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( : VOLUME XLIi, NO. -VI ! CONVlcfCAMPi RAZED BY FLAMES \ MONDAY EVENING i About 30 Negro Convict* Freed fromj 0;iirring Building Without Injury. None Eftcapf. Supt. Lyda Said to Have Been Slightly Burned During Rescue. Convicts Moved io Old ? Camp ?n Wilkes County. File supposed to have originated rom a defective flue Monday night "omjdetely destroyed the prison camp on Highway SO near laxon postofScc, where more than eighty negro convicts, used in the new construeion work, were being housed. Ue>ortb indicate thai none of the prisoners was injured or escaped as a -esult of the conflagration. Bed , lothing and personal belongings were saved, but the buildings weie a complete loss. Superintendent Lyda is said to have received slight surface burns when he rescued a shackled prisoner 1 rom the inferno of flame. Prison officials at Raleigh were ' immediately notified of the fire, and pending instructions, the negroes j vere transferred to an old camp xrhieh was vacated last week, and ' viJ! remain there for the present. * They wilt likely be admitted to State Prison or some other district camp, j 1 it i< said. Honor Roll for Month j j At Boone High School1 Thirty-five students at the Boone | ligh School had their names graved | < n the honor roll for January. The :ist 1'oHows: Freshmen: Annie Adams, Mary j Brookshire, Edna Mae Brown, Ollie K'an Coffey. Geneva Cooke, Elizabeth Cookt, Rena Mae Farthing, Ed>th Greene, Ralph Tugman. Margaret Ray, Virginia South, Maude Stansberry, Gladys Hagamun, Edith Hamby, Winifred Hampton and Odessa I.ookabill. Sophomores: Rex Haguman, Gladys Hamilton, Delia Hayes, Ruby Sliull, Xari Sawyer, Banner Miiler. Juniors: Helen Benson and Glenda Hampton. n-i_i ?t * otiinn:'. ixaifiri na^aman, alary|, Alosetz, Dale Nonis, Ruby Parsons, 11 -4lwKaret Tailor, Hoyd Cooke. James [J Farthing. Mary Austin. Gva'ce Kit- J 1 miste'n, Lucy Greene and Grace AshVy. j Results Are Seen From Farm Campaign J -JJSItrv-.: ~~" . 5 The Live -at-IIonu campaign this] ?eav is already bringing results in j of the- State/* aVeiGrding < lo Charles A. Sheffield, assistant "t director oC the North Carolina State } /College extension service. ''Evpry- , /here farmers and business men arc ^ rating- to jgt into actual on- . --ration the si ay an of the" campaign J tlris -year. lEariti Ita^Make .a laving ? n 1 931 - j lld;\yever, Mi. Sheffield finds that ( here are some misunderstandings ^ anong farrners relative to the. rais- ( my of certain ' Sfi&i proiluets//_ lie .found on trips made during the past ^ hrc-e weeks, in connection with j i peaking engagements, that the farmers of4 the Suite had sold off brood 4 -OWS quite heavily last yen, to ob-J? '-air. ready cash. He thinks that this >? an incorrect .policy. He feels that' -he brood. sow is one of the best in-j .V; the farm and a save J r Tioiieymiakcr. He urges farmers ev- ^ vrywbeie. to increase instead of di- t rmnish Iheii hog supply, ^ S iv Another' interesting farm fact earned during the January cam- J raign was that farmers in sectionsj J vhcre they kept no poultry recordsj , had sold off much poultry. "Where"hey did not know that they were j snaking as ma II profit on thg poultry) * /lock, handled without much trouble J j and with a ipinimimi time effort, . many farmers depleieo their flocks because they thought that they were 'osing money or making none. In ^ most eases, ifv t.hey had kept aecu-j < rate records, they would have found j a M that they were making ?