Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-03-08
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS

OLD NORTH STATE NEWS |
srief Notes Covering Happenlnss In
This State That Are Of interest 70
All the People.
The supreme court delivered opin.
ions In 18 cases last week.
Many blocks of concrete sidewalks
and sheet asphalt streets are being
put down in Monroe.
Rev. ]. H. Weaver, presiding elder
OF the Greensboro District Of the
Western North Carolina Methodist
Conference, dropped dead while wait.
Ing for a street car at Greensboro.
A woman's section Of the Navy
League is being organized in Rowan
county as an adjunct to the Red Cross,
with Mrs. e. c. Gregory and Miss
Mary Henderson having charge of ex
tending the organization.
The executive committee of the
State Bar Association selected
Wrightsville Beach as the place for
the next meeting in June, the exact
dates to be fixed by the president and
secretary Of the association.
All cabbage, onions, mustard and
turnips planted in Union county are
dead. Many people raise an excellent
winter garden in this county and this
Is the first winter in many years that
the gardens were totally destroyed.
Through the efforts of Slough Hop
per, Of the Eagle Roller Mills, and
Mayor ]. T. Gardner Of Shelby, there
has been q reduction Of nine cents per
hundred on -four in carload lots from
Michigan points and reduction OF
seven cents on wheat from Michigan
points to stations along the Seaboard.
Seaboard officials will be invited to
Wilmington in the early future AMI
asked to explain why better schedules
have not been inaugurated between
Wilmington and Charlotte, as was
promised by General Manager Lake
at the Charlotte conference recentlv
held.
The North Carolina Scientific Sec.
ton Of Optometry held its regular
monthly meeting at Greensboro IN
DR.. ]. w. Taylor's office. This being
the time for the annual election of of.
ficers the following were chosen:
President, DR.. A. p Staley; vice pres.
ident, DR.. A. G. Spingler; secretary
treasurer, DR.. ]. Fred Tesh.
DR.. R. M. Gidney, farm demonstra.
tor for Cleveland county, says that
over $500 worth Of livestock has been
killed as q result Of the mad dog ram.
page since the first Of the year In
Cleveland county. Three patients
have had to go II Raleigh to take the
Pastuer treatment, fearing infection
from hydrophobia, since the first o:
January.
Seven months after the July flood
smashed through the high river blufi
at the western end Of the great Look
out dam on the Catawba River the
work of repairing the vast damage ID
still far from finished and contractors
are moving q mountain Of earth into
the gorge Of the new channel OF the
stream. Steam shovels are digging
away the adjacent hill and dinky rail
roads carry the dirt to trestles span
ming the tremendous cut.
During the last year new buildings
for 20 rural high schools have eithel
been constructed or are in course o.
building and II other schools have
made provision for new buildings moi
yet commenced according to th'
biennial report Of Prof N. w. walker
State Inspector Of Public Hisl
Schools, Just made public. The new
BUILDINGS erected or being constructed
cost $2S5,2O0, while It is estimated
that the proposed constructions viii
cost $151 900.
After listening to the testimony o
witness afterwitness in the Britt hear
ing, conducted at the Federal build
ing at Asheville. wherein Mr.. Britt
attorneys are seeking to build up
case that will give Mr.. Britt ttte sea
IN Congress, for which zebulon Weav
or holds q certificate, the imp ressiol
grows that as the next house is organ
ized 90 will the value Of markHd an'
unmarked ballots be determined In tn
seating Of q congressman frola tn
Tenth congressional district.
| Fire Of unknown origin completel,
destroyed a big cotton gin at Mopral
vile last week.
Bost's school house In the sOutl
western section of Catawba county
was destroyed by fire, suppos adl