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? ' . THE DEMOCRAT 1? your best and most econo lea I medium or advertising With more than 2,800 paid-up, oash subscriptions. your " ?age goes to 13.000 people. thel universally usee basis of five readers to each subscriber. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT JMPOBTANT i date on your a label shows the data your sciiption will expire, date your paper will be unices sooner An Independent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the Year I 888 ? ~ ^ VOL. LIX, NO. 51 ?* BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1947 FIVE CENTS A COPY EGGERS GETS LIFE TERM IN MARION COURT Watauga Man. Deaf Mute, Goes to State Prison Fol lowing Passage of Sentence; Pleads Guiltv to Murder of Asheville Man Marion? Wilson Grady Eggers, 25-year-old Boone deaf mute, will be taken to Central prison, Raleigh, later this week to be gin a sentence of life imprison ment at hard labor for the April 22 slaying of Ernest A. Anders, deaf mute from Asheville, Mc Dowell county officials said Wed nesday night. . Eggers pleaded guilty in superior court here Wednesday to being an accessory before the fact in the first degree murder of Anders. . . . Judge J. Will Pless, Jr.. presid ing at the June term of court, immediately imposed the manda tory life sentence. A McDowell county grand jury Monday had returned a true bill charging Eg gers with first-degree murder in a crowded courtroom, log gers' state-appointed attorney, George W. Sandlin, translated to Eggers the judge's decision. As he read the story of his fate on the attorney's swiftly moving fingers, Eggers' lips narrowed to a thin white line and he appear ed to hold his -breath. A nerve j jumped spasmodically in his jaw. Motioned to sit down he slumped in his seat and let his breath out in a long, audible sigh Tears welled into his e>cs and he blinked them away, rapid ly regaining composure. As he left the courtroom to re turn to his cell downstairs he sul lenly posed for newspaper pho tographers. . Eggers appeared in court in blue slacks and a blue T-shirt. His black hair was neatly comb ed and he was freshly shaved. He took little interest in the preliminary arguments of at torneys and the two witnesses called by the state. For the mo=t part he stared at a table in front of him and occasionally frowned. Judge Pless prefaced the plead ing bv pointing out that he was satisfied that the youth's con stitutional rights had been pro tected and that he had been furnished with counsel. Sandlin also reviewed his activities in be half of defendant. Sheriff Brown said that Anders first was reported missing on April 23. Several days later the Anders family received a tele gram, purportedly from Anders in St. Augustine, Fla. Before sentence was pronounc_ ed Eggers' father, his pastor and other acquaintances had inform ed the court that the deaf mute had a full comprehension of the charges which had been brought against him and that he was also aware of the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment which his plea of guilty as accessory before the fact would mean. For the record. Sheriff L. Brown of Buncombe county ana Dr. P. R- Terry, Buncombe coun tv coroner, were placed on the stand and testified to the main details of the slaying with which Eggers was charged. St. Augustine police located Eggers. who posed as Anders and who endeavored to keep his identity hidden for more than a day. Later he admitted hus iden tity, the killing and signified his willingness to waive extradition and was returned to Asheville. On the morning of May 1, tne sheriff drove Eggers to the scene on the Black Mountain-Point Lookout highway, where the shooting took place, and .Eggers reenacted the events of the night of April 22. A pool of dried blood was found. Then Eggers took police to a point near Linville Falk where the body was found, and later to (Continued on page eignt) , Cone Fund Trustees Will Meet Friday Trustees of the Moses H. Cone Memorial fund will hold a "very important" meeting in Greens boro Friday afternoon to discuss preliminary plans for a Greens boro hospital and a Watauga county park to be created as me morials to the late textile pio neer. Moses H. Cone was one of the founders of Proximity Manufac turing Company, multi-million dollar Greensboro textile enter prises. The memorial fund was left by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Lindau Cone, who died at Blow ing Rock Ji<ne 8. Informed sources estimate