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I V I VOLUME XXXVH, NO. EOONE MAY SECURE CITY DELIVERY. SERVICE SOON .Local Office Will Be Raised to Second Cla^ss on July 1st Following close upon the news that j&the Boone post/office will he raised second class on July 1. comes the SjffiintiraaUoi) that the city may soon ^Lave a mail delivery service. A post-J office inspector has been here with-; in the past few days and made a careful survey of the situation and w;il make a report to the department i~\ Washington, which will determine { "the wisdom of inaugurating a city de-j a ^ *- - a* . nvvuiuii!^ I.O rusimuHt'r n . Ih Farthing. nothing is definitely known; as to what action will ultimately oe taken in this connection, but he is of the opinion that the serv- j ice will be put on when the report of the growth of the office is officially [ checked in Washington. In the event the service is inaugurated, a civil examination will be held for the pur- j ?ose of naming the carriers. It is robable t'He service will he started ! y the last of August or during the irst days of September. The Boone postoffice is a good index to the marvelous growth of the cii, and surrounding country within the past few years. The raising of the office to the second class on July! provides tor cicrks to be selected by civil service examination. enabling Pc>tmaster Farthing to, iu?v * a sufficient force to meet the demands of th< office. Mr, Farthing furnishes The Democrat the following report of postal receipts for the past four years, Showing the amount received lorj postage stamps alone: 1022, S4,1023, $5,983.50; 1924. $7.-1 ,>50,67, and for the year 1025 $0.-! . | 4 Acvording t'o the showing! in.'.de for the first half of 1020, Mr. | F';-.-thing says the receipts for this' ye.'ii will likely reach $11,000. Noteworthy is the fact thai fifteen j uko till! receipts or me uoone: toes- toff ice were less than $1,000 per iii num. ftJjtSfc . T?N KILLED AND MANY HUKT IN STEEL PLANT BLAST , ! ^Jary, Inch, .iuno 1 1.?Ten work-{ Vfzfi mi .i are known to have been killed and more than 75 injured, some so j Ifjfc RMfiously they may die. in a p:>s and; fljAcb- nncal explosion today in the i Kt by-products division of the 3 k mis Steel Company's plant. ! The dead included four white men [ and six neirroes. FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB On .June 12. Mrs. 1*'. A. Linney de-j ^*5 li.cr.ituily entertained the Friday After: .on Club. Her home was a lovely im .'.raiio of lune with its prohy ins: on of rose:-. The short* poems ggfc re;,.. by .\i;s- Annie Stunluiry and M . I I I .'...vi t i,ir.it tin ' wi t li t ln> rendered by Miss Ruth Rankin, vj^yinajit t he afternoon a delightful one. | An interesting flower eont&st was1 !?&?engaged in, in which Airs. South woti |j&vif?i- lovely prize. gffig It was a pleasure to those present ^ _to hear that Madame Orndroff had * secured to give a musical in ; /.B<>one the latter part of the follow yiri#; week. Madame Orndorff is to ? be in Boone this summer to open a studio. Very elaborate refreshments, con-; Bisiing of two courses, were served by! the hostess, assisted hy her daughter, ?jfliss Margaret Linney. " The invited guests for the after-J noon were Miss Rankin, Miss Thol-' I ma Suttie and Mrs. South. GOLDEN WEDDING On Sunday, June 6. friends and relatives, more than 200 strong, gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kolden Davis near Silverstone, with great baskets loaded with good things to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of iheir wedding day. Mrs. Davis has been an invalid for 1i?D years ana oecause 01 iim im i hhe was all the more happy to have i her kith and kin remember her in this! V ay. Their cup of joy was overflow-1 ing all day long as one after anoth- i er greeted them in a glad handshake.! The good dinnei was spread un-' der the trees and the hymn, "Nearer] God to Thee." was sung very | softly. Then it was that Messrs. W.: F. Sherwood, W. Y. Perry and Fin-j ley Mast said words of congratulation and of love for the honored ones j and of gratitude for the day togeth-j er. Rev. Eggers then returned thanks; and a hearty meal was enjoyed. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon j hymns were sung and a a talk made) by Rev. Eggers. There were present relatives from Mountain City, Tenn., Lenoir, N. C., ircd Bluefield, W. Va.. beside those ho came from all part's of Watjga county.?Reported. Carelessness on His Part Beggar?"An' madame, my foot aren't always like this." 