North Carolina Newspapers

3&lataubd i^esnotrat. Local Affairs Mrs. Hurton. of North Wflkesb^tj>, widow of the late Dr. W. P. Horton, of that town, vus iti town a few hour last Sunday. She was accompanied bv her son. Mr. Accfcie Hor-| ton. . - Rev. Mr. Wilson, a Baptist minister from Burnsville, has rented one o? the buildings owned by Miss Pearl Hodges on Green Heights, and will move in in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are now at training in the Summer School here. The plltilif 5sc*hf?ol R.mno .li^trir t opened Tuesday morning: with a very ' large attendance. The first three j months will be taught by a faculty selected from the Thair.ing School, j and used as an observation school by the teachers in the Summer T. rms. Miss Mary Kennedy, who hamany friends in and around this place, and who now holds a responsible position with th? Oxford Orphan Asylum, is spending a few weeks in Boone. Miss Maude Winebarger, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Robert Winebarger, Coeburn, Va., who recently graduated with highest honors from Coburn High School, has entered the summer school at the A. T. S., and will j probably teach in this state. Mrs. Anders, who has spent the J past nine months at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Pennington, Ash< county. N. C., is at the home of her; son. Dr. Me C?. Anders, in Boone, fori the summer. Her many friends in i Boone and Watauga arc delighted to' see her back. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Hodges of Cran-i berry attended services at the Baptist] church and circulated among friends i in and near Boone Sunday. The I>r told us that he intended to rush work on nis new home on Green Heights, just as rapidly as possible. lilt II ill IHUIV LU UUUIIC JU>1 ?:* M'llli a> the building can b: occupied. Rrv. Mr. Long. Presbyterian minister, located ;;t Banner Klk for this summer, came over Sunday, and intcndt d t > preach at 11 o'clock. attended m r-vices at tiie Baptist church, which ht- much enjoyed. Mr. Long will preach morning and evening in the Episcopal church in Borne on the 2nd Sunday it: Ju.'y. Mis. II. M. Taylor, of Fort Dodge, Kansas, who was called to Boone or. account of the illness and dca.h of hei father, Mr. W. T. Blair, sometime ago, left Tuesday for Lake Coittu. Penn., where she will spend a while ; with her sister. Mrs. Merrimuu, before going to hei Kansas home. She was accompanied by her sister. Miss Blanche Blair, of Blowing Rock, who will remain with her lor some time. Rev. X. D. Yount, who for the past ft ve years hits served the Lutheran churches on this charge, as pastor, in a most acceptable manner, has been called to Shelby, where he ?' ?* rr-nkr hv hc.T.v reiving as Western Field Missionary of the United Lutheran Synod of X. C. Mr. Youant, has made many friends in Yount, has made many friends in see him leave. He left yesterday for his new field of labor. Mrs. W. H. Morris, whose serious Illness, we noted last week, passed lo her reward Friday, tin remains being laid to rest in the family burying ground on Meat t amp. Sunday. The children, so far as we can learn, were all present when the end came. Truly it can be said thai a good woman has been called hence. Tlu Democrat extends sympathy to the bereaved, especially to the aged husband, who is left alone, the children all having homes and families of their own. Doubtless he will spend his remaining MRS. L. W. FARTHJNG PASSES Mrs. Farthing, widow of the !at< Rev. L. W. Farthing, of Watangi Fails, died at the home of her daugh ter. Mrs. John Ward, on Thursday morning, after a protracted illness Mrs. Farthing was 82 years of ag< and it can be* truthfully said of he that her long life was indeed a bene diction to her loved ones and other with whom she came in contact. Sh was a devoted mother, a kind neigh bor and, best of all, she was a de voted christian lady. She is survrv ed by two sons and one daughter Mr W. D. Farthing, assistant ca^ntt in the Watauga County Bank, Mi L. M. Farthing, Cashier of the Vail Cruci and Mrs. John Ward, s whose home she died. FOR SALE:?A well broke foin year old horse. See or write J. 1 Hampton, Blowing Rock, N. C. "There isn't a dollar's worth i watered stock in our company, 1*1 Jones. How much do you want?" Farmer Jones?"Young man, tl next stock I buy will be able to wa ?and IT 'tend to the watering m self". MR. J. E. GARNER DIES AT SHERIDAN. WYO. HOME Mr. J. E. Garner, formerly of. Watauga. but for several years a rei sidont of Sheridan, Wyoming, died i at his home on May 24, after a long : illness. Mr. Garner. ("Little Eli"), was quite a property owner in Watauga. and was one of the bijr-hearttd. liberal kind, that won friends for him fro mevery walk of life. He was an enthusiastic Mason, and his body was laid to rest with full Masonic honors on May 27. Mrs. Garr- i survives him. His nea?