m VOLUME XL1I, NO. 10
tooWSMOT
TO OPEN ON NEXT
WEDNESDAY, 15TH
Warden Urges Sportsmen to Have Licenses
Ready for Initial Casting.
Sport Expected to Be Unusually
Attractive This Year, hut Laws j
Will Be Enforced to Letter. One |
Dynamiting Case Being Probed.
The season for trout fishing will
<;pen in Watauga County next Wed- '
nesday and County Warden H. Grady
M. Farthing is urging sportsmen to comply
with the law and secure proper
license before trying their luck. It
is also necessary, of course, to have
the consent of the landowner before
invading his property.
The Izaak Walton League has
1 leased the fishing rights of Howards
Creek and Meat Camp, and their
tributaries, and Mr. Farthing says
these waters haVe been well stocked
with fish of sufficient size to be taken
now, and that anglers will doubt
less enjoy fine sport this season. Under.
the arrangement of the League,
Howards Creek will open on the 15th,
while Meat Camp will remain closed
until May 1. At that time the latter
will he opened and the former closed.
Both streams will not be fished at
the same time and during the period
a stream is closed an abundance
v of six and eight-inch trout will be
^ added, thus assuring a permanent ini
crease in the speckled hordes. 1
Mr. Glen Coffey is the warden appointed
and paid to patrol the waters
of Meat Camp, while Mr. Forace
Moretz will keep a watchful eye on
Howards Creek. A special permit is i
(Bp issued by the League for each day's !
fishing, costs one dollar, and must '
be carried by the angler in addition i
to the State or county license. Viola- 1
ttions of the game laws will not be i
tolerated, fulULiiire wardens will op- 1
erate for the League, and deputy 1
county wardens are preparing to dou- ?
hie their enforcement efforts in ojh- I
er waters. i
One case of dynamiting fish, says
Mr. Farthing, has been reported, and
the likelihood is that the miscreants I
will be brought to speedy justice. <
j The crime is said to have been com- <
mitted in the vicinity of the ltaven *
Rock on New River. <
State and countv licenses are now 1
1 available from Die following persons, 1
some one of them being convenient '
foevery ^section' of the county:
Deputy Warden Harrison Baker,
Boone R. F. D.; 1. C. Billings, Vilas; "
Tom Broybill, Blowing Rook; Jim '
Brown, Meat Cajnp; Ruth Cottrell, j
, Boone Hardware Store; Ira Critcher,
Bamboo; C. C. Carroll,- Deep Gap;
Horace Cook, Blowing Rock; Carl |
Oavis, Todd; Everett Fox, Banner
Elk: Randall Foster.. Blowing Rock;
R. L. Gentry. Laxon;' Edd Harbin,
Sliulls Mills; Donly Hagaman, Reese;!
G. C. Harnian, Peoria; Clay Hodges.l]
Triplett: W. K. Jackson, I.axon; .I.ee
Cardnder, Matney; , Forace Moretz, I
Zionville R. F; D.; W. W. Mast, Valle ;
Crucis; John Mast Jr., Sugai Grove; :
Eller McNeil, Rutherwood; Clurance i
J^ewton, Shuils Mills R. F. D., Rohy
Pc-uley. Penley; A. E. South, Roone; 1
W. M. Shirley, Deep Gap R. F. D.; i
Carroll Trivett, Beech Creek; Victor j
Ward, Sugar Grove; J. D. Winebar- :
ger, Meat Camp; John W. Ward. Lc- 1
Carolina Sells Bonds
I At Low Interest Rate|
Raleigh. N. C.?Governor O. Max
Gardner and State Treasurer Nathan 1
O'Berry went to New York to sign
Monday the $9,457,000 in State '
bonds which were sold recently at
an interest rate of 4.02 per cent., a '
rate better, Captain O'Berry states,
than New York City was able to obtain
on bonds 3old by that city re- ;
cently.
North Carolina has now only $400,000
in bonds authorized and not
sold, these tor the new central prison
plant on Cary farm near Raleigh. All '
of the bonds sold were authorized by the
) 027 General Assembly. No new '
bonds are expected to be authorized
by this session of the General Assembly.
