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CANNED TOMATO SUPPLY LOW
Say There Will Be Larger Demand for
Raw StOck-Idle Plants to Operate

Say There Will Be Larger Demand for
Raw StOck-Idle Plants to Operate
The 1928 tomato pack is estimated
at approximately eight and one-half
million cases says report from the
Y. S. Department Of Agriculture. This
makes an estimated average Of ten
and one-quarter millions of cases of
No. tomatoes packed for the past
three years, which is three and one
half plillion case shortage per annum
Of the annual requirement of tomatoes
BY consumers. The spot price of No.
tomatoes at this time according to
reports from the Tri-State Packers
Association members is $1.15 per doz-
en- as compared to 75c at this time last
year. Holding Of last years pack are
very light and Gamers predict that the
pack of canned tomatoes and tomato
products will be exhausted by August
first. Reports from business men and
tomato growers in various sections of
Delaware and Maryland indicate an
UNUSUAL demand for tomatoes by the
local canneries ad out of state buy
ers. This demand is said to be in
creased BY the fact that plants at
Greenwood. Milford, Townsend, Van
Dyke, Blackbird, Delaware; and Hen
derson and Kennedyville, Nd, that
have been idle for several years are
reported to be planning to operate
again this year. Earlier planting Of
tomatoes and the adoption Of tomato
varieties best adapted to local condi-
tions as a means of improving yields
and quality of canned product is be-
ing advocated by The Tri-State Can
ners Association and State Agricul-
tural Extension Workers said L. NJ.
Goodwin Of the University of Mary
land at the Gamers School held rec
emily at College Park, Md. Exten-
sive preparations are being made at
to grow early plants in
hotbeds says H. w. Pearson Of the H.
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up bills. Marvel at its splitsecond starting, even
IN the coldest weather. On any kind of road.
Match, if you can, its clean soEite crystal purity
We are confident of your verdict. It's all that
we say 1T is-this new Improved Standard"
Gasoline. "ifs the Champion" On sale every
where at the big red "Standard'' pumps with the
familiar Standard" globes Made and guaranteed
by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Smyrna times., 1929-03-13

of the Peninsula over a period Of three
years the Greater Baltimore has prov
en- the highest yielding tomato, aver
aging 7.3 tons for all tests; the Mar
globe, a close second, with a ~ tons
yield. The Stone and Bonny Best
varieties gave poorer yields as com
pared to the other varieties, their av-
erage yields being 81 and 6.5 tons re
spectively.
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Straight down the road
6ster->> faster 70 faster
ahead OF the crowd lit,
flashes across the lime
90 st$ tie Champion"

It's here-the new improped ''Standard'' Gasoline
the gasoline you've wanted-and waited for.
Judge it for yourself Amy way you want Test it in
old cars. In new cars Test it for pulling power
For climbing power. Its racing-start and racing
finish power. Its all round built-in goodness.
Watch it weave through the holes in traffic Leap
out from under on the straight-ofway. Go zooming
Smyrna times., 1929-03-13

10. Cannon Packing Company. Plants
for 125 acres of tomatoes will be
grown under cloth covered cold frames
at Cardova, Md, and the Campbell
Soup Company is making arrange
ments to furnish Second Early Toma-
to Plants from local hotbeds and from
inspected Southern Grown Plants. In
variety tests conducted by the Uni
versity of Maryland in different parts
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08
Stocks Of Wheat
on Farms Large

Warrington. March 1.-R,eThe
department of agriculture estimated
today that seocks q ooen. wheat, oats,
harley and rye, h9ld On farms on
March I, amounted 20 <3oooooo tons
compared With $4,000 tons = scar
go.
These estimates, the department
said, include not only the grain tor
sale, but also the amounts held for
Seed and other uses On the farm until
the clooe Of the crop season. The
department estimated that there wele
l,o9o 672, 900 bushels Of corn On farms,
Or 3e.3 Per cent Of the previous SEA-
sons crop. It WAS estimated that 1911
pr cent Of the previous crop was to
b shipped out Of the counties where
It was grown.
The department said there were
llo,ol30O0 bushels Of wheat. or 165
per cent Of the previous seasons crop
on farms q Of March /. Il Vas esti-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08
Floating Mines Menace
British Coastal Ships

