VOLUME XIJ, NUMBER 43.
I Today and
Tomorrow
F . Q
! Bv FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE
Values
A boy is worth $9,333 when he
born, if his family has an income <
$2,500 a year, an insurance expc
calculates. That is what it woul
lake, put out at interest at 3 1-2 p<
cent., to rear him to the age c
eighteen and produce the net incoir
which he may be expected to ear
from then on. It costs the averag
family $7,238 to bring up a boy an
put him through high school. By tl
lime be is eighteen, however, he
worth $28,654. again figuring h:
potential earning capacity.
On that basis, the male populatio
y of the United States is worth one tri
sion, one hundred and forty-four bi
i*on dollars.
vjiuomiiij*.
Cheaper gasoline and a stnallc
f surplus of heavy ae! oil are the rt
^Qits expected from the adoption i
j this country of a new German pro*
ess for adding hydrogen gas to cruel
petroleum. This is one of the revc
iutionary discoveries of scieno
which are being made so rapidly ths
2very industry has to he Constantl
on the lookout lest its whole method
have to be changed overnight.
Not so many years ago gasolin
was a waste product. Then Daimle
invetiled the gasoline engine and tha
art of the petroleum suddenly be
came the most useful. The Deisel er
gine. which uses heavy oil fuel- ha
yipt .?--t beer, sufficiently devesfope
to consume anything "like the sur
plus left after the gasoline has bee
extracted.
Defense
Thirty-seven ships of war steame
into New York harbor through th
fpg the other morning. Overhead 16
Navy airplar.es, loosed from the dec
of the airplane carrier "Saratoga,
soared over the city. It was the Nnv
.<-Monstration of strength, and a
impressive one.
Navy men do not like the prograr
of reducing arniamonts. Thev wotiL
like us to believe that all the rest o
the world is watching: for a chanc*
*?> pounce upon us and that only ai
normous Navy can keep us from be
nig gobbled up.
One does not have to agree will
their point of view, however, to ad
isit that a battle fleet in the-.^nd
' soh River is a magnificent spectacl
and that a flock of airplanes cai
iraw everybody away from thei
-desks and tools to the rooftops b
xatch the show. We older folks wil
rever get over our wonder at seeinj
men fly. To the youngsters it is al
day commonplace,
Hlnergy
Most people think that the brail
eds as milch food as the body docs
People complain of fatigue aftc
menial effort. and because they fee
a= lived as if they had been usin;
'.heir muscle:- they think they mus
have used up as much energy as i
they had been working with thei:
bodies.
Scientists at Wosleyan Universit;
1 ave been studying the energy re
auirements of bv-ain-workors for sev
, ra! years, and have announced tha
ail of the energy expended in a soJC
hour of most incense mental effov
can he replaced by eating half of ;
salted peanut! Five minutes spent i:
dusting a desk consumes more ener
vy than an hour of hard mental worl
at the desk.
.Much of the so-called menta
r...: - ""
iiui^uc is pnvaiiai liinguc. tliC
er who is tired after a day at th
typewriter or pen is tired bccaus'
of the physical effort of writing
Many who complain of brain-fag aft
er a day of business conference
should rather complain of "talk fag"
"The physical effort of continuou
speaking is a great cnergy-consuinei
as every orator and actor knows.
Most often, so-called mental fa
| tigue comes from the failure to elim
inate wastes properly from the body
The one thing the brain-worker need
most is physical exercise in the ope:
air.
Movies
Mr. Will H. Hays, president of th
Motion Picture Producers and l)is
tributors of America, vety courteous
ly writes to me concerning a com
rnent in this column a few weeks ag
to the effect that the movies do no
give a real picture of life, and send
me a quantity of printed matter t
prove that the picture men are dc
ing their best to keep the movie
pure.
Purity is one thing and intelli
gence is something else again: Yo
can lay down rules which if follower
will prevent the movies from givio
offense even to the most prudis
mind. There are no possible rules b
which nennle wtn An 1
, , ...uu nui, nuun en
difference between truth and fals?
"hood can be prevented from putt in
false ideas on the screen.
