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VOLUME XLII, NO. 6.
? Today and
Tomorrow i
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By FRANK P. STOCK BRIDGE
Frauds
The Federal Government has bet?un
an active campaign against false,
i fraudulent and misleading advertiseInients.
The Federal Trade Commission
has announced a policy of holding
newspapers and magazines responsible
equally with the advertisers.
One result has been the cleaning
up of the advertising columns of the
less responsible publications in the
past few months. Another result has
lfe,en to send advertising frauds, especially
medical quacks, into radio
AW broadcasting,
v Sooner or later broadcasting will
i:a\ to oe reguiatea, too.
Cigarettes
The prejudice against cigarettes
-cms to have practically disappear.
1 The report of the Bureau of Into
*nal Revenue for the year which
?. nded on June 30th last, shows the
largest consumption of cigarettes ?n|
history, nearly one hundred and .
twenty billion of them having been J
soid during the year. That is an a\?*
erage of 1,000 cigarettes a year fori]
every man, woman and child in the ,
United States! ,
The idea that eiga rette smoking ls|
more injurious to health than the use',
vf tobacco in other forms is still '
held in some quarters, but medical 1,
men generally do not take .t very (
seriously. ,
Cigarette smoking by women is
now commonplace, though until the
war there was only one restaurant ,
in New York thai permitted women ,
to smoke within its wails. ^
Politics
After all the sound and fury over !
the ratification of the Naval Reduc- i
lion trestle insi ???? **?
against it.
By the noise they made, and the .
amount of space which the newspa- |
pers gave t?? the opponents of the (
treaty, most people were expecting,
if not defeat of the treaty, at least ,
a very close vote. In Washington ev- |
orybody knew better. There never ,
was any real doubt that the treaty
would he ratified. All the uproar was ,
merely personal and partisan poli- ]
tics. I
The_ trouble with two-thirds of the |
Ip^tca'ded ' Yw w .s"~x h a tco m e so u lo
M Washington is that it is misleadir.g.
Iky It gives the impression that little y\
y . men are big men, that their words ,
aie intended to be taken seriously. .
Homes
Home building is on the increase, .
according to the Home Owneis In- 1
stituie of America. Regions where ;
there has been no shortage of hoUs- j
ing facilities are now beginning to
feel a demand for new homes ;
This is a particularly favorable ,
time in which to build a house, cKi$ |j
Institute states. Building liiateriais i
are lower than at any time since ,
g 10S2, and financing companies, sav- ,
ings banks and other money-lending
institutions are making more liberal!/,
loans fov homo building, and on easier.
termsPractically
every new home is i
built with borrowed money. Most! j
people hold that. it is better to have j (
a "permanent" mortgage on one's j ^
r.ome man to own it free and clear, j
In most communities it is easier to'
seil property with a mortgage on it i
than otherwise; and there i-s less of ,
the home-owner's- individual capital
tied up in a house which cannot he ] j
turned into cash in an emergency. j,
Credit j;
A few years ago the principal gro-! :
cer in the suburban town where I 1
was living began to raise his prices.
Ajtei a few months my family found 1
it so much cheaper to no across the '
railroad to the "cash and carry"
store that they transferred all their
ffl trade there. Out old grocer stopped
me on the street one day and asked
i whether he had failed to give satis- ;
faction. I told him 1 was satisfied
f i with everything but his voices.
He explained that so many rich
people had moved into the suburb 1
thit he had to charge more, because. 1
as he explained, the rich took so long 1
tg, pay their bills! My next door
neighbor, reputed to be a milliopaire,
had not settled his grocery bill 1
for three years. Instead of refusing
to sell him, the grocer was so afraid
of losing the "millionaire trade" that
he tiiea to make me, who bought for :
cash, pay interest c-n the debts or
thfr wpflltltv'
i was reminded ot" this b> seeing
a report of the Department of Commerce
on retail store failures, in
which it is stated that the principal :
cause is the extension of credit. It
seems incredible that there are people
who do not pay for the food they
eat, but apparently there are a good
many of them.
former" wataugan honored j
by insurance company;
Anouncement that Frank M.
Payne, of the Payne and Payne
General Agency of Bristol", "fenn.,1
a former Wataugan, has attained
membership in the McAlister Clan,
highest honor organization of the
riiui Line insurance C ompany, has I
just been received here.
