THE DEMOCRAT k your beat and most ecaoo ?>lwl medium or advertising With mora than MOO paid-up. aaah aubacrlptlons. your mo "f ?oe? to 1X000 moqIc. oo in* unlvrn m lly natn b??U of fiv? rudan to aach subscriber VOL. LXI, NO. 13. An Independent WeSkly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1948. FIVp CENTS A COPY KINGSTREET , BY ROB RIVERS *4 s -- * STREET PAVING IS on the way in Boone ... city officials couldn't get contractors to take relatively small job until late in season, when the deadline is near for the placing of bituminous sur facing . . . accordingly work was started on the project last Sun day, in order that the work could be completed before froet shut off such activities . . . We are in clined to hold with the council that the ox was snugly in the ditch . . . and that every effort had been made to keep him out! WATAUGA WOMAN, indict ed for the tailing of home brew soma time ago, mikti her fi nal report to iha court, and ends bar probationary period. . . . It's illegal to brew the pale distasteful suds ? no question about that . . . but the purvey ors of hard liquors . , . the bour bons. the rye. the b'ends. the 1 Scotch, gins, and all the other fiery concoctions go on and on like the brook . . . unmolested. ... A small business institu tion often finds itself helpless when it makes a brief foray in to the lush pastures of the cap tains of commerce ... it can't get by with ill MISS SALLIE RAY hands in a freak of mother nature in the form of a branch from a pear tree containing blooms and little pears . . .E. E. Earp discovers September "blooms on a sarvis tree . . . small boy ties rope to slender limb for a swing . . . "I'm like Columbus ... Til do it or die!" bough breaks, lad gets mighty fall, dusts self oft and hitches rope to a higher but stronger limb . . . Mrs. Jennie Critcher delights dinner group with humorous stories . . . lady diner, nearing the end of an el aborate dinner, says she's arriv ed at the "toying stage" . . . Don Shull, prominent Valle Crucis farmer, buying land posters, rrJ trying to figure out some effec tive way of protecting the birds on his place . . . Neighbor W. B. York, Jr., leaves for the Univer sity . . . Young York bit the top rung of intellectual attainment at the local high school, and may be expected to distinguish himself at Carolina . . . Coot Haigler, one of the older colored residents of the town, lifting his hat, as he greets us on the street . .' . Letcher Tea gue, handing out the community news from his spick and span taxi stand alongside the Winkler Motor Co. . . . Man. who had just passed through an incident of considerable happiness, was ask ed if he opened a bottle for the occasion . . . "Plumb missed out on that," quoth he, " 'cause I hap pened to be .on just a routine drunk at the time!" POLKS along the street join- | ed in common sorrow on the : occasion of the tragic death of five-year-old B. W. Stalling*. Jr? . . . Sometimes along the way. people seem cold, and Just a bit too eager in their chase for coin . . . but when tragedy strikes . . . we all bow in a mutual grief, anxious to share the burdens of our fellow man . . . Mr. and Mrs. Stall lngs are comforted In their tragic sor row. no doubt, by the genuine concern of the people of their community . . . _i OUR GOOD FRIEND and long time neighbor, David Wyke, went away the other night, and his demise brings back memories of the happy lad, who in childhood taught us to tie a bent pin to the end of a cotton string, tie it to a willow sprout and entice horny heads and minnows from the dark pools in the W. L. Bryan meadow . . . We walked togeth er for a long long time, and we shall miss the cherry greeting and the bits of accompanying laugh ter, which greeted us on our way to and from the house on the hill . . . Bearing a crushing af fliction with fortitude, smiling whan the deck was stacked ag ainst him, he was a genuine good fellow . . , uncomplaining, neigh borly and generous ... He could win or loae with equal grace . . he grew in stature and in favor with the folks as the shadows lengthened . . . One always feels a poignant loss in the death of a good friend and a good neigh bor. ALONG THE WAY: The over size pictures of Governor Dewey at local Republican headquarters in the Linney stone building . . the neatly patched holes in the sidewalks . . . the crowds at the (Continued on page 4) f NEW CHIEF SCOUT EXECUTIVE Arthur A. Shuck, left, of Brooklyn, U congratulated by firit class scout Alan Kramer, member of troop 835, Manhattan, after he be came chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts of America. At right is Dr. Elbert K. F retwell. retiring chief scout executive. Mr. Shuck has been a leader of the Boy Scout movement for more than 2S years. He now holds the highest administrative post in the organ isation. > Stallings Child Dies In Motor Accident B. W. Stallings, Jr., 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Stallings, Sr., was instantly killed Friday afternoon, when struck by a car driven by Cecil Murray of Sparta, near the Stallings home on highway 421, just west of the city limits. ? The child sustained a severe cerebral fracture and other in juries. Information is that B. W. was playing with a younger brother at a sand pile near the highway, and that a small wheel was in advertently rolled into the road. B. W. started to retrieve the toy when struck by the automobile. The accident was described as un ?voidable. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Baptist church Sun day afternoon, by the pastor. Dr. W. G. Bond; Rev. Sam Moss of the Methodist Church, and Rev. J. K. Parker, of the Presbyterian Church. Interment was in the city cemetery. Active pallbearers were. Greer Hodges, Ted Hagaman, Vaughn Hagaman and Charlie Rogers, Jr. The honorary pallbearers were young' men with whom Mr. Stal lings had worked for many years in his capacity as local Boy Scout executive. They are as follows : Charles Harmon, Reid Cottrell, Raymond Smith, Landrine Eg gers. Gene -Howell, Bobby Har mon, Buddy Ayers, Joe Huffman, Jr., Bruce Angel, J. C. Canipe, Jr. John Tatum, John T. King, James Harris, Robert King, Thomas Graybeal, Baxter Howell, Dr. J. B. Hagaman, Jr., A. Y. Howell, Jr.; Charles E. Younce, Jr., Ar nold Brown, Billie Stallings, G. C. Greene, Jr., Phil Vance, Stan ley A. Harris, Jr., Ned Austin, Gene Bingham, Richard Bing ham, Jimmie Winkler, Steve Dav is, Blaine Miller, Tom Winkler, Jr., A. E. Hodges, Jr, Earl Payne, Murry Craven, Baxter Miller, Max Robbins, Stacy C. Eggers, Jr. Denver Bryan, John S. Aldridge, Jr., John H. Bingham, Lloyd Is aacs, Jr., .Geo. Timmons, R. D. Hodges, Jr., Jas. Storie, Junior Greene, Albert King, Ted Brown, George King, Tom Wright, Joe Gaither, Grady Moretz, Jr., Jim mie McConnell, Fred Councill, Stanley South. In charge of the flowers were the little G. A. girls, under the direction of Mrs. W. Gi Bond and Mrs. R. H. Harmon. Surviving are the bereaved pa rents, and one brother, Andy Stallings. KXJTDYD.lfOiUUS Randy D. Norris, ? months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Duard Nor ris of Boone, died Sunday. Fun eral services were conducted on Tuesday afternoon from the Meat Camp Baptist Church by Rev. R. C. Eggers and interment was in the church cemetery. The parents are the immediate survivors. TAR BARRELL BLAST KILLS BOY Rutland, Vt ? Robert Lynch, 12, was decapitated in the flam ing explosion of a tar barrel against which he was leaning while smoking a cigarette. Bias ing tar splattered three play mates and spun the barrel "over the trees" before it lnnded 200 feet away. Columbia Broadcasting System buys "Amos *n' Andy" rights. TOMATOES TOO The man about to give his ears a bath la Henry A. Wallace. Pro gressive party candidal* lot the Presidency. He got a hankering for watermelon while en route* to Memphis during his hectic ride through Dixieland. * Lions Start Drive To Aid Blind The Boone Lions Club official ly launched its annual white cane drive on Wednesday, September 22. The "White Cane" program is to raise funds for providing aid and employment to tl\e blind. There are many persons in this county, and the state, who are partially or totally blind. Many others need eye examinations and glasses, it is stated. Often these persons are not aware of their needs, or if they are conscious of them, do not have the money to secure the necessary examination and treatment. A great deal of work in reclaiming the vision of children and adults has been done here in this county. It is financ ed through the "white cane" sales and through other special projects of the Lions' club. The local club hopes that ev ery business house in Boone and every individual will buy either a white cane, or a membership in the State association for the blind. This is the principal means of providing the necessary help for this particular need. The Lions Club hoptes that each person will feel a responsibility to h*lp. Rites Are Held For War Veteran Funeral services for Walter E. N orris, 22, son of Mr. Clcryd Nor ris of Boone R. F. D. 2, were conducted last Saturday at the Meat Camp Baptist Church. -Rev. Stevens, Rev. Ed Black burn and Rev. A. E. Moretz con ducted the rites and interment was In the church cemetery, Mr. Norris died while in ser vice at Leyte July 10, 194S, of spinal meningitis. The father survive* and a num ber of brothers and sisters. CLYDE PERRY IS GUEST WHEN RE A LEADERS HEAR TRUMAN Sugar Grove Man at Two Day Meeting of REA Leaders; Truman Lauds Work of the Group; Problems of REA Organizations Studied. Blue Ridge Electric Member ship Corporation representatives C. E. Viverette, general manager, and Mr. Clyde Perry, a director from Sugar Grove, Watauga county. Were among 250 rural electrification leaders from the New England and Middle Atlan tic states attending a banquet in Washington on September 16, at which the President spoke. The banquet was part of a two-day meeting of eastern members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and other government agency officials. In his last public appearance before going on his campaign tour of the country, the President made a non -political informal talk praising the rural electric leaders at the banquet for their