North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XL1, NO. 42. Today and Tomorrow B\ FRANK I>. STOCK.BKIDGE Flashes How to produce a li^ht which airmen could see through fog has puzzled electrical experts ever since the i roblem of lighting flying fields at right became important. 44Lindy," : lying across country, noticed that tne flashes of the electric arc produced when a trolley pole slips off the wire could be seen from the air when no other light was visible. He reported that to the General Elecic Company and the result is a new flashing arc beacon, the safest guide > night fivers vet evolved Groat inventions come often from . irlosc observatibn of little thing?- Gol. " ndbergh is what he is because he otices little things. * * * Promises Politicians deal in promises. Economists deal in facts. Nobody loves, facts. Everybody loves promises. That is why we listen to the politicians and turn a deaf, oar to the economists. And because the politi-i cians seldom are able to make good i n their promises, we throw them out! and elect another set who make oven1 more attractive promises. For ten years economists have been | trying to get Europe's finances] straightened out. following the war: into which the nations went because f what their politicians promised them. The principal obstacle to settlement of the war bills Was the promises of politicians made after the Armistice. As Owen D. Young pointed out the other day, politicians r France, England and Italy prom-j sed they would make Germany pay 13,900,000,000. Now the economists e got the war debts finally settled. The most the Germany can pay is $9,(100,000,000. Her creditors have agreed to accept that sum. Now the same politicians are making} other promises and their peoples are hern: ving them, in the same old way. r * * Zeppelins The airship is coming into its own. I Half a dofcen great American manufacturing industries, backed by the National City Bank, have arranged to manufacture commercial dirigi- j hies of huge size, on the successful | Zeppelin design, in both Germany1 ami the United States. It will be a! year or more before the first of these is foi service, but within! five years \vv may look to see an immciVot snd-pe??en-| ger traffic tarried by air in these hiiec ships. Meantime, other Americans are experimenting with ail-metal dirigibles on a smaller scale, and those look promising. * : * Luropa The fastest passenger ship \n the world is the new German Euro pa, v.jiieh crossed from Cherbourg to \V\v Yprk in four days, 17 hours and six niinutes. The next fastest is the Rri>ifipVi nl?ii * eki?. ?rU;..k "Sgg^r'^1 Rfi'F' " i did the trip in only 17 minutes lessl liihe. There are only three ships in fc^the world larger than the JSuropa i and the Bremen. They also weve built j in Germany. They are the Majestic, originally the Bismarck, seized during the war by Great Britain; the Leviathan, originally the Vaterland. seized by the United States, and the Berengaria, originally the Imperator. Commercially speaking, tltese big fast ships are not profitable. Speed costs too much. But as advertisements of their respective nations they pay large dividends in goodwill. Just now Germany seems to be getting mosLof It. Drudgery The world is full of people, cspe, dally young folks, who think there is some short cut to fame and fortune. They try to write stories and carve statues, act leading roles on the stage ui make their fortunes in business, without serving the long and painv fu! apprenticeship which always precedes real success. It can't he done. ! Just now two youpg men who broadcast a negro comedy feature every night are attracting world-wide attention. "Amos 'n Andy" are reported to he drawing a salary of '5100,000 a year, so thousands of young men who think that is easy money are trying to break into the same game. The young men who arc earning a! fortune for their ability as entertain-1 era went through years of ill-paid, j long-hour drudger- before they, be-i came masters nf.iv -ir .i t s. ... I - wmBmmmaasmagwasamiEujima > ?"i ery other great tist in any line. So did every man r woman who has made a success iry business or industry. Young people don't believe that. -It was true when- he pyramids were built: it will still.'