North Carolina Newspapers

A Non-Partisan Family T VOLUMF. xxxiv EVERETT SEES DAY f OF PROGRESS FOR ( NORTH CAROLINA ^ Secretary if State Declares We Shall Continue Forwar 1 Pays Respects f> to Vision and Courage of Coverp ^or. Declares People and State Must Move ^nward Together to Their Appointed Destiny.... Chapel Hill October 12.?Delvering the founder's day address at the j exercises in Memorial Hall this morn ~jg ing before the entire student body v assembled to celebrate the 130th anl iiiversary of the founding of the Un ivcrsity of N^rth Carolina, the oldest State University in this country. Secretary of State W. N. Everett a member of the university's board of trustees, revived the progress of the Old North State since "it stood like a lion in chains shackled to its environment," until the present day. He concisely explained matters regarding the state's government and financial conditions. A balance of $300,000 in the general fund was estimated by Mr. Everett for June 30. 1923, after paying all expenses if one half of the estimated revenue for 1923 be credited to the first six months of this calendar year. "In the building of the nation? during that time when the 13 free and independent states were being trained and welded into one ? the leadership easily rested with Virginia'' said the speaker in beginning 1 his address. "And when we think of that period our minds bring into review the names of Washington, Jelferscn, Patrick Henry and John ' Marshall. ^ . 44When the question of slavery became paramount in the minds of men that leadership passed to South Carolina ' * ' > "During that generation" continf tied Mr. Everett, 44.N l/.'d r?*rciiaa stood like a lion in chains shackled to her environment, holding fast to her tradition, standing close to the landmarks sot bv her fathers, bavin?- I no chance to turn her thoughts to I the :iew civilization emerging out of W' the old. and rising around her amid new conditions. But with the passage of the suffrage amendment, like a lion in its migh*, she shook herself free and turned hc?" *?*.?- U> iiir uawu ing of another day?and that leadership passed to North Carolina. "Charles B. Ay cock, inspired of God, and saturated with a t /rider loye for all mankind, came out of the wilderness crying for the development of the minds of the children j of men, hut so poorly had we fared by the fortunes of war that for many years the only answer was a cry. The message he burned into the niind of men was that the v/ay to develop the resources of a state was to develop the minds of the children. "Then came Glenn and Kitchin and Craig and Biekett, each splendid in his leadership, each leaving his impress on his day. And then came Morrison. When the legislature met in 1921, in the darkest period in the memory of any member, during that deflati9n time when no man Aiictt v\ uav nit inuiiun ?uuiu viiiig, I with prophetic wisdom he declared w that the state was no t bankrupt, that the way to develop a state was 'M to develop all its resources and do y it now. That legislature, catching his courage, increased its appropriations for the maintenance of all its institutions and with a $7,000,000 bond issue provided for the enlargement of its hospitals and its colleges and author ized S50,000,000 for the construction of a state system of roads. The voting of this money restored confidence to our business men and its expenditure carried many of its banks and business institutions away from the wall and avoided the problem of enforced idleness. "The leadership which passed to her with Aycock still abides with her in ever increasing measure. The splendid system of roads connecting county seat with county seat, section with section; the consolidated school with its equal opportunity, the state's busy factories and fertile fields are but circumstances which mark the way over which it has come in less than a generation and are but a promise of what is yet to be. "With 6,000 factories using an invested capital of a billion dollars, she manufactures more cotton than she grows, and she grows more per (Continued on page two.) 11 Wfe Newspaper Published in ai BOONE, ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE TRAINING SCHOOL Rev. G. ' Brinkman and several ' from the town and county are in ' Wilistcc-Salem this week attending: the Western North Carolina Confer-] ence of the Methodist Church. There were two killing frosts ir. this section during: the past week. I thonjrh crops were too far advanced j to he injured. The weather has been i remarkably tine for some days but he difference between the tempera- j ture of the 1 tv and night has beer. : unusual, the ditTerence beinp about j ?? degrees. Rev. \V. R. Braushaw of Hickory who is conducting a revival meeting at the Baptist Church, came each day to the Appalachian School