North Carolina Newspapers

> w ^ VOLUME XLII, NO. 7 _ a&fe?g-3?fe1 Today and ?j Tomorrow By; FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE Lo< Accidents The most dangerous occupation. j according to an industrial survey of , New York. is window-cleaning. The 1 chance of accent to a windowcleaner is neariy nine times as great as that which the artisan making fine J*n machinery and instruments runs, the k,a latter being the least hazardous oc- jno cu pation. t Everybody who has ever watched . c< the window cleaners at work on the ,cle outside of a skyscraper has shuddered ^ul at the thought of what would happen rea :f the workers safely-belt broke 3 f \ -while the was cleaning the thirtieth- nc* story windows- The belts do break, ' occasionally, or the cleaner's foot F?F slips and he falls to his death. . e. Window sash made with a pivoted interior frame which can be rotated l"? so that both side? of the glass can ?n( I e cleaned from inside are used in a >ov very few buildings. They cost a little R? nu?:e than the ordinary kind, but in ^ a completely civilized world their use will he compulsory. ? ; t * fingerprints ,!;\j Every reader of detective stories knows that two individuals never 8?^ have the same sort oC fingerprints, 1 and that the fingerprint records of c"' I he great police departments are or- at gapized so that the imprint of any 2M known criminal can be referred to | ei at onee 3"c Few realize that in the Department y.M of Justice at Washington is maintair.ed the largest international collection of fingerprint records in the world, comprising photographs of the _ T fingermarks of more than 2,100.000 Po persons who have been accused, or suspected ot crime. Some have proposed, that every child's fingerprints be taken when he ] first enters school, and preserved a? eon a permanent record of his identity- pav There are many cases in which such anii records would be invaluable, hut we ope are lax about such things. Half of ant the states do not even keep a record 0f oi oirtns. fav of Books Not more than three or lour per- ?n feet copies are known of the first hy hook printed from movable type. Gut- s,.c! en help's Bible The United States of America now 6Wil5 the finest uxara- \,ae _ pie of tiiis precious volume. Tne last! has 1 session of ConpreslTapproprlKfpci Tli- of i OIIO.POII with which to buy the Voll- sta] hehr collection of rare books, for the i),L. Library of Conpress, which contains :rc not only this famous Rible hut more' ,|lel than d.dOp other splendid examples I ,vjt of the work of the earliest nrinters. I ,m)< It has been estimated that it would] / cost more than $5,000,000 to dupnS| l,or rate this collection, if duplication | were possible. ! LE A thousand years from now men j will point to these hooks and say:f ""Here are the seeds of our civm a-! [ tion. It began when man learned how i yp to duplicate koowledpe by printing! j,ii5 and made it free to alt sorts and con- - ;111I unions- or mo^.:: Uy Radium 11 ' The world's ou st precious metal. | ,|a). wor'.h ?2,000.(>00 an ounce, httBjj ha-i domes exclusively 1'iom the Belgian }la\ Congo, in .Africa. Originally discov- acc ered ;n pitchblende ores in the .To- tra achimstkal, Austria, radium was for a0], a while mined commercially in Utah, ma, hut the discovery of a bed of very nm, rich uranium ore in Africa has put j the other producers out of business sep and enriched the prospectors who -> made the lucky strike. On The cost of radium is due to thej"Lr difficulty of extracting it from the [ruj ore and the danger ip handling it Tal Radium's value is due to the fay* pr,. that it is constantly changing into fu[ other substances, ar.d in the process cia! eives off rays and emanations. These scr" have effects upon the human system yp similar to those of the X-ray- Its use i,y in medicine is still in its infancy, hut \\-0 commercially, as the basis of lumin- je]s A oils pamt for the hands of watches jj and clocks, air navigation instru- anc ? merits and the like, the demand is we] large. -A single ounce is enough to wj,i supply this industrial demand for f,.p several years, but no amount of ra- nee dium as large as one ounce has ever jes been assembled in one place. tre; ?, i des Color !ibl ent In the Middle Ages the rich iner- fiol chantr, of Venice spent so much mon- tee ey in painting their gondoias in l>ril-j ut^ liant colore, trying to outshine each other, that an edict was passed by, the Council of Ten that no other ] color but black might be used on these floating vehicles of the Vene- ret tian canals. And all gondolas have . been painted black for five hundred h\b years. Spj Some have wondered ? whether ar there might not be a revival of the ^tn old Venetian rivalry in the gaudy I prj ' colors oi modern automobile:. ' blThe matter is one of personal I f?"j taste. Conservative people and those j fee who do not court attention will al-1 Njo ways prefer black or plain blue, while I ?ha the spirit of youth and modernity | s;0 will continue to express itself in Raygreen, yellow and red cars. MF ? 'V BOONF. HIGH SCHOOL WILL OPEN TUES., SEPTEMBER 2 evi Boone High School will open on ser Tuesday, September 2. Students Cr< should lit able to secure a large num- is < ber of second hand text books. Mr. Mi y Itn'.ph Mast will baye texts in stock be for the students who cannot get sec- of ond-hand books. .v be; t DAVE P. MAST, Principal. ?st ATAT A Non-Partisan Nc BOONE RMjTFACTORY ' iVILL PRODUCE A RECORD OUTPUT! I :al Canning Plant Opened Monday j Morning. Cabbage Being Deliv- j ired in l~arge Quantities. Cutting i j ?f Bumper Crop Began Yesterday.) . Dutput This Year Will Far Exceed I | Former Records. j j v The North State Canning Company j f Monday opened up the it Boone \ ,ut factory and during the day j re than ten tons of Watauga cab- j re was weighed in at the cannery, wording to Mr. Frank Miller, pres- ?. nt of the concern, this years out , of sauer kraut is expected to , ch the 2,000,000-pound mark, or J me-fourth increase over the banvear of 1929. i j eighty acres of cabbage are under j . itract to the factory and Mr. Mil-',, says that the late crop this year ^ fine. Recent rains have increased I tonnage to a remarkable degree, t 1 the harvest is expected to be ( mtiful. ONE YOUTH IS NAMED TO WEST POINT ACADEMY Announcement was made last week} ine war Department ot the ap-j niment to West Point of John Ed-; < Broyjfn Jr. Boone, by Represent-! v re Doughton. Younir Brown fin- L '?! at Oak Riciire Military Acad-' r y last spring with high honors and. ( present is residing with his par- [ 2 s here. He will attend the State] ichors College until ChristiH&s, j I then Vvill attend a school in I ( shington City, where he will re-j , re final training hefoie taking] f entrance examination late in j ^ reh. } :w Filling Station Was Opened Saturday i The new filling station recently t structed at the eastern end of the 1 ement by Messrs. C. IX Coffey I Son of North Wilkesboro was J ned to the public on Saturday, ' 1 the convenience and sightliness t the new plant have elicited much ? e.rable comment from the people 1 this community and the traveling 1 die. s * Fhe station. JOg&uspiciousily located the corner Tot formerly owned c Dr. R. K Bingham at the inter- ? tion of highways 60 and 17. The ' gham residence has been moved * k and practically the entivp lot l been concreted. Gasoline pumps J the latest pattern have been in- ' lied in sufficient quantities so that f re will never be a wait for serv- j1 The Good Gulf products are han- v tl. The building itself is of brick 11 h tile roof and the plant is ultra v .iern in every respect. 11 V. Mr. Barr.et.t of North Wilkeso is in charge of the business. \ ES-McRAE LIBRARY' ADDS mJNDREDS OF NEW VOLUMES j tanner Elk.?The library at LecsRae College, Banner Elk, is rap-1 ^ reaching the* standard set for a J v ioV college Hbrary^?:3,000 books I September 1. 1930, and -i,000 by niary 1, 1931. In August, 1929, consisted of. 500, bocden. onclassi- ? i and unealulogea, kept in a small k room. In one year 1.350 books rj e been added by gifts and all e been classified and cataloged ,'j ording to the Dewey system by a v ined librarian and placed on .. 