The motion picture is today th
most influential force in the worU
because it impresses the very youn
through the most effective channt
for impressions, the eyes. For ths
Teason, the movies are a fair targi
for criticism all the time.
A Clerkenwell, London, man ha
invented a synthetic wood, the bas
of which is cotton. The wood can b
need for any purpose for which woo
\ is used, and can be worked in an
way in which wood is worked, and i
-quite inexpensive.
VATM
A Non-Partisan Ne
BOON!
UPCHURCH OPENS
CAMPAIGN WITH
CHURCH SPEECHES
? Dry Crusader Spends Week-end in
Boone Perte^tin* Organization for
Simmons. Distributes Red Hot
js Literature and Receives Collection
^ Amounting to Less Than One Dolrt
lar
SjJ Rev. C. A. Upchurch, supecintendent
of the A nti-Saloon League for
the State of North Carolina, arrived
in the city Saturday for the purpose
of lending his aid in the contest for
the nomination of a candidate for
' the United States Senate on the Dem
ocratic ticket. The dry crusader
vl spoke at the Baptist Church at 11
" o'clock on Sunday morning and in
the evening occupied the pulpit at
. the Methodist Church, for the pur?"
pose of indirectly dictating the policies
of, the assembled voters in availing
themselves of the privilege of
the franchise.
Mr. Upchurch began his address |
with the statement that the Demosr
cratic Party in North Carolina was
2- being "scourged." and referred to
n two distinct classes calcul?ted to
i" vote for a man who had thrown his
le influences against prohibition. Those |
who pilot Pearce-Arrow automobiles
e, and the one3 who cripple ptorig the
it highways in dilapidated Model T
y Fords were jointly assailed as the
Is wet, voters, while motorists "in between'*
were characterized as "teste
ing high" according to his standards
r of political expediency. Then with
it the application of his illustration ,of
the farmer who refused to olace a
i- red fox in charge of the litter of
,s small pigs, or the farm wife who opd
posed giving a chicken hawk the
- foreiuanship over the "biddies," he
r. insisted that the dry laws should be
in charge of men who were personally
and politically dry, and insisted
on their election to all offices from
constable to President. At the close
d of the speech a collection of a little
e less than one dollar was taken up.
0 The address was taken as an indite
rest assault on the candidacy of*J. W.
? Bailey for jhe United States Senate,
v in view of the fact that the Raleigh
"n candidate was an open supporter ot
the full State and National Demon
cratic tickets in 1928, when Former
Governor Alfred E. Smith of New
f York sought to be elected to the
e Presidency. In view, however, of the
n well known fact that Mr. Bailey had
_ once occupied the position which Mr.
Upchureh now holds, and that he has
^ been considered the leading crusader
xor tne ary cause in North Carolina.
_ before ttore were laws_and officers .!
B lo curtail the liquor traffic, the cont
sistency of the indirect assault was
doubted. However, on Monday morning,
Mr. Upc hutch wound up his visit
here by. perfecting a.concise Simmons
campaign organization to cover the
whole county. He brought with him
various and sundry literature calculated
to bring about discord in the
Democratic ranks and made arrange- j
ments for its circulation^ He can- <
vasseri the crowd in attendance at
1 commissioners' court for opinions or,
j the Democratic side of the sheet, and
K left \vtth his organization ready to 1
* I function under the Auspices of the '
* j Anti-Saloon League, long recognized
by tho press of ? the country as a '
1 j strong right arm of the Republican 1
L" T'orty.
The Democrat is hot operated as :
f a partisan newspaper, has not beer. <
such for nianv vpar? will ?.v,.?** !?
" be under the present ownership. This t
I organ will be satisfied regardless of i
: who receives the nomination next
Saturday. It has not lent its support :
1 to either candidate. However, it 1
1 stands exactly where it did upon the
.7 occasion of the lust Upchurch cam- ;
" paign in this city. Democrats or Re- ^
. publicans either in this section will,
no matter what the argument pre- >
seuted, ue mighty slow ir. getting 1
e used to having political arguments
1 stirred up from the pulpits of their s
churches, which they did not build I
to be used for these purposes. We '
3 have no apologies to offer for our i
convictions along this line. Should i
f Mr. Upchurch be criticising eandi- :
' dates of the Republican Party, the
Democrat would feel impelled to take '
" issue with iiis tactics just as severe- '
" 1- He has, however, applied himself i
' strictly so far to the short-comings 1
3 of one party, just as if there were '
n not enough of wet inclinations in all 1
of them, and just as if there had
never been a law in the country to '
curtail the traffic is liquor. The pro- 1
hibition laws, it would seem, are just
e about as air tight as can be made. (
" millions are being appropriated for
their enforcement, and the benefits,
other than political, that could be de?
rived from the Upchurch stumping, :
'' would be compelled to be negligible.
