North Carolina Newspapers

A Non-Partisan family volume xxxv. PAGE TELLS OF HiCHWAY PLANS Commission is Building Five Mi'ei of Good Roads a Day in North Carolina. ''Approximately five miles of Rood roads are being finished per day In Korth Carolina by the State Highway Commission." Frank Page told a burge audience at Trinity College *ast night. The speaker, who is the recently. The speaker who is head 1 of the commission, also stated that OifJO mihtt of improved roads has already been finished in the state. > frVer two and oik .'ha'f utiles of bard surfaced roads are being fin >*dH*d in the state each day. "The efficiency of the commission annut be attributed to any one individual, /because road building is a collective work, and the success is oar To the united action of the men who compose the commission," Mr. T'age declared in disclaiming individual compliments for the success of the system. Mr Page came armed with a book of figures which he presenled during his talk. He reviewed the con.rl ition of the State's roadsj and also the late system preceeding ^9J5. He declaimed that between the ycnr> 1021 and 1925 the commission -will handled over eighty million dollars for the improving and building of roads in the state. Perhaps the most interesting part of the lecture was the stateKM'nt was the system >nly covering i eii -per 4*ent of the total mileage of t tbr state, will when finished serve 85 y*?r cent of the state's traffic. The au < mobile and gasoline taxes were dis rnssed fully, and he presented con* *rv?liv.- figures to show that the date is saving over one million dolors per year by using the automo\ jie ami gas taxes as a basis for is oonds ior the rows. By liMO ?i the present rate the state- will be abh- to issu? bonds for the .amount t?f two hundred million dollars safely. Progress in North Carolina wince the advent of good roads was outby the speaker, who declared thitl the state had riser, from one of the lowest to the first place in tfcp soil tit. l\ B. RANKS THIRD AS THE GREATEST KILLER Whereas tuberculosis was given the first plan in ! 1' 1among the chief -f.au:e.- of >leath in the legist rat ion ^ Airxi of tiu United States, i?? 1321 rt was listed a> the third greatest filler. heart dbeases and pneuitionki taking first and second place- re Fpcctively. The reason given for the interchange of place- of the ehivl t ntises of death is not that more p? o p)r are dying from heart disease: and pneumonia hut thai fi-wej pe -I ' i?re dying from tuberculosis. In com flnunitie:' where people have iearma fo fight tuberculosis it is becoming los of a menace each year. But tuberculosis is not yet a con ijiiered disease. Today it kills 13,00t jnoiL- people each year than are kill -ed in accidents, automobile accident: included. It has been estimated tha dnring each day ir? 1922, 20(1 Amoi kati citizens were killed by accidents 4>f this daily number .*18 were autumn r..*..i;?..... i". ......... a..r. lai falls. As great as this number wa the daily number of deaths from tit feerculosis was much greater. '? But tuberculosis workers are no -V content at having brought this di ^ease from the first to the thir riare as a major caqse of death; a knowing the cause of the disease an the way in which it is spread tlie purpose to piace u among the dises ws that have been ^brought uadt control in the list with typhoid fi wr, yellow fever, hookworm and th roailpox. Their program calls for th cooperation and support of ev ery c' 3*1.ng ag< ncy. the individul, the con xnunity, the State and the Nation. LEAP YEAR Annie S. Bowie, Blowing Rock, N. ( Hememhcr this is leap year girls Our best chance for a broomsti< leap; Four long years till another ro! around; Get busy, don't wring your ham and weep. 1 Father time has taken pity on s, And given us this fighting chan To change our names of old maid* And pre ?nt a rose with a heseec ing glance. Newspaper Published in ? $1 50 Per Year BOONE, r \ 3DCNE ISOL.AT ED BY ICY GRIP OF WINTER Not long: since Boone claimed l; the distinction of being the coidi est place in North Carolina, ami ' after she began to thaw out. am the natives thought th< thing *.vas j about done for this year, comes the biggest snow yet, cutting off all transportation in or out of ! the city so fat as the highways I are concerned. The snow is drifted to the great est depth in years, as high winds marked both the beginning and [ the ending of the storm. Mail and jitney service over the Boone .Trail both east and we st has been out of commission, and no attempt ! was mailt' i-it'opi1 "> \V ...1 1 nesday to bring: the mail from Blowing Rock to this place. We are temporarily isolated and would he altogether were it not for the rail transportation which has not as yet been affected. Due to the non-arrival of the mails, we go to press this week shy of most of the local correspondence. It has not been announced just when all the roads will be entirely cleared of snow. * ^ MARS IS GETTING NEIGHBORLY TO PAY VISIT THIS SUMMER Bays the Annistou (Ala ) Star. In these luetic days of jazz and ; dollar-chasing and mud-slinging pol i itics, aind scandal, and uqrest. it is i refreshing to consider that there are yet left some men and women who hold themselves aloof from the maelstrom* and devote their time and i though.