..'>ie true when they have crumbled inbcdust. HOOVER SAYS CONFERENCE HAS, SAVED $2,500,000,000 Commending the results of the London Naval Cyiiwieuig President Hoover recently said the total savings to the world would be perhaps $2,500,000,000. The President based his estimates on amounts which he considered the world was preparing to spend on naval construction. He cited the naval ] figures which were the basis of dis- j eussion at the unsuccessful Geneva j parley in 1927, and said that on that basis up to $1,000,000,000 would bej saved by the United States in the next six years as a result of the London accord. ( /ATAl A Non-Partisan New BOONE, SEASON FOR TROUT? FISHING OPENED IN COUNTY TUESDAY S i h Warden H. Grady Farthing Reports, tl | One Hundred Per Cent. Observ-j V ance of Fis?bing Laws. Many Good; Catches of Rainbow and Brook, iv Trout. Department Warns People' ra Not to Pollute Streams. y i .. . . ! h i i ho fishing season for Wataugat. n j County opened Tuesday, and t^te re-J ?>' ! ports coming in are to the effect that' T I game laws are being pretty well oh- w served and that the streams are yield- n I ing the best catches of rainbow and| h brook trout in years. County Gamej it ; Warden H. Grady Farthirig states, tc 'that he has been to practically al: i N i the trput streams of the county dur-| ing the first two days of the openif"* season and, while many anglers arej | on the job, he failed to find one sin: gle man without a Slate license. The North Carolina Department. ?>:* Conservation and Development is. urging strict enforcement of the fish j j,'r laws, especially that section which i wj, i i - . to ''o with stream pollution. If} ceT j residents of the county are placing j ~jg anything in fishing waters which is, ; i injurious to the propagation of the! j)r I finny tribe, it would be well for themj mn j to be informed as to the seriousness jju of the offense. The department calls tjR particular attention to common forms wp of pollution such as sawdust, slabs a | and 'strips from sawmills, acids ol' | UV) any kind in large quantities. and|pjj} waste oils. , ; the Warden Farthing is of the opinion. ue that more non-residence licenses have j mj< "been sold this year than ever before, j fol and predicts that if proper protection J cj1j can be given the streams of this sec-| tion, hundreds of sportsmen will be wp drawn here in the future who are PV now going elsewhere. .)a5 Fishing licenses can be procured gj, in Watauga County from the follow- ser ing deputies and license- salesmen: Boone. Clerk of the Court, Boone Hardware Store and Daniel Boone Hotel; Blowing Rock; Bernhardt | Hardware Store, Ronald Foster; Ban r.er Elk, Everette Fox; Pendley, Roby Per.dley; Todd, Carl Davis; Cove Creek, John Mast Jr.; Meat Camp, J. D. Wineharger, Harrison Baker? 1 Howards Creek, Forace Moretz; Ra! Blowing Rock R. F. I)., Nile Cook; P-c Rutherwood, Filer McNeil; Valle hoi Cruris, W. W. Mast; Laurel Creek, to .1. L. ShuII; Deep Gap. C. C. Carroll. f" ; _ j the Two Are Jailed on 1^', Short-Change Countj ['? Steve titoek ami Dave Guy, thei aal -former said to be an Ohioan, and ' ; fill' luitel u~T?iui:la ui t?. lircch. Greek section, were placed 5n jail ,tl.j ? inday night, on charges growing out mn of their alleged short - changing of san owners of filling stations and stores ' t in this region. Policeman P. C. Wykelji,.., arrested Stack in Boone in the late I ,va afternoon, while - Sheriff farthing | jlej" and Deputy Dee Gross brought Guy, J0j from Beech Mountain at night. The ()j accused were given preliminary hear- j ing before E. M. Hahn. Justice of UJlt the Peace, Monday. Stork was released for want of sufficient evidonee, while Guy was remanded to .iail 111 default of bond. ;.er Just how the racket was worked is unknown to The Democrat in its j|e, details, however, it is said that for t(J.. more than a week the two men had t been reported as short-change artists. According to the report, they would C|_, make as many small purchases at as| n iiiuuy places 01 uusmess as possible, and somehow by the slcight-of-hand j process would contrive to receive p more chaiige^than they were entitled * to. Officers in this city had had re- * ports on their activities for some ^ : days, and their vigilance was reward- r t <'<!' Sunday. $g REPUBLICANS VERY ACTIVE TJ" IN EIGHTH N. C. DISTRICT j,', Washington, D. C. ?