Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-04-29
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Happenings Of Interest From All
Sections Of North Carolina
Briefly Told

eral hundred acres of timber lands.
The sixteenth annual convention
of the North Carolina Baraca and
Philathea organization was held in
Salisbury last week
Mrs. William o. Spencer, of Win
| Ston-Salem, was last week elected
one of the vice presidents general of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton at the meeting of the Daugh-
ters in Washington City,
The Wilkes county Democratic
convention in session in Wilkesboro
Saturday unanimously endorsed j. A.
Rousseau as candidate for the solici-
torship of the seventeenth judicial
district.
Republicans of the Fifth congress
| sional district in session at Green's
boro Friday unanimously chose Os-
car Durland, of High Point, as the
Republican candidate for congress to
oppose Major Charles M. Stedman,
Democratic incumbent.
Professional yeggmen blew open
the safe in the office of the Stand
ard Oil Company short distance
from Hickory Tuesday night, and
got away with $454.47 in cash and
checks.
Rev. William A. Jenkins, pastor Of
Park Place Methodist church, Green's
boro, was last week elected president
Of Davenport College, Lenoir. Mr..
Jenkins succeeds C. L. Hornaday,
whose resignation was handed to the
board of trustees several weeks ago.
Fayetteville Presbytery at its
226th semi-annual session, held at
Sardis Presbyterian church at Linden
last week authorized campaign to
raise 100000 for Flora Macdonald
college at Red Springs Flora Mac
donald is one of the leading Presby-
terian colleges for women in the
southern states. DR.. c. G. Vardell
is president.
Crops in eastern North Carolina
are said to have been seriously dam
aged by the recent frost and freeze.
|. Beans are said to be retarded 30 per
cent, potatoes 20 per cent, cucumbers
rs per cent, Strawberries 15 per cent
and watermelons and cantaloupes so
per cent. Heavy damage is also re-
ported to the dewberry and huckle7
berry crops.
An attempt to oust Dr. William L.
Poteat, president Of Wake Forest
| College, will feature the revolution
ary war" to be staged in North Caro-
| lima by the Anti-Evolution league,
according to V. T. Jeffreys, of New
Jersey, representative of the associa-
ton, who is in Charlotte making prep
arations for opening of state office
in the Queen City.
George E. Weld, genial postmaster,
merchant and hotel keeper at Alta
mont, Mitchell county, died suddenly
Of heart failure at the age OF 6S, dur
ing the night of April 20. Mr.. Weld
had lived in that section all his life
and had made for himself a position
of universal respect by his usefulness
and square dealing. He is survived
by his wife and several children.
Robert Franklin Morgan, one-lear-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs Edward
Morgan, of Winston-Salem, was in
stantly killed Sunday afternoon
when the organ machine collided
with a machine driven at high
rate of speed by Levi Ward. Other
members of the Morgan party were
more or less painfully injured. Ward
was arrested shortly after the acci
dent.
The western section of the annual
convention of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association will be
held in Corinth Reformed church,
Hickory, beginning on Monday night,
May 8, continuing through May 5th,
with sessions morning, afternoon and
night. Pastors, superintendents,
teachers and other Sunday school
workers of all denominations are
invited to attend the meetings.
Interest rate on North Carolina
bonds sank to the lowest point in
several years Monday, a fact which
reflects the solidarity of the states
credit and forecasts a lower rate Of
interest on the next issue of state
bonds. The last issue of bonds were
sold at IL per cent, but chances
are said to be excellent for the state
to sell it's next issue at Ia per cent.
There was big demand for North
Carolina bonds on the New York
bond market.
Neighbors of Irving Davis, of
Smyrna, Beaufort county, saw a
gruesome sight when they happened
to stop at his plcae one morning last
week. They found the mans. body
| lying in his hog, pen with his head
and arm almost entirely eten off
Davis was about 70 years old, q
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