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VOL. XXXIX. NO. l>
Dr. W. Roy Butler is
Laid to Rest Tuesday!
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Prominent Locnl Physician Succumbs .
After Long Illness Funeral
at Mountain City, Tenn.
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(By JIM RIVERS)
Bv. William Uoy Butler, aged 71
tears;, five months and nine days,j
died at his home in Boone Tuesday j
nornintr at 10 o'clock following; anil
ailment that had kept him confined'
to his bed for near four months.
His lift1 was one of unselfishness j
and service to mankind a7id his pass- i
mg has caused widespread grief. He
was truly a friend to man and his}
-mile and acts of kindness will he 1
sorely missed.
Nearly fifty years ago he finished
his-medical training at the Nashville |
Medical College ana came to Butler,
Tenn., where he entered the profession
of his choice. His labors as a ,
medico were crowned with an unus- !
ual degree of success, and even to
the day of his passing he was mentally
alert and enjoyed conversation J
on political and professional questions.
As the old expression goes, he
died "with his foot in the stirrup,"
-and his duty was v. ell done.
Dr. Butler was married to Rebckah
Caroline Grayson, daughter of Colonel
J. Mi Grayson, of Trade, Tenn..
oh ATaikch 5, 187'.*, and to this union i
were born ten children, seven boys j
??wl ?.ic ..il ~c .7
....u v..> Jjiiin, *?n v'l 1* I1UIK, Willi I,111: i
widow, survive him. They are: Hon.
Robert R. Butler, of The Dalies, Ore;;
Roy M. Butler, of Great Bend, Kan.;
Chaimeey I). Butler, of Portland,
Ore.: Mark R. Butler, of Stafford, j
Kan.; Paul A. Butler, of Grand j
Junction. Colo.; .1. Herbert Butler,)
of Great Bend, Kan.; J. Donnelly'
Butler, of Butler. Tenn.; Mrs. Mar-j
shall Baker, of Wapato, Wash.; Mrs.!
John A. Sprolc.% of Boone, ami Mrs.
fames C. Rivers, of Winston Salem; |
three brothers, Hon. K. E. Butler, I
Samuel D. Butler, and Esquire Diek j
Butler, all of Mountain City, Tenn.;
several nephews, nieces and cIofo rel-j
atives.
Following a brief service at the i
Butler residence in Boone, where Dr. j
and Mrs. Butler resided for about!
four years, the body was carried toi
Mountain City, Tenn., where it wasj
consigned to mother earth near the
grave of his father, the late Roder-;
ick Random Butler.
Tlie Masonic Order was in charge
of the burial service at the grave,
arid the funeral proper was conducted
from the Methodist Church, the
service being in charge of the Revs. \
Bellamy, Brown, Hicks and Moser. |
The services were very impressive]
aild the floral offering, gorgeous* |
proving the esteem :n which this vet i
i ran physician was held by these who j
kmrw Is ?r?*_ TKo ftirlii
??r " rior
has ended. His victory With
earthly matters was decisive?in this;
mysterious realm called the land of:
the dead he will undoubtedly find I
the rest and pence lie so richly do- i
-serves. He served his God in the simple
manner of his forefathers, and j
believed implicitly in the immortality
and reincarnation of the soul- i
May he rest in peace.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
Shuford K, Coward, prominent j
farmer and Republican leader in j
Madison county; was shot and killed !
by his wife at his home in the j
Spring Creek section of Madison
last Friday.
Several thousand spectators at
Fort Bragg Sunday afternoon witnessed
a sight newer before^.seen in
North Carolina, the landing of 26 j
apirplanes on one field. The planes ]
belong to the third attack group of J
of the United States army air serv-|
Ice, and were flying from the airi
station at Galveston, Texas, to Lang-!
'T.-y Field, Va., to take part in the!
spring maneuvers there and they'
landed at the Fort Bragg aviation!
Held to spend Sunday night.
