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bw VOL. XXXVIt[. NO. 32 Sale of May view Not j\ Likely to Be Confirmed. Resale of Resort Property Last Sat-j urday Brought Little More Tbart 1 ^ Previous Sale I Blowing Rock. Sept. 1.- -Opittiou -here is divided as to whether Judge! Webb ol* federal court will confirm the latest sale of May view Manor for J $124,600 to C. E. Hay worth of' f< High Point and T. H. BroyniU of .... " Lenoir. R This was the price brought* when cl the entire property was put up at auction, after bidding on the indi- $ vidual pieces of properly had brought' a total of only $115,400. In the individual bidding, Lloyd Summerville of Charlotte was high Si > bidder for the manor itself. His bid gj was Si a.UOU as compared with the | high bid of $82,000 made by J. A. I oi C. Wadsworth in the sale of Juiy g. 15. ei The annex brought $25,500 from 0j L. I'. Henkel of Statesville, who bid M $16,700 for the same property in c< Jast mouth's sale ci F. H. Coffey of Lenoir was the w high bidder for the dormitory, ten- $ riis courts, and five acres of surrounding land, for which he offered $9,000. Mr. Coffey was high bidder calso for the laundry, for which he I in offered $3,500. j it Frank J. Ryan of Tampa, Fla-.j B made the highest offe# for the gar- m ages, $2,-100. In selling the lots, the auctioneers hi were able to elicit bids of $1,200 to i in $2,000 for some of the iinest resi-j ei dence sites in Mayview Park, along; ai X , Laurel Lane with back views over pi * the gorge, similar to the Mayview tt Manor view. The golf course brought $10,500. Some of the comment was to the j pi effect that all of these bids would in he rejected by Judge Webb, but e< others believed that inasmuch as the o' - three sales have indicated that the B property will not bring a better price at auction, the saie will probably be approved. B Judge Webb is to pass on the sale tc September 10. lij st C1V1TANS HOLD WEEKLY w MEET AT DANIEL BOONE K Twenty members were present ai. the meeting of the C.ivitan Club last Thursday at the Daniel Boone hotel. Many items of business Were transacted and sevt rai new names tire-1 C stnted for membership. j In response, to an invitation of Civitan .James P. Burke, the ciiibiv* voted unanimously to hold its nextj i;i business meeting at Valid Crucis on j cl the second Thursday night in] 1,1 September. I l> A report of the entertainment st committee indicated that the club I has done a worth: while striate by el ' greeting: and finding accommodations " for the visit.ng throngs during thei 0; crowded tourist season. ^ JUDGE JOHNSON J. HAYES j "< MOVES TO GREENSBORO P? ! w Greensboro. Aug. 2'J.?.'fudge and i ^ Mrs. Johnson J. Hayes, who have r been spending the summer at Wuk-e- P' boro, will become perniaueut rest- '' dents of Greensboro this week, movihg here first of next week, and oc- "! cupying the home in Irving Park -1 Judge Haves purchased from A. M. i ' Scales several weeks ago. BLOWING ROCK BAND TO GIVE CONCERT HERE p The Blowing Rock ConcrCt hand, ^ Joseph Warren, director, will give j. a sacred concert on the courthouse square here on the afternoon of u Sunday, November 3rd. The con- 0 cert is free and the public is invited to come out and hear the,hoys play. ir MATNEY MATTERS fi ju. Matney, Aug. 29.?Matney'f pub- ci lie school has finally enrolled all w children of school age in this dis- t-i trict, making a total of 7G. d A very- interesting program was n given in the school Friday afternoon C and the parents filled the house, N showing their interest in the school. The Woman's Co-Workers Club ? met at the Methodist church Thursday and made considerable improvement upor. the grounds and the church building. Misses Claly and Seiina Baird visited Mrs. Hosea Greer at Burns- " viile Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Baird announce 0 the marriage of their daughter, Mil-| ? dred Alice to Ira Eugene Townsend. c Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McGhee of " Boone visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Baird, Mrs. McGhee's parents, Sun- 1 i a u?y- . The prayer meeting at the Baptist ^ church this week, conducted by Mr. William Smith, proved very help- ? ful and interesting. