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VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 29
MRS. RUTHERFORD
APPEARS IN PIANO
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CONCERT, ATLANTA
pcrsncr Bo**-- Worrs=.= Thrills Enthusiastic
Audience at Music Club in
{Georgia City. Lillian Rogers Gilbreath
Assists Local Artist in TwoPiano
Recital. Newspaper Critic
Gives Favorable Notice.
Ru'.h Rankin Rutherford, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Rankin of
Boone, nationally known for her work
as a concert pianist, drew high praise
from Atlanta. Ga.. critics when she
recently appeared with Lillian Rogers
Gilbreath in a two-piano ensem1.1.
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of the Georgia city. Mabelle S. Wall,
writing in the Atlanta Journal, says
the following about the concert:
"The debut of the two-piano reeitalists,
Ruth Rankin Rutherford and|
Lillian Rogers Gilbreath, drew a|
large, representative and enthusiastic!
audience Wednesday to the Atlanta
Woman's Club to hear the first and
only piano ensemble program to be
presented before the Atlanta Music
Club this season.
The field for this type of playing
is fallow and practically unfurrowed
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this excellent two-piano team giving
promise of development into an ensemble
thai will mean much to Atlanta
and its environs, was demonstrated
at the close of the program
Wednesday morning when the pianIists
were brought back by an enthusiastic
encore.
Two classical numbers, "Sicilienne,"
by Bach, and "Menuet," by Mozart.
favorably introduced the artists
to their audience. Then followed the
work in large form. Brahm's Sonata
in F Minor Opus 34, which was originally
for two pianos and later
changed to a piano quintet. This was
the first hearing of the work hv this
reviewer and most likely by the audience,
and a work of this type would
require a second henring to justly
estimate it. It appears to he. on first
hearing, a somewhat ungrateful work
with the exception of the "Scherze"
and the "innle." In these two movements
the pianists achieved their
highe r success. The boisterous hu-!
mor of Brahms was portrayed with!
rythmic verve and adequate under-;
islanding uy tne two artists who united
in astonishingly good team work
by an ensemble so recently formed.
There was refined shading, flexible
phrasing and taste in their interpretation
of the entire program and in
many instances fine bravura.
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that these pianists achieved the hifz*
light of_the_ morning, ".En. Bateau.'.',
by Debussy; 'Serenade," by De Paz,
and "Espann," which was built on
the tango dunce rytlim and other
Spanish rythms and was rightfully
the climax of the program. In the
last group these artists united in a
picturizalion in tone and character
of the music typical of this couutry?
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COLLEGE SPONSORS ;
FARMING CONTEST
Banner Elk School Offers Three j
Prizes for Best Essays on "Thej
Western North Carolina Organized
Farm Movement." Papers Must Be
Turned in hy March 1. Rules of
Competition.
For the three best essays on the
subject, "The Western North Carolina
Organized Farm Movement." the
Department of Mountain Farming at
Lees-McRae College is offering three
prizes in the form of $50, $25.00
and $10.00 scholarships to Lees-McRae
for the school year 1932-33, it
teas announced from Banner Elk last
Friday.
-Judges of the contest will be, Edgar
Tufts, president of the school;
Bruce Webb, director of promotion,]
and H. Av Osborne, chairman of thej
regional council. The competition is
open to boys and girls of Western
North Carolina, and the essays are
to be sent to the Department of
Mountain Farming, Lees-McRac College,
Banner Elk, N. (!., before March
1st, 1932. Complete rules of the essay
contest follow:
1. Any high school senior or high
schcl graduate under 21 years of
ige is eligible to enter this contest.
2. Contestant must reside in one
of the counties included in the W.
N. C. area. Organized farm movement.
3. Essays must not exceed 2,000
words ir. length.
4. Essays must be submitted before
March 1, 1932.
5. Contestants may interview the
COTintV nCPTltJl. atrpipnlftiral ga-rc
and others in an effort to gather
necessary information.
MOUNTAINEERS PLAY TOO
UAwita nest iHia WuK
Appalachian State Teachers will
play Western N. C. Teachers College
here on Thursday night and Wingate
on Friday night. Each game will be
called at 8:00 p. m. The bleachers
came in last night and today workers
are busy putting them up in the gymnasium
so that from r.ow on all who
attend the games can get a comfortable
seat.
