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THE DEMOCRAT la your best and moat mlcal medium or ?dvt_ With more then 2,600 peld-up. cash subscriptions. your maa aa?a roes to i&M people, on the universally used baate. of five readers to ea' WATAUGA An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 VOL. LXI, NO. 10. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1948. 1 ??">> IMPORTANT ' "r *#? The data on your ad " label shows the data your acrlption will expire, i date your paper will be unleea iooni Democrat la on a cash In operating (trt advance regie five cents a copy KINGjpEET BY ROB RIVERS JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COM MERCE, with the cooperation of| Mr. Ivy Wilson, and others, ren dered a public service in giving the city dump a good spraying of DDT, thus at least temporarily ridding the town of its worst fly hatchery, and contributing to the health and well-being of the com munity. . . . The local Jaycees are atert young men, and may be ex pected to accomplish a good many things while their elders are do ing the talking . . . Lenoir takes the honors over Wilkesboro in the first grid game of the season in the college stadium . . . local en thusiasts turn out en masse to see the two high school teams handle the pigskin ... if anything the encounter was more colorful and fiercer than the usual varsity tangle . . . our good friend Troy Norris tells of the big fish that didn't get away . . . W. H. Cjagg hands out campaign pictures . . J Prof. Will Winkler announces for the State Senate on the Republi can ticket, and H. O. Aldrige. the chairman of the board of com missioners says he will not seek his party's nomination at the con vention Saturday. . . . Local man gets a letter from Wallace Head quarters in Durham and cusses everybody from Joe Stalin to Ma ry Price . . . Just about the time everybody gets lined up to a de gree of peace and harmony long comes an election. ? ? ? W. H. SMITH, local amateur photographer, who alio makes a hobby of recording the antics of Boone weather organised a "butterfly club" in bis neighborhood to take the at tention of the kiddies, who had to be kept off the streets due to polio's presence . . armed with long-handled nets, the kiddies hare captured dosens of differ ent varieties of butterflies, and have them catalogued, with the name of each spaces . . . The ?*. such a flood Hate at | tbla ami pastime are Lyae i Law Mr hbr Maddux. Katan Parker. Babble Watkins. Randolph Maddux. F rankle n? Itlm Sieve Ham 'iltpn. Ford King. ? ? ? FARMER talks of the advanta ges of A* AAA program, one of the meat popular reforms o'f the Rooseveltian era, in this territory . . . says where lime and phos phate have attached the hills, two ears of com are growing where one grew before . . . and that two steers are now fattening where one was hard-pushed for a live lihood in the old days . . . ano ther farmer says he doesn't be lieve in the program . . County Agent Tuckwiller giving us a lot of information on the various types of hybird corn being grown . . farmers talk of unsteady beef prices as hot weather cuts grass short and sends the bovines to market ahead of time . . tobac co chewer takes long-range squirt at pop-bottle cap and hits it right on the button . . . Woman with draws from the main avenue to pin a fresh clout on healthy look ing babe . . . Dr. Gresham says hello to friends along the street, following a western tour . . . The Moultrie, Ga., minister fills the pulpit at the Baptist church on Sunday morning . . . youngsters start another trek to the office of the draft board, during the war's intermission . . . bottle tossed from speeding car rolls unbroken on the pavement . . cyclist weaves back and forth among the folks on sidewalk, frightening pe destrians . . . 