VOLUME- XMT. NO. IS|
Today and j
Tomorrow !
B> FRANK P. STOCKHRIDGE i
Silver
?\ ltn tne uevune in me use ot suei
t?>i money, al! over the i?orlfl,I
the price of the metal is lowei than
at any other time in history, meas-j
:red by the pold standard. The silver
dollar, once cherished in tin* West
.:t<*. South above all forms of eu?;-]
rency has almost passed out of eircuiation.
Senator Oddie of Nevada, the principal
silver-producing State, now proposes
the coinage of a silver dollar
which would have no special intrinsic
value but be a "token" like the
A naif-dollar, quarter-dollar and dime,
'uif ail of which are worth less as in eta'
than their stamped value.
One good reason for restoring the
silver dollar to circulation is th<* fact
that it costs the Government about
two cents a year to replace each dollar
bill with a new one as the old
nnes wear outCompetition
Thomas A. Campbell, Montana
ia r pier who has been showing the
Russian Government how to appl>
\mericon agricultural methods, has
ettimed and says that Russia will
e a strong competitor in the world's i
agiitultnra! markets in a few years, I
but merely because of her size. In
other respects we have ' it tie to fear
from Russia or any other European;
nation- While they are trying to in-,
troducc American manufacturing';
methods tho nunnlo u? ..
too slowly to accomplish as much in
v. given time as we do.
That is quite natural, when you
con.si del" that everybody in America
is here because he or his ancestors
had more than the average of initiative,
courage and enterprise common
to the people of the land from which
they came. The duil, unimaginative
plodders were left behind. If there
is anything in heredity, we have a
decided edge upon all of the peoples
of the Old World.
+ " *
Population
The village of Whitehall, Owen
1 ounty, Indiana, "a " town -"sv srnul!
thai ?t hasn't a newspaper, comes
into the news again for the first time
in ten years. Whitehall is almost the
exact center of population of the
United statesThe
United States is getting setJj^L
tied. In 1790 the center of pnpuia-t
ion was 32 miles east t>f Baltimore,
A- 'r 1S00 It was 18 miles west of Baltimore.
In the course of the next
hundred years lite population centeri
moved westward at the rate of aboutj
4jyR3 miles a year.
prom the center of population j
I there are just as many .people to J
the north as there are to the south,j
rw many to the West as to the Bast, j
as many in any direction as in the!
opposite direction.
Chrysler
A Kansas hoy who had a job and
^70,0 in the bank in f>olwei;i. Imva; j
went ;o an automobile show in Chicago
uver.iy years -lyo. He wanted,
to see what the irisides of one of;
thosi new-fangled machine.- looked;
'ike. now it wovkod. He could not
find out all he wanted to know, so |
he asked the price of one of the
ears. It was $5.U0ti
"*11; buy it," he said. Hp. tele graphed
back to Oelwein, to 1-.: ^ bankto
send on his 8700, to several friends?
indorse his note for ?4,300. It wasa
tribute to his character and repo-;
tali on that his friends did as he ask-'
ed them. He bought the Win ton car, j
drove it back to OeUvein and took}
Bg his young wife for a ride, then pvo
cecdc-d to take the ear apart- lie took
it down and nut it together again ?
eight times before he was satisfied |
that he kjiew all about automobiles.j
Then he got himself a job in an au-'j
tomphile factory.
His name was?and is?Walter;
P. Chrysler, and the tallest building j
' ii? the world stands at Fo rty-seecn d}
Street and l.exingtor) Avenue, New?
York, a monument to his success in |
K * designing and building a ii to mobiles- j
Chrysler know what he wanted1
and had the courage to go after it,1
and that is two-thirds of the secret
<>f su ccess.
K Simplification
Caffioiiia announces that 112j
y-j: Fiatc bureaus, commissions arid do-'
partmonts have been c lidatedin-.
(fjM to eleven. New York ly merged 1
IBH I8i> different don - in 18.!
