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THE DEMOCRAT ? to your best mod most econo mical medium or advertising With more than 1.000 paid-up. cash subscriptions, your mes ne* goes to 13.000 people, cm the universally used basis of An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 VOL. LX. NO. 47. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948. -Mm IMPORTANT The date on your ailili mm label shows the data jour sub scription will expire, . date your paper srOllie _ Unless sooner renewed. Democrat 1* operating sU on a caan In advance basis. FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET "" -' I j ROB RIVERS U .ANOTHER COLLEGE TERM ends today, and the students are getting ready to go away. Many of them whom we have known for four years won't be coming back ? we shall miss them and they have our sincere good wish es for successful careers . , . Like wise elementary and high school kids ended their duties Friday, and are "oh their own" for the summer. . . . Most of them glee fully running home flourishing report cards ? others came in with tears in their eyes . . . Crying 'cause they'd have a different teacher next year ... To merit that sort of affection the teacher must have something . . . and in fact should have something more ? that is, more pay for the inval uable service they perform in the community. . . . TEACHERS OF THE RIGHT SORT . . . th? ones who hm the confidence and affection of the kiddie* ? the ones they cry over when the term ends and they Are to be promoted to an* other room . . . are invaluable . . . their services cannot be reckoned on a dollar and cents basis, but we do know that they are entitled to a lot more cash than they are getting, and we predict that the next Governor and the next State Assembly will get together and iron out the teacher-pay situation . . . The folks wan't it done . . . When* that takes place there will be more and more of these high quality teachers and few er and fewer of those with less than standard training . . .The home, the church and the school are the pillars supporting our civilisation . . . The most of the time, the school has the kid dies. and perhaps has a greater influence on their lives than the church or the home . . . We are fortunate in this community in hsvlup top-flight teachers . . but if we fail them in their need ?if the Stale fail* to make the profits! on a profitable calling ? -Wf can't hope to continue to have these splendid custodians of our children's welfare they will eventually have to en tar professions which will pro vide them a comfortable stand ard of living ? the kind they so richly deserve. > SEEN IN PASSING: Pedestriaif stopping to remove the lethal ba nana peel from the path of his fellow . . . onions and peas, and lettuce, and other stuff beginning to show up in the vegetable gar dens . , . the red rhodpdendron, in front of the Demoaat office, in bloom . . . the last issue of the Appalachian coming from the press of the Democrat, and the college kids regretfully bidding aidieu to the odiferous print-shop atmosphere ... boy and girl catching up on their lovin' on our place; screened from the house by trees . . . we sneaked away without being observed . . very blonde kid, and very black dog walking albng the street . . . Cat tle men talking of the high pricc of cattle, and arguing whether courtty should go in for dairy cat tle or stay by the Herefords . . . watching thqjp lights go on over the city from our vantage point on the wrong side of where the tracks used to be . . . keeping a watch on a nest of young robins in a low shrub . . . surprising a group of cottontails, who feel perfectly at home around oui place . . . listening at the cat-bird doing a good job of early morn singing ... a fair substitute for the peerless mocking bird . . . chatting with neighbors along the way, and listening to a couple of little kiddies arguing over two political candidates The man who qlways wants to know if it's "hot enough for you" or "cold enough for you" as the case may be and the one who answers the greeting: "How are you?" with a long dissertation on his many ills and afflictions . . . The other guy ? may his tribe in crease, who always says "Fine ? just One!" NEW STAMP A new United States stamp, which will go on sale on May 20, will commemorate the heroic wartime sacrifice of four army chaplains, who gave their life jackets to others aboard the sink ing troop transport Dorchester and then went down with the ship. Above the central figure, which depicts the sinking ship, are depictd the four chaplains? George L. Fox, Clark .V. Poling, John P. Washington and Al exander D. Goode. PEACETIME DRAFT CLEARS HURDLE Fint hurdle for the pmitlmi draft wu cleared whan tha house arm ad serrices committee approved by a rota of 28 to 5. a two-yoar p? cad? draft for sua aged II through 25. Photo lhowi left to right. Daw ay Short# 1L. Mo.; chairman Waller G. Andrews, R_ N. Y. of tha housa armed aarrlcea commlttaa. who aponsored tha draft measure; army Mcntary Kenneth Royall, and