North Carolina Newspapers

? VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 39 STANDARD KINDS CROPS DESIRABLE SAYS NISWONGEB State Horticulturist Cites Need fo StandArrlir.Mtion of Truck Crop Grown for Markets, Especially Cab batje and Potatoes. Certified Cob bier Seed Recommended, and Dan ish Cabbage a Favorite. Mr. H. R. Niswonger. extensioi H??rlioalturist at State CoIIprp. Hp lieves that growers of Irish Po*atoe: and cabbage in Watauga Count] / couple profit immeasurably from th< standardization of varieties, and be lieves that a dependable supply o a quality product is essential befor< co-operation in marketing will mak< appreciable advancement. Tn a lettei to a local business man, Mr. Niswon ger sets forth his advice in this con nectioii as follows: "I believe one of the most impor tant pieces of work regarding thi trucking industry: namely, potat< and cabbage production, is the star, dardization of varieties. At the pres cnt time there seems to be severa more varieties of Irish potatoes anc a pood many different strains of Dan ish Railhead variety of cabbage. 1 also thing that many of the farmers in your county should secure new seed of the Cobbler variety, particularly certified seed, and make a standardization along this line. Certified seed is cheap this year and no better investment could be made than along this line. Certified seed is along this line. There is some seed in your county, which should be used. One party, particularly. Mr. John Greer, has some especially good seed which originally came from Canada and has been kept clean of disease for the last four or five years. 'Many of the farmers in other mountain counties, who grow Dannish cabbage for fall market, are making rapid progress in standardization of this variety to a high, marketable strain known as Reed's cabbage, put out by Rceu Brothers, Oourtland, New York. Last year we had some of the large wholesale dealers in Columbia, S. C., come into dacksor. County preferring Reed's -^-Strain of Danish Rnlihemi. since ihey l ave found it superior and meeting market requirements better than the common run uf t/Simnn esuUngc uo\v being grown in the mountains "I feel that if we ever expect tc develop markets for our Trhountslr produce, we must work toward c quality product and a lower unit cost of production. Co-operation in marketing will never lnsVe much advancement until we hnvo a dependable supply of a quality product." THREE MEN WOUNDED AS GARAGE ROBBERY IS TRIED Throe young men from Virginia are in the West Jefferson jail awaiting trial on a charge of brenking and entering u garage in the Trade section, across the line in Ashe County, }Ir. Marion Thomas, a neighbor, in town Wednesday says. Bruce Donnelly, the pioprietor of ihe place, had been robbed Saturday night, and the autc tires taken were hidden in a brush pile nearby. Donnelly stood guard until -1 o'clock in the morning waiting for the return of the prowlers. and went to tied. Shortly thereafter, he heard a car stop and three men started to enter the garage. He opened fire with a shotgun, firing seven loads, hut the men escaped, to he captured later in Mountnin iCty. One was shot in the leg, one across the forehead and one ill the back, but neither was seriously injured. One of the jailed men was named Norris, and the surnames of the" other two was Cornett, it is said. e ?. THE WEATHER Weather report for week ending March 26, 1932, as compiled by the Co-operative Station at Appalachian State Teachers College: Average maximum temperature, 58 degrees. Average minimum temperature, 32 degrees. Average temperature, 46 degrees. Average daily range in temperaturc, 27 de2Eces? Greatest daily range in temp ature, 32 degrees; date, 25th. Average temperature at 6 p. m. (time of observation), 50 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 6: degrees; date, 21st and 26th. Lowest temperature reached, 24 degrees; date, 23rd. Number inches of rainfall (includ ing melted snow), 1.66. Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 1.66 date, 22nd. Number of days with 0.01 inch o: more rainfall, 1. Number of clear days, 5. .vnmoer of cloudy days, 1. Number of partly cloudy Hays, 1. Direction of prevailing wind, south east. Dates of heavy frost, 25th. Dates of light frost, 23rd. Dates of fogs, 22nd. Date of thunderstorm, 21st. Other phenomena described as fol lows: Solar halo 21st, 23rd. tfAXAl A Non-Partisan N< BOONI | Returns to Watauga After Long Absence Rev. S. H. Kime, of Walla Walla, ^ Washington, who more than forty^ five years ago left Watauga County for the Northwest, returned to Boone! for the first time in that long period! r last Thursday, and is now visiting a| * nephew, A. W. Smith, and a niece. Mrs. Roby Adams, here. Rev. Kime acknowledged that not one single building or landmark which graced the terrain in 1887, when Hp had* the village adieu, was ^ familiar to his eye. and he marveled I - at the rcniarbr.blc progrer^ made by! * the entire section during the two-' ' score, and five years of his absence-1 - The venerable Adventisl minister wasi " a visitor to relatives in the westernj c part of the county some fifteen years, 1 ago, but did not at that time come to( - Boone. r The pleasant visitor is a son of the | late Wilson Kime, who will doubtless i be remembered by some of the older residents of the mountain country. The home he left here when he ; turned his face to the West was lo* cated on the old White Oak Flat Road just west of the city. Only a " handful of" the friends he knew at . that time are alive today. 1 Rev. Kime came direct to Boone * from Los Angeles, California, and L after spending some time here he will * proceed to Providence, R. I., where a son resides. The entire trip was made by bus. and consumed a little over j four days and nights. aged minister ir?Tr?n n a m*trkw\ ? Um SATURDAY Rev. Edmund Greene. Baptist Preacher for 40 Y*ar?, Succumb* at Age of 82. Weil Known Gentleman Survived by 3 Sons. Rev. Edmund Greene, 82 years old, a Baptist minister of 10 years standing, died at the home of a son, Bedford, in Boone, Saturday evening. I His demise came from infirmities dm* I to old age. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon by Rev. Roc Payne 'and interment was in the Jont Brown graveyard on Meat Camp, Following . the remarks of the pastor, Attorney ' ! W. R. Lovill paid tribute to the memcry of Mrs. Greene died last November: The. $gcd couple had spent their~iasi i days with their sens in Bo/?n? and , the affection of the children for their parents, and their kind attention, evoked much favorable comment in the community. The survivors are Rev. Tipton Greene and Bedford Greene of Boone, and John Greene of the Oak Grove section, all among the best citizens of the county. Reverend Greene was a fine Chris tinn citi'.'.en, well loved by all, and did a full share during his life to the upbuilding of all Christian institutions in the mountain region. I Revival Progresses at Boone Baptist Church! Rev. B. Townsend, of Winston-Salem is assisting Rev. P. A. Hicks, pastor of the Boone Baptist Church, , in a series of evangelistic meetings which began here Sunday. The services are being held in the evenings and large crowds arc attending. It is expected that the meeting will con. tinue for tv.'o weeks. Rev. Townsend is the pastor of the Salem Baptist Church, and is known ! as one of the most convincing evangelists of the Baptist faith. MRS. FULLER HONORED The following story recently appeared in The Bristol Herald-Courier: "General R. B. Piatt, of Chattanooga, commanding First Brigade Tennessee Division United Confederate Veterans has honored Mrs. Sel' mer Fuller of Mountuin City with an ! appointment on his staff with the 1 rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Mrs. Puller has beer, very active, i not only in Tennessee but in North Carolina ir. behalf of the Veterans : and the work of the United Daughters of the Confederacy." Mrs. Fuller previous to her mar riage was Miss Rose Swift, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Swift of Amantha, this county. TRACY ITEMS Mrs. F. R. Bumgardner, who has ' been very ill with flu, is at this writing slowly improving. I Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Thomas, of Trade, Tenn., with their little son, - T. ,T., and two little daughters, Carrie Lee and Rebecca, enjoyed a pleas; ant Easter dinner at the home of his parenis, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thomas, r at Trade on Sunday. Mrs. Millard Wilson of Trade, who has been right ill for some time, is ! at this writing; slowly improving. Mrs. D. C. Mock and Mrs. H. H. - Osborne motored to Mountain City last Friday and were in town several hours shopping. Miss Ella Mae Sutherland, a student of Davenport College at Lenoir, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. - Tt. H. Sutherland