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F S DECEMBER 21 1922 THE WATAUGA DEMoCKA" " Pat Fir CI Cfc OTatau&a democrat. LOCAL AFFAIRS C. A. Ellis of Johnson City, Tenn., wag in towto Saturday. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cook. 6 of route 1, on Thursday December 14th, a ho: Just a touch of winter since the rain but not enough to interfere with outside work. Mr and Mrs. Shoemaker of Blow ing Bock, were pleusent business call ers at our office yesterday after , noon. Born to Mr. and Mrs.-Y. G: Norris, Jr., a boy, Robert Doughton JSirod Norris. Prof. W..Y. Perry, of Vilas, R.F.D. j ' was an appreciated caller ' at' our I office Saturday. Remember, The Democrat for a present for a freind or loved one who is away. ,Only one dollar per year. - Quite a number of the young peo .ple of Boone who are now off at Q school, are expected home for the holidays. Mrs. David F. Greene and Miss Mae Greene are off on a shopping tour to Jhonson Cityj and other Tenn essee towns. Many "cases of influenza are re ported at Valle Crucis but it is in a rather mild form and none of the sufferers are considered dangerous- The Methodist people will have a Christmas tree at the Court house Sunday night, but wo have failed to get particulars regardless of dilli gent inquiry. v E. S. Coffey, Prof. D. D. Daugher ty, Rev. L. C. Wilson and F. M. Hug gins attended the Baptist State Con- 'l vetionthe past week at Winston Salem. Coleman Payne was the safe chauffeur who also took in the con vention. The party report a great Convention. Quite a number of copies' of the Democrat are being sent out for Christmas presents. Mrs. Mattie Tap ping's is the last so far. Sending it one year each to her step daughters, Mrs. W. H. Anderson, Johnson City, Tenn., and Annie Tappings at En dicott, New York. Thanks. Q. Dr. G. K. Moose of the Boone Drug Co. returned Monday night from the badside of his father in .Rowan County. Tuesday afternoon he received another message telling of a change for the worse, and left ' again for his former home. Rev. J. D. Rankin of the Appala- chian Training School left yesterday for Abbeville, South Carolina, to of ficiate at the Smith-Haskell mmarri tfage. Both the bride and groom are memoers oi tne iacuity at me i rain ing school. The Democrat extends good wishes. , Mr. James Councill, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Councill, returned from the University Monday evening, feeling quite unwell. Dr. Anders was called and diagnosed the case as ap pendicitis. Dr. Tate and Hardin, of Banner Elk and Shulls Mills, respect ively, were sumoned and on Tuesday morning he was operated on at his homej He stood the operation well and is getting on very nicely indeed. Mr. G. R. .Gragg of Elizabethton, has sold his farm in Tenn., bought valuable property in Banner Elk and moved there. Mr. Gragg, when he left Watauga, located in Ohio, where he bought property, then he came back to Tenn. and now he is back rtin our little sister county of Avery Wand only one more short step will brine him back to Watauga. We hope he will make that move and locate for life in" his native hills. Mrs. T. H. Coffey, of Blowing Rock, who has been in rather poor health and recently returned from a sanitorium, has been a visitor this . week at the home of Mrs. h. L Coffey and to otherfriends in town. It is a pleasure to us to announce fthat the splendid lady is very much improved, looking well and seems to be on the road ,to permanent recovery. HOME FROM SCHOOL FOR THE HOLIDAYS The following young people of (he town, who are takking college cour -.ses. are at home for the holidays: Miss Anna Blair Anders, Trinity Misses Ruth Dotson and Florence El ler, Meredith; Miss Ruth Rankin, Win thropj Miss Annie Dougherty, Carson and Newman; and Messrs Jas Coun cill and Fred Hodges from the Uni versity of North Carolina. Our attention is called t othe short course in agriculture to be given at '"the N. C. State College during the "two weeks from the eighth to the nineteenth. Courses ni fruit growing, ' ' dairying, vegetable gardening, and poultry raising and other things will be riven. The farmer that is under taking any "of these things and feels that he should know more about what he is doine would do well to take advantage of this opportunity. If you want more information -in re srard to these courses or the expense tftof the trip' our County Agent ought . 1 - ii. m .inn County -Agent, -"Steele and , our neighbor, Neftl Blair are just back from Raleigh and they say that the State is ready to co-operate in every way possible with this section to the end that we' may supply North Caro lina with seed potatoes, Cabbage and sauerkraut., Had you ever thought about it that we can grow these things better than any other part of the State. We are famous for producing these two things. Everybody who has tried them want more but in the past we have, not been able to get them further than ' the section im mediately surrounding the mountains. County Agent Steele and Goodman, working with the' State Extention Servive, are making an effort to or ganize the. production and shipping of these .wgju, that they can reach the' market 'that wants them in the shape that market wants them in. The ciijKmOobacco growers have receBtljrjftffiffed and we learn that