North Carolina Newspapers

A Non-Partisan Family N volume xxxv. $ I ti Jk. 1 v/ T R From Ru Interesting News Items as Our Correspondents tions of th< ^ BLOWING ROCK I Mrs. Maggie Skipper with her sister Mrs. Mamie Cutter of Macon. Ga. arrived here last Friday. They an* now busy furnishing remodeling < aru) painting their pretty bungalow i en Boone Street. Mrs. Skipper and daughter Mrs. Francis Lowe with Mrs. Mamie Cutter visited Blowing jsot-h last summer ami was so charmed with the mountains here and our town that they have invested in valuable real estate and Mrs. Skipper will make her home here where she will entertain a number of her friends in her lovely bungalow, Mountain; Home. Mr. Letcher Betifiekl has moved inj to the cottage known as the Pines. | He says this is his first experience in housekeeping which he is enjoying greatly. Rev. Mr. Woosley with his singer Mr, Shoemaker closed a very inter-\ eetiug revival last Sunday night at the Methodist church here Rev. Wesley preached to a packed house each n ** j vice and made many friends here where he is highly esteemed for his sterling worth. Mr. Shoemaker who ??ng with Rev. Woosley is a student of charming personality. He leaves rrany admiring friends in Blowing Heck Last week's sick list arc still unimproved. We are informed that Mr. Gray Boynton an expert landscape gi.rden4 * will arrive here next week where be will do his share in ,heaut: Tying Blowing Rock. Watauga is a land of beauty that rhariiHs the stranger and holds the wanderer. Blowing Rack is the city on the mountain top that lets her light shine tn< it has reached every country in j 1 r-r land and the people flock toj beautiful Blowing Rock to enjoy its! health giving breezes Blowing Rock the beautiful, may you ever pros pet and open wide your doors to the ever wekonu* tourist. They are our friends and here is welcome for. 1hem each and every one that comes to our lovely mountain land. Mrs. A. M. Critcher has just received a letter from her daughter JMrs. Helen Cooper of Passadena, Cal r-iy ing that with her husband they will drive through the country t<; Blowing Rock, starting in May. They, expect to drive across the continent in three weeks. Here is wishing suc-j t'v SS to t hem on their long journey. | FOSCOE Mr. Emory Greer was in Foscoe Ibis week. Mrs. \V. H. Byrd and Mrs. Carrie "Walters were pleasant visitors at the home of Mrs. Candas Woodies at Bhnlls Mills Saturday. Mr. Henry Brinkley came home from Boone Friday feeling very bad. ^ AY hope he will soon be out again. Mr. W. H. Byrd made a business trip to Avery this week. As this is leap year the Foscoe giris are planning a fox chase up me river. They are sure they can catch two or three foxes in the drive. Mr. VY. H. Bvrd believes in buiid* big, or moving buildings. He moved a large store house 100 yards in a lay and a half for Mr. J. F. Coffey and placed it down ready for use. M rs. Wesley Coffey is improving *ome, but very slow. Mrs. H. S. Wagner is much improved at this writing. There will be an entertainmeni given at Shulls Mills Presbyteriai graded school on the night of th< 15th of April. Foscoe is having plenty of old tinu Indian services. The young peopli seem to enjoy it and the older folk: don't mind. Mrs. Carrie Walters is planninj on going to Blowing Rock and Le f noir soon to visit her daughter am granddaughter. Additional Country Corre^pondenc on j>a?e five \t Ml ewspaper Published in 1.50 Per Year BOONE s Reported rai Watauga Reported Each Week b] in the Several Secs County FACE A CRISIS THAT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE SAYS STATE CHA1RMA1 The following: letter from Stat phairman ?>f *h N'var Ea^t relief t VIr. Downum under date of April honorary state < hainnnn c>f the No; East Relief in North Carolina rai ingf $200,000 in the Taiboel Sta | -his year to support ibl-Sl orpliai >f Armenian war heroes and ma tyr.v assigned* to its ea? e. is timely reading:: My dear Mr. Downum: This is probably" the most impo taut letter I have written this ye." Your past interest in the work this worthy cause has been manife: ed in your recent contributions. L t>_?f_ . u..? :..i, unbelievable. A. you know we spe hII of our surplus money and us a Li of our surplus supplies to fe the five hundred thousand refuse of the Smyrna disaster. We have nt or beers re ompeusod for this. We d it r tl \m.rican spirit of huma ity; we had the materia! and t money and the statf on the tit and prompted as I said from a h mnntariau standpoint we went ir action. The result is today, I am sorry ay that unless we make an imn diale contribution to the work ovi seas, we must retrench and cut < probably forty per cent of the el dren now in the orphanages. T means back to the streets and t deserts; back to filth, starvation a I death. Fifty dollars now is equal to f | hundred this summer. Shall we ti these children out or shall we k< I them? I am enclosing the mater v. ith which you can do your part. Assuring you that I will do m let us help in the name of Chi and humanity, Sincereiv yours, JOSEPHLS l>.