Membership in the Clan, it is announced,
calls for an unusually high
production record in the sale of life
insurance and at the same time an
equally consistent record in keeping
t the business in forceJBr
Payne won o UIp recently tc
the company's home office in Greensboro,
N. C.
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/ATAI
A Non-Partisan Ne
BOONE,
HC(i^RID(iEO?60!
WILL BE FINEST INl
OLD NORTH STATE:
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Structure Over Lewis Fork Creek,
Near Watauga County Line, Will '
Be Drawing Card for Tourists.
Single Arch 115 Feet High Sole
Support of Spans Between Piers
Or Either Side of Chasm(
Wilkes Patriot)
Road-building in North Carolina
seems to improve with each new
project undertaken by the State
Highwav Commission. Experience, always
a valuable instructor, has of- ]
fersd new evidence of improvement
in recent highway conditions in the J J
State. Particularly is this so in the j
case of the near-completed section of,
No. GO. from North Wilkesboro to I
Boone. popularly known as the Boone I
Trail Highway.
The survey of this new stretch of J
road must have been based on the
desire to create a perfect driveway!
through these wonderful Vdlls, fo.' j J
those who appreciate scenic beauty, j ,
out wno preter to enjoy such beauty j
in comfort and peace of mind. For
perilous curves and hair-raising covpers
have al! been ironed out in Ibis ;
pew '30-foot highway arrangement :
from North Wilkesboro to the top
of the mountain and on to Boone.
No less than fifty loops and curves
have been eliminated by this recon- st
rue ted section of No. 00. A fair
comparison wouhl he to liken the !
gradual windings of this new road to (
a powerful engine driving its way i (
where it is going, as compared to the! j
chug-chug-chug of a rusty old cow-J;
catching wood-burner that is already: j
two hours late. j ,
But there is one point on the new j
road where every autoist will stop (
and doff his cap to the engineers '
who constructed it. That place is 1
where the road crosses the west prong .
if Lewis Fork Creek, because hen? *,
in the building is the most magnifirent
bridge in North Carolina, span ,
ning a chasm 200 feet deep, and 150
feet above where the old road creeps j
at its base.
A single great arch, 250 feet|
across at the base arid 115 high is .
he sole support of the spans bet ween I
the piers on either side of the chasm, j .
Tons upon tons of reinforced eon-! j
u etc stand there in symmetrical j {
beauty, paying tribute to a master j
mind somewhere that conceived it. j
Engineering figures allowed fui an
settling of one and three-fourths
inches?there was just a little better .
than half an inch, when the last, care
Cul measurement was made- The upright
supports from the arch to the
ipuns will soon be ready to.pour; and
then the spans and afterward the
road-floor, and the side rails?vha* *
i picture of beauty it will he. a
From North. Wilkesboro r.he new ]
road has been graded to Deep Gap 1
rhe first ten-mile section is being 1
graveled at the present time; the ;
third section from Deep Gap to with- 1
in a few miles of Boone, is now be- ?
ing graded, but the contract is not t
let for the surfacing. It will probably
:ie Junh of next year before this last s
section will be surfaced and .ready <
for travel. But it. is expected that i
the road will be completed to Deep i
Crap by November 1. And what a
whopping opportunity this will af- <
ford to lay in a supply of Christmas i
chestnuts.
The present distance from North 1
Wilke.s'ooro to Boone is 47 miles
long, tortuous, twisting miles; when 5
this -new highway is completed the 1
distance will be shortened to 3G
miles?an elimination of 11 miles of a
uncomfortable curves.
To Captain C. S. Currier, who has y
been a part of the State Highway i
Commission since its organization, n
fill - 1
siM? IUI mc 5ur.Y?*y >1 :ui t
engineering of this magnificent i
stretch of roadway. It is by no means i
Captain Currier's first great project, 1
for all over North Carolina his name i
lias beer. linked with progressive i
dear in highway construction. i
Number <>0, starting at Wilrning- I
ion and crossing the State by way
of Clinton. Stanford, Greensboro, :
Winston Salem, North Wilkesboro to i
Boone and then on into Tennessee, i
needs but the completion of this H8i.il
ficult stretch to make it one of the s
most important and delightful drive- i
ways in North Carolina. Now that I
its completion is just around the cor- .
rier, Keute fiO hegins to take on a i
new significance, and this immedi- i
ate territory begins to claim new kilt- i
ship with other sections of a great \
State. ' t
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CECIL GRAYSON, OF NORTH '
WILKESBORO, DIES IN VA. j
Mr. Cecil R. Grayson, son of Mr. \
and Mrs. -J- 0. Grayson, of North 1
Wilkesboro, died Tuesday morning. 1
August 5, in Alexandria, Va., and '
was buried in North Wilkesboro on
Thursday, August 7.