- relatives j live in Wilkes county. The news of his death will bring sadness to th? hearts of many in Watauga. AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Milton Farthing: will conduct the prayer service Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock Tht pastor preaches Sunday morning on "Transformed and Transforming.'' and Sunday night ??r? "Th* Ladder of Progress.*' Time of service 11:00 a. 1x1. ard 8:00 p. in. Sunday Scboo! 10:00 a- m. B. V. P. U. at 6;30 p. ni. Teachers and visitors are cordially invited to attend those services? F- M- Muggins, Pastor. ORGANIZATION OF B. Y. P. U.'s. IN WATAUGA Miss Rebecca Ward, f Lumberton is doing B. Y. P. II. work in the County. She has conducted classes at Blowing Rock. Pleasant Grove, Bethel, and is now at Timbered Ridge. She leaves Monday for Avery County. A union was organized at Blowing Rock, Bethel and Pleasant Grove. It is hoped that Timbered Ridge will organize. Miss Ward is very efficient in her work and great good will, it is hoped, wili result from her work.?F. M. Iluggins. North Carolina newspapers will have the improvements they have ma?b; in th -ii mechanical plants during the past veer reviewed by M. L. Snipuian. commissioner of :?d?or and printing and also historian of the North Cundinu Pr< A-sociation, wivn flic organization moots jn Blowizwj Rock the latti-v part of this month. Mr Shipman has addressed a questionnaire to each member paper in the state asking foi the iniproveiiK* :t - made, changes in management, subscription ami advertising rates and new plants in operation of general interest. r 3INGHAM SCHOOL FOR BOYS IN BAD WITH UNCLE SAM (Special to The Ohsorverl i Ihvstan Lewis Gray an dBingham ' Gray, heads of the Bingham sch > ?1 at . .Mebane, charged with using thi maiis 'to defraud, are scheduled for trial | at United States courts here, western North Carolina district, at the Dect mber term. The grand jury of the , court returned a true bill against ! them late Tuesday. The Grays are charged with put' ting out a grandiloquent line of ad?Ciuoii>s for uie scnool, over-paintj ing the picture, thereby inducing |>arenu 10 semi uiru sun? iu .. when, it is charged, the school didn'; come anywhere near the ads. Some I parents of Kentucky boys a few 1 months ago became so enraged ai *ueh tactics that they tried to speet young Bingham Gray hack 10 Ken tucky to stand trial, out Govemoi | Morrison refused to honor extradi ; tion papers, with the rosuh tha the Sheriff of Iredeii boarded th< train at. Statesville and rescued thi young man. The two men under indict men ; are in no way connected with th< 1 Asheville Bingham school, nor is th 'j Ashevilie school in any way connec , ted with the case. SLAYS BROTHEER AND THF-I KILLS HIMSELF i (By The Associated Pre>s) One brother is dead, self-siain an the other prostrate from 'he el fects of six revoiver shots, iic critically injured at his home si , miles south of Johnson City as th ' ! result of a dual tragedy e.nacte j early >aturday morning when rat ! Savior, aged -16, shot his brothe s; j James Saylor, aged 53, and then, n ' j turning home shot himself in ti i temple, dying instantly. The motive for the shooting | found in court iccords which co: stitu'.es a complaint for a bill < '1 divorce filc*d by Bessie A. Sayl< "1 again-t her husband, Paul Sayk I filed January 23, 1923. In h ] while for a long time they liv< 1 together happily, but for the la r few years, Paul Saylor had taki , to drink and had become quarr* , some and abusive and that he h; persisted in making charges invol ,? ing her honor and integrity and ii r peached her character and virtue a woman, le j Ik y- COMMERCIAL PRINTING OF E\ RY KIND BY RIVERS PRINT. C ALLEGHANY TO OBSERVE THE 4TK OF JULY WITH GALA DAY (By L- f. Hampton) Or. iujy Fourth Swtr.ta and Mag|hany . y are, figuratively p.,ak- i Y.tc, ^oitig: ko "put the big pot in the -ittie Oiio * and stage such a patriotic I cele ration as ha - Wm - idom j ! in these age-old mounfins in per era- j ! lOQi it will be a big day. Hepresenta- I ve Tani Bowie of A<r up.ty-! author of tht famous $14'.000,00?? t.tilroaii bill *o redeem the "Lost j Provinces'*. will be ?ne of the prin | :nal speakers, and Governor Ruft | i i'ought nr., state highway commission- ! ' er. whose home is here will be ano * h< r. There will b?' band music, a j ! parade, a picnic style dinner spread ' | on the grounds lor everybody and! . athletic events including a 'scrub*' j race and a prize fight between a iocai mountain "bully" and an outsider. From Calax to Winston-Salem have gone the invitations to every-j ><iy to attend th?