Fears that Friday night's frost
bad done heavy damage in the sandhills
peach belt, were allayed Sunday
when it was found that the young
fruit had survived the cold without,
injury. Reports reaching Rocking-'
ham from many sections of Rich-j
mond, Moore and Montgomery counties
indicate that no losses had been :
suffered by orchardists. Instead, it!
was said, the frost was not sufficient j
to save the fruit growers the job of!
thinning uot the growth to prevent j
overcrowded conditions on the trees. |
Within the past few. months North ]
Carolina has become one of thej
leaders in the production of copper j
ore. State Geologist H. J. Bryson ,
said last week on his return to Raleigh
from a tour of the mountain
counties. Bryson pointed out that
100 tor.s of copper ore daily is being!
produced from the Fontana area on!
the edge of Swain and Graham counties,
ar.d declared that copper pros
porting on that section is increasing
by leaps and bounds. Prospecting, he
said, had been especially active
through the belt beginning'in Graham.
continuing through Swain and
extending into Madison and Yancey
counties.
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A Non-Partisan Ne\
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POLITICALEVENTS ['
OF THE PAST WEEK i.
Highlights of Political Activity of J
Both Major Parties Summarized
From Recent News Dispatches
From Over the Country
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Smith Likely Has the j 1
California Delegation j\
Advice* received by telephone ! j
from the Winston-Salem Journal i y
today (Wednesday) as the paper j t
goes to press arc to the effect !
that Governor Smith has. defeated | ^
Senator Reed and Walsh in the J ;1
Californio primaries of Tuesday. | v
The telephone report indicated ? a
that Associated Press tabulations ; ^
placed Smith's lead over Reed and j s
Walsh at 30,000; 7,000 of the t *f
more than 8,000 precincts had ' (
been tabulated. This is said to be ! (
the first real showdown between '
the three contenders for the Dem- ; N
ocralic presidential nomination t
the Walsh following having the . t
backing of William G. McAdoo. I <
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Smith Takes Lead in California '
Sail Francisco, May L?First scat- ?
tercvd precincts in California's presi- J
dential primary tonight gave Gover- A
nor Alfred E. Smith a big lead over 1
Senator James A. Reed and Senator *
Thomas J. Walsh. Returns from
2,316 of the 8,753 precincts in v
California, tabulated by the Asso- '
dated Press, gave: '
Hoover 163,7911. '
Smith 35.902. ! 1
lleed Hi.702. \i
Walsh, 12,11 '
Hoover is unopposed for the, ^
state's Republican delegation of 29. i
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Claims of the Various Presidential
Candidates
Washington, April 28?As the na- j j
tionul conventions approach thej c
mounting claims of the rival presi-:
dential candidates are throwing into j
dispute an ever increasing percent-i^
age of the delegate strength of the: .
t\v.) parties. | .
Of the 1,089 delegates who will I j
sit in the Republican convention, j j
70? have been chosen. It requires
515, a majority, to nominate.
Of the 1,100 Democratic delegates'
115 1 have been elected. Two thirds, >
or Toll 1-8, are needed to nominate. { ^
The delegates already named are | r
instructed or are claimed by rival \ \
political managers as follows:
Republican ]
Hoover 367. Instructed, 119: '
Colorado. 2; Georgia. 8; Kentucky. ,
29; Louisiana, 10; Michigan. 33 ;> ^
Minnesota, A; Ohio. 81; Hawaii, 2. ] (
Claimed ? 218: Colorado, 11;' j
Delaware, 1; Georgia. 7; Towa, 2;|j
Louisiana, 2; Maine. 15; Massa-j
chuse'tts. 87; Minnesota, 3; Mississip-j
pi, 12; Missouri, 12; Nebraska, 7; (
\ evarla, 7; New Hampshire, 11; New j,
Mexico, 7: New York, 47; North s
'Carolina, 12; Rhode Island, I ' >; Ten- j ,
lessee. 14; Virginia, 1 5; Wisconsin,:]
R: Philippines. 2. ! .