accomplishments during the past thirteen years. According to C. E. Viverette the President said he knows how much electricity means to the farmer, because he lived on a farm when he was young and didn't get to use the things his nephew, also named Harry Truman, has now that the farm has electricity. The president went on to tell the rural electric leaders that he hoped they would continue to actively fight for expansion until every farm in the United States has the necessary power, the necessary improvements and the necessary gadets to make life as attractive on the farm as it is in the city. The two-day meeting at the Washington Hotel on September 16-17 included open forums at which the nationwide shortage of electricity, rising power rates and what the co-ops could do about them were discussed. A common problem upon which considerable time was spent was the failure of the co-op members to fully realize that they are the sole owners of their electric system. Various co-ops are repaying their loans from the Rural Electrification Administration and will in the future constitute a very valuable property and business with no obligations. Under plans general ly adopted by the co-ops, each farmer's share in the ownership is determined by the amount he pays for electricity through the years. Nation Rural Electric Coopera tive Association, Tom Craddock of Seymour, Teaxs, and execu tive manager Clyde T. Ellis for mer Congressman from Arkan sas, spoke at the two-day session on the national problems of the rural electric co-ops. The NREGA is a nation wide organization for rural electric systems, organized into ten regions, with the New England States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina comprising region I. Gordon Loveless heads the region and chairmaned the Washington meeting. Mr. Viverette and Mr. Perry left on Tuesday afternoon Sept ember 14, and returned on Sat urday, September 18. While in Washington, Mr. Viverette and Mr. Perry visited the head-quar ters of the Rural Electrification Administration and looked into the possibilities of securing addi tional loans in order to complete ly electrify all the rural homes within its service territory. If the next Congress make available funds for the R. E. A. borrowers on the same basis as the last congress, it is felt that the Blue Ridge Electric Membership Cor poration will be able to complete its job of taking electric service to all that desire it. TOO SLOW South Bend, Ind. ? Emerson A. Reese, 09, was charged with reckless driving and his driver's license suspended for 90 days be cause Reese was driving five to eight miles an hour on a street, causing a long string of cars to pile up behind him. Astoria, Ore. ? Of the first 54 men who registered at the selec tive service office in Clatsop county, 49 of them can't be taken, because they're veterans or mar ried and the remaining five Were rejected by the wartime draft TO ADDRESS LOCAL FARMERS CONGRESSMAN MONROE M. REDDEN r ? - .ii i i in ??? ?< Redden To Address Farm Bureau Group A parade by the Appalachian High School band, an address by Representative Monroe M. Red den of the twelfth district, and 'ree refreshments, will feature the annual meeting of the Watauga County Farm Bureau, which will be held at the courthouse Satur day afternoon. The program will get under way with the band parade at 1 o'clock. Congressman Redden will speak at 1:30, on the subject of "Farm Programs for the Future", there will be music by the Thom as and Farthing string band, new officers and a board of directors will be choeen, and there will be free ice cream for everyone. All farmers and farm women are in vited. ^Congressman Redden made an outstanding record during the last session of Congress in the field of agricultural legislation, and he made an especial effort toward the increase appropriations for the soil conservation program and thp enactment of a _ permanent :"arm price support plan. He also has (avored adequate apropriat tions for the various agricultural agencies. It is pointed out that when Sen ator McKellar introduced a bill to eliminate the TVA demonstra tion form program, Mr. Redden arranged a hearing before the Senate Committee for a western North Carolina Farm Bureau ael egation to oppose the bill. Mr. Howard Edmisten of Watauga County was a member of the del egation. As a result of the testimo ny of this delegation and others, the McKellar bill received an un favorable report. The importance of farmers be ing present for the address is em phasized by Farm Bureal offi cials. 860,000 Kiddies Star! to School Raleigh ? Public schools are getting under way throughout North Carolina, and State Superintendent of Public In struction Clyde A. Erwin said yesterday a total enrollment of about 600,000 is expected. School officials said they be lieved moet of the schools have opened although most of them were delayed from a week to a month because of the polio epi demic. Some schools will start their Fall term later in the week and a few have delayed their openings until about Oct. 1 be cause of the polio epidemic. The school enrollment 4s ex pected to include about 690,000 elementary and 170,000 high school students. On hand to teach the pupils will be some 26,000 teachers. Rural children will be trans ported by some 6,4X0 school buses which will travel a total of 200,500 miles a day? or S3 I million miles a year.' ??????