THE ALLEGHANY TIMES
DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY AND BORDERING COUNTIES
_ SPARTA, ALLEGHANY COUNTQpARTA, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1933
rKE.dE.rn la 11 Lb UUILUUK INDICATES LARGER
MARKETING THAN LAST YEAR, BUT GRADES POOR
Prices At Lowest Levels in More Than 25 Years, But Trends
Are Slightly Upward on the Better Grades.
Larger marketings of cattle than i
year earlier are in prospect during
the next 12 months, but they will in
elude fewer of the btter finishec
kinds and more of the lower grades
Although the number of cattle or
feed in the Corn Belt on August ]
was somewhat larger than on that
date last year, total marketings oJ
fed cattle during the remainder ol
1933 probably will not be greatly dif
ferent from those of the correspond
ing period of 1932, as the short sup
plies and relatively high prices ol
feed will tend to restrict further pur
chases of feeder animals.
Unfavorable range and pasture
conditions over much of the country
are expected to cause increased mar
keting of grass cattle this fall over a
year earlier, and because of reduced
feeder demand a larger proportion
of these cattle will be taken for
slaughter. Supplies of the better
grades of fed cattle during the first
half of 1934 will be considerably
smaller than those of the first half
of 1933.
Moderate improvement in the con
sumer demand for beef has been in
evidence in recent months. Further
improvement will depend upon con
tinued increase in consumer buying
power. Demand for beef during the
remainder of 1933 will be adversely
affected to some extent by the unus
ually large supplies of other meats
available, for consumption.
Cattle numbers have been increas
ing since 1928, and the number of
breeding stock now on farms and
ranges is the largest ever reached in
this country. With present numbers
of cows, the annual output of cattle
and calves is equal to the largest
yearly slaughter of such stock on re
cord. The increase in cattle numbers
thus far, however, has only recently
been reflected in increased cattle
slaughter. In previous cattle produc
tion cycles slaughter increased for
about 3 years before the expansion
in numbers was checked. A substan
tial reduction in cattle numbers
seems necessary before the cattle in
dustry will again be on a profitable
basis.
Cattle prices trended sharply down
ward from early 1930 through 1932,
despite relatively small slaughter
supplies during that period. Although
prices did not decline during the first
half of this year, they were below
those a year earlier and were at the
lowest levels in more than 25 years.
Prices of the better grades of slaugh
ter cattle fluctuated around a fairly
stable level during the first 4 months
of the year but have trended slightly
upward since early May. Prices of the
lower grades of slaughter cattle have
advanced somewhat since February.
But with the exception of cows, prices
of all slaughter cattle in mid-August
were still below those of /a year ear
lier. Prices of stocker and feeder
cattle advanced somewhat during the
spring in accordance with the usual
tendency, but have declined since ear
ly June. Prices of veal calves have
fluctuated around a fairly stable level
since the beginning of the year but in
mid-August, they were higher than
those of a year earlier.
The spread between prices of the
lower and higher grades of slaughter
steers is much smaler than a year
ago. In view of the probabe marked
decrease in the proportion of thfc bet
ter grades of cattle in slaughter sup
plies, the margin between the prices
of these grades and th lower grades
is expected to increase and rach its
maximum in midsummer of 1934.
The average price of cattle slaugh
tered from January to June, 1933 was
$4.19 per 100 pounds as compared
with $5.04 for the corresponding per
iod in 1932 and $6.61 in the first half
of 1931. The average price of slaugh
ter calves during the first half of 1933
was $4.68, compared with $5.39 in
1932 and $7.88 in 1931.
production Outlook.
The short time outlook for cattle
producers is relatively unfavorable.
Prices of nearly all kinds of cattle
are at the lowest point reached in any
fall month since prices turned down
ward in 1929; feed supplies of ai'
kinds are generally short and feed
prices are relatively high. This feed
situation may force heavy market
ings of cattle, thus resulting in heavv
slaughter and large supplies of beet
at a time v.-hen consumer purchasing
power is reduced. The cattle indus
try, therefore, may be forced by phy
sical conditions to partially liquidate
at a time when conditions are most
unfavorable for such action.
