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VOLUME XLI. NUMBER 48
Today and
Tomorrow
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By FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE
Murder
One person out of every ten thousand
is murdered every year in the i
United .States. That does not mean J
:nat your chance of not being: mur-j
dered is only ten thousand to one.
For the ordinary peaceable citizen
the chance is nearer a million to one
that he v. ill die at the hands of a
murderer. Most of the murderers' victims
are themselves potential murderers.
In probably half of the kill
ings it is a question of which crimi>
nal got the drop on the other,
k I lived several years in Chicago,
w many years in New York. My work
as a newspaper man took me into the
most dangerous parts of both cities
at ail hours of the night. I never felt
the need of carrying a weapon and
1 never knew of anybody not a crook,
who was sober, unarmed and not displaying
signs of wealth to tempt a
footpad or a burglar, being murdered
except by some crazy man.
wmcn might have happened anywhere
Prophets
The voice of the prophet is still
heard in the land, but it is the voice
of the scientific research worker discovering
new processes which will revolutionize
some industry, and of the
trade commissioner reporting these '
new developments to manufacturers. j
A short time ago one *>f the Government's
trade commissioners re- '
ported from Berlin that German '
chemists.haa found a new and cheap '
way to make methanol, usually called :
"wood alcohol." The Department of
Commerce broadcast that news to '
every producer of methanol in A met - ;
ica. Only one paid any attention; he \
sent a man to Germany to find out '
more about it. The others sat tight 1
until, a few months later a shipload |
of the new Gormnn mefrVinnnl
rived in New York, to be sold at less
than the American cost of production.
Then the manufacturers demanded
to know why they hud not
been vtold. They simply had not listened.
All of ihe old plants for making
methanol had to be scrapped and new
ones constructed to make it by the
new process, and the man who had
listened to the prophets was the first
American in the field with cheap
methanol.
Moon
The hottest object anywhere near
ihe Earth is the Moon. Also it is the
coldest. Observers using the 100-inch
(elescape on Mount Wilson have been
measuring: the moon's temperature
for a year. They report that the
parts of the moon on which the sun
shines are hotter than boiling water,
and the side away from the sun is
at least 25-1 degrees below, zero.
The reason for this is that moon
is a dry, dead mass of cooled-off '
lava, or melted rock.-It has no water. <
no vegetation, no life, nothing to make
clouds to temper the rays of 1
the sun. If it were not for water va- 1
por in the earth's atmosphere we ?
could not live on it. The blanket of ?
vapor keeps the heat from the sun ?
from burning "us up in the daytime,
prevents that heat from escaping: at I
night. ^
One way astronomers can tell I
whether other planets than ours are 1
probably inhabited or not is by study- i
ing their atmosphere through their 1
great telescope. The only one on \
which it seems possible for life as i
we know it to exist is Mars. When 1
the new 200-inch telescope is fin- ?
ished we shall probably get some evi- i
dence as to the population of Mars.
Sperry
Elmer Sperry, inventor, has just '
retired from business at 72. He prob- (
ably will keep on inventing. He built t
the first electric lighting station in
the world, using arc lights, before (
Edison invented the incandescent
bulb. He invented the modern electric
.coal-mining machinery. He made
I the first electric automobile. He in- i
rented a process for extracting chlo- 1
rine and alkali from common salt j
which forms the basis of one of the
great electric power industrise at Ni- ;
agara Falls. Ha discovered a way of \
reclaiming it from old tin cans, s
founding a business which buys tin t
scraps from the can factories, re- s
moves the tin and sells it to silk ]
manufacturers to weight their goods 1
and melts up the iron plates into \
windov,-sash weights. He invented <
and built the most powerful search- 1
lights in the world, giving off more *
candlepower per square inch of sur- t
face than the sun itself, and now t
! used by every Army and Navy in I
the world. i
Sperry is best known as the in- 1
ventor of "Metal Mike," the auto- 1
matic steersman for ships, utilizing i
the mysterious principle of the gyroscope.