The college authorities have also
decided to reduce the price of admission
to 20c and 35c. This is not done
because of decreased costs of bringing
teams here, but is done so that
everybody may attend the games.
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I May Open on Monday
I If rnevp is HA in noiTAHti.
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tions now under way, the Bank of I
Blowing1 Rock is expected to he J
open to the public for the transaction
of its usual business next Monday.
Information is that details
of plans for the reopening of the
institution, drafted by officials,
have been lain before the State
Commissioner of Banks, and that
permission has been granted for
the opening, when these plans are
fully worked out.
It is believed that the intricacies
incident to a resumption of
business may be solved and that
business will be transacted next
week as usual.
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ONE PER CENT TO
BE ADDED TO TAX
AFTER THE FIRST
Sheriff Farthing State* Penalty Must '
Come According to State Law. Dis- .
count During Fall Month* Brought
Small Return*. Official Reports
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Owners Lead in Payments.
One per cent, will be added to all
county tax receipts after the first
of February, according to an announcement
made Tuesday by Sheriff
L. M. Farthing, and the same amount
will be added to the assessments, at
he beginning of each month until final
settlement is made.
The Sheriff explains that this ac- 4
tion is taken pursuant to the State
law governing the payment of taxes, i
and that local authorities are without
power to release taxpayers from i
the payment of the penalty. During j
the late summer and fall months, (lis- ;
counts were allowed or. 1931 taxes, i
ranging from 2 1-2 per cent, down
to one-half of one per cent., but Sher- ;
iff Farthing noted no appreciable i
lie states that while collecions are \
fair, considering depressed business, ,
thut far fewer tax receipts are being ]
taken from the books than a year |
ago. Small taxpayers are reported as <
having responded more freely to previous
calls, than the owners of extended
properties.
Basket Ball Squads
Face Hard Schedules
Tfcc Mountaineers of Appalachian ,
State Teachers College, beginning j
the toughest bnsket ball schedule of ,
their history, have already annexed ,
three games, and are making a strong
bid for the Little Six championship
of North Carolina. Union College of ]
Kentucky, Catawba and Mountain
Park are the teams teems that have .
fallen before Appalachia since the j
season began. Other games on the
schedule are as follows:
January 19, East Tennessee State, ,
there.
January 21, Cullowhee, here.
January 23, Wingate, here.
January 28, Guilford, here.
January 30, Lenoir-Rhyne, here.
February C, High Pcint, there.
February 9, Catawba, here.
February 10, Atlantic College here.
Feb. 10, Atlantic College, here.
February 18, High Point, there.
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February 24, Campbell, here.
February 29, Guilford, there.
The girls at State College are also
hitting a lively pace. Their first two
games, with Bembeig and Cullowhee,
resulted in victory for the locals, but
they still face a world of hard scraps
ion their schedule, which follows:
January 23. East Tennessee, there.
January 30, Miiligan, here.
February 6, Lenoir-Rhyne, here.
| February 9, Wingate, ihere.
i February 15, Cullowhee, here.
j February 20, Lenoir-Rhyne, there.
| February 24, Wingate, here,
j Milligan, there (date undecided).
| Personality Conference
I To Be Held March 4-5
Banner Elk.?The executive committee
of the Personality Conference
is extending its scope this year to
include eighteen high schools to whom
invitations have been sent for the
third Personality Conference, to be
held at Lees-McRae College on March
4th and 5th. The following schools
have been asked to participate: Tiptor.
Hill, Crossnore, Bumsville, Newland,
Bakersvillc, Micaville, Cranberry,
Banner Elk, Cloudland, Spruce
Pine, Cove Creek. Boone, Blowing
Rock, West Jefferson, Jefferson,
Deyton Bend, Bethel Junior High,
and Lansing.
Delegates are to be voted for by
each school, subject to endorsement
by the faculty, and on the following
basis: four from the senior high
school class, three from the junior
CiaSS, two supiiumuics ami one ficabman.
The speakers are to be Dr. A.
Monroe Stowe, professor of Education,
Randolph Macon College, and
| victor ai. lJavis, University of Tennessee,
with a third speaker to be
! announced.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Don Calloway
of the Shulls Mills section on
January 7th, a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winebarger
of the Meat Camp section announce
: the arrival of a son on Tuesday,
January 19th.
rwspaper, Devoted to the
, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA
LOCAL LEGION POST
WANTS IMMEDIATE
AID FOR VETERANS
Resolution to be Dratted Asking N. C.