I.owilen?230. Instructed 7i>;S %
Arkansas, 1; Illinois, 11; loyca, 1T ; j s
Minnesota, III; Missouri, i>; North
Carolina 0; North Dakota. 13. I
Claimed?155; Arkansas, 2; Oolo-ij
ratio, 3; Illinois. 38; Iowa, 10; Min-; j
ncsota, 2; Missouri, 21; Nebraska, | j
10; New Mexico, 4 ; North Carolina. \ (
7; Ohio, 20; Oklahoma. IS; South|j
Carolina. 11; Wisconsin, 2; Alas- (
ka, 1. j.j
Curtis?40. Instructed: Kansas, -j
23. Claimed?23: Oklahoma, 20; j
Rhode Island, I; Alaska, 2. j
Norcis?33. Instructed: Wiscon- i
sin, 17. Clnimed: Nebraska, IG. : ](
Borah?11?Instructed; Idaho. II.(
The following delegates already
selected are not at present claimed ;1
by any of the candidates; Connect;- ,
cut. 17; Delaware. 5; Illinois, 12;! ^
Massachusetts. 2; New York, 43;!
Pcnnsyvania, 79. , s
rv
iremocrats } y
Smith ? -ICS. Instructed-?159:i a
Idaho, 8; Illinois, 8; Iowa, 26; Maine,:
12; Minnesota, 24; North Dakota,.
10; Ohio, I; Rhode Island. 10; s
Washington, .14; Wisconsin, 26;; o
Alaska, 6; Hawaii. 6; Philippines.: t
6; Virgin Islands 2. |s
Claimed?809: Arizona, C; till- V
nois, 50; Louisiana. 20; Massa-'p
chusetts, 36; New Hampshire, 8;i P
New York, 90; Oklahoma, 20; Penn-jv
sylvania. 65; Utah. 7; Porto Rico, 6.
Reed?117. Instructed: Missouri, C
36. Claimed?81: Illinois, 12; Kansas,
20; Oklahoma, 20; Penensyl- b
vana, 26; Utah, 3. c
Pomerene 47?Instructed: Ohio, v
47. il
George?28: Instructed: Georgia,I p
28. | F
Ayers?20: Instructed: Kansas,I J
20. ' | ?
Hitchcock claims Nebraska's 16. ! F
The only I)e.mocratic delegates C
thus far selected not claimed by any R
candidate arc the Arkansas delega-, 5
lion ot' 18. I I
(Continued on Page Eight) j d
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vspaper, Devoted to the
E. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C
Slowing Rock C. of C.
Holds Lively Meeting
)iscusses Plans for Distributing Bulletin
and Appoint Committee Looking
Toward Bautifying Town
By RUPERT GILLETT
Blowing Rock, May 2.?The dis-j
ribution of .*>,000 copies of the
Mowing Rock Bulletin, the tirst of-!
icial publication of the Blowing
lock Chamber of Commerce, was
he chief subject considered at the
Vpril meeting of that body. The
ommittee on publication was coninued
to consider the preparation of
i succeeding issue to be ready for
listribution in May.
The planting of evergreens along
he parkways between the streets
tnd the newly-completed sidewalks
eas another question considered, and
i committee on beautification of
rrounds was charged with this retuvodilulitv.
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j/vuciuiiifc.*. 1.11c kuiiiutiitt'c i:unsi5isj
>f Iiob Greene, chairman; Mrs. j
gjrecrie, Spencer Greene, Byhum
rrisp and Bud Bolick.
A clean-up campaign, set for the
yeek of April 2;{, has been postponed
until the succeeding week, be ause
of continued bad weather,
mow and rain prevailing throughout
he last week of April. The Cham>er
of Commerce will be represented
it the meeting of the town council
text Tuesday, at the suggestion of
Mayor G. M. Sudderth, to assist the
:ouncil in working out a plan for
garbage disposal during the summer.
Mayor Sudderth later authorized
the chamber to proceed with the
Wanting of pines around the stand?ipe
on Blowing Kock Hill. The
nnes can be had at small cost, and
he labor will be very small. This bit
>f beaUtification, therefore, will he
lone at a minimum of expense.
Wildwood Nurseries Buys Big Tract!
A large tract of land, formerly the
property of the Bank of Blowing
Rock, on the Boone road just below
he Brown place, has been acquired i
\v the Wildwood Nurseries and will
>e cleared and planted in the native
ihrubs in which the nursery deals.
Clearing of the land, it was pointed
out by G. C. Robbins, the manager,
will be a task requiring a long
.ime, but eventually he hones toi
lave the tract under cultivation, and
:hus to make his company one of the
urgest, iC not the largest, nursery
iompany in this part of the slate.
