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VOLUME XLII, NO. 20
Today and
Tomorrow
By FKAXK V STOCK BTUDGK
Voices
The head of a college of music
has scot into the newspapers Vy an
ncnncnrg that the pitch of American
vriiTs" voices is getting louver and
attributing thi ?< "yelling at foot>
all games and smoking cigarettes."
It is much more probable that the
American type is changing through
ht admixture of races ami that the
average American girl has a better
muscular development than her grand
mother had. Physical training rather
ihan cigarettes would tevid to enlarge
the breathing passages which
affect tthe pitch of the voice,
i If the change which this teacher
| has noticed is general, so much the
better The high-pitched American
jema.'c voice, almost shrill, grates on
sensitive bars. Women may admire
:<?j>?anos. but most men prefer the
Jeep-toned contralto voice.
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Junk
Nearly a year's experience with the
plan, adopted by nil of the 'argr- automobile
makers, of offering a bonus
to dealers for "junking" used oars,
seems to have had a good effect, hot
on,!y in stimulating the market for
new cars, but iu removing dangerous
vehicles from the roads.
Ford is paying $20 for each hope
less Ford eai delivered at the factory.
Other makers allow from $20
to $10 to dealers Cor each car junked
in the presence of responsible witnesses
or factory representatives. The
dealer has to find his own "'graveyard"
for the wreck and that is a
difficult problem in some localities.
Almost every abandoned quarry and
mine has been tilled to the top with
old cars. On some of the undeveloped
streets in the suburbs of New York
ancient automobiles virtually line the
roadway on both sides.
There is a fortune waiting for the
man who will discover a cheap and
.speedy way of reducing old cars t<>
their original raw steel.
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Noise
Hiram P. Maxim, hop. of one great
inventor and nephew of another, ami
himself the inventor of the gunman
pet, the Maxim silences for firearms,
has found' a way, he rolls the world,
to keep noise out fo the house even
with thc-vrindows open.
The principal use of such an invention,
will of course be, in the
large cities, where noise interferes
rp.ot only with sjegp but with the
health of those who get no respite
term it tinoujrh the twenty-four
hours But everywhere there will be
a demand for a silencer of this sort
for hospitals and rooms from which
all external sounds must he excluded,
as well as for places near railixiavU
and other sources of noise.
Taxes
One <>lr the things we are to
hear more about in the next two or
three years is the proposal for a
federal Sales Tax on all merchandise,
or on a good many items. At
preseuf the Government levies a sales
Taxes on tton
stock sales ami some other things. , -A
few states have tried the sales tax
as a means of raising revenue. Thu
gasoiiite sales tax is in general use,
in almost ail of the states, as ovef\>
body knows. Xew York levies a tax
on the sa'e of stock.
Advocates of the sales tax contend
that it is the fairest of all forms
of taxation, being based on definite
transactions ir? which money chancres
hands. Since The war many Kuvonean
countries have adopted it, and it
ranks second only to income tax as
a revenue producer. Germany gets
15 per cent of her public funds from
the sales tax, Belgium, France, Austria
and Czechoslovakia somewhat
AVtelher n;"' Federal Government
ever tries it on a large scale or not.
the effort to pass a sales bill is likety
to be made in the next Congress.
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Einstein
^ George Bernard Shaw, who has
the clearest mind of an\ man in England.
introduced Professor Albert
Einstein to a London audience the
other night as "the man \\ ho has
created a new universe." Eight men.
each in his own time, has changed
oar conception of the universe, Mr.
Shaw said. They are Pythagoras,
Ptolemy. kenli-r. Copernicus, Aristotle.
Galileo, Newton and Kmstcin. g
Eqc'n of those scientist. ,ave the
world a new conception natural
laws. Each in his turn prov chat the
others had been wrong, bi each of
them served the purpose o his time
. Over a period of two thov id years
about the world he lives . A few
hundred j'cars from now s. no scientist.
equipped with better leasuring
instruments than arc avail >le todav.
may prove that Einstein : , wrong in
his theory that a straight u is not
the shortest distance b ten two
points and that light travc n curves
v instead of in straight line But his
theory will stand until somebody finds
an nne-seapable fact which contradicts
it.
That is the way scientific knowledge
grows. Man probably will never
r.ll W^ Tr.?V..s uniuavQf
but we are learning faster now than
ever before.
