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Thursday M ?rch S. 1923
PAK NOB1LE R ATRl'M
Charlotte Observer. .... ...
Neither Dr. B. B Dougherty nor
Capt. E. F Lovili. of the enlarged
mountain town of B-'onc is a man
of great means: the\ may he small
in purse, but they are big of heart.1
nor than these are there finer types !
of the mountain patriot. Doctor
Dougherty and Captain Lovi'l have
been har.d in glove with the Observer
or. the two important considerations
of highways and railroads for ]
the mountains. The Observer made
a half do/.cn trips to Raleigh in the
determination to do whatever it could
to forward the pending highway and ,
railroad projects, but its devotion to
duty paled in comparison with the
example established by these two
mountain factors. They were on
hard when the Legislature met. and
they remained "on the ;ob" until they
could go home rejoicing with the information
that the railroad project
had been put through. It costs some what
to aiain'nti! . - . , 'f in Raleighj
r*s iiii'iii.ii't - i.t 5 .im'i vl.-it nr. < ?*1:1/1
testify. bat neither Doctor Dougherty
nor Captain Lovfil balked at the week
ly interview with thg hotel cashier. I
Tney paid their own expenses and
m. r.iy for the b r...i of the sections
of -:.kte - ; \M".i ;i tiioy live. It is this
sort of pc irpSyi. it Bo make Up the
popuiatiB?kind no legis-;
!a;u" v.-L.-i ever ' ? organised in!
North Carol; 1 \ would gatusc to gr.
peopK <)t mat character the things
the\ deserve to he given. When it
comes to lobby . g, give ub the moun-!
tain man win. has reallv set his miudt
getting something.
If captain Lovill do?- riot know,
Doi Lor Dougherty, who i> a school j
teacher, ina\ tell him what we are!
staying of thein in the headline.
TO CONTRIBUTORS AND Friends
cf the Near Fast Relief
It has not been convenient for me
to answer person.ally each contributes
tiou to th* Near East Relief. Hence
.1 take thi.- meih'Mi of expressing my j
personal gratitude to &1! of them, and;
1 know that in so doing i am expressing
tlg| gratitude of tlio-v noe- jl
otfer.nc hi. - . cn^so liberty made.
re- :??? j^evM ..... risKur,
to this ... . \ . cause.
dercd by eru< ! hands, tee opportutiity
open iu iho01. 1 appeal to all
to hav. u pari in this ihosHnobh
cau.-o. To ti'Oie who zri&kc contributions
now or regularly through the
year, i ws.h to >ay that they may
send their o.iepings either to the r
own church tu-a^ -r or ffitke check.payable
to itooert A. Grow.;. Treasurer,
and send to nit at Boone or to
him at Raleigh. A campaign to collect
clothing for these orphans will
he started later. I hope many will be
ready for ?hh- also. With very best
wishes and with .sincere gratitude, I
am.
Yours faithfully,
J. M. DOWN ITM
County chairman of Near East
Dr. Henry Perry, who has been
away for ihe past few weeks, taking
a special course in surgery in
0 Johns Hopkins lio.-pital has returned
home. AJ.so Dr.-. Bingham and Anders
have returned from a business
trip to Raleigh, N. C.
Miss Kathleen Crawford, superintendent
of the Watauga Hospital and
Miss Hazel B. Bingham, nurse, have
had a weeks vacation owing to the ,
aosence of the Drs. Bingham, And- i
ers and Perry.
Misses Lillian and Carolyn Bing- ^
ham came from the Greenville Sanatorium
and Hospital where they have ,
been in training for the past several
months and have taken positions in :
the Watauga Hospital.
Dr. Dcik Bn.gnam of Sugar Grove ?
was a welcome visitor in town Monday.
1
News Items From the '
Appalachian School
March came in with a slight snow
storm in the mountains.
Mr. Loveli Rhodes, vocational officer
from Ashevillc was at the Appalachian
Training School the past week
looking after the interests of the exsoldier
boys in training here.
A school is now being conducted
in Boone for the cheese makers which
will aid greatly in the efficiency of
those engaged in this, one of Watauga's
most profitable business enterprises.
The young ladies basket ball team
from Elk Park were defeated by the
young ladies team from the Training
School on the 2nd by a score of 211
to 8; also the boys' team from Hudson
met a like fate from the Training
School team, the score however
being much closer 14 to 1
ine railroad out pa^a ?y tne
legislature gives hope that these western
counties, which have all these
years been cut off from the state to
which they have been so 'a val, will
some of these days be conm ted by
a through line with their ?>\vn state
and will be pouring their unique productions
into her lap. as loyal daughters
should do for a mother true.
