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Today and Tomorrow By FRANK l\ STOCK BRIDGE Food l.onj: Island ships dressed ducks ti California. California sends turkey .. New York. Florida ships trainload ?f celery to the North and Jackson :1k' stores sell California celery New Jersey raises strawberries, on ons. cabbages, but Jersey subuvbai housewives buy them from grocer who in turn buy them from Nev / York City wholesalers. 4 The Federal Farm iioard shouh f find ways to eliminate Cues* rc.linlij about methods of food distribution -vith ilieir expensive freighI charge J and profits to half a dozen middle J rnen. The food supplies of big eitip i .vui some <iay he grown in region ' tdjacent to the cities. It will l?< cheaper to grow winter vegetable ancler quartz glass 111 electrically noateil hothouses than to haul then ? ucross a continent. Buliding The last stand of the hand-worke igainst the machine is in the build ng trades. Building costs are exces ive all ever the country and an ~till mounting, Wages go up withou oncsponding increase in productive y less. In the mechanized Industrie. . aighm wages reflect higher produc ( tion. / It is perfectly possible to orec v -louses of any size out of standard i . zed, machine - produced elements y -- vhich any >?n?kd!o.d .^workman cai Iiut togpther untie r competent dure ion. Plastering: is unnecessary; man; vallboards on the market are bettoi ind more economical. Painting: cat e done more efficiently and cheapo V spraying. Some day some group of capita! ists will finance :t building projec vhich will utilize mechanical proc ^S3os as the automobile industry does Then homes will be so cheap tha very family can own one exact!; fitted to its needs. Mar coni ^ Thirty years ago a young max with an inquiring mind succeeded it -ending a signal across the Atlanta without wires. That was the begin ~.ing of radio. Everybody knows sonn ?f the things that radio has accom dished since then, but there is mor< 1 -o come. Marconi looks for the transmis -ion of power by radio before ver; :ong. Television?seeing at a distanci ?is just around the corner, already nerc in the laboratory. A photograpl H rent across the ocean by radio the ? ?the? day enabled the London polict :o catch an American crook. Shor> radio waves raise the body tempera cure, so that we may yet keep warn n winter by having radio terminal: >n opposite sides of each room. LjQllU Chicago is building a new sky scraper on land which was bough for 55,000,000 an acre. One familj owned this iand for ninety-two years It cost that family 52.50 an acre :n 1837. The present value is just two million times that, which is nol "i had profit, even if one's heirs havt 'o wait a hundred years for it. More foi tunes have beer, made ir America by buying land and hanging n to it than in any other way. Thi ntggost gains are in the biggest cit :es, but who knows where popula tion will center a century hence": Except for occasional speculativi 'and booms nobody has ever lost mon ey by buying land anywhere in tin United States, if he held it lenf enough. Somebody, some day, will write j history of the United States in term, of real estate. This country was set ;!ed by landless men who wanted t< own a piece of ground and couldn' !o that in Europe. (Thinking If you want to get your pay raised think. A big automobile factor; needed more snare A rmmp .mrri r.ecr climber a girder and iookei over the machinery floor. He though for half an hour, then showed hi boss ho!w overhead carriers coult displace the trucks which carriei parts to and from the machines. Th< I space saved in aisles aud passage ways provided room for additions | machines, to house which the com p had contemplated spending ; ->f a million. The salary in > young engiinecr got repre > 'est on a fifth of that. 1 pays more for idea hing else. They must h .ctive ideas, the prod " "nkine. Every step th