VOLUME XLII. NO. 31
[ HAiU)WAREMERG*R
ANNOUNCED AFTER]
COMPANY MEETING
5 tocfeboldera of Boone Hardware
Company Sell Building, Stock and
Fixtures to Farmers Hardware and
Supply Company. Two Stores Will
Be Operated Separately for Time
Being. Plans Not Perfected.
Following the session of the stockholders
of the Boone Hardware Com(.any
last Saturday afternoon, it was
announced that a deal had been made
- hereby the Farmers Hardware and
Supply Company bceame the owners
of the stock, building and fixtures,
;*nd that both businesses would like*y
be combined as soon as practicable.
There has been no official announcement
of the consideration. It
" < sfaited that while all papers incident
to the closing of the trade have
been executed, there is no likelihood
of a hitch in the deal.
All*. Clvde R. flrnnnp f???- mum'
years manager of the Farmers' Hardware
and Supply Company, and who
is now engaged in inventory work in
he newly-acquired stock,, will regain
as general manager of both
business houses, which for the time
being will be operated in their respective
buildings. Other details as
to organization have not been perfected,
but it is thought that at a
ater date the stock of the original
Farmers Hardware will be moved up I
| the street to the Watauga Hank block
where the Boone Hardware had been
novated for many.years.
In the merger of the hardware
stores uf Boone, two of the largest
*locks ?>f hardware in this section of
The State will be thrown together,
under the same management, into
perhaps the largest store of the kind
i Western Carolina; The Boone
Hardware Company was organized in
*921.0, and was managed by Mr. F. 1
Moore, principal stockholder, during! |
the almost eleven years of its exist- j
encc. A large stock has always been
carried and a wide trade enjoyed. f
its stockholders consisted in the main '
: f local citizens, there being seven
in number. 1
The Farmers Hardware and Supply i
Company has been in business in J
this town for about six years and 1
during that period has enjoyed a re- *
markable growth. Its stocks have al- ?
ways been complete and the radius i
of its business territory has been con- !
-t?'iuv n> suictcnoiners acj:
the present time number tlnee. *<
Messrs. R. I). Hodges,. C. M. Greer j
;.ml W. H. MeGheo. Mr. Clyde R. J
Greene, one of the founders of the
-business, has 'held the mamige.r3hh>
01 tU ex- 1
i?lencv.'' The tOUjbined businesses
vrjll continue under the firm name 1
of - Farmers Hardware and Supply
Company j-jj- fe 1
burley tobacco i
crop brings new
r30ney to county!;
. h
Pcicec on Small Acreage Amount to *1
as Much as 28-Ccnt Average. A. 1 !
W./Smith, J. M. Greer and J. H. j 1
Mast Realize Neat Sunt from]'
Warehouse Sales. Many Farmers.; :
io Cultivate Weed This Season.
Rurioy tobacco, which was grown <
numerous Watauga farmers last
season as an .experimental 'crop, has
\ joved to he a real cash: producer,
and several sales have been repotted j'J
which reflect credit on the industry; i
of the venturesome agrarians \vbc?|i
took :i chance on the golden weed.i1
... M. Greer, ??' Mabel, probably get
"he blue, ribbon. Mr. Greer planted]
!-:1 acre to Burley, harvested 1,180j;
pounds, sold it for an average of}:;
23 1-2 cents a pound in a nearby i
city and brought home a check fori
; fh?; ' . '$$$. -:V^V:; -
2 J. II. Mast, of Silvecstonc. cultt- }
vated an acre ami a half ot" tobacco
from which he harvested 2,107 pounds
of marketable leaf, which sold fdi*
$577.00. A. V/. Smith, Boohe postmaster
who owns Canning lands near
Mabel, marketed 1.102 pounds from j
one acre of land for an average pVic.ej
of nearly 23 cents. This crop wasj
thrown by Stanly Norrts; a renter, j
he' and Mr. Smith supervising the;
curing and grading. The highest j.
gfade sold, dork reds, brought 271 j
cents per pound, and the lowest, j
greenings, was sold for six cents.]
Mr. Smith explains that one rack of I
tobacco broke down in the field and|
was not noticed until it had been':
damaged considerably. He is of the.
opinion that Watauga leaf should:
lie placed on the market around the;'
middle of December or the first of
Jttiuaf-y, <*s iiie jii'iCca ?? ???--1Or bccome
sluggish after that date.
