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W VOL. XXXIX. NO. IT Fountain Maintains p Lead for Lieut. Gov. Grist H?is Majority of Approximate- V ly 12,000 Over Opponents fox- Labor Commissioner; Light Vote Cast in Saturday's Primary With approximately three-fourths of the 1,754 precincts in the state; f reported for lieutenant governor (from Saturday^ Democratic primary ft. T. Fountain of Rocky Mount.; speaker of the house of repvesentatives maintained a lead of more than 11,000 votes over John D. Langs ton. Goldsboro publisher, who iV!!.-; in wi'nnii rtinno I .n-u? : ?*x maintaining a steady lead of be- u' between .3,000 and 1,000 oyet \V. H. a . S. Burgwy n of Northampton county. c* '* The vote in 1,325 precincts was Fountain 68,604; Langston, 56.389,j and Burywyu 53,657. fy In the race for commissioner of . labor and printing, 1.172 precincts! showed Frank D. Grist of Lenoir! more than holding his own against his two opponents. - He had 12.864j?l majority over the vote of both eom-i bincd. The "ote was Grist. 90.045 ;| M. L. Shipman. 53,058. and O. -J. S.1 Peterson, 23,080. i ; Candidates were voted for in five ; of the ten districts. In the seventh, " Congressman Hammer won ov; v T. ;* C. Baity. [\ In the fourth listrut. Cohgress-i ' than Pou was easy winner oyer P; 1 : W. Mock and C.\ ekmoiv. in the ninth district. A. I.. Br /' winkle, carried every county iii th * '' <lisL: it : nvw .lohn (i ("?? nv. SP Arthui T. Abernethy. ^ Gongressnuin John IT. Ken v.y. s* o nominated in the second district, and in the sixth. l. Bayard Clark of Fayetfceville, was easy Winner over ^ Herbert McClammy of VVUnungipn, j " for the position to be vacated by *y Homer I.. Lyon, who did not stand ;j' for re-election. ; le New Pastor Coming to ^ Advent Church Here a a i Rev. Guy Lmwood Vannah, of Boston, Mass.. who will be supply, 'e pastor of the Boon* Advent Chris-: ai tiar. church, will occupy the pulpit for the first time next Sunday morn-j . ing at 11 o'clock. Rev. Vannah . conies to the local work with a very enviable reputation in theological! \ and educational work. Dr. J. \Vin. j ^ Denton, general director of the Ad- ej vent Christian General Conference, . with headquarters at Boston, Mass., J? writes, Mr. W. H. Gragg the following in regard to Mr. Varinah: "Brother Guy Limvood Yanuah i JO years of age. He has rendered }'A pastoral service at West Wa-Juun. in Mass.. for three years, and for seven 1 summer periods: has served in pas- s; toval capacity at Port Clyde, Maine. 1,1 At the present time he is princip.ii of our X' v England School < i :y Theology at Roster, and has served lc this institution sixteen years, v about, one-hr.ii of this rime as pvin- *> ?pai. which position he row holdk. ' The" Jem a hung jor.ion was as an 5ns true tor. Brother Vannah is a graduate of our own school at Bos-, ron, the New Englar. School of v' Theology, and received his degrees Jy at New to 2: Theological I: -:Xute. He '' g&holds degrees of T\ D. mJ M. S. T.. Cl 'sad has had twenty years of service V fo_ in the Christian ministry Irs period i i! of service has been one of great; ^ value to our denonihiationai pro-! gram He is always in great demand! a" as a speaker at any of our large assemblies and renders satisfactory serviced' n The local church feels very foyti:- % nate in securing the services 01 this ! widely known minister, and tVie v. public is cordially invited to be pros- ' \l ent/ at the initial service Sunday1 V. ^ and extend to him a hearty welcome.; to me community. Sunday sehoo* meets at 10 o'clock. Morning service at 11 and evening service at S. Mid-week prayer serv- a & ice Tuesdav evening at S o'clock. * I ii COVE CREEK NEWS NOTES n Sugar Grove, June 5.?