*, t oiinproving their minds and j to an t ffort. to add something to the I sum of human knowledge. To this class belong the astronomer i and all over the country they are ! looking forward eagerly to the summer months, when our neighbor .Mars will come closer to the earth than it has been in nearly a century* fttanir will be within .'{1,000,000 miles of the earth this summer. This is nearly 20! 000,000 miles nearer than it has been ! within the memory of any living man. Astronomers an equipping themselves with powerful telescopes and cameras, or are going to places where i such instruments will be available. for the purpose of making ohser. ivalions and studies while Mars is so i pear. j 2i?> * is not only extremely inter| ting lo astronomer, bul it holds j vhc popular interest of laymen More I popular articles have been written on Mars in the last fifty years than ?.?: all other heavenly bodies comhin_! oil. . I The reason of this interest is not fa; to seek. It has long been thought that .V.: ii might be inhabited, and I when certain marking? were discovf cred there which some astronomers think are canals, it opens up a field of speculation which appeals even tc \ the most feeble intellect. Added to the possibility of intellis gent life on Mars, the comparative t closeness to us of this neighbor has given rise to thoughts concerning communication between the inhabitants of the earth and Mar:. The was discussed before the invention ol g wireios telegraphy and radio. These inventions or discoveries have giver great impetus to the discussion o1 t the question ol* communication will j our neighbor. Some scientist believi thai if Mars is ever ie&ched with ; ^ message it will he done by tlepathy , ' ha- been pointed out that ther: v can now be no doubt about message: t j having been tx'ansmuterl over grea ,r distances in this manner. Ii messa , ges can be transmitted one thousatv ie miles by telepathy, and thb is ad [fr nutted, why. it is asked, can nor mes .sages be transmitted millions of mile 1 i?x the same way? With the great accumulation o knowledge of Mars now in the posses sion of scientists, and with the wor derfully efficient mechanical equij ^ ment now at their disposal, togethe with the nearness of the approach t the Earth soon to he made, it is bt :k lieved that answers to many que: tions concerning it will be found i lis the near future. ds Members of the Cleveland count Poultry Association arc staging a egg laying contest. With 113 her on test. Lawrence Hawkins led ft ce January with 2,173 eggs produce* >, He used electric lights, turning thei h- on at fonr oVloc*. ir; .hi- ".:o ci found that it paid. J \ xtantt ind for Boone and Watau WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C i ; 10 MILLIONS LIQUOR SMUGGLED INTO U. 5 Government Officials E&tiuiate Los Of Custom Duties at $141,140,000 In Two Years W w York, March 10.?The flow o: tiquor from rum row to Lout: Isian< a'ld Now Jersey coasts- during th< i oust two years amounted to 14,400, no gallons, on which the federa i government has lost $111,110,000 ii | duties, cufstoms officials announced j today. j Those figures, they explained, re i forced only to smutrirliner aetivitie along the Atlantic coast, and did no' include the liquor smuggled into th< ountry at other places. The officers said approximately J, 100.000 case? of liquor are illegally imported each ye ar on which the duty if collectable, would amount t< S2,080.000. Estimating the value o1 n ggliog liquor ai $.10 a case, cos (?nis officials say the smuggling opei ations have given the bootleggers re ? vipts of - 10.000,000 since th< run row was established. ''LOWING ROCK WAI TS SUMMER CONVENTION? North Carolina and South Carolina cotton men will hold their annua meeting at May view Manor, Blowing I Iiock this summer. This is the first 'organization to announce summei : meetings for Blowing Rock. W. L i Alexander has extended 1 ivitatioiii 1 other associations to hold thcii annual conventions at the Manor. Last season was the first time ii many yea$s any organization hac held annual conventions at Blowing Rock. During June and July thret a cocialions. North and South Car j olina cotton seed crushers associatior North Carolina Pu ss A.