'fore we had pave ment we had a law against this practice . . . man alleged to have stood at one spot so long dog mis took him for telegraph pole . . . theatre-goer giving round-by round explanation of the story of the film . . . lawns take on the new look as mowers wait for rain . . reddening apples and yellow ing "punk ins" herald* the ap proach of autumn . . . The maple at, the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M: Moretz which always colored in lalfc August, must have been cjit dofcm . . . the lighted croquet court at Emory Joines' home . . . and the daily instructions we give tourists seeking the best route over which to detour to Blowing Rock . . . The way they seem to appreciate ourtesy would in dicate they are unaccustomed to friendliness when making inquir ies .. . and the man who be lieves that the world has gone to the dogs, just 'cause he hap pen! to be personally unhappy over some harrowing happening along tiae way. ? JAYCEESMAKE WAR ON FLIES ?1 ' " >i" ? - ? at* ? Scene taken at the city dump as the Jaycees thoroughly sprayed the premises with a DDT mixture' five times as strong as ordinary used, in an effort to make the place untenable for house flies. Shown left to right, are. Lawrence Wilson, of Wilson's Feed Store, who loaned the spraying equip ment and aided In the work; Joe Michael, of the Southern Agricultural Insecticides, who gave the chemicals for the project; Cecil Farthing. R. D. Hodges. Perry Greene. Jaycee President; Fred M. Gragg. Roger Wilson assisted, but was not in picture. ? Photo By Blair. WEE BOONE GiRL I REJECTS 'SHAKE' OF PRES I D E N T Washington ? Olivia Brewer W thC Uagam! For a second B^.n MSI^year-?ld ?lrl from Boone N. C? has refused to I 8 e hands with President Tru man. The first instance .occurred August 23rd when blTJTa went to the White House with r daddy, Kidd Brewer, the ad ministrative assistant to' Senator1 lina Umstead of N?rth Caro-j The second time cam. when' t? N^e^!nd-d chu?* ?t| Md ^?i,a<*demy i" Annapolis,' found, to their surprise; DinI Pr*id*ll; was worship - ping there, too. He had stopped Jlli^SS0"' durin* * CTUi,e on Olivia was dressed in the same blue-and- white frock she had worn at the White House. On the front, was a white heart design trimmed in blue, and on the jback, a little bustle. drp^a TrUTan Spied the familial dress as he walked down the bin* ieave the church. Step ping aside from his party and shakp^'h tried onee more to shake hands with the brown fused1 h"'e ?lrl" But she still re fused. Mr. Truman laughed at his second rebuff and lent on Olivia s parents didn't * think it quite so funny. They asked grZ ^ She Would^ greet the President. On the first s?hTSdid?f e,ha* 3SSUred ^em she didnt intend to vote for Dewey, or Wallace, or Thur H?r candldate for ''resident was "my Mama." sh^f.H mM\ Brewer reP^ted, she told him he would be .an ac ceptable Pres.dent, too. Olivia is going to enter a school in Washington. "If she isnt investigated in the loyalty! probe her mother sa.d today, j I hope the President can win her over somehow." Mrs. Brew southe"^ 3he'S 3 StUbborn Polio Quarantine Is Lifted Here I^n n w department, and Dr. o?"cef i, fTan> actin* heaIth the 0Pinion that the areaeTnd ^\8Pem it8elf in tlM? 5?, : and ^iat it IS now safp f<Cr ? l? Mlow their "*"1 ac stat^Tol? t?f*y' Dr Hagaman, ?T tfL rhtl/i'0 iUry c'u?rantine ?? 'he children is removed, and the kiddies who have yielded to e ,ve movement al most 100 per cent, may now move th^h' "ukT"*1 fash'?n. so far as the health department is concern The one new case, Pearl Potter m a ^'dent of the North Fork section, has been tak en to the Asheville Orthopaedic Home for treatment. The total for the county now stands at ten cas es. with one fatality resulting. Test pilot leaps to safety be fore Thunder Jet disintegrates. O Sentenced 12-15 Years ? For Attempted Assault Former Wataugan Convicted On Two Charges of Attempt To Commit Assault on Daughter of 14, in Caldwell Super i6r Court; Abnormal Physical Condition Blamed by Judge Spencer Henderson, native Wataugan, was sentenced to a term of 12 to 15 years in Caldwell Superior Court last Thursday afternoon, following conviction on two cases of attempting to commit an assault on his 14 year old daughter. Roy Wilson Is Taken By Death Roy Wilson, 68 years old, wide ly known in this section, where he was a leader in the political life of the county tor more than a quarter of a century, died at the home at Trade. Tenn., Wed nesday of last week, following a long period of declining health. Mr. Wilson was reared In the Zionville section of Watauga county, where he lived until re