?>. VOLUME XL1, NO. 30. Today and Tomorrow By FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE Beauty Beauty, like moral.-, is a question ot latitude; there is no rule of universal application. Shakespeare is the one universal author because he never describes his heroines. Juliet was fourteen and beautiful; that is all he says about her looks. The Scandinavian Iran picture her as a majestic blonde, the Kaffir as a coal-black Venus. The Juliet of the Chinese has slant?? np eyes; to the Spaniard she must have the Ionic black lashes of the cow-eyed Andalusian Moor. It it a fortunate thinjc for hurnanitj that tastes in beauty differ. Even .he movies have not been ableto standardize the feminine ideal. / - 1 / bteam j / The U. S. Aircraft Carrier Lexinp-i /.- | ton ii tied up at a pier in Pupetl * Suun , while her engines are turning tl.fi dynamos which generate electric current for the cities of Tacoraa and .Seattle. This is a good use for a shi > of war. It suggests a way of maki ig our Navy earn its keep. It is also a i illustration of what happens, sometimes, to waterpower. Tacon.a and Seattle get their normal municipal supply of current from hydi )-e!cctric plants which the cities' own. The unusual drought in t.hej Nort iwest reduced the flow ol' water and cut down the production of elec-j 1 tricity. The great power companies j regard v.aterpower as valuable only) as an auxiliary to steam plants, which! are already generating twice as much , current in America as all the, water-1 \ power put together, in most casts g more cheaply. Aluminum The commonest of all metals, more than twice as common as iron, aluminum was a curiosity at the Centennial of 1871> and only came into genoral commercial use when the harnessing of Niagara Falls made the, vlecSc furnace economical. Alloyed! to give it strength, its light weight, makes it more useful than steel in hundreds of applications. The larg- [ v3t airplanes are DuiXt ot iu Now a project is on foot . ..asti automobile bodies in one piece out aluminum. 'Phai^jwill ust.il\ .further j reduce the co3t STlici weight of motor j cars. The lighter the car, the lessj _ras, the less Wear on tires. The time j will come when a serviceable automobile will sell for not more than .?250, and run 50 miles on a gallon of gas. War The only independent persons aiv those who own land. The only countries who people care enough about them to fight for them are those made up largely of individual landoWnerp. When the common people were peasants only the land-owning nobles with their hired soldiers went lo war. In many states corporations are forbidden to own land except, for their own business purposes. The Government is trying by every possible means to get all of the public j lands into the hands of individual owners. That is the only safeguard for the nation's future. Land is the one commodity which is limited in supply and unlimited in demand. Sooner or later some other nation will try to take the "land away from us. If We own it as individuals we will fight for it; if it mostly belongs to a few persons of wealth we will let them do the fighting and pay taxes to the new owners if the old ones are beater.. i Meat The food faddists have been preachino- acrainst the eating of meat for many years. Except in certain types of disease, intelligent physicians tell their patients to eat meat r freely, as nature intended that they should. Even in cases of high blood pressure, modem liv practice is not to cut out m~ to counteract it by the "" sing of the ! juice of orr -fruit. Stefans? explorer, lived for .1 exclusive diet of nr. 10s do, without ill ef h Sound Es-I kimos, si .illan reports,! eat only ' that raw, as] they do to make a $SJBpsffl lire" Sensibl continue to eat whate digest and as I a rule wi and happier lives thai worry about their diet. ^ > TO THE MJNTY We are anxious for ittend the Farmers Institute w eld in Bsoae or. the ?*hth, Vi?th. and Svli of January. Yon are expected to be leaders in every progressive movement You will need the information to better fit you to improve the community where you teach and especially to teach and train the boys and girls of your school to make thrifty citizens. It will not be possible for a number of our teachers to attend, but we have about one hundred teachers whose schools have elosed. This will as he a good time to shine. M SMITH HAGAMAN, * f County Superintendent. B i /ATA1 A Non-Partisan N BOON AMERICAN LEGION TO CONDUCT DRIVE FOR MEMBERSHIPS Local Post to Participate in "Round up" Week. Hon. Joe Murphy t? Speak at Courthouse Tuesday Eve ning, January 28. Township Coin mittees named by Norris to Mak< Intensive Drive for New Members Spencer