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Story a son. b The Methodist Sunday school here 8 , had an attendance of 81 last Sunday, e and the attendance is steadily in- i: creasing. t ; V ATAl A Non-Partisan New BOONE iEWSOFWEEK :? BLOWING ROCK; j J? if is TotaltDg More th?a $4,000' Contributed hly Presbyterian* to CrAadf*ther Orphanage; Virginia' To Send Goodwiii Delegation I l*i) Blowing Rock, Sept. 1.?The ox ()t :ring for the Grandfather Orphan- j., ?e, taken every year here at the ,>(j urn pie Memorial Presbyterian j ja. lurch hv Dr. jam&s I. Vance of oi; ashville, Tenn.f this year brought* 1,305, it was announced after the j irvice Sunday. j s^, t ~ 1 Rev. McCoy Franklin of Crossnorttj *la, unday night ent'ertained the congre-j ye ition at the Rumple Memorial Pres-1 fterian church with his imitations! : the calls and songs of birds, the j g| -unts of pigs, elierps of little chick-. is, crowing of roosters, bellowing j ar * cattle and cries of turkeys. Rev. r. Franklin recently declined a >ntrac with the Keith vaudeville rcuit for this act, in order to stay j ith his pastorate at Crossnore at{ 1.800 a year. ;jl A goodwill delegation from Gailis luucy, vu., win pnmwiy 11 Brow:ir Rock i! 'xt month or in October, i was said at I'he offices of the, |)c towing Ruck Chamber of Comerce Monday. g. The chamber at Peacisburg, Va., is wr.tten the local chamber of the itcnticii to make the tour. The loll chamber has incited the Virginiis to come through here, ar.d has ?s romised them a warm reception if ley come til The Blowing Rock Band will ap- c<: jar t'he first Sunday in September i its first pubiic concerts. A .acred ? meert will be given here at 2 r<( clock, and then the band will go to oone for another concert there. j as Topcoats were again in style at | Co lowing Rock Thursday when thei mperature fell to 50. Fires v/era Silted in fireplaces all over t'he re I" >rt, and all buildings equipped ith steam heat bad the heat on. Ll bi S] EEPING UP INTEREST til IN POUL.TRY RAISING H ill The present poultry crop in North I" pro Una is worth in round figures 1st).000. The increase in this in- W iscry lias been, phenomena) during] le past several years bur with the| Creased production has come thttj w; y of Io.\ prices for the products ' 31 5\v and in the future, states V. W. 11 ewis, marketing specialist for the 'e ate division of markets. According to Mr. Lewis, the pres- fh it poultry production together with large increase can be well taken 'h ire of with proper handling and, arketiPg. h> A few yea is ago the state had ached the saturation point in lultry production and farmtis tr ere selling good flocks because l" u-re was no market at reasonable n< rices. The sy.-t.em of shipping live w' oiiliry in curio ts came just in time i ket p up interest in production. al "We are again facing the 3atura- *h on point?this time in egg produeuii," says Mr. I.ewis, "and the so- m (Bon lies in selling only quantify m jgs and being able to assemble so lose in order to take care of the w tianf.ity." hi Mr. Lewis states that the biggest roblem is to get the producers to j ffer only eggs of good quality* To; ^ andle eggs in a definite manner, it' necessary to know the quality and j ^ ten have volume enough to make ,0 p a standard pack whether in case re r car lots. F1' Ir. an effort to keep up the in?rest in poultry and egg production i North Carolina, Mr. Lewis will jrnish organization .plans for egg <?' rcles t'o interested communities and ill also demonstrate the grades of sjgs that are applicable to con- ?I itionF in the state. He can he sf cached by writing V. W. Lewis, N. cl . Division of Markets. Raleigh* ta . C. VANGELISTIC SERVICES p! AT ADVENT CHRISTIAN ft to Rev. H. V. Skipper of Jacksonville, di la., is conducting a series of meet- st igs this week at the Advent Chris- w an church. The minister is likely g: ne of the leading Bible preachers pi f the country and his subjects are hosen with a view to covering the lost important subiects of the word. I 'onight his subject wli] be, "What is he Human Soul?" Sunday morning t 11 o'clock Mr. Skipper promises ? deliver a sermon in which more al icripture is used than ever heard in .' ne discourse before. rj Andrew Jukoff, 113-year-old Si- jr orian citizen, recently arrived in d toscow /to prove to bureaucrats his F ligibifity for an ol^l-age pension. He c\ i the father, he says, of 54 children, he oldest, now 80 years of age. ci . jga : spaper. Devoted to the E WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA iame and Fowl j Season