cently. He was for more than twenty years Chairman of the Democratic executive committe of Watauga, county, and devoted a major portion of his time to par ty affairs. He engaged in agri cultural pursuits and once serv ed as postmaster at Zionville. and |was R. F. D. mail carrier there or a short period. I Funeral services were conduct ed at the Trade Methodist church with Rev. Ray Stewart and Rev. R. C. Eggers officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Reins-Sturdivant being in charge of the details. The widow, Mrs. Callie G. Wil son survives, with three brothers and two sisters: John Wilson, of Granite Falls; Patrick Wilson of South Dakota; Roby Wilson, of Zionville; Mrs. J. S. Flannery of Zionville and Mrs William Combs who lives in the state of Wash ington. $10,000,000,000 in war recon struction aid given outside U. S. Jvidge J. Will Pless, Jr., of Ma rion, in passing sentence, express ed the opinion that Henderson suffers from "abnormal sexual strength," and Mid some day the State may establish hospitals, for treatment of persons with such condition. - ?? "This is one of the worst cases I have ever heard of," the jurist added. He said he was passing a sentence of sufficient duration to "protect the six-year-old daugh ter" of the defendant. | In a second case of attempted assault on the girl, Henderson was given an identical sentence, with the provision that the terms run concurrently. Henderson, 44, livestock dealer of the Upton section, was charged in two warrants with attempting to committ an assault upon his daughter. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in both# indictments, afterj deliberating for 27 minutes. The daughter was the chief wit-i ness for the State and Henderson' took the stand in his own behalf.! Henderson was represented by Attorney G. W. Klutz. Solicitor| James C. Farthing was aided in the prosecution by Attorney Max] C. Wilson. I JOHNSON COUNTY SINOING The Johnson county singing j convention will meet in Moun tain City, Tenn.. Sunday, Sept. 5th at 10:00 a. m. All groups of Gospel singers are invited to at tend and take part in the con vention. Good Friends and Good Citizens From Saplatnbar IS through Nertmbw 90. mora than btlwNB lb* ago* of Mrm and ilghtew, m w n?ighb<*?." to Mhar girls acroaa tha omti, Thar than to ihut tha tun and CrlaodaUp a* tha gram by joining tha oiftaiuliaa'i Horlaan clabbara, i ttont to aacapa tha FIRST MASTER DEGREE GIVEN AT COLLEGE tiistory is Made as Harold D. Qutncev Gets the First Mas ter's Degree to Be Confer red by Appalachian; 76 Are Graduated; Dr. Smith Is the Commencement Speaker. History was made at Appala :hian State Teachers college on rhursday night, in the opinion )f President B. B. Dougherty, when Harold C. Quincy of the Demonstration School faculty re vived the first master's degree ;ver conferred by the institution. Fie receieved the master of arts degree in education. It is the hope of the college administra tion that Appalachian will be come a regional center for sum mer graduate and undergradu ate study. Of the seventy-six graduates, twelve graduated with honors. Magna cum laude rating went to Rogers Whitener of Spindale, Margaret Jones Hopkins of Beaufort, and Laura L. Brown of Charleston, S. C. Cum laude graduates were Earley Lee Til ley of Mt. Airy, Mary Hamilton of Asheville, Wilmoth Herron of Plant City, Fla., Edith Daves Satterwhite of Morganton, Lu cille Harris of Elon College, M. Katherine Harris of Troy, S. C., Lena Spencer McCarley of Val dese, and Elizabeth and Grace Riley of Charleston, S. C. Dr. Ellison M. Smith of the South Carolina department of educatipn at Columbia made the commencement address. Spekk ing on the subject "Education could save demoracy", Dr. Smith said that in our efforts to make education universal we have stressed the more-education idea, rather than a way-of-life-educa tion idea. "We are strong for schooling", he said, "but very vague as to what the school should do." He said that there ate so many pseudo-purposes of education in America today .that education is primarily purpose less. In a world of conflicting ideologies, Dr. Smith told his audience that building a great democracy and clarifying ideo logies is the