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VOLUME XLIU, NUMBEE 34
BOONE CIVITANS
ENJOY ADDRESS
BY BRUCE WEBB
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Detail* of Farm Plan to Local Club
at Luudacon McetiHg. Queen Sua*
Kennan and H. R. Niswonger Also
Present. Forty Members and Visitors
Enjoy Home-cooked Dinner.
Mr. Brum Webb, promotion director
of the Aaheville Citizen and Asherillc
Times, was the honor guest at
the regular Thursday meeting ol the
Boone Civitan Club held at the Critcher
Hotel. This meeting of the club
was a notable one in that the program
was planned in connection with
the Third Annual Farmers Institute
for Watauga County. Several visitors
r in town for the institute were guests
of the club and brought the attendance
up to forty, all of whom enjoyed
an interesting social hour and
an pvpcllpnt. horno-coolced dinner.
After the regular business of the
club had been disposed of, Mr. Watt
Gragg, president of the club, introduced
the visitors, each of whom
arose and told briefly what his or her
occupation was. Among the visitors
were Mrs. Queen Bess Kennan, national
committeewoman of the Republican
Party, and Mrs. John F.
Johnson, both of Farmington; the
Rev. Mr. L. F. Kent, of the Valle
Crucia School; Mr. Joe McCoy, manager
of the Daniel Boone Hotel: Mr.
H. R. Niswonger, horticulturist of
the State Department of Agriculture;
Mr. George Smith of Cranberry High
School; Mr. Dailinger, of Crossnore;
Mr. Howard Walker, teacher of agriculture
at Cove Creek School; Mr.
W. F. Winkler, local business mini;
Mr. Charlie W. Hall, dairy farmer of
Advance, N. C.
bellowing the introduction of the
visitors, Tom Cushing introduced Mr.
Wet-b who, for his address, chose to
b.iet'ly outline the 5-to-10-year plan|
for Western North Carolina farmers.
Mr. Webb explained that, while distance
from Ashevillo. center of the
eighteen counties originally included
in this plan, had at first made it seem
iitanvisabie vo include nsUuiin County
which had Winston-Salem as its
more accessible market, there really
was no reason why Watauga should
not join the other counties ana every
reason for this section to come
a ?. iucvK^iieh wani an to ceil nCfW Minnesota,
changing fro!h"lKe one Herm
product system to the "Cow, sow and
little red hen" idea, had increased
the value of her farm products by
$95,000,000.
Mr. Webb pointed out that the
problem in Minnesota had been to
develop all products proportionately,
while here in Western North Caroline
the danger lies in the diversity j
of the crops?since everything that ,
grows in the far-reaching section be-j,
tween Canada and the semi-tros>ic31
can be raised right cere in these
mountains. The idea, stated Mr.
Webb, was to effect an organization 1
that would, through representatives '
of the different sections, counties and \
communities, determine just what
crops and breeds of stock were best '
for any particular section and market.
The meeting of the Civitan Club
adjourned after Mr. Webb's most interesting
talk in order that the members
might attend the afternoon session
of the Farmers Institute.
Cove Creek High School
Honors First President
Cove Creek High School impressively
celebrated the 2C'0th anniversary
of the birth of George Washington
Monday afternoon by giving
a comprehensive dramatization of the
life of the first President. Miss Constance
Shoun was in charge of the
excellent program, and members of
the student body, costumed in Colonial
garb, presented the high spots
in Washington's eventful life "from
the cradle to the grave."
His birth, the cherry tree episode,
his work as a surveyor on the Fairfax
estate, his courtship and marriage,
his rise to commander-in-chief
of the revolutionary army, inauguration
as president, and closing scenes
of his life at Mount Vernon combined
to fill the program with historic interest.
The auditorium was packed
to capacity with students, parents,
and friends of the school.
Following the program students
and patrons devoted the remainder of
the afternoon to planting trees and
shrubbery on the grounds.
BANK RETURNS MILLIONDOLLAR
LOAN TO R. F. C.
Washington, D. C. ? The Reconstruction
Finance Corporation received
its first real thrill Saturday.
