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THE DEMOCRAT VOL. LX, NO. 37. ?. .t An Independent Weekly Newspapers-Established irPthe Year ! 888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1948. ? FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET by ROB RIVERS SHOPS AND STORES of the city ". . . particularly dry goods emporiums . . . take on new ac tivity, as the bright new garments for the Easter wardrobes began to arrive . . . Seems that merchants have good line of apparel for the gratification of the pre-Easter shopper, and that with a good deal of money still in the hands of the masses, the parade of the well -dressed will be fully as spec tacular as in the immediate past. _ . . womenfolk are beginning to -make their plans for themselves and the kiddies . . eagerly watch ing the show windows along King and trying 'to find just the shade of something that will jibe with something else without encounter ing the disastrous clash of the colors. ? * ? EASTER, celebrated by Chris tians. as the day Christ rose twui the tomb, has come to be regarded also as the beginning of spring ? the time to discard woolens, and the flannels and to breeze forth clad in the lighter and more colorful raiment of rayons and cotton ? piques and ginghams, and all the other fabrics which lend themselves to beauty and dain tiness. rather than to warmth . . . the folks just have to dress up for Easter . . . It's just the time of year, perhaps . . . rather than a disposition to turn a re ligious festival into a fashion parade. ? ? ? ALONG THE STREET . . . Ros coe Coleman comes up from Ta bor City to look after his tobacco interests here, and to leave word with the farmers that they should have plenty of plants, and put out their full allotments this year . . seems that the growers of the weed are going to receive high prices again . . . that's the dope anyway . . . Police officer cour teously placing the coin in park ing meter for lady motorist . . . meeting a bus at the narrow in tersection of South Depot and King T V . Just isn't room. Had to back up half a block so the big vehicle could enter the street . . . often have the same experience at King and South Streets . . . desperate need of a new through street by the bus station to ac commodate buses, and through travel . . . dogs more prevalent about the streets as the days go hy . . . army recruiters making Weekly visits to postoffice build ing . . . getting a few recruits all along . . ? getting the mortality information from Richard Kelly, who is also county coroner, and a mighty good fellow . . . still we are in no particular hurry to pa tronize his establishment ... he leaves you kind of cold. * "YES," said an early Monday visitor to the Democrat office, "tome f61k? around town are drinking too much, no doubt about it. sometime* they don't ?gt th? bottle set down quick ?nough and suffer serious con sequences . . . However I've n*rer been one to want to kick a fallow whoa he's down ? have always triad to help him to his feel. I don't drink liquor ? ner - ?er did ? but a lot of otherwise -good folks do? soma take too much, but society can never be improved by striking a man whan ha stumbles by the way. That's the time ha needs help and lots of times he can be straightened out ... I believe in lending a hand!" * ? ? THIS OBSERVATION, the first made to us this week . . . started the day off right . . . Missed di vine servicA yesterday . . . but felt I'd heard a sermon Monday morning . . . our visitor left us with a little warmer feeling to ward him, and a bit brighter out look on life ... a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jer icho and fell among theives . . . he passed by on the other side . . A certain Samaritan had compass ion on him . . . ? ? ? YE8. there is too much drink tag, there- is too much of other disorder line** la this old world . . , j too much of salfishnaaa. and lint of dishonor and of ??natal cnaaednees ? but tbeaa's a good deal on the bright and tba right side of the sheet . . . among the things being the man who don't take the time to cuss a downfalien neighbor . . . he's too busy dressing his wounds and trying to help him back in tha path . . . without bonds of kinahip or evan intimate friend ship. ha help* Just offhand . . . it's not a question of what caus ?ad him to fall ... ha just aims (Continued on page 4) EASTER SEALS David Tear. 9 Mill Gw. Dwighi D. Eisenhower