this.,ycaT,vHP$,-'are saving the farmers thusanroftrf dollars. The peach, orange, a-jpeanut growers have been organize for a number of years and have saped the growers of moneyv'OB'wa&Jhave they have helped thepuhli iwell as the grow ecs is bydistb&t$fcg the products so that ouch njnr&ji has a share but na marketnt gutted. Now if we can get our cabbage and potatoes and apples handled business-like that will mean prosperity to the whole Blue Ridge section. V MANY TURKEYS BOUGHT BY BROWNVOOD MECANT Mr. Thomafl S. .Watson, merchant at Brownwood, jpatd out on Monday and Tuesday of ' this week nearly $2,000 in cash for turkeys which he is shipping to the northern mark ets. One farmer sold him 72 head, which, at 36 Cents per pound brought him the sum of $313.00. Pity it is that so much of our most valuable products arc being shipped out of the State, where every pound of it is needed and would bring a fancy price on any of,-our city markets. BAPTIST CHURCH 10 a. m. Sunday school 11 a. m. Worship: Subject, the mes sage of the Heavenly Host. 6 p. m. Jr. Int. and Senior B.Y.P. U.'s 7 p. m. Church worship You are invited to attend any or all of these church services. Remember the prayer service Ihursday 7 p. m. ICE AND COLD STORAGE PLANT FOR BOONE We have been reliably informed that in the early spring Boone will have an ice plant, capable of taking care of all the local needs. We supose Blowing Rock will be greatly benefited by this new enter prise, as they can then get their ice on short notice and with a shorter haul over a better road. A modern cold storage plant will be operated in connection with the ice plant. These things will make another valuable addition to our town. MRS. SHORES OPERATE DON AT WATAUGA HOSPITAL Mrs. Millard Shores, residing in the Middle Fork section of the county, was operated on for appendicitis at the Watauga hospital in Boone Mon day, Perry; Adders 'and Bingham do ing the WQrk. The operation was a success ' and the patient is resting nicely. iJ VO iI ; iii ALLAN L. HARMONIES On December 5th Allan L. Har mon, a lormer resident oi watauga County diedr at the home of his son, Lionel Harmon, in Richmond, Ind., where he had gone for medical aid. He had been suffering with kidney disease all summer but none thought the end so near. The family were all with him when the end came, except his daughter who arrived a few hours later. At his request interment was made in one ijjthe city cemeteries. BOONE & R B. Y. P. U. I wish to take this opportunity to announce our fourth Sunday Program Miss Eula Hodge leader. We have to study . a special meeting Train ing for .church membership. Christ organized His Church and committed to it the. work , which he had begun. It is to Carry forward his work. We find these mentioned in the Old Test ament about the Church. Christ es tablished the 'firt' Church." The Church. is a Divine Institution. We find in Matt. 16: 18, Christ s aid: Upon this roCk I will build my church and the gates of-'hell shall not pre vail against it." He built the first church.' He flald 5t was His church, Therefore it jis. Divine Institution, It is Divinely (Originated and organ ized. It lis- ttoveted by Divine laws, It is the only jDivine Institution in the world, at least in this large sense just mentioned. It occupies a unique position in the World, standing out from all other organizations. There from all other organizations. There are many other good organizations in the world, such sa the Masons and Odd renews, uux tney arc not u vine institutions.,, This is our last lesson before Christmas. I hope we can have crood crowd out with us. Meeting at 6 v. m. Sunday Dec. 24th. Visitors welcomed. ' FALL TERN A.T.S, -CLOSE TODAY The fall term of the Applachain Training School will close today for the annual holiday vacation "and the major part of the student body will return to their homes to enjoy the happy Christmas season. The tenn has been largely attended, and, pos sibly was one of the most successful in the history of this great institution. The spring term will open on Wed nesday, January 4, 1923, when all the ld and many new ones are ex pected back. BINGHAM-MORRELL Married on Monday at one o'clock at the home of Dr. R. K. Bingham in Boone, Mr. McCoy Bingham to Miss Knova Morrell of Tennessee. Reverend G. C. Brinkman performed the ceremony. Mr. Bingham is a son of the late Thomas Bingham and brother of At torney T. E. Bingham. Best wishes to him and the lady of his choice. "SILENT NIGHT" Probably no carol is so universal ly known, "loved and sung as the simple German song. For yean its origin was unknown, but supposed to date back centures. A few years ago Ludwig Erk investigated and found that it was produced'in 1818. The poem was written by Joseph Mohr, at the time assistant priest m Oberndorf in South Germany; the melody was composed by Franz Gru bcr, a school master. On Christmas eve of that year it was sung in the I church of Oberndorf. The poet, who had a tenor voice, sung the melody, , the composer, a bass, sang a second ) part, and hastily recruited choir of J young women the .rcfran. A guitar furnished the accompaniment, the or-' gan being out of order. Twenty years or so later a family of strolling sing ers from the tyrol added it to their repertoire, and in 1840 it was print ed in