North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XI.II. NO- U. ? _ .??.. ... i I Today and j Tomorrow I By FRANK P. STOCKBRIDC5E Flyer A man from Australia flew from, i.eland to Newfoundland and thence New fork. Kingsford-Smith had j weviously flown the same plane, the 5 Southern Cross, from California to Australia and thence to England. Nothing could illustrate better the * way in which aviation is beginning - eliminate national boundaries and pull the whole world together. Kingsford-Smith's flight is the first r- ally successful East-to-West crossF 1 ing of the North Atlantic in an airl ** plane- Only one other plane which has attempted it has succeeded in getting across. That was the German "Bremen/' which was wrecked on ars island off Labrador in trying to land. Fog is the great obstacle. No plane yet has been able to carry enough fuel to take the longer southern rente. Only the radio direction finder enabled Kiugsford-Smitli to make a safe landing. Thus far. the dirigible holds the best promise for safe and speedy transoceanic air navigation. Patents Under a law just enacted by Congress, anybody who invents a new kind of plant, by cross-breeding, can get a patent on the product. This is something new in patents. Of couise, a new species of food plant, such as the Loganberry, for example, which was produced by crossing two wellknown varieties, is an invention, just much as a new machine; but heretofore the inventors of such things have had no protection. Under the new law the inventor, or whoever he sells his patent to, will have the exclusive right for seventeen years to grow and sell roots, cutting or seeds from the new kind of plant which he has invented. Trade International business depends upon nations buying from each other in substantially equal amounts. This is the way it works out between the United States and the rest of the world: Foreigners pay us annually, for excess of our exports over our imports 734 millions; for interest on t-c.ur foreign investments, 562 millions; for government war debts, 207,F millions: foreign money invested in the United States, 396 millions; in all, including minor items, nearly 2 billions. We pay foreigners annually, in: 9 long-term investments of capital abroad, 808 millions; spent by American tourists, 565 millions; ocean freight in foreign ships, 115 millions; sent out by recent immigrants to the folks in the "old country," 223 millions;- gold shipped abroad 120 millions; in all, including miscellaneous minor items, nearly two billions gUv -.art Those are Department of Commerce figures. They ?ho\v in very very plain fashion that Uncle Sam is u.ui njuuiinj.,'?iie it?oL yr iae worm. Ships The three-power naval treaty puis an end to rompetitibn !hl the building of warships, hut competition in passenger-carrying craft is giving the great shipyards of the world more work than they can handle easily. France is the latest nation to enter this race, with an order for a ship 991 feet long, to be build at St. Nazaire. It will have over 00,000 tons displacement and 120,000 horsepower, and will be finished in 1922. The White Star line is building the new Oceanic in Belfast, Ireland, to be 1,000 feet long, costing 25 million dollars, ready for service in 1932. Each of. the three Italian lines is building a great Diesel-engined motorship, to make the run between Naples and New York in six and onehalf days. X All of those are in addition to the! Ml new German, Cunar.i and American * -sea monsters of which I wrote recently. In five years the cost of ocean travel will be reduced by this competition and the speed incrensed, so that anybody having a 30-day holiday can make a considerable tour of Europe for three or four hundied dollars. Depth Inside of a steel ball, lowered at the end of a cable, Dr. William Beebe famous ocean naturalist, descended 1 1,426 feet below the surface of he ocean. There were thick quartz windows in the diving apparatus through t which he projected an electric lamp and seen the strange creatures which swim at that great depth Probably no man will ever go much deeper under the sea, for