VOLUME XLII. NO. 4.
Today and
Tomorrow
By FRANK P. STOCK BRIDGE
Temperature
An Italian inventor has developed
a heat-cooling furnace for domestic
use. The same apparatus which keeps
the house warm in winter will draw
the heat from the air in summer and
keep it coolScientists
have known for eighty
years that this could he done, but
the cost has made it impractihle. Now
Professor E. Guarini, of Milan,
claims to havev found a practical
method of making such a refrigera<
^ : r-heater.
W The use of such a means of artificial
cooling requires all windows to
ho ficrhflt- r.1?c-o/l * 1T ""
v.^.awj wuocu. uawsae ui me united
Slates, however, few people ever
open their windows; and it should
not he difficult to provide for artificial
ventilation to take the place of
direct fresh air from outside.
Mounatins
The highest peak east of the Mississippi
isn't as high as had been
thought. The United States Geological
Survey of Mount Mitchell, in
North Carolina, and finds that it is
6,684 feet above sea level, or 24 feet
lower than former figures.
Only a few mountains in the East
approximate a mile in height. Clingmans
Dome, Tennessee, is 0.644 feet,
only 10 feet lower than Mount Mitchell.
Mount Washington, in New
Hampshire, is 6,288; Mount Rogers,
Virginia. 5,719 feet; Mount Katah din
Maine. 5,208 feet, or 12 feet
ess than a mile. The highest American
mountain is Mount McKinlev,
Alaska, 20,300 feet high, with Mt.
Whitney, California, next, at 14,501
feetAll
the highest mountains are sinking.
In a million years even the
-Rockies may be merely hills, and the
Appalachian range a flat plain.
Sherlock
The death of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle at 71 removes from the earthis
scene the creator of one of the
enduring characters in fiction and
the father of a new school of story
writing.
Educated us a "physician, Ccnan
Doyle early turned to literature, and
while he wrote several historical novels
of great merit, his immense sue
c was NVith hi;-- stovios-of the aunet-detective,
Sherlock Holmes. Life
' wL cral!?-millions of copies of his tracks
r about Sherlock Holmes have been
sold, and the name is familiar wherever
English is spoken.
No leal detective ever did things
the way Sherlock Holmes did, but
that makes no difference. What
readers of detective stories want is
not iact but illusion.
Washington
In 1932 the United Stales of
America will celebrate the 200th
birthday of George Washington. He
was born on February 11, 1732, and
the 11th was the day which was celebrated
as his birthday for many
* ears. But the change in the calendar
in 1751. by which 11 days were
dropped out of the month of September
in that year, made this anniversary,
but an exact calculation,
fall on the 22nd.
The national celebration of 1932,
for which Congress has appropriated
SI,500,000, will last from February
22 to Thanksgiving. The T'resident
is chairman of the Washington Bicentennial
Commission, and each
State* is to appoint a similar commisitityn.
I r\<ro 1 ervmw.il '
j.w4?- uvi<ni vuiii uiibtc^o ? 111 UC lOriHCU
to see to it that every child ar.d every
citizen has an opportunity to take
part in some form of local celebration.
I hope that the picture of Washington
as something between a saint
and a derni-god, so long pei-pctuated
in the name of patriotism, will be
replaced in the public mind by the
impression of him as a very human
sort, of person, hut 1 am afraid not.
^ Smithsonian
More than one hundred years ago
James Smithson, a wealthy Englishman
who was the illegitimate son of
a British nobleman, left his entire
fortune to the United States of
America to found "an institution for
the increase and diffusion of knowledge
among men." Congress just before
adjournment this ' year appropriated
$0.500,000 to add to previous
appropriations for the enlargement
of the Smithsonian Institution and
its National Museum.