4. London.-(ReMines planted dur
ing the great war remain q menace
to chipping N certain areas around
the British coast.
The admiralty has issued Z warn.
ING to ] mariners against trAwiing
where unexploded mines are known
10 have been sunk. e II stated that
OF Lands End. the south Devon
coast, tho Straits Of Dover, the Nor
folk, Yorkshire and Northumbrian
coasts, the Orkneys. and the Heligo-
land Blight, It - probable some Of the
mines lying On the bottom may still
be dAngerous. ts
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08

mated that 73.A per cent Of the pre-
vtous crop had been shipped q was
70 b shipped out Of the county where
grown.
e was estimated that sol, al 900
bushels Of oats o. 34.6 per cent q the
previous crop was stocked on farms,
ana that AIS per cent Of the previous
crop had been shipped out Of the
counties where grown.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08
Harem Customs Bring
Argentine Protests

Beyrouth. syria.-R1-To protest
against the attitude adopted ~ eyr.
ian Moslems toward Argeutine WON
en-, the Argentine government has
closed its consulate in Beyrouth.
The consul stated that Argentine
women Of the Christian faith marry.
Ing Syrian Moslems abroad and later
accompanying their husbands to Syria
suffer considerable hardship& On
arrival In Syria they are confined In
"harems," Is Is customary with M.
tive women, and forced In every way
to conform to the Moslem mode Of
life.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08
Texas College to Try
daylight Saving Plan

Denton, Texas (AP)-An expert
ment in daylight saving" educa-
ton will b tried this summer ct
North Texas State Teachers college.
More than 5000 students will ret
up with the sun five mornings .
week to attend clauses beginning at
6 o'clock. Afternoons will be devot-
ed to study and evenings to recre-
alton.
Floodlights win light up the ath-
letic field Tor night sports. Movies
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08

Three students working their way
through Parsons college ct Fairfield.
Iowa-Lucille 9chwilck. Alice Bell and
Earl Heisel-were the only students
TO receive Ill "A" grades for the first
semester.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1929

will be shown in an opsn air thea
ter.
The daylight saving" program
was devised to accommodate what n
expected to be the schools largest
enrolment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08

FORKS PILOT ADVANCES
Grand Forks, March 8 {AP)-Hu.
bert Rueschenberg, former Grand
Forks air pilot, IS now vice-presi.
dent and flying instructor 1t the
Brownsville, Texas, flying school.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-08
TO RESUME BUS SERVICE

Grand Fork, March 8 (AP)-Bus
service will be resumed Monday,
March IL, by the Northland Trans
portation company between Devils
Lake and Larimore it was announced
here today. An extra Great Northern
passenger train will be discontinued
when the bus service starts.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
MISS RANKIN ON CONCERT
TOUR OF TIE STATE

Miss Ruth Rankin of New York,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. j. D. Ran
kin of Boone, is spending this week
on a concert tour in Nor h Carolina.
She is appearing at the following
places:
Cherryville, February II.
Atlantic Christian College, Febru-
ary 13.
Salem College, February IA.
Davenport College, February Is.
Brevard Institute, February 16.
Asheville, broadcasting at 4:45
o'clock, Sunday afternoon, February
18th.
Miss Rankin is head of the piano
department of the Convent of tie
Sacred Heart, New York City.
A number of Boone music lovers
plan to hear her at Davenport Col
lege, Friday.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
PROGRESS WITH LIVESTOCK
DEPENDS ON PASTURE

To make progress in developing a
balanced system of farming where
livestock is to have rightful place,
it is necessary to have a sufficient
area planted to first class pasture.
almost any land will produce
some pasture" says S. j. Kirby, pas
ture specialist at State College.
But the more fertile the soil, the
better pasture it will produce. Cut
over land, idle cleared land or land
to rough or too steep for clearly
cultivated crops may be profitablly
used. Where the soil has been well
cultivated, it may be easily pre-
pared by disking or breaking and
disking. All crop residues should be
plowed under and the seed bed left
level. 1t is important to have good
seed bed for grass and clover plant
ings'
Mr.. Kirby says also that pasture
responds to good treatment Lime
and phosphate are beneficial to
grasses anu ClONSIS ana are HeCeS-
sary for animals. These may be sup
piled TO the livestock through graz
ing. Throughout the western part
of the state, Mr.. Kirby advises the
use of one ton of limestone and
from 500 to 500 pounds of a COM
plete fertilizer such as a 1888 or
a 12-4-4. The application of stable
OF barnyard manure as top dresser
the second or third year after the
sod has been established is good
practice.
1t is also practical to improve old
pastures at low cost Sometimes
these areas may be reseeded; again
top dressings with lime, fertilizer
and manure may be necessary, but in
any case, these treatments should be
given in winter so that the plant
food materials might be ineorporat-
ed into the soil by the alternate
thawing and freezing of the ground.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
Will Pave 10 Miles of
Boone Trail Highway