An official of the Livestock Association,
which has been responsible
to a large degree for the interest ta
ken in tobacco culture by Watauga]
farmers, declares that tobacco is des-j
lined to become an important cashf.
ctqpin^\vataugav but urges that sroaii
acreages be cultivated. One-half acre
to a farm is, he believes, an ample
amount, and if this program is car__
ried out, tens of thousands of dol
Jars in additional revenue win be re-J
iilized by Watauga's farm papula-[
lion.
HFFL1N FAVORS PAYMENT *
Washington, D. C.?Payment of
the face value of veterans' adjustedj
compensation certificates was urgedi
Tuesday by Senator Heflin, Denio-j
crat, Alabama. Heflin said the put-}
ting of $3,000,000,000 into circulation
would go far toward restoiing
prosperity. He criticized Secretary
Mellon for his opposition to payment
of the fate value of the certificates.
MAI
A Non-Partisan h
BOON
Jurors Drawn for Spring
Term of Superior Courl
The foliownig jurymen have beet
drawn for the Spring Term 6t Wa1
auga Superior Court, which eon
veues Monday; March 2SV4, wit!
Judge II. Hoyle Sink presiding:
First Week?Kchex'L Morris, Clyd*
Howell, Charles Wtnebarger. George
A. Wilson, S. T. isenhour, IV H. Cof
fey Jr., Itoby Penley. Milton Brad
shavv, K. S. Swift, C. G. Brown, J. A
Idol, L. F. Cottrell, James 11. Moore
Grady Mcretz, Thomas Banner. J. S
F'nnnery. J. S. MeBride, J. C. Jones
G. W. McComiRil, D. F. Hortcn, H
C. Hodges, E, Y. Edmisten. J. R
Greene. Alex South. J. II. Wallace!
B. F. Lang. Shirley Candid, Noas
Mitchell, W. M. Shirleyi A. N. Green
H. E. Gicene, John E. Luther, T. F
Yates, Hamp Simms, John J. Hartley,
W ??T I
R. 0. Rivers Jr., A. L. Triplet!. P
W. Palmer, C. M. Greer, Russei
Vannoy, W. S. Davis, L. Greer, C
R. Dishman, J. W. Lewis, W, J. Love
I). C. Must, J. A. Wootlie, Dwighi
Stansberry. W. A. Harbin, W. P
Moody, S. B. Adams, Otto Townsend.
TROUT STREAMS OF
WATAUGA STOCKED
WITH FINNY TRIBE
More Than 1,100,000 Trout Released
During 1930. New Brood at State
Hatchery Numbers One Million
Meat Camp, Norris Fork and Howard's
Creak Receive Special Attention
from Department.
More than cloven hundred thousand
rainbow, speckled and brown
trout, ranging in |ize from fingei
length to fourteen inches have been
released in fishing waters of Watauga
since last January, and it is
believed that during the coming season
sportsmen will have better luck
:han at any time for seyeial years.
Superintendent Smothers, ol' the
Rutlierwood State Hatchery, states
that he now hus under his care over
i million newly-hutched liout, which
..111 -* 11- *: -
i-.ui wcinunny ] 111 <i t [KM!' way into
streams of Watauga. During previous
years those babies were poured
into creeks and rivers before they
had attained sufficient size to care
for themselves and, naturally, many
or i'neni failed to survive. Hut un
iler u new plan worked out by the
Department of Conservation and Development
and members of the lznak
Waltoru League they are kept In
'UANAK JOOUbs uuuuinejr imvc ?u?m^
finger length, and then are commitfed
to fishing waters.
County Game Warden H. Grady
Karthing says that last fall 75,000
a in bow and brook trout, the lurgent
'oUrteek inches long and the smallest
Eive, were released in Howard's Creek
ind Meat Camp Creek. During the
fishing season of 1531 a fee of one
lolltu will be charged for the privilege
of ur.giing in these waters, and
i warden hired to see that game laws
ore closely adhered to. Howards
Wreck will he opened thirty days aft;r
the opening of the sensim, and on
that date Meat Camp will be closed
for a similar tierwul fill Vino r li I. ,.nv_
y months ojf the ienSol'i one stream
sill be open while tie; other i-. closed,
inn (hii'ino- the cessation of fishing
^renins will be leplenished with
mss Jim flnjgjp
Warden Farthing gives out the information
thai more' than $?500.00
was derived during HbH? from the
sale of fishing and hooting hcehseiin
Watauga; a far greater amount
than that expended hv the Con.-ervation
Department for protection and
replenishing of game aii'd fish. He
is of the opinion that 10 31 will he
a": more successful year, and that
sportsmen will find field and stream
better stocked than at any time in
twenty years. Practically^ every
stream in Watauga has been restocked,
sawdust eliminated, and precautions
taken against the seiner and
dynamiter.
