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EIGHT Western N. C. Begins j Raising Seed Potatoes 1 TKeir Growth and Developsneot Will Be Testeed in Competion With Northern Grown Seed The thriving little town <-i Vi est Jefferson, located in Ashe county j on a branch cf the Norfolk and. Western railroad, witnessed an un-j usual event in the history of its*, agricultural industry in early spring* when the tost carload of seed potatoes, 500 bushels of the Irish Cobbler variety, was shipped to fanners in eastern North Carolina, writes H. R. Niswonger, of North Carolina State College, in the Charlotte Observer. The.se potatoes were certified by bed Castellb, of the state department of agriculture, ana placed by him among 20 or more fanners who grow this variety for the early poj . . I. 1._ MM V* . ' > ' * euro iiiumeus. i r.e rsorioiR w. vv astern railroad. on hearing that a shipment was to be made, sent their traffic manager of the freight department to West Jefferson to supervise the loading of the car and routing it to its destination. The shipment arrived in excellent condition after 72 hours i:i transit, and was considered by the growers who purchased them as exceptionally good eed potatoes. The farmers hi Ashe ounty who furnished these potatoes received SI.GO a bushel f. o. b West Jefferson, while the local price for table potatoes at <h?i time of the shipment ranged from 75c to SI.25 a bushel. This carloavl of potatoes has been I planted in eastern Carolina In the! same field with Maine grown seexul! and will l>e the tirst of this kind on a large scale, although similar tests of similar acreage haw .been conducted by the department, of horticulture of State College. The results of these previous tests hive been in favor of mbuntain-grown seed in that they matured as early and yielded as much or more than Maine seed. This shipment aroused a great deal of ir.tevest among many farmers I and business men of Ashe county to the possibility of making the growng of seed potatoes one of the leading cash crops for that section of the state. The extension special ists and county agents have been at work for several years not only in Ashe county but also in Watauga and Avefy in the promotion of this industry; huts, production 1ms not reached the volume necessary to at tract the markets until this year. Lack of storage facilities ami transportation difficulties have, in a way hampered the grooving <-f seed potatoes or. n commercial scale. The growing of Irish Cobbler seed , potatoes was begun in Ashe county in 1025; when five farmers planted one acre each. In 1020 there were 12 growers and eight acres planted; in 1027. 20 acres of Irish Cobblers were grown by 17 farmers while this year there will be 12 growers of seed potatoes having a combined acreage of lf>0. The average yield last year was 200 baslvefs per acre, while one grower averaged 270 bushels of No. 1 seed potatoes. The original seed stock came from Prince Edward Island, which was shipped into Watauga county in 1923 and further selected by farm-' ers of that county by eliminating; diseased and off-type tubers. The! most encouraging part in this prog-1 ress is that some growers are planting a larger acreage and will use ootato growing machinery, such as] planters, potato harvesters and true-1 -ion sprayers. It now aimonrs rbhi f the industry is .developing: en a con's- j mercial scale with the volume- of: seed potatoes gradually increasing. The first ail-cooled storage house was built last year by one grower who has planted 30 acres to Cobblers this year. A bank/type storage was constructed where a temperature of 34 degrees was maintained from the time potatoes were put in until they were loaded in the ear. The logical shipping points with storages erected at these places appeal's to be Lansing, West Jefferson and Todd on the branch of the X. & W. railroad running from Abing-i don, Va., to Todd, through Ashe] county. The latter shipping point is j about 12 miles from Boone. Watauga county, and will be an outlet for seed i>otatoes in that section where around 5,000 bushels