_ profit. A^j sultry flock of fifty or more hens ought to bring in a small but steady j income to any farmer anywhere in the State." Mr. Sheffield urges the farmers- this year to increase their flocks and not to sell too many hens j ?'or meat profits. ^ He also met several individuals < who readily admitted that they, made ( a good living last year, due to the raising of hogs, poultry and gardenj ( Produce. i - r .? .... -. ? i HOUSE BURNS AT ROMINGER j News reaches The Democrat of the, loss by fire of a modern frame dwell-' rip/, belonging to and occupied by ' Mr. Bill Mast and family of Romin-jj i.'cr. The conflagration "is said to!' have been of unknown origin, and j* the loss of the building and contents 1 was complete; No insurance was in r force. It is raid that besides the fur- * niturn, a sum of money wn. destroyed 1 by the blase. . hx&i. \ i : * MAI A Non-lTartisan N< BOON] Bill to Validate Boone Water Bonds Dropped Into Hopper by Lovill A bill entitled "An Act to Validate j Certain Water Bonds of the Town) of Boojie" was introduced on the' floor of the Upper House by Senator} W. R. Lovill on Friday. February 6. In the event that this bill is written j into law ail short-term notes heldi i gainst this municipality will be taken up antl long-term bonds is.sui.-d in their stead. The text, of the measure introduced by Mr. Lovill follows: "Section 1. The proceedings of the Board of Aldermen of the Tov.n of Boone adopted on the eighteenth day of March and the twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred i thirty, authorizing the issuance of twenty-eight thousand dollars water uouus 01 cite ^aiu town, are\ hereby validated and the bonds) may he issued accordingly when ad- j vcrtised and sold ptirsiiaul to the Municipal Finance Act and to chapter two hundred seventy-seven. Public Laws of one thousand nine hundrew twenty-nine. The proceeds of the bonds shall be applied to constructing a water system for the said town and its citizens, including the payment of notes heretofore issued for that purpose, but the purchaser >f the bonds shall not be obliged to see to such application. Section 2. This act shall be in Force and effect from and after its) ratification/* BOARD EDUCATION I ADOPTS NEW PLAN I AT JANUARY MEET; "iigh Certificates Required in Boone, | Cove Creek and Blowing Rock Districts. Watauga Operates Her Schools at a L.ower Cost Than Any County in North Carolina, Excepting GHevokce. At its January meeting, the Board j >1 Kducatiou passed rlu following: evolutions: "That the school Comnittees in Boopc, Blowing: ltock and ''ovo Oieek districts be advised not :o hire any teacher for their respective schools, except those now teaching, with n certificate lower thun a J ruminat; Grade *C\ and that they Cirst. Ihc . pi ir.cipnl -be= ?<ife hiving: any teacher." Teachers in large schools, a member of the hoard states, should be j .nnployed with reference to the par-J icular subject or subjects which they. ire expected to teaclr It is believed! .hat the new resolution will p.o a ong way toward improving: the! school system in affected districts. j The .January issue of ''School j facts," official publicationof the! State Department of 25duc&tior?, dis-} doses the facti that Watauga ooer-1 EZSUC ... Ucs its schools cheaper than ;in>r jounty ii? North Carolina, Che???koe . xoludeu. Average cost of teaching i white child in the state, acfovdinu j co V.he.'phhlieatioii,'is $30.82 for the term". Watauga's cos? Cherokee's $15.81. a difference oi" mly thirteen cents;.' Durham GouiiLy, the highest, spends $311.40 on i.ajjn of ^ts students. At present the average langth or niblie school Terms in Watauga s 184 days. Sood Will Tour Will Include N. Wilkesboro Mr: . Carl Coffey, prominent busi?ess man and aviator of North Wilk sbovo, was here Monday and says hat arrangements have been coindeled for the Carolines Good Will \iv tour to make a stop in his city.' lit. Horton Gragg, local; flier, has* iekofs for the flight and will fur*J lish such information as may be de-j irod to those who Would like t:> visit; Co rib. Wilkesboro when the ships ilight. The tour starts from Char-! otte on March J 5th. will include .'