SAT A A Non-ParHsan T BO CIVITANS PREPAR IFOR THE NEW YEA ! Will Wage Fight for New Manuf; turning Plants for Boone and Si port Farm Interests. Hold Meeti Tonight at Valle Crucis. ? The Boone Civitan Club held regular weekly !uiTCi~iCOr. meeting s the Daniel Boone Hotel last Thu day noon, with President ti. l\ I gaman presiding-. After routine m " i tors of business were brought bef< 1 the body, two major objectives of t s club for the New Year were ti, v cussed. An effort will be made by Civit jl during 1930 to locate one or iru r small h;ixriulecturing in Ron which will take care of surplus g; bor and offer a market for r -; products of field and forest. 1 s second objective of the chib wiil to offer assistance to the farmi G ' !r?fl ctni'l-i-ia" L? e ' I luiomg Macil'M1) Ui I S; county, and to do everything in -j power to stimulate interest in pu 1 j bred cattle, truck farmiqg, dairyi and poultry raising. Short talks were made on th< subjects by President Hagaman, D. Hodges, Cliff McConneil, L. r j Bingham, A. V. Ho\yell and othd - each member pledging: his snpp< - to these worth while tasks b Through the courtesy of Dr. L. t: Kent, the membership of Civit -j Club will motor to Yalie Crucis s night, where it will hold its montl -' business meeting and enjoy 0 o'clc dinner at the Industrial School. R I Mr. Kent* who is a gifted speak will probably address theimitherinj i i Miss Mattie Curtis Dies in Tenness< ^ Miss Maitie Curtis, 81, died s> j. denlv at the home of her sister, M F. l?. Curtis, at Butler, Tenn., 1 . Thursday, and funeral services w< L held from the Curtis home Fru , afternoon. Miss Curtis was in good hea t until a few months ago and was . remarkable character for her a She possessed a fine disposition a wmi no greatly missed in her co mii riit'y/wher^'she has madehev ho for many years. She was the I member of an old and distinguish family, her brother having died ab( six months ago. Miss Curtis was \v known and loved in Boone and si rounding territory, where in lorn years she had spent a good deal time visiting with her nephew, < late E. S. Coffey. Surviving are the following nie< * and nephews: Mrs. David R. Shear Johnson City, Tenn.; Mrs. \Va Smythe, Mountain City, Tenn.; M Nobcek, Miss Selma Curtis, Willis 1 Fir.ley and Fred Curtis, all of Butl Tenn. . Library Is Proposed as \ Memorial to Dougherl i A committee appointed by I adult Sunday School class of I Boone Baptist Church recently 1 the purpose of considering a fitti memorial for the late Professor D. ^ Dougherty, a former teacher of tl 7 class, has recommended that a librc uc estaousneci as a tribute to his wc ; in the church. The resolution, \vh: c is printed below, proposes that woj ^ relative to missions be procured a ' that the literature be used to spre knowledge of this branch of chui 1 activity throughout the associate ' The resolution: Whereas, our beloved teacher, p * feasor-~I>. -D. Dougherty, .has be - called to his reward, and in view' the fact that he was a great lo^ ? and giver of bocks and that he pi " sessed a deep interest in missions a * also in our country churches, wc vc " committee, appointed to consider fitting tribute to his memory, r * onimend the following: ' j 1. That this Sunday School cl; -1 present to the association at its m > quarterly meeting the nucleus foi t library. 2. That the hooks composing t library center around the work missions. 3. That the library he used , stimulate the study of missions / the churches of this association. 