North Carolina Newspapers

Iljl ' BOONE | SKETCHES By j, C. R. OUR MOTHERS Those mothers of ours . . . living and dead . . . mothers of tender years, i mothers with gray hair and palsied kg hands, mothers in ultra-modern gowns, mothers in poke-bonnets and fgingdam dresses, mothers of purest character and mothers whose lives; are steeped in sin . . . mothers good I tand bad and indifferent will stand m j the spotlight next Sunday as an ay-; preclative nation pays them just trib- ] me Millions of posies, red end white, on millions of lapels . . . millions of j bright flowers on millions of ladies' j fc/i.-*jv ni!IMfinci r.f rhllrlron uritVi I nosegays from field and garden . . . will tell the high heavens that Mothers living are worshiped by an admiring multitude . . . that Mothers gone away are stil! enshrined in the hearts! of loving offsprings! A man may lay his riches in the' lap of an alluring mate to prove his; deep-seated affection ... a father may ransack, an empire for baubles' (to please the fancy of a favorite daughter ... a warrior, perchance, will write daring deeds in hlood and fire as he upholds on the battlefield the standards of his beloved country . . . but no sentiment of the heart can ever be so tender, so infinite, so boundless, so lasting, as the love of a mother for her child. Through a dismal travail she groped her way to give life to an infant . . . through the "sickly" days of babyhood, though her physical being cried for rest, she , ministered to his every need with a soothing lullaby on her Hps . . . and when he left her, whether the pathway he chose led to power or shame, i the prayers, the very soul, of that j fine old la.ly followed . . . even to | the end 1 ; Maybe her son was borne without' "-1! wedlock . . . maybe the neighbors [ called her "cattv" . - . mnvhc snejAtu - - - J ? VJ branded her as immoral . . . and maybe she was or id a model of virtue and piety. However that may j b", just remember, folks, aa you wear j BE that flower Sunday . . . white or red] 3g . . . you're honoring the very kindest, j ll bravest, truest friend you'll ever have, j GOODBYE, ROMEO! , A down-the-country cobbler for . several weeks plied his trade at the bench of a local shop . , . an old j?eeier he was with romantic notions tucked back in his he^id . . . -iMiti like Aliir.je," he <?o?ui't live here any more! He watched the rays of April sunshine coax the mountain flora rrom-Wintry beds, he icnt anxious ears to the tuneful ; call of the first bluebird ... he sniffed the seductive zephyrs that call many a "weary Willie" to the Koraany road ... he dreamed dreams of far-off places and people. The matrimonial shackles which for many a year hau neld him fast to a second spose . . chains that lias chafed Ids hide and caused him many a sorrowful hour i. . . became loosened ? yea, verily, they became even as putty! j A letter from 'way -out on the coast i broujrhfc word that, wifo Vo 1 *???- I nearing the fifties, was waiting i with (ipen arms; was willing, in j tact, to finance a trip to that al- ! ruling "land or the setting sun." j Rabbit blood welled in the feet ot ' our grizzled cobbler; visions of 1 a plump first-love who hud borne : him a family in the iong ago ap- ! pcy red before him as he pegged a j worn brogan. It was too much for j him . . . too awful much for mere i man to resist. He penned a mesfsage to his step-son, and, accord- 1 ing to reliable information, this is \ what he said: "Come and get your ^ mammy . . . I'm gono from here!" And "mammy" didn't seem to give a dang- what went with the old man . . . that's the story, believe It or not! [ It's easy to envision that happy reunion on the shores of the wide Pacific ... a raunlcn t of a couple of soul mates who quarf ruled and fought, and parted, away back yonder. And love Is stronger than law, says we! BOB REYNOLDS . . . EDITOR Senator Robert R. Reynolds, who during the past number of years has more than one time, broken into the "hallowed precincts" of the Fourth' ^ Estate, again responds to the irresist- j sif ible call of journalism. The Nation-1 alist, a non-politica), patriotic news-1 f.ut paper published at Washington, this I 3$. month announces that North Caro-' _ una s junior Senator lias been added isjf, to its staff, and carries under the SB heading "Now?Tomorrow" Bob's inane itiai contribution. From Murphy to SB Manteo, Reynolds has builded for himself an enviable reputation as a 9? platform orator . . . from a hundred ;';?i county courthouses he has hurled -jl verbal challenges at the hosts of priv||I ilege . . . for twenty-five or thirty years he has used a dozen brands of j "ammunition" on proponents of inter-1 nationalism and opponents to nation- | i alism; . . . and now, glory! be, he's I jj& dipped his quill for a brand-new cruVgjf sade. Senator Reynolds during his short tenure in Congress, has become a na'it tional figure. His friendship to AmerJS! ica's war veterans, the sympathy he ,S extends to the downtrodden, forgotten man, the loyalty be manifests for the common Johns . . . aii eom(Continued on Page 4) ! WA1 An 1 ! VOLUME XL.V, .VUMBER 45 WOODINDliAFTER !a long fight to iregain his health i I'miwr Secretary of Treasury Passes Peacefully at New York Hospital. Was Greatly Beloved. Left Business Enterprises to Join His Friend Frank Roosevelt in Mapping Out lioad to Financial Recovery. New York.?William H. Woodin, whose warm friendship for Franklin D. Roosevelt led him to take the helm of the Treasury in one of the nation's gravest crises, died Thursday night. The industrialist and composer, whose health had been frail in recent years, died in a hospital of the ?avagcs ui a. laroai iniection. lie would have been 66 years old late this month. For seven months, through the strain of the national bank holiday and the unprecedented monetary experiments of the New Deal, Mr YVoodin held to his post, until last November when he finally obtained a leave of absence and finally, January 1st, resigned as secretary of the treasury. The President, whom he called "Governor" and by whom he was in turn addressed as "Will," several times took occasion to acknowledge the value of the counsel and administrative ability of Mr. YVbodin. Crit- ! ici3in that Mr. Woodin was out of sympathy with what were popularly called "inflationary policies" of the | President and that the appearance of his name in the J. P. Morgan inqui- j ry was embarrassing ? cropped out I occasionally, but the friendship of the President and secretary was often I publicly reaffirmed. Not long before the end, one of Mr. Woodin's physicians related, he had talked affectionately of the President. However, Mr. Woodin was confined to bed at the hospital at the outset and had been critcially ill for at least! 24 hours, unconscious five of them, j until his death at 6:15 p. m. Mrs. Absher Speaks a * i ?:? aa?m.:? r\l t^cgiuil iUCCtlllg Mrs. W. R. Absher, president of the StttW American r aurlon Auxiliary, \ was principal speaker at a joint meeting of the local Legion post and Auxiliary Friday evening. Mrs. Ahshcr's address followed a! bountiful supper served by the iocal j unit and a program ot service for; the Legion and Auxiliary was outlined. One project is to be a canvass of the entire State, making a census of all children, physically handicapped, crippled, blind, aeaX, dumb, etc. Following the census, arrangements are under way for these children to be examined, treated and a' cure effected where possible. This i service will lie free to the child, and co-operation on the part of the general public is requested so that no child may be overlooked in the survey. Further announcements will be made later in this connection. jmiss Adams or worm wilkesboro, State Auxiliary secretary, was also present, and a reading by Miss Mildred McDade of Boone was well received. Adjutant W C. Greene describes the session as an outstandingly interesting and informative one, and states that the next meeting will be held at Cove Creek High School on May ISth, at which time all -ex-service men are urged to be present. The public is also invited. Officers Lees-McRae Named Last Week Banner fiik.?Trustees of the Ed-! gar Tufts Memorial Association at! their meeting here last week-end el- j ected officers and an executive com- j mittee for the coming year. The as- j sociatlon includes Lees-McRae College, Grace Hospital and Grandfather Home. Dr. Robert King, of Johnson Cily, Tcnn., wa3 named chairman of the board, succeeding Dr. Frazier Hood of Davidson College: Charles a Cannon of Kannapolis, vice-chairman, succeeding Dr. King; and F. H. Stinson, of Banuer Elk, was continued as secretary. Edgar H. Tufts, president of LeesJfcRae College, was continued aa president and treasurer of the association, consisting of the three institutions his father founded. The executive committee of trustees for the coming year Includes Dr. King and Mr. Stir.son, and