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VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 4
DR. DOUGHERTYTO
SPEAK AT REUNION;
OF OLD FAMILIES
Mast?, Taylors, Shulls, Hortons and
Bairds to Gather at Valle Cruci*
on August 20th. More Than 500
Expected to Be Present. Program j
for Annual Ev*nt Released. Close
Friends Invited to Participate. J
Plans for the annual reunion of j
the Taylor, Mast, Baird, Shull and!
Horton families, to be held at Valie
Crucis on August 20th, are going
forward rapidly, and indications at
present are that more than five hundred
members of the prominent families
will be present for the event,
which includes an old-time basket
picnic at the noon hour.
For the past several years the reunion
has been held in the Middle
West, where many of the connections
reside, and it is expected that a large
group from Kansas and .Missouri will
be at Valle Crucis next month. Mr.
J. M. Shull, one of the sponsors, was
I., TJ^xyvvx,. T? ~.-J 1 - '
hi jjifuuc lucauaj, unu gave out me
following program for the reunion, .
which opens at 10 o'clock a. m.:
1. Song No. 281, "My Country
'Tis of Thee."
2. Prayer by Rov. J. A. McKaughn,
pastor of Cove C'rcck Baptist
Church.
3. Address of welcome by Ira T. ]
Johnston of Jefferson.
1. Response by J. M. Shull of
Kansas.
J. Song, "The North Carolina
Hills," led by Professor I. G. Greer
of Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege.
(j. Peak address by Dr. B. B. ,
Dougherty, president of Appalachian
Stale Teachers College.
7. Remarks by \V. II. Gragg of
Boone, followed by basket dinner. j
8. (1 p. m.) Old-time Love Songs
by Professor and Mrs. Greer.
9. Short speeches by representa- 't
tives of the different families,
10. Discussion as to where the
next reunion shall be hold.
Individuals of each family arc requested
to wear ribbon badges, one ,
inch wide and four inches long. They
Shuils will wear lavender, the Hor-j
tons blue, the Masts green, the Tay-j
lors gold, and the Bairds pink. j
The Shut! family will be represented
by J. T. Shull; the Horton family
by S. P. Horton; the Baird family by
T. C. Baird; the Mast family by D.
C. Mast, and the Taylor family by
C. D. Taylor.
Mr. Shult states that all friends
of the families who wish to take a
part in lhc reunion are cordially invited
to do so.
Parks Family Gathers
In Annual Reunion
More than one hundred descendants
of the late Rev. W. C. Parks,
Virginia minister, met in annual reunion
at the State Fish Hatchery
near Boone last Saturday. Three surviving
daughters of Rev. Parks, Mrs.
S. M. Greer of Grant, Va., Mrs. E.
S. Coffey of Boone, and Mrs. J. F.
Spainhour of Morgcnton, were present
for the enjoyable event, which
was climaxed by a delightful luncheon
served in the hatchery grove. A
son of the revered minister, Mr. Fred
Parks of Pittsburg, was the only immediate
survivor who did not attend
the reunion.
Relatives who assembled Saturday
came from North Carolina, Virginia,
Tennessee, We3t Virginia and other
states, only two of those present not
being related to the Parks family,
either by blood or marriage. The day
was spent in renewing old acquaintances,
forming new ones, and mingling
together in informal fashion.
A partial list of those present follows:
Mrs. E. S. Coffey and daughters,
Misses Ruth and Louise, of Boone;
Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Willams, of
Boone; Mr. and Mrs. Baxter M. Linney,
of Lenoir; Professor and Mrs.
I. G. Greer and family of Boone;
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Spainhour and
family of Morganton; Mr. and Mrs.
P. W. Hamlett and children of Wushi,
China; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nelson Sr.,
Mrs. M. E. Shell and daughter. Miss
Helen, of Lenoir: Mr. Hubert Coffey,
of Bryson City; Boatright Britain
and family, Seven Mile Ford, Va.;
Charles Greer and family of Marion,
Va.; Herbert Parks and family, of
Roaring River.