Smithson's Jjequest and the pur
pose to whictyjftt has been put have
been worth i. r-^ountahle millions to
America. Research in pure science
conducted by the men in charge ol
the Institution has done more towarr
the development*of our national resources
than ar.; other one cause, sc
those familiar ith the matter say
It is- the cent, to which everybody
who wants know anything aboul
American si rocks, Jishes. piuuu-,
trees, insect animals goes for pre
cise informs It is also the great
est source of information on appliei
science in the form of invention,
PLEASED WITH BOONE
Mr. and Mrs. I). S. Boykin, c
Wilson, accompanied by r. -smal
grandson, are guests for scvera
weeks at the Danie) Boone Hotel
The Boykins have spent some tim<
, here each summdr for the past threi
I years, and state that they have neve
* found a more enjoyable climate o
more huspilafcle surroundings thai
-abound in Boone.
SATAl
< ?05 p&aHmi
A Non-Partisan Nev
BOONE,
piSmliTn
BEGIN FALL TERM
AS JUNIOR SCHOOLj;
Sepfcmbev 20th Opening Date of 1 1
Presbyterian College. One Grade { j
Added to College Course. Prcpar-j J
atory Department Fully Accredited} I
High School. Severe! Changes in | I
' Faculty Personnel. i s
' Lees-McTlae I oliegc at Burinei ?
' Elk. N. C.. will oofn for the fall j
term <>!.' September 10th. The col-j ?
Hgt preparatory deportment will be-) 1
; gin with the eighth grade. and the! I
second year of the junior college will a
< be added, making Lees-MeRae a lul-j t
' ly accredited junior college. It? pre-! t
parat.ory department has been for ]
some years a fully aoccredited hisr.
schoolSeveral
changes have been r '
in the faculty list, which now stands'
as follows: j
Edgar H. Tufts. Banner Eik. president,
B. S. Davidson College; !.t" j .
K Pritchett. Reidsville, X. 0., prin- 1
cipajj and dean of boys, A. B. Daj
vidson College: Rev. \V. K. Smith,
j Banner Elk. director of ?oMcinu? no
I tivities. King- ('oUegc, B. D. Union;
(Seminary; Nell Hall, Bejmont, X. C.J.
I dean of women and assistant in
j tory, A. B. Queens College; Fannie S*
j K. Taylor, Staunton, Va.. Latin and j V.L
'French. Mary Baldwin College; E. T. j ^
1 Erickson. Lotta, N. C., science, A. B. ^c''
j and M. S. University of Iowa; Sarah jM1
j Turlington, Mnoresville. N. C.. his- }>
j tory, A. B. Salem College; Louise ;lN.
Faucette, Bristol, Tenn., religious nii
education, A. B. and M. A.. University
of New York, B. R. E. Biblical a
Seminary, N. Y.; Helen B. Peterson, la
New York City, home economics, A. | J1.1
B. and M. A. Columbia University; 111
Jane Grey, Bedford, Va., assistant wt
in English and religious education, w<
A. B. Agnes Scott College; Katherine an
O'Ncall, Coburn, Va., mathematics. co
A. B. and M. A., University of New .
York; .leanette McLcllan, New York a
City. English, A. B. and M. A., Co- ta
lumbia university; Charles Zimmer- -*?
man, Asheville, N. 0., physical edu- J1,0
cation and social science, A. B, and , *
L. L. B., Wake Forest College. Uu
Alison B. Stirling, Norfolk. VA
librarian. Teachers College. Cooper '
Institute, Washington County Li- jv*
hrary School, Hagerstown, Md.;
William C. Tote, Grace Hospital, '
Rnnnar Pll * . ':?
, ? i.ui imii v ana pnysioiogy, j
A. B. University of Tennessee; M. D.
tviiuxv ille Genera! Hospital, N. Y j00
Polyclinic; Horikla I!. Hardin, Grace] ?
Hospital', bacteriology, A. B. l)uko|?University,
M. 1). Medical Colic-fre of
Viiyrini". Tnlnno University; Georgia | J1,?