The company already does an
normous business, and has orders
mnually for plant from all parts of
:he country in which mountain
thvubs will j*row.
IV. U. to Open Of fie at Blowing Rock
Ail engineer for the Westernin
ion Telegraph Company arrived
I. lies day and began installing oquipneht
for the Blowing Rock office,
vhieh will be in the former quarters
>f the town offices in the postoffice
wilding. The opening date has not
>een announced.
'1th and 5th Grades Give Piay
A delightful operetta, "Over the
jarden Wall," was presented Satorlay
night in the auditorium of the
ichool by the fourth and fifth grades!
tnder the direction of Miss Louise j
cenhour, teacher it-, the interniedi ]
itoe department. The $14 realised'
vill be used for the benefit of the
chool. The cast was as follows:
Mary Bessie Wooten as Mistress,
.go Greene as Boy Blue, Arlene
tonkins as Dawn; Blanche Wooten,
Svelyn Jenkins, Ruby White, Elsie
^tts. Asne'l Triplett and Wanda
Sragg as Sunbeams; Doss Kellar as
dr. JSun. Norman Pitts, Frank'
/fuig and Voigrht Knight as Elves;
rene Jenkins, Vaughn Hartley, May
^caster, Virdola Walters, Mary
Clutz and Nellie Greene as flowers;
'illy Coffey as Bluebird; Hazel
Jays, Ruby Coffey and Dale Hartey
as butterflies.
Band Will Give Concert
The Blowing Rook Band will give j
. concert Saturday night in the aulitorium
of the school. The pro:ram
will consist of a number of
oncert pieces, supplemented by
axophone and conceit, solos and
terhaps some other numbers. The
dmission will be 10 and 25 cents.
Sophs Honor (Juniors
rIhe sophniove class of the high
chool last Wednesday evening honred
the junior class (which will bei
he first graduating class of the high
chool) at a reception at the school.
Lin using contests and games v/ere
articipated in by all present. The!
rizes in the advertising contest was I
:on by Grayson Story, and in thej
Ask-mp-annfchpv" r>r?r?fv?c?f k-./ >
iillett.
Refreshments wore served by the)
oys and girls of the sophomore
lass, and the evening was closed
nth fifteen rahs giver, by the visaing
boys for the sophomores. Those
resent were: Velina Cannon. Pern
lobbins, Edna Miller, Christine
ohson. I-ucile Coffey, Elizabeth
udderth, Luetic Reid, Corien
inight. Beulah Wooten. Bynum
risp and William Holshouser, the,
nests of honor; I.ucv Williams,!
lary Bobbins, Mary Robbins. Cora'
.ee Andrews. Ruby Tolbert, Ruby |
Lichards. Lois Klutz, Helen Sud-!
erth, Margaret Sudderth, Glenn!
DEM(
Best ere sts of Northwes
ARO' /A, THURSDAY, MAY 3. 192
v tTAlMiA OF
THE LONG AGO,
Happeniags of tbe Town and County '
Thirty-five to Thirty-nine Years;
Ago as Chronicled in the Columns
of the Watauga Democrat j V
September 19. 1889 j
E. S. Coffey and D. D. Dougherty j ^
left for Wake Forest College this, .
week. We wish the young men much i 1
success.
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Senator Ransom left Blowing 1
Rock for Raleigh Tuesday. The a
senator has been spending a few 4
days with his familv at the Rock.
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S. F. Lenoir and familv left on *
Monday for their home in South .
Carolina. They have been spending j
the summer in Boone with Mrs.
Councill. y
Our young friend James H. Bryan '
who has been in Texas for some
months, returned last Sunday. Jim t
is looking somewhat worsted, but we t
hope he will soon regain his health, j
Mr. F. P. Curtis and little girl *
visited his sister. Mrs. W. C. Coffey, t
in Boone this week. He met bis j
brother Judson, who lives in Missouri
also his sister. Miss Julia, of
Wilkesboro. They both accompanied <,
Mr. Curtiss home to Butler. Tenn.
The Three Forks Association met "j
with Zionville church on the head of .