'T know that'! The last time you! ere here von were biiridr and the me before that you wore starving." /ATA An lndepende;.. - ... R. L. DOUGHTON ON THE RADIC Farmer Bob Says Contented Famil on the Farm is Nation's Most Valuable Asset ' : Following is the address in part o i Congressman Robert L. Ddughto delivered over the radio and printe in the Congressional Record o? Ma 17th: This being: my first effort in tli way of a public address over th radio. I will first send greetings tthe people of my district and the stab of .North Carolina and express to yoi my gratitude ami appreciation o your rat-expre.ssed and long-continu ed loyalty and confidence. The first session of the sixtv-nintl congress is ncaring a close and tin record wig soon be submitted to th? electorate or* the nation (or its ap proval. If is well known to you that th< Republican party is in control of eacl branch of the national government threcfore party responsibility rest upon the Republican party, while 01 the Democratic party there is onlj that responsibility which always goe: with the minority. * * " During my la years as a represen tative in congress I have never know? party lines so indistinct and the ah sencc of party strife so manifest. The Democratic party, being al ways patriotic and preferring tin country's welfare above party wel fare, iihs in no manner attempted t< play politics or seek partisan advant age, but lias co-operated in an ear nest and faithful endeavor to enaci wise, wholesome, and salutory legis lation, and to assist by every honor able means in reducing taxes anc bringing them to the lowest Icvs consistent with efficient government nl service. Under the constitution of fcht United States all measures for the raising of revenue and all appropria lion hills must originate in the house of representative-. The committee on ways and means of which i have the honor to he : member, presented on the opening day of this congress, in a unanimou: report, a bill for the reduction ol federal taxes. The bill speedily became a law an<l^ gave substantial ro liof. The amount of reduci'ion in thi: bill was about $387,000,000. This was something new in legislation, a: never before in peace time was a tas bill considered, perhaps, and reporter free from partisanship. This, in im judgment, records a distinct step forward in legislative procedure, and i! continued, will work to the great ad v.intaee of the AinSnn ' Wisdom sufijgests that in all the af fail's of tile things should be consul ercd in the order o? their importance The important matter new be tore tin- congress is that of enactini! sour legislation for the relief ant benefit of agriculture. ? roi more than five years the Re publican party has been in full con tiroi of every branch til* our govern meat,, and its policies touching even iiutusiry if the nation have heei written int'o law. However, agriculture, which is eon cod :<i by everyone to be the mosi fundamental, basic, and necessary in dustiy. has never been so thorough ly demoralized and so completely paraiyzed. The protective tariff law: now on the statute books, placed theV< In the Republican party and guaranteed to produce agricultural prosperi ty. have signally and completely fail In the last five veal's the faint; of America have declined in value al least $.';0,000.000,000. The indebted ness of the farmer today is more thai $12,000,000,000, an increase of uboni eight billions in the last five yearmaking the farmers of America a' least $33,000,000,000 poorer thai they were on the 4th of March, 1921 when Mr. Harding was inauguratec president. Farm failure during the last five years have increased 1,000 per cent in contrast with commercial failures The direct losses on the crops pro duced have been many billions more A larger number of American farm; and homes are under mortgage fodaj than ever before in the history of th< country. More bank failures have oe curred in agricultural sections of ih< country in the last five years thai had occurred in 25 years preceding that date. From 1916 to 1920, inclusive, un def a Democratic administration, the number of state bank failures was 117 and the number of national banl failures for that period was 28.; tota for the five-year period 145. Whih for the last live years. 