even at a quarter of a mile the water pressure is 600 pounds to the square inch. Under ground men have penetrated a full mile, in the Tamarack mine in Michigan. There are several mines move than 4,000 feet depth. The greatest danger in deep mines is the temperature. Miners in the Comstock mine work at a temperature of 130 defrrees. Some day man will tunnel fifteen miles deep or more and utilize the earth's heat to run machinery on the surface. / v News reaches The Democrat of the A marriage of "Uncle Smith" Rominger ^ to a Mrs. Phillips, the wedding having occurred near their homes at Matney on Tuesday- Rev. Mr. Wood performed the ceremony. L /A.TA1 A Non-Partisan N ROONf POPULATION GAIN OF 23.68 MADE BY STATE SINCE 1920 3,165,146 People Now Dwell in tSe Old Nor>h State. Mo*t of Increase Shown in Piedmont. Watauga gair s 1.676. Five Counties, Including Alleghany, Show Decrease. Guilford Has Greatest Population. A con-blent growth in population during the- past ten years for all sections of North Carolina is revealed in the tabulations of the 11*30 census, which show the State's present population is 3.165,140. The tabulation, completed Satu?-day when final reports were received, disclosed the State gained 606,023 inhabitants from 1920 to 1930. or an increase of 40-08 per cent. While the largest gains were registered in the Piedmont section where industries have grown rapidly in recent years, the farming counties also had marked gains. Among the first ten counties, tabulated by total population gained, are Robeson and Cleveland, two of the foremost agricultural counties. Cleveland has also seen a rapid industrial advance. Watauga County shows an increase of 1,678 over the 1920 census, with a population of 15,155. The figures reveal Guilford as the pre-eminent county of the State. Registering a gain of 53.717, Guilford took first nine* f?*ol tion with a count of 132,?|9. MeckJenbqjg. which had held the honor after the 1920 census, gained 47,200 and now ranks second with a population of 127,955. Other leaders in total population gained are Forsyth, 34,42G; Buncombe. 33,751; (iar.ton, 26,807; Durham, 24,980; Wake. 19,309; Cleveland, 18,033; Robeson. 12,004, and Rowan 12,004. There were iive counties which lost population: Aiieghnny. 2i8; Otiirituck, 5G5; Perquimans, 269; Swain, 1,657, and Yancey, 685. Otto Wood Still Is Enjoying His Liberty Italeigh.?Otto Wood, State Prison's escaper extraordinary, is still at large aftgr his fourth escape Thursday. Developments are rapidly taking place in the Wood escape, prison officials divulged, and in their minds there seums to be little doubt but IhuL the prisoner escaped with the aid of a Woman. The hunt for the crippled "slippery ;e)/' whose left arm is severed nt the wrist, has spread far beyond the confines of North Carolina, it " as learned, and prison authorities expressed hope of getting some line on Wood within :i very few day,. The High Point lady, whose name has not been divulged by State's p'-'sua UtLUuriERa, Disappeared from her homo during the past week, they were informed today. Her whereabouts are unknown hut prison authorities expressed the opinion that when she was found, "Wood would be with her." Prison authorities continued to express disbelief that Wood hail been trysts with a woman outside the prison. walls when he went outside osi tensibly to feed some fronts. Yesterday a Ralei.gh taxi-driver told Raleigh police he had been carrying a woman to the place and that Wood had been meeting her. Wood's method of escape has not yet heek di.