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THE DEMOCRAT Ik your beet and most econo lll ' medium or advri tlsln* With more than 2. *00 paid-up. caah subscriptions, your mes aaif aoaa to IX.900 people, on tt? universally used basis of ore raadiri to each subscriber. ?* VOL. LX, NO. 30. An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1948. FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS BOB AGLE going down the line in an effort to get the most pos sible money for the March of Dimes fund ? used to make war on Infantile Paralysis, the grim crippler and destroyer of child ren . . . initial response to worthy appeal gratifying . . . school children about th? town Satur day, taking up quantities of coins for those who have been or may be stricken down . . . Somehow seems so appropriate for these gay happy children to be en gaged in helping out other kid dies who got the tough break . . . and, it's possible that some of the dimes they so eagerly chased, may be used to try to re store their own helpless limbs be hind the future's closely locked uoors. ? ? ? THE MARCH OF DIMES is a mighty fin* thing . . . Con ceiv*d in the mind of Ameri ca's moat beneficent statesman, the campaign has com* to b* something of ? national in stitution . . . likely always will be . . . and som* day will b*ar fruit in the form of a definite preventative for polio . . . It's on* of the few remaining campaigns that w* shall al ways support . . . Most of the others to which w* have given - lucre and lip-service in the past, have been marked off our list ... payments to them will in the future be out of defer ence to whichever of our local friends is campaigning . . . sort of token contributions ? ? ? THREE MEAT CAMP YOUTHS loae lives in crash of automobile . . . deepest sympathy to the fond parents who have been visited with so great a calamity ... A gory reminder of the lethal dang ers that lurk along every mile of the pavement in the age of speed . . . The triple tragedy has brought gloom to the folks hereabouts. ? ? ? MERCURY slip* down th* fahimhtil tub* till It touch** aero d*g>**. bringing i sting ing last* oi old time wintsr . . . everybody tillriin about it, a* Mark Twain allowed, but do ing little to cbang* th* situa tion . . . Reflecting on th* plight of lots of folks who hav* inadequate structural protec tion from th* withering blasts. think of Pink Baldwin, our old friend of th* tall tales, who had a ipealring acquaintance with Adam and Eve. he said, and members of all intervening generations ... He had sail*d th* s*?s with Christopher Columbus, had a^pwllad with Georye Washington, on th* broad porticos at Mount Ver non, and held th* hand of th* first President when th* h*art oi the Father of Our Country became quiet. ? * 0 YES, Pink was right gifted along historical luies, and we vised to discuss the weather with him ... He had always seen worse spells . . . The first winter he spent on this continent after he helped discover it . . . she was a whizzer . . . and the freeze up during the Valley Forge period was something. Pink was living in a cabin on the North Slope of Howard's Knob, when the mer cury was fixing to lodge against the bottom. A full-grown Tom cat could have been thrown through some of the openings in the walls ... an open ftreplace gave some heat, but there was a scarcity of wood due to the ^iepth of the snow . . . bed cloth ing was inadequate, food was kind of scarce, and we had been wondering just how Pink, the members OT his family . . . and his stock (three or four emaciated old donkies he kept . . . never knew why) were going to stand the impending gale, when in walked Pink. ? ? ? THE GRIZZLED PATRI ARCH stalked ia the old Demo <rm office . . . didn't hav* any thing to say ... ambled over to th* red-hot. poi-b*lli*d store, warmed his calloused hands a spell, while malting ice drip ped from his whiskars . . . un buttoned his ancient Jim swinger coat, which hAng in tatters at lis tails, exposing a m still, oa* atop th* othar, so ti I m ? , 1 f LU ??? niiWail .