Miller, Commander of th< Watauga Post 180 of the Americai Legion, was interviewed today witl reference to the participation of tin local post in the week designated b: the State Commander of the Ameri can Legion, Department of Nortl Carolina, as "Round-up Week." Pos Commander Miller first quoted Stati Commander George K. Freeman, o Goldsboro, as having said: "This i the eleventh year of the Americai Legion's existence and we find great or demand being made upon us fo constructive work than ever before The ranks of our disabled comrade are constantly increasing makinj necessary continued leadership fo adequate hospitals. The number o dependent orphan children of our de ceased comrades is increasing, re quiring a large membership in th? Legion to furnish funds, leadershij and administration to iifsuro then opportunities to which their fathers and mothers' heroic service entitle them. The restlessness of oar peopl due to adverse conditions in man; sections of the State demands som unselfish organization to lead in com munity service. The growth of opin ions subversive to our form of gov eminent require constant vigilanc on the part of men and women wh having dedicated their lives to serv ice <>i StuU and Nation ^rand ur daunted in the face 01 such move njerit? for strict adherence to fch principles upon which our govern nient was founded and in the observ a nee of which it has been main tained. These and the supreme im portance of seeing that the Univei sal Draft bill (which will certainl tend to take the profit out of wa as this bill provides that in case c war money-power as well as mar jM>wer shall be drafted), and othe demands to ex-seiviee inert are s impelling that the Legion has deck ed to put these matters frankly bt tore every cx-servlco man and ei dcavor to enroll them in the Amer Region before February 1. /'in the past >ve have not real! early." continued Commander Mille "but this year we fee! that we shell] do so in order that our P ist, di: trict. division and department oft ceis may devote their full time an attention to these pressing need and that the legislature and Cor Kress may know that our large men bership entitles us to speak for th ex-service men." "We now have more than 7,50 members of the Legion in North Cai olina, by far the largest membershi we have ever had at this time o year. Commander Freeman has de: ignated the week of January 2Ct to February 1st as "Roung-up Week to secure 9,800 more members nei essaiy to give us our Suite's ipiot this year. On Monday, the 27th, th post v.-ill set to work its committee arranging for a meeting ot the Pos to be held Tuesday night at 8 o clock at the Courthouse in Boom when Hon. Joe Murphy, of flicker; will deliver and address on the ain and purposes of the I.egion. O Wednesday our membership comnif tees will canvass every ex-scrvic man of the community to affor them ar. opportunity to enroll. 0 Thursday active posts will assist lei active posts in this work, and o Friday this post will send its caril hy special courier to the post adji tant where they will be turned ove to the district coniniander. Saturda the district commander will persona ly dispatch these cards. from ths point to department headquarter: Department (State) headquartei will announce the results over th radio Saturday night. "I v.ish to appeal to each and ei ery ex-service man to attend or meeting Tuesday night. I hope or citizens will recall their pledges t us back in '18 , and '19 and atten the meeting on Tuesday, January 2! so that they may learn how we ar 'carrying on' in peace time the wor we started when obedient to the ca of our country and inspired by thei support, we served our country dm ing the World War." J. W. Norris, post membership oj ficer, has appointed the followin | men as membership officers in thei ! respective townships for the year c I 1930. You are urged to be preset on January 28th, ana help to a; range for a county-wide meinbershi drive, also try to secure as man .members, as possible before thi date: Boone,'" "Strrart Barnes. Lione Ward; Beaver Dams, Hill Egger Asa Reece; Bald Mountain, Ralph ( Greer; Blue Ridge, Nile Cook; Blov ing Rock, Fred Pennell; Cove Creel S. F. Horton. Marvin Thnmoo - P. 11 Max E. Houck; Laurel Creek, Hev I ev Rominger; Meat Camp,!,. E. Wi otr>, II. C. Btirkett; Nmh rorit. Ciii Thomas; Stony Fork, Walter Watso: Shawneehaw, 11. H. Shook; Watnug Tom Taylor. Fines aggregating $800 were in posed on four Greensboro, N. C., mt arrested in Georgetown Count South Carolina, on the estate of Isaj E Emerson, BromoISeltzer milllioi aire of Baltimore, last Sunday, c charges of hunting at night, huntir UUb Ul 41 OMHVII, Mild light, Alfred A. Richardson, Sta' game warden, announced today. - . . ' iHlRalTMiWirirHrt-i T UGA ewspaper. Devoted to the 1 IE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA jFirst Fan ; Next V Harbi e + Urge Farmers of County J To Attend Farm Meeting' 2 , H The coming Farmers Institute , -! will be a fine opportunity for farm- ! 