-Work on ^ tne school grounds was not complet- ^ "eci last Friday so we are asking the patrons to send teams again next Friday, June 8. A great many: patrons 01 tne school have not yet., had a part in this work and we urge J' these to come out this last day and 1 help finish the job. Miss Blanche Horton has accepted " a position as pianist with the Blow\ing Rock theater for the summer ! months. She will also teach music ' during the day. The grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other near relatives of Mrs. J. W. Horton met at her home' last Saturday to honor her birthday j ? with a delightful birthday dinner. 1 ^ Frank B. Hendren, dean of the; Wilkes county bar, and one of the best known citizens in northwest j s North Carolina, died suddenly at _ I his home in Wilkesboro early Thursday morning. Mr. Hendren had -j beer, in bad health since last Christ- ?, mar, but for the past few days he seemed to have improved, and his | t 9 death was a shock to his family and1 _ the community. i i . i .. ATAT A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE. 1 'OLraCAL EVENTS )F THE PAST WEEK ighlights of Political Activity of Both Major Parties Summarized From Recent News Dispatches From Over the Country >uarlet of Southern States Will Control Houston? Washington special or June 1 to reeiisbiT ) Daily Xev.s: Judge Cor 11 .Hull told a Daily News represen-. feiye today that the key to the situion by which. in his judgment, overnor .Smith should; and probity will be defeated for the Demo-! atic nomination for president at e Houston convention, is held by veil southern Democratic leaders., ley arc Senators Swan son and lass, and Governor Byrd of Vir-! ilia; Senator Biease and Governor icnards of South Carolina, and j ivernor Graves and National Comitteemah Carmiehae: of Alabama. these southern Democratic lead-s whole-heartedly join Senator mnionc throwing Virginia. South! irolina and Alabama with North aro'iina in the fight against the imination of Smith before the pustpn conveSftor. rws Judge ul; declared the uoinir.atier. the York gi'vei r.ivv,,would he knssihie J udee H:;sab 1 1 hat tlv - _ se ve"i or held hi the h-dJow of their vnds th< delegation* of the relective states that would go to the ousteit conventual . The Virginia j nr,> .a,?&>'.* ' t P nOrtkrv jiy five days ir advance . th?. Sdston convention, tut the two ir;riri.t aeiMXor> ar i Governor yrd know riant nf-v. who th deielies will be, am: win m th y are iieiy to Support at HHstm. The mt'n Carolina delegates already se-| ft ad aw Rieaso-Hich.iuds men and ill support the candidate these two en advise. The same is true in lubanm where Governor Graves id Mr. Garmiehael art- in control. Judge Hull said the above named aders are all dry and anti-Smith, id are known to be in sympathy ith the position taken by Senatorimmoiis. But to make Smith's dc at absolutely certain the psveholoicul moment is close at hand when ie.se leaders should speak out us immons has ilone. It" they do. the: 'feet, observed the judge, will be ectrieal among the anti-Smith men Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, ansas, Nebraska. Colorado, Okiajma. Utah, and in faet. in every] ate where delegates who are op>sed to Smith, but without stiffen -! ig of morale, might be swept under) s banner. He said he was in posissicii of information that led him believe that over half of the delertes of the convention couidi be arshaiod against the nomination of ic New York governor if the south n leaders wcniu ro\V bath SeiitjSKv immons. Few