and conducted devotional service and mad helpful and inspiring talks. He has been doing some splendid preaching during the past week, and considerable interest is being shown in the meeting. On Sunday morning he delivered a very strong sermon on the great subject, "Jesus" which is, as the v?iter remarked to a friend, the greatest subject. Mr. Bradshaw handled the subject in a most excellent manner and made a great impression upon his large audience. At uight he preached strongly on the "Unpardonable Sin." Many have shown a uecp interest in Christian work and several have jou.ed the church. Dr. Ellis, Secretary of the Board of Church Extension of the Mctho dist Church. Louisville, Ky. stopped in Boone on his way to the Annual Conference at VVinston-Salein. J. M. DOWNUM. A "HARDING" OAK AT EVERY SCHOOL I The state forester is urging every ' school in the state to observe Ar- 1 bor Day. November 2, by planting ' a m? mnrial for the late President 1 Harding:. ' In his last public utterance Mr. Harding strongly endorsed the ??servation policy of the Government 1 saying that the development of the J timber and other natural resources ' must have in view the permanent 1 well being of the country rather than 1 of the investors who are seeking the 1 wealth to enrich homes elsewhere. Speaking of Alaskan conditioti3 which he had just returned from in- ( vestigating, he said. '*It is better to ) destroy the defiant investor than ii demolish a national resource which 1 needs only guarding against greed to remain a permanent asset of in- 1 calculable value." This will remain a cardinal prin- 1 ciple in our public conservation po- l licv for all time to come. ' The state law provides that "Fri- < day following the first day of November of each year shall be known as Arbor Day, to be appropriately ob- < served by the public schools." What more appropriate action could any school take than planting a tree to the memory of our late lamented President who lost his life in establishing rational conservation in our largest territory. An oak tr*?e is suggested because it typifies strength and true worth It is long lived, and through some species are of slow growth they are beautiful and altogethei the most satisfactory trees for such purposes. White oak should be planted when possible but swamp chestnut oak (in the east), willow oak and red oak will all make excellent trees. MRS. KIMBER JOHNSON DIES AT HER TENNESSFE HOME \f?-o V imKui- .tr.Kncftn fr.rrrfriv of Watauga but for the last few years a resident of Elizabethton. Tennes.?ce died at her home last. Saturday as a result of an accident which befell her on Sunday before. She and her husband were on their way to church in a buggy. The horse became frightened and gave the vehicle a severe lurch, throwing the unfortunate lady out. Her head struck a stone and upon examination it was found that her skull was badly fractured. She never regained consciousness. Deceased was before her marriage a Miss Brown, sister of the late John Brown, and an aunt of Mrs. R E. Bingham of Boone. She was always known as one of Watauga's spier did Christian ladies. Her son, Mr. Weymon Johnson of Route 1, when he heard of the accident went to her at once, and remained until death camc. The Democrat in behalf of all friends and relatives in Watauga extends sympathy to the bereaved family. Httttg id tor Boone and Wataus WATAUGA COUNTY, NOR1H C POST OFF!CE AT BANNER ELK ROBBED TUESDAY NIGHT The news reached the Democrat at S o'clock last evening that the post office a? Banner E!k was robbed Wednesday night. So far as we could iearn there is no clue as to who the robbers were. Blocd hounds were wired for and came up on the train yesterday morning, and every effort is being put forth to catch the guilty parties. There is no advice as to the amount of booty carried away.. . STATE STOCK. STREAMS U/ITO *tt? f '0?IP y-ir~ r??ct? " ? r? .-nu^iuno V-?r run Stocking Carolina streams at the rate of six million fish a year will be t^e job of four fish hatcheries to be placed in operation within the next 12 months says the Lexington Dispatch. Chairman J. K. Dixon of the fisheries commission went last week to Marion to complete arrangements for the erection of a hatchery there. Two others will go up in the western part of the state and a fourth in the east; and from these the state expects to put enough game fish into the ponds and streams to give the fisherman a "fighting chance." From all reports, many of them personal and authentic, fisherman's! luck was not altogether to the good during the Summer just passing. Many a fisherman spent the hot Jays whipping the water without luck. Chairman Dixon has it pr ?tty v *11 figured out that there should be within five years an increase of six million in the population of bait-eating jar gnawing fish. The