Representatives in Congress to Support
Measures for Compenmat:on
Payment. Large Crowd in Attendance
Friday Night. Professor V. C.
Howell Delivers Address.
Watauga Post of the American Legion
met in special session Friday
night, January 15th, with a large
crowd of ex-service men present. The
treat of the session was a speech by
Professor V. C. Howell of the State
Teachers College. Mr. Howell, in his
usual direct manner, laid special emphasis
on the necessity of unity
among ex-service men. Unity is just
as necessary in our fight for rightand
justice, Americanism, the upbuilding
of our citizenship and the
enforcement of our laws as it were
in t'tip frniit lino tr onr-Tiro 4-V>o
vuar t V. a unoolrav cowl
After reading communications from
other posts in regard to the ex-service
men's adjusted compensation, a lively
discussion was entered into. It Was
pointed out by some of the members
that the United States is the richest
countrv in the world, now controling
more than hall of all the gold, it was
also pointed out that due to the fact
that the Government is appropriating
money to send to foreign nations,
to aid railroads, banks, big business
corporations, etc.. that it is only right
and just for Unclo Sam to pay his.
obligations in full to the ex-service
men. After every ex-soldier is paid
in full, the Government will not owe
or.e dollar more than at nresent, it
was stated.
The sentiment of the meeting was
that if money can he borrowed to help
big business it can also be borrowed
from the same source to help the
men who offered their lives for the
"protection of big business.*' There
Was a committee appointed to draw
up resolutions and forward them to
North Carolina representatives in
Congress requesting them to use their
influence in securing the passage of
* bill whereby each ex-soldier would
receive his pay in full at once.
The necessity of a night policeman
for Boone was also discussed and
upon recommendation of some of the
iuuiiucis ik Vkkkc. kkklkUH uuuci .kaw.iu
mer.t until the next regular mt 5ting
of the post, which will be held Friday
night, February 5th. Legionaires are
urged to attend this meeting. Sevsral
new members were enrolled at
the last session.?Reported.
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Mrs. Granville Norris
Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Mary Adeline Norris, wife of
Granville Norris, died at her home
Route 1, January 8th, after an
illness of more than a year's duration
with cancer. Funeral services
were conducted by her former pastor,
Rev. Levi Greene, and burial took
place at the Norris graveyard nearly.
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Mrs. Norris was 72 years old,
and had spent her entire lif^ in Watauga.
She was a member of the
Baptist Church, took a great interest
in its affairs, and was known in her
community as a consecrated Christian
lady.
Surviving are the husband and the
following: children: Mrs. Amos Stan
berry, Mrs. Frank Carroll and Mrs.
Charles Taylor, all of Route 1; Mrs.
W. W. Miller of Boone, and Messrs.
Clay Norris of Deep Gap, Fess and
Eugene Norris, of Bentonville, Ark.
Twenty-four grandchildren and 1
great-grandchild also suivive.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS RECOVERS
?ROM AUTOMOBILE INJURIES
Atlanta, Ga.?Josephus Daniels,
Raleigh editor, was reported Tuesday
by his physicians to be improving satisfactorily
at a hospital here where
he is a patient.
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suffered a fractured wrist, and painful
lacerations in an automobile cacident
here Wednesday of last week.
PHIL11' BENTLEY
BURIED THURSDAY
A,ed Resident of Laurel Creek Dies
From Pneumonia. Wat 82 Yeart of
Age. Funeral Servicer al Bruthy
Fork. Widow Survives.
Philip Bentley, 82, of the Laurel
Creek section, died at the home of
his son, Jeff Bentley, on Wednesday
of last week, following an lilness of
several days with pneumonia. Funeral
services Were conducted Thursday at
1 o'clock p. m. from ti_e Brushy Fork
Baptist Church, his pastor, Rev. W.
D. Ashley, assisted by Revs. Roe
Payne and E. C. Hodges, being in
charge of the rites. Burial took
place in the Adams cemetery.
Surviving are the aged widow and
several sons and daughters, all of
whom were at the bedside when the
end came.