Charles Bowers and family, of
Bristol; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Robertson,
of Madison; Governor and Mrs. R. A.
Doughton of Sparta; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Barrow, of Bluefield, W. Va.;
Mr. and Mrs. Britton and Mr. and
Mrs. vinvent v,ux, ox x>u?.ioiujx=
Ford, Va.; Mrs. Cornett, of West
Virginia; Mrs. Arthur Parks, of Sparta;
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Blair and
daughter, of ThomasviUe, N. C.; Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Shearer and daughter
of Lenoir; Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook,
of Sparta; Mrs. Burson of Florida;
Mrs. W. C. Field and Mrs. Cox, of
Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Mr. and Mrs.
James Moore, of Bristol, Tenn.
Halifax County farmers report an
abundance of boll weevil in cotton
and ihe LaxVcSt of 20,000 pound?:
of crimson clover seed. I
1 -
'ATA I
A Non-Partisan New
BOONE,
Aerial Commuters
I? ' ^
Joe Cannon Jr. and Otto Comp, fo
as they stepped from the latter's en
plane on the Blowing Rock golf
course recently. The two "aerial te
commuters" used just thirty-five hij
minutes in making the trip from th
sweltering Charlotte to "breezy" ul
Blowing Rock. of
\(IV\\ RtfOOWIVIT !ul
l iujuiy iiuuii/JUi l x
OF COUNTY DEAD 5
I ta
i
Mr. John Day, Well-known Citizen of
Deep Gap Community, Succumbs.
Had Been in Poor Health for
Some Time. 80 Yci-rs Old.
PJ
Mr. John Day passed away at his
home in the Deep Gap section early ^
Monday morning, after an illness
which had been considered serious for
several weeks. Mr. Day was 80 years
aid, and his death was due principally
to natural infirmities incident to his ni1
great age.
At press time Wednesday funeral ya
arrangements had not been complet- ls
cd, but it was understood that the
services would bo conducted Thursday
and that interment would be in
the neighborhood cemetery. *1
Surviving arc ten children, five
sons and live daughters: R. F. Day of
Fleetwood, N. (J.; George Day, Fleetwood:
Vv. M. Day. L-axon; I W. Day,
BeadiniTi TVnh"; Harvey Day. Milton, ?
Oregon: Mesdames A. W. Greene andj'Jj
Wilson Greene of Deep Dap; Miss m
Mary Day, Deep Gap; Mr;. G. C. Car- to
roll, Jonesboro, Tonn., and Mrs. Lil- t|,
lard Beach, of the Rich Mountain
ct
section.
In the death of Mr. Day Watauga to
County lsr.es cr.e of her mnnt sub nc
slantial citizens. He spent the greater ;vj
part of his life ill the community in
which he died, and was known thruout
this region as a good and just
man. In his death there is cause for de
deep sorrow among those who knew wi
hirn best. v.':
War Risk Insurance ?o
Cases to Be Heard
Several eases of World War vet- q,
erans of Watauga suing the govern- ril
ment for war risk insurance claims jt
oro m\w rtnneHncr in ilif Fpi^th! flfllirt n
and Marshal W. H. Gragg is this pt
week summoning the witnesses to appear
next week in the eases of Frank g,
Bingham and the estate of the iate a[
Paul Spainhour. In both instances, ^
it is said, the plaintiffs seek to re- gj
cover ?10,000 in insurance issued
while they were serving with the g,
American armies during the World j(
War. Whether or not any of the oth- j(
er cases will be tried at the term g,
of Wilkesboro court, convening Monday,
is not known. m
y<
Local Showers Break j"
Protracted Drought si
bj
The drought, which has been play- ^
ing havoc with growing crops for the Y?
past several weeks, was broken in the
region around Boone Monday night 'e.
by a considerable shower, and on
Wednesday a hard shower wa3 wel- p<
(Homed in this community.