Now On I mc'i W. Sryan, Gmum Warden, Is! Now Issuing Licvmses to N?m- j \ rods of County Permits to hunt g;iine and fowl in j is county and state may now be; mr.vi by Watauga hunter* at thej fice of the county game Warden,! mes W. Bryan. Mr. Bryan receiy-j ; his commission as game warden J J! st week and said Monday that only e permit bad been issued so far.; Permits for residents to hunt Lni e 'e county cost $1.25, those for the 0 ite cost $5.25 and non-resident " At j licenses cost $15.25. Under th? 1 .v enacted by the iast general astnbly, it is cumui.sory to secure a a ense to hunt. j J! The open season in th? state on 1 e more popular game and fowl ;*?re: v Squirrel?September 15 to Jariu- ,J y 15. |P Rabbit?November 1 to March 1. i Deer?October 1 to January 15. ' 0 Raccoon?October 1 to January) * Or possum?October i to January ! Quail?December 1 to March 1. : Wild turkey?December 1 to v arch l. Dove?September 16 to D.-ccm- 1 r :n. j [ DONE TRAIL ASSOCIATIONS \ * FORMED IN THIS SECTION, v j ,'jj Just back from a trip in the intert of the Boone Trail Route to ^ :istol, J. Hampton Rich, managing r rector of the Boone Trail Associa>n, told The Democrat about lebratiens which were held last* eek at Grsen Park and May view j anor by the children of Blowing jck who are stopping with their; rents at these hotels in the interest ? ' the work being fostered by the 1 sociation. At Mayview Manor c rch lights were prepared and on: ? ,e night of August 25th the ehil- 1 en in the hotel held a torch light; ! ocession on the terrace below the j 1 >teh In the mists these torches J a ring in the fog, with flag borne j f Master Kenneth Mnffchison ( fjrurik of Wilmington, N. C.. and < o Boone tablet carried by Dan and c.' arrtley Sullivan of San Francisco, ; uuc a >viy il'.euue picture. lilt' ' occssion extinguished the torches 1 the t'ronl entrance of the hotel r id inarched into the spacious lobby ; the manor where a program of 1 r.dings on the life of Daniel Boone , > as rendered by Catherine Graham i( id Sutr.nne Lewis. Mr. Rich made short introductory talk, giving the ' rend of the tablet and the object 1 the Boone Trail Association? 1 at of getting the highway surfaced',c om Bristol to North Wilkesboro c rough the most scenic country in 1 a.erica. Reference was also made, ' the sneaker to the fact that Jesse' ^ tone, brother of Daniel boone, liv-j I five miles up the Yonahlosse? I ail, half a mite from the road, and i itil only a few years ago the chim-j j ;y to the old pioneer homestead j ?.s standing. i j Much interest was shown by the j | idience of guests at the manor in ' , e pawing of the Boone Trail. At Green Park hotel at like cere- ( oniftl ti'5lS h^lrl rvn }"krx lou'n nnf! ?-?.ol _ sarby spring, which is one of the'. J urces of the Yadkin river, alongj hioh stream Boone spent: much of s early life. An enthusiastic unit the Boone Trail Association was! rmed at Blowing Rock, with Thos. j . Coffey as chairman. At Linville a like unit was formed. | t this' place Mr. Rich took occasion speak of the splendid co-operatisri ceived from the McRae interests j ally alive to the opportunity of-red by the scenic route which j ould mean so much to North Caro-; ra if pavod. Mr. Nelson MrRac-, ive every assurance of co-operaon. At Boone, a splendid spirit of co-l reration was in evidence. Mr. Rich! id. A splendid unit of the asso ation has been formed here. A; blet has been placed on the campus: 1 the Normal. ! The people here, Mr. Rich found, | e awake to the need of securing a; ived highway over which travel! om the. middle west can pass oeeri me east arid south, spending hun eds of thousands of dollars in the , ate every year, much of which v ouid go into the state treasury in tsoline tax and aid materially in ?ving or surfacing our roads. OUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS GATHER HERE TOMORROW Superintendent Smith Hagaman mounoes that in response to a letter icently received from' State Superitendent of Public Instruction A. . Allen, he has made necessary armgements for the business meet>g of county and city superintenents which will be held in Boone riday, beginning at 9 o'clock. Dr. lien indicated that 25 superintenents would be present from various ities and counties of the state. lest Inj? ests of Northw< ROLIN.fi' HURSDAY, SEPT. 1, ! W" .IVES ORDER F I FIRE TRUCK yit| t?i- Pressure of 120 Pounds, Ciiy