7es in a bright attractive room j; de by throwing four rooms into ^ imong the most desirable books J| t in bv friends and organizations, j se worthy of special mention, are a riifell's ''Northern Neighbors" and tbvador Days": "The Christ of the ian Road." "Christ at the Round lie", and "The Christ of Every . id" by E. Stanley Jones; beautiillustrated editions of children's >sics; and thirteen volumes of the j ihm*v ptiifmn nf Vnn n?Wo -maAc of these are new. Books given authors include 4,The Life of odroW Wilson,'" by Josephus Dan- V , History of Davidson College by , C. Shaw, and Everyman's Insur- . e by Frgzer Hood. Any books are come except old school texts ich car.not be used because of the s quent changes. Books especially ? Ided at this time are animal stor- * and other tales for boys, books; J ating of art, music, decoration and / ign, and good recent fiction. The :ary is rapidly outgrowing its pres- * quarters, in fact now lacks the :>r space required by the Commit- I on Standards- A larger room is < 'Iic0.uG?5 RETURN FROM MARKETS < Idessrs. Spainhour and Stainback 1 Hickory and A. S. Harris of Boone t urned Friday from New York 1 eve they have been for a week > prig: fall merchandise for the s lihour stores. The new goods i ? now arriving daily at the local < re and Mr- Harris says this year's 1 ces on the markets are considera- | lower than those of last year. He i ther states that there is a general js sling of optimism among the] V^Uavh -. ?'1 4-1. U?' - jwuuci.-i, rtiiu (.uey ueuc/ci < it the crest of the business depres-1 j 11 has been reached. I I < tS. C. L. STEIDLEY HOLDING t REVIVAL ON COVE CREEK 1 J Mrs. C. L. Steidiey, High Point i incelist, began a series of revival i vices at Henson's Chapel on Cove eel: last Sunday and the meeting: i expected to continue until the 31st. i s. Steidiey has visited this county 1 fore and is said to be a scvinonizer unusual power. The net vices arc ins: well attended and much inter- 1 : is manifest. ] JGA ivspaper, Devoted to the . , WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH 0; Miss Annie Stanbury Weds R. Luther Clayj A marriage of more than usual) nterest took place Monday evening j it G o'clock when Miss Annie Stanmiry became the bride of Mr. R. Luher Clay. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's father, Mr. J. S. Stanbury, in East 3oone by Dr. W. A. Stanbury, pas or of Duke Memorial Church, Durlam. r? brother. Only members of he immediate families were present. Miss Stanbury received her education at Greensboro' College for iVomeri: and for the past few years las been a member of the faculty of 3ocrc Graded School. She is looked >n as one of the most thorough initructpvs in this section of the State, s active in church and social life, md i~ popular with a large circle of friendsMi*. Clav is agent for the Linville iiiver Railway Company here, and ihs been a resident of the city for j everal years, where he is a moving pirit in civic affairs. Following a >rief wedding trip to points in Western North Carolina, Mr; and Mrs. flay will make their home in Boone, j Megro Convict Dies at j Stockade on Route 60 Eunice Holt, 23-year-old negro onvict who for the past several reeks had been a member of the Onslruction force on Route CO east| if Deep (lap. died of pneumonia at he prison stockade Wednesday afternoon of last week. Holt, previous to his days of pen1 servitude, had been a resident of: Jraham, N. C- He was convicted of! nanshxughter in 1925 and had served| ive years of a fourteen-year sen-1 once. The body' was brought to the! rloretz Funeral Home here, embalm- j (1 and prepared for burial. But itj cems that the State of North Caio-j ina has little use for a convict when i ife is extinct and usefulness hasj >asse*d, its statutes providing no fundi 0 transport bodies to their final j esting place. So Eunice Holt, de-l eased, remained in Boone until Sun-1 lay. when word was received by the ocal undertaking company to ship he remains o- o. d. to Graham, relieves of the stricken convict ha*rng i*aised sufficient money to bring heir dead to a friendlier burying ground. It is unusual for a newspaper to :hronicle the death of a convicted ximinal, or to offer soft platitudes n respect to his memory, but one hing can be said of E. Holt, colored: ie was, according to his superiors, 1 good worker, easily managed, and iati ho black marks on his record. Vnd down in Alamance County there s perhaps an old negro mammy vhose grief at his departure is just is genuine and just as sincere as it I'ould have been had her boy lived m exemplary life, free from the mudgc of convict stripes. VORTH WHILE CLUB SPONSORS THREE-ACT MUSICAL COMEDY A delightful musical e o ni c <1 y weed ..find produced exclusively hy Vaync P. Seivell Producing' Comiaiiy of Atlanta. Gaf'u-' being spunuiod by the Boone Worth While 'lull- The director promises thai this', iroduetion will he the