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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-08-11
Soil Survey for
Watauga County
w. A. Davis Now Engaged in Making
Map Containing Mass of Informa-
tion Relative to County

The United States bureau CT soils,
in co-ope ration with the North Car
olian experiment station is making a
soil survey of Watauga county. w. A.
Davis, representing the N. C. expert
ment station is in Boone conducting
the work, which is now we'll under
way.
The object of the soil survey is to
map and classify the different soils
of the county and to report their
agricultural value and agricultural
possibilities. In order to show the To-
cation of the various soils it is ne
cessary to make a complete map of
the county, showing, in addition to
soils, all public and second class
roads, houses, churches and school
houses, drainages, railroads, villages
and towns. Each soil is represented
on the map by color,Nb in such a
way as not to obscure the other de-
tails on the map.
A report containing a general des-
cription of the county, giving its To-
cation, topography, drainage systems,
chief towns, transportation facilities,
markets, climate, agriculture and a
full description of soil types will ac-
company the map.
The results of the survey are pub
lished in the bulletin issued by the
United States department of agri-
culture and are sent free upon appli-
cation to any person desiring one.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-08-11

81 have never forged or signed
any mans name to Wilkes school
or county note in my life," said Glenn
Wrenn, cashier of the defunct Bank
of Wilkes, Tuesday. This statement
was made after a sworn statement by
Mr.. Wrenn on Monday admitting the
forging of names to county and
school notes. Mr.. Wrenn, confined
to his room by sickness; denies hav-
ing given out signed statements to
his attorneys, assuming responsibility
for notes totaling S15O,0O0. Solicitor
John R. Jones, however, states that
the confession was drawn by Wrenn's
lawyers, submitted to him and when a
few minor changes were made, his
signature was affixed
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-08-11
WAGNER REMOVED TO
WILKESBORO FOR TRIAL

H. S. Wagner, who has been con-
fined in the Watauga county jail
since the spring term of superior
court, for the Staying of Earl Moody
and Dexter Byrd at Shulls Mills last
Christmas day, was moved to Wilkes
boro before daylight Monday morn
ing by Sheriff Farthing. The re-
moval was ordered by Judge P. A.
McElroy, who is presiding at this
term of Wilkes superior court, before
whom the Wagner case will be tried
beginning next Monday.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-08-11
TAXLEVY FOR
NEXT YEAR Sl.33
Substantial Reduction Made Possible
Through Cut of 20 Cents Per
$1OO Valuation For School Pur-
poses

At the August meeting Of the
board of county commissioners, the
tax levy for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1928, was fixed at $1.33
on the 500 property valuation.
fiscal year, or reduction of IL
cents on the hundred.
The reduction to the taxpayers is
made possible through a cut in the
school tax assessment from 70 to so
cents per hundred. The commission
ers found it necessary to levy an
emergency fund of five cents on the
hundred to take care of the Hub
Wagner murder trial, which, it is
estimated, will cost around $4,000.
General Levy
The levy for the various county
purposes is appropriated as follows:
General county fund ----$ .15
Emergency fund -r------ 5
Schools - so
County roads, interest on
bonds, redemption ard
sinking fund -- 40
Road maintenance fund -- 20
Jail bonds, interest ---- g
Total -- $1.33
Poll Tax
General county fund --$ .95
Schools 1.5O
Roads, interest on bonds, re-
demption and sinking fund 70
Road maintenance - SO
Total -----$3.6O
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-08-11
REVIVAL AT MT. PLEASANT
LUTHERAN BEGINS AUG. IS

A protracted meeting will begin at
the Mount Pleasant Lutheran church
on August IS, at II a. M, and will
continue throughout the week. The
following ministers are expected to
take part in the services: Rev. j. A.
Yount, Boone; Rev. R. M. Carpenter,
Hickory; Rev. c. N. Yount, Hickory;
DR.. j. L. Morgan, Salisbury; and
Rev. N. D. Yount, Bessemer City.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-08-11

Charles A. Kent, prominent to-
bacco manufacturer of Winston-Sa-
lem, died Tuesday night. Mr.. Kent
was president of the Brown and Will
hanson Tobacco Company.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-08-11
SENATOR SIMMONS IN
STATESVILLE HOSPITAL

United States Senator F. M. Sim
mons, of New Bern, is at Longs San
atorium, Statesville, for a few days
treatment. - Statesville Landmark,
August 5th.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-08-11

Ina, nine-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Douglas, Yadkin coun-
ty residents, was instantly killed
when struck by lightning Monday
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19