Maryland has red -e number
Ifcfe of State departme . i 8h o 9- '
Py? One cause of xes is the}
multiplicity of y 1 bureaus j
and the difficult: r responsi-f
bility for the on of public!
No nation has 1 out how!
to run a governi early and!
~\x? 1
tt"*' > come j
nearer to it, as han any;
other great natior
I "THE UNHC E"
Lou Chaney, "tl a thousand
faces," recei csed motion
picture star, ne stellar
role in "The link oe," which
? comes to the Pa? .teatre next
Wednesday and ' ?y. this ia
perhaps Chaney'; erne production
and was reie .ftcr his death.
It was hi? first A -talking picture
as well as his latt^nd those who fol-j
yr\ lowed his meteoric rise in the movie j
iS * world will get an especial thrill from|
the screening of his post-mortem sen-;
/ATAT
A Non-Partisan N<
BOON]
PRITCHARDSPEAKSi
TA i Acr.r ruftwni
IV uriHUlj VHV Tf i;
IN BOONE THEATRE:
Senatorial Nominee Flays Democratic!
Claims, and Pledges His Support!
to Prohibition Laws- Reviews E?-.
iicicnt Methods of Republican!
Administration. Introduced b y :
Blaino Coffcy.
Congrcssm^n George M. Frftchavd, j
Kepub'it&n candidate for the United
plates .Senate, delivered an address j
in the Pastime Theatre here Tuesday 1
afternoon to an audience of morel
than tiye hundred Republicans- In-1
treduced by former Representative 1
Blaine Coffey, the speaker, in clo- j
oiaent manned paid his respects to!
the citizenship of North Carolina, and
outlined the progress made in va-l
rious lines during the past century, j
The "Big Three" oi North Card-!
lina. Josiah William Bailey. Clyde J
lloey and Cameron Morrison, were
characterized by the Asheville man
as "calamity howlers.'' and their;
methods of campaigning came in fori
a thorough dissection tHr/w. i
orators say that the Republican party?
is unworthy of the confidence of the
people, and that we have wrecked j
and ruined the country," said Mr. i
Pritchard- "Let us look up the facts.]
The Republican party was born of aj
great spirit of service. The first thing
that we did, the first act of the pur-J
t.v, was to preserve the Union and to'
raise the toiling masses?the slaves.
Seventy years ago when the Government
was first turned over to the
Republican Party, our whole national
wealth only amounted to twenty
billion dollars. During the seventy
years the Republican party has so
wisely managed the affairs of this
country, with the exception of sixteen
years' Democratic rule, our national
wealth has grown to the stupendous
sum of five hundred billion-.:
of dollars "
"They say that we have been
wasteful and extravagant," shouted
the speaker. "That is not so. In 1921,
when the government was turned!
bark to the Republican party, there
was a debt of 24 billion dollars. Bv
wise polities, business methods in
government and efficiency, we have
reduced that debt exactly 1-3 per
cent, in a little over nine years. In J
round figures we have reduced the. j
national (lebt^igh^bilU9.ns_of dollars- j
In another twerity yearS ol bur vvise'
and economical administration of the!
Federal government, we will be able!
to hand down to our children and]
posterity the richest nation of the
world, absolutely free from any indebtedness
whatever."
Turning to State affairs, Mr.i
Pritchard continued: "You know
that the 'Big Three' have gone over
North Carolina bragging about the
splendid and efficient condition of
affairs. They say the way they have
run things has been a model of perfection.
Let us look into it. You
know that when Cameron Morrison
was about to relinquish the Governorship,
he became engaged in a great
controversy with Mr. Maxwell. Mi\j
Maxwell said the Suite government j
was indebted ten million dollarse MrMevrison
said we were ten million tpj
the good. In order to find out which:
was right, they had to appoint a com- j
mb-sio'r who made an exhaustive)
study of how things were kept at uj
cost of $40,000. It was found out
that Mr. Morrsion's administration j
hod !eft tb'p & in tbo hole nine!
million dollars" Followiij^jg?t his
statement, Mr. Pritchard directed his
fire at the tux system, and stated
that during the past twenty-five
years the cost of government has
mounted from seven and one-half
million dollars to the "staggering
st m"' of more than one hundred mil-:
lion dollars."
