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? - - - T"-~* ?* ** ? ??; >?? 1 ? '? -r? ?- ? ??' ?-??' -*rm .-<??,* r BBSS WATAUGA DEMOCRAT five readers to each subscriber. ' . ' ? f i* [ ( An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year I808 VOL. LXI, NO. 20. ? BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1948. five cents a COPT KINCJTREET BY - ROB RIVERS SNOOKS" UNNEY cleans house over at Republican head quarter Monday . . . The over sizes pictures of Governor Dew ey have disappeared from the windows and walls of the r.in. ney building, and the huge hand painted elephant which took ud about half of the glass front, and which had twice carried Dewey into the shadows of defeat, was rapidly giving way to swift strokes of the razor blade, when Snooks stopped to mop his brow, and hailed us, allowing as how we could now re-route our steps to the postoffice via the spo< where local Republican activities centered ... a few days ago when victory was in the air and nice fat political jobs apeared to be ripening for the harvest Anyway the campaign posters (there wasn't any of Harry) are fast getting out of the public eye, the campaign buttons have been discarded, end the election is offi ?S*J2&i?. ? However, it seems that the talk will never end of graying Missouri farm lad who straddled a jaded donkey, ?nd took all the columnists, analy sists and politicians for a ride, as he won the presidential sweep stakes with the poltical counter part of Man o' War slated to win ui a walk by all the race-track fans . . . HARRY did the impossible, with his old-time brass-knuck led campaign, even in. the face of a smaller vote than had been envisioned by most (great num bers have always favored the Democracy) and most eraryone has cooked up a very definite reason for his success . . . Some farmers and laborers lined uf together , . Others aver the *** of Hoover days, and the #*er of a depression drove the V?e folk, away from Dewey . . Some opinion is that a sight of Rer feUcana, who though* the thing in the bag, didn't ?*?*? a Job. clayed at heme, but ,uch speculation accomplishes nothing . . . Harry will be Pru dent cause the folks want it that way. and we like Gover nor Warren's trite summation: "He Just got the most rotes 1" ? * ? CONGRESSMAN DOUGHTON goes back to Washington to ag ain preside over the Ways and Means Committee, while present Chairman Knutsen goes back home, a defeated man. . Be sides celebrating perhaps his most comprehensive victory in his career, Doughton celebrated his 88th birthday Tuesday With due deference to our good friend Clyde Greene, whose outstanding worth to the commu nity and State is well known we should be excused for express-! ing a certain pride in the Dough ton record since the Watauga Democrat has the treasured dis tinction of having first "discover ed" the rangy Alleghanian as a Congressional possibility . . . that is, it raised the first voice sugges ting him for the House, back in the days when he had just rolled up a majority in the State Senate in this district, at the end of an arduous campaign against heavy odds ... the judgment of a coun try newspaper man has been vindicated by the folks every bi ennium for forty years . . . Con Congratulations, CongrJfenan! ? ? ? WATAUGA COUNTY like wise ran contrary to the opin ions of lots of astute politicians when it returned the reins of county government to the Dem ocratic party, which had been ool ot the courthouse -??<?? ly sines 1M2 . . . only Represents tlve Eggers on the county tick et survived the Truman trend ? ? ? Helen Underdown. for 20 Tears the keeper of the records la the Register ot Deeds office fa*?d tap fever with the voters h what would have to of 1 a good )eb P*t *y 1 _ ed the SMBe courteous, helpful service to sll the people, and the people Indicated their ap preciation of her long adminls in a greet big way . . . Good ss? >lte to the people . . all the people . . . and friendly treatment will always pay off. s is evidenced by the over r helming and bi-partisan sup port accorded "Miss Helen." e ? ? AN ORDERLY IXJCAL elec tion has been chalked up for W? auga county . . . Impressed by (Continued on