He invented the gyroscopic 1
compass, the gyroscopic stabilizer for i
shins and for airplanes. One of the!:
most recent, of his inventions tells i
railroad men whether there arc any i
hidden flaws in their rails. Hfg latest
is a light weight Diesal type engine
for airplanes. Only Edison has
produced more useful invention than
Elmer Sperry.
LEGION AUXILIARY
There will be a meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary on June
4 at 2:30 p. m., in the home of Mrs.
L. S. Isaacs on Pine Street. All members
and those eligible are urged to
! attend.
MRS. L. S. ISAACS, President,
MRS. CHAS. YOUNCE, Secy.
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A iNon-rartisan i>'ewi
BOOWE, 1
AMERICAN LEGIOT^
HELD MEMORIAL i ,
SERVICES SUNDAY!!
Str
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Meet With Lutheran Congregation ! Bo*
in Memory of World War Soldiera mo
Who Lost Their Lives in France. Chi
Rev. J. A. Yount Delivers Ahle he
Sermon to Large Audience. gee
hac
A memorial service for Watauga's of
soldiers who lost their lives on the thn
battlefield of Europe was held at thej tim
Boone Lutheran Church on Sunday tifij
morning at 11 o'clock. A large num- iai]
jber of ex-service men with their \va
wives and families were present, a tha
section of the auditorium having "T1
been reserved for theni. The church her
was beautifully decorated with rho- die
dodenaron. mountain .ivv, sweet peas tru
and fern, the tri-colors of the Allied ing
Armies lending a militant splendor to 1
the interior. icis
With Mrs. C. M. Bingham, a mom- at
ber of the Legion Auxiliary, at the unt
piano, the audience sang "America." "the
The scripture lesson, John xvi, 23, bia
V... D ? -?-? j
??o icau uy ivev. oeilCUBl, IOUpWlllg UUC
which Dr. O. J. Chandler. pastor of tini
the Boone Methodist Church, offered mu
prayer. fou
Following the singing of" a hymn, lo v
Rev. J. A. Yount, pastor of the est
church, welcomed the visitors and de- bos
iivered a most impressive sermon on our
the sacrifices made by the mothers
and wives of soldiers during the cr
hloodv conflict of 1917-1918. Call- of
ing attention to the three banners Sue
which were displayed about the al- slat
tar, the eminent divine recalled the s r
men who gave their lives for the der
cause which they represented, those to
who died in service, and those who to
have succiicmbed to ailments of war I
since the Armistice was signed. A.
"This great World War," he said, us
had no use for a slacker. The nation mei
as a whole assembled under the col- of
irs, the. mothers, fathers and sweet- yen
hearts offering theiv loved ones to 1
the cause of democracy. We were chu
lot present with you boys while you a. s
were fighting for our freedom, but was
were with vou in our prayers. Duty Sox
was most sublime in this great strug- the
tie. We deeply regret the untimely
pilgrimage made bv many of our N<
companions who fell by tne wayside
in this great conflict ami since its
The speaker referred to three 3
"ivil War generals, Grant, Lee and j
shernian, whose statues now grace ^or
he Halt of Fame. "life-long mono- L;le
nents to service." "Our American iiav
>oys did in no way fall short during jv ,
:he World War, their patriotism he- tn|<,
ing most sublime^" the speaker stat- 0^j(
;d. Enumerating the cost of war ^
md eulogizing the whole-hearted t|H,,
liatiner in which the people rallied sav,
.0 the cause, Rev. Yount explained as''
;hat America spent considerably f01.
nore than $1,000,000 an hour for p
jvor two years; that when War was sec|
leclared in April, 1917, the Uniled m(J
states had only two aviation fields maj
.vith 55 servicablc planes, and at its rajr
'lose we had 27 fields in operation w0,
.vith 8,000 training planes and mere j.rel
ban 1,100 shipped overseas for duty sjaI
in the firing lines. The number of tp;,
American soldiers w li o reached 1(1,,
Prance was 2,000,084; the American cou
lattle losses, saying nothing of the |iav
lues who died of sickness ami dis- ( olj
?ase, were 50.300 killed in action,
ind 200,190 wounded. 0et?