the fund at about $15,000,000. It is to provide a hospital for Greens boro to include a nurses' training school, and large memorial park at Mrs. Cone's 3,000-acre Wat auga county estate. Mrs. Cone was president of the fund at her d?ath. Herman Cone, president of Proximity Manufac turing Company, is vice-presi dent of the ^ind trustees. CIVIL WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA Gen. Francisco Alvarez (left), commander of government troops in the Paraguayan civil war, plans action against rebel forces, as the conflict goes into its fourth month, at his headquar ters at the front. America's Father Warren Austin, U. S. member of the United Nations security council, who has been selected as the outstanding father for 1947. His selection was based not only upon his family record but the interest he has taken in the youth of the world. LOCALLEAGUE IS DEFEATED American Legion Baseballers Re turn for Home Games After Stinging Defeat! The Watauga American Legion Juniors, smarting under two stinging defeats handed them during the past week by the strong Valdese and Morganton clubs, return to the local lot this week to play three games. The Asheville club met the locals -on' the college field Wednesday, and on Friday the Canton club will be met on the Cove Creek dia mond, while on Saturday after noon the strong Rutherfordton club will be played on the col lege diamond. The Friday game with Canton at Cove Creek is being played fans, and in honor of several i there because of the unusual in terest on the part of Cove Creek members of the local club who live in that section Playing under the lights at Valdese and Morganton the local boys still showed evidence of! stage fright. Wildness and errors proved their downfall on both oc casions. Jn the game at Valdese the locals outhit the undefeated Valdese team. J. D. Younce, Jim Mast and Ray Ward are showing up well for the local Legion team, and Carlock Greene, pitcher from Cove Creek has shown a lot of stuff in the two relief appearances against Mor ganton and Valdese. Greene is; scheduled to start thfe Friday game at Cove Creek against Can ton. Cafe Operator To Aid in Relieving Parking Situation Mr. C. K. Marion, operator of the Gateway Cafo, has arranged to open a parking lot in the rear of his home, adjoining the Appa lachian Theatre, which is the first concrete move to relieve the con gestion of automobiles on the streets of thp city. The lot which has been opened, will take care of about fifty cars, it is said, and only a nominal charge will be made for the service. KNOW NO FAVORITE? Seattle, Wash. ? While thfee detectives were in a hotel arrest ing three robbery suspects, they overparked their automobile out side. Police impounded it and had it towed on. The detectives had to call headquarters for another car. DUGG1NS GETS STEWART JOB Successor Named to Flucie Stew art Who Resigns Appa lachian Post Dr. J. D. Rankin, Dean and chairman of the athletic commit tee of Appalachian State Teach ers College, today released the selections of that committee of E. C. Duggins as head football coach and Francis Hoover as head basketball coach and faculty business manager of athletics. Both will assume their duties im mediately. The appointments were made to fill the duties of Flucie Stewart, who recently re signed. R. W. Watkins, veteran wrestling mentor, continues as head coach in that sport. This is his sixteenth appointment to this position. Announcement will be made at a later date of another man who1 will complete the coaching staff for the year. Coach Duggins is a graduate of Milligan College and the Univer sity of Tennessee. An an under graduate at the former, he was selected as All Conference guard. After coaching in high school, he returned to his alma mater as assistant football coach. Upon the completion of his work for his master's degree, he came to Ap palachian as assistant coach, a position he held for two years be fore moving to the University of Tampa. After serving as lieute nant in the U. S. Navy during the war, he returned to Appala chian in 1946 as assistant coach and has held that position since then. Coach Hoover is an alumnus of Appalachian with his graduate work from the University of North Carolina. After gradua tion, he was head football, basket ball, and baseball coach at Win gate Junior College. He was freshman coach at Davidson be fore his induction into the navy where he served as lieutenant. [He came back to Appalachian from naval service as head coach