| sketches f | j^liife | THEY STILL TALK ocnoois. principals, faculties; methods of employment, causes of discharge; solicitation of campaign contributions from teachers, consolidations of rural institutions; politics, collusion, conspiracy . . . these are a few of the ijl ougn'Q n'pvpr - ceas- I j|. ; ^ ^1 in^ e,!ucati0nai c?n" 111* f pants in the school r f v ' sonalities with reckless abandon . . . talking about damrascals. thieves, sots; recounting the I hour and place that so-and-so did she-or-he a mighty nasty turn . . . dragging family skeletons from musty closets for public exhibition. rNj?j'.V.?r-[ li SGJSSt OP SIWEBIS FSOH 0 AliVa-. 2 Fl-.rlia 19 Ccargla C l?ir*l**l-pl 6 rtlasaarl 2 lerfc 5 Ptc^sylYiali 1 S. Carolisa 73 Tecaorsoo 6 Virgil-la 20 TOTAL BtROUXlSTj First Iom Tvc-al Terr. *?Vt E-ra'ilcd Eavirg Oo/jrtoj The map above gives concrete < ance as the ideal summer school, every county in the state is repres that .South Carolina is leading in 1 with fifty and eighteen, rvspoclivel regular term, beginning August 28, sentod by summer school students. P^LED LAMBS I ARE TO BE SOLD Second Shipment of Lambs is (o Be Made From County; \ Weighing Dates Given The second shipment of pooled | lambs will be made from Watauga j county on August 10, says County; Agent W. B. Collins, who submits I the following list of t he times end I places at which the lambs wtll be weighed on that date: \V. S. Mbretz's at 8 a. rn.; C. D. McNeil's store at 9 a. m.; L. H. Hollar's at 10 a. ni.; W. A. Proffltt's at 12 m?; Sullivan's scales a. 1:30 p. np; C. H. Reese's at 2:30 p. m.: Mrs. W. V. Farthing's at 4 p. m John. Ward's at 5:30 p. m.: Lee Carender's at 8 a. rn.; Claude Shore's at 9 a. m.; W. W. Mast's at 11 a. m.; Conlcy Glenn's at 12:30 p. m.; W. H. Mast's at 1:30 p. m.: Chles Wilson's at 3 p. in.: R. A. Thomas' at 4:30 p. m. These lambs will be sold, on grade, before the lambs are taken up, and the farmers will be told the price at the scales. Any farmer in the county who wishes to sell his lambs through the pool may do so by bringing the lambs to the above scales at the time scheduled. Farmers selling lambs through the pool get every cent their lamhs are worth on the day the lambs are sold. This usually is a better price than is paid outside the pool, Mr. Collins says. Speaks At College Along Dental Lines Dr. Ernest Branch, director of <31 visional oral nygiene for the stale board of health, spoke at the College Tuesday, his subject being "The Mouth in Relationship to Systemic Disease." Dr. Branch states that another dentist from Raleigh will be in the county within a short time for the purpose of conducing clinics for the students. APPALACHIAN OPENS FALL TERM AUGUST 25 The regular 1937-38 term of Appalachian College will open August 25, it is announced, coming to a close April 30. The first week of the term, it is stated, will be given entirely to the orientation and classification of freshman students. All students who plan to enter this institution for the first time will be expected to pre oviiv iikcmocivca iui Lite ircsiiiuait classification tests on August 25th. Those wlio come after this date will be charged a late test fee of $2.00 BOSTON1AN A VISITOR Mr. M. P. Gaddis, who is manager of the Boston division of the International Shoe Company, spent Friday in town with Mr. and Mrs. June Russell and family. Mr. Gaddis, who had never before visited this section of country was greatly pleased with the scenery ir the outlying sections, and marveled at the progressive spirit which manifests itself in the town. Speaking of business conditions Mr. Gaddis -looks for sevcrnl years ol increasing prosperity, and statec that at present his concern is producing in its 45 factories 200,00( pairs of shoes daily, constituting i $130,000,000 annual business. A. PE / .oh/.it 5?^%SFzv?v, 25 i j ^ i i Aj?? U 13 \ 7 f 10 K 32 H? STAIWJ * I ' ? J V^j"\ \ 5^ ilabusn j "' CVI-KSTUS I ^y 13 - H artLTf*1cl IKS ""'" T^TrffmtTHroj Bachelor*' an4 Kiit?;a' t Fir** Tern 313 Urz M evidence that Appalachian State Teaclie With the exception oF approximately ented. A compilation of the number a ^presentation with seventy-six collegia! y? Consistently loqnirie^ are coming ii will find a targe enrollment from pra> FARM TOUR IS "1 TO BE CONDUCTED AUGUST 7 TO 24 . County Agent Arranges Annual. Pilgrimage to Acquaint Conn-j t v PnAnlii lViil. T 1 *- wpiv *T Ull Alil^UUVCU t O Farm Practices; Will Select | s Host Demonstration Farmer v |b By W. B. COl.UN'S : <1 (County Agent.) ig The second annual farm lour of: r Watauga county will he