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THE DEMOCRAT a WATAUGA DEMOCRAT U your best and moat econo mical medium or advertising. With more than 2.600 paid-up. caah subscriptions, your raes ... ? ? .a-a., ,ndependent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the?fear 1 888 . The date label show* scrip tlon date your pa par unless IMPORTANT <| BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1947 FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET ...By.... Rob. Rivers . Dr. B. K. Bingham, genial phy sician of the city, friend to the folks, and connoiseur of the hind * quarters of prime mountain pork ers, staged his annual "ham din ner" at the Legion hut Tuesday evening, out of deference to the court officials, lawyers and oth er friends about the town and the event was one of genuine pleasure . . . From appetizer to apple pie, the food was delici ous, the fellowship sincere, and Dr. Bingham and all the others who had a part in the happy oc casion, are being thanked sin ? cerely for their hospitality. * * ? Following the dinner a ludi crous make-belieYe court seen* featured Judge Alley on the bench, trying Solicitor Farth ing and Probation Officer Young Howell on charges of grossly slandering the court, and finding two veteran bar risters, Hayden Burke ant W. R. Lovill, as the legal staff. . . . The meeting wound up as a sort of testimonial dinner to Judge Alley, both defendants delivering touching tribute to the character and ability of the beloved 'champion of human justice, whose shadow on life's highway no longer slants to ward the westward, but whose love and appreciation of his fellowman has not been les sened by the weight of the passing years. ? # ? "A good time was had by all", to use the stereotyped language of the country newspaper of a few years ago, and we wonder if such strictly informal sessions of the men folks aren't one of the very best tonics for faltering hu mankind, with a multiplicity of ailments .... mostly of the mind. ? ? ? Sheriff John W. Hodges and Hayden Burke talking of the Su perior Court judges of a bygone age . . . Watt Gragg stating Rob Bivers is the oldest man born in the city limits of Boone and still' living therein . . . scribe has no bunkering for verifying this in> formation . . . Kenneth Linney passing around the coffee and stuff, having a good time . . .| Russell Hodges advocating "flow ers for the living," and less to do at funerals . ? . Clay Folk pre siding over the kitchen, Lionel Ward giving the glad hand to his many friends, and each one go ing home with a little kinder feeling toward his neighbor. * * * WE THANK YOU Mrs. Ollit Rhu of Zionvllle. on* of tha Democrat'* best friends. cam* to town tha oth er day, and didn't forget tha dingy danizan of tha Democrat office. bringing him soma of tha choieaat numbers from tha shelves of har pantry ? black - barry preserves. appla buttar. jelly, ate. ? such viand* as coma in their perfection only from tha kitchens of southern house wives . . . We appreciate this gesture of friendship on the part of our good friend. Such acts of kindness and apprecia tion, do much to make the path smoother and the outlook brighter, and are worth far more than words which might be spoken some day which can't be heard, or flowers brought which can't be ?een. Again we thank you. ? ? ? Down at the park commission banquet the other day. Chairman Charles E. Ray of Waynesville, told a tale, which we remember ed ... It seems that a discussion was going on as to whether a certain convention should hold its meeting at the seashore or in the mountains. The exponent of the Blue Ridge cause, eloquently championed the attractions of his country, and concluded: "Why you can stand on the lofty peaks of the mountains, lift high your hands toward heaven's blue, and actually tickle the feet of the angels." A little fellow, it was related, who had no particular fondness fpr the land of lofty landscapes, slowly took the floor with this invitation, "Come down to Wnghtsville Beach. For there you can have an angel on. each knee and tickle them any d ? place you want to!" ? ? * Seen^i passing . . . Veterans of the home front teasing expect ant father . . . Spud Whitener getting down to business on the college paper . . . Watauga Sales and Service putting finishing touches on new building on (Continued on page 8) COVERED WAGON DAYS The Colorado delegation to the 48th national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars arrived in Cleveland with a prairie scooner of the