-ftovercd. He "just disappeared" sometime Thursday afternoon Being an honor grade prisoner as a result of an experiment of Governor O. Max Gardner in- prison humanities, Wood was not kepi, under ns close guard as if he had been of lower grade. Governor Gardner has expressed the opinion that Wood will be captured again soon, ar.d reiterated that he expected to send him to Caledonia prison iarrri as soon as ne is relumed to this State. GEORGE H. McGl-AMERY DEAD On the Gth (lay of July, 1930, G. H. MeGlamery, of Brpwnwood, N. C., died at the advanced aire of 76 years. In his youi^T manhood he was married to Miss Ida Martin of Wilkesboro, N'. C., and to their union was born six children, two having died in infancy. His wife died about six years ago, and soon followed by her youngest daughter, Mrs. R- L. Grogan of Brownwood. The three surviving childre arc: Mrs. Nellie Phillips of Pilot oMunlain; Mrs. Bernice Severt, of Marion, Va., and O. M. MeGlamery, of Fariston, Ky. Two years ago Mr. MeGlamery was married to Miss Delia Harrison of Bamboo, who also survives. On the 7th of July the burial service was conducted by Rev. Winkler, pastor of South Fork Baptist Church, after which the remains were laid to rest bv the side of his deceased ts. -- T>-, .. ? ? mic vuf.ivn ctaiieieiy ut riioi Mountain. "Dollar Day" at M. E. Church Is Postponed Ir. order to make up a deficit in the collections at the Boone Methodist Church, it was announced last Sunday that on the 20th, every member who could, would be asked to contribute one dollar to the church. However, since Dr. Chandler will he absent next Sunday, the dollar col lection has been postponed until Sunday morning;, the 27th. At this time it is hoped that the small contribution will be generally made and that the collection will be large enough to meet the obligations of the church at present. LJGA ewspaper, Devoted to th B, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH ( Eminent Divine gagfe $13 Dr B. R. Lacy, of Richmond, Va who is attending ihc Christian Chat tauqu which began Wednesday i West Jefferson. He will deliver hi | fust sermon Thursday night at eigt [o'clock, when "American L-egio Night" v/ill be observed. The em; I nent divine, who will address his me: jsagc to the soldiers, was a chaplai jin the World War and is said to b the only chaplain from North Care ilina to win a distinguished servic 1 medal. A son of the late State Trca; urer B. R. Lacy, he is, like his fs i iher, a man of unusual ability. Wa | tauga people have a cordial invits jtion to attend the Chautauqua whic j will continue through July 30 a | West Jefferson. Blowing Rock Civitan Club Receives Charte ^Representative^ ^ombfec^L-fu different organizations journeyed t Blowing Roek Wednesday overdo when the newly-formed Civitan Clu of that city was host at a dinnt given at the Blowing Roek Hotel c the occasion of the presentation c a charter to the neighbor club. Tt new organization is chn)-K*rod wit 2-1 .members and no less than fift: five Blowing Rock people were e: peeted to attend the session. A range m opts had been made for a i equal number to go from Boone an ; a group was expected to be presc: from the Jefferson club. Secreiai V. L. Willis represented the Ash ville club and was accompanied b Mrs. Willis- Mr. Ogburn came fro :t the -WihstJ?lL'Sidenr club. and. A. J Kcnhart froth Greensboro; R. D. Hodges, ptesident of tr Boone Civitan Club, was in chuv: of the interesting program, whic was opened with the singing of "tb North Carolina Hills." Rev. J. J> Yount, pastor of the Luthera Church of Boone, said the invocatioi and IJ G. Greer acted as toastmastc at the dinner- The various clubs re| resented were recognized and a s? ries of stunts engaged in. |!j Governor Walter L. Tatum was ii troriuced to the assembly by Lieutci ant Governor George K. Moose t Boone, and in turn presented th charter to the Blowing Rock Clui Robert B. Scales talked briefly in a> ceptance of the charter. A number of two-minute talks b visiting Civitans concluded the mof enjoyable meeting. The program wi interspersed with music by the Blov ing Rock string band. Dewey Harmon Parole By Governor Gardne BR? ?? I Mi's. James Harmon, her daugtite: in-ialv Sirs. Dewey Harmon ar , children, accompanied by Mr. Lion Ward, went to Tizleigh last week ca vying a petition signed by nearly JO Watauga citizens, asking for the pj role of Dewey Harmon, who was cci victed of robbing the Valle Cr.u'c Bank three years ago and sentence to the State Prison for a term < from 5 to 7 years. They appeared before the Gove nor and his executive counsel, M I O. M. Mull, and, a3 the case had bee j before them for some time, and fu j ly understood