The Alleghany County Mutual
Fanners Exchange has recently purchased
2,000 bags of cottonseed meal
for its members to feed cattle this
~f winter and plans to purchase anothei
I ' ' 1,000 bags shortly.
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/ATM
A Non-Partisan Ni
BOON
SmmGHWAY
SYSTEM EMBRACES
TOTAL OF 335 MILES
Two Hundred and Ninety-Two Miles
nf c? --- TL -
_ i\u<iu, ? ui iy i ntcc
j Mile* Graded. Seventy-Six Miles
? of Highway It Beint? Maintained
. 1 a Pari ol the State Highway
System.
By M. K. nUNNAGAN
i Raleigh, N. f.? Watauga County's
| highway f.^sleni mnlirju'??<i a total of
JjSrV.i? miles, of which 292.5 miles i
unimproved. 13.1 miles is graded,
none is sandclay or grave;! and hone
is hardsurfaced, according to a recent
survey made for Governor Card
uer's. expi rt-| by the district highway
engineers. These figures arc actual
and are generally less than those
shown in replies to Chairman R. A.
Dough ton's questions a few months
ago. In addition. Watauga County
lias 70.G miles which is being nuiinj
taaied as a part of the State high|
way systi
: The State highway system at this
Id ate embraces 9.040 1-2 miles,* probj
ably GO per cent, of which is ltar.d;
surfaced, which includes, oiled gravel
and sand-clay. The 100 counties have
j a total of 15,092 miles, of which
nu '-; arc iiafd-SUnaceil'. i
| 223.0 miles arc topsoil or gravel, 18,
089.55 miles are graded and 11,j
805.55 miles are unimproved, the
; survey shows.
The Ktale Highway Commission is
I making a set of mans of the one hur?j
dyed counties which show the State,
I higlv.vyas. I he four grades of county
highways, the extent of use of each
county highway, all towns and cities,
I consolidated schools and streams.!
I from these surveys, and will presentj
each county with its man. Many of
the counties hive never had a com-!
plete highway map before.
Chairman Doughton estimates that
the State commission could maintain]
! the 100 county road systems as well
as they are now maintained at about
75 per cent, of the present cost of
$7,000,000 to $8,000,000. or for
about $6,000,000, if the State should!
take them over. The extra one cent
tax on gasoline amounts to about
$2,500,000. the additional $500,000
allotted giving $3,000,000 In the
counties. If one cent more were add-i
ed to gasoline, making the tax ma
cents a gallon, the county rnatfc couldj
be taken care of entirely, in addition
| to care for the State system, it is,
i figured.
But automobile owners will siren*
| uously oppose any addition to the
gasoline tax on the ground that they
| are paying enough already. Such adJ
dition would endanger the move than
! $100,000,000 in State highway bonds
the gasoline tax is pledged to pay off
as they fall due, some officials argue.
High Point College
Wins From A. S. T. C.
Tin- High Point Panthers, led hv
; Captain Swart, rolled up a IS to ti
victory over Appalachian State Col!
lego in a home-coining game at that
j place Saturday afternoon as a climax
to exercises marking the inauguration
of Dr. G. I. Humphreys, as
president of High Point College.
Swart took an Appalachian kickoff
and ran 75 yards for the final
Panther touchdown. The other came
' as the result of a short lateral pass,
iCory to hitman. who ran for twenty
j aids and the score. Harris, a sub-:
! slit nte halfback, went over for Api
palaehian's touchdown in the third
i wt-riod.
The -Mountaineers will play Boil
. nig Qpr:Dgs> \ gpege nere Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
; North Wilkesboro Man
Takes His Own Life
i
i North Wilkesboro.?Roscoe Prove
tie, prominent merchant of this
j place, committed suicide at his home
; on Eighth Street Sunday. When he
was::^lij;u-.v^ns'
that he was not feeling well, went
to his room, locked the door, fastened
his belt to the head of the bed and
j around his neck, and when members
I of his family, becoming uneasy, entered
the room they found him dead.
Mr. Prevcttc had been in ill health
; for several months and had been no(
ticably despondent, but his family
was totally unprepared for his action.
He was a partner with his
brother, J. T. Prevette, in the clothinir
business here and was prominently
connected in the county. His
j widow, a son and several brothers
; n ud oistcrs stiryi vt*.