-ociation and the Bar Association, held thcii annual conventions at Mayvu \v Ma nor. Mayview Manor will again be un der the management of John J. Fit'/, go raid, who is now at Pinohuisfwhen i ___ ? -i /> . ? ni..i : t' is rrvinrerer 01 int- ' uuiiiry ? iur?. HUDSON MAXIM TELLS HOW TC KEEP YOUNG AT 71 l amous Inventor Defies Laws of Re S'ularity, Hunts, Hikes, Punches Bag and Sometimes Cooks Hudson Maxim, inventor ? authu scientist, ilealtiij ami active at 71 lives in absolute defiance of the law of regularity ??f pctrciis. :> lilt* lion this unusual character gives fo his state of preservation "1 sleep when i feel like it. Sonit times in hod, oftentimes in a chair; eat anytime and 1 eat everything, bathe when 1 feel like it, maybe 1 times a day, sometimes only once week and 1 use either steaming ho or ice cold water as the spirit move me," he chuckles. ; us. ' | sharp and he boastfully admits h * "can hea?* a mosquito breathe a mil away." Love romance and work undoubtet iy have done much to preserve th " spirit of youth in Hudson Maxim. : "He is a real cave man," smiled h "j wife I ll and English as they playfu ' iy cooed on a divan before a lars 1 fireplace. 1 "Yes honey, you are the most woi 1 ; derful sweetheart a man ever had i? 1 he countered with a mischievoi 1 twinkle. They have been wed 28 years. 1 Maxim is as explosive and smok * less as the famous gun powuerfie pe * fected. When he speaks there is 5 scampering to attention. 1 Working in his laboratory writii in his study, hiking through the hi! * or speeding his automobile along :1 road and meditating before his n ~ merous fireplaces, with the wood fi 3 crackling?thus he passes his day. Maxim does everything precise * at the moment he feels the urge. He is quick in thought word ai l~ deed and his wit is genuine. )_ His home on a hill overlooking t r lake, is filled with* interesting par ? j phernalia. His library, clubby a I comfortable, is replete with machi ^iguns . rifles, shells, paintings, mei t*i onfAocr hie (Tflnrm '*W:ir " kiniihu' chess?and books. Frequently he goes to the kitch y dons an apron and cooks. His dc cacies are exceedingly palatable a is his menu a pretentious one. >r' In Maxim's own room?his sleepi rt.; room?he has all the apparatus of m pugilist. Nearly every day he puncfc -T '!: ? ;i:wi tugs weight . . v .. iv -...1 . i. 11. .. m Mt ga County, the Leader ol I :AROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH 13, WATAUGA CITIZEN TO CELEBRATE 1001b BIRTHDAY | s Mr. Thos. Greer, of Rutberwood. J invites ail his friends, especially \ ! older citizens to be present at ~ birth day celebration in honor of the lOOi-h I birthday of his father. Mr. Riley 1 Greer to be held at his home on the Jrd day of April. Quite elaborate - preparations are to bo made for the 1 notable occasion, and a big basket i dinner will be spread for the large i crowd expected. Mr. Greer ? our oldest citizen but - is only one year the senior of Mr. > A. P. Wilson, and two of Mr. James 1 11 Taylor. This event promises to be ' one of much interest. The slogan some the business' men have been using on their station cry. "You'll live longer here" is we " think very appropriate. FRIDAY CLUB NEWS The regular meeting of the Fri-| . day Afternoon Ciiib was held at. the i home of Mrs. 0. L. Hard in on the f\h. The first hour was given to the u sal needle work activities while : 1 <i r.atuivd repartee and bright laugiTtcr Filled the room. Perhaps a| i hit of Irish wit pervaded the atmos-i I phen- for the room was tastily dec-i r orated with shamrock and we were J - reminded that in this month we eel-j * ebratc St. Patrick's Day. During th< meeting it was unan- j * imouslv decided that the club woulo ' assist in huving and selling comfor beautifying Boone and the highway. i he club members also agreed 1! to exchange hooks for the pleasure i f and benefit of each other. *| Presently the hostess presented - j each one with a pencil and a blank m piece of paper and bade us write i ?j bi'. of advice. After exchanging with ' j oni neighbors each declared w hether - or not she would accept the adrnenii tioii. Then the reading of these caused much merriment, te. iifying to the -1 originality of all, ami proving that -j in with there is wisdom. Then followed an informal telling of Lrish jokes After this Me. K S. ColTey gave a * splendid historical account of St. Patrick, and Included the storv of the order of St. Patrick. Mrs. Woosley and Mrs. South sang several delight fui Irish melodies among which were "Ireland" and "My Wild Irish Rose." The hostess, assisted by Mrs. F. i A Linnoy. served weil kitten plates which were in harmony with the j 'Ckl'ir.; C.f ?..?! ..bile, sug j I ' ?stiv( of St. Patrick's Day. Thei 1 . * i.iiixi f ? i i f --ilfii! titiimul veil 1> ! ........ ...... "hipped cream, the mince* ou-a! and] I i^r.eapple sandwich cut in shamrock, I pattern with other accessories and ,: ooffee made generous plates thai .J were a delight to the eve and t? the t taste, while the shiny shamrock favor and the ? im> in green and white made pei fed the artistic color .scheme Mrs. H. J. Hardin. Mrs. J. T. Henurix and Mrs. Seizor were guests of t.; the ciuh. So tactfully did the hostess plan I and execute the afternoon program ,v and so happily ar.d well sppnt was the time that five o'clock came all -s. too soon, and all were loath to part. : The next regular meeting of the r. club will be held at th'* home of Mrs. F. A. Linr.ey on March 21st. GIRLS BASKET BALL CLUB ENTERTAINS The girls* basket ball club of the town entertained a number of their friends at the home of Miss Blanche r. Smith on Saturday evening March 8. a After playing many interesting games and enjoying sonic excellent music .. given by Miss Norma Brown and Mv \\< Arthur Mo< re (**1*11 Take You Iioms i-.. Virsi.n Kfitnlfpn." nr?d "1 j>vc Shin" > u- refreshments were served. The course ro j consisted of delicious sandwich^: cocoa and candies. Those present lv were: Misses Annie Sherril, Rati Blair. Norma Brown, Grace Gragg nd Maude Gragg, \ ei*na Gragg, Annu Lee Trivett. Helen Stansbu1*y. Mar garei Hahn, Mac Vounce, Eula Flet a. cher, Elsie Farthing, Bianche Smith nd and Messrs Arthur Moore. Cliftoi He Moore. Clifford Bailey, Hugh Wil m- Haras. Ernest Parsons. David Moret: to Ward Billings, Reid Thomas. Dal tar Cottrell, Carl Payne. Arl Claw en son and Samuel Helton. :!i nd In other days Maxim was some 1 v.hat of a boxer and even now h< ng often dons the gloves with youngc a companions, ics > ' Maxim's pet aversion at the mo lis is prohibition. He is vigcrousl; tUMim* Northwestern North Carol 1924. 5 Cts. aCopy ! } i J Growti/ of iioonc One of Most ReIt niarkable incider in North Carolina Progress While we are accustomed to receiving bouquets from the State press at regular intervals, the folI lowing from the Charlotte Observer i - made up of posie s of an unusually fragrant kind: "A few years ago the mountain town of Boone was nothing more th-'i n 51 cnliwl inn - " ' ' ' buildings set in the mud. The good roads got there two yearago, and now it is a city of paved streets, electric lights, waterworks fine stores, model bank buildings, a - hjwler and one of the finest educational plants in the South. And it has just begun to develop 'there is now under contract for the present season building enterprises to the extent of $500,000 exclusive of a tourist note), which, j is being promoted by a Sot),000 j Daniel Boone Hotel Company, and J the farmers have made it a great ] center for the manufacture of j butter cheese and kraut. Boune is j developed by home capital. Peo- ' pie who thought there was no money or enterprise in that part of the state have only to take a i look-in on Boone during the coming summer to find their opinions revised in radical manner. The development of this mountain j town affords one of the most remarkable incidents in North Carolina progress." WATAUGA NEAR EAST QUOTA' $600 Prof. ,J. M. Downum of th< Appalachian Training Schooi 1'oone has been apointed chairman for Wa- l tauga county for the Near East Relief for the current fiscal year and will handle the campaign for that great humantarian organization. Watauga county's quota is $000 hich will feed clothe and educate! the 10 children who are motherless; c.nd fatherless and who are assigned . ?.. .k.. ?" - ? *> v'* vuiiiict\ nn r*n iii! ienl is ihe work of the Near East Relief overseas that each child can be taken care of and given an education on $d0 a year, $5 a month or 17 cents a clay. In making: the announcement Pro-i fessor Dcwiium pointed out that although the : < <! has doubled :?> the J Strieker hihli :is a result of the; Latcsaniie treaty the county's quota has no? be mi increased over la i ye ar. ! Mere ' i:a >t:e :: !' i? , i am; a ha if I refiti v.era driven to the shores f of th< b t- k Sea ami M.-ddorly were thrown or. the lands of the Near j Fast relief as a result of this treaty. According ;o the1 information from j the nuticcnal and state headquarters i received i-y Professor Dotvman the cbmnx has been reached, the crisis b over, the adult relief work is practically completed or will be completed th; summer. Only the children will remain a charge on the American people for the next few years. TKrti*.. ir?. * ?> tkor? ?t i IUWI dren in our orphanages in the Near East. In addition to these about 35,000 aie being fed daily and given old clothing by the women in America. These should he taken into the orphanages hut canm t be on account of shortage.- of funds About 10 p? cent of the bitnates are annually leaving the orphanages. This means that unless something more fnvo'-al e will happen all of che orphans will be taken eare ??f, brought ! up. and placed secure ly within ;er year.