A loan of approximately $1,000,000
made to a large banking organization
on February 15 was repaid
Saturday with interest for five days.
The bank reported there bad been
a complete change in the attitude of
it6 depositors during the five days,
making the keeping of the $1,000,000
any longer unnecessary.
The corporation also has author-1
ised a number of loans which have'
not been called for. 1
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A Non-Partisan IS
BOON
jMnuuwmt
Entire Contents of
Burning House Saved
While a Wednesday morning
hla7o VAarod AI? J
, Wiiwugu MIC urj
shingle roof of the Ray Brendall
home in East Boone, neighbors
' were working like mad removing
the persona! effects and furniture
from the threatened building, and
although the fire alarm was promptly
sounded, and the summons instantly
answered by the fire company,
the building was completely
emptied before anything was damaged
by either the fire or the hose.
Some of the permanent fixtures,
including a bath tub, were taken
from the structure by the diligent
workers.
The house was the property of
W. G. HarUog and the damages
were confined to the roof, where it
is thought a spark from a flue
started the fire. There was an insurance
coverage.
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RECITAL SATURD'Y
Profeaior and Mrs. I .G. Greer Will
Present Group of Mountain Balladi
Over Station WROL. Will Also
Appear Before Smoky Mountains
flikii Club To Discuss Preservation
of Mountain Songs.
Professor I. G. Greer, of Appalachian
State Teachers College, will
sing a group of old mountain ballads
and folk songs in an appearance before
the Smoky Mountains Hiking
Club, Knoxville, Tenn., next Saturday
evening nt 8 o'clock. Immediately
before this event he will give a 30minutc
program over Knoxville Station
WROL, He will be accompanied
in both recitals by Mrs. Greer, who
is an accomplished musician.
Professor Greer is in possession of
one of the most comprehensive collecuuhs
o? mountain songs in existence,
and for the past several years
has made scores of appearances
throughout the South bringing these
unique ballads before appreciative
audiences.
With an accompaniment fiSSWUH
Greer, lie has zlzz "recorded several
mountain ballads on phonograph records,
including that ' old favorite,
"Sourwood Mountain."
A movement is now on foot to
preserve for posterity these folk
songs, some of which date back several
centuries. In connection with
Mr. Greer's recital before the club
in Knoxville, he will also discuss this
matter with the members, as they are
especially interested in the prcservaiion
of these ballads.
Sears Roebuck President
Sees Rosy Era for States
Of the South Atlantic
General R. E, Wood Telle Manufacturers
Section to Become Industrial
Center of United States.
Has Many Advantages.
Atlanta, Ga.?General R. E. Wood,
president of Sears, Roebuck end Company,
predicts the southeast will develop
in ten years into the greatest
industrial center of the United States.
Addressing a meeting of Georgia
manufacturers, he declared "The
South has more young people under
the age of twenty than either the
north or west, and it is this advantage
of youthful population that ill the
next ten years will make it the greatest
industrial section of the nation."
General Wood added the Southeast
has every possible natural advantage
in the way of facilities, minerals,
timber, and other resources. "This
section has the advantage of being
near deep water, and has the raw
materia), miners, timber and cheap
power that make manufacturing possible.
Mnnu PhanorM Mado
In Local Barber Shops
"Barber Bill" Hodges, for many
years of the City Barber Shop, following
his sale of the property to
Mr. Lewis Reese several weeks ago,
has taken over the lease of the San
itary Barber Shop, and is now ir
charge. In turn, Mr. Ronda Hodges
has left the Sanitary Barber Shojj
and purchased a half interest in Mr
Reese's establishment. Mr. Dewey
Broom finishes out the urganizatini
of the City Barber Shop, which i!
inducted in the Watauga County
L:_.,k building.
Associated with "Barber Bill" it
the Sanitary Shop are Joe Crawforc
and Roger McGuire, while Miss Haze
MeGuire and Mrs. Roger McGuiri
have taken over the management ant
operation of the Queen Annie Beau
ty Parlor.
An advertisement for each of th<
estahishments is carried in The Dem
ocrat today.
