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VOIL'ME XLI1I, NUMBER 30
I FARMERS OF COVE
CREEK WILL HOLD
SERIES MEETINGS
Ways and Means of Improving: Farm
g Conditions w'til Be Discussed During
First Two Weeks of February.
Ladies Alto to Hold Sessions. All
Farm People Are Invited to Enroll
in Classes.
I
In connection with the Home economics
Department of Cove Creek
High School, led bv Miss Annie
Dougherty, and the Vocational Agricultuie
Department led by Howard
Walker, the farmers of the western
section of Watauga will hold a series
of meetings during next month and
uiaCiioo il ;cbl .1 the farm and
home. The meetings will begin at
7:30 p. m. on Monday night. February
1st, and continue for two weeks,
including five nights each week.
? The discussions for women will
embody some of the following subjects:
How we can best meet the
needs of women, inree meais a day.
Easy guest meals. Selecting the spring
wardrobe. Food makes a difference.
Making new clotlie3 out v,f old. Saving
steps. How to make the dollar
go around. How far do you walk in
your kitchen? Taking care of Johnny.
Make the home more livable.
In the mpivs (Trnim covpmI f?ivm
enterprises, such as sheep, swine,
heef cattle, dairying, poultry, potatoes.
boons. cabbage, corn, hay crops
and pastures, tobacco and lime will
be considered separately and each of
the men present will he asked to give
his opinion and relate his experience
in regard to the enterprise under discussion.
It is hoped that by summing up
the ideas of the group that we can
come to conclusions which will be
beneficial. Neighbors can often relate
things that, will be helpful, and a few
nights of farm talk together may
mean a little more change in somebody's
pocket. In this time of depression
every scheme for adding a
little to the family budget should be
appreciated. If these meetings do not
help, they certainly will do no harm,
as many have stated.
a A number of ladies have expressed
their desire to enroll in the women's
class and attend all of the meetings.
Everyone interested is in vited to
come and Joined the classes. The following
citizens have already signed
as members of the men's class:
S. F. Horton. L. F. Moody, W. H.
Mast, D. C. Mast, .1. J. Mast, D. L.
Glenn, Ccnley Glenn, I,. A Henson,
\V. It. Billings, ltnlph Wuson, T. C.
Rnird, W. W. Mast, Hard Thomas.
J. V. Walker, R. H. Simpson, E. Y.
Edmistcn, C. .1. Greene, J. O. Ward,
G. C. Ward, 0. J, Farthing, Bert
Farthing. -James M. Sherwood, A. M.
Banner, T. J. Banner. G. W. Moody,
J. B. Stokes, J. W. Henson, Ed Williams,
John M. Greer, . Roy Adams,
.1 S. MoBride. D. F. Horton, ,!. F.
Horton, Don J. Horton, A. C. Swift,!
W. F. Sherwood, J. B. Sherwood, D.
M. Edmisteu, Don Perry and Dean
Swift.
Local Republicans Will
Attend Lincoln Dinner j
According to Chairman Ru3sell D.
Hodges, os the Watauga County Republican
Executive Committee, a
number of local party men nve making
preparations to attend the" annual
Lincoln Day Dinner, to be held
at the King Cotton Hotel, Greensboro,
on the evening of February 12.
Patrick J. Hurley, former secretary
of war, will be the main speaker,
and a program of rare entertainment
is saiil to be in store for those Who
make the trip. Mr. Hedges urges that
Wataugans who contemplate making
reservations for the dinner see him
at once.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR TO AID
IN FILING TAX RETURNS
For the convenience of those who
are required by law to file Federal
Income Tax returns, W. M. Thomas,
deputy collector of Internal Revenue,
will he at the Critcher Hotel, Boone,
N. C-, on February 17th and 18th
to assist taxpayers in preparing their
returns. No charge will be made for
this sevvice. The matter of filing
income tax returns should be given
immediate attention, in order to
avoid penalty and interest.
