North Carolina Newspapers

MAY 31. 1923 *FM SB&arau&a i^emocrat Local Affairs i - I Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Oempsy Wil- j cox a girl. Don't miss Sunday school next Sur. 1 day. Baptist and Methodist Churches ! extend you a cordial invitation. Miss Fear! Hodges is having erect- , 1 od on a lot just across the street j from h< r home, a nice bungalow. Miss "Tootsie" Crumley of John- j son City is spending a few days visiting her friend Miss Alice Council!. Miss Nannie Rivers was a weekend visitor to the Hine family in < Johnson City. Mr. Grant Reese of Beech Creek J convalescing from a trying hospital ordeal, was a week end visitor in Boone. Dr. H. B. and Mrs. Perry, Mr. and ' < M rs. C. D- Taylor and others from I Valle Cruris, were in town a few' < hours Sundav afternoon. Mrs. O. L. Hardin and family and j i*irs. juuue, an 01 jonnson *. uy, nave , arrived and will occupy their home ! in Boone during the summer. Mr. C. H. Garland, Manager of the j | Company Store at Sfculls, Mills was ] a business caller Monday. He placed < an ad with us and left a nice order J for printing. Thanks. Miss Hazel Carriger, stenographer : for the Watauga Furniture and Lbr. Co., spent last week with home1 folks' at Roan Mountain, Tenn., returning j Saturday. Miss Carrie Horton who spent the ! winter with her uncle Mr. H. W. Horton at Miami, Florida, returned to her home in Watauga for the summer. Mrs. C. R. Boone of Franklinton formerly Miss Esther Stan bury of our town is with her parents Mr. and ' Mrs. J. S. Stanbury for a faw days visit. Mrs. Bledsoe, of Todd, widow of the late "Bunk" Bledsoe, returned to her home Sunday after a week's visit to her daughter, Mrs. Keliey Os- 1 borne in Boone. 1 Mrs. .1. T. Ashley, one of our hus- 1 tling business women was in John- ' son City Monday and Tuesday, and,' " , ,, " , . . . > At. t ner stock win no uouiu de greatly replenished as a result of her trip. 1 < Mrs. G. \V. Lowrance, nee Miss \ Culver of Mabel, this county, died at her home at Clifftop, Va., after a , very brief illness. Deceased leaves ( a husband and large family -of children. Rev. and Mrs. James P. Burke accompanied by Miss Bouldin, all of * the Mission School at Valle Crucis, * were in town yesterday, and transac- ( * ted some business with the Democrat. 1 11 Miss Eula Reese of Raleigh, for- j merly of the Beech Creek section of ] vWatauga, and Mrs. Martha Younce j of Butler, Tenn. sister of our Mr. j j Charles Younce were vieitors here j last week. , While here a few days ago Mr. | 1 and Mrs. S. L. Jenkins of Sutherland j 1 bought of Mr. Ben Moody his recent- j ly completed home near the residence 1 of Frank Lovill, Jr. and will we sup- ' pose move here in the near future. V/wuig Lu mr mvi tuai a uiAjuiivj of the leading members attended the barbecue at Blowing Rock last Saturday, there was no meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on that -" night. All are requested to be present at the meeting on Saturday night of this week. Mrs. W. H. Byrd and daughter Miss Daisy, of Foscoe, were in town Monday and gave the Democrat an appreciated call. Miss Byrd has been in rather delicate health for a long while but says she is much better now than at any period during the past five years. Sorry to note, from his home paper that our old friend J. E. Garner is critically ill at his home in Sheridan Wyoming. For many years Mr. Gar- . ner was a resident of Watauga and has many friends he-e who will be pained to hear of his sickness which is considered serious. Rev. J. G. Pulliam of Washington D. C. who was called to Asheville on account of the illness of his brother Mr. George Pulliam of Lenoir, who is taking treatment at a hospital in that, city, is spending a few days with his home folks and friends in and near Boone. * ; Mr. C. C. Moore and John R. Griffin of Whiteville, N. C. spent the week end with Mr. Moore's daughter Mrs. John B. Steele. These gentlemen were much impressed with the contrast between this county and coastal county from which they hail They stated that gree?? beans were being picked and com was waisto high in Columbus county. In spite of this seeming disadvantage Mr. Grif fin was so much pleased with the future outlook of this county that he is thinking of bidding farewell to the sand flies and mosquitoes. / f Rev. Hoggins will prcacb at Blowing Rock Sunday. SITE FOR KRAUT FACTORY HAS BEEN PURCHASED Or Saturday last the directors of the Watauga Cabbage Growers Association closed a deal with Mr. W. L. Brjran for a Jot on which will be erected in the near future a plant for the# manufacture of sauer kraut. Th?lot adjoins ttie'Blackburn property on thq \?bst .atlfl *is an idea! location. It front/ o* it, Boone Trail Highway and can be easily reached by a railroad siding which will be built later. ThjK?ftant do