1921 to 1925 the number of state bank failures wa: about l,80o and the national banl failures for the same period was 338 making: a total of 2,138 under a Re publican administration against 15' under Democratic administration fo the same length of time. * * ! During the last five years th< number of farmers have lost thei homes and been driven fo the town and cities to seek other employmen (Continued on Page Three) JUGA Newspaper, Devoted t ?NE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C i MOUNTAIN CITY ORGANIZES LIVE CHAMBER Of- COMMERCE ) , Capital of Johnson County Is Taking On New Life y I With the opening: up of Mountain i City, Tennessee, to the region east h\ j- grading ami finishing of the bad Imk uj or read west of Trade oil No. bO. the j j iittie metropolis of -Joiihson county. VJ heretofore isolated to ?i great extent. i has taken on new life to a surprising e ; extent. The first move of the enteral prising: citizenship is the qrjpanizat'ion; 0 1 of a live Chamber of Commerce, with q | all the money necessary to put the? tl j virtues of the east Tennessee section C i before the outside world. Mr. N. C. _! Parsons, a traveling man with head . (quarters m t'hat city, is general; 1 i spotvcsninn tor the enthusiasts of' i Mountain City. He was in Boohe \ Monday getting necessary blanks.! _j cards, membership certificates for; i a met tine: which u ls held that nigh4. . j Fine photographs have been made 1 and sent to the engravers Lor half -| tone cuts, showing the main points v)?? 5j interest, and the most beautiful seen1 ery in the city and county. - j loyal photo-; 5 granger, is still in Mountain City gef-1 ling additional pictures for the puh_ 1 icily campaign. , More than $1,200 was raised for _ publicity work before the meeting. wa^ called for Monday n?ght. The _ dues to the chamber are fixed at $2 I ! 2 per year, and the amount indicated : . has been raised with practically no j j solicitation. A good part of the mon-, _ ey Chat will he collected is to be used _ for newspaper advertising in various t parts of the country THE NEWS OF COVE CREEK. 1 Vilas, June 1G?Mr. ana Mrs. LuI i her Bingham have just returned - from Florida, where Mr. Bingham has j been in business during the past win j 1 i Miss Blanche Ilorton has returned . -! from Meredith College, where she; ; lias been a student for the past year. Miss Annie Sherwood is spending . a few weeks with home folks before i going t<> Columbia university to atr tend the summer school. > Mrs. Houg, formerly Miss Wll f llolsclav, is visiting among relatives - and friends who are very glad to wel conn her hack. Announccineut' has recently been > \ received of the graduation of Bynum -1 Wilson from Philadelphia university, i j wli'ere lie received tile M. 1). degree; 1 with high honors. Mr. Grier Glenn passed through j Sunday on his way to Chapel Hill j l ; when* he will attend summer sehojjrk ! Dave Mast is attending summer: school at Chapel Hill, at the close "t -'which he will receive his degree. t -j Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bingham aW' . | visitjng relative and friends on Cove! - Creek. j , The lad ies of lhe missionary ?> I j ciety of Cove Creek Baptist church j ave nlaiiiuuii t*> .sell lunches at th?* ian<i sale un June 21st near Cove Creek high school. The proceeds are - j to go for the benefit of the church.. \Ir. Varlcy Mast, postmaster 1 Sugar Grove, is building a new home j j neni his fathers residence. Seven members of the graduating tj class of the Cove Creek high school j -; are attending summer school at . -1 fib one, preparatory to teaching next; -fall. j >| The following have new homes on , i I Cove Creek, near the high school:! -;0. J. Harmon. Will Payne. Joseph, - j Mast and Yardry Mast. . | j ! BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR 51 MRS. MARY SHOEMAKER! : 1 Harley. June 15.?Under the shade! i of a majestic willow tree, a birthday i t dinner was spread, surrounded by] . numerious relatives, neighbors and; i friends of Mrs. Mary Shoemaker, j i widow of John Shoemaker, near here' , last Sunday. I From 9:00 in the morning until; (ate in the afternoon friends from j ? the surrounding country assembled at I t the home of Mrs. Shoemaker t'o en-1 . joy the happy occasion with her. At j - 1 o'clock about 250 of her friends! . were gathered under the willow tree,* > overlooking the fertile farm of this; good woman, to celebrate with her] > the passing of her.>72nd birthday. 1 After meeting friends and acquain1 tances, the crowd was invited to i dinner?cakes, pies, chicken, pork, * everything one could wish for. Mrs. Shoemaker has lived on this - lovely farm for twenty-odd years. i Two sons, six daughters and thirtv5 five grandchildren were among those : attending. 