Phyler. R< N., Grace Hospital, prac-j
tical nursih<r. Columbia College, Fen-1 *'r
nell Infirmary; Kffie C. Wilson, R.!1
N'., Grace Hospital, hygiene, North "'l
Pacific Sanitorium; Susie V. Prater, ~9.
Grace Hospital, dietetics, Georgia p!
Teachers College.
2 is
Blowing Rock Hotel Is fe
Thoroughly Remodeled
ini
j Thirty-six Rooms Now Equipped With * "
Private Bathe. Running Water A.1
Throughout Building. Good co
Tourist Business Reported
B
Extensive remodeling work, which
has been in progress for the past j
three months on the interior of I
Blowing Rock Hotel and surrounding |
cottages is nearing completion, andlM
this popular summer hostelry, opened tjij.
less than three weeks ago, is now do- wj
ihg a lucrative business. Ht
Changes made on the buildings in- a
| elude the installation of a. modern to
! water system, painting and remodel- ha
J ing. Thirty-six rooms are equipped
j with private hath, and hot and cold v"2
rqnning water now adds comfort to j
every compartment. lf
Donald J. Boyden, owner of the- cj.(
property under whose direction May- Si
view Manor, as well as Blowing Rock Es
Hotel, was operated last year,"is now f '1
devoting himself exclusively to the ->n
management of the latter. Situated
as it is, facing the Grandfather m'
Mountain and .Johns River Valley,
Blowing Rock Hotel offers a dis- ha
tinct attraction to the summer trade,
and it is interesting to 3tatc* that,
despite financial depression, it is en- th
tertaining more guests than at any se
time during recent years. ai1
Among prominent State people
registered at Blowing Rock Hotel this
week are Former Secretary of the ov
Navy Josephus Daniels and Mrs. Dan- ??
iels of Raleigh, Judge and Mrs
Frank Daniels ot Goldsboro. and Mr. m
and Mrs. Josephus Daniels Jr., of
; Raleigh. l>]
Resident of Philippines
Visitor at Valle Crucis ta
1
.j Mrs. B- 0. Leake, nee Miss Annie K1
ShuII, and small son, Janier. William,
' of Manila, P. I., arc visitors at the R]
j homo of her pavents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Shull, Valle Crucis. This is Mrs. j"
' Leake's second trip to the States
:! since she went to the Philippines, ;n
' where her husband is engaged in ;!
. the manufacture of cocoa oil, more el
1 than six yeaps ago.
Mr. Leake is expected to arrive
from Manila early in December, and
will remain with his family until
May l, 1931, when they will return
to the Islands 1
f The former student at A. T. S.
1 slates that she. keeps herself posted
1 on county affairs through the eol- g
umns of The Democrat, and, al- F
e though the paper is nearly five weeks 0
B old when she receives it. every word el
r is thoroughly enjoyed. si
r Other visitors at the Shull home p
l are Mrs. J. W. Leake and Mrs. Pearl t)
Leake, of Charleston, S. C.
JGA 1
rspaper, Devoted to the tie
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CARO
Democrat to Publish ;T1
Stories by Editors ! p
The mretng of the Press As so- j
Nation at Blowing Rock has at- j
tracted so much comment from (
the press of the State that The j
Democrat feels its readers will en- I Fat
joy what the editors say about us ii
kd our country. Limited space d
Forbids the publication of even the
F>est of these stories in one issue* "1
o some are handled this week, ^
u?d the remainder will appear serially
in subsequent editions. J
It appears that the gentlemen Col
>f the press deep!)' enjyode their P'h
irief visit with us, and are tell- *njl
ng the world through their re- he
tpcctive publications of the beau- on
y and hospitality to be found in ^?'
he Blowing Rock section. Wtti
hon
' foil
yea
rought Is Broken by n3
Series of Good Rains
jwnpours Over Week-end Greatly -was
Refresh Suffering Vegetation. ei.