most elaboate and entertaining that has been taged in Boone tor tptite a while, 'he eomedv will be seen at the Deinnstration School auditorium on Frtlay. August 22", at S o'clock p. m. The costumes are raid to he snap>y and original. Sixteen musical lumbers with a peppy and attrncive chorus of eight girls who know iow to dance put the show over with . bang. A junior chorus of sixteen ittle girls contribute bits of humor lid beauty to the production. The cast of fifteen and the chorus if twenty-four include some of the riost talented and popular people of he community. The comedy parts re being played by Mesdames Ralph Vinkler, \V. C. Greer, William Winker. George Winkler, Ruby Winkler aid Howard CottreUi The leading oles are played by Grace Graybeal .nd Reese Harris. College boys are Jordan Winkler, Robert Moretz and) Jobbie Hardin. Floy Cottrell, Viv-j an Cook and Lucite Mast are play-| ng the part of flappers. The parti .1 i.evinsKy, a .Jewish producer of hows, is taken by Frank Hagaman. .Irs- George Moretz, an accomplished linnist. is the accompanist. Proceeds vill be used by the Worth While Hub to promote some community! iroject. v JLOW1NG ROCK CONSOLIDATED .CHOOL TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 15 The Blowing Rock Consolidated School will open Monday, September 15th. Whiting and Boone Fork disricts have been annexed to the Slowing Rock distrcit and the pupils vill be transported by bus. The ;chool has been using only one bus "or the past two years, but another >ne will be added this year, each lus making two trips each day. The following teachers will comrose the faculty for the coming xesiion: F- C. Nye, principal, mathematics ind history; Grady E. Tester, science ?nd mathematics; Mrs. Grady E. Tes:er, English and French: Miss Hattie jrcer, seventh grade; Mrs. John Hor;on. sixth grade; Mrs. Eugene Storie, Fifth grade; Miss Bettic Ruth Greer, Fourth grade; Miss Elizabeth SudIreth, second and third gTades; Miss Mabel Hinson, first grade. The same books for the high school will be used again and all pupils are urged to secure as many second-hand hooks as possible. New books can be secured from the principal. W. L. Eielsnon^er will carry elementary books. All pupils are urged to be present the first day. Best Interests of Northwes kROLlNA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 CIVITAN CLUBSTO"1' AID AUTHORITIES IN CLINICAL WORKj; i Joint Meeting of Blowing Rock ar.d ; Boone Clubs Held at Critchcr Hotel Last Week. Superintendent Hagaman and Dr. Robert Scales ; Explain Tuberculosis Clinic. Committees Named to Aid Authorities. \ Al a joint meeting of the Boone and Blowing Rock. Civitan clubs held at the Criteher 'Hotel in Bobhc on Thursday night of last Week it was! unanimously and enthusiastically]' agreed by the thirty-five members J present, to lend their moral and fi i nancial support to the tuberculosis< 1 clinic to be put on by the State San- ] atorium for the schools of Watauga, j ] This clinic will begin about the 15th ] of September and will continue fori J six weeks. H Following the invocation by Dr.! j Chandler, C'ountv Superintendent! Kmlffc f?~rvo i r * ...??> .xjghnjgji, incaiiii'i i>i '.fl':; , Boone Club, outlined the clinic prop-ram, explaining details of ihe vork. Dv. Robert Scales of I he Blow-! inp- Rock Club, followed with a brie* address on the 1 to be accomplished by the clinic, and gave some interesting figures on tuberculosisj j control. A vote was taken and the1 I entire assembly pledged itself to stand behind the program. As outlined by Mr. Hagnniau. the. State will furnish a doctor, and the, county must furnish a nurse and : transportation for doctor and nurse j to the schools; also pay for X-ray piates which will be about 90 cents j each The clinic will endeavor to fer-l ret out every case of tuberculosis, not| 1 only in the schools (both elementary i and high), but will go hack into the i homes and discover the origin of the infection in the children, where pos- < Bible. i It 's Mr. Hagamar/s request that every teacher in the county co-opcrate in this work, acquaint the par- i ents with its purpose and help in ev- ' cry; way possible to eradicate the ; dread disease from Watauga. Mr. Hagaman explained that health au- i thovities now and then find people ; who are reluctant, and in some cases j refuse to bo examined, for fear the