' Democratic politicians are going]
over the State howling hard times'
and calamity," said the Senatorial,nominee
with reference to the pres-j
ent financial depression. "They haven
misrepresented the actual conditions-;
Hoover has been blamed for every-}
thing that has ever ha^ened. Hei
brought on the drouth in the west-1
ern states, and down in Georgia hej
caused the floods. He brought the}
cyclone iu .lapan: he was responsible j
for the earthquake in Itaiv and the.
cold wave in England. They have!
accused him of every affliction that,
has visited mankind since the oeg.nning
of time. Yet, the United States;
is much boiler off than any other
nation-'' The speaker asserted that
the unemployment condition in n.ng-?!
land, France. Spain and other nations
is far more critical than the!
condition in America.
Farm relief as administered by the
Republicans was praised by Mr. Prit-j
chard. "The first thine that Hoover j
did," he stated, "was to cause a sre-j
cial session of Congress ro pass upon!
t*anii relief- A law was passed creat-j
ling; a Federal Farm Beard and authorizing
the lending to the farmers
of this country the enormous sum of
five million dollars. Yet the Democrats
say that we are not the friqnds
cl the farmers and didrrt carry out
our pledges. Every Democratic Congressman
in North Carolina voted
for this measure. If my opponent!
for t'ne Senate has a better plan than!
Chis, it is his* duty to tell the people,
what it is before November 1th." j
The recently-enacted H a w 1 e y-J
Smoot tariff act. which has been the
butt of much campaign argument,
was praised by Mr- Pritchard. who
declared that many of the the strongest
Democratic members in both
Houses of Congress had in.the past
voted end gt-nodvVbehind protective
tariff measures.
Injecting the wet-dry issue into
his address, the Ninth District Congressman
assailed Tammany Hall,
Chairman Kaskob and the liquor interests
who "want to change the dry
laws an-J immigration laws." Tammany
Hall was referred to as a cor.
JGA
iwspaper, Devoted to the
3, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH Ct
County to Get $15,000
From State School Fundi
Raleigh, Ot:c. 22?The second in-J
stain.-m of the State school equalizing
fund, amounting to ^iJ33O,5&0f
will be shut to the 93 participating:
counties Ocfcbcr 2s, the first insta!
incut of $1,141,000 having been sent
September 10. The total of the two
instalments; $2,471,500. i< a little
less than half of the almost $5,000,000
allotted from the $5,250,000
equalizing fund by the board.
Watauga County's first instalment
\vas $15,000, and the second, to go
out October 28, will be $15,000, a|
total of $30,000 of the year's total
; 4K allotted to the county.
The baian.ee will go but in two instalments,
cho before and the other
after the Christmas holidays.
v Siting costs For outside audits
of ounty government operations in
> . C arolina cunties were greatly
reduced last year, as corn pa red with
nrevious years, due lo improvements
made in county accounting methods
under the new laws, Charles Johnson,
secretary el' the County Government
Advisory Commission. announces.
Watauga Countv paid $500 for its
annual audit for the fiscal yea.- 192930
The 1928-29 audit cost $1,225,
ar.d that of 1927-28 cost $1.24G 25,
Mi-, Johnson's reports show.
Mrs. R. C. Rhea Dies
Last Thursdav Niedit
? ^
Mrs. R. C. Rhea, of Shouns, widow
of the late Dr. R. C- Rhea, who practiced
medieiitG in tohnson County
for many years, passed away at the
Rhea old home last Thursday evening
She was 86 years old. Although
Mrs. Rhea had been in rather poor
health for sonic time, due to the'
natural infirmities of her advanced
age, death came suddenly and unex-|
pcctedly. Funeral services were conducted
Saturday morning from the
Methodist Church at Shouns and burial
was in the adjacent cemetery. The
floral offerings were magnificent and
attested the wide popularity of the
deceased.;
Mrs- Rhea was the daughter of
the late Sheriff Samuel McQueen, a
member of one of the oldest, families
of that section. She was one of the
comparatively few women of her day
to receive a college education, and
was enrolled at Salem College during
the dark days of the Civil War.