DOUGHTON'S MAJORITY IS
OFFICIALLY PLACED AT 15,007
j Congressman Robert L. Doughton.
who was re-elected in the November
4th election, received a plurality of
1 157007 votes over his Kepultiickii ufr
, noner.t, Ed F. Wakefield, according
i to the official canvass of his district.
His majorities in the nine counties
|-are as fallows. Alexander, 648; Allei
thany. 7GG: Ashe. 683: Cabarrus.
12,075; Caldwell. i,8'.6; I. . ,"., !!. 0,050;
Rowan, ",275; Stanlv, 706; Watauga,
: 270.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
HIT BY FIERCE BLIZZARD
Denver. Colo.?Winter took an
'icy grip on a wide area from the
Roet:y Mountains to the Pacific
coast and from Aiiaona to "Canada
Tuesday as snow fell in depths rangine
up to 24 inches. The fall was
heaviest in the mountains.
! The ioss of two lives had been atIj
trihuted to the storm; mountain passsi
es were snotfbound; air travel was
made hazardous and many highways
j were clogged with drifted spow.
JGA
ewsDaDer. Devoted to the
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K, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C
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Two Ruths Return
Horv. Ruth Bryan Oven of Florida
(above) and Hon. Ruth Pratt of
i New York, both re-clected to Congress.
Hon. Ruth Hanna McCori
rnick of Illinois, the third Ruth in
Congress, was defeated for United
! States Senator.
Short Illness Is Fatal
To John Winebarger
i John Winebarger, prominent citij
zen of Watauga County, died at his
home in the Meat ('amp section last
Saturday, succumbing to an illness
which had not appeared serious until
about a week before the end came.
He had reached the advanced age of
81 years, and although he had been
in declining health for some time,
his condition bad hot b?/n previously
regarded as critical.
Funeral set vices were conducted
from the Meat Camp Methodist
Church by Or. \V. A. Deaton, assisted
by Rev. L. A. Wilson, following
which the remains were taken to the
family graveyard for burial.
I Mr. Winebarger bad spent his tniirc
life in the neighborhood where
he fiist saw the light of day, arid \v%?
a successful former. He was a (ending
spirit in church affairs, and no better
citizen lived within the borders
of the county. In bis death fcne com
munitv and the county have sustained
a great loss.
Surviving are a widow and or.c
son. Olin G. Winebarger of Meat
Camp.; four brothers, Caleb W.. N'aham
W. and Noah W. Winebarger of
Meat Camp; Jonas W. Winebarger of
Piney Flats, Tcnn.; Jtnd three sisters,
I Mrs, Martha Mliler, ss'i Francis Miller
and Mrs. W. F. j^ookabill, all o(
! ;-Watauga County.
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I Gardner Urges Care in
Selecting Supervisors
(Special to The Democrat)
t.v 6S96B$aE6S5?a@Ml?- ~ " IMIIBaae
governor Vraraner has issued a CSH
to the one hundred boards of county
commissioners in the Slate, many of
which are new entirely or in pari:, ho
exercise great care in selecting counj
ty tax supervisors for the reassessi
merit ol' all real estate for the en
suing four-year period. The super
visors are to be named at the December
meeting's, the first to be attended
by the newly-elected comm'tH;
sioners.. and the revaluation is to
start in January"No
function of government comes
closer to the people than this, and <1
! satisfactory performance of thispubj
lie duty requires the infinite patience
i of men of broad experience and
[ sound judgment," he states. "If the
| re-assessment is to be successfully
: and reasonably satisfy b-tit will
j require the services of men in whose
i judgment and integrity the public
jwill have complete confidence "
j Governor Gardner has arranged
foi the State to pay actual expenses
or five cents a mile for travel ami
S-l a day, to the supervisors while
tho> are here attending the threeday
school to be conducted., begin!
ning December 10. by the State
j Board of Assessment, to inform and
aiii the- supervisors in -theii work
! Uniform blanks for property listine
will be worked out and efforts wil
j he directed toward a fair and just
j basis of valuation for every taxpay
j er, the State Board announces.