1 After wishing Mrs. Shoemaker i many more happy birthdays this de, iightful occasion closed with many s happy greetings. DR. JOHNSON AT COVE CREEK Dr. Walter N. Johnson will preach at Cove Creek Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. He will also speak . at ? Willow-dale Thursday morning at 11 o'clock and at Brushy Fork at S p. m. Friday at 11 a. m. he speaks ? nl Shulls Mills. It is hoped that he will have good rowlls at all these churches. He has j i vital message for all Christians. DEMn 0 the Upbuilding of Nortf AROUNA. THURSDAY, JUNK 17, I WORK AT NORMAL IS PROGRESSING 1 ____ t Otudents From Six Stales. and 66 ; N. C. Counties Represented in Student Body The work of The summer school moving on well, both faculty und students being busy. The number' enrolled has reached- PI 5. Among] these .only about 50 are men. There ; are about 300 high school graduates who are taking their first summer\ school work. There are six states represented in 1 the student body. South Carolina with] lis, Virginia Willi 6. Georgia with 5, Tennessee with 2, and Mississippi with one, making .10 from other states and S65 from North Carolina. Sixty-six COUIlt ICS. of tfcis !>? ? 1 - ? W...W ^v?vv \ I I.(JI V.-VIIIVU, 1 Wilkes leading with 7-1. Watauga with 61. Union with 60, Ashe 10, Ire- \ dell 4-?.. Yadkin 13, Caldwell lo. Sur- ' ry 31. Cleveland 28. Alleghany 27, ' Catawba 27. Avers 24, Gastoi 24, * Rutherford 27. McDowoJl 22, Cabar- ; rus 21. Av on 20, M Acne 11 10. Van- ] cy Li); making 664 from 19 counties and the ?-emaincler from the other 47 count-ies. The counties represented in the Normal are situated i'i various parts ' of the state from Currituck to Hay- 1 wood. Work on the campus in the way of ' leveling, fertilizing, sowing grass, 1 improving the walks and drives lias; been done recently. j ' Several visitors have been at the normal, including Prof. Jones, head i of the department of mathematics of 1 Wake Forest. College; Mrs. T. E. 1 Johnson, of the department of educa- ' tion at Raleigh, who made a talk to the student body last week, and Prof. 1 Privette. { VALLE CRUC1S : ? <uiu oruri?, trane it>-?muss i\an nine Smith has arrived in Yalle Cru ; I cis fo spend the summer with her j | sister. Mrs. C. D. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Claud L. Mast, of ; Darlington. Md., after nearly a I week's visit to their parents, Mr. and 1 Mrs. I). V. Mast, have gone to the Globe visit Mrs. Mast's family;!.1 They will return 1 ater for another week in V:\lie Crucis, before return-' ing to Maryland. Mrs. Ari'.wv Mast is having a new loom house built, and hopes to tnove her looms in this week. We aie glad te see mi others of the vourger general! on keeping: up this old and aitis- , t ic industry. I ; C. R. Hartley and James Layr.es. of j Rnitimore. ??id., who are working in j Asl'ipviile, were in tin valley Sunday. Gordon Taylor left Sunday for1 , Cleveland. O., to work during the summer vacation. i I The Senior and Junior Rpworth i Leagues of Henson's Chapel gave a j 1 wry interesting entertainment Sunday night at the Methodist church i J here. The program included musical selections, a pantomime of "The ! ^ Handwriting' on the Wall," and a ; | 'iramaiif presentation oi "Tim Loaves1 > and Fishes." .Misses Susie and Alice Taylor went ' to llickry Sunday for a few dares' | visit to Mrs. H. C- Menzies. dr. | ; Mrs. Clarence Ellis, of Bloefield, J W. \ a., returned t*o her home Monclay, after a visit to relative?, and ; friends in Watauga. ; Much needed work at the St. < 1 .John's church yard and cemetery ! has been done the past two Saturdays 1 in the way of cleaning: off t'ho [ grounds and putting: a new fence around the same. A beautiful spirit of co-operation was manifest by the people of this section in the work. , They brought their baskei dinners, y. and spent* the entire day. The work j will be completed next Saturday. y DEEP GAP NEWS Deep Gap, June 16?Misses Zella ? Watson and Mae Gillespie, of Coffey- t ville, Kansas, are visiting: relatives v while on vacation from their school y work. They expetel to spend about six weeks here. Pfa|teV' ' Ml*. R- H. virllt.?n>i mul f* uinili- x,** 1 Boone, visited at the home of Mi . i) Alfred Watson here Sunday. _ P S. P. Tesch. of Greensboro, will , arrive this week to rush up the land t sale which will be held here soon. c Much interest is being "shown in real \ estate here now, and the lot* will like- , ly go in a hurry when offered at r auction. e Rev. Ed Hodges filled his regular . appointment at the Gap Creek Baptist t church Sunday. n Gardeners hereabouts have been c experiencing trouble in getting plants c to set*. Insects and bean beetles $ have been playing havoc with vege- c. tation and it looks as if garden truck w will be very'short, here this season. ? FRENCH CABINET QUITS c Parts, June 15?Premier Briand j and his entire cabinet* resigned today. This was the fourth French government and the eighth French j minister of finance to fall by reason , of the financial difficulties bora of , the war. It was Briand's ninth cabi- ? 