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VOL'JMK XLiII, NO. 41
JAMES EBROWN,
FORMER CITIZEN
OF COUNTY, DEAD
End Come* in Government Hospital
at Anchorage, Alaska. Had Been
Away from County for Tl>irty
Years. Burial Tood Place Friday.
Three Brothers and Five Sisters
Survive.
James M. Brown, 54, a native of
Watauga, died in Anchorage. Alaska,
on Wednesday cf last week, according
to a telegram received by relatives
here Thursday. The cause of
his death is unknown, but it is understood
that he had been in deolin
ing health for several months, and
had been a patient in a Government
hospital for some weeks.
Mr. Brown was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown, was born
on Meat Camp, and spent his early
life in Watauga. About thirty years
ago he went West, located in Montana,
and resided there until ten
years ago, when he located in Alaska.
He had followed the mining
game for many years and is said to
have accumulated a rather comfortable
fortune.
About two years ago, Mr. Brown
visitied in Watauga his last time. He
was of generous disposition, possessed
a pleasing personality, and
had made a host of friends throughout
the section who learn of his demise
with sorrow. He was never
married. Brothers residing in Watauga
attempted to have the body
sent back to his native county for
burial, but friends in Alaska advised
that the task would be almost impossible,
so interment was made at Anchorage
on Friday. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Isaacs, former Watauga people,
were with him when the end
value.
Surviving are three brothers and
five sisters, all of whom reside in
this county: Conley of Adams, Wilby
of Howards Creek, Stewart of Boone:
Mrs. Ed Hodges, Mrs. Ad Hodges,
Mrs. Tom Greene and Mrs. John
Hodges, of Adams .and Mrs. P. C.
Wyke of Boone.
Local Boys Are Held on
Federal Charge in Texas
News has reached Boone that
Messrs. W. A. Do ens and Bobby IJardia.of
Jhia city are being held in El
Paso, Texas, by Federal authorities,
on a charge growing out of possession
of an automobile, which is alleged
to have been stolen from Mr.
W. R. Winkler of the Central Tire
Company. Boone.
Messrs. Ed Hodges, A. E. fouth
and Henry J. Hardin, the first named
a partner of Mr. Winkler in the tire
business, have gone to the Texas city
to intercede for the boys. It is said
that the accused asked for the loan
of the car, and wired of their arrival
in El Paso. It seems, however,
that thfc owner understood that thol
> loan of the vehicle was to have been
for a short time. In view of the circumstances,
Mi. Winkler will not
push prosecution of the case, as Mr.
Dacas. who has been employed by
him, was accustomed to borrowing
the car, and the case is expected to
i be dropped with the return of the
vehicle.
P. '
Elinor Smith Climbs
32,000 Feet in Plane
iicosevelt Field, N. Y.?Eighteenyear-old
Elinor Smith, thrice beaten
in her assault on the woman's world
jf altitude record, swept down on this
field from a twilight April sky last
Thursday night with an altimeter
reading of S2,000 feet.
She believed she had broken the
I .V ' present official record of 28,418 feet
held by Rnth Nichols.
It was a happy Elinor who landed
and was gathered into the arms of
ber mother and father. Forgotten
was the terrifying experience of a
scant two weeks ago when the young
3ir adventuress dropped 25,000 feet
to lard in a rough field and torn
over, miraculously unhurt, from an I
attempt to smash Miss Nichols' rec- i
ord. "One of the altimetors stuck,
but the other functioned perfectly
as I climbed. The rocf of my mouth
became cold from the frigid temperature
of the oxygen, but 1 felt fine.
When the altimeter registered 32,000
feet I found I had only gasoline
enough for fifteen minutes more
flying. I came down in long spirals
and here I am."
OPERETTA AT BLOWING ROCK
HICK SCHOOL A SUCCESS
The operetta given by the first six
grades of Blowing Rock School on
Friday night, April 10th, was a great
success. Two musical plays, "A Rose
Dream" and "A Day in Floweidom,"
were combined into one program.
About eighty children took part. The
costumes and stage settings were
beautiful indeed. The children were
trained by Mrs. Eugene Storie, Mrs.
