Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-06-10
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL SECTIONS OF STATE
Happenings of Interest From Al
Sections of North Carolina
Briefly Told

Gastonia, June g.: Congressman
Lee Bulwinkle's majority over his
opponent, DR.. Dimmette, of Gastonia,
| for congress in the ninth district. will
be approximately $4,000 votes, his
headquarters here announced yester-
day.
The Black Bear Trail Association
/ in session at Winchester, Va, last
week reelected Hugh McRae, of Will
mington, as its president for the en-
suing year and chose Deland, Fla, as
the meeting place next year. The
association, it was decided, will be
Incorporated on a non-profit basis
and will increase its vice presidents
| to six in ten of the states repre-
sented between Quebec, Canada, to
Miami, Fla.
Raleigh, June 8: The returns from
Saturdays primary definitely put
three candidates into the race for the
speakership of the next house. N. A
Townsend, of Harnett county; H C.
Connor, of Wilson, and R. T. Foun-
tain, of Edgecombe, announced sew
eral months ago their purpose to seek
the speakership-if the primary turn
ed out all right for them Townsend
and Conner both had opposition, but
both came out victorious. Mr.. Fsun-
tain was unopposed.
Six hundred miles of paved roads
and 500 miles of roads of other types
nearly completed, represent the 1926
program of the North Carolina high
way commission, Chairman Frank
Page told the Observer, while in
| Charlotte last week The commission
IS completing an average of three
miles of road per day, and more
mileage is now under construction
than at any time in it's history, Mr..
Page says. He expressed himself as
much pleased with the present status
of road work.
Raleigh June 6: Ten millions of
dollars worth of North Carolina to-
bacco-that is the result of the rain
that fell in the "a hours of yesterday
and last night, according to the esti-
mate of the office of Frank Parker,
crop statistician of the state-federal
reporting service. And of course the
rains benefited other crops in pro-
portion. The long continued drought
broken in most parts of the state, not
only gave the tobacco that has been
planted a chance to grow, but it en-
couraged the farmers to plant more.
A Heppelwhite dining table, aid
to have been the property of Thomas
jefferson, the third president of the
! United States, was sold recently
through Durham antique shop. The
piece of furniture, Of end table de-
sign, is made of mahogany, inlaid
with holly. 1t is of very beautiful
design, with long square legs taper
ing down to about one inch at the
bottom. 1t was in good state of re-
/ pair, showing that the former own
! ers had taken good care of it in its
| journey down from the old Colonial
days. The table was sold for 5000.
Three persons are dead and d
fourth is in a hospital burned and
charred' almost beyond hope of re
covery as the result of fire of un-
determined origin which early Fri
day morning destroyed a boarding
house at Hamlet. The dead are: B.
B. Baker, proprietor of the house !;
Lewis Engleka, and Bernis Joyner.
R. G. Kelly is in the hospital with his
hands and feet practically burned
off. The house was an old two-story
wooden structure built of rich pine
lumber and the flames made rapid
headway.
Asheville, June 6: Zeb Alley, of
Cashiers Valley, brother of Felix AL
ley. candidate in Saturdays Demo-
cratic primary for congressman from
the tenth district, was Instantly killed
this inorning at 2 o'clock when the
automobile in which he was riding
with Henry Moss, of Cashiers Valley
was struck by truck and overturned
near Sylvia in Jackson county. The
accident occurred when i. 3. Alley,
son of Mr.. Alley and another party
in one automobile and Mr.. Alley and
Moss in another car, were on their
way to take election returns to Syria
from Cashiers Valley in upper Jack
son county. Mr. Moss, who was driv-
ing the ill-fated machine, said that a
large truck suddenly appeared N the
road coming toward them at rapid
rate of speed. Striking the car a
glanc;ng blow the heavy truck con-
tinued on down the road without
stopping to investigate No clue to
the identity of the driver of the truck
has been obtained.