Daniel Boone Chanter, Izaak Walton
League, meets at Daniel Boone
Hotel Thursday night, and important
phases of conservation work,
including allocation <>' game fish
will he ci hi cussed by the thirty 01
more members.
Those who would Like to obtain
>i setting of ring-neck pheasant eggs
should see Warden Farthing within
the next few days, as a number oi
the in are to be distributed in Watauga.
Twenty-five pair of Mexican
quail will also be released during thi
spring months. All hunting and trap
ping came to a close 011 February 1
and game officials urge that citizens
refrain from shooting. The sea
son just ciosco was a succcsslui one
nr.d sportsmen who were in the fielt
during the. past few months statt
that rabbif, squirrel and quail ar<
plentiful.
Walton League to Elect
gsOfficers Thursday Evel
yj . :?:
Officers for the coming year nil
be electee at a meeting 01 the loca
chapter izank Waiton League. to hi
Held at Daniel Boone Hotei Thursda:
evening. 7:30 o'clock. Patrolmen wil
also be selected to protect the water:
of Meat Camp and Howards Creel
during the coming fishing season
and other matters of importance dis
cussed- Secretary Baxter V-inne;
urges that all. members bring the!
dues- and participate in the importan
meeting.
Xush County poultry flocks an
loading the State in egg laying am
profits per bird, according to rocen
tabulations by the poultry extensio:
office at State College.
lewspaper, Devoted to th<
E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH G
^ ^ ^ ^ Reports Needs of
I Will Rogers, cowboy humorist
flyer Captain Frank Hawks, ro visi
Cross is feeding ami clothing 550,00
! saw/' Will Rogers telegraphs horn
\$670,827 Inc
i Products Net
F H. Jeter,1 agricultural editor X
Slate Collect Extension Service
1 has given out the following information
relative to food and feed erop>
raiscil in Watauga County:
Watauga County's farmers fail t'
raise enough of ten food ami fe.ee
j crops for their own farm needs, am!
as a result the County suffers a de
fioiency ol* $070,827 in these crops
according to the latest figures obtained
from compilations made r ir
1029 by the North Carolina Stale
Et?)lege; Extension Service, in con
nection with the "I/ive-abHonuf
j campaign this year. The farmers oi
Watauga raised a surplus in only
j two crops in 1921). Surpluses in th*
I ten deficient, crops must be orpdueWi
| in order for the county to. vc$hj
| become a 100 pev cent.
Home" county and a booster of/iht
rajggjuu "Farm to M&fec a Liviiy^ir
| Watauga f?iic L, S^jiSSgB-'
in wheat, corn, oats, sweet potatoes,
milk, poultry, eggs, pork and lard,
hay and home gardens. It has a sinplus
in Irish Potatoes and beef and
veal, but this surplus amount does
! not offset entirely the deficiency in
the other ten products.
The county's farmers may greatly
improve the situation by raising jnorc
food and feed crops. In 3929 Governor
Gardner urged the farmers of
the State to increase their food and
feed crop yields. They did, surpassing
the J 929 figures by^Over ^19?000,000.
This year the Governor is
hopeful that the farmers of the
Stated will produce food 'and Teed
! products, over and above the 19u0
i total, to a value of $40,000,000. Wa|
tauga can have a share in doing this.
L- . i
! ga lies in hay. In 1929 the farmers
[failed to r produce enough hay for
i farm needs Tahd either had to bii>
; 11.124 tons, valued at $2f?4,2H2. or
i{go without, thereby stinting; theii
1 stock. The. next largest aenciehcv
Uvas in corn, with a shortage of 110,y5"
bushels, valued at $114,020.
Other deficiencies were less but the
1 ten crops hulked large on the "c.cjjg
j side of the ledger.