The Wilkes Joural quotes District
Highway Engineer Currier as saying
that the contract for paving a 10
mile stretch of highway on the
Boone Trail from Millers Creek west
will be let on February 10Th.
According to the Wilkes paper the
1914 miles of highway will be hard
surfaced and the cost of grading and
structural work will cost approx
mately $225,OOO.
1t is further stated that a few
days will lapse for the highway COM
mission to consider the bids and that
a short period Of time is then grant
ed the construction company award
ed the contract to ge on the grounds
so the first work on the new project
is expected to get under way by the
middle of March at the longest.
The following story regarding the
new road project appeared in re.
cent issue of the Winston Salem
Journal:
''In the next North Carolina high
/
way commission letting, on February
19, will be a project from the It'll
district, a ten-mile stretch of high
way between North Wilkesboro anc
Boone for grading and structure
work, the estimated cost to bt
$250,000, Captain Charles S. Cur
rier, district engineer, said yester
day.
"This project is the first section
of the new road on highway 60
from the end of the present paving
for ten miles and then surveying il
going on further for 13 niles, or
second section.
"The first section work will be be-
tween Millers Greek and Deep Gap
and the second will be from that
point on toward Boone. Eventually
all of his section Of the highway will
bes urfaced-at present it is top sol
and sand cay"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
WINNERS WILL BE FETED

The winners of the three cash
prizes offered by the local Civitan
Club for the best essay on "Citizen-
ship" will be honor guests of the
club at a special program to be
given at the Daniel Boone hotel on
Thursday of next week. Mr.. Henry
Reynolds of North Wilkesboro will
be the speaker of the occasion, and
while his subject has not been an
nounced it is likely he will inters-
perse his remarks with some of the
high lights of his recent tour % for
eign countries. Musical numbers
will be feature of the evenings
program.
Forty two essays have been sub
mitted to the committee and the
names Of the winners will appear
soon. A committee composed of
Attorney 7. E. Bingham, Mrs. l. G.
Greer and Professor Norton of the
Normal will determine the success
full contestants.
Civilians are reminded that the
regular monthly business meeting of
the club will be held this (Thurs-
day) evening at 7.30 o'clock at the
Daniel Boone hotel, and full at
tendance of members is urged.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
TWO BILLIONS A YEAR
PAID FOR TOBACCO

Washington, Jan. 31.-Two bill
lion dollars year for tobacco! That
is the bill the American people paid
last year for their favorite pastime
habit, vice, or what have you, treas
ury experts estimated today from
consumption and tax figures issued
by the bureau Of internal revenue
1t amounted roundly to $16.80 fol
every man, woman and child in the
country.
The bureaus figures, with the ex,
pert's estimates of value, made uI
the bill this way.
Cigarettes smoked, 105,915, ,200,-
O8O; cost, 7,5OO,OOO; cigars
smoked, 6,453, 100000; cost, $685.
100000. Manufactured tobacco
chewed, pipe-smoked and consumed
by those who still roll their own,'
100000 pounds; cost, $343,O00,-
600. Snuff, dipped, rubbed and
sneezed, 4O,OOO,OOO pounds; cost,
$S0,000,0O0; cigarette papers and
tubes, quantity unreported; cost
$4,000.
Except for a slight decline as to
cigars and smoking and chewing to-
bacco, the use of the fragrant weed
flourished astonishingly. Nearly
OO,0OO,00O more cigarettes were
smoked than in 1927. Experts cred
tied women with having a lot to do
with this.
For those who view smoking with
a jaundiced eye there was the con-
soling crumb of 100000 on
tobacco and the related products.
This was the largest tobacco tax ever
collected. 1t exceeded Uncle Sans
entire annual revenue, from all
sources up to the time of the Span
ish-American war.
The bulk of the cigarette taxes
was paid in North Carolina, whose
manufacturers turned in to the
treasury 100000. Virginia was
second with $59,0OO,0OO and New
York third with $27,000,O00.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
STATE AID ROAD
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Watauga County Would Receive
$17,250 For County Highways
Under Measure Passed Saturday;
$3,OOO,OOO to be Collected