\N'IEI.i Honorary State Chairm SIMMONS WOULD FINISH CUT HO YEARS IN SENA Washington, April sth.?Senb | Purnifold M. Simmon? toc:a> n j formal notice of his candidacy reelection to the United States s ate with the state board of electi of North Carolina and sent to board the entrance fee required the statute. If renominated and re-elected , coming term will be Senator S ' j monV fifth term in the United Sti i Senate and will complete thirty y^ | for him in tliat body. ^ Senator Simmons is now the l nior Democratic member of the 1 4 ted States senate in length of ser\ There are only two republican s< a tors. Lodge and Warren, who 1 e served longer than Senator Simm g He was first elected to congress member of the house of represe ? tives in 1886, 38 years ago. J The revival meetings now in gress at the Episcopal Church con ted by Evangelist Isbell of Lei continue to increase in interest f a evening to evening. A cordial in1 j . *o:i to attei.d . extended to ail. tfettt,0 and for Boone and Wataug . WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH Ci C. C. H. S. EXERCISES I TO BE NEXT WEEK | Commencement Program at Cove Creek High School Will be of Unusual interest / i The second annual commencement of the Oovo Creek High School w ill he held on Friday Saturday and Sunday April 1K-20. On Friday afternoon :.t I :'A0 the boys and girls of the hitrh school will enlace in a declamation and recitation contest, the winin rs to receive a gold medal. Also ^ the students in the music department will give a recital at this program. e On Friday evening at 7:110 the stun dents cf the grammar grades will pre - sent an onerottn "The Princess of Poppyland.'* This promises to be one of the most interesting features of the entire commencement. Saturday morning at 10 :'!0 the class day exercises by 'he senior class will he giv?n. Dinner will be served ?m the ground. At 1 :00 o'clock the literary address to the graduates will he delivered by Dr. -J. D. Rankin of the A. T. S Following the address, diplomas, perfect attendance certificates, medals and honor ?oil certificates will he awarded. Saturday evening it 1 :dt) o'clock the senior class will present a play "Borrowed Money." This is a |>la> in four acts by Oliver i\ Parker and has been a great success where it has been given. An admission fee of lee for children will he charged end ' e for adult!), the proceeds to he us"d by the school. ^unda> morning at 11 o'clock th? 11 mniencement sermon will be preach'"|ed in the school auditorium by Rev, ! A. Sherwood of Krwin. Tenn. Mr Slnrwood has many relatives anc ' friends, in Watauga who will enjoj n a ring him. We hope to have hall games or Friday and Saturday afternoons be iween * ic hool team and the Ap rp:\iach m Training School. Wi hope to have a large attendance an< t extend to everybody a cordial inv'ta tion Reported. ,st ITEMS FROM THE nt APPALACHIAN SCHOOI i'd; l',l | Thr Appalachian TrainiiiK Schoa iiase uau team is naving team prnc 'v-1 tiee when the weather will permit lid They are hoping to he very efficien n- I soon. h" Miss Gladys Swift of the Trainin; 'Id School, was operated on at the hio | pita I foi appendicitis on April It do and is reported as gelling on we I and it is hoped hy her friends thfl to this splendid young lady may ver ie" soon be able to return to her worl l>r* She is i:i the senior class. Prof. W. J. Rowe of the publi school, was pretty badiy shaken u in the auto accident of a few da} ^ * ago, but his many friends are gla nc* to know that he is able to he out aj ain. ive The past week gave this sectio trn seVeral snows, the one on Friday ; ?CP bout as pretty as ever fell, though ial was followed by a rain, and son melted away. 'ne The pastor of the Methodist churc r!St R? v. M. I?. Woosley, being at Blowit conducting n meeting, services at th; church were conducted morning ai evening by Professors J. D. Rank i,r" and .1. M. Downum of the Trair.ii School. On April 3 M?. Riley Greer livii ir? the eastern part of this courr ttor was 100 years* old, and his inai iled friends in the county came togeth *or to do him honor, bringing well ti < ien" baskets and loaded with their co ons tents a table 1 10 leet long and the feet wide, more than the crowd < by j ti mated ai from 700 to 1000 con ' consume. Rev. L. C. Wilson, -V the j Greer's pastor, was master of cei >im- monies. After he had read a select i ites from the Bible and led in pray iars se veral short talks were made inclu ing Rev. \V. C. Greer of Spray, se" great nephew oi the old grentlems jni- Revs. Sebastian and Uriah Farthir rice. 