3,000 Pounds Cabbage
Cut in November
The mild fall and winter has
been responsible for many curious
stories, but Wiley G. Hartzog of
Boone tells one that would sound a
bit ''fishy" had it come from a less
truthful source: On the 20th of
November the Boone man had occasion
to visit his brother, Bower
Hartzog, who resides at Idlewild,
Ashe County. Arriving at the
.farm he was surprised to find his
relative in the field cutting cabbage.
Three thousand pounds of
ti"ic Cuic tm,i eUtcarried
down State and sold for
$1.25 per hundred, at least three
times what the same load would
have brought in the early fall.
The Ashe County farmer's main
crop had been cut and marketed
in September. During October the
extreme dry weather held up the
growth of undeveloped plants. But
when the rains of early November
began, the cabbage started to grow
again, and by the 20th had reached
sufficient size to market. "Winter
farming'.' is certianly a new wrinkle
in the mountain section.
/ATA I
A Non-Partisan Ne
BOONE.
Long-time Mason
BkSB6I|P^ mggm t
r
Jerry C. Ray, who died several !
weeks ago, was one of the oldest 1
members of the Masonic Frater- j
nity in Boone. Appropriate reso- ^
lutions in liis memory have been ^
drafted by tbe lodge and appear
on page five. f
ECONOMY MOVF~ *'
FORCES CUT IN |
HIGHWAY CREWS:
Resident Engineer States that Reduc-.h
tions in Maintenance Crews in W.i-1 o
tau?*a Will Not Be Drastic. Butlc
that Construction Forces Will Be j 1
Disbanded. Acts in Line With j I]
State Economy Plan. ' v
0
James H. Councill, district en^i- c
I noer for the State Highway Commis- o
siojn with headquarters in Boone, ii
gives out the information that pursuant
to the economy movement in <3
State affairs brought about largely **
by the falling away of revenues in all
sources of taxation, there will he
for the present, fewer men employed
r.n t>i<= rnuntv mar! maintenance j
i forces, and ihat construction ereWs p
will be temporarily laid off when the o
I work in hand is completed. ii
Mr. Councill was unable to state t
just how many men would be dropped h
from the payrolls of the State, but
said that the maintenance work h
would go forward, and that even nr.- v
der normal conditions there Would s
have been a reduction, in forces for r
ine remainder of the winter. It-wa^i
deduced that the lay-off will be onlyTr
temporary and that with tae coming k
of spring renewed cativities through- 1
out the highway system are expected- b
mUAMDAVK ;
mrciNiurcsmiRi s
1/1JUU 111 A
! . . . '
j Had Made His Home in the Middle g
j West for More than T\yenty Vi
Years. A Son of Mr. and I
Mrs. Holdcn Davis. J
0
I +r? lu?lnfu/l noiuc 1 T:
reached Boone yesterday, William s
Davis, 53, former Watauga citizen,
who for the past twenty-odd years J
made i is home ir. Wise, Mo., died at
that place on January 1st, following
an illness of two weeks. Burial, 't
is understood, was made there.
Mr. Davis was born and reared
in the Silyerstone community, the
son of Mr. ahu Mrs. ?lu!Jen Davis.
Since going to the west, he had paid
only one visit to his native county,
having spent a few weeks with his
parents some three years ago. He
had made a wide circle of friends in
this and other states who will learn
of his demise with sorrow.
Surviving are the aged parents, a
wife and two children; one brother,
Claude Davis, of Silverstone, and two
sisters, Mrs. Ruby Wilson and Mrs.
James Cole, also of Silverstone. __
Roosevelt's Plan to See I
A1 Smith May Fail :
New York.?Less than 24 hours '
after Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
announced he and former Governor
Alfred E. Smith would meet
in Albany within two weeks. Word
came from Smith's office that he
had no intentions of leaving the city
this month or next.
Roosevelt said Monday night he had
beard from Smith that the latter
would be in Albany within a week
or two to visit his daughter, and that
he planned to call on the governor
at that time.
The 1928 standard bearer, who has
persistently refused to state whether
he will be a presidential candidate
nmin hns not seen Roosevelt since
the governor placed himself squarely
in the presidential picture by allowing
Democrats in North Dakota to
use his nemo in their State primary.
