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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
3
In Toledo, Elmer Tilton and his 17 year old son were shot to death by farmer Lester Coy after being caught in a potato patch. Coy had been lying in wait to stop thefts he says have drained his crop funds for weeks. He surrendered to the sheriff after the shootings.
The drought expands hardship for producers and consumers with higher prices for late fruits vegetables and dairy. Butter up five cents per pound since July while beef remains steady though future shortages could lower quality supply. Wheat and corn forecasts drop. pastures worst in fifty years as local conditions vary.
Captain William Francis Drake 91, last survivor of the Merrimac Monitor clash, died at the Confederate Soldiers Home in Raleigh after 28 years as an inmate. A Northampton County native, he served in the Army with the United Artillery of Norfolk and Portsmouth and enlisted April 19, 1861. The March 9 1862 Hampton Roads battle marked his famed sea engagement. all Monitor crew members died before him. Drake was a former teacher, a devout Methodist and a Masonic member, serving as chaplain at the Soldiers Home.
North Carolina places 40th among states in a 1927 28 composite education ranking based on five items public school pupil days per 100 enrolled term length teacher salaries high school enrollment and per pupil school property Virginia ranks 39th South Carolina 43rd and Tennessee 45th Massachusetts leads while Mississippi ranks lowest.
A Piedmont North Carolina moonshine raid uncovers fermenting mash with a living green snake like creature and twelve crayfish. The piece mocks bootleg makers and urges a consumer boycott to rid the market, while offering two quips from a psychology book fly leaf about love and vanity verses.
Waynesville Haywood County cattlemen confront about 50000 dollars in losses from herd shrinkage caused by parched pastures and a weak cattle market. County farm agent James L. Robinson calls a meeting of the Haywood agriculture committee to discuss relief and possible wintering of stock in Eastern Carolina where feed is reported plentiful.
Qualified as administrator of F. M. Maltba deceased to notify all claimants to present claims within one year from August 18 1930 or be barred. Debtors should pay promptly. August 18 1930. W D Farthing Administrator.
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