President Dougherty returned from
Raleigh the latter part of the past
A t ek and made a most init resting
taik to the C hamber of Commerce
on Saturday night, tor which that
body gave him a rising vote of thanks
The Chamber of Commerce was interested
greatly in the railroad enterprise.
for the interests of which they
had sent a large delegation to Raleigh,
and hope was expressed that
this much needed line will pass throu
Watauga, but of this of o -rse they
were not certain. The delegation thru
Professor Smith Hagaman. made a
splendid report, of its trip.
.J. M. DOWNUM
MIX-UP IN MARRIAGE MAKES
HUSBAND OWN GRANDFATHER
A g? nialogical contortionist is Peter
E. Linsky
At the tender age of he is his
own grandfather > all the law.-, of
man. If was the recent r >*th of a
< : mar nia.le a fourth o:ra nsion nere
ary i<i del- in) !.. Piter's exact
p<i itM?ii in his family tree. ]
i.ehtec nioni;.. ag;. 1. ky mar
i-i i widow will, a grown stephter
Lin.sky's fatfc< r, a widower,
i,.r *.. .: i hat sli p {{aught-r. the
younger Mrs. Linsky i?et aim the
?ootfcfer-itt-!aw of her father-in-law
end th? younger Linsky himself
found that his step daughter was now
his stepmother, while his own father
was his stepson.
But hold: The elder Linsky's wife
g:.\e birth to a son. This son of
course, was the younger L hi sky's
half brother; but he was also the*
gratulM.n of the younger Mrs. Linsky.
Now enters iv.ers own son, practically
scrambling the family tree,
it makes the wife of the senior Lin-ky
the grandmother of Peter's boy,
fis well a.? his step sister. It makes,
the senior Linsky > i.. .-ert of brother-in
lav. to his own grand son. It
m;ikrBh(- baby the child of Peter's
aicp-giaa iinot her. P. u-r logically becomes
the bruihci-ie-!.i\v of his stepliititiu-r.
vvhii-.- wi?'?? ,1U-.
? a ; m-j own child's aunt. The
el<i? r i. osky ilcvvioj:- into the uncle
Of his son's , mlri, ami the child endfr
up wit h iVtcr Liu sky piny i:g
grandfather to himself.
PAY OF THE SOLICITORS
CharloIte Observer.
If there were any solicitors in the
state who had been pulling down year
i,v compensation to the extent of ?1.'I750
Under the fee system, then there
are some solicitor- who have no
ground for objecting to the new system
of salaries, t our thousand, sevi
i hundred and fifty dollars, with
-S75G added by way of covering expenses
ought to prove attractive enough
to the average lawyer anxious
to hold the job of solicitor. There is
some comfort in the new deal, likewise,
because of the arranged plan
for the surplus over the fixed salary.
It goes to the benefit of the public
schools. The solicitors had a prettystout
friend in Mr. Hay more of Surry,
who stood for a salary of $5,000
and $1000 lor expenses. It is stated
that under the new arrrangement the
pay of only one of the solicitors will
be increased. It appears to have been
an act in equalizing the salaries of
the prosecuting attorneys.
Rev. Geo. W. Beaverly and Mrs.
Artie Peoples both of Blowing Rock,
were happily united in marriasre at
Blowing Rock March 1st. Reverend
Mr. Huggins officiated.
FRUIT TREES
1 will be in Boone during Court
with a good lot of fine young fruit
tree* for sale. . . .
W. L. COFFEY
Sands, N. C. 3t
NOTICE
'IGS FOR SALE?see or write
O. E. HAMPTON
(lowing Rock, N. C. 4t p.
THE WaTAUGA
TO THE BOONE CHAMBER OF 5!
COMMERCE: jy
Your delegation composed of the fjj
following gentlemen: Dr. Anders, Dr c3
R. K. Bingham. E. S. Coffev. Sheriff Critcher.
Watt Gragg. Roy Gragg. ^
I Smith*tlugaman. John \Y. Hodges. A \L
B. Smith. J. r. Moore. G. K. Moose ^
Bynum Taylor, A. E. Hamby and p
Stewart Winkler to visit the legisia- e
ture in what is known as the Bowie
Railroad Bill, which has for its pur- &
pose the construction of a trunk line t
! of railroad, with such connecting lines ^
as may be necessary, connecting the -r
"Lost Provinces" ?Watauga. Ashe, =
and Alleghany counties-?with the b
outside world and for cheaper and j~
quicker transportation of coal and IL
other products from the north and {[
west to the cities of our state, left
Boone on Monday morning February ?
