SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN BOONE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA ^COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1948. 24 PAGES 3 SECTIONS Shop in Boone FIVE CENTS A COPY KING STREET BY ROB RIVERS -IT IS A GOOD THTWG io | giTe thanks unto the Lord, and j lo sing praises unio ihf nam*# 0 mot) high: to shew forth thy j 1 erring kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night . . . O Lard, how great are thy , works! and thy thoughts are rery deep." ? Psalm 92:1-2, 5. | ? ? ? I THANKSGIVING, partially overcouded by the start of the Christmas activities . . . largely obscured by football and other un-related activities . . . was originated by forbears who, when they saw the fruits of their toil stored against the coming win ter .. . their cabins chinked against the frigid blasts, and theii bodies strong and sound from rigorous outdoor living . . . un restrained by complexities born of a later generation . . . deemed it fitting to provide this day of meditation . . . offering their simple thanks to a beneficent Providence for bringing them a measure of freedom and of boun ty. of which they had never dreamed . . . Midst all the turmoil and strife of the present machine age ... in the only land in which the folks provide their govern ment. and where freedom and justice still prevail . . where the spectre of mass starvation has ?ever staike-' . . . where one's home is indeed his castle, . . . where human conduct still fol lows the essentials laid down by the Prince of Peace . genuine Thanksgiving should be a privi lege eagerly seized by those of us who hang around at the big end of the horn of plenty ? ? ? WHETHEH we "thank with brief thanksgiving", or are merely glad we have inherited these untold bounties, we wouldn't know ? . . but we should be devoutly thankful for an awful lot of things . . . for the freedom to worship, without being limited to ? specific creed . . . for a Presi dent and a Congress, which we placed at the head of our gov eminent ? not established by ? minority group, and striving for peace, rather than for world domination . . . our families . . . strong bodies, and sound minds . . . tor our little children and lb# neighbors kiddies . . . for a community of friendly folks, where one doesn't need to pack a pistol, or carry a dagger . . . for our homes, our clothing, the birds and the flowers, the grass and the trees ... the snows and the rains and the sun. which bring forth the food and the fiber . . . from the good earth which sustains us. and provides tanhisrv for our worn and wasted bodies . . . for the ser mons and the song*, and the cress and the radio . . . the take* and the ouni . . . the 1 latinh* and th? tear* . . freedom to Ho anvtMnn a normal person should want to do . . . for our ?riends . . . the Teacher, the teacher, the lawver. the banker, the farmer, the laborer, and those who just manage to get ? bv . . . all of them citirens of a I sovereign stat? with eoual f status before the government j which thev created . . . more f than one day and more than lone column would he required l? to classifv the blessings which 5 have come down to us . . . who would seem to be God's favor , ed flock. K Most of the Democrat staff It the Burley Bowl today, eiv-i ill? sideline sunoort for Ap-| alachian . Those who laid !,own the coin on the Duke-Caro-] |na game, develop the jitters! Kone toward the end of the sport lassie ? . Pete Haeaman. build-1 ?k? houses, and passing out the t?ffee in idle hours to friends' ? one cafe counter . . Marion j homas fetching in a little "off. ?e record" information . . Bob gle pushing the March of Dimes tmpaign . . . and the youngster* itting on their best manners for e benefit of Santa Claus. ? ? ? EARLY SEED CATALOG ten dm our war. and a glanc* trough its pages bring* a math of suiniixi Hma, and aakas tha admit of tha blaak rlnitr days lass disconcerting . . Tha giant cucumbers. pun dn-daa tomatoas. yard-long sans TelTaty lawns, flowering hrubs. berries big as walnuts. atd half-pound paachas . . . ha text matter, tailing of butn ( Continued on page 4) WOMAN OF THE YEAR Seventy- year -old Dr. Lillian M. Gilbrelh was honored as America's most outstanding woman recently at the annual dinner of the] American Woman's Association in New York. The mother oi 12 children and the grandmother of 18. Dr. Gilbreth received this award for "eminent achievement in the field of commerce and in dustry.'" Left' to right are Mrs. Fanny S. Sweeney, Mrs. Amy L. McKay and Dr Gilbreth. Brother Boone Man Is Slain In Charlotte Beaver Dam ? Pioneer Dies . ? James Elbert Farthing. 94. re tired farmer of the Bethel com munity, died at his home Nov. 16th, following a long illness. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Nettie Howell, to whom he was married 71 years ago, five sons and three daugh ters. Mrs. R. L. Earp. Miss Ona Farthing, Clyde Farthing of Sugar Grove: Mrs. Geo. D. Eller, Akron. Ohio; Steve J. Farthing. Lewiston, Idaho; James A Farthing, Greensboro, and Fred Farthing. Wytheville, Va. Funeral services were conduc ted by Dr. W. F. Smith and Rev. Ed Farthing Nov. 18th at Bethel Baptist church, and internment was in the church cemetery." Voting Places For AAA Given On December 2 farmers of Wa-j "auga county will have an oppor ?unity to elect committeemen to administer the 1949 Agricultural Conservation Program, tobacco marketing quotas, storage and loan operations, and other activi 'ies important to agriculture in' this county. Ned Glenn, chairman of the Wa tauga county Agricultural Con servation Committee, said that in the election to be held December 2. 