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Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1926

Page

6

Rosen Rye Unsuited To North Carolina

Farmers should not plant Rosen Rye in North Carolina as it yields poorly and is late. Extension agronomist E C Blair notes Abruzzi rye outperforms Rosen in trials and provides better grazing or spring tilling. He urges growers to plant Abruzzi rye for best, economical results this winter.

Raleigh N. C North Carolina E. C. Blair State College Experiment Station Statesville Blair Bladen

Bryan University Drive Reaches 24000 Goal Pushes Funds

In Asheville territory twenty thousand dollars have been subscribed toward the Bryan Memorial University drive for Dayton Tennessee. Leaders seek fifty thousand across twenty five Western North Carolina counties with about three hundred subscribers averaging sixty five dollars each. Subscriptions include many at one hundred dollars. The effort gains national notice with editorials from Palm Beach to Cleveland. Most funds come from Buncombe County as Hendersonville and nearby towns show strong support. Goal to be reached by September first with the enterprise to be presented in Ohio. Three cars of lime have been ordered by Henderson County farmers.

Asheville N. C Bryan Memorial University Dayton Tennessee North Carolina Gallatin Roberts Roberts William Jennings Bryan Malcolm Lockhart Lockhart Palm Beach Fla Cleveland Buncombe County Marshall Canton Hot Springs Brevard Hendersonville Ohio

Island long on maps of South Atlantic disappears

The Meteor after a three months voyage reports Thompson Island vanished from charts near Bouvet Island. Capt Spies saw Bouvet but found no trace of Thompson, suggesting the island sank without a trace. The report joins a long list of islands that supposedly disappear or vanish from nautical maps.

Island Long South Atlantic Meteor Cape Town Thompson Island Bouvet Island Spies Bouvet Egypt Atlantis Atlantic Ocean Africa America Plato Asia Minor North African Japan Cochin China Mala Dahlak Kenneth Lowry Alaskan Bogoslof Aleutian Bering Sea Tanager San Francisco Pacific Tana Ger Levant Edward Everett’ Hale Philip Nolan South Sea Jonas Pendlebury Penderbury New Bedford

Concrete Highway Bid From Hickory Toward Lenior

A low bid of 9,959.10 dollars was submitted to the state highway commission to build a concrete road in Caldwell and Catawba counties from Hickory toward Lenior on route seven. The contract was not let today and a meeting will be held to consider the bid.

Raleigh State Highway Commission Caldwell Catawba Hickory Lenoir

Spencer Miller Announces Candidacy for Watauga County Treasurer

Spencer Miller declares for the office of County Treasurer of Watauga County subject to the Republican Convention. If nominated he pledges an active campaign and to support the Republican ticket. Abruzzi rye described as superior to Rosen in North Carolina for earlier maturity grazing and growth.

Watauga County Spencer Miller

Shrewd Soul and Rare Man Snapshots

A Washington Star sketch cites Senator Sorghum preferring golf to fishing to stay popular with constituents who are not fishers. The Cincinnati Enquirer lauds a remarkable man who shifts focus from illness to the patient’s suffering.

Senator Sorghum Washinton Cincinnati Enquirer

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