-ana P*Q mm? ii on rui crooitu cirw, t (CaitlwueJ an pace S) WHEAT KING To CunrtB LMmlng, Bornaty. IndL went the honors of being "Wheal King" and winning lhe ????nth annual Philip W. Pills bury stale wheal award for his achievement at the Indiana corn and small grain show held at Laiarette. ABRAMS PLANS N.Y. PARADE Former Boone Educator Will Work Out State's Parade At Lions' Convention. Raleigh. Jan. 17 ? plans for a North Carolina parade and exhi bit in connection with the con vention of Lions International in New York City next July were laid here yesterday at the meet ing of the club leaders from all oarts of North Carolina. Dr. W. Amos Abrams, of Ral eigh, international counsellor and former district governor of Wes tern Lions district 31-A, is the chairman of the parade and ex hibit committee, Whose member ship embraces all three of the Tar Heels Lions Districts. Tentative plans for the project, according to Abrams, call for a North Carolina band and float in the big parade of Lions Interna tional at New York next July. Abrams said that the Elizabeth City High School band would likely represent the State in the procession. In addition to the parade, the project includes a North Carolina exhibit slated to be set up in Madison Square Garden at which the State's agriculture, industry, natural and cultural resources will be displayed. The project is being sponsored by the State's 200-odd Lions Club organizations, Abrams said. Vaughn H. Howell Dies In Virginia Vaughn Hagaman Howell, 35 years old. native of Todd, died on 'January 15, at Culpeper. Va. A heart attack is given as the im mediate cause of his demise. Funeral services were conduct ed from the South Fork Baptist Church in the old home neigh borhood by Rev. Raymond Hen drix and Rev. Ernest Stephens, and burial was in the Howell cemetery. Mr. Howell was bom in the Todd neighborhood, a son of the late W. N. and Mrs. Howell. He was a member of the Pilot Moun tain Baptist Church, and served on the Board of Deacons until he moved to Virginia. The widow and three children survive: Frank, Rena Mae and Wanda Lee Howell. The mother and six brothers also survive. ARTIFICIAL BREEDING SERVICE TO BECOME AVAILABLE HERE Asheville, N. C. ? The South eastern Artificial Breeding As sociation, a new project spon sored by the Farmers Federation with the cooperation of the ex tension service of the North Car olina department of agriculture, has begun operations here it was announced yesterday by James G. K. McClure, president of the federation. The project, which is predicted to double the milk production of the average Western North Caro lina cow within the next ten years, is housed in a huge barn on the AsheviHe-Charlotte high way, just beyond the American Legion golf course. A battery of 25 high-index proven tire*, re presenting registered Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernseys are now situated in the barn And activities MORE FUNDS SOUGHT FOR STATE PARKS W. R. Winkler in Washington As Guest of Governors As His Commission Makes Plea For More Funds for Nation al Parks in Carolina. W. R. Winkler, member of the North Carolina Park, Parkway, and Forest Development Com mission, is in Washington. D. C., where today he attends the regu lar monthly meeting of the Com mission, and on Thursday even ing a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, where the members of his group will be ?guests of Governor Gregg Cherry, of North Carolina and Governor Jim McCord of Tennessee. At this time plans are to be made for the further devel opment of the Smoky Mountains National Park. The banquet will be attended by the complete Congressional delegations from both North Car olina and Tennessee, the Secre *ary of the Interior, Director of thp National Park Service, mem bers of the Tennessee Depart ment of Conservation; members of congressional appropriations committees, and department . of the interior sub-committee mem bers. The Park Commission will pre sent informally the situation as to the Great Smoky Mountains Park and outline briefly the pro gram for the two-state joint com mittee for its development. All the members of the North Carolina Park Commission are in Washington for the important conference, as follows: Chas, E. Ray, Chairman; Kelly E. Bennett, vice-chairman; Percy R^Eerebee, Francis J. Heazel, Raymond U. Sutton, W. R. Wink ler, E. C. Guy; C. M. Douglas, sec retary; A. H. Graham, chairman State highway and public works commission; R. Bruce Etheridge, director of the department of con servation and development. Joe Huffman Goes On Navy Cruise Joseph E. Huffman, local gro cer, chief specialist. Naval Re serve, has been issued orders to participate in a five week