The lower house of the general
assembly last Saturday passed the
roads committee highway bill carry
ing $3,000,000 fund for county
highway maintenance. The bill in
creases the state gasoline tax from
four to five cents a gallon.
The bill as passed had been amen
ded in only one particular from the
original bill reported by the commit
tee. This amendment changed only
the language of one section and
was offered by Chairman Woodward
of the roads committe in order, he
said, to clarity the section.
The only vote cast against the bill
was that of Representative D. Scott
Poole of Hoke. He opposed the in
crease in the gasoline tax.
In addition to the $3,000,000
county aid fund created by the high
way bill, half million dollar equa-
lization fund to be used in the dis
cretlon OF the highway commission
would be set up under the provis-
ions of the measure. This fund
would be used to aid counties where
road building is unusually expensive
because of Typographical conditions.
The county aid fund would allot-
ted to the counties in proportion to
their area and population, and they
would be required to reduce their
ad valorem levies so that the total
levy and the amount received from
the fund shall not be more than 10
per cent above the previous years
levy.
Watauga county will receive $17,-
$50 under the law. Wake county
would receive the largest amount,
100000 ,and Clay the smallest, $9,-
600. The amount estimated for 9TH
er counties in this section was:
Allegheny 1850; Ashe $25,320;
Avery, $13, $3.50; Caldwell $26,220;
Mitchell $13,170, and Wilkes SAL
76O.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
NORMAL NOTES

Of interest to those who may be
planning to attend the spring term
of the Normal is the information
that one wing of the new dormitory
is expected to be ready for occu-
pancy at that time. The structure is
entirely fireproof throughout and is
the most modern addition to the
campus. Heat comes from the re-
Gently completed central heating
plant and the radiation is excellent.
Mr.. Perry Morgan of Raleigh,
Miss Gladys Beck of Raleigh and
Miss Alice Biby of Nashville, Tenn,
who conducted a Sunday School in
stitute at the Baptist church last
week, held some exercises at the
Normal after class hours in the aft
ernoons. In company with Rev. P.
A. Hicks they attended chapel exer-
cises several times and conducted the
devotionals.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
JURORS DRAWN
FOR MARCH TERM
Superior Court Will Convene Here
March IS, With Judge James l..
Webb of Shelby Presiding

Judge James L. Webb of Shelby
will preside over the spring term
of Watauga superior court, which
will convene here on Monday, March
25th for a two weeks session. At a
called meeting of the board of coun-
ty commissioners Monday the follow
ing jurors were drawn for the term
First Week
Ron Davis, Bald Mountain; w. Y.
Farthirg, Alvin Hagaman; Donley
Hagam an: Beaver Dam; John Lentz,
E. G. Urderdown, Richard Hollers,
J. H. Winkler, Blowing Rock; Nile
Cook, N. L. Harrison; Blue Ridge
w. D. Farthing, Horace Greer, l. G.
Greer, w. Hardin Brown, w. L.
Brown, M. P. Critcher, Chas. E.
Vannoy, R. L. Clay, W. H. Gragg,
Boone; E. w. Cannon, Hiram
Greene, Chas. Proffitt, A. A. Perry,
Alfred Thomas, Cove Greek; Jim
Cook, Joe Wheeler, Elk; A. N.
Thomas, North Fork; o. J. Phillips,
Laurel Greek; Vance Masten, Shaw
neehaw; l. S. Greene, W. S. Moretz,
Stony Fork; D. w. Cook, D. C. Pen
ley, H. C. Beach, Meat Camp; Ev-
erett Fox, J. M. Galloway, George
Eggers, Watauga
Second Week
R. M. Ward, B. S. Dugger, Fred
Cook, Alex South, F. M. Thomas, D.
C. Coffey, D. L. Greene, Chas. G.
Lewis, C. M. Watson, z. T. Watson
j. G. Storie, E. N. Hahn, R. K
Hartley, Spencer Collins, C. D. Tay-
lor, VIM. M. Hodges, A. M. Mills
D. L. Glenn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
BABE is FOUND CRYING BESIDE
DEAD MOTHER IN WOODS