Women Delegates to Kansas City Convention Washington, June -Th wornni America, constituting 49 per . lit of the ehgiSFe electorate. will ? represented at the 192S Eepufcii?n conv ention by less thar. six per Int of the delegates. Final returns om all states except West Vienna show; a total of <>4 Republican; omen delegates, in a total of 1,0M' s compared to 120 with 111 votes at 'evelar a four years ago. Women alternates this yeav will umber 239. ex of West Yirinia. as compared to 279 In 1921, his brings the number of women ho will hate seats ill the convenor hail up to 30S. or about 15 per jnt of the total representation, our years ago 399 women were elogates or alternates. Although several states have cerfied a large number of women as Iternates. Missouri having an allost wholly feminine alternate slate, ifteen states will have no women elegates. and five states, four ter'ri>r:es and the District of Columbia ill send r.o women at, ail, either elegates or alternates. 2nd Primary June 30 A second primary June ."0 to se the Democratic nominee for eutenan: governor appears certain s friends of John D. Langstor, anounce that request will be made for run-off with Richard T. Fountain : the final returns still show the itter high man in Saturday's state rimary. Under the law. the runner-up, hen the high men lack a majority lust file his request for a second rimary with the state board of elecions withip 10 days after the first rimary. Mi?i?ip, Delegates Free The Democratic convention in sesion at Jackson, Miss.. Tuesday amed an unir.structed deiegaation f 20 to the Houston convention, 'he followers of Governor Smith ist overwhelmingly as did also the hone drys" who sought to instruct he delegation against any candidate (.Continued on Page Eight) JGA wspaper. Devoted to the iYATAl'GA COUNTY. NOIiTH f. J T7~: ~ ~7 iNews or Week m and ? About mowing h Permanent Entertainment 0 nittee reamed o> Commerce ->dy; New Playhouse Opened nd&y Night; M ay view \vil C Tomorrow Blowing ftock. June i.?A perntaive'tfi committee on entertainment oi tourists was appointed by tne blowing Kpek C nam oer 01 Commerce at us meeting nest inarsday night <n tiic school auaitorium Although this committee wiil have genera! charge of entertainments for tourists, its iir.-.c work will probably be to provide amusement ior the tourists who wiii come on a series oi itours being arranged by a Greeiisooro touring firm. The committee ic composed or C. 6. Prevetie,- chairman, Mrs. E. G. Under down and Miss Ethel XorvaU Ihe committee on town beautification reported that pines had been planted around the standpipe on Blowing Kock hotel hiii anci that a scale oi fees for garbage collection had been prepared. May r Sudderth pointed out, however, that as the low r. has no way of enforcing the paymen t of such fees, this play will prebably prove iinpiacticab:.-. Carolina Theater Opens The (.'are-;iiia theater va- formally ope:ied M*.;nda\ nighi h an adcress by Mu;.\?r Crv-vge M. b-nidertr arid aubvhtri . . R. B: Sdales hei -r- v:.c large cr-.-v. d thai, attendee fir.peri-.-rnlar.vc. Mayor Sua, out that this theatei i ehtirelv a local institution, sinci was biuk and it owned, and operated hy iocai men. and therefore hot-ryes Meal support. .0. Scales follow vi with sunn whimsical advice tc both the owner* and the pa: ions. Then followed the photoplay "Two Arabian Knights," a ia:c? comedy of war time, with a plo that is distinctively different Iron the conventional war picture. Hie owners, b:. C. IJitt3, G. C Robbins ami E. G. Underdown, sai< that onl> first-run. clean picture will be shown, Mayviey Opens Tomorrow