REXALL ONE-CENT EVENT
LASTS THREE DAYS OF WEF.K|
m W<
On page five of this issue of The
Democrat appears the announcement |
oi Boone Drug Company's semi-annual
Rexall one-cent sale which begma
toHay norl closes Saturday eve?
ning. These e ents are for the first
time being featured simultaneously
by every Rexall store in North and
South Carolina, and printed publicity
is for the first time being supplemented
by entertaining radio programs
from both the Charlotte and
Raleigh broadcasting stations. The
advertisement contains the hours of
the broadcasts, and also a partial list
of the many staple drug store articles
which may be purchased two at
a time for the price of one plus one ,
cent. It is suggested that the ad be
clipped and the items wanted '
checked in order that customers may
facilitate their shopping.
I*?& k'X-itv; 'iQ
':; '" .-y;waGywHBWaWW $9?
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MA
A Non-Partisan
BO
City-Bred Man Would
Like to Dwell in Boon;
Mr. E. A. Reich, of Atlanta
Ga., who receally spent severs
day* in Boooe recuperating fron
injuries received in* an automobili
wreck, has tvie following to say, ii
a letter to the editor, about snial
town life:
"It is deplorable" that more o
we 'city fellers' can't get into au
tomobile wrecks and be forced t<
go to a small place such as Boom
in order to recuperate ... if tha
were possible a great number o
us might learn a lot about life cm
living, and lose some of the inhori
assurance that city life if the onl;
thing there is. i, for one, woult
much rather spend the rest of m<
days in a small place . . . amon;
people who have learned to bi
satisfied with life as it comes t<
t.Scm . . . than to be given fret
rein over all of the large cities it
the world. Don't catch all the fisl
before July rolls around. Leave i
few for me."
Farming on Large Seal
By Wataugan in Georgi
The Democrat is in receipt of ?
interesting letter from Mr. W.
Winkler, of Ocilla, Ga., who in pai
nership with Mr. Rufus Greene
this city is now engaged in active
operating a large plantation in ti
far-southern State. Some exoecp
from Mr. Winkler's fetter are mc
interesting:
"In a letter from Mr. Gretfle, \
learn that you still have plenty
snow up that way. It certainly seei
strange to us here when we look o
and see the forests green and, to
we have our corn planted and i
nicety. I have just come in fro
living my fourth swarm of bees
the past week. Pears and figs a
is large as your thumb. Roses h<EU
doomed out in the yard every mon
:his winter?I say winter, but real
>ve haven't seen any winter.
wK??v6
*,360 pounds of peanuts, 14 acr
sf tobacco, around three hundn
icivs in cotton, about 125 acres
?oru, then we happened to think
pur mountain friends, so plant<
plenty of early beans, corn, tomato
and, last but pot least, a fine pat
s? watermelons. They are all up nic
ly rtb\v\ This is the finest place
spend the winter I have ever see
Just warm enough to be pleasa
?nd cool enough to put the pep
(/ou and make you feel like doii
things."
Operetta to Be Given a
Blowing Rock Scho<
"Rose Dream" and "A Day
Flowerdom," two fantastic fairy ai
flower operettas, will be present!
>y the elementary department of tl
Blowing Rock School on Friday ev
ning, April 10th, 8 o'clock in the a
ilitcrium of that institution. An a
mission charge of 15 and 25 cen
mill be. made, proceeds to be usi
for school work.' Those in charge
production slate that the youngse
ire taking form rapidly, and guara
tee those who attend a most enjoy
hie evening.
Cast of characters in "Rose Drear
follows: Little Rose. Lucy Woote
Fairy Queen, Pauline Stout; Ro
Rud. Mary Klutz, Hop-o-My-Tliuni
an elf, Ray Castle; Giant "Forgo!
Alfred Greene: The Twins. "Cai
and "Can't," Albert Hayes and Ro
Pitts; Door Fairy, Louise Prevett
thorus of elves.
Characters in "A Day in Flowc
iom": Papa Jacque Rose, Geor;
Suddrcth Jr.; Mama Jacque Ro;
Mary Moody; Pink Rose, Luda Co
fe^; White Rose, Elise Pitts; Floi
'Queen of Flowerdoni," Fran<
Pitts; M'lle, Graee Hartley; Miss Mo
Rose, Alverta Greene; Miss Lila
Verdola Coffey ;\Miss Lily, Mary Ai
Knight, Miss Blue Bell, Ethel Wo
ten; Mr. Sunflower, Bill Klutz; V
Pansy, Johnnie Brooks Lentz; Flow
Chorus, group of girls and boys.