doctor might discover that they have] lung infection. This, he stated, isiJ not only false security, but manyj times proves dangerous, dangerous both to the individual and his asso-? ciates. In closing the speaker saidrj "Tuberculosis is no longer the dan-j gerous and dreaded malady that it i once was, but car. be easily be pre-1, vented and cured if intelligently! rreaiod in time." The Civitan clubs appointed "threej vW/UUIJH.WI- id ;uu in me clinical J work: on? to provide a nurse, one | to look after transportation, and onej to undertake to provide funds for the X-ray plates when needed. Near the close of the dinner-meet- i ing Dr. C. K- Moose gave a report!' on the meeting held August 7th atjl Gastonia for the extension of Civitan in the two Carolina?. Boone's j delegation to this meeting was oom-i posed of Dr. Moose. Kussell D. J IICraves, Austin South and J. FrankMoore. By-'. _ 1 . Marshall Mott Closes Revival at Mocksville Marshall L. Mott dr., lay evange-j lift of Winston-Salem who will be-j j*in ja series of meetings at the. Boone j Baptist Church on September ~,j closed a most successful revival at Mocksville on August. 12, and the [ papers of that town have been loud j in their praise of the great work he J has accomplished. Excerpts from one j of the press stories follows: "The most widespread revival held | in Mocksville within the memory of; its citizens, with Evangelist Marshall j !.. Mott of Winston-Salem doing thej preaching, came to a close on Sun-}, day evening after being in progressi for three weeks. The meet/mcr wasj a umon one m wnicn Lne Kapcist, Presbyterian and Methodist, churches of the town took part. It was attended by hundreds of people from all ovel Davie and adjoining counties. "Mr. Mott was ably assisted by Ho race Easnm, of Shelby, as choir director ,and both Mr. and Mrs. Ease m did fine work every morning in Riving the children instruction in songs and Bible verses, which theyj repeated at the evening services. Mr.' Mote's sermons were of a high spiritual order, and were delivered with much zeal and powe?\ He is a deeply consecrated man whose greatest desire seems to be to carry the true Gospel message to all the people he can. lit possesses a brilliant mind that has been well trained in legal battles, and this greatly enables him to present his arguments for t'nej cause of Jesus Christ "Great throngs filled the tent to overflowing at every service, and deep interest was shown, over 300 being converted, while the Christians feel that their spiritual life has been strengthened. "Sunday was a wonderful day for tloct-Qvillo. about 76 additions being made to the local churches, while the county churches also have gained in membership. A marked feature of this union meeting was the splendid spirit of harmony and co-operation among the denominations who were all working for a common cause. The atmosphere of many homes has been changed, and it is felt that lasting good has been done."' Mr. Mott is~ now conducting a meeting in Sparta, which will last until the opening of the revival here. Rev. P. A. Hicks, pastor of the Boone Baptist Church, is anxious that as many people as possible hear the nuieu lay v ,i..t dtirmg hit stity in Boone. 3CRA !t North Carolina , 14(30 Meat Camp Baby Has 13 Living Grandparents Little Kenneth Winebarger, year-j ?lu son of Mr. and Mrs. Daytonj Winebarger of Meat Camp, perhaps i has more living forebears than any !>tjfi?r person, big, little, old or young, in this section. Thirteen grandparents are a whole lot of grandparents in any old language, but that is the number ihaij Kenneth claims, and here is a complete list of his ancestry: Parents,' Mi. and Mrs. Dayton Winebarger;! grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G\yineharger arid Mr. and Mrs. W. A. | Prof fit; great-grandparents. Mr. and j Mrs. Jonas Winebarger, Mr. and Mrs. I- C. Proffit, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. John Wine-: barger, and one great-great-grandparenl, Mrs. Mary Ann Pearson. All of the above-named relatives reside in Watauga County, are hale! find hearty, the eldest being well past! per ninetieth milepost. Students of genealogy are challenged to produce! i more complete survival record! Lhan this. Fo Demonstrate Sheep Drenching in Watauga Howard Walker of the Cove Creek High School Department of Agricul-i Lure, working; in co-operation with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture, has arranged to give several demonstrations in the county on drenching! hi eii foi oniach worms Mr. Walker stales that the drenching costs nvactically nothing, cakes| only a few minutes, is simple, and; will save many dollars for the sheepraisers. A solution of copper-sulphate is used, which is said to he highly! l feetive. The 'dates and places for the demonstrations follow: August 21. 