Mayview Manor will be open foi quests tomorrow under the satin management as last year. L>. J Boyden, the lessee, said that th* same high-class service as was giver to guests last year will be maintain ed this summer. Fiddlers' Convention Nearly al! the merchants of Blow ing Rock will offer prizes for th< fiddlers' convention to be given* h> the Blowing Rock Band here Jan< 15 and lo |i the school auditorium Music by the best artists in Westerr North Carolina is promise,! by th? committee in charge. B. K. Jenkiii; aiiti J. A. Pattella. Among the performers who wit come arc |fie Tenrrev;; Humble rs Victor rdCord artists, radio1 enter tainers. with Sna ky Davis k. spnj and whistling acts. : kin Dtu Vance \.ith his Tennessee Moun:a;.; eers and a! number of otheis. Some vi the merchants - v. ho :i5 oft ciing prizes are S. L. ('armor. Craig ami Coon, Max Can a Car olina i T. H. Cot fey. Cafe. Central Hotel, H. C. Hayes. H C. Mavrir.. Carolina Stores, Tht : c-i. ... T v T-... " ; i ita-mun -J. rai.e'.c. 3TH* 11 ; A. X'nderdovwn. Carolina Manager Goes to Boone Fred Churyh. popular manager o the Carolina Store here for the las I several months, has been transferret to Boone to manage the store there Mr. Church has made many friend lor his company during his s'ay here He is sr.ceeded by Spencer Greene who has had experience in seivia of the local grocery stores. Public Stenographer Miss Helen Underciuwn has open ed a public stenographer s office h the town hall and reports exccilen 1 business for the first week. She wa graduated from the Boone higl school and later attended Stoncwa! Jackson college at Abingdon. Va i Last year she took a business coursi at Norfolk, Va. Baseball In game that was marked h; i plenty of runs and plenty of error by both sides, the Blowing: Roe! baseball team Saturday defeatei Bambo.- by a score of 21 to 15. Bam 1 boo began with a rush in the firs inning and made four runs befor j they could be stopped. In thei half of the ?econd they made anothe and it looked for a time that th local team was doomed. Then the blowing Rock team be Ran a lutfest. and before the secom I inning had closed, eight men ha> crossed the home plate, making th score 8 to 5. Blowing Rock scorei | another in the third, but Bambo ; came, drove two across in the third | four in the fourth and held Blow ing Rock scoreless during that in ning. In the next inning. Bambo got two mere and Blowing Rock one i making the score Bamboo IS, Blow : ing Rock 11. I In the eighth. Blowing Rock ra | wild, drove the ball to ait corners o the field, made a race itrack of th (Continued or. Page Eight) DEMC e?est Interests of Northwest TKL"E::DAY. JVN'E 7. 1028 NEWS BREVITIES L' OF 38 YEARS AGO T. Cu istanding; H&pper.ings of Booae 1 and Watauga County As Chron- s tclea :n he Columns cf the Wat ! a-.ga Democrat i aus r = 77.. ^ ' Sin " : ant A i session oi th? magistrates jni5 a:.;. i 'jnur.iissioner-. was held joi Mor.day. D. B. Dougherty v/as elected chad man fee : - next year. A cel tax of id 1-6 cents was levied on p,v< all real estate and personal property ,.a, ;j and 7* l-2 cent? or. the poll for : county purposes. A speoiSl tax of jjg, 10 cents or. all real estate and per- tv j donal property and SO cents oti the *'ov j poll was levied for paymeir. on the j new jail. The election o: a hew | boar 1 of commissioners v/as gone ' fhto and resulted in the election of pi tW present board, j. E. Fiiuey. W\ V.". Presfielt and -T. H. Mast. Rev. ] I. V. . Thomas was re-elect?d county supeiintendent. 1 * ... Ba j On. Monday a number of old sol- ^ ; :r.