C c : -c c -i
i cw VxUpxtu or JUil
Survey Yet Availabl
There has been an unusual!
heavy demand for copies of th
Watauga soil survey burnished th
editor of The Democrat tkirou^i
the courtesy of Senator J. W. Bai
ley, and tbc same have been wide
iy distributed. However, a goo
many copies yet remain for dis
tribution. If it is not convenien
to call for yours, ' drop a card t
the editor and your copy will b
mailed forthwith, provided the sup
ply has not been exhausted. Th
document contains a full analysi
of Watauga soil conditions and i
invaluable to tbe farmer.
Alexander County farmers are
stalling hydraulic rams to provi
running Water for their holnes a
baynyards. Some rams installed
1918 have never cost a cent for i
pairs or replacements.
Newspaper. Devoted to th<
ONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH i
Park-to-Park
9k
j Traverse W i
e The North Carolina delegates tc
the Federal Highway Commissior
1 meeting in Washington last Saturday
were apparently defeated "on the
f fate of things" when they arrWec
in the capital city to urge the ad op
? tion of the route through Boone
t Blowing Rock and Linville for thf
t thoroughfare extending from th<
f Shenandoah National Park in Vir1,
ginia to the Great Smoky Moantuc
? National Park in North Carolina ant
y Tennessee When the meeting con
A vened a map was exhibited, which il
f is said left North Carolina withoul
l a single foot of the important tourist
s artery.
r? Senator Bailey was given the flooi
e and to his masterful plea for the rec
\ ognition of North Carolina is as
i cribed a good part of the credit fci
- COVECREEK FARM
E BOYS ORGANIZING
a "
Young Tar Heel Farmer* Will Culliin
vate Diver*ified Acreage. Eleven
Youths Try Out for Debaling
Contests in State.
of
sly The Young Tar Heel Farmers of
he Cove Creek are making rapid progIs
ress. Already they have planned theit
>st supervised projects which consist of
growing eighteen acres of potatoes,
ve 7 acres of beans, 8 acres of cabbage,
0f some tobacco, and some livestock
ns Projects.
ut Not only are these boys studying
o, agriculture with inuch interest but
lp they arc entering debating and puhm
j lie speaking contests with cnthusiin
asm. Recently eleven of them tried
re | out foy the agricultural speaking conire
test, which is an annual affair among
th the Future Farmers of America, the
ly national organization with which the
Cove Creek group is affiliated. The
UL winners were Delmar Combs of the
?rn^C. XT'.. /
eS I 1-'b-*V" t^iaiiv, na I I inrubUIl U1 lilt
?cj ninth grade, Berl Henson of the tenth
-;n grade, and Hnrdie Moody of the
()f eleventh grade. They spoke on moded
ern agricultural subjects, such as
es "The Future of the American Farmclii
er?" "The Machine Age and Its Ef;e_
feet Upon American Agriculture/'
$5 "Rural Electrification/' etc. -Enri
n Henson with his speech on "The Ma
chine Age," was given first place. Duin
ring the week of April 20th. young
1g Henson will represent Cove Creek in
the contest at Ashcville, N. C.
He will bo accompanied by Delmar
Combs, Berl Henson, Hardie Moody
t and Howard Walker. The winner at
Asheyille will represent Western
North Carolina in the State contest
at Raleigh. The North Carolina winnor
will, enter a contest with repreI.
ser.tatives of other Southern States.
? Later the Southern representatives
ie will go to Kansas City to compote
e" for the place of champion speaker
of American Future Farmers.
(1,ts
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Marketing Plan Is
rs AnnrnvArl k*?
11-1
aAt
a meeting of representative
(|?> farmers of Watauga County, which
n_ was held in the courthouse Saturday
se' with Mr. Andrews of the Andrewsk
Knowels Company, Mount Olive,
present, it was agreed that the produce
of Watauga should this year he
3S sold through the eastern company,
e. strictly on a percentage basis. As a
' result of this action on the part of
the county-wide committee, another
!l~ meeting of the farmers was called
for next Saturday to either adopt or
5?' reject the executive action. A call for
this session is to be found elsewhere
in this issue of The Democrat.
:is
11 DEMOCRAT GIVES I
|! COMPLETE VERS
At great expense, The Watau
sive publication the full and compl
j_ righted history of the World War,
America's participation in the worl
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n(i year, and will continue for severa
jn children be especially urged by pa
re. unquestioned information containe
CTS '.,y-r_ . ,,*;J \
: Best Interests of Northw<
CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL U. 1
Highway to
itauga County
> the resolution routing the read fioni
Sparta to Boone, Blowing Rook. Lir.?
yilie, Pineoia, Woorilawn auu Ashei
vi!l>.. and the Smoky Mountain Park.