I of football, basketball, and base i ball in 1945-46. SCHOOLTERM STARTS TUES. Summer Term ai Boone High and Elementary Set for Lim ited Number Boone high and elementary schools will open June 24 at 9 o'clock for eight weeks summer session. All who plan to attend are asked to be there on the opening day. For the first time since the outbreak of the war, a bus will be operated to bring children to the demonstration schools for the summer session. The first "bus will make the run by Will Gragg's, Hodges Gap. the prison camp. Hodges filling station and thence to Boone. The second bus will go to Perkinsville and return. Third run will be up Winkler's Creek to Collis Austin's and re turn. Only a limited number of chil dren may enroll in the grades for the summer sessions. Children desiring to attend the schools should enroll the opening day. The only costs for attending the summer session in the grades will be $1 to cover costs of ma terials used. Cost for attending the high school will be on a sub ject basis. O WAR IB REALLY OVER Pasadena, Calif. ? Policeman Frank Craven knows the war is over for sure. Recently he came upon a soap company promotion crew ? giving out soap samples. To Speak Here DR. LUTHER LITTLE TO ADDRESS CHURCH GROUP Dr. Little to Be Speaker at Meet ing of Laymen'* Club Thursday Dr. Luther Little, prominent Charlotte minister, will speak at the monthly meeting of the lay men's club of the Boone Baptist Church at the Skyline restaurant Thursday at 7 p. m. Dr. Little will be remembered as the former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlotte, and was supply minister at the Boone church the latter part of last year. Mr. Joe Huffman is president of the layman's group. Herman Wilcox is in charge of the pro jgram and has secured Dr. Little as speaker, while Senator Wade E. Brown is vice-president, in charge of reservations. B. W. S tailings is secretary and Russell D. Hodges, treasurer. 859 Are Registered For Summer School; Gain Over Last Year Eight hundred and fifty nine students have been registered for the first summer term at Ap palachian State Teachers College, it is revealed by Registrar H '*? Eggers, who points out that this is an increase of 65 over the en rollment at the same period last year. Those taking student courses only are required to register next Monday, and the two weeks short course registration will be on July 7. Forty three registered in these two groups a year ago. Winkler Is Named On Auto Committee # W. R. Winkler, president of Winkler Motor Co- of this city, has again been n med as a mem ber of the advertising commilftee for the Ford dealers for North and South Carolina. This com mittee buys all types of advertis ing for all the Ford dealers in the two states ? newspaper, radicr billboard, direct mail, etc. The local automobile dealer is signally honored by this appoint ment which has come to him the second time and which is one of the most important in the Ford dealer organization. CARROLL INFANT An infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Carroll died last Thursday and graveside rites were conducted in the community cemetery Friday by Dr. W. G. Bond. Surviving are the bereaved parents, four brothers and one sister. U.N. OFFICIAL HUNKS PEACE MAYBE GAINED Benjamin Cohen, Assistant Secretary-General of t h p\ United Nations, Pays Sur prise Visit Here and is En tertained hy Lions Hon. Benjamin Cohen, native of Chile, and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, paid Boone a more or less sur* prise visit Tuesday and lunched with members of the Boone Lions Club and others, addressing the group briefly, and expressing great faith in the ability of the United Nations to work out a just and enduring peace. Mr. Cohen spoke of the dang ers of talking about the possi bility of war in this country, and stated that no nation is yet ready for another bath of blood He cit ed his visits to 28 countries, and said he found no one who want ed war, "least of all, the Rus sians." The United Nations, the speak er averred, is making consider ably more progress than would be inferred from the reading of the press, and pointed out the fact that the differences existing bet ween the countries at this time are political, such as occur right here at home, the difference being that political decisions by the people here are enforced, while they must be worked out in the world organization by com promise. This process, he say?, takes time, patience and under-| standing. The peoples