: LEE CARENDER OF MATNEY
GROWS MAMMOTH POTATOES
Air. Lee Calendar, progressivi
jl'o.i.'.ei oitlvc Mr.tr.cy section, send'
j The Democrat office a couple of po
i tatocs that look to be about as ftooc
i as were ever produce*! on a Wataugr
! farm. The two tubers tip the scales
i at three pounds, there being a lit
i!c lets, than an ounce difference it
I their weight. Smooth as apples, am
I free from any protrusions, these
Green Mountain beauties look like
J prize winners. Mr. Cal ender states
| that he has two hundred bushels j Jsl
like 'em that were raised 011 a little
! over a .juarter-acre of ground.
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nmrrmaK was unam
mously elected president of thi
Schoolmasters' Club, at a hanquoi
meeting Tuesday night at the Smith
oy Hotel in Wilkesboro. A fine grout
of educational leaders responded te
1 the invitation of Trofessor and Mrs
I C. C. Wright., to be their guests a:
! this meeting.?Wilkes Patriot.
DEMC
Best intere sts of Northwei
AKUELNA, THUKSuAi'. NOVEMBER
IhTILLET WOUND f
! PROVES FATAL
TO ED. S. DAY;
Former WaUugAn Succumbs Satur-j
aay in North Wilkoiboro Hospital,}
After Havi??z Been Shot by S- C.
Webster More Than Two Weeks.
Ago. Body Returned io Watauga. 1
Funeral Held at Cove Creek.
I
Eel S. Day. 35 years old. native
Wataugan and for xnauy years a business
man of Boone, died ip the
Wilkes Iiospitu!. North Wilkesbom
last Saturday, whore he had been a
patient since he was shot in the back;
at his meat market ip. that city on!
October 2iHh.
As soon as Day expired officer?!
promptly rearrested 3. C. Webster,
free on a ST.500 bond since the shoot-1
{ ing, and placed him in the county
jail to await trial at the spring term i
of Wilkes Superior Court, which con-j
venes in March. The trouble between
the two men was ascribed to "domestic
difficulties" and the fatal shot
vas fired through the window of
Day's market, while his back was
turned from his assailant. The bullet
passed through the body, piercing the i
left lung, and at first the injured man j
was regarded as having a 50-50 j
oiinntu* of recovery. For several days;
I thereafter his recovery was confid- j
ently expected, and his death came as |
I a distinct shock to his friends in this]
j county.
Funeral services we! e conducted
Sunday afternoon from the Cove,
Creek Baptist Church by Kev I'- A.!
Hicks of Boone and interment was in the
nearby cemetery. Members of thej ,
Wilkes Post American Legion acted J
j as pall hearers and no less than 25
: friends from the Wiikesboros made
i the trio through the rain to he nros
e'nt as the last writes were held. A
large concourse of Walaogans was IA
present and the floral offerings were) j.
beautiful. r
Mr. Day was a native of the Cove t
Creek section and a member of one ti
of the county's most substantial tarn- f
ilies. Fie served with the American j ?
forces during the world war, was at-i s
tached to tin* famous, 81st division! \
and was on the filing line during! ]
the bloody campaign in the vicinity! s
of Verdun. It was there that poison- ,
ous gases so affected his lungs, that |
he had small chance of surviving an t
. injury to one of these organs. Fol- j
lowing the wa? Mr. Day settled ir-:
Boone where for a long time he op-! {
crated a meat market. He had been ?
in similar business in North Wilkes- ,
f l)oro for several years. He was woii }
. liked throughout this section and was
'I equally populav in the Wilkesboros- . j
j Surviving arc a widdw, who be-!<
' fore hov marriage war Miss Mary.' ]
1 daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. j j
| A. \y, Beach of Watauga, and live ,
I children. ;
It is undei stood tiiat the family,(,<
will continue to make their homo in; t
North Wilkeshoro and that Mr. Day's t
business will be operated without in-1 <
terruption. I j
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Red Cross Membership |1
Drive Begins Monday;'
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday p
of next week Watauga Chapter, j
American Red O'-oss, will put on her I
I annual Roll Call Membership Drive, !
i and really nothing of more imp* i*
Stance will gome before our peuplej
for many moons. Last year the la-i i
| dies who had the active pari oi the j i
I campaign in charge succeeded beau- (
J tifully. and our hopes now are thatj 1
the same ones will he at the helm in'*
this fight that is to he waged for <
' dollars with which to trv to alleviate'- 1
'the siifferinir of our local noov ?fir> 1 \
i whom the hand of Fate has rested j 1
j heavily. And.at the same lime, while.: i
j looking to our local need?. headquar-! t
Iters at Washington getsoO per cent.}
;; of the amount raised, which is used;*
when great tragedies strike our 1111- j 1
ition. And oar beloved soldier boys, j<
' who fought our battles in Flanders!?