type used by the pioneers in the drive to the west. STOCK MARKET SETS RECORD Biggest Sale in Dollar* and Cento Ever Held at Live stock Market The Boone livestock market established a new dollars and cents record at its auctions last Wednesday, when cattle sold to the amount of more than $35, 000.00, it is stated by Lester Car roll, manager. High prices are still prevailing in livestock circles, there is a large number of buyers at the local yards each Wednesday, and the demand for cattle is continu ing unabated, Mr. Carroll says. At the same time growers are bringing their stock to the local market from |an ever-widening area, and the propects are that the turnover will continue to be heavy and the prices high. One-third more has been added to the building at the stock mar ket in an effort to take care of the needs of the farmers, and every effort is being made by the management to take care of each transaction carefully, with the view to getting the most money possible for the grower. The record number of buyers coming here recently, is a good thing for the farmers, and tends to promote continued high prices. To Sponsor Silver Tea and Fair at Local School Mrs. Crawford's third grade and Miss Gibbs' fourth grade of the Demonstration School will sponsor a silver tea and fair on Tuesday afternoon, September 30 from two until four o'clock. The tea will be in the third grade basement room and the fair will be in the adjoining fourth grade room. This is being done in an effort to raise funds for supplies needed by the two grades. The public is cordially invited to attend the tea and fair. School children will be admitted to the fair at two o'clock for 2 cents each. The exhibitions at the fair will show products of Watauga farms. Many unusually large or oddly shaped vegetables and fruits will be on display along with canned goods and hand work made by the children of these two grades will also be shown. For beekeepers who plan to have not more than a half dozen colonies, production of chunk comb honey probably will be most satisfactory. Cool Weather Heralds Winter Mercury took a tort of noee dire Monday evening follow ing the warm September wea ther, and temperatures In the upper thirties prevailed in the community, causing household ers to fire up the furnaces which had been idle, and bringing about speculation as to the severity of the winter, which isn't far away. The cold spell, which is probably an aftermath of the southern hurricane, is said to extend over a wide area. In Boone this morning, however, the mercury stood in the low fifties, and rain was falling. Overcast skies have prevented (rod. No Bill Against Robert Hayes Robert Hayes. Boone man. held under bond in connection with the death of Robert Ra gan. which occurred on the main street of Boone during the progress of a fight early in the summer, was freed by the Grand Jury in Superior Court last week, no true bill having been found. Young Ragan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ragan. died of slashes from a knife, in the melee in which ha, Hayes, and others are alleged to have en gaged. AREA MEETING AT LEGION HOT District Meeting to Feature Of 1 fleers of American Legion I American Legion members from Avery and Watauga coun jties will hold a -district meeting at the Boone Legion Hut on Fri day night, October 3, beginning at six o'clock in the evening. A dinner is being planned for the visiting Legion members from the five posts that will be represented, and it is anticipated that the gathering will total several hundred Legion mem bers. ? _ State Commander Ray Gallo way, State Adjutant Wiley M. Pickens, and other high state of ficials will be here, in addition to the officials and members from the posts at Newland, Elk Park, Boone Blowing Rock and Deep Gap. A big program including plenty of music and other entertain ment is being planned by the Boone Post, and all members of the American Legion are urged to attend. The . Boone Post in 1947 had an all time high mem bership of 400 members, and this big rally is designed to start the drive for 600 members in 1948. , 1 A very important meeting will be held this Friday night Sept ember 26th to plan for this dis trict caucus. All members of the. Auxiliary and wives of Legion aires are urged to be present. Mrs. Elvira Vannoy Succumbs on Friday Mrs Elvira Brown Vannoy. 