Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1913-05-29
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Ths worries ~ today are ths|
Jokes oi tomorrow.
Reliable statistirs show that
there ars1. .297. 7O3 forsign born.
people In the city of N,Y.
\ There xas during 1912 only
one birth for every thirty families
10 Paris. France.
The new hosiery, NH, 81 Newton
opened for work last week. IL viii
manufacturs ! high grade Of Hosiery.
The Lincolnton News .saye,
they had q severe hail storm last
week, and that the hail stones lei
70 3 depth Of six inches.
The Monroe journal eays that
Jake james Supt. Of the New
Hanover conyict force, has bsen
sentenced to q term on the road
for shooting q convict. III
Dr.. ILL Picot the Supt. Of
the state Hospital has resigned.
The board elected DR.. Albert An.
derson. 10 bis place.
Capt. Hoegeman. Of Trans
Atlantic Liner, who is about to
retire from the sevice at the age
Of 60 says. that bio has crossed
the Atlantic 500 times.
The discovery Of q comet 10 an.
nounced in q cablegram received
at. Harvard College observatory
from Kill Observatory. The com.
ct was visible and was mo wing
north east.
Mr. James Cook, Of Globe, who
is here this week, reports that
there is prospect for the best
wheat crop 10 Globe be has eyer
known, and that crops Of allkinds
are promising. -Lenoir Topic.
Mt. Vernon, the home Of George
Washington, will remain closed to
visitors on Sunday in the future.
The Chamber Of Commerce Of Wash
ington decided that II open on Sun
day, thousands would come, who
would be unable 10 do 90 week days.
King Peter Of Servia Is to abdicats
soon. after peace between the Bal
kans and Turkey has been declared.
He will return to Geneva, his former
home, He was called to the throne
In 1908, after the murder OF King Al
exander and Queen Draga.
Atp cial TO The News and Obsel
yer says that T. 8. Manning CON.
dnctor Of the Norfolk Southern rail.
way Co.'S yards, was killed while ri.
ding on the rear OF shifting engine
at Newbern, on the the Goth inst. He
tell and his body was ms.ngled be-
you'd recognition.
Henry NJ. Flagler, the noted capi.
talist and railroad magnate passed in
to the Beyond, at West Palm Branch
Fla, an the Goth inst, at the advan.
ced age cf 83. His body will bs laid
to rest 10 the ma usole,n, erected by
him at st. Augustine, Fla.
It is thought at the State Depart
ment Of Agriculture that there will
not be more than a third Of a crop ol
peaches in this season, and about
percent of an apple crop in the middle
portion Of the State.
Robert Taft, son Of the formel
President has been assisting class
mates, at Harvard University in col.
Letting second hand 81 pthing to b'
sent to sailors homes in Boston an(
New York.
A widow Of North Dakota stricker
by consciance, has sent Sec. Mcadot
t164.OO for some fraud against tn,
United States. The seq t this note
This l. the money ! psS missed God
would send back. II ls~was able. 1
vss slgnsd : widov,
We CLEAN from the Lenoir News
that the County commissioners 0
Caldwell Comply, have p assed m o
dinance to texxclude cheap Johi
Shows. FROM. the community. Ther'
will be no ,.nore shows v thin 800 It
ofa dwelling.
Joe Malloy Of va. who il under sci
tence ~ death by elecrroc ption; hs
Appe kled to the supreme cosurt on th,