by them, the parol I was granted and he is now with h I little family at the old home Mr. Ward, who was the spokesma I for the crowd, speaks in the highe: | terms ol' the officials. He says sue I consideration as he received at the hands will never be forgotten. WATAUGA BEEKEEPERS ARE LOSING MANY COLON IE Numbers of men in certain se tions of this county are losing mar colonies of bees. Some are report* . to have lost as many as a hundrt stands. Samples of the brood have be* mailed to Raleigh and Washingtc specialist who Teport that the Eur pean foulbrood is responsible for tl damage. The remedy is, thev sav. | requeen the colonies, i It would be well for every bee mf to look out for this. It is a germ di , ease that kills a whole colony in 1 short while. PROTRACTED DROUGHT IS ENDED BY GOOD RAIN ! Rain? Yes, copious rains all ovi Watauga and surrounding countii have come at last; the severe drougl is broken and the people rcjoic . some of the crops were very mu( damnged by the protracted di weather?potatoes and cabbage su ! fering the most. But with these sple: I did rains much improvement is hop< , for even in these crops. Cabbaf , plants in great quantities are beii set. e Best Interests of North we; CAROLINA, THURSDAY" JULY 17, VJi rRATTLE SNAKE PETE" PLAYS IN DIFFERENT ROLE Well Known Collector of Reptiles Is , Held at Blowing Rock on Chsrgei of Pilfering Cottages of Summer j, Visitors. Efforts Being Made tojj Provide Bail. Large Amount of j Stolen Goods Reclaimed. Pete- Bradsfiaw of the Mulberry : section *?f Caldwell County, and bet- ;! tcr known throughout oil this region /"Rattlesnake Pete," was arrested by Blowing Rock Officers last week, ] after he had been found sleeping in i an unoccupied hut furnished cottage, ] owned by a surr.me'' visitor. Pete was i. given a hearing in municipal courth yesterday and bound over to the Su- ;j potior Court- He is being held ai Blowing Rock, awaiting the outcome j of efforts of kinsmen to provide bail, j For many years "Rattlesnake,. Pete" has been a more or less color ful figure around the resort town.! ( Every summer he had come about of- j ** I ferinir fnr >- * C?,c ?ai iuu& iswcitifts ne , A"j had fashioned from wood, as well as .cjarticles made from the tanned skins , * I of the hundreds of rattlers ht* had * 1 killed on the eastern slopes of the .n Blue Ridge. He had a genuine hanl" leering for the venomous reptiles, ti i_ seems* and stories of his prowess in J, n capturing them have been printed ? over the country. No one ever sus-! >_ picioncd that old Pete would wander j c off the "straight and narrow" until \ a" last week, when it is said to have l" been discovered that he opened a L" house, made himself at home, packed a big bag with the best of the household oddities, and was found when he lay down cm a bed for a short rest. It is said that a large supply of goods ? Pete is charged with removihg from different houses has been found and i that the different articles are being ;j? | identified by their respective ownjors. Tor many years the problem of c protecting the property of summer ? tourists in Blowing Rock h3s been a ^ serious one. Their cottages have been I lD pilfered fegulariy and no clues as to I l the identity of the housebreakers had been forthcoming. The officers kept >l increasing their vigilance until Pete was caught. Blowing Rock residents _ are wondering whether ??l* not he has been engaged in like business during !g"ting many years he has been a sumr~ mer visitor there. n Bradshaw is known as a harmless) ~ sort, of individual, or at least up to j ; this time, with perhaps rather low- I ^ ered mentality, and so far as is I C- |rnr.u.H V,.,., ? ? ...ut-vn law-aoiumcf in i'er y mer vears* m Biowing Kock Has a '? New Swimming Fool ^ Blowing* Rock, July 16.?A new j* place of recreation which fills a longri felt need in Blowing Rock is the new ;ll concrete swimming pool and bath y house now being completed by A. M. Critcher on his property east of. the Q highway. The pool is graduated in depths g from eighteen inches to ten and one,f half feet, ^is fifty-eight feet wide, e with a constant'in-flow and out-flow \ of water- A divin.r ?