SEPTEMBER 6. 1923
8Tb? ig&ataiuta democrat. J
Local AfFairs
Postmaster \V. D. Farthing i? off
today to Winston Sal cm on a baan^
trip.
Mr. Albert Watson is building a
neat .home near the Haniby residence
in East Bocne.
t
Attorney C. FJetcehr and family
of Lenoir were visitors in toWn a
few hours Tuesday. ,
|
The B(A>ne public school opened j
Tuesday morning with a large num-i
ber inattendance, all the faculty be-1
ir?g on hand.
Mr. D. L. Wellborn of Stony Fork;
was a visitor at the home of his suiter.
Mrs. J. .1. Glenn of Sugar Grove,
the first of the week On his return)
home he was a caller at the Demo- j
erat office to renew- for another year.
Sorry to learn that Attorney T. j
E. Bingham i.s confined to his home j
suffering from a se\ere abscess on
one of his knees. It v.*as reported
Tuesday that blood poison had set
up but we learn on Wednesday that!
it has been averted, and he is now j
somewhat improved. j
Mr. Jesse F. Robbing and family!
ol Lepoir who are out on a camping j
trip in this section for a Week came
into Boone foi a few hours Tuesday
and left for Rutherwood where their
tent is still pitched. They seem to be
enjoying their outing very much.
They will return home the last of this?
week.
Mr. Goodpasture, Superintendent I
of the Service Mills in Bristol, Tenn j
came over on a business trip Monday j
He called at this office Monday threw i
a few much appreciated bouquets at'
The democrat and its equipment and
cached in a year's subscription. Mr.
Goodpasture is" putting out some fine;
brands of flour which art being ban-!
died in large quantities locally.
Mr. Ltim Banner of -Montezuma
accompanied by his brother our Mr.
Newt Banner of Sugar Grot*. was
in Tov : Tuesday and 'added his n;.rr?e
to our >ui. 11 iption lisr. Ho is now
8.'; years of age and hi- brother is!
only two y ars younger. Both are'
Veterans of rhe i'ivil War and despite
their n<iv.iuc?*d age tbev are both;
hale and hearty. Their call wr..- ap-j
preciatcd. j
Mr. (biaunvcy Brown t,\ Malleus.!
West Virginia, who was with his.
Brother Doc several days in States*!
ville before his death and attended!
the funeral here Tuesday left fori
his home on the cyirly train yesterday.
He was accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Marv Brown of Boone
who wiil spend some tirne with him.
Another Brother, Mr. Aiex Brown,
who came in with him has decided
to remain here ,for a while at least.
Miss Ethel Wilson for sorpe time]
a student at the Trainig School is
off for South Bond Ttxes. wheie she
TtI! her home for the- present
with her three brothers, who reside
at that place. She will enter school
aoiiin and we confidently expect to
hear of her Retting* a thorough education.
She is one of Watauga's fine
young ladies and she takes with her
the best wishes of her many friends
here for abundant success in her pursuit
of knowledge.
Mr. A. E. South *of the Watauga
County Bank has lot to contract a
modern residence to be erected on
the *ite of his present dwelling. Mr.
W. G. Hartzog has been awarded the
contract and the building will be
rushed to completion this fall. The
location is perhaps the most ideal
in the town, as it Is in the midst, of
a lovely grove of sugar maples planted
there by the Floyds and Spainhourmany
years ago. It will be modern
in every respect.
IN APPRECIATION
* We who have recently had cui
good son and brother taken from uf
, wish to express our sincere gratitude
to the many many friends here anc1
elsewhere for their great kindness
both by word and deed from the
time of the accident until the funer
al. Never have we seen more con
centrated sympathy than has beei
shown us in our trouble. We thanl
you from the depths of our hearts.
Mrs. Mary Brown and Family.
WORK ON COVE CREEK SCHOOI
GROUNDS
On next Saturday September th<
eighth, we want to work qm th
school grounds, clearing off a bas>
Dan aiamuna, ai/tm&uiK ivi ?
basket ball court, putting up stake
to enclose the school property, haul
ing gravel, etc. We need a nurobe
of teams, scrapes, plows, shovels, pot
hole diggers, etc Come out and hel
make ur school grounds what the
should be.
" GAP CREEK NEWS
Mr. Monroe Green recently ha
' three small children to die from di]
theria, a very fatal disease aznon
children.
