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j#sr ??~ " ' THE DEMOCRAT to Tour bed and moat econo mical medium or advertising With more than 2.800 paid-up oaah subscription*. your mea ?J5? M* to. 13.000 people, en Ihel universally uaed bull ot nve readers to each lubecrlber y %>?* DEMOCRAT VOL. LX, NO. 10 y *? 4 '\j& * 4 An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 IMPORTANT The date on your label ihowi ~ scrlptlon wl_ ? ? - date your paper will unlce* sooner reae Democrat la operating atrto on a caah In advance Mate. ,T V'? BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 1947 FIVE CENTS A COPY VETS FORM IN LINES TO GET BONDS CASHED Local Bank Has Rush When Terminal Leave Bonds Ma ture; Some $40,000 Paid to Local Men Tuesday; Banks Crowded Throughout Na * tion edSfn11*.? C?Unty veterans form: toSS&F" at toe windows of the Northwestern Bank Tuesdav teave1 ?^?Th f(Vheir terminal ??"ethbTda- and information from the bank this morning is to ^ ^ at ^ of the *0.000 had been dis tributed to the veterans in ex change for about 200 bonds. The bonds became payable Sd yforUtr SSf* Ahe bank WM closed for Labor Day, Tuesdav provided the first chance to liqui date the Federal paper. At the local bank two windows were set apart for theexclusive use of the hffer?"Vand with some extra help bank officials were able to ^deatCfhe of 1116 extra activ'ty. ? same time transact the SuUon0" bUSine8S ?f the ber^h^^ ** 8 sma11 nu?" ber of the veterans placed their on deposit, some few ap nn tK Proceeds from the bonds on theu- notes, while the vast wjti.0rtVy t*le ?as^ away with them. The rush is expected to continue at the bank today. H?ar 2 Billion In Nation Thousands of World V.'ar II veterans began cashing their ter minal leave bonds Tuesday and a ^"Tey ?f mai?r cities brought reports from a "moderate" to heavy" rush. Approximately 9,000,000 ex servicemen are eligible to cash about $1,800,000,000 in bonds hnes formed before bank windows m a number of cities as many veterans took advantage of the new iaw permitting imme diate payment. President Tru man has urged- that those who do shLj w' y uneed the m?n^y egr,dTteP^b?ndS 83 8 nest egg. The bonds carry 2V4 Der cent interest. ^ The heaviest cash-ins appeared to be in the south I vjr^1^ e,"ects on b^iness volume were slow in showing up, although some stores had been vet^/ t!lelr advertisements to veterans for several days. Most stores said they were unable to gauge the effect on sales of mil S" "I rMh Cash" from the cash-ms, it was also the first day most people had an opportu ne to spend last month's or last week 8 pay checks. Some veterans gave "dire need" fs an explanation for their cash ^?*nd th? general trend ap peared to be they were seeking thLm?neyl? pay old bUls rather spending6 way <?r ?^y of ^Students, newlyweds and fath ers of big families made the mvwT lnroada ?n their war savings, reports said. A typical example was former Staff Sgt James de Loache, of Newark N t ssaar.fss 19 Republics Sign Pact to Outlaw War Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 2 ? Re presentatives of 19 of the 21 American republics, acting in a concerted effort to outlaw war in the Western Hemisphere, signed today the mutual defense treaty ' framed at the Inter-American conference at Quitandinha. The statesmen signed the history-making pact in the panel ed reception hall of Itamaraty palace, Brazil's Foreign office. Secretary of State George C. Marshall was the first 'United States representative to affix his signature to the document. The other American signers were Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan; Senator Tom Connally, Democrat of Tax as; Warren R. Austin, chief United States delegate to the United Nations; Representative Sol Bloom, Democrat of New York, and William Pawley, Unit ed States ambassador to Brazil. President Truman, now visiting Brazil, did not attend the cere mony. U. S. "Health ship" treats Al askan children. NEW FREEZER PLANT NEARS COMPLETION t - k'; & . > : ^ fppi m ?Sfei ?1 >'/ Boone's new freezer locker plant, which is neari ng completion, and which owner W. H. Dameron hopes will be ready for business by October first. Watkins Gives Some of Things Recreation Project May Provide Coach R. W. Watkins, of the Appalachian College faculty, who has been closely identified with all movements toward organized recreation here, gives out the fol lowing information on what can be accomplished if the people of the town vote for a special ten