Watauga did raise a huge Irish up
Boone's Fast
Depicted in U
THAT Cherokee Indians were the
first settlers* of this neighbor,?
hood is evidenced in streams ahc
t j roads which bear Indian names
'Some of these are the Yonahlosset
1 trail, the Toe and Watauga rivers anc
j Shawneehaw Township. The count>
takes its name from the river, whicl
, j in Cherokee vernacular means "beau
I tiful water." We
know the Indians FORE
' I once lived here by .
' the broken bits of u ? r2J\er,te
jrpottery and arrow ' va
j' heads that have yj*orap*on, ,
!|k, -i~ : TV. MwrtU Slnnak
j | Rev. W. R. Savage Molly P c r r
| collection of these Swanaon, stud
1 relics is now in Department,
Ithe Administration College, are re
building: of Appa- history, *
laehian State Col- in weekly ins
letre?but there is* Democrat. W1
| no record of pan- course, !?*
1 ;< ! Roonc encoun- ??onaT touch a
|1] teringr the Indians la,u inaccuraci
2 * rjn his* trip until correct' and co
,r, he reached Ken- uable data wh
[l1tucky in 1760. interest to out
s! Daniel Boone is ??????
tj the hero of every American boy. Hi
,{i? one of the few Americans whosi
-j claim to distinction is uuquestione<
i' outside his own country. His bits
r| stands in the hall of fame in Ne*;
t{ York City. As a hunter and trappe
ho was supreme; as a scout and lan<
looker he was notable for natura
e shrewdness, with an eye for grroum
J and a phenomenal memory -for roads
t trails and localities which he ha?
i? once traveled or visited. Boone wa
born on Februnry 11, 1735, in Penn
.
? Best Interests of Northwt
AROLINA, Till RSDAY, FEBRUARY
ami philosopher, starting with famous
i the Arkansas region where the Red
0 persons. ' It's the worst need 1 ever
Pine Blurt.
reuse in Farm
id of Watauga
fa to crop, producing a surplus over!
. i'unii needs of bushels, vnl-J
: tied at $274,0*37. The beef and veal
surplus tvas t,08n head, valued at]
$U'o,G20. A total rye crop of ! h.,
r.? bushels, valued at 126,UM, is
[ not counted ir. this tabulation, at- no
1 rye is used m Watauga Cour.ry !>y
tii<* fanners. The mutton and lamb
t i'ledueed so hi for $o-l,r>36 but there
! arc no statistics Oh the actual eoii;;
sumption r.ee<ls of the county, so this
, item cannot be counted. The tobacco
.{crop of b.600 pounds (figures too
| low), valued at $2,344, was a "money'4
crop and is not counted in the
|j tabulation beTosv.
, ro oecome a iiM per eenj~ "i-;ve-|
! at-Homo" county. Watauga must >n
j i rciljftr its yields ihth-r following:
Wheat-?45,910 bushels required;
' 11,979 bushels produced; 33,901
ij bushels shortage; ?13,200 values of
t wk1'-5g2t?,7f>t b'usbc-Js required;
210,408 bushels produced; 110,353
bushels shortage; $111,020 value et'
I shortage.
Oats ? 111,i 30 bushels required;
73,308 bushels produced; 38,002
bushels shortage; $20,325 value of
shortage.
Sweet Potatoes- -17,000 bushels^
lequired; 0,958 bushels produced; H),-?
708 bushels shortage; $9,037 valuoi
of shortage.
Milk -?1,633,500 gallons required;
1,482,901 gallons produced;.,; 150.599!
. gallons .shortage; ?27,108; value v?f
. shortage.
Poultry?125,033 birds required:
139,078 birds raised; 85,355 bird's
[{shortage; $70,819 value of shortage.
m Eggs?3TVJ00 dozen required;1
1247,987 dozen produced; 127,113!
J iio/oh shoWiure: $38,131 valde ton
ESStfi *
J Pork aVid lard?-1 .SID hr-nd - vo-'l
I quired; :it6i0 fceari raised: 1,221 j
.] head shortage; $24,-120 value ot
.1 shortage.
j Hay?24,703 tons required; 10,
*>70 tftns produced; 14.124 Ions
I shortage; $254,232 value ol' smrel-j
I atfe
; Home gardens-- 1,210 gcves re;
(l-leasc- turn tu Pag.- S>
Development
Unique History
?ylvania. In the spring of 1750,
Squire Boone, Daniel's father, moved
i to North Carolina. Daniel helped to
.{clear the land and build a !m: housej
! but he went hunting lit every pppoi-j
I trinity.' When Daniel was twenty he
r married black-oycd: Rebecca Bryan,
I a neighbor girl.