Temperatures Remain Com- tan
fortable as South Swelters vval
The continued thought "1* several
seks has been broken by a series \
rains which fell Saturday night, tpe
tntlay and Monday. The warm sun- y,A.
cht and refreshing showers. it cari
ems. have conspired together to re-.Kvh;
ii!d damages done to growing crops ^
lack of moisture, and the coun- iaw
esidc is again responding to their mjs
irgical treatment. tior
While potatoes are. too far ad- S|ja,
need to Ire materially aided by rm.
in, corn, cabbage, tobacco and hall
rail garden crops have beer, bene- lUKf
ed to a great degree. Farmers who fn>"
re forced to idleness by the dry TiVi
gather have resumed their labors. dial
ill optimism again prevails in the disc
unty. cor.
While the remainder of the South hon
s sweltered in the heat wave, Wa- fer,
ug:i has remained comparatively! no
oi, with the exception of a few ^
urs> during the afternoons. The ,j)(.
Vverpmcnt thermometer at Appa- vvei
hian State Teachers College has ou*
gi stored at high as 90 degrees at has
p. m-, but as evening came mercury rec,
mid begin her descent and by ear- son
bedtime comfortable temperatures
00 to 05 were reached. In the v-n
rly morning hours last week tern- J-**
natures as low as 45 were re- r
rded.
One of the loading report town*
the Southeast, located in the Blue Arr
dgc Mountains al an altitude of j o
ally six hundred feet lower than!
tcr.e-and sixteen hundred font low-l
than Blowing Itock, is boasting of >
; low temperatures during the hot J
lather of the past few weeks. Kca- Siai
It, however, leads to the belief that ing
tnatic conditions in the Boone- ensl
owing Hock section, nestled as it Dej
among the clouds, would bring a Sun
cater degree of relief to heat stif- the
rers than this other well-advertised the
d highly-touted resort. ma<
Boone yearly attracts an inorcas- hy :
g number ot tourists; they come, wev
ey see, they stay and they like it. usir
id each and every one of them he- the
nie boosters of Boone. V
am
oone Man Displays []\u
Fine Selection of Spuds J,^
t
Potatoes! Taters! Spuds' Every- givt
dy said a few weeks back that jusl
ere wouldn't be any, but 011 last on
lursday along came Watt Beach, cati
10 owns a portion of the old Axor tert
irtley place just east of town, with 1 of
few specimens that would lead one! vise
heliove that things are never as, and
d as they look. ran
The assortment, which is now on hav
iplay at The Democrat office, rep- E
sents the number one spuds taken this
urn five hills of five different spe- era
s?Irish Cobbler, Green Mountain, ties
r Walter Raleigh, Early Rose and the
.,.1? 01:.... o -.
u i> uiiaft. jsspec uiiiy large are tno met
st three varieties mentioned, their "\vl
loothness and perfection compar- tret
i favorably with the product of rep
are favorable growing seasons. In an
ct, manv fa inters state that they Stave
rarely seen better specimens in F dat
atauga.
Mr Ueach, considered one of the CJfriftiest
farmers of the county, has
veral acres in potatoes this yeat
id expects to dig the best yield he
m ever produced. He is of the opinn
that the farmers of this section,
en though greatly handicapped by 1
treme dry weather, will realize as (;0]
uc.h or more for their potatoes aj
previous years.
Tei
EMOCRATS PLAN INTENSIVE
DRIVE IN FALL ELECTIONS Th<
ten
Washington. ? Democratic chiei- abo
ins arc laying plans for an inten- cOI
ve congressional campaign to be- ,
n late in August by which they hope hi,
obtain enpugh seats in the house '
give them control in the next con- SU,
"ess" ter
Formulated at secret conferences .
'tween the party leaders here and n,e
New York the plans entail the.rais-,
ie: of funds for dvivps in 19 Tne
border and northern states which I "f l,
ie-Democrats hope to -win. The mon-! .
is to be raised and is to be used
tclusively for the congressional cam , lign.