-. Most oi the chilldren (08 per cent) 'jare .iv i eight years of age. Tni. speaks for itself. J Sixty-' -ght women of Robesor ;| count} aided Miss Flax Andrews, th< i j home agent to carry the message o .'more miik for better health to thi ? children ir. loy schools In a mill - | vwunyjiK' itvcii-.iy ii; u-a. -|ty. M 'Tea and coffee as well as alcoholi beverages are banned by the 18tl amendment. They are intoxicatingl; "I stimulating. I am going to file sui against some big hotel and make case of it," he declared. "Whether the candidate for th - presidency is wet or dry is my onl; f* concern/' he commented on the com r ii:g elections. He does not smoke?and abhoi - the smeil of burning tobacco. y Although rabidly anti-prohibitioz ' Ml in !dom / -k . h; vers. i at ina. Established in 1888 NUMBER 10 ITriiC CDAM rmnj i i ij.ii,i r uuifl ! lib lRALNM SCHOOL | Items of Local Interest From About the School and Town as Reported by D?'nocral Correspondent. A large congregation heard a good finoi a* the Bupti-t church by the I pa.-tor. Rev. Huggins on Sunday, the Met hod it; congregation attending a* Pastor V.'oobiey was holding services i at Blowing Rock. The Junior ela s at the school chalj lengec he other ela- < - for a game j of basket hall on Friday evening and I the score tame 2 for the juniors ! and 20 for the other classes. A she,it memo- al exercise for Miss Maggie Cox was held by iter Sunday ] School class on Sunday, and the fob j lowing r - ulution nanvmmisly i passed. j W", ; be member? <d ' "a R. O. S. i A. class of the Bo?>:ie Methodi&fc Sns | dry school, wish ; express our deep| est sorvow at the b :-.- of one of out ] member.-.. Miss Margaret Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrw ? t ( '-f Furche-. N. CMargaret wins mentlaily superior to the average pupil and would have finished high school next year. ir. f our association with her, and with he r acknowledgment of being prepared to depart from this life, the mem ory of her passing should not stand out ?o the ones that remain as eon spicuous as the star to the wise men of old. While we do not understand why one so young should hi- taken from our midst we in humbie submission bow to the will of He who doet.li nl things well, and resolve, I. That while we shall miss her we rejoice in the hope of the reward that has been promised to the faithful and loving. I. That we the teachers and the members of the U. O. S. A. cla.-s ieei the loss of a true friend and companion. That we a.4 a class extend our sympathy lo ike father mother, sis iv-? ami uiuMiviv in men w?rrow. That likewise the entire church wishes to express their sincere eonilolenco to those sorrowing ones. That a copy of these resolutionbe sent to th? family a copy he sent j to the Christian Advocate and i?? the local paper for publication. BERG J E BUSH CARRIE HERMAN (Deferred from last week) j The young ladies basket ball team J from the Training S< hoo! played tl j .Newland team at Newlami on Sa.ii: day night and won by a score of | 10 to S. S The Greer family, including Prof. | 1 G. Greer of the Training School, have been having a series of reunions for some days and nights. Two of the family, Messrs A. J. and T. M. ! came in from Nebraska some days ago. The family of six boys and two girls have scarcely been able to betogether at one time more than once or twice at any time, and even now one of tne sisters was absent being at her home in Colorado. Five of the brothers ami a brother-in-law were at the Training School or. Tuesday 1 - at chapel exercise gave some songs of their boyhood days which were much enjoyed by all present. They spent one night with Prof. I. G. Greer and on Tuesday evening ' they assembled at the hospitable home ??f Mr. and Mrs. Russell f). Hcdge> and the writ', was so fortunate as 1 to be a spec.ally invited guest. Tin.* order of tht evening was first genera fr? e and easy conversation till sup per was arJi'o' need and ii anyone v ov.s how to preparfi a sumptuous anal that is Mrs. Hodges, who is I * herself a Giv r. being a daughter of 'j L'rl F. M. (.r.< r. one of the brothers. II Nothing wv. warning to make it a meal of the highest rating and apv petites were not tacking. After supper the time for the most part was : spent insinging for which the family is distinguished. Those songs ranged e all the way from the melodious folk h lore sor?tr>- whirh thev stino* a? hnvs y and girls. to the ' Old Ship of Zion" t "The Ola Time Religion" and similar a ones, in which latter all joined. It was one of those evenings in which e ail was full and free and yet there v was not a dull moment. M. DOWNUM. "Why do you suppose chiropractors are so successful?" "They help a lot of people find their backbone?."