Some newspapers predicted, when
Roosevelt announced he would see
Smith soon, that they would discuss
their respective political plans.
Smith made no direct comment on
Roosevelt's statement that they would
meet.
John S. Williams Dead
A* The Democrat goes to press information
is that John S. Williams,
prominent Blowing Rock citizen, succumbed
some time today from a long
illness. A detailed account cannot be
L published until next week.
JGA
wspaper, Devoted to tli
watauga county, north
PALATIAL HOME A'
BLOWING ROCK I
D A 7i?n nv ui a
llt\LFjV DI rL/\I?Iti
J. Hole Home Completely D
_ ? i rr u a__ ij.
:trejrcs r.-r;y ?iv?ua> mwxuiu
Lous Estimated at Around $2G
000. Occupants Escape by Jumpit
From Window. Wind Thought I
Have Bern Responsible for Fire
A fire that broke out at about
/clock Monday morning complete!
lestroyed the palatini home of R. .
fole, located in the May view Pai
iddition to Blowing Rock. I he hou:
vas occupied at the time by the owi
?r and a male friend, who had stoppc
or the week-end enroute from Flo
p tj* Philadelphia, the
2ad gained such headway before i!
liscovery by the two gentlemen thi
hey were forced to jump from
vindow in their nightclothes.
The Blowing Rock Fire Depar
r.ent answered the call, but on nea
ng the scene an axle snapped on th
arge truck, forcing: the firemen \
ibandon it. However, it is not b?
ieved that water would have ha
mv effect on the nearl.v-consume
tuilding.
No furniture, clothing or other e
ects were recovered from the ragir
lolocaust which, fanned by a hig
find, obliterated the structure in
ery short while.
The Hole home was built seven
ears ago, and stood some three hui
ired yards from May view Manor. J
fas an imposing building, elegantl
urnished, and is said to have bee
alued at around $20,000. No infoi
nation as to the amount of insurant
n force was available yesterday.
Mr. Hole states that a large fir
ad burned all day Sunday in a
pen fireplace in the home, and the
n retiring for the night, fuel ha
men added. He believes that th
wilding was ignited when the win<
'/hich blew with such force in th
arly morning hours, swept down th
himney &nd scattered hot ember
ver the floor. No plans for rebuik
ng have yet been made.
?52,000 to Be Spent on
Highways of Caldwel
Lenoir, N. MB.?County highwa
irojects calling fur the cxpenditur
f more than 552,090 have been del
nitely authorized for Caldwell Oour
y immediately; it became know
iere Monday.
J. C. Walker, division ongineei
ms conferred with Chairman tt. Mai
in Smith of the board of cummii
ioners and advised him that he ha
eceived notification from the Stat
itghway Department to pvoetkcPSn
neHlMfelv with the work on the' V?r
in Valley and the Collettsville road:
t was lea?:ncd from Represenialiv
J. Hunt Gwyn that the short strete
rom Granite Falls to Rhpdhiss als
.*:1I be treated.
The Yadkin Valley road, fror
'atterson to the Wilkes County line
e to be of gravel surface and call
O-' a total expenditure
treatment of the Collettsville roo
.-ill be in preparation for a tar an
rave) surface but the imipediat
fork" calls for spending $lfi,000 o
he gravel surface and then aftc
uly 1 an additional appropriate,
f $21,000 will be made for the pui
lose of applying the tar to the gravf
urface.
Wrs. Sproles Injured
When Car Overturne<
Mrs. J. A. Sproles of Boone wo
lain fully injured Friday afternooi
vhon the car which she was di'iviB
eft the road one mile east of Moun
ain City and overturned. Brokcrlass
from the windshield cut a Ion
rash on the left side of her heac
fight stitches being necessary to clos
he wound. A rib was also fracturcc
Mrs. Sproles, who was en route t
Soone when the mishap occurret
vas carried to the home of Dr. Jii
Sutler at Mountain City, where mec
leal aid was rendered. Yesterday s)
vas reported to be resting comfor
ibly.