- Politicians here are watching with keen interest ^jr what seems to be an irregular move- ^ inent in the Eighth District, repre- * sented by-Robcit L. Doughton, Dem- ,v ocrat. The ttepuoucans will run ^1. ^af F. Wakefield, of Lenoir, a member t of the fusion legislature of 25 or jr0 more years ago. R. Lee Wright, of ocr Salisbury, a report from the State jt()1 says, will run as an independent. rea A further report says that, in the ^e event Senator Simmons is defeated j>0 for the n(hnination for the Senate j,as the Republican candidate will with- wj~ draw and let Mr. Wright make the s(.j, race. This, observers say, may be a jus little game of strategy on the part of the Republicans to get another mr seat in the House. Mr. Doughton would not discuss the situation, but he believes that , he will be able to defeat all comers I in November. I o > Politics take queer turns here. pnj Democrats were elated over the pros- yja pects of seeing Claudius H. Huston qc| ousted by his own party associates sj,e from the chairmanship of the Repub- v,h; lican committee. President Hoover, her it was understood, thought Huston prJ should get out, but when Senator 31 Simmons and one or two others open- gj,' ed up on John J. Raskob the Republimns joined in. and created a smoke <,pp I screen for their man. J. B. TAYLOR SELLS INTEREST ! pfp IN TAYLOR MOTOR COMPANY Mr. J. B. Taylor, who has owned and controlled the big business of the Taylor (Ford) Motor Company 'for several years, a few days since "TJ sold a two-thirds interest in the busi- in ness, Messrs. Russell Hodges and riu Dayton Wilson being equal purchas- pri ers. The business, it seems, has done IS, well, and with the addition of these enj two hustling young men, who have jus had long experience, will add con- ow siderablc voluihe to it. nig JGA spaper, Devoted to the WATAoGA COUNTY, NORTH C. iiiiu Man's Smokehouse Lobbed of Its Contents i The Democrat was of the opi/x- j m that about the meanest man in le world was the one who stole j /att Gragg's bacon just after his j ome was destroyed by fire. Is ! icre a chance for a meaner trick? ! /hy, yes, read: Mr. F. D. Bingham, of Rutberood, stone blind for many years, aised himself some fine meat last ear, and had it stored in a smokeouse on his premises. On Friday ig.'it the pad-lock was broken and very pound of it was carried away, he tracks of a man and woman ere found at the building the ext morning, and right near the Dine were the tell-tale tracks of \e automobile in which they came > accomplish the dastardly act. ext! JB M ommenoement Begins Friday at Cove Creek The annual commencement of the lye Cveek High School will begin ida\ night. April 18, at 7 o'clock, th the class night exercsies by the lior class. Tbero will he thirtyht graduates this year. Saturday morning al 10 o'clock, . A. E. Gate, clean of Carson-Ncw11 College, wili deliver the annual ?rary address to the members of graduating class, and diplomas 1 be awarded. Saturday afternoon baseball game will bo played heron Mountain City and Cove Creek rh Schools. Saturday night at 7 :*>0 ? senior play, "High Flyers," will presented. There will be an adssion charge of 35c for adults, 25c high school pupils, and 15c for Id ren. The final program will be held h the Baptist Church on Surida^ rning at 7:30 when Dr. Chandler, tor of the Methodist Church in one. will preach the baccalaureate nion. The public is cordially invited to end all these exercises. idge Ragland in Race For State's Attorney for several months Judge John W. crlnnd. of Mowlonrl ,w>"" ~ inched by dozens and scores of ;h men and women and implored announce for Solicitor. He reed to give his consent. But since fact has become known that