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Burley Tobacco CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EDITION WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 i m ?? - ? . VOL. LX, NO. 22 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1947 FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET By.-. Rob. Rivers Thanksgiving ... it originated way back, when a group of pioneers pushed back the New England frontier, fashioned cab ins from the tall timbers of the forest, turned plots of soil, snatched from the giant firs, arid saw the fruits of their labors re flected in storehouses of food. The Indians had to be killed, the wild beasts had to be stopped in their forays on, small herds and flocks, the wild new country had to be subbued ... to make room for a new concept of living, which included the right to wor ship, without interference, the God" who had sent the rain, and the sunshine, and had brought forth the first harvest in a strange new land . . . The folks, so 'tis said were genuinely grate ful .. . they found great joy in the material rewards which their labors and their sweat and their tears had brought forth . . . they gathered together on that first Thanksgiving Day, and humbled themselves in Thankfulness to their Supreme Benefactor, who had secured for them the first , frontiers of a free land. ? ? ? The custom of offering thanks on a particular Day at the time of the harveeL was maintained year after year, until Thanks giving Day became a national event ... Today however we saDy forth to sports events, to hunting retreats, gather around feetive boards, and dine and wine, but don't hear too much said about the spiritual side of the occasion . . . the meaning the day. it would appear has been lost in the latter-day cele brations which occur whenever red shows on the calendar pad ... In a world rent by suffer ing. misery, want and starva tion. where the likenesses of the prince of Peace have been powdered beneath the iron heels of ruthless dictators . . . where human decency and normal happiness have become vague and gnawing memories ... we alone, are basking in a - land of bountiful food, raiment and shelter . . . living a life of relative ease ... the like of which this world has never known. Whether it be Thanks giving or Christmas, the fourth of July or Labor Day . . . we would do well to ease off the "gimme" supplications., which have become all too familiar in 'Ttiy circle or worship . . . and honestly and sincerely try to enter into a day by day { spirit of Thankfulness, humility I charity and gratitude . . . we've already been given pretty near ly everthingl 0 0 0 Folks hereabouts are mighty sad about Tam Bowie having been called off . . . Superior court terms will not seem just the same without the gifted Ashe county lawyer being around. A man of exceptional ability, splendid academic accomplish ments and with an indomitable spirit, the mountain barrister, banker, legislator and leader . . . winner in many a hard-fought, battle . . is being mourned over a wide area. His loyalty, couragc and absolute sincerity of pur pose were never brought into question by friend or foe . . . We wish he could have stayed'. ? * ? Our national system of gov ernment, in spite of its known deficiences. extravagances, and perhaps at times, inefficiences. is about the best system there is ? at any rate the folks have had more of everything, even at the worst, than have the peoples at any other nation . . . life liberty and the pursuit of happiness tire taken for granted, but some times a main streeter, sort of wonders . . . The other day President Tru man got together a special ses skm of Congress to deal with twin emergencies ... no ser ious question was ever^ised / ee So his wisdom in calling the lawmakers together . . . he ? laid the momentous questions down in the collective laps of the governmental leaders soon as they assembled . . . and when the Presidential piece had been qpoken Congressional leaders promptly announced it would bo a full week before the mat tan would be considered . . . and it an emergency, for land's ? ? ? THIS AND THAT . . . Tobacco CwlfcwH mm keek r?e?. sesMea mm Is*; LOCAL FARM BOYS AT INTERNATIONAL SHOW Four Watauga boys, the North Carolina State championship junior livestock judging team, who are in Chicago ai the International Livestock show, which lasts to December 6. They are, left to right, Milton Moretz. Clint Reese, Elmo Moretz, Ben Norris and C. H. Kirkman, Jr., assist ant Watauga county farm agent. At Chicago, l$e local stock judging group will compete against 24 other state championshio teams. (Photo by Westbrook Photo Shop.) 750,000 Pounds Burley Now On Local Floors To Break All Records; Sales Begin Monday) W arehouseman : * S Mr R. C. Coleman, operator of i he three tobacco