work of education, of school teachers and professors. Of the three major ideologies Facing the world today ? fascism, communism, and democracy ? Dr. Smith said that democracy is by far the vaguest and most intangible one. It is the ideology most likely to be misunderstood by the people of other nations, long accustomed to having their way of life blueprinted for them. Democracy, he said, is the least practiced by its followers of all the ideologies. In America we have only "followed the gleam." ?We have taught democracy much, but we have practiced it little." (Continued on page 3) Inspection Lane To Open Friday me motor vehicle inspection lane will open at the former lo cation near the Boone Demon stration school on September 3, and remain open for the inspec tion of motor vehicles under the IState law until September 11. Roy Phillips, supervisor of the Boone lane, says that due to the congestion experienced at the lane it will be open on Labor Day. Mr. Phillips, in urging all mo torists to comply with the law, ?sks that the folloing excerpts therefrom be published: 1. All motor vehicles of year models up to and including the year model 1936, and motor vehi cles of the year models 1947 and 1948 shall be inspected on or be fore August 31, 1948. 2. A11 motor vehicles of the year models 1937 and 1946 shall be inspected on or before Septem ber 30. 1948. 3. All motor vehicles of the year models 1938, 1039, 1943, 1944 1945 shall be inspected on or be fore October 31, 1948. 4. All motor vehicles of the year models 1940 and 1942 shall be inspected on or before Novem ber 30, 1948. 3. All motor vehicles of the year model 1941 and 1949 shall be inspected on or before December 31, 1948. In cases where cars do not car ry the blue windshield sticker aft expiration dates mentioned, ar rests will be made and the of carried into court, Mr. Phillips says. Draft Registration Is Now In Progress All Youths Between Ages of 18 and 26 Must Register To Bolster Nation's Defense Forces; War-Time Draft Board Again Serves Here; The Registration Schedule Given. Registration under the selective service act of 1948, began Monday, and the task of setting in motion the peace-time draft of local manpower, was assigned to those who con stituted the war-time draft board here: Messrs V. C. Howell, J. E. Clay and D. -B. Bingham. 5 FROM 1 FAMILY GIVEN DEGREES AT SAME TIME Mr. I. J. Bingham, of Boone, v eteran schoolmaster, and a lead er in the clause of education in this area, had the unique and satisfying experience of seeing five members of his family re ceive college degrees at the same time last week. Of a family of eight sons and daughters seven of them already have degrees, a son-in-law and daughter-in-law are college grad ates. and the remaining daughter enters Appalachian this fall. The most recent graduates are: Ira Bingham, who plans to follow engineering pursuits; Miss Viola Bingham, who is to teach at Bur lington; Miss Flo Bingham, who has a civil service position in Washington, all of whom receiv ed degrees at Appalachian last Thursday. Mrs. Beatrice Amende la and her husband, Joe Amen dela, received Master's Degrees at the University of North Carolina this summer. They are residents of Wattsburg, Pa., where she teaches and where her husband is employed by an electrical manufacturing concern. Of the other children, Miss Virginia Bingham teaches in a school of culture in Washington; Miss Bonnie Bingham is at home pending the opening of Appalach ian College this fall; Dr. Dewey Bingham, a dentist, and wife re side in Knoxville, Tenn.; and Miss Eddie Bingham teaches in the State of Montana. All of the children came home (or graduation exercises at Ap palachian last week except Dr. Bingham. Edwin Hahn Rites Are Held Robert Edwin Hahn, 37, diedj on August 23rd at a Morganton hospital, and funeral services were conducted from the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Hahn in Boone, August 25. The rites were conducted by Rev. S. B. Moss, of the Methodist church and interment was in the city ceme tery. In addition to the parents three sisters survive: Mrs. O. C. Canipe of Hickory; Mrs.. Richard Brown, Winston-Salem; Mrs. John Well born, Boone. A half-brother, Eric