.She was one of the last of the grand
_'ild_ladies of the Confederacy and did
her full share in the reconstruction
work following the bloody days of
the 80s. She was a lovable character
and well known in Watauga County,
where her death comes as a distinct
shock A fine Christian lady of the
old school has gone am and there, is
widespread sorrow.
Surviving are several sons and
daughters and a host of grandchildren;
PARENT TEACHERS ELECT
OFFICERS AT LAST MEETING
The lust meeting: of the PurentTeachers
Association was presided
over by Mrs. <31 ay. the president,
.Miss Hillie Todd.*'having been confined
for four weeks with Vi\[ broken
ankle, being, unable ,to attend. The
chief business of the shssioii was the
election Of officers. Mfs.r*?;I)avid
Greene was elected'* president. Miss
Eula Todd and Mr. D- P. Mast, principals
of both school yiceKpresitlesits, j
while Mesdames Linney and H&rtzogj
were re-elected secretary and tveas-j
urer, respectively
The second grade, under Miss Bou-i
chelle's direction, presented a frocd!
program and won the pa vents* at-i
tendance prize, which this year i a
beautiful flag, loaned by the American
Legion.
THE WEATHER
Weather report for week ending;
October 18, 19.80, as compiled by thej
Co-operative Station, Appalachian;
State College. .1. T. C. Wright, obser-'
jverz !
Average maximum temperature,1
ill degreesAverage
minimum temperature, 481
degrees.
Average temperature, v; degrees. ;
Average daily range in tempera-j
lure, 17 degrees.
Greatest daily range in tempo i
ture, 30 degrees; date P3th.
Average temperatures at G p. in T
(time of observation) 58 degrees.
Highest temperature- reached. G.S \
degrees, date 13th.
Lowest temperature reached, 33'
degrees; date 18th
Number inches of rainfall, 0.50.
Number >f days with 0.01 inch or;
more rainfall, 4Nuinh'T
of clear days, Z.
Number of cloudy days. 2.
Number of or.rtly cloudy days. 2. j
Piredion of prevailing \vi71d. XW.;
riipf and selfish organization "in v61-1
ilics for the spoils that fall in the,
frame/* He went'back to the epochal*
Madison Square Garden convention,'
and reviewed the drawn-out fight1
between the "Jefferssonian Demo-i
crats" and the "Tammany wing'';
Paying his respects to the Demo-J
cratic national chairman, Mr. Pritch- f
ai d stated that "Uncle John Jacob j
Raskob's burning desire is to destroy
the prohibition laws of the land.!
They are going to make liquor the!
issue 111 the 1932 campaign. No
greater calamity could befall our n.n-j
tion and State than to bring back'
the barroom to ruin our men. It is'
a terrible conspiracy that this ele-:
meat is planning to try to Undermine,
the Eighteenth Amandin -'U and re-|
peal the prohibition law-"
"In closing. Mr. Pritchard said: "If:
you elect mo to the United otatesj
Senate on .November 4th. I shall at;
all times vote to uphold the 18thj
Amendment and the nrohibition laws!
of the State of North Carolina." \
The address was featured by nu-j
ineious witticisms, and each point j
scored was given hearty applause, j
Best Interests of Northw
^ROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOI5E1
EARLY MORNINGBLAZE
DESTROYS
HANDSOME HOME
Dr. Fred Hodges Residence on Blow
ing Rock Road Totally Deshoyec
Monday Morning. Blaze Beliovec
to Have Started from Defective
Wires- Loss May Roach $13,000
Partially Covered by Insurance.