fee 4) GERMANS RETURN FROM BRITAIN I On* German who managad to reach Churchill'* England during tha war ia shown on his raturn to Bar Ion altar four yaars of captlrity. Ha is greeted by his girl friand. Ha and other prisoners of war had difficulty ln flatting through tha Russian aona. At Saddln, tha Russians took tha angina of tha train and rafuaad tha ex-PW's permission to continua thair journey to tha British ? act or. This man jumped from tha train. His pa rants are at left. Dr. Ryan To Speak To Local Teachers Man Is Slain At Ashe Election West Jefferson ? A man who once served a prison term for the slaying of his father-in-law last week was being sought in the mountainous section of Southwestern Virginia on a charge of murder for an election day killing at an Ashe County precinct. Jack Finley, about 53, was be ing sought by Sheriff W. B. Todd of Ashe County and Virginia of ficers for shooting Bo ward Ble vins, 39, of the Apple Grove sec tion Sheriff Todd said he was in formed Finley and Blevins en gaged in a political argument at the polling at Horse Creek Pre cinct. About 12 people were around the polling place and sev eral told the sheriff that it was not thought the argument was heated. i Reports said both Finley and Blevins were Republicans and during the quarrel, Finley drew his pistol and shot Blevins through the heart. He died in stantly. Finley fled. .Sheriff Todd said Finley was living with a sister at Konno rock, Va., near White Top, and the search is being conducted in that area. Finley is known in this area as a "bad actor," officers said. He served a prison term for slaying his father-in-law some years ago in Ashe County. TELEVISION FOR FARMERS Believing that thousands of Television sets will be on the farms of the nation within the next five years, the Agriculture Department is working on tele vision programs for farmers. Of ficials believe television offers a medium of tremendous educa tional benefit to farmers and their families. A new color television system has been patented by Dr. Lee De Forest, called the "father of radio." His patent involes a movable filter, activated elec tronically, giving color televi sion through the cathode tube of a television set. Dr. Carson Ryan, Kenan Pro fessor of Education, from the University of North Carolina, will be guest speaker at a joint meeting of the Watauga County N. C. B. A. and a regional meet ing of the Association for Child hood Education on November 12 at 2:00 p. m. in the college audi torium. Mrs. Lee Edwards, president of the North Carolina A. C. E. branch, is expected to be present and bring a brief message to the A. C. E. workers. Some of the children from the primary grades of the Demon stration School will sing the song, "Foreign Children" as a part of the program. A display of new and interesting books on peoples in other lands will be on display in the hall of the administration building. Also a number of A. C. E. bulletins will be on sale, sponsored by the A. S. T. C. unit of A. C. E. Students Hurt In Auto Wreck Jimmie Lackey, Appalachian State Teachers college student of Lenoir, remains in a serious condition at Charlotte Memorial hospital where he was taken for treatment of injuries sustained near Boone on Saturday when his automobile skidded on the wet pavement and overturned. Lackey sustained a skull frac ture and other injuries, and a fellow student and passenger in the car at the time of the acci dent, Max Sparks of Elkin sus tained a broken vertebrae, Sparks is in a Wiliston-Salem hospital. Other students sustaining bruises, and lacerations in the ac cident were John Farthing and Bill Smith of Boone and Blackie Williams and Hubert Dancy of North Wilkesboro. CONSUMER CREDIT Consumer credit- of all kinds went up $299,000,000 in Septem ber to a total of $14,690,000,000. The rabbit hunting season in North Carolina opens November 25. RADIO TALKS WILL PRECEDE START LOCAL BURLEYSALES Warehousemen Map Publicity Campaign for Market; Sales Will Start November 29; Merchants Cooperate in Putting News on Air. Jr* jL c?ifinan* RvC Coleman, riet Coleman and Miss Har, ness for the stert nf .1 m readi" auctions here on November 29"? ^nVf0FoPv^rer.mveter^ rad?fPP3r wiTT in ncha?mmefntator? broadcasts and nfi f ra^? sponso "dbyThf SmS' uMch are news will be braid' S8'eS' ingfromI6bfobt,T6d3TteaChm0rn Starting November i*; 1* ^madeX^^rS513 Wi[l a "man on the street" and Sr'rsr ?sr"? 