?oj hips, tri-inotors, amphibians and S ithei types, but the definite itiner-j ry has not been worked out. Stunt; lying and parachute jumping will bej featured at each of the stops. Plans 1 ire also under way to have l.enoir; hcluderj in the tour. ? ;?.? _ i . G. GREER DISPOSES OF INTERESTS IN J & E STOREi Professor I. G. Greer recently soldlis one-half interest in the J & E grocery Store to Mrs. T\ Miltonj ireer, wife of the manager and only J >ther stockholder in the business. The trade does not in any way affecthe management of the business, it J s pointed out, and the sales force j emains the. same. RETURNS TO MARKETS Mr. Fred C. Church returned to 'hicago last week where he will pnr:hase spring lines of dry goods for C* Miller and Company, and shij>nents will begin to arrive within a ew days. Mr. Church spends about line months of the year in the Winfy City, keeping in close touch with he markets, and making purchases is he is advised by his company here. 1 swspaper, Devoted to the :. \VATA VGA COUNTY, NORTH OA V I Many Farmei at Institm The Farmer? institute, which is toW held at Lovill Home on the campus <>t Appalachian State Teachers 1legc, next Tuesday and Wednesday ids pioviding the principal topic of! convocation this week among: the i farmers of the county, as well as the business men, and the indications are that practically all those who look to the soil for a livelihood will he; present one or both days of the j meeting. Last year it was estimated that no less than 1.000 farmers came! together to study their problems and those in best position to know ffee) that Wntnilp-n rmmtv'c ? ir??rwinl 1 standing: >vas preserved as a direct i result of the systematic farming which followed the institute. A program has been worked out1 which will give authoritative information along all agricultural lines, and it is expected that those hav ;:g peculiar problems of their own ?< deal with feci free to ask any cues tions. It is important that every farmer in the county attend the institute, meet with technical ami practical farmers arid work together for the best interests of Watauga County. The complete program follows: Tucbday. February 17th 10 o'Clock A. M.?Song, Coloredj Quartet; invocation. Rev. P. \. Kiditjs; address; 11. R. Niswongcr, X. C- State Weather Man Dishes Out Half-Dozen Balmy Days Not withstanding the fact that Ohl Man Groundhog saw his shadow on Monday, Feb. 2, the weather man dished out six days of balmy teth-j peraturc and sunny sk'es in Watau-; ga last week. J. T. ('. Wright, obser- , vor at the local weather bureau, has I compiled the following report which! shows an average temperature for; the week well above the fieeidlig j | mark: : Average maximum tempo rati ri>,; 52 degrees. , .v.:..: ? niiiiiiflmn ivnnieuuv.es; i PjSSmHSsMBe ??- ? > --^MWigB el degree,*-:. ' :-Vn T-j I Average temperature; 37 .degre\s. I Average daily range in tompciV-j.t ture, 3D degree?. "A j, Greatest daily range in tempera , fore-.-Hfr degrees jdate, 0lb.~ f A verage temperature at T> p. in.I? (time of ohsei vation), IT degrees. 'J Highest temperature reached, 53 || degrees; date, Tth. !j f.owesl temperature reached. I 7 | n degrees; date. 3rd. , Number of clear days. 6. !; Number pf cloudy days. i. \ Direction of prevailing wind, west. Date? of heavy frosts, 3rd and 5 th. < Date - iight frost, 1st. ; rphenqn\cr.:i -iescvibcd a? fuljp>\yai Solar halo on 5th. Sollie Brown Dies at Statiesville Hospital 1?.row*. o|C iP s Mi', and Mrs. \V. H. Brown of thci Blowing Rock section, died at tlie Davis Hospital, Statesville. on Mondavi night at 10:30. He \vus taken there > several days Ago'far an appendix op-' juration, but peritonitis had .developed! and there was no hope for hi.s 'e-h covery. 