cent tax levy for recreational purposes, at a special election which will be called soon. The city council has indicated its willingness to let the people decide the issue and the election date will be announced as quick ly as certain statutes are com plied with. Coach Watkins says: "It is a well known fact that should the special election for recreation carry for the town of Boone, that oqjy a summer pro gram could be carried out. The total amount that would be spent for recreation would not exceed $1,500, and this amount must piy a recreation director, buy equip ment and put the areas in shape for activities. However, this amount can be augmented by volunteers donations by any or ganization to the recreation com mission of Boone. With the help of all organizations, a good sum mer program can be started ef fectively and securely in its ini tial step. The college and high IX N.TRIVETT RITES HELD Former Walaugan Succumb* at Horn* in Beaver Dam. Va.j Burial Thursday Funeral services for David N. Trivett, 82, of Beaver Dam, Va., who died Tuesday, Aug. 17, were held at the Beaver Dam Adven* Christian Church Thursday. Aug. 21, at 3 p. m., by Rev. James W. Gardner, president or the Pied mont A. C. Conference, of Clifton Forge, Va. Burial followed in the A. C. church cemetery. Mr. Trivett was born in Wat auga county but left here in 1917 and went'to Caroline county, Va., where he had made his home since. He was the son of the late Elijah and Irena Carlton Trivett and was widely known through out this area. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Norris Triv ett; three sons, C. G. Trivett, Beaver Dam, Va; M. C. Trivett, Washington, D. C., and W. S. Trivett of Arlington, Va.; four daughters, Mrs. Ona Brown of Boone; Mrs. Mary Lea Trenis, Halifax, Va.; Mrs. Carrie T. Smith, Takoma Park, Md., and Mrs. Lena S. Brown, Beaver Dam, Va. Also a number of grandchildren and great-grand children survive. Those attending Mr. Trivett's funeral from Boone were Mrs. Jack Edmisten, Mrs. Bart Norris. Mrs. Rosa Lee Brookshire, Mr. Elzie S. Brown, and Miss Peggy Ann Brown. USED CLOTHING The Welfare Department fre quently has requests for clotifc ing from parents who have large families and have had some mis fortune. The agency will gladly receive and distribute ' to needy > families any clothing left with , the department. KIDS TRAIN GOOSE Chicago ? Jiggers Uie goose, owned by Mr. and Mr*. William Henry Hopkins, is undergoing strenuous training as a watch dog. The Hopkins children, Horatio and Brockman, are train ing Jiggers to honk when he hears strange noises. So far Jig Sers has frightened away two ogs and one cat. Agriculture Department says Farm Belt needs vast soil saving. i school officials would have to co operate with the director to reach all ages of people that would use the facilities of the playgrounds. "The following activities can be carried on with funds allocat ed by the special election for re creation: Softball leagues for boys and girls, kickball for girls, horseshoe pitching for men, ten nis for men and women, marble tournaments for boys, limited swimming, special field days for boys and girls, square dances, handicrafts for all ages, commu nity sings, band concerts, and many other types of the recrea tion program. "Recreation has no ending and anything that would interest a boy or girl can be added to the program by a well-trained direc tor. The town can use shuffle bpard courts and croquet courts its citizens and tourists. The fcWnmission feels sure the pro gram will grow if only the local i citizens will back the recreation movement. Our town needs this kind of program, first for its lo cal citizens and second for our tourist people who come here year after year. "Register, go to the polls and vote yes for your summer recrea tion program, when the election is called." Long illness is Fatal to John E. Lawrence, Age 73 John E. Lawrence, 73 years old, resident of Trade, Tenn. died August 23, from a long ill ness. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Trade Methodist Church Sunday afternoon August 24 by the pastor, Rev. Ray Stewart. Rev. Roy Jones of Thomas Chapel also took part in the services, which were largely attended. Grandsons of the de ceased acted as pallbearers, and granddaughters carried the pro fuse floral offering. The widow and ten children survive: Mrs. Emma Lawrence, Trade, Tenn.; Mrs. Wilson Prof fitt, Vilas; Mrs. Arnie Mae Brown, Boone; Maxton, Paul, Wright and Cecil Lawrence, Trade, Tenn; Fuller Lawrence, Banner Elk; Mrs. Birdie Miller, Zionville; and Mrs. Ruth Oliver, Mabel. There are 22 grandchild ren and 7 great grandchildren. At an early age in life Mr. Lawrence professed faith in Christ united with the church at Mabel. Thirty-eight years ago he moved his membership to Thomas Chapel Methodist Church where he remained a member until death. He served his church as a Stewart for 38 year*. Winkler is Named Director of State Municipal League Mayor Gordon H. Winkler has been advised of his appointment to the executive committee of the North Carolina League of Muni cipalities. In his new capacoty, Mayor Winkler will be director for the tenth district, which is composed it Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Wa tauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Avery, Caldwell, Alexander and Iredell EDMISTEN REUNION The annual picnic reunion of the Edmisten family will be held Sunday, September 19, at Baaver Creek Baptist Church, Ferguson, N. C., in Wilkes county. All kins men are urged to attend. Production of late summer snap beans is now indicated at MO, 000 bushels. Margaret Sings Margaret Truman, daughter of the President, shown in Holly wood where the soprano made her first appearance in the Hol lywood Bowl, August 23. CONFUSION IN COURT DATE Misunderstanding on Part of Magistral** Makes Most Bonds Returnable Week Late Clerk of the Court Fred M. Gragg points out that due to a misunderstanding on the part of some magistrates of the county, a number of bonds have been made returnable on September 22, when really the fall term of Watpuga Superior Court con venes on September 15th. Dis trict Solicitor James C. Farthing and Clerk Gragg join in calling the attention of defendants and others to this discrepancy so that they will be sure to be here or? the proper day. Solicitor Farthing points out that ordinarily court would be around the 22nd, being set for the third Monday, but that about once ever 12 to 15 years the first Monday in September is the first day. This has happened thirf year, and throws the court term a week early. Over 300 Meet Death In Week-end Accidents Summer vacation's traditional finish, the Labor Day week -end, cost the lives of 306 persons in accidents hours before the high ways and resorts were cleared of holiday tourists. Recorded from 6 p. m. Friday were 209 traffic fatalities, 45 drownings, and 52 miscellaneous deaths. The National Safety Council had predicted 250 persons would die in automobile accidents over the nation during the holiday period. The death toll by states show ing traffic, drowning and miscel laneous deaths included: North Carolina. 11-3-1; South Carolina, 2-1-0. , Greatlr improved weather con ditions during the month of July brought about rapid plant growth which hastened the maturity at the 1M7 tobacco crop and consi derably reduced the lateness of the season. TO ENFORCE FIRE LAWS Chid 8*r* ao InlMfawnot With Work of DfptitDMBl to B? Tolmttd Fire Chief Howard Cottrell states that laws affording pro tection to the fire department during an emergency will be en forced in the city in the future. These laws, forbidding crowding fire trucks, running over hose, breaking the fire ring, failing to clear way for fire truck, or damaging any fire fighting equip ment, etc., are made for the pro tection of the people, and their property, and it is pointed out that an effective fire organiza tion cannot function without the support and cooperation of the people. Chief Cottrell, who is also building inspector, says that building permits are now being issued, and that anyone building or repairing without proper per mit, are subject to condemnation. Time and expense will be saved by complying with the law and securing the permit provided for. Truman Pledges Might of Nation To WoVld Peace Petropolis, Brazil, Sept. 2 ? President Truman closed the Inter-American conference here today with a speech reducing basic foreign policy of the United States to a desire for permanent peace but emphasizing that to carry it out the nation was de termined to remain strong. Reiterating the fidelity of his country to the United Nations, the President noted that the world organization had since in fancy been embroiled in conflict growing out of an unintended role of trying to make peace rather than to maintain it. "We must be careful not to prejudge it by this unfair test," he said. "We must cherish the seedling in the hope of a mighty oak. We shall not forget our ob ligations