of the rest [of the world, Mr. Cohen says, are in such deperate condition, that] it isn't to be expected that theyi can be in a condition to reason! conservatively for a time. He stresses his conviction, however, that the United Nations organiza tion will succeed in its purpose. War mongering in America is criminal, he said. Referring to the mountain reg ion, he describes this area as being not unlike his native Chile, says it is beautiful, and that the friendliness and hospitality of the people are outstandin g characteristics of the era. Mr. Cohen came to Boone from Statesville, where he had spoken Monday evening. He was es corted t? Boone by state police officers, and was accompanied by members of the Lions Club from Statesville. Lenoir and Newton. The trip to Boone was arranged by Senator Hugh Mitchell of Ire dell, in order that the visiting dignitary might have a view of the Blue Ridge mountain region. He left Boone for Lake Suc cess. N. Y? but indicates that he may return here at a later date to address the students at Appa lachian College. TAX BILL VETO IS SUSTAINED House of Representatives Upholds President Truman's Stand on Tax Cut Measure Washington. June 18. ? The house yesterday ended all pros pects of tax relief in 1947 by sustaining President Truman's veto of the Republican bill to reduce personal income levies 10.5 to 30 per cent. The vote of 268 to 137 fell short by a narrow margin of the two thirds majority necessary to over ride the veto, and Speaker Joe Martin, Jr., said there would be no further attempt this year to cut taxes. He and Representatives Charles A. Halleck of Indiana, majority leader, suggested that a reduc tion might even have to await the election of a Republican pres ident. However, they apparently were alluding to the possibility of an other veto next year, as Repre sentative Harold Knutson of Min nesota, chairman of the ways and means committee, said plans to write a general tax reduction bill for enactment early next year were unchanged. Even though it had ble e n generally conceded that the Sen ate would sustain the veto and kill the bill in the event that the House failed to do so, the Re publican leaders were evidently crestfallen over their failure to make the record in their lower chamber. This was aggravated by the fact that a switch of only two votes would have changed the outcome. It was possibly the most dra matic moment the House had wit nessed this session when Speak er Martin announced the result. Two thirds not having voted in the affirmative," he proclaim ed, "the veto is sustained." Applause broke out from the Democratic side of the chamber and Representative Halleck arose to den^and a recapitulation, an unusual procedure, for the House, whereby the clerk calls out how each member is recorded. i ? Winkler Re-elected Mayor of Boone Elected to Third Term MAYOR GORDON WINKLER ROAD TO ROCK TO BE STARTED Work on Boone-Blowing Rock Highway to Gel Under Way During Next Week The first construction work onl the rebuilding of the Boone and Blowing rock road will start early next week, it is learned , (j-om officials of the state high way department, who state that John H. Brinkley of Thomasville, who was awarded the contract to erect the bridges at a cost of $188,014, will do the first work on the project. ? It was not definitely known at just what point the contractor would start work, hence no in formation could be secured as to the probable date the road will be closed. It was indicated, how ever. that through commercial travel would be routed from Le noir by way of North Wilkes boro, since available detours can not accommodate buses, vans, etc., which travel the main thor oughfare. Arrangements have been made to use the Parkway into Boone, but no commercial travel will be allowed. Local people will like ly use the road b> Camp Yon ahlossee The present construction in volves the building of 4.31 miles of the highway, from a point three miles north of Blowing Rock to the Boone city limits. W. E. Graham and Sons of Cle veland, will do the grading and surfacing for a contract price of $298,240.50. President Truman Vetoes Tax Bill Washington, June 16. ? Presi dent Truman vetoed today the $4,000,000,000 tax reduction bill, virtually killing any possibility of a cut in income taxes this I year. The Republican dominated Congress will vote on whether to pass the bill over the veto, but backers of the legislation conced ed they saw no chance for suc cess. It requires a two-thirds vote to