'K'K."-\v | The body was conveyed to Boone i Tuesday by a BenVse from Moretz | Funeral Home, and the funeral was I held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock by Kev. W. D. Ashley. Interment was in the Hampton Cemetery. Surviving are the parents, one brother, Milton, of Blowing Rock; throe sisteirs. Epsie anu Elvira Brown of Blowing Rock, and Mrs. B. 0. j Yates of Boone R F. J). Roy Martin Is Freed From State's Prison J Roy Martin, convicted in Watauga]' Superior Court for che Slaying of. Fred Elison and sentenced to serve! a peviod of five years in the State? penitentiary, has been paroled by the j Governor, it has been learned. Mar-j tin had served about a year ol* the j sentence imposed. John E. Brown, Boone attorney, was instrumental in securing his release. i GORDON TAYLOR NEW OWNER < or tAJiH FEED COMPANY s Mr. Gordon Taylor of Valle Cru- 1 cis lias purchased frqm Mr. George i V. MoGimsey the Gash Feed Company on Depot Street, and is now 1 managing: the business, Mr. -end Mrs. i McGimscy having returned to their1 < home in Lenoir where he is engaged < in .?jniiar business pursuits with a brother. The same high quality lines 1 of feed and fertilizer will be han- < died by Mr. Taylot 1 Council] Cooke, son of Mr; and < Mrs, Joe fjqokei SfeStaken to P:^s- J byterian Hospital, Charlotte, on last Thursday, where he is suffering from ^ a severe illness. Mr. Cooke returned i Friday, but Mrs. Cooke will remain < until his condition is improved. i Best Intere sis of Northw i?OJLiI?VA| TIIl'RoDAV, r I'lBnUAji' *s Expected te Next Week College. on Horticulture, Hi@radj.ig potatoes, cabbage, beans, the ho?i*e garden and marketing; address by Mrs. Cornelia Morris on "Living :-.i Home." discussing' canning and g:ix| ' f c n ing. 1 o'Ciock P. M.?O. F. McRary, X. C. State College, will present general farming outiook and will suggest ways and means of making ii living and money on the farm. The ladies will have another meeting at inis nour. Wednesday, February 18th 10 o'clock. A. M. ? Song, Pro!. JG. Greer; invocation. Rev. Dr. Chandler; address?, L. I. Case, Research Department of N. C. State College, who will discuss beef cattle, sheep, and the present outlook. 1 o'Clock P. M.?Poultry and Tobacco will be discussed by Mr. Parrish of N. C. State College, and A. L. Drown. Harry Faw and others of lohnson City and Grceneville, Tenn. Wholesale produce men from Gastonia, Charlotte and other cities will be present and assist in working out the marketing problems of mountain producers The drought relief loan will also be fully explained. Dinner will be served by the ladies ol the town anil the homes of Boone people are open for everyone who may desire to spend the night. Killer of Ed Day Given Hearing Last Saturday North WUkesbovo.-~Se.well Webrter, who shot ami fatally wounded K. E. Day, former Wataugan, in! Wiikesboro on the night of October 29, was given a hearing before Mag-; iotratc J. Ij. Turner in North Wilkes-1 I ore, Saturday and recommitted toi tail without bond. Wel.uiter was arrested the dav following the shooting and given a magistrate hearing at which t ime he was pleased under bond. Uram reconi-; jjBpfrion of solicitor .John iToivesJ he wasagain arrested and placed hi fail until the heaving Saturday. Al the hearing the defense ultemntcci to show that Webster had committed second-degree murder andi ?vas entitled to bond- The prosecution