TWO
Expert Lectures on the
Ddlliia and Its Culture
(Statesville Landmark)
"The Dahlia 2ii?i Culture'" was I
the subject of an interesting lecture'
by Mr. >. B. Ivey. of Charlotte, be-!
fore - the Hig-a-Rov.* Garden Club atj
its meeting in Statesvillo recently. |
Mr. Iyev, a prominent Charlotte merchant,
is one of the leading dahlia |
growers in the South, and illustrating
his 1 octures by s 11des. showing
dahlia, cultivation in its various!
stages in his own gardens, he brought
an instructive and entertaining message
to flower lovers.
In his introductory remarks. Mr.
Ivey congratulated the club members
on the work they are attempting to
do. The organizai on of these flower
clubs is noticeable all over the country."
he said, "and 1 consider their
organization as a step toward better
flowers. The name of your club is
expressive, for we, as lovers of flowres.
must dig and work, if we are
to get the successful and desired results."
Mr. Ivey told the club members nhis
interest in flowers which began
in eari.v childhood. His love for and
interest in the dahlia was due, in
part,, to the interest of his father,
the late Rev. George VV. Ivey, who
was a very successful dahlia grower.!
Mr. Ivey has visited prominent dahlia
farms ail over the country and
each year,: he attends flower shows |
in New York City. His own dahlia
gardens at his summer home at Lake
Junaluska, C.. are probably, the
finest in this Sinie and his wuwcis i
win prizes in practically all shows!
in which they are enteredShine
of th*1 romiictfoc fr?v <?,,,.
with not only the dahlia hut any
flower. are choosing the right variety.
proper preparation of .soil,
prjbper care and cultivation. A poor
variety will not succeed in the best
soil. Nor will a good variety succeed
unless tin: soil is rid of clods and sufficiently
pressed about the plant so
as not to let too much air into the
vtfuhg plant. Mr. Ivey said that he
digs his hole for his dahlias two feet
deep, puts in plenty of good loose
soil and plants his dahlias six or,
eight inches deep for the best re-1
suits. Dahlia bulbs seldom fail to
produce plants if. when senarating:
the old bulbs, a part of tin* parent
stallv is left with each. I3u lbs should
tie left in soil until spring and then!
taken up for separation and planting. I
Insects are not as prevalent with;
the dahlia as with other flowers bu.tlj
thoiehire soine. The speaker" statedj
that as a preventive for these the
plant -should he sprayed at least every'
week. The worms that get :ptp the
stalk are usually cleared up by spraying;
Tu ease then are stil! some, how
eye:-, the stalk ijgfi he split, the worm
removed and killed, and the stalk
tied up again without injuring the
piant.
Mi. Ivey discussed pruning, only!
pne~staiK should be alio wot? to grow
in a place. The branches of the plant j
should ?fe-||3g>?f from the ton do\vn-j
ward. This will make the stem of,
t.ue flower lioigvt and thel e Vv ill htiiii
he branches from the new flowers., !
T.-" " Mr. Ivey concluded his lecture by
showing a number oi slides depicting!
different varieties of dahlias from!
F y*~ his ?rardens"'inSaieir variousrstacres of'
growth and explaining each.
HOOVER'S DRY VIEW IS
REGARDED AS "WEAK
Washing ton,? A letter written b>
IJ William H. St.rayion. chairman pf the1
hoard of Association Against the';
Prohibition Amendment, which ex-f
pressed the opinion that President!
Hoover "is beginning to doubt j;
whether prohibition can be enforced,":
was read recently before the Senate]
Lobby Committee as it continued its.
investigation of wet and dry organi- .
nations.
Henry H. Curran, president <? the
as-nciaT;or., who was being juestioned
about his -activities in behalf of repeal
of the prohibition law, was hot
examined concerning the letter ami
did not vi Lui leer any comment. This
was his third day on the witness
stand ar.d he was directed to reapK
pear for further iiueationing.
Pour Scotsmen had dinner in a restaurant.
When it came to paying they!
disagreed. Finally, they decided that!
the waiter Should be blindfolded, and j
that the first one he touched should
foot the bill.
They are still at large.
SPECIAL NOTICES
o A r. t*> cj A1r. fv ANTE 0?r o ?" TYutau-.' I
ga, Ashe and Alleghany Counties.
North Carolina, who can deliver
the goods, for the best selling
Steam Way Washing Machine.
Sell- fo>- $30.00. A money maker
for the right man. Must have oar.
Write me. Box 200. Mountain Citv.
Tenn. W. C. ALLEN. l-17-4t
FOR SALE? Seven-room house in
Daniel Boone Park, Boone. A bargain.
See \Y. H. Gragg. Boone,
N. C. 4-10-31
NOTICE
My wife. I.aura Cook, has abanH10
Criy pnnco^ Unknown to V^tm,
and I hereby forbid all person.- extending
credit to her on me.
This April 1, 1930.
4-3-3t C. L. COOK.