train ing cruise aboard the USS PO CONO AGC-16. Mrs Huffman reports to the commanding officer, training sta ging division, Winston-Salem, for process to active duty status in the Naval Reserve. Upon com pletion of process he will report to the Commandant, sixth Naval district, for further assignment. Upon completion of his train ing cruise, they will disembark at Norfolk, Va., on February 24, and be released to inactive duty status. He will receive full duty pay plus transportation to and from his home. AAA Office To Close Wednesday Afternoon # . In order to comply with the 40-hour week regulation for county agricultural conservation association employees, the local AAA office will be closed every Wednesday afternoon effective January 21. Office hours now are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs days and Fridays, 8:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon, 12:30 p. m. to 4:30 p. m.; Wednesdays and Saturdays 8:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon. have begun which allow each farmer in North Carolina to im prove his dairy herd, it was pointed out by Mr. McClure. The barn was constructed with special attention to safety fea tures to protect the caretaker of the bulls as well as laboratory technicians. A modern laboratory is contained in the barn with all the necessary equipment to carry on the work, and a modern home has been constructed adjacent to the barn to house the caretaker and his family. Only proven bulls will be used in the stud, Mr. McClure pointed out. He added that a nation-wide search has bern made tor bulls that will come up "to the stand ards required by the Southeastern Artificial Breeding Association, and no bull will be acquired for (Continued on page S) /' i SCENE AT CRASH WHICH CLAIMED LIVES OF THREE View of the wrecked automobile in which Barnard Grant Proffitt and Chester Bar Proffitt, brothers, and Eston Earl Proffitt, a cousin of the two, lost their lives when the vehicle left highway 221. eight miles from Boone Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Blair.) Three Are Killed As Auto Plunges From Icy Highway MANY GIVE TO POLIO FUND Roceipts Near Half Total Be ing Sought; Chairman Asks Prompt Aid. The March of Dimes campaign is going forward with marked success in the county, but Chair man Bob Agle is insisting that contributions be made promptly in order that the goat may be reached as quickly as possible. Total receipts are a bit le*s than half of the quota of $1,675.00. it is revealed, and Mr. Agle in giv ing out the figures. Issued the following factual statement: "Watauga county's entire quota is only $1,675.00. Approximately $7,000 has been Upent on one Watauga child alone since she was stricken with the crippling disease in the epidemic of 1945. If this were your child, would you have the money for her con tinuous care? The National Foun dation will do that for you ? out of the sum made up from each person's relatively small contri bution. Have you made yours? There are only ten more days left in which to make your contribu tion: Following is a list of some ol the initial contributors to the March of Dimes. Ernest Lewis 2 00. Bill Rush 2.00. Appalachian Theatre 10.00. Mrs. E. T. Glenn 3.00, R. E. AgLe 10.00. George Wilson 1.00, G H Phillip* 2 00, Mr. and Mrs. E. N Hahn 23 00. W C. Green 1.00. City Florist 2.00. John G. Martin 5 00. Tom Beach 200. Wade E. Brown 1.00. Hobert Tee Gross 5.00, Frank Hod ([en 1.00. Ralph MoreU 2 60. Boone Tire and Bargain Store 10.00. Reins Sturdlvant 540, W. B. Richardson 1 00. W. C. Richardson 1.00. O K. Richardson 100. Donald R. Lumpkin 2.50. Dr. and Mrs. John G. Harden 2.00, C. H Blackburn 1.00. Mrs. Justin Regan 1.00, Elizabeth Routt 1.00. Mrs. Minnie Coffey 1.00. T B. Moore 100. C. A Price 3.00. Daniel Boone Hotel 5.00, Paul Moretz 1.00, E. J. Bodenhammer 1.00. G. F. Critcher 2.00, S. C Eggers 3 00, T M Shore 200. Jerome Coffey 1.00, Mrs T. Len Cook 1.00. Mae H Miller 5 00. Mrs. Mar garet Hughes 100. J K Parker Jr. 100. Earl C, Norris 5 00, Conrad A. Shaw 100. Melvin T. Glmmel 1.00, W. M Thomas 100, Winkler Motor Co. 10.00. HetUe Greer 100, Esther S. Boone 1.00, John M Justice 1 00. Rebe L. Moore 2.00. A. E. South 1.00. Helen Underdo wn 1 00, Anonymous (40, Glenn Bodenhammer 1.00, J. L. Reese 1.00. John Kirk 1M, O. W Austin 100, James B. Mast 500, Tom Ltwranee 540. John Adams 