<:\ yr the courthouse for the j>,' 4 nurpos'e of an; inrging committees /,/ I of arrangements [or ihe encamp at Bt wing Rock . ('o tr.? -in-7 Thursday in. Adg vst. 4'Corp-i ? ?? i ? !ai4k i ' B!o\ Rock; wtrs j.a 1 ;.:r V chaiimar. ?.".o . H l>cla\v ._,'r j - . r.vary. p? hi iqri r. committee ^jj consisti ig- ? '. < . il . R. H, 1/1 Fai'thing, -Ta*. IL Iaylo:. v.. \v. " Pr - n l.. B. piark. T. N. C .omen- "A. sii.ir.g. R. ]. Gr. 8fl-J and Mr. Klutz. ' was appointed to locate and superin tend the e- camoment- A -erafed i cqrnrni: v as :ij?*>; i - i*a Hons ; < >iuienc<. risking- ( ; ox Maj. G. W. F. Havtf . \V. W creoit. Jr., I). B ! ugksity anci II. . Farthing. Esq. *' * iM ' , Mr. D. !.V Dougherty has returiied 1 home fr Wai.e Forest Cai ege. i J * > r ' *1 N an Brook-hire ha- been to j Egypt tUiobei to hay cotn. It cost ^ s hint 8i> cents per huskei. but that is g| _S'jmc better than paying $1 for it in. # /Watauga. ; ' ' ' 1 E! Rufus tYesneh. the Rich Mountain! l| bachelor gave us u caii this week, i j[, ; He brought to town with him a ,\j ; parsnip that was 27 inches in length! jj, : and large m proportion. ! g(* ' St The enumerators, or census tak- -ty , ens. for this county, sc. far as we can I recall, are L. L. Greene, Boone town/ship: F. Fry?. Blowing Rock;! J. T. Hampton. Slue Ridge; Mr. Greer. El';- V/. K. MeBtiivr. Raid Mounts!!-: Th is. Bingham, Cove: . Creek; AiHiersor Cable. Bbavet Dam; Tine Reese I.a'urel Creek. andj . Win. VSa'cawnoi-.. Shav r.e.'hav . * - - so A!TK!!U-.!Kv svo new *"' mode ttuih' .-! < vboth allies of Jiai-.-. itrv-cr from t-r. Conr.et|>;s to the vagi office. , McGAT-LARB GETS CONTRACT ?e: "OR A. 5 N. S. DORMITORY :' .. ;f i The cc?t<; to: the conm. E: tor;." the ' . ....: v.- State Nor- hi . mai School v:'.t Arid:... by the - hoard of t: voces is session a: To- : j r.oir, to J. iii. Jic.G c-f Morgan- V ion, tiie contract price being Si"'!-. 37 i. The plrvbina; contract gees to | W. p. Davis < : Johrsor. City. Tenn. Oi ; for the sjtm of A-.'-77.be. and the re ' heating contract was also awarded lie 'to Mr. Davis .."e" S-t.t'75 T"d. The no 51 electrical work v.'U he done by the oh Norma: electricians. The work on he ; the buiitSug is to begin at once and gii is to he completed in five months.- pa Dr. B. B, Dougherty. who has been ?'J at Raleigh and other points in the pii state, looking after the Woi'k oi the state beard < t eaaal -atio:-.. of which mi t- U., C- ? 1 . ' ?J? ., J. J 4-'?? . :ic a rHieiiii/c:. ai ceuucuvtac nietri-; ? ir.g of the executive committee in se ?. Lenoir Friday. His bypth.er. Prof, la* 1 D. D. Dougherty, also attended the "1' meeting. ?. The prospects iov the summer Ms 1 school are very bright. The dormitorics the Norir.ai ay< filled, and' a large number of students are. go-: <?e 5 ing to the hordes i:i tow i . which & ji agree to take at r* reasons l>; 2 rate a!! J-h ' students the Normal car.r olv aocon.- ' &. ~ ir.odate. n: e WATAUGA GETS $38,757.25 C< FROM EQUALIZATION FUND: _ til - Figures announced Monday mcm-i ev ing by- the state board of equaliza-j -! tion as to the distribution of the $3.- n>' 3 "250,000 equalizing fund showed that: cv i Watauga county will receive S38,-: e 757.25, as against $36,866.18 'ast fP 1 year. Union county, receiving $88,-! i" 0 041.91, secured the biggest amount. > I. from the fund, with Graham county tailing the list with SS88.55. 