one in the house and two in the senate. In addition, the old policy of keeping the county as a unit for elections on the legalization of alcoholic beverage ocntrol stores was completely wrecked. Bills to permit ABC store elections in Hickory, Asheville, FYanklinton and Louisburg were enacted. A measure providing for a liquor store election in Mecklenburg county was also passed. Both wets and drys joined forces to defeat a measure which would have allowed elections on legalizing liquor stores in any municipality with a population of more than 5,440. Another measure passed by the general assembly would remove regulations of wine retailers from control of county commissioners and place them under the state alcoholic beverage control board. Under the new law, the ABC board will pass on all applica tions for licenses to retail wine and will have "sole power, in its discretion, to determine the fit ness and qualification of an ap plicant to sell wine at retail." The board is authorized to "inquire into the character of general ap pearance and type of place of business of the applicant." The act also gives the board power to regulate hours during which wine may be sold, and it forbids the ABC board from granting licenses to pool rooms "or any other place of business of whatever kind and ^laracter, if in the discretion of tM- board itois not a proper place for the sale of wine." License Examiner to Be Here Mondays J. C. Spencer, state automobile license examiner, will be in the grand jury room at the court house Monday of each week un til further notice, it is announc ed by C. M Jones, local state highway patrolman. LIONS BENEFIT SHOW NEXT WEEK Annual Local Talent Perform ance Kmc* Wednesday; the Program Detail* The annual home-talent stage production by the Boone Lion? Club for the benefit of the blind will be held at the Appalachian Theatre next Wednesday, with performances at 3:45 and 8:45 and this year's produtflion is said to be one of the most entertain ing thus far offered by Boone's civic group. The show, labeled "The Great American Broadcast," is describ ed as 50 minutes of comedy, music and frivolity, and promises entertainment of rare quality. Or the screen will be "Her Sister's Secret," with Nancy Coleman Margaret Lindsay and Philip Reed. . j The complete program for the [ Lions entertainment follows: ! Announcer ? Lion James Mc Keown. Commercial ? Lion J. G. Martin. News commentator ? Lion Clyde R. Greene. Commercial ? Lion Grady Tug man. Forum? Lions D. J. Whitener, J. E. Holshouser, Richard Kelley, James Councill, G. K. Moose. Commercial ? Lion Kirchner. Lum and Abner: The Sucker ? John G. Martin, Lee Reynolds, Herbert Wey. Dr. I. Q.? Joe Huffman; Help ers: Woodrow Richardson. J. K. Parker. Sam Raper. Commercial? Grady Moretz. Music ? Hen Hunt and His HU billies: Guy Hunt Councill Cooke. Raleigh Cottrell, Howard. A. R. Smith, W. J. Kelsey, Cratis Wil liams, D. J. Whitener. Commercial ? Hillard Tripp, Ben Sampson, John Wellborn. The Religious Hour ? Minister, T. M. Greer; quartette: A R. Smith. Councill Cooke, Howard Cottrell, Raleigh Cottrell. Finale ? Lions Songs. STALIN VISITED BY MARSHALL American Secretary of 'State Spends 90 Minutes With Butiia't Premier Moscow, April 15. ? Secretary State George C. Marshall talked with Prime Minister Stalin for about 90 minutes behind the closed gates of the Kremlin to night following what appeared to be a climax of failure to reach agreement in the Foreign Mini sters council. The American Secretary made his long-awaited call on the Rus sian chief of state on the thirty seventh day of his stay in the Soviet capital and appai ently on short notice. He disappeared behind the gates of the Kremlin at 8 p. in. (noon eastern standard time) and an hour and 45 minutes later *as back in Spasso house, his resi dence. American officials would not say how long the conversa tion lasted or what was discuss ed, or even when arrangements were made for the meeting. It was evident, however, that Marshall had gone to the Krem lin in a last effort to salvage something from the Foreign Ministers conference and seek a solution to the gaping split bet ween Russia and the western powers. Snyder Strikes Hopeful Note On Price Cuts I Washington. April 15 ? Secre