Where do you suppose? A bird
a fat, little, mother bird-must have
called him up and given it to him.
you? Oh, you didn't"
why not? He was most appre-
ciative. I thought it right that he
should know Your mother would
have wished me to do it, Diana"
Confident that she had done her
part toward a reconciliation she
pussyfooted softly from the room.
While the girl on the bed clenched
her hands and cried, "She expects
me to go back to him. But won't.
I WON'Tl
tits just because we're both lone
ly. If 1 went back we'd both be
sorry all the rest of our lives. I've
reached my first sacrifice. But I
won't weaken. I've got to stick to
it now"
With the tears still wet on her
face she seized pen and paper and
wrote, boldly, Il shall never come
back until can be the kind of wife
you want me to be-"
(which means never" she cried,
and sealed it quickly"
The next morning she made ar
rangements to draw heavily on her
capital and became contract
Ito Be Continued
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'My DEAR" Bah thrilled, appre-
ciatively, hes awfully handsome.
But, Diana, think his eyes look
sad"
Instantly Diana felt stab of real
pain. Poor Arthur" She could
just see him sitting all alone hop
ing for her return. Her ida ma me
ne pc to la" tok on the doleful wall
of a homesick prayer.
When the time came for Klesa-
lexis class, she had worked herself
into frenzy of elf-condemnation.
She must have been a terrible dis
appointment to Arthur
How selfish she had been never
to consider his side of it! She had
no right to marry any man feeling
as she did, No wonder he had been
irritable.
Mr.. Klesalek was in a black
mood of his own He started with a
dissertation on his utter weak
mindedness in leaving the stage to
become nursemaid for stupid little
fools who could not even commit
their lines.
He called on Nadine, the only girl
whose beauty Diana envied. Satin
black curls chung like baby's hair
about her face. Her skin was dead
white with the texture OF magnolia
blossoms.
Her mouth puckered, wistfully, as
if for kisses, but her eyes were as
pure as an angels. She came to
the improvised doorway, fumbling
with her manuscript.
IT didn't say read it."
But I don't know it, Mr.. Klesa-
lex"
You should know it, little girl.
Your beauty isn't going to get you
by forever. Better have a thought
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11DA HURST
Author of ''THIE SNOB"
Copyright, 1927, By Bell Syndicate, 1nc.l

Diana shook her head and he
bowed her, graciously, out of the
shop.
She could not understand her
feeling over that tea pot. But she
was glad it was sold. Now she could
go by without giving. it a thought.
She paused by another window
and stared at some sleeping puppies,
cuddled together in wistful loneli-
ness. Must get hold of herself now.
Get busy and think of nothing but
her work.
Work, that was to be her life from
now on She was ashamed to
find the little dogs blurring thru
tears.
When she reached home she
found letter from Arthur.
Come back, little thingl I didn't
realize how much I'd'Aniss you. Do
you miss me, too? I was wrong to
give you up so easily. I should have
made you stay with me.
Il think if you'd give me chance
I could teach you to love me! If
you would, life would be paradise
on earth. But if you'll come back
you can make your own conditions
I want you, Diana, and remember
you are still my wife"
The end found her crumpled on
the bed.
He is lonely" she sobbed. HE
needs me-"
She looked up to see Mrs. Bur-
ton standing in the door.
Dear child, is anything the mat
ter?"
She had seen that letter from
Arthur. Must have placed it on(her
dresser. Diana said nothing.\
Then Mrs. Burton purred, IT see
you've had letter from your hus-
band"
Yes. I wonder where he got my
address. didn't give it to him"
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When he said, II want you to go
on. Give the talent God has given
YOU a chance - she replied,
"Oh, I'll try. But does that mean l
should become contract pupil"
at think in the end it will repay
YOU. But that is for you to decide.
When you have finished, If you
have done your part, Mr.. Seton
agrees to place you. That gives you
wonderful start"
ut would be necessary to draw
on my capital to do that" she
frowned.
"wculdn't it be worth it to become
successful?"
She was seeing her name in light
ed letters again.
I'll think it over" she said. THE
new term begins tomorrow"
Remember, If you do this it will
mean the hardest work you have
ever known"
: "I know and thank you-thank
IcI1 ullLlQbCo 1dVCA oAiO "oo S"AAA
ing down the street. IN all her life
she would never forget the thrill
of those few moments. Her exulta-
ton! Her sense of power!
She gazed into the windows along
the way and saw nothing with her
dream-filled eyes until she stopped
before the window where, since her
first day, the teapot had waited.
1t was not therel If only she had
bought it before. She wanted it.
She walked by, then with frown
retraced her steps and entered the
shop. j
II should like the blue tea pot
that has been in your windows"
The little man from Japan smiled.
"Blue tea pot Sold." he announced
triumphantly. Have plenty other
nice tea potsl"
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or two back of those blue eyes. Go
on. Read it, then"
She moved down stage, num-
bling her lines.
"Stop It'll Is it possible that you
are chewing gum?"
Pouting adorably, Nadine admit
ted that it was.
A storm of accusation burst about
her head, leaving the heavenly eyes
swimming in tears.
mo brains! No brains!" he thun-
dered. Leave the room"
Like a sorrowfui child, only
vaguely understanding where she
had been at fault, she crept away.
The boy who was to play opposite
had been an acrobat. He was
trembling at the door. Not an eye
met the irate instructors.
Miss Vane!" he shouted.
Diana rose with her heart in her
throat. Almost desperately she
threw herself into the part and was
rewarded by seeing Klesalek relax.
When he dismissed the class he
asked her to remain.
MY girl" he said, quietly, "You
have the sensitive soul of an artist.
Do you also have the ability to
work? Are you remaining at
Seton's?"
IT should like to, but the tuition
is so high. I thought might stop
and get a place in a stock COM
pany."
"You couldn't" he said, bluntly.
Nothing worth while. You need
months of training. Concentrated
effort, individual attention. But I
believe you can make the grade.
You have the MAKINGS!"
Tears came to her eyes. She
knew this was the highest praise
he could give. And he did not COM
mend lightly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
NORMAL CLAIMS HALF
OF N. {. A. STATE LIST
Terre Haute School Well Repre-
scented With Life Members.
Bu Times Special