None of it is to be applied to '
>e $500,000 deficit of the Demo- "
atic national committee. ^
the
NOTICE TO EX-SERVICE MEN an:
we
Watauga Post 130, American Le- '
ion will meet in Legion Hall next giv
riday night August 1, at 8 o'clock, cot
fficers for the coming year will be sec
lected at this time. They will be in- oth
ailed in October. Several other im- On
ortant matters will he discussed- ine
'on't forget to come. cat
SPENCER MILLER, Com. ten
OEM(
:st interests of NoftKwes!
UNA, THUKSUAT JUL.V 31, 19:
iNESSEEMANIS f
ATALLYINJURED j
BY FURIOUS BULL;
her of Mrs. Don J Horton Die* j
n Banner Elk Hospital Last Fri-j
lay. Funeral Held at Tennessee i
iome. Deceased Was Well known1
"hroughout County Where he Had i
)ften Visited.
lr. L. F. Chandler, of Washington i
lege, Tenn-- died at Grace Hosil.
Banner Elk, Friday noon from
iries sustained that morning when
was attacked by an enraged hull
the farm of his son-in-law. Mr.
i J. Horton. of Vilas. Remains
e taken back to the old Tennessee
rce where burial took place on the
owing day. Ho was about eighty!
rs old. i ?
lr. Chandler had arrived in BooncI ?
the Thursday afternoon train,
ere he was met by his son-in-law \
the next morning, as the news
ches The Democrat. Mr. Horton
; going u? the home of his broth
Mr. J. B. Horton. a short dis- j>
fee across the bottom, and had
red Mr* Chandler to slay out ot'
barnyard, where a Holstein bull
being kept. The latter is said'
have ve plied that he did not feai j
vicious animal and that should j
be attacked he f,ou!]l easily take Vp
of himself with a brake stick
ch he picked up from a wagon. I .
Br ri -? - - - * t
li. noyton onougnt his lainer-m- V"
was jesting and proceeded on hisi JJ
fio:>. without further conver&a- jj
i. He returned within a short ,a
re of time and when he reached
burn found Mr. Chandler in a
'-sitting position, semi-conscious*
with the infuriated beast standalmost
over his helpless form,
injured man was taken imme-i
ely to the hospital where it was 1
!Overeii that he was in a dying
diticti. ten ribs and a shoulder j
e having been crushed and in- :
mi injuries sustained. There were
eye-witnesses to the tragedy. J
!r. Chandler had visited often at j
home of his daughter ami was ;
i and favorably; known through- ;
that section of the county 1 and
many friends locally who will
dve the news of his death with; 1
o\v. J
mvict Guards Bound i
)ver to Superior Court !
i
eited Sunday by Local Officers -?
n Charge!, of Possession and 1
Intoxication. Supervisor Fill* ! *
Bonds for. Appearance
rr.-- ~rsAuww. uiijaggg.^---^-:' -
P. Gosnell ad O R. Freeman, two f
to guards who srs employed boss
"nigger" convicts on Route <?0 1
of Deep Gap, were arrested by <
mties Lee Gross and Poly Wykc i
day afternoon at a lunchroom on 1
Blowing Rock Road just outside
city limits. The arrests were '
le following a complaint lodged' ;
a tourist who stated that the men! 1
e drunk, displaying firearms and; <
?g language uncomplimentary toi 1
Sabbath atmosphere. i 1
Vheh Deputies Gross and Wyke
vcd on the scene they "frisked")
gentlemen, appropriated their ar-j
?ry (to which they strenuously plied),
and relieved them of a small J
ntity of liquid corn.
'hey spent the night in jail, were j
in preliminary bearings before;
tice E. N. Hahn Monday morning
charges of possession and intoxicn,
and bound over to the fall Y<
n of Superior Court under bondst oi
$30C. D. R. Lida, State super- H)
>i\ furnished the amounts named .
took the two guards back to the c>ip
where, it is understood, they 111
e resumed their sordid duties. a1
tumors have been coining from
particular camp for the past sev1
weeks to the effect that ill i
itment is being accorded many of P'
unfortunate inmates, and that tl
hods of discipline used by the d1
lipping bosses" have been exnely
harsh. Whether or not these g
brts arc ti-ue, it is expected that P
investigation will be made by
le welfare authorities at an early cj
e. P
:? .-iiq, o
ate Teachers College
Begins Second Term ?