John Horton. Misses Bettic Ruth
Greer, Elisabeth Snddreth and Mabel
Reason. A large audience was pres
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A Non-Partisan N
boo:
Control of Cabbage
Diseases in Watauga
Prepared by H. S. Niswonger
Extension Horticulturist
1. Secure good seed. Treat the
seed before planting as follows:
Tic one-fourth ounce lots of seed
loosely in cheese cloth and suspend
in a solution of corrosive
sublimate (bichloride of mercury)
for 20 minutes. Use an earthen
or wooden container. After treatment
rinse seed in running watcj|
for 30 minutes and spread out to
dry. Corrosive sublimate solution
is prepared by dissolving onefourth
ounce in 7 1-2 quarts of
water.
2. The seed bed is often the
! source of infection. Locate seed
j bed on new ground and be careful
that drainage water does not
flow ( --li "
. >??u U v-auua{(C neia over
| the seed bed soil.
3. Sow seed thinly in plant beds.
Use only the most vigorous plants
at the first pulling for setting in
the field.
"Crop rotation is one of the
most effective means of controlling
diseases. A rotation of three
years should be practiced, avoiding
crops of the cabbage family ouch
as mustard, turnips, kale.
5. Do not <?e manure containing
cabbage refuse.
6. Agricultural lime at the rate
of cne to two tons per acre should
be applied to fields where clubroot
disease has previously existed.
sprmTreplaces
winter in county
Balmy Weather, With Nominal Temperatures,
Brings Delight to Residents
of Watauga. Farmers
Busy With Crops.
About the time that citizens of
Watauga were ready to throw up
their hands, dispose of their property
and seek refuge from freezing
temperatures in Alaska or Siberia,
along came spring. During the past
week, balmy weather prevailed, some
days registering summertime warmth,
una farmers are making up for iost
time putting out crops, fruit trees
are budding, migrate l-y birds are
wipfiiUK Jhhtir_Wuy .back.from -Southern
resorts, and an epidemic of
"spring fevei" has broken out io
Boone. Yes, sir. "spring has come
to spend the summer," as boosters
of Boone are wont to express it, and
a little glance through Observer
Wright's weather calendar for tiie
week gone by will convince the skeptical
that Watauga is r. mighty fine
place to be during April:
Average maximum temperature,!
58 degrees. ' ;
Average minimum temperature,
85 degrees.
Average temperature, 47 degrees.
Average dailv ran?ro in + cm
cure, 23 degrees.
Greatest daily range in temperature,
35 degrees; date, 10th.
Average temPeiatorc at 6 p. m.
(time of observation), 53 degrcs.
Highest temperature reached, 72
degrees; date, 9th
Lowest temperature reached, 28
degrees; date, 7th.
Number inches of rainfall (including
melted snow), 0.86.
Number inches of rainfall, 1.
Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 0.57;
date, 6th.
Number of days with 0.01 inch or
more rainfall, S.
Number of clear days, 3.
Number of cloudy days. 2.
Numbet of partly cloudy days, 2.
Direction of prevailing wind, westDate
of fogs, 6th.
Sheep Scab Discovered
In Watauga and Ashe
Raleigh, N. C.?The discovery of
sheep scab in flocks of Watauga and
Ashe counties will result in immediate
measures to prevent, the spread
of this disease. Commissioner of Agriculture
William A. Graham announces.
When reports of the presence of
scab reached the Department of Ag
ntuuure a representative of the veterinary
division went to the counties
mentioned. Returning, he verified
these reports and it was decided
to begin dipping infected sheep about
May 1, as it is believed the weather
will have sufficiently moderated in
the mountains to allow this work to
begin at that time. Measures to combat
the disease and to insure western
sheep growers against its spread will
be under the supervision of Dr. William
Moore, chief of the veterinary
division, Commissioner Graham said. I
HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT,
TO ENTERTAIN P.-T. ASSOCIAT'N j
The girls of the high school home
economics department will be at home
to the members of the Parent-Teacher
Association, school committee,
their parents and friends on Friday,
April 17th, from ten o'rnock until
four. Basement of Lovill Dormitory.