HT1 immense can-1 promises to oe one of rre greflfet assets our farmershave. DR. BR0QK3 COMES DOWN TO ACG1PT COLLEGE PRESIDENCY The resignation of Dr. W. C. Rid-: iliek as president of the State College has changed the heads of other educational departments. Dr. E. (. Brooks, Superintendent of Public Instruction hi#s resigned for the presidency of the college and Prof. A. F. Allen. State Supervisor of Teacher Training, has been appointed by Governor ^Morrison to succeed Dr. Brooks as State Superintendent. DrJ Riddick will devote himself to the .engineering department. BOONE PUBLIC SCHOOL WILL OPEN ON JUNE 12 The cofrtrpittee asks us to announce hat the public school in Boone will jpen on Tuesday June 12. and that t will be under the care of the facllty of the Training School for the first three months. At the end of this ime the teachers employed will take harjfe and complete the term. Parents should take notice that this demonstration term of three months :omes fully under the public school law, compulsory attendance, dtc. Don't forget the date of opening ind have the children nresont hodges-wilcox At 4:30 o'clock yesterday at the I lome 01 the bride's father. Rev. P. P. Wilcox at Shulls Mills, his daughter, Miss Ola Wilcox became the )ridc of our townsman Mr. W. B. , Hodges, the Rev. S. E. Gragg officio- , ing. The groom is one of our promnent contractors and a prosperous' citizen. His' bride is one of the public school teachers of the county. They are. how occupying their pretty iew bungalow in Boone. The Demur rat extends congratulations. district conference The District conference for the j SJorth Wilkesboro District convened | /esterday it North Wilkesboro. Conuderable local interest is in this meet-; ng and: some of oui people are in ittendance. Rev. Brinkmun, O. L. i Brown, J. F. Hardin, J. S. Stanburv, Prof. J. D. Rankin. Mrs. Will WinkeT, J.* fc: Winkler, Drs. Anders and Bingham and E. N. Hahn. Elder R. L.' Jsbell will hold hin regular monthly services in the Epitco pai v.nurcn Sunday at n o'clock and i Sunday evening at 8:00. The Advent Christian ^Church seeks ^the good will at every A>ne and the uplift ,o? all. Come and worship with us. ^ WEAVER-CHURCH J Mar i4e? art the W atauga Hospital i at' 10 o'clock May 26 1923, in the presence of the nurses, doctors and a few close friends, Mr. S. E. Weaver to.,Miss Gmee Church of Aho, N. C. Tffcy married in the room cf the groom's sister, Mrs. \V. B. Castle who is a patient at the hospital, the Rev. Brinkrnan officiating. ^ Boys^ef fcusy. There are three rosy cheeked;, Wirses who are impatiently Waiting Wsay ,4I will" Corae on and Tbts *haVe another hospital wedding. BY ONE PRESENT. The Ford Weekly or Monthly Sav- i ha&s Phyk.iK a good proposition and' s^vingythft money in advance is a j Hiight'-^pod way to buy a car. The j money iJijdeposited in the savings de- j partment of the bank in your own | name and the interest goes to you. j If it becomes necessary for you to | lise thfcmo^iey in some other way you | lave tl?? privilege. Call at the Watauga Chanty Bank or J. B. Taylor's Gpragg* and investigate the plan. ^ A. j OLD HOTEL PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS On Tuesday evenine Mr. F. A. Linney closed a deal with Messrs W. H- Gtag|T and O. L. Coffey for the old.#1air. Hotel pi*bperty. The building -he torn away, but iust what Mr. Linney intends to build on the site, which is one of the most valuable injtown, we have not'learued. Mr. T. G. Greene is back in town and says that all Home Comfort \Vftshisg Machines that have been botigfcft from him will be delivered in th&frifear future, in fact such deliveries are now being made, and promises prompt delivery on all future orders. THE WATAUG. BOARD of AGRICULTURE MEETS j The Foard of Agriculture held one \ 01 their regular meetings on Thursday May IT and took up several items j of vital interest to the farmers. A- j mur.K the things discussed was pooling the wool of Watauga and selling cooperatively. They decided to write, a letter to all the sheep growers of ; the county giving them an opportunity to join in this movement which. they think will be the means of helping the farmers to^get more money for their wool. This letter has been mailed out and a copy of it is printed elsewhere in this paper. The possibility of the buckwheat growers organizing to put out a stan ' dard brand of buckwheat flour was also discussed. This matter will be taken up again soon and decided upon definitely: The need of more clover and other legumes for the improvement of the soil and means of getting the farmers to grow them was considered. This discussion naturally ied to the use of lime. It was learned that the county agent was in touch with several lime grinding companies and that ground lime could he delivered in Boone for about two