We usually think of Boone as il?.
i literate, but we
WORD- m 11 s 1 remember
.... that tliere wore
Waters, Josie Lee few schools in
Brin.ot., Louuc Lhoso days. He- was
ladelinc ta tight. to read and
er. Viola^ Perry, write by his broth
y ana oamce | ev?s wjfe# A? lad
?* J^r?n?ar?' ho learned the vuStata
diments of woodsponsible
for tfm craft. acquired a
*hich will appear knowledge of the
talmentc in The secrets of fields
lile the work, of an(j forests; and
... : profes- r.^OVC ill! dovfdohndin?r?Jbyctr.
cd skill and sclfes,
it is basically reliance* in the all
ntaina much val- (>f self-protection,
ich should be of }jy constant prac
readers. tice jr. the field he
??f became an uncr2j
ling marksman with his long flints}
lock piece, a3ept in following a trail
ijand moving noiselessly through the
t| forest; in freezing into immobility at
i'I the sight of wild game or an enemy,
r | His physique was grand. He was end
i | dowed with Spartan virtue, rare in
I! tclligence and complete fearlessness,
f; Boone was the leader of men who
'blazed "Boone's Wilderness Road."
i| Daniel Boone, when crossing the Blue
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3CRA
sst North Carolina
5, myi
W. R. Chevrolet Co. ij
Opens Doors Monday
The \V. R. Chevrolet Company j
opened its doors to the public .M n day
undo* the management' ot Vv. K.j
' Winkler of the Control Tire ( i. I
pany, who recently purchased tin
j agency and shop equipment; owned fey! 5
i the Bophe Chevrolet Company.
I During the brief period of time
which the business was closed mar.yj
iinmovements were made in the front!
office as well as in the shops and a
i complete line of repair parts for!
i Chevrolet automobiles have been!
| organization to .servicer Chevrolet I
I cars just, as thoroughly as can bo J
done in tha larger cities and nothing 1
hut the highest oualit ?? of mechanical J
] work will bo tolerated by the man- *:
agemcnt. Mr. Joe Greer, who for 1
many years has been in the shop ot *
the Chevrolet Harare-, is still on the) *
job and Messrs. Dallas Cottrell and!Kay
Breudall, both mechanics of longj 2
| experience, have been voided. Mr.;
i Hump Blackburn has been retained!
on the sales force, while Messrs. Or- ^
ring Harmon and James Moore arc! *
emjiloyed in the offices. Mr. Wink- 2
lei* will remain as manager, while A '
K. Hodges will take care of the uf *
fairs at tlie Central Tiro Company. c
A new shipment ox cars is expect ] s
ed within a few days and indications! n
are bright for a good business this! a
spring, says Mr. Winkler. ' \
farmTnstitute j!
i WILL PRESENT A \!
VARIED PROGRAM j
Details, for the Second Annual As- *
I sembly of Watauga I'armers Are (
! Completed, and Official Protrram 1
H as Been Announced. Speakers, i
of State-wide Prominent Will Be II
Present and Address Agrarians. t
The second annual Farmers ln'sti-M
tute. \v)neh is scheduled to he held j51
at .State Teachers College on Febiu-; j
avy IT and Is', promises to he anjr
even greater event than that of last a
year. The program committee has! iff
finished it-* work and the slate of j o
speakers has heen secured. The; s
j-farmcrs of the county are being I
urged this year to make drastic cutsjr
in expensse, ami to produce a surplus}*
of one or more crops, which may he) ii
Untied into cash. Indications me that; h
the attendance will he even larger v
this winter than last, and thy pro
gram is designed to help the farmer a
'overcome all his major troubles. The ri
I coiitpiccv p. ounun roi ftfe is r
as follows: t
Tuesday, February m..
10 A. M.?H. R. Nisvvonger, of f
State College, will speak on "Hurti n
culture," including potatoes, cab- 5
huge, beans. gardening and marketirg.