Leipsic,. as a "Genuine Tyro-J lean" song. For many years (and; still in certain song books) the com-J poser of the song was given as Joseph Haydn jprobably meaning the great' Fran Joseph Haydn. ' J A touching description of the of-S feet of this song is 'given inZona Gale's short story (Agrtat tree.) Certainly nothing can sa quickly be given the spiritual atmosphere of the manger ohth than thv ringing cl this scrig. A SPLENDID GIFT On the 11th of November when the board of Trustees of the institution was in scsr.ion, and just before it con cluded its business. Mrs. A. L. Goblc, valued member of the board, smiling ly asked this question: "How would you like to have two colts I have two up on my farm that 1 would like to give the institution if it can use them." She was given unmis takable evidence of our joyful will ingness to accept the donation. On December 1st the Southern railway agtnt 'phoned the irttion that there were two horses at the station for the school, and that they had to be unloaded by 9 o'clock, the time limit. Supt. Boger and Mr. Fisher, and one of the youngsters struck out for the railway station. They walked into the car and put bridles on. Mrs. Coble's, colts and lead them easily out to the school. Mrs. Coble made a clean get-away with the proposition. She even pre paid the freight and instead of colts (and we thought all the while they were little innocent fellows) the animals are three and four years old;,$ble-bodied, we developed Per cherofi' horses. Just the kind of ani mals we needed. Mrs. Coble has ren dered us a fine service, and every boy wants the job of "breaking Jthese handsome colts." The Uplift. HARDING WARMLY ENDORSES CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING President Harding in a letter rend today at the opening session of the National Council of farmers Co operative Marketing Association de clared that he knew of "no single movement that promises more help toward the present relief and per manent betterment of agricultural conditions" than the co-operative or ganization of farmers to market their products. The president s letter was read bv Senato Ernest, Republican, Ken tucky, to whom it had been address ed as a irrcetine to the council. De clared he wanted the government to do "everything within reason and sound procedure" for the aid of the farmers, Mr. Harding said ho wan still more anxious that the farmers shall themselves co-operate to make the governments efforts douly ef- facious." "I know no single movement that promises more help toward the pres ent relief and the permanent better ment of agricultural conditions than this one," the letter said. "Whosoever has cared to read my recent message to the Congress will understand the depth of my con viction about the necessity to do everything possible to help the farm er through his present era of depres sion. "In the long run, government aid cannot be made effective unless the farmers shall be organized and alive to their own . responsibilities to es tablish and use practical instruc- ments for the distribution of credits and the assurance of the methods, This association stands precisely for the best, most intelligent effort to establish such methods, and to teach the farmers and his friend3 to util A BANK'S View of GHRSTMAS HGUGH it is just about the busiest time of the year with us, we feel all the more joy in our work because the great business of banking stands guard over the great Christmas trade of mankind. N. L. Mast, President I L. A. Greene, Vive-Pres. G. P. Hagaman, Cashier W. D. Farthing, A. Cashier Austin E. South, Teller Miss Pearl Hodges, Bookkeeper nvFn ' kp$ "III STATE MAY HAVE WOMEN ON JURIES BEFCRE LONG As a means of removing all doubt as to the interpretation of the state law and coTfclitution . as they relate to persons eligible for jury service in North Carolina, the legislature committee of North Carolina Fed eVation of Women's Clubs has de rided definitely to ask the General Assembly for a declarators statute making women eligible for such duty, Mrs. Palmer Jerniun, chairman of the committee, announced last week. "The statute C. S. 2312 provides that the board of county commission ers at their regular meeting on the first Monday in June shall proceed to 'collect from tax returns of the preceding year the names of all such persons as nave paid an tne taxes assessed against them for the pre ceding year and are of 'good moral character and of sufficient intelli gence, said Mrs. Jerman. A list of, .e, names thus selected shall be made dut by the clerk of the board of commissioners and r.hall constitute the jury list and shall be preserved as such. "Women are 'persons' unquestion ably and those possessed of the y qualifications as men arc qualified us jurors under the above section. "Those of a reactionary turn of mind contend, however, that this section is unconstitutional because the constitution, Article 1, Section 13, prescribes that no person shall be convicited of any crime but unami- mous Verdict of a jury, of good and lawful men in open court; and, there fore, thev argue that the statute which admits all 'persons' of good character and who have paid their taxes according to the regulations violate this section of the constitu tion. But C. S. 3949 (I) provides that in the constitution