Mr. J. C. Grayson received a rffcs- j
sage telling him of his son's serious '
condition and left Monday morning 1
for Alexandria, ami waa at his bed
side when the young man died. A '
ruptured appendix is given as the .
cause of his death.
Deceased wa<! Ofi years old and is i1
survived by his wife and one child. I 1
Cecil Grayson Jr.; his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Grayson; <
seven brothers, Messrs- Loval, William,
James, Buster, Clyde, Charles
and Jay Grayson, and two sisters, '
Mattie and Elizabeth Grayson. 1
Young Grayson was well and fa- i
vorably known in Boone and Watau- <
ga where he had Oeen employed at i
various times during the past few i
vcars. He was a grandson of the c
late Frank Grayson, of Trade, Tenn. c
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Good pastures paid a cash return
of an acre through a grazing sear,cn
of month?, ??rvrr?rnino' to rec- 1
ords kept in the Guilford-Davie Herd i
Improvement Association last year.
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wspaper, Devoted to the
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C,?,
The Rediscov
"Lost Pro'i
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Advises Farmers to Hold
On to Their Beef Cattle
Mr. W. E- Shipley, of Wallace;
Va., a former Watauga citizen and
recognized authority on beef cattle,
has written the following letter relative
to the low livestock market:
Editor the Watauga Democrat,
Boone, North Carolina.
About one year ago the farmers
unci livestock raiser* of Watauga
County organized a livestock association.
I advised them it was the ri^ht
thing to do. Now we are passing
through the worst drought this country
has ever seen, with a great shortage
of grain crops as well as roughage
of all kinds. And now. no doubt,
some regret that they made an investment
in the direction of improving
their herds and flocks. I am notj
capable of offering advice, but want'
to make a prediction: if you willj
mow your swamps, bale your straw, j
|)Uy cottonseed meal co-operatively
and keep every steer and heifer ofj
<ood quality that you possibly can j
feed and graze, you will make big
interest over the price you will be j
ible to sell for this year.
Virginia can't buy youi cattle this]
/ear and ,rive you anything for them |
rhere will he a great shortage of feed)
11 this country and the market for
fat cattio is so low that all here
hat possibly can will keep over a
great many that would go to market
luring normal times. To give you
in idea of prices, one of my neighbors
had an offer for his fourteeniiundrcd-pound
fat cattle of 5 1-2]
. en Is, to go in the next thirty days. |
I predict that our next Congress I
will be controlled by Democrats and
Western Republicans, both of whom;
ire friends to the farmer, and then,
die Fordnev-McCumber Tariff Bill J
vill be no more. They will bring backs
o us the market we have just lost,!
ind then you will be proud of the;
improvement you have made on yourj
lerds and flocks. This great calamty
that has come on us will teach
he farmer and his wife, the wageearner
and his wife, never again to
illow the money power, through
he agencies of the High Church,
o influence their vote.
Respectfully,
W. E. SHIPLEY
Wallace, Ya.
L13th Field Artillery
To Hold a Reunion
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ine seccna triennial reunion ot
he 113 th Field Artillery. .*10th Of?
rision, A. E F., will he held at Fort
Bragg, N. C., on August 15 and 16.
Preparations have been made to enertain
all who come and an attendmce
of over 500 is expected. The
"irst reunion held three years ago,
it Fort Bragg, was attended by about
hrcc hundred.
Major Robert M. Hanes, of Winston-Salem,
chairman of the reunion
committee, sent out 1,750 letters to
veterans of the regiment, using a
nailing list compiled in 1010. Aboui.
>00 letters have been returned, indicating
that 500 veterans of'the resilient
cannot he located.
PaMajor Hanes and his committee
lave received assurances of widevpread
interest 111 the event and he
Predicts that the gathering Avili be a
arge one.