With present numbers of cows, the
annual output of cattle and calves is
equal to the largest yearly slaughter
of such stock on record. Id order to
move the total beef and veal produc
tion from such a slaughter into con
sumption, a substantial, further in
crease in consumer buying power is
necessary to avoid a reduction in
l , prices of these meats. Although f ur
■ i ther improvement in consumer buy
■. ing power is expected during the com
1 ing year it is hardly likely that this
improvement will be sufficient to jus
tify large expenditures for feed in
order that cattle may be carried over.
The retention- of cattle on farms and
ranges might improve the situation
temporarily but it would result in a
further accumulation of supplies
which must be eventually disposed of.
A substantial reduction of cow num
bers seems necessary before the cat
tle industry will again be on a profit
able production basis.
The current cycle in cattle produc
tion has been in its upward phase
since 1928. Cattle numbers at the be
ginning of 1933 were about 15 per
cent larger than 5 years earlier.
Judging from the normal length of
previous cycles and other factors now
at. work numbers are likely to con
tinue to increase for at least 2 more
years. The increase thus far has only
recently been reflected in increased
cattle slaughter. In previous cycles,
slaughter turned upward in the third
year following the beginning of the
increase in numbers and it increased
for 3 consecutive years before the ex
pansion in numbers was checked.
The factors of a longer time nature
affecting changes in the number of
beef cattle also seems to be operating
in the direction of continued increase.
For the last 10 years there has been
a tendency in the eastern and south
ern portions of the Com Belt, and in
limited areas in other parts of the
country, to shift from feed grain and
cash grain crops to hay and pasture.
This movement has been slow but
persistent. Its effect is to increase re
latively the supply of cattle-produc
ing feeds, that is roughage, in pro
portion to the grain feeds which are
used in greater proportions in the
production of hogs and of dairy pro
ducts.
A Few Interesting
Old Bibles
A collection of about forty Bibles
has been gathered by Charles S.
Plumb, of Columbus, O., Historian of
the Grand Loadge, F. & A. M., of
that state, with the thought of a stu
dy of the Great Light of the Craft as
shown in Masonic application. One in j
Latin script, bound in heavy vellum
over boards 8y2 x liy2 inches, was |
printed in Venice by Leonardus Wild !
in 1478. It is in perfect condition, on 1
heavy linen paper, and contains hun
dreds of hand painted capitals rang
ing in size from a small pea to the
entire side of the page.
A New Testament in Latin, bound j
in modern Morocco, while in perfect1
condition, like other old Bibles con- j
tains no information as to whn print
ed and by whom. The New York Pu
blic Library, that possesses one of the
grat Bible collections of Amrica, has
had this submitted for study, and Mr.
Eames, a bibliographer of interna
tional repute, assigns this book to
Winters of Cologne, and “not printed
after 1477.” As obtained from Eng
land, this book was listed as printed
by Ulric Zell about 1470.
A third 15th century Bible is Vol
ume I, of a four-volume edition print
ed in 1487 by Anthony Koberger, of
Nuremberg, Germany. This volume,
which is 12 inches long, 8 wide and
3 y2 thick, is bound in heavy boards,
while over the back and half the
sides, is fastened a vellum cover that
has had very fine hand tooling Of
saints, etc., and which has “1556”
pressed in the leather as vidence as
to when bound. This volume is known
is th Pentatuch of Nicholas DeLyra,
a Bible scholar of that day. This is
a perfect volume, and contains a fw
crude pictures and many small hand
colored capitals.
(The oldest Bible m English in this
collection was printed in London by
John Day in 1551. This is the inter
pretation of Tavener and has been
nicknamed the “Bug Bible.” (Psalm
XCI, 5) "So that thou shalt not nede
to be afraid for any Bugges by
Nighte, nor for the arrow that flyeth
by day.” It is a book 10 y2 x 7% inch
es in sze, and in rarely good condi
tion for an old English Bible.