tary of the Treasury Snyder to day opposed easing installment buying restrictions on scarce goods ? or tax cuts ? -at this time, contending they would promote buying pressures and higher prices. Snyder struck a hopeful note on! price cuts at a news conference! He observed "evidences" of re ductions and said that next week] there may be "something morel specific in some of the larger manufacturing and wholesale fields." He would not elaborate | Attorney General Says Wallace Lies] Washington April IS ? Attor ney General Tom Clark gave the lie to Henry A. Wallace tonight in denouncing "the cheap, blun dering assault now being made" upon the Truman policy of aid irtg Greece and Turkey against communism. One who tells the people of Europe that the United States is committed to ruthless imperial ism ? and war with the Soviet Union ? tells a lie," Clark said in the advance text of a speech re leased at the justice department. The speech was prepared for delivery to Democrats at a Jef ferson Day dinner in Philadel phia. Clark conferred with President Truman Monday. lead ing to speculation that his ad dress might be the official admin istration reply to Wallace. Government picks Columbus, Ga., to try %nti-TB vaccine. PLANNING GROUP FOR YOU TH REVIVAL ?, ?? ^ iii iiiiiimmi i i ?nil Hi ir ~~ ??! ? ?in i rr Picture snapped as plans proceed for the Youth Revival services now being held at the Boone Baptist Church. Conference periods at 6:30 and services each evening at 7:30 in the church au ditorium. Shown, left to right, are: Ann Williams, Edith York, Mary Jane Tait, Arlene Wil liams, Carrie Bess Cole, Virginia Isaacs, Eloise Buff, Alvin Joines, Dr. Bond, Boyce White, Betty Cornette, Doris Cline, Roger Wilson, Jimmy McConnell, J. R. Brendell, Mar jorie Toole. (Photo by Palmer Blair.) IJAMES G. RAY DIES ON FRIDAY Biles for Local Farmer Conduct ed From the Residence Sunday Afternoon James G. Ray, well-known resident of the Peikinsville neighborhood, died at the home last Friday after a long period of disability. Mr. Ray's illness hadn't been critical but for a few days, however. He was 66 years old. Funeral services were conduct ed from the late residence Sun day afternoon by Rev. J. K. Par ker, Presbyterian pastor, and Rev. S. B. Moss of the Methodist ichurch, and interment was in the family cemetery. Mr. Ray was the youngest son of Jeremiah and Margaret Hod ges Ray and was married Decem ber 3. 1914 to Miss Eva Kerley who died in 1942. He is survived by one son, James E. Ray, Boone; on daughter. Mrs. J. C. Folger of Henderson, N. C., and two grand daughters; one brother and three sisters survive: David Ray. Miss es Sallie and Lclia Ray, Boone; Mrs. M E Robbins, Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Ray had lived in this county all his life, and was en gaged in farming and stock rais ing. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. A large number of friends and neighbors attended the funeral. Relatives from a distance attend ing the rites were: Harvey B Carlton. Wilmington, Del.; Don ald Robbins, Dorchester, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Randolph. Spruce Pine and Fred G. and Earl Ray of West Jefferson. Noted Lecturer To Appear at College Thursday Evening ; Scumas MacCanus. poet and j story-teller, brilliant spokesman ! of the Irish people, and fiction writer, will address an audience in the auditorium of Appalachian College Thursday. April 17. at 7:45 p. m. McManus, who for years has been lecturing in the great uni versities and collrx- s of America, has besides fairy-r.tories and folk lore many historic? and novels to his credit. Telephone Strike Situation Unchanged Washington, April IS, ? The cross-country telephone strike rolled on unchanged tonight, with outright rejection by the union of Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach's peace plan and company proposals to modify it in 13 ways. Schwellenbach told reporters that neither side is showing "any recognition of the public respon sibility they have." The Secretary had come up with an idea by which the strike might be ended late Thursday. Under his plan, both sides would agree to (1) arbitration of basic money issues by a five-man board, and (2) intensive negotia tion to settle other