1.00. A C. Reese 5.00. R. S Shipley t 40, Joe Norris Jr. 3.00. D. A. Austin 100. J. H. Thomas 1.00. Mrs. Charsle Baldwin 100, Mrs. Julius W Cone 10X10. F. L. Wilcox 100. J. t Holshouser 54 0. R. C. Wineberger 100, W. W. Mast 100. W. a Monte 14*. J. O. Cook 140.. George QiMI 140, Ered Castle 2 00. A friend ol Wataufa county 1000, W. R. Vines 140, Mr. sod Mrs. Ed Hanaon 24*. Don Parry 144. Eunice Query 5 00. Bryon Wilson 140. H. W. Wilcox 240, O. O. Brown 144, Mrs. Frank Cooke 140. Pearl Cowl? 140 CRAFT HOUSE CLOSED Craft house at Watauga Handi crafts Center is at present closed due to the absence of the direc tor, Mrs. W. J. Kelsey, who i4 in Berea, Ky., attending opportunity school. It will be reopened on January 28. __i It's good sense to put extra dollars to work ? Buy United States Savings Bonds. Two Brothers, Cousin, Are Fatally Injured in Accident On Highway 221 Saturday; Triple Funeral Services Are Conducted Monday. Three Meat Camp township youths, two of them brothers, the other a cousin, were kill ed at six o'clock Saturday af ternoon, when a car in which they were riding careened from highway 221, eight miles from Boone, and crashed into a group of trees. The accident, perhaps the worst of its kind in Watauga county history, is believed to have been caused when the car skidded on the icy pavement. Barnard Proffitt. 21, and his cousin. Eston Earl Proffitt. 17. were instantly killed. Chester Ray Proffitt, 12. Barnard's broth er. died after having been admit ted to Watauga Hospital. All suf fered head injuries. Elbert Bryan, who. it was said was driving the car, suffered from minor head injuries and bruises. Bryan is reported as being una ble to recall the cause of the ac cident. Funeral services for the threei youths were conduc'ed Monday morning at 11 o'clock uom the Proffitt's Grove Baptist Church in the home neighborhood. Rev. Wm. Cook and Rev. Mr. Stevens were in charge of the rites and the bodies were interred at the Proffitt's Grove cenetery Eston Earl Proffitt is survived by the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Proffitt, and the following jrothers and sisters: Arlie, Cicero, Dayton, Fred, Henry; Mrs. Lance Hamby, Mebane; Mrs. Woodrow Winebarger, Zionville; Harlene. Newport News. Va.; Pearl, andl Oliver Proffitt of the home. Barnard Grant Proffitt, whose death occurred on his 21st birth day and Chester Ray Proffitt, are survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Proffitt, and the fol 'owing brothers and sisters: Glen, Kerniit, Marion. Cless, Ralph and Dean Proffitt; Mrs. Clint Miller, Mrs. Edward Wilson and Jewell Proffitt of the home. ' MAN DAYS The Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated that 39,000,000 man-days of employment, the third highest total on record, were lost in work stoppages dur ing 1947. This was small when compared with the peak of 110, 000,000 man-days lost in 1944, but it was just under the next highest total of 38,000,000 in 1945. HIGHWAYS A total of $895,000,0000 worth of work on 44,700 miles of high ways was contracted for in 1947, by various states, according to Public Roads Commissioner T. H. MacDonakL This was a $150, 000,000 incrMse over the 1948 contract total. BURLEY SALES TO END FRIDAY Prices Continue High As Fi nal Sales on Lecal Floors Draw Near. The final sales of the current burley tobacco season will be held Friday of this week, it was learn ed last night, bringing to an end one of the most successful sales periods in the history of the Boone market. More than 50.000 pounds was sold Tuesday at uniformly high prices, some crops having avera ged well up in the fifty cen^ bracket. It is stated that when sales are ended no less than five million pounds will have been jold this year. Receipts continued surprising ly regular yesterday afternoon, as arge loads were seen from four counties in North Carolina and at least one in Virginia. Those who have some tobacco yet on hand are urged to bring it in immediately for quick sale at a -op-notch figure. T. B. Seal Sale Drive Will Close The seal sale drive is schedul ed to close for this year on Feb. 1 . There are still many people who have neither returned their seals, nor sent in the two dollars. The committee is asking that those persons who have not an? we red the seal, sale plea to please do so immediately. In this way Watauga can close *ho sale with the rest of the counties in the State. Well finished, harmonftus furniture is an essential of a pleasing, homelike room. PRESIDENTS BALL PLANNED NEXT WEEK ? " s. * Annual Benefit Dance To Be Held Next Thursday In L?