hatcheries will be up and in operation probably within the next twelve months A yea'later, the hatcheries ought to put into the water their fir^t hatch of six j million short fellows. Give these; Jire years in which to grow and ae-l re)op and they ought to reach the hait-onting age in good condition. n luiHitun iui? uircau) IJCCII selected for a hatchery in McDowell County. "Probably on this trip west Mr. Dixon who is accompanied by an expert from the Federal Bureau of fisheries, will decide between Alleghany and Watauga counties and between Jackson and Madison in the election of more sites. The Eastern hatchery will be placed in Cumberland County, near FayetteriUe. Cumberland and McDowell have given the commission large tracts of land, and the other counties bidding for hatcheries have made of feds of land. The four hatcheries will cost about one handled thousand dollars and they turn out six million fish a year, the annual profit will be, we'll any enthusiastic fisherman can estimate that. Some fisherman consider the value of one fish at five or ten dollars. Trout will be bred largely in the Western hatcheries while in the east bass will be the principal breed. Moreover an trie various oreeas mac the fisherman likes to hang will be represented in the new fish population and the perch and the jack, the jack of the pond and not of the game will abound. This work of the fisheries commission, which will stock North Carolina streams with a plentiful supply of fish, is one of the most important. undertakings of the State. As a result of the program inaugurated by the commission with the half-million dollar appropriation made by the legislature, the state is developing its commercial fish industry as well as game fifch possibilities, as few states in the union have done. Commercial fishing in the Eastern waters already has grown into an industry creating ten million dollars a year in weaith. and it shows great promise of increasing phenomenally. The commission last summer planted 700,000 bushels of oysters in the sounds. The State has high rank now in the supply of oysters. IN MEMORY OF D. F. BROWN One who had a sincere trust in God. A mind that was wont to look on the bright side of life. A truer friend could never be found. No task was too great to try his friendship. Faithful to the last and loved by all who knew him. B. C. JOHNSON. Tuesday morning, Watauga bad the first real frost this fall. It was like a light skiff of snow, but coming sc late in the season there was nothing left for it to damage. M W& ! ja County, the Leader of I AROLINA. THURSDAY OCTOBER BOONE METHODISTS ARE OFF TO CONFERENCE Rev. G. i Brinkman. who has labored unceasingly in the Bp"and Biowing Rock charges for the past :three year, left for the Annual Cor- j ference at Winston-Salem Tuesday. ; accompanied by Mrs. Brinkman and elegate> L?r. McG. Anders, J. S. Stanbury. and possibly others. Mr. Brr.kmati while on this charge has c<yr>. fully up to the expecta-1 i ons of the people as a man, as a | j consecraiea .and able minister and. j the load carried by him curing this i | period it seems has been almost tooj j heavy to be borne by mortal man. j The new Methodist church, the fin| est in the northwestern counties, is standing as an everlasting: memorial to his untiring efforts, back by a loy, al. and in the main, co-operative mem bership. Of course the structure is not yet entirely finished, and to The Democrat it seems that Mr. Brinkman is the proper man to carry it through to completion. He is entitled to one more year here, and if he will accept the appointment, it is hoped that the great deliberative body w ill send him back to the charge that he and his good wife like so well. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman have drawn heavily upon their slender salais to keep the work moving and it should be left entirely to their decision as : to whether or nol they return. FORMER ASHE COUNTY MAN DIES IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Mr. William F. Hopkins, of Hop-' kins, As County, and well known in Watauga in years gon eby, died at his home in St. Louis, last Friday from acute diabetis. His body was) sent to the old home for burial, reach ing Boone on the 5:30 train Saturday afternoon. It remained at the home of hi.