North Carolina Newspapers

) I V 1111 VOLUME XLl, NO. 52 * Today and Tomorrow By FRANK P. STOCKBftlDGE Height In flying in a height of Tia.lCC ;eet, mote than eight mites up in the air. Lieutenant Apollo Soucek of the United States Navy has set a record which will take some beating Only by the use of compressed oxygen in a tank, inhaled through a tube, and an oxygen super-chaigei' to insure combustion in the engine, was Lieutenant Soucek able to do the stunt at all. Captain Hawthorne Gray of the U S. Army, who rose to 4.2, 170 feet in a balloon three years ago. _ died fldtu lack of oxygen in the raie i fied atmosphere of that great height All of the talk about voyaging to I he moon, whether by airplane, rocket or other device, is so much moonshine. in view of the impossibility of carrying enough oxygen along, to say nothing of the intense cold of interstellar space, somewhere around In'J degrees below zero! Land A young woman of mv acquaintance was surprised recently on getting home from her daily work as a stenographer in find a young man waiting to ask her who her grandfather was. When she told him, he informed her that the title company which he represented was prepared to pay her and each of her five living sisters, aunts and uncles, $200 each to sign a quit claim deed to a strip of land one inch wide and eighteen feet long. That price was a "nuisance value,*' out there are several pieces of Manhattan real estate which have sold for as much or more per square foot, for office buildings. It no longer j?ays to build under 30 stories high in old New York, And the reason for I inhigh land value is the growth of population. Every new comes to the city adds an appreciable amount to the value of every foot of land. Commerce I went into a grocery store in a little Massachusetts town the other day to buy sopie matches. The salesman handed me a package which was marked "Made in Russia." In the same shop wiiicibw I sawsome canned | corned beef, cooked and packed in ?>. .Uruguay. Tn-a stere-m-New York re% - re-tTy* my dn?:rft?er._hsught_2- raincoat made of silk which had firet r f been woven ir? Japan and then sent to ScgJlajul to be waterproofec. Wearing that, she drove to a coun-i try house on Long Island where the refreshments served included tea from India and biseuist from Erg-, land. V/m. ?* * - ... viuuai a worm 01 guOUS the United .States sells abroad we must eventually buy a dollar's wortn from the country which we buy from. That is the long and short of all the talk about tariffs and imports and the export trade. S Ships The Germans now hold the record for speed of transatlantic ships, but both the United States and England are preparing to take it away from them. The Cunard Line, which is the oldest of all ocean steamship lines, announces that it will build a craft 1,000 feet long, carrying 4,000 passengers, which will make a speed of SO knots an hour and will cost between 20 and 25 million dollars. A knot, by the way, is a nautical mile, which is 800 feet longer than the land mile; so a speed of SO knots means 34 1-2 miles an hour. The U. S. Shipping Borad in conjunction with the Postoffice Department, is arranging with American steamship companies to build two ships even bigger and faster than the new Cunarder. It will take three or four years to build them- They I win be good advertising for the UnitI ed States but probably will not earn I k their keep. The deficit will be made b* up in what the Government pays the J T company operating them for carrying the mails. The mail subsidy of the British government to Samuel Cunard is what put the British flag ahead of ours on the Atlantic, seventy-five years ago. Homes Savings bank heads <at right now is a more favorabl to build a home than we have since the War. Building mater re down, labor is plentiful, mor r noney is cheap. Those who are ' in their employment can J b ? build homes now on more : te terms than they will be able i mr from now. The,same authorit that the measure of how mi man can afford to invest in a s his avprOCTO innrvwr.