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[ewspaper, Devoted to the E
SfE, V/ATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAI
Mass Marketh
Given Defim
At a county-wide meeting held in ca
the courthouse here Saturday afternoon
and attended by a large crowd th
of farmers, it was agreed that a plan n<
of marketing the vegetables of Wa- N:<
tauga, as explained to the assembly, to
was practical, and unanimous ap- da
proval was given it. co
The plan, briefly, is as follows: th
Andrews & Know els, of Mount nu
Olive, N. C., agree to handle pota- j M
toes, cabbage and beans in car lots, |
furnish an expert packer and ship-j La
per at this end of the line, ship to | of
markets paying the best price, pay > tr?<
grower at least one-half of estimated 1 If
[ price as produce is delivered, with; ur
settlement in full each calendar, ?*d
I month during t.he shipping season, i tri
This will be done on a 7 per cent, i th
commission basis. The farmers will-of
lurnish their own bookkeeper and; tii.
hire any common labor needed. Over j su
head expenses are expected to be |
very small. I ne
The advantages of this plan are j p'i
obvious. It will give a large whole-1 be!
sale market which can amply handle pr
the enormous quantity of produce wi
that will be. grown; otherwise coun- tej
ty growers wrculd likely cause a con- an
gestion of nearby markets that would th
SENATOR LOVILL jC
INTRODUCES BILL S
VALIDATE BONDS
Mea>ure Pertaining to City'* Indcbt- Se
edoes* Placed on Senate Calendar
Saturday. Would Relieve Present
Financial Stress and Place Boone
on More Practical Footing. No Ac- 1
tion Yet Reported.
Raleigh, X. C.?A bill to validate
bonds issued by the Board of Alder- Hij
men of the Town of Boone for eon- j
struction of a water system was introduced
in the General Assembly 111 (
C?., J 1-- T-. -
untuiuny oy oenaior W. K. i-iOV- H"
ill. The bill, which was placed on the tin
Senate calendar, follows: on
"The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
"Section 1. The proceedings ol the al|'
Board of Aldermen of the Town of l'jjl
ltoonev adopted on tho eighteenth. day
of March and the twenty-second day |
of May, one thousand nine hundred sc*
and thirty, authorising tho issue of
twenty-eight thousand dollars water nu
system bonds of the said town, are !*r:
hereby validated and the said bonds
may be issued aceordingly when ad- 01.
vertised and sold pursuant to the 00
Municipal Finance Act. a-.td to chapter
ttvo hundred and seventy-seven
Public Laws of 1029, unaffected by:'"0
such amendments thereof or other
legislation as may have been or may w "
hereafter be enacted at the present 0
session of the General Assembly. The
proceda of the bonds shall be applied J"0
to constructing a water system for f
the said town and its citizens, in- n!0
eluding the payment of notes heretofore
issued for that purpose, but the
purchaser of the bonds shall not te fflf;
obliged to see to such application.
"Section 2. This act shall be in err
force and effect from and after its 'nc
ratification."
No definite action had been taken
by the Assembly Wednesday.
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| Resurfacing Continues C!
On Blowing Rock Road
A good crew of men with all the
necessary equipment is engaged in ser
: resurfacing the Blowing Rock road, o'c
| As a result of the severe winter Th
weather, the macadam highway was] tha
badly broken and was rendered high-i gre
ly unsatisfactory as a motor road. J we
But now .t is being refinisbed at aiani
rapid rate. A fine course of stone | ba(
and a binder of tar is being used,| All
and by the time the tourist travel i pre
gets under way, the thoroughfare] a
will again be smooth as a floor. . by
Mayor Swift Desij
for Annual flip
Mr. R. S. Swift, Mayor of the et
town of Boone, has designated 01
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of wthi*
week as the annual clean-up wi
period, during winch time it is ex- if
pected that all property owners of
the city make their premises sani- lo
tary and preventable. Junk and rub- at
bish of all lands is to bo removed be
from <vstcant lots as wall as all oth- th
| ers, and trucks will be provided to er
! carry away the refuse. Citizens are aj
asked to place the rubbish in boxes m
I or bags in convenient places so that ce
the minimum of time may he con- in
sumed in the rounds of the trucks. w<
' The clean-up is to he completed ex
j by Saturday night, and on Mon- ?