hold August s 7 to 24, inclusive, to inspect the demonstration twins of Die county, to a Select Ihe best demonstration farmer:^ in each township, ar.d to select the I ^ best demonstration farmer In the! county. ,, These tours ore >:eld to show the! c farmers and business people of the ! county some of the better farm prac- c tiees which are being carried out on j c these demonstration farms A sys- j n tern of crop rotation, which includes I liming, phosphating, and sowing c'.o- j f ver is being carried out on most of | a these farms with wonderful results. ;0 A large number of these demonstva- j J lion farmers have obtained marked i results from sowing -I3'l superphos- a j phate on old pastures. r I Nearly all of these farmers are fol- t lowing' some improved farm practice | that would be beneficial for other ] I farmers of the county to follow. Ev[ ery farmer and business man in the county is invited to gro on one or more of these tours. Following: is a list of the times '< and places at which we will meet to began these tours: > Laurel Creek township, at Victor 1 Ward's store, Saturday, August 7, 8 a. m. < Blue Ridge township, at Stacy 1 Ford's farm, Monday, August 9, 8 1 a. in. Stony Fork township, at Deep Gap 1 postoffice, Monday, August 9, 1p.m. 1 Meat Camp township, at Green Valley school, Wednesday, August 1 11," 8 a. m. Watauga township, at W. W. Mast's store, Thursday, August 12, *' 8 a. m. Brushy Fork watershed, at Valle Crucis station, August 13, S a. m. Shawneehaw township, at Matnoy school, Saturday, August 14, S a. m. Boone township, at courthouse, Monday, August 16, 8 a. m. Cove Creek township, at Cove Creek high school, Tuesday, August 17, 8 a. m. Cove Creek and North Fork townships, at Bert Mast's store. Wednes, day, August 18, 8 a. m. Beaver Dam township, at Donley' I Hagaman's store, Thursday, August j 19, 8 a. m. Beaver Dam township, at Clyde Perry's store, Friday, August 20, 8 a. m. Bald Mountain township, at VV. S. Miller's farm, Saturday, August 21, 8 a. m. The county-wide tour for selecting ! the best demonstration farmer in the i county will start from the courti house ill Boone on Monday, August . 23, at 8 a. m? to visit the eastern half of the county. The tour for the western half of the county will start , from Cove Creek high school on i Tuesday, August 24, at 8 a m. i Mr. arid Mrs. W. N. Morris, of > Sarasota, Fla.. are spending some i time at the Horton Tourist camp on Winkler's Creek. t&aa* frwti MOC] Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei A.Y.AUGUST 5, 1937 1SENTED G SUMMER TERMS j Mr c?~!l \ / * Is?*\~ i i Wm^J \ ? 3 (huiXic# yr r''VvK. / I a x> o.-.cir ^ V lonitW C--rt?Q|Zf \ r> v.oncge is growing m import- | 10 hi the most distant points Rending from other states shows is, Virginia and Florida are next i which make it evident that the cticnTly the same sections repreYARNS AGAINST " BOGUS MONEY Merchants Association S a y s Counterfeiting Gang Operating in Soittnern Territory A bulletin coming from the of lice f the 5cioor?e Retail Merchants Asocialion indicates that over Si000 Wi th of bogus greenbacks have een distributed in ML Hope, W. Va., uring the last week and that the ang passing the counterfeit curencv is repeatedly heading further juth. The bulletin continues that the bills re said by authorities to be most leverly executed, and they are all Jew York Federal Reserve notes, in 10 and $20 denominations. Ir< sounding a warning to the busiess men, the Merchants Association ontinues*. "Be very careful that you are not aught. Examine personally and arefuilv ?>vorv hiil of Inrpo rlpnnroi at ion which is offered at your store. )on't make any fuss about it if you ind one; simply refuse to accept it nil as a measure of protection to titer merchants in town, notify our bank. "See that alt bills or ?10 or over .re brought to you for change?do tot allow any of the clerk3 or even he cashier to change such bills/' Ministers Meeting To Be Held Aug. 9th A ministers conference will be held it the Boone Baptist church August >th at 2 o'clock, according- to infornation coming from Rev. Vilas Mir.:on, the chairman. The devotional will be in charge if Rev. T. T. Danner and there will ae a round table discussion of the following subjects: "How Can We as Pastors Hold in Cheek the Divisions in Pastoral Elections?" "What is the Duty as Pastors and Churches Toward Fallen Characters ?" TAXES TO BE ADVERTISED IN NEXT WEEK'S EDITION County Tax Collector A. D. Wilson again calls attention to the fact thai a list of the delinquent taxpayers wiH be turned over to the