1 j ers to get much needed informatl tion on better farming, especially ! ? soil improvement. Every a fcre ] f1 could, with reasonable, proper S! treatment, be made to produce i 1 twice in money what it is now ( -! producing. r Gpme, you can't lose- You can gain in information and in opcrS: ation, and therebv help yourself, ; your family, your neighbor and V. your county. f H. J. HARDIN. * As a dcalei in livestock, and P j knowing what it would mean to t) I the county if wc had all the farms 1 j stocked with high grade cattle and ' more of them, 1 want to urge evsi cry farmer, large or small, to atf! tend the Farmers' Institute to he v held in Boone next week. It is an opportunity to get in- ' il formation that we all need just -1 now. ARLIE VV. BROWN. 0; It seems that the Farmers' Institute should appeal to every i- farmer who wants to improrc his ; soil, grow better crops, have better C: livestock and have a belter knowl- j i- edge of marketing. Never before lias a faculty of highly-trained pcol-l pie ever come to u for three days, i If the people of this county will take advantage of the opportunity V ! it will mean much to them, i B. B. DOUGHERTY. '< ' . I I- | 1 have just learned of the Farm!l' j ers' Institute which is to be held ' : at the Appalachian State Teachers 1-1 Colloge on January 28, 29 and 30, I- | and want to congratulate the farml-l ers of Watauga County on having i-1 an opportunity to hear trained men I discuss farm problems of our couny . ty. I intend to attend every meet-' iO | in; because 1 know that it will be r, | worth at least $150.00 per year to 5-1 cure grubs and stomach worms in l- ' the few sheen which I nwn ,1 j i iinccrdy hep? bfliwe (hat 3, j every progressive farmer in Wa1 j tauga County will attend every one l- i of these meetings, ej BAXTER M. L1NNEY. 0 In our opinion no more forward r- step looking to the best interests of p Watauga County has been taken in if several years, than the campaign 5- launched by the citizens of this h county for better livestock, more " production and greater economy along all agricultural lines. As a a result of these efforts we .Save e called together some of the best j is heads in North Carolina to dis>t cuss with us the all-important ques- | tions of livestock, horticulture, soil i, improvement and marketing, which j we believe will ultimately place IS Watauga County in the high posin tion she deserves to occupy in the t- farming life of North Carolina. :C Our county is an agricultural d and livestock county, and her prosn perity will be measured exactly in j :s} proportion to tbe degree of iucn { cess attending her agricultural en- i Is deavors. We believe our farmers | i- prosper in proportion to tvie intel- | r ligent thought they give their proby lemi, and the Farmers Institute 1- next week offers a free and equal it opportunity for all Wataugans to 5. receive an authoritative education s along every farming line. A more ,e intensive farming program, in our i opinion, will result in several hun- : dred thousands of additional as11* sets to the county each year and j 11* thus increase bank deposits, Build- j O ing and Loan subscriptions, and (i promote a financially independent 3, citizenship. Our officials are prace ticalky to a man, not only interestk ed in farming, but are active farm- j 11 eri themselves? and they consider j il* the problems of the farmer their r- individual problems. Meet us at the Institute and let's have a pleas- j i- ant and profitable time together. | g W. H. GRAGG, Secretary, ir | >t Mountaineers Defeat p Campbell College it ? ... ~ - -ippaiacman state college defeat.. eii .Campbell College by the score of 25-17 in one of the fastest played ?' games of the season on Friday night f" at the College Gym in Boone. Campu" bell College dreW first blood by regr' sitering from the court when Reeves shot a long one. l" Campbell had a five-point margin . hefore the Mountaineers counted. Hir.son ar.d Fnlkerson rang up two 1; pointers and O'Hare tied the score a' at five all with a foul shot. From this time on the Mountaineers took the lead and were never headed. 