Arrangements have been made for
varied and interesting entertainment
The 113th Field Artillery of the
S'orth Carolina National Guard,
namesake and successor of the fanous
old war-time outfit, will be in
'amp at Fort Bragg and will stage
i review for the veterans. The regiment
is commanded by Colonel Wiliam
T. Joyner, of Raleigh, who was
i captain in the regiment during the
,var. Many of the enlisted men and
ifficers of the regiment served with j
the old outfit during the World War. I
General Holbrook, who is in com-!
nand at Fort Bragg, will arrange
nany entertainment features, includng
maneuvers by crack horse-drawn
intlalion cf light field artillery now
Rationed at Fort Bragg. This outfit
s armed witli French 75's, the same
type of guns used by the 113th Field
Xrtiliery during fhe World War. The!
tew 113th is armed with 155's, which
ire tractor-drawn, and they do not I
tppcal particularly to the veterans
vho learned the trade with horses as
he motive power.
Arrangements have been made for
ness and sleeping quarters at Fort
Sragg. There will be army cots and
tlankets in army tents for those who
'arc to sleep and food will be served
n army style, with cooks, K. P.'s and
ness sergeants cut cf regular army
?utfits at Fort Bragg.
There will be ro charge for the
sntertainment, other than a regis- j
ration fee of $3.00, whicn will pay !
For all meals, lodging and entertain-j
ment. i
More than twenty, Watauga boys j
served with "E" Battery of the viu
L13th Field Artillery during the
World War, and it is expected that,
several of the survivors will attend1
the reunionCOVE
CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBEP. 2
Cove Creek High School will open
Tuesday, September 2. Parents are
urged to have their children present
the opening morning. There are no
changes in high school textbooks and
it would Ve advisable tC buv er eon
tract books second-hand before school
opens. However, new books .will be
on sale in tlie principal's office for
those who cannot obtain second-hand
books.
There will be a faculty meeting at
the school building Monday afternoon
at -1 O'clock, oepieiiiuer i.
S. F. HORTON, Principal.
Best interests of North wes
-P.OLINA, THURSDAY AIJCIJST It.
*ery of the J
jince" Region v
Henry A. Dennis, editor of the j
Henderson Daily Dispatch, one of r
Boone's guests when t?'ie citizens Q
entertained the Press Association, ^
ha* given Boone and Watauga a ~
most excellent piece of publicity ^
in his good publication, under the >
heading, "Rediscovering the Lost J,
Province*." The editorial follows j.
in full: j]
A trip through' that wonderland of (
Northwestern North Carolina by au- t
tomobile is a revelation to down-stat- v
ei? who "nave always had but the n
vaguest sort of an idea of what it
is ail like. Most of us down this way v
think of mountains and valleys and s
barren wastes of wilderness, and ?
there is an abundance of that, to be {
sure. But that is only a part of what ^
is to be* seen and learned. Editors who
attended the press convention i,
in Blowing Rock last week were e
treated to such a trip as the guests
of the business men of Boone, and v
were a thousand tinies grateful for s
not only the marvelous scenery along a
the famous Yonahlossce Trail, but t
for the opportunity of glimpsing the j
grout cransrormatdon that is :aking] a
place as the inarch of civilization is' f
reclaiming tho.se Lost Provinces for v
the Old North State. j <]
John Livingstone, in a 'dispatch to 0
the News and Observer, said the odi-jt
tors had promised the Blowing Itpck \
country a million dollars worth of s
publicity for getting them cooled off s
and giving them relief from the blis- \
tering temperatures they left behind <]
to go up there for their convention. 0
All of them doubtless have felt like t
promising another million if that c
marvelous climate could be dumped j,
down on the plains for a few o. v
during those sweltering weeks of j,
mid-summer. [t seemed as if one were a
almost transplanted into another v
world to feel the November tempera- v
turcs up there, while knowing thai j]
back home the thermometer was
plugging away for the century mark. 0
One feels like a new creature in n
such surroundings, sleeping under ?
blankets in July in a comfortable (
homelike hotel and feeding on that d
fat of the land in the daytime. With t
such an alluring environment, it is
no wonder that the convention was i,
one of the most largely attended and <
most enjoyable and profitable in re- n
cent years.