3 Democratic and Republican parti >
? sans in Wgtauga County were doing 1
whatever work was done in prepar- i
3 ation for the primary on a friendly
plane and in a manner calculated to 1
preserve the unity of both parties. 1
j1 Vicious literature had been taboo on 1
* all sides sinH r?n mihUp 1
' been made, it is a deplorable fact.
" that an outside politician should have ;
y set the pot to boiling, but it is yet 1
c believed that the vote will be cast I
Sati*rd?.y the be*t of g^ooH fel- J
? lowship, and that whichever of the
able candidates presented are select?
ed, they will have the united followb
ing of their party in this county.
Washington, D. C.?Motion pic^
ture attendance has doubled in the
two and a half years since sound
pictures first caught the public fancy,
according to Dr. Franklin S. Irby,
a editor of Electronics. Dr. Irby ree
ports that 9,000 of America's 22,e
600 motion picture theaters had been
d sound-equipped by the end of 1929,
y and that the trend indicates that 75
is per cent, -of the theaters will have
talkie apparatus by the end of 1930.
swspaper. Devoted to the
2, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH (
Retiring President
B B
Mr. George P. Hagaman, retiring
president of Boone Civilan Club,
who is succeeded by R. D. Hodges.
During Mr. Hagaman's administration
the club has enjoyed a large
growth, and today is considered one
of the State's lives* cLoc
zations.
Mrs. Fulkerson Dies
In Charlotte Hospital
Mi's. R. D. Fulkerson. 27. died last
Sunday in a Charlotte hospital following
an illness which had its beginning
only a few days ago. Funeral
services were conducted from Willowdale
Baptist Church, at Vilas,
near the old home of the deceased,
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock by
the Rev. P. A. Hicks. Rev. A. J.
Greene assisted in the services. Remains
were taken to Jonesboro,
Tenn., for interment.
Mrs. Fulkerson was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Dixgger, of
Vilas, and was born and reared in
this countyi She was married to Mr.
R. D. Fulkerson, of Jonesboro, Tenn.,
June 14, 1923, and three children
were born, two of whom survive. She
united with the Willow dale Baptist
Church in 1916 and was a faithful
member until death. Mrs. Fulkerson
was well known throughout this section,
was a lady of rare personality
and a fine Christian character. She
made a host of friends wherever she
went who are made sad by news of
her death.
Surviving are the husband; two
children, Anna and Julia; father and
mother: three brothers.-Pnvid,
and Hal; and one sister, Mrs. W. S.
Frantz.
Eleven Maniacs Are at
Large in Iona, Michigan
lona, Mich.?Thirteen dangerous
inmates of the Slate Hospital for
criminal insane made a daring escane
11u 111 me insLiLULion netore daylight
yesterday.
Eleven of the fugitives, aimed with
knives and razors, were still at large
today.
Two of the thirteen were recaptured
within a few hours after the
break on a trunk line highway.
Of those still at large, four were
sent to the hospital because they had
oommitted murder; one charged into
i courtroom with two pistols and
hreatened the judge; another ran
nto a downtown Detroit bank and
matched $1,000, and the others were
idjudged insane after committing
-obberies.
The escape was effecteil through
i ruse from a third floor ward in
which eighteen men were confined.
Two guards were informed that
;ome of the men were trying to saw
;hcir way out of ? window.
The guards summoned the night
supervisor. When the three entered
'.he ward, they were attacked and
overpowered, the inmates displaying
azors and knives which they had
Fashioned from dining room utensils.