- XT- '*** ' ...vvjuc. tic in j usui ie<l in ty iug up the equivalent of two yeai s" salary if that is pnder $10,000 ? year, or of three years' income, it he earns more than $15,000 a yea;': Thus, a man who earns $50 a w,_ek can afford a $5,000 home. And frcm ten to twelve years is a proper length of time over which toy spread the mortgage payments. LIBRARY AT A. S. T. t IS GIVEN McCUFFEY READERS The library of the Appalachian State Teachers College at Boone has 1 just received a set of the McGuffey I I Readers through the courtesy of HenV y*-ry Ford. These hooka are being found v?rv interesting by the students of , A Non-Partisan N BOOl LETTER IS SENT OUT TO FARMERS OF THIS C0UNT\ Livestock Association Circularize: Watauga, Offering Suggestions t< (the Farmers and Sounding a Not* of Wr.rning. Agrarians Are Urge* I to K>ip All the Livestock Farn j Will Carry. ! The Watougn Livestock A.ssocia i lion the first <.f the week mailed ou ! more than two thousand letters t< J citizens of Watauga Couny, the tex | matter of the same having to do witl the recent decline in prices and th? j necessity nf individual adjustment t< | the situ at on created. The fuli tex of the communication which is filloc ) with common sense and sound logic j follows: ! "Dear Friend: j "There is a country-wide decliw j in prices and it is absolutely neces 1 sary that we adjust ourselves to th? situation. "No doubt, through industry anc thrift, good times will slowly return hut it is imperative that we shall dc a lot of paring down expenses. Those who owe money?and perhaps most of us do?should make definite plans to reduce these debts this. fail. \V< should not wait till spring to pa} our taxes, as heavy expenses incidcnto planting a crop must he met a' that time, j "Watauga is a good county anc we should he happy and deep!} grateful that wo live in such a fa vored land. The soil and climate ma'ke it suitable for the growing ol almost every kind of crop and live stock. Hence wisdom would suggest that every farmer should keep all the livestock his farm will carry and grow a variety of crops so that the failure j or low price of any one shall not se I riously affect him. "The fact that this is a grass country suggests that we ought to get away from livestock as one of oui most profitable industries "The Livestock Association of Wa tauga County through its Executive Committee urges a careful considcr at ion of these earnest suggestions. "Yours very truly, J "SMITH IIAGAMAN, Chm.' Two Local Merchants In Anniversary Sales Two prominent local business houses are celebrating their anniver surios during this month by miikuif I ?kcuiu.i price concessions on many &r | tides throughout their stocks. Harris i lirothers utilizes page three of this | issue to tell of the "birthday party' I their eusLoniers will he privileged to i enjoy, while the Isaacs Department Store lists special offerings on page ! eight, this 'atter event being a combination anniversary and fourth ol July sale. The messages these firms bring to Democrat readers are wei worth careful perusalINTEREST IN LIVESTOCK STIMULATES SHEEP GROWING Destruction of cotton by the boll j xveevil, the need for more diversified j farming, and the growing interest in pastures and hay crops is turning : the minds of Eastern Carolina farm; era to the production of small farm flacks of sheep. "The growing of sheep on a farm flock basis is a great need all ovei the State and especially in Eastern Carolina," says John E. Foster, sheep expert at State College. "We do not wish to see large commercial flocks started in this State but we do think it wise to add a few sheep so as to have a nice farm flock. Such a flock will furnioK ? 1 4L ..... .-jMwii t?n (iiy-uine uulii irom the wool and the spring lambs. Sheep raising also will pay in Eastern Car olina because there are few farms without some waste land, pasture anc cover crops which can be turned into profits by the animals." There are times when the flock car have the run of the general- farm, says Mr- Foster. In this way the animals not only glean much forage thai would go to waste but they also keep down noxious weeds. Sheep may be grazed practically the entire year in North Carolina. Cover crops may be utilized after the pastures have failed and this together with the mile climate makes possible the production of early spring lambs. The lambs may be placed on the market wher prices are highest and will thus escape the ravages of the stomach worms. Soybean hay is one of the best possible winter feeds for sheep and this is produced in abundance in Eastern Carolina. Mr. Foster says a small farm flock kept