Lad Sunday veiling at and near 1
1 *cep Gap onie boys trot or* a "drun 1
ken spree" s.'id were very abusive
ard offensive to the traveling public
v.-ho happened to be on the Daniel
Foone Trai! High v.*: y. A warrant wa- C
immediately saw. out by a good
citizen and placed in the hands of
Walter Watson, a deputy sheriff, who
lodged them safely in jail at Boonej
to await trial, j ci
The school at Rocky Point !;a>' P
been closed for a period of a few 1 i*
weeks because an epidemic oi diptheria
is raging in this community. } tl
The Baptist Association at Lai.rel j It
Splines Church was well attended tl
and perfect order and good behavior w
of ali the people should be commen-jsl
ded by all. \ h
The lot sale at 1><i?p Gap was a b
complete success from every stand- j t(
point. The lots were all sold and ac b:
good price? j t?*
Correspondent j tl
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BROOKSIDE DOTS
Mr% Editor: tl
We see that Stony Fork, Sand'. g
Mount Pleasant and Beaver Dams ar- k
in the land of the living, just a few! e:
dots to show that Brookside is not, v
quite dead. : t}
The public School at Riverviewj tl
under the supervision of Miss Lela.tl
Moretz as principal and Miss Ida 1>.
Jones as assistant is >rogressing nice-1 <?
ly. ^ ; ir
Bald Mountain township is row' r<
receiving a little of her proportion- c:
ate part of the 1917 bond issue, and o:
the thunder of dynamite is shaking ir
the Big Hill. >ince Mr. Hamp Black- ti
bum has been appointed supervisor, j a
a decided improvement on the road ! y
between the top of the Big Hill and I g
Todd is noticed. j ;t
A number of the family of Mr. it
CJWilpright of Statesville have been f,
visiting their uncle Mr. W. X. Hovv*
i 1 of Brooks-ido for the past week, rr
If the extension of hospitality, good v
water, fresh mountain air, with a! c
nice fat mutton, are arty induce ..vnts
to the e g-.od people of Stn-'t]
wsvilic we will lot k- for them back j
Mrs. Z. T. Watson left for Detroit
the ? itn of August to visit her three J ,
-of)?, two grandaughters whom she' i
h?ui never seen, \isit Canada, and I d
'.akc in the bis Maw fair which is (\
going on from the 1st till tht 12th J
of September. i;
Mr. Elbert Moretz who was recently
??rippled by falling over th- fence a
on a scythe blade is now beginning VJ
to hop around on crutches, lit has ,
been nursing a very bail looking knee j
Messrs Will H. McGtiire And Ralph ' c
Greer attended the Three Forks As- _
social ion which convened last week
il Laurel Springs church.
Three new dwelling houses belong- j
j ing to I\#te Phillips, Z. T. Waston f
I and Wade F. \orris are moving on-1 ;>
I wards towards completion and Mr. }
(.'aw Blackburn is threatening to fall j <
| in line. | $
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' ROMINCER SCHOOL AND COM*
MUMMY NLW3
5
j Our roads are in very bad eondi- 1
I tion. The bridges across Laurel Creek ]
j are dangerous to cross With a horse j
| or wagon. It seems that the rgadj'
I authorities should -look after Tiurj5
bridges at least. Our taxes are always j1
looked after, and every two years we ! 1
are told by swell speeches jusi what j1
: we will get in gt>od road< money, but : 1
j alas! Well maybe we did not vote i
I right. We don't feel that we should
j bo made to pay any road tax unless
| we could get some help in our section
We believe in good road? for every
i section
Mr. Eben Hicks* seven year old
son died suddenly a few days ago.
Mr. Ben Rarmcn went to leave
the home of his best girl last Sunday
evening and the old gobbler ran after
him. Ben turned around and said
"Delia, what makes that tnrkey do
. that?" She replied" Oh. he just likes
. green s#uff."
,* Mrs. Martha Mast is nursing a
[ very lame arm with a carbuncle or
, something of the kind on it.
Some of the patrons met at or.rs
. school house last Thursday evening
. to advise about the Community Fair J
j to be held at Windy Cap which we i
hope will be a success.
Mr. Henry Hagamatl hffe the name
of being the greatest base ball slider
on Laurel Creek. They say he slid
? from second base home and on against
a tree and the tree has died.
e M. P. Trivett would be a good, cate
cher if he could stop the ball. Clyde
c. Romingcr can pitch a new kind of |
t> curve but he doesn't know the name!
s for it.
Chuffy Leander Presnell has dev-J
r eloped into a fairly good swatter. j
^ Bee -James would be a .good field-1
p er if he had a big basket to catch (
y the hall in.