1 N The board has in reserve $100,000 0 for later distribution to < unties de' j veloping needs not foreseen in the "-! budget, and as an emergency fund.: Ti | Other counties in Northwest Caro-, th n; Una received the following amounts: ht - A'.iegha: $10,637.00: Avei"v, o! e; 36,692.92: Ashe. $58.95:!.: !: Cald-' h< -! well, $40,623.30; Mitchell. $15,-; cc 1643.46, and Wilkes. S88.707.90. lei North Carolina mgston and Grist Are j Favorites in Watauga tal of 20.2 Voces Cast i.o Saturlay's Primary for Nomination of lieutenant Governor and Conr.vis- ^ iioncr of Labor ana Printing With three precinct-? out of Wat-; va'r. fourteen wot roistering a gte vote in aaturoav's primary. I onK 202 Democratic voters cast ballots in the other eleven, c tii D. Langrsron of Goldsboiy?, can-; ;ate for lieutenant governor, re-; red a majority el eight ovei his ; > opponents, and Fiank i>. Grist.' ! ididate for re-election for com- ^ jsipner of labor and printing, out * Lanced his tv-o rivals by a. majoriof 115. Followihir is the by ? . nships* ^ Lieutenant Governor , a j s ? -5 -y < ?recir.cts 7. 2 \ a", c-. ? c: 3 ~ ? Id Mountain . . . . 1? i 0 aver Dam 5 5 T >wing Rock 1 ' ?e Ridge . . v 0 I) or.;- 16 2 6 1 ve Creek _ 0 ' c . . < C v urel Creel- I j a*. Caiv.p N"-. 1 . . . . 1 ra> ' 'ampJ,Noi'.2i : rth Fork ...... . . 2. 1 : ( l : awneekaw .... . A my Fork . . C.. ; . . < Tntft! 10.5 - ! 51 ' lomrrissionfcl Labor and Printing ?5 ~ ; Precinct *> p ? IS "C' a - c. ild Mountain 8 I lt aver Darn 7 7 owing- Rock I 0 ue Rid'^e 0 < 0 wp,e 01 15 3V >vo Creek 12 0 i? k (? 0 0 kuSfei Creek ...... 'I 1- 1 eat Camp No. 1 . . <> 1 0. eat * lamp No. 2. ... o 4 0 jrth Pork 0 0 2 lawrieenaw 6 0 6 ony Fork 0 0 4 ataugr 2s 0 0 Total 151 20 14 \PTIST CENTENNIAL DRIVE LAUNCHED THURSDAY NIGHT I The Baptist Centennial campaign Thiee Forks and Stony Fork as ciativast was launched here last,. ui> .i:t5Veni.srht, who.-, leaders ir. the . the campaign is ;o kai^'EBps *' ' r.ools :iih' e'hPe";-. . in the stare The la is t raise this huge amount by ? -fii'i LIT i sir vvV. > r- rhc . .. st te convention will have bvg?^sju|et: one hundred y avTab goal of this district. in< Uid, Ashe, Allegheny. SSnrryt Yadkir.. and.' tVaiauga v;.les. is A.Out'. At thu meeting Thursday night. . . Charles E. Mad'dry. general ?? tarj of ine Baptist State ceriven>n. was the principal speaker, and. livened what is said to Tia\e been' e of the finest^ addresses ever; ai d in the count;-. Mr. 5!. A. fi>?-' as, who is in charge of the cam-! ign in this district, with headarters at North \VVtkw1?rp, ce:-' >inc? the campaign in detaU. Prof. I. G. Greer is general chairin for the two associations. The ladies of the col church1 rved a delightful supper to the o-c. rtvncit- r Thiivcrlitv. tht. Di-. R. L. Mc-oi-e. president of ii": Hill College; Prof. MoLeod. a Mnbec of the faculty of that insti-' tior.. ami Ohas. A. Maddry a lent graduate. were m the county at day and spoke in the interest of e centennial tampaijr. at the folicing churches: Dr. Moore. Sunday toorning at owing Rock and in the evening at >ve Creek. Fro:. Mei.eoit. Hearant Grove in e morning and at Boone ir. the ening. Mr. Maridcy, at Bethel in the orning and at Oak Grove in the. ening. Mr. Clyde R. Greene of Boone: oke at Meat Camp Sunday morr.-j g and Prof. 1. G. Greer at lit. ; ernon Sunday night. EW COURTHOUSE CORNERSTONE HAS A TEXAS TOAD Eastland. Texas. -Juna 7.-?A; exas horned toad was entombed in: e new courthouse cornerstone' !re. Three months ago, when the d courthouse was torn down, a >rned toad was removed from the irnerstone. witnesses said, alive aft-: T r I7E CENT.S A COPY HI DEAD HONORED HERE mpressiye Memories. Service for V.JaHd War Dead Heia at Baptist Church Sunday; Adare>s by Mrs. '. v zne V, a ibridge Th- Am?ri(:an Leirion. L trioff .:i". <try and the citizenship %- tot - jathe. at the Baptist hw h here Sunday taorcixig to pay tribute to Watauga county's hirty soldiers who diec in action, n the &b-u:(; ami sine* the great Vorlu War end en Novernbe: 11, VIS. trie leatui-- o: ir.c- reasion was in address by Mrs. Irene P-Iclmyve Valbridge, ::a.:-.na! presMect of the A'3xi!:;uy. who was here tot'enti a: e.