of statutes the following rule shall be observed: every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be ap plied to females as well a3 the males; unless the context clearly shows to the contrary.' I "The reactionaries say that the word men must be taken in the ex clusive meaning given to it in the time the constitution was adopted in j 1868. Be it so. Turn to the re-! vised code, chapter 108, section 2, j which was adopted in 1854, and it, will be found that it, was then pro-, vided that when the word 'men' was ! used in legislation 'every work im- j norting the masculine gender may i extend and be applied to females as well as the males.' The convention of 1868 in framing the constitution I legislated with knowledge that the i above was the settled law in this state. . i "This should settle the matter in the minds of all," rihe asserted. "But j independent of the statute, it is well ' known that the word 'men' in Eng lish has always embraced both sexes j except when there is an opposite j meaning restricting it to males. Those j who are familiar with the Scriptures which is the work best known the j majority of the people will find more than a hundred instances in which the word men is ' in this gen eric sense. The same use of the word in a generic sense is to be found in Milton and other English 'writers. The word 'men is used in the same sense in the Declaration of Independence." And we like to do our work at this time in a way that bespeaks more than usual good cheer rbacked by sincere good wishes to . all whom we. are given the privilege to serve. WATAUGA COUNTY BANK . BOO N.E.. N. C. . RECOMMENDATION FOR PRISON PROGRAM At the recent Greensboro meeting of the Citizen's Committee of One Hundred on Prison Legislation i-e-comniendation were made by fifteen sub-committees which had been studying various iilw.es of the pri: s.on problem in this State. On the basis of these recommendations a committee composed of Mr. A. M. Scales, Mr3. Kate Burr Johnson, Dr, J. F. Steiner, Mrs. T. W. Biekctt and Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt will work out a program of penal lcirislatioh to be proposed to the next General Assembly. Among the recommendations of the sub-committees (which have not yet, however, been boiled down in to a concrete prison program) are' the following: 1. Re-organization of the State Prison to provide for a central clear ing house equipped with a Bureau of Medicine and Psychiatry and for the supervision of the whole system by', a penlogist 2. Abolition of the ward for the criminal insane at the State prison and provision for the care of all insane and feeble-minded inmates at the several State hospitals for the insane and at Caswell Training School. An examination of all in: mates would be made by a commis sion of mental experts and any sane would be transferred to the proper department of the regular prison. 3. Establishment of a farm colony for women offenders. 4. Establishment of system of pri son industries for the State Prison u- ' - the direction of the Board of Directors. 5. Establishment of a Training School for negro boys similar to the Stonewall Jackson Manjual Training and Industrial School. 6. Establishment of a colony for c 3 With many thanks for the trade given us by our friends, which has enabled us to spend a profitable year, and with a hope that our relations may continue to be a pleas ure, we wish you a Merry, Merry Christmas and a New Year equally enjoyable. Boone Drag Company The REXALL Store cuboivulou:! prisoners on the State Pr"-o:i i'-trn. 7. nal.' isi .riCiu of a States Refor matory fot- yoiuhful o'A'enders be tween ihc ivm of 17 and 21. S. Increase in the number of term". ' of the Si-prrior Court for the trial of' criminal cuses, so "arranged that no p-rrorl in North Carolina accused of crimp Ivouid have to wait for trial longer 'thjm twelve weeks. 9. A matron in exclusive charge of the women's wards of all county and city jails; in the Lrger jails for full time; in the smaller jails for part timet 10. Prohibition of flogging and the Use of dark cells as punishment for both State ilnd county prisoners. 11. Examination by the Bureau of 'M'cdicjne and Psychiatry at the State Prison ' if all court case3 thought to bo. meital cases. '"12. Bc'titbr administration of parole. "13. Abolition of the convict lease .system.''. ( ' 1'4. A scientific survey and study of the negro criminal by a commis sion selected by and under the di rection of the State Board of Chari ties and Public Welfare. 15. Preparation by the State Board of Chariths and Public Welfare of plans and specifications for county jails and city prisons of varying types to fuit the needs of the different counties and towns in the State. 1G. That the State Board of Charit ies and Public Welfare and the State Board of Health be empowered to enact rules for carrying into effect the legal regulations as to sanitation, health and segregation of prisoners. ' CONSOLIDATED " I have consolidated with the O. K. Barber Shop, and extend an invi tation to my patrons and friends to continue their patronage in my new quart" . W. M. HODGES. Season's Greetings mm -... r-f. v? p. u . to be able to give it to you. Herman Wilcox. j ize them." ::: X .... I'M. '-.tw M tW
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