- * - -.1?. .vp, buai.U) ^LC|i^ It. gl| entering ami leaving the- pool, ami all accessories of a modern pool are ,y j provided.^! j The pool has been in use for some [s I Lime, but work is still under way on v_ the bath house adjoining. Of this building the upper story facing the street will serve as a refreshment dream and office, with a long upper porch overlooking the pool where ohj servers may enjoy the swimmers bell" low; The lower- slory opening on tilt* j pool will be divided into dressing i- rooms and showers, id The sloping meadow he-low the pool el gives natural drainage, making the r- site healthful. Roth location and coni0 straction have been approved by thct State Board of Health as being thotx eughly sanitary. is The pool is filled from pure nioun d tain stream water, which will be test>f ed monthly by State authorities to assure its continued purity. Parking r- Space is available below the pool, ana r. free picnicing grounds adjoin it. r. With all depths of water and a spa1 ciuns pool, swimming is accessible le now for all ages, from children with is nurses on to the expert diver. A responsible person is always present to I n see that safe conduct and surroumL I st! ings prevail. h Large crowds enjoyed the pool duii ring the past week of hot weather, and for future bathers the bath-house facilities will be completed. Joseph Hollingshead iy fc Pamflilltr ,(]| .V ? UUSM A^ljUI^U id On Wednesday evening last Joseph >n Hollingshead, 11-year-old son of Mrs. ,n Matlie Isaacs Hollingshead, of the o- Bairds Creek section, was most painie fully hurt. By an unfortunate step to his foot was caught by the sickle* of a running mowing machine and one in of his feet was atmost cut off- He s- was hurried to Watauga Hospital a where an examination disclosed that the blades had passed through the tendons of the heel, and on through the ankle joint, crushing the bones S in a most fearful manner. On the front, near the instep, just sr a small section of skin and flesh were 2S left to hold the dangling foot. The' it wound was dressed, and the surgeon . e. has some hope that the foot can be ;h saved. This (Wednesday) morning, -v the boy is resting as well as could be f- hoped tor. n >d Mrs. Charles Bingham and cliilre dren, David and Mary Martha, spent ig last week ir. Lincolnton visiting relatives. 3CRA 5t North Carolina *? =^==__2? Mrs. George W. Hardin J1 Dies at Johnson City Mrs. Nola Cameron Hardin, widow oi the late George VV. Hardin, fori many years vice-president and gen-: era! manager of the East Tennessee \ & Western North Carolina Railroad, j * died at her home in Johnson City, i ^ Tenn., Wednesday morning: at 1 i o'clock, following a heart ailment of . several years' duration. She had returned to her Tennessee home last | keek from California, where she had ; spent the winter, and the long trip is said to have greatly weakened h*r condition, she having arrived in an | P almost unconscious state. Mrs. Ilardin was reared at Eliza- :} bethtoc. was a member of the Chris- "/ dan Church, and throughout her long ? life had been active in church work, ? and a regular contributor to the char- V. ities that camr to her attention She j , bar. visited with relatives here many j times, and enjoyed a wide circle of i * friends in the county- Mr. .J F. Har-1 ^ Jin had returned Tuesday from Johnson City, where he was called i J. L>n account of her illness. I F Surviving are two co?:c ? I daughter: George W. Hardin, Jr. of? Johnson City, James Hardin of West j ^ Virginia, and Mrs. Lonnic MeCowanjy of Johnson City. Funeral services will j ^ be held in Johnson City Friday after-J ^ noon at I o'clock and interment will j J Lake place in the Christian Church | Cemetery. It is expected that sev- ; 1 eral relatives and friends from Boone j *< will he p? esent. j ' Copper Still Destroyed " In Stony Fork Section j, Sheriff L. M. Farthing, in com- t.i panv with Deputies Lee Gross. Poly j t1 Wyke and Clint Nncris. captured a v fifty-gallon copper still in the Stony ti Fork section about one mile from the h Wilkes County