MAMSY J. wniiAj
EXCELLENT RECC
'"If the farmers of Watauga will
gTip their plow handles more and
the steering wheels of their automobiles
less theyll soon find out
that money can be made from agriculture
in Watauga," says Man
ley J. Williams, of I.ovili, who is
looked on as one of the county's
most methodical farmers.
Mr. Williams owns a beautiful
upland farm of 85 acres situated
near Highway 60 some four miles
west of Boone. The home sits in
a veritable bower of trees and
shrubbery, the grounds are immac
ulately kept, outbuildings painted,
and fences repaired with painstaking
care.
r> it . ; V-a
JLSUi'lllK Luc poat> acasuu ciguvcci
acres of the Williams farm was
cultivated. A variety of crops wer<
nlantA/) nnJ tlin m>/\niini? nlnntr
pianvcU) OIIU mc ^lunni);
received generous workings. Tht
harvest came and from these acre:
more than six hundred bushels oi
corn, 428 bushels of fine potatoes
28 bushels of rye and around foui
hundred pounds of fine Rnrlpy to
bacco were taken. In addition t<
these bountiful yields, plenty 01
cabbage, turnips, beans, pumpkin:
and what-not were produced foi
home consumption.
Thirteen stacks of hay were cu
from the Williams meadow lands
DEM
le Best Interests of North
CAROLINA. THURSDAY JANUARY
rWARN AGAINSTUS
S OF TAR AND PAIN
S IN SHEEP MARKIN
?- J Chatham Manufacturing Compa
s. 5 'Sir*::: - _r t* - ::?: -
0- ..... >\ciu?c iv rwrtiiiwe wntit
Wool. Former Warning* He
*3 Been Unheeded. Hagaraan Ato
for Co-operation of Watauga She
Raisers.
2 Smith Hagaman. one of the din
lv tors of a pool which for the p;
J. spvprn) years has handled Wataug
"k woo! output, is in receipt of a let
se from the Chatham Manufactuvi
1- Company. Elkin, warning against 1
:d use of tar and paint in sheep ma
r- ing. The Chatham company 1
:H vesr bought, the county* s flopfp. s
ts Mr. Hagaman is anxious that she
^ growers abide by the warning wh:
a is contained in the letter, which f
lows in full:
"Mr. Smith Hagaman,
r" Boone. N. C.
l- Dear Sir:
j? ''Vou will recall that the wrii
K has called to your attention ma
j times during the past few years t
great amount of trouble that tar a
- paint have caused us. The results
the past year have proven that o
'F talking has not produced any chan
2 in the amount of tar and paint
a wool.
"It is therefore necessary that
* take drastic steps in the regard a
this is to advise you that from m
^ on we shali refuse to accept any y.?
^ containing tar or paint.
n "By scattering this informati
early it will lie possible tc help t
farmer avoid the painting that is do
when the sheep are turned out
pasture in the early spring; and the
; that painted the sheep at last she;
i ing time bo requested to have t
" paint clipped off and thrown aw
F at this spring's shearing.
' "'We will appreciate - our co-op
plating with us in this effort to st
j the use of tar and paint for marki
I | the sheep, and would ask you to p:
this information along to each, a
every sheep owner in your section.
"If yon wish to continue t
friendly business relations of the pt
. we mu3t insist upon the delivery
1 wool free from tar and paint.
"Very truly yours,
"Chatham Manufacturing C<
y ?* TT?,t; : :_j.? ,?t jt.,.1 f
.0 fJii, i.viitui ouv liiur"*
_ lowing shearing paint and lav is us
by a majority of stockmen to bra
u their flocks. The tar adheres close
to the skin of the animal and t
t woo! as it grows forms a mat v.'hi
r! is of no use whatever to the mar
j. facturcr. He urged that farmers i
d Acre to the demands of the EH
e Company if they wish to obtain t
!_ pripes for their current shearing.
, _?_?__ J?
Chewing Gum King
Dies at Age of Sevenl
n Chicago.?William Wripley J
Chicago capitalist and sportsmt
? died early Tuesday in his winter hoi
at - Phoenix, A rortn. and the woi
(j lost its czar of chewing gum. Ho \\
70 years bid.
e On his nenny sticks of confectic
n Wrigley with novel advertising bp
1 a fortune estimate by associates
n around $150,000,000.