RaxLinnev. of Boone, will not be the publican nominee, such pressure ; been made upon Mr. Ragland it he has agreed to enter the June marv, and will make his formal louneement in a few days. Vfr. Ragland was nominated and cte~the race^a^inyt^tlie lTunutoulc ink A. Binndy fn l'JKl, and they de the campaign together in the le buggy and of ten-times slept toiler in the same bed. After the th of Judge Long, Mr. Ragland s appointed emergency Judge and (1 courts until a Judge was apntcd in his place?hence the title Judge was given to Mr. Ragland. Tohri \V\ Ragland was a resident 1 practicing attorney in Mitchell jr.iy prior to the formation of cry (in JLl'll), and is well known oughout the district. He is a lawof rare ability and fine qualifiions; but better still, he is a ger.nan in the broadest sense of the m, a splendid mixer and an enevic campaigner. ILD REAbS AT FOUR YEARS -LD; KNOWS LETTERS AT TWO ilr. and Mrs. Z. T. Greene, of the liar Grove section, returned to ir home last week after havingished teaching a very successful m of school in the vicinity of mite Falls. Mr. Greene while maka business and social call with i; Democrat remarked, when questied as to the welfare of the famriwt -u * iibiis tigiit-ycai-uiu gin, jgene, had been promoted to the :h frrade. When further questioned . Greene revealed the fact that child had mastered the alphabet the age of two years, entered ool at the third grade and has 1 the benefit of two six-months ms. Imogene learned the ABCs m the pages of The Watauga Demat. which has always been a visat the Greene home, and was ding well and had "gone through" first reader at the age of four, far as the Democrat knows there never been a child in this section 0 has made such early strides in, 001 work and the fond parents are! tly proud of her achievements. i S. ALMA MASTIN BAIRD DIES AT MATNEY HOME | In March 31, 1930, Mrs. Alma) stin Baird, of Matney, died after i srief illness. Mrs Raird was the! y child of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. | stin, of Matney^ She was borni ooer a, taub. Early in her life joined the Methodist Church of ich she has been a faithful memuntil death. She was married to ink Baird, of Valle Crucis, June 1929. Mrs. Baird was a noble ristian girl, much esteemed by all ? knew her, and the news of her mingly untimely death has cast a om over many a heart in her iimUTiitv ? ?*%? urnciirr her wide cirof acquaintances. ?Reported. OPERETTAS Two operettas, "Pandora" and he Golden Whistle," will be given the Demonstration School auditom by the grammar grades and the mary grades, Friday night, April at 7:30 o'clock. If you want to ioy a good entertainment, costing t 15c and 25c, made up of your n children, then meet us Friday ht at the Demonstration School. Best Interests of Northwe A.EOI-INA, THUB-SOAY. APRIL .17.! E. F. WAKEFIELD OF LENOIR TO OPPOSE ROBT. L. DOUGHTON Caldwell County Man Wins Over W. R. Bauguess in G. O. P. Convention by Vote of 111 1-5 to 75 1 Jake Newell Makes Keynote Address. Dr. J. I. Campbell, of Nor-' wood. New Chairman. Ednicpd P. Wakefield, Lenoir attorney. who was called a "battle; scarred veteran of inariy political con-J flicts" in the nominating speech, was | put up by the Republicans of the t Eighth Congressional District at the; convention Held in Lenoir last Thurs-I day. They nominated him as the Re-: publican candidate for Congress to oppose another veteran of many j wars. Robert L. (Fanner Sob) Doughton. Democratic incumbent. ! Mr. Wakefield bobbed up as the; darkest horse the Republicans have \ met in years. JVhen the convention opened there were about five names being mentioned, but Mt. Wakefield's' was not among them. The call for; nominations was issued by Dr. J. Ike | Campbell, of Norwood, the perma-1 nent chairman. G. W. Klutz, of Le-j noir. gained the floor. He "battle- j scarred" Mr. Wakefield's name to the ; attention of delegates. Then W. R. Bauguess, of Jeffer- j son, was nominated. His nomination! ocvumieu i?.