In conclusion Rev. Yount ap- ]egt
Denied to the Legion men, their \
vives and children to accept God as
heir leader and to let their aims be pv0
"or higher citizenship, of which God and
.vas the founder. Following the ser- tjje
non the Lenoir-Rhyne Glee Club esss
iang "Just as I Am." and the meet- porl
n? was dismissed. A bountiful bas- 3
tet dinner was served on the church tiuii
grounds, and the entire congregation e.;tj
vas invited to partake. pee
A brief meeting of the Legion and j for
Legion Auxiliary was held after thel
nemorial service ami arrangements a^j'
nade to decorate the graves of all as
World War veterans buried in the wol.
:ounlry. Three of Watauga's soldiers
ire buried in France. jja!
1tto wood makes rank of
"a" grade at state prison e
hoy
Raleigh.?Otto Wood, Greensboro's jy 'j
nost distinguished living prisoner, p
las gained his "A" grade at the State uas
irison war
Much learning made Otto inad and }lnn
ifter he had written one of the most 0'C1,
videly circulated books produced by fje](
i North Carolina author, he went in- pur
.o obscuration. Mr. Wood's book t(,ei
ihowed him to be a very fine man. SOn
Nobody ever had a less murderous aKa
leart and he proved to a great many ]atc
leople that he never killed Kaplan of the
Sreensboro. But, when his goodness }jQ]
lad been "sold" to everybody, par- {j,L.
gCularly to buyers of his books, he i,a),
;ook his foot and hand and made his wjy
hird escape. When finally rceap- c]es
:ured, as always he is, he was put m0I
n solitary confinement -and kept r
1.1 OZ? A* "
,nere munins. governor liardner jng
ia<l him released and today Mr. Wood reC(
s a grade A prisoner again. con
Otto, who has gained something "g,
ike sixty pounds in weight since the an(
Governor ordered his release in Ap- ^at
-il, 1929, from "death rev.-," is scrv jj,e
ing a 25-year sentence for killing a hjs
pawnbroker in Greensboro in 1923. jnif
chii
MAYV1EW MANOR WILL OPEN the
TO PUBLIC ON JUNE 20 ado
A Mr. Chapman, prominent hotel P.'a
operator of Daytona Beach, Fla., has tim
leased May view Manor, Blowing
Rock, and will open that popular hos- q
telry on June 20th. He arrived Sun- j
day afternoon, and expressed him- 0f
self as being highly gratified with gev
prospects for the tourist season. 0f
; Sot
More than 6,000,000 acres of Can- tox
adian forests burned in 1929, the of
largest in many years. daj
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spaper, Devoted to the 3
VATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA
race Lutheran Church ;
Celebrates Anniversary';
)n last Sunday the Grace LutherChurch
of Boone ceiebrated its
>t anniversary* with special sery- I
s at the edifice on East Main
eel. Following a brief song serv.
Dr. O. J. Chandler, pastor of ;
jne Methodist Church, delivered a
si eloquent sermon on "A Great
;urch32&n. ' He related that since
had accepted the one vocation of a
at churchman, that many desires
I been cherished in his life. One
the greatest of these, he said, was
t he he permitted to make a lifee
home in a field where the beauil
song of the dew-kissed nioun- ,
i breezes, the pure air and crystal
ters would afford him pleasures
t urban life could never bring,
lis glorious spot has been found <
e in Watauga County," Dr. Chan- '
v averred, "my dream has come \
e. and the good people are helpme
to fulfill my heart's desire."