defense secretary J am at FoimUl Large Group Local Farmers Go On Trip SPEAKER Robert M. Hum. of Winaton-Sa prwidant of the Wachovia k Trust Company, and past psea Ideal of the American Bank on Association, who will deliTSi the eemmtacwwnt address at Ap palachian Stale Teachers College tomorrow morning at eleven o' clock. The public is Invited to at tend. Auto Lane Opened At Blowing Rock Mr. Roy Phillips, supervisor of motor inspection, says that a State inspection leme will be opened in Blowing Rock on May 20 and will be operated there until the 25th. | The lane will be in Boone May 27 through June 15. Mr. Phillips asks that as many people as possibly can have their cars inspected during this period, as the lanes won't be back in the county until autumn. The Air Force has prepared buying orders for 2,727 new war planes, actual letting of the con tracts awaiting only conference committee action and President Truman's signal to start building a 70-group peacetime airmada. FOR SENATOR Former Governor J. M. Brough ton, of Raleigh, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat now held by Senator William B. Umstead. spent Sun day night in Boone, and while here conferred with many of his local friends and supporters. (Reported) One hundred twenty-five farm ers, including tije Veterans Farm training class at Cove Creek High jichool, visited the South- , eastern Breeding Association bull , barn at Fairview, near Asheville, and the Biltmore dairy farm last week. The tour traveled by three 1 special buses and three private ' cars. The first stop was at the 1 bull barn where the group was1' met by Mr. F. R. Farnham, ex-1 tension dairyman, and Mf. Hig- ' ley, who has charge of the bulls. ' Mr. Higley carefully explained the method of selecting bulls to be used in the stud and what is meant by the index figures as 1 printed above each bull's stall. 1 He explained that only' favorably proven bulls are used in the stud. Mr. Farnham told us that the bulls in the stud each had an in dex of 8,000 pounds of milk or better and that the average cow in North Carolina produces only around 4,000 pounds. We can ex pect the average heifer calf pro duced by mdting these bulls with the average cow to produce much more milk than her dam. The group watched the pre paration of the semen for ship ment and had opportunity to examine it under the microscope. Semen is now being shipped into 22 counties in North Carolina. After a short stop for lunch at Biltmore Plaza, where we were met by Mr. Ted Besh, herd manager at Biltmore Farms, and Mr. L. F. Truesdale, assistant county agent Bumcombe county, we were conducted to the Bilt more dairy farm. There we saw part of the 3,500 acres in pasture and forage crops. The farm hands and also the cows were busy harvesting some of these fine crops. A new seeding of alfalfa was being cut and chopped for grass silag? by a forage cutter. This was being placed in the silo with alternate loads of wilted grass and 25 pounds of molasses per ton. The final stop was at the milk ing barn where we saw some of the fine Jerseys of the Biltmore farm. This group seemed to be well pleased with the things they saw on this tour, and we hope that similiar trips can be arranged for other farmers later in the sum mer. Eggers Speaks At Ashe School Finals Representative S. C. Eggers delivered the baccalaureate ad dress at commencement exercises at Virginia-Carolina High School Grassy Creek, N. C. Sunday eve ning. FIVE CHILDREN DIE Of BLAZE Detroit, Mich. ? When Mrs. Florence Orton lighted an oil heater the flames flashed through a downstairs room and blocked the stairway to the room where her five young children were sleeping. The mother suffered srious burns on her arms, hands and face when she tried to climb the blazing stairway. The victims were Dennis, 3; Jerome, 5; Patricia, 7; Mary, 9; and John, 12. SENATE VOTE ON WARLICK IS POSTPONED Resident Judge of This Dis trict Charged With "Politi cal Activity'* by "Messenger Boys For State Republican Organization. Washington, May 17 ? A Sen ate judiciary subcommittee post poned again today a vote on con firmation of Judge Wilson War lick of Newton as Federal judge of the Western North Carolina district ? this time until after a future hearing on charges of ''political activity" relayed by two self-styled "messenger boys" for the state Republican organi zation. But the subcommittee chair man, Republican Senator Wil liam Langer of North Dakota, warned that it would hear only "facts" presented by witnesses under oath, to prove that the Democratic nominee had engag ed in electioneering while serv ing as a state superior court judge. "We don't want a lot of hear say." said Langer. "We want facts under oath. If they can't produce them, then that's all th??re is to it." Langer said a crowded commit tee calendar and other senatorial luties probably would defer the new hearing until some time next tveek or even later. The date will be arranged to suit the sena tors and the witnesses, ? he said. J. M. Baley, Jr., of Marshall, fice chairman