Dewey Rominger can pitch a good |
! drop if the ball didn't bit the ground j
before it gets to the batter. j
Clarence James is a good long
d stop as tbe ball goes a iong ways be>
fore he atops it.4
g Grady Rominger has the l^pnor of
catching one ball this weekT
I ./
THE WATAUGA
IRE PREVENTION I
IS DISCONTINUED
'owntj Con-mi??ien? r? Step the Appropriation
of $250 for the ProSection
of Watauga Fore*tt
The county commissioner:-- have de-j
ded to discontinue the $250 applanation
for forest fire prevention\
i Watauga County.
This move was taken regardless of
re fact that the majority of the
ading citizens of the county desire
le work to continue. Forest wardens
ere present at the meeting with
rt.riiivui.- .-inn, ui^ i'mi iriv iv? uu:
-pent in the work had resulted
? the -aving of thousands of dollar?
the county through preventing fire
lit the commissioners paid little heed
> the statements or figures and said
lat they did not pet value received
rr the money expended.
Th?- Wardens did not undertake
le work for the money they would
et our of it. hut mainly from their
now ledge of the damage which for
?t fires cause and their desire to preent
further loss, it is safe to say
iut the wardens did at lea^t one
nird mare work than that for which i
lev were paid, but they could not |
e expected to take days from their i
ivn work, to fight fires, post notices i
iterview people etc.,* without sow
mu novation. Hence there was an
xpe. se to the county the past year ,
f slightly over Other countieHie
state have a greater appreci
on of the value of their forest lands!
nd appropriate as high as $1000 a
ear for fir" prevention but Wataua,
^with perhaps three fourths of'
total area growing trees or nothiir.
seems to set little value on it
orest products.
The action of tho commissioner
leans that tb<> state ?; oiogical Suroy
which has paid over half of th'*
est ?f the work in th>* county wi 1
ithdraw its aid and the work
he warden- will he discontinued.
During- the past yea.- the loss *
is esiitvutl ! at about $2
This ir?d:c^es the need of gr? :-r
effort hut it i- believed that be
fuise. of the work of the forest wa?et's
the people have a better unersiaridtitg
of the value of for- >"
roteotion and will n-e greater c;r
1 handling hit s.
On the whole the count} has ma?l?
great - tep backwards by d i.scon tinling
the work and it is hoped tin!
tefore long the people will urge h .
ommissioners to reconsider their <leision.
COVE CREEK NEWS ITEMS
Our school opened on last Morlay
with nne prospects for a sue essul
year. The present enrollment is
!M7, 93 of whom are registered for
ligh School work. The course of stu- I
:ly extends throughout the eleven
trades with efficient teachers in
:harge of each department. Nine tea-*?
e 1*~ e. .. _ r
:r?e|s compose ine lacuuv jhu? vi
vhom worked in the school last year
Mr. W. V. Perry v. i:l have charge
)f (ht* seventh grade during the aiornng
and the High School History desalt
men: during the afternoon. Mr.
Waiter E. Wilson former principal J
?f the Bake rsvi lie High School will I
:each high school english during th<: j
morning and the seventh gT.ide ir.
:he afternoon. Mr. F. P. Hill graduate
of Newberry College S. C. will
teach mathematics and science. The
Latin and French clashes will he
t aught by Mr. S. F. Horton.
In the grades Miss Reeves* of Ashe
County will u.ach the first, Miss Nora
Bingham the second, Miss Winnie
Thornburg the third and fourth Miss
McMillan of ''She County the fifth
and smb. the music department is
at present under the direction of Miss
Blanche Helton.
Rev. Womaak. pastor at Hensons
Chapel, visited the school on Monday
and conducted devotional exercises
at chapel.
A great number of people ffom
Cove Creek attended the farmers' picnic
at Beaver Dam last Friday
The Cove Creek Baptist Church is
jpearing completion, it is goii.g to be
one of the finest rural churches in
Western North Carolina.
Rev. B. H. Harrill has gone to hi?
home at Rutherfordton for a short
business trip. ?,
*? ?** - .r- - u
*i. w. n??nswu iusi it xji.c uoi?c
a few nights ago. This makes the
,second be has lost within the last
six months.
Plans are going forward nicely fci
our Community fair. CommiUtes arc
appointed and premium lists hav?
been made out. It hoped that the
entire community will join in anc
he'p make this a day of much profii
and real enjoyment.
IIIftdr. alfred w. dula
W RYE SPF.CIAIJST
^ fcfeaTO SEE BETTER
mUBSP see dula
17 Ycat's Exprxiwice
Tlie Beat Equipment Obtainable, i
T Glasses Fitted Exclusively j
MARTIN BLOCK, LENOIR, N. CJ
- IT joa ?oft it ftotn DULA. it's A!) PJgbW 1
l?j?5 WATCH EAJUiJt DATKS. 1
DEMOCRAT
APPRE(
Our FR]
q FORf
BANh
FRiE>
Al\L>
N. L. Mast, President
L. A. Greene, Vive-Pre
G Hagaman, Cashiej
W. D. Farthing, A. a
Austin E. South, TV, ;
Miss Peari Hodges.