Cove Creek Tuesday, the 10 th of \
i September. The association was or- *
i g&nized by electing Rev. A. C. Farthing
moderator, and Rev. Jacob
Y out ice r clerk. The introductory J
sermon was preached by Rev. David
Greene.
Prof. J. F. Spainhour and wife arc J
| off on a visit to (Caldwell and Burke, j '
.
Rev. I. W. Thomas requests us to '
| suy that he is so busy attending the ,
I associations and churches, examining ,
teachers, issuing certificates and no-;
tifying school committees, that he
! cannot possibly find time to write
1 anything: for The Democrat this
week.
KEK1 rj*,' .
Conditions before the state passed
:i stock law, were such that the editor
Was caused to warn citizens to
keep their hogs off the street.
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Work on the jail progressing slowly?not
enough brick layers.
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J. It- and P. A. Hagnman and i
families will start in a few days to j
Tacoma. Wash. M. K. Holsckuv will
also go with them on 12 months'
trial.
There will l>e a meeting at the TC1vod
school house tonight for the purpose
of organizing a Farmers* Al j
lance. ! ]
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Rev. .Sp-.-ight, the associate editor
of the Recordei% with Mr. Oliver of j ,
Thomasville, and Rev. Thoniason of j ,
Jc-flereson stayed at the Bryan house) j
iHonuay night, and left for King's |
Mountain association. Rev. Speight ,
called at our sanctum Tuesday an.; j ,
complimented us on office and fix- ,
tares, and Spoke a good word for the i
Democrat. I
ZIONV1LLE PERSONALS !
Zionville, May 2.?L. Greer and j t
son, Howard, made a business trip to 1 1
Bristol last week. j <
Miss Doris Miller, who became 1 \
quite sick at school last week was t
taken to Banner Elk hospital Sun-|r
day. Latest reports from her are j t
that little hope is entertained for j |
her recovery. 1s
Mrs. G. C. Greer and dauKhters.it
Flora and Blanche, with ltuth and : c
Mildred Thomas, attended the hiKh f
school play at Mountain City Thurs- c
day night. )
Misses Hazel and Bonnie Keece :i
and Burnam ftceco, who have been f
attending school at Trade, have re- i
turned to their home in Oliucky, s
Tcnn. i
Mrs. George Eggers of Beaver;
Dam was a visitor with Mrs. G. C.!
Greer last week.
p.,,, u?i? >?
iiyu^u uas returned Co nis c
home in Bristol after spending: a few (
days with his mother in the village. '1
Prof. G. P. Eggers of the A. S. I
N. S.. with his brother. Aubrey, vis- '1
ited friends in the village Monday I
Sidney Wilson of the Meat Camp,
section spent Monday night with his|v
sister, Mi's. Orren Stephens.
Little Miss Carolyn Greer and' t
brother. N. J., ,fr., visited relatives I
on Cove Creek first of the week. , 1
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Coffey, Donald Greene and Clar-I
ence Greene, the hosts; Ethel Hol-ir
shouscr, Marjorie Coffey, Mabel; o
Coffey, Polly Hayes, Comie Moody, j v
Miss Webb, Mr. Mercer. Mr. and!
Mrs. Gillett, Howard Coffey. .lay t
Knight, Lloyd Craig. Phile Hartley,if
Harry Tharrington, Henry Conrad,
Ben Greene, Grayson Storey, Max !
Canr.on. Bill Auton, Bill Lenta and 1?
Steward Boliok. , r
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3CRA
>t North Carolina
!8
Vonahlossee Should
Be Statewide Project
scenic Highway From Blowing
Rock to Linvillc is Important Link
in Park-to-Park Thoroughfare
Blowing Rock. May 2.?That the i
dan for a surfaced highway con- j
lecting the Shenandoah and Smoky j
fountain National parks is u state-j
vide project and not merely one} t
hat concerns the mountain section \
s the idea emphasized by leading j I
itizens who are backing the plan. ; 5
TUn ~1.?~ <*.. I !
iuc {;iau huh tana iui it uc*v ruau \
o be built from Bluefieid, W. Va.,j I
Lcross the heart of the Shenandoah' I
egion to Wythcville, Va., and ?
hence to Sparjaj N. C'.. where it I t
rill connect with the links of the t
5lack Bear Trail now being con- j a
tructed through Boone and Blow- r
ng Rock and over the Yonahlossee 1
toad. | c
This toad, it was explained here r|
>y Donald .J. Boyden, one of the
eaders in the movement, will con- 1
lect at Bluefield with a straight, t
oad leading to Cincinnati and will
bus route the tourist travel from1
he Middle West through the Grandather
Mountain and Black Mounuin
sections of North Carolina.