- sister Mrs. J. W. Hodges in Boone until Sunday when it was taken on. On account of the late arrival of some of the relatives interment was not made until Monday. He was buried with full Maaftaif bn nors, three lodges taking part in the last sad rites. Thirty-nine years ago young Hopkins left his boyhood home and turnen his face westward to seek his fortune, and through all the years his visits back home have been few and far between. He was at the home of his brother air. i. w. nopKins at Xewland, for a few hours early in September of this year. He was a contractor by trade and i very busy man. He had the distinction of being the first member of T.Ik Lodge A. F. & A. M. to take the degrees in masonry, it working then u m?r^ than forty years ago. He married in the west, hi swife preceeding him to the grave several years. His three children were with him when his remains were lowered to mother earth. The following members of the family were present with their families at the funeral: Mr. ?T. B. Hopkins, of Washington, D. C.; Mr. Millard i Hopkins, of Elizabethton, Tenn; Mr. Thomas Hopkins of Newland, and .Mr. George Hopkins of West Jefferson. The sisters present were: Mrs. John W. Hodges, Boone; Mrs. J. W. Thomas of Valle Crocis; and Mr. i Virgil Moretz of Hopkins. bAinBOO COX SUPPER SUCCESS1 Bamboo School had a box supper i Saturday night. There was a large-! I crowd here. They manifested great J I interest. Prof. I. G. Greer made a good talk i on the duties of the peopie to their community and school. Mr. D. J. CottreH sold the boxes He made many valuable remarks to the people while here. We realized a 'lice sum from the boxes, pies, cakes J and pickles. This amount was $111.70 which will he used for the benefit of the school. We are hoping to get I i new library* soon. ' Three boys blacked ha\f a contest eating pumpkin pie. The prize was given by Mr. Reese. The prize was i twenty-five cents.?Reported. 1 j LUTHERANS TO HOLD WEEK'S SPECIAL SERVICES AT BOONE I Beginning on Monday evening Ocj tober 22 at 7:30 a series of services jwill be begun by Rev. H. W. Jeffi coat in the Episcopal Chapel. Rev. W. G. Cobb of Salisbury is expected to be here to assist Pastor Jeff coat. Rev. Cobb is a preacher of strong pulpit ability and he is a good sin ger. The hours of service on the t following days will be announced at the Monday evening service. ! A hearty welcome to attend these services is extended to all * va&tt Slorthweslern North Caro 18. 1323 FORMER V* ATAUGAN IS K:_i_F.D IN WASHINGTON Cur fi r.d Mr. J. L. Hayes of -Uuitvew . H. h writes us in regard to the of a former countyman as folio . Mr. Etiiior I write to say that. Mr. Tno-. A. Hagaman formerly of Brushy Fork, Watauga County was instantly ;:led on Tuesday October He was working vriih a threshing crew, hauling bundles of wheat to the machine. He had a high load, having only one more shock of wheat to put on. tteactang for his 1 ines he spoke to the horses and they started stopped suddenly, and he pitched off the wagon a distance of twelve feet, striking on his head. His neck was broken and death was instantaneous. Mr. Hagaman was well known in Washington as in North Carolina. He was a member of the Baptist Church, faithful, true to his church and to the Heavenly Father. He was a man of strong convictions, always standing for that which he believed to be right. Mr. Hagaman was seventy four years old. He leaves a wife, one son Harry, twv. brothers. J. P. of Wash-I ington J. it. of Idaho, and one sister j Mrs. Epsy Moretz of Boone, N*. C. LEO FRANK VINDICATED OF SENSATIONAL CRIME Atlanta .lournai. Le<> Frank, the .Jewish young man who was accused of the murder of Mary Pagan, in Atlanta. Georgia, and who was lynched by a mob that stormed the jail after Governor .Ino M. Slat.on had commuted his sentence was at last vindicated. On last Tuesday a sworn statement by a negro named Freeman was made public in which he made a full confession declaring that he and his friend Jim Conley, another negro, had killed the girl. The confession was originally made in I'd 13, when freeman believed that he was dying. It is said that Governor SI at on who declared at the time he commuted Frank's sentence that he had committed political suicide by the act, and It. A. Davidson, chairman of the prison committee, of Atlanta, knew of this confession at the time it was first made, but for political reasons, did not make it; public. All who were familiar with the; evidence in the Frank case and the: political motives involved in it were; convinced thai Leo Frank was abso-| lutely innocent, hut some of the poli-1 ticians of Georgia fanned the flames! of anti-Semitism to serve their own J selfish, murderous ambitions and dema idea Frank as their victim. Now comes the complete vindication of Leo Frank. 3 years after his death. Mrs. R. Frank, his mother, on hearing of the confession, said: "I knew there would be a time when Leo would be vindicated and the real truth come to light. Through out the trial, I knew, as thousands of others did that he was absolutely innocent of the crime." He simply was a victim of a horrible combination of circumstances. A day never goes by that I do not think of and pray for him and I am thankful that even at this late date that his innocence has been established.' TEACHERS' MEETING to be held in Boone Saturday October 27, 11*23, 10 a. m. 1. What is true education??