under the Charter and we shall not permit others to for get theirs." This brought the first and strongest applause of the address from the delegates of the 19 re publics who this evening at Itamarati palace in Rio de Janeiro formally signed the hemisphere defense treaty which Mr. Truman hailed as an example to the world. Although Mr. Truman went be yond the Americas in the general scope of his address, he had serious words for representatives of Latin nations who had already been warned by Secretary of State Marshall that the needs of Europe came first. Going beyond this, the Presi dent noted that the nations of "free Europe" would soon make their needs known. "I hope that the nations of free America," he continued," will be prepared, each according to its ability and in its own manner, to contribute "to a lasting peace for the benefit of mankind." Says Farm Co-ops Meet Definite Need Farmer co-operatives nearly always arise in answer to a defi nite need, Harry B. Caldwell, executive secretary of the the North Carolina co-operative coun cil, told a group of interested farmers at a Tuesday morning session of Farm and Home Week at State College. In fact, he said, co-operatives were on the Ameri can sceite long before they were recognized by law. Mr. Caldwell, in his brief history of the farmer co-opera tive movement in America, said that the Capper-Volstead Act of 1922 marked the first national legal acceptance of the co-opera tive. In North Carolina the Mutual Act of 1916 and the Crop Law of 1921 defined the status of co-operatives within the state. "Many people think that farmer i purchasing co-operatives do more business than marketing co-ops," i he continued. "This is not the case. In 1944 the UL S. Depart- 1 ment of Agriculture reported that marketing cooperatives did : over four billion dollars worth of business. In that same year, pur chasing co-ops did a combined business of $730,000,000." Mr. Caldwell also answered some of the current charges about tax exemption. Only 54 per cent of farmer co-ops attempt to qualify for tax exemptions, he declared. And in order to do so, they must meet many legal re quirements such as ceilings on dividends, one vote per member, profits returned to patrons and voting control limited to farmers. SPEAKER Former Governor J. M. Brough ton, who will deliver two ad dresses in Boone on the evening of September 8. HOSPITAL TO BE INSPECTED Official* to Be in Boon* Stpl 9, With View to Enlarging Local Hospital Faculties Raleigh, Sept. 2 ? Sites of pro posed new hospitals or of present hospitals that are seeking state and federal funds for expansion under thfc hospital building pro gram will be inspected during the next 10 days, Dr. John A. Ferrell, executive secretary of the Medical Care Commission, announced to day. The inspection party, made up of representatives of the Medical Care commission, the Federal Hospital agency and the State Board of Health were scheduled to inspect hospital sites in Lum berton and Monroe. The schedule for the next 10 days follows: September 3, Albemarle and Concord; 4, Shelby, Rutherfordton and Try on; 5, Hendersonville, Fletcher and Asheville in Wayne sville; 8, Marion, Morganton and Valdese; 9, Lenoir and Boone; 10, Jefferson and Elkin; and 11, Mt. Airy and Reidsville. WnlPROTECT GRANDFATHER Famed Mountain to Go Under ManigimHnt of For*tt S*rr lc? and Park S?rrlc? Washington ? North Carolina's Grandfather Mountain ? Llnville Gorge area, was added yesterday to a Federal program of consoli dation of administrative activities in forest areas. Protection of the area's scenic as well as recreational and for estry values will be handled in the future by both the Forest Service and the National Park Service under an agreement an nounced by the two agencies. The agreement establishes a special administrative section of 55.000 acres of privately and pub licly owned land in the Blue Ridge Parkway area. Effective immediately. the agreement marks 7,500 acres in the vicinity of Grandfather Moun tain and about 5,500 acres border ing Linville River for inclusion within the immediate boundaries of the Blue Ridge Parkway de signed to connect the Shenan doah and Great Smoky Moun tains Parks. BRIEF NEWS Peace treaty is ratified by the Bulgarian National Assembly. Russians testing long-range guns at Porkkala. near Helsinki. China is facing further infla tion to pay government costs. United Nations information on armaments again sidetracked. $541,412 tops the Treasury list of