or. the Upper Coastal Plait Branch Station near Rocky Mount has paid well and shows what can be done by the practical fanner in thai section. LOCAL U. D. C. CHAPTER TO PRESENT MUSICAL COMEDY miss tune Lewis, representative of an Atlanta show producing firm is in the city enraged in coaching lo cal talent for a play to be held undei the auspices of the local chapter United Daughters 01 the Confederacy, in the courthouse or. Tuesday aft ernoon and night of July 8. "Dollai Bill" is the title of the merry musica whirl which is replete with beautifu songs and performances, and whicl has been favorably received wher ever shown. An admission price i charged, proceeds to be used by the U. D. C. for worthy purposes. Apple grwers of Wilkes County re port about 50 per cent, of a cro in the mountain orchards, but sa the quality of the fruit so far is ver i much sliuvc l?c average. .... UGA iewspaper, Devoted to the 1 fE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA Blowing Rock Club 1 Holds First Meeting The Blowing Rock Civitan Club, r with seventeen charter members, begins its functioning this (Wednesday) evening at Blowing Rock Hotel when the first dinner meeting of the s organization will be held. President* 1 > George M- Sudderth will preside, and s a full attendance is expected. 1 Secretary C. S. Prcvette says that it he is assured of twenty-five members by the night of July 16th, when the club will observe ladies' night, and - the charter will be presented. Sevt. oval members of Boone Civitan Club < > are expected to be guests on that ' tl night, and a committee to be api pointed this evening will work out a i suitable program of entertainment. ) Those signing the charter'were G. t C. Bobbins, D. o. Boyden, G. M. Sud1 derth, E. CI- Underdown, N. C. |, Greene. J. T. Miller, H. P. Holshousei\ J. E. Holshouser. H. E. Coffey, J. II. Winkler, D. P- Coffey, C. S. Prevette, Dr. R. B. Scales. R. C. Mc1 Mahon, R. S. Mebane, George Blagg , and J. A. PanellaThe regular meeting time for the i club will be Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p. m.f Blowing Rock Hotel. The j interest thus far manifested in Civi, tan by citizens of the sister town assures a virile organization, calcu3 lated to bring about many civic re* forms. At an altitude of more than 1 . 4.100 foot. the _TA?AV * might well be termed "the 'highest/* l Civitan Club in America." ..._r?...?__ r 'l Pays First Visit to Boone 1 in Seventy-Four Years Back in the summer of 1850 J. L. i Clement, of Mocksville, then a ten: year-old lad, visited Boone. He came in a covered wagon up the Yadkin ; River to Wilkesboro, and across a ! . rough mountain trail through Stony 1 Fork into Watauga. Ho was aocoro- ; panied by hi^ father, who brought u ' : load of manufactured tobacco from * his plug mill in Davie County- 1 1 Tuesday, -just?seventy-four roars, j later, Mr. Clement returned for his ^ - first visit. Amazement was written on the face of the venerable citizen as his mind wandered hack three? quarters of a century. The courthouse at that time stood on the hill ] near the Linney residence; the jail, j a log structure, and the old-time 1 whipping post frowned at offenders * . of the law from lots now occupied by } the J. 13. Horton garage and other 1 business houses; and one store fur? .3 5 nished the -wants of the handful oF - residents. I Slavery at that time was still iii j "| vogue in Dixie; the ocean cable had J ]\ noKJiSSnYfhought of; men wore side! ; whiskers and the ladies tripped about j j in hoop skirts. Automobiles and air-1 1 ' planes, of course, had been talked of I t ; by a few "crazy scientists," but the ; horse, sulky, wagon and cart fui- t . nished the only means of transporta- j lion by land. Tallow candles ilium- , ] inatod the homes of the poor, while \ 1 the wealthy few used "coal oil." u Mr. Clement remembered the little i stream that crosses Main Street near s , the Democrat office. During his visit \ 1 of long ago he accompanied a lad of j I about his age on a fishing expedition , ; down its banks, and ere the two boys j 1 had reached the J- L. Winkler farm ^ ' they had landed a nice string of I s speckled trout, each pool, the narra-| c tor explained, being "just full" of f 1 fish. I Then came the War Between the ( States. Young Clement, at that time ? fifteen years of age, enlisted in the i (Confederate cavalry, serving with t \ distinction until the close of the bit' ter conflict. Much water has passed 1 over the wheel in these seventy-four years, but the gray-haired veteran' 1 carries his age with dignity, the twinkle in his eye being as bright and I 1 his shoulders as erect as they were ( ' when he followed the Stars and Bars ; through the Valley of Virginia. ] i "And never in my eighty-four -r 1 years have I felt better," concluded ' Mr. Clement, as he prepared to leave f ^ for his home "down the country." t WILL CONTROL PELLAGRA 1 IN RICHMOND COUNTY : ; i Co-operating with the county j health department, Mrs. Anna Lea t , Harris, home agent of Richmond l County, has set about eradicating 1 I pellagra as one of the main extension projects for that county this < . year- t | "The whole county is co-operating c to get this job done," says Mrs. Jane t t S. McKimmon, State home demon- I station agent at State College. "Our | c home agent, Mrs. Harris, is search- I . ing out suspected cases and getting ' ; then to the doctor while she prescribes a better balanced diet for the 5 . family. She has succeeded in getting * i the local dairies to supply milk to c . ine cases ml a reduced price and a j ^ local relief committee is helping to ? i furnish other foods on the diet list. A number of individual gardeners ' who may have a surplus of different 1 vegetables are turning these over to 1 the committee to be used where they 1 am mnof ?1 " ?. V inyov IICCUCU. I In some cases it is possible for s the family afflicted with the disease ' to have a garden of their own. In 1 such cases, the home agent helps to supply seeds and plants to get ^he plot started. Mrs. MoKimmnn savs * that both white and negro families 1 - are assisted. There is no discriraina- 1 1 tion- 1 1 This plan being tried in Richmond ] i County could be adopted in evorv . county of North Carolia where this s disease is found, says Mrs. McKim- 1 - mon. If such vigorous measures are put into operation in every such i county, North Carolina would soon ' l. be classed with the non-pellagra : p :tatcs. Mrs. McKimmon says the home y agents arc anxious to co-operate with yl the health authorities whenever they I are needed. demc 3est Interests of Northwest ROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1930 IS YET TIME TO E BE COUNTED IN LATEST CENSUS i Effort I* Being Made to Round Up Any Citizen of Boone Who May ef Have Escaped Enumeration. Spe- e, cial Blanks Are Provided for Listin; of Those Missed. Still Time to 0{ Be Included in Reports- g, 'in Mr. Herman Deal, front the office ;n >f Division Census Director Barkiey, | w in Hickory, was it? the city last ol rhursday and gave out th? informa* c< don that any resident of this city, yc vho by any chance had escaped the Attention of tilt enumerator, when m Lhe census was being taken here, n; ;ouUl yet be included in the final resorts, if they would let their names ae known. Mrs. P. A. Coffey, who cc jnumeraetd the residents of this city, w] low has a supply of the special blanks ?r upon which these belated reports si must be made, and is very anxious a<j to get in touch with any resident to ivhftTO slip miffht Kavo micco?l t<vr ;ome cause on her former vounils. Cc If you were not visited by the ecu- sc sua taker, it is very important that (e fOU set in immediate touch with Mrs. ah Coffey in order that si e may be able tr ,o present figures, reflecting tho ex- ju let population of the city. Unofficial figures coming from Jlr. :c Berkley's office are to the effect that the present population of Boone is , 1,293. and it is believed by ina.i; ll that perhaps enough !ft Ve escai-eu enumeration to have caused the figures to reach 1,300 or even more. Campaigns, have been conducted in others of the small cities for the hi purpose of listing ihbr.c omiited < iti- tr r.ens and in a number of instances tl the population figures were consid- tl crahlv bettered. If you haven't been A 'counted'* or know of a neighboring w family which has not been officially i X p- seo,-i-riii would confer a spe- ri aai favor upon Mrs. Coffey by r.p- hi ofising her of the omissions- tl h; nauisrs v^OnVciiiion to Be Event of the Fourth ?? I vl The old-time fiddlers convention, as rvhich has been arranged for July 4th ind 5th, will be the outstanding fea-! ' Aire of the Glorious Fourth