enact a law over the Presi dent's disapproval. Leaders said that can be mus tered in the House, which will vote tomorrow, but not in the Senate. ? In a message to Congress, Mr. Truman said the bill "offers du bious, ill-apportioned, and risky benefits at the expense of a sound tax policy and is, from the stand point of government finances, unsafe." *? . The President declared it of fers "the wrong kind of tax re duction, at the wrong time." He added: "Proposals for tax reduction must be examined in the light of sound and carefully related fis cal and economic policies. Unless they are consistent with the de mands of such policies, they should not be approved." William L. Moretz Dies On Thur^lay William Lafayette Moretz, 74, died at his home in Meat Camp township last Thursday, following a long illness. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church on Friday by Dr. John G. Barden, and inter ment was in the Hopewell ceme tery by Reins-Stuiaivant. Surviving are two daughters and two sons: Mrs. Victor Coffey, Lenoir; Miss Dolly Moretz, Mas lilon, Ohio: Ivan Moretz, Zlon ville; Dwignt Moretz. Lenoir. Guy Hunt, Grady Moretz and Councill Cooke Are Alder men as Democrats Recap ture City Government; More Than Eight Hundred Votes Cast Mayor Gordon H. Winkler won a third term as mayor of Boone in Tuesday's municipal election, with a rtiajority of 58 votes over the Republican candidate, W. H. Gragg, and Guy Hunt, Grady Moretz and C. C. Cooke won the contest for aldermen by substantial majorities over their Repub lican opponents in one of the most closely contested city elections in the history of the community. Mayor Winkler polled a vote of 436 as against 368 for Mr. Gragg, while the majori ties for the Democratic alder manic candidates were more impressive. Guy Hunt led all candidates in the number of votes received ? 502, Grady Moretz had 459, while C. C. Cooke polled 450. On the Republican side M. R. Maddux ran ahead . with 345 votes. Charlie Wilcox re ceived 344, while Alvin Can non got 303. More than eight hundred votes were cast in the elec tion, which followed an inten sive campaign by both politi cal parties, and interest in the outcome of the balloting reached a high pitch. The town, normally Democratic by a considerable majority, h?s in years past switched to the Republican column, and many politically-minded per sons had held the outcome in doubt until the tallies were completed. AUTO RACES NEXT SUNDAY North Wilkesboro lo Be Scan* of Championihip Stock Car Racet North Wilkeesboro ? North western North Carolina's great est sport, stock car auto racing, returns to the beautiful new North Wilkesboro Speedway Sun day when Bill France presents 100 laps of championship racing, featuring the nation's greatest drivers. Few fans in this section will forget the tremendous crowd turned out for a similar program here in May ? an estimated 10, 000 fans were on hand, the larg est throng ever to assemble in this part of the Old North State [for a single event. And the races, 1 first of their kind to be held here, lived up to all expectations [as Fonty Flock roared to a thril ling first place finish in the main event, several cars cracked through the fence and Marshall Teague turned over six times after having a blowout. The same drivers will be back again Sunday, together with at least 12 additional cars. The program calls for three 10 lap sprints, a 20-lap consolation and a 50-lap main event, 100 laps [in all, or 30 more than were pre sented last time. In addition, time trials will be held starting at 12:30 p. m., with the first race scheduled to get under way at 2:45 p. m. Buddy Shuman of Charlotte, currently leading the national point standihgs, will vie with Ed Samples, 1946 champion, Fonty Flock, winner here and at Green ville, S. C., Bob Flock, first place man at Greensboro last Sunday and No. 2 in the point standings, and Charlie Combs of North Wilkesboro, the latter taking third at Greensboro in the first race he ever participated in. Several world's record are al most certain to fall at the North Wilkesboro Speedway Sunday, as the track is reported in top shape. Children's Clinic To Be Held J^e 20th Dr. John S. Gaul of Charlotte will hold the clinic for crippled children in the offices of the District Health Department on Friday morning June 20th, it was announced Monday. North Carolina gained 12,902 farms and 124,289 acres in farm lands during the period from 1940-1945.
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