The two guards were locked in a
washroom and the thirteen men left
;be ward, taking Owen, the night supervisor
with fhem. The other five
nade no attempt to flee. Men from
other cells which the inmates unocked
also remained behind.
Owen was taken through a tunnel
[o the main entrance of the asylum
ivhere he was released.
GANGSTER GUNS BLAZE ANEW
IN CHICAGO BEER WARFARE
Chicago.?Machine guns, shotguns
ond pistols blazed from the center
to the four corners of the Chicago
tree over the week-end and left the
llftliop with fho foo" H 1 - J
...... ...v .cm uiai iiuu
i new beer war on their hands.
Eight are dead, two are dying, and
four others were wounded in lesser
degree. In one affray, three men
were massacred and a woman and
man were probably fatally shot.
Five of the dead were known gangsters,
two were apparently ride victims
end for that reason assumed to
have been gangsters, and one was a
rambler.
The most spectacular attair was
the slaying of three gangsters early
Sunday morning in a cottage at Fox
Lake, north of Chicago.
NEW YORK'S PEACE WAR
In New York's peacetime, war there
were last year 1,307 employees killed
while at their work, and more than
12.000 rPPAivAtl
" IV.U VI 1 LApled
or disfigured them for life. The
total number killed and maimed in
Mew York City every year is nearly
315,000. The State of Ohio has almost
tlie same numbei of deaths and
injuries annually as has New York
City. t
i
; Best Interests of Northwes
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CAROLINA, THURSDAY JUNE 5, 1930
BOONECLUBNAMES;1
NEW OFFICERS FOR
THE ENSUING YEAR;
a
K. D. Hodges Elected a* President of
Civitan. G. P. Hagaman, Retiring
President Offered Vote of Thanks V'
for Capable Work of His Administration.
Other Officers Elected
at Interesting Meeting. p.
Russell D. Hodges was elected
president of Boone Civitan Club for
the ensuing year at the regular week- 1
ly luncheon meeting held at Daniel
Boone Hotel last Thursday noon. ,
Mr. Hodges, who since the organiza- .,
tion of that body has been active in .!
its work, replaces George P. Haga- .
man, retiring president.
One of the largest crowds ever to jn
attend such a meeting of the club n
was present, and much enthusiasm'r(
was displayed in the balloting. Dur-1 *;'(
ing the administration 01 Mr. Haga- ?<1
man a number of important civic re-informs
have been carried to a success- j J
ful conclusion by Civitan, and an in- js
creasing interest in the work has beer. j".
shown by the entire membership. The
club has vigorously supported |jmuhicipal
officers in law enforce-1 1
ment, better sanitary conditions, im
proved parking ordinances, etc., and t -.3
the effort has resulted in a spic-and- r
span little city, probably second to; jJJ
none in cleanliness. |
f a - f '
n iiMng vote 01 ir.anKs was tfii'i- (^,
| dercd Mr. Hagaman for hi = capable
L leadership during the past year, and
words of praise were spoken by scv- H
eral members. Mr. Hodges in the
opinion of clubmen is adequately
fitted for the important post. He has
been connected for a number of o1
years with the Taylor Motor Com- S
pany and the Farmers Hardware jil
Company, has a wide acquaintance, at
and possesses all the necessary re- R
quirements for an able executive. m
Other officers elected were: VV. H. et
Gragg, vice-president; A. E. South,
secretary; Howard W. Mast, treas- si
urer; G. P. Hagaman, trustee. The w
Board of Directors is composed of it
J. M. Gaither, I. G. Greer, J. B. Ha- H
gnman, J. F. Moore, G. K. Moose, and ri
R. F. McDadc. dj
? ? dj
District Masonic Meet j'"
Will Be Held Today!s
District Deputy J. T. C. Wright.'
oi Boone, has called a meeting of allj
the officers of the Masonic Lodges jvj
in his district which is l?? convene in
Boone afternoon and night, Thurs- *V2
day, June 5th. The afternoon session
will be held at 4 and in the evening r.
I atv8 o'clock.* _ ??
These meetings are held for the ni
purpose of instructing the officer.* of p
the various lodges and it is hoped
that a full attendance may be had ,v
so that there may be a full discus- t\?
sion of the problems of the frater-jj)
"it- ?&/ jt?
