North Carolina Newspapers

M/ VOLUME XX.I, NO. S SCHOOL MEETING HERE KKII)A1 Educational Leaders Addrc: Representatives at Appalachia State Teachers' College; Cathei ing Largely Attended !' ii'ty or more high school princ teachers, county superintci to and other educational leadei m the counties of Ashe, Caldwel ~iitchell. Watauga Yancey an > verv gathered at the Appalachia ""-ate Teachers* College Friday t rvuss organization and other prof: -is preliminary to the opening o ir.e 1929-30 school term. T. Allen, state superiiitenden f pitbiic instruction, and Dr. .f. Fi H'Vhsmith, supervisor of high school i 01 North Carolina were present. L>i JTv * i _ ? * - m -* * n (luaressed tne assembled teach i-iH and students of the college a evapel Friday morning on the prog rcss education is making in the stat< -cvr.d Dr. Highsmith eendue Led th .inference with the teachers an p. :?)cipals. County superintendents presen - t ie Smith Hagaman, Watauga Steel, of Mitcht*'; J. C. Mclntosl of Caldwell; R. E. L. TMummer, o A.; he; H. E. Teague, ??f Avevv. an D. E. Wilson, of Yancy. At the invitation of Dr. B. E Cougherty, president of Normal, th entire conference was guest of th Cf?V;ege at dinner. CIVIL CALENDAR : ifty-three cases are on the civi calendar for trial at the fall term o miiK'Vior court, which convenes her Monday, September 2, with Judg .1 ohn M. Oglesby of Concord, presid ir.g. The trial of civil cases is sched 'cd to begin Friday, September U and continuing through Wednesday September 11th. the first four day of court being given over to the tria of criminal cases. Following is th list of civil cases: Friday, September 6 Don is Wilsoiv hv hor novf W> C. Miller, vs. Dr."if. B. Ferry. A. W. Biown vs. W. S. Wellborn Bank of Blowing: Rock vs. C. R McTVer and Henry S. Duncan. R. A. Adams and Carrie E. Adam \ > . .1. A. Woodie, two cases. Abraham Potter vs. Clarence Pot ' in. ^ Dane Harmon vs. Axie Harmon. f iJ. B. Bingham and Carrie H. Ring hsrei vs. R. K. Bingham and .Tennh Bingham. George I. Fox, Inc., vs. M. R. Wil SOii. The Koland Company, Inc., vs Robert Winkler, Marion Winkle and J. W. Todd. Rney I. Haynes vs. Priehavd-Cob! Motor ,Co. Union Trust Bank vs. Roey I Haxiies. Saturday, September Clinard Hicks vs. Hannah (Haney) HJeks. W. R. McKov vs. John Jones am Bessie Jones. Alfred Watson vs. Claude Smith <et ?.l. M | H. W. Horton vs. Mattie J. Greene Evelyn McLean vs. Don McLean. Jnson Moretz vs. James Ray. "vP. M. Transou, trading as Tran sou Hat Co., vs. R. Monroe Ward an? Lewis Presnell. i 3). G. Moretz and A. G. Miller ys u. wineoargcr. 3. ft. Osborne vs. Lizzie Osborne V.\ J. Wagner vs. .1. F. Church. Arnold W. Story vs. Hudson Vc necr Co. ^ David Guyn vs. T. F. Yates am F. M. McGinnis. Coieen i .aws vs. Jeff Laws. Monday, September 9 C. H. Turner Mfg. Go. vs. .1. K Noiris a.vi K. J. NofrW. S. J. Barnett vs K. K. Binghan and .Jennie Bingham. p. H. Hodges, Gdn. of Mattie J Greene. Incompetent, vs. B. W . . Pendleton. ?5i!ler-Moretz Motor Co. \s W. ft Lpviil, Jr. The Wachovia Bank & Trust Co et al, vs. J. F. Mulligan and R. E Scroggs. J. Walter Wright Lumber Co. vs J. 0. J. Potter. Mrs. J. H. Younce. Admx. of .1 H. Younce, deceased, vs. Harle; Bumgarner. J. W. Harmon vs. Martha J. Hat mon. M. J. Williams vs. A. C. Williams Dessie Williams and Ed. S. Williams Tuesday, September 10 T. H. Coffey, Adm. of E. S. Col fey, deceased, vs. Union Trust Co. J. C. Miller vs. R. M. Shore. W. R. Winkler and Jas D. Horto vs .R. R. Madron and W. W. Hine: VV. r . Reese vs. J. W. Moore. Northwestern Engineering Co. v: W. E. Graham and Aberhart Cor struetion Co. Americaji Hardware & Equi] ment Co. vs. W. E. Graham ai -Abeihcrt Const. Co., and Hartfoi Accident <fc Indemnity Co. Sarah E. Elison, Admx of Fre Ellison, deceased, vs. R. M. Marti: waiuict, MvU,, Co. .o- Atcrhs' ^ Construction Co. Gast Manufacturing Co. vs. R. VATA\ A Non-Partisan Nt BOONE. 