If the tourists prefer to come
-hrough Tennessee to the Smoky
fountain Park, Mr. Boden explain- [
id, they can swing back through i
tforth Carolina and thence to the!
Shenandoah Park.
The completion of the Yonahlos>ee
Road as a pennant: i surfaced
lighway of standard width ' - considered
of paramount import;^1-*, if
Sforth Carolina is to get the tourist ]
.raific to the new park. The road1 }
now being surveyed according to
standard specifications, unci the ^
rrade is being made better through- (
>ut its length. i
In this connection, it was sug- |
rested that the Mcltae estate on the
Hope of Grandfather Mountain i
would make an oxceileni slate park
nnd would, if acquired bv the state,
form another inducement to tourists
Lo take this route. Combined with j
the National Forest that covers the 3
lower slopes of the mountain, it : i
wouhl provide scenery and sport ,
equal almost to those, of the national '
parks. !
It is recalled that Mr. McRae once
offered'the estate to the federal
government as a national park, but i
it was declined as being too small. ,
It is considered ideal, however, for: :
a state park, and the stilte is sure to; }
accept it if it is offered.
LOCAL GAME AND FISH CLUB
IN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
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The Watauga Game and Fish Club j
met at the Daniel Boone hotel last
Wednesday evening to perfect fur- <
thcr plans for the propagation of
fish in the mountain streams. J. K.
Dixon, assistant director of the depart
mcnt of conservation and de- i
seiopment; was present and lent!
hearty co-operation to the local j
sportsmen.
ft was derided that in the future i
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iiinri pro ue jnacwu in int' streams : ;
.1111 i 1 they arc four to five inches in
englh. U -will he necessary, there- \
fore. to provide additional pools in |
ivhich to grow the fingerllngs. Club 1
numbers have agreed to pay $10 i
iach for this purpose and two pools; u
io ve already been constructed. Mr. j ]
Dixon agreed to feed the fish tree; 3
if cost to the club until next Novem-I \
ler. Provisions will be made near c
he hatchery for about 600,000 rain-!
>o>v and brook trout. At the sug- \
jestion of Mr. Dixon the two species; J
vill be placed in different waters, j 1
;he brook trout to go to the swift,
noun tain streams and the rainbow ! (
0 the larger streams and rivers. The
ilacing of th tish will be under the
n per vision of County Warden .1.
V. Bryan and no orders will be fill- \
d from the hatchery without his of-( \
ieial o. k. Heretofore, the placing 1
1* fish has been altogether with the t
latchery. Warden Bryan has made e
1 study of the conditions necessary j c
or game fish in the mountains and]
t is predicted that much greater! a
ucces-: will be noted from the plac- c
ng oi 'his year's fish. f
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ROM1NGER HAPPENINGS e
Rominger. April 2.?George Triv
tt, Conlcy Trivett and Harvey j t
lilliam motored to Mountain City,: s
Tenn., recently, visiting the Silver | f
.ake and other places in that state, j t
They were accompanied bv Misses! r
(l-ido. Pearl and Yvonne Gilliam.
Mrs. Susan Gilliam is a very sick I
.oman at this time.
Mrs. London Ward and child were
aken to the county home last week.