The line new homo of Dr. anc
Mrs- Fred H. Hodges, a licick struc
Mire of beautiful design located or
Blowing Rock Road, v.as totally destroyed
by lire early Monday mcrn
ing. a lone bedstead beir.g the onij
article retrieved from the flames
I he aiarm was turned in by some
truckmen, going out with product
for the markets, but the building!
was so throughly aflame that all el
forts to have saved it would have
been futile. The loss is estimated a:
around $13,000, which is uartialiy
covered by insurance.
The cause of the fire has not bder
definitely determined, although Dr.
Hodges is of the opinio?! that it must
have resulted from some defect it
the electric wiring- The house had
been constructed for only about tw:
vears. war ..me of the city's most
modern, and 110 other means of :ti
becoming ignited has been advanced.
Mrs. Hodges was visiting relatives in
Winston Salem and h"?- husband was
in town -al li'n timn TUa..a 1...:
?- .v uitiu . i n>:: r uuu net;.*:
no fire in the home for about twenty
houvsThe
brick walks of the home arc
standing, but would be unfit for further
use. The home was elegantly
furnished throughout and the net
loss, after all insurance claims have
been paid, is thought to he ir. the
neighborhood of $5,000. So far a*
is known. Dr. Hodges has not yei
made any definite plans as to rebuilding.
Commissioner Dorsett
Holds Hearings Here
Industrial Commissioner J. Dewey
Dorsett, while on a trip to Western
North Carolina hearing workmen**
compensation eases, will hold a hearing
in the ease r.f Garfield Guy vs.
Whiting Lumber Cdmpany, in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Couvt at Boone this (Wednesday*
afternoon.
commissioner iiofsef.1 wit! take
the matter of assessing a penalty
against Whiting Lumber Company
for failure to comply with the provisions
of the workmen's compensa
tion act by not taking out insurance
for its.employeesMi-.
and Mrs. Joe Winkler re
turned Saturday after having spent
several days in Raleigh where tliey
attended the State Fail. On their return
they were accompanies by their
daughter, Mrs. rh i.e-sf Moore, am!
Mr. Moore, who visited pver Sunday
With them here:y&M
: ; .
Dis and Dat
FRUITS AND FLOWERS SURVIVE
FROSTS AT VA1.LE CRUCiS.
.Mrs. 'i;o. X. Mas-., of Yallc Cruris,
directed Kev klmlnear ,tWnrd ih?
Democrat office last Thursday wbt-ri
- ho sere the Editor r. box Tilled with
deiicato I'ahlias ih varied hoes, and
'Most the ;i7.v of walnuts. sweet a.<
honey, Ana posseting a flavor such
;as fiifly-' the .soil oC the Yahe -Crucis
eouatry can instill into ripening fruit
The advantages, of living in the be:>utijfig
Valley close by the "beautiful
liver" were revealed in the fact thai
the flowers and berries sent by Mrs.
Mast had survived in an open garden
lono after other pavts of the
county had been blighted by the
early frosts.
The kindness of the lady is much
appreciated, arid serves as a convincing
advertisement of the wonderful
climate enjoyed by the citizens of her
good community.
FRANK MOORE FIRST
PRESIDENT BOONE CLUB
week's issue of The Democrat
.'lated," in an irticle relative to the
appointment of two Boone men as
State officers of Civitan. tliat George
K Moose was the ".first president ot
Boone Civihtn Club, and through his
.-plendid work during that period
had established the organization permanently
in the city. The writer was
in error, and gladly retracts the
statement. Realizing that the first
year (or hundred years, for that matter)
is the havdesti, great credit is
due the maii v, \o c*s.rrie? the* Kurder
of organization, and we find that, tht
iiihii in qupsr.ion was .J. PTanK ittoorc
rather than Dr. Moose, and that tc
him jro the laurels.