Farmers state that the potato crop
has been damaged by the extremely 1
dry weather, and that many plant- ei
ings of late cabbage are so retarded
that rain even at this time will not J]
be too late to make a good crop.
Early maturing varieties of potatoes
have not suffered so much, and a
nnr-.A xrioM ic vAnnrt^d from manv ir
Bvv/? J,,v? - farmers.
C
P
Link in Yonahlossee h
Road Win? Approval v
Among the highway projects to be ij
approved for early construction by C
the State Highway Commission Tucs- ci
day was the 8-mile link of the Yon- a
ahlossee from the Avery County line a;
to Linville. Contracts will be let on
August 10th and it is supposed that C
the work will be completed this fall, ai
| The unfinshed portion of the famed ti
I highway has been a source of much w
I auuyyaUCv to the hundreds of tour- ti
I ists traversing this section, and has y
I tliorI
oughfare. I b
JGA
'spaper, Devoted to the
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C
EACHERS FROM
FIVE COUNTIES TO
MEET HERE AUG. 4
any Important Questions to Be Taken
Up at Conference of Elementary
Principals. Meeting to Be Held
at Teachers College. Over Four
Hundred to Attend. Supt. Hagaman
Issues Call.
A conference of elementary and
gk school teachers will he held at
e Appalachian State Teachers Colare
in Boone on Thursday, August
according to a statement sent out
t Dr. J. Henry Highsmith. state
gh school supervisor. The conferee
is for five counties, Watauga,
ilkes, Ashe, Alleghany and W'ataui,
and it. is expected that more than
ur hundred teachers will be presit.
Heretofore only county superinndents,
city superintendents and
gh school principals took part in
ese conferences. This year particnr
cf ? ncc u-ill ho unnti enhiopfc
vital interest to the elementary
hool principals and each one is
god by the authorities to attend.
The conference will be gin at 9:30
m. County Superintendent Smith
igaman has sent out the following
tice to all school principals in Waitga:
"There will be, by order of Dr.
ighsniith of the department of cdution
of North Carolina, ? meeting
all high school and elementary
incipals of Watnag.", and other
unties, heid at the Appalachian
ate Teachers College in Boone on
lursday, August 4th, at 9:30 a. m.
"This means all teachers of oneaclier
schools and principals of more
an one teacher schools, both deer,
tary and high. If you arc not
le to secure a substitute on thi3
y, you must adjourn your school. It
important that vou attend.
"SMITH HAGAMAN,
"County Superintendent."
/atauga Attorney May
Win Special Judgeship
Attorney- Jo:::: H. Bingham, of
:gn: Gi'ov=, ?sr-s- visiter in Bo or, a
yuuay aflenvsir.- and while here
Id a member of The Democrat staff
at numerous party leaders throughit
the county have been urging him
make a race for the Democratic
imination for State Representative.
i\ Bingham states that he is not
candidate for any office and, while
anking his friends for their confince,
wishes it understood that he
juld not accept any nomination
:thin the gift of his party.
The Sugar Grove man has been
tive in local politics for more than
rty years, but has never been a
indidate for public office. It is
iderstood here that he has been enirsed
by many prominent North
jrolinians for the special judgeship
ade vacant by the resignation of
idge Harwood some months ago.
overnor Gardner has not yet ap>inted
a successor to Harwood, but,
)e to the congested condition of
ate dockets, it is expected that the
ipointment will be made at once,
mong those who have lent their
idorsement to Mr. Bingham for the
idgcship are Senators Morrison and
ailey, Congressman Dougliton, Judge
>hr.son J. Hayes, judge Finley and
idge Harding, as well as the mcmjrship
of the local bar association.
