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- ? ' - COURT TERMS WILl NOT CONFLICT IN SWITCH OF COUNTY Transferring of Watauga from Sev f.rxteenth to Sixteenth Judicial Dis tiix.1 V.':V; .Mov" Superior Ccmrl Dates Up One Week; Bill Met tht Unanimous Approval of Genera Assembly. Kulcigh, X. Representative (iu'crs Villi, taking Watauga out o the Seventeenth and placing it in tht Sixteenth Judicial District, which me with favorable action by both House; >>i the Legislature last week and wa; iatified into law, will cause no con flicts in courts. The courts provide* i r Watauga in thg bill are a- ibl lows- Fifth Monday after the tirsi Monday in March, to continue foi two weeks; second Monday after -Ahc first Monday in September, to cor. tinue for one week. Under the o\c schedule, the spring term occurrec on the fourth Monday after the firs] Monday in March, and the fall tern convened on the first Monday aftei the first Monday in September. The full text of Representative \treor(s t>i 11 follows: "Section I. That section one thou sand four hundred and forty-three of Volume Three >f the Consolidates Statutes he and the same is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph relating to Watauga County under the sub-section headed "Seventetntri District." "Section 2. Thai section one thouIsaild four hundred and forty-throe rt-f V-.-lume Three of the Consolidated Statutes he and the same is hereby farther amended by adding at the end of the sub-section headed ''Six-. t< is nth' District" the following: "Watauga?1 Fifth Monday after the first Monday in March, t-- continue for two weeks; second Monday aftei the first Monday in September, t continue for one week." "Section 3. Tha< ai! laws and clauses of Jaws in eonfliel with fche provisions of this act arc hereby repealed. \ "Section 1. Thai 'his del shall he in full force ai;?i effect from ; after its ratification.*? Four Local Bills Ratified On Last Day of Session Ita.eigh. N. C^-ivdtifted on ihe last <iay cf the li?31 session of the North Card 1 i ;>n Gon oral Asscmb 1 v worn fdn r bills relating to Watauga County, :nt.r<idm*cd by Smnior \Y. I\. Lovitl and lti pn ronuilivc lb T. Greer. Oho amended the charier of the Town of Boone, fixing the Salaries of the Mayor and members ol. the Board of Aldermen; another took Wiilnu;u out of the Seventeenth Judicial District and placed it in the Sixteenth District and fixed the levins of col'rt. Two other; placed the names of Mrs. W. H. Hampton and Mrs. William Payne, widows of Confederate veterans, of Watauga i.pounty, .tin the Confederate pension roll, -abject. however, to approval If.V the State Pension Board. Ve-Senator Levills1 bill to require the State lliphway Commission to build a road to oonnert two Stale highways in Watauga and AsKo counties, passe.! by the Senate; failed to pass -in ,the lloiisc.^' R BASEBALL AT MABE1. The/"Young Tarheel Farniers of Cove Crock will play baseball against Elk Park at Mabel on Saturday aftornoon 't-V-? I-- 11 ' '' " ' " v . xuc uins IGSI IO tLIK rarK at Elk Park last Saturday afternoon, the score beinjr 3 to 2 -- ;? = H .^^ TjVnTrr & I I I PI s I - . < ' i , PRELIMINARY ANN! l! BY DIRECTOR OF'I AGRICULTURAL 5 j -j Washington, IK <\?The foilnv * j.'c-f .the Census, gives some of the re, CLtauga County, North Carolina, with - :"? ? :-ohvU<f items. The l^-JO i'ignri lj : r?c *_t". f IVoii Census taken A to i5 1 | FARM ACREAGE AND VAL. p i Number of fai nts. . .. Acreage of aU land in farms r! Average acres per farm. iVahn of land and building? $S -I Land si,one ? o ;,j Buildings 2 jj Dwellings alone ..? 