warehouses here, who is now on -the job. and will ptrsonally manage the sales on all the floors. RITES AREHELD FOR MRS.PAYNE Weil-Known Boone Resident Suc-| Cumbi Thursday From Short Illness Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday at 2 o'clock from the Cove Creek Baptist Church, for Mrs. Sallie Elvira Payne. The pastor. Rev. H. K. Middleton, was in charge, assisted by Rev. S. B. Moss, of the Boone Methodist Church, and burial was in the Mast family cemetery, in the same neighborhood. Mrs. Payne, died in the Baptist Hospital, Thursday. She had been ill for only a few days, and had been taken to Winston-Salem six days prior to her death. She was 65 years old. Mrs Payne, who was the widow of the late Andrew J. Payne of the Sherwood neigh borhood, was born in Watauga county, a daughter of the late Noah Mast and Lucinda Adams Mast. Following the death of her husband several years ago, she had made her home with a son Mr. Frank M. Payne of Boone. She was a devout membetof the Baptist Church, a generis and kind neighbor, friend and coun sellor, and her death came as a distinct personal loss to her many friend* in Boone and throughout the county. Mrs. Payne is survived by two sons, and two daughters: Will T. Payne, Sherwood; Frank M. Payne, Boone; Mrs. John H. Thomas, Boone, and Mrs. H. O. Dowling, Washington, D. C. Favorable Grading Weather Spurs Movement of Weed to Mountain Burley Warehouses; Receipts Now Virtually Three Times as Heavy as Same Period Last Year; Mil lion and Half Pounds Can Be Placed on Baskets Here at One Time; Full Set of Buyers for First Time Three-quarters of a million pounds of burley tobacco are now on baskets on the floors of the Mountain Burley Warehouses and the Farmers Warehouse in Boone, to set an all-time record for receipts at this pre-season period. This is just about exactly three times as much as had been placed placed on the baskets four days prior to the open ing of the auctions last year, and at press time the flow of the burley continues with increasing regularity, prepara tory to the start of the auctions next Monday. Thanksgiving To Be Observed Here Practically all of the stores and other places of business in the city will be closed Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day. Likewise county and city offices, the postoffice, bank, county library, and perhaps other offices will remain clos ed through Thursday. I YULE SEALS GO ON SALE HERE ? Christmas Stickers Will Yield Funds for Continuing Fight Against Disease The forty-first annual Christ mas Seal sale started in Watauga Monday, and Rev. James Mc Keown, chairman of the Watauga County Tuberculosis Association, has mailed out the stamps, and the following letter to hundreds of people,, whose immediate re sponse is as Ad in order that an effective fight against tubercu losis may be maintained: 'You need no long letter tell ing of the effects of tuberculosis. I am satisfied that you are al ready in complete sympathy with the movement to erase it from our country. Therefore, we give you no long 'pep talk' about the grc-at need for your help. "Besides the usual needs for money, the Watauga County Tu berculosis Association has six pa tients in the Sanitarium, whose expenses it is paying, and Dr. Robert King, Jr., our county health doctor, needs an X-ray machine very much. These two things are necessities, and not just things we would like to do if we got the money. O "Please send tn your % 2 for those 200 seals, and let the seals be seen on your packages and let It***" . Rccent damp weather, which brought about a rush of grading, contributed largely to the heavy receipts this week. The growers who have delivered their weed come from every section of the tri-state burley region, and news they bring would indicate that this year's market will witness the auction of more pounds of to bacco than in any year of the market's history. Mr Roscoe Coleman will again personally manage the sales on both floors of the Mountaip Bur ley Warehouse CorpQratJon, as well as on the floor of his Farm ers Burley Warehouse, and will be assisted by Miss Harriet Sykes, and Mr. R. C. Colem&n, Jr. It is pointed out that with the three big warehouses a million and a half pounds can be placed on baskets at one time, and there will be no waiting to unload, day or night. Full S?t of Buyeri Mr. Coleman states that Liggett & Myers Tobacco Comnany is sending a buyer thi^ time, being the first year this firm has pro vided a regular buyer, and the first time the local market has attracted a complete set of com pany bidders Others sending buyers again this year are: Rey nolds. American, Austin, Jen kins and Piedmont. Higher Floor Price The government support price this year, it is explained, has been raised to $40.30 average, an ad vance of $6.70 over a year ago. This