pr*+dw?f?d trit'i'Cvoce'tfr tJr?" ihooting who testified (hat Webster fired the shot through the window of! the stock building while Da.v was go-| injr from the front of the building) where Webster was standing. The| case will probably come up for trial, it the next term of Wilkes Superior j Court wliich begins March 2. At the hearing Saturday Websterj represented S?y Attorneys f. C. Bowje, .J. Hi Rousseau and J. tfT] Whicker. The. State\f-;chsfi is, han&4 by Solicitor John R. .fonts, W. R. Lovill of Boone and EugOhe Trivctt [tf North Wilkesbovo. Blowing Rock Listed By Famous Cartoonist Fill- the swoml tiir.c ivi rivottt days Mr; Ripley, creator of the popular "Believe II Or Not" cartoons. has found his way into Ncrlh Carolina for materia1.. Now conies the story of who puts the "hlow" in Blowmt* Rock The following: appeared in one of Ripley's cartoons which was handed the News-Topic recently l>v George F. Harper. "At the head of a valley near the town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, is a natural phenomenon called Blowing Rock, from which the town cilices its name. There is a freak wind current which is continually blowing: tip over the edge of the precipice, iv.akmg it impossible to throw newspapers, handkerchiefs or other light objects down into the valley. Snow t'.nd rain never fall in the vicinity this rock, hut always blow tip over the precipice." ?Lenoir News-Topic. Plane-Zeppelin Airship For Ocean Hop Invented Washington, IX C.?-Plans for a tew type of aivship, combining the livJcrhlA'c W'Fh oiA.I'-nn't tpeed. and a project to establish regular trans-oceanic air service were aid today before congressional com-; vuttecs. The house military committee iesrd a description of the new craft from its inventor, George W. Harlin, superintendent of education for Sreene County. Tcnn. His idea i$ to attach an airplane >ody with two motors to the bottom >f a small dirigible. In case of motor trouble, he said the airplane rduld be detached and the dirigible, :ontaiRir?;~ the passengers and pilot, vould operate separately. A bill to provide $o0,0G0 with vhich the army would experiment ftith Hardin's device has been introduced by Representative Reece, Republican. Tennessee. OCRA est North Carolina ~J~."~WM~ 1 .Jw. , ?1 ?^ "Farmer P^ Favors J Paymer o Veterans i M ? j For *ey 1 wc.eki reports have ! ? been CUr&J in Watauga that I | Congrt#^ < Dcugbton of the | Eighth N^rth Carolina District ; ^ wan opposed to the payment of j soldiers adjusted compensation certificates. One veteran ol the j World War. who doubted the aut-Senticity of this atory, wrote to j Congressman Doughloo concerning the matter, and his reply, in part, follows: "There is not a word of truth *, in the report that 1 am against the t present payment of soldiers' ad- j justed compensation certificates. . En fact. I J?n doing everything 1 ( | can to aid the movement. i nc wayi and (Vicani Lom- J. mittee. of which I am a member, ! _ hait been Holding hearings in bais connection for nearly a week, but j ( the President and Secretary Mel- ! j Ion are fighting the matter with I j. ail their might and I do not know j ^ what we will be able to accom- j pli&h; however, I shall continue to j ^ do everything possible to see that [ ^ the veterans receive adequate re- j ^ lief." , c RtJSSELL LAY DIES FROM ACCIDENTAL i; GUNSHOT WOUNDS i _' ii Son of .lone?. Lay and Grandson ? ! j j JoJin Lay of Watauga, Asridcnta!