& SOCIALIST H?nry Quail*, radical socialist, who hat been entrusted with tha difficult job of trying to form a naw Franch gorarnmanl, fol lowing tha downfall of the Schu aan cabinat. David P. Wyke, Former Merchant Dies in Sleep David P. Wyke, 55, retired Boone merchant, died Sunday night in his sleep at his home. Belief is that a heart attack likely brought about his death. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Oak Grove Baptist Church. Rev. E. F. Troutman and Rev. S. E. Gragg conducted the rites and interment was in the Hine ceme tery, the arrangements being by Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. Mr. Wyke who was u son of the late Frank Wyke and Mrs. Wyke was born in Watauga coun ty. For a number of years he en gaged in the mercantile business at Foacoe, later moving to Boone where he operated a food store prior to his retirement several years ago. The widow, Mrs. Ethel Aldrid ge Wyke, survives, With one daughter, Mrs. Marvin Russell. There Is one Mother, P. C. Wyke of Boone. CHANGE HOURS COUNTY SINGING The county singing will he held at the Gospel Tabernacle here on Sunday October 3, and will start at 8:30 a. m., rather than at 1 p. m., as had been previously an nounced. SPOTS 0|T LUOOAOE Pittsburgh, Pa. ? Noticing a piece at luggage a stranger was carrying, Robert Brozell sudden ly realized tt looked familiar. It waa BrorelT s ? taken (ran Up car a few minutes before. Police got it bock and arretted the man. COURT I S 10W TRYING CIVIL CASES; TO EHB WORK QUICKLY Court Likely to End During This Week; Relatively Pew Civil Cases To Be Heard; A List of The Judgments of the Court. Watauga Superior Court con vened Monday morning with Judge Pleas presiding, and judg ments have been handed down in a considerable number of crimi nal cases. The court expects to take up the civil calendar today, and although a number of cases are docketed, it isn't expected that the term will continue longer than the end of the current week. Following are the judgments of the court: Charles Michael, violation of prohibition laws, $200 and the cost; driving drunk (100 and the cost. Ivan E. Church and Zack Icen hour, gambling, $50 and the cost. R. O. Greer, Jr., passing worth less check, assessed with cost, af ter making check good. David L. Clay burn, Jr., larceny, 6 months on roads. Ballard Harrison, assault on a female. $100 and the cost. Jr. Bowers, speeding, $25 and the cost. Clarence Col*, driving drunk, (100 and cost Arthur Auton, driving drunk, $100 and the cost. P. D. Rag an, driving drunck, $100 and the cost. B. J. Estes, speeding, $15 and the cost. Ronda Ray, speeding, $15 and the cost. Ralph Presswood, driving drunk $100 and the cost. Baxter Hardy, driving drunk, $100 and the cost. Robert H. Hollifield, speeding, $15 and the cost. Roby Lee Shore, driving drunk, $100 and the cost. Lewis Williams, driving drunk, $100 and the cost. Jack Ward, 2 cases driving drunk, $100 and the costs in each count. Roland Pardue and Paul Ptn- ' nix, violation prohibition law, cost. Dave Withers poon, assault on (emale, 2 years on roads. Lee Edmisten, resisting arrest, (50 and costs. Jack Wellborn, speeding, $19 and the cost. Joseph C. Jarvis, reckless driv ing $25 and cost. Max Vannoy, reckless driving, and speeding $25 and cost. Clifford C. Hayes, speeding, $15 and the cost. Allen W. Bryan, driving drunk, $125 and the cost. Hubert Hardin, driving drunk, $100 and the cost. Walter Hedgepeth, violation of prohibition laws. Cost. appswIngrid OPENER BY 21-14 Winston-Salem ? Three touch down sprints for half the dis tance of the field gave Appala chian State a thrilling 21-14 victory over Guilford college in a North State conference game before 3,000 spectators here last Saturday night. The Mountaineers didn't wait long to score, shaking Herman Bryson loose for 51 yards on the third play of the game for a touchdown. Tom Murdock sprin ted 45 yards for the second score in the late minutes of the open ing period and then raced 40 yards in the third period for a touchdown. Tom Boyctte place kicked all three extra points. Guilford scored in the first period when Maultsby climaxed a long drive by passing to Win ner for eight yards and a touch down. Johns passed to Topping for 39 yards and than to? d dne to Feeney for 90 yards on the next to lest play of the flame tor the Quakers' final score. Maults by place kicked bath extra points. APPALACHIAN LINEUP Ends? Smith, Powers, Small. Felton, Hendricks, Caskey. Tackles? Grissom, Lyons, Wil son. | Guard* ? Alford, Boyette, Long, Cantrell. Centers ? Honey cutt. Bowman. Becks ? Mills, Bryson, Cross, Boger, Murdock, Ragan,. I Cleveland, O. ? Richard Davis was standing too close to the curb reoaotly and was caught by the waist by a passing trackless trolley's guide rapw. He was dragged for 20 feet before re leased, suffering cuts and brut w.j