will be planted to Irish Cobblers this year. It is believed that, as this industry develops, the business men of Ashe county will be interested in financ- ! ng the. erection of storage houses and the railroad officials will establish a commodity rate for potatoes. The demand for mountain grown feed potatoes has been unlimited this year. Orders amounting to 02 care have been received by the county agent, of Ashe county in addition to $400 worth of cash orders returned. This demand came from the states of Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, North and South Carolina. There are hundreds of acres of available land in this mountain area suitable for potato growing. This kind af sod land was formerly used for pastu ring when beef , cattle prices s were high. Although much of it is still being used for grazing sheep and cattle, there is plenty of it nowlying idle which could be diverted into profitable potato growing. Two acres of this type of land will graze and feed a steer for one year at a profit of $25. hut when turned under and cultivated to potatoes has, possibilities of producing 500 busty j Tin Foe of Gov. Smith j ^ SENATOR HEPL IN DENOUNCES * SMITH AT WINST ON-SALEM t v Perhaps eight thousand men aficl c women gathered in Winston-Salem j. Monday evening at Brown's warehouse to hear Senator Thoiuas J. Heflin of Alabama, deliver a fiery broadside against Tammany Hall ami ^ against the presidential candidacy ^ of Governor Alfred ?. Smith of c New York. Denouncing Tammany , as having three times bolted the j, Democratic party 11>1G, and ? 1 y2 I?the senior senator from Ala- j hama declared that Smith will never ,> be nominated at Houston and will receive not more than 550 votes in ;> the convention. He closed his ad- j dress with an eulogy to the state of $ North Carolina, "the foremost leader ] in the sisterhood of southern states." and issued a chitron cat? to the voters to "hold the line." , ? With the Churches < Announcements and News of In- ; terost to Local Church Goers as Prepared by the Various Pastors. 1 BOONE BAPTIST CHURCH ItEV. P. A. II1CKH. Pastor ( Sunday school b : l a. m.. W. K. 1 Gragg. superintendent. Preaching al 1 J] a. in. and 8; p. ni.. by the pastor. 1 B. V. P. U.'s| 7:00. .Mid-week prayer ' service Wednesday 8 p. m Von are cordially invited to attend all these sevviees t BOONE METHODIST REV. C. 11. MOSKK, Pastor. !; Sunday school Sunday morning * at 0:4 5, .1. Ib Rankin, suporinten- ^ dent; Prof. A- M. Nm-ion. teacher Coinrades' Bible Cktss; E. N. Halm, 1 teacher Men's Bible class; Mrs. J. L. 1 Winkle!-, teacher Women's Bible : class; d. B. Steele, church lay leader; 1 H. Ch Farthing. chairman board of 1 stewards; Mvs. Paul Oofey, |gperiii- 1 tendent of P.cginners' department; 5 .Miss Annie Stanbury. superintcn- 1 dent of Primary and Junior <1 opart-j 1 me nfe. * 11 o'clock: Sermon by pastor, subject : "Citizenship." ( 7:00 o'clock: Senior League will meet. 8 o'clock: Sermon by ^vaster. Wednesday evening 7:30: Midweek prayer service. f \V"e^v?;)i:ome the stranger at pur t door. s a very tour.ty farmers havo solii s all of their wdfoi in a co-operative | s pool as. 50 1 i cents a pound, accord- j ?ng to County Agent B. B&ird. j] ATTENTION, COMRADES ( Watauga Cost, American Legion, ^ will hold its monthly meeting; on r May 18, instead of May 4. On that ,> date we expect to have present n the state .service officer, state com- t< mander and other distinguished vis- ;s iters. We want every ex-service s< man in the county to be present at a that time. Good string music and n plenty of eats. t! L. S. ISAACS. Com. S3 J. \V. NORRIS. Ad.it ,, tl FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING AT j PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH 0 ti Zionvilie. May 2.?The fifth Sun- t< day meeting of the Three Forks Bap- f; cist association convened with Pleas- a ant Grove church on Sunday, April 29, the following program being car- n ried out: 1. Song service. v, 9. Hn vr t o ? ? BH .ovmvii, *. mers was g elected chairman, and Nora Mast b secretary. k ti. The program for both Satur- h day and Sunday was taken up. He- e cause of had weather, the program t was not carried out Saturday. a Question 1. How do Baptists t work together? (1) In the local church; (2) Tn the regions beyond, a discussed by Smith Hagaman. s Question 2. How do Baptist lj women work? Discussed by R. C. t Eggers. s Question :}. The deacon and his t work. Discussed by J. R. Isaacs, s Smith Hagaman and R. C. Eggers. v Benediction by R. C. Eggers. | Noon ^ 1. Singing by choir. Sermon by R. C. Eggcrs. els-pf seed potatoes under intensive soil management and spraying with favorable seasonal conditions. 