25, travelling in two automobiles, go- b
ing by the way of North Wilkesboro ^
It began raining early in the morning ?
and continued through the day and j (C
night which very greatly impeded our [[
progress owing to the fact that uv'|
had to make many detours over mud- ?
dy roads on account of the great road ^
bulging program now going on all t
over the state. ?
Everything went fairly well until [t
we arrived at Greensboro some time ^
after night. It was the opinion of the ?=
entire delegation that it would be ^
: unfair to other cities that Greens- ^
j boro should have the honor of enter-. [L
I taining the entire delegation for the
*?. naj mviciui v "HI lutu (.link |r
we should divide fifty-fifty between 5
Greensboro and Durham. Our Dur- b
ham bound car proceeded without R
mishap over a very fine concrete' [C
road until out about five miles, when
to our surprise we suddenly landed jf
in, at that time, the worst mud-hole ; el
in the State. It was foggy and the b
rain pouring down. We then began 2=
trying out every plan of every man ?
that had ever hoard or read of ex- ([
trading an automobile from a mud j[
hole, hut to no avail. In our desperation
a delegation was sent to wait b
on a farmer who lived not far away. ^
. His team was balky and no use to (L
i try it. He was persuaded however J
! through fear or hope of reward to |[
lend his personal assistance. Under
. hi- 1 1 structmm all of the former rem- e
I odies wore repeated but without ef:
l'ot-t. I'he old gentleman said he knew
io? but oiu- other remedy; this is to
be applied uj extreme eases only, as
{this is a kill or cere remedy. This
: hist remedy he explained is ?. boncoc- j.
' lion of mud and pir.e brush?cedar is
better. Wo had the mud in abundance .
i but what were we to do for the pine j
brush? However, the old man aided l
I ll\ .Iilllo -11. ...... 1 ...
J ........ MM. M.AM U>^ai>|i?aivu 1M j
the darkness ami with their pocket ^
knives were able t procure a str.ail > 0
quantity of the said pine brush. f- ;c
ter \injr the mud and brush to the o
proper consistency the oid gentleman ? 0
explained that it. is now necessary e
| for every man to lift as he never
lifted before, because this car is'a
'Vwyne to come or bust." Well, the!
powerful combination of gasoline,'a
man power and pine brush was too c
' much for even the worst mud hole in' c
Guilford. She moved?just a litt.e; f
| every man was instantly calling for 0
more brush; more brush was procur-1 u
ed. and dually after more than two }r
; hours of desperation we wei\ again p
on terra tirana. After a substantia!
compensation and many good wishes \
, for the futuiv v..:fare of the old c>
'gentleman, we were again on ourj^i.
way. 1 mean after ews \ member ?
of oui crowd had i>io?t emphatically h
! lireu Ins "[ told you so" into the *
other fellow. ' h
For the consolation of the Cham
. . r of ConimtMv. I might say that!
on this particular occasion everyI
Vv i\i was carefully selected and oi ly
the best of English used. (For veri- ^
iication of the above see John \V.
; Hodges before he changes his mind)
j At last, decorated from head to h
foot with the soil of the great coun-J^
| ty of Guilford, we arrive in Durham ^
! at the rather unusual hour of 3 a. m. ^
| It is plain to be seen that hotel por1
ters and night clerks are not qui'e ii
| sure whether it is a detachment of ?
; the more vicious and dangerous of t
! the Ku Klux Klan or only a company*
of genial citizens from Hunting Creek 1
in the good county of Wilkes. j
| We arrived in Kaleigh at 11 a. m.? ^
Tuesday being joined by Capt. Lovill
and B. B. Dougherty who were al- ?
ready on the ground. We immediat- **
ely investigated the lay of the land ( 01
and found, although a large amount
of legislation had accumulated in the j *
! closing days of the legislature, that
the Bowie bill was occupying the cen- [
ter of the stage, in fact it was at i \s
white heat. The bill was set for consid ta
erauon Dy a joint meeting of the Li
Senate committees on Appropriations: ^
and railroads at 3 p. m. This mect-i
ing your entire delegation attended. | aj
After a hearing of one hour the bill tjj
received a favorable committee report.
The bill had previously been : re
set tor special order for 8 p. m. i>y ^.a
tue ume reports from all the coin- Qil
nnttees were in, the galleries and o:i
iojj.es were packed with interest.a m<
spectators and lobbyists. The bin was
p.aced 111 cnarge of iieiiator oqaae.of
Leno.r. Every member of tne 6w?ian
ate was present except two wi.o were #
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n .i on this hill. The debate had |
lot proceeded very far before it was 1
that a battle royal was on. and j
wa> further clear that the jailer-! '
i*> a nl lobbies were overwhelmingly; :
r. " > r of the bill.