The minister pointed out that crit- .
ms from many angles are pointed !
the churches, some true and some
rue, but consolation is found in !
fact that men's minds are not
Qt>fl ut lV.fi. -
WW V..V (SU1 UV^IO UJ IJUlfbl COI1- .
t, and that the church has. for all
e. moulded the -life of the com- <
nity. "The churches form the '
ndation of all education, from the
liest mountain school to the high- i
university in the land, and the 1
t citizenship trods its way through <
churches/' <
'Much has been said," the speak- 1
continued, "about the ignorance
our churches; to say the least, 1
h opinions may be confined to ?
rkers, who do not attend church 1
vices to learn about God's won- 1
ful teachings. The Lord tells us
turn away from the supernatural i
the natural things of this life.
)r. Chandler referred to Rev. J.
Yount, pastor of Grace Church,
a great churchman, and conipliited
the wonderful achievements
his congregation during the past ^
r. t
Jaskct dinner was served on the ;
rch grounds at 12:30 o'clock and '
pecial service of song ami praise
; enjoyed at 2:30, the Rev. Sam i
, of Hickory* being in charge of <
congregational singing. t
j
iws of Fish and j
Game Conservation ;
Ir. H. Grady Farthing has re- 1
ed from the State Department of
iservation about 150 eggs from (
Ringneck pheasant. These eggs
e been distributed over the counLo
be hatched by brood bens and j
>n mm of the same as baby
zks until they arc large enough
shift- for themselves. They are
ii to be liberated. Mr. Farthing
> the law will be rigidly enforced ,
to the protection of these birds J
a period of at least two years.
Reports coming from the different '
lions of the county indicate that
;t of the anglers this season are 1
wing good catches of brook and
ibow trout and that conservation j
k has resulted in a general inise
of game fish. Some misunder
uling has arisen, says Mr. Farig,
in regard to local anglers fishin
private properties in other
nties. The impression is said to t
e gone abroad that the Watauga <
inty license, together with a per- ?
from the land owner in some i
er county, gives fishing privi- i
is. It is pointed out that in order >
^ake fish from the waters of an- <
er county it is first necessary to t
cure a state license, costing $2.00
which is good in any county in s
State. It is, however, then nee- <
iry to get permission or buy a i
Slit to fish in any private waters. 1
Ir. Farthing reports the aequisi- <
of 1,C50 acres of the Linney i
ite on Rich Mountain which has c
n leased with a view to using il i
a game preserve. The State game 1
den, Mr. 0. H. England, has 1
eed to stock the preserve as soon
the necessary details can be '
ked out. t
BY BOY IS LEFT IN HALL AT <
HOME OF ELK1N COUPLE
? I
llkih.?-A four-weeks-old baby t
, icn mpnuay morning at an ear- t
lour at the home of Mr. and Mrs. >
B. Holyfield at Rockford by an '
een party, has been accorded a J
m welcome to the Hearts and i
le of the foster parents. About t
ock Monday morning, the Holy- I
il household was aroused by the t
r of an automobile in front of t
r home, but thinking it was their *
leaving to go to work, fell asleep
in only to be aroused a little ;
r by the wails of an infant in hall
beneath their bedroom. Mrs. ?
yficld went down to investigate E
source of the cries to find a tiny '
e snugly wrapped in blankets '
i a supply of clothimr tnilst o.-et ;
anti food for the youngster's niig
meal in a conspicuous place. '
)n the following day a letter bear- j
a Winston-Salem postmark was 1
jived by the family, the missive
taining the information that ,
iby Thomas" was born April 21,
I thnt he was sadly in need of a|
h inasmuch as he had traveled alii
way from West Virginia to reachji
ii*;? nume. i ne rtolyfields were f
iloved to love and care for the j
Id 'as if he were their own and |
anonymous author of the note
led that he or she hoped to ex- j
in the matter at some future |
e. ,
i
INGER CLASSED AS LIQUOR
Jew York, May 27.?Fluid extract
ginger, called "ginger jack," heed
to be responsible for hundreds
paralysis cases throughout the '
ith recently, was declared an in- 1
icating liquor within the meaning
hte Volstead law in a decision to
by Federal Judge Caffey. 1
Best interests of Nortrvwx
ROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY :>y. 1
MANY DELEGATES
AND MINISTERS AT
M. E. CONFERENCE
Prominent Pastors and Laymen from
Seven Counties Gather in Boone
for District Methodist Conference.