4. That this library be located 1 this classroom in the Boone Bapt t Church. s 5. That the books be handled a i distributed under the direction of 1 i associational mission study lea? e and a librarian appointed by 1 1 6. That this library be kno - as the D. D. Dougherty Memoi a Library. Uiivu. ??. Ifl. lUUIiLi'/j, -| MRS. E. S. COFFEY. MRS. I. G. GREER, s Committee e ___ More than two hundred farm n e and women of Pitt County attcnt t the recent live at Home oanquev ii at Greenville UGA Newspaper. Devoted to the ONE, WATAUGA nn mi. NORTH C E | FIRST SHIPMENT OI r ^ ^ tjj &u 1^^ flj' mr iB > re- j "(r | tse I -i'^ R. I,, i ls* Photograph shows group of tliorou 1H'l i in line with the movement started the herds of the county. The bulls distributed to eleven farmers in di 'll1 another shipment soon, and it is s tered bull in every community in t. Illy I >ck , ; er. ;J Page Diogenes Last week a man walked into the Carolina Store, hard by The Democrat office,_ and tendered to ^ Manager Gragg a dime, which he said he owed the firm as a result .id-! of the theft of an apple and a j t'S- . banana, several months ago. He !ist averred that the secret iransac 'l*e | tion had caused him considerable lay worry of late, and said that since j he had joined the church recently, 1th he was making a round straight; <1 cning up certain unfinished busi[?e ncss in order that his religious afind filiations might not appear hypo,rn~ critical to himself. Furthermore,^ he offered the grocery man an *dast ditional payment as interest on tha thin coin. )ut! ell ur __ tLi A. S. T. C. Opens Basket Ball Schedule Tonight :es The Appalachian State Coll eg*? or, Mountaineers will open their home tde basket ball schedule tonight at the rs. College Gym, with Johnson Bible Col.m, lege of Tennessee offering the ojppo* or, sition. The Mountaineers are fasl round oUonn ?I ~i '-I 1- ?' * . iuvv a>i(t|/c iiliu aliuuiu UC aoit* to ! give a good account of themselves in the encounter with the Tennessee ty team. In the first game of the season, with the same opponents, the. the game proved a thriller in that the ;he score was in doubt until the final: for whistle. The Mountaineers eked out| ng a victory by the margin of two I), points. The game was played on the! iat Johnson Bible College floor, and thel try Mountaineers were greeted with fast irk moving opposition, in -fact, victory ich was the gift from the horn of dear \ rks old Lady Luck. Both teams scored i ,nd the same number of baskets from i ad the field, but the Mountaineers man*eh aged- to "hoop" two foul markers on. I for the counting points to win. Tonight's game is due to be called ro~j at 8 o'clock. The probable line-up j fo. thc gr.me fellows: ? Johnson Bible College?Schnedl or ,ei j Mill, right forward; WViglet, left for-' "s~ Sward; -Saunders, center; Bennett, m tight guard; MacDonald, left guard. >ur; A <* ? - - ** - a .^yjjumLiiiiiii ovate?II i n s o n or ee. Carpenter, left forward; Livingston or K. Hinson. right foi-ward; Canipe lssjor Walker, center; Fulkerson or lie,xt; Kinney, right guard; Pyatte or O'. a Hare, left guard. Reserves?Forti: ner. Waters, Davenport, Dabbs, Wily,jsi liams. Poplin. of' MRS. JANE BENFIELD DEAD ^ Mrs. Jane Shore Renfield passed jn I away at her home at Blowing Rock 1 last Thursday at the age of 62 ;n j years. Funeral services were con,ist | ducted Friday morning from the Blowing Rock Baptist Church by the ,nd pastor. Rev. P. A. Hicks, following the which interment was made in the Reler form Cemetery at that piace. Surthe viving are nine children, fifteen grandchildren, five brothers and two wn sisters. ial Mrs. Benfield was the widow of the late John Benfield. She joined the' Brushy Fork Baptist Church ; when a girl and was one of the chari tcr members of the Blowing Rock ' Church. . len H. Etheridge. of Clay County, led! cleared over $300 above his feed eid ibi:: SES....U. r.