Bookkeeper ^
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TRAINING SCHOOL
STARTS FALL TERM
First Days of the Terir^iow an Excellent
Enrollment.?Hon. R 1
Doughton Visits Other News. e
Boone Sept 3?Rev< Brinkman* and ..
Huggins conducted devotional exor- . v
ciscs at the Training School at chapel
on the 3oth. Rev. Norman Camp at tj,
present conducting a revival at the j *j,
Baptist Church in Boone was at cha- r
pel exercises on the 31st and con-juj
ducted the devotional service. ij,
The people of Boone were giad to I i,<
have with them for two nights the I
Honorable K. L. Doughton, Cor.gres-'^
man from this district. Mr. Doughton I
spoke at the farmers' picnic on Bea-1 u
ver Dams. He is always a welcome
guest i nthe county. <
An unusuany targe itutnin;i ?f . . <_
j iters were in Boone the past week. a
The sale of the Judge Council! prop- ..
erty, the Daniel Boone Park, brought ;i
a very large crowd. Ail the lots of ^
thsi fine property brought a good
price, and few regretted the price'
pain Decause 01 me spienwi location i *j
of the iots and the remarkably good i
work the engiiicer did in laying them
off, most of them being located on
one continuous boulevard thai runs e
to itself near the beginning. This ;j
property brought something over $37 ?
000. A number of people from a distance
bought property and will doubt
less build on them" at an early date. t
Certain restrictions in the deeds re- .
quire that only good house- may be
built on the subdivision.
The opening of the fall term of the j
Training School was unusually good
the number for the first week being
far beyond the two hundred mark.
The number in the Normal Depart- (
ment was more than thirty per cent
increase over last year. The larger
part of these have registered for the .
entire year. Prof.
James K. Hillman left on i*at | ;
urday /or Raleigh.
i * J. M. DOWNTM |
IN MEMORY
In Caldwell county on December j
15, 1852 Thomas L. Day was born j '
and when he was three years of age j
came with -his family to Watauga 1
county. 4
When seventeen he joined Mount \
Vernon Baptist Church ar.d in 1872;'
. was made clerk and Deacon. On Jan j
10, 1875 Mr. Day and MisS Bettie !
Harrison were married . To this union
were born fourteen children of
whom all have joined Mount Vernon
Church. Brother Dfey was in the true;
sense a devoted father and husband j
and certainly no finer family than
his has ever lived in Our midst. Brother
Day was a farmer and of the!
best type, an efficient school teach-j
er and Sunday School SjperintendentV
Moderator of the Stony Fork
I Baptist Association, also served six
k years as one of the Board of County,
; IATION
[ENDS
-1MOST AMONG THE
: WE COUNT THE
viDSHIPS IT HAS GAIN
COUNTY.
AND WE >
, OURSELVES
I
FRIENDSHIPS
URE OF OUR
EVERY OP
1 USEFUL TO N
^r-3 "JED.
tsi I
IWATAUG/
. BA!
BOON!
ion' iis
(>.' ' . 1 . "2- I h< ] > 'i.i to
I.is reward. havu.g lived 7<? ; f
ar- 7 months and two days. 1 v
- death wo :i??l vniv lost a good r
irhbor, loyal citiren and christian }
nn, but \v< believe. as human, no : v
tter neighbor or more loyrJ ciiir.vn or
lived As a Cmisiian he was a ;
!?'l f models, and he sure did 1
an: fort he **iaith once deliver* d ?
:h< -aims'* Beside- he was a 1* a- ' ?
r. c specially in advancing the ir is- ! _
o.nnry spirit and Christian ideals. I i
hristian*iit> \\a< always the basic 1
n s conversation. Christian educa- *!
on and Christian living seemed to ?
his high'*-t idea's.
Never did brother Day hesitate
? show where his heart rested and i
here his faith lay. .His attitude and
stimor.y in church always showed
:at he stood for fair dealing and
hrisuan living and to be willing to j
?e iii.mv ;W1 tli?. v of religion
nd church work than he did for j
nusement and luxurv. This altitude i
mi theso deeds of Brother Day have j
tirred the hearts of our people and
his church to such an extent as to
rect a living monument to his name
'hese monuments erected by noble
hough's and high ideals are imperihabit
and shall live from age to age.