Blowing Kock is peopled almost |
entirely by summer sojourners. They *
go there in droves, especially over
the week-end. To plant one's feet
.OIL- those peaks that form the roof
or, uu? worlu jind to reacn ^ up and
tickle the angels' feet as one plays**
hide and seek among the stars is an J '
experience never to be forgotten. c
Previous trips to the same spot de- J
tract nothing from the thrill of each I J'
additional visit- These marvels of na-j v
lure always grip and enthrall thejv
mind and the imagination. j s
Such hospitality as is manifested j
by! the mountain people is in marked;1'
contrast to the conception some of: X
.the sandfiddlers have- of that great S1
hack country. The $eopl<j53of Boone *
yieUl to no othoi secticr of North e
Carolina the supremacy they hold in a
knowing how to entertain and to ex- y
tend the hand of welcome. ll is not '
every city even, to say nothing of a
small community of a'thousand souls, i J
that can muster a couple of dozer.' (;
men who will leave their business j3
for .a whole day and take their own.'
cars aiul fmilisls their own fuel to | v
take a hunch of pen-pushers on a
60-mile trip through the great moun-! ?
tain country. But they did it at!*
Boone. And on top of all that, ihev I ^
spread one of the greatest dinners
an editor ever attacked. The ice-cold 1
buttermilk was proof conclusive of a ^
growing dairy industry thai one day ?
is to take high rank as a source of j ^
North Carolina wealth. The famous!'
Watauga cheese already has a mar- a
ket far and wide, to say nothing of *
the poultry farms. On almost every *
hillside and in the valleys vast r
stretches of farm land are filled *
with some of the best cabbage that >'
ever graced a market They told of
some farmers selling" their crops ioi ?-p
as much as $300 an acre. Mountain- f
sides that down this way would have
been passed up as worthless land are
covered with patches of beautiful a
green corn, and tobacco is in evi- >'
device here and there, though of a r
different type from what we arc ac- I
customed to in this belt. Apple or- *
chards that produce fruit rich in c
juice and flavor are also a source
At incftmo A n/1 CA An nf. S
should be continued. i The
party was stopped at Linville !
for refreshments- After seeing that 11
garden spot huddled in a beautiful *
valley, it is easy to understand how *
the section gained its wonderful reputation
and how it pulls thousands
of tourists and vacationists every ^
(Continued on Page 8)
Johnson County Fair i
Will Open oh the 26th j
Messrs. E. E. Butler and Wiley t
Muunl, liic Corr.'.c; president of the ?
Johnson County Fair Association, s
'were in town Monday looking after
the advertising for this year's fair, s
which will open its four day's run on {
the 26th, and in the opinion of the
officials, this year's exhibitions and I
entertainments will far surpass those | t
of former years.
For nineteen years the Johnson j a
County fair has been looked forward (
to by the people of the bordering J
counties in three states, and is the
only mountain event of the kind I
which can be recalled that has oper- \
a ted for so many years without interruption.
Indications are that the
??.! will K^-_nTV.$tdf *0
former records. I
JCKA
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1930.
losephus Daniels Speaks'
To Students of College
"There are always yardsticks byj
which. the progress of a State or sec-1
ion can be accurately measured,"
aid Josephus Daniels, editor of the
taleigh News and Observer and Corner
Secretary of the Navy, in an
iddress to the 550 summer school
tudents and Watauga citizens at the
ollege auditorium last Thursday
norning. "The measurement for
Northwestern North Carolina is the
xpansion and growth of the A ppa?eh
inn Training School. Contrast
nv line of endeavor today with the
onditions when the State of North
Carolina recognized its obligation by
he creation of this institution, and
ou will find that ail have expanded
s this institution has grown."
The address of Mr. Daniels was
ipon the importance of adopting
tandards in education without the
tandardization which deadens initiaive
and hampers individuality. "Thn!
langer in education," he said, "isj
hat the products of the schools all |
ook alike, think alike and act alike. '
Standardization lifts up the average,]
?ut it is death to the production of;
irile leaders. The time has come in i
1
vi.w.jts aim colleges to iriinK more'
bout developing1 the individual than!
o count credits. Colleges must have 1
lexihle courses and varyirig stand-1
rds. Education that disregards difering
qualities and capacities must I
ive way to one that paraniounts in-!
lividual opportunity. The oversliad-1
wing need of educational instituions
today is teachers who will adapt!
heir teachings to the talents of then j
indents. The business of throwing all
tudents into a machine and turning
hem out standardized has had its
lav The teaches who cannot draw!
ut the students, aid them to find
heir place and to help them to eduato
themselves, may be profoundly
earned. But they are not the sort
;ho send students into the world to
iroaden their knowledge and put it
i j.he service of mankind, without
,'hich use the scholar is on a par
vith the miser who hides his money
a the ground."