1 .J Value implements and machinery t Average value land and buildings: r Per farm Per acre i TFNURF. nF FARM1, ii ' 1930 1920 t No. operated by: 'I Owners 1,915 ,1;74! i Managers 9 1 ; Tenants 151 2*5 Act. bper. by: | Owners 133.930 US,11-I Managers 5,203 5,f)3< Tenants 23,997 18f?S3 I Val. of land and *, fcfrigs. of farms op by: Owners _$6,770,948 $6,707,35f Managers 221.500 28i).65( Tenants 1,013.970 733,42* . LIVESTOCK (Numbers) 1930 1920 j Horses 1,G04 2,C"4 Mules 291 1:9 'jCottle ..9,32!: 11,911 ; Milk rows 3,924 i,19i Hogs _ _ . _ 2,43 1 1,27] i Chickens 50,208 52,001 J (Figures do not include livestock i and poultry* born o; hatched after January 1, 1930) Acreage SELECTED CROPS 1923 IS Co? harve sted for -".tin 3,Sh~? 8.5 Oats .threshed fv?r grain 50~ ,'j . Wheat 170 jliyv'.g Vi>.1.509; *7 ; I'uckwhrat __ 4.OSS 1,0 Hay < t?>n pi clueti ?n ... 9;4Sii 9,0 ^otaLiys (Irish cr white) 1.873. 7 ?: ? v --.J.?.??? -?: Newspaper Article Tells rv .? i * ? ueain James orown '! . .lames ihowu/formerly of - Watau jga, whose death occurred in Anchor age. A'.askn, on April 8th, died fron ; ptomaine poisoning, recording to i I newspaper clipping received from thi :! far-northern \orritovy last week b'j I a hrother, <7onley Brown, of Hodgef ! Gap. No information concerning thi j demise of the well-known man othei than a brief \yire bad been received until, the article came, which was ta ken from an Anchorage riewspapci of' A pril 8 th. It follows: |^\Vhat is said to have been a case j ofc'pf'Onr.jpe ^(vi^pning, resulted early |this morning- in the death of ?T|Sj >:Bro\yai; well known local, ftmail. A vi| fpiont illness <}evelnped shortly aftei j hie nhferiuniit < man had partaken of -rone''vanned fruit and mushrooms at Ins cabin, and when he was rej moyied; to the hor-pital shortly af tei '-k. id- condition was such that > not a great deal cf information could [ he obtained from him for the hospita tr; . r:i;r.n. -i -? : ?v?-uiu3. ui.-. ut-rtLu i?i.xuiT.eu ai auou< j2 "V1 * t-?"5 morning (April S). i " I"he deceased was well known ir i Anchorage and adjacent districts i where he had long resided. He was - THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E EncEmentmade 'he census on 1930 survey in watauga ins sMftement, issued by the Director suits the 1930 farm census for WaconiiKnative data fu> 1925 ami 1920 s are nrc'ujmnuij ifiii subject tu veiaad 1935 and 1925 Censuses, Jan. 11: 1930 1925 1920 2.375 2,1 : :! 2,020 103.ru. 159,577 171,935 GS.7 71.3 85.1 .012. lis 37.9-13,776 57,721,129 .75 1.ICS 5,724,641 <7,367.788 1,258.250 1,919,135 1.353,038 ,562.960 298.806 257,703 IBS,47 2 71,386 3,584 3.322 19.30 47.90 11.91 ? : ? CI7L" rtr r ,n?L. ,vt - v/i i ni\itio \nunioer; 1930 1920 {Under$ acres I $ - to 9 acres 229 113 1 10 to 19 acres .201 19$ * 20 to ? ' acres. 740 601 50 to 00 acres Oil" 577 ' 3 00 to 171 acres |l2 346 ' 175 to 250. acres 02 105 s 260 to 199 acres-- 0O 5 500 to 999 acres. 10 15 ' 1.000 acres ami ov?r_ .3 0 | CLASSES OF LAND (Acreage) 1930 1920 ( rop land, tptal 29.07 1 Harvested 28,342 24.$90 Crop failure - 902 252 ? Idle . 4.036 4,533 . Pasture land, total. ..2.73,010 6 4,44' PlovaHe 246,867 38.751 Woodland 21,692 13,650 Other ge-- ... .. 5,<;N1 12,0 1* Woodland not nast're 48,834 59,400 ; All other land 7,322 5,99' Planted Production (Bui-'ieU) 124 1919 1929 1924 1919 4G o,070 207,60 1 l 77.200.7: 1 73 1,98 >> G?591 30,761 27. s7 05 :,0?b 4.841 l.tAo '>20,3.7: Si 2.158 10,4> 8 6.001 10,50: 19 1 ^40 2t;.],?o 23,205 17.41 3 00 0.i27 8,94!) S.570 s.K. si 772 21-;.7s:; 82,506 37.681 Watauga Included in i Johnson's Tax Law Raleigh, -NsSj C.-- Twenty-seven - North Carolina counties wore inetudi ed in ttie provisions of the bill iiitrot ducctl bv Senator Rivers 1). .johjjsc'n, i of Lhiplrn foui:iy, an.I ratified I he 1 last dav of the 1931 session, p-bvid? iiijr flint. these counties may levy a ' f.necial live-cent tax on the SI OP valuation of property to pay :he < ost of I the quadrienriial assessment of pv>r orty, n> pay the costs of courts and of maintaining: jails anil raring: for prisoners. ! Senator Johnson admitted he j thought the bill unconstitutional, but i . aid it was a way by which the i.e. 1 ty commissioners would be p:evented from goih/r tb jail for levying^ tax i above the 1^-eent constitutional