-on-. ficck | 600 white Leghorn hens. Best Interests of Northwes AROIiEvA, THURSDAY .JANUARY PURE-BRED SIRES BR ighbred Hereford bulls which were dist by the Watauga Livestock Association were purchased by a local committee in fferent parts of the county. Organizal xpectcd that the movement will soon r he county. Normal Colle Come From ; Data Compiled by Registrar Shows Tha Come From Distant Points. Prac Represented in Enrolment. Wata With 49. Spring Term Opens on i Professor -1. M. l.'ownutu, rogistra lege, sends to the Democrat u most ii to the student body of that lnstiutioi I in the various sections of this and othei in the facts.embodied in this article: North Carolina Counties -Alamance ? gj Alexander Alleghany . _ _ _ . .In, Anson _ - - 9 Ashe 19 j Avery 11 Beitio - - ? ? ~ Bladtn - - -&* - 9 Burke - --121 Cabarrus . ? 2 Caldwell 22) Cartaret . - Caswell 11 Catawba ?? ? 12 Chatham ? Cherokee ? 2 j Cleveland Id, Cumberland - ?! Currituck 11 Davidson 3 j Duplin ?. -1 Edgecomh 2 j Forsyth 3| Gaston - - * r I Gates - - &j 1 Granville 1 Guilford ... . -if# T:\ Harnett ' Henderson - I' Hoke 1 Iredell l'J I.ee Lincoln . .37 Madfson 3 Mcflowell ; .. . - f> Mecklenburj; -.13 Moore - - ? 2 Nash 1 Pender ... - I \ Person 1 | Randolph 1 Richmond . _ 1 Robeson - 10 Rowan ? 5 Rutherford Sampson 1 Stanly ? - 0 Stokes - M i Surry |S- 3j Transylvania _ _ 1 1. OTHER FACTS ABOUT Number students within 50 miles of thi Number students beyond 50 miles of t'i Number students beyond 50 miles of tb Number male students enrolled in Coll Number female students enrolled in C Number students in Freshman Class... Number students in Sophomore Class. Number students in Junior Class Nfcmber students in Senior Class I Total number ~.J 3g| Increase over last year's enrolment for Number counties east of Guilford (Cei Number students from east of Guilfon Number states represented by the stud Average radial distance of students fr< The Spring Term of Appalachian ruary 25th. Expenses for the twelve dents will enter at that time, and exe he..?? holnful as oossible to all those j Spring Term. 3CRAr it North Carolina 9, 1S30. / OUGHT TO COUNTY BI ] j U* ! G ^ ^ > j tors | mor ributcd over the county last week : cers to eliminate the scrub sire from who Southwest Virginia and have been 4"? J lion plans call for the purchase of ! OfS csult in the ownership of a regis- Otlu I T ! tele robl ge Students Many States ' sovt t Thirty-t.'iree Students of A. S. T. C. side tically All Sections of United States i uga. Has 85 Students; Ashe Follows , ' _ , , abo February 25th ; | the; i thei r at Appalachian State Teachers Col- in t lUeiestinp; of statistics relative Me: l. The many friends of the CoUpge of states will undoubtedly be interested Kir SO.C< v n i whi IT ... lia.l frH0" 1 ' tak U illic 1 j Watausn. ,s:. fou u"?"" . the. \\ likes ,v ' Yadkin ... _ 22 g??j iance.v ""J Other State, Colorado? Otero j ?1'? Florida ? ,liro Dacje _ 1 ',a(l Georgia? \Vhitfselu 1 thc, Illinois-- 11 <' Cans 1 5arl Cheyenne , ]?" Clark 1 l,hc1 llecatur. 1 a" Maryland? L'Un Baltimore . 1 ^ ' Nrew York? ho,d Onandaga ... . . _ ; -St. Lawrence 1 lcs' South Carolina Anderson - 1 ^Rl t"heit..etw.l,l , i A 1 ? 1 J Dilloii 1; q Lancaster 8 c_n1 Ls? - - - - J St:u Marion - ? 1 for York ..... 3 Rep Tennessee? _ | nor Johnson ? i Tire MeMin ? ? - 11 ]\ Virginia ? J. to : Ca'Trdll. 1 j stat Grayson -- - - -- 1 noli I*atrick - - ? j the Pitts 1' ract West \ irgntia? 1 Kanawha - ? 1 or^ ~ 1 nizc In Other States CAB1 Number Counties 24 j cue< Number Students 331 cvaj j i this in N. C. Number Counties , eraj Total Counties 83 Qov Number Students 541 ! qox THE STUDENT BODY j ^au; e College-- J87 N he College? 355 a c e College in other States 33 Sen egc to date 173 Sim ollege to date 402 con ._ 301 tior .... 218 5 -13 inte 13 sine inter Tern: to date 57-5 ? n Winter Term to Date 90 Exe atral Co.) represented 21 ly 1 1 County 69 ty. lent body 11 was im College. in miles- _ 175 Go\ Gar State Teachers College opens on Feb- 70,( weeks is about $55. Many new stncutives of the college are anxious to f who contemplate registering for the eau - ? FI CENTS A COPY tOTHHOFMRS. 