in Boone, j*" 1. \V. Bryan, outstanding local mu-l iician and member of the committee! Dn arrangements, says the indications, j1 at the present time are that the ag- " jregation ol' old-time fiddlers, banjo] mu guitar pic Keys, to sav nothing of . :he buck and wing dancers, will be *n the largest ever assmebled here and rj :hat the entertainment will be the nest^omnlete. thus_faiL.Presjented to i local audience. fj The event is sponsored by the Waauga Isaac Walton League and in ? dew of the fjict that the net pro cefls from the sales of tickets will >e used for the propagation of fish fr* ind game in this region, it is beieved that the people of the town h. :nd county will attend in large numrers, thereby contributing a small < c hare to the important work of the ^eague. Reports which Mr. Bryan j" las received indicate that practically ill musicians of this county which I'J1, .ave competed in former contests will Jj ic present for the convention, be-j sides a numher of individual musi-j dans and complete organizations: Jrom other counties. Two evenings! >f the finest type of entertainment las been provided by the committee ind there will be no dull moments. The courthouse auditorium will he p, ised for the programs. w th From the Early Files Items from The Democrat of q July 2, 1891 at Rudy Vannoy has been appointed jQ lostmaster at Hortou. r, E. S. Coffey, one of Colonel Folk's (|j aw students, spent last week at his tome. Mr. Sam J. Brawley and family ire on a visit to Airs. Brawley's fa- w her. Captain Lovill. tti We are glad to see the smiling jn 'ace of J. Claude I-ovill with us ea igain, after a pilgrimage of some p. line months in Missouri. sc Uncle Harrison Aldridge was in own during court and delighted the ? icople with quite a number of his >ear stories. Mr. A- M. Dougherty, of Shouns >oss Roads, told us during court , hat the copper mine in Ashe County in New River is a rich one. He has a' lisposed of the property to some V1 iansas capitalist. The vein is free ,' opper, solid lumps weighing eight "c lounds having been taken out of the nine. aI Miss Bina Greene, the last of our ichool girls, returned from Babel'snlle Sunday. Miss Bina is one of >ur choicest young ladies and all are ;lad to again welcome her to our locial circle. The mine on Elk, about which Ji fodges and the Knoxville Mining Co. C ire now lawing, is perhaps the most S' valuable mineral Dronertv in this see- \t don. Some developments have been nade, showing a four-foot vein of d< solid ore which analyzes gold and silver to the amount of $296 per d, son. A gentleman gave a group of bystanders an example for them to ti solve in sheep trading. He said: "I lought a lot of sheep at $2.30 per Is lead, and sold them at $2.22 1-2 and made $54 in the operation" After (i they had all given it up he continued: "I sheared them before I sold them." d A Teachers Institute conducted by. Professors E. P. Moses and M. C. S- d Noble will be held in Boone begin- N nine Monday, the 3rd of August, andj will continue five days. All teachers d are required to attend unless providentially prevented. The issuing of n certificates is conditioned upon attendance at the Institute. So teachers, get ready to attend. )CR/? : North Carolina >emocrat Is Forty-two Years Old Tomorrow When two of the town's progress ve merchants advertised annivertry sales for last of the week, he Democrat recalled that tomor>w is the 42nd anniversary of thii >urnnl and the 4lst with the pres:t owner and publisher, R. C. Riv-s, actively on the job. It is interting to reflect that a major part the hustl tag business men of uone today were unborn when the itia! forms for this publication were feed, and that the business houses bicli existed in tho*e days are every ?e memories of the past. The Dcm:rat, however, rejoices with its ?unger business colleagues on their :coroplishmcnts and wishes for them uch success on each succeeding anversary. Boone's oldest business institution, anks the people of the town and unty for their fine co-operation, hic.'t has enabled the newspaper to ow old only in years, and it shall rive for all the years to come to Id, from time to time, a few new uches of the undying color of >uth. Our birthdey will be celebratl by strict attention to the manifold :rvices a country journal is priviged to render the public, and We all strive