I day the trucks will begin their in
rounds. If for any reason, howev- I es
IcSt iiitcicSiS of Noithwt
tOLINA. THURSDAY, APSH, 16, -1
n rS P/^,? jo
^ JL I'M'f i iO
ite Approval
use disastrously low prices.
Andrews & Kabwels have more
an twenty years of successful busirss
with leading nfarkets of the
?rtli and South, and are in position
handle more than twenty cars a
y. Farmers in every section of the
unty are signing contracts to sell
eir products this year through the
av combine, which is known as the
ountain Growers Exchange.
Farmers who do not understand deils
of the plan are asked to see one
those who attended Saturday's
peting, and have it explained fully.
it meets their approval they are
ged to sign one of the little printcontracts
which have been disibuted
over the county. If one of
em can't be procured handily, see
write Smith Hagaman or call at
e Wat an era Count v Kanl:. wWi-r. n
pply is kept.
It will be determined within the
xt few weeks whether or not the
in is successful. The volume must
of sufficient size to merit the apoval
of the brokers before they
il consider handling it. The matr
is left up to the farmer entirely,
tl it is requested that they make up
eir minds as early as possible.
OVE CREEK HIGH
ICHOOL TO CLOSE
MONDAY EVENING
nior Class Play Will Be Presented
Saturday Evening. Commencement
Address by Dr. B. B. Dougherty.
School Has Shown Remarkable
Growth During Past Few Years.
Public Invited to Finals.
rhe commencement at Cove Creek
gh School, which features exercises
er a four-day period, opens Sat
lay evening, the 18th, at 8 o'clock
ion tho senior class will furnish
east for the play. "Follow Me,"
a of the most popular numbers
t presenter! by that institution,
1 which brings a diversity of coni>
and pathos. A small admission
uge will be made, the proceeds
irti which are to be used for the
tool fund.
Sunday night at 8 o'clock, the anal
sermon to the members of the
idunting class will be delivered byj
v. Richard E. Hardav.ay, pastor;
the First Baptist Church of I.e-j
ir. The service will be held at the
feudist Church nearby.
The class exercises will he rendered 1
nday evening, the final program
ninrr Tuesday morning at 10:30,
en Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president
the Appalachian State Teachers
liege, will deliver the commencent
address and the diplomas will
awarded the members of the seir
class.
rhe Cove Creek High School has
adily forged its way forward year
year to take its place in the fore
>ui yi simuar institutions ot Wcsti
North Carolina, and the eomncenient
events annually draw
ge attedance from over this entire
;ion. The public is extended a eor,1
invitation to attend all of the
jrcises.
hurch Loyalty Day
At Baptist Church
'Church Loyalty Day" will be obved
next Sunday morning at tl
lock at the Boone Baptist Church,
e pastor, Rev. P. A. Hicks, states
it several have fallen from the con
gation during the vigorous winter
athev, from unavoidable reasons, ,
1 it. is in an effort to bring these
:k that the services are being held.
Baptist members are urged to be
isent. There will be special music,
special service, and several talks
various laymen.