dollars and fifty cents per ton. The Board thoug fifty cents per ton. The Board thought that if this matter could be brought to the attention of the farmers in general along with the importance of the use of limes and legumes in building a richer soil, that there would be a great deal more of them used. One of the mvist important things discussed by these men was the serious condition of the apple trees in this county, especially the young trees. It has been observed that a very large per cent of the young apple and peach trees in the county are dying due largely to the effect of the borers that are at work on thtm just below the surface of the ground. They recommend that every farmer in the county who has young trees examine them at once in regard to this trouble. Many farmers find that a large' number of their trees that were apparently healthy last fall are dead this; snrine. and anon examination find that about half of the remainder loose in the ground, being easily shaken back and forth showing that the roots are in bad condition. They recommend that those finding this con dition present in their orchards get in touch with the county agent and take steps necessary to check the ravages of this pest before most of ou' young apple and peach t reesr are kiii vd. _ . . i . BF.AVER DAM DOTS The weather has been quite odld for some time, hut is getting warmer: now, like summer was approaching. : Mr. George Henson has erected aj neat dwelling, also a store house at i the forks of the road leading to Cove! Creek and Beaver Dam, on what is known as the Wellington Adams farin ; There is a ne wroad being built1 on lower Beaver Dams leading from 1 Don Hagarnar.'s store down the- j Watauga river to the Avery County | line. There is some amendments being made on the upper Beaver Dam road i leading to Neva, Tenn., which was I needed very badly. Mrs. Georffe Grain? with her four' children who has been in Virginia! for some time arrived Saturday night at her mother's Mrs. J. F. Eller where she will spend the summer. Her husband will join her this fall. They expect to make their future home in this country. Mr. George Low ranee and family who moved from Avery county to Virginia last fall had the misfortune to lose his wife, Lena, a few weeks ago. She was the daughter of James O. Culver, of Butler, Tenn. She leaves a husband and severa! small children. Grieve not for departed ones who have gone on bc-fore, for we hope to meet them again where partings come no more. Mr. Eline Milsaps who has been ill for some time with paraiysis, remains quite a sick man. Myrtle Snyder who has be* sick for some time is improving slo.viy. Mrs. Susan Crapg, wile of tne late Empsey Gra^g is right sick "I picked up a country paper in Greeley, Coiordao and discovered 1 1 pages given over to announcements of tax sales," writes Charles Wood in the New York World. "There were about 450 of these announcements on every page?6,300 drama? of blasted hopes in one of the richest agricultural counties in America." LOST?ONE COLLIE PUP ABOUT eight months old. Yellow with a white spot in forehead. One dollar for information. W. H. BROWN, VILAS, N. C. FOR SALE?ONE TWO YEAR OLD yoke of work cattle, one heifer, One mare pony, bridle and saddle One registered O. I. C. Boar, imported from Illinois, one buggy and harness. Easy terms. C. G. Hodges Sands, North Carolina. -31-3 * DEMOCRAT HOW G< your INr HOW OF LECT TC MARK ? GOOD.'' N. L. Mast. President L. A. Greene, Vive-Pi G. P. Hagaman, Cashi W. D. Farthing, A. C Austin E. South. Tell Miss Pearl Hodges, Bookkeeper cour ap r*i i? ir.pn ( J* was our pleasure last Sunday wining: to visit that venerable and beloved citizen Mr. A. P. Wilson at * his home on New River. He, only a ' few days since passed his (.!8th birth- 1 day and although he is unable to ! ' alk. almost totally blind and very! hard of hearing:, his mind is bright and his general health good. Mr. Riley Greer residing on the Boone : 1 Trail only a few miles from Mr. Wil- * son, is the oldest man in the county having passed the ninety-ninth mile- 1 stone, and is still quite active arm able to do light chores about the * house. Our townsman Mr James H. 1 Taylor has rounded out. his 97th A year and is one of the most wonder- | 1 ful men we have ever known. Hisj mind is clear, his health good, and , 1 he is a regular attendant upon his ' church services. He is an almost con- 1 stant reader and takes the greatest ! interest in public affairs. Mr. Wash Noryis of Meat Camp father of Mrs. ' M. B. Blackburn, is 92, and is very 1 active; Mrs. Harrison, widow of the late Mr. Nathan Harrison of the Blue I 1 Ridge section is now 92 and is still able to visit the garden in which she takes so much interest. These old people are among our best, and their remarkably long lives are doubtless attributable to correct living, obeying as far as possible, the j laws of health. The boy .taking agriculture at his high school makes 52 bushels of corn per acre where his Dad makes 17.7 bushels; he makes 512 pounds of cotton where his dad makes 278 pounds he makes 814 pounds of tobaeco vvher his dad makes 610 and he makes 178 bushels of sweet potatoes Where his dad makes 106, according to findings of Dean C. B. Williams of j the North Carolina State College. WOOL WANTED?Unwashed woo! free from Burrs. 