\V. A. Tugman, Dean Swift. 2. How shall we hold those over fourteen years of age?J. T. Hampton, Henry Hagaman. 3. My biggest problem last year and how I solved it.?W. J. Rowe, M. H. Norris. 4. Is reading being emphasized I as it should be in the rural school? | ?Blanche Stokes, D. D. Dougherty. 5. Does our present public school (curriculum suitably prepare our boys j and girls for the problems of our communities and homes??J. D. Ran kin?open discussion. 6. Organization of local branch State Teachers' Association. WALTER E. WILSON SAM HOBTON Committee*. BOX SUPPER We are requested to announce i box supper at Elk School House nex Saturday evening the 20th, proceed to go to the public school building The public is cordially invited to at 1' tend and make the evening one o pleasure and profit. % * at lina.?Established in I 888 NUMBER 41 ie:? square miles of milk produced during last year The following interesting article | on milk and dairying in general is J taker from the Gastonia Gazette of j the 12th: Ten square miles of milk, deep I enough at every spot to cover the | head of the average male citizen was | produced on the dairy farms of the 1 United States in 1922. This ftood of milk weighed 102.562,121,000 pounds and would load a freight train long enough to twice encircle the 1 earth. Its farm value is $2,000,000,1 noo Few people in the cities whose ! only knowledge of milk is derived j from finding it nicely done up ina , cold, sanitary package, waiting meeki ly at their doorstep 365 days in the f year have any conception of the part which milk plays in the economic life of the Nation. The last census lakers found that 71 per cent, of the j farm:- of this country maintained j dairy cattle. These farms numbered about four and a half million and contained about seven hundred miilion i acres. Their value, apart lrcm their attic, was $18,000,000,000. On these farms lived nearly a quarter of the people in the United States. They found the number of dairy cattle to be about 00,000,000 with a value of more than $2,000,000,000. Nobody I has ever estimated how many people j are interested as employes in the tremendous task of manufacturing, handling and distributing milk and milk products on the way from the farms to the consumers. It is estimated that the cost of milk and milk, products to the consumers is just about double the farm value of the milk and that one dollar out of everv five spent by Americans for food is paid for the product sof the dairy. Americans not only require plenty | of milk, but they have plenty. Id | addition, they have the hest inspectI ed milk supply in the world. Last year the United States department of agriculture reports the amount of whoie milk used in the homes of this country was enough to give every individual fifty gallons. Besides the i amount ot* milk manufactured wtn butter, cheese, concentrated milk . (condensed evaporated powdered and ' sterilized) and ice cream consumed [ in the United States was enough to i give every individual fifty two gallons more. Health authorities insist | that every growing child should have I at least a pint of milk a day, bot+ r.r o ?oi. i ?v? \|UUW, LJUUtt^n n UUIV II111(V UI1U dairy products were consumer to give every child a quart a day; but government investigations in more than half of tluj states of the Union show that in the sections studied, from 15 to 25 per cent of the children were not receiving milk regularly. The most flagrant cases of neglect were found in the country. However Americans are constantly | increasing their use of milk, and ev! ery year more and more children who formerly did not get sufficient ; milk are becoming regular milk usI ers. The National Dairy Councill, J which carries on milk campaigns thru | out the country constantly, has prej pared the following table which is to show the growth of the use of whole milk in the homes: No. of gal. Years consumed 1890 22 1899 2.1 1917 .. 42.4 192U 43 1921 49 1922 50 This table shows a growth in the appreciation of milk of nearly 150 per cent in a third of a century, or within the Il.ctime of most of the men and women now rearing chil1 dren. The milk used for manufactured 1 dairy products has always been a. little more from year to year than 1 the whole milk consumed in the I homes. Manufactured dairy products must not always be considered exactly the equivalent of the milk used | in their manufacture. While there ; is no loss in the cases of concenfratj ed milks and ice cream every hundred pounds of buttermilk, skimmed milk or cheese they contain a pound 1 of the very best kind of albumen. ^ Some of these by-products are used s in the home; more are fed to chickens and livestock and find their way ultimately to the dining room table by (Continued on page three)