UGA
iewspaper, Devoted to the
tE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH Oi
:! FERTILIZER BILLS
I ri k ITfin 1'A innnwr
must NU WUKKl
TO VILAS FARMER
Don J. Horton Raises Bountiful Crops
Without Commercial Fertilizer. I
w?c? Lc?f Moid and Stable Manure.
Careful Use of Nature's Soil]
Building Elements Keeps Ground
in Good Condition.
Dor. J. Horton, a real "dirt former"
of the- Vilas section, has a for-,
muia for prosperity which is wei?|
worth passing along to agricultural-i
ists of Watauga. It is Mr. Norton's |
belief (and he has practiced it for
many years) that a farmer should,
first of all, till the soil for a living.
Second, he should plant as many
different cash crops as he can properly
tend. Third, commercial fertilizer
bilis should be held to a minimum,
leaf mold and stable manure
. being used as the main soil builder.
Fourth, rye or other cuver crops
should be planted persistently, in order
that livestock may have grazing
during the winter months, thereby
averting many diseases which are due
tn on nn'nnlonni-il ?A?J
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selected breeds of poultry and livestock
should take the pice of scrubs.
Mr. Horton's farm comprises 300
acres of land. Besides an abundance
of apples, ho produced from the cultivated
acreage last year surpluses of
the following crops: corn, potaotes,
oats, rye, cabbage and beans. A large
garden, supervised by Mrs. Horton,
contributed a variety of vegetables
to the inmiiy iaruer, the overplus of
which was placed in cans for winter
use. A herd of twenty purebred Holstein
and Jersey cows arc milked on
the Horton farm and the butterfat is
marketed at a nearby cheese factory.
On the hillside pastures is a flock of
well-kept Shropshire sheep, each of
which is vaccinated regularly against
hemorrhagic septicaemia. The fences
of the hog lot confine a group of
pure-blooded Poland-China brood
sows, and the squealing off-spring of
these grunting, grumbling "mamas"
are the source of a ne^er-failing
revenue. In the poultry pens a multitude
of White Wyandotte and Mottled
Ar.cona hens disregard low market
prices and dispense eggs at a
record-breaking clip.
From the woodlands a ton or more
;?f dry leaven arc hauled weekly for
bedding the stables, and already the
cow stalls arc filled to the tops of
their sills with invaluable humus
which will be spread on the fields at
plowing time. Mr. Horton is a great
believer in manure as a soil builder,
and admits that in the past several
years he has used not one single bag
of commercial fertilizer. Over thirty
acres of his farm were treated with
the leaf-manure mixture last year,
and the results, as seen at harvest
time, were most gratifying. The Vilas
man points out tbat his ground
is, through this method, kept at a
high state of productivity all the timeToo
manv irons in the fire roiirht
not lip a good practice in al! lines
of endeavor, but Mr. Horton carries
a deep conviction that farmers in Watauga
would do well to stay away
from the one-crop system and practice.
diversification. He fears that
agriculturalists of lbi3 section arc
i centering too much on potato culture,
and will, due to prevailing marketing
conditions, bring about an unpleasant
conges" ion. It has been his experience
that a small surplus of several crops
insures a better farm income, and
tends to move evenly balance the flow
of revenue.
Another feature of Mr. Horton's
farm work which is worthy of praise
lies in the meticulous care he has exercised
in building up uncultivated
areas. There are not enough blackberry
briars on the entire three hundred
acres of land to cover a pig lot,
and the pastures are kept absolutely
free of second-growth timber. Several
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Dou^hton to Distribute
School Room Maps
County Superintendent Smith Hagarnan
is in receipt of a letter from
, Congressman Robert L. Doughton
stating that be rail! soon have for dis'
tribution an up-to-date map of North
Carolina, and also a map of the Uniti
ed States, both of which are suitable
, for schoolroom use.
Mr. Hagaman is anxious for every
i teacher in the county to get one of
i these maps, and asks that tbey write
> immediately to the Congressman, in.
dicating in their letters which they
' prefer?the State or United States
i map. He also, on behalf of the teach
ers, wishes to express appreciation
i to Mr. Dougbton for the fine portraits
of Washington which now grace
i the walls of every classroom in the
1 county.