to enlarge upon our con lbution to the public weal. Thinkg perhaps that the first forty years c the hardest, we look forward with infidence to t'te next two score. mportant Change in Spainhour Business Mi\ W, R. Spainhour of the Spain pur chain c* department stores is in le city this week, and has given oui le information that an interest in le Boone store has been sold to Mr. . S. Harris, who fur about six years as manager of the Acorn store in orth \Vilkesbofp. Mr. Harris has alrady become a citizen of Boone, he iving assumed the managership of ic local store. The transfer was to ive taken place, according to Mrpainhour. about the first of Aur;t, hut due to some personal busies of My. R. F. McDade. manager . the business for four years, he ;ked to be relieved this week. Many changes and improvements e planned, says Mr. Spainhour. A ile is to start soon, which is expect1 to close out all the prcesnt stockid many new items will be added, ic of the principal improvements dug planned for the shoe departent. The Spainhoufs, as well as the peoe of this entire section, regret that is change in the business r?*itlted the retirement of Mr. and Mrs. cDadc, who for four years have jn_ ohiiKcrp- rd*. .tjia...~stoi;^: nn'H rough whoso efforts a chain of >od will and friendly relations has l.i i ,i roil wcuieu czTmugnout this region. v. Harris, however, has many years nerience with the large crganizajjis and is a fine citizen and a proossive merchant. He will bo ac(W. y welcomed as a permanent resint of the townMr McDade has not announced >y plhns he itt&y have for the flire, but does say that he is not at esent contemplating leaving: Boone, hioh he thinks is the best town ere is in which to live. tome-Coming Event at the Three Forks Church The congregation of the Three irks Baptist Church wiil celebiate annual home-coming .event nex+ iturday and Sunday. The opening rmon of the occasion will be eached Saturday night by Rev. Ed reen. Sunday School will be lie Id 10 a. m. Sunday, and will be foiwed by a sermon by the pastor, ev. Finley C. Watts. A big picnic niiKi win oe spread on the grounds the noon hour and at 1:30 there ill he an address by Superintendent nith Hagaman. The happy event ill close that evening by talks from le visitors. The public is cordially vited and more especially those irly members of the church who in ?st years have wandered into othei ctioos'ILL ROGERS WILL BRING CHEER TO THEATREGOERS Will Rogers. "America's Ambassa>r of Good Cheer," is scheduled to ipear next Monday and Tuesday at e Pastime Theatre, in his newest Im production, "So This is Lon>n." The management feels fortune in having secured this release id promises its patrons the funniest id best Rogers film thus far exhibed. THE WEATHER Weather report for week ending jne 28, 1930, as compiled by the o-opcrative Station, Appalachian tate Teachers College, J. T. C. 'right, observer: Average maximum temperature, 7f egrees. Average minimum temperature, 5C jgrees. Average temperature, 64 degrees Average daily range in temperaire, 27 degrees. Greatest daily range in tempera ne, 38 degrees; date, 28th Average temperature at 6 p. m time of observation), 66 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 8( egrees; date, 26th. Lowest temperature raeched, 4( egrees; date, 28th. umber inches of rainfall, 0.55. Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 0.30 ate, 24th. Number of days with 0.01 inch o: tore rainfall, 2. Number of clear days, 6. Number of partly cloudy days, 1Direction of prevailing wind, west Ha '' V;??l'-?$*txQH3l ' '- 'v.'.' TJ? iLl I >1.50 PEP. YEAH I REV. f iHN NORRIS KILLED INSTANTLY jAS STl JCK BY CAR I' Well-Knowii Mini?tcr of this County Victim of Automobile Accident on Highway 69. Two Young Men Are ; I Held for Court in Connection With His Death. Funeral Services Held Saturday Afternoon. Rev. John Norm, 76 years old, a i prominent resident of Boone, was- ?n stantly killed tot Thursday night, ) when he was struck fey an automobile occupied by Messrs. Ray Greer ' and Edgar Holman of the Lax en community. The accident occurred on Highway 69 about a utile from Boone un the hiil just above the settlement of Perkinsville. Rev. Nonius was returning to his home in Boone on foot after having held evening prayer services at the Howard's Creek Baptist Church. The automobile which was