38 ct?. POUND Hugh F. Webb, Johnson City, Tennessee. tn24-4c NOTICE:?I o mmarking by turkeys this year by cutting the inside toe of the left foot. If this is any- ( one's mark, let me know at once. If no one notifies me. this shall he my permanent mark. PAUL TUGMAN Sherwood, N. C. HAIR KWITfHES I M. MJ. l>_f J I ? ? [ I Furnish the hair and I will make you J a beautiftil switch 011 short notice. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fannie Dougherty, Vilas R. F. D. WAT CHREPAIRING Done under a positive guarantee. Jew .elry repaired. Estimates furnished on all mail orders, Satisfaction guaranteed. Office west of Blackburn Hotel J. W. BfcYAN, Jeweler ood are rENT|ON TEN HAVE YOU EXCL > DO A CERTAIN THI! - AT ANY RATE MY ] BUT ARE I i GO UNPERF< GOOD? OUR MENT OFFE1 TERMINE V _ YOUR lNTEI^ MONEY. aSSBj II WATAUQ m ba B O O iN )LD FOLKS DAY AT FAIR VIEW METHODIST CHURCH Saturday May 26th wr.s observed is old Folks Day at Fair View Meth idist Church. The church was beau- , ifully decorated with Lillies and oth r flowers. In spite of rain and mad here was a good crowd present, j '?me in their nineties. .Mr. James H. raylor, ninety-seven, being the oldest. The eleven o'clock services were j i nducted by the pastor, Rev. T. G. Williams who preached a very appropriate sermon for the occasion. \fter ihe sermon the ladies spread i bountiful dinner in the yard which .vas enjoyed by them all and there was plenty left to have fed as many more. The evening services were demoted to a testimony meeting by the aid people \\ hich reminded one of :he "old time religion." The meeting was enjoyed to the fullest extent by young and old. Cniitiren s day was observed on the day following with a large crowd present.. The programme consisted of more than thirty recitations which was well carried out and gave much credit to the parents and the community and was enjoyeo oy an. One Present. A farmer in Granville county saved $80 on his tile bill by having the ' drainage engineer of the extension service survey his drains and give! him a bill of material. Farm grown feeds are usually the cheaper than purchased feeds bccaust all feeds must be grown 011 some farm. In buying feeds you pay the other fell' ?v and sometimes the middleman a profit for handling them Lo^al Man Offered A Good Business FIRM OFFERS TO EXTEND CRED. IT TO RELIABLE AMBITIOUS MAN H-.w would you like to have a good business of your own. Furst and Thomas have asked me to find an honest, ambitious man .who would i?K? to own and operate a .McNess Business You furiysh an auto or team and wagon, they will furnish you a stock of goods on credit, teach you how to sell, and how to establish a permanent business that will make you independent of bosses. You'll be in business for yourself and be your own boss. There are some excellent territories now open, they'll soon be gone so if you're interested I'd gladly go into detail with you regarding the possibilities of the business. If you car/t furnish a team and wagon or an auto don't bother me. If you can furnish an outfit and mean business, call me or come to see me Saturday. Yours for business, V. M. Presr.ell. Vilas, North Carolina. Page Fsee s? , fSED YOUR NEG- j NG WITH THE REINTENTIONS WERE NTENTIONS THAT OR MED EVER ANY SAVINGS DEPART RS A TEST TO DE- I lOW GOOD ARE JTIONS TO SAVE \ COUNTY NK 4 E . N . C. ! BOONE DREG CO. The REXALL Store . Dealers ir. DRUGS & CHEMICALS FOR CASH ___ AGENCY: Eastman Kodaks and Supplies Symphony Lawn and Lord Baltimore Linen Whitman's Chocolates (famous Since 1842) Liggett's Candies (Little Bits from the East and Maxie Cherries.) SHEAFFER FOUNTAIN PENS Sc F'NE TOILET ARTICLES Our Terms Are Cash BOONE DRUG CO. R. D. JENNINGS DENTIST umce at Hiacburn Hotel BOONE N CARO. Patients from a distance would do well to write and have appointments arranged beforehand, AT AUCTION If you have property to sell, write or wire us. Our advice Free as how to handle Your property. 1 Write today, we'll 1 see you soon. CAROLINA LAND! COMPANY Subdivision Agents j Hickory, ISf.C. PLANTS:?10,000,000 Porto Rico j Nancy Hall potato plants, Charleston I Wakefield, Flat Dutch cabbage i plants, Baltimore and Red Field Beauty tomato plants, White and Yellow Bermuda. Onion plants now ready, shipping daily $1 00 per 1000 FOB Valdosta. Dorris plant Co., Valdosta, Ga.