Wrigley's illness had been kno^
'? here for several weeks. He had lo
1 been a sufferer from acute indigi
| tion. This affected his heart a
brought death by paralysis.
1 t, i. _ . i _ i
I Ditsei?un, cuai mining, uan^jjui
Jjtion, the motioi> picture industi
I ranching and hotels were number
among the enterprises developed
Wrigley in his allotted three ser
ri and ten.
g His hobby, baseball, was in its
one of the biggest of businesses. A
er buying the Chicago Cubs of 1
n National League in 1924, Wrig
g spent more than $0,000,000
1, strengthening the team yet he \
never to realize his dream?a worl
' series championship pennant fly
' in his Cubs' park.
Few businesses used advertising
' widely as did Wrigley. The arrc
" headed elves adorning his gum pa
ages were known the world ov
Approximately $100,000,000 was
t" ponded by Wrigley up to 1931
advertising his wares.
IS OF LOVILL MAKE
)RD ON SMALL FAR]
and twenty fat lambs were marke
ed which added $100 to the fan
ilyfs bank account. And then thci
wece two steers sold which, despii
the low market, brought $86.
Mr. Williams is now feeding 1
| head of yearlings and two-yea
olds, and has 23 head of ew<
I ready to lamb. Meanwhile, Mr
I Williams who, incidentally, is
. iarm-woman 01 unaispuiea apuu
| sold butter, eggs and chickens
I the amount of $115, and conduc
ed other industries that netted
very tidy sum.
Thirteen acres of the Willian
farm are now in wheat and ry
miili.- ATr.cntior.aHy good ste*
s offers promise dor an abundai
. yield.
s Mr. Williams, in addition tc h
! farm work, taught a six-mont
i school last year. He and his wi
l keep close account of thedr r
, ceipts and disbursements, and, d
r spite the condition of produce ma
kets. they man acred to make
) pleasing profit on their iSai i
f bors. "Hard work and caref
s management is the key to succes
r ful farming," states the Loviil ma
"and those who follow this w
t always be ready to meet their o
? ligations."
OCRA
west North Carolina
r 28, 1932
.Elr Claimed by DeatK." ]!f
sC i J
bi
John F. Hardin, influential
ter c;t:sc=, whs ;u=curnbcd on st
nv last Friday evening at the age
lie of eighty-two.
nd ^
I PATROLMAN HURT S
I or
I! WHEN MOTORCYCLE] j
3 COLLIDES WITH CAR s
1 Q
y^f, Raymond Stephens Sustains Broken|D
ng Collarbone in Sunday Afternoon fe
Accident. Edgar Cook Driver of
)ye Car. No Charges Arc Preferred, v.*
,r Injured Man Taken to Home at Ci
he Saluda. II
av M
Raymond Stephens, of the State er
er_ Highway Patrol, who for the past r\
op several weeks has made headquarters M
n{r in Boone, was painfully injured Sun- rc
Hnxr ' - *"*1
I J .awn hiren Ilia IIWIWCS&W
n,jj collided with an automobile driven by J.
I Edgar Cook ori Main Street nt the
he Baptist Church. X-ray examination j?
l?t revealed that his left collarbone had ,j
of been broken, a severe cut on the head cj,
and minor bruises sustained in thejQ
nesr-fatal mishap. he
>." The accident occurred, it is stated.: co
?i_ when Cook, .'driving- east, attempted!nt
e<|jco maKe a tull turn at the intersec-ipj
?,i;tion of Main and College streets. | ?j
;jy Patrolman Stephens was following] ^
he r^l,sc behind 011 his motorcycle, amim;]
J.V, thinking that the car was proceeding I
|a toward the college aUompted to clusSi
l{j the intersection. When Cook pulled!
across Main Street in turning, the' |\
0I) cycle struck his car about midway.!?;,
and the impact caused the officer to ?'
be thrown against the vehicle. The
force of his body dented one of the- ?c
doors on the auto, and his head is ["
said to have jammed through one of
iyithc side glass.