The first Bible printed in America,
was a translation of the New Testa
ment into the Indan language by
John Elliot, a missionary, n 1661, at
Cambridge, Mass. This book is ex
tremely rare and valuable. The first
European language was in German,
Bible published in ths country in a
and printed at Germantown, Pa., in
1743. A scond edition appeared in
1763, and the third and last one in
1776. One of the 1776 is in the Plumb
collection. Three thousand of these
were just completed when the British
captured Germantown, and destroyed
most of these as unbound, using them
for bedding for horses.
PRESIDENT DECURES
NR A DRIVE SUCCESSFUL
Poughkeepsie N.Y., Aug. 26—(AP)
—President Roosevelt today declared
the national recovery driv for more
! jobs and more pay to be succeeding,
j with a unanimity of the people, “un
equalled since the war days,” bring
ing the country “back to better
i times.”
In the bright sun on the Vassar
College campus the President told
the people of his home county wh^
gathered to welcome him that “the
downhill drift has definitely turned
and become an upward surge.”
Speaking publicly on the recovery
drive for the first time since his in
tensive days at the White House in
inaugurating the New Deal for
America, Mr. Roosevelt put empha
sis into his words, dclaring the new
policy to be one extending to the
nation the principal of “local com
munity—that no individual, no fami
ly, has a right to do things which
hurt the neighbors.”
The President wiped beads of per
spiration from his forehead and look
ed his old neighbors of this Republi
can county in the face as he also
called for a complete reorganization
of local government. /
Local Probleems
“Some day the people of the State '
of New York will do something about
it,” he said, “but I tell you quite
frankly that nothing will be done
unless you make your representatives
in town boards and county boards
and the state legislature do it or sub
stitute other representatives for
them.”
Startled for a moment, the huge
crowd in front of the home of the
president of Vassar suddenly broke
into applase.
“And I am not talking Democratic
politics,” Mr. Roosevelt added as an
interpolation of his prepared speech.
“I am talking good old Dutchess
County American principles.”
Detailing his purpose in the recov
ery campaign, the President said:
“Of course, it is tru that your gov
ernmnt hopes that the building up
of wags that are starvation wages,
and the shortening of hours of work
in every part of the United States
will result in a greater distribution
of wages and an increase in the num
ber of persons mployed.
LOWER HOSPITAL RATES
FOR TEACHERS GRANTED
Duke Hospital Announces Re
vised Schedule to Faculties
of State Institutions.
Durham, Aug. 28—North Carolina
school teachers whose pay checks
have been considerably diminished in
the face of generally rising costs of
living may have some consolation in
the fact they can be ill for less dur
ing this period of economic uncer
tainty.
Because of the lowered incomes of
the faculties of the universities, col
leges and public schools of the state,
Duke hospital has announced a revisd
schedule of rates applicable to these
groups. The revision involves a con
siderable reduction from rates hith
erto charged, and gives all college and
public school teachers in North Car
olina advantage of the same rates en
joyed by faculty members and em
ployees of Duke university, it is an
nounced by Superintendent F. V. Alt
vater.
The present Duke hospital middle
group daily rate of $3.50 to $4.50, and
the full private daily rate of $6 to $9,
established last April 20, which cover
all hospital costs including those us
ually charged as extras, represent a
50 per cent reduction from the for
mer rates. This pew concession to all
North Carolina teachers, announced
today, of an additional reduction of
50 cents a day from the present mid
dle-group and one dollar from the
full private daily rates is a further
saving to them of approximately 15
per cent:
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
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last one to be mailed to delinquent
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County, but the high cost of mater
ials and operating expenses prevent
us from sending the paper gratis,
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week, and we have a number of fea
tures which will begin in the early
fall. Get into the group of well-in
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on County affairs and happenings by
reading The Alleghany Times.