loca< newspaper next Saturday so that the prop erty involved may be advertised anc sold to satisfy taxes for the yeai 1935. All those who desire to save the costs which will acrue as a result of the sale are asked to settle their taxes before Saturday. REVIVAL MEETING A revival meeting began at Hen son's Chapel Methodist church Sat urday evening and is expected t( continue for two weeks with preach ing services at 10:30 a. m. and 7:31 p. m. Rev. and Mrs. O. P. Ader an doing the preaching and forceiu gospel sermons are being delivered Rev. Mr. Ader was pastor at Hen son's Chapel 32 years ago, MRS. ELIZA HINES 1IEGE Mrs. Kliza Hines Hege of Chape Hill, died at the home of Mrs. Ci. C Winkler in Boone on the 21st, o pneumonia, and the body was return ed to the home community fo; funeral and interment. Mrs. Hagi had spent three summers in Boom and had made a number ui friends ii this locality. RAT ght $1.50 PER YEAR COUNTY SCHOOL OPENING DATES SET BY BOARD ! First Schools of County to Open August 26: Teachers Approved, Janitors Appointed, etc.; Five Buses Added to School Transportation System The county board of education at its meeting Monday set the dates for the npHmngp of the county schools, approved several teachers and named janitors and bus drivers, and mapped the routes the buses will follow in transporting Watauga's school pupils to and from school. Five buses will be added to the county transportation system, mak ing a total of 25 for the year. The opening dates for the various schools follow: Thursday Morning. Aug. 26 Bethel, Mabel, Pottertown, Silver; store. Cove Creek. Rominger, Pres| nell, Kellerville. Windy Gap. Liberty Hill, Valle Crucis, Foscoe, Grandfathi er. Valley Mountain, Cool Spring's I (Sh&wneehaw), Coo: Springs (Blowing Rock township). Penley, Bradshaw arid Cook. Thursday Morning, Sept. 2 ; Boone, Boone colored, Oak Grove, j Howard's Creek. Rutherford. MX Karon, Elk and Lower Elk. Monday Morning. Sept. 13 The Blowing Rock school To open with Todd school arc Green Valley, i Rivcrvicw and Winebarger. Teachers Approved ! The following teachers were apj proved: Mrs. Dave Mast for BJpw| ing Rock: Miss Lola Rowe for Rich | Mountain, and Lucy Hodges for j Boone colored school. /, The following janitors were approved: Don Swift for Cove Creek; j Ivan Farthing for Bethel; Coy Pen| nell for Blowing Rock; !>. E. Beni field for Boone high school and Dolph Lyons for Boone Elementary school. | Linney Walker was approved for | the school bus mechanic and Miss I Velma Brown was approved tor office j stenographer. [LOCAL LAWYERS ARE HftNftREll Lovill Heads District Association; Bar Meeting to Be Held in Boone Next Boone lawyers were signally honored at the meeting of the Dstfict Bar Association, held at Lincoln Lithia inn, near Lincolnton, last Friday, when \V. Ft. Levitt was named president of the district association; Wade E. Brown, secretary-treasurer, and T. E. Bingham was designated a member of the executive committee. It was also announced that the next meeting of the lawyers will be i held in Boone, but no date was given. More than seventy-five lawyers and judges attended the meeting, one of the high spots which was an address by Hon. Julian Miller, Boone resident and member of the federal board of tax appeals. Those going from Boone were: Wade Brown, W. R. Lovill, A. G. Quails, T. E. Bingham, Robert W. Pulliam. J. E Holshouser and Justin j Miller. I BOONE HALL CLUB BEATS MOUNTAIN CITY SUNDAY . ? : The Boone baseball club defeated the Mountain City. Term., team by a ; score of 8 to 3 Sunday afternoon at ; the nearby town. Blaine Miller and ' Joe Bingham, on the mound for ' Boone, allowed oniy three singles, which were bunched for a correspon' ding number of runs. Miller, Ra' leigh Cottrell and Ear! Henson led ' the hitting for the locals, with two singles each. ' On Sunday, July 25, the Boone team played its first game, beating the then-undefeated Blowing Rock team by a one-sided score of 20 to 7. I I WATAUGA REPRESENTED AT FARMERS' MEETING ' Watauga county is represented at the fanners convention which is being held in RaJeigh this week by the ' following farmers: W. S. Miller, "jTodd: Lee Swift, Trade, Tenn.; R. A. i Thomas, Mabel, and V/. B. Collins, ' county agent. These fanners will 1 have the opportunity of attending ' lectures and hearing some of the outstanding state leaders address f fanners representing almost every county in the state. rl r' E Mr. A. S. Harris, manager of the 5 Spainhour store, is spending his vai cation with home folks in the eastern part of the state. ,-jt