11- The first half ended with the score in 19-9 in favor of the Mountaineers, y, The second half was slow with Cample bell College outscoring the Mounn taineers. Reeves was high scorer for in Campbell and led the attack, K. Hinig son led the scoring for the Moun.. Ininmrt Canine, -captain of the te Mountaineers, played a fine defensive game. DEMI Best Interests of North w< ROLINA, THURSDAY JANUARY i Hers' Ins ^eek is Hi inger of P Three-day Farm Educational Course to Be Held on January 28th, 29th and 30th at State Normal College. Complete Program Has Been Drafted and Approved. Dr. E. C. Brooks to Be the Principal Speaker Others From State College Will Bring Valuable Information to Watauga Farmers. Practical Demonstrations and Entertainment to Be Furnished Attendants. Definite announcement was made Monday of the program drafted for the first anr.ua! Watauga County Farmers Institute, which is to be held at the College Auditorium next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday This important meeting comes as the culmination of several months of agitation on the part- of the Watauga Livestock Association, with the co-operation of eight other institution and in the opinion of business anci agricultural leaders, is likely to usliei in a new era of success for local til lers of the soil, stockmen, poultry men, dairymen, and all others win engage in any branch of agriculture In the early days <>!' the Wataugj Livestock Association, the holding-o'i a farmers institute was laid dowi a- ore of the definite goals of th? organization, and through the co-op c ration of the following institutions the J ream has become a reality: Stat* Agricultural College, Appalachian State Teachers College, Wataug; County Bank, Bank of Blowing Rock ! Peoples Bank, Building and Loan As sociation, Civitan Club and the Wa j tauga Democrat. i B. B. Dougherty, G. P. Hagaman j Granville Story, W'l K. Gragg, W. W Mast, Harrison Baker and Smith Ha | praman were appointed as a commit j tee to work put the manifold detail | for the assembly, and the progran I they have drafted and which has hec approved Rives pro raise of three day j.of agricultural education which hav been ?vrM*\gcrl with an-idea-of solv | iriR the intricate problems confront ! ing the averaRe mountain farmer. The principal address of the three dav session will be delivered at: o'clock Thursday afternoon by L)i E. ('. Rrooks, president of the Stat Agricultural College, and will en the first session of the instituti which, accordiri" to its sponsors, i j expected to be an annual affair here after. At the opening of the first sessio: on Tuesday morning, P. M. Hen j drieks, county agent of Caldwell, on 1 01 the most able farm authorities o the mountain region, will discus | ' Watauga County Agriculture" in I general way, and will speak speeifi cally on the "Production of Dair Products." E. C. Turner, count agent of Ashe County, also a know authority, will discuss "Sheen Pro duction for Watauga County." A the afternoon meeting of the sam dav Mr. Turner will speak on "Bee Cattle Production." On Wednesday at 9:i!0 a. in., Mr C. V. Parrish. Extension Specialis of State College. Raleigh, will dis cuss "Poultry Production in Wataug County," and will be followed by . discourse 011 "Marketing," bv K. B Etheridge, chief of Division of Mar kets, Raleigh. In the afternoon K. R NisWonger, Extension Hortieulturis rv, 11,? R.; 1 ' 9Si . >u ouivc uonc'Kc, win jjivs m vuiua ble information on "The Growing o Horticultural Crops," including cab bnge, potatoes, beans and all kind of vegetables and flowers. Charle Baird, county agent of Avery County viH speak from kindred subjects. kBMurSSay morning "Farm'"Crop and Soil Building" will be the topi discussed by S. J. Kirby, extensioi agronomist, State College, and J. 1 Walls, teacher of Agriculture. Pat levson School, will tell of persona experiences along this line. The sub ject for the address by Dr. Brook in the afternoon has not been an nounced. "The Growing and Marketing o I Tobacco," especially as would effec j me iiiuuiiiitiii rarai^r, win ne uis ; cussed some time during the session by the farm demonstration a (rent o ; Johnson County, Tenn., who ha demonstrated the feasibility of grow in petted to be especially interested i the practical demonst i aticr.r. conduct ed by these gentlemen. The committee has also provide excellent singers and good old-fas! ioned music will be an enjoyable fcr ture of each session. The sponsors of the institute fc< that in bringing to the county thes various unquestioned authorities o the different branches of farrr.in they have provided in effect an edi cation for Watauga farmers right i (Continued on page eight.) DCRA ist North Carolina !3, l'.i.iU. titute !f ailed as ! rosperity ' __ Accommodations Are " O Provided for Farmers ^ H Those attending the Farmers' n Institute from the various sec- ? lions of the county, who would p like to spend one or two nights in Bcone