JANUARY 11. 1923 ft*? 3ftifltau?j(? isAtsnocro LOCAL AFFAIRS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wi ler at. the Watauga Hospital on I Thursday ^ girl weighing 9 pound The influenza continues to n in Watauga, but very few deaths; reported as the malady appears to in rather light from. Mr. Bower Hodges of Ohio v has been with friends and relate near town for the past two \vo< is out again after a rather light tack of influenza. Eld. R. L. Isbell will preach in 1 Episcopal church Sunday Janus 14th. at 11 A. M.. His subject be! "The Standard cf Greatness" a Sunday evening at 7:30 oh "Spii ual Aromatics." The public is c dially invited to attemi these servic Mr. James Mast, son cf Mr. a Mrs. N. L. Mast, a University s dent, passed through town last Thi day on his return to school havi spent the holidays at home. Glad to know our young frie James Councill who was operated for appendicitis before Christmas up again. However he is not yet ai to return to his studies at the U yersity Miss Nannie Rivers, who cai home from her school for the he days, is still here owing to the g*x amount of sickness in the neighbi hood where she is teaching, s hopes to re-open early next week. Mrs. D. D. Dougherty called our office Tuesday afternoon and o dered the Democrat sent to her fatli Mr. D. H. Shull at Elizabethton, Te that being his 7!>th birthday. We se it with pleasure hoping that the vc crable gentleman will enjoy it th the coining year. Our office was visited Tuesday all noon by the following out of to> ladies and their brief stay in t shop was much enjoyed by the Dc ocrat: Mrs. John Baird, Mrs. K. Simpson and Misses iteasha and Ms gie Harm an all of Sugar Grove. We are glad to see our Ilegist of Deeds, Mr. E. M. Harman, be. in his office after quite ?'? absei) on account of his own illness a that of his family. All are now 1>< ter. .Mr. !. .M. Moretx baa moved 1 stock of furniturv, coffins, caskets, < from the Critcher Building on def street to largi r and more convenic quarters in the Jones Block, adjoini the Peoples Hank and Trust Co. Sorry to hear of the serious i luss in the home of Mr. Poly More of Sands, It. F. D. One daughter w buried last Saturday and the full: and some other members of t family have been very low with pm monia, but when last heard fr< were slightly better. Work on the Boonc-Blowing Re road is progressing very nicely deed The stone foundation will so be complete between J. F. Hardi: and the school. A number of trai are delivering stone as rapidly possible, much of it is being delivi c.d on the grade almost to the Wii ler farm. County Superintendent Smith Hi aman and wife are recovering fri flu, and Prof. I. G. Greer and fa ily are considered out of danger. I Tracy Council!, one of our busi citizens is the latest to contract 1 malady, a The sale of the Boone Fork Mai facturing Co's- holdings in Watau advertised to be sold last Friday v called off there, being no bidder hand. The arrangements were chat would be offered for sale at Murg Tuesday when, the Madison com property was sold. PROF. ROY M. BROWN SELLS PRETTY HOME IN BOOI Prof. Roy M. Brown, of Car N. C. is here this week and has s his beautiful home and valuable 1 in East Boone to Mr. Clements, < of our road contractors. We hi not learned what the considqrat was. Prof. Brown is holding a p ition in the State Welfare work position for which he is espcciz fitted, and will, we learn erect home in Carey where he is cated. In the moving of Prof. Bro' his splendid wife and two be Boone has sustained a very disti loss, and Carey is to be congr* latcd on procuring them. Brown, a long while filled the chair of E English in the A. T. S. and \ sibly no better work was ever d in that institution. MASONIC HALL PROPERTY SO TV" Mocnni/? Hall nronprtv Boone, the mother of all the lod of Masonry in Watauga, was s to Mr. T. J. Ray, of Elk Park, Saturday, the consideration be $1,000, which is by all odds . cheapest piece of property sold Boone for many years. Mr Ray, ^ always knows a bargain when sees it will convert the building to a dwelling and amid the beaut shade trees and lovely grounds will easily have one of the most sirable places in town. The ] has been worked out by Mr. and Mr. W. G. Hartzog, and w on same is to begin in the very t future. The Fraternity will occ more commdous quarters in Watauga County Bank building the intersection of Depot ana I streets, that is when the room is c pleted. MARRIED ?"" Mr. Clyde Phillips, of Alaman< County, a world war veteran, ar Miss Callie, only daughter of Mr. ar nk- Mrs. J. W. Bryan, of Boone, wei ast married in Bristol Monday and r? Is. turned to the home of the bride ?j Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Phillips w; formerly a Watauga boy but a yec aJe or more ago moved to Alamance an c has since made his home there. H little briile has many friends hei ho who wish for her and her hushan res all the pleasure possible on life ?ks journey. at- ? Married at the Methodist parsoi the a^e *n ???ne Friday after no or Mr. Cecil Critcher, of Blowing Rocl to Miss Jennie Teague, also of tha town. The Rev. G. C. Brinkman tj i*it- *'nc coniu^aI knot, and the hai or py couple left for their home. MRS. BROWN ENTERTAINS r'^ Mrs. O. Lester Brown entertaine tu~ the Friday afternoon Club at Newlan JrR Hali last Friday. After a social hou delicious refreshments were serve in two courses. The next meeting o nd the clul) will be with Mrs. E. S. Col on fey on Friday January 12. is | ,it TO SAIL FOR BRAZIL ON THE I Hi. ; Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Roberts wi] sail on the 17th from New York fo ae I Brazil /where they will engage i \ J mission work in connection with th a ' Presbyterian Mission at Lavras Mina 5hr" i Mr*. Roberts was before her marriag M iss Ota Glenn and lived for severs years in this county. Dr. Roberts \va at Dear of 'he Veterinary Drpartmen r? of the State College at Raleigh isnti ler three years ago, when he accepted ; nn responsible position with the Brazil nd ian government. :n ru WHOLE DEER BY EXPRESS or Mr. James H. Bryan, of Edmond vn ton, Canada, sent bis father, Mr. W jie L. Bryan, of Boone the flesh, hid' m_ and horns of a black trailed ( ana jl dian deer, as a Christmas present * It arrived rather late, but came ii fine condition. It was a two yea old buck and quite large. Of cours ;er it is useless to say that Mr. Bryai ck highly pleased and is now partakir.] ice of line venizan to entire satisfaction nd ft- TOWN PLANNING (lis Growing towns should be well plan >t? nod. A town plan should haw a lot j least these m< 'pering. Briefly and in order a word abou ick each in First. The activities of a sma on town would be (a) manutactun rTs (b) trade, (c) professional, (d) r< ins ligious, (e) social, (f) residentia as (g) entertainment, er- With little care can develop thes ik- centers. Second, Just now it. would not b , difficult to make streets so as to cor nect these centers. L&nd owner would, doubtless, deal liberally wit . the movement. es^ Third, The best ideal for Boone i to be an educational center. Thi requires an effort on the part c each citizen, va- Fourth, There is a fine spirit her igaj It should be encouraged. No influenc 'as i should be allowed to creep in thf on! would injure this spirit. The gov en i it I ment is also good. >hy Fifth, The Commercial Club shoul ity! be reoiganizen and a good man pi ! at the head of it to call attentio ! * - .i - :u ? ~.r I iu mi* i?ux>iuitiiira ui cut* lunn. The possibilities of making th ME! section adjoining the Methodist an | the Baptist churches the religioi ey, i center are great. There will be bui old | in the near future two church< otsj and prehaps three. The Presbyte: >ne ians and the Adventists have decide lve | to build. The Lutherans purchase ion a lot several years ago and ma ios- build at any time. , a It would be a fortunate thing f< illy Boone to keep the public school i . a touch with the Appalachian Trahiin Jo- School. Hie new school buiidir yen, would add much to the education; >ys, center.?December Dew Drop. net itu- CAPT. OSCAR MILLS NABS for FOX IN MIDDLE OF ROA ng >os- (Statesville Sentinel) one A gray fox was captured air Monday night by Capt. Oscar Mill who said that he caught the sle< iLD little animal in the road just in fro of the home of J. A. Shaw, ne; in Turnersburg. Iges "1 was driving along as usual sold he said, "and I saw what I thoug last was a dog in the road in front ty T ortiinHful mntr Vi rtrn in/1 tl the fox looked back quickly, and ju in about that time the car struck hii who The animaf was shocked so mu he that I (tot out and picked him ti in- He docs not appear to bo very jrref iful ly injured. I have him now in a b he at my homq." de- ? ilan AUCTION SALE Ray ' Unclaimed and refused freight si rork on Tuesday Feb. 6th 1923, at 3 ear clock p. m. at the Linville River F upy Co. freight station, Boone, N. the I will offer for sale at public ancti ; at to the highest bidder for cash in ha ting the following: 1 silo complet. Cc :om- signed to J. F. Lovell, Boone, N. R. R. JOHNSON, A; igk >. '.(I** t ~ "* / THE WATAUGA LETTER FROM JUDSCN E. WAGNER OF MARYLAND re id Fallston, Md. id Jan. 1st. 1?23 *e Dear Editor: 0~ For some time 1 have been n thinking of writing you, also to my is many friends in Watauga, through lr the columns of your paper. 