14,000 Acre Game T! !??; " i? j **v?ugc ai juugemoiu I Agreement has been reached be-! : tween the state and federal authori-1 iS; ties wherby North Carolina has cornel J1; into possession of 14,000 acres of| r I mountain land near F.dgemont which: } *.vill be developed as the "Daniel j Boone Game Refuge," J. P. Stepo.) ^ [assistant state game warden in! T charge of the second district, an-| I j noil need in Winston-Salem Monday j (j night, says The .louvnal. n j The vast acreage is to he carvjdj ^ | from Pisgah National Forest and bus j been leased bv the North Carolina j l\ department oi" conservation and de-j velopment for a game refuge. The' ^ { area is to be enclosed with one I | j strand of heavy wire. This work is ! already under way. R. C. Ray, resi- j '* dent warden having supervision of . the project, Mr. Stepp asserted. The ^ territory is being posted to ireventi trespassing. % j The refuge will constitute one of; '' the largest achievements irf game j tj | conservation attained in the south, i it is believed. Five head of deer are being brought to the area from 1 j the Burleson, of Brushy Creek, re'' fuge near Spruce Pine, and elk will j also he placed in the Daniel Boone refuge. C. N. Nease. assistant state 1 warden in charge of the first district. , | is supervising trie Manster. Other J I animals will probably be added to - j the reservation fi'om time to time. According: to Mr. Stepp, plans are] now on foot to organize several aux-; ! iliarv refuges in the district for the >Ll j purpose t>f encouraging the conseivaf | lion of game through adequate proe teetion of animals and birds from c the ruthless huntsman. Land for 'auxiliary refuges is provided usually! 'by private individuals, he intimated.] I Mr. Stepp was acconqmnied here I . from his headquarters in Leuuii b] s I W. L. Nothstein, district i'?u ester, j I and both men conferred with Sar.l-' e| ford Martin, member of the North' j Carolina department of conservation j and development. Mr. Noth stein has! I charge of tire prevention work ?:ij I eight counties comprising the sec-; ! ond district, ail county fire wardens j serving under his direction. He is} j ported that fire losses have been s slight in the district for the past: seven months, partly owing to weath-. _ j er conditions. ; There arc six forestry disfciicts fiij I the state with headquarters m. Ashe-.} .jville, Lenoir, Favetteville. New Bern,} j j Windsor and Wilmington. Etch di?-j trict forester has a number of coun- , ty wardens under his supervision! and these wardens usually v have about 5fl deputies who Work only in r "event of fire outbreaks. The Piedmont section in which the met.ro, polis of the Carolmas is located, has, ] not yet been organized, since a lack j ! of ample funds has caused the state [ I autrgmties to tu*3t organize forest j ! areas. leaving other districts to he j ,! organized when a better .'inauciai/i I status is reached, ji The forestry program in his disi trict is proceeding along progressive i lines and more and more people are coming to see the tremendous danger and economic losses frequently caused by mere carelessness iii handling fire, Mr. Nothstein pointed out. Considerable publicity and fire j prevention propaganda handled through his office has had the effectI of winning many converts to the for-1 II eat conservation program, Mr. Xoth-! i stein staggv^ ! Messrs. Nothstein and Stepp wcrk j _! out of the same office and their ac- j tivities are to some extent correlated, i I The game warden assists in all pvoc j eciitions tor violation of game laws,* supervises the activities of the coun- i j ty game wardens, checks up on li-! j cense sales and stimulates interest I in and^ helps with the organization Aoi Iiaac Walton leagues. Mr. Stepp j was actively identified with the. movement to bring the Daniel Boone! i game refuge into being. * | ^ MEETINGS CLOSE i. Rev. Ed Hodges recently closed a j I. series of services at Alt. Zion church in Wilkes county. He was assisted i. in the preaching by Rev. W. D. Ashley and there were 11 additions to' . the church. Rev. Hodges also as y sisted Re*. Ashley in a revival meeting at Stony Fork, the services - closing Sunday. SP.UDS BRING DOLLAR i. ? Two carload^ of Irish potatoes have been shipped from here the past week. We understand that the spuds are selling at $1.00 a bushel.? n Johnson County News. >. T Kr.upp. 5. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. vs. A.] l- C. Miller, Ri C. Ragan, et al. L. C. Phillips vs. Floyd Eggers, H. >- C. Eggers and S. C. Eggers. id Watauga County Bank vs. R. D. :d .Jennings, et al., four eases. Z. T. Greene vs. D. Z. Tipton and d M. J. Icenhour. n. S. R. Brown vs. Centra! Glass Co. rt Alumni Guild vs. Joe .M. Gaither. ID. V. Winebargev vs. A. v.. Swift, and J. S. McBride. . ;wspaper. Devoted to the WATAUGA. COUNTY, NORTH CA Tax Rate is Low ?196,931.87 Butl Of This Amount, $104,217.45 is 'Devc to the General County Fund; $2 Fund and $47,589.42 to Iti Tax Rate for Next ^ The board of county commissionc ea the budget figures for the yegr 1 eountant, and set the tax rate at $1.! 10 cents on the hundred dollars valtu A further tax reduction would 1 but for the fact that the state of Nbi in Watauga county at a little more t actual value as assessed by the count} uu's. i nrough error the school levy the Boone and Blowing: Rock high sch nchool budget. These two items, it is the school funds for the oast year, wl ing in the present budget. Releases, insolvents uifd land sa fund purposes and and the deficit eri Of the total set aside for expendi 192l? to June 30, 1930. there is $104,1 to the general county fund; $2?3,000.l $47,589.42 to the interest and sinking The following table gives a clea partments of the county, showing th veal's as well as the budget estimates Es Department Board of Commissioners S 2, l.isting ana "Assessing Property. 1, Sheriff Elections County Accountant and Audit . . 1. Treasurer 1, Courthouse and Grounds Register of Deeds Coroner Jail 1. County Home and Farm 1, Outside Poor Relief Agricultural and Economic .... Health Department Superior Court . f?, Total of General County Fund ..$21, Koad Maintenance Fund 27, Interest and Sinking Fund ..... 44. General Schools Total Budget for All County Purpose. W. R. Lovill Speaks To Civitan Club Declaring that Boone and Watauga county are to make any material ptigprass along: industrial lints, we must have a standard gunge railroad, Attorney W. R. Lovill, in x\\ address before the Civitan Club last Thursday, urged the extension of the branch line of the Norfolk and Western railroad from Deep Cap to Boone. However, he said it would be impossible to interest the railroad officials in extending the line unless freight tonnage could be provided in sufficient quantity to make the propi^eU feNrtensioJi a paying proposition. This, he argued, could be done by securing the location of furniture and other manufacturing plants here, which he thought ~ouUi be done., in view of the fact that about six-eighths of Watfluga's area) is in timber. Mr. Lovill's plan is to confer with the railroad officials arid secure their promise to extend the line to Boone, with the understand ing that industries sufficient to make the line pay be secured, and then go after the manufacturing plants. The matte)* wastrele r rt: u' to thc;' ecr.im*L j tee on puoiu* anairs lor lurtner con- . sideration. Mr.vAlexander of Los Angeles,, Cal.. guest ois Civifcan I. G. Greer,! was introduced and made a brief but interesting talk. The meeting this evening will he held at the Colonial hotel. West Jefferson, and every member who can is" urged to attend. Gais will leave-la here at 6 o'clock, provided highway No. 69 is not closed to traffic; if it; is, the trip will be made by way off Trade, and in order to reach Jeffer-; son by 7 o'clock, ears will have to,: leave about 30 minutes earlier. COMMITTEE OF THREE FORKS j BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MEETS ! The executive committee of thej Three Forks association met last Sunday at Cove Creek church, with all members present. The committee decided to present the following resolutions to the association for con siuvcuiiua wnen it meets on August 27 at Shulls Mills: 1. That the churches call their pastors indefinitely and that voting by proxy in calling pastors be discouraged. 2. That more caution be used in ordaining ministers. 3. That ,iiic cnurches demand that all members attend services, I contribute to t|ie expense of the ! church, and live more Godly lives, i 4. That all churches have suffij cient number of deacons and that ' they meet often in conference with the pastor. The committee is anxious for the delegates to the association to study ; .iic.