is hailed as good news by the farmers of the region. The chant of the auctioneer will first be heard next Monday but the definite hour won't be announced until a conference of the buyers has been held. Mr. Coleman brings his usual staff to Boone again this year, highly trained men and women, who know the tobacco business from the viewpoint of the farmer as well as the buyer, and prompt, efficient and courteous service will be the watchword of his or ganization Every convenience has been provided for the farm ers, who may unload at either of the three houses, where they will receive a friendly greeting and painstaking treatment. Santa Claus To Visit City As Shopping Season Opens; King Queen of Festival to Be Named FARMERS ARE URGED TO VOTE ON AAA ISSUE Community Committeemen to Be Named in Neighborhood Elections by Vote of Farm People; Schedule of Elec tion Dates and Polling Places Given A last minute call to all farm ers in Watauga county to vote in farm program elections which have not yet been held was is sued today by Ned Glenn, chair man of the county agricultural conservation association. At these elections community committe men for each community will be elected, and also county dele gates to the county convention will be chosen. Dates and voting places for the remaining communities are as follows: Bald Mountain, Dec. 2, Cook's store; North Fork, Dec. 2, Elli son's store; Stony Fork, Dec. 3, A. G. Miller's store; Elk, Dec. 3, Simmons' store; Blue Ridge, Dec. 4, M. O. Coffey's; Blowing Rock, Dec. 4, City Hall; Watauga 2, Dec. 5, Moore's store, Foscoe; Boone 3, Dec. 5, Smith's store. According to Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Ander son, "this aproach, right down to the county and community level has proved itself the most effec tive organization yet devised for the administration of any na tional farm program. This coun try has never witnessed a finer demonstration of the processes of democracy in action than the committee system under the Agricultural Conservation Pro- - gram." The way to keep this organiza tion strong and representative of farmers is for all eligible farm ers to vote in the elections when they are held in their community, Mr. Glenn said. Regonal ACE Meet 1 Set For December 6 The regional meeting of the Association for Childhood Educa tion will meet at the Demonstra tion school December 6. accord ing to Mrs. Ron Davis, regional chairman Dr. Theo Dalton, Miss Eugenia Hunter and Miss Mar garet Flintom of the Department of Eucation, Woman's College of the University of North Carolina are expected to take part in the meeting. Also expected for the occassion are members from the State Department of Education. This regional meeting includes primary and grammar grade teachers from Watauga and sur rounding counties. , PARKING FEE SET BY MONTH City Council Male** Provision to Park Vehicles on Monthly Basis for 13.00 Some complaint has reached city hall to the effect that auto mobiles are being parked in the meter zone, when the meter shows red, and no tickets issued. Mayor Winkler explains that in these cases the driver hoi bought a ticket which entitle* him to park for one month for $3.00. A sticker affixed to the windshield of such vehicle indi cates this arrangement. The Mayor states that any motorist may buy the monthly parking sticker on the payment of three dollars in advance. He says the parking ordinance is be ing strictly enforced, and warns thatHhose who have failed to re port when given tickets will be sent for, if they do not appear promptly. The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them. ?Thomas Jefferson Saturday Marks Opening of Shopping Season and Tobacco Festival; King and Queen of. Festival to Be Crowned; Lights To Be On The Boone Merchants Association and the Burley To bacco Warehouses have virtually completed plans for. the gigantic opening of the Christmas shopping season and the burley tobacco festival next Saturday, when Santa Claufl will make his first official call, and when various forms of entertainment will contribute to the gaiety of the occasion. Newspaper Is Complete Xmu Shopping Guide The Democrat today lake* the form of a complete and comprehensive Christmas shop ping guide, as well as a to bacco warehouse promotional, and its columns will be found to contain just about all the merchandising information the early shopper would need. A number of worthwhile Christ mas features had to be defer red in an effort to give the merchants the best possible coverage of their extensive holiday lines. The publisher respectfully asks that the readers check the advertisements today care fully. They contain good news, and it is entirely pos sible to complete your gift list from these ads right in your own home, and be ready to gather in the merchandise quickly and efficiently