UlNfc. hKtt PRINT
Six High Grade Glossy Prints from
your favorite negatives for 25c. Send
negatives and stamps now. CLIFTON
LAWS, Cranberry. N. C. 4-3-4t
Dr. C. S. Baughm'n. Eya, Ear.
Nose and Throat Specialist, Johnson
City, Tenn., will he in the office of
Dr. J. B. Hifsnan in Boone, on the
first Monday in each month for the
practice of his profession. 10-1 7-tf
BABY CHICK BARGAINS?On April
29th and for month of May, we
offer our very best quality chicks
at $12.50 per 100. Barred and
White Rocks. R. I. Reds. State
supervised, blood tested. Write us
or .phone your order to 120. The
Wilkes Hatchery, North Wilkc3boro,
N. l-2l-4t
! Where Oil Ran Wild
7gr:=^r:^^=^=7
The "Mary Su<Jik" oi! well which
threatens the safctv of Oklahoma
City by the oil spray blown over
the town, defies all eilorts to cap it.
I
African "Beauties"
Come to Join Circus:
( New. York Times \
New York's theatrical district,
beauty ma?i <<; the world, opened its;
eyes to a new variety of pulchritude !
when a bevy of toi/e-wintiers, just
arrived from the Congo. piiaseu moon
mtarily at Madison/ Square Garden
and then went ? n t?. the Bronx t?? np:
pear in the Mingling Brothers Barnuml
and Bailey Ciivus.
Tin : < w ete eight of theni and they I
proved beyond a doubt that beauty!
is a matter of geography as well as
beiilj| ojt]> skill deep. These wooiieu
and iho.four men. who accompanied
them are members of the Uhaugi
e which inhabit- an isolated liriangle
of land in French Africa. Their
beajSk marks consist g? wooden
disks inserted in their lips in child
d ami gradually increased in size
up to eight or ten inches, giving a?
viuyk-'oiil effect which ;s greatly
prized among the younger set.
Those who arrived are believed to
he the lust ever to come to this
country. They reached Hoboken on
lie- Larifpoil and Holt lirfcr -Yauban
frnui South America. where they had
appt a red in a circus. Before that
they had appeared with great success
at the l?ari.s Zoo. They are headed
i.V ( r 1?
v . iffsp.u, .? iiuti iiumvv ;
young map. "'o' The
troupe ran into difficulties as8,
soon as it vouched America. The immigration
officers looked with slis-?
pit-ion and had the Ubangis sent to
Eliis Island. Tht officers there, were!
equally suspicious. but agi length;
Frank A. Cook. legal advisei for the J
i kvufj Company, got L'tegrapbic permission
from \\-AslungtoiT and they
w. io admitted for eight months.
At Madison Square Garden Chief
N'ahia posed for photographers \v>th
evident pride with his two wives.
Kanaaiiibongb and Kimalaguetti. whe
have the biggest discs of any of the
eight women: in fact, Kananinhongo j
is entitled to be called Miss tjbangi,
because her disk is eight inches in
diameter.
They were accompanied by Eugene
Bergonier. a much decorated
French oxplprer, and abulia!: Samba,
a Congo artist and uncle of the late
Battling Siki. From them it was
learned that the disks were not originally
a mark of beauty. It. seems
that in the old day, the tribe was
constantly being bothered by pirates
who stole the young women. After
much counsel it was decided to make
the young women so homely that
even the pirates would leave them
r.Iyue. buT in time Cne iip suttchii.g
came to be considered beautiful, so
that now only the comeliest little
girls are chosen for this adornment
and they are regarded all their lives
with great respect and admiration.
BOOTLEGGERS' GOLD BUILDS
DISPLAY PAVILION AT FAIR
Paris.?"Erected Through the
Generous Donations of American
Bootleggers^ is the inscription that
cotna ntungiy be placed over the attractive
little pavilion now being
built in the Bois de Vine en es by St.
Pierre and Miquelon for the International
Culonial Exposition of 1931.
For it is American prohibition, accompanied
by bootlegging, which is
responsible for the singular prosperity
of this tiny French colony off the
Newfoundland coast. St. Pierre and
Miquelon does not attempt to conceal
this fact, for in the view of its
citizens there is nothing irregular in
their prosperity. They are violating
no laws in selling liquor to the smugglers,
and what happens to it later is
no concern of theirs.
x.ic isjauuers iook on prohibition
in America as a godsend, for it has
brought them out of bankruptcy, permitted
their harbors and towns to be
improved, and made citizens generally
prosperous. Yet it is doubtful
whether the real source of this prosperity
will be featured in the display
at Vincennes, which will be devoted
mainly to codfish.
Bcrthold Ray, messenger at the
Ninth Corps Area headquarters, San
Francisco, has served under 26 generals.
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV1
Church Announcements
ADVENT CHRISTIAN
REV. S. E. GRAGG, Pastor
Sunday School each Sunday at
Mi>rnintr <;prvipp . j?t .1 1 -o'o!c?'E-'
BOONE BAPTIST
hey. r. a. mx, Po5ti.