-t CjUCCticn'r. ond be orenared tol j discuss them in a prayerful way. Best lnte >f North we; KGLiNA, ~i V i. AUCUST 22. ered to $1.20 asH [get is Approvedi I s ited to School Purposes; $22,125.00 o ;3.G00.00 tc- Road Maintenance I J iter est and Sinking Fund; fear Will Be $1.20 j s trs in call session on Tuesday, adopt- j c 920 as submitted by the county ac- t 20, which represents a reduction of j \ ition over the levy oX la.-: year, lave been possible, say the ovtTcials. th Carolina had valued the property j r ban ten million dollars, whereas the | V r was slightly above nine million dol- j t was made on the latter figures, and ; a lools were not included in last year's t explained, created a small deficil in . nch the hoard of education is inciud- is ii les reduced the revenue for "CinL-m-r . , sated is added in the new budget, itures during the period from July 1, \ 217.15 devoted to schools; $22,125.00 t 00 to road maintenance fund, and ! ! fund. {i ir insight into the various fiscal de- j \ q expenditures For the previous two t fur iy:;o- j; jpe tided Expended Budget fori] 1928 1929 19110 6SI.S3 S 930.46 $ 1.150.00 , 897.32 1,733.64 2.600.00 11.12 i i 118.25 1,612.92 100.00 j I ,580.71 1.310.26 2.600.00 I 1 ,000.06 i.000.00 1.000.00 '1 514.SI 484.02 600.00 | < 157.13 172.85 175.00 | < 50.00 ' i 789.25 2.481.25 2.200.00 j i ,788.91 1,525.10 i.650.00 1: 230.-74 2.543.29 2.500.00 ' I 701.87 1/21)0.00 I 1 825.05 715.50 1.800.00 I ,319.59 4,555.93 4,500.00 1 .602.5;- SI >,365.22 ?22.125.00 s ,238.86 21.622.6'" 23,000.00 I 525.15 52,841.58 47.589.42 i $104,217.45 i j $190,931.87 i Civitans Will Visit Ashe County Today i Reports from West Jefferson in-1 dicate that elaborate plans have been completed for the entertainment of | the Boone Civitan Club at the Colo-1 hial Hotel ill t hut city this evening, j Prof. r. G. Greer and a number of j ( other Boone citizens have been to | ( Ashe county's metropolis making ar- | rnngements preliminary fto the meeting. About twenty-five mem- ' hers of the local organization have ] made plans to attend, it is under- ] stood, and at least tRat many busi- * ness men of the Jeffersons have made reservations. A movement is on foot to organize a ehib in-Jvffc-vsor, ar.d it is believed . 1 that the initial work done this even- ^ ingr wil) be fruitful. Already plans , have been made for an organization there, although nothing definite has j been given' out. SAYS DEATH OF BENTLEY 1 CHILD WAS ACCIDENTAL "? , Jbuneral services for Texie Rentley, 1 *2-year-old girl of the Bowie ^ section, who was killed last Wednes- 1 day, were hzld Prlda y at the Adams , cemetery, near Vilas. The little girl ^ was found in a small cabin near the month of Gap Creek where her fam- ( ily was making their home, with a ^ bulict from a 22-calibra pistol in her; breast just to the left of the heart.j Mrs. Mattie Bentley. mother of j Texie. was some distance away pick-1 ing blackberries when the shooting | occurred and Mrs. C<?y G^ov. a >i< . tei\ was the first to reach the scene, i < The little girl, however, was mortally ! 1 wounded and although she lived for j1 about thirty minutes, was unable to j speaft. No impiest was held at the j I Limt, u;n as suspicion naa Been at- J rented toward members of the family ! 1 Sheriff Carl Graybeal conducted an | i investigation. Evidence at the belated inquest in- 15 dicated that the little girl was play-[ ing with the pistol and that she j f thought all the cartridges had been removed. A number of witnesses J werfe placed on the stand and nothing was produced to support the theory of foul play. 0 GREER WILL SPEAK AT I ASHE SCHOOL OPENING i An address by Prof. I. G. Greer | of the Appalachian State Teachers' ! College will feature the opening ex- j i ercises at Bowie High Scp.oul Scptem-; bcr 3. This institution is located i < about ten miles from West Jeffer-j son and is one of Ashe county's best', rural schools. Prof. Troy I. .Tones, who has an i A. M. degree from Columbia TJnii versity. New York, will again be ' principal of the school. An able corps of teachers has been secured i and the faculty ranks among thej best in that county. . )CRA ;t North Carolina If. 20 ^.very County Fracas Re?"lts in Homicide; ,.T7mr i t> y iUAKl iiLifcUJjU Blowing Rock, Aug. 1 (r.?A grue-j ome story of homicide growing out) if family feuds reached Biowing tock today by returning relatives of j xbiier Lowdermilk. age 28. who was hot to death with a rifle in thej lands ol" Paris Coffey in the hornet ?f Lowdermilk's sister in the Carys. 