- v ly Killed iti Rlueficld, W. Va. Shot- a !gun Sends Load into Abdomen. [ jFuneral Services and Burial at: Home in North Fork. .. ! _ _ ' Ci Russrili Lay. 22 years old, died oiij | February 1, at Blueficld, \V. Va., j] I after havinir received an accidental i gunshot wounds about seven hours j jj | previous. Young Lay had been hunt-j j injir, according to reports, and upon j returning, was attempting: t<? lvroovi'! jj j the shotgun from an automobile. The hammer in some wav rruio'ht im :? : ? o" r part of the automobile, was released and the full load is said to have torn {] its way into the abdominal region. Deceased was a son of Mr. Jones |j A. Lay of North Fork. W. VaM and hkr parents Mere-natives of Watauga: f? County, iiis father Eieinp the son oi Mr. John Lay. He was raised in West J Virginia and at the time of his death! was a college student in Bluefiehl. | jh Funeral services were held and in-j ; lernient made in the- eemetorx alld j North Fork, \V. Va. Other, than the father and nuvciie;i||h | there is no information available as! to the survivors. j ? fry? 9 ga I Paving Bid on Route 60 > I Acccepted at 101,460.40 '' ' <1 i On Tuesday the State Highway n i Commission met any received bids fa on thirteen highway projects, invole- s, jf almt}>",L vbiie i t' j.Limdred miles of highway as welVasjti )(f^ff>ritlpe. across the Capt Sear ftiS^err s j at Lillingt^n. The total /af ihc lo'wi I bids amounts to mor?> than a million ; 1 j a:ui ,n half dollavs ; '1 One oc the projects rails for the; *. jpt\vihs^of iiS.vu miles 6'n:'. Uighxyay 60 e j from lioone in tin-. direction of Deep' < Gap- The Guilford OmVstrucfcxjp.n Co.Jc Giec.nsboVw submit ted i he low bid, i i $l0ly460:10; While itotViiiar definite j.i has been yiven out. it is thought that i 1 actual workjjnay begin soon as cph{ t rrncf^are..completed and the weather? wiij/, permit. At a prior icttir.? the Powell Pav'-j , iny Company,". WinstOn-Salem, Mi - jy wished the low hid. but it was ucces- ( Vary to reopen the nthttev on ac- x count of specifications not having! < been 'com plot e when the original bids: x weii- made. Miss Fletcher Becomes J Bride of Mr. Barnhardt m Miss Lina Fletcher, daughter of j j Mr. J. C. Fletcher, formerly of j I I Boone but for the past several yea'rsja | a resident of Lenoir, was married 5 $. j to Mr. O. 13. Barnhardt , Statesville, j -ft | on Monday. February 9th, at Moun-l n ; tain City, Term. 1 ti Th?. K*--i - i u... ' - J- ! ? ..v *?uu*r ittvi?cu nei eaciy eu?i-: ij I cation at the old A. T. S., later gra<>-!o j uatcd from N. C. C. VV.. Greensboro, | F and for several years has been a pop-j o j ular teacher in the schools of Cald-I well County, "where she enjoys a wide { a circle of friends. j Mr. Havnhardt is a member of oneic of Statesville%s leading: families and j u has been employed with a husinessj n concern there for several years. The )j i couple was accompanied to Moun-iji i tain city by Mr. Fletcher, Mis. J. MJ Russell and daughter* June Lea. ! i< The Bamhardts will make their; n home in Lenoir for the'present. j I, * ; f The House has passed a bill intro- f dueed by Mr. Levitt. to "prohibit"! n drunkenness in Avery County. Wei a are awaiting details to learn justlt how this is to be done.?-Charlotte j 1. Observer. I s Sl.SO PER YEAR (MRAHIINDRED COUNTY FARMERS APPLY FOR LOANS liovcriunent Fund! iJein^ Drawn on for Feed and Fertilizer. V. C. Taylor, Rcpre/entativfl of State Department, Spends Week in Watauga. Township Committee* Named. Average Amount Asked $110. V: 0. Taylor, of Dohson. representing t. O. S'chaub, who will stiver vh>e the disfril-ulioTi of drought elut funds: in North Carolina* spent ?