Mrs. Daniels, who is vice-president
f the State Folk Lore Association,
iiaiie a few appropriate remarks, and
ailed i)ii Professor and Mrs. I. G.
rieei for a folk song. The large auience
was delighted with the enteral
ning program.
At 12:15 p. ni. Thursday Mr Danids
addressed members of the Boone
ivifcan <'Inb :i1 its weekly luncheon
neeting at the Daniel Boone Hotel.'
-egion and Auxiliary
Hold Joint Meeting
I
?The American l,a}dan and Legionl
Vuxiiiary met. in joint session lastj
Thursday night, August 7th at the
vuri.nouse, ;i large crowd et the!,
eterans, their wives and chiidrenj
being present for the most enjoyable
and instructive program. Music j
rak, furnished by a selected Legion!
tring hand.
The meeting was called to order
y Commander Spencer Miller, after!
fjiTch several pieces of the barujjj
lance type of httisic was rendered by.j
he string band. The speaker of the
veninjr. Mr. Liberty of the Vetc v ,
lis Bureau at Charlotte, was intro-f
luced by H. Gvh?fy Farthing. Mi\i
abortv is a very capable man and;
. most interesting speaker, lie being;
lerfectly familiar with the new IVnacled
law governing the disability
llowance for World War veterans
rhn cannot connect their disability
nth war service.
Vie spoke at length on this , new
unco of legislation, explaining in dean
' the liberality of the act to the
'eteran who is in need of Goverunent
aid. After his address, Mv:U
uberty answered many questions
sked him by the crowd.
At this point some hungry looking
ellow yelled but "Lei's cat!" so the
adies present took hnn at his word
iid opened their baskets, which con
ained a choice assortment of foodst
was late at night when the fragments
were gathered up and the weliilled
Legionnaires headed E&gwj.
irard.
f a nnur.hton says wrecks!
>n roads must be reduced
Raleigh.?Too many automobile
iccidents are occurring in North Cardina
ana the State Highway Comnission
is now studying means and
nethods of trying to reduce them,
I. A. Doughton, chairman, said to-j
lay.
The commission is beginning to!
tudy its recommendations for the
.1*31 General Assembly.
"Something has got to he done
tbout the carelessness and recklessness
on the highways and streets,"
dv- Doughton said.
He would not commit himself as
in advocate of either a State driver's
icense or an increased highway parol.
cove creek news items
Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Phillips, of J
Detroit, are spending a few weeks |
;-;th their parents, Mr- J. P Rhil?i
ips and Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mast. 1
Miss Annie Sherwood, who has
>een teaching during the summer in
he Asheville Normal, is home for a
hovt vacation.
Mrs. Will T. Payne is spending
everal days with her parents in Virginia.
Mr. W. J. Kortor. and family, of
'arrell. Pa., are visiting relatives in
he communityMr.
and Mrs. Orvill Mast and Mr.
mil Mrs. Ragland, of Cleveland.,
Jhio. were visitors with Mr. and
Urs. D. H. Mast last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W- Vick, of South
fill, Va., spent a few days last week
vith Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Horton.
Youth: I say, what are all those
intehes in vour cicaret ca3e?
Vamp : Husbands. '
__ $1.60 PER YEAR
M MEN DRAWN
F(i FALL TERM
S4 ERI0R COURT
Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe, Will
Preside When Watauga County
Court Convene* on the First Day
of September. Both Criminal and
Civil Dockets Reasonably Heavy.
Jurors Have Been Selected.
The Fall Term of Watauga Superior
Court wili convene on the first
Monday in September, and although
thero are no cases of major importance
to come up for triai. the dockets
are said to be pretty well filled
with minor infractions. Judge A. M.
Stack, of Monroe, will preside.
Following is a list of those who
have been selected for jury service
during the term:
First Week?John Howell, James
E. Farthing, D. Ii. Eggers, Dudley
Greene. Ralph Andrews, \V. C. Clawson,
Ttufus Coffey. L. C. Greene, J.
?... .^tory, L.ctcner JKarnes, W. J. Mast,
B. .1. Councill, Clarahce McGhee. J.
M. Moretz, J. 4R. Mast, C. C. Davis,
W. F. Sherwood, S. F. Hbrion. Don
Swift, P. G. Carroll, Ross Matheson,
G. L. Cook, Grady Wilson, S: G. Tugman,
Ira Brown, -J. K. May, J. l5.