1:15 to l^o""' N?v*"""r ?? ? en in Warehouse no. 1 where market the openin? ?f the HealthCUnitt At Appalachian mZ!te P!?y!ical education depart ent of Appalachian Teachers SCge?H^gh its health ^er^ opportunities to ^its ''rtSd^ three wee^ riif^ ^ere wriU be an eye clinic conducted by Dr. jones L T^TfJt?US Eye' Ear' N??e and !S??* ? JhouM t^taS.K s^Sroag 3tss?sls tubwS- *s for?vL?T thl d,ys ,or ??rviCe to the college students and fccultv and' whlle her?. will of W^Cr "ervlce? *> the people coupty. Any inthe cowity, who wish x-rays made 23? aft*r Novem-' oer 23. The college administra te" h* ? ettoTSnSe ? hundr?l Per cent of its col ^KUon Uke farm coat rates rote 10 per cent from 1945 to 1M6 and M per cent from 1946 to 1M7. Eccles sees peril to U. S. econ omy in world tension. OFFICIAL WATAUGA COUNTY ELECTION RETURNS FIRST FAMILY OF PACIFIC Minimum i hi iiim win in? i i in This U an unusually atiractiro photo of Gonarl Douglas Mac Arthur and Mrs. Mmc Arthur. It was mad* as Mrs. Mac Arthur waved MN wel) to president Syngman RhM of embattled Korea as ha left for his native land. Tha top administrator in tha Pacific and his wifa journeyed to Haneda airport to bid farawall to Rhea. Mountaineers Get Biirley Bowl Bid National Note Oi School Program The guidance program of Ap palachian High school has receiv ed national recognition in an article published in the National Association of Secondary School Principals. This article was writ ten by Mr. Herbert Wey, princi pal of the local school, and was published in the May 1948 issue of this bulletin. The article describes the ten year growth of the group guid ance program of Appalachian High and tells of the many pro blems that were overcome dur ing this time in leading up to the present program of group guid ance at Appalachian High school. Patrons and friends interested in reading this article may get a copy of the magazines at the high school or college libraries or may order a copy from the National Association of Secondary school principals, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N. W? Washington, D. C. Winkler Attends Park Meeting Mr. W. R. Winkler of Boone left Sunday for Raliegh where he will attend a meeting of the budget committee of the North Carolina Park Commission. Mr. Winkler was named chairman of this committee at a meeting of the full commission in Asheville Aug ust 10. Serving with him on the important committe are Frances Heazel of Asheville, and Ray mond Sutton of Sylva. Mr. Winkler's committee is ap pearing before the Advisory Bud get Commission to make re quests for additional funds for park and parkway purposes in this area. New device enables blind to "read" by invisible light. Appalachian State Teachers college has been selected to play in the 1948 Burley Bowl game at Johnson City, Tennessee on?Nov jmber 25th. Announcement of the choice of .he North State Conference team 'or the Thanksgiving day small :ollege bowl classic was made by jeneral chairman Gates W. Kidd jf the Burley Bowl committee. For weeks speculation has been rife throughout this area as to which of the nation's small col* lege standouts would clash in this first Bowl game of the sea son. Part of the answer is now in. In the Appalachian Mountain ;ers the Burley Bowl will have a learn that is well endowed with both power and color. They have lost only one game and tied one in the two years since Coach E. 0. (The Whip) Duggins took over the helm. This year the only blemish on its record is a tie with Lenoir Rhyne of Hickory. Some indication of the strength of the Boone team may be gain ed from their defeat of Catawba, Tangerine Bowl winner for the past two years. Catawba has do minated the North State Confer ence for years. There is plenty of color in the Mountaineer lineup. The team has in Herman Bryson a poten tial Little AU-American. Bryson has accounted for 14 touchdowns this year and averaged around 10 yards per try from