th* first sheet of Easier seals to launch tha annual ?ranipatgn of tha National Society (or crippled children and adults. A bona deficiency which doctor! assure him can be cured, require* David to uae crutches. Mrs. Harbour Dies In Bristol Mrs. Charles' J. Harbor, 59, of Bristol, Tennessee died Saturday morning at 6:30 in King's Moun tain Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were con ducted at 2:30 p. m. Monday at Rosemont Presbyterian Church in Bristol. Burial was in Shelby Hills cemetery in Bristol. Relatives from this county who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, Mrs. Maggie Wilson, Charles, Blaine and Dan Miller. Surviving are her husband, four adopted children, Carl and Mary Jo Harbour of Bristol, Eva Lee Harbour and Mrs Aubrey Frence, Princeton. W. Va? and a half sister. Mrs. Albert Dickerson, Benson, Arizona. ? Mat Series Will Start Here Friday The Carolines Wrestling tourna ment opens Friday night at Appa lachian with fifty wrestlers enter ed from Carolina, High Point, Western Carolina Teachers. Win ston-Salem, Appalachian High School, . Jamestown High School, Greensboro High School and the 1947 A. A. U. Champion,* Appa lachian State Teachers College team. Appalachian has won every Carolina A. A. U. tournament she 'ias entered, starting back in 1934. The High Point College team will push the local team for the hon ors this year. High Point will have the national champion, Charles Parks, in the 121 -pound class. The tournament starts at 7:00 o'clock Friday night and continues until Saturday night. Smilhey's Store In Virginia Burns Smithey's Department store, one of many in the Smithey chain of stores owned by N. B. Smithey, of Wilkeaboro, was to tally destroyed by fire in Damas cus, Va., Friday night. The fire, of undertermined origin, destroyed the large frame building and a large stock of merchandise. It was a com plete department store and was well stocked. Some insurance was carried on the property butl the loss was only partially cover ed. I MANY RESPOND AS RED CROSS MAKES APPEAL - Dr. Bond Gives List of Those Making Gifts in Annual Campaign; Goal of $1,886 Is Set for County; Names of Recent Donors Given. Dr. W. G. Bond, chairman of the Red Cross campaign in Boone releases the names of the follow ing local contributors to the an nual campaign of the organiza tion. The Red Cross quota for this county has been set at $1,886, and while contributions seem to be coming in rather rapidly, The Democrat was unable to gather information as to what percen tage of the fiscal goal had been raised at this time. However the contributors are as follows: ScWnc* Building CoU??.. K. R. Smith. Worker Miss Darien Dorm SI.. Dr and Mr*. Paul Graff J., Miss Idnbell Ledbettrr 1.. Dr J T. C Wrlnht S.. W A Hawkinson 2 . A. G. Montgomery 1..J F Ray Derrick 1.. Starr Stacy I.. A R. Smith S. I County Building, Mrs. R. D. Hodges. Jr., Worker Betty Matheson $1 .. Dr Robert King 2.. Midline McCain 1.. Francis stephins 1.. Dave Mast 2.. Sylvia Jean [Perry i.# Forest Smith 1 . Tom Wilson I.. M L. Shopherd 1., Mrs Ruth Mc Connell I.. Alma Hodges 1.. Austin Clawso 1. Lionel Ward 2. Mrs Milt Greer 2.. Mrs. Maude* Ingle 1 . C. H. Kirkman. Jr. I., Kathleen Hodges 1. Gragg St.. Mrt. Robert Harrington Worker E. F Troutman $1.. Beh Estes 1., Mrs Glenn Miller 1 . Edmisten Furni ture 2.. Mr and Mrs Ben Moore 1.. Stewart Winkler 1.. Robert Harring ton 1., Mr. and Mrs J. K Brown 2.. Mr. and Mrs. John Green 1., Mrs. W. H Gragg 1. College Cafeteria. John Wellborn. Worker H. C. Eppenson >1.. M. O. Coffey 1 . Conley Yates 1.. John Wellborn 5., Vivian Wood 5.. Walter Brewer 1., Charles Clontz 1., Glannie Ford .50. Mr*. John With row 1.. Bill Linker 1? Hope Brown .50, John Withrow 1., Albert Yates 1.. Fred Winebarfer I., Lillian Parker 1.. Retha Hollars 1.. Dwight Maples .50 Edd Garvis .50. Don Fletcher .50. Charlie Rhodes 1., Dean Norris 1., Thelma Miller 1.. Lucy Culler 1.. Edith Greene 1.. Earl Blankenship 50, Kenneth England 5 0 , James Evans 30. Dot Johnson .50, Mandy Hodges .50. David Norris 1., |Harley Jolly 50. nia Storie 1.. Sue Mc Gradv 50. Mrs. Betty Raga 1.. Helen Burch 1.. Vivian Vannoy 1. I Grand Blvd.. Mrs W. W. Chester/ Worker 1 Mrs. Frank Miller $5 . H N Hahn 10. Cherry Park. Mrs. Len Hagamaa. Worker i> V ? Major and Mrs. John Thomas $3.. V>*. Len D. Ha* a man 5. Depot Streot, Loyd Isaac*, Worker W. B. Swift ft.. Moretz Furniture 1.. Bus Terminal 