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cage two DID DANIEL CARVE HIS NAME AGAIN? Kock, Inscribed "D. Boon," Found in Yancey County. Autrey Is Eudciivoring to Determine Authenticity. Pioneer's Descendant Quizzed. hy I Banner Elk. X. C. ? Did Daniel Boone, famous woodsman of pioneer days, carve his name on a rock in Yancey County, North Carolina? That Is the question T. C. Autrey, of Ashcville, has asked Daniel Boone, of Banner Elk, a direct descendant of the pioneer. Mr. Autrey recently sent a photograph of the rock to Mr. Boone, who is instructor in wrought-iron at LeesMcRac College here, together with a description of the rock. Mr. Autrey. in JhiS letLer to Mr. Boone, said: "The enclosed photograph is of a specimen of green rock, closely re-, sembling olivene, with :r hard brown intrusion which suggests some iron; derivative. The important part about, the rock, however, is not its mineral composition or determination but the inscription thereon. On one of the faces of the rock appears the inscription. 'D. Boon'; on another surface j appears two characters resembling \V M.': although it could he *M. M ' or. it could be just one character ol the alphabet and an effort to show . an arrow point. On third surface is shown another hieroglyphic resembling' a bow atiil arrow. These markings on the stone are imperfect. "The stone was found by the mother of the writer in 1923 in Yancey County. North Carolina, near the village of MicaviJic. To be more specific, it was found in the excavation made during the construction ol the State highway at that tunc, now designated as No. 104. "Speculation as to the authorship j of the hieroglyphics on this stone nifords a wide field .of conjecture. It seems strange that someone should, for amusement, make these characters on the rock, especially since it is very hard You can perhaps ascertain the nature of the mineral itself. That, however, is secondary in importance. "I am. sending you the photograph of the stone showing the two main j surfaces to aid you in any inteili- j gent research you may undertake. I trust that you will lend yourself to i 3ueh an effort. "The Smithsonian, museum replies I to my request, stating that no means j was open to them for determining j the probable age of the engraving, j That leaves me but one recourse in trying to determine whether or not j the inscription was engraved on the j stone by your famous ancestor. Com- j parisr.n with his signature >.s all that: is open to me. 1 am prompted to writ^: V-.:a. however, because of your access ] to the library at the University of' North Carolina and also at your in-J stitution. There is an illustration in j Robert Lindsay Mason s book. 'The \ Dure of the <'I rent Smokies/ in which it is recorded in printed characters i supposedly by Daniel Boone, that he ; killed & bear.** The modern Mr. Boone has not i REPORT OF THE THE WATAUGA At Boone, North Carolina, to tlie Cor Business oil the 30th RESOURCES Cash, Checks for Clearing and Transit Due from Approved Depository Banfc Due frnin "Rf>rtlr??a t-*,.. - i ir-?- - . AIUW .-L^ytuvCU Cash Items (Held Over 24 Hours).. N. C Bonds in Escrow (For Exempt! Sx Assessment) United States Bonds, Notes, Etc... North Carolina State Bonds, Notes, E North Carolina Political Subdivisions 1 Other Stocks and Bonds (. Loans and Discounts?Other iy Banking House and Site Furniture. Fixtures and Equipment Othei Rea' Estate TOTAL RESOURCES LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ~ Demand Deposits?Due Public Officia Demand Deposits?-Due Others Cashiers Cheeks, Certified Checks and Federal Tax Reserve for Taxes, Interest, Etc Time Certificates of Deposit?Due Pul .Savings Deposits?Due Public Officia Special Trust Deposits Bills Payable ?i - Rediscounts Bonds and Securities Borrowed Pilot Life Insurance Company Watauga Building and Loan Associatic Liquidation Account TOTAL LIABILITIES Capital Stock?Common Capital Stock?Preferred no- Cum.no Surp.us-Appropriated tor Exemptioil I BVaee'Sb Assessment ... ._ I Surplus?Unappropriated I VnsKviJvJ Profits 8"' Reserve for Depreciation?N. C. Bone K, Reserve for Contingencies I TOTAL CAPITAL I TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CA 1' STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, git Comity of Watauga, ss. Ej, G. P. Hagaman, Cashier, W. W. 1 8nj. rector of the Watauga County Bank, fe this day, and. being duly sworn, each 'L 1 eport is true to the best of his knowli G. I |g>. W.j 5v Sworn to and subscribed before me thi |jf, (SEAL)' VALLE CRICKS NEWS Wednesday of last week. at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mast Mrs. R. A. Olsen and Miss Wilms Baird were charming hostesses to an afternoon tea. honoring the following visitors in the valley: Mrs. B. '-5 Leake, Mrs. Joe Mast. Mrs. E. F Lund, Mrs. Claud Perry, Mrs. Toir Belk, Mrs. Foster Bryant, Miss Vir ginia Shipley, Mrs, Fritz 1 oung anc mother, Mrs. Lena Roddick. Miss