8 p. m , M A. Ward's. Watauga Falls; August 22, 1 i). m.. John Mast's, Mast; August 22, 2 p. m.. N. M. Church's, Mable; August 2*5. 7 a m.. T J. Banner's, Sugar Grove; August! 22, Vt a. m., W. Y. Farthing's Beaver i Dam; August 22, 1 p. m., Lee Car-1 ( inter's, Marncy. All interested per-' sonss are requested to attend one of l these demonstrations. Programs Arranged for Fifth Sunday Meetings Programs have been arranged for two Fifth Sunday meetings to be helu with Brushy Fork and Stony Fork Baptist Churches on Saturday ami Sunday. August 30-31. It is uv'rnd hy the committee that all who can attend one <>*. the meetings. Program for Brushy Fork Saturday night, Aiunisi 30 Sermon by Rev. Arthur Wilson Sunday mormngr August Si?Sun-'.j fev'; School; "Supreme Need of the Churches," \V. V. Sherwood and 1= G. Greer. (Noon-?dinner.) Sunday afternoon?"Whuf Have Ouiy Churches Gained ~n Twenty Years?", A i?T. G* cone; "What Have Our Churches la>st^in Twenty Years4.". ,Smith Haguiuan; 'The Need of Prayer in the Chuvhh Lifd^k, P. A. Hicks-' Program for Sr.ouy Fork x Sunday morning, August SI? Sunday Seined; "Snineine Need of Ohuvchl^v ^ Smith Hagaimin. (Noon? dinner. ^ % Sis nday aftempon?*" \\ hat IIaye Our Churches Gained in. 20 Wears';.?M Clyde U. Greene; "What Have OuV Churches Lost in Twenty Years?", J. F. Moore; "The Need ol Prayev in the Church Life," W. ijjb Farthing. FORMER STUDENT AT A. T. S. PAYS VISIT TO WATAUGA Rev. and Mrs. John H. Morgan., of Charleston, S. C.. are spending a few days in Boone, guests at the Critcher Hotel. Mr. Morgan graduated from the A. T. S. in the class of 1910, after which he attended the Episcopal L'rnversity of the South at Sewaneeg Tenn., where he received both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees. For two and one-half years he was placed in charge of the Church of Sv. Peters by the Sea and the Church of the Good Shepherd, North Charleston, and later became associate lector of St. Paul's Church, a parish of more than one thousand communicants at West-field, Nr. J. He is now rector of St. Peters Church. Charleston. Previous to their marriage a few weeks ago. Mrs. Morgan was Miss Caroline Simmon Scott, of Kingstree, S. C. This is Mr. Morgans first visit to Boone for several years, and his many friends are delighted to know that he has succeeded well in his chosen fieldMiCC r nu i c r ii/cc nr^i-r i * Hiiijvi ui v i:.o r\L.ui i rti., AT STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE Few finer programs have been enjoyed at the Appalachian Stale Teachers College more fully than the one given on Monday evening of the 18th. It is true that tew things thriii the soul more strongly than fine music and sweet poetry. These were both heard on that date when Miss Goble cave her graduating recital in piano, and was assisted with readings by Miss Mildred McDade. Miss Goble showed splendid skill and fine training by her teacher, Mrs. I* G. Greer, and Miss McDade assisted in a wonderful way, having unusual talent and fine training. The program closed with the presentation of a diploma to Miss Goble by Dr. J. D. Rankin with a few most beautiful and well chosen words. All present greatly enjoyed the good exercises. Miss Lina Fletcher, of Lenoir, if spending the week at the home oi hor mint. Mrs- Cora Councill, in . ~ ' - PEP. YEAR COUNTY STOCKMEN DISCUSS PLAN FOR WINTERING CATTLE | Representative of Department of Agriculture Advises Farmers to Send Feeders to Eastern North Carolina Southwestern Virginia Will Not Be in Market for Cattle on Account of Drouth. On Wednesday of last week the Livestock Association of Watauga County was called to meet in the courthouse for the purpose of discussing ways and means of rarry: nig over a large number of cattle i and sheep to next year. ! Mr. McCrarv, a representative of I the Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. outlined a plan tq get the cat j t'emeri of Western North Carolina I in touch with farmers of Eastern .