> trie nepuoticans young pride, G. Hobort Morton. of Albemarle. There was a lull that \vasj almost embarrassing, and W. H. Gragg, of Boone, seconded Wake-1 field's nomination. The boys voted i and woke up to realize that they had! nominated the Lenoir man by 111 1-2 I to 75 1-2 convention votes. The highlight of the convention I was a speech by Jake F. Newell, Charlotte attorney, who has fought, bled and died with the boys as many times as any other Republican in the ranks. He recited the great suffering, then pictured the- peaceful future. Looking over the assemblage, he remarked, "many, of you came from the Democratic Party." He shed a tear of understanding because the? had "heard the call of sacrifice." j "You went into the Republican i Party with hope of reward," he toldi them, "hut there is a greater service j than merely winning at election i time," Mr. Newell said. He had gentle words of praise for their noble fight, and he promised relief front * above. "God looks down on people; who are oppressed and lifts them up," u-nc ilm ?J 11-- ' " ? ..... ?.... ..vt>v \n K-waiu. .'vut'iuiy uie1 Republican Party in North Carolina is being lifted up, even now, he said, j it is not only the party of brains, j the party of material wealth, but it j is the party of hope. _ ?Nine members 01 &epub- j lican Executive Committee were se^ letted f the convention. Watauga's! member is W. II. Gragg. of Boone. | Dr. .1. Ike Campbell earlier had i been selected as permanent chair-j man; succeeding -f. F. Harris, of j Concord. Major E. II. Beam, of Salis-i bury, was named permanent sccie tary. LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION TO MEET ON NEXT MONDAY The Livestock Association of Wa-1 tauga County is calling a meeting for Monday, April 21. 19o0, at 2 o'clock p. m. This meeting will be held in the courthouse in Bcone. There are two important features! of this meeting. First, Farm Agent j Turner, of Ashe County, will be pres-i ent to explain a plan of selling the! farmers' wool for this season, and! second, the advisability of arranging: for a street fair for the farmers, to; be held in Boone some time this fall. . We are anxious to have a good; attendance, it is important that ev-1 ery farmer who has wool to sell be : present, and also important that any-i one who expects to buy attend. MRS. LETTIE ANDERSON DIES AT HOME ON BRUSHY FORK1 Mrs. Lettie Aderson, a most estiMffMKSSiS c f; the. jBrurh-' EWBWwB I tion, died at the home of her son, Mr. Jeff Anderson, on Friday, the! 4th. The good lady, who had lived' to a ripe old age, was held in high esteem by all who knew her. She was the widow of the late Bynum Anderson. who many years ago lived on what was later known as the Garner farm. She is survived by three sons (all the children who are known to us), Messrs. Will, Boss and Jeff Anderson, who are numbered among our best citizenship. Interment was made on Saturday. 2,000 Small Fish for Mow Poaring Pools] (Lenoir News-Topic) Two-hundred fry, little fish, ranging in size from one-half to one inch long, are now in the Marion and Boone hatcheriet wniri.? h- 1;"" crated in the new rearing pools in Caldwell County, according to J. P. Stcpp, assistant State' game warden and founder of the Lenoir chapter of the Izaak Walton League. ? Water was turned into the new rearing pools yesterday. Several, days will he required to fill the pools, and then the fish will be placed in them. The pools are located in a' small dam near the .Blowing Rock Highway. Of the fry to be placed there 75.000 are brook trout, 25,000 brown trout, 50,000 painbow trout and 50,000 bass. The fish will be kept in the pgol until they grow to the fingerling size, and then they will be distributed in the fishing streams of Caldwell County. 