Sam R. Sells and James A. Summers, of Johnson City, Tenn., and A. A. McLain, of Lenoir. The trustees adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of Mrs. Helen Hartley Jenkins, of New York, who died last week. Mrs. Jenkins was the chief single benefactor of Grace Hospital, which i3 named for her sister. > Ii; Wayne County the cnaniber of commerce has started a movement j stressing better quality crop3. Large attendances have been recorded at meetings held to stimulate interest in better erop3. | fill rAUG independent Weekly New BOONE, WATAUGA CSC ! MAYOR COUNCILL TO WHITE HOUSE Major Tracsy Councill left Tuesday for Washington City, where he : was invited to attend a White; ! House reception and banquet at the ! Shoreham Hotel in connection withj : tbe presentation of the Warm J Springs .Foundation to President Roosevelt. j Mr. Councill was chairman ot the j President's Ball held here and the j endowment of over $1,300,093.09 : came as a result of these enterprise ! es over the country. Mayor Coira| clll is expected td return Thursday. PRISON CAMP MAY i I BE BUILT SOON i North Wilkesboro Contractor Drilling Deep Well on State-owned Farm Near Boone. Work on Buildings Expected to Start by July. The State prison camp, to be esj tabushed on the property put chased j last summer for the purpose in the ( Oak Grove community one mile west j of the city, Is expected to be con| struetcd this summer, according tc Resident Engineer James H. Council! | of the State Highway Department j who says that is information is to the j effect that work will start on the i buildings about the first of July and | that they will be occupied this fall. Mr. R. E. Paw, of North Wilkes! boro, is now engaged in drilling a deep well to furnish water at the camp, and Mr. Carter Farthing has been placed in charge of the tilling of the fertile fields adjacent- Already about 200 bushels of potatoes have en planted, and a considerable acreage is to be seeded to corn and soy beans. Hon. Hugh Taylor to Speak at Bethel Church The Honorable Hugh Taylor, brother oi two ox-governors of Tennessee and private secretary to both during their terms of office, will deliver an address at Bethel Baptist Church, Beaver Dam, on Mothers' Day. May 13th. His subject will be "Mother;" and the hour is eleven o'clock a. m. Sir, a'tayior w (I an outstanding - tg: lire lo (lie ?Wjr r.r n-. r>~-. .. - wfc v?? IWOCO, >VUIJU Bob and Alf Taylor, brothers of opposite party affiliation, sought the Governorship, ami where the people of both organizations throw away politics anil elected one for one term out the other for a following term. A son of one of the South's most aristocratic families and a polished genjrjnmnn.. Mr Taylor is said to .be. anorntor second to none, and ail mothers ill western Watauga are urged to hear his address Sunday. Mr. Taylor comes to Bethel through the courtesy of Mr. C. G. Cooke, of F.lizabethton, Tenn., who in lis way will pay tribute to his and other mothers of the community in which he spent his childhood. Orphans Are Feted On Visit to Boone More than sixty children, charges of the Grandfather Orphanage at Ronrmr TP 11- "?-?? - -' " - ajmx, wcic gucsui iae I'ttstime theatre last Saturday morning' at a special screening voluntarily arranged by Manager Hamby. While the show was in progress, Messrs. Dempsey Wilcox and Jim Rivers conducted a whirlwind campaign among the citizens of the town, and when the orphans assembled in Daniel Boone Park for their picnic dinner, several gallons of ice cold lemonade, quantities of ice cream, peanuts, fruits candies and the like were on the ground to contribute to the joy of the outing. After enough of the treat had been provided, with plenty to spare for a few of those who could not come to town. Miss Jane Russell, superintendent, was presented an additional twenty dollars from the people of Boone to be used for the further benefit of this section's orphaned children. DWIGHT BEARD WILL DIE FOR MIJRDER OF VALDESE CITIZEN Morganton.?Dwigbt Beard, convicted on charges of the first degree murder of Augustus Bounous, Valdese merchant slain in a hold-up in 1932, was sentenced Saturday by Judge Wilson Warlick to be electrocuted on July 6th. His attorneys immediately filed notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court. "I hold no prejudice against anyone," the doomed man told the judge after sentence had been pronounced. Bounous, prominent Va'.desian, was shot to death as he drove to his home, i Witnesses had identified Beard and Alvin Bller, the latter serving a prlsj on term for conviction on charges Oi being an accessory to the crime, as j the men seen r ear the house when ! the merchant was slain. Throughout the trial Beard, who ! was captured several months ago in St. Paul. Minn., had protested his lit[ nocence. ? A DE spaper?