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! LEGION MEETING
1
A regular meeting of Watauga
Post, American Legion, will be held
5 on Friday evening, March 4th, at
- 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance of
members is urged.
dem<
Best Interests of Northwc
W&GLiKA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY
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The Opening
The Bank of Blowing Rock,
which closed its doors about three
months a?o. due to slackened collections
augmented by the usual
withdrawals, was opened for business
Tuesday noon, after reorganization
plans, under way for several
weeks, had been approved by the
State Banking Department. John
G. Allen, liquidating accountant,
J present, and declared ika bnek
| reopened after it was found that
1 the requirements of the department
had been met.
Mr. W. D. Farthing, cashier of
the bank which has played an important
part in the financial life of
| the northwest for more than a score
I of years, was of the opinion that
I the bank would not open until
| Wednesday morning. He states,
however, that without general
I knowledge of the accomplishment,
word Was passed around the community,
and that the afternoon's
deposits totaled more than the full
day's receipts of normal times.
Unique Plan
The plan of reorganization which
is said to have been worked out
largely by Dr. B. B. Dougherty,
president of the Teachers College
and a stockholder of the institution,
has been cited as one "never
before tried in any American
State/' Under its term3 all capital
stock, time certificates, and checking
accounts were canceled and
then the friends of the bank raised
$1G,000 in new money for capital
Tiny Add Results in
Deluge of Eggs at A & Pj
The olher week Mr. L. S. Jones, ||
manager of the A. & P. Store, had
instructions to buy a quantity of
country eggs to be shipped to the
central distributing point at Charlotte.
The weather was spring-like
and he kiiew the hens were layingHe
knew also that The Watauga
Democrat was a latchkey to the
homes of Walaugans generally, so
he inserted p. fnor-linn ad in the paper,
and thereupon crates of "hen
fruit" literally {sensed ill as every
nook and corner of this section.
A check-up of the storage
room the local store Saturday
nignt revealed that up to that time
92 cases of eggs, each containing
thirty dozen, had been bought as
a result of the twenty-five-cent advertising
investment?2,760 dozen
or 3.7,120 single eggs, and still they
come!
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Barmer Eik College to
-Snnnanr Fssav Conleef
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On Mountain Farming !
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Three Scholarships to Be A-warded '
for Best Papers. In Conjunction
With Western Carolina Organized
Farm Movement.
For the best three essays on the
subject, "The Western North Carolina
Organized Farm Movement," the
Department of Mountain Farming of
Dees-McSae College is offering three
prizes in the form of $50.ri0, $25.00
and $10,110 scholarships to Lces-McRae
College for the school year 19321933,
Rules of the contest follow:
1. Any high school senior or high
school graduate under 21 years of
age is eligible to enter this contest.
2. Contestant must reside in one
of the counties included in the W. N.
C. Organized Farm Movement.
3. Essays must not exceed 2,000
words in length.
4. Essays must be submitted before
April 1, 1932.
5. Contestants may interview the
county agents, agricultural teachers
and others in an effort to gather
necessary information.
Judges of the contest will be Edgar
H. Tufts, president of Dees-McRac
Collegej Bruce Webb, director
of promotion, Asheville Citizen: H.
A. Osborne, chairman regional council;
and Mrs. John Calfee, Asheville.
Contestants can get copies of list
ftf nKiortivoc r>f tVio form nmvnrrPiit I
from the farm department of the
Citizen-Times, Asheville.
Send essays to Department of
Mountain Farming, Lees-McRae College,
Banner Elk, N. C.
MRS. TOM CUSHING RESIGNS
POST AT TEACHERS COLLEGE
Mrs. Tom Cushing, director of
physical education at Stale TSui?a
College for the past two years, tendered
her resignation to the authorities
on Tuesday evening, and so far
there has been no announcement as
to who will succeed her. Mrs. Cushing
has been extremely popular with
those with whom she came in contact
at the college, and there is keen
regret that she should resign her position.
Mr. and Mrs. Cushing, however,
will continue to make their
home in Boone.