11 Fields, still prostrate on beds of suf- i
1 fering as a result of the fearful war. 1
r> are still mothered by the great j .
[ j - j1
I Rut why dwell on this? A year's - <
: membership costs $1.00. ft your;]
duty and join. Don't say you haven't J<
ligot the dollar?get it! If you fail:!
j to sec a solicitor, call at The. Dome-j !
ijcrat office, pay in vout dollar, getji
' receipt for same, ar.d feel good over j
! a duty well performed. j ?
i Quail and Rabbit Season
Opens on November 20 !
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f\ All ye outdoor sportsmen take no-'
-j tice .:tfcat-.N.oy,?rp.b.er 2ftjth' is the first; ]
j day of the open season on quail and.
? rabbit.. Buy your license and get pei -;
(mission from the ones on whose land]
jyou want to hunt, and try your luck]
ion the feathered tribe (quaill. ]
J There is no open season on phcas-;
'j ants this year, so don't let the tempt- ]
| i ng rustic oi wings uvcipower -your..
j| better judgment. It will cause you
^trouble if you are caught. Eyin il'|
,j you think you can kill them and gel;
'i by without being caught, you should!
"I be a better sport than to violate thcli
|! law. Both the old native pheasantj
, | (grouse). and the ring-necks are get- j
ting a pretty good start and if they|
jigct the proper protection for oneji
'| more rearing season they should in '.
'/ crease in number so that the danger ji
j of extermination of the coveted bird!
i will not be near so great,
j Don't forget to buy your fur dealer;
-j licerfse before you start trafficking!
:!in furs. We are grateful to the? pub- i
L i lie for the sympathetic co-opcvation, :
-\ that they are giving in the presevva
) ] tion of the fish and game. There are 1
> | very few violations of the game laws :
. in the county now.
11 H. GRADY FARTHING, i
1 ? County Game Warden. ]
st North Carolina
20, 1030 -
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New Minister (i(
REV. H. M. WELLMAN. newly
appoirtcd pastor of the Watauga
Circuit of the Methodist Chusch,
expects to fill his initial appoint- i
menl next Sunday. The rever.in I t
gentleman is a graduate of Duke
University, and joined t? le Methodist
Conference in 1914, since j
which lime he has done fine and
constructive work in every detail.
rie is an actsve Master Mason and
is interested in every other organ- ! ;
izaiidii ui movement that :
for a better citizenship or community.
Mrs. Wellman is a real (
helpmeet Jo her husband in his {
work and is a native of McDowell
County. They have three children, |
two of them 'high school students.
Mrs. R. D. Jennings |
Dies at Banner Elk J
Mrs. Margaret < atiierinc Jennings;, 1
vife of Dr. R. D. Jennings, well
mown Avery County dentist, died I
it her Home at Banner Elk Sunday. 1
allowing an illness of only a f* . J?
lays, which is said to have resulted c
roni internal injuries sustained front} i
i fall. She was 64 years old. Funeral i
ervices were conducted from tfie 1
tome Monday at 11 o'clock h\ Dr. ;
f. D. Rankin of Boone, who was as- I
tisted by Rev. W. R. Smith of Ban- I
u; Elk. Interment was in Banner
Ilk Cemetery, the burial being In t
:harge of the Morel?. Funeral Home, i
Jootie 1 1
"Mrs. Jennings was a tii?e ! <
on County, a daughter of Mr. and!)
tfrs. Columbus Abernethy, but \yas a i
citizen of this region during the ! I
f eater part of her iortg fife. Slteh
,vas well known and well loved 1 s
throughout .Watauga and adjoining: I
counties, was a w hole-so nle.jj Christian
lady, and news of her demise
s the occasion for widespread sor-i
Surviving arc the husband, three'
a.:i.I e i -'-5 r.\i- ? i
iiiniLcii, !-. 5 . gsmiing^fi Ciireancin-;
on, Tenn., Harvard Johnmgs of Kan 1
101* Elk, and Mrs. Mary Sue Helms j
>f Tryon, and the following* brothers ;
ind sisters: ;.;im Abinnopiy, Long':
dreek, Thomas and William Ahev-j;
iiethy of Shelby. Ed Abernolhy ofHliderbraod,
and Mrs. Clara Cook.j
>f; gy'ehd-J.
hildren also survive.