53 years old. died at her home ? m the Bamboo section last Satur day. after an illness of more than two years. _ Funeral services were con ducted Saturday at 1 from the Mount Vernon Bapt.st Church by Rev. R_ C. and Rev. Will Cook and inter ment was in the Vannoy ceme teSurviving are the husband, Letcher Vannoy; a brother, M ton Brown of Blowing Rock, two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Yates. Boone, and Mrs. Epsie Arnold, Fig, N. C. P, T, A. MEETING P<: T. A meeting at Appala chian High School budding Sept. 29th. This is the first meeting of the year and will be a dirine meeting. Patrons are asked to bring a covered ers will be introduced and plana made for the coming year. Senator Lodge, back from Eu-I rope, shocked by Ilea about us. CONE ESTATE ADDS SCENERY TOPARKROUTE Public Recreation Area to Be Made of Estate of Late Moses H. Cone at Blowing Rock; Scenic Highway to Be Built Through the Estate Blowing Rock ? Travelers down the Blue Ridge parkway next season will find a brand new and major attraction along the way. Under the terms of the will of the late Mrs. Moses Cone, mem ber of a wealthy textile family of Greensboro, her beautiful 3, 500- acre mountain estate is to be turned into a public recreation area. The estate, situated in the highland of this area, contains a large mansion, a lake, and miles of the best riding trails in the south. The trail system, com plete and wellkept, lies in por tions of the estate in which auto mobile traffic is forbidden. For some years, Mrs. Cone has per mitted the public to use the trails freely, and they have comprised one of the most important at tractions of this resort town. Currently, the state of North Carolina and the National Park service are discussing with ad ministrators of the will what agency is to administer the new park. One plan is to make it a part of the Blue Ridge parkway, which is to be built through the estate, but it is possible that the acreage will be made into a new North Carolina state park. Because of the intricate pat tern or riding trails, the new Cone park would become the first large public area in the south devoted largely to horse men, though tentative plans also call for development of water sports, fishing, camping and other loutdoor activities. The mansion might be made | nto a lodge with overnight ac commodations for visitors. Jr. Order Gives Flag, Bible to School In an outdoor ceremony on Monday afternoon. September 22 the Daniel Boone Chapter oi the Junior Order of American Mechanics presented to the De monstration School a Bible and flag. The high school band, dir ected by Mr. Gordon Nash, play ed as the students and faculty of the school were assembling on the lawn in front of the bid ding for the program. This was follow ed by the playing and singing of ??America" by the group_ R. D. Hodges, Jr., who presided, then introduced Jack Story, who pre sented a Bible to tke scchooL Rev. Edwin Troutman led the invocation and accepted c Bible on behalf of the fac""y and pupils. Clyde Greene fol lowing a speech of pr^! g th gave the flag to the school. Beth Eggers, seventh grade pupil, ac cepted it. As the flag was raued, the band played the Star Spangled Banner." Correction Through error it was reported in the Democrat last week that M A. Nichols was convicted in superior court of driving drunk, and^ fined $26 and the cost, with a 60-day suspended ? Nichols was really fined o charge of reckless driving. The error is regretted, and this cor rection gladly made. Securities offerings in first half of year well below 1948 lev el. Former Boone Nan Tells Father Of Jlurricane's Force in Florida Fred H. Hodges, son of former sheriff John W. Hodges, who now resides at West Palm Beach, Fla., was situated in the path of the recent hurricane which Lashed south and southeast, and the owing are some excerpts from a letter which the father has received: "The 'Big Blow' as they call it down here is over and we are still living. They may call it the 'Big Blow' but 1 have another name for it You can't imagine one of those thing* unless you have been through one. The esti mated rate of the wind was 125 miles per hour. The inaturment they measure it with broke, but I am sure it made every inch of 126. "We sat here for two nights and a day watching limbs, curtains, pans and other things pass the house. Trees were breaking and being pulled up by the roots. A coconut tree in our yard broke off about half way up but we had jvery little damage to the house (and yard. "People that have lived here * long time say that these things only come once and awhile but I can assume you that that is too often. The wind there in Boone in the winter time is merely a play