3CRA iwest North Carolina. 92G DANIEL BOONE HOTEL IS MECCA FOR NEWLY WEDS Several Couples From Various Section Here During- Past Week "1 he Honeymoon Hotel" is the name given the Daniel Boone hostelry ir; an article by L. J. Hampton. >iaff one-pendent of the Winston-Salem. loinna! in last Sunday's edition. It corns that the reporter has well nam-' -d the plate t'or during the past week five recently wedded couples ' twister-; ?d there for brief sojourris. Interesting is the fact that among' Lhe honeyiTUjoners was Sheriff C. \Y. pibbs ;s*ul wife of Pamlico county. , :heir first trip to the mountains. Mr. ;ii.h<u tho v<ilU>cn>^t' cnui-if f NT....* U Carolina, having: beeii elected to that, iff ice when but 23 years of age. He ; s 2<? now and thinks he can be sher-j iff of his home county as long" as he] wishes. j Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Wilson, of Ru-j ral Ha!!, were stoppers at the Dan-j iel Boone, having been married re-i L-ently at their Forsyth county home.] fVlso from over at Flizabethton came ! mother bride and groom, Mr. and j Mrs. A. C. Tipton, who are real! Boone boosters, and will return later | for a longer stayMr. and Mrs. G. F. Love, of Ram-! seur. Randolph county, were married last week and also came to Boone to vi w the scenery and catch some; fresh mountain air. They were very enthusiastic over the northwestern! country and are determined to visit i Boone again before the summer isI nver. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Moore dropped n from South Carolina. It was easy lo lie-seen that they had recently experienced the tying of a conjugal mot for the decorations on their ? a: were apnropos. An old snoe w;e Lied underneath t he machine and a I ow chain affixed. Manager Vaughn is 'conducting a first class hotel and these honeymoon couples were quick to realize he fact. They are lotpl in their praise of Boone's fine new hotel and the excellent* attention they received iind will doubtless enjoy many more J trips to this scenic part of north- j tvcstern Carolina mountain.-. GRANDFATHER PARK ESTATES ' F.DGEMONT, OPENS JUNE 23 An announcement of interest to: those who have any desire t o own a j summer home in the mountains will be found in the display advertise-! meat in this issue of The Democrat telling of the opening on Wednesday, June 23, of Grandfather Park Estates at Kdgemont. Grandfather Park Estates, which is situated about 20 miles from Lenoir , it the ternmois of rhe Carolina and Northwestern railway, is being developed by :i company composed of >e. A \\. Dula. R. L. Dula vad F. H. May. editor of the Lenoir News-Tops', 12. F. Allen and I. \V. W'.iisnant, i?f Lenoir. The property is situated in a valley : .vhere Itock House creek ami Lost -on\- creek. Grounds will bo pro-1 elded far bVmUiigJ fisl)ipg. hiking, i lor:-aback riding over the govern- i in-.'! iamb in ?jhe CL'atidfiitheii 'sets! 3<m of tlie RLgah Xational forest, j uul boating. Trout streams lik<- fljiv-; ver's creek. I..?st ( ovc, Laurel. Rock! House and Wilson's crock will he; naric accessible t?- purchasers of this property. is pstato oiven. over 1,000 acres| md may be reached either by the C. ' :nd N.-W. railway or l)y aufo from] .eoo:r. Blowing Rock or Linville. A it:\v roaii recently opened from Le-j voir to Linville runs through the! mmerty of the Grandfather Moiin-' ains. Inc. WORTH WHILE CLUB A most interesting and eivoynblo necting of the Worth While Chib was leld Friday afternoon at* the* home of' ilrs. Zeb Iarthmg. Mrs. Don Farlh-j ngi the associate hostess, greeted the :uest- on the < ool vino-covered porch: ind served delicious punch from the. 'fountain of youth." The guests hen entered the reception room j vhieh was decorated with beautiful. ems and white peonies. The club was pleased to have sev- j ral special guets. The meeting was called to order ly the president, Mrs. J. M. Moretz, ifter the discussion of a few Kusitess items. Mrs. Bennett was asked o give a talk. Smiles of pleasure quia oe seen on cacti tare. Mrs. lennett, in her usual charming: manic r, grave a splendid talk, thoughts hat will linger with each one prosnt. The meeting being turned over to he hostess, she gave a cont'est. "the nost foolish thing 1 ever did," which aused much laughter, Mrs. Ed Quails arrying off the prize. During the ocial hour the hostesses served ice ream and .cake, followed by home nude candy, which all enjoyed to the ullest ex ten. Mrs. Trivett will entertain the iub at its next regular meeting, lunc 25th, B. Frank Mebane. of Spray, lockingham county, millionaire capialist, textile mill founder and imnense land owner, died Tuesday in v.ew York, following a lingering illless. T FIVE CENTS A COPT PENSION CHECKS ARE NOW READY Checks Arrive for 19 Soldiers and 34 Widows;; Should Apply at Clerk's Office. Clerk of the Court. A. \Y. Smith ha- received the semi-annual pension check.