BH Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Nov. 49,
Seventeen of thirty-s seven members,
half of the Hoosiers who hold life
membership in the National Edu-
cation Association, are graduates
and former students of the Indiana
State Normal here The Normal list
includes:
Cornelius Abbott. high school director.
Mishawaka; Glenn D. Brown, Muncie; E.
n. Canine, Indiana State Normal. Terre
E. Eckert superintendent, Dubois County
schools ,,, flames O. EIngleman, T sgre
of schools. Converse; H. w. A. Hemmer.
superintendent of schools. Huntingburg;
state Normal. TerTe Hsute; George Y.
clinton; Herman L.. Martin. Huntingburg:
Thomas W; RECORDS. supsrintendent Of
Smith, Connersyille: Gertrude F. Soules
j. L. LORD and J. r. Shannon all Of
Terre Haute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
DUvALL TO HOLD FUND
Slack Not to Get Charity Money
Until Court Decision.

Former Mayor John L. Duvall
will not turn over to Mayor L. Ert
Slack the charity and emergency
fund which he took out of Office
with him until courts decide Slack
legally is mayor. y
There are two cases pending in
court now and want to find out
who is mayor before release it,
Duvall said today.
I'm any case, I'll not try to keep
the money myself. I'll give 1t to the
Community Fund or some charity
organization" he said. The fund
amounts to several thousand dol
lars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
FIRE WATER IN COURT
Two Indians Accused in Brown
County Liquor Case.
BIZ Times SpccidI

BIZ IIWFS NVFCTUE
NASHVILLE, Ind, Nov. 10
Aboriginal names are borne by two
of four defendants who will be tried
before Judge Fremont Miller in
Brown Circuit Court here Tuesday
on charges of maintaining a nuis-
ance through alleged violation of
the prohibition law. The accused
are Chief Eagle Feather, Princess
Silver Heels, Claude Graham and
Charles Crump.
Raiding officers who visited 'the
chiefs resort, Ookomis Indian
Reservation, sometime ago, say they
found a quantity of intoxicating
LIQUOR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
~ TO HEAR TALK ON
CHOOSING LIFE WORK
Educator viii Speak Sunday on
Failure of Misfit."

Chester M. Sanford, educator and
vocational counsellor, will address a
Y. M. C. A. big Meeting" at Eng
lish'S theater at p. m. Sunday on
"The Failure of MisfitS."
Sanford has made study of
working mems problems. He has
worked in mines. glass factories and
industries in the south. He has held
many conferences with railroad and
industrial officials.
In his address Sunday, Sanford
will answer the question, What
shall I do in the world?"
Preceding the address, the Y. M
G. A. big Meeting" orchestra OF
forty pieces will play. Mr.. and Mrs
Glenn o. Friermood will sing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
INVESTIGATE STABBING
Wife Held Pending Inquiry Into
Husbands Wounding.