thing by the side of this. They estimate the damage in this county at ten million dollars." CONGRESS FLOODS EUROPE One of Vhe many congressional committees now touring Eu rope on fact-finding missions, is this committee headed by Rep resentative Herter, Massachusetts. This committee is touring on a fact-finding mission in connection with the Marshall plan. FARM PICNIC FEW REGISTER TO BE (UMAX FOR CITY VOTE BUREAU DRIVE ON RECREATION Couty-wide Gathering of Farmers to Be Held in Boone Saturday, Oct. 4; Drive for Members of Farm Organization Meets Success A county-wide farmers' picnic will provide the highspot of the campaign for new members be ing conducted locally by the Farm Bureau, the gathering to be held on the courthouse lawn Saturday, October 4th at 11 o'clock, it is revealed by George G. Farthing, area Farm Bureau agent, who is assisting local of ficals in the current effort. The picnic will be supplied by the bureau, there will be band music, an address will be deliver ed by one of North Carolina's outstanding Farm leaders, and reports of the various neighbor hood membership committees will be heard. The membership campaign got under way Monday with G. D. Barnett, chairman, and I. B. Wil son, chairman of the Associate membership committee, and a list of business firms cooperat ing is being published herewith. It is hoped that all business men of the county will cooperate in the movement. Mr. Farthing reports a large meeting at Green Valley School Monday night, with an address by R. G. Arnold, regional organi zation director for the Farm Bureau, and there was a program of music. A similar meeting was held Tuesday night at Deep Gap School with wide interest. Other meetings to be held are: Bethel September 25; Bamboo, Septem ber 26th; Shulls Mills, September 29; Matney, September 30; Windy Gap, October 1. All meetings are at 7:30 p. m. The names of the Boone busi ness men thus far cooperating in the Farm Bureau movement are: Goodnight Brothers Produce Co., Home Electric Supply Co.. Stallings Jewelry Store, S. C. Eggers & Co.. The Fashion Shop, Wilson Feed Store. Mountain Burley Warehouse. Inc.. Valle Crucls Co., Farmers Hardware & Supply Co., Inc., Northwestern Bank. Belk-White Co.. Boone Drug Co., Skyline Restaurant, Winkler Motor Co., Colvard Auto Parts, Inc., Hunt's Department Store. Colvard Chevrolet Co., Watauga Building Sc Loan Association, Watauga Insurance Agency, Frank M. Payne, Lyon's Thrift Shop, Peoples Cafe. Hollars Grocery, Watauga Democrat. Boone Tire 8c Bargain Store, City Shoe Shop. Parkway Co., Moretz Furniture Co.. Watson & Cook Garage, Barnett Motor Co.. Maddux Esso Service, Hollar Pro duce & Fertilizer Co. I U* S. holds 457,590,800 acres in [public land, survey shows. Books Open for Two More Saturdays to Vote on Pro posed Tax Levy for Start of Recreation Program; Fiscal Proposal is Clarified Registration for the special election to vote on providing a relatively small sum for the start of a recreational program in the town, got under way last Satur day at the city hall, and interest in the proposal seems to be rather light, since only about thirty five qualified voters placed their names on the books. The books will be open next Saturday and the following Saturday for the registration of voters, while Sat urday October 11th will be ob served as challenge day. it is again emphasized that this is a brand new registration, and no one will be allowed to vote who doesn't appear at city hall during the period set aside, and get his or her name on the books. The vote will be against the regsitration, that is, a majority of the registered vote will be necessary to carry the proposal. Coach R. W. Watkins, local re creation director points out that the enabling act needs clarifica tion, as to the amount of money which the taxpayers will be re quired to spend in the event the proposal is approved, and states: "The law specifies that if the recreation vote is carried the taxpayer will pay TEN CENTS ON EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PROPERTY EVAL UATION. For example, if your property evaluation is $500, your assessment will be only fifty cents more with the passing of the recreation vote. Legally the money provided can be used only recreational purposes by authority of the Recreation Com mission." Local Band Gets Letter of Praise Rev. E. F. Troutman, president of the High School Band and Parent-Teacher Association, has received the following letter from Clarence E. Greever of the Johnson County Bean Festival committee. Mountain