1 The matter was definitely sett led and
r the highway will traverse the most
, picturesque section of the Blue Ridge
j Mountains.
; Among those- attending the ipeet
ir.g were Senator Bailey, who acted
t! a . spokesman for the delegation, Rep!
resentatives Doughton and 'Lambeth,
Dr. E. C. Biooks of Ralegh; R. L.
tj Gvvyn, F. H. Coffey and T. H Broyi
hill of Lenoir; I. G. Greer of Boone;
: Messrs. Houghton, Kistlcr and Stikeieather
of the Highway Commission;
: j amry squire? oj. l.enoir. cnanman 01
- the State Park Commission, and W.
-I K. McDonald, of Senator Morrison's
: j Office.
CHURCH SCHOOL IN
PROGRESS HERE
Presiding Elder Poovy and Other
Outside Ministers Present for
Courses at M. E. Church.
Closes Friday Night.
The Watauga County standard
training school fo?- church workers
; opened at the Boone Methodist
?i Church last Sunday evening, and the
,' courses will be continued until Fri,:
day night of this week. The presid;!ing
elder of the Mount Airy District,
Rev. \V. E. Poovy, is present for the
. sessions, as ate the pastors- of the
Boone, Watauga and Todd charges,
. and three courses are being given.
Dr. .1. D. Rank in of Boone, acting)
i director, is giving the course in J
"Principles of Teaching"; Rev. C. S.j
Kukpatrick, Mount Airy pastor, isj
! centering his efforts on the "Life}
i and Letters of Paul," while Presiding
( Elder Poovey is teaching a survey
of the Old Testament. Forty-eight
I. I, j p . .1
j i.iivu- wewTi eiirouuu jui creux., in tne
t j school and perhaps another dozen
t '.air auditing the courses. One class
. is being conducted at the church at
t night, and two at the college in the
. afternoon. The credits are accepted
. by the hoards of education of the
' Methodist and Presbyterian-churches
r and arc standard in Sunday School
work.
This is the fourth school of this
kind which has been sponsored by
the local church.
Dr. Chandler Conducts j
Series Revival Services;
' sK&riTW Sml We c'Vlft I
t
Dr. 0. J. Chandler, pastor of the
Boone Methodist Church, conducted
a series of revival services at the
noon hour and in the evening during
last wcekr; and the attendance was]
satisfactorily laige. The fine Gospel]
messages were well received, and one j
member was added to the church at j
the Sunday services. More are expected
to unite next Sunday as a ve-|
suit of the week's services.
vmr.iNiA i?4irc? tut?
BRIDE OF J. EDGAR BROWN
News reaches Boone ol* the mar-j
riage in York, S. C., Easter morningi
of Miss Virginia Walker to Mr. Edgar
Brown of Boone. The contracting
parties are widely known here, I
the bride a daughter* of Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Walker of Fayetteville,
is a student at the Normal College,
and has a large circle of friends. The
groom ia a son of Attorney and Mrs.
John E. Brown, of this city, was
reared here, and is favorable known
throughout this section.
SEN. PERSHING'S
ION OF WORLD WAR
ga Democrat has secured for exclu
ete text or General Pershing's copyov
more particularly the story of
d-wiae conflict. The first instalment
f the story which was first released
or publication in the metropolitan
ewspapers a few weeks ago, is caried
on page three of this issue, and
iadery will be partial to General Petting's
fairness as weli as.fearlessness
) colorfully portraying the part that
tr.orics playcd in time of war. The
tory will be carried front week to
eek until completed.
The publishers hope that readers
ill avail themselves of the opportun,y
of absorbing the first-hand inforlation
in this greatest story ever
andled by a country journal, howver,
should a copy be left unread for
ny reason, the instalments are more
r less complete each within itself,
he Pershing story is well worth the
rice of subscription for a whole
1 weeks. It is suggested that school
rents to read the story, and get the
d therein. Turn to page -three now!
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JCRA
sst North Carolina
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| Important Farm IV t 1"
| To Be Held Satui g v ^
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[ Every Farmer vnSo expet-'rff.J
I have potatoes, cabbage or 5 J 1
j to sell this year is urged to a ^ 1
i a meeting at the courthoui
; Boone on Saturday, April 1? j Th
j ^lock p. m. -- J
'T-Se Watauga Marketing Comj
mittce, recently formed, has, it is j
j stated, worked out a very satis|
factory means of marketing everyj
thing that can be grown in the
j county this year, but it is entirely
| up to the individual farmer wheth- |j0
I cr or not this plan is accepted. 0f
I If w--. 1? *i--? ?