Mr. Bentley was bom and reared
in Watauga county, a son oi the
late Moses Bentlev. For manv vears
following the close of the Civil War
he was a teamster in the employ of
the late Benjamin Conncill ot \ ilas.
For the past several years he had
made his home near Banner's Siding;,
where he engaged in farming. While
Philip Pcntley had lived a life of simplicity.
divorced from the worries
that high position brings to man, perhapc
no more honorable citizen could
have been found within the borders
of Watauga. He possessed a kindly
smile, a generous heart, and those
who had the privilege of touching
his lowly garments on life's highway
will reverently mourn his departure.
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Best Interests of Northwe
iROLtNA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2
Serpent Enters !
Mrs. Granville Fortcscuc and her
H. Massie, U. S. Navy, arc two of
Honolulu Mrs. Fortescue, who is a r
her son-in-law, Lieut. Massic, togethc
man, are held for the slaying of Joscj
natives charged with a serious crime
disagreed, Kawahawai's body was fou
and Lieut. Massie were riding.
To Place Tablet at
Wade Harris Bridge
A dispatch from Charlotte yesterday
states that the North Carolina
Stale Highway Commission will
erect a large granite boulder at !
xhe Wade Harris Bridge in Wilkes
County and place 011 it a bronze
^tablet with an inscription dealing
Twith the work and accomplishments
of the editor of The Charlotte Observer.
The bridge, named in honor of
veteran Charlotte journalist, is
jpne of the highest highway bridges
pit the State. It is on the new highway,
Route 60, between North
cWiikesboro and Boone. Arrangements
will be made for a formal
unveiling ceremony when the tablet
has been completed.
WINBORNE NAMED
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CAROLINA STORES
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Board of Director* of Grocery Chain
Kcqvesu Petition ror Temporary
Rec?ivor*hip. Court Appoints Win-boniOAiUoo
ToktB Solely for the
rurpeir of Protecting Stockholder*
and Creditors.
Carolina Stores, Incorporated, with
home offices in Lenoir, and operating
a chain of about forty grocery cstab-i
lishments in this State, has passed
into the hands of a temporary receiver,
according to information
reaching Boone yesterday. Mr. R. M.
Winborne. who has been connected
with the institution in the capacity
of general manager, has been named
as receiver, ar.d it is pointed out that
this action was taken after the board
of directors had advanced the temporary
receivreship as the "best available
solution of present difficulties."
In a letter addressed to the Landlords
of the Carolina Stores, it was
stated that the sole idea of the receivership
is to best protect the interests
of aU creditors and stockholders
and at the same time maintain
the organization as a going concern,
with all the efforts of the receiver
directed toward the permanent improvement
of the company and it?
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Carolina Stores was incorporated in i
the year 11)24. and during the >oars
of its existence has enjoyed a lucrative
business. Two stores are operated
in Boone and one in Blowing
Rock, and it. is understood that a
number of Wataugans are shareholders
in the concern
MR. TUFTS IS SPEAKER AT
WALTON LEAGUE MEETING
Banner Elk.?Edgar H. Tufts,
| president of Lees-McRae College, was
) principal speaker at the quarterly
meeting of the Asheville Chapter of
the Izaak Walton League at Asheville
last week. Mr. Tufts spoke enthusiastically
of Western North Carolina
as an ideal fishing and hunting
ground that would more and more
prove an attraction to visitors. He
also described the work of the Wild
Bird Farm which the college has been
operating in co-operation with the
More Game Birds in America Foundation.
The college has set aside 700
acres for the propagation of ruffed
grouse which it has raised very successful!
the past year as well as 200
quail, 150 pheasants and 100 mallara
ducks.
JUSTICE'S COURT
The following judgments have been
handed down by Justice of the Peace
Edwin N. Hahn within the past few
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faun oiiuin, violation sanitary law ;
judgment suspended on condition that
defendant place his premises in sanitary
condition in five days.
J. H. Brown, worthless check, not
guilty.
J. D. Phillips, worthless check,
judgment suspended on payment ol
check and cost.
Willie Jackson, forgery, probable
cause, committed to jail in default
of $300 bond.
Stanly Ward, breaking and enter:
ing; not guilty.
; W. P. Bobbins Jr., worthless check
' judgment suspended on payment oi
j check and cost.