issues so that telephone service could be re sumed on a normal basis. Tonight, as Schwellenbach put it: 1. The American Telephone and Telegraph company declined nation-wide arbitration on the grounds that it is regulated in each state, but failed "to recog nize that the reason it is regu lated is that it has a monopoly. * 2. "The union on the other side takes the position that the pro posal it made in the beginning has to be accepted, or else the strike will go on." I Abassador to Poland Stanton Griffis, New York fi nancier, who has been named by President Truman to be the new United States ambassador to Po land. Griffis succeeds Arthur Bliss Lane, who recently resign ed in order that he might be free to write his views on conditions in Poland. BASS WATERS REMAIN OPEN County Game Warden Gets In formation of Concern to Warm Water Anglers Of interest to bass fishermen in this county is the information that there will be no closed bass water in Watauga county this year. This information comes to Walter F. Edmisten, county game warden, from the Department of Conservation and Development. The new ruling supplants for mer instructions which would have closed portions of New River and Watauga River to bass jangling Cove Creek Student Wins First Round In State Essay Contest ! Raleigh, April 11 ? Janieve 'Mast Rominger, 17 year-old stu Ident of the Cove Creek high school has been declared the winner of the first round of the 1947 cooperative essay contest sponsored by the N. C. cotton growers cooperative association and the farmers cooperative ex change for rural boys and girls throughout North Carolina Writing on the subject, "Farm ing A Year-Round Business", the young Watauga county student won top honors in the Cove Creek high school and will com pete against winners from other rural schools for county, district and state-wide honors. Prizes for the popular contest total more than $1,000 in cash prizes and a year's college scholarship with the county win ner receiving $10, district prizes of $25, $15, and $10, and state prizes of $100. and scholarship, $50, $25 and $15. M. G. Mann, general manager of the two sponsoring organiza tions announced this week that the deadline for submitting the school winners had be?r> set for April 15, and that all county eli mination would be completed by May 1. District elimination will be held in the early part of May with the state finals scheduled for the latter part of May Handicap polo tournament for purse of $5,000 set for July. Brazil imposes curbs on luxu ries to curb inflation FARMERS STORE NEW ENTERPRISE Watauga Co-operative Store Opem in Old Warehouse; Clawion Manager The Watauga County Coopera tive, Boone's newest retail es tablishment, is now doing busi ness in the old Mountain Burley Warehouse ? building, and Austin Clawson is the manager of the new business, which deals in 1 fertilizer, feed, seed, farm sup plies of various kinds, and will later handle farm machinery. The Cooperative is owned by a group of county farmers, and president of the firm is Howard Edmisten. Henry Taylor is the Secreatary -Treasurer, while the board of directors is composed of Avery Greene, Stuart Barnes and Wade N orris. Nazi Who Caused 4,000,000 Deaths Hanged in Poland! Warsaw. April 15 ? Rudolf ! Hoess was hanged today at the jwartime Oswiecim (Auschwitz) extermination camp where more I than 4.000,000 prisoners were I killed '?? the two and a half years he was Nazi commander there. The 47-year-old former colonel was convicted April 2 by the! inine-judge Polish supreme na tional tribunal after a three i weeks trial. | During the trial the prosecu tion accused Hoess or supervis ing the gassing and cremation of some 3,000,000 Jews and 1,000, 000 other men, women and chil dren from a dozen countries ? in cluding Poland, Russia. Hungary, 1 France, Belgium, the Nether , lands and Czechoslovakia. Hoess was arrested March 2. 