Wilson, John Matuey, W. H. Cook,
Fred C. No i ris. B. I' . Carroll. Roy
Anderson, Charlie Hartley, Robv
Clark, G. W. Howe and Fred Yates.
Seeond Week?A. R. Smith, Joe
Mitchell, Avery Greene. W. L. Welch,
Zcb V. Fa? thin jr. J. W. Henson, Zeb
V. Brown. N. P. Prcsnell. H. G. Perry,
C, W. Mast, Clyde Wallace, L. F.
ToxynsegB, ). R. Wilson, S. C. Eggers.
A. .1. Ragan, M. G. Barnes, B.
T Taylor and P. W. Moretz.
Bass Fishing Season
Opens in Watauga
Time to get your uaSs fishing rig
in shape! Just a little reminder that
September 1 ends all trout fishing
hi the mountain counties. Although
this has been considered a very unfavorable
fishing season, there have
been some very fine catches made
in the countv during the last four
months. There are about one hundred
and fifty thousand trout to be
list ribjilted in <h?? waters of Watauga
County between now and the opening
of the trout season (April 15) next
year- A large number of these fish
aiv at present from six to ten inches
in length and with the additional
growth they wit! uulinaRy take on
between now and the opening of
the 1031 season, should furnish some
real sport for anglers at that time.
Anyone who has a privately-owned
"pop t w hieii fee br-hhe-^i^desiroi^^T?
stocking this year should get in touch
with Mv. Smathers at the Boone
Flat oh cry.
The squirrel hunting season opens
September 15th. Aiivon?? d^oim-no- r<-?
buy their hunting ami fishing license
cotnbined for 19:11. or hunting liivye
a lb he can do so, as Warden
Grady Farthing has a full supply on
hand for sale at this time.
If you aii going to" hunt this season
ii will be advisable for you to
procure a license, as the Conservation
Department is demanding strict
enforcement of the game laws. So
buy your license, and save the warden,
his deputies and youvself from
the embarrassment of arrest,
MANY HOUSES BEING MOVED
TO GIVE WAY FOR NEW ROAD
Messrs. Arthur Johnson and Chas.
Lewis, of Sherwoou, are engaged in
moving more than a score of build
i;?gs between Boone and Deep Of p?
which happen to be right on the line
of the new survey for the Boone
Trail Highway.
The work has been going on for
move than a week and several of the
buildings have already been taken
groin the right of way. All or the 23
structures affected are exuected to
Ut.ro >,??? I u:~ 1
.i? .1 fciiiuTOu w iwiiij si-vcy cuty.s-.
the State placing the structures on
such sites as the owners may elect,
that is, near the highway.
EUGENE B. SOMERS DIES IN
inokTH WiLKESBORC HOSPITAL
Eugene B. Somers, a popular young g?
business man of North Wilkesboro,
died in a hospital there Sunday at
12:25 p. m-, after an operation for
appendicitis performed on the previous
Wednesday morning.
Mr. Somers Mas the son of Mrs.
Charles H. Somers, of Wilkesboro,
and was bom there February 15,
1006, being slightly more than 24
years old at the time of death. He
was also a brother of Mi's. L. R.
Bingham, former resident of Boone,
and was widely known throughout
this section.
PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIANS
tNjut 3 luiiR IN MOvNTAiNJ -f
Three cars on pleasure bent
passed through town this (Wednesday)
morning. They came en route
to Blowing Rock, thence oVer the
Yonahlossee to Linville, thence to
Spyiim Pine. Tattle Switzerland and
Chimney Rock. The personnel of the
sight-seeing party was as follows:
Mr. J. B. Hortpn and son, of Vilas;
iVTvc XT r "VT?i. vc- ?a
??a ?ia?i| tut. aiiu
Mrs. W. J. riorton, two soils ar.d
daughter, oi Farreli, Perm; Mr. and
Mrs- R. H Johnsojt and family of
five children, Messrs. Frank, Ray and
John, and Misses Estelle and Louise
Johnson, all of Farreli, Penn.
After their visit to the mountains
is ended they will go down No, 10via
Marion, Morganton, thence to
Hickory. There Watauga's rniitih-- I
gent will return over No. 17 to Boone
while the Johnson family will continue
their tour to Florida
The upland corn in Wilkes County sK /
is dried beyond all. hope but the lowland
corn" will produce a fail- crop
reports A. u nenuren, county n&cuk. <h