Meeting Will Come to Close Today.
Rev. W. E. Poovey, Presiding
Elder, Presides.
The Mount Airy District Conference
of the Methodist Church convened
at the Boone Methodist
Church Tuesday evening. The Rev.
\V. E. Poovey, presiding elder of the
district, presides. Mr. Poovey is a
very able executive and was presiding
elder of the North Wilkesboro
District ten years ago. This district
was only recently merged into the
Mount Airy division.
The opening sermon was preached
jy Dr. 0. J. Chandler, pastor of the
local church, and. was followed by a
communion service. Business sessions
Degan Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock, and the meeting is expected
to close today noon. Rev. L. B. Ab?rnethy
of Elkin delivered the noonday
sermon Wednesday
No less than one hundred and fifty;
preachers and delegates from over
:he district are in attendance in addition
to perhaps 25 visiting workers.
These come from the seven counties
which are inolndorl in MaujoI
Airy District, and from seven others,
larts of which are included in the
conference grouping. There are 1*25
churches in the district, which compose
thirty pastoral charges.
Watauga Wool Pool to
Be Formed June 5-6
Every farmer or dealer who has
?vool for sale and wants to put it in
the Watauga County wool pooh is.
iskcd to deliver it in Boone on either
Thursday or Friday, Juno 5th or 6th.
The State Division of Marketing
a* ill have a man present on these
Jates. The Southwestern W o o 1
Growers Association has agreed to
advance 20 cents on the pound for
die fleece on these dates, and ship
the wool to Baltimore and hold It
jntil they decide it is best to sell.
Then the ha lance will be paid to
the farmer or dealer.
On the dates above mentioned bids
a1 ill he received from dealer's and
mnsnmevs and will he <5old outright,
provided/ a satisfactory price is offered.
If this is not the case, it will
?e sold through the government agencies
as indicated. i
If any person would like to know
more about the plans for the sale,
iiiy member of the committee, ol
a. P. Hagaman or Smith Hagaman,
vjll he glad to furnish the details.
Members of the committee are W. W.
Mast, R. T. Greer and Arli Sj \\.
Brown.
Primor^r Rf?llr>tf
* * J i^ailUlO UCKli
Out to County Boards
Instructions
to county boards of el'Ctions
to provide seperate Soxes for
iemocrr.tic and republican voters in
til contest in the June primary, in
iccordance with the ruling of Attorney
General Brummit, have been forvarded
by Judge J. Crawford Biggs,
mainrian of the state board of eleo
ions.
The senatorial contest is the only
state-wide contest in which both the
ie'mpcvatic and republican boxes are
equired, since there is only one Reouhlican
canrlulnlo riw
commissioner ?11 each of the two
daces to be filled. George P. Pell is
>pposed in the Democratic primary
?y James II. Holloway. Stanley Winmrne's
name does not appear since
le had no Democratic opposition.
Ballots for the U. S. Senate con:est
have been sent out to the JO
!Ounties in which there are no judicial,
solicitoria] or congressional
ontests, by R. C. Maxwell, secretary
>? the state board of elections. Balots
for judges, solicitors and congressman
had not yet been delivered
>v the printers. Official ballots canlot
be distributed except to electors
vhen they start to vote. But sample
pilots are provided for the convenence
of poll holders.
Democratic ballots are white, reniblican
ballots are light blue, while
he sample ballots, so marked in big
Jack letters, are yellow, democratic
md pink for the Republicans.