The recent cold weather killed a d
arge portion of the apples in this 1
ection. c
Farmers are getting more and e
nore behind with their work. Lots! d
if potatoes are yet to be planted and; 1
ery few oats have been sown. ' a
Died last week, "The Darling of i f
he Woods," Maston Trivett's fincj
ox hound. I v
The sport lovers of this section! c
nivc been having some fihe fox j r
hases recently, enjoying about three' j
aces a week. j t
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FIVE CENTS A COPY
TAXPAYERS RUSH
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Total of $12,000 Collected During
Past Three Days, Tuesday's Collections
Going Over $4,OOQ;
Monday Last Day for Payment
For the past few days the sheriff's
>ffice has been besieged by taxpayers.
the high peak for the month
laving been reached Tuesday when
5-1,1000 in taxes for the- year 1927
vere received. The rush started last
?riday when the receipts were $2,
uu, oaiuruay 52,-hiu anil Monday
>3,400, a total of $12,000 for the
hree days. As many as four extra
telpers have! been required in the
Sheriff's office for the past week,
nailing out notices to delinquents,
eceiving payments and taking care
>f the piles of letters from r.on-resilent
freeholders.
Jn view of the fact that this is the
ast week in which taxes may be setled
under the new county gpvernnent
act, Sheriff Farthing: expects
laily payments for the remainder of
he week to be far in excess of any
lius far recorded. It is pointed out
hat under the new law. neither the
county commissioners nor the sherff
has the power to make an extension
of time in which to pay. A list
f all delinquents will be presented
o the board on Monday and wilt
forthwith be turned over to the
lewspaper to be advertised. At the
ate at which the payments we he
ng. made, however. Sheriff Farthng
is ho]>efui that by Monday, the
ist of those who have failed to heed
;is notices, may be reasonably small.
At the beginning; of the month of
Vpril approximately $100,000 were
collectible. On the first day of
day about $70,000 remained on the
>ooks.
MRS. R. LUTHER CLAY
PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY
Mrs. R. L. (May, wife of the local
station agent for the Linvillc River
railway, and one of the town's most
iK?|'uiai ana moi esumame luaies,
iied suddenly at. her home Saturday
morning at 11 cyelock. Mrs. Clay
was suffering with rhea<h\ch? early
in the morning, but her husband
kn< \v nothing of any serious illness
until he returned jffi before the
noon hour, Mrs. Clay living" only a
lew seconds after he entered the
room.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay took up their
residence in fioone al>ont three
real's ago, at which time deceased
united with the Methodise church
iiere and had since been one of the
leaders in every movement tendingto
better conditions among the
hureh people and in the community
it largo. She was president of the
Worth Whiie Club and presided at
>ne of its meetings on the afterloon
preceding her death, Notable
nnong the elaborate floral offerings
voire various pieces from the different
clubs and church organizations
11 which the popular lady was
u't i vc.
Mrs. (May was 37 years old and
vas before her marriage Miss Alluv
Viae Gentry of Hot Springs. N. G.
'Mineral service:? were conducted
Mom the Methodist church Monday*
ifternoon by her pastor. Rev. C. H.
VIoser, assisted by Revs. N. 0.
fount and li. A. Taylor, following
vhich intcrnnnt was in the town
emetcry.
Deceased is survived by Mi bus>and
arid five daughters. Margaret,
vlaudo- fills RoM-io Ur.V..-i"
toberta.
1UARD LEAVES TOMB
OF WARREN G. HARDING
Cincinnati. May 2.?Five years of
igil at the torab of former President
Vurren Gamaliel Harding closed
Tuesday when the honor guard of
he Tenth Infantry, U. S. A. stationid
at Fort Thomas, Ky., near this
ity. returned to its former station.
The special detail was chosen for
ppenranec am! character of tne men
omprisinp it and consisted of a
irst lieutenant, seven non commisioned
officers and 19 privates, tirsllass.
The feet of the men in khaki have
rod the ground before the tomb
inco October 5, 1923. The reason
or their recall is the completion of
he mausoleum of the former comnander-in-chief.
)R. ALLEN AND SENATOR
WOLTZ TO SPEAK AT A. S. N. S.
Dr. A. T. Allen, state superintcnlent
of public instruction, will deiver
tbe address at the high school
losing- here Thursday night. It is
expected that all high school stuients
in the county will be present.
Che address will be delivered in the
uditorium of the Appalachian State
formal.
Senator A. E. Woltz, of Gastonia.
vill deliver the address to the graduiting
class of the Normal Friday
norning at 11 o'clock. These arc im>ortant
programs and many will atend.
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