! SPARTA SCHOOL OPENS
MONDAY; TRUCK
DRIVERS NAMED
, The Sparta High School will begin
the regular Pall Session Monday,
September 4. The public is cordially
invited to attend a short opening ex
ercise at 9 A. M. After the general
meeting, pupils will proceed to their
rooms for the regular work of the
day. School will be in session a}l day,
and children are requested to carry
their lunches and be prepared for a
full day’s work. Trucks will be at
their proper places early Monday
morning and will run on the regular
i schedule. Sparta High School has a
competent corps of teachers, and Pro
fessor Roe is expecting a very suc
cessful school year.
Mr. Duke Bledsoe has the contract
for operating all school trucks serv
ing Sparta High School. The drivers
have been appointed and they will
have the trucks at the end of the
routs Monday morning about 7:30.
Accurate time schedules for the buses
will be made later.
All trucks have been thoroughly
reconditioned, and numbers 5, 6, and
7 have new bodies.
The following drivers have been ap
pointed :
Hobart Royal—truck No. 1 from
Rich Hill to Sparta.
Rudolph Evans—Truck No. 2 from
Blevins Cross Roads to Sparta.
Ramon Miles—Truck No. 4 from
Roaring Gap to Sparta.
Charlie Irwin—Truck No. 6 from
Laurel Springs to Sparta.
Herman Hudson—Truck No 7 from
Bledsoe School and Choate School
to Sparta.
LOCAL NEWS IN TABLOID
—The road from Laurel Springs
to Sparta has received a layer of
gravel from Laurel Springs to Tay
lor’s Gap. There remains about four
miles from the top of the mountain
to Whitehead to be graveled. The
graveling will probably be finished
by Oct. 1, but building up the shoul
ders and putting on the finishing
touches will probably take until No
vember
—Gov: Doughton left for Raleigh
Wednesday to attend a meeting of
the Budget Advisory Committee on
Thursday. This committee passes
on all State contracts and bids.
—While putting on the last course
of roofing on his barn Monday, R.G.
Hall, of Independence, slipped and
fell a distance of fifteen feet, break
ing his right leg near the ankle. After
haying the bone set, he was resting
very well Monday night. Mr. Hall is
the father of Mrs. John Me. Edwards
of Sparta.
—Work on the court house is mov
ing along nicely. Workmen are now
engaged in putting on the finishing
touches to the walls, windows, and
doors. Mr. Fowler thinks that the
work will be completed within the
next ten days.
—Mr. C. W. Ervin, of Glade Val
ley, has a nice crop of apples on the
Carson place here. The orchard was
sprayed three times, and the quali
ty of the fruit is better than that in
orchards that receive no care. Indica
tions point to a bumper crop of fruit
this fall.
—School days are here again. Next
week all the schools in the County
begin for an eight month’s term with
State support. Teachers have been
appointed and will be at their places
Monday morning. On account of con
solidations and crowded conditions,
children who will not become six
years of age on or before Nov. 15
of the scholastic year will not be al
lowed to enter and attend school
during the year.
WYTHEVILLE LIVESTOCK SALES
Total Receipts 491 Head.
Top lambs, $6.40 per hundred; se
conds $5.25 to $5.90; common thin
lambs, $3.85 to $4.40.
Top veal calves $5.50; medium,
$4.60; common, $3.00 to $4.00.
Top fat heifers, $4.25 to $4.60; me
dium, $3.50 to $4.00; common, $2.25
to $3.00.
Top fat cows, $$3.00 to $3.25; me
dium, $2.50 to $2.90; common, $1.00
to $2.00.
Bulls, $3.00; shoats $1.70 to $2.50
per head.
WOODRUFF REUNION
The Annual Reunion of the Wood
ruff Clan will be held at Elkin Val
ley Baptist church, 2 1-2 miles north
of Elkin, N. C., on Highway No. 26
* at 10:00 a. m., the first Sunday in
September, 1933. All members of the
clan, family connections, friends and
the public, are invited to attend and
bring a well filled basket as dinner
will be served on the grounds.