Mr. Bingham, it is said, has heard
ore reierenee cases man any mw>r
in Northwestern North Carolina,
id each and every verdict rendered
/ him has been sustanicd by the
:ate Supreme Court. Those who are
rcking him for the judgeship state
int Bingham is eminently fitted for
ic bench, and that this section of
le country, which has been more or
ss overlooked in the matter of jucial
patronage, deserves the aplintment.
Mr. Bingham has been a member
' the local bar for more than iweiiyears,
and during that time has
ljoyed a lucrative practice.
EFFERSON B. COUNCILL
DIES AT FAYETTEVILLE
Jafferson B. Councill, 27, superitendent
for the Burlington Mills
orporatior., died in Highsmith Hosital,
Fayetteville, early Sunday muring
following an illness 01 ten days,
e had gone to that city two months
go to take charge of the Puritan
111!?, rayon factory.
Mr. Councill was born and reared
1 Salisbury. His father, Dr. J. B.
ouncill, one of the leading physiians
of the Piedmont section and a
ative Wataugan, died three month?
E?Mr.
Councill was a graduate of
lemson College and had made rapid
dvancement in the textile manufncjring
field. His wife and two sisters
ere with him in his illness. In addioii
*o Mrs. Couneill he leaves a 9ear-old
son and an infant daughter.
Funeral services were held in Salisury
Monday afternoon at 5 o'cloclc.
HHH39K3S9E?i-'
DEM<
Best Interests of Northw
AROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 28,
Laurel Creek IV]
Rather than to
Choosing death rather than the or
deal of appearing as a witness in Fed
eral Court. Gold Ward, 38, of Laure
Creek Township, this county, shot am
killed himself on Wednesday evenini
of last week at his home on Beecl
Mountain. Officers investigating ui
cast slated that a Id gauge shotgu:
was placed against, his heart, the trig
ger being nulled with a note'r.c
' stick.
A crudely-scrawled note, found i
his purse, said: "Dear Folks: I at
going to bid you farewell, for I can'
resl of a day nor sleep of night. Ber
son, you all can live. I would love t
stay with you but I can't; I am no
Worth anything much any mort
Dear wife, of course you will weej
but take it as easy as you can. I wi!
let people talk about mc when I ar
gone. Good bye one and all, I hop
to meet you in heaver.. My dear wif
ar.d children, may God bless vou all
Gold Ward."
Ward, who was a Primitive Bnptis
minister, had served as a Rcpubiica;
DR. DIM LEADS
IN MEDICAL TESTS
Son of Watauga Lady Leads Class o
AS nf( it 1 u
? >' ??? ? / VI I VUMCUU1 < IVUVI C*
Educated at University and
Vaaderbllt.
The following relative to the signs
honors won by Dr. Fred M. Dula, o
Lenoir, when he took the lead over
large class in the State medical ex
animations, will be of especial inter
est to Watauga County citizens. Dt
Dula is a son of the late Dr. A. W
Dula, and since is mother is a nativ
Watauga woman, the many friend
of the family, and scores of relatives
rejoice with she and her son upoi
his noteworthy achievement:
Dr. Fred M. Dula, of Lenoir, sue
cessfully stood the State medical ex
amination in Morehead City las
week, it Wa5 ailROQIiCcdj rcccivih;
the highest grades in a class of 85
and lias received his state license t
practice medicine, lie made an aver
age 01 more limit- OG or. h:3C~
aminHtionB,
Dr. Diila 2? the son of the late Di
A. W. Dula, eye specialist, and Mrs
Dula, who now lives in Lenoir. H
has been studying at Vanderbilt Uni
versify for the past several years
having first received A. B. and MI A
degrees at the University of Nort
Carolina.
At the present Dr. Dula is in th
nasnvilie uenerai irospiiai a I, rvasn
ville, Tenn., where he is serving hi
year's internship. He plans to local
in Lenoir ill July of next year for th
practice of medicine, it was leai-ne
today.