A member of the Boone club stat
cd Saturday that Frank Moore's work
during: his presidency is undoubtedly
responsible, for the strong hold thai
Civitan has taken in Boone With in
terest lagging amongst the - ember
ship, Mr. Moore went front business
house to business house during thai
year, urging members to rally
renew thc-ir connections with the or
ganizntion. He literally "beat th*
biush," it is said, for suitable mem
ben-, and at the end of his term ir
office he had won his point, and th<
clrb was on a sound footingDr.
Moose succeeded Mr. Moore
then came Mr. G. P. Hagaman, anr
then -Itusscll G.Hodge^; all of whronr
have carried on the work in efficient
manner- Today the active member
ship is perhaps larger than at any
other lime, and the good works o1
Civitar. in Boone and Watauga Coun
ty have increased with the passing
years..
est North Carolina
i 23. 1930
i X I 1 11 rv
l-i-v. .f. v^ampoeu ones
After Long Illness
Mr. A. J. Campbell, 62 years old.
1 well known resident of Mabel; tiled |
I at Lis home there or. the 13th. after
a long illness from an incurable malady.
Funeral services were conductj
ed from Ur-ion Church by his pastor;
j, Rev- U. C. Eggers. and burial was
* iw the nearby cemetery.
5 4iJackv Campbell was a native "f
* Watauga County and bad spent practically
his eat ire life here, lie was
well known all through this section
* of North Carolina as being the first
man to introduce moving pictures in
1 the early days, when the industry was
a mere infant. '"CantpbeU's Wonderland
Sh'-.v" brought delight to the
' people of ihe hill country and those
who hadn't known Jack Campbell pre
viousiy learned to ipyc him luring
' his extensive travels with the projectt
i o\r machine. He was a photographer
- by trade and followed up that pro
ion after Vie relinquished the inov
it business. Jack was a genuinely
good fellow and citizen, big-hearted
and well loved, and his death brings
1 sadness.
Surviving are a widow and the following
children: Will. Spencer. Dick,
1 Mack and Peart, all of whom are val!
liable citizens of their native county.
Saturday Last Day
To Register Voters
Next Saturday is the last chance j
i to register for participation in the1
1 general election of November 1. Mr.}
'I A. L>. Wilson, registrar for Boone
'j Township, will have the hooks open
I here as will the registrars in each
j precinct in the county- Those entitled
to vote here, but who have not done)
| so previously, must register, arid in
'j case you move from one township |
into another you win have to see thej
registrar and get a transfer.
Much interest is being shown lo-j
rally in the present contest and veg- j
istrations have been rather brisk..
Doubtless, however, there arc some
few in both political parties who have
failed to get their names on the book.
Remember, if you are not registered
by Saturday sunset, you will be denied
the privilege of voting in the
1 election.
' Baby Boy Is Fatally
Burned in Molasses
, . JUS Ir;;-?? ,
Dean, lis-monihs^vli! .-or. of?Mir J
and Mrs. Willaid lYcsne.ll of Vilas,
passed away at the Grace Hospital, j
Banner Eik, on Sunday, from the ef-j
, fects of burns received when he fo! |
into a mit-ss of boiling molasses on the j
previous Wednesday night. Thf Don-'
ccrat is unable to get details further j
than thai the baby hoy was present
- when the syrup was being made, and
in some way or another, happened to J
fall into a luhfnl of the .sft-anrwr!
I'luidt He was rushed to the hospital!
ion.ne'h-Uely litit -Vft^^urns were of
such chaiacter that medical aui could
not restore him.
:
: In Watauga I
1
.'3S.107.es WORTH OF PRCTJUCE
i BOUGH V BY FLFAVELLF.N
Iri V'V !.. ; .-11 vumniiwioii intj.!