-Established in the >UNTY, NORTH L'AKOLINA. THURSDA FUNERAL FOR MRSJ* DOUGHTON LS HELD ATLAURELSPRSNGS | Mother of Congressman Doughton Succumbs Thursday from Effects of Stroke Suffered Week Previous. Was Almost 06 Tears Old. Widow of the Late Horton Doughton. Two Sons Have Won Prominence. I ... . oiuivrui services were conducted Friday afternoon l'voin the laurel Springs Baptist Church ir. Allegjhai ny County, for Mrs. Rebecca Jones ' Doughton, the mother of two of Carolhia's most esteemed statesmen, and r tlic body was laid to rest in the Doughton family cemetery in that locality. A vast concourse of friends and , relatives gathered tor the obsequies ? from almost all sections of the State, 1 and many high officials in State and ;national activities were present. Several Wataugans attended the funeral, . tanning whom were L. L. Bingham, A. I iS: South, G. M. Sudderth, Charles f. . ^T. JStmmei man and W. R. Lovill. K' Mrs. Doughton was the widow of pa. Horton Dougliton, well-known Ali (feghanian who died 28 years ago, and ! 1 Jnotlicr of Congressman Robert I. j jpoughton. veteran representative ; (j . lYojm the Ninth District and at pres- , . cutchairman of the House Ways and j Means Committee. Another son. Hon.1 j R. A. Doughton of Sparta, has (lis-1 3 linguished himself in governmental eilMlc.s in Carolina, is a long-time leg- j Mator, former lieutenant governor I c i and commissioner of revenue. I ^ Other surviving children are: W. F. [ q Doughton and Mrs. F. Miller, Laurel , Springs: Mrs. T. J. Carson, Sparta,1 4nd Mrs. W. A. Fender, Washington. " Her children were all prseent when ^ death came, brought on by a stroke , of pernlysis a week before. 7 *rs. jjougntoh would have been I " tujjUty-six years o'd should she have j Wtt! until next month, and was often i f&fcttsle 1 by President Hoosevelt, " is in frequent contact with Con- j1 MjSssimiii Doughton. 1 BRGES COUNTY TO i: "GET FARM AGENT | J jtf:iprejf<5nt'\ttve of State College Be-'h fore Commissioners Monday in In- J tcrest of County Agent Proposal. | )Of Kspocinl Value Now. I j j b: Mr. O. F. Mcitary, district agent j from tlie State College extension de- j 0j partmont, was in town Monday and ,! went before the commissioners in the j e; Interest of a county farm agent.! sWlllic the boafu toTu MV. M.'Jtnry; that the budget would not nt the j u present time take care of the audi-' -0l tional expense involved, it was not j 0: altogether an unsympathetic ear that i received his recoromendfttions. Toe j . hoard is not described as bring un- J friendly to a county farm agent, pro- : vided it is shown that the people of j the county, particularly the farmers, want the new position established. | Mr. McRary, in speaking with a | Democrat representative, stated that i ' tlie nlaeivw heef ftQOU *1,? 1 ' t vi v\.v* va.uLic v/n me uaaiv. i , commodity list by the Federal gov- ! ernment increases the importance of i n agent work in a livestock county such j " as this, and that there is an added I incentive in the desire of the Tenncs- j . see Valley Authority to conduct their j ^ co-operative enterprises largely with I " the aid of the agricultural agents in i this section. I Many Children Cared ja For at Health Clinic'" i More than thirty children had ton- i n sil and adenoid operations at the j ^ child health clinic being conducted at the Demonstration school building t on the first two days. Drs. J. B. Ha- Q gaman and K. B. Perry of Boone and r Dr. B&ughman of Jolinson City are conducting the clinic and operations arc being performed at the rate of j ^ $12.50 per child. Examinations for] defective sight arc also being made j and glasses fitted at cost plus ten per cent. d COM 51SNCEMENT AT BANNER L ELK COLLEGE BEGINS' MAY 19 J I LI Banner Elk.