Frederick Mast Dula was grade
ated from the University of Norl
Carolin at the age of Id years, com
pleting the four-year course in thre
years. He received his Master's dt
g.ee at the age of 20 years and v.'a
offered the position at that time o
Assistant Dean of Students. His at
erage for the three years of collcg
work was sufficient to admit him t
the Phi Iletta Kappa fraternity; th
highest scholastic honor at the un
versity, but the requirements call fc
four consecutive years' collegia!
work. However, he averaged 95 o
his M. A. degree work. He stood i
the top of his classes at Vande
hilt University and won honors then
Will Begin Pouring
Concrete August
Pouring of concrete on the tw<
mile link of the Boone" Trail Higl
way between Boone and New Rive
will begin about the 15th of Augus'
states riarvey Bunting or trie ic. c
Lassiter Company, which was aware
ed a contract for the constructioi
Only fifteen days will be required, i
is understood, for the work, and th
thoroughfare is expected to be openu
for travel early in September.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION IS TO
BEGIN BEAUTIFICATION PLA:
Raleigh?The State Highway Con
mission is embarking on a progra:
of highway beautification. August
has been set as general clean-up ds
on highways anu Arbor Cay each ye;
will hereafter be observed in roai
side planting with the entire mail
tenance force taking part.
Each division engineer shall be :
charge of beautification in his div
sion and it is hoped that a friend'
competition will develop between tl
divisions to determine which wi
make the most progress in the woi
this fiscal year.
Land owners will be asked to c
operate; unsightly advertising sign
motor junk dumps, isolated wrecl
and rubbish heaps will be remove
from sight of the highways; hideoi
gullies will be grassed and enginee
in clearing for new construction wi
leave an avenue of trees along tl
' highways. MUM
OCRA
est North Carolina
1932
[an Kills Himself V
Appear in Courl P
-' official in the last general clectio
_!and it is understood "had been sun
j | inoned to appear before District A '
jtorney J. K. McCrary, who was i
', Watauga the lattev part of last wee #
J j making preparations for the trial o?
h|37 Democrats on a charge of frauj
e ; in Molding the 1330 election. Th 5
-j1a ., to be tried before Judg2
Johnson Hnyes. of the Middle Nor:'^
d| Carolina District, at Wjlkesboro 113S
j August 4
nj Several times Within the past fetWW
n 1 days. Ward wa3 said to have told j t<
t members of his family 'bat he "had1 C
1, | rather die than lo go to court." A' K
o factional dispute among the members j c
t of his chinch, it is claimed, had also 1 c
>.1 caused him considerable worry. | b
), Funeral services were held at the nr
!I; Ward Graveyard Thursday afternoon j
n iit 3 o'clock, Kev. T.. M. Presnell con- 33
e ducting the rites. C
e! Surviving are the widow, eight di
j. children, parents, and several brothers
and sisters. The deceased man G
t bore a good name in the community M
it where he had spent his entire life. L
: i>
imrs. s. j. barnett jj
ii passes Tuesday;;,
i . _ iii
f Prominent ooone Lady Succumbs to
Lingering Illness. Funeral Wed- j .*
nesday at Baptist Cnutdi, 1
and Interment Here.
il Mrs. S. ,J. Rarnett died at her home j1
f in Boone Tuesday afternoon alter an '
a illness of several Weeks. A complica
tion of ailments contributed to her
- demise, she having never enjoyed
Rood health since the death of her
. husband about two months ago. She 1'
e was 58 years old. [ ?
s Funeral services are to be con-!