being driven bv Rav Greer and - --:-i x > >* - - ??,iiwn j>a!Tu 10 nave nao aeiecuvc* lights, was en route to'Boone when the fatal crash occurred. No explanation was advanced for the accident other than vision was poor. Greer and Holinan had attended the prayer ! services conducted by Rev. Xorris, j had taken some jrirls home from the ehifrch and were saaid to have been j conducting themselves in a fine rnanj tier. When the accident occurred, i they stopped, examined Mr. Norris, proceeded to Perkins Wile for help, . and :atc; caine to Boone for the cor* ' oner and sheriff, surrendering themselves to the latter. They remained in jail until Monday afternoon, 1 \ hen they were given a hearing before E. X- Hahn. Justice of the Peace, and released under a bond of $300 for liolman and $500 for Greer, for their appearance at the next term of court, they having waived examination before the magistrate. John 'IE. Brown appeared for the defend.nts and W. R. Lovill for the State. : The young men are known as boys of good character, and made no effort to escape responsibility for the accident. Puneial services for Mr. Morris were held Saturday afternoon from the Forest Grove Baptist. Church on Beaver Dam by Revs. Murrav and 1 i ~ * * cy9 ami uurHn WHS in Iftu neighboring cemetery. The people of the town and country were shocked by the news of the tragic death of the well-loved minister. Mr. Norris was a native of Wajtaugn bounty and had spent his entire life here- For many years he I had been an active minister in the Bap tisr. Gliurxh and had don<*-his I fnil duty in ministering to the needs 1 of the spiritual man. No better oitizen~has cvcr^iivcTi iT: \VaUtu?a"Cuulity and he will be sadly mipscd along every line of worthy endeavor. Surviving are two sons, Messrs. Scott and Ephriani. and two brothers, f'.'ilus, and "Uncle L'.go," nil of whom are numbered with die foremost citizenship of this region. v * 4-H CLUB MEMBERS TO HOLD SUMMER CAMPS Club members in 2(5 counties in North Carolina will enjoy camp life at convenient recreation centers this summer with approximately 2,000 rami boys and girls so far enrolled. "These club encampments are held i under the supervision of. pnmit? homo "TV. and farm agents with assistance from the specialists of the State College extension service," says L.. it. Harrill, State club leader, "A few of the camps were held in June hut most of them are scheduled for July with some few in August following the annual State-wide meeting at the college during the week of August 1 to 9. In each case, it is the plan of the exetnsion workers to give the club members a week of recreation coupled wiht some instruction in agricultural and home economics subjects." Mr. Harrill finds from Studying reports from the home and farm agents | that the number of county encamp ments will be slightly smaller this ' year than in previous years. This is due largely to financial conditions in the counties affected. From 30 to 35 county camps are held annually. The mountain club boys and girls will be very fortunate this summer in that the permanent club camp at the Mountain Branch Station farm near Swannanoa is availablee. This camp opened on .lune 30 and will be occupied almost continuously until late July. Here the club members have available a large assembly hall and dining room, a modern kitchen, a large artificial swimming pool, and home-like cottages for sleeping quarters The State encampment is to be held at State College, August 1 to 9, will be tile lOtlim-iip wi CiiuioA of the camping season. Much of the infori mation developed at the county camps will be used here as will the facts developed at the National Club I Camp recently held in Washington, says Mr. Merrill. ' LEGION MEETING POSTPONED The Watauga Post, American eL. gion, was to have met in regular session on the evening of the fourth, . however, owing to the fiddlers convention which the Izaak Walton I/Cague is staging at that time, Legion officials have postponed the ; meeting to Friday evening, July 11) LOCAL BANKS WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE FOURTH ; The Watauga County Bank and the Peoples Bank and Trust Comr pany announce through their respective cashiers that both institutions will be closed all day Friday in order that the employees may join in the _ celebration of the Glorious Fourth.