so as to take in the entire j i: I course, will be accorded, free of j w j charge, a comfortable bed and plenty to eat by the citizens of j ^ the town, provided they make their intentions known to some member c of the committee at once. This offer applies to all bona fide stock- ^ men, farmers, dairymen, poultry- . men or others engaged in any -] branch of agriculture, and who j-1 are interested in bettering their conditions to the extent that they u attend all sessions of the Insti- I I l>, tute while in Boone. The people of Boone welcome you and want to entertain you du- V ring your visit, but it will be necessary for you to communicate 1 | i with one of the following commit- i . tee members at once to insure at- 11 commodations: B. B. Dougherty, " G. P. Hagaman, Granville Story, W. H. Gragg. W. W. Mast, Harri- 1 son Baker, Smith Hagaman. O * i' _ - , Izaak Walton League Will Be Organized \ * Mr. Harrison Baker, county Kaine | 1 warden, is in receipt of a letter from I ? 2 R. G. Finley, of North Wilkesboro. j 1' " president of the Waltonian Council of North Carolma, in which the of-j i ficial asks that as many represents-1 Vi 'Hive sportsmen as possible meet with t * j him in Boone on Monday evening atil J.t 7 or 8 o'elook for the purpose- of or-| " j gahizlng an Izaak Walton League, i ^ ^ j Colonel liullock, from national head-j'< | . quarters, will bo present to explain 2 s the organization and its functions. I 1 " Mr. Uaker is makir.p: every effort!! ^ to have as many sportsmen as possi- i p blv meet v.*:th tfccac'-^ntlenien/-Alt '* are urged to attend, as Colonel Rul- f _ lock can only be here one time, and * urily on Tif-xt MwT'iday cvcnir.cr.: 7 * jS e 11 ii News Notes From the si State Normal College1' i ! J (By J. M. DOWNUM) | v " Thi Appalachian State Teachers a College has completed more than naif \ C of the winter quarter. The enrolment 1 r at thi- date is exactly 101 more than t " were over registered before at this 1 date and 50 more than at the close " of the spring term last year. No pre- 1 ,. ceding- regular term has ever equaled t ' last year's. There are now on roll r ' 585 students, about one-third of S , these being young men and two-thirds r e young ladies. The authorities are t f gratified at this unusually good en- r rolment, and are planning to make t this the very best year, rendering the o , i best service and most helpful in ev- c J cry way, so (.- to pica:,re the young i 11 people to render (he most helpful c u j service to the children of this and t other states. i A very interestig basket ball game 1 was played on Saturday night be- s ? tween the your.g men's team of the n Appalachian College and the team a , from Biltmore, in the college gym- r nasiuni here. It was a close game h . throughout, the visiting team leading | dhririg the first part of the game, h but the A. S. T. C. young men soon 1 ' caught up and went ahead and led f . all the rest of the game, closipg with a e" a score of .">2 to 29 lipilhvev of the X Appalachian boys. c On Saturday at the chapel excr- a ' rises a very appropriate and well I I presented exercise was given in honor n of Generals Lee and Jackson, Miss c s Gladys Payne giving the History of r Jackson and Mr. Houser of Lee. both t being expressed, in a fine way and I i beautiful and appropriate language. t j At the close Dr. Dougherty expressed ,J himself as unusually well < pleased s with the manner in w hich these fine 1 young people did their parfl and com-^ s; mended them most heartily for thgii V; . I splendid program. / " ! - TR?.T? f -J-J TW_r? I vuujiiwivv ?t.u i , I sor Herman BssterS returned on Fri,r day from a trip to Cullowhce on a 1 c I matter of business. i >, ~N ! - VESSEL DRIFTS AIMLESSLY < ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN j 1 Details of the remarkable expe- ] L riences of the crew and passengers ; of the sailing vessel Neptune, which i * in forty-eight, days drifted clear , across the Atlantic from onriH- ' ' land io Scotland. v.*erc told recently J, . in London. 1 1 d | The ship, whose home port is St. , I John's, Newfoundland, was within 30 i ' i miles of it when severe storms swept her out to sea. The lighthouse boat j Hesperus brought the Neptune into j e Tobermory, Scotland, on Thursday. ] n Captain Joe Barbour, of St. Johns, ' K said: "I was quite ignorant of ray position, for our usual route was sel- , 't dom out of sight of land. It was a 1 ierriuie oiueai ttuu w*; ireVvi' cxpcct-i < ed to see shore again." I T ? 0? -A T?T7?T? UT.' 4 O Oi.