of Glade Springs, I Va., during Easter. ewspaper, Devoted to the WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA: JOHN L. BRYAN, 47, I DIES FROM SELFINFLICTED WOUND Tragedy Took Place in Missoula, I Montana. Was Born and Reared in Watauga. Body Found With ttuiiet | in Temple. Was Foreman of I Wrecking Crew on Northern Pacific Railway. i Joiiii I,. Bryan, aged 47 vef.rs, endI ed lii> own life at his home on South ! iSeventh Avenue. Missoula, Monu, or. j | Sunday, March 6th, according to u ! newspaper clipping received by rela- < | tivcs here the first of the week. He ^ had fired a revolver bullet into his 1 I left temple- The body was found at t the home by a son, Joseph, at 12:10 ( i o'clock, before other members of the 1 family had returned home from Sunday morning church services. 1 Mr. Bryan, former car foreman of * the shops of the Northern Pacific J railway in Missoula, of late had been J foreman of the wrecking crew for * the railway. He was a native of Wa- s tauga County, a son of the late Joe j Bryan, and had been a resident of J the Western Montana district for tliei past eleven years. * j1 When the son discovered the body J officers were notified. It was the belief of medical attendants that the ? mar. had been dead for about tv/o' J hours when found. It is understood ! that Mr. Bryan had been worrying J about his railroad position. Besides the wife, he is survived by seven sons and three daughters. The 1 sons are Joseph. Ralph, John, Frank, J David, Dare and Cloice Bryan, all 1 of Missoula. The daughters arc Mrs. David Hope Hamilton, and Misses! I Mary and Fay Bryan of Missoula. Funeral services were held on the Tuesday following the tragedy by Rev. F. L. Gilson, Baptist minister, and burial took place in Missoula * Cemetery. _ ] Woodring Beys Escape i| From Miu. City Prison ( Wall and Oonley Woodring o? the ' Meat Camp section, who wore arrest- : od !? "! week-. ?oo or. charge? of ' possessing iiuuor 111 Johnson County, ' Tennessee, broke jail at Mountain x Gily early last we::., according to r. report inateonohino Roane. The sleoljj bars of their cell room had becnj" severed with a hack-saw, which was i thought by officers to have been smuggled in by visiting friends. The two Woodring boys, with Ray Penr.cll, arc wanted in Watauga on a charge of manufacturing, and were , to have boon delivered to Sheriff!. - j.>5 Farthing following trir.l at the spring n term of Johnson County Circuit s Court, I'ennell, who was nlso in the v Mountain City jail, failed to make ,, his escape. ^ It is 'understood that Sheriff Karl I Madron received a letter Friday from o the boys, mailed in Detroit, Mich., a stating that thev would be in Canadair within a few hours. jv Economic Ills No I A page torn from the frayed and almost forgotten book of the past was laid before the Democrat staff the other day when a tramp printer or "typographical tourist" as the visitor phrased it, dropped in to inquire as to "how's the work," and to garner a quarter or so before finding a reclining place for the night. This denizen of many a dusty composing room was footsore and weary, but uniike the "bevo" journeymen who are __visiting all print shops daily in search of work, he was by no means downhearted. He was crippled and carried a crutch, broke to the point of being tetotally "busted," had a while back j married a young widow with two | children, inherited n mother-in-law | both feeble in body and mind, been out of work most of the time since the "panic" struck the country, but was carrying; on with chin he-id high, and the thought of starvation which is a dead ghost to less experienced typos, had never entered the mind of this print. This devout apostle of the immortal Gutenberg has no douut for- | gotten more about movable types, the machinery employed in spreading the inks and general newspaper work than the younger fellows have been able to find out, yet there are no jobs. Hence "Slim" sells needles, pencils, calls on the trade, and otherwise manages to send some coin to the family each week. The house rent is paid from the sale of such items . . . there is some coal in the bin, and the printer feels that hard times are just something that naturally come. He's going to live, that's all there is 10 it, and no depression cr panic or other calamity or disaster is goiny to weaken his nerve. - * "Slim" says about the last