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Wates Greene Passes
Away Last Thursday
;
Watos Greene. 7<1, prominent. |5| j
ideht of the Middle F6i;U secti n,j
massed away at hi: home last Thurs-j
lay after a lingering illness whWn j
iiid its beginning more than two;
.ears ago. Funeral services .-.were con-fj
luetctf Fnrhiy; from the Middle Fork*
Baptist Church of which deceased j
,yas a long and faithful member, by!
:he Rev. Robert Shores, and intersfcs
nent was in the neighboring ceme-;
eiy. C1
Mr. Greene was a native citizen]
?r Watauga County, and had spent:,
.is entire life here. He was a splen-j
lid citizen and contributed his full
share toward the general welfare of |
he community In which he made his |
lonie;
Surviving are a widow and eight
diildreh.: Dock Greene. Caldwell \
Jounly: Newton Greene, Blowing!
!?o<-k*, Hymim Greene, Boone; Milton
Jreenc, Boone; Lloyd Greene and
rVcri Greene,Middle Fork; Mrs. J.I
Harrison and Mrs. Wiley HoKiiieki.
Blowing Rock.
SPECIAL MUSICAL. PROGRAM
AT M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
The following special program will:
3c presented ai the Boone Methodist j
Church next'Sunday evening at -7:30 !
/clockHymn.
"Softly Now the Light of
Day" (Gottsehalk), choir.
Prayer.
rcBible Reading?Psalm xix.
"Creation" (Haydn), choir.
Talk. "Church Hymns," by Miss
Bnuchelle.
Anthem. "Soft Floating on thc|
Evening Air," choir. ]
Offers tor v Large- -(Handel)
Duet. "Peace to This Dwelling"
(Smith), Miss Wary and Mr. Moore.
Hymn "Manoah" (Haydn).
Address. "Value of Music in the
Church," Dr. Chandler.
Quarto*. "I Wonder if There's
Room There for Me" (Thompson),Miss
Wary, Mrs. Norton. Mr. Moore,'
Charles Rankin.
Anthem, "Spirit Divine. Attend'
Dur Prayers" (Stults)
Benediction.
METHODIST BAZAAR
Tile ladies of the Boone Methodisti
Church will hold their annual bazaar!
at the Blackburn Hotel on Thursday:
afternoon and evening. November 20.
The sale of fancy work will begin:
at 4 o'clock and will continue until
10. Beginning at 6 o'clock, oysters
and chicken salad will be served. The
public is invited to attend.
Sl.RA PKft YKVAR
-OM-i'.rj' ' - u-VY-S'j'/v
coun' growsa"
HIGil jRADE OF
bur i ;y tobacco
Johnson Ca * usiness Men, on Vir.xt
to Wat. R , Stale That Leaf
Growi hTTM:' Is Far Above Average
Delegation Lunches at Daniel
Boorc Hotel, and Meets Farmers
at Courthouse in Afternoon.
Twenty four .J?hnson City, Tenit,
>u?iness men. each one a booster foe
;he tobacco market of that town,
visited Boone last Thursday, lunched
vith Boone Civ t at the Danel
Boore Hotci, and at <? ?'clock
-ono acted a ioDat. ? ...llC.v :\i the
pjurthouse which was attended by
more than one wo dried and fifty
tValauya farmers.
Following a bi ief welcome by
['resident Russell D. I lodges at the
tinner meeting'. Secretary Harry
raw. of the Johnson City Chamber
f Commerce assnnied the role of
nastcr of ceremonies and introduced
n pleasing manner the Tennessee
ruests. Watt Gjcjagr in turn made
:he visitors acquainted with club
members. twenty-six of* whom were
ire sent.