scrimmage. J. C. Honeycutt, All-Confer ence center, is also receiving considerable notice as another possible Little AU-American can didate. The team boasts a pair of hefty tackles, the Grissom broth ers, whose combined weight tips the scales at 530 pounds. In Co Capt. Tom Boyette, Appalachian has a star player with only one arm who has kicked 25 extra points this season. John Caskey, candidate for All-Conference end, and Co-Capt Tom Murdock, a good broken field runner, are two more outstanding players which Burley Bowl fans will have-'* chance to see in action when Appalachian takes the ' field. ; Selection of the Mountain eer's opponents has not been made but an announcement in this connection should be forth coming in the next several day*. Furnishings Needed ForV. F.yt. Hall Furnishings are urgently need- i ed for the new V. T. W. hall in Boone, and thosl wishing to con tribute any of the following are asked to get in touch with either Greer Modges or Custer Wallace in Boone. Whatever is given win be picked up by members of the veteran group. The following articles are par ticularly needed: 2 sofas, 2 arm chairs, S card tsblea, 11 straight back chairs, 2 floor lamps, 1 writ ing desk, 6 smoking stands, 1 large old rug, 1 used radio. Private fish poods are becom ing increasingly popular with Tar Heel fanners. OFFIQALS^END HEAVY VOTE CAST LOCALLY Miss Under down Oat Front ia County Majority; IipmM tative Emters Lone Repub lican to Win in Local Race; Dewey Gets Local Nod. ? The County Board of Elections completed the tabulation of the Watauga vote late Friday, when news was confirmed that the Democrats had filled every coun ty office, and that on the local ticket Representative S. C. Ef gers was the only Republican to win. Governor Dewey carried the county by a considerably narrow er margin than was the case in his race against the late Presi dent Roosevelt in 1944. Governor Scott triumphed, and Cinigi? man Doughton maintained a very narrow lead over Clyde R. Groans of Boone, in the race for the 9th district Congressional toga. ? c?en Underdown, who .ms occupied the office of Regis ter of Deeds for the past 20 years, lad by fajpthe ^psviest majority >f any caiMHdate on either ticket, is party lines were crossed to live her the record lead of 755 >ver her Republican opponent, tfrs. Laverne Fox. Dr. H. B. Perry carried the jpunty by 238 in his race for the Jtate Senate against Dr. A. P. Cepbart, his majority in the dis rict being around 1,500. Representative , Eggers, running or the Assembly for the third Ime won with a lead of 74 over <rs. Mary Harris. C. F. Thompson was elected urveyor by a majority of 122 ov r Jack Storie. Returns indicate that r* ? c candidate* * OT**? ' *V"0?. r 134. The candidates were A. O. ...iier, R. M. Ward and E. D. Cook he two first mentioned being ncum bents. On the State ticket Kerr Scott carried the county by 230, while Congressman Doughton had a 35 rote lead over Clyde R. Greene. Governor Deiyey took the coun y by 472, with Thurmond break - n? into Democratic ranks for 158. and Henry Wallace chalking ip 12. Watauga, which tradition illy votes for the Republican pre lidential nominee, went for Dew ;y by a majority of 740 vote* in 1944. Despite a rather apathetic cam paign Watauga voters rallied to the polls in considerably greater numbers than was the case two years ago. to perhaps set a record in number of votes cast. . ?_i_V Den"u* -ra that South' _..?xrrats who joined 41m states' Rights movement win not follow President Truman on civil rights legislation. 'Those Southerners have their convictions," be Mid. "And I ion't think they will follow him on that subject. Maybe Mr. Tru nan won't be so cJitieaM about it u he was before the atwttno. [ hope not," Doughton, who rteteatad Re publican Clyde Greene to retain the seat he bee held sine* 1911, wid be was "humble and ap preciative over the greatest ma jority I've ere* had." ?TORI HOUR Story hoor will he held at 2 p. m. every Saturday in the county library, instead of at 4 p. m. w announced in the last issue of the newspaper. AO children an invited to s*nd. The students of the Dena"*?* Teachers' Club an teOiag the stories each week. ?