Sunday school 9:45 a. in., J. T. C.
Wright, superintendent. Preaching
at 1 I a. m. and p. m. B. Y. F. U.'s
6 p. m. Mid-week prayer service on
Wednesdays at 7:30 p. in.
LUTHERAN CHURCHES
St. Marks, Bailey's Camp
Preaching service every first Sunday
at 11 a. m.; Sunday School every
Sunday at 9.4-5 a ?n.: Miss Synthea
Morctz. acting ^upcrintedent.
Grace Boone
Preaching service every second and
fourth Sunday at ii a. in., and vespers
every first and third Sunday at
7 p. m. Sunday Schcool every Sunday
at 9:15 a. ni.; Professor George
L. Sawyer, superintendent.
Holy Community, Clark's Creek
Preaching service every third Sunday
at 11a. m. Sunday School every
Sunday at 9:45 a. m.; Cicero Townsend,
superintendent.
Banner Elk
Preaching service every fourth
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Sunday at 3 p. ni.
To all these services, we most cor |
dially invite the public.
A. iOUNT, Pastor. ;
WATAUGA CHARGE
REV. A. BURGESS, Pastor
Henson's Chapel?Second and;
Fourth Sundays. I! a. 111. first Sun
and third Sundays T p. in. Sunday!
School at 9:45. J. B. Horton. super"-,
intendent. Epworth League, G p. ro. :
Valle Crucis? Preaching e v cry
First and Third Sunday at 11 a. m.
Sunday School 10 a. m.. J. M. Shull.
superintendent. Epworth League evtrv
Wednesday night.
Blowing Rock Preaching every;
Second and Fourth Sunday, 7:^0 p.
m.
Mabel?Preaching every Second
and Fourth Sunday at 3 p. in. Sun-1
day School 10 a. m.. Mr. Moretz. su-!
perintendent.
Salem?Preaching every First and !
Third Sunday, o p. ni.
METHODIST CHURCH
DR. (). .1 CHANDLER. Pastor
Sunday School. 9:15 a. m.. J. D.
Rankin, Superintendent.
Preaching at 1 1 a. m. and 7 p. m.
by Dr. Chandler.
Epworth League. t> :15 p. ni.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday at!
7 p. in.
i/hoir practice on Friday. 7 p. m. .
"Sot
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into these
)baccos ^
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.ONG BEFORE the choice leav
)omestic tobacco are selected i
las worked a miracle in them t
Every tiny leaf-cell is irradia
>ure vigor of the sun!
Our share in the making of
nildness, mellowness, aromahese
sun-ripened tobaccos is j
hem into the smooth, deligh
md manufacture them into
cnown to the industry.
You can taste the natural
Darnel Cigarette.
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for real smoi
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Succeeds to Title
Master J .Asvjuith, the new Earl of
Oxford. in his robes of state. He succeeds
his grandfather; the 'ate H. H
Asijuitlf. famous statesman
nee
es of golden Turkish and
for Camel Cigarettes, natun
:hat no effort of man can he
ted?stored full of goodnt
: Camels is to see that all <
? in a word all of the natt
>reserved and developed?i
tful harmony of the famot
cigarettes by the most a
I goodness in every deli
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i Jbi
ke pleasure !j?
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APRIL 24, 1930
SEASON FOR CRABBING IS
SHORT BUI PROFITABLE
i The crabbing: industry in N< . ..* ?
I Carolina although subjected to de!
'elded seasonal flucu tat ions is one of
] the tartest branches^F tlie .cpmtneT-;
cial fisheries operations considering
i i he "iimiied area : n-Avhieh': it is ct.it*: --rr-r
J ducted. Captain John A. Nelson, f
cie - commissioner. declared Monday.
No other similar marine industry
in Carteret County, where it is centered.
employs as many people arm
Is as profitable ir. such a short time
as the catching and shipping of the
soft -shell variety of the blue crab, asserted
the fisheries commissioner.
The active season for crabbing lasts
about six weeks and is solely dependent
vipon weather conditions.
Returns from the industry vary,
according to conditions, Captain Nelson
pointed out. Last year the cater ing
of 77-,87^ dozens f > soft era'>
vns recorded anil these brought sin
average price of about $1.25' a dpr.ee..
"When the season is at its height
a single crew of two men will often
catch hundreds of crabs during a
night. This spring industry, which
opened on March 1 this year is of
considerable economic importance to
the six communities of Marshallbcrg.
I barkers Island. Stacy. Smyrna. Wiliston.
and Davis, in Carteret County
?the first named being tTic center j
i of tile industry in North Carolina."
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. velvety browa
:'s own alchemy
>pe to duplicate.
:ss by the clean, ^
>f the fragrance,
iral goodness of
then to combine
is Camel blend,
lodern methods "
cious puff of a
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C 1930. B. J. Raynoad* ToWo
Ccouwiy. Wkmo?-S?]?u.