Asheville, Feb. PA dead wom-
an, about whose body baby crawl
ed, whimpering with cold, was found
in the mountains three miles west of
Swannanoa late last night by a pas
serby.
Coroner's jury today found the
woman's death resulted from natural
causes.
The woman was Mrs. Estelle Dig
ges, "a, wife of Carl Digges. She had
been calling on neighbor, it was
disclosed at the inquest and had
taken a short cut in going to her
home through the mountains. She
was carrying her baby and fell dead
of cerebral hemorrhage, the inquest
disclosed.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
How tC $.Iake More
NJ hey ON the Farm
BY REAL FARMERS

ed in youth rustic above him as he
plants others for the children to be.
For my part, envy the man who
has lived on the same broad acres
from his boyhood, who cultivates the
fields where in youth he played, and
lives where his father lived and died.
When the darkening shadows are
gathering around the peaceful old
farmer, and the dew of life's even
ing is condcnsing on his brow, may
he pass away to the great beyond as
calmly and serenely as the autumn
dies.
ARLIE BROWN.
TayCn N q
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14

sections.
By Winston of BERTHE: Appropri-
ate $4,000 for the purpose Of
carrying out The provision of chap
ter 26 of the public laws Of 1927 re-
lating to Andrew Johnson memorial.
By Hood and Andrews of Wayne
Amend the statutes relating to work
on Sundays.
By Herbert Of Clay: Amend stat
utes relating to punishment for first
degree burglary. ~.
By Herbert @ Clay: Amend stat
utes relative to punishment fQr. muir
der in the first degree. ~
Senate-New Bills
BY Clark of Mecklenburg: To re
quire applicants for law licenses in
the state to either be a student at
one of the state law schools or to
be a bona fide resident of North
Carolina.
Senator Alderman of Vance in
troduced a bill Thursday to provide a
whipping post in North Carolina.
The bill requires the post to be used
in the punishment of "bootleggers.
drunken automobile drivers, blue
sky stock salesmen and others"
By Williams Of Yadkin: Provide
for a sales tax on all commodities
except food, ranging from 20 per
cent on luxuries to five per cent on
certain commodities. The bill would
tax "a classes of articles, and no tax
would be placed on the sale of farm
and food products or clothing sold
for less than So. 1t would relieve
real estate and personal property
from all road and school taxes and
would repeal the state income tax.
Included in the bill was tax of an
additional one cent on a gallon OF
gasoline, to be turned over to the
state highway commission to take
over and maintain all public roads
and bridges.
By Lawrence of Hertford and
Blount of Pitt: Provide for a state
drivers license and state highway
patrol The bill would require an
annual fee of 81 for drivers license
and calls for the establishment of a
highway patrol force of not more
than $50 men.
BY Beam of Rutherford: Provide
that all trucks must stop at grade
crossings.
By Iapp and Ward To amend
law relative to tax sales and re-
demption.
By Reynolds of Rockingham: Con-
stitutional amendment to p-ohlblo
filling elective offices by the COVER
nor or legislature, except for the un-
expired term due to vacancy.
By Broughton and Johnson: Pro-
vide that capital cases, the jury may
bring a verdict of guilty in the first
degree with recommendation for
mercy in which case the sentance
shall be life imprisonment. Rape and
attempted rape are exempt from the
operation of this bill.
By Person of Franklin: To investi-
gate State college.
By Wheedbee of Perquimans: Re-
lieve tax payers by giving "a months
for payment of taxes.
By Womble of Forsyth: The
1929 machinery act.
BY Broughton Of Wake: To pro
vide for licensing of mouth hygien-
lists to teach mouth hygiene in pub
lie schools.
House Bills Passed
Road bill increasing gasoline tax
and creating a county aid fund,
To increase the payment of mon
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
SOUTH-WILSON

Married in Mountain City, Tenn,
last Friday, Miss Bina South to Mr.
Sidney Wilson, both of the Meat
Camp section. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D. F
South, while Mr.. Wilson is the
youngest son of Rev. L. A. Wilson
The young couple will make their
home for the present on Meat Camp
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
LlNDBERCH ENGAGED

Mexico City, Feb. 12.-ColoneI
Charles A. Lindberg and Miss Anne
Spencer Morrow, it was learned au-
thoritatively tonight, will be married
either in May or June in Mexico
City or New York. The principals
still have under consideration the
exact time andt place.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14

Mrs. J. H. Winkler returned last
Friday from a visit with her mother,
Mrs. Reid, a. Drexei.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14

A. NJ Critcher and son Cecil
Critcher plan a trip to Florida soon,
the former to see the country, the
latter to see the "big fight"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14

with nature" Of course. How else
could they always pick rainy day
to move?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14

Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Holshouser
left last Friday for Florida, where
they will spend a short vacation.