line Sunday after- s noon. The outfit, which is said to l>e a one of the most complete taker. n several years, had heen operated at c two other nearby locations within h the past few months, and the fur- e nace was still hot wher. the officers c arrived. j< A small quantity of beer and si "backings" along with other para- a phernclia. was destroyed by the raid-1 n ers While no definite informal,.o \\ as to the identity of the operator" *5 r. available, it is expected that arrests tl will be made within the next few v days. ti senator overman says he ? will run again during 1932 Washington, 1). C.?Senator Over- ^ man, somewhat aroused over the t( news from Asheville that his old op- n nonont. Bob Reynolds, wo 11 idfecuat.for the Democratic nomination tor the [\ Senate in 11)32, today announced his 0 purpose to succeed himself. He did not give out a formal statement but to newspaper men he said he had q hoard rumors from the State thai he might not stand for re-election. "Now you can say," he declared, "1 am a candidate for re-election; that is. $ I .expect; to bo in 1932. health is * better than it has been in ten years. J My friends expect me to run. 1 shall } ask nto people of the State to nm.ii- x. a a to and elect me on my record here and in the State." c Mrf Overman has suffered in re- " cent months from his eyes. His age '} and duties have made them weak, hut 1 " ' * hi ??via- ue is jiii rig-fit. Mw. Uver- v.' man and his children are very anx- V ious for him to get another term. a HIGHWAY COMMISSION CHANGES ROAD NUMBERS J, ??3?- a Banner Elk.?The State Highway ii Commission has changed the nuinbersjjj of some of the highways in the west-j y ern part of the State. t Route 09 now begins at the Si?; e line, west of Elk Park, ar.d g o e s \\ through Cranberry, Pliuntrce and b Spruce Pine to Burnsvifflfc AsneviPc t< and Heridersonville. e Route 194 begins at Sparta near p the Virginia line and runs through v Jefferson and West Jefferson to o Boone. Vilas. Valle Crueis and Ban- n ner Elk. thence to a point near Cran- li berry and through Nev/)and to Grossnore. Lhvvilk Palis and Ashford to Woodlawn. where there is a juncture with Route 19 and after eight, mile? with Route 10 leading to Marion and east or west across the State. This makes Banner Elk easily accessible over hard-surfaced, well-! graded roads from Johnson City or. j the west and from Asheville on the east- No one need fear the mountain roads when seeking, at 4,000 feet altitude, relief from summej heat. KILLS HIS DAUGHTER TO STOP SUFFERINGS Walton, NL Y.?Andrew L. Beers, 77. was in jail here tonight in consequence of the killing of his 24 year-old daughter, trances, whom he could not bear to see suffer in illness He feared, too, that the girl, described here as mentally blighted, might fall into less kindly hands when death came upon him, according to county authorities whom he voluntarily apprised of the slaying. For twenty years affection for his almost helpless daughter was a byword in this little community. His explanation of the deed as a "mercy killing," due to an irresistahle' impulse" to save the girl from further suffering and to guard against harm coming to her after he was gone has been accepted even by the prosecutors, who believe him, must nevertheless observe the letter of the law and hold him without bail on a first-degree murder charge. Officials said lie undoubtedly would be committed to an institution for the insane, there to spend the remainder of his days. i i ?? ' ? . ~ ' =---.I m- 9SS V^TTl \*1? A T> ^i.jv i i.it XK***i*rr:-^ ~- -17:.