(Bv J. M. DOWNUM) r,'
'he Appalachian State Teachers
lepje has just finished ' its first. ^
:k in the Second Summer School ?
m, and the work seems to bej p
rtine well and in order already, u
; total number for the second "
m is 523. This is considerably a
ve the second term lart summer, p
npsred with last summer the cement
shows quite an increase- '
: first term last summer had an
blment of 580, this summer it was w
i, an increase of 200. The second
rn last summer was 321, this sum- '
r it is 523, an increase of 202. 1
kin& an increase over last sum- s
r of 411, or a little more than 45
cent. e
t is only fair to the student body
sav that the first term this
r was considered the best in the \
tovy of the school, not discounting "
any sense any former students. i
it appears now that, the present *
dent body will he fully equal to ,
first term in quality.* All seem
dons and ready to do their part ^
II in every way.
The student body may he able to ?
0 several good reasons why they j
ne to the college here from every
tion of Nortel Carolina and many
ier states for the summer schools.
e very good reason they are giv- I
1 is that it is the coolest place they 1
s find in eastern America to at- I
d college. i
)CRA
t North Carolina
U>.
Kuester Will Advance j
Interests of This City
C. O. Kuester, vice-president
and business manager cf the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce, who
was a guest of Boone last Thursday
at the picnic supper accorded p
State editors, has, it seems, become
one of the town's most ardent
press agents. In a letter to
the editor, dated July 25th, Mr.
Kuester has the following to say
in regard to the pleasant affair*.
"Spent a most delightful afternoon
in Boone yesterday; the pic- p
nic dinner was marvelous and the Jentertainment
could not have jr
been better anywhere on this f,
earth. J a
"Just want to let you know I j 0
had a good time, and shall do ev- | a,
ery thing 1 can to advance the in- I S(
terests of Boone." j
! 0J
V. C. Dowd Sends a ?
i?
Message to Boone Folk
resident of Press Association Ex- ^
presses Appreciation of Body
for Entertainment Given ec
During Recent Session ol
. nj
The following letter from \V. Cav?fe?\
v oowd jr-, puuusner oi the I hav-iof
itte News and president of then(
o^th Carolina Press Association. is|ol
tdicative of the good will held hyjth
iembers of that, fraternity in vice of tti
oir reception by Boone citizens on ti
si Thursday; ta
hi
Chailotte, X. (". b;
July 2s, 1&30. PI
Nil*. R. G. Rivers, L<
Editor The Watauga Democrat th
Boone. X". C- pi
My Dear Mv? Rivers: pi
1 trust you will grant me space w]
n the columns of The Watauga ho
democrat to express to you and es
:he good people of Lbjone my sin- sti
iere and gruteful thanks for theii ed
generous and unstinted contribu- en
iioh to the success of the convention
of the North Carolina Press ed
Association, held last week at ne
Blowing Rock. I have no hesitan- C.
?y in saying that the entertain- on
ment and recreation provided us on oil
Thursday afternoon was as enjoy- ed
able as any over afforded us. I Hi
(now something of the problem of be
providing automobiles and serving th
>. picnic supper. I never entertained pr
my doubt of your ability to make pc
By outstanding event of the ver- ?*?
uvc, hut it was gratifying and con- Bi
;o)iug to see the happy and friend- Inly
and wholehearted manner in pf
? hi v. ti % the -poo pic JIoo **?- -w c.s
ifter tiic business at hand. N".