R. C. WOODRUFF, Chairman.
J. G. CHIPMAN, See.-Treas.
SPARTA DOWNS GRASSY
CREEK WITH 4-7 SCORE
Sparta won from Grassy Creek
Saturday in an interesting ball game
by a score of four to seven. Sparta
!scored three runs in the second in
| ning, two in the third, one in the
fourth and one in the eighth. Grassy
Creek scored one in the third, two
in the eighth and one in the ninth.
The locals garnered eleven hits off
Gambill and Francis, while the visi
tors got seven off the offerings of
Thompson and Reeves.
Scottville will come here next Sat
urday to play Sparta.
The box score and summary is as
follows:
Sparta
L. Reeves, If.
Nichols, 2b. .
Moxley, 3b.
Edwards, ss.
Carpenter, rf
Bryan, c.
P. Reeves, lb-p.
R. Thompson, cf. ...
C. Thompson, p-lb.
Grassy Creek
Young, If.....
Sturgill, cf. ..4
Jones, ss-c.-». 4
Francis, ss-p. 3
Ab.R.H.Po.
,4
...4
...4
...4.
3
.3
.4
4
.4
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
12
7
0
Ab.R.H.Po.
4 110
0
.2
.4
.2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
G. Spencer, c-ss. .
C. Spencer, lb. ..4
Graybeal, rf.. 4
Sexton, 3b. ..
Gambill p-2b.
Pierce, 3b. ...
Base on balls off Gambill, one;
struck out by Gambill five; Francis
one; Thompson ten, Reeves two. Hits
off Gambill 9 in 6 innings, Francis 2
in 2; Thompson, 5 in 7 1-3, Reeves 2
in 1 2-3 innings.
STANDING OF BALL CLUBS
The following is approximately the
correct standing of the four teams:
Won Lost Pet.
Scottsville .15 2 882
Laurel Springs. 9 6 600
Sparta . 5 10 333
Grassy Creek . 3 13 187
Permanent Prison Camp To
Be Located Near Sparta
State officials were in town Friday
looking over a site for a State convict
camp. They selected 30 acres of land
along the creek south of the Sparta
ball park and agreed upon a price for
it. A report on the site will be made
to the State HigHhway Commission
on Wednesday of this week, recom
mending the site as a location for a
permanent prison camp. It is expect
ed that work on the camp will begin
soon after the location has been ap
proved.
The camp will be large enough to
accommodate about 50 prisoners
and the necessary guards and offi
cials. The land will be cleared and
used for truck farming. Vegetables
will be raised for use in the camp.
Reeves Reunion Held Sunday
A large crowd, including many out
of-town people, attended Uie Reeves
reunion in the Transou grove Sun
day. Members of the Kecves family
gathered in the grove about il A. m.
and enjoyed the happy renewals of
irienusnips. At noon a sumptuous
meal was spread.
After dinner talks were mad by the
following persons: Congressman R. L.
Doughton, Gov. R. A. Doughton, Prof.
John M. Cheek, Judge Padgett, of In
dependence, and Prof. Plummer, of
West Jelrerson.
Members of the Reeves family from
Alleghany, Ashe, Carroll, Grayson,
Smith, Wilkes and Wythe Counties
and from West Virginia attended the
event.
Another reunion of the family will
be held next year.
Ford Wins In Stock
Car Road Race
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 28- The first of
seven wnners, of the fourteen entries
in the Elkin National Stock Car Road
Race, was a Ford V-,. The event was
held under the auspies of the Ameri
can Automobile Association.
Fred Fram, winner, was driving for
a Dearborn Branch dealer. He aver
aged 80.2 miles per hour for 203
Miles, setting a record for the course
and beating mark set in 1920 by
Ralph Depalma. The straight away
speed wasffi 103 miles per hour.
RECENT TONSIL OPERATIONS
AT SPARTA CLINIC
The following tonsil operations
were undergone at the Sparta Clinic:
Mrs. Kelley Murphy, Ennice, N. C.;
Mrs. Bryan Collins, City; Mr, Wayne
Warden, Laurel Springs; Mr. Click
Truitt, Abshers, N. C.; Mr. Charlie
Delp, Piney Creek; Miss Attie Bed
saul, Ennice, N. C.; Miss Mildred
Todd, Elk Creek, Va.; Miss Blanche
Marshall, Glade Valley, N. C.