mates Period
5 ?sr
,nm l; .jm-i *?,]
an-up of Town
V it is necessary that a property
raer have rubbish removed this
eek, he is asked to get in touch
ith the mayor, and arrangements
ill he made to accommodate hitn 1
(MMsiUe. ?;
The Mayor and all other forward
oking residents of the town are
ixious thai this year's clean-rip
? executed more thoroughly than
ose of previous years. The at- 1
age lot about town may he put in
?ple-pie order in spare moments,
id property owners should get
nsiderable "kick" from cornpetg
with their neighbors in this
ark. l.et's work together to the 1
id tha* this summer's visitors <
ay carry away with them the ]
ipression that Boone is the clean- (
t town in the hill country. 1
3CRA
;st North Carolina
I ao i
Ex-Speakers
With the death of the Speaker r
of the House Nicholas Longworth n
last week, it is recalled that only ^
two men are now living who have a
wielded the gavel in the lower 0
-house of Congress. One is Gen- r
eral J. Warren Keifer (above) now
95 years old,, who lives at Spring- j
field, Ohio. The other is Hon. ^
Frederick H. Gillctt, 80, of Spring- v
field, Mass. Jj
42 HO NOR STUIH'NTS i
IN BOONE HI SCHOOL j
I
Large Number of Pupils Have Per- d
feet Records for Eighth Month P
of Term. Senior CIas* Leads h
With Thirteen. i^
ct
The names of forty-two Boone ci
High School students were written
on the honor roll for the eighth J
school month, according to Principal
Dave Mast. The senior class, which
has ranked high during previous
months, led the school with tfrjEte.en
honor students. The complete list y
follows: 0
Eighth Grade?Beach Keller, o
Gladys Hegaman, Winifred Harnp- w
ton, Odessa Dc^kabill, Ralph. Tug- ti
man, "Margaret "Ray, Virginia South, v:
Annie Adams, Edna Mae Efrov/n, 01- a
lie Jean Coffey, Elizabeth Cooke, si
Edith Greene. n
Ninth Grade?TonV Council!, Rex tl
Elagaman, Wilson Brown, Gladys 3 C
Hampton, Learon Hampton, Jean ei
IJttfle, Rubyc "Shull, Delia Hayes, | u<
Banner Miller, Dale Keller, Karl j ID
Sawyer.
Tenth Grade?-Winton Rankin, s<
Glenda Hampton, Laura McOonneil,' S;
Sam Austin, Helen Benson. Naivnip' P.
Byid. M
Eleventh Grade?Masie Joan Jones K
Mary Moretr, I>r.le Norris, Ruby Par- V
sons, George Sawyer, Murgaiefc Tay- O
lor, Boyd Cooke, James Farthing, W
Mary Austin, Mabel Cooke, Lucy g
Greene Sylvia Greene, Grace Ashley.
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High School Seniors
Present Annual Play
sl
'Welcome Home, Jimmy" is the titie
of the comedy drama which has
been prepared by members of the
senior class of Boone High School, ^
and which will be offered to the pub- q
lie Thursday evening, April 16th, at
8 o'clock. A small admission fee will ^
be charged to take care of worthy
causes in connection with the operation
of the school.
The cast of characters is aa fol-: s
lows: Mrs. Brocks, who rente the! a
Coolbrook farm, Lucy Greene; Lu-j f.
cille Brooks, her daughter, Mr.ry j o
Francis Linney; Peggy Sorumers, a j cneighbor,
Mary Honevcntt; Danny | _
Banks, . another neighbor, George j_
Sawyer; Val Gardner, a. young law- j
yer. Dale Norris; Chesterfield Sic- j
Sw-ope, a friend of Val's. Jack Steele; j
aii:.. ni. ?_ ? I.- ' ' -
n-me liiuuius, pretty scnooi teacft-(
er, Margaret Taylor; George Pierce,
a country lawyer and president of
the school board, Stewart Duncan;
Melinda Preston, an old maid with a
string of campaigns but no conquests
to her credit, -Mary Moretz.
SENATE BILL WOULD PLACE
PRESNELL ON PENSION ROLL j
Senator W. R. Loviil has introduced
a bill in the Senate to place
Lhe name of Jerome Presnell of Watauga
County on the Confederate
pension roll. The Senate passed the
bill and sent it to the House of Representatives,
where it is due to be
passed any day. unless objection
irises, and that is not expected.
JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET
On Saturday night, April 18th, the
junior-senior banquet of Blowing
Etock High School will be held in the
City Hall of that town. Elaborate ,
preparations have been made and an i
enjoyable evening is contemplated by i
the participants. ^
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51.50 PER YEAS
lANY CARS STONE
RR1VE FOR NEW
RAVING PROJECT
^ :riali Being Delivered on Siding ,
Huge Quantities for Concrete
? ork en Boone Trail East of Town.