1 must ^ say in the beginning that I am al13 ways glad to receive my old county "e paper, for through it ? see and learn ^ of many things going on in the Coun3 ty that I would not know of if it were not for it, and as some one else has remarked. I am glad to see the 1_ "Pioneers of the Democrat" making 1* a success and giving to the county and public an up-to-date newspaper. l* In reading the Democrat I see that the people of Watauga and surrounding counties are becoming awakened to the fact that they are in need of better roads and better connecting railroad facilities now than ever be<1 fore. d I watched the paper in November r hoping to see that the county would <1 make some change in or by the Pells f November 7, but guess those fellows that have been writing such jaw breakers about working the roads mid so on fell back to the same old 7 pew, and like Pharaoh of old. hardened .their heart < and Ukp_-sluio.n < iljthe slaughter go on blinded until r at last they cry "too late." n Despite the chronic kickers I see e that old Watauga is taking some; good stops along the line of dairying, e and co-operation in marketing their j ii home products. s Perhaps by now some one is think* ;og or ready to ask the writer if he il is not longing to return to his boy;i hood county, but. with due respect - to home and friends, I was a Tar Heel born and a Tar Heel bred, but now a Marylander alive or a Marylander dead. Still I hope to visit and see my old- friends ir. Watauga some - day. And ask my friends to see my . ad elsewhere in this paper. And at e any time would welcome the Editor - or a Tar Heel friend to visit me in . my Maryland home. i Yours for success, r Judson E. Wagner, c MEETING OF WATAUGA CABBAGE GROWERS A meeting of the cabbage growers of Watauga county has been called for Saturday, January 2b. at . one o'clock, in the court house. Those x who are interested should he on hand | and see that the matter in question e?J is handled according to their notion. a The following letter ha: been issued 1 s by the county agent and Mr. Blair. j Dear Sirs: J; til ''There are a great many farmers I u* ....... * in ^ aiauga coumy Wiio arc pot sat- " y isficcl with the present method of ^ marketing cabba^o They feel that * v it is costing too much; that a few j. follows hauling poor quality and ungraded stutT hurt the reputation jf it all; and that each hauler competing with every other hauler, and often II under-bidding, lowers the sale price \ rt of cabbage and there is always a \ >- great loss front off-grade cabbage ^ lr iiecause of lack of kraut making and ^ marketing facilities. On account of o this feeling we have been repeatedly ^ asked to form &n organization to ^' e market cabbage and saur kraut. ^ i- 44A meeting of the cabbage grow- ? s ers of Watauga has been called for ^ h Saturday, January 20, at one o'clock, p. m. in the court house, to take up is the formation of this organization, is and every cabbage grower in the ff county who is interested in such a movement should be there. " e 44We don't mean that every cable bage grower in the county can join it the Association the first year. That i- would be too many to start with. We want around one-hundred good, d leavel-headed progressive farmers to t start the movement, and then others S n wiil come in from year to year as the business increases, until within _ ie a few years the association should d be handling all the cabbage that the is farmers want to grow. It "The directors of the association. " is the men who will controll the busir ness. wiil be elected bv the members id and should represent the different id sections of the county. iy "It is the ida oi the men who are ii assisting in working out plans for q >r this movement, that the association in will ship absolutely first grade cabig bage to the markets that offer the " ig best returns, and manufacture a ii al darge quantity of sauer kraut to be t marketed in tubs or cans as the mar- > ket demands. c "If you are interested in stand- a D ardi/.ing one of Watauga's best money c making crops so that we can grow a larger acreage and market our pro- f ire ducts to a better advantage, be pre- ^ Is, sent Saturday, January 20th, when a ?k the bell rings. c nt Yours very truly, c ar John B. Steele, H. Neal Blair, \ County agent. Sauer Kraut g Specialist. s ht ] of Mrs A. S. Storie, of Montreat, was r be killed almost instantly, Monday after- j ist noon when Southern train No. 21 t m. hit the Ford car in which she was ch riding: with her husband. The hus- 4 p. band was only slightly injured. ? $250.00 REWARD i i ? I will pay two hundred and fifty dollars reward to any person or per- t lie sons for the arrest and delivery to < o'- the