PINEY CREEK SCHOOL
OPENS; DISTRICT
TEACHERS ELECTED
i Piney Creek School opens Monday
morning. It is hoped that all patrons
of the school will attend the short
. opening exercises. Pupils should come
! prepared to spend the day in school.
1 Teachers for the school are as fol
lows: L. K. Halsey, principal; Joe
Bill Reid, Mack Vanhoi, and Miss
Willie Reeves in the high school; R.
E. Black, agriculture; Miss Jean
Steel, Home Economics; Mack Per
sonss, grades 6 and 7; Miss Gladys
Robbins, grades 4 and 5; Miss Rachel
Halsey, grades 2 and 3; Mrs. Lethia
Osborne, grade 1.
Truck drivers are as follows: Bus
3, Earl Crouse; Bus 8, Mack Vanhoi;
Bus 9, Carl Halsey. The driver for
bus 10 has not yet been selected.
This bus brings pupils from Mt.Zion
school, which has been consolidated
with Piney Creek.
Principal Halsey is expecting a
much larger enrollment than last
year.
For the remainder of the schools in
the Piny Creek District teachers have
been elected as follows: New River,
Odll Andrews; Rock Creek, C. H.
Landreth; Rocky Ridge, Ruth War
den Halsey; Turkey Knob, Mrs. Ola
Parsons Osborne and Bertie Weaver.
As The Times goes to press, no an
nouncement as to the teachers in the
Laurel Springs district has been
made.
10 Per Cent of State
Population On Relief
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 25—Despite
the large decrease in relief among
North Carolina families during the
last couple of months, more than 10
per cent of the entire population was
still dependent during July, accord
ing to statistics made public yester
day by Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, relief
administrator.
A total of 328,923 individuals were
actually given aid from public funds
during July. Of this number, 10,044
were classified as transients.
Wilkes, with a percentage of only
1.4 was the smallest of any county.
Stanly was a close second with 1.7
per cent. Avery had the largest per
centage of any county with almost
one third of its population, or 32.5
per cent, being on relief.
In Alleghany, 11.4 per cent of tlie
population were on relief during
July.
Hunting Licenses Now
On Sale In County
County Game Warden, R. D. Gen
try, of Sparta, has received hunting
licenses which are now on sale. These
licenses may be bought from Mr.
Gentry or from the following author
ized license agents: B. G. Reeves,
Sparta; J. T. Inskeep, Roaring Gap;
M. J. Tompkins, Ennice; Glenn Shep
herd, Scottville; Wilmer Fender,^Lau
rel Springs; J. M. Riggins, Piney
Creek.
Prices for license are reduced this
year. State resident licenses cost
$2.10, and County resident license
cost 60 cents.
The North Carolina Game Law as
passed by the 1933 Legislature makes
it unlawful to hunt or trap without
proper license; to take or kill game
birds out of season; to take in one
day or one season more than the bag
limits; to kill female deer; to buy
or sell any game except rabbits and
squirrels; to take game by trap or
poison, to hunt by auto or boat, to
bait for upland game, fur-bearing
animals may be trapped in accord
ance with law and regulations.
The western zone is composed of
Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Avery,
Mitchell, Yancey, Buncombe, Hen
derson, and al counties ying west ofl
said counties.
Miles Removes Relief Cases
Back To Native Counties
Mr. C.A. Miles, Assistant Director
of Relief for the county, stated that
he is pushing the matter of getting
relief cases or families about to be
come relief cases moved back to thier
native counties. On August 28 he
moved a famly of five back to Wilkes
County. He stressed the fact that all
families who are on rlief and are not
natives of Alleghany County should
move back to their respective coun
ties, for the County Relief Offive will
not be responsible for such cases.