3CRA st North Carolina Asks Re-election "FARMER BOB" DOUGHTON "Farmer Bob" Doughton Again Asks Nomination "Farmer Bob" Doughton, Repre- j tentative in Congress since 1.011 and now a member of the House Ways! and Means Committee, filed notice | and fee with the North Carolina Board of Elections last week. Mr. Doughton says he lias requests from all over his district to run and that SO far its h.. fnmtrg V,..c I opposition. While not bragging about j what he has done, he welcomes com- i parisons with others when it comes! io his own district. As a member of the House Roads] Committee, he aided in preparing legislation providing for large annua! appropriations to the states. He has; given di 111 gent aTtentiori to the recognition of World War veterans and urged better mail facilities. "Farmer Dob" thinks that the Democrats ought to repeat in his district their 1926 record of 9,000 majority. Three out of nine counties in his district flopped into the Re publican column last election. "Fsbjn.i er Bob'* expects the prodigals U> re- i turn this year. Legion Host to Kiddies At Easter Ecrc Hunt! I _-_J?-ver-,v -child? i nUS2!ktajiga__CimntyJ- I under ten years of age is inViti-u toj be with Watauga Post 130, Amvci-j can Lcgiand Legion Auxiliary,; next Sunday (Easter) afternoon at; 2:30 o'clock in Legion Park, Boone.! t?> take part in an egg hunt, which will be given to every child in the j county of the above age. The chil-j dren are asked to befog :i few coi-; pied eggs with them, if possible; if not, conic anyway. U is expected that some appropriate stories will be told the kiddies, by a noted story telle)-. Plans wil!| be worked out for the gathering by I the Auxiliary, and every World War] veteran will be expected to aid the \ ^Auxiliary in every way possible. j K It bas been suggested that all chil-. tlreti wear their every-day clothes sol they may he better able to romp and j piay and enjoy themselves. Any j child who has no way .of coming to i Boone should get in touch with some] ex-service man in their community j so that transportation may be arranged. SPENCER MILLER. Com. MRS. LLOYD ISAACS. President Auxiliary. A SOUTHERNER WINS MUSICAL j DISTINCTION OUTSIDE DIXIE; Mrs. Ruth Rankin Rutherford Jr.. who is completing her fifth year as a Julliard School of Music Fellowship student, with a few comrades represented the school in a program in City Hail, New night, April 11. The papers Saturday gavc the best write-up the Julliard has ever had, praising the performance profusely. And that from the hard-boiled New York critics It is of interest thai Mrs. Rnther?) ford will fill several engagements in: North and South Carolina on her cor. i cert tour in May?Atlantic Christian' College on the first; Norwood on the'; second: and Winthrop College, her| Alma Mater on the fifth. Mrs. Rutherford is well known in music circles in the Carolinas, having played widely as Ruth Rankin, of Boone, North* Carolina. JONES AGAIN NOMINATED FOR SOLICITOR IN 17 in OiSiKkCl , Solicitor John R. Jones was nominated to succeed himself as Solicitor of the Seventeenh Judicial District U.. tU- ? ? " " " ip?y tne rvepuDiican Judicial Conven-i tion which met in the courthouse in i Wilkesboro Tuesday afternoon.! There was no opposition to Solicitor! Jones from the floor of the conven-! tion. he hnviner heen indorsed by| practically every county convention] in the Seventeenth District. The convention was called to order by Chairman J. .V.. Brown, and was presided oVer by F. D. B. Harding, of Yadkinville. Solicitor Jones was placed in nomination by ExSheriff J. H. Johnson, of Wilkes, who has had the distinction of nominating each man who has served as solicitor ia this district for the past sixteen years. A rising vote. of thanks was extended Solicitor Jones by the convention for the splendid manner in which he hhs prosecuted the docket | throughout the district. $1.50 PER YEAR COMM ITTEEMEN OF WAT a UGA PUBLIC SCH(1)LS NAMED Board of Education, in Meeting Here Monday, M?.kes Public List of Appointments on the Various School Committers. Transact Other Business Matters of Routine Nature. Terms Expire Alternately. The Board of Education of Watauga Count} met { in regular session Monday and named the committeei men for the various schools of the county. In addition to tins, no other business, except of a routine character, came up for consideration. Following is a List of the appointments, terms expiring in the order named? one, two, three years: Boone Township?Boone. W. G. Hartzog, John E. Browr. W. H. Gragg; Oak Grove, Lionel Ward. Lee 0rciss, J. C. Hodges; Howards