--Commencement ex- | u ercises at Lees-McRae College will be j ? held May 19, 20 and 21, with L.. L,. c Campbell. execi:tive assistant to the t' Chariman of the Tennessee Valley o Authority, as the commencement t speaker Mr. Campbell wilt speak on Monday, May 21st at 3 p.m. f The baccalaureate sermon on Sun- C day. May 20th, will be preached by 3 Dr. Charles R. F.rdraan. professor of I theology at the Princeton Theologi- e cal Seminary, Princeton, N. J. Dr. t Erdrnan has for several years planned to deliver the baccalaureate sermon t : at Dees-McRae but. has been prevent- < ed each year until the present. He is a noted preacher and author of many t books. j The program or May Day and class day exercises on Saturday, May t 20, and the list of graduates will be t announced later. i ' MOO Year Eighteen Eight^SL; Y. MA Y 10, 1934 >ARK FOLKS WILL l! RETURN MAY 18th i *3 Information coming from Engi- sgl neer James M. Council! is to the ^ effect that the national roadway ^ officials who have been engaged in checking over tentative* routes for the Patrk to Park Highway, will re- ? turn to Boone on May 18th, after having- assembled in Bristol on the day previous. Several weeks ago the proposed route through the Blowing Rock section was practically obscured by fog. thus the ! return trip. Mr. Counclll states that two I ? weeks ago Chairman -leffress stnd jg Chief Locating Engineer Browning 1 jj traversed a good deal of the route favored by Carolinians, and went j c on foot to many of the eminences j n along the way. , j Funeral is held i FOR WEST CHILD1,; |i< imal! Sou of Mr. and Mrs. Guy West t Killed by Auto In Clarksburg, YV. o Va. Funeral at Advent Church. u Burial at Trivette Cemetery. r Funeral services were held Thurs- c ay afternoon from the Advent Chris- u Ian Church for Guy H. West Jr., v -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy d 1. West, who was fatally injured by c n automobile in Clarksburg, YV. Va., o n the preceding Monday. Rev. R. L. f sbell, Advent is t minister of Lenoir, c onducted the rites and was assisted y Rev. P. A. Hicks of the Baptist fcl hurch. s The active pallbearers were: Gur- * ! cy Brinkley, Grant Hodges, Lee tout and Joe Crawford, of Boone. ? [onorary: O. K. Pyles, C. J. Fesler, f1 William Jay, Charlie Rose, E. W. A)mi, J. L>. White, of Clarksburg, W. c 'a.; D. H. Hann, of Charleston, W. 'a , Cliff McConnell and John Greer J f Boone. A large number of friends athered for the services and the I [oral offering was impressive. Besides the bereaved father and lother, one brother, James Milton, iirvives. ^ According to information brought c] 3 Boone, the child was struck while u laying inside the curbing in front f his home. A motorist seeking to aj void striking another car is said to c; ave driven across the curb and di-1 sctly onto the child, who succumbed j , ihw in n nrtsniFnl 4-haf niNr fiv?~ i ? L " **"-|a river of the car was la ter charged j R y State police with manslaughter. : Q| Air and Airs. West are both natives I f this section, Mrs. West being a1 w aughter of Rev. and Airs. W. L. Triv- | tte. of Boone, and they have the i i'; ,'inpat.hv of a wide circle of friends ! g i iiieir iiefea.varr.vr.t. They have j? ved in Ciarkesburg since Noveni- jj er where Mr. West is in the employ f the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. ir L Lee Hayes Passes !x In Statesville Monday j ? J. Lee Hayes, 72 years old, a na- g ive Wataugan and prominent con- <v ractor of Lenoir, died Monday in a q tatesvillc hospital where he had een taken a week previous for treat- r lent. Funerai arrangements were * ot contained in Uie information The lemocrat was able to secure. Surviving are the widow nad five tiildren: Hal K. Hayes of Charlotte; (i iisses Ella and Olena Hayes. Lenoir; j,fiss VIema Hayes, State3Ville, and lubert Hayes. Boston, Mass. j, Mr. Hayes was a member of one i warauga county's most prominent I ,j mi substantial families, and for'(4 iany years made his home at Blow- ] lg Rock, where he was eiigaged in w he general contracting business. He p loved to Lenoir several years ago, n mere he had since resided. Mr. Hayes ras well known throughout this sec- t ion of the State where his fine traits f citizenship ha<| attracted a wide 4 ircle of friends. I; founce Will Speak t( At Spruce Pine Meet Charles L. Younce of Boone, former h istrict commander of the American a egion, will be a principal speaker "I 'hursday evening, May 10th, when he Seventeenth District convention d i held in Spruce Pine. Mr. Younce, rho resigned the commandership be- d ause of ill health, and who spent he winter in Florida, will talk about rhat the American soldiers cncoun- t ered in France. state uommaader Tom Daniels of t lew Bern will be present as will Jommandcr Honeycut.t of Black ( fountain, and others prominent in imericau Legion circles are expect- <J d. Music and other forms of enterainment arc to be provided. ? The meeting includes representsives from posts in Watauga, Mitchell. Caldwell, Burke and Avery counties U1 members and ex-senvice men are irgod to attend this meeting. t Water pipes made of a new alloy of t ellurium and lead are said to have i wice the resistance to bursting when i ro2en of lead pipe. ; ... . _ ."j .1 Sat"'' '.'T Vi'-fju?rt ? "= !