- tor the few surviving Confedeitite veterans in the county and for the widows of veterans. A survey of the county records show that there are now on y l'J followers of Lee and Jackson within the borders of fr.be county. and 34 pensioned widows. By an act of the last legislatui tl pension fund was equally divided between the veterans and widows. Therefore, in Wafi'.ujra county there being- more widows than idiots, the widows receive less than the veterans, ?50 each, while veterans of the third class receive $35 and soldiers of the fourth class will receive $77.50. There are only two third class pen sin noes 1 ' Ail wcan arc asked ti? come to the clerk's office end receive their checks. If anable to come personally one authorised to receive them may come. A :ist of the soldiers and widows for whom Clerk Smith now has checks follows: Soldiers Third Class Newton Greer and E. J. Norris. Soldiers 4th Class S. .!. Bishop, E. H. Billings. (deceased). H. A. Davis', R. H. Fat thing. E. M. Greet, Wyatt Hayes. W. M. Hodges. William Hollar. Thos. Love, J. E. Luther. John M. Miller, L. D. Miller. Jonathan Moretz. James C. Orrant, Duke Ward, W. A. Williams, Albert P. Wilson. Widows Caroline Btadshaw, Xaiicy Brown, Lydia Brown. Mary E. Coffey, Mar tha A. Cole, Elizabeth Cook, Martha Davis. Elizabeth A. Dyre, C.'C. Ed minsten. Elizabeth Eggers, Mary E. Eller, Nancy Farthing, Sarah C. Farthing, Elizabeth Hagamati. Lucinda Harmon, Susan Harmon, Julia Etta Morton, Mary S. Horton, Mary Isaacs, Mary Jestes. Margaret McGuirc, Leona Mast. Mary Miller. Mary F. Moretz. Nancy Norris. Vina Nor ris. Mary S. Parks, Mary R. I>earson, Jennie Ray, Eliza Shull, Dorcas rurumiix?. Anna EHv:? V'-in.lvL.. ILachel Walker. Caroline T. Walker. WATAUGA'S INVESTMENT IN RURAL WHITE SCHOOLS Watauga st.ancls r>S)th amOng the. counties of .he state in the amount of money invested in rural white schools, according to State School Facts, which shows that this county hr, I $ si 7 invested in white nirai schools for the year I 92-1-25, with a value of $(>8.88 pel* while ehihl ensollcd in the rural schools for that year. The counties are ranked according; the value of white rural chool property for each white child enrolled in the rural schools. Washington county ranks first in value of white rural school property per child enrolled with $1157.98. Cherokee is last with $20.ml. or U'ss. ihr.n one-twelfth as much per child. Wilson is the first rn the average value of rural ?.hooihouses. with $58,182. and Cher* kee is !art with $1.109. The average for : :l w'-ile school hropjity per child enrolled is $113.40 and the rural average is $8 1.34., city average $211.04. The cit\ Average' is more thai two and one-half times the i ural average. The av,e'*agre white schooihouse jr. the state is worth $13,627. The rural average is $7,937 and the city average is $?SG,073. $2,824,395 BALANCE IS SHOWN ON MAY 31 ST Raleigh, June 12.?With but one month more \o complete the first fiscal year of the McLean administration the state treasury on May 31, showed a balance of $2,824,395.06. This was revealed today in the combined statement ot* ih< auditor and treasurer. The statement showed the receipts for the month were S600,906.95, while the cash balance the first of May was $3,0-15,106.11. making a total 01 $3,635.013.36. The disbursements for the month of Mav amounted; to $S10,617- 70. leaving a balance in the treasury of $2,821,395-66. COLE PAYS ORMOND $15,000 FOR DEATH OF SON Raleigh, June 15.?Final Judgment, on. the SI 50,000 damage suit brought bv Rev. A. L. Ormond againsi W. B. Cole, mill owner of Rockingham, for what is charged the wrongful death of his son. Bill Ormond. was handed out in Wake superior court today by Judge Barnhill. under which Cole agreed to pay the father of young Ormond the sum of $15,000 costs in the case and have all original pleadings withdrawn, from the record and destroyed, marking the '* a- chanter ci litigation which began when Coic shot yomg Ormond.
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