Mrs. Cornelia Morris will speak f
canning ami mpvleniiig. Mis. Mollis': a
program will l?Uo pliieu at tho siimt a
time as Hint of Mr. Niswongoi. ; 'I
1 P. M.?O. K. McRai\v of State- e.
OollcEo will USesonl Rcnoi-a! faiia-jii
ing outiook, etc: Ladies will have a]
meeting at the ^nic hour. >
VA?dncsday, February I8tb ' i
10 A. M.- - L.. I. Case, Research Do-;
| pertinent of State College. will
j cuss cattle, sheep, ami the pivseiii
Siitioou.
!:()() to ip?0 i'. M. --Poultry am!; ,
" il!. hiy; t!j?ilp-'1 !? Mr ! r
I arrish ?! Stati- tollfago, >. l-i (
| IlroxvU;. Hairy Faw ami others of ;i
! Greene vilit: and Johnson City. Temi.' {
| Nuntbers "f liivmers have express- s
;;ed h dbsire to bring Uincli with them. r
They mayd o .m * 'hoy wUh, hut it!;
is not. requested by the program; {
h;eeoniri:Liee, as all participajits,Jn the! j
i meeting are expected to eat toe-ether.. 1 |
~ j
Judge Finley Seriously
! Ill in North Wilkesboro J
N'ovth Wilkcslioro. ? While Su 1H-- !
i rio:* Court Judge T. F>. Finley lay m j
ja critical condition alter an appenv'
. di.x operation, his creditors met on1
t Tuesday .morning before a referee, , (
j and trustees for his estate were; ,
j named. Judge Finley recently filed;
, a voluntary petition in bankruptcy.?,
The creditors waived the right (??
| appoint (he trustees and Referee 1.-1 .
I C. MeKnughan named O. H. Tolbert. jj
| banker, and C. C. Gnmbill, farmer j ,
and lumber dealer.
In bis petition filed, be said, to 1
[protect his friends from "grasping" j
Wnpvthevn corporation creditors, the;,
; Judge listed his assets as .$581,285, j
of which $551,176 is real estate. His j
liabilities were (riven as $21)3,176.;. ;
with $1J6,740 jn secured claims and;
$51D.28-. unsecured. Accommodation)u
paper was listed at $23,150.
Judge Finley was operated on here; A
?.yesterday for acute appendicitis.' ,
Peritonitis ?ot in and physicians sayj'
j his condition is critical.
John Taylor Dies at
Home in Missouri
j Mr." John Taylor. SO years oUI,i
i died at his home in Maryville, AIo..j
j Tuesday morning,' after a long ill -.
?ncss due to the natural infirmities of.
! his great age. Surviving are seven ,
j daughters and one son.
Mr. Taylor was a native Watau-j
j gan, the. son of the late Henry Tay-j
lor, and brother of O. I>. Taylor.j
Esq.. of Vallc Cruris. More than 35?
rears ago he went to Missouri where j
he prospered as a farmer. His wife, j
who has been dead several years, wij||
be remembered as a sister of Mr.
J. M. Shall of Valle Crucis.
Mr. Taylor was well and favorably}
known by all the older residents of!
the county, who are grieved to hear
of his death. '
_
$1.50 PER YEAR
???? - '
l)R LIGHT RELIEF
FI IDS ARE NOW
M AILABLE HERE
t
190,Of,4sked by Local Couiiniltrc
to M?'*t Drought Stricken Farm- ?
crs ! ? Watauga County. Money
to . ^ Used for Purchase of Feed
for : ? ck. Tractor Fuel, Fertilizer,
Seetll" Several Applications.
Messrs. W. H. Gragg, ('. M. Crither
and C. D. Taylor, members of
he Watauga County committee or
iisbursernent of Federal drought re
:ef funds, met last Wednesday in
Slkih with Dean 1. 0- Schaub of
>tate College, and asked for a maximum
of SUO.OOO to assist. local farmers
in raising the crops of this year.
j. P. Haganian, also a member of
he committee, could not be present
it the conference.
Oil 1- ---I- ? " '
i?ix. ocnSuu, wno is neuu 01 me ituiimistbring
hoard in this State, aft<
:oing over the situation with ttie Waaugans,
was of the opinion that the
mount askcil for could be secured,
f need he. It had been estimated
hat 900 of the 2,500 farmers in this
ounty would need relief as the reult
of the dry weather of last summer.
but present indications are that
: much less number will apply. Sec
etary W. H. Gragg has forwarded
applieatiens, all of which were
mule throujvh the central commit
ee in Boone, and it is not known
whether or r.ot machinery will be
>erfected in the various townships
is originally planned.