Hahn of Amarillo, Texas, also sur vives. U. S. refuses visa to "Red dean" of Canterbury, Dr. John son. FARM BUREAU FOR MEMBER At a meeting of township lead ers of the Watauga Farm Bureau, held Monday evening, initial plans were laid for an intensive mem-| berahip campaign, ending Sep-| tember 25, with a county-wide meeting, at which time new offi cers are to be elected and plans mapped for the Bureau's program for the coming year. Clyde R. Greene, Farm Bureau president, presided at the gath ering. Mr. Dewitt Barnett was named chairman of the regular member ship campaign and Mr. W. A. Smith, chairman of the associate rsmbetvhip effort. During ike campaign report meeting* or workers will be held each Saturday at 3, at the county agent's office. The membership quota has been set at 42ft. George Farthing, field repre sentative of the North Carolina [Farm Bureau Federation, spoke |at the m? ting and gave some ite te the history of the organisation in the nation, how the Farm Bureau has the the largest fa^ or-^ uovernor Cherry has issued a proclamation the procedure for ^registration under the draft act, [which requires the registration for possible military duty of all youths between the ages of 18 and 26. ? Monday's registration includ ed persons born in the year 1922 after August 30, 1922. Persons born in the year 1923 were to be .registered Tuesday, August 31, or Wednesday, Sep tember 1. Those born in the year 1924, on Thursday, September 2, or Fri day. September 3. Those born in 1925, Saturday) September 4, or Tuesday, Sep tember 7. Those born in 1926, Wednesday September 8, or Thursday, Sep tember 9. Those born in. 1927, Friday, Sep tember 10, or Saturday, Septem ber 11. Those born in 1928, Monday, September 13, or Tuesday, Sep tember 14. Those born in 1929, Wednesday, September 15, or Thursday, Sep tember 16. Those born in 1930 before Sep tember 19, shall be registered on Friday, September 17, or Satur day September 18. Those born on or after Septem ber 19, 1930, shall be registered on the day they become 18 or within five days thereafter. Only those youths in the 18 through-25 age group who are at present in the armed forces, o.' who are members of a reserve component on extended active duty, are exempt from registra tion. ? ?" Answering a question which is being often asked, local board members stated that registration in 1946 and 1M7 under the act at 1940, has no effect on the present draft. Regardless of former reg istrations. it is explained, all males between the ages of 18 and 26 are now required to register. Democrats Set Convention Date The Democrats of Watauga will [meet in convention Saturday Sep tember 11 at 2 o'clock, for the [purpose of naming candidates for county office, it is revealed today in the official convention call pub lished by W. R. Winkler, chairman of the Democratic executive com mittee of Watauga county. Precinct meetings are to be held in the different townships Friday September 10, at 2 p'clock, for the purpose of naming delegates to the county convention. At the convention, it is stated, candidates will be selected for the State senate, House of Repre sentatives, the three places on the board of county commission ers, register of deeds, surveyor and coroner. MAPS PLANS SHIP CAMPAIGN ganization in the United States, with units in 45 states, and is now recofenized in the legislative halls as the leading voice of agricul ture. He said that the Farm Bureau is primarily responsible for the enactment of the far-reaching farm legislation of the pttt IS years. Mr. Farthing stated that the Farm Bureau has worked since 1920 to secure adequate appro priations for the various agricul tural agencies which have been estiblished to serve the people The speaker stated, that during the last searfon of Congress the Bureau led the battle for a per manent price support program for all agricultural commoditiai, and came out victorious. Mr. Farthing concluded his ad drr <s with the statement that the many benefits which farmers ai heady have received and will con tinue to receivg through the pro grama made possible by the Farm Bureau certainly merit the mem bership of- every farmer in Wa tauga county, as well as in the nation as a whole.