The democratic United States Senitor
ballots have the names of Furni*old
M. Simmons, Thomas L. Estep
tnd Josiah W. Bailey, while on the
;ame ballot are the names of George
P. Pell auu James H. Kalioway, caniidates
for the Corporation Commiss0
nomination. On the Republican
Senatorial ticket are the names of
tvin B. Tucker, GeoTge M. Pritchard
1 T\^??
>?. iAccuse Lt anu l_*eorge K.
Sutler.
3LD NEGRO WOMAN PAINTS
CABBAGE TO STOP THIEVING
\V in Stop-.Salem??Some people put
lands on chicken's legs, some people
ret their license number of their cat
for identification but here's one who
oaints her vegetables.
She was just an old colored woman
living in the Pond section who noticed
her cabbages were gradually
disappearing. So she painted the under
leaves with red paint.
Then she went calling. The neighbor
was having cabbage for dinner.
The under leaves were missing from
the head but were in the garbage
ran. The leaves had red paint on
them.
The cabbage owner went for "the
law" but. when they got back, the
cabbage-cooker had gone.
2st North Carolina
930
Miss Coffey Becomes
Bride of Baxter Linne
A marriage of interest to a huj
1 circle of friends in this and adjoi
I ing- states was that of Miss Nell Cc
fey and Baxter Mathescn Linne
which took place Saturday naornii
at 10:30 o'clock at the home of tl
bride in Boone. The ceremony w
performed by the Rev. P. A. Hicl<
pastor of the First Baptist Churc
in the presence of members ol tl
immediate families and a few itil
mate friends.
The vows were spoken before j
. improvised altar of mountain ivy nr
rhododendron, white cathedral ca
dies in silver candeiabra casting
glow over the pretty scene. Previoi
to the ceremony Remme! Porter, vi
linist, played "Liebesfcraum" f'iraa
of Love"), and James Ivloore, tenc
softly sang "Because." The brii
and bridegroom entered the roan
j unattended, to the strains of "Ti
I Wedding March" from Lo'nengri
I played by Miss Ruth Coftey. at. tl
piano. During the ceremony Mi
Coffey played "To a Water
(MacDoweli). Mendelssohn's "Wei
ding March" was used as a rece
sional. The bride was attired in
smart tan ensemble with matchir
accessories, and wore a shoulder co
sage of pink rose buds.
\T,. ti*- r- -_?r
***. auu t>n5. innney telt immed
ately after the ceremony for a im
tor trip through the Shenandoah Va
ley to Washington and other points i
the North.
j Sirs. Linney is the accomplish*
i daughter of the late Senator E. !
Coffey arid Mrs. Coffey, of th
place. She received her education ;
Meredith College, graduating in th
class of '28, and since that time hi
been a teacher in the Boone Hig
School. She is very popular with th
younger set of the town, and has
wide circle of friends over the Stat
who will hear ol" her marriage wit
interest.
Mr. Linney is a sun of the lat
Frank A. Linney, for several yeai
j United States Attorney for the Mi<
die North Carolina District, and Mr
I Linney, of Boone. He received h
A. B. degree at Duke University i
j 1927, and graduated from the la'
[ school of that institution in t he cla.of
1929. He is a member of Kapr
Sygma social fraternity, and a leg!
fraternity, is a member of the Uv
firm of Bingham, Linney and Bini
ham, Boone, and enjoys a luerativ
practice in the courts of several <
the western counties.
The Linneys will be at home aft<
1 June 1 at their beautiful home i
j Daniel Boone Park.
I Big Fish Landed by
Some Boone Anglei
Since tin; irout fishing seasn
opened in this county, followers <
the Waltonian sport have been avai
ing themselves of the enjoyment a
forded to the fullest measure, ar
i more are tales awl more tales as i
the size of the fish the creels coi
tained when the weary sportsmen t*<
tu meet.