30YD | 'J IS KILLED th ilbert Kirby, President of Smiths rove (Ky.) Bank, Fatally Shot n Gun Batilc With Desperadoes, osse Hunts for Murderers. iqnald J. Boydeh, Blowing Rock list, who spends the winter :i.hs In KnoxviJle, Tenn.. sends Democrat a detailed account a bank robbery and battle with dits, hi which -1. Robert Kirby. other of Mrs. Boydeii, was killed. tragedy took place hear Oak!. Ky.. on December 26. Mr. Kirwas president of the Farmers lv of Smith Grove, Ky.. and was Illy shot when he and other citi > vi mfl'- uiwii cili.cih?ji-eu to up!>,end robbers of the Oakland, Ivy., k. The story, in part, follows: hree masked bandits, driving a :e sedan, on the morning: of Deber 2Pth held up and robbed the land Bank of approximately $1.in gold, silver and currency after orizing the casliiev, assistant tier and ten customers in the k. herding them into the diriitrooni. Then they fled, after a nentary street battle with offiand citizens, to Smiths Grove, re they killed .J. Robert Kirby. years old, president of the FarmBank there, when he and several r attempted to stop them, he cashier of the Oakland Bank phoned Mr. Kirby as soon as the mrs bad left and asked him to help and stop the bandits. Mr. >y got four or five men around bank to ipjn him and with shots they started out. Just on the tern edge of Smiths Grove. Mr. fiy's patty met the bandits, who nod fire on iliem and sped by. iral shots being fired by earn 'he Posse followed the fleeing Hits on through Smiths Grove and at two miles out the bandit car denl y wheeled around and faced Kirby party. In a short battle re Mr. Kirby was hit by a bullet he abdomen and insttantly killed, mwhile. a second pursuing party nearly 100 men came upon the by car. Stopping u moment, the y and group went: on in pursuit, le the car in which Mi. Kirby been ridintr was turned bnrk to ? his body to town. "hree miles fmUiC'ithe new posse nd the bandit car abandoned, and w the pursuers divided into smalt aps, all armed with shotguns and ?c>. and started out over the hills. l second member of the Kirby Ly was wounded by a shot in the L He was Charles Beard, 20, who rates a filling station at Smiths ve. It was believed the bandits. decided also to rob the Smiths ve hank, but failed to do so when Oakland robbery turned out as lid. The robbery in Oakland was iod on in a most dramatic fashthc \\ hole time consumed in the ;t being only about five minutes, ed-off shotguns and a machine \VJ>rP thp woonnno nl. r k .1 l... bandits in the daring daylight I-up. aggftgfe o far as can be learned, no ars have yet been made. * ISSOM ANNOUNCES HIMSELF CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR n the platform of "cheaper govment," Gilliam Grissom, United ;es collector of internal revenue North Carolina, will seek the ublican nomination for Goverin 19:52, he announced in Raleigh sday. Ir. Grissom is the first Republican */.n>%(>c- fAr ttip ot'fici> and his ement has temporarily shifted tical interest in the State from 19:50 United States Senatorial * to the Gubernatorial election, he Voung People's Democratic inization of the State has recogid five Democrats as "possible rlidates for Governor," and is:i them invitations lo a Demode dinner to be held in Raleigh spring. They are Attorney-GenDennis G. Brum mitt. Lieutenant ernor K. 1*. Fountain; Albert L. of Raleigh; J. C. B. Ehrings, of Elizabeth City, and Judge L. Johnson, of Ltrmhivrton. Republican has announced as and id ate for the United States ate seat for which Senator F. M. mons and Josiah W. Bailey will test for the Democratic nominai in the June primaries. Ir. Grissom has been collector of rnal revenue for North Carolina 1021. For years he has been member of the Republican State cutive Committee. He is originalfrom Gibsonville, Guilford CounHerbert F. Seawell, of Carthage, the Republican candidate against ernor O. Max Gardner in 1928. dner's majority was slightly over )00 votes. Yeezing weather in Decembev sed heavy losses to Irish potato Wcm of a Crmntv.
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