MRS. MACK REESE DEAD
Mv? MvaIt O t- / ?- i
... .....v.v i,t\.yovr ui ut.ei.ii, '. rent, i
<lietl Sunday evening after a pro-|j(
longed illness. Funeral services werei'
conducted Tuesday and interment jfn
was in Hie community cemetery. j.v
Mrs. Reese was a daughter of Mr. I {c
and Mrs. Grant Reese and was ai(1^
| niece of Mr. .Joseph Hodges, of Ad-'ai
ams. She was an admirable Jady and|ju
much loved by a," her acquaintance.-.
She will he sadly missed it# the com !
rnunity. js
Those attending the funeral from (J(
Boone were Mr. and Mrs. .lohn u,
Greer, Mr. Carrol Adams. Mrs. ,Ies- aJ
sie McGuire and Miss Gladys Swift. vj
HAYES BROTHERS MAKE Yi
LONC TRIP IN TRUCK
! Clyde and James Hayes, of Lime
stone, Tenn., sons o.f Walter Hayes
and grandsons of former Sheriff J.
L. Hayes of Watauga, left their honie
I on Friday. Mav *HV fr.r
Washington, uiiving a Cncvioiet
truck. On Wednesday, just six days
later, they arrived at their destina- ()t
tion, having: negotiated the 3,140 ^
miles without, mishap. ^*n
The young gentlemen will spend *
the summer in the Northwest looking t
after the 1,300-acre wheat crop of their
father, and are expected back
in Limestone early in October. i
Confederate Veterans in p'
Reunion at Biloxi, Miss,
te
Biloxi. Miss. June- .".?Appetites ai
sharpened by the gulf breezes, the I'r
army of Confederate Veterans, in-reunion
here, feasted at dinner on U
Southern fried chicken tonight and T
then were marched .from the mess
tent to the big tent auditorium where
the fortieth reunion formally opened. P:
The main tent, large enough to ac- ic
comodate a two-ring circus, was eav- bl
1*' decorated with associated flags w
strung from side to side. A huge Con- nt
federate flag was draped over the
speakers' stand which was almost to
hidden from view by flowers and Si
plants. The main floor was bordered D
with box seats reserved for the many es
generals of the Confederacy and tl
their staffs and sponsors. Back of
these rose tiers of circus seats. L
As the tent filled with veterans of
army ana memoers o1 the Sons
o? the Confederate Veterans, sponsors
of the opening session, and the N
women of the Southern Confederate s<
Memorial Association as well as thou- e]
sans of visitors, the United States d
Marine Band kept music in the air. p.
This band, the President's own, open- p
ed the night's program with "Dixie." :s<
Rear Admiral Thomas Picket Ma- j
gruder, recently appointed as com I n
mander of the New Orleans naval h
base, was the principal speaker. Ih
In the afternoon many veterans j
joined the automobile parade to the in
formal opening of the lvg Biloxi |s
bridge, dedicated to the men and jti
women who served in the World War. in
fc North Carolina
Fennesseeans Fined
For Breaking Shrubbe c
"J
A party of five Elizabeth! *
enn.. people, enjoying; last Sun 1
and around Blowing Reck, w
r res ted by Chief of Police G ?
tory of that city en a charge of ti *
ass, tried in Mayor G. C. Robb
>urt, and fined $8 each. The trr^
ass took place on the summer estate
f E. H. WilJi&mston, of Burlington,
le TeHnesseeans hiring entered the
remises, broken loads of rhododenron
for the decoration of their car
ailed up shrubbery and otherwise
^facing- the property.
Mayor Robbins stated that this is
nlv one of many cases which have
een brought into his court during
ic year for trespass. He explainer
mt many of the summer homes ir
is town are so located in the natural
ilderness of rhododendron and
lountain ivy that strangers hardly
?alize that they are on private prop
pty before the depredation has beer
>mmitted. "However/' he continued,
we have a State law in North Carona
which prohibits the breaking of
lrubbery or flowers within 200 feet
f a highway and. if this statute was
rictly enforced, municipal officers
1 this section would be entirely reeved
of such cases."