I -- ? ? ? \N
I have a market for your products q*(
j this fall, it is to your interest to |,e
attend this meeting, no matter
how small the quantity you may \\'
grow. The committee urges that nf>
ail growers be on hand. ! th,
i j Ke
! fe|
ZionviHe Man Produces
Huge Crop Stock Beets J"'
in
Rev. Ft. C. Eggers, Baptist minis- the
ter of Zionville, planted a quarter- hei
acre of ground to stock beets last a r
year, harvested two hundred and of
twenty bushels of beets, and on these; km
wintered two cows. This is what the | >iv<
gentleman has to say about beet cul-j ;
; in
| "Last year I raised two hundred j pa,
and twenty bushels of stock beets [ mc
ion what I guessed to be one-fourth j ha,
of an acre. These have come in very m#]
I handy for our two cows this long; a|p
winter; they have clone well on them j ^el
and have given plenty of good milk. *0\
It takes hut little ground and a bagi e<j
of fertilizer to make enough beets >j0
for two cows; it involves little work ;
to get them started and then they ?a
go well. I have raised them for tour ^
or five years, and would not think cf
of leaving them off now. Clij
"Mr. Farmer, if you will put in |)0,
stock hrwil-Q Hinf I'Ol., "'1'- ?1 -- ?
...... v~ vHSv .1 tur RUlUCn l/lOVj tf0l
you usually plant to corn which is; ert
most always gone by the first of | 0f
January, thev will do your cows ten|
times more good than the corn would.'. **
I had rather have my stock heet patch, ??
of last yaai than to have an acre of
any man's eonw They are good for
sheep, also for chickens, and are hard
to freeze. They are the last thing to 8 yj
freeze in the cellar; will also keep
buried like potatoes." ^
Bethel School Closes
Most Successful Term tr'
j 50
Bethel Junior High School closed
last Saturday what is looked on as
the most successful terra in its history,
and patrons of the Reaver Dam
institution are loud in their praise tea
of the principal, Mr. J. Andrew Morgan,
whose diligent work has put tui
Bethel "on the map."
On Friday evening, the elementary j
school presented a very clever yro-?
j graiffl all grade pupils being used.j,{?<
Orf-aatuvday morning the graduation'
] exercises were held. At this time the I de<
| seventh-grade certificates and junior!
i high diplomas wove presented. In the' |nj:
| absence of the speaker, Mr. Morgan',
j made a brief talk on 4<The Purposej
I of Education." t ({a
The following- students received'
seventh-grade certificates: Lena Ca-j mc
ble, Rom Eggers, George Edmisten. j
Addie Mae Edmisten, Earl Johnson I
and Lena Ward.
Those finishing! t.be junior high
were: Dosha Cable, Ethel Currie,
Cline Farthing, Barton Farthing. Lennis
Farthing, Loy Farthing. Lucy
Farthing, Lessie Gae Greene, John- Aj
ny Greene, Erie Hagaman, Berl
Isaacs, Howard Kincaid, Mariam Kincaid,
Hugh Moody, Frank Perry, Wiley
Perry, Frank Roark, Hatrie Vines, jj&
Georgia Walker, Carl Ward, Grace
Wilson, Dean Winebarger and Kate
Winebarger. n
The exercises were brought to a D
close with a play, "The Path Across
the Hill," presented by the high
school students on Saturday evening.
?y:
Anton J. Cermak Wins co
Over "Big Bill" in Chi ^
'His
Chicago.?Anton J. Cermak was thi
elected Mayor of Chicago Tuesday, to^
bringing to an end the rule of Wil- th<
j liam Hale Thompson. The son of CO'
a Bohemian immigrant miner top- th<
pied Big Bill" from the fxecu- } wr
I live Mair he had occupied through j tO(
three spectacular terms, achieving
| his defeat by the largest majority be
ever accorded a candidate for the in
office. The final unofficial tabu- A.
lation of votes gave Cermak, the th(
nAn.ry-i.at, 667,529; Re- m:
publican, 475,613; a majority of vie
191,916. thi
| Only firre wards stood by the tal
' Mayor in his downfall among th<
them the negro wards and the no- fclO
torious "Bloody Twentieth," baili- W(
| wick of his staunch ally, Morris an
Eller. ..Even bae First Ward, em- fo
bracing the downtown "Loop," de- im
serted him. In choosing Cermak its
leader for the World's Fair term,
Chicago closed a stirring chapter I
of American political lore. The to
Democratic candidate won the sig- U.
nal victory upon campaign prom- ne
ises to "clean up Chicago." A
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$1.5U PEU YEAR
R&&&DAYWAT
iATURDAY VICTIM
OF HEART ATTACK
e Former Miss Mary Beach of
North Wilketboro Succumbs from
Sudden Stroke. Funeral Services
and Interment at Cove Creek Sur.day.