- big Fourth of -.'illy celebration ami a cordial mountain welcome will be . tended to all who come. From pr"ser>t plans it is expected that the mountain.- vill shell out" and few in he hills and coves except the c*ck j; .md afflicted will be left behind when , I h "great day" comes. Chairman Will Reev -s. of the committee in charge of the c lebiatio; ?vent-s, is already in touch with oand ar.d amusement leaders. He has ex- i ler.-ieu an invitation to the business] iic of Winston-Salem. ElkinS Mt. Airv. hobsori and other points to be; .trt-.-vn: to help celebrate the- oc asion .fid to enjoy a little "mountain hos-! , ; taiitv." There is no auditorium in Sparta : or for that matter anywher in '.his! part of the country sufficiently large' 'o accomodate the vast crowd ex-1 . pectcd on the Fourth, so the speaking and band music will take place; i! a large, shady grove in the open .a ". Occupying the speakers' stand vill he many promir- it citizens from mis and adjoining count"os and provision will be made to make thei comfortable whi he schiv Im!? '1 exercises aie taking place. bob-gates fronn Winston-Salem, : i:??m Slkin and other paints <ast of jbend.d new highway now being , r:i Blue Ridge wii: come p the panning the "Ridge" and winding 'i'.i-hn! on the ?lkin-Spaita stretch near to Roaring Gap as <t aproaches the crest ol* the mountain,. Arrangements are being made to open the highway at that time, al though the official opening of the j read will not be made until early in; r-Yptcmbcr, ext. when a statewide good roads roily and celebration will he held here. Barbecued Pig, fried chicken am: other meats of al! kinds, mountain j honey end many kinds of delicti- ] j cies will be found on the free-lV:jail picnic dinner to be spread on! the Fourth of July. The dinner wiV. follow the speaking events and in the afternoon a baseball game, th races, a prize fight and other athletic sports will be in order. . j Plans ar ealready complete fo: ; the big Fourth celebration and . Sparta is getting ready to offer it< , tine hospitality to the great host . f ? visitors expected from the outside. , "Come to the mount a ins of Ailegh; j any and get cool" is the slogan and it i! is planned to urge the visitors to .| spend a night in this beautiful town. r I FISHERMAN AT LONG KEY HARPOONS A SEA MONSTER r?! Miami, Fla., Jum 12.?A n.? L. sago recciwd today from Long Key. where yesterday a .-ea monster t mated to weigh 20,00(1 pound> \v; (. harpooned by a party of fisherm*;.. L.! stated that the battle to pet it n.-h*. _ -ml was in progress. More amm i :vtiom was received by the party T>>lay after ,r?0 shots had been tired insi the monster ia?t night, and it showed light. The fish was classified as belonging: to the clasr of Rhynodon by Lou d L. Mowbray, former director of the f- Miami aequarium and now connect* i >s with the New York aquarium which x'is at Long Key. Mr. Mowbray hop? ie j to obtain the fish for the American d Museum of Natural History and bail i wired to New Yoik for expert taxi r,! dermists. c*-! The message stated that the ie| party was making its way slowly to | shore, hut tonight it was impossible is to communicate with the fishermn: n- and it was not known whether the jf monster had been landed. j ,r> WOODROW WILSON SERENADED tr BY SHRINERS e<*j Wood row Wilson was serenaded ai his S street home by Shriners patro from Greenville, S. C., which sar.t "Dixie" under his window, and th? at his request, followed it with "Th< v" Star Spangled Banner." m" Then the singing was over th< 85 former president smiled and wave< [ his approval as one member shout ! ed: "We are one hundred per cen for you in South Carolina." He 3e< fE his brother Shriners in "Three cheer O. for Wilson." t YOUR Accoiml youR c SOME AS A KF> GOOD S N. L. Mast. Pr- : ! L. A. Greene, Vive G. V. Hagarr.au. Ca W. L?. Fnrtkiac. A Austin E. South. T M>- Pea*! Bodies Bookkeeper J' 3 S jgivN* NERVE EXPLOSIONS IV you ev? r i?. t up in rh? m 'mine ?r th wrong side 01 Vet" and ri verything goes wrong during K