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sst North Carolina
1, 1932
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sland Paradise
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^?Bljggi^^ggggg
if 1! tell
daughter, the wife ot Lieut. l homas
the central figures in a murder in
liecc of Alexander Graham Bell, and
:r with Alexander Jones, an enlisted
>h Kawahawai, one of five Hawaiian
against Mrs. Massie After the jury
ind in a car in which Mrs. Fortescue
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SOUNDED DURING
BANKERS MEETING
Stockholders of Watauga Bunk Gather
in Annual Session, and Board
of Directors Elected. Baxter Lunney
Resigns When Residence Is
Moved and John F. Hardin Declined
to Serve Further.
A large group of stockholders of
the Watauga County Bank met in annual
session at the bank building or.
Tuesday, and a board of directors
for the ensuing year was named, con
sisting of the following: B. B. Dougherty,
L. A. Greene, S. E. Gragg, J.
II. Mast, G. P. Hagainan, W. F. Winkler
and James H. Councill.
Baxter M. Linney, former member
of the board, tendered his resignation
last fall when he moved to Lenoir,
and John F. Hardin, of Boone,
declined further service on account
01 his advanced ag?_- add consequently
impaired health.
Those attending the meeting included:
D. F. Hoi ton, J. M. May, W.
W. Mast, J. H. Mast, E. G. Finlcy,
B. J. Councill, Mrs. T. P. Adams, Miss
Edna Bingham, L. A. Greene, J. H.
Cuuiicin, E, W. 1*5 U lev E, J villi V/.
Hodges, James B. Mast, C. C. Osborne,
W. H. Gragg, B. B. Dougherty;
' * Glitch^*; S. E. Gragg.
The stockholders were ascribed as
being in a distinctly optimistic vein
concerning the return of normal business
conditions, and while admitting
10.31 an extremely hard year in all
lines, coincided with national business
leaders in their opinion that the
worst of the depression has passed
and that a gradual improvement
should b. confidently expected during
tuc pi'caciit y6?i". Tisi
san relief bills now being passed by
Congress, it was pointed out, give
promise of starting business on the
upgrade throughout the nation.
Charles G. Dawes has been named
chief of the two billion-dollar recon
struction agency am! indications are
that Ex-Governor MacLcnn of North
Carolina will he one of the directors.
Through this measure Federal credit
will be extended to corporations an.l
banks to such an extent that a return
to fiscal normalcy should be
greatly facilitated.
REV. AND MRS. ISBELL
RETURN FROM FLORIDA
Rev. and Mrs. rv. L.'lsbell returned
from points in Florida on Wednesday,
reporting the weather in the ' land
of sunshine" as being very pleasant"We
had frosts there Sunduy before
we left," he said. They visited relatives
and friends at Iligh Springs.
Alachua an-1 St. Pctcrcbur*". Lenoir
News-Topic.
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY JUNIOR ORDER
Clyde R. Greene Named Councilor at
Meeting Monday Night. Plank Discussed
for Observance of George
Washington Bicentennial.
At a large and enthusiastic meeting
of Daniel Boone Council, Jr. O.
U. A. M. held in Junior Hall Monday
night, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term:
Hill Hagman Jr., past councilor;
Clyde R. Greene, councilor; Linney
Walker, vice-councilor; Howard Mast,
financial secretary; W. O. Robertson,
corresponding secretary; A. W\
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?vttf - bicaouici , n in IWl^ailiail, A.
L. Clay and Mack Luttrell, trustees.
An announcement which should be
of much interest to all former members
was made at this meeting. At
the last gathering of the national
board of officers it was agreed to
allow suspended members to reinstate
for the vcy small fee of $1.50,
IftgltlltlUK jaiiunijr 131. 11113 spinal
dispensation will soon expire, so all
suspended members should act al
once looking to reinstatement.
Plans were discussed for holding
a public celebration in connectior
with the George Washington Bicen
tennial Celebration early in thi
spring, and a committee, composec
of W. O. Robertson, Hill Hagamai
and JBynum Greene, was appointee
to secure materials, look into th<
matter in a general Way and repor
at the meeting February 1st. The;
were also instructed to ascertaii
. whether or not other organization
" of the town are considering a cele
bration of this kind.