1946, after having been sought throughout Germany since the collapse of the Reich nearly a year earlier. He signed a state-, jment admitting he carried out 1 orders from Gestapo Chief Hein ?rich Himmler for the gassing of i 2,000,000 persons at the extermi nation camp The executions, he ^isaid, were performed between IJune, 1941, and the end of 1943. The court found him *uilty of ? causing the deaths of 4,000.000 persons Eleventh State Ratifies Limit On Presidency i The proposed 22nd constitu tional amendment limiting Uni ted States presidents to two elec jtive terms and not more than 10 years in office received the ap proval of three additional states Tuesday, bringing to 11 the total which have ratified it. One state, Oklahoma, has re fused to act on it by voting in definite postponement. The three legislatures which approved the amendment Tues day were New Jersey, California and Vermont. Previously it had been endorsed in Delaware, Illi nois. Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michi gan. New Hampshire and Ore gon. The proposal must win approv al of 36 states within seven years |to become operative. MOTHERS DAY MAY 11 President Truman has desig nated Sunday, May 11, as Moth er's Day. Mr. Truman called on government officials and the people generally to display the jflag that day to show tne "rev jerent esteem in which we hold jlhe mothers of our country." | New Greek Kin^ served his 'predecessor as political adviser. CITY CLEANUP CAMPAIGN RUNS TO MONTH END Mayor .Winkler Asks That Citizens Cooperate in Clew ing Up the Town Duriag Remainder of the Month;* Taxpayers Are Lauded Mayor Gordon H. Winkler has iosignated the remainder of the month of April as a clean-up period, m which the residents of he town are respectfully asked JJ. Up their persmises, and ESSJ*? toT 05 at,ra<-*tive as Possible for the summer season when it is likely that an uS large number of tourists and ?he locality!^ SPCnd S?m? tlm? ih ; Pusiness ..J""1 are asked to W.'. houwholders and a'l rubbish is removed from the backs of their building All refuse should be placedin containers so that it can be readi v picked up by the city trucks Every effort will be made to " I??is%athered'Sh Pr?mpt,y' When H,B*T Tax Payments to ler takes o^asion to thank the taxpayers of thp lf?< their finc rpsPonse for appeals for payment of past-due 1 usays a lar*e sum of money has been collected recent l.v. As a result of the splendid co operation of the people, the list of delinquent taxpayers appear ing in the local newspaper tod av is very smail. The Mavor states that all those* who pay these taxes within the next few days will still be able to save the penalties provided. RED CROSS ROLL CALL FINISHED Chairman Aslcs That Scattering Contribution! Be Sent in At Once The Red Cross roll call cam paign has ended in Watauga county with contributions in $2/,68113. a"d Chairman Clyde R. Greene asks that any reports which may yet be out standing. be forwarded to him at once. Following are the names of some of the contributors P ^'.p School. Mr.. Pm,i Mr, rj Worker r- Helen Hardin, tl ! Harris Ore<?ne, Si- Johnnv vr< ii*.* ?? "UJ"" .'?omrlbutions. ?i 54 Mlller' ,l; Hardin Str..?, Mr. w G H?r?og Ml_ Worlt.r Tnd? SI Mr*"TT' ',! ,M" J.~" Gordon Hart2o( ? ft: School, Mr. Gl.nn and Mm. D. J. Whil? "r*"' ?: Mr. J Bu.n. VIM, section, Mr.. A. E n Worker |T c-asev* "il Jown"Vnd- ?1 . Mr. W ? ' . V ? fl . Mr. and Mr? a v [S^uth, $2. Mr and Mr* James Storie. Boons Drug Co.. Dr. W M Dr I r!*U,',h#*on' Worker iTavlar ?l .H,?*anl?n- ?: Mrs. Thoa Iwrni.ms i, DrC'w irisrfh W: Roy " w Wilcox, 115 vv r* \?; .. oVi ?%l,?sssl: Dr Porf-v^'n/^0000 Super Market $3 o~IdnfJmkeBro^ ?Mm?wn stort'C?'y Store. $10 * ' W,lwjn ? Feed r?n;.tu^"ri*.rD- ? ? Dr ' J}' J " Shoe make. Super Cleaners *1; Bud Ma.' S L'" ..7"1"' *'? Mm Ola Criteh'cr. S& t K*, rs XX" ii/m?K? Mlic?lUn?oui gSSE,' sss {?? DR ABRAMS WILL MAKE TALK HERE F??" Appalachian Professor Choaan to Spaak at Junior^ Senior Banquet JT,naluPlan8 ,or the junior swajs&swB Amos Abrams, former facult^ member, to deliver the addreS on the evening of April 19 About three hundred Junior Seniors, and faculty members art expected to gather in the college ner hnnn "f.r, honoring members of the senior class. Following the add nn, the group will foin 0?W fomlaf^ a th<* 8tud*nt body in formal dance in the m?i?l gymnasium. _f Abrams, former professor at Appalachian, last faU accented the associate editorship of? ^ E. A. Journal, and th*> Hon quet Will mark his first public appearance here since that time [ Yugoslav charges U?~S. takes | advantage of hungry countries.