5- Tarheel Tori S. Howard Street, Mrs. Lionel Watson Worker Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Watson Mrs. Hale Vance 1.. Mrs D J CottreU 1. Mrs Flov Mast 1.. Mrs Lillian Hopkins 1 . Mrs. Herbert Adams 1., Morris Casev 1.. Mrs. E M. Cook I.. Mrs. J. R. Craven 1. Stanberry Circle, Mrs. Ralph Greer Wtrksr Mr. and Mrs. Howard Culler $1.. Mkv W R Spalnhour 1. Gulf Cafe. 1 T. Bernett. Worker John O. Cook. Jr. $1.. Andrew Jackson 1.. Boone Super Market S.. Gulf Cafe 3.. J. D. Shoe make 3.. Ro bert Gilley 1.. Don Hodges 1.. B F. Bolick 1.. Jack Ward 1 W R Conner 1.. Fred Earp 1.. R. H Hagler .50, T-eroy Kerpatrick JO. Bank Bldg., Alfred Adams. Worker L. H Smith $6.. Paul Winkler 5.. F M Payne 5.. Grace Flick 1.. Mr and Mrs. W D. Farthing 2.. Watauga Bldg and Loan 10.. W. H. Gragg 1.. J E. Holahouser 10.. A 4 P Tea Co. 25. Hunts Deal. Store, Oay Hunt. Worker Hunts Dept. Store $23.. Mrs. Dallas Hodges 1., Roeedna Billings 1.. Mr*. n. M. Grogan l..#Faye Ray field 1., Minnie Dare Greene 1. Faculty St., Mrs. Wiley Smith. Worker Mr and Mrs. Julian Yoder $5.. Starr Stacy 1.. H R Eggers 5.. F. L. Hoover 2 . Mrs J P Houck 1.. H D Knight 2 Dr Wiley Smith 3.. Don Camp 1. Blowing Rock Road. Mlkftred Tuaaetl Mrs. T. Len Cook SI.. Mrs Vera Tunnell 1.. Mrs. Howard Steelman J0, Roy Hagaman 1.. Mrs W. G. Hartzog I.. Mrs Mae Miller .5 Mildred Tun nell 1.. Mrs. W. J. Kelsey 2 . Juanita Hodges 85. Mrs. R. K. Bingham 1.. Capt. Carlos DeLima 2.. Stewart Wink ler 1? Mrs W. B. Norris 1 Winkler Motor Co. Paul Walsh Winkler Motor Co. *25 Town Hall, Mrs. Tbelmu Dent Worker Mrs. Thelma Dent $1.. Mrs. Ben Miller 1.. Verne Greene 1.. Gordon (Continued on page S) APPALACHIAN HIGH WHS IX TRI-COUHTY CAGE TOURHEY In the finals of the tri-county basketball tournament, Appalach ian High School finally edged out Jefferson High School. 28-25. to become the 1048 champion of the boys' division. The game was mostly defensive as both teams were cautious. Ap palachian had the advantage of height and won the game on the rebounds. Jefferson however, han dled the ball beautifully. The Wert Jefferson girls won the 1048 championship from Jef ferson by the score of 20-19. The West Jefferson girls won the game in the final minutes of play. Awards to the champions and runner up team were made by the following stores in Boone: First place, boys. Hunt's De partment Store. Second place; boys. Farmers Hardware & Supply Co. ? First place, girls, Boone Tire & Bargain Store. Second place, girls. Home Elec tric Co. Mr, Hunt presented the award to the Appalachian team, while Mr. Russell Hodges made the aw ard for the Farmers Hardware Store. 9 Mr. Guy Hunt and Mr. R. W. Watkins will speak to the stud ents of Appalachian High School Wednesday morning. At that tim| Mr. Hunt will present the chaiW pionship trophy to the school. ] - SYMBOLIZING U. S.-TURKISH AMITY I V ?*' i | Andrew* air fore* base. Washington. D. C.. is host to 45 Turkish air officers who hare com* to tha Unit ad Statas to familiar i*? themsalvas with our P-10 shooting stars and other modern 0. S. air craft. Tha instruction of tha air officers is part of our Turkish aid program. . ' : Brother Of Mrs. Councill Expires Sylva ? William Enloe Moore, [44, engaged in the automobile business here for the past year, died at his home Friday morning of a heart attack. His health ap parently was good until the sud den attack. Mr. Moore was the son of the late Judge Fred Moore and a brother of Judge Dan K. Moore. He was a native of Asheville but spent most of his life in Jack son county, having returned with his mother to her home in Jack son county following the death of his father in Asheville. He was educated in the public schools of Sylva and the University of North Carolina. In 1934, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Rogers of Glen dale, Calif., who, with their daughter, Carolyn, survives. . Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. D. M. Hall of Sylva and Mrs. James Councill of Boone, and a brother, Frederick Moore of Florence, Ala. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Sylva Methodist church, of which he was a member. The Rev. W. Q. Gregg, pastor, officiat ed. Interment was in the Web ster cemetery. Pallbearers will ' be Dan Alli son, C. N. Dowdle, James Can non, Jr., Dick Wilson, Reg Enloe, T. E. Reed, E. E. Bain and Dave Cagle. Legion Speech Contest Friday The High School oratorical con test. sponsored by the American Legion for all the high schools in Watauga county is to be held at the high school building in Boone on Friday March 12, at 7:30 p. m. Three prizes will be given, one by the county, and the others by the local American Legion Post. The thirtieth district- contest is to be held on March 16 at Valle Crucis school at 7:30 p. m. The division , contest will be held in Asheville on March 27th. Chas. Younce is the county chairman for the contest and J. W. Norris, the district chairman. Officers Named ' By Eastern Star The March meeting of Snow Chapter 230, Order of the East ern Star was held in the Masonic Hall, with Mis. Lena A. Geer, worthy matron presiding. Now officers (or the ensuing year were elected as follows: worthy matron, Mrs. Delete W. Moretz, worthy patron, Mr. T. Milt Greer; aaaiciate matron. Bin. Martha D. Watkins; associate patron, Mr. Guy Hunt; secretary. Miss Helen Under down; treasurer, Mrs. Tina H. Greer; conductress, Mrs. Nina M. Martin; and associate con ductress, Mrs. Nell C. Linney. ? The ljst of appointive officers to be announced later, and a pub lic installation will be held Thursday night March 18th, at 7:30 p. m. EARLY ROBIN "What am I doing here." iha rob in wonders. as freezing waathar raplacaa recent springlike tem peratures. Robins ha-r* flown in to lhi? araa in luga number* dur ing the past law weeks. heedless of the groundhog* warning. Legion All-Stars Win Cage Event The Boone Legion all-stars won 'lie gold medal all-star tourna ment by defeating the Newland all-stars. Saturday night by a score of 43-36. The Boone team defeated such teams as Linville. 44 to 34; Tip ton Hill, 71-65; Blowing Rock in the semi-finals 54-30, and New land in the finals 43-38. George Lancaster of the Boone team was voted as the outstand ing player of the tournament, al so being named on the all-touma ment team. All members of the Boone team received gold basket balls, and a championship trophy. Members of the winning team are as follows; J. D. Miller, John Graham, Roy Marsh, George Lancaster, Emory Stephens, I Ernest Lewis, Bill Kirkpatrick, land Arlis Hodges. Guy Shirley land Orville Love acted as mana I gers. | Communism's hold in Asia de clared challenge to Christianity. R. L. Norris, 56/ - Rites On Friday Hickory, March 4 ? Robert Lee Norris, fifty-six, of 1125 Twen tieth street, died at the home at eight o'clock Wednesday night after a lingering illness. .Funeral services will be con ducted at the First Baptist church at three o'clock Friday afternoon, with the pastor, Rev, R. K. Benfield officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The body, which will be taken to the residence from the Hickory Funeral home at five o'clock this afternoon, will .lie in state at the church from 2 jO" until three o'clock. Mr. Norris, born in Watauga county April 19, 1891, a son of the late William D. Norris and Rebecca Parlier Norris, is sur vived by his wife, the former Miss Virgie Brannock; two daughters. Mrs; Everette Drumm and Mrs. E. R. Robinette of Hickory; two sons, William G. Norris of Hickory and Ben T. .Norris of Norfolk, Va.; four 'sisters, Mrs. John Rosebalm of Bristol, Tenn., Mrs. Henry Ragan of Boone, Mrs. Scott Norris of Vilas and Mrs. Hunter Peters of Bristol; two brothers, W. C. Norris and J. G. Norris of Boone; and nine grandchildren. ? f * Merchants flan Annual Bainquei The annual employer-employee banquet of the Boone Merchants Association will be held Thursday night at 7 p. m. in the Home Eco nomics department of the Appa lachian High School. The banquet will take the form of a ladies' night event and a pro gram of entertainment has been planned, without a speaker. The program will be in charge of a special entertainment committee which is composed of Russell D Hodges, Raleigh Cottrell and W H. Gragg. EDWIN SPRUNG, LOCAL -MAN, PIONEERED IN GAS BUGGIES Edwin Sprung, of Boone, who grinds lawn mowers, and takes care of other needs of the com munity along mechanical lines, a fid who does some gardening on the side, was a pioneer in the de velopment of the gasoline auto mobile, it is revealed by the fol lowing article published in a re cent issue of the Detroit Hews: William Luttermoser, 5558 Iv anhoe avenue, was down in Boone, N. C., visiting hie uncle, Edwin Sprung, a former Detroit er and a pioneer in the develop ment of the gasoline auto, like many another in these parts. Mr Sprung is now in his 80s, and his pride now runs to