of the Republican >tate executive committee, and ;he secretary, Fate Beal of Lenoir, formerly of Charlotte, asked the lelay in the vote on behalf of the :hairman, Sim DeLapp of Lexing ton. They said he could not come :o Washington now because his arother died last week and ? his nother is sertously 111 The subcommittee had planned to vote last Friday on the nomi nation which President Truman tent to the Senate April 2, but Seal asked Langer by telephone to wait until DeLapp could be leard, and the qneeting todayT was called for that purpose. Only Baley and Beal appeared, and they were not prepared to make any charges, themselves. Baley said he had heard of charges that Judge Warlick had advised voters on the use of ab sentee ballots, addressed partisan ?"allies, and counted votes in the precincts "I wouldn't take an oath my self," he said. "I can't name names. 1 am simply appearing in behalf of DeLapp." V. F. W. Hear Major In First Global War The Watauga Mountaineer Post no. 7031 met Thursday evening May 13 with a large attendance. The meeting was presided over by Charles A. Stuzmana, Major in World War 1, and at present commander of Newland VFW Post. The meeting was most enjoy able, the' regular business was transacted and new officers in stalled for the year. The Post meets every second and fourth Thursday. DDT and the sulfa drugs were known long before they came in to active use. High Ranking Students at Cove Creek High m i mmm ??? :l m itutv wj own ? I The 42- member gnduittag class of Cere CiMk High School. Su-j gar Grove. N. C.. prasenled their claw exercises Friday. Mar H at 8 p. m. Tha program was rendered la tha form of a symposium.1 using "tha Living Present" as a central theme. Students who took part were chosen on tha basis of scholarship, representing the high est 10%. They are. reading from left to right: front row, Reba Cal loway. Eugene Blair. Laura Judyj back row, Dixie Bar Farthing. Benjamin Farthing, James B. Mast Jr. and Lee Greene. Teachers Urged To Votes W. R. Winkler, local automobile dealar, who was re-elected chair man of the Watauga county Dem ocratic executive committee at tha -onrention held last Saturday. W. C. Eggers Die* At Mountain City Funeral services for William Conley Eggers, late of Mountain City, Term., were held at the Methodist Church, Mabel, N. C, May 15, at 2 o'clock, with burial in the family cemetery at Mabel. Mr. Eggers was born ?t Trade. Tenn. April 22, 1890, and spent most of his life in this area. He died at the home in Mountain City on May 13. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Lottie Eggers; two sons, Jes sie of Edgefield, S. C.; and WU Lard of Mountain City, *Tenn.; three daughters, Mrs. Enjeat Maupin, Chapel, Ky.; Mrs. Odell Perry, Trade, Tenn., and Mrs. Ed ward Ragan, Mountain City, Tenn There are three brothers, Roy of Trade, Tenn.; Charlie of Zionville N. C., Joe of Nottingham, Pa., and two sisters: Mrs. Joe Johnson of Hookstown, Pa., Mrs. Ony Guy, Mountain City, Tenn., also sur vive, as well as thirteen grand children. ? ELECTED C. OF C. OFFICERS Earl O. Shmt. omIw. of N*? York it glad -handing two now Tiw-pnddMh aftar ho had boon w oiortid proaldanl of tbo Unit od ItatM Chambor of <-.4wniiiaroa by tho board of dtea dan la Washington. Christopher J. Abbott la<t of Hyannk Mk and W. S, Roaancrana, right, of Loa AngrlH. Calif, wan alartad rica-praai Urging the Watauga county teachers to exercise their privi lege of voting in the coming pri mary and to join the North Caro lina Education Association and the State Education Commission in their efforts to end the present crisis in education in our state, Dr. W. Amos Abrams, Raleigh, NCEA director of public relation* and Associate Editor of "Nortlj Carolina Education," addressed the Watauga county teachers at their meeting held last week in the auditorium of the Appalach ian High School. Dr. Abrams, former professor of English at Appalachian State Teachers College, spoke under the sponsorship of the local chapter of the Association for Childhood Education. Mrs. Grace Council introduced the speaker and Robert Shipley, local NCEA president, presided over the meet ing. j . "Education in North Carolina is rapidly becoming a lottery," said the speaker, "and equality of educational opportunity has be come a myth. If a child is lucky, he is born in a community with adequate school buildings, a well trained school faculty, small classes, and other advantages desirable for training the school child. If he is unlucky, he is born in a community with obso lete buildings, poor sanitation, nonstandard teachers, and clas ses so large that the teachers are frustrated and the children i?e cheated." Touching upon the 'vast surplus now accumulated in the state coffers, Abrams declared that the next legislature will see a battle to lower taxes. "The question as to whether we are overtaxing our people or underservicing our children will be of major import in. the next General Assembly." Abrams stated. "We who know that we are short of qualified teachers, lack adequate transpor tation and buildings, and are operating our schools with too many non-standard teachers must help to answer this question. If we don't use our influence politi cally and through public rela tions, there are those who will answer the question for us ? and they will not be those who ha-e at heart the welfare of the .ir.le child.'