Couniy (lame Warden H. Glad
Farthing came forth early in the se:
son with a rainbow from the watei
of Winkler's Creek, measuring 16*
inches. Since that time Mr. Leo 1
Vaughn took one of equal size fro
the Watauga River and anoth,
v. hiejj measured 1712 inches. M
.1. W. jBryan, who accompanied M
i Vaughn, however, says that he hob
! the record of the season, declaim:
j that the rainbow he landed was t\\
| feet long, broad and deep in accon
ance, but the weight of the fis
which, it would seem, had just aboi
reached whale proportions, was in
revealed. To say the least, the b
| ones have been biting, and it r<
: mains to be seen who will yet be d>
I clayed the official grand champic
of troutdom.'
'FORMER BOONE STUDENT
j IS KILLED BY AUTOMOBIL
The following dispatch of May 1
from North Wilkesboro to the \j5tal
press tells of the death of a form<
popular student at the Normal Co
lege in Boone, and will be read wit
sorrow by many local friends of tl
young lady:
"Miss Mary Fag Lankford, daug:
ter of Mr. and Mrs. ,J. W. Lankfnn
i of the Moravian Falls section, wj
almost instantly killed late yestevda
when she was run over by an auti
mobile driven by Sanford Call, c
Hunting Creek. At the time of til
accident Miss Lankford and a sist<
were walking along the side of t'r,
road at a point a short distance froi
their home. She was rushed to tt
local hospital where she died a sboi
while later. Call was taken into cu
tody by Sheriff \V. B. Somers an
lodged in iail where he faces a charg
of murder."
MISS SWINGLE ENTERTAINS
IN HONOR OF MISS GREEN
Miss Dorothy Swingle entertaini
at a tea on Saturday afternoon
the home of President Edgar Tuf
of Banner Elk, to announce the e
gagement of Miss Erlene Green
secretary to the president, and Pr
fersor Dec K. Pritchett, princin?i
Lees-McRae College. Receiving wi
Mr. Pritchett and Miss Greene we
President and Mrs. Tufts, while Mi
Margaret Tufts and Miss Franc
Stinson assisted Miss Swingle in ser
ing.
Among those who called durii
the afternoon were Mrs: Eag
Tufts. Dr. Robert 0. Flinn of A
lanta, Mrs. Tate and Mrs. Hard
of Grace Hospital, Mrs. Wakefic
and Miss Phoebe Wakefield of -A
lanta. Miss Parker of Black Mou
tain, Mrs. Kenneth Forman of E
vidson College, the members of t
faculty of Lees-McRae College. N
Painter and the members of the sta
of Grandfather Orphanage.
?1.50 PER YEAR
~ 1SNSUS RETURNS
y i;H0W BOONE HAS
fi MADE HUGE GAIN
ie ! Including Coiltge Students and Comas
inuters, Town Now Has Population
of Near Three Thousand. Watauh.
t?a's Increase Is Near Two Thoulc
sand. Educational Facilities Conti
tribute to Growth.
"j According to information which
The Democrat received Tuesday from
I Mr. R. P. Caldwell, assistant district
I supervisor of the census at Hickory,
I Watauga County now has a population
of 15,loo, as against 13,777 in
! 1920, a gain of 1.278 during the past
j'lten years, while Boone, her county
seat, now numbers 1,293 souls, as
n" ! compared with the "74 enumerated
| in the former census, an increase
n'i of 919 or more than three hundred
i per cent. Blowing Rock, the only
V. ; other incorporated town in the coun
, i v,?, x.t?a i>uw mnauiuiiius, an increase
a";of 165 over 1920. when 338 persons
s"l were enumerated. The figures as
a supplied The Democrat, it is pointed
out, are released just as sent in by
, the various enumerators, and have
. s not been officially checked by the
l"j Hickory office.