Creek, J. J. Miller, Wilby Browr.. Bart Morris ; Hiitherwood. Dock Edmisten, Koby Winkler, R. Roy Brown; Poplar Grove, Fred Winkler. Roy Williams, ii. F. Dotson; Liberty Hill, Ed Walls, W. P. Moody, Fowl Hollers; Brushy Fork, T. L. Mast; Andy Greer, S. E. Anderson. Blowing Rock-?Blowing Rock, Ed UnderduWii. Richard Holler, John Lentz; Cool Springs, Fred Andrews, Q. B. Cannon, Fred Penned. Blue Ridge?Bamboo, George Keller, Ira Critcher, A. -I. Edmistcn; Aho, Granvili Storie, Marion Coffey, Joseph Greene; Penley, Millard Coffey Luni Bradshaw; Bradshaw, W. N. Storic. J. Milton Bradshaw; Cook, C. M. Hamlet. John Trexler, II. H. Greene; Middle Fork. Leon Coffey, Grady Greer, H. O. Coffey. Beaver Dam?Timbered Ridge, A. < . Greene, Ray Tester, A. Y. Smithcrman; Bethel, Clyde Perry. James Sherwood, W. Y. Farthing; Forest Grove, Cbariie Johnson, Don Hagaman, Roy Adams; Reeses, Will Wilson, J. R. Eggers, C. B. Reese. Bald Mountain?Todd, \V. S. Mil lor. W. N. Howell; Castle, Will Byland, Russell Vannoy, Joe Phillips; River View, E. F. Morctz, Paul Morris, H. C. Moretz. Cov?- Creek?Cove Creek, Sam Atkins, A. J. Payne. Enoch Swift; Sil versions, A. L. Wilson, A. N. Mast. Roy Wilson; Mabel, E<1 Williams, N\ M. Church, John E. Combs; North Fork, R. A. Thomas. Hiram Greene, John Isaacs: Zionviile, Mrs. Vertio Thomas. A. L. Miller. E. G. Greer. Elk?Upper Bjk, Charlie Triplett, Clay Hedges, P. G. Carroll; Lower Elk, Charlie Triplet!, Lee Mmton, John Hendrix. Laurel Creek?Ivy Ridge* G. A. Edmisten, J. I. Glenn, W. J. Love; Windy Gap. Lewis Harmon. H. A, Hagaman, Ira Edmisten; Rowinger, Mm*! in TriveLt:?Dewey RorniiteerC"Craft Presnoll; Johnson, Walter Ward. William L. Ward, John Ward Sr.; Kellcrville, Roy Trivell, I) a 11 Presneli; Presneli, L. J. Presneli, O. A. Baiid. Lewis PresneliMeat Camp?Miller, D. O. Coffey, Harrison Baker, Avery Greene; Greene Valley. Sam Norris. L. F. Rugan, Bynum Gross; Winobarger, Henry Profit, Eugene Moretz, William Winebargef; Chestnut Grove, Carl fevers, Walter Greene. D. L. Greene; Rich Mountain, L. F.. Beach. G. F. Culler, Herman McNeil. North Fork- Tracy, .J. R. May, Roby Thomas. Frank Bumgarnor; Pottertown. Rom Potter, Walter South, Sam South. Stony Fork-?Deep Gap, David Lookabill, H. E. Greene, Jeremy Greene; Stony Fork, W. M. Sherley, Isaac Greene Zeb Greene; Mt. Paron. Jake Miller, William Miller, Smith Church. Shawneehaw?Cool Springs, James Michael, W. I,. Welch. Frank ChapelMatney, A. M. Mills, J. L. Triplett, L.ee uarrender. Watauga?Valle Cruris, \V. W. Mast, C. 13. Taylor, Martin Harmon; Clark's Creek, t. A. Lowrance, Charlie Lowrance, B. M. Baird; Dutch Creek, Cicero Tovvnsend, E. C. Welch, L. F, Townsend; Shulls Mills, Mrs. Claud Shores, Cap Honeyeutt, G. W. Robbins; Foscoe, Charlie Moore, E. B. Fox. Dave Wyke; Grandfather, Mrs. T.. M. Hodges, iT.ohn; Fr?v^fL H. McLean: Bairds Creek, Lonnie Greene, 1. N. Minton, N. H. Earp. Colored Schools Boone?Boone, Ed Folk. Ronda Horton, Roeford Horton. Beaver Dam?Beaver Dam. Tom Banner, John Ray. Laurel Creek?Laurel Creek. John Whittington; O. G. Mitchell. Eb Whittington. Rails 72 Years Old Dug Up on Watauga Farm While opneinp up drain ditches in aunir uouom lantl on the farm of Mr. Carrol Adams, near Silverstone a few days ago, some ItiuOrciS found,-deep below the surface of the ground, three perfectly preserved water oak rails which, investigation disclosed, were placed there by the grandfather of Postmaster A. W. Smith, of Boone, in the year 1858, or 72 years ago. The rails are as firm, apparently, as when placed in the bottom of the ditch, hut hava lost their wood color and taken on a deep blue cast. We are told that part of this antiquated wood will be seasoned and worked into novelties of some kind an,! kept as souvenirs by descendants of the pioneer who put them there mors than three score and ten years ago. COUNTY GETS CONVENTION The executive committee of the North Carolina Building and Loan League, meeting in Salisbury Tuesday, decided to hold the annual convention of the league this year at Green Park Hotel, Blowing Rock. The dates are June 18, 19, and 20.