No eh a r g e s were prefer red
,. 'against young Cook, according to 16- F*
"Meal officers. Following the dressing !"
in'!of his wounds. Patrolman Stephens j*1
ne i was carried to his home at Saluda,
rldlwhere he will remain until the bro-jgj
as' ken member has lieuled J'
1 MILTON COFFEY s
s DIES AT BRISTOL"
|p-!
Ilu j f ormer Watauga Man a Victim of tV
j Pneumonia. Funeral Services P?
Monday. Survived by Widow fiP
ry> ; and Two Children. SG
Gil | f I
^ j Milton Coffey, G8, native of Cald ?\
>VG well County, hut for many years a n'
, citizen of Watauga, died at his home
in Bristol, To nr.., Sunday, following M
a brief illness with pneumonia. Fu- J;
neral services were conducted in the tl
Tennessee city on Monday. M
in Surviving are the widow, two chil- &3
dreri, cne brother, Julius Coffey, of jo
. 3 j Caldwell County, and a sister, Mrs. i o
Sara Vaught, of Butler, Tcnn. h
Mr. Coffey, with his brother Ju- o
as lius, at one time owned the Finley
ny~ farm on Meat Camp. As a farmer, f,
ck~ stockman and lumberman he had ac- ^
fj* cumulated a comfortable fortune. a
"iHe possessed a wide circle 01 friends q
01 jin Watauga who will hear of his un_
j timely death with sorrow. a
^ 60-Gallon Still Taken ?
In Meat Camp Monday p
A 60-gallon steam distillery and *
ten gallons of liquor were taken in g
a raid on Meat Camp Monday aft- ^
?" ernoon by Deputies John K. Brown^ J
[e Albert Farthing, Carter Ragran and
Wiley Day. Two men, who were opL0
erating the illicit plant, fled as the
r- officers approached. The furnace was
still hot, and a sizeable stream of
s" the contraband was truing from the
f worm and dropping into a rusty galvanized
tub, which already contained
more than three gallons, oeven gallons
more of the fluid was found in
a U,. 1 r 1
*-?? licaiuv, ueci was xuuuu,
the Inst run of mash havinjr been
1,5 placed in the distillery just before
e; the raiders made their appearance.
Four mash barrels, the fnrnnre, still
it and other paraphernelia were destroyed.
is
hs CHAIRMAN JEFFRESS WILL
fc ADDRESS BANNER ELK CLUB
e
e- Banner Elk.?E. B. Jeffress, chairr
man of the State Highway Commisa
sion. will be the principal speaker
a- at a meeting of the Banner Elk Giviul
tan Club, Friday, January 23th, at
ss- 7 p. m. Clarence 0. Kuester, secren.
tary of the Charlotte Chamber of
ill Commerce, and Colonel Wade Harris,
b- editor of the Charlotte Observer, tril'
also be Rucsts. ;
rj^
. x
$1.50 PER YEAR
UNERAL SERVICES
IELD SUNDAY FOR
IOHN F. HARDIN
r. O. J. Chandler in Charge of ImRitci
52-Year Old Citixrn
Passes Following Illness of Several
Week*. Had Been a Leader in Community
and Church Life. Survived
by Widow and One Sister.
Funs!'?! services s'srs held -Sundsv
ior'iing at 20:30 in the Boone Methiist
Episcopal Church Tor John F.
ardin, 82, who passed away at liis
3me in the eastern part of the city
riday afternoon. Dr. O. J. Chandler
I Asheville. former pastor, was in
large of the rites, being assisted
f Rev. J H. Brendali Jr.. Rev. J.
icount and Kev. r. A rucks A
uge concourse of friends packed the
aditorium of the church many of
leni coming: from distant points to
ay their last respects to the venerale
gentleman.
Following the impressive church
:r vices the body laid tn rest
Boone CemeteryActive
pall bearers were James
ouncill, Tracy CouncilJ, Jerd Harn.
George D. Hardin, Grady Farling.