j_| Boone has shown one of the most
n 1 remarkable population increases of
i any town in North Carolina during
,(j j the past decade. While census re^
turns indicate that most of the
j! smaller towns throughout the country
have shown steady decreases, Wale
atuga's metropolis continues to grow*
ls and it is to be remembered that there
has been no substantial widening of
ie the corporate limits. If one should
a take into consideration the transit ni
^ population at the college, which
^ would probably reach a yearly average
of around seven or eight hun,e
died, and should include the resi's
dents of the suburbs, who, in fact,
are citizens of the town in effect,
s the population of the city would be
5'! slightly less than three thousand.
n j Residents of the village of Perkinsw
j viile and of the Oak Glove section
..j and of the territory in the nearby
3 direction of Blowing Kock, as well
t'l as many nearby dwellers in every
'w direction all combine to make Boone
r citizens feel that they really have
? a bigger town than the figures show,
. w however gratifying the percentage of
} increase they show mav In-.
irp The unprecedented growth of
[n I Boone during the past ten years is
likely due to the advent, of good
roads, the railroad and perhaps, more
than all, to the ever-widening fame
of this as the greatest educational
center of Western Carolina. The sub
? stahtml 'Ineivji.se ~in the'^ural population
of this county is none the
,i} less gratifying in view of the recent
)f general exodus of the farm population
to the cities. The figures show
f_ that Watauga is holding her own in
i({ this respect admirably. Her people
;o are becoming more and more inter
estcid in jfje farm, and the younger
n- generation which of hue years has
been migrating to the manufacturing
ly centers, has invariably returned and
?_j made permanent Watauga citizens.
[ ? The figures which The Democrat
u j has received give the population of
3. i the various townships of the county
nil as of 11)20 and 11)30. They follow:
si" I Township 1930 19it0
r-' BaM Mountain |0 482 121
; Renvoi Dam 115V> llol
*si Blowing Rock (town)- 503 33S
& j Blowing Rock 498 396
'? Blue Ridge 718 788
Boone (town* 1293 374
;h Boone 2038 1659
11 Cove Creek 1766 1183
?t Elk 443 493
>K laurel Creek 1111 1124
e" Meat Camp 1 and 2...1230 1133
e" North Fork 239 347
,n Shnwneehaw ... 630 667
Stony Fork 1251 1127
Watauga 1722 2016
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WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING
.5 IS FORMALLY OPENED
1 New York, May 27.?The tallest
" | structure in the world?the Chrysler
" j building, was opened formally today.
lC | Its burnished rustless sie'el spire
scrapes the clouds 1,030 feet above
j}- Forty-second Street and Lexington
'i Avenue, 46 feet higher than the Eifls
fcl Tower and 75 feet above the
>' Bank of Manhattan building in the
financial district, which was opened
" yesterday.
It is a building of superlatives. It
; I is the highest, it has what is said
m j to he the largest painting in the
world in the ceiling of the lobby, a
: canvas 100 feet by 75. It has the
highest restaurant in one of the up7
per floors and the highest club rooms.
1 the Skyscraper Club, and the most
stories. 78.
THE WEATHER
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Weather report for week ending
|d May 24th, as compiled by the Co-opat
erative Station, Appalachian State
Is Teachers College, Boone, J. T. C.
n- Wright, observer:
e. Average maximum temperature, 64
o-J degrees.
rvf' Average miriimum tcispcrature, 50
VII octrees.
re Average temperature. 57 degrees,
ss Average daily range in temperaes
ture, 22 degrees.
v- Greatest daily range in temperature,
26 degrees; date, 24th.
ng Average temperature at 6 p. m.
av (time of observation). 56 degrees,
it-1 Highest temperature reachde, 70;
in date, 21st.
:ld Lowest temperature reached, 41;
it- date, 23rd.
n- Greatest rainfall in 24 hours. .09;
'a- date, 23rd.
he Number of clear days, 4.
Ir. Number of partly cloudy days, 3.
ff Direction of prevailing w i n d,
southwest.
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