? ctual Paving Will Begin Soon at
Sufficient Quantity of Stone la
Delivered to Insure Steady Work.
Several eais of stone are now
landing on the siding for use in t"be
instruction of the five miles of conTele
road 0:1 Highway GO, extending
rom the New River bridge eastward
n the direction of Deep Gap. and
nachinery for unloading the material
is now on the ground. The spur
rack has been built away from the
nain line on the farm of J". S. Stan>ury
in the eastern limits of the
own, and it is understood that a
arge plot of land has also been
eased so that a huge mountain of
he Cranberry rock may be amassed
efore actual paving work is startd.
Because of the short haul, and
he speed with which the link of road
/ill be built, it is said that the raiload
will be unable to supply the
material as fast as is required. Hence
rains will be operated between Boone
nd Cranberry for perhaps a couple
f weeks before the work on the
oadbed begins.
The Guilford Construction Com>any,
of Greensboro, was awarded
he contract for the paving in Febuary,
they having submitted the low
id of ?101,400.40. Citizens of Boone
re very anxious that the link of
oad between the river and Boone
e paved while the equipment is on
he ground, and an effort is expected
o be made by them to have the highway
authorities consider this move,
t is pointed out that should this be
one, the contractors would be in a
osition to construct the road at a
ighiy satisfactory figure, while all
in readiness, perhaps cheaper than
juld be expected for many years to
ome.
/Irs. Fannie Towns end
of Clark's Creek Dead
Mrs. Fannie Townsend, aged 74
cttvst, iiiu-jong" . resident 01 tnc
lark's Creek section, passed away
n March 2lst, after a brief illness
ith pneumonia. She had just renned
on Monday from a protracted
sit with "tier sons in Virginia, bc>me
iil immediately and death enled
on the following Saturday. Eueral
serrices svere conducted from
re home of a daughter, Mrs. Zettie
lark, by the Reverend Maris, Sevath
Day Adventist minister of Baner
Elk, and interment was in the
utch Creek Graveyard.
Surviving are ten children, four
in; and six daughters: Mesdanies
allie Andrew; and Lulu Norwood of
linr.er Elk; Mrs. Rhoda Byrd and
[vs. Zettie Clark of Valle Cruris;
lierman and Wesley, of Shepherd,
a.; Emory, Enzor and Luther, Valle
rucis, and Rot>y of Banner Elk.
[ore than 75 grandchildren and
real-grandchildren survive.
jerinan Calmly Admits
Killing Nine Persons
Dusseldorf, Germany.-?A small,
ightly corpulent man with hair neat;
parted, Tuesday faced a jury and
jii! in on even vuice now ne commit-.
sd nine murders. Numerous JKuroean
crime experts are watching with V' ^
een interest the trial of the 4 7-year Id
worker, Peter Kuertan. He lifts
OTifes?.ed nearly 100 crimes ranging
i'om arson and burglary to murder.
His victims were of both sexes and
f various ages. His weapons were
cissor, hammer or dagger, as well ?3
s his own hands, with which he
trangled several. Asked for details
f his acts, he merely said: "Jt just
ame over me, and 1 struck.."
Only Five Horses Are
Now Owned in Boone
"A horie, a horse, my kingdom
for t horie!" shouted a fev^tl
king several centurf.es ago when he
craved to "make tracks*' from the
enemy. But that exalted person*
age couldn't even find zt pony, and
the day was lost. During the prettv
weather of tVi?? **???
ambition* gardeners around tie
city have yelled uHor?ee, horses,
horses!" load and leofingly?sot
for the purpose of escaping an
enemy, but just to get a little
plowing done. A horse "ceniws"
has been taken, and the discovery
made that only five members of
that specie now reside in Boone.
Back in the go<^d old days of 1914
and 1915, at the beginning of the
"gasoline era," most every family
in Watauga County possessed a
team . . , but automobiles look
their places, especially in tfws city,
thus the shortage. Automobiles
are mighty nice to ride in. says
one gentleman, but when le^eomes
to plowing gardens, hoi. t are
hard to beat. *
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