, ducted from the- Boone Baptist]^
a Church in this city, this (Wednesday) |
afternoon at 1 o'clock. The obsequies i ~
- will be in charge of Rev. P. A. Hicks,]
- the pastor, and interment will be ir, jsc
t : the city cemetery. i
K Surviving is son. I. T. Bar licit,; f]
. I Rnono ronn fivn irrnn^.liil.l n
0 dren, five sisters and four brothers, j r_
Mrs. liuriH'lt -was a native '
gj 'mite Cour.tyy but had medc -WjC
homo in Boone for the past eight ^
years. Slie had been n faithful and
' ioyal member of the Baptist Church *'
0 almost since ehihihood, nod during si
- her residence in Boone had won the w
' friendship and esteem of the citizen- J'
ship generally.
h al
e Local Officers Capture v
s Booze and Make Arrests c
e ai
e Leonard Carlton and Clnrence Lew- "31
d is were arrested by Deputy Sheriff T
Clint Norris and Policeman Jt. S. D
i- Swift or. Thursday afternoon at the c
h home of the former near Devil's St
i- Gate, following the finding of five
e gallons and three quarts of illicit tl
!? hooch on the premises. The men were tl
,s lodged in the county jail, and on s<
f Saturday waived examination before V
r- Justice of the Peace E. N. Hahn.
e posted bonds of $500 each for ap- tl
a pe&rance at the fall term of Superior
le Court, ami were released. 1
i- Returning to tlie Carlton home} e
>r shortly after the arrests were made. ] f,
;e Deputy Norris found one gallon and If
n three quarts more of the fluid near; f
it the building, before darkness halted j?
r- his search. The next morning he re- j t
e. neweri his investigation and located J
two and one-half gallons more, and I
on the same afternoon picked up an I
? additional five pints. j
> This is the second large haul the :
local officers have made recently, c
i- having captured fifteen gallons of
l- booze a few weeks ago. During the ?
:r past year Officers Swift and Norris
t, made more than eighty-five arrests,
most of them having been for infraci
tions of the prohibition laws.
i ~ s
c Pasture Needed By ii
d Baptist Orphanage ?
The Mills Home at Thomasvillc, e
^ orphanage ui the Baptist detlGininn t
tion, is sorely in need of grazing for j.
forty to fifty head of cattle, accord?
ing to I. G. Greer, official of the v
j Baptist Church here. Mr. Greer states ,
that those who have pasture for rent "
.j should get in touch with him at once, 1
j* and any member of the denomina- "
1_ tion or others who have surplus graz- *
ing lands, would meet no objection ;
should thev wish to donate some of ?
. their evoess grass to the child -rearing
ly institution.
10
ill OPENS FLY FARM
rk
Bean, Ga.?A three-hundred-acre
o- farm just to produce flies is being
s, developed in ttjis eastern Georgia
ks community. But they're July flies, the
:d kind the game fish like, and the dejs
veloper, j. M. Moseley, is selling
re them to fishermen. The farm, abanill
doned to dog. fennel and weeds, is
le an insects' paradise and Moseley
J Ivnevu oi Th'Z " oofotftrin
T
? , , ~ \M
$ 1.50 PER YEAR
Watauga jury to
'ass on guilt of
l former sheriff
enire Summoned From This County
to Try Jefferson Case. Former Shor
iff Being Sued by Ashe County
for Large Sum at Special Term of
Court. Two Boone Attorneys Are
Appearing in Artie::.
A special venire of Watauga
ounty men left yesterday morning
r Jefferson where they will pass
il the case being tried at the special
?rm of court there, wherein Vshe
ounty is suing Ex-Sheriff J. W.
[ampton for ?70,000, of which, it is
ontended. the county was defraudd
by the consent settlement made
y the former officials and the ccmiissioners.
The venire was drawn in Boone
[onday and the group of Watauga
ounty citizens, summoned on Tuesare
as follows:
C. B. Reese, Beaver Dam; D. F.
reene, Beaver Dam; M. C. Brown,
eat Camp: A. C. Mast. Cove Creek;
loyd Hayes, Boone; Sam Austin,
oone: J. P. Cnmbs, Cove Creek; L.
. Bingham, Boone; W. K. Anderson,
oone; Dave Moody, Cove Creek; R.
. Hodges, Boone; J. L. Shu 11, Laurel
reek; J. R. Gragg, Boone; W. L.
rown, Boone; John A. Beach, Cove
reek; v. ti. iIcuuwa? Bcc"c; W.