Mrs. Alberta Huett, 2508 Indian
apolis Ave-, is held in the city prison
on a vagrancy charge, while police
further investigate a cutting affair
in which her husband, Harry HUI
EFT, was slashed on the left side,
Friday night.
Police went to the home and met
Huett, who said he had an argu-
ment in the street with a man over
some money and was cut. Later
',c''re learned that Huett and his
wife told a man it was she who
stabbed him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
Curb Stations Opposed

BU Tfmfs NDcciGI
GARY, Ind, Nov. 19.-Agitation
has started here to GUST 1926 gaso-
line filing stations from street
curbS, Chamber of Commerce
committee member asserting they
interfere with auto parking and are
a traffic menace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
Pill RIMAGES TO GRAVE
French Lick Guests Will Visit Rest
ing Place of LincOIn's Mother.

BIZ Times Special
FRENCH LICK, Ind, Nov. 49,
Pilgrimages to the grave of Nancy
Tanks, mother OF Abraham Lincoln.
at Lincoln City, where the Indiana
Lincoln memorial is to be built, will
be part of the life of French Lick
Springs next year, according to
Thomas TRggart, French Lick
Springs Hotel president.
So much interest has been shown
this fall among hotel guests who
wanted to drive to Lincoln City to
see the spot where Lincoln's mother
is buried, that Taggart believes this
jaunt next year should be most
popular one for French Lick Wis
itorS.
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lWl 1Ou1AO ~ NAAAAS~-O W :,
w the repression her mother
had taught her.
She caught herself struggling to
conceal her emotions while her
instructors cried, LET go!" Airline,
the little dancer, had prophesled
truly.
Many a night Diana flung herself
on the bed wondering at her own
temerity in attempting an art SO
irksorne. The next day she would
win a word of commentator and
Immediately her sky was rosy again.
The blue tea pot seemed con-
nected with her fits of depression.
She had begun to look for it every
morning on her way to school.
If she were discouraged she would
stop and gaze at it with homesick
longing in her eyes. AS she looked
through the dingy window she saw
again her sunny little kitchen, the
living room with the lamp shade
and table cover she had made.
Her room at Mrs. Burton's was
cold and scantily furnished. Diana
thought wistfully of the comfort of
her warm room in the apartment.
It had been fun keeping house.
And looking back on Arthur, from
three months perspective, softened
much of her resentment He had
been lawfully sweet" in the begin
ming.
She put snapshot of him on
the dresser. 1t had been taken at
the Country Club before they were
married.
But one day Mrs. Burton smiling
ly spoke of it so Diana took it down,
She told herself she would tear it
up but she went to school with it
in her pocketbook. And for some
reason she felt unusually depressed.
MY Gawd, 1ookit Vane," COM
mented Beachy in the dressing
room. lost boy friend, darling?
You certainly are registering
gloom"
shut up!" Diana retorted, snap
PLY.
There were times when these chat
tering girls irritated her, intensely.
1t was men-men-m men,. If they had
known as much about them as SHE
did. :. Even Bah was raving about
some man she met the night before.
HE is a real MAN" she con-
fided. mo actor. He hasn't an
ounce of temperament in his veins"
Lots of money!" inquired the
practical Airline.
'"You girls make me SICK" Beachy
cried, disgustedly. She drew her
MILDLY over a frankly three days-old
teddy and sighed, Give me love
in a cottage and my Charles"
after ALL" Diana reflected, as she
stood at the bar in the dancing class,
and slid from first to fifth posi-
ton, marriage means more to
them than a career. They might
feel differently if they had tried it,"
'MEES VANE" shouted Nam
zelle. give meenutes ago we have
change to double time!"
After class she found herself
alone with Bah. She slipped the
picture of Arthur from her pocket
book. She had rather carefully
concealed the fact of her marriage,
so she said, carelessly, would you
like to see a picture of friend of
mine?"
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Church Dedication Sunday

BB Times Special
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Nov.
l9.---An all-day meeting and basket
dinner will be held here Sunday in
connection with dedication of the
new Baptist Church building. Rev.
j. Walker Martin, Richmond, will
deliver the dedicatory sermon.
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nrc1N HERE ronAY.