-'. ?j^-EH0ST TO SATE EDITORS / NEXT THURSDAY forth Carolina Prens Association Members Will Enjioy Motorcade Through Scenic Grandfather Region and Partake of Six o'Ciock Chicken Dinner in Boone. Mi*i. Cobb, Secretary, Here. Plans have been definitely comieted whereby the editor;: of t h e late of North Carolina who meet in nnual session at Bloving Rock on uly 23-24-25. will be privileged to e the quests of the city of Boone n Thursday evening, the second day f the convention. Miss Beatrice obb, deitor of the Morgan top Xewslerald and .secretary to the Press association.' was :.n the city for a . i.: i _ cr ' L-r uue ounuay aiternoon and con erred with a small group of repteentativi citizens of the town. Although the local invitation was ex2nded io the scribes at a rather Sate ate. officiasl of the association have ltered the program so as tn allow :ie editors to partake of a genuine iaiauga County chicken dinner at 10 f? o'clck hour, and at the same ime have a chance to eii.iov some of ie finest scenery to be found in all ic South. According to tentative plans which iiss Cobb gave out, the newspaper ten will be expected to leave Blowig Rock at about 1:30 on Thursday ml make a swing around the base f Grandfather Mountain, through dnville, Cranberry, Elk Park, Bancs Elk, and on to Boone. Autornoiles for the party and drivers are i) be furnished locally, and those of he editors who "drive their own .ill be asked t.c leave their cars at he Rock, and be free to enjoy the oautiful motor trip, without the reponsihility of driving and looking fter a car. .State Highway pafcrollen mounted on motorcycles will es i i t the motorcade, and the trip back > the capital of Watauga County is xpecied Lo be completed by o o*lock. Then a brief rest will be? en?yed before dinner. The feast is eheduled to be held on the lawn here the home of W. H. Gmgg forle'rly stood- However, should the eather happen to be inclmeent, arts nge men ts have been made to move he rations post haste to the college-. nere saTnrienv indoor accommodaions are available. Before the visit of Msis Cobb, an rj^anizatiun had been perfected to wrk out the details incident to the athering, and it is expected that ;iovc than a hundred newspaper men .'ill be guests of the citizens of the own. An old-fashioned chicken diner will be served with all the fixall the products will he Ruga grown. The complete program 1' the convention will come from the iesses this week. RANDFATHER ORPHANAGE HAS NEW SUPERINTENDENT Banner Eik.?-The former pastor f the Spruce Pine Presbyterian Tiurclij Rev. \V. R.Smith has been ppointed Superintendent of Granuather Orphanage, which is one of he. three, institutions operating un-r er the Edgar Tufts Memorial Assoiatidn of Banner Elk, N. (0y the then two being Lees-McRae College nd Grace Hospital- Mr. Smith will ip ihc director of jili the religious ctivitic? of the association and actfig pastor of the Presbyterian Tiuvch at Banner Elk. Ho will also ct as ^stated supply" at the Blowing Rc.ek Church. The Tufts Association congratnites itself on spooring in Air. Smith man with a thorough undcrstandig of work in mountain home mision fields, as he has had several ears of snecessful experience among he mountain people. Under his lead rship the Spruce Pine Church grey/ 'lLo solf-snVmrtvl . - - f t r? ?!>vn.?.7iiii; aw nicmevship very greatly. During his Msorate also, the church erected a roodvn lMtise and is now installing a ipe organ. Tvlv. Smith intends deoting his life to the mission work V: the Presbyterian Church ill the lountains of Western North CareRambling Around (Cntributed) Boone Civitaf, meets with Blowins Rock and Ashe County Civi-Cf tans tonight at the Blowing Rock Hotel. The Blowing Rock charter will be presented on this occasion. Practically every short term school that did not open on the 7th inst. opened the 1-lth. The enrolment has been large. The wheat crop has been harvested and is unusually good, however, not many farmers grow wheat any more, the oat crop is now being harvested and is very fine. The recent rains have stimulated further cabbage planting. The long dry spell has been_yery destructive to young plants as well as retarding the growth. Almost every farmer will tell you that the potato crop is cut one half The long drought has caused the vines to die prematurely, however the Green Mountain Variety seems to have withstood the dry v.-eather much better than the Cobbler. The Preachers' Conference he'd with Proffitt's Grove Baptist Church on Meat Camp was wel\ attended and the dinner spread by the good people of the community was just fine and abundant. The next conference goes to Zionsville.