\ RAT ht $1.50 PER VjiAR 1EWAY0UT OF mAOS IS SUBJECT EMINENT SPEAKER >r. Julian S. Miller of Charlotte in Address at College Commencement Exercises Says We Are Entering Upon Period of Complete Form of Democratic Government. Eightyeight Receive Degrees. The most constructive way out of he present chaotic condition was the eneral subject under which Dr. Jul121 S. Miller, associate editor of The 'harlotte Observer, delivered the litrary address at the thirty-first conilencemeut at Appalachian State 'eachers College last Friday. Dr. Miller said that America is riterin^ into t'OP innet pnmr'nfn o - ??raTJST^CC i Democratic government the world as ever experienced and in the subequent development he looks to eduation to take the lead. Quoting Arisen tie, "the body and in bid is the charhorse but the soul is the driver," he speaker emphasized the necessity f spiritual leadership as the uifver inder the expanded democracy. The event was the sixth commencenent since Appalachian College beame a four-year institution. A gradating class of 88 young men and fomen received bachelor of science egrees and another group of 52 rceived diplomas for the completion f the two-year normal course in the i.elds of primary and grammar grade ducation. Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of he college, in conferring the degrees tated that the institution is built on he theory that one should be specialr trained to do a superior quality ? work in some definite, field. The access of the college depends upon s ability to furnish teachers of this ha racier. rinals Begin Saturday Vt Blowing Rock School Commencement events at Blowing lock High School begin Saturday lay 12th, 8 o'clock, when the senior lass, assisted by other members of le school will present an operetta, The Gypsy Troubadour." An admision charge will be made for the leverlv staged nlav. 7??v'Tc The baccalaureate sermon will be silvered Sunday evening, May 13tb, t C ,Vr>lr^lr ' - i, u u viuv.ii av uir oapnai v-nurcn oy ev. J. A. Youiit, Lutheran minister t Boone. Seventh grade graduation exercises ill be held on Thursday evening, Lay 17th, 8 o'clock. Professor Guy [. Hill, principal of Boone High ehool, will deliver the address, Sueriiitendent Howard Walker will presnt. certificates of promotion. High sohool graduation exercises rill be the final program of the comlericement, held on Friday evening, fay 18th, 8 o'clock. The principal arts of this program will be taken y members of the graduating class, he diplomas will be presented by uperintendent Walker and certifiates of award by the. principal, Prof. '. E. Tester. rive Cases Are Heard Before Judge Sudderth Few cases came before Judge Suderth in Recorders Court Tuesday, ollowing are those disposed of: Marshal Coleman, violation prohiition laws; 60 days on roads. Marshal Coleman assault with a eadly weapon and forcible trespass; months on roads. Hubert YVinebarger, driving car hile intoxicated; 60 days on roads. >riving license revoked for twelve ir.nHiti Tom Bumgarner, violating proliiblion laws; dismissed. Alfonso Hayes, violating prohibilon laws; $20 and costs. Calvin Ragan, violating prohibition tws; case to be tried at next week's erm. THE YVEATHEK Weather report for week ending {ay 6th, as compiled by the Co-opertivc Station at Appalachian State 'eachers College: Average maximum temperature, 71 egrees. Average minimum temperature, 43 egrees. Average temperature, 57 degrees. Average daily range in temperaure, 2S degrees. Greatest daily range in temperaure, 37 degrees; date, 5th. Average temperature at 6 p. ultimo of observation), 65 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 30 legrees; date, 5th. i^wcat temperature reacned, 36 dep-ees: date, 2nd. Total precipitaiton, 0. Number of clear days, 6. Number of cloudy days, 1. All farmers wbo 3igned AAA conracts are being given books in which .o keep accurate records of their >rcduction and expenses. ThLs is an tnportant step forward in better