'Vniv l.'.ikcr <;.i' O.arlocU-. wh.i suoiuj
'iaovtaai v.cok-ri m Boone .Imyh-.K tfcej
i urc.kiiff. is ?vt uniauga larms, left ;i,or
h?s home last Friday, after ha,yim?
j compU-Jeil a very favorable season,
1 During his stay he bought beans,
j#Jcabbagc and potatoes to amount j|
'< of $S, 107.85. and expressed satisfae
lion at the quality he had found in]
Watauga
Mr. Flewellen made many friends,
here who Will look for ward with!
pleasure to his 'eti:vi; next season, 1
1 It i>; stated that prices paid by hirh i
were fair, and that, had he not been
j in the market, many dollais worth i
of beans and cabbage would have
" one i" waste ??n farms in the eoun-j
ty- It is understood that Mr. Flew-.jellen
is interested in building a|
| brand or. Watauga produce^ which isi
; recognized by many d'nvn-s?nter^&:
: the ver\* best the markets, afford : i
! ;
t THIRTEEN HUNDRED ARE
NOW STUDENTS IN BOONE.
Thirteen Hundred and one nieiv.l
;; w omen and children are now er.veiled:
{ in the college and secondary schools i
jj of Boone, according to late officioF
tabulations. Of these ?>5l are eri-j
tered ir. the State Teachers College, j
: 285 in the high school, and 862 in!
the demonstration or graded schools
By the first of the year, according,
to low estimates, from 75 to 100 will!
: have been added to the. college body .
55 jLD.e; Tijrnros presented show the
-I students outnumber the total popu-l
!j lation of the town by about eight
)' souls- 3oonc is now firmly established;
as the educational hub of Western
i North Carolina. \
RECORD SQUASH GROWN BY
GEORGE HAYES.
Mr. George Hayes, who resides one
; mile southwest of the city, has fur-]
t nished The Democrat with a speci'
men of <=omp sort of squash, whichj
- has attained the unusual proportions
;j.of four feet and eleven inches in
-1 length- The giant vegetable is from
ij thrfee inches in diameter at the stem
!| end to five Inches at the largest
I point and was grown frm seed se.
cured in Pennsylvania. The seedsi
men are offering a cash prize for the
largest specimen grown, provided sn
tjacceotabie name for liie freak isfur-.
-| nished therewith. Mr Hayes can like~i
ly substantiate his claim as to the
f largest vegetable produced, and it
- remains to be seen as to his success
J, in naming the curiosity of the vegetable
world.
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$1.50 PER YEAR
f. e. CLINIC COMES
TjCLOSEIN THE
MIMTV CiriWiAI o
! i JU111 I dUlUULd
; t.
I One "Hundred and Eleven Children
| React to Skin lest- Watauga Has
Very Low Rate. Clinic Sponsored
I by Civitan Clubs of Boone and
Biov/ing Rock X-Ray Picture*
j Made of Infected Children.
The Tuberculosis Cbnic for the
school children r.J Watauga, conducted
by the Extension Department of
State Sanatorium and fostered by
the Civitan clubs of Boone and Blowing
Roc!:, came a Monday.
October 20. when 111 children who
hf/? reacted to the skin test, came
lrom practically every school m the
county and wore X-rayed at the Wata
iga Hospital by DrJ Thornton of
j the sanatorium Staff.; wfi? has been
in this county giving the tuberculin
; kin test for the past five weeks. He
'was assisted by Doctors Morgan and
Austen, also of the .sanatorium staff,
men especial!\ equipped to do expert
X-ray workTwo
photographs of each child's
chest were made. Those will be sent
to the sanatorium to be examined and
reported on by Dr. McCain, supor!
intenricrit of the State Sanatorium,
I and tuberculosis (expert. These findings
will be reported to the parents
i of the children.
! One hundred and iwentv-two children
reacted to the xkir. test and 111
took a physical and X-ray examina
tion. I'rfG clinic has disclosed the fact
that Watauga County has a very low
per cent, of tuberculosis among its
school children, as coih pared with
other parts of the State. The pronioters
:of the work appreciate the
fact that everv teacher of the 130
in Watauga schools, with the hare; exception
of perhaps one 01 two. cooperated
to the limit ir. making this
survey a complete sueccess.