straw berries and potatoes, rather than to carburetors and maknetos. But he still maintains a small shop on his property at 120 Oak Street in Boone, just for tinkering pur pOMSS. * Old timers will remember Ed win Sprung from Ms connection with the Huber Auto Co., which i did a thriving business on the premise* of the old Biddle House, famous hotel, on Jefferson ave nue. between Randolph and Bates streets. Is has always b*? a source of pride with him that ha mada the first gasolioe-propallad de livery car for the Detroit Haws. Ha transformed it from an old electric car aad sharp mechaa somathing In the way of a modern miracle. He also made the first three sightseeing automobiles to be us ed on Belle Isle. Nephew William Lutteromser drove one of that in trepid trio. But Pioneer Sprung's mechan ical genius runs back before the days of the horseless carriage. He made the first chainlets bicy cle, and the racing kings, like Eddie Bald and Tom Cooper, us ed to engage him to build their mounts- for. special races. TRUMAN SAYS HE'LL RUN IF HE IS CHOSEN Missourian to Seek Twrm fin His Own Bight; Dixie Lead ers Had Hoped He Might Not Run; Remains Adamant On Civil Rights Issue. President Truman announced Monday that the will run for a full term in the White House, if he gets the nod of the Democrats when they assemble in convention in Philadelphia next summer. He also made known that his civil rights stand is unchanged in spite of the revolt of Southern Democrats against the proposal. Democratic national chairman J. Howard McGrath gave' both the announcements to the press, af ter conferring with Mr. Truman at the White House. McGrath said: "The President has authorized me to say that if he is nominated by the National Democratic con vention he will accept and run." This was the announcement re porters and others had tried to get from the President for sev eral months. It blasted the hopes publicly voiced by some Southern leaden that he would withdraw from the 1948 presidential race. Mr. Truman has been bitterly assailed by these leaders for ask ing Congress to pass Federal laws pgainst lynching, the poll tax re quirement, job discrimination on racial grounds, and other matters bearing on negro-white relation ships. Will he withdraw or modify any of his recommendations in view of the Dixie outcry? McGrath gave Mr. Truman's answer: "The President's position is un changed since he delivered his message to Congress, and I might say that in my view his position, as expressed in the message, is as old as the constitution itself and as new as the 1944 Democrat ic platform." McGrath and Gael Sullivan, the Democratic National committee's executive director, also talked with the President about the Pal estine situation ? reportedly a fac tor in the Democratic loss of a Bronx Congressional seat recent ly to a Wallace supporter. McGrath's report of the Pales line conversation: "It affects the security of the nation and possibly of the world The President will continue to handle the problem without con sideration of its effect on poli tics." Welfare Group Names Officers At a recent meeting of those who administer the inter-church service fund, and others interest ed in the local welfare activity. Dr. G. K. Moose was elected sec retary-treasurer of the fund for the ensuing year, and the follow ing were named as members of the dispersing committee: Dr. C. H. Mock. D. L. WUcox. M. R. Maddux, Rev. E. F. Trout man, Mrs. F. E. Warman. From March 1, 1947 to March 1, 1948, this organization received the sum of $669.99, and paid out for the relief of needy families hospital bills, clothing and food ? $430.09, leaving a balance in the treasury of $238.91. The contribu tions come from the churches of Boone, with some private contri butions. Apps Are Beaten In K. C. Contest ? ? Kansas City ? Lawrence In stitute of Technology of Detroit eased past Appalachian State Teachers of Boone, with plenty to spore here last night, 76 to 48, in the first round of the Na tional Intercollegiate Basketball tournament. At the end of the first 10 min utes Lawrence Tech was in charge with a 27-5 lead, and led 42-18 at half time. "BABY rtm," 7f0 POUNDS DIES New Orleans? When "Baby Betty" Horrell, 750-pound aide show entertainer, entered a hos pital here recently, it required six men to carry her into the hos pital and two hospital beds had to be bolted together for her. She died after two weeks of treat ment. ,, ?