when you arrive in town. The merchants have made ample preparations to take care of the needs of the peo ple quickly and completely, and the local newspaper joins with them in extending a warm welcome to the shoppers of the area. OPEN HUNTING SEASON TODAY Upland Game May Be Taken Thanksgiving; Trapping Starts | December 1 The hunting se-son for small upland game will open November1 27th, it is stated by Walter Ed misten, district game protector, who states that trapping for muskrat and mink along water courses is legal December 1. Dry land trapping in any form, either by steel trap or dead fall, is il legal. The rabbit season ends Janu ary 31, and five may be taken in any one day, with a posession limit of 10 ? Quail and ruffed grouse may likewise be shot until January 31. Daily bag limit for quail is 8 and season 150. Two grouse may be shot per day, with season limit of 10. Trapping for mink and musk rat only is permitted from Dec ember 15 through February 15, in the water and along streams in cultivated portions traversed by said streams. Fur dealers are ask ed to secure proper license. Mr. Edmisten states that all firearms used in the violation of the game laws, must be confis cated and sold upon conviction. _ ine uoone Merchants Associa ? tion and the Burley Tobacco Warehouses have virtually com pleted plans (or the gigantic opening of the Christmas shop ping season, and the burley to bacco festival next Saturday, when Santa Claus will make hi* first official call, and when var ious forms of entertainment will contribute to the gaiety of the oc casion. King and Queen Christmas, as well as the King and Queen ol the burley festival "will be chosen from contestants from the high schools of Ashe, Avery and Wa tauga counties in North Carolina, and from Johnson county, Tenn., by a set of impartial judges, who know neither of the contestants, and are likewise unkown to them. The judging will take place at the Mountain Burley Warehouse in Boone at 1 o'clock, following a luncheon given for the contest' ants at 12 noon. The King and Queen will ride upon floats in the Santa Claus parade which begins at 2 o'clock, and which will form on East King Street at the Blowing Rock Road and travel west to the court house with Santa Claus passing out gift packages to the children. The high school band will lead the parade with the Thomas and Farthing string band joining in a program of Christ mas music. Later in the evening the phristmas lights will be turn ed on. Unemployment Group To Receive Claims in Boone Each Friday The unemployment compensa tion division of the employment security commission wishes to announce that beginning Friday, December 5, 1947 they will be in the courthouse at Boone each Friday for the purpose of taking claim*. Persona wishing to file for un employment compensation or un employed readjustment allow ance benefits should Veport bet ween the hours of 10:00 a. m. and 1 :00 p m. Veterans wishing to file sell employed readjustment allowance claims should report between the hours of 2:00 p. m. and 4:00 p. m. The Contestants Following arc the names of those who have entered the con test for the King and Queen of Christmas and of the burley Fes- ' tival: Boone High School: Miss Mary Sue Miller, Deep Gap; Mr. Dixon Quails, Boone. Blowing Rock School: Mia* Thelma Greene. Mr. Thos. Wright, Blowing Rock. Bethel School: Miss Sue Haga man, Vilas; Mr. ' Ned Trivett, Reese, Cove Creek School: Miss Katy Sue Farthing, Valle Crucis; Mr. Dexter Rominger, Valle Crucis. Lights Being Installed Workmen on Monday began stringing the long ropes of ever greens on both sides of the street through the business section and installing the hundreds of color ed lights which will be used in illuminating the city during the holidays. Merchants are engaged in exhibiting their Christmas merchandise and everything will be ready Saturday for the com ing of Santa Claus and for the most spectacular Christmas open ing in the town's history. FARM BUREAU TALKS ROADS Improved Farm lo Market Roads, ' Better Rural Phone Service Sought About twenty farmers, mem bers of the board of directors and special committees of the Wa tauga Farm Bureau, met last Thursday evening, for a discus sion of rural roads and telephone facilities H. E. Greene of Deep Gap is chairman of the roads committee, and the group will work with highway authorities in an effort to improve farm-to-market roads, particularly those which are used as school bus routes. The group will also advocate the expulsion of telephone service in the rural areas. It was voted to continue the Farm Bureau membership cam paign to January 1. About 400 members have thus far joined the organization. Mr. George Farth ing , Farm Bureau, field agent, spoke to the group. * ' ' J i. 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