job he had was on the Johnstown Breeze. When asked as to how he liked the layout, he replied: "Well, I Was willing to work on the Breeze us long as it would blow, hut wkcu DEM< Best Interests of Northwe ROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, BOONE C1VITANS ~~ ARE GUESTS OF BANNER ELK CLUB Inspect Wild Game Club at Lees-McRae Junior College, and Enjoy a "Home-grown" Dinner Served at Grandfather Orphanage. Committee Appointed to Plan Publicity for Mountain Section. TV-.. ? _i..i ti, i A ne e-iYiian viwio ui ouvuv Banners Elk held a joint meeting iuei evening ?t *ia?iiiers Eis. Watauga County has done a great leal in the way of conservation of vild life and the members of the Boone club were much interested in heir inspection of the Lees-McRae Jauie Farm, and especially in the Mallard ducks. The dinner was served at Grandfather Orphanage and the menu was nade up of food grown on Lees-Mcitae farm. Two talks Were made by ;tudcnta of the Mountain Farming bourse of Lees McRae. Joe Forbes speaking on "Lees MacRac Lives at Jome,'? and Bernie Pyatte on "The ?i?n.T0? V A i?XL ' *??- " ..v xiH-icui (Agricultural rian. j The principal business of the eve-| ling was the discussion of a plan forj o-opcrative publicity for this neighborhood. A committee was appointed is follows: Edgar H. Tufts, chairnan, Banner Elk; Di. G. K. Moose, )oone; Eubert Holshouscr, Blowing lock, and Mr. John Frank Hampton, Jp.villc. At the request of Newland a com nittee. was appointed looking to the organization of a Civitan Club in Rowland and Linville. Vlrs. Liilie Hartley Dies at Blowing Rock Mrs. Liilie Hartley. 52 years of ige, died at her homo in Blowing j lock last Friday after a lor.g illness, j '"unernl services were conducted by! icv. Sexton Buchanan from the Pres-1 kytcrian Church and interment was; n the Blowing Rock comet? ry. Mrs. liar tie was a native of Rowan bounty, but for many years had made ier home at Blowing Rock where he enlaced in onerntirn u hotel and estaurant. She was? well kno-vn f lifotigfrOUt this section aiiu popular r vith her wide acquaintance. Surviving is an only son, Paul, of SBSlSg: B*SV ' Milk Contest Draws Many School Essays iRidffMi in vliai^ic of i'cavlir, thr. j apers and poems submitted hy school j tudents of the county in the recent uilk-for-health contest, state that aj atisfaciorv number of responses! fere secured in the different contests j ,nd that a report of the winners can-] iot be made before the next issue of j 'he Democrat is published. The names j f those who won the awards, as well j 3 the prize-whyiing essays and hymes will be made public next jeek." i i Worry to Typo i ' I the Breeze failed to blow, why 1 | jnst had to blow the Breeze." He j has worked on the. Epitaph in I Tombstone, Arizona, the Oregonian in Portland, the Examiner in Los Angeles, the Post in Bangor, the Times in Miami, and a few hours at practically all way stations. He has traveled far enough in box cars to constitute a trip to the moon, and has done abcut everything any other printer has at tempted; been in juil and out, had money most of the time, been busted all told an eternity . . . but what is appealing about this artist of the clicking types and whirling presses is his unbridled honesty. He is as free to tell of a stay in jail as of a Christian deed done to help a less fortunate craftsman. Whatever of his sinfulness exists, he does not attempt to cover it, neither does lie boast of it, or recommend that others follow in his farflung footsteps. He's just a good printer out of a job, doing anything he can to get by, and faces the future with a courage and a fighting countenance that one must admire. For 37 years he has worked in printing offices, the world has never licked him, and he says that in the face of the panic it never will, so long as he can navigate. If he receives no aid his expression doesn't change, and he thinks just as much of the folks concerned. He is void of all false pretentions, and leaves you better prepared to "fight" than when he arrived, so remarkable is his courage. "Well, I am about to decorate your city," quoth the traveler, and when asked how. renlied: "Rv elim mating my carcass from the landscape-." Then with a cheery smile and a wave of the hand, "a good printer" hobbled out to follow the lure of the open road. A picturesque figure in American history, these tramp printers, and a very few of the genuine