3! WATAUGA DEMOCRAT? EVER* *0111103! Evetits 1 of the Past Week 1 .%/ f (Continued From Page One) t - ' ; fr Bor^h Says Corruption Will Be j Main issue in Next Campaign I Chicago. April 2S.?Warning Re-! 1-j ha fan leaders that corruption |iU be one of the outstanding issues fi the coming presidential campaign, Senator Borah of Idaho, declared 1 ere tonight that party success is de-! lendent line.n giving *? people ouragreous leaders, clean candidates, iecenl organizations ami a platform ( I principles!; "(Jjvc the inters these." ,e said i n an address at the annu:il ! tinner of the Hjaimltoii Club, "aiul hey will demonstrate that the Relublictn party belongs to neither rooks nor cowards?refuse them hese things and I Icav- the future o tell its own story. In such an vent. I do not seem in penetrate he veil." In delivering his first preonvention speech. Senate* Ib.rah li i has been endorsed ? ?r the Re- j mbliean presidential nomination by t he Republicans of his state, chose lean government as his topic rather \ hah the prohibition issue, an issue t vhich he has given notice he will! arry to the country before the; Cansas City convention. Hoover Gains in Betting \"cu York, May V. ? Secretary ioover was quoted yesterday for the j irst time in election betting as an idds on favorite for the Republican lominatior. for president, when one letting broker reported a wager of >6,00,0 $5,000 on Mr. Hoover revious odds ranged from S to 5 to ven against Hoover's chances. The same broker reported odds of : 1-Ll to \ against former Governor 'rank O. Louden, and a wagoi of d .000 to $5,000 that Vice President ' )av.*cs uoultl receive the nomination. ; Negro Named to Succeed Madden Chicago. May 1.?Oscar DePriost,' : ' icgro. former Chicago alderman, tola;. wa.- selected to lenhice the de eased Martin B. Maddon as the Re-, uibliean nomine, for representative; n congress frOrn ;he first Illinois listviet. If elected, which politic! n*s say seems certain, he would he he tirsi negro congressman sintif Dpi. lie Priest will lie the first negro t-iccujiy a seat in the house since ieor.ee White represented the see ?nd North Carolina district in 18D7; 0 liHil. Tiiere is now some appro tension among Republicans that the migration of the negroes in large! lumbers to industrial northern ceu ers, and theii segregation in coram localities, will liecume a black horn in the side of the party. In Ww York, Philadelphia, Cleveland* St. I.ouis, as well as Chicago, ne-; croes in great numbers have been! segregated in localities where they, ire demanding perquikiies from their, ?ld. professed friend, the Republican )arty, and when these perquisites ind favors are not granted, the race hreytens to transfer its alegiarme ?nd votes to the Democratic party, 1 thing that has already happened in larlcm. the black belt of New York ily, where the nc-grocs have supported Governor Smith, because of lis friendship for the race. j 1 Jw| * jood Market Exists j' For Dogwood Timber J' r Dogwood furnishes ideal timber; cr the manufacture of loom shut-1 le:s. spool heads and numerous other imilaV articles^ On account of the I c exture of the wood, it retains its | hape and size with no shrink or' well after being: thoroughly cured, j ~ "We are finding that iVogwpotl . pood demand and finds a ready i ale at the present times' says R. W. j fraeber. extension forester at State I 'ollege. ''During the last two years, j armers. , of Iredell county have j inrkeled more than $30,000 Worth f this timber. This is in contrast l? the usual idea that the dogwood > a worthless tree and should be detroyed Two years ago, F. F. Parry nd Bert Kycier located a dogwood lili in Iredell where ?