H. M. Maul, who has beei spending several weeks at her cot tage in the valley, has returned tt her home in Kewanee, 111 Saturday morning Mr. Ralpi Church was rushed to the Bannei Elk hospital where an emergency op ration for appendicitis was per formed. Mr. B. G. Leake is spending severs days in N'ew York on business. Miss Wilhelmina Shall is spending :i week at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. J M. Shu!! Miss Mary Wagner returned to hei home last Friday after spending tw< weeks at Kahugn. Miss Adelaide Smith has resumec her work at the Valle Crucis Missio: School after spending several week! at her home in AsheviUe. Mrs. D. F. Mast and Mrs. E. F Eund entertained at a lovely recep tior. Saturday afternoon in hnoor ol Mr. ,loe Mast, a recent bride. A unique feature of the afternoon was the serving of the cake that was r.uide for Mrs. Mast's golden wecli-xtg anniversary three years ago About 75 guests were present. The base bail team wishes to express their appreciation to the people m the valley for their co-operation in helping make their box supper Saturday night, a great success. Quite a number of guests in the valley enjoyed an excursicin to Johnson City Monday. -Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Voting and mother, Mrs. I-cna Riddick, left for New York Friday where they will resume their work Mrs. Hopkins, principal ox the Valle Cructe School, is attending an adult conference at Ken up a Pl.W TO BE PRODUCED AGAIN AT HEN'SON'S CHAPEL. CHI KOI i i/cutv/ii-ui. j.'un/uaca AIKI m i usponno to a genera! request, the comedy play. An Old Maid's Association." recently given "t Henscn's Chapel Church, will be presented again next Friday evnelng at 8 o'clock. In addition to the play ar.d its musical features some new attractions will bo added to the program. Also the same line of refreshments will 'oe offered in bazaar fashion. Everybody is cordially invited to share this jolly program with the Young Women's Missionary Auxiliary of tiie church. An admission charge of ton and fifteen cents respectively for children and adults Erlfisllc, the proceeds U) go in part to purchase some recreational equipment for the young people's division. and the other for benevolences yet been able to determine whether or not his ancestor inscribed the lock. He said members of his family have 2:0 previous knowledge of the stone. However. Mr. Boone said, "it sounds plausible.!' CONDITION OF COUNTY BANK amissioner of Dunks At the Close ol Day of June, 1934. AMOUNT Items ? 17,238.2c :s _ 24,162.65 asitories 2,147.0: 165.2? en- of Common Stock from li},000,01 9,400 (Si tc. 11,000.01 3ocds and Notes 3.600.0C 500.01 265,123.545 12,00001 2,000.01 12.500.0t $374,841 01 amount: Is $ 10,06411] 67.727.7C Dividend Checks. 44.25 ...._ - 7.500.0C alio Officials 12,856.85 Is 2,421.01 - 9.934.6'| - ? NONE - NONE - 4,000.01 i * 3,100.01 Si 52.51 1,084.85 c7 t o roc c? ? ?....... ? ? pj-ao, lO'i.u; - - Jj! 30.000.01 tive I..... 161,125.14 1 of Common Stock from - 15,000.01 ? 15,000.01 - - 6.060.6? Is - 2.600.01 - - -- 25,669.65 - - 6256,055.45 PITAL, $374,841.01 Hast, Director, and L. A. Greene. Dieach personally appeared before mt for himself, says that the foregoing dge and belief. '. HAGAjMAN, Cashier SV. MAST, Director ., GREENE, Director, s the 16th day of July, 1934. A. E. SOUTH, Clerk Superior Court, -iSaEKi .* < WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY NORTH CAROLINA READY FOR RURAL ELEUTRIFICATJON | 1 i The rural electrification of North 1 J i Carolina will be an important step I '.forward in the agricultural advance- l ' meat of the State, according to David . S, Weaver, agricultural engineer at ( 1 State College. I Thousands of farms over the State 1 are well situated to take advantage : of the possibilities how awaiting de ' velopment; he said, and the time is coming ivhne these farms will be ' equipped with efficient and econoraical electrical appliances. 1 Already there is a large potential; r source of power which Iliac be ob tained by extending rural transaiis- i sion lilies from the 49 municipally- j owned plants now in .ch-ration. Still! ' more power can be obtained by the! development of hydroelectric plants i, ' along the many streams in the Ficd n:ont area. i. Before a transmission line can be' erected with assurance of profitable i ' operation, the farmers along the pro- j p. sid right-of-way must guarantee i 1 the consumption of a reasonable 1 amount of current for each mile c?l transmission line. Weaver said that in a number of communities the farmers are getting together and ascertaining how many of their number will use the current, ? if a line is erected. When a sufficient, number agree to install electricity, negotiations can he made with the local power systems for extending transmission lines. He is making a special study of niral electrification possibilities in the State, and is willing to offer suggestions to any group of farmers