* ? The speaker commented at some length upon the work of the State Education Commission and upon the tentative legisla tive program of the North Caro lina Education Association, de claring that now is the time to end our past era of giving too lit tle too late in support of public education. "We now have the money, the people are ready to Finance an adequate program, and the politicians are scramb ling to get on the crest of the educational w#ve, hoping to be washed safely to shore," said the former Appalachian professor. "The recent action of 'the State Board of Education in reducing the teacher load for next year to 33 rather than the present 30 is but a step in the right, direction, and a faltering step, too." It It a token, however, of things to come and a harbinger of a new era which may well be looked upon as the turning point In a program which has seen us exercise a pinch-penny philosophy in North Carolina." (Continued on page 4) WINKLER GETS ANOTHERTERM AS PARTY HEAD Boooe Man Heads Democrat ic Executive Committee for Third Term, Following Con vention Held Saturday; Del egates to Raleigh Named. W. R. Winkler was named the chairman of the Democratic exe cutive committee for the third full term, when the county con vention was held In the court house last Saturday afternoon. Miss Helen Underdown was el ected first vice-chairman. Dr. H. B. Perry, second vice-chairman, and Grady Greer secretary. i Dr. D. J. Whitener presided ov er the meeting and urged the Democrats to support the re-elec tion campaign of Psesident Tru man. Delegates named to attend the State Convention in Raleigh to morrow are: Dr. H. B. Perry, W. R. Winkler, Wade E. Brown, A. E. South, H. Grady Farthing, Gra dy Moretz, R. T. Greer, John E. Combs, Bert Mast, Hamp Claw son, W. R. Vines, Clay Perry. As has been the custom in the past, others who will go to Ral eigh are to be recognized as dele gates. Cattle Marketing Plans Are Made The North Carolina Depart ment of Agriculture is expecting to expand the marketing facili ties for beef cattle in Western Carolina during the coming sea son, beginning during the late summer and continuing during the fall months. Shipping center* will probably be set up at Clyde, and Haywood counties; West Jef ferson, In Ashe county, and either Boone or North Wilkes boro. T. Lenoir Gwyn of Waynes ville and Harry Hamilton of Boone, botl) of whom are employ ed by the Department of Agricul ture as beef cattle marketing specialists, will handle the grad ing, selling and shipping of cattle in truck and carload lots. Live stock men have felt for a long time that our present system of marketing was insufficient and that a better one for handling our beef cattle could and should be worked out, especially during the hevay seasonal movement of cat tle during the fall months. Where individual farmers own as rtiany as a car load of uniform cattle, they can, of course, handle their own cattle, either by selling direct or shipping to terminal markets. There are however only a few farmers who are in a posi tion to do this. A large majority of the cattle owned and grazed in Western North Carolina are Tn smell lots of less than a carload and of different weights, grades, and quality. By having shipping days at these points, farmers can pool their cattle, have them graded into uniform Iota and sell direct to purchasers or ship them, whichever seems better. By so doing, it will be possible to get better prices, the cattle can be handled better and expenses of long distance hauling, excess loss of weight and selling expenses can be eliminated. This alone should mean a saving of around $1.00 per hundred in the price a farmer realizes out of his cattle. In former years buyers would come to Haywood county and buy hundreds of cattle to go to * the Valley of Virginia for feeders and to Lancaster and Baltimore. A great many feeders prefer to buy their cattle direct from the farmers provided they can get uniform graded cattle in car loads. These buyers will be glad to come again if they can be as ?urred of getting what they want. This marketing plan is intend?d to supplement all existint agen cies and to provide additional', outlets for our better grades of stockers, feeders, heavy steers for slaughter and stocker calves. The Department of / riculture has set up a fund for handling shipments so that mixed ship ments can be paid for when loaded, and there will be no charge except a small service fee to cover cost of weighing, load ing, bedding cars, etc. This will not exceed $1.00 per head, pro bably less. Another project that the State expects to start this year is to buy and hold the better heifer (Contnued on page 4)
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