'hit section, near the Watauga linei iVednesday night. When H. D. LcwdermHk of blow-: ng Rock, a brother of the slain i nan. reached his sister's home. 13 i lours after the shooting, he found j he body of his brother still without i coroner's examination, a hole hrough the head, where a bullet had miered from th?V rear, causing in- f taht death, the victim having fallen ace downward, evidently instantly j lead. According to the story of eye! vitnesses, Lowdermilk had come to ( he defense of his sister, wife of t ;'rcd Coffey, brother of Paris Cof-j Ley. who was being threatened by j lor husband ollowirig his attention o another woman, who was present i it the time of the shooting. When: -owdermilk intervened in defense i f his sister, Paris Coffey took the I iart of his brother. Witnesses report that Lowdermilk j Iheu struck Paris Coffey with his ist, cne ratcev tncn leaving' the room :o ?ro to his car, in which he is said ' :o Have carried his jrun for several ] lays. After procuring the weapon, "offcy returned and shot Lov.dernilk in the back of the head, accordiv? to witnesses, and the n he phoned j Sheriff Vance, pleaded self defense. Lyas arrested, anu released on $500 iond. When H. 1). Lowdermilk reached j :he scene he secured the re-arrest oi Coffey, on the charge of adultery,J secured a coroner's inquest and Cofr fey is now in the Newland jail awaiting trial on a charge of first device murder. Funeral services were held today in the Careys Flat community, an isolated settlement between the foot. ;>f the Grandfather ami Edgemotit mountains, where the Coffeys and Lowdt-rmilks live as neighbors, connected by marriage. J. F. HARKLEROAD DIES IN BANNER ELK HOSPITAL Mr. J. F. Harkleroad, 50 years old, prominent Boone citizen, died at the Grace Hospital, Banner Elk. Tuesiay night at 1 1 o'clock after an illness of ahout three w eeks, an ulcer- j a ted condition of the stomach being x contributing factor IJe had been i patient at the hospital for about; i week. but his weakened condition rendered an operation inadvisable. Mr. Harkleroad was a native of | Bluff City, Tenn., having moved his r^v?y>5inrv??} -i IU uuma- UOOUL nine years agol For a Jong time he .vas connected with J: A. Supples of j t*lis city in the lumber business, and since that parmership was dissolved j rags been engaged in various other j enterprises. He has lately been con-; lected with the state highway com-] mission in Watauga coiinty road i construction projects. Deceased was one of Boone's tin*st. citizens and a distinct loss is felt n his death. An industrious and pghly honorable man, he contributed his full share toward the advance-1 {g?nt nf -hiB community alone: allj ivorthy lines. j Remains will be taken to Bluff 1-ity, Tenn., today, where interinei\t j .vill be made amid childhood scenes. I ?? FOSCOE ITEMS Foscoc, Aug. 21.?Mr. and Mrs. j wP, Tw Hamlett and two daughters >1 Affinity, \V. VSvf are visiiirige heir cunt. Mrs. W. M. McCain. They j :amc to be at the dedication service j Sunday, which was t-njv?ycd by a. arge crowd. Mr. 3yfd of Pennsylvania, who, las been spending the summer here. | eft for his home on the 15th. Mrs. Charles Henson of Amantha ' inent last week in Mr. Brinkley has been teaching a| ishing school all summer. He and 1 ?me of his students got after a large ' rout near ShSulls Mills; they say it I vas two feet long and weighed nine j rounds, for they saw the scales on i ts back. Rev. J. A. Yount of Boone, filled ais regular appointment here Sunday ifternoon. On Monday evening a large crowd fathered at the home of Mrs. Ralph Story and gave a lively party in honor of her cusins, Misses Ruth and Ed, th Hamlett. Music was furnished by the young men of the community. Many interesting games were enjoyed by the old as well as the young, after which delicious refreshments were served. During the fine weather the people here are busy in the meadows. Rev. E. 51. Gragg and others have already put enough