A Theimpromptu program, on the tit
picnic ground was cleverfy con- th
'eived and executed ar.d the spon- Sc
aneity ar.d wit of those who took py
part indicated beyond doubt that
l^our iov nrnl r.iir irvi- mw i
--J . ,,y,.y >?<*.-? ????? e<1
*eal. We are sincerely indebted to an
ill of. you and look forward to the th
time when our system of rotation It.
:>i convention places wiP permit us oh
:o return to your immediate sec- m
ion. 1 \I
With every good wish. I am i la
Most cordially yours. | w;
W. CAREY DOWD, JR. j th
lailey Addresses Press j*"
Meet at Blowing Rock j111
? ! .it
Three necessary steps in the do se
idopment of North Carolina were
utiined to the editors of the State
: Blowing Rock\last Thursday night C
V Josiah William Bailey, Democratic
mninee for the United States Sen-'
te.
Briefly, they are the consolidation
nd conservation of progress so rap- R<
lly achieved, the rebuilding of the g.
61* on pita wealth of the State, and
R5 01 agriculture arid inlist*
y- tb
Referring to the rebuilding pro- pi
ram accomplished in schools, roads, (juttKc
health and welfare systems
nee Walter Hines Page sounded the cc
til to progress thirty years ago, Mr,
?itOy:said, "and now whrtt K .the bi
rder?'* I h?
"First.M he declared, "we have the as
nmediate task of consolidating and to
unserving the progress we have al- tb
*ady achieved. We must hope, < tt
gid economy, to avoid retrench- fc
lent. ' in
"Second, the per capita wealth of:
re people of North Carolina remains; tl
epressingly low. Recent census fig-is!
res show the State to rank 12th injfh
opulation, but we are below 40th I rh
i wealth. We must hope to realize Mr
pon the work of education ar.d up- ! in
n our roads. These have not yet had; m
n opportanifcy to prove their wealth j tc
reducing powers. * ?
"Third, we must foster both agri-||.
ulture and industry. They will go|
orwavd together. Neither can get j
n without the other. Sound thinking
ill give due regard to each- The i L
rospericy 01 eacn is essentia! to thei'^
rosperity of the conjmonwealth." v.
On national aspects of the present D.
ituatior., Mr. Bailey referred to the n
lecessity for developing the State's
xport trade, spice the United States
t now producing in manufactures as
^eli .is agriculture mire than the
imercian people can consume. He I ^
lso gave expression to his satisfac-I ji
ion that the problems of the farm- j
rs have at last been recognized by I "
he enth-e nation and that to a cer- "tj
ain extent the problems have been I u
liagnosed. s
A number of Bailey admirers from!"
:!! parts of the county were presently
or the address. j 0
By installing a hydraulic ram at e
lis spring 817 feet away from the t
louse. J B. Long of Yadkin County b
low has a plentiful supply of run- h
ling water lor his home and barns, a
c $1.50 PER YEAK
IhtorsTrajse"
tins section of
t^ORTH Carolina
re** Convention at Blowing RocL is
Characterized as Oue of the Most
Beneficial and Enjoyable Yet to
Be Held in This State. Motor Trip
Around Grandfather and Boone's
Entertainment Draw Praise.
The session of the North Carolina
rcss Association which closed last
rid ay at Green Park Hotel, Blowicr
Rock, was a memorable occasion
:>r the newspapermen of the stale,
s is evidenced by the unusual ar<unt
of publicity which has been
ccorded the event as well as this
?ct:?on of the state generally. The
ilitors are deep in their appreciation
the courtesies shown them by the
janagement oi' the hotel, by the eitens
of Blowing Rock, LinviRe. Baner
FJIk and Boone, and many of
pi have express^ regret thai the
stem of rotation observed by the
sscciation will prevent another sesbn
being held in this immediate
ction within the near future.
The motor trip which was acc r i1
the visitors th much t Ht? r-niiO-.-u.,.