The public is especially indebted
to I)r- Perry for the use of his hospital,
and to he and Dr. Hagaman
for the use of their X-ray; to Mrs.
Harris, a trained nurse; Miss Catherine
Moore, a nurse in training;
Mis. I. G- Greer and Miss Rath Iloneycutt,
who each donated a streni
ous day's work on hospital duty, and
to the Worth While Club of Boon >
who so generously donated and served
a delicious sfindwich and hot choco
late lunch te no less than sixty of
the children attending the clinic, and
a full plate lunch with hot coffee to
"fiftnv;nis -.hi? 1?i
doctors and nurses.
In addition to the gt cat number
of children tested, a number of adults
were given the benefit ?>f this
j clinic. This is considered a f,H? be;
fe?\ .dc-ubtbiss thV- bhmpldte;
eradication of the white plague from
Watauga County. ,
Mvs. Councill Boyden
Is Victim of Suicide
M:s. Council) XV lioydon, wife of *.
lir.i lioydt-n of China lli-ove, banged
herself in the bathroom of the Boyhon
homo Sunday midnight and her
bod.v wiii diso.'.vc.i'r! soon afterwards
by her-. hoshaml. She used a bav'i\VJikh
sl)fc hung over a
sinpto on the c.viii-ib of the room.
A iiot-j.addressed to her mother was
found. which renff-' "Dear mother, I
halo 10 do this, hut there is no other
way " It in understood Mrs. Boyden
had -anne time aero made two attempts
at /suicide, oho .by taking poison and '
one by MHudhg. bfflt was saved in
bo'.h cases, SS
The Bcydeie- had t>ecn married for Wmm
several years. Before marriage Mrs.
iJoViieVi Was MiSS Sadio McCli rrt- r?f
Gredhsboro. where her mother now
reside?- The in eagre report of the
tragedy did not rev.ea! the cause of.
IP'. Boyden is a native of Boone,
where be spent his oovly life, and is
a brother of Donald J. Boyden of
Blowing Rock. The con pie have visited
with t -laiive?; >n the county sev;'ora*i
times during the pjSfet tew vears
apd Mrs. hoyden baa cultivated a
numiv^r .of ac'qila i ill a r e es in this|-x|
cit.v- .v :35&i??
Doughton Will Speak
At Bethel on Tuesday
? ? ?
Ion. Kr swoughion, vete.au
Eighth-"' Dis'.rict Congressman ami
c:lPtifdnti for ir-ciiction on the Democratic
ticket, will deliver a campaign
>vf -'i ii at Bvthe! SihOol House
Ian the Heaver Dara section Tuesday
r.jtolmMi!., Oitot'or 2S. at 2.30 o'rioCKii
A large ewva is expected to
com. nut and hear "tjBmur Bob" - ' - n;'o;
discuss the r sues of the vampaign.a|f5 ^ . .1
BLIZZARDS STRIKE THE WEST;
SIX PERSONS BELIEVED DEAD
I Kansas City. ? Su|ij>iiiK eastward
from the Rockies, winter's vanguard
brought football weather to many
far-flung gridirons as furnaces were
!-stoked for the first time and vegetation
wilted before Jack Frost's steadyI
march
Tragedy also lay along its frigid
1 path Severe weather was believed
i to have claimed at least six lives,
; the first fatalities accounted against
I the winter of 1030.
A blizzaid marooned seven men in
i an automobile, in the outskirts of
I Itecrina. Bask. Five of
| believed by police to have frozen in
j the storm. Almost two feet of snow
I in the vicinity choked highways and
stranded four other men in motor
ears.
j Benedict Ummoefer, of Great
I Falls, died in a Montana snow storm
jhoriie on a blizzard which left the
' countryside shivering with tempera- '&3S3j
tures of seven degrees above zeroThe
State of Washington had snow
and rain and northern Idaho reported
light' snow in the lowlands and
three feet in the mountains.