sheriff of Watauga County, North , iy. Carolina, of Charlie Thomas who shot ] C. and killed my son, William Grady i on Wilson, at or near Silverstone, North . nd Carolina, on or about August 23rd, >n- 1922. C LEMUEL WILSON St. 3m-10-p Reece, X. C.J k DEMOCRAT I GETTIIN to Brass ESOLU1 carried tacks, unless do us more 1 I N. L. Mast, President L. A. Greene. Vive-Pi G. P. Hagaman, Casbi \V. I). Farthing, A. C Au-tin E. ?outh. Telli Miss Pearl liudges. Bookkeeper | ' 1__ Iieporl of i h? THE WATAUGA : Boone in the State of North Car n i r 29, 1922. RGSOU cans and Discounts .888 lemand Loans, School Vouchers . >vi rdrafts. Secured $2979.30; unsec tanking House. ?14,880.00; Furnitu ash in vault and net amounts due fr Trust Companies Total LIABIL Capital Stock Paid in iurplus Fund individed Profits, less current expense tills Payable eposits Subject to Check ime certificates of deposit, due in le ashlers Checks Outstanding ime certificates of deposit due on c avings deposits /ar Finance Corporation..^ Total K ... State of North Caroiina?County o I, G. P. Hagaman. Cashier of the a bat the above statement is true to the Subscribed and sworn to before me th "LOST PROVINCES" LOOK UP o&ato Growing in Mountain Counties Gets National Recognition The following editorial appeared i a recent issue of the "Country Jentleman: "A brighter day is coming for the Lost Provinces." The low farming ncome of these isolated communiies among the mountains of Western forth Carolina has deprived them if good roads and schools and other dvantages. The farmer had no cash rop. "But now. after some years of ex ermenting, it has "been found that hese mountain counties can grow, it an altitude of twenty-five hunIred feet or more, an excellent type f seed potato. Their seed potatos lave been tried by the commercial growers of Eastern North Carolina ind have given fine results. These I'octom rarnlina ornwers snond nore than a million dollars a year mporting seed from the North. And here are other potato-growing secions in the South that might provide idditioilal markets. It is likely that many other farmng sections, now eking oyt a scanty ncoroe, have undiscovered possibilties along special crop lines. While the editorial suggests that here are some things about the North Carolina mountains that the editor af the Country Gentleman doesn't know, at the same time it shows that the fame of "mountain-grown seed potatos" has quickly spread over the entire country. At this rate the problem of advertising our new industry will take care of its self. G Down TACKS HONS are all right out; but getting < we perform our rc larm than good. Let's mak "CS. lutions this ; let's be stro tliem. Call to help youi Ml WATAUC/1 $ BA1 BOON ' condition of COUNTY BANK olma, a. the 'Mosr- o'* businr.-.n DeeRCK3: * *B" $176,5o7.> Sumo Farthing, deceased, this is to notify ail persona pj^iic c . ..m- against said estate of deceased to present the same for payment within twviv?- months from the dace of llii- notice or it will he plead in liar of their recovery and ail persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This December 1 i, li?22. \V. V. FAR.T1IIXG. Executor : t j Insurance Fire, Life and AU new business and expiring policies promptly attended to. Adjustments promptly made. GEORGE F. BLAIR BLOWING ROCK, N. C. (Office in Po*tofBce Bldg) MONEY TO, LOAN~ The Federal Land Bank ha? made another allotment of $75,000 to take care of the needs of the farmers of Watauga county this coming spring. We are now ready to begin taking applications. AH applications for this allotment must be in not later than Feb. 15th. II. H. GREENE, Sec. and Trcas. Sugar Grove N.F.L.A. R.D.JENNINGS DENTIST Offices at Boone and New land Boone?First 15 days of each montl Newland?Last 10 days of each month Write or phone to Boone or Newland for appointments WATCH REPAIRING^ Done under a positive guarantee. .Tew- elry repaired, Estimates furnished on all mail orders. Satisfaction guaranteed. Office west of Blackburn Hotel J. W. BRYAN, Jeweler ~ C. B. KEARFOOT ? ? - - : Mrcnucct 4 BRISTOL. YA.-TENN. Registered Architect in North Carolina Schools, Banks and Public Buildings 10-12-22 ANCONA CHICKENS FOR SALE I have for sale thirty eight pure bred Ancona pullets and a few yearling hens. Also one fine cockerel, over 300 egg strain. The hens are now beginning to lay and if anyone want.- good breeders for the coming spring, r.ow is the time to buy. For futher information call or write. N. T. Byers, 1-4-31-c Zionville, N. C. LISTEN, LISTEN! I am so arranged as to aid or sell anyone desiring a money making farm in Md. Fine payments arranged. See or write, Judson E. Wagner, 3t-10-p Fallston, Maryland.