[ardin Brown, Boone; W. S. Chrisan,
Boone; W. N. Sitddrcth, Blowig
Rock; Sam S. South. North Fork;
ee Swift, Beaver Dam; C. F. Culler,
Lcur Camp; D. H. Johnson, Beaver
am; G. H. Winkler, Boone; W. C.
yon, Boone; Don Hagaman, Beaver
am. Scott Swift. Cove Creek.
Clevc L. Gross. Boone; II Grady
arthing, Boone; C. C. Ragan, Meat
amp; A. X. Mast, Cove Creek; Carl
ayne, Boone; Bert Mast, Cove
reek, C. J. Farthing, Beaver Dam;
II. Harbin, Cove Creek; Ed S.
rilliurifs, Cove Creek; John A. Lentz,
lowing Rock; A. E. Trivett, Beaver
am; J. M. Brown, North Fork; R. D.
ovetz, Stony Fork; Charles John>n.
Beaver Dam; Lewis Norris, Beaer
Dam; J. B. Farthing, Beaver
a r ? i . t> r ..a -
cllll, ^V. U. UUDIIU, LUIHCI
aruy, Kuuiw, G. II. Moody, Cove
ree>; W. IV Wilson. Beaver Dam;
G. Stephens, Meat Carnp; I. F.
hurch. Bald Mountain: John A.
proles, Booue.
The prospective jurors went to Jeferson
Wednesday morning and it is
jpposod that the case will get under
ay hy the afternoon session. John
. Brown, Boone attorney, is appearitr
for Sheriff Hampton, while Senior
W. R. LcviR is on EHbsideof
io county. Robert H. McNeil of
Washington. D. C., nationally-known
ttpvney who appeared in the Bishop
annon cases, U. S. Grant Bauguess
nd Joseph Mi Prevc-tte have also
ene retained by the plaintiffs. Judge
am C. Bowie, Governor R. A.
oughton, Ira T. Johnston and R. P.
rouse finish out the array of coun:!
for the defense.
Governor O. Max Gardner called
ic special term at the request of
:e board of county commissioners
>veral weeks ago and assigned Judge
t. C. Harris to preside.
The civil action ~j be heard is
le outcome of a chain of litigation
hich had its beginning in March,
92S, when the hoard of commission's
as then constituted attempted to
oreclose on a deed of trust which
lampion and his wife had executed
or the purpose of securing the couny
against any loss. The present acion
has John A. Weaver, Thomas K.
Jillev, W. L. Dent, E. A. McNeill,
t. W. Hardin. E. A. McNeill G. M.
Donnelly and other taxpayers as the
>laintiffs, with Ex-Sheriff Hampton
?nd ttye .present, hoard of county
ommissioners as defendants.
Dr. Edward Madron
Dies at Mountain City
Dr. Edward M. Madron, dental
urgeon who for many years resided
i Watauga County, died at the home
f a son. Dr. Paul Madron, in Mounain
City. Tenn., last Thursday aitrnoon.
He had been in declining
cs'.th for several months and had
leen critically ill for more than a
reek.
Funeral services were he" ^
(fountain City Methodist C I :==
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
?ev. O. T. Bvrd. pastor, in <j=s
issisted by Rev. John A. Davis,
ist minister. Interment followed
he family burying ground r
Ihade.
Dr. Madron mas man of kt
ntellect, possessed a pleasing perso - , ,
ility. and was well-liked by a large
:oncourse of friends. He' was born
md reared in Johnson County, near
he North Carolina line, but came to
Watauga in early manhood where he
married a daughter of the late Thomis
Bingham. Mrs. Madron died more
than seventeen years ago. Survivors
include two sons, Dr. Paul Madron
>f Mountain City, and Dr. Horace
Madron, of ButleT, and two daughters,
both married, who reside in
fonnOQW