When Diana FarWelPS mother over
heard talk of love between her daugh-
ter and q schoolboy friend, she is fear
full that she will Ego wrong like her
Sister Vivian, who ran away from home
four years ago. So the mother hastens
a marriage of Diana with Arthur Vane,
some years older. successful San Fran
Diana is only 10 and goes into mar
rage believing arthur Is SO different
from other men he always will be So It's
fed with merely spiritual love-" He
respects her reserve, as young girls
natural shyness, at first. Then, after
many months of loveless welded life,
he tells her she has wrecked his life.
Some time after her mother dies, Diana
leaves Arthur and finds her .long-lost
sister, Vivian, living in luxurious
apartment, packing for a trip to New
York. Diana arranges to rent q room
at the home of Mrs. Burton, widowed
friend of Disna's mother, and to go to
Seton's School of Acting to prepare her
self for the stage.
After visiting Mrs. Burton. she returns
to Vivian's apartment.
There she meets Jason Wlnterpie, q
friend of Vivian, whom Diana thinks is
to accompany her sister east.
The first day at school she meets
Beachy and Barbara Dean, two young
girls In the dancing class, ana Nam
zelle." the temperamental dancing
In the last class of the day she meets
Shepherd Seton, proprietor OF the School,
= man of electric personality.
NOW GO ON WITH THE SIOhh
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The help-yourself plan of
a cafeteria enables the
finest of foods at "odd
penny prices" to be serUed
at Whites Cafeteria, 81
N. Illinois.
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CHAPTER XXI

CT EEKS of work followed, Diana
MV found it difficult to overcome
w the repression her mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
ILocalRadio Entertainment
Wednesday, January IL, 1927

NAA-Naval Radio Station, Radio,
Va. 434.5 Meters).
3:45 p.m.--Weather Bureau reports.
6:45 p.m.-Agricultural market re-
ports.
9:55 p.m.-Time signals.
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Radio Hospital
Fund (256 Meters.
II TO IL monl-Current events and
police reports.
WMAL-Washington Radio Forum
1888 MeterS).
Silent.
WRC-RadiO Corporation of America
1865 Metersl.
to p.m.-Carlton Hotel Orches
ira.
$50 observation-disclosures of a Re.
porter by William H. Crawford.
6:45 pm.-'A High School Cir
Questions DR.. William Mann Abou,
His African Experiences"
z p.m.-Lee House Trio.
7:30 p.m.-Concert by the United
states Army Band, under the direc.
ton of Capt. William j. Stannard,
broadcast jointly with WEAF, New
York, from the Washington Barracks
8 pm.-"The Political Situation in
Washington Tonight" by Frederic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12

Crawford G. Sergeant, 1451 Fair
mont street. and Robert Maddox of
Anacostia. d. c.. share the honor of
having won The stars novel radio
station identification contest for the
first contest week, which ended sun
day night. Each succeeded in identi-
flying four of the seven stations listed
during the week.
Five hundred and eighteen radio
fans in Washington and vicinity par
tioipated in the competition during
the initial contest week, 112 of whom
were able to identify one of the seven
stations. Only four of them identified
two stations-Leo V. Seaman, 525
Kennedy street. Charles A. Swank,
79-A l. street northeast. Mrs. James
A. Hulfish, GIG North Washington
street. Alexandria. Va. and A. e.
Butler, SIS r. street northeast.
The stations selected during the
week were as follows
Monday--WPG, Atlantic City
Tuesday--WGY, schenectady.
Wednesday--W MBFI Miami Beach,
Fla.
Thursday--the National Broadcast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
FANS TO SHARE PRIZE IN FIRST
WEEK OF STAR RADIO CONTEST
Two Identify Four Stations Out of Seven
Four Others Name Two Correctly.
518 Take Part In Initial Test.

ing Co.'S blue" network. composed
of WIZ, New York. the key sta
ton; WBZ, Springfield; KDkA,
Pittsburgh, and KYW, Chicago.
Fans who identified any one of these
four stations were credited with the
reception.
F'riday-The National Broadcasting
Co. blue" network, composed of the
same four stations, WIZ, WIZ,
KDkA and KYW.
Saturday-WOO. Philadelphia.
Sunday-WHAP, New York.
The stations identified by Mr.. Ser.
geant were WPG, WGY, WMBF and
kDkA.
Mr.. Maddox identified the same
four stations.
In sharing the honors of winning
the contest, Mr.. Sergeant and Mr.
Maddox also divide the IS cash prize
offered for the fan identifying the
greatest number of stations during
the contest week. A check for 81. 90
will be mailed to each. in accordance
with the previously announced rules
that in the case of a tie the prize
would be divided equally.