3CRA
jst North Carolina
25, 1932
k Celebrates
"IVT I* l
ox new JBar't
stock. Canceled deposits ar.d st
together with new subscript n
totaled $75.01)0. Twenty-five tl. _
sand of this amount was set up 5
a capital stock and the remaini
$50,000 retained as undivided pn ?
its. Approximately 33 per cent, j
the canceled deposits of each inc ?
vidual in the bank was issued t ~i
new stock to that person, and th S
'i.alnitee sot aside as a surplus to b* 7
paid back to the depositors.
A. C. Moody remains as president
of the reorganized bank, and
W. D. Farthing as cashier, while
there is no change in other official
positions or in the directorate.
Celebrating their release from
the many handicaps which came
with the closing of a bank, the
people of Blowing Rock met in a
good will session Tuesday evening,
at which time Dr. Dougherty ex
plained the details incident to the
reorganization, and praised the assemblage
for what be considered the
most unified community spirit he i
had ever witnessed. Short discus- i
sions were entered into and a fine
spirit of friendly co-operation in |
furthering the best interests of the
town was manifest.
Allen Adds Praise
State Liquidating Accountant
John G. Allen felt that the reorganization
of the Blowing Rock
Bank was an accomplishment considerably
above the ordinary, and ;
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COLLEGE STUDENT
IS ARRESTED HERE ,
ON SHOOTING COUNT!
t
Tom Pennington of Crc%lon Suspect- <
cd of Having Shot Joe Graybeal 1
at Creston Sunday Night. Stoutly j s
Minntairti innocence. To Receive t
Hearing on March 20. injured ,
Youth in Serious Condition.
1
Terr. Pennington. 20-year-old atu- :
dent at State Teachers College, and <
resident of the Greaton cojnmuniiy. i
was arrested on suspicion by ShwJtilf..
Farthiijg Tuesday* after word had <
come from Ashe County officials for <
local authorities to be on the lookout j
for those implicated in the Sunday c
night shooting of -To<> Graybeal, also \
of Tlreston. Young Pennington stoutly
maintained his innocence, ami de- i
nied any part in or knowledge of the c
gun play. He was released under $1,- j
000 bond and is to appear on March a
20th before Esquire W. R. Osborne ?
of Creston, to answer the charges. 1
According to the reports reaching :
Boone, young Graybeal was walking!:
along a road in the Creston common- t
ity when a ear drew up alongside. A *
voice called out: "I've got you where <
1 want you," and a bail from a pistol (
was fired into his abdomen. The in- ]
jured man's condition is described as :
grave, the bullet having punctured i
the bowels at eleven places.
Graybeal, it is understood, states
he knows who attacked him, but refuses
to tell. It is believed that the
feeling between the men came a? a
result *?f soTiie difficulty about a community
maiden, to whom perhaps one
of them was paying court.
Large Attendance at
Revival Services
I
The revival services which are being
held in the Episcopal Church by
the Rev. M. B. Miller, Christian evangelist
of the First Tennessee District,
have been in progress for a week
and the house has been filled to overflowing
at each evening service. The
forceful sermons of the well known
evangel are being most favorably received,
and the meeting may continue
into next week. Announcements, however,
have only been made to include
Sunday night, and the subjects of the
discourses up to that time arc as
follows:
Wednesday evening, "The Seven
Wonders of Heaven"; Thursday evening,
The Seven "Wonders of Hell ";
Friday, "Conversion and Pardon
Made Plain"; Saturday, "Four Big
Fools"; Sunday morning, "Revive Us
Again"; Sunday evening, "The Divinity
of the Church of Christ."
There are about thirty-five members
of the Christian Church residing
in Boone at this time, says Rev. Miller,
and at some later date, it is said,
tentative plans call for the establishment
ef a church in this city.
PLAY POSTPONED
On account of illness among the
members, a patriotic play portraying
the life and accomplishments of
George Washington, scheduled for
presentation next Friday evening by
the Worth W hile Club, has been postponed
until a later date. An announcement
relative to the play will
appear in next week's Democrat.