City, Tenn.: "I am writing you with refer ence to the Boone High School Band which so graciously took part in the recent Bean Festival here in Mountain City. "In addition to the fine music so well rendered and so well conducted, was the courteousness and co-operative spirit shown by every single member of the. group. ? "Please express our sincere' thanks and appreciation to the band, its director, Mr. Nash, and to any and all who help sponsor these fine young people. "We are hoping to have them with us on a similar occasion next year." BIG APPLES The Democrat appreciates the gift by Mr. A. C. Miller of Matney of 0 apples of the Wolf River and Gloria Munday variety, which weigh a total of 11 pounds, by far the largest we have seen this year. Meat production under Federal inspection for the week ended August 30 totaled 268 million pounds, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. METERS TO BE INSTALLED ON CITY STREETS City Council Takes Action la Effort to Relieve Parking Situation; 200 Meters to Be Installed on King Street During Next Month The city officials have closed a deal with a large manufacturer of parking meters, whereby m large number of the coin devices will be installed on King Street between October 1 and 15th, in an effort to ease the parking situation on the main through fare, and at the same time to pro vide additional revenue for con tinued street improvement pro jects. The decision to give the meters a try-out was reached after of ficials discussed the matter with a large number of the leading business men of the city, who seemed to share the opinion that customers of the respective stores had rather deposit a nipkel in the slot and perhaps be able to park, and transact their business, than to finally secure lodgment for their vehicle far away from their destination without cost. Plans call for the installation of 200 meters between the Smithey Store and the old Smithey building, and it is be lieved that local residents may be induced to leave their cars In the family garage during busi ness hours, and thus leave the spaces for farmers and others who are anxious to do bu sines* here. There is no cash outlay for the meters, and the contrivances will gradually be paid for by the 50% take which the manufactur ers get. Meters are being installed in most of the smaller cities of the state and investigation by local officials indicate that the people generally are highly pleased with them, when they become ac customed to the system. Named as Attacker After Car His Boy Hickory ? Less than 14 hours after his automobile struck and gravely injured a six-year -old boy on Highway 70-A east of Hickory Friday, Lawrence Sig mon, 28, of 631 Chestnut Avenue, was arrested on charges of rap ing a 31 -year-old Watauga county woman at Lake Hickory and tak ing $215 from her. Police Chief E. W. Lentz said that soon after the Watauga wo man signed warrants accusing Sigmon of rape and larceny from the person he was taken into custody Sunday on Ninth avenue here. The chief added that money which the woman said belonged to her was found in the rear of the same car that had struck Thomas Campbell, son of Mrs. L. L. Vinson of Hick ory, Route 3 Friday morning. The woman charges ? accord ing to Chief Lentz, that Sigmon ravished her on City of Hickory property at Lake Hickory and stole $215 in cash from her around 7 o'clock Friday evening. Sigmon is being held in jail without privilege of bond on the rape and larceny cha|rges. Deputy Sheriff Glenn Allen of Hickory said today that no charges had been preferred against him in connection with the accident on highway 70-A pending the outcome of the con dition of the Campbell youngster. Meanwhile, attaches at the Richard Baker hospital reported the child conscious and his con dition greatly improved. 'Rev. Polk to Preach At Union Service# The regular monthly union service of the five churches in town will be held Sunday even ing at 7:30 at the Advent Chris tian Church. It will be the con cluding service of a ? series of meetings being held In that church this week. Rev. Richard Polk, pastor of the First Advent Christian Church in Lenoir, will preach the sermon. The members of all live of the participating churches are urged, to attend and all oth ers interested in hearing the Gospel of Salvation preached. , .? ,, Oats are good teed for starting calves but are to bulky to mate up a Urge part of the ration.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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