hay in the stacks to winter several hue lred head of cuiwc. &IVE utiN A COPY SHORTAGE OF GOOD CATTLE IN COUNTY Livestock Association at Meeting Saturday Discuss Plans for Increasing Number and Improving Grade of Livestock: To Hold Township Meetings Half a hundred farmers from practically every section of Watauga county attended the meeting of the Livestock Association held in the courthouse last Saturday afternoon. The main purpose of the meeting was to hear reports from the various townships on the number of purebred and grade bulls in each township, and to determine how many farmers would agree to buy purebred animals to replace the graides and scrubs. From reports submitted it would appear there are about 40 purebred and 55 grade bulls in the county and approximately 4,50.0 ewes in the county, distributed among: the various townships a.> follows: lows: Purebred Grade Ewes Beaver Dam 2 5 .... Cove Creek 4 0 550 North Fork Z 1000 Laurel Creek i 0 600 Watauga T 10 1000 Shawneehaw . ... '3 3 150 Boone (No report) Blowing' Rock ... 4 5 400 Blue Ridge 3 0 100 Elk 1 Stony Fork 2 3 400 Meat Camp 4 7 450 Bald Mountain . . 2 1 125 TJje foregoing figures were arrived at through very meagre reports, as to the livestock condition in the county as it exists now. It was the concensus of opinion anion:!: the fanners that there should but they give a very good indication be at least 100 purebred animals in the county, and if the livestock grade 1 is to be materially improved. Look| ing to this end, Smith Hagarnan, I president of the association, named J a committee composed of Harrison j Baker, R. T. Greer, John Fox, Her| bert Stewart and Scott Swift, to : investigate and report to the associa i npn at us next meeting where these ! animals can be obtained, and at what i price they can be bought. It whs also decided to hold meet! iiigs in every township between now j and Saturday, September 7th, the j date of the next county-wide meet| ing, for the purpose of stimulating ; interest in the livestock program. t 'l BLOWING ROCK HIGH SCHOOL CLASS FAR ABOVE AVERAGE I Biowing Rock, X. C. Aug. 21.?PaI trons of the Blowing Rock High from the Department of Education | school have received confirmation at Raleigh of their pride in the town's first graduating class. Returns from the tests given all high school seniors m the state show that the Blowing Rock class made an average ten points above the average for the state, ini eluding all the city schools. The highest score was made in American history and the lowest in French. The low score in French was due to the fact that the test was given on a basis of two years' French and the one Blowing Rock senior who had had French at ail had onlv one year. Only two members of this graduating class, so far as is known, will er.xer college" this zail. These Reid, who will enter the North Carolina College for Women at Greensboro and Elizabeth Siidderfch. the Apoalaehian State Teachers* College. P.eiu Robbins will take a secretarial course at Raleigh and two others, Edna Miller and Velma Cannon have made preparation to enter training 11 nited Stateshospital. St, Elizabem's, in Washington, D. C. The youngest member and the uulv boy to graduate. Bynum Crisp, will work a year before entering college. Tin- new senior clas*. wh vh has this record as their only p?ecedent, includes Glen Coffey, Paul roster, Lois Klutz. Helen Suddcrth, Margaret Sudderth. Ruby Tolbert, Ruby Richards, Mary Robbins and Hazel Blavlock. FELDSPAR MINE IN ASHE Jefferson, Aug. 19.?It has long j been believed that minerals exist in Ashe in abundance and that it is possible to mine them profitably, but mining has never been carried on in the county on any large scale. However, samples of feldspar brought to the Jeffersons this week indicate that \ feldspar of a high quality has heen | found at Todd, near the Ashe-Wat| auga line. Several weeks ago, it was anj ncunced that McKinney Brothers, of | Spruce Pine, were interested in min| ing feldspar at Todd and the first carload is now on the railroad track; for shipment. Apparently, the quality is unusually good and further development of the mine at that place is expected, according to close oht.M-vers of the mining business.