limit lor <n)uration 111 enmity activit' -. Watauga is one of the eour.lite included in the provisions of this act. about 53 years of ago and wan a cook by trade. Ho has relatives living ar Boone, N. 0." A letter which accompanied tile avtioie states that the deceased man was ; buried on April 2Gth. k Centr: %K E +> 0 J i VERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. iSolicitorial Change Is :|^i Attacked by Linney in :|| i Address at Jefferson || W <1 .! = :"fc.rsbn, X. Tht Ix-mj -veratic party has showed that it is' ! to >'Mr the affairs of ^ I North Carolina, Baxte1 Linney, at- j ?' j iov'ney of Boone. C.. told ihfrhiWf ?- : ? j of the ncv/ly-organized Ashe County ? i luo at - EE if I erhobh. \ s-s Mr. Linney pointed to the long ses- ^3 '! si'on of the General Assembly which's; I: saXjc had established a now record j 5S for yosMy legisiation by spendingHS ; *22-J.TS2.SU. lie also attacked the j zzz statu re. for elinduav.iujv W r:. _ .1 '' from tht Seventeenth Soiic-]r= i r.oria! District, which he tervnen "a j as V",:i-ica1 ni<?cev wh?djy unwarranted j ass .srsl unjust." i zzz i>\\ y n Graham was elected prest-1 as ' -!rnl. of the club. Other officers are srg*. I !' ?rv Greed, viee-pre ident. and Miss rpr Mar\ Johnson, secretary-treasurer. ss I The organization meeting was fceidi.K - the West Jefferson Hotel. Kay r^r. was foastmaste; at the bun-1 ~rp I ui.et- after which officers were elect- j fl-.i and several speakers heard. jgsg Since the first of January. 1206 |SS is *?*>. fattened according to the Shay method have been sold by Edgecombe ~r unty farmers, netting them i (Furniture I for Every I iRoom in J the Home! 11 m I RUGS, STOVES j S* 1 1VTr\YM^ k *TW\ MW X J LINOLEUM I I f Lowest Prices Since 1916 Terms to Responsible Parties. i ; ! Always a Pleasure to show you. m HIGHLAND I FURNITURE CO. j 0( DEPOT STREET I GF Boone, N. C. f ? mmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. le IMMHHmnHHMB g^Si n / K t * ^8 V JHfefrBBBBHB jfafrfrgrffTl40 ' t,c farnoui Goodyea* * All-Weather Tread it . ?uporior in traction. Mot? i^fOmrBA ^cy,f deop-cut, tight? gripping blocti are placed A Wh tHWMW the carlo; of the tread, A j BSf 'xhere they belong. Preu Mn Pth?~p*ttr. of your hand tm/l u^n fhit W? and foci SEjj, how the blocU grip and ffiljjji. pine}* the fleiK. Thtj illuvato* the All-Weather /Bffiyjfy sad'* holdfast action on HHu ement or road. AHKas al TirelCoi USTRIBUTORS FOR WATAUGA COUN A. E. Hodges, Manager loone and Blowing Rock, N. THREE. 1 - < ? i 1 s Reliable! | Vegetables and foods placed in ccmpartmenti v?ith Drar.miij's Ice are Kept fresh with the magic o? chilly dew which only ice can give. Our ice is pure ice . . made ~~ from pure mountain water?and delivered regularly and without fa:i. Our ice costs r.o more and is better ice. Phone us to stop regularly at your house. Special sea- ~T son rates giver. ZZZ ''HONE 1714 1 J. M. DEARMIN ICE ? & COAL CO. I Elk Park, North Carolina j= fmnmsamm COfy&^OV ROOFING TL.*t Coppei Alloyed Lteei | p |{ O y ? Q Even the High Pressure \|^-; Water Hose Test Can't Make It Leak! Wheeling has improved the roofing that our customers considered perfect! The new Oianneldrain has been made so water-tight that in the mow severe trial- - a high pressure water hose playing oa aimosr a fiat surface? could not make it leak! An Improved lap construction carries off every drop; ^Channeldrain Roofing ia not only fire-proof and lightning-proof?it is built to give lifetime sarsicel It is made of COP-R-LOY* the steel especially oltfflfHj loyed c<> resist runt- It is armored by putc ziac. You will be surprised hc.tv little. this better roofing costs. You can apply it yourself;,Let us figure Era. u. 3. Pttuori. on what you need. IRiSTIAN TIN & METAL WORKS, Boone, N. G. ;t scientific farm methods enable you to save money HI nonitrite! S i ffl ' ' v mpany ik : ^ ; C. J J ' !'v~ V- -', -
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