\cou'.1 ir-etine of the tate^ organization. Mi's. Wa'bridge vas ifeiwiuced by Mis. Harry Vass, f Winston-Salem. state Auxiliary .ere .r.t. v.'h' T-ai: 1 --autifiS ribate to Mrs. ?\ %&riC y: /s ?vonuerS| vcr recm Q . i .f : uum- r? ex-soldiers md parents < ' Soldiers \vh "went ve in the service or sinfce, ^;)kkri s-.i'.1.- : go nor in the mid? : - f rap* r.vd v '.argv i?aa?er "la :dr?% tr.2 ->? Watauga's -r.lif-3* dead v.r&s Lu'ed a: Lit the ,*v'. ."' ' v 2 i? ?ndet i i; the c:v. am < at';. 'r-Thfff'^o}fetT ite.rt.ri pitt *ri ' in . -tv ?h<->?<fe?;,th*: Rev. H. ^ ; aVtSy riii.rvd iir?f S. Sp^jU? wr;:&S??Cii :vi Iva-i r.: 3| ' T.hr Tnni.e: .o-nthiri.. d the iVd. v/ac t.-? . t' Watav.ggV soldietf Kiliea in Action .. fit. vi-. v.i% ' -cts; i-van; ija5r.es. Boone; irn: Colfey, I.' r.r Pork: r.l.yfe umon, S.-trav iiwe; Mar. W&lseH tM.ovia* Hock . Mil' i'.i Wane:;, Tru. , K. F. I).: Mir s .i . ItuCus heme CoffeyFr.scoe. > Died in the Service Time.;':., Morris. Boone I ute 2; Thomas S d Mast; S r (h I aver., Beech t i. veK; Ur - e: C. We wiring, Boone Route 2; . Tensile. Blowing Rock; John Simmons. Tiipiert: Willie Ec.:v.insten, Boone: Je :rice; Winkler. Boone* Berime Tv:r?**. Beech Creel. Lloyd Hampton. ELv.aig Rock. Died Since Discharged Harvey Hampton, Btowir* Reck; Hill Phillips, Vilas; Luther White, skulls Mills; James Vines, Sugar Grove: Willie Raney, Boone. Will Ragan. Boone Route 2; Edd Holler, Boone: Carl Woodving, Boone Route 2; Tom Moreri, Boone; Finis Greene, Deep Gap: Burn Miller. Hopkins; Bob Bryant. VaRe Crucis. More Than Thousand Expected at Normal The tV;,f. l^onvis' seo?--;' iyh<;e-:. 'Wssjfo Si. vj. ,S yeslerftay inov-;i:r vv :: $?? v. ry'oiiat!y ?<v: /.ay./jj| ^ ^\r. . :0i:-. ? - ..ii^ wu\ t-: :? great as .r-V-tnft ir-vst terro last rear.-when Snore than afthoWSp sand t.bachgra ca-.ue tha h-eyy institution. 5sr^i;', ;^ vviv,;'1..:iM- f$j01| DEMONSTRATiCN" 5CH .VOL The ne Demopst .school opened Tuesday, wit!: a flue corps c.i 'earners for the summer worl:.L';i All children who a'-? conditioned <>? any work are urged to otter.;! during the summer in order to remove these conditio?. Ali beginners who '.viil enter : he. first grade at any time before Christmas are urged to attend tips summer. By attending during this run-,nicr the little folks will be in much l>8gr position to make the grade during the yea'. us the winter weather always infeviei-es with the hc tendance of the littio tolks Two tenrhets. Ww Maeeiyr. L?mkir>. of last year's faculty, and Miss Luciie Boiyu of the Charlotte Vllt i;v i.t ?. v. i. i??. first csfc'cte duiimg the summer. AU chi'd-er, expecting to enter for the summer are urged t< do so at once. Mrs. William Thomas Matheriy, 57. who lived near Reidsville, was brutally murdered early Friday morning. Her head was crushed by a blunt instrument and her forehead smashed by a sharper instrument. Robbery is thought tc have been the motive, as $15 was stolen from the house. Her husband Was working in a fieid some distance away when h? was attracted to the house by his wife's screams and when he arrived he found Mis. Matheriy dead in a pool of b'ood. Stat? College. Raleigh, c 'ehrated its 39th commencement Tuesday by graduating a cl&s, o." 206. the InrgjaUft.ae .higtogy-fiL the. iuatitntlon.^|-.| ;
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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