article are seen these days. 3CKA st North Carolina 1932 R. B. Angel Dies at Home in Pineola Mr. R. B. Angel, station agent for the Linville River Railway at Pineola for many years, died at his home there Sunday morning. Death was attributable to a heart attack, i: is believed. Mr. Angei had attended to bis usual duties on Saturday, and death came almost suddenly, lie was 72 years old. J- uneral services were held Tuesday afternon from the Baptist Church, and interment was in the Pineola v err.etery. Surviving are a widow and five children: Mrs. Charles Miller. Pineola; Clarence Angel, Boone; Mrs. Mary Pritchard, Pineola; Frank Angel, Pineola; Mrs. Louise Ramsay, Bakersville. Many friends from Boone, Johnson City, and other points along the railway attended the funeral. Mr. Angel was perhaps the oldest, in point of service, of any employee of the narrow gauge railway, having oci vwu in uij icreiit capacities lor about forty years. He was a member of the Baptist Church, of the Masonic fraternity, was of the highest type of citizenship and had many friends throughout this regionCOUNTY ELECTION BOARD IS CHOSEN Vance Howell New Member for Watauga. Others Remain the Same. Biggs Remains ax Chairman of State Beard. Vance Howell of Boone, Donley Ilagaman of Vilas and G. C. Robbins oi Blowing Rock were named as the Election Board for Watauga County, when the State Board of Elections met in Raleigh SaturdayMr. Howell is the new member of the local board, taking the place of Henry j. Hardin, who served for four years. Messrs. Hagaman and Robbing have served for the past two years. The local board will name its chairman at the first meeting, which will be.held for the purpose of naming the registrars and judges of election, who will officiate at the -June primary for the first time. It was voted by the Stale Board to consolidate the paiiois lui United States Senator and for Stat f-icaa. this action having hern taken in the interest of economy. It was -further ruled- thai iieiruci*tio bri-i zimvy ballots should he printed 0.n white paper, and if the Republicans should so into the primary they will voie a ticket printed on pink. Potato Growers Secure Canadian Certified Seed By H. R. NISWONGF.R (Extension Horticulturist) One phase of the farm program for Western North Carolina adopted in December at Ash evil] e by committees of farmers and farm women has reached its first stage of progress. The progress has consisted .Pf the planting of certified Irish potato seed. Over 100 farmers have secured 550 bushels of certified seed of the Green Mountain Variety. This seed was imported from Prince Edward Isle, Canada, and distributed during the middle of March in seven mountain counties in cooperation with county farm agents, vocational agriculture teachers and S. C. Clapp, superintendent of the Mountain Experiment Station. This seed is to be planted separate from the main potato field at- a distance of not less than five hundred feet. This is to prevent such diseases that may be present in the vines ol the main crop from being transmitted tO TicW seed. The production from these seed plots ill furnish diseasefree seed to these farmers for the planting of their 1933 crop. A continuation of this work, it is hoped, will encourage other potato growers in the communities to do likewise. which eventually should lead to v ? , 1?*v, Ill I." MHIiU.UUUIUIUil KH I 11 AT Vill.CbV HIIU 'lie rep!acc-ment of the common tot of seed not being used by the potato growers in these counties. The average production per acre in these counties in recent years has not been what it should be considering the adaptability of these sections to potato growing. This average can be raised to a large extent by the use of disease-free seed known as certified seed. Increase production pei acre will lower, also, the unit eosi of production. Standardizatir. of va riety along with lower cost of produc tion will place the potato farmer in position to meet competition in mar ket prices in our local and ncarbj markets which receive shipments o] this product from other states. l/\Uf A CTVD DAACn/n T iv/nr/% r\ji\ ivvuoc v e.jl. i Davenport, la.?The State Demo cratie convention late Tuesday in structed its 2fi delegates to the na tional convention for Governor Franl Roosevelt, of New York. The actioi was taken on a separate resolutioi brought in by the resolutions com mittee, pledging the national dele gation to "use all honorable means' to bring about his nomination. r m Ll $1.50 PER YEAR MOOSE ORDER ? ORGANIZED HERE F DAY EVENING , I One 1 ired and Ninety-one Mem[j ber e Enrolled. W. C. Moreland i! of eville in CLaTge of Initial j Wo X Bryan Will Continue Or; gan J ion. Annual Picnic of OrI ^cr f Here. At I * octinir he'd Friday nipht at | the c< louse here the Loyal Order lot T\T*iV? T?:;? ?