An attempt was made to destroy j (
;.? measure by a very innocent ap- '
tearing little amendment, however 1
his was voted down by a small ma- 1
ority. Every inch of ground was *
e: ted by both the proponents and ;
ppor.cnts of the measure. The battic <
ndeu at midnight with 27 for and ,
1 against the measure, on its sec i
nd reading. The result was greet- t
d with applause. With a few excep- <
ions it was a fight between the east
nd west. t
Your delegation had a very pleas- i
nt return. Raiding cafes, fruit stand ;
andy kitchens, swapping jokes, and
inging everything in the catalog
rum "Turkey in the Straw" to ''See- 5
c
nd Doxology," discussing ways and 0
leans of making Boone and Watau- jj
a county grow, made up the day* ?
rog ram. c
We arrived in Room* nt i o r> *.? ? ^
.Vdne.-day, having the -at i. faction 0
f knowing that we had, at least, Q
onvinccd the Senate chat the Boone [j
chamber of Commerce ifc.de p iratelj .
i favor of the Bowie Bill and the ?
peedy carrying out of all its provis- ?
>ns.
SMITH HAGAMAN
for the delegation Q
IORTH. CAROLINA. WATAUGA =
COUNTY. ?
X HIE MATTER OK T1IE COVE n
CREEK CO-OPERATIVE STORE =
Notice is hereby given to the stock &
olders of the Cove Creek Co-opera? j[
,ve Store that there will be a meet- c
lg of the stockholders of said com- ^
any at the office of the company at |
ugar Grove on April 14, 1U23 for c
ie purpose of passing on the follow- ^
lg resolution adopted by the board E
f directors of said company.
' Resolved, that in the judgment z
f this board it is advisable and most &
;.r the benefit of the Cove Creek n
Cooperative Store, that the same c
iculd be dissolved and to that end (L
is ordered that a meeting of the f[
;ockholders be held on the 1-lth day ^
f April 11*23 at the office of the com g
any at Sugar Grove to take action c
a this resolution. ^
Cove Creek Cooperative Store
y W. H. MAST, Secretary. ^
THE CHILD AUTO DRIVER ?
Significant of automobile accidents IL
given a new understanding by the rC
ibles prepared by the Metropolitan jg
ife Insurance Co. These tables sho p
ie cause of death in 1922. ?
Children under 15 years of age it M
>pears, furnish nearly one half of ^
e victims of the automobile. There [T
is been made a tremendous ain as
gards the deaths from communi- P
.bie diseases of childhood but this L.
tease rate has declined only about
ie?third in 11 years while the auto
>bile death rate has been multiplied
: times. That is, the total increase ff*
the death rate due to automobiles ,vd
the special rate of the children |jt
ly well show a far greater increase *~J
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Hill Farthin
ure in announcing 1
nery Op ei
on
r 16th of IV
l are cordially invit
to
attend.
? Rena McCampl
of Knoxville
in charge
for the automobile was not so popuar
a dozen years ago.
Too many children drive automobiles.
This law which requires that
ill drivers of automobiles be above
10 year- of aire, is being violated
very day. It is being: violated right
lore in High Point. The other day
i man was arrested tried and taxed
Aith the costs in the local police;
'ourt for allowing a minor to drive
i machine. This man isn't the only j
>ne guilty of allowing his child to
Irive an automobile. This law is bong
violated by scores of people in
his city and they ought to be prosecuted.
A locomotive engineer is required
o spend several years in the service
is a fireman before he is allowed to
serve as pilot of a trai . but the
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Not only mansions on
We build, remembe
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The workman's,cottag
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B The farmhouse on t
p 1 we dwelling where tl
To which the traveler
We builders build sc
inj
Besides the palaces c
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B Not only mighty indusl
Whose chimneys toi
f| We build, but little fac
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Tho neither wide no
n-; The shop where genius
jj? The little shop beside 1
h We builders build, a
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1 he future of the na
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MARCH ?. IW5
the spring
ning I
I ARCH I
6C* p
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child is given ;im automobile and a
tank full of gas and told to drive
where he pleases. This is a practice
that ought to* be stopped. It is
dangerous for a mere lad to drive
an automobile and as the insurance
company's table show accidents as
the result of child auto drivers are
on the increase in this nation of ours. ?
The parent can help the police enforce
this law by seeing to it that
his child does not sit behind the ster
ing wheel of an automobile until he
has passed the age of 1G years.?The
High Point Enterprise.
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Sweet clever seed and pure honey
(comb and extracted) direct from pro
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and circulars. JOHN A. SHEENAN,
R. D. No. 4. Falmouth, Ky.
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