Hooper Hendrix. Bus Willms,
Walter Church, Henry Hardin
id Rcnda Hardin. The list of honarv
pall bearers was composed of
P.... T ?! C O 4 -1 T?
mrcs xvujy, tiuim o. CvUiJUUry, n,. Kj.
ivers, R. L. Bingham, B. B. Doughty,
Dr. J. D. Rankin. M. P Critter,
J. D. Councill, \V. R. Lovill,
iicy tr. Harizog, Dr. H. B. Ferry,
eorge P. Hagaman, J. L. Winkler,
r. JV M. Gaither and Paul A. Ccfy.
Bearing the huge floral offering
ere- Mrs. i\. 7L Hardin, Mrs. J. H.
ouncill, Mrs. Grady Farthing. Mrs.
ooncr Hendrix, Mrs. Jerd Hardin,
rs. Bus Williams. Mrs. .T. T. Southland,
Mis. Suma Hardin, Mrs. Hen'
Hardin, Miss Louise Lookabill,
rs. Tracy Councill, Miss Mary Motz,
Mrs. Paul Coffey, Mrs. Luther
lay. Mrs. M. P. Critcher. and Mrs.
M. Gaither.
Mr. Hardin was horn and reared
Boone, a son of the late Henry
Hardin. In early manhood he heme
a member of the Methodist
lurch, and during the years had
en one of its most loyal supporters,
ntributing more, perhaps, than any
her local citizen to the cause of
lristianity. He was also one 01 tne
dost mernherR t%f Watauga Lodge.
, F. & A. M. and during his active
'c had taken great interest in its
actings.
Mr. Hardin for perhaps thirty years
irsued the avocation of a stock dealand
his fine business mind aided
m in accumulating a comfortable
?rtune, much of which was expeudi
in laudable benevolences. He had
ien a director of the Watauga Coun
Bank since its founding, and his
:ceileiit judgment on financial metis
had been a prime factor in the
:pansiun 01 thai institution. Sorvg
for year? as a Trustee of Apnachian
State Teadhers College, he
id been a close friend to education,
id dozens of poor mountain boys
?i? girls were given ,th? Aiynnvt.n
r enlightenment and position in the
orld by his cncourging advice and
e ready use of his means.
Following the extension of the Linlie
River Railway to Boone, Mr.
ardin had thrown open for developent
what now comprises a large
irt of the eastern residential seeon
of the city. He watched with
irer.t-like devotion the unusual
ov.th that followed, and lived to
>e the town of his nativity develop
om a straggling village into one
the State's most nromisim? mu
icipalities.
Mr. Hardin was married to Miss
attie^Counoill, daughter of the late
ike Councill, in the year 1R?1. To
kis union was born one child, Miss
fary Lillington, who later became
[rs. Edgar Shull, and whose death
ceurred several years ago. The widw
and one sister. Mrs. \Y. R. Spainour
of Boone, are the sole survivors
f the immediate family.
The death of Boone oldest citizen
ollowed an illness of several weeks
rhich was brought about by advanced
ge and its accompanying infirmities.
'he "grand old man of Boone/*
rhose friendship had been an inspirtion
to hundreds of struggling morals
along life's troublous highway,
etained his mental faculties to the
nd, and quietly passed avay, at
eace with God and his fellow man.
ireer May Make Race
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With plans going forward for
the biennial State convention of
the Republican party, to be held
in Charlotte on April 14th, politico)
forecasters are feeling about
for a potential gubernatorial candidate.
So far as is ascertainable
there has been relatively little crystalization
of sentiment in the party
regarding: the man who will make
the race for Governor, howeveT,
Professor I. G. Greer of Appalachian
State Teachers College nere,
seems to be one of the favorites
for the nomination. For the ?t
several years the Boone man has
taken an active part in State politics,
and in 1930 was urged by
many of bis constituency to make
the race for Congress in the Eighth
District, He refused .the honor,
however, stating that he preferred
his work in the schoolroom to the
hectic life of an office-seeker,
iv nether or not Professor Greer
would accept the gubernatorial
nomination, should it be offered
to him by the convention, cannot
at the present be ascertained.