>rvr:i r?JT?;d. "with 191 j charter membersi Mr. W. C. Moreland of Asheville, who has been in charge t of the work here, spoke briefly to , the large crowd of candidates, ex; plaining the benevolent practices of the order. Mr. Moreland left Saturday for the extreme western part of the state where another charter is being formed. He left Mr. B. R. Bryan in charge of the local organization, ar.d those who wish to gain information relative to membership are asked to see him this week. The Boone order will operate as a subsidiary of Asheville Lodge No. 781. Mr. Cliff McConnell has been appointed chairman of a committee to look after sick members and the needs of their families, and it is understood that various other phases of the local organization will be worked out within the next few days. ) Indications are that one of the annual picnics of the Moose Order will be held here sometime this summer, at which time visitors may be expected from several Southern states. A committee to look after this feature is to be named shortly. Motion pictures will also be taken of the Watauga country and given circulation througn the more than two thousand lodges of the United States. Those who attended' the Friday night meeting are highly pleased with the order, and it is believed that many | additional members will be added to the Moose roster within the next fetv ' days. | Masonic Hall Soon To Be Ready for Use i Work of repairing Ihe Masonic :Hal! building, seriously damaged by j lire several w.ck. iitis Deen go - ilig forward steadily, and the frateriiFii {):ln^lo "VVlil- 1 wS.ly .:fftV?aciau J-'-ilZ: pstpey grtftf on ?>Mwo. pflint.ing and plastering shall have bsen done. At the same time carpenters are engaged in restoring the atore room on the ground floor of the same building, which also suffered great damage ' ... ?.*... j:Inmn<. _ I1U11I tltc nanivS. NEW PRISON CAMP FOR CALDWELL COUNTY SOON Lenoir.?Probability of immediate erection of a prison camp in Caldwell County loomed nearer last week when Chairman E. B. Jeffress of the State Highway Commission told Representative N. Hunt Gwyn in a telephone communication that an official will be here within a few days to select a camp site. If a suitable location is found, the camp will be erected as soon as funds are available, Mr. Jeffress told Mr. Gwyn. The proposed camp for Caldwell County will have a capacity of 75 men. Suggestion that Caldwell and Alexander Counties utilize a centra! camp in Alexander met with disapproval by the board of county commissioners here when they petitioned the | highway commission for an individi unl camp in view of the fact that [| highway district lines divided Cald[ I well from Alexander. 1 JUSTICE'S COURT The following cases have been dis posed cf within the past few days by Justice of the Peace E. N. Hahn: E. O. -Greer, worthless check, pleads guilty, committed to jail for thirty days; judgment suspended on pay ment of check and costs. I Morion Warren and Johnnie Tester, petty larceny, probable cause, ;appearance bond fixed at $100. 1 J. S. Miller, worthless cheek, not guilty, prosecutor taxed with costs, j Luther South, operating car with [improper license, judgment suspendi ed on payment of costs, i Luther South, speeding, prosecutor ! failed to appear; defendant dis charged. New land Dotson, petty larceny, not t guilty, discharged. Ncwland Dotson, aiding in manu facture of liquor, probable cause; api pearance bond fixed at $200. . I r . V.. T ? l : : : r? tut.ii uDuusuii, in inauuiBV* J ture of liquor, probable cause, ap[ pearance bond fixed at $200. John Johnson, possessing liquor, waives examination, appearance bond fixed at $200. Dudley Swift and Keith Little, - possessing liquor, waive examination, - appearance bond fixed at $100 each. Will Carroll, false pretence, prose< cutor fails to appear, defendant disi charged; prosecutor taxed with the ' cost. C. D. Underwood, worthless check, - pleads guilty, committed to jail for ' 30 days, judgment suspended on payment of check and costs.