> cal Gym; Local Polio Chap ter Is Reorganized With Howard Cottrell Chairman. The President's Birthday Ball, arranged to provide additional ?unds for the infantile paralysis campaign, and since its inception, the highspot of the winter social reason in Boone, will be held at the Appalachian High School gymnasium in Boone Thursday evening January 29, starting at ? o'clock, it is announced by How ard Cottrell, chairman of the ev ent, who is also chairman of the Watauga County Chapter of the National Infantile Paralysis Foun dation. The ball, which is being pro moted with the slogan "dance that others may walk" will likely be largely attended. Charlie John con's Collegians will supply the music for the occasion, and the people of the community and county are being urged to partici pate in the event. Those who don't dance should come too, it is noted, and enjoy the fellowship of the evening, while contribut ing a share to a worth-while en 'eprise. Mr. Cottrell states that a film, in line with the polio campaign, entitled, 'The Crippler," has been secured as an added promotional feature and will be shown in different sections of the county. Since this material hasn't arriv ed, however, definite dates of the presentations can't be announced at this time. Local Chapter Re-organised At a meeting held last Wednes day evening, the Watauga Coun ty Chapter of the National In fantile Paralysis Foundation wii re-organized with Howard Cot trell president. Other officers are as follows: - ? : R. D. Hodges, Jr., vice-chair man; James Farthing, treasurer; Mrs. R. D. Hodges, Jr., chairman of the woman's activities group; Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr., chairman of the medical advisory committee. The duties of the local chapter are to handle the county's share of the funds derived from the March of Dimes, and to see that all local victims of infantile par alysis have treatment, in so far as is humanly possible. Beaver Dam Man Sells Good Burley Ralph Sherwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sherwood of Sugar Grove, sold his crop of burley at the Mountain Burley Ware house last Thursday, and although it was the second crop he had ever raised the 1588 pounds of weed, brought him $858.22. The figures given below were taken from the warehouse sales slip: 314 pounds at 57c; 274 pounds at 60c; 334 pounds at 58c; 452 pounds at 54c; 214 pounds at 36c ; .otal 1588 pounds $858.22. P.-T7A. WillTMeet Monday Evening The P. T. A. will meet next Monday night at 7:30 at Appala chian High" School. All parents and teachers are urged t6 be pre sent. _ DOUGHTON FAVORS TAX CUT; SEES VETO OF KHUTSON BILL Washington ? Rep. Doughton (D-NC) predicted today Congress would sustain a veto of the pre sent Knutson bill to slash income taxes $5,600,000,000 a year. Nevertheless, the North Caro linian told a. reporter, he thinks President Tnunan is wrong in his stand that there should be no over-all reduction in Federal revenues. And if the Senate "moderates' the OOP tax measure after it leave* the House it might mus ter the necessary two-thirds ma jority to override a presidential turndown, the veteran Congres sional tax expert said. As matters now stand. Dough ton declared, the bill introduced by Rep. Knutson (R-Minn) and the President's own plan far a "coat of living" income tax cut offset by a new levy on corpora tions present "a cfaoica of two evil*." ' "Thus far I have seen no jus tification for restoration of an excess profits tax," he said. "There should be a reasonably tax cut,-- but not as much as in the Knutson bill." Treasury ex perts say the GOP proposal ac tually would reduce federal re venue by $6,300,000,000. Dough ton, who managed tax legislation when his party con trolled Congress, said that in his opinion "there are too many Federal employees." He added: "We are spending too much and taxing to high." Dough ton said he is not yet ready to say whether he will vote for the Knutaon bill in ipite of his ob jections to it The stand he ulti mately take* will have a strong bearing on whether Republicans can attract enough Democratic (Continued on page S) i
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