Folsom B. Taylor, manager of the
o'nii Sevn-r Hotel and a genuine good
oaths enthusiast, told the diners of
;he kindly feeling "which has developed
between Boone and Johnson
'itv due to the fine highway faciliies
linking the two. and gave assurance
of an additional Federal
number for Watauga at an early
late. Mr. Taylor's brief talk cmhoded
a recital of the marvelous development
of Watauga agriculture durng
recent years, and an invitation to
coim.ty farmers to market tlieir weed
it the warehouses of his city.
Mr A. L. Brown, editor of the
Burley Bulletin. Greeneville., and one
>f the district's most experienced tobacconists.
was introduced by Mr.
Faw, and gave figures to prove that
ivery county in Western North Car
ut.m where Burley culture has proven
1 success is showing a steady increase
n business. Mr. Brown estimated
hat nearly two hundred acres of
;he weed was grown on Watauga
'anus this season, and advised that
the acreage be doubled next year.
Raymond Rpsson, Washington
ounty farm agent who, according to
lis own words, "was raised in a tobacco
patch," declared that Watauga
average, over:_a rperio<l of years,
nore than $100 per acre on Bur ley.
One-half acre for every farmer in
the county was urged by Mr. Rosson,
who stated that large ir.d: vidua! acre
agt should be avoided until growers
beeoriTe experienced - ir. curing, grading
and market our.
Proceeding to the courtht5U.se,
where farmers had brought many
.vf ?u?:, ; p? -
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the meeting turned over to
Messrs. Rosson, A. 1.. Brown, J.tnirs
I'. Gray, \V. K. Carter ami Lawrence
Bvitton. Short talks oil marketing
tvere made by those gentlemen, following
which tables were arranged
and grading started on the many
piles of golden leaf, each move in the
sorting being explained by the workers
Several warohousemehSSwo: - in
the party and, according tolfflhem, It;
lite samples displayed here were of
I'.igh quality, excelling. in fact, most
el' the tobacco grown in the Eastern
District this season.
Mr. Brown, who during the meet'.iig.
gave eacli farmer present a
year's subscription to Ttugtt' Barley
Bulletin, was enthusiastic over the
tnbareo he found bote. "During my
thii'tyffivp years' expetience with
Burley." he stated, "! have never
seen meter weed than that grown by
Mr. M. Motet/ on his lots here
in Boone. The large manufacturing
concerns are looking to the Eastern
District for their beat quality tobacco.
due to the failure in Kentucky,"
he continued, "and ! am happy to
state that Watauga has the best average
T have seen anywhere."
In Mr. Brawn's opinion, Watauga
soil is peculiarly adapted to tobacco
growing, and the climate is unexcelled
for curing and handling. The
Watauga leal is thin and velvety and
each stalk hoars an unusual number
of high-grade leavers**-'
The visitors extended a cordial invitation
to Wataugans to patronize
Johnson City warehouses: also to call
on them tor advice ulutivc to marketing.
A list of the Tennessee men
whe formed lite motorcade i ollowsi
Harry taw. Tom Watkins. Ed Hous
ion, Hugh Webb, lioiTt'ri Dosser,
Hanis Wofford. Jim Crumley, J. VV.
Summers, W. F. Carter. K. D. Default.
Cliff Bower:, 11. E. ltead,
Hugh Edmonds, il. E. Han, Albert
Bowers. Raymond Rosson, Hugh
Squibb, Ralph Carr. lames P. Gray,
Elbert Anderson, Folsqm Taylor and
Lawrence Brit ton, ail of Johnson
City: A Brown, ol" Giecneville,
and Mac.ir Chambers. pi Hampton.
NORTH CAROLINA G O. P.
SPENDS $17,204.77 IN ELECTION
Voney. disbursed^ for campaign
purposes by the Republican State
Executive Committee from May 1 to
Novembei 14 aggregated $17,204.77.
a very small amount by comparison
with the total of approximately $75,000
expended in the campaign of
1 PL'S, it was revealed Tuesday when
Senator James S. Duncan, chairman
of the committee, dispatched to J. A.
Hartness, Secretary of State, at Raleigh,
the final statement showing receipts
and disbursements in the 1030
campaign.
The largest amount of money was
contributed by Representative Geo.
M. Pritchard, of Asheviiie, iveput/iiCan
nominee for United States Senator.
At one time Mr. Pritchari! furnished
a check in the sum of $2,000.
subsequently he gave $5,100, makinghis
contributions total $7,400. He
gave almost half of the qmnKa
money listed.
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