$1.50 PER YEAR
1VITAN CLUB WELL
PONSOR FARMERS
INSTITUTE IN FEB.
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9 -i:nittcc Appointed at i hursday
ient Meeting to Arrange for
Ig athcring. Will Stress Western
1 Carolina 5-10-Ycar Plan.
Institutes of Two Previous Years
Drew Enthusiastic Crowds.
Definite decision was made at a
meeting of the Boone Civitan Club
held Thursday night at the Critcher
Hotel, to again stage a farmers in*
stitute in Boone, and Thursday, February
18th, was set as the date. A
large number of Civitans were pres?t
a 11 ?:n ?. i _ / ii- ..
en. ivftcuuct ?> itu pcwiai ui bliC luuuty's
leading farmers, and sentiment
proved to be unanimously in favor
of again giving the agrarians of this
section an opportunity to study advanced
methods of farming and stock
raising.
A committee was appointed, composed
of Smith Hagaman, \V. H. Walker,
Russeli Hodges. Tracy Councill,
G. P. Hagaman and G. K. Moose, to
arrange preliminary plans for the
event. If it is found to be necessary,
the institute may be turned into a
two-day session, but until the program
has been formulated, no announcement
will be forthcoming.
One of the important things to be
stressed at the institute is the Western
Carolina 5-10-year plan, which
has been so widely discussed for the
past several weeks. The Democrat
will from time to time carry information
on this plan.
Watauga's first farmers institute
was held in 1930, and several hundred
farmers and farm women assembled
for its sessions. The number
of attendants increased in 1931, and.
despite the low levels to which farm
products have sunk, it is believed
that the 1032 meeting will draw unprecedented
crowds. The North Carolina
Department of Agriculture last
year sent several experts in the various
branches of farming, and the
practical demonstrations trey gave
have been a great aid to Watauga
people, it is said, in tiding over the
financial crisis wihch has enveloped
the country for the past year. An effort
will be made to improve this
yea r's_ pro gram, and many features
of nut-! uumneiu hot heretofore used
will add to the enjoyment of the sessions.
ELECTION CASES
WILL BE CALLED
ON MARCH 21ST
Thirty-sev?n Democratic Election Officials
Will Be Tried Before Judge
Hayes at Wilkesboro on Charges
Growing Out of Alleged Conspiracy
at Polls in 1930 Balloting. Jury to
Be Selected from Nearby District*.
On motion of defense lawyers..
Judge Johnson J. Hayes of the Middle
District Court now in session at
Greensboro, last Friday ordered that
tin* trial of Watauga County Democratic
election officials be held at
Wilkesboro on Monday, March 21.
At the same time the court specified
that the jury for the trial of the local
men should be selected from the
Winston-Salem and Greensboro districts,
so as to leave out the territory
directly affected by the indictments.
Thirty-seven Watauga Democrats,
it will be remembered, were indicted
as a result of the balloting of 1930.
when it was alleged that voters were
interfered with in the exercise oi
their civil rights.
Woodcraft Novelty Co.
Resumes Operations
Woodcraft Novelty Company, manufacturers
of souvenirs and toys
which closed several weeks ago, resumed
work Monday -with a limited
force of men. Manager David F.
Greene states that more than twice
as many orders are on hand now as
had been received at this time last
year, and that the factory will reach
full capacity within the next thirty
days. He is highly pleased with the
outlook and does not contemplate
any suspension of activity during the
coming year.
Monster Still Captured
By Charlotte Police
Charlotte,?Police Thursday night
searched for men "higher up" in connection
with the capture here earlier
in the day fo what they said was
the largest liquor distillery ever discovered
in North Carolina.
Four people were arrested and two
automobiles were seized along with
I a 1,000-gallon capacity still, 400 galj
Ions of whiskey and 10,000 gallons
II Ol iisoau.
ii The huge plant was located just
- inside the city limits in the old Lex
Marsh home on the Pineville road,
j Rural officers, acting on a tip of a
person who said he smelted the whis,
key being distilled, raided the place,
j Police refused to believe Thomas
1 Grice. white, owned and operated the
1 still. They said he probably was only
j manager. Two negroes and a negro
' woman also were arrested. The four
^ will have a hearing this week,
g Officers said the distilling plant
_ was highly intricate and that it utilized
the three floors of the house.