>00 cords of ie timber was harvested. About the line time, O. B. Jernigan located a 1 ill at Harmony, buying wood from 1 ie farmers of that section. Both I fete inzIV have now been establish- I d at Siatesville and are buying mber over a wider range of terri- f >ry. These mills buy dogwood from aimers for cash and take any mount that is hauled to them." Mr. Graeber states that in the past lany farmers have been inclined to cstroy the dogwood trees as a worthless crop. Yet the * young rowth fits in well with other tim- ^ er, making a good understory in I bands of second-growth pines, and c-lps to fill in the openings in mix-! d stands of hardwood. It will grow o merchantable size as quickly as ny other timber and thus adds to 1 he returns from the land. The trees may be easily marketed t good prices after they reach a ize of five inches in diameter and ike other timber, the larger the size he more profitable the harvest, 1 tates Mr. Gaeber Landowners, herefore, are being urged to pre- , erve the young growth now found .idely over the state. 1ATCHING EGGS from Park's Strain Barred Rocks. $1.50 per 15; $5 per 100. Also few choice T breeding hens and cockerels. Price reasonable. Parks registered permit 2H-C-231- J AS. A. HOIIGES. Shu lis Mills, N. C., R. F. D. 31 THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. .ISTING PLACES FOR YEAR 1921 Tov.'iiship tax listers will he at thi c-liowinjr places on the dates men ioned for the purpose of listinj axes for the year 192$: Boone Township Courthouse May 5. 12. and 19. Dock Mast's store May 7. McNeil's store May 14. T L. Critcher's store May 14. Abe Kdmlnsten and David Bing law, list takers. Blowing Rock Township mowing: KocK. 31ay 1 9, 21 and 2: Lentz's store. May 23, a. m. Cool .Springs school May 23. p. n G. M. Sudderth, listtakev. Blue Ridgs Township Shull place. May 10. Hampton's store May 11. Aho postoffice May 12. Samson, or Fenly schoolhous day 1 I. Nile Cook, listaker. Bald Mt. Township Todd May 1*7. Castle's store May IS. Willett Miller, list taker Beaver Dam Township Don Hagaman's store May IS. Sherwood-Perry's store May 10. Beaver Dam scho'olhouse May. 21 Dewey Greene, list taker. Cove Creek Township Sherwood's store May 10. Sherwood's store May 9. Mast postoffice May 10. Riverstone, May 11. Mabel May 12. * Zionville May 11. Smith McBride, list taker Elk Township C. C. Triplett's store May 8. Middlecane, May 9. Cox's store May 10. \". G. Wheeler's May 1 I. P. G. Carroll, list taker. Meat Camp Township Mrs. N. K. Moretz's store May I" 'leveland Moretz's store May 16 p.ir Mrs. N.E. Moretz's store May 15 > \ iv? v-uTTtyi inttiwA; a sioi t', may u .. m. Stivin's store May 1 <? p. m. Miller's sehoolhouse May 17. D. \V. C'trnk's store May a. m. Kiifus .Jones' store May IS p. m. Noah Winebanrcr, list raker. North Fork Township Thomas' sehoolhouse May 16. \. K. Ellison's stove May IT. W; C. South list taker. Stony Fork Township I .axon postoffice May 1?. \. G. Miller's store May I 'I. Cook's store May 11. McNeil's store May 15. Roby Winkler, list taker Shawneehaw Township Matnoy schoolhbuse May 11. Dutch Creek schoolhor.se May la Vaile Ciucis school May 16. Hahkott May IT. Lee Car render, list taker. Laurel Creek Township A. C. Mast's store. May 21. Watauga Falls May 22. D. M. Edminsteivs store May 2;1. Romingcr postoffice May 2T. Luther Ward, list taker. Watauga Townnhip W\ W. Mast's store. May T. ShulP$ Mills, Harbin's store. May Foscoe May (.?. L. M. Hodges' store May 10. Martin Herman, list taker. Under the provisions of the stal ites of North Carolina, taxes in u! ounties of the state must he listei luring the month of May. I hav mdcavorcd to make the listin: ilaoos as convenient as possible fo ill citizens. It will be more picas int and more profitable if every on vill list as early as possible. Thi vil! cut down county expenses; am our.tv expenses means higher taxes HKNKY .i. HARDIN, Tax