According to the administration's
dans, the monies provided will be soured
by a lien on the crop on which
he loan was secured. No endorse nent.
whatever is "retppVed. the mon
y is paid the fay met as his needs
'evelop and interest is charged at
he rale of "i per cent. Principal and
ate rest is due by No vein;, or .lib hut
nay bo paid in installments before
hat time ?r preferied. The loans
re made strictly for the benefit of
hose suiTevirig from drought and
pates are provided on the application
for the crops raised in 1929 and
900 and thou value Should the
top of LJK10 be shown to-be as ?rood
s that of the previous year, when
10 drouth was recorded the chances
f the loan being approved are lestined.
An effoit is being made by
he .Secretary to have this provision
epealecl locally it) view ?.i" the fact
hat many tanners who have money
n the banks, are unable to use it
?cause <>;* the agreement reached
rith depositors Ui"& first of the year.
The applications being made now
re for funds for feed for work anilals.
On March 1 demands wiil.be
liade foe fertilizer. seed, .i.-. fui uoatoOS
and cats, white the nmiu-y l;.r
or i,rApYit.-'|-ftV. "applicnft?fi.f"fe#
lade through Secretary W. H. Oragg
taone, are forwarded to Mr. O. b\
IcHary, Washington, D. C-. who reireseiits
this state before the relief ;;W$
ommission and action one way or
nother is promised within 18 hours
iter the papers reach Washington.
|lirec eight hour shifts arc being
naintained in the capital city, nuili:g
the relief work.
V!, W. Eller Succumbs
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Skiver a Long Illness
Atr. M. VV. Filer, 71 years '.lit.
assed ;uv;iy Sunday morning at the
-f life tin * *rh? W ( 'Irecr
in Boone after an illness iron)
i fin-onU- ailment whirl) Wrarar se iovs
.about' throe \viYefcs_ag<y .V uhCriaV J?j$Jggj
ervices were vonduetted Men-lav aftornoun
from tin- Bantist' Church at
Sloiiyitle. of which deceased wilts' '
iaitn ful niember for many yt-ars, by
Teyt P. A. I licks of P.oOne, assisted &
v Rev. C. A. Todd of.-Dotler; Tonn. $2
Interment was in the neighborhood
hymctevy. &
Active pallbearers were: Milton i
Greer, Johp Greer, Charles Greer,
ii. 1>. Hodges, Ralph Mast and Wade
Reese. " Honorary pallbearers wore:
Dr. .1. B. Hagaman. B; I. (Y.uriCill,
Clyde- Kyi'.ws, P. J. Cotfyell, Georga
!\ 1 tagamet;. .1 ohn \V. Hodges. Ohas.
L. Yin* nee. I- G. Greer, Frank Robl?iiis.
Dr. ;}. G. Farthing, Dr. i: SjKJgffSe
GambiR. Thoiitas- \Y. ('able; ?g. !).
A. Swift. G C. G'rycv and Inge
The floral offerings were 'profuse
ftTVd heantifnl tttrd; bogb evidence of
the high esteem in which deceased
a as held.
Surviving- are four daughters, Airs.
W\ C- Greit v of Boone, Air.-. C. VV,
Ramsey and Miss Flmcr.ee. K. Flier,
rf Butter, Tenn., and Miss Sophie E.
Slier. Abingdon. Vh^itwV; ?wn? Phu? . " C-jSI
Hilev, Lake City, l'*!a.. and LUVjtd
Ellcr, Zionville; one sister. .Mrs. \V. 8
r'. Roark, Vilas; and two btotheri,
toe and lames ftllcr, of Vilas. J
Jlr. Bike was a native of the Zion- , }
. i!lo section, but for the past several
.-ears had been a tesidsnt of lintler,
pTenii. He was well known throughout
this section. was a genuinely
good man and citizen, and has contrihute'-l
a full share to the betterment
of the country in which he
lived.
Mountaineers Showing
Well in Court Games
Last week the Appalachian College
boys' basket hall team played two
hard games on the. local court. On
Wednesday night they lost a tough
one to their ancient rival, Catawba,
UG to 25. On Saturday night they
won from Lynchburg College, 32 t.
Coach Johnston and the boys leave
Thursday morning for a three-game k
series down-State. On Thursday eyening
they play Guilford; Friday. -.tb
High Point, and Saturday night they T-ai
tneet Catawba in- u return game. >
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