The Blowing Rock Mayor offer?
ib saggfesrmh that. a(i highways lead
ig into the mountains should be
larked by signboards explaining- the
w, thereby protecting the beauty ot
le landscape as well as those who
re unaware of the statute.
ENRY GREER DIES AT
HOME NEAR MABEL,
Mr. Henry Greer, near SO years
r age, of Mabel, died at his home
unday morning, after a protracted
Iness. The funeral was conducted
Union Church Monday by the
ev. Wellington Swift, and the retains
wore buried in the church ccinory.
Mr. Greer was one of the very
ibstantial citizens of his section, and
ill be missed sorely in the communy
in which he was born and reured.
e is survived by his widow, also
pe in years, two sons, Messrs. Anew
and Charles Greer, and one
lughter, Mrs. Henry Norris, who
v numbered among our best citimship.
UFCIDE BY STARVATION NEARS
END AT DANVILLE. VIRGINIA
Danville, Va.. June I-?J. W. Das,
Ct?-year-oJd farmer of near here,
owly dying from seil-imposed starition
in a determination to die, is
)w bedridden and sq weak that he
innot talk above a whisper. Ho is
parted icr^nave Teemy stated this
nrrinu" "M.i ~ ? -11 1
Itiuc Will Dti Up on
rid ay, basing this calculation on
terature he had read in which it
as stated that the limit of human
ulurancc without food is 2G days,
avis is greatly emaciated hut <*eenr
show no weakness in his mental
^termination to die.
The aged man has been removed
pm his lonely home to that of Mrs.
isephine Miller a neighbor, to whose
andchitd lie has become greatly aticned,^having
left his farm in his
ill. He appears rational and refuses
? eat, as he lias done since May 12,
jspite persistent efforts by doctors
id neighbors to save him. However,
? stil) drinks water and litis may
jstpone his end.
Davis has told a doctor that he
too old to work and that he has
illiyed "alV those dear to hiiii and
is^ no desire to live, choosing staivion
as the method rather than by
dent means. He possesses a revoln
but is reported to have stated
lat to shoot himself would be morly
wrong.
BOONE
(Charlotte Observer)
Talking ali'"'*- yaj
?.n .tuuub gitnia .'H (jiipUIU.tlOTl
e are not to overlook the capital
Watauga County, which is Boone
-well-paved, hiight-faced and a towr.
' thoroughly "citified" appearance.?
hich in ten years has grown up from
e low in the hundreds to a comirtahle
place in the over a thousand
wns. Boone's development is due
large measure to the progressive
drit of its people, who have (levelled
talent in both industry and
immerce and not the least item in
oniotion of its growth is the Appachian
institution established there
r the Dougherty brothers and fosred
into a commanding position
nong the educational institutions of
ic land
N1TF.D PRESBYTERIANS VOTE
O MERGE WITH OTHER BODIES
Des Moines, Iowa.?The United
resbyterian Church of North Amera,
in seventy-second annual assemv
here, Saturday voted to merge
ith five other Presbyterian denomiitions.
The churches with which it voted
consolidate are the Northern and
outhern Presbyterian churches, the
utch and German Reformed churchV.and
the Presbyterian Church of
le United States.
AWRENCE LOVE, OF NEAR
BOONE, VICTIM OF EPILEPSY
uw re nee j,uvt, sou of Mi. and
irs. David Love, of the laurel Fork
;ction, who has been suffering with
pilepsy from boyhood, was found
ead in the bed at the home of his
arents Sunday morning, and he suposition
was that he had been dead
sveral hours.
Lawrence was a hard worker, 3
.an of fine moral character and was
ighly respected by those wno knew
im.
He is survived by the widow (for
leriy Miss Clo Hodges) and fivi
mall children, who are left to figh
fie battle or life alone under verj
dversc evrcu.n:stances.
'
$1.50 PER YEAR
_
THREE FEDERAL
HIGHWAYS WILL
CROSS WATAUGA
Unofficial Information Comes to Lorr
cal Organization to the Effect
> j Three Federal Highways Have
Seen Approved Which Will Tra>1
verse Thi* County. Numbers Not
. Assigned.