: the citizens of Boone and the ma.
favors shown along the way, how<er.
have drawn the major share
the comment- On Thursday afterton
a string: of moloi car? in charge
Russell I>. Hodges, President of
e Boone Civitan Club called for
ie members of the press at corivcnon
headquarters. and they were
ken over the scenic Yonahlossec?
irhwa y to Lir.ville where they were
iefly received by the Linvilie 1mfovement
Co. At Banner F.Jk the
pes Mcftue College and hospital was
ic center of attraction and the h'ttslaiity
of the management was cometc.
The party continued to Boone
here all made a "bee line" for the
me of the Watauga Democrat, oldl
newspaper in this section of the
ite, where "shop talk" intersperspleasant
conversation with differit
citizens of the community.
On the lawn of W. li. Gragg the
itors were toted at six o'clock dinr,
during the course of which P..
Rivers extended a brief welcome
i behalf of the citizens of the
ly, and Prof. 1. C*. Greer welcomihe
press on behalf of the college>n.
Josiah W. Bailey, who had not
en expected at the dinner when
e hurried plans for the rather imomptu
program had been made,
it in appearance and W. H. Gragg
t-roditcod- him to the audience. __M*V
iiley's remarks were of necessity
ief, as were those of Hon. Joscius
Daniels, who followed him. VV.
ivny-.-Dowd^jr, of the Charlotte
2\vs and President of the Associa^
>n expressed the uppi eciation of
e press, as did Miss Beatrice Cobb,
icretary. I- G. Greer concluded the
ogram with two folk songs.
The dinner was generally aeclaim!
as nothing short of marvelous,
?? much piaise was bestowed upon
e ladies of the town who prepared
The presidents of the woVr.en's
uhs of the city com nosed the comittee.
Mesdames I. C Giver. ,1. M.
ovctz and P. A. Coffey, ai\<i ail the
an ? ol the community motc-il f?vrm!
;is one in tin- pio par;iiion of
o big picnic dinner.
Tho party was returned to Blowit
Hock following dinner ami man
tize'ns of Boone and the county
large availed themselves of the
mort.unily of hearing Mr. Bailey
diver the principal address of the
ssion in the evening.
)oughton May Run
For Senate in 1932
u Raleigh.?
Repot Is that "Farmer
nh" Robert I- Houghton of Laurel
irings, Alleghany County, might by
me means oecnme a candidate for
e United States Senate seat oceued
by Senator Lee S. Oevrman is
CflKCOfl lfiih rnfnfAnf " *
"r-p-r/e.'"',". C tt"?> ? II VVii VT/vIl/ UUIV, [)tu tlliu
>n.
His record of success in every
imav.v and election in v/liich he
to been a candidate is^ iooxed ^ipuh
; an omen of what he might be able
I do if he should decide to give up
ie seat ho has held in Congress frem
tie Eighth North CaVolir.a District
?r twenty years and seek the post
the upper body
However; grave doubt is expressed
tat he .*ould be induced to condor
the change. In the first place,
ieve is no financial gain, although
tat may he of minor consideration,
t the next place, he would be giyg
up a post, which, under all ?oral
conditions, he might be expected
: retain as long as he may want it
21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
DIES IN CRAVEN COUNTY
New Bern, July 2?.-?Eliza Mayo,
^cd ncgrees who ciaimed to be ai
lost 122 years old, died during the
eex end. Another longetivity recrd
was reported in the death of Ante
Wayne, negro, who died during
<?.- *v t-eiv ciiu at me age 01 ?u years,
ccording to the official records of
'r. D. E. Ford, county health officer.
A<tui Elita May:. v:as
er 22, 1S08. as a slave in Louisville
y., according to an <ild Bible in the
ossession of K. L. Gardner her eouih,
with whom she resided- Up un1
the last month or so she remained
misually active and alert- She could
ew splendidly without the use of
lasses. For 50 years she had no teeth
ut could cosily make away with nuts
r tough meats.
The Federal government lost mony
on her prolonged life. Ever since
he war between the states she had
een drawing a regular pension, her
ucband having been in the union
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