individual earnings in 1946. Internal revenue declines bil lion and a half in 1947 fiscal year. Small business lauds Attorney General for anti-trust drive. Railroads called financially un able to pay a 20c-an-hour rise. Japanese are authorized to re build their woolen industry. Pullman Co. asks ICC authori zation for rate rises of 1 to 49 percent. Molotov attacks American pol icy in Korea as "persecution." U. S. exports for June decline $200,000,000 from May total. Personnel of the Wac will be 2 per cent of peacetime Army. Astronomer says electronic de vices may supplant telescope. Per capita income of nation in 1946 $l,26o, a new high mark. "Freedom Train" to carry documents about U. S. history. Educator avers 705,000,000 can speak English' BROUGHTONTO TELL USES OF LOCKERPLART Former Governor to Addrea* Meeting of Citizens Next Monday Evening, Follow ing Dinner Session of Chamber of Commerce Former Governor J. Melville Broughton is scheduled to deliver an address to a mass meeting of Watauga county citizens at the courthouse in Boone on Septem ber 8, at 8 o'clock, immediately I following an address at a Cham ber of Commerce banquet. Mr. Herman Wilcox, Chamber of Commerce president, atates that Mr. Broughton will explain to the county-wide meeting the services and facilities of the frozen food locker plant now nearing completion in this city. Farmers and their families are especially asked to attend the meeting. Mr. Broughton will speak alao on the Stabilization Board and Tobacco Incorporated, which we are sure, will be of wide interest in Watauga county to the grower* and marketers of tobacco. Gover nor Broughton is chief counsellor to both organizations. At the meeting the opening date for the local locker plant will be announced, and will likely be somewhere between the later part pf September and the early part of October. It is understood that this plant is one of the most complete in the southeast and will provide facilities not avail-, able in many such establishments. Boone and Watauga county is proud to have an institution which promises such broad ser vice to the citizenry. Chamber Commerce Meeting A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is to be held at the |skyline Cafe at 6:30, immediate ly before the mass meeting, where Governor Broughton will speak on the "Possibilities of Boone." Immediately following the dinner meeting, those at tending will go to the courthouse for the eight o'clock meeting. Other guests at the meetings will be the owner of the local plant, Mr. Bill Dameron. and James E. Coad, vice-president of the Southern Food Locker Corp oration. Plans are to be laid by the Chamber of Commerce for enter taining the State Park, Parkway and Forest Development Com mission, of which Mr. Ralph Winkler is a member, and under whose influence the important commission is to meet in this city. The members of the com mission are scheduled to arrive here on the evening of Sept. 14. New York Author Is Bamboo Visitor Miss Katherine Bryan and Mrs. J. M. Barris of New York City, are guests of Mr, and Mrs. Wal ter Hampton of Bamboo. Miss Bryan, a lineal descendant of Daniel Boone, is a former owner director of Camp Viking, a boys' sailing camp on Cape Cod. She is not only enjoying the beauty of the southern mountains, but is deeply interested in the Bryan and Boone associations she is discovering in this locality. Mrs. Barris, who is a writer of feature articles and the author of six books, is renewing her ac quaintance with her many friends in this vicinity, for several years ago she and her husband spent the summer with Mr. and Mrs. Hampton. Last spring -Mrs. Barris re turned from an extensive trip throurfi Central and South Amer ica where she went for material for a book on Colombia, and fea ture articles on the Pan-Ameri can highway. One of her inter esting experiences was a 500 mile journey up the Magdalena River in Colombia. While in Madellin, Colombia, she had the almost unbelievable experience of being a guest of honor at a luncheon where there were 2,500 orchids (cattalayas) around the spacious veranda of the beautiful home. Squirrel Season to Open September 15 Squirrel hunting in Watauga county will begin September 15, states Walter F. Edmisten, district game protector, who states that the season will end on December 15. The daily bag limit ia five squirrels. The season is open for the seme length of time in all (he area in and wot ol Alleghany, Wilkes, Caldwell. Burke and IRutherford counties.