We believe it ought to be the highst
ideal of the human mind to utter
i thought, or advance an idea, that
rill live thiough. all coming time.
To Brother Day's family and his
friends m their bereavement this
hurch and people wishes to lend all
he sympathy possible.
Re. oectfully submitted.
C. M. CR1TCHER
N. L. HARRISON
V. G. TODD
Comir.itti< .
CHAMPIONSHIP BALL GAMES AT
JOHNSON COUNTY FAIR
An interesting feature of the Fairl
it Mountain City Sept. 12, 13, 14,1
kvill be a base ball game each day |
between the counties of Ashe and;
Watauga. The players from Watau-I
;a have been selected from Bamboo |
Boone, and Cove Creek teams as fol-!
lows: Will Cook, Nile C<#>k, James
Horton, Roscoe Cook, Arthur Hami>y.
Max Swift, BrownlOw Reese Jim!
Burkett, Grover Ncrris, Carl Wink-J
cr, Caroie Critcher.
MAX SWIFT,
Manager.
FOR RENT~X?l
iinr.n. s . p..nn m~A
crn convenience*. T. B. Moore.
FOR SALE?TYSON AND JONES
Henderson and1 Deilccr BUGGIES.
J. T. Nissen two-horse wagons. Pied
mont and Russell one horse wagons
One good second hand rab'ber tired
surrey and new double harness. J.
H. Prestwood, Blowing Rock, N. 0.
T. F. SEEHORN, Lenoir, N C 6-it
PACE FIVE
of
ASSETS OF THIS
MANY STRONG
!ED IN OUR TOWN j
* i/"\t 71 r\ ??k r? V - T-v ? ? -?
yuuuu K L.'NUhK
WORTHY OF THE
> BY THE MEASSERVICES.
PORTUNITY TO be
r'OU IS APPRECIA\
COUNTY
MR
K . N . C .
LU3 I ; ? About picn>c ground or
lai'road yard, bill bttpk with tax and
a' . receipts and a boat $-Jb in curer.cy.
Finder return to I. G. 7o <k,
Ioller, N. C . and get liberal reFOP.
SALE:?Tyton A Jonoii,
lend* r- on Dclker B.:gg;er, J. C.
Cisson Two-Worse Wa^r >, Piedn- it
i Russell one-hor Wagons. One
rood second-hand Rubber Tired Sui
ey and new double harness. J. H.
'RESTWOOD, Blowing- Ho -k, N. 0.
IV F. SELHORN, Lenoir X. C.
ENTRY NOTICE NO. 2566
sTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
WATAUGA COUNTY.
Office of Entry Taker
for said county.
N. L. Edminston, localt-> and enters
two (2) acres of -and in Blowing
Rot-V T< wovhip on the waters of
New River. Beginning on a poplar
tree N. L Edn dnston corner, and
runs with his line to a cucumber, his
corner, then with said Edmii:ston's
lir.e 10 a cucumber, Holt's corner;
then with Holt's "line to Robert
Walker's line, then with Walker's
line to the beginning so as *to cover
,'l 4 U. * 1- ? J
an nic vai~ai:i lanu.
Entered August 11, 11'23.
H. J. HARDIN, E. T.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR
Having qualified administrator
cf the estate of R. A. Smith, deceased,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against sanl esate of deceased
to present them for payment
tv it bin twelve months of the date of
this notice or the same will he plead
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 13th day of August, 1923.
A. V M AST,
! Administrator. -?
Bingham A Brown,
Attorneys.
?oT.ce^t g?
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
WATAUGA COUNTY.
i George F. Blair,
I Vs. * _
' Evrett Johnson *vI
Heir at Law of N. C. Johnson.
Having been appointed u Commissioner
by the Clerk of the Superior
i Court oi Watauga County, North
I Carolina, w special proceedings, en|
titled as above, I will offer for sale
i at public auction at, the Court House
i in Boone, North Carolina* on Sf?|
t ember 22, 1923 at one o'clock,
! the following real estate:
1 FIRST TRACT?Lying and being
! in Watauga County on the waters of 1
i Middle Fork of New River and bound
| ed by the lands of Sandy Shores, J.
j W. Winkler and others, and known as
the M. C. Johnson place and contains
about 50 acres more or less.
SECOND TRACT?Lying and being
in Watauga County. North Carolina,
on the waters of Flannery's
Fork of New River, and bounded by
the lands ctf Will Austin, George
Blair. G. M. Suddrth and others and
! known as the M. C. Johnson mill tract
and containing about 20 acre? more
or less.
This August 21, 1923.
G. M. SUDDERTH,
Commi s*;i or, er.
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