who c? rr.rr.unicate with him He hopes to soon have an investigat:r available for every two or three counties to go into the field and help the farmers plan for the obtaining of a transmis- | sion line and the installation of elec- j trical appliances. FA KM AM) HOME! WEEK FEATURES DRESS KEVC'E j A novel dress revue in the form of . a garden party, in which members of i home demonstration clubs will model iresses made during the year as part j >1 their club projects, will be held i Wednesday evening of Farm and ' Home Week at State College, July i ."0 through August A An attractive setting, bordered with : pities and other forest trees, will he arranged on the Riddich Field green for the occasion, said Miss Willie N. Hunter, clothing specialist at the college. iniuv wit- oomen will .snow now j iihey have taken inexpensive cotton j i cloths and old clothes and fashioned j ! them into house dresses, dresses for j I general wear, sports, afternoon and. ! evening dresses in attractive patterns! i j arid tasteful colors . I One of the fundamental purposes i II of the revue is to show the women of j 1 the Stale what their fellow club mem-, hers have been doing in clothing pioj-! ects and how it is possible to clothe : ' themselves at low cost. PP^ Reports pouring in from C read like these: "43% moi is ti Top Notch Value? . "6<K at Every Price! Another fit mou? example of Goodyear value possible be? IllOri cause Good year Dealer* stll * the moit tirea?by millions! May GOODYEAR f.gui SPEEDWAY year -_-yy Built with OUSe I n tire jtsfi ' ractlon; cnp p J j flflfa/MA tou?h thick ?pee. _ i p j fSlMX\trcad' ful1 mini .' ?vcr*</e- few i '! ^? $4.40 see >! Test > j +.40x21 thaT $4.95 lierCOSt: to b HOD( D. T. Brown Servic I .. THURSDAY- BOONE, N. C. Another special attraction for wo men at Farm and Home Week will be Federation Day. Thursday, for the State Federation of Home Demonstra- I ticn Clubs. First on the program will he registrations from S to 9 o'clock, anil then a business meeting of the State Federation Council and executive committee from 9 to 10 o'clock. At a genera! meeting of the Federitier MXss Helen Elstabrook. housing" special!, i at the college. will present facts found in the recent rural housing survey in 12 counties and make suggestions for a follow-up program of improving rural housing conditions. David S. Weaver, agricultural engineer at the college, will also outlire the program for electrifying rur.i North Carolina, pointing out the advantages of electricity on the farm ait.i showing how groups of farmers can get together to have transmission lines extended into their communities. Fish cf Gulf Water* | Varieties of fi.-lp found in Gulf \va 1 lers and Tampa bay by elBcIals ?? the ? St. Petersburg Tarpon club show 02'-;. I rouging from flip lowly minnow to the ' giant sen bass, tarpon ami manatee. ! ; REFRESH YOURSELF! . . . these hot evenings with a buttle of your favorite beer, a sandwich, a "snack," or one of our excellent dinners. We handle all the popular i brands of Beer and Ale, at pop- j? uiar prices, and a plasa of this j nch, foamy beverage refreshes i one at the close of a hard day. i St 111.IT'/ RrniVElSITH i VKKOYV, KENT, SOI THF.HX, | BO YKS HEAD AND NIT BROWN A I.E. ' BOONE TRAIL CAFE I "Your Adve )RFN0?( 1-3 users everywhere re non-skid mileage MwBi ?fte c so conservative"? ^BW?S| . >c would be closer" eel I'll receive 100% ASTONI & non-skid mileage." HE' be we have put the // e low, but?Good- 9C ? 's 43% statement is a on the toughest GOOD tests ever devised? a? i uic ding up to 50?jam- , , "Jr 6 g on brakes?every ?^? cii", nlles?day and night More Miles o ugher use than most skid safety . >le give tires. Come Wider Tread this wonderful new Center Trnc that "The Public I Fleet" says is betters! Tread (avera 1 we claim?the cost- I more rubb tire-to-build that | Sopertwlst < s YOU nothing extra I MfelyvT* e uy! 1 jES TIR] ASSOCIATE e Station, Sherwood . AcSSijffiiy ;,' - "'1 JUI.T 19, 1934 Walker's Jewelry Store (Near Theatre?Boone, North Carolina) II" COSTS NO MORE TO HAVE EVERY JOE OF WATCH ICE FA 1K1N G G I' A B ANTEED. { I rrirrin r~;? ? sj SEAMSTRESS Work Guaranteed . . . Reasonable Rates SEF MRS. ETHEL KELLY at the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home I Mountaineers Featuring i 'Rambling Jack Richie' | SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT at the Court House In Boone July 21st Famous Radio. Recording and Stacr#? Arfiafc You've heard them over WBT's Barn Dance. B See Them In Person! 1 ADMISSION ONLY 10c and 25c SPONSORED BY THE DANIEL BOONE COUNCIL, Jr. O. U. A. M. rtising of SKIII Mil FAfiF bwb b fatanilhi a is ail WRONG" [ says a North Carolina car dealer who |bH|M has seen G-3's perform for months ou I mountain roads. "In My Opinion You """ tre^U-?rr^cticaUy ESSO LUBRICATION SERVICE! E COMPANY DEALERS: Mountain View Service Station, Laxon
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