Officials Believe Chemical Apparatus Will Be Sufficient for .Present Needs of the Town An or-.jer has been placet! for a heinicai fire truck for Boone, costag $2,060, :t was said by itayot iragg Saturday. In explaining why the town orderd only the chemical truck, instead ? the $7,509 fire truck as recom10tided by a iocai civic organization, la.vor Gragg raid: "We have a water pressure averting 120 pounds ir. all of out fire lugs This w enough to light' aii res that rhay occur within reach of he plugs, and a fire engine couid not e used for those out of reach of the lugs "Statistics show that 80 per cent f all ftres are extinguished by htmicais. Moreover, it is doubtful f our fire insurance rates could be l?we red with th^ ?;o?v wibfipsiep ruck. "We have an agreement whereby ve can keep the chemical truck a eai. and then traue it in on the rtore expensive truck with a deil' ciation of only S100. Hence, il he fire underwriters tell us at the :tni of rhe year that we must have he expensive truck, we can get il vith the expenditure of only $s,50C norc.'' Alderman Clyde It. Greene statec 'csfer.iay that the truck would alive here in abou tthirty days. JNE KILLED AS AUTO PLUNGES OFF HIGHWAY Mr. Iveily Miller of Creston, Asht aunty, was killed and his compan on, Mr. Boss Sutherland, of Suth irland, was slightly injured when th< lutomohile in which 'hey were rid r.g left the road and turned ovei mar Key Station a few miles wes if the Tennessee tine on the Boom frail iast Thursday night. The ill-fated cur left Mountain jity about nine o'clock, where it iccupanls hud been visitors at' th lohnson county fair. Whiskey is ai eged to have been the direct eausi if the accident. Mr. Miller had un lubtedly fell into a dose while ma lijiulating the car. causing it t< eave tile highway. His death win nstantnncous. Mr. Sutherland's in uries were confined bo minor cut md bruises. Deceased hini for many years beei ural carrier out of Crtslun and i cferreci to as having been an up ight citizen, except for slight ten le.ncie.s aiong alcoholic lines. Hi: ompamon, Mr. Sutherland, is ; imminent. cattleman of Ashe couutj mil a hroither-in-iaw of Atlornej .V. R. Lovill of Boone. SII.VERSTONE SHAVINGS Zior.vitlc, P.. F. D., A up;. 31.? drs. Leonard Wilson is reeoverir.f rom a serious spell of sickness, dr. J. H. Mast and Miss Nora Mas lave been spending some time witl drs. Leak Dauaherty at RusselKnlle Fenn. Miss; Birdie D. Thomasaoi >f Russellville, Tenn., and Miss Edir.i dull of Maryvilte. Tenr.., were guest ast week of Miss Ethel Wilson. Rev. Sebastain filled Iris rcirula ippointmer.ts at the Baptist churel lere iast Saturday and Sunday. Charlie Wilkevson and sister. Mrs 5 L. Walker, have returiffed ti hefir home in Roanoke, V'a., after i wo weeks visit with relatives am riends here. Miss Ethel Wilson and Clate Gree ind Charles Perry have returned t< heir homes here from Cleveland, O Mrs. H. P. Cook is visiting rela 'ives in Virginia. Dan and Frank Perr of Hebron nd., are visiting their brother. H 5. Perry, here. Silas M. Green and family, whi mce resided here, but who are nov iving in Virginia, are visiting rela ives and frends here. Lloyd Perry and, Raymond Sander nade a busness trip to Rhode)!, Va. ecently. Rom and Vaughn Low ranee o: dorgaiitdn spent the week-end it lilverstone. Wade Byers w'ho is teaching schoo n the Meat ('amp section, spent thi veek-end with hnmpfnlk-i NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS The publisher* shortly after court week will begin a cleanup campaign on delinquent subscriptions. We are forced to get rid of the small percent of unpaid subscribers *cnle?? prompt remittances are made. Many will find it convenient to drop in and settle during court and save us the trouble of sending a statement and themselves the possibility of missing copies of Tbe Democrat. OCRA est North Carolina "** '' " ... ... . **.? r CiT Conference of Advent ^ Christians Held Here k Mucq Important Butinet> Transacted at Gathering of Church Worken Last Week ^ The Piedmont Advent Christian i Conference held its annual meeting here August 25-28. Eighteen mmist* rs and an unusually large number of delegates and vwtors we re in a attendance upon the s&sions of the ( I conference ana a spirit of harmony " and Christian fellowship was mam- vv fesc throughout the meeting* 11 In addition to t'he usual routine c ; of business the conference went on ~ record as favoring the establishment p of u Southern Bible schooi, prefer- M y located in Boone. ' the completion of the organization of a Council of Religious Educa- * t-ion in idle conference was perfected c j and officers elected as follows a President, \V. F. Parker; vice pres- ^ iuent. C. T. Parker; secretary, Miss P Grace Sherrill; treasurer. MPs Pear' r' Hodges; district vice presidents, , Misses Annie Taylor. Jennie Hen- -1 i urix and Edna Tripiett. ;i The following conference officers L were electt-d for the ensuing year: w s President, Eld.'