As wintr approaches the needs of
relief families will increase, and the
County will have all that it can do
to take care of its own needy fami
lies. Land owners who permit relief
cases from other counties to move on
their premises will be responsible for
these cases.
j ALL COUNTY SCHOOLS
OPEN MONDAY SEPT. 4
FOR FALL SESSION
Teachers’ Meeting To Be
Held Saturday.
It is understood that all schools in
Alleghany County will open Monday,
Sept. 4, and it is suggested that
teachers and pupils come to the
school buildings prepared with books
and lunches for a full school day. The
opening day of school is one of the
most important of the whole session.
Section 15 of the new school law re
quires that a school month shall con
sist of four weeks and not less than
20 teaching days. A teaching day
consists of not less than six hours of
actual work, and this applies to the
first and last days of school as well
as to all other teaching days.
Some changes have been made In
arithmetics and geographies. Pupils
should consult teachers about books,
as the teachers will have a full list
of books in their registers.
A county-wide teachers’ meeting
will be held in the Sparta High
School building on Saturday, Sept. 2.
All teachers of the County are urged
to attend this meeting, as matters of
importance are to be discussed.
Three Trails of Daniel
Boone Into Kentucky
(J. Hampton Rich in Watauga Demo
crat.)
The things not known about the
trails of Daniel Boone would fill a
good-sized volume. This is in spite
of the fact that all the trails of Dan
iel Boone have been charted and are
now in the files of the Department of
the Interior in Washington and in
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
In the main, Boone followed three
different trails in his three journeys
across the Appalachians into Tennes
see, Southwest Virginia and into Ken
tucky. The first was over the old
Goodspur Indian trail and the same
the family came down into North
Carolina over. Boone followed back
over this trail, over Fancy Gap above
Mount Airy, thence by the old lead
mine at Austinville where he laid in
a supply of lead which was being
crudely mined by the pioneers and
hunters, thence to Saltville where
he procured a supply of salt from the
salt licks there. Thence he went on
a hunting and trapping trip into
Southwest Virginia. It was in this
region he lost his son, James, scalped
by the Indians and buried out there.
The next path Boone followed was
up the Yadkin near Wilkesboro and
to Holman’s Ford where at Meat
Camp he had his main camp. We find
him camping along the streams on
this trip. One camp was about 12
miles from West Jefferson where he
met old Tom Calloway and many a
night these two sat around the camp
fire together. It is in the old Calloway
graveyard near this camp site that
you will find today a long rail like
stone marker of Boone’s camp which
Boone gave to Calloway and which
Tom Calloway used as his grave
stone, with “T. C.” cut on it. Near
this spot is the grave also of a grand
niece of Daniel Boone, Mary Boone
Calloway, and well and legibly
marked. It is legible to this day. It
was oh this journey that Boone en
camped at the town of Boone.
The next and last path of Boone,
and which led to Boonsboro, Ky.,
went out from the old cabin of the
Boones on the Yadkin. The father
had died and was buried at Joppa
graveyard near Mocksville (the old
graves of Boone’s father and mother
bear the old tombstones which are
legible to this day.) These graves
have been recently restored by the
Boone Trail Association. Leaving the
old roof tree Boone, with his family
and connections, made the final pil
grimage to Kentucky. This path went
from the old cabin by the fort (Fort
Dobbs) near Statesville which Boone
had aided in building, on past where
Taylorsville now is, on to a point
near Lenoir where a camp was made
and which is known to old settlers
at Lenoir, on up Happy Valley, pass
ing near where Green Park Hotel
now is, thence on to the old Yonah
lossee trail, stopping overnight with
Boone's brother who lived off the trail
a little way down Shulls Mills road,
thence to the Fields of Toe near New
land, passing under Grandfather and
thru what is now Linville, thence to
the point near Johnson City and
Jonesboro where he carved his name
on a birch tree, “D. Boon Cilled Bar”
a few years before, thence through
what is now Kingsport and through
Cumberland Gap into Kentucky
where he began the founding of a
great commonwealth and the building
of a great empire.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Wall and
son, of Winston-Salem, spent last
week end with Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
Andrews.