Several Small Children Survive
Watauga Lady.
Mrs. S. E. Day. of North Wilkes
ro, the former Miss Mary Beach
Boone, died at her home in North
ilkesboro Saturday morning at S
:lock, a few minutes after having
en stricken with an attack of the
art. The remains were returned to
atauga Sunday rnorninv anil +V
ral services were conducted froru
i Cove Greek Baptist Church Ivy
ivs. McKaughnVand Hicks, and inorient
was in the nearby cemetery.
Mrs. Day was the daughter of the
e Mr. and Mrs. A. \V. Beach, Waiga
residents, was horn and reared
Boone, and with the exception of
past five or six years, had spent
r entire life on native soil. She was
nember of the First Baptist Church
this city for many years, was well
own throughout this region and
cd an exemplary life.
Mrs. Day's death is the fifth withher
immediate family during the
si twelve-month period, father,
tlier, husband and sister-ia-Iaw
ring preceded her by only a few
>nths. Her husband, Edward Day,
o a Wataugan and World War
be ran, succumbed during last 'icier
from a gunshot wound inflictat
the hands of Sewell Webster of
rth Wilkcsboro.
Surviving are five small children,
pi. Junior, Lewis, Helen and Mar
i; one sister, Mrs. P. H. Hodges
Boone, and the following broth
: Willard Beach of North WiikesV
<>. Carl and Thomas Beach of
one, Enzot* of Ricli Mountain. Ev)?
t w. I. "
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Springfield, 111.
leather Man Hands
Out Hectic 'Box-score'
Rain, snow, sleet, mud, slush, fog:,
nider. lightning. freeze thaw,
id. frost and what-ha\o-you?these
some of the things Unit coin pose
weather chart compiled by Obver
.f. T: l\ Wright for the week
ding April 1, which f.dlows in fuHi
Average maximum temperature,
degrees.
Average mini mum temperature, 32
frees.
Average temperature. 41 degrees
Average daily range in tempera*e.
IS degrees.
Greatest daily range in tempera- . V;
ce, 28 degrees; date, April 3rd.'
Average temperature at t> p. m.
me of observation), 42 degrees.
Highest temperature reached; 59'
frees; date April 3rd.
Lowest^ temperature reached, 27
frees; date. Match ,30th.
Number inches of rainfall (unhidi
melted snow)., 2.29,
Number inches of snowfall, 3.50.
Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 1-17;
te, April 1st.
Number of days with 0.01 inch or
>re rainfall, 4.
Number of clear dai-s, I.
Number of cloudy days, 5.
Number of partly cloudy days, 1.
Direction of prevailing wind, westDates.
of sleet, March 31st and
iril 1st.
Dates of fogs, March 29, 30, and
?ril 1st.
Dates of thunderstorms, April 3rd
ight).
Other phenomena described as folvs:
Solar halo March 30; high wind,
w;il 1st.
lack Diamond Pick
Attracts Attention
The story recently carried by The
atauga Democrat regarding the lo1
manufacture of Black Diamond
al miners* picks, has created much
;evest among readers, especially in
> mining regions, nad the concern
receiving many inquiries. One of
sse; Mr. W. E. Gragg, of Bob.vn,
Pa., an employee of one of
i biggest coal corporations of the
untry, is extremely interested in
t newly-patented instrument and
ites for prices and demonstration
)ls.
He believes that the new pick will
popular and is anxious to try it
actual mining operations. Mr. J.
Sproles, principal stockholder of
i new firm, asks us to state that a
v* iI'I 11 Un oAnf rKA^fKf f/i'
>us most important coal camps of
? country, placing- the picks and
sing orders, and it is expected that
s demand will be heavy. Produc- ?
n, however, will he made to keep
dl ahead of orders at all times,
d modern equipment and a good
rce of men will be added when the
plement is approved.
U. D. C. MEETING
Mrs. Tracy Councill will be hostess
the members of Watauga Chapter,
D. C., at her home in Cherry Park .
xt Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. ^
full attendance is urged.