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$1.50 PER YEAR
LARGE CROWD IN
ATTENDANCE AT
FARM INSTITUTE
H. R. Niswonger and Bruce Webb
Principal Speakers. Loci* I Men
Add Interest to Thursday** Me?t?
ing With Practical Experiences.
T. E. Brown Explains Vocational
Education Movement.
By TOM GUSHING
Under the auspices o? the Boone
Civitan Club, the third annual Farmers
Institute for Watauga County
was held in the courthouse on Thursday
of last week. The program, restricted
to one day instead of three
as in the previous two years, was
both interesting and instructive to
the select group of about 175 farmers,
stock raisers and dairymen attending.
Addresses by visiting and
local men of prominence, all authorities
in some phase of farming activ
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?j? V.V uuuiViiv.,
which, though smaller than was expected,
displayed enthusiasm by the
way in which it entered the discussions
when the meeting was thrown
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if the speakers in turn.
County Superintendent Smith Ha?amanv
acting as chairman of the
institute, introduced H. R. Niswonger,
State Horticulturist, as the first
speaker of the day. Mr. Niswonger
made a general talk on farm products
and methods, emphasizing the
value of using selected seeds in preparation
for larger and better crops.
Carefully prepared charts were an
aid to Mr. Niswonger in his successful
effort to show the assembled planters
just how, in dollars and cents,
they would be benefited by careful
thought before beginning their season
*s work.
W. II. Walker, instructor in the
igricultnral department of the Cove
>cek High School, gave the institute
Ui interesting hour oh subjects of
mportancc to farmers and livestock
aisers, his hour was made more col>rful
when he called upon men who
ad, by study of their work, made a
iuccess of the line in which they spe!ialized.
Mr. Walker called upon Mr.
lohn Greer, of Mabel, to tell Ike
rathcring something of the methods
-.e had pursued in attaining success
is a grower of potatoes. Mr. Greer
emphasized the use of carefully seiecT-ed
sse?r~pbtnioeiJ, the meaire ulthe
care wuh*wmch his
:rops had been sprayed and XJtdtivatid
during the growing season. Some
:acts as to the relative values and
rests of the Canadian seed potatoes
veye brought out. at this time.
Don Ilovton also aided Mr, Walker
n his purl of the program by dismissing
with the authority of an expert
the use of vaccination as a preventive
of diseases in cattle and
sheep. He stressed the fact that black
eg and other incurable diseases
irr.ong cattle were entirely preventive
by vaccination, while hemorrhagic
septicaemia, a blood condition in
*heep, generally believed incurable,
:an be eliminated by the timely use
>f vaccines. Mr. Korton illustrated the
practicability of his methods by stating
that by vaccination his sheep
twice yearly he had not lost a sheep
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Meter Cards to Be Used
Ry Local Light Coinpiny
Cards showing current reading of
light meters are being distributed to
patrons of the New River Light and
Power Company this week, and S.
M. Ayers, superintendent believes
that the measure will go far toward
eliminating misunderstandings relative
to light bills. The cards will be
placed beside meters and the readings
will be marked down monthly. All
persons who do not understand just
how to read his or her meter will be
taught to do so by Mr. Ayers on calling
at his office. He states that a meter
is very easily read when once understood.
The local light and power
company are users of General Electric
meters, said to be the best money
can buy.
Mrs. Emma Lowrance
Dies at Valle Crucis
Mrs. Emma Lowrance, 35 years
old, died at the home of her parents, , ^
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Baird, at Valle
Crucis Wednesday mernnig, the 17th
inst., after a serious illness. of about
a week. She had been in declining
health for about 18 months.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home on Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock by the Reverend
Hurburt, Episcopal minister, and interment
was ill ilir o?iru giaVeysru.
Surviving, besides the parents, are
two children, Mary and Howard, one
sister and six brothers.
Mrs. Lowrance was reared at Valle
Crucis, but for twelve years had made
her home at Elizabethton. Because
of declining health she returned to
the home of her parents for an extended
visit, and the fatal illness followed.
She was well known throughout
the community, and leaves many
friends to mourn her death.