! Mr. Grover C. Bobbins, of BlowingRock,
secretary to the Western North
| Carolina Park to Park Highway Asr
sociation, has received information to
I the effect that three Federal high'
ways are to be designated for North
Carolina, all of which will traverse
sections of Watauga County. The
news come? to Mr. Bobbins through
! John D. Waldvop, State highway engineer,
who has recently returned
* from Washington where he went in
:; the interest of these nroieets. The
' text of the letter is as follows:
! ] "I am glad to advise that my recent
trip to Washington was suei|
cessful and that I secured approval
] for several additional U. S. highways
in North Carolina. These highways
;; are as follows:
I "From Twin Oaks, near Sparta, to
! lngalis, via Blowing Rock and Boone.
From Greensboro to Boone via.
J Winston-Salem and North Wilkesb'oro.
"From Bristol to Columbia, S. C.,
via Boone, Blowing Rock, Lenoir,
Hickory, Newton and Gastonia.
"I have not received official notij
fication of this- nor the U. S. number
; that will be assigned to them."
Last year the local organization
| was formed with the expressed pur|
pose of fostering a movement to des,
ignnte these highways as Federal
; thoroughfares. A hoard of directors
was appointed consisting of members
from each of the towns directly affected
and the secretary's office has
been functioning right along. It is
felt that, the enterprise of the organization
has been largely responsible
for the endorsement of the highway
projects.
Frost in Watauga Does
Great Damage to Crops
On Sunday morning, June 1, Wait
auga and contiguous counties were
visited uy a frost that played havoc
with the growing crops in some sections.
As usual, it was quite freakish.
For instance, the gardens and truck
~ parches- iti Uiu^rctvsf
slightly hurt, while within a mile out,
the potato crops that, the evening
before were most promising, were
only a blackened mass of withered
vines.
Mr. J. M. Movetz. of Boone, plowed
out the major part <?f his field and
planted it io early corn, while others
will, possibly, plant their potato lands
i to cabbage This condition does not
exist generally, as much of the crop ?
got through unscathed, the most hurt
being done along New River. Not
much of the upland crop was hurt
seriously.
Through the western part of the
county the damage was rather light.
It seems thai both Ashe and Avery
counties were harder hit than Watauga.
j WILKES POPULATION REDUCED
: BY FEDERAL COURT SESSION
Worth Wilkesboro.?The Mat term
of Federal Court, after ten days of
rapid grind, called it a day Wednesday
afternoon and adjourned. Perhaps
no Federal session in recent
years has witnessed such rapid-fire
disposition of liquor cases and other
violations. Judge Johnson J. Hayes,
of Greensboro, tramped right heavily
on the gas, having due regard, of
course, for the curves in the legal
road and the result is that the docket
has been cleared of a great many
pestering cases.
It. is a good thing, too. that the
census enumerators got in their work
before this session of Judge Hayes'
court, because he has caused a transfer
of a right sizeable slice of the
citizenship of this and adjoining
counties to Chiliicothe and Atlanta,
RALEIGH SCHOOL NAME IS
CHANGED TO 'FRED A. OLDS"
Raleigh.?Thousands of North Carolina
school children know Col. Fred
| A. Olds, ot Raleigh, as a ftiend for
his services acting as guide in the
Tar Heel capital city and beginning
next fall one ot' the city schools of
Raleigh will be knov.n as the "Fred
A. Olds School."
For years Colonel Olds, custodian
1 of the Statg hall of history, has directed
thousands of school children
annually on tours of Raleigh. He has
described points of interest in the
r*o nit'il } - ? * ' *
?K.w. Auvi im-rouucea tne cnildren
to governors and other State
officers as the years have passed.
"HEAVIEST DOOR" INSTALLED
What is believed to be the heaviest
door in the world has been installed
1 before a van!" in a hanlr in Rerlin.
: Germany. It weighs 5 tons and with
i its metal and concrete foundation the
entire entrance totals nearly 400
s tons.
The door is three feet nine inches
I thick and seven feet eigh? inches in
diameter. It is of solid steel, and is
i two and one half times as thick as
5 the armor on t.he largest battleship
r of the World War.
Cleveland County cotton growers
report the best stand they iiave had
t in several years. The com is also
up to a good stand and is growing
nicely.