\ortn Carolina, who have grown an | abundance of feed this year. In other words, provide a market for feeders in Eastern North Carolina, since j .Southwestern Virginia, formerly the county's best market for voting ca'tI lie, has beer, seriously stricken by j the drought, and doubtless will hot : be in a position to feed many cattle i during the coming winter. The Department of \gri culture will, in the next few days, have considerable information lo give the cattle men of this section regarding this plan. It is the belief of many that the situation here is not so so* | rious in so far as feeding is con* | cerned. One stockman recently statI od that every good steer and heifer 1 under three years old should be kept over, if possible, instead of sacrificing i: on the present low market. Watauga farmers will need these cattle next year to stock their pastures. and the advice given by the Livestock Association to the farmers is to hold Ihoir nerve and cattle, too, if they can provide some means of wintering them. W. A. Watson Takes Issue With Shipley In last week's issue of The Dentoj crat there appeared an article writI ten by W. E. Shipley, of Wallace, I Vu.. concerning the nves* nt shimn ! in livestock. Alone; toward the end | of said story Mr. Shipley reverted to politics and il seems that his words I touched a vei y tender con! in the "arson ?f W. Aaron Watson, Deep | (lap. In a letter to the editor the. re! snooted gentleman mentions a few whys and wherefores regarding the present financial depression, and his j missive is herewith reproduced, ' lock, : . k and barrel": Deep Gap, N. August 16. lihJO' Editor of The Watauga Democrat. Being a sijb.se rihef to The W'atau| ga Denim-rat. I have read in a recent | issue of the same where Mr. W. E. I Shipley c,f Wallace. Va-. had his say in rogi\*d to "thtfvo&tUe situation. But ? before It? closed nis remarks he;g?foM?f [ mixed up into the* political issue of I which yuor sheet supposed to be | "sirictly independent.'* Therefore ' you should bpetuydurkpaper for this Short loiter ir. regard t.o the climax </f Mr. fShipleyVv letter in the-same. Tie attacks the Kordney-MeCumber Turin Bili and makes a sweeping: j prediction of the success of a <kertain political ggjfty thP* fail that will relieve the cattle business and shoot the price up sky high. We wonder if Mr. Shipley, like Other business men, does not see prosperity around i trie corner anyway. His advice to ! the farmers is ail right. So much for that. If I remember correctly, we were promised that the low cost of living was due us a few years ago by a political party that got into power by this slogan, viz: "Cut the high cost, of living." Now when it is cut who is the first to show the feather? | Wall Street has got the money. Gamblers went in droves there with their money that they should have used to run their industrial business with. This money is tied up there and is now ready to loan to "has beens,r who lost it- If this money was back at home and put into circulation you would never hoar a howl. "Nut ced." YPurs fra ternal >y. \V. A A RON WATSON. ! P. S.?Please give this space in your paper at once. "BANTAM" AUTOMOBILE NOW BEING HANDLED IN BOONE Messrs. Roy Greene and Bernard i uojngneri.v nave secured the agency i for the new "bantam" automobile, ! the American Austin, and two of the i new featherweight machines were I brought to the city the "last ttKtjcnei j week. Since that time the local dealI ers have been on the jump demon' strating the little ears and answering ; the manifold questions of a curious ' public The auto weighs 1.150 pounds j and will run forty miles on a gallo 1 j of gasoline, and the total operating i expense, including gasoline, oil and i tires is said to be 3-4 of a cent per mile The Austin apparently operates \t ith the same degree of ease and =rfiticr.cy as does any of its big bvothers of the road, and its appearance on the streets of Boone has created an unusual sensation among motor enthusiasts. REV. GRAGG IN SPECIAL SERVICE AT LOCAL CHURCH Rev. S, E. Gragg will occupy the pulpit at the Advent Christian Chureh in Boone at the morning hour on Sunday. The discourse will be takeu s from-the minister's prophetic chart, : centering about the dream-of Nebi uchadnezzer as related in the second j cnapter ef uanie'r.