1948, farmers will vote for members of the local community committee and for delegates to the county convention to elect ?he county committee. Every eligible farmer should! vote in the election. Eligible farmers who fail to vote in these' elections are not carrying their share of the responsibility for good administration in the farm; program, says Mr. Glenn. Elections will be held in the fourteen townships or communi ties on Thursday. December 2. as follows: Bald Mountain. Cook's store; Beaver Darrt. Vann Farth ing's store; Blowing Rock, Cityl Hall; Blue Ridge. J. C. Storie's;! Brushy Fork, D. L. Glenn's store;! Cove Creek. J. B Mast's store;' Elk. Simmon's store; Laurel Creek. V D. Ward's store; Meat Camp. Green Valley school; New River, voting place, Perkinsville; North Fork, Eller's store; Stony, Fork, Deep Gap postoffice; Wa tauga, Howard Mast's store. Eligible farmers in this county are those who have -participated in the 1948 agricultural conserva tion program, their tenants or share-croppers. "Through elected committee men," says the chairman, "farmers have a direct channel to those who administer these programs in the State and Nation. It is up to the farmers of Watauga county to see that committeemen are elected who can best administer! farm programs and who under-] stand local problems. "Democracy is as good as we make it. When we don't partici pate we are placing all the re sponsibility on the other fellow. We are not carrying our share of the load. Not only that, but a* we fail to participate we lone just that much of mir democracy." Kwajalein Island now rated key U. S. Navj anchorage. Stacy Harris. 21 years old, half brother of W. E. Rush of Boone, was killed and his father. Frank lin H. Harris, was seriously in jured. by bullets reportedly fired by William W. Parrish, of North Wilkesboro, near the Harris home in Charlotte Monday evening. Stacy Harris died ten minutes after being shot in the back by a P-38 German pistol, while the el der Mr. Harris received wounds in the leg, and is reported as be ing seriously ill in Memorial Hos pital. Parrish, who is being held in the Charlotte jail, told police that he went to the Harris home to kill his wife, Evelyn, a sister oi the slain man, from whom he had been estranged, and later intend ed to take his own life. He fur ther averred that his plans were frustrated when his wife grabbed the gun, the bullets taking effect on her father and brother. Young Mr. Harris was known, to many people in Boone, where !>e had visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rush, and was engaged in the printing business in Char lotte. Funeral services are being held ;his (Wednesday) afternoon at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church at Purlear. Wilkes county, and in terment is to be in that neigh borhood. Mr. Rush left for Charlotte Tuesday morning. Besides the parents the deceas- ' t*d is survived by one sister, Mrs. Evelyn Parrish, Charlotte; four half-brothers. Bill Rush. Boone; Arthur Rush, San Francisco; Theodore Rush and Velta Harris of Charlotte. There are two halfj sisters: Mrs. Angus Eller, and Mrs. Sam Ellis of North Wilkes-J boro. I Riles Held For J. M. Edmisten Last rites were held for John, M. Edmisten, 22, son of Mr. andi Mrs. M. H. Edmisten of Beaver, Dam township, Saturday at 21 o'clock. The ministers were Dr.! Wiley Smith and Rev. Herring Crisp. Rites were conducted from the Bethel Baptist church and interment was in the cemetery there. Mr. Edmisten entered the ser vice of his country April 12, 1944, and was killed in action in the fighting in Italy February 25. 1945. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs Marshall Edmisten, two brothers, George and Baker Ed misten, and three sisters, Mrs. Howard Love, Mrs. Baker Ward, and Miss Madeline Edmisten, all of Sugar Grove. Joe Minor Is With Democrat Mr. Joe Minor, recently of Kernersville. has accepted a position with the Democrat and assumed his new duties Monday. Mr. Minor, a native of Winston Salem, has been in newspaper work since high school days, and has wide experience both in mechanical and front office work. He, Mrs. Minor, two sons, Joe, and Phil, have established resi dence in the Mrs. Jessie McQuire I Apartments on Grand Boulvard. MARCH DIMES EFFORT TO BE AMBITIOUS ORE Prevalence of Polio Causes Organization To Set Caro lina Goal at One Million Dollars;. Bob Agle Heads Local Campaign. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. has an nounced the most ambitious March Of Dimes" campaign thus far. This has been recom mended in the face of the severe Infantile Paralysis epidemics of the last year, particularly of the summer just past. In view of the prevalence and severity of this disease in North Carolina recently, our state or ganization has set as its goal for the coming March Of Dimes campaign the sum of one million dollars. All county quotas in this state have been doubled over last year's figures. This means that in Watauga county it will be necessary to raise $3900 in order to meet the quota and pay the necessary expenses of thej campaign. i The 1948 campaign in Wataugal was the most successful one ever promoted in this county. A sum totaling more than $2100 was raised. In many respects this was a very commendable response. However, when the epidemic struck this area last summer both local funds and funds from the National foundation were necessary to provide the care and hospitalization for the victims. Since the first case of Polio was discovered in this county in the last week of July, until the pre sent time, Watauga county has received $3,809.90 from the Na tional Foundation to care for its polio cases We have received funds considerably in excess of what we contributed to this cause last year. At the present time the unpaid bills for treat ment of Watauga county resi dents amounts to $793.50; this sum will also be paid by the Na tional Foundation. This means that the total receipts of our county for aid and treatment of uur own people in the last epide mic exceeds considerably the money Watauga county contri buted to the "March Of Dimes" in the last two years. The next campaign begins January 14. 1949 and continuesl through January 31. The local chairman of the "March Of Dimes." Mr. R. E Agle and the committee working with him expect the people of this county to far exceed the contributions of other years. Sheriff's Men Get Liquor Plant Sheriff's officers destroyed a 110 gallon still, manufactured from two steel drums, and stor age vats of 4,000 gallons capacity in a raid made in the Sampson area Saturday The still showed signs of having been operated re cently, but the operators had made their getaway. Those conducting the raid were Deputies A R. Church. Jr., and Junior Ollis. Clerk of the Court Fred M. Gragg went along with the officers. St. Laurent takes office as Prime Minister of Canada. Christmas Opening, Burley Event Feature Big Parade TRUMAN AND BARKLEY ?. I ? Max Sockwell. 16. a 4-H Club member of McLeansville. N. C., is shown here with his twin heifers born on election day and named for the winning presidential candidates. Among the first twins ever produced by artificial insemination, they are pure-bred Guern seys born to a registered cow owned by young Sockwell. Million Pounds Leaf On W arehouse Floor College Has Five Days Off The end of the fall quarter at J Appalachian State Teachers col lege comes simultaneously with, the Thanksgiving season this yr=>r. and the students and facul ty will have a holiday of five and one-half days. Classes for the quarter will end on Wednesday. November 24, at noon, and re gistration for the winter quarter will take place on Tuesday. Nov ember 30. Highlight of the holiday this vear will be the Thanksgiving football game in the Burley Bowl at Johnson City, Tennessee, between the Appalachian Moun taineers and State Teachers col lege of West Chester. Pennsyl vania. Same Number Burley Inspectors Assigned The Agriculture Department says it will assign the same num ber of inspectors as last year to burley. tobacco auction markets for the 1948-49 season. The department said the amount of burley to be auction ed on designated markets will be approximately the same as in 1947-48. The quality will be sub stantially below the 1946-47 crop. .It has estimated this year's bur 1 ley harvest at 508,000,000 pounds. Local Herefords Given Prizes At Asheville Show The 13th Annual North Caro-jfirst. Buncombe, third; Haywood,] lina Fat Stock Show and Sale was held in Asheville on last Wednes day and Thursday. Sixty-five r-alves from eight counties were shown Ben Norris, Bethel 4-Ti boy, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Norris of Reese, placed first in the med ium weight class (950-1.050 lbs.) with his 990 pound Hereford baby beef Sherwood Bingham Cove Creek F. F. A., placed 3rd] in the light weight class (940 lbs.j down) with his 820 pound calf. Glenn Reese. Bethel 4-H club boy, and son of Mr and Mrs. Asa L. Reese. Sr., of Reese, placed 5th in the light weight group with his] 910 pound calf. Ben Norris placed his beef in third place in competition fori championship, bowing to two Ma con county boys. In the county group of three| home raised calves (sire and dam owned in county) the Watauga boys placed second with Macon fourth; and Jackson, fifth. Ben Norris took second prizel n showmanship while Kenneth' Perry, who showed the Bingham calf, placed third. The support of local business firms throughout the area con tributed substantially to the sale iof the calves and helped to keep the buyers paying top prices. The Watauga boys are grateful to Wa tauga Hardware and Farmers Hardware for their loyal support of the home product. Also to the Northwestern Bank of Boone goes thanks for prize monoy. The Norris calf sold for 38c per pound or $376.20. The Bing-| ham calf and the Reese calf rounded out 36c per pound or $295.20 and $327 60 respectively. The judge for the event was L. V. Stankey (head of the Animal Husbandry department of Clem son College, and the auctioneer, Oscar Pitta of Asheville. Auction sales of tobacco will start Monday at 9 o'clock on th