Supervisor 1 1A I! Y CHICKS?Barron hlnglisl Strain Single Comb White Leg horns, the best Leghorn that cai lie bought. Our Leghorns hav proved to he money makers, ltlooi tested, state inspected. Jameswa; quality hatched. The biggest bar gain ever offered in chicks: $11 per 100, $f? per 1,000. One cen less per chick if you place you order three weeks in advance Satisfaction guaranteed. Cham pion Poultry Farm, Champion N. C. .1 PASTIME THEATRE I The Place of Good Show* L "riday-Saturday, May 4 and 5 Rex, the King of Wild Horses IN "No Man's Land" Monday, May 7? {.anger, the Wonder Dog IN "The Law of Fear" ruriday, May 8-? Colleen Moore IN "Her Wild Oats" Vednesday, May 9 William Haines and Joan Crawford IN "West Point" Thursday, May 10 Dolores Costello IN "The College Widow" s THREE PATRIOTIC KITTENS ARE BORN TO "TABBY' o San Francisco. May "?Tabby. . household pot of Mrs. Charles White j of I-'orestville, Ca.. has given birth to i three Kittens. That >"n itself is nothin;: unusual, but the feline trio flaunts the national colors. One is brick red. one is j pure white and one is Maltese blue. I They have been dubbed the Spirit . ! of 7i\ ! T1 Croslev J e We have taken the ej Crosley Icyball, the mical refrigerator ye of a few spoonfuls ol hours you are enable< cubes and have all t! frjgeration by the us ice or electricity, at \ One of these refri demonstrated at our entirely new and we vou see it. Boone M BOON REAL 1 , The season is here; inquir you want to buy or sell, see us; and have more listings and hv at present for a jrood store an quiry about a restaurant .also equipment. Also two small tri for development and a number lots. Also a furnished apartnu h'otvse for rent. If you want to rent or sei us. or if you want to buy see u MONEY We are also prepared to time?easy payments. If you jret. it. We do the appraising. 81 ^ WESTERN N. C. I !1 (INCOR! S. C. EGGERS, Pr es. LT r c. HEBflliaiHaillllllllHIl IMWHMHM i n ] We lead, others f? t our stores will prove r tion that you can sal the quality of our t service. ;; FLOUR T?i 'L": Mtc? roj 2 Ige. pkgt. ... 15c Peaches, choice Evap.j ...15c BREAKFAST BAG Scotch Oats, 3 for 25c Post Toasties, 2 for 15c GOLD MEDAL PE< Guest Ivory, 6 for ..... .25c P. & G. White Naptha, 6 .25c MILK c* Star Naptha Fowd?r, 7 for 25c Swift'* Pride Powder, 7 for 25c CIGARETTES'-^ Carolina Stores f BOONE, N. C. ' lOBBBnDHHBMnRB | E. B. Atkinson, candidate for : mayor of Asheville in the last city election, was sentenced to serve 20 days in the Buncombe county jail by Jud>;e Hoyle Siitii .Saturday afternoon after he had been adjudged Kuilty of contempt o fecurt follow Im.ir an aixriiy in tne vara mi a 01 vae courthouse between Air. Atkinson.. I his two sons and George Fennel, | prominent Asheville attorney. HE Icyball tclusive agency for the most novel and econot devised. By the use 1 kerosene oil every 24 j J to freeze desserts, ice \ he advantages of rese of ice by the use of practically no expense. gerators is now being store. It is something would be glad to have \ .uloju.; ijiui r IE, N. C. STATE! I A ies are coining: thick and fast. If we are better prepared than ever ore inquiries. We have inquiries id location. We. also have an ina shoe shop, a garage and repair irk farms close in. Also acreage of vacant business and residence spl house, and a few inquiries for i any ol fho above mentioned, see S- We have it ore we will get it. TO LOAN loan yon money on long or short need nionev see us and vnii )EVELOPMENT CO. > PORATED) ?, BOONE, N. C. Illllll?IHII y IIIIIBBH IHMJMtirniHM allow. Every visit to to your entire satisfacely rely on our prices, merchandise and our ?rel Valley brand, $1.23 I # Pure Coffee, lb 27c Coffee & Chiclcory, lb. . 22c m Best Cure, cut I irom Btnp, lO Corn PlJcet, KelloR*, 2 for 15c Corn Flake., Why Not., 3 20c 4VfQ Vacuum 9Cc Deliciou* 03 Chipso, each 9c Star Soap, each 4c Baby 5c; |||c Stud Tobacco, 6 for 25c Mule Tobacco, each 15c *he.terfi?ld?f Camel. Ore .ucky Strike., 2 pkj?. Lu*J or Carolina People i BLOWING ROCK, N. C. *<j|
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