day? Buttons come oiT. 11?. break. Breakfast toast is -cori h- ). Th stroot car is 'ate and . su ther's n<? seal for you. A the day progresses, it seem? tifiggj 'hercRa conspiracy afoot rmake you irritable. All the trance ? .k'-rs and half-wits in the world oa r.age to get in your way. The jinx follows. Fingers art clumsy, refuse to obey yon? l.rai: readily, and you break things fioir dishes t<i pencil leads. The mail man apparently has join ed the conspiracy. He brings th< wrong kind of letters?disappoint mer.ts, bills. Everything is out of sorts. Lik< the Irish soldier, you decide "every body's out of step but me." Most of us have enough of th c.upi lurking ?r. our brain to make us believe that bad luck \ shadowing us on the days when over; thing gods wrong. The simple truth is out nerves ar on edge. probably clue to somethin; we ate the day before, or to ou blood pressure being too low or to high. "Life at such times seems rnoi aggregating than usual. But tfc trouble is in ourselves, not in :if or the people we encounter. The average about the same, day in an day out. For instance: We saw a man rus into an office building: As he wei through the revolving door, he d< cided that the party in front of hi: was a slow-moving moron, so 1 swung the door viciously in a nol vioi.sTv attempted to kick down tl stranger in his path. Nerves. Mee ing the same stranger under sinnl; circumstances next day, the ms tif feeling normal) probably won trail the stranger placidly ifcrou< the door and maybe pause to borro a match and exchange the time day and home brew recipes. There is nothing quite as crard as a drunkard or other dope fiei recovering from a debauch, with ne ves on edge?a hangover. All of at times feel the same way, witho any preliminary debauch. We have similar lost control of o nerve force. The pipes are it-akin eager 10 expioae. What can we do about it? W for one thing, we can keep our seb i under control by a determination maintain a placid and easy-goi state of mind. Ruination of the wh< : day dates from the first yielding r anger when the button comes . as we start 10 dress. The more yield the more we allow onrseb to become irritated, the higher 1 : pressure mounts in our internal m< i anism. A good motto, when m rws are t edge, is: "Oh, well, nothing nor i body is'' worth getting mad at. ? hundred years from now, what < ference will it make.?"?Exchan i Checking t HERE hecking account :thing more than (own bank deposit standing in your c ^NDA GO( EJECTION, PRESTAGE ?.' j EILITY TO < TAKINGS! I THIS BANK ECONOY, WEALTH C TORS. " WATAUG " 3 B A BOO NORTH CAROLINA HAS HIGHEST BIRTH RATE 1 \ : Iir? :v the birth rate and ; iij. h* *:i-rt a.l? in th. death rat?* ii li>-2 was -hro.vti in provisftgfuil ton ' 11I.r.reifat today for the jear art flounced today by the Depnrtmen For the 2! states reporting birtj ' is;- .i ~ the rat* for 1922 was 22.' for i:uh 1,000 of population again? ' a rate of 21.1 for 1921. For 3 states the death rate last year \va - lt.-< against 11 0 for 1921. 1 North Carolina reported the high est birthrate. 20.2, while a rat ; of IS for -h? state of IVl^hingiu {was the lowest. Death rates i ' the 33 state sranged from 11.7 fo Maine- to 8.1 for Idaho. North Carolina's birth rate in 192 ^ was 33 2 while ?hat state's death rat - was 11.5 for 1922 against 11.3 fo J1"21' v> ; Dr. A.W. DULA 5 EYE SPECIAL1S1 ;h I have l>een licensed by exzmination by t: State Boards ot Examiners of North Caroiio 'I South Carolina ?nd Tennessee and pronoune i_ thoroughly competent to etae.n>e eves cod Vliases to correct defective vision. 21 ves ITJ acttve experience. 1 have kept up-to-date doing Pcst-Oraduatc work. attending leCtri 1A* and tak-.nw special courses every year. TO SEE BETTER SEE DULA Id Have your eyes and your children's e; examined by a well known sad reliable autbc ity on eyes, eyesight ?nd vision. -I' See mc at follow mg places: m I I wit! be at my home o * fice in Lenoir June 1 ?y through 23. ; DR. A. W. Dl'LA 50 ? good ^CIGARETTES i i oc /-=- GENUINE -xS^M "Bull" lif-Tf MyT DURHAM ?e- I TOBACCO I I~i THIS BAi^K IS I A CONVENIENCE. OR, YOU ACUIRE A OMMU1TY. 3D BANKING CONMOREOVER, GIVES AND RESPONSIBLE YOUR UNDERT IS THE AIM OF TO PROMOTE THE PROGRE S S AND )F ALL ITS DEPOSIA COUNTY ,NK N E . N . C . r FJAAVr n AA DUIML lJfllJlI IU, I lie REXALL Store . -! 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Yellow Bermuda Onion plants now | ready, shipping daily $1.00 per 100(1 ' FOB Yaldosta. Dorris plant t | Yaldosta, Ga.