*.st week in Watauga, aiding the :aunty hoard in setting np loan ma;hinery here. Mr Taylor has been J'ver much of the territory affected >y the extreme dry weather of last eason. and stales that Watauga is ri much butter condition than most >1* the sixteen counties hi the area, fertilizer for potatoes, corn and (cans seems to be the crying heed of ounty farmers, and he is of the pinion that funds will be available o take care of all applications passed iy Watauga's Boards composed of xcdrge P. liahaihati, VV. H. Cragg, \ M. Critchcr and C> D. TJaylor. More than one hiim|i;ed applieaions. ranging ir size from $2b to GOO, have already been made to this ommittce. and many of them have >ecn forwarded to Mi. Schaub, who (asses on each of them before fciparding to Washington. It is the beief of local men. that, those who vould biM'rov. in Watauga are holding amounts t?. ti-? minimum, figurii{? out the smallest possible amount hey can carry out farming activities .ith during the coming season. The verage size of loans so far applied or is around $110. The following township commitcs have been appoir.ied to aid the 4 ounty board In their work: Beaver Dam (community)- -Don iagnman, Asd Ueeso, Clyde Perry. Muhel (community) -i\d 8. Wi5 ams, A. N. Mast, Spencer Dishroan, ohn G?w. Meat tbimp? Alex Tugmah, W. A. eaton. Alvin I. Coo. Cove fiveck W H. Walker; W . Sherwood, Sam Atkins. Blowing Rc>ck-?.J. T. ivtlper, H. Cv, [ayes, K. Young, W. D. Farthing, Blue Ridge?-J. T: Hampton, F. L. ''4 : 4*" [ampton, J. C.* Story. Elk? C. (\ Titylett, r U. Carroll. IHJ- flods.-.i. allV r.nm-,.1 r'v..nl._ u ">< Trivet* \V. F. Winkler Stony Fork A. G. Shot Van Wiiihorr,, Dan Willhurm .Shulis Mills (eornnuntrty )?S. F iWi ra:rg. I-. M. lloditos, T. C. Hr.ird. Shav. nci'lmv W. L. Woloh. A!0 t Mills. l.oc C.VBijder. North Fork?A. N" Thomor. \\". C. oiijtli, M.-j. Wilson. During Mr. Taylor's visit, ho statil that the gnvcritniur.t is ifjirfy to ; trin distribution of the loans ami II applications wiii ho actoil upon jjS; ithin forty-eight hours aftur their acoipt in Washington, provided they re .properly made out. Xo ono peron will ho allowed "over $(>00 and S 1 om\. landlord will nor exceed this Tli - money will be distributed as nans, and nd.C* as , ;rifts. declares Mr. ^aylov. All loan*-: will be due v?i? - No-^ ember ->1. and arc protected by a halt el mon.vrapx* on the erop. If the ^ rop has been nr:<vic.u>lv mr,vhra??ri nn m v.? ?v.-$ ? 'V hypotnecated \r. any way, waivers nusi be secured by the ipplicar.s be- j y ore ho will get a government loan. , fe Che note secunhg: a loan; bears inerest at 5 pc: cent... The loans will be made for seed or planting, feriiiixcr or plant food, luSt ami spray for protecting- the :ron, feeil for the livestock and mid fuel for tractor.farmer who an get local eredh or has any oth'V source of income will be allowed^ o participate, says Mr. Taylor; Scholarships Offered by Lees-McRae College banner Elk, N. C-?Last week Mr. .eo K. Pritcbett. principal of I?ecs-gj IcRac College and Mr. E. T. on. director of the new course i\\ fountain Farming:, drove over 450 tiles, visitine* n;*vV. ESjjSffer to the students scholarships i Lees-McRae Collect. While this ffer is primarily for Mountain arming;, it is also open for any ifcher department of the college. The requirements for this scholrship are unusual. It is offered to jigh school graduates,, one froifiv? ach school, to be chosen by the facIty of the individual school, who ot only has made the highest sehoistic average but who has excelled i leadership. The course in Mountain Farming > to be a course in leadership a?s . g 'til. working out the principle of .ecs-McRae, taking young people rom the mountains and training V\ gg hem to return to their own com\unities to take a leading part in its f fairs, social, religious and indiia- ,'..#3 rial, hence the emphasis laid upon eadership as an essential for this -..Jj cholarship.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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