-'V x oil i i.. k?. ImIbdayofben m iNKLIN TOPIC AY" CIV1TAN MEET rograra at Thursday Luncheon Meet Centers Around "Father of Thrift" and His Teachings. Talks Made by Several Members on Thrift Week. "Poor Richard's" Maxims Recited by Members in Answer to Roll Call. A "Thrift Week" program of un sual iterest was given hv members ? the Boone Civitan Club at their eekly luncheon meeting held last hursdav noon at the Daniel Boone otel. With President George Hagalan presiding and a large number f members and visitors present, the I'lebration of Benjamin Franklin's irthdav was entered into with spirit, ach Civitan answering to roll call ith one of "Poor Richard's" philosphical maxims. The variety and umor of these "wise sayings" of the Father of Thrift" provided many lughs. The program committee, composed i ueorge K. Moose and J. Frank, loore, had worked out an exceponally useful round ol" discussions, rordon Winkler, one of the town's fading* insurance men. read a valablc manuscript on ''Insurance/* xplaining in detail the investment ide of the business. W. U. Gragg. secretary of the Waluga Building and Loan Association, olldy/ed, centering his well chosen eniarks around "Own Your Own lome." idr. Gtagg went hack to the ormotion of the first Building and ,oan Association more than one hunred years ago in Philadelphia and raced the growth of that hoineuiluing institution through the years f its remarkable growth. According i his talk, the United States, though omparatively small on the map of he world, is the greatest home-ownig country under the sun, and that his feeling of ownership is one of he strongest safeguards of our resent liberty. "A man will not ight for his hoarding house, his ooming house or his rented house, ut when you encroach upon his ights in his own home, you are gong to get a good 'scrap' on your lards." Mr. Gragg closed his timely aik with a poem 011 home-ownership >y Walt Mason. f! D U .... .1 : -- - r *u. i . 11 ataman, caMliei Ul UUl' Yatauga County Bank, used several ninnies explaining: the family budget tnd safe investments. The local mnker used as the foundation for lis arguments on budgeting thcrTamlv funds, the National budget, the ^ate Jludjtet. and the county budjet, averring that these recently inlUgurated .governmental institutions ??1 saved the taxpayers untold thouamis ??!' dollars, and that the sasse nethods, applied in the home, would rat each and every household on a ound and secure basis. The speaker uged every wage-earner to live with11 his income and, if possible, to lay >ack a little each week for the proerbial "rainy day." Mr. Hagaman*s dvice to investors was that they inestigate before buying stocks or onds, reminding club members that he safest investments do not earn luge interests. George K. Moose, manager of the Soone Drug Company, used as a heme for his three-minute talk, "Fitance and the Bank Account." Mr. .loose recounted some early expeiences in the business world as tesimony for his arguments on systenatic business methods, and advised he use of a bank account as a means i" keeping track of expenditures. He losed his talk with a plea for thrift, mpressing the necessity of system, conony and, oftentimes, frugality in ne uusmeaa worm. T. E. Bingham, of the law firm of lingham, I,inney and Bingham, poke on "Making a Will." His remirks, while more or less of informtive nature, were sparkling with huiior, and provided one of the most ueid spots on the program. R. F. McDade, manager of Spainour's, Inc., used the theme, "Pay four Bills," as the nucleus for a ew minutes' talk. A dollar paid on bill, according to Mr. McDade, will I,_nge hands many times in the cur.se of a few days. In other words, i dollar paid to the dector enaDles lim to pay thc"rtllB:inan; the milklan to pay the grocery num. the groeryman to pay the landlord, etc., ' nany individuals being benefited by he transaction. "Sharing With Others," was the (Continued on page eight.) Higgins Will Seek to Succeed Porter Qr&ves , >-~r State Senator C. W. Higgins. well cnown attorney of Sparta, accordng to authoritative advices, is oxiccted to be a candidate to succeed; Solicitor S. Porter Graves, whose reirement was recently announced. Mr. Higgins has served his county n the Lower House of the State Legislature and last winter represented his district in the Senate, and las a record of fifteen years of successful legal practice behind him. The district comprises Ashe. Alleghany, t-nrrvr Forsyth. Caswell. and7' Rockingham counties, and Mr. Hig rins is well known throughout the territory. Close friends of Mr. Higgins ifp'nk it likely that he will be unopposed in the primary, and he is expected toreceive the backing of Democratic leaders all over the territory. Solicitor Graves retired on account ?f ill health, after having served continuously for 28 years. He is expects cu?iu return Uj pmc tice.