\V. L. Trivett; vice j ^ president, Eld; M. M. Adams, seere- ( tarv, Miss Mary E. Coffey; treasurer, Miss ALce Bobbins. Messrs. Jo-eph Austin and (Charles * T. Parker, w.re ordained as minis- ^ [ j ters, and Eld. M. M. Adams was re- * ceived as a member, coming from I1 I the New York conference A memorial service >n honor v. ? v.. late R. N. Baldwin, pastor of ! Boone church and secretary of ice * I conference at the time of his death,. r\ was held Sunday morning, at which " time tributes of respect were given J : by Eiders Downs, Gragg and Hen- * i drix and Mr. vV. 11. Gragg. The sermons delivered at the con- l> - ference were insuuetive and inspir- v - ing. At* the opening session on * -j Thursday evening the president, j. 11 c A. Downs, spoke on the subject, "The J fc| World's Crisis*' and gave strong' * - j proof from the Bible and present ; day conditions that ?v.? are living in, * j the cidsing days of tittle. s[ Friday moming Eld. C. T. Parker ' - of Charlotte spoke effectively tryixri I the text, "What* is that in thy hand?" . - He urged his hearers to make use of r - the means given, us and God would ' - bless our efforts. Too many people,' * > the speaker said, are doing nothing[ 1 s because they want to do the other j) -i fellow's: work fj Saturday morning Eid. Ij. B. Sher- 1 ' mar, who has been pastor of the ' i Boone church during the summer a months vpi*v insnirimr c - sermon On "Witnessing for Christ." j *: He said that whatever message1 j! Christ gave *2.000 years ago is for j i us today an?l that thr witnessing will q r not be until we sit down with r r Christ in His kingdom. He urged ali j Christians to get close enough to ? God that thev mscrhfc be effective! i - "'d?? ? :T " *?? "-i" ~ I v. itne.-ses. "If you can't bear wit-' w.-s for Christ in ths home, don't j tell it outsijc. Ke stated euvphat.i- t colly that he haii :io I'inie to waste j r m telling the women how to dress. Saturday evening Eider M. M. l; Adams of Charlotte, answered the < () question, "What is the matter with; twentieth century Christianity"" by (j saying that we need an intelligent q | understanding of the Word and a.f conscientious effort to live it. "The; < Ulbie," he said, "is a mirror that re- j] | veais character. Look into that" mir-' f ror and see what God thinks of you." t i The conference was especially, v fortunate in having Eld. H. V. Skip-! j per of Jacksonville, Fla., present. ? i He delivered two very able sermons i ,] I in his unique manner. Friday ever.-1 ing he named seven events in the life 1 of Christ and showed briefly why! * . each was important. First, (he minister, said, was His ; birth, the grandest' of any in the < world, even though He were born in I t, a manger. Second, His baptism., h : which typified His burial and rosur- t '.rection. Third. His death for our ? '] sins. Fourth, His burial to demon-; b "; strate the unoonscious state of man, e | in death. Fifth. His resurrection to 0 3 prove that our future life is certain.; U S' ;<th. His ascension to the Father's: ! rig'nt hand- Seventh, His second ad-, F ; vent, without which the whole struc- ] ';ture would be a failure. j c Sunday morning Klder Skipper, in w 'J a very convincing way, told an audi-) c : ence that packed t.he church, howl y j the Advent fchristian church differ-, 'n I cd from all other denomination. The! u two distinctive, differences are: (1) j The nature of man, and (2) mail's: future home. "If we believe Gen-' J esis 2:7," he said, "the whole Bible't is in harmony. The Advent Chris- _ tian church believes that nothing! v leaves a man when he dies except., < what made him live?the breath of) J life." Many passages from the t Bible were quoted to prove this, j t "The soul is mentioned in the Scrip-j tures five hundred times, but not) i ! once is it described as immortal.', i ! Heaven is mentioned 579 times, but: i j God never promised that' We would: t I go there. Thirty-five texts state j ! that the earth with the curse remov- i I ed and filled with the glory of God, I FIVE CENTS A. COPY MKTHERN PLANS FOR NEW LINES iew Program of Expansion May ha~ elude Eitensiozi of Carolina & Northwestern From Edfifenront to Mountain City Plans cf th'. Southern Railway to uaid new lines into Western North aro'inu. Eastern T ?nnes?ee> Eastrn Kentucky and Ww Virginia ere disclosed ir Cincinnati Satai ay night wlisri the v.my r of '.bat ity was requested to cail a special ity election on the proposal of the outhern Railway to obtain a revism of terms of its lease on the ineinnati Southern Railway line, lys the Lenoir Topic of Augst 26. 'his line, it appears, is owned by the ity of Cincinnati and the new lease sked for the Southern Railway Sdmpahy disclosed their tentative Ian > for building the hew lines into r?e territory mentioned. Whether or rot the pro nosed new nes cover anything in this immedite section was not given out. Kowver. one encouraging statement /as made several weeks age by L. \ Nicho/s, general manager of the Carolina & North-Western, to A. P. "nd rhiil. when Mr. Nichols said hat the C. & N.-W. would be exended across the mountains from Idgemout. Mr. Underbill had asked he railroad man about the rumored tans to discontinue the line north f Lenoir and had suggested that it c lurried into highway. Mr. Jfchols' statement w,as in reply to he Lenoir man's question. The Southern has a rait head at' fountain City, Term., which Ls only 0 or 50 miles across the mountain rem EMgemor.t.. Mountain City and idgemont may be connected togethr so as to form a through route by iay of Lenoir. It is also possible hat the Mountain City rwl head nay connected with North Wilkesioro and -Tavlorsville. which would orm other routes through this seeion. but not through Lenoir. The announcement sent out from Cincinnati Sunday revealed thai' the Southern's plan was to tap the Tennessee and Kentucky sections ftrst. \ [Tie building of tb<?s.?- contemplated >ranches or connections into the Ap aiacliUtii territory would mean exraoniinary development of all timgi" and coal resources of the entire i'r.a It would also op*n new hropgh routes from the coal fields o me man utactu ring centers of the outh. tURLESON SETTLES $30,000 DAMAGE SUIT FOR ONE CENT Blowing Rock, Aug 3)?The $30,00 damage saifc of Commodore tur'.ssun. of Morganton, against: C. Dula, of Blowing Rock, has been ettled out. of court. for oi-.e cent, it aid hen? by Mr. Duia Friday. Mr. Dula said his attorney a and hose of Burleson agreeR to disc.on iuue the suit if Duia would paj^tbe or,ts and a nominal amount of damages" to Mr. Burleson. Therepoo, Mr. Duia gave Mr. Burleson cent ana ??e case was ended, llr. Burleson filed the suit seeking ainages because Dula Viad heen noted in newspapers as saying that Jroadus Miller, negro slayer of rladvs Kineaid. of Morgar.ien, had icon slain apparently while he o?ered no resistance. Burleson rnainained that Miller fired on him first ,'ith a shotgun, and that he killed .tiller in self dtfnese. On this round, Burleson demanded the $S0,il)0 damages. ". M. PAYNE GETS FREE TRIP TO NEW JERSEY Mr. F. M. Payne is Leaving Sepoinber 5th to attend a inesthig of lading representatives of the Atlanic Life Insurance Company of lichmond, to he held at Spring Lake, i. j.. September fi-'J. Mr. Payne has urned this trip on a basis of volume f sales and with it the title of "Atintic Ace." Mr. Payne and his father, A. J. ayne, nave represented the Atlantic .ife ai district agents in Watauga ounty since 1924 and they are rell known in local insurance cirles. While in the north ho plans to isit various points of interest and is friends are congratulating him pon earning this trip. Paper money was reported by tarco Polo to be in use in China in he 13th century. rill be the home of the saved." Many .1 these texts were quoted. One of dr. Skipper's closing statements was hat it is dangerous to know the ruth and not love it and support it. The people of Boone and surrounding country were very generous n their hospitality and everyone vent away fcelir.g that it was good ;o have been here. The next session of the conference will be held with Tabernacle church, :hree miles east of Lenoir. 3
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