'fhe main address for the occasi jna- was delivered by Professor I. lave Greer of the Traininfi School, ons. number of pictures pf the crowd wt * as taken including one of the Gre< nta- present, the number of this name \ ing 77. * * * Owing to the inclement weath and an attack of cold President pro- P. Dougherty has not been at l due- Training School for several days, loir, J. M. DOWNUM. rom vitaDo you take- your county paper ^ I e me ja County, the Leader of 1 VROLiNA. THURSDAY APRIL 10. I COUNTY AGENT WILL BE RETAINED Hundreds of the more progressive citizens of the county met in Boone on last Monday pursuant to the call made last week, to protest against the proposed removal of our county farm agent, Mr John B. Steele who has labored so acceptably in the interest of this county for the past two years. The sentiment was unusually strong against his removal. as a result of which he was reinstated, his new term to expire July 25. 1025. The people on the whole are grate fu! t.o the commissioners for their action in the matter and it is to be expected that after the next year's work there will be no issue along this line. LINES BEING RUN?WOULD OPEN ADDITIONAL STREETS Our board of aldermen has bee actively engaged for some days in surveying about the town, locating lines and laying out preparatory to opening up additional streets, one to be known as South Street, which is a continuation of the one through the Rivers property which intersects with the Blowing Rock road just i south of E. S. Coffc y's home. Another they have in view passes through tb?- -I. I). Council! shop lot and tops . Queen Street at the corner of the ! property, ami through the Jones lots, g^init east to the Daniel Boone Park, and west. to Green Heights. This sounds good and it will | open up some of the prettiest prop! ertios in the entire town. ( "UNCLE JERRY" l.ENOIR, AGED COLORED MAN, DEAD Uncle Jerry Lenoir, perhaps thr most widely known and highly re 1 spected colored citizen in Watauga died at his home in Boone Monday night, lie was a soldier in the Civi V'ai anil so l'a r as we know. ha> beer a resident of Watauga ever since He was near 80 years of age. A lady said n our presence some year: ago: "If i was called on to selec one of the host men 1 know. I woult not pass Jerry Lenoir." and we he ,1 lie cd every word she said. He \va - u consistent member of the Mcthodis 'Church a;ul lived his religion ever: t l ihiv i?? thi- I'onr 11 vvsu hannvt l< c *nt, trustworthy in every sensi ?; of the word, and will be sorely miss .. ed by the people of his race who re hj>ide in Watauga. He was laid to res !. yesterday afternoon in the town evm ir! cfiry, the Rev. Peeler conducting th yj funeral services. FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF J PRESENT BAPTIST PASTORAT] p The fourth anniversary of the pre* .. nt pastorate will be featured Sur tl i 11 a. m. 1. Financial Growth of th Church?G. P. Hagaman. ,j 2. Numerical Growth?W. I :l.1 c, ragg. lt; 3. Spiritua 1 Growth?Mrs. G. 1 M1 Hagaman. 4. Things that Strengthen the R< h laiion of pastor and Church?I. ( ^ Gieer 5. Mora! Support of the Pastoral j I). D. Dougherty. jn | 6. Are we" making the Most i ^n.; Our Opportunities D. J. Cottrell. i 7. What the pastor and his wi: iiavc meant to us?r^. ^ i oucy. lv I is. What tne Church has meai ,v to us.?F. >1 Muggins. ,.r It is planned to intersperse tl L.tj above program with songs from tl i oi?l Christian Harmony?the songs * I' our fathers and grandfathers. Tl .s. I exercises will displace the reerul Id J Poaching services ot* the month [r< hour. There will be a program ! .e_ the young people at night. on er PARENT-TEACHERS ASSN. d- WILL ELECT NEW OFFICEI a The Parent Teachers Associate ui. will meet at the Public School buil ing Friday April 11th at 2:30 p. on for the annual election of office G. This important meeting has been c A layed on account of bad weather, a 're it is hoped that every member vs ?rs be present on time at this date. >e* the plans for the work of the assoc tion for the coming year may be p< el*? fected at once. Our public sch< B. needs the association. Let us ma u.. ... .. | reaay to moot our responsibility. The nominating committee is co posed of Mrs. D. D. Dougherty, M Annie Stanbury, Mrs. J. D. Counc Mrs. Smith Hagaman. Pr Mrs. Roy Johnson, Secy. Northwestern North Caroli 1924. 5 CU. aCopy Throngs Cele Birthday < 4Tl CL?U D: o r i uuu uuau i vise up Derc Honour the Face < Leviticu | Special to the Democrat. On last Thursday April 3 a great throng of people estimated at be: twuen 700 and 1000 left their farms, stores, mills, shop.-, banks and homes and inef at the home of Thomas M. Greer on the Boone Trail Highway r.'t-iit miincnviKiii, ,\ v. to I'MdiruU' the one hundredth birthday of his father Riley Greer. It was a most beautiful and lovely day; not a cloud floating in the sky. and the sun seemed to point down with fingers of warmth, light and love, amid the songs of birds, to honor the grand old man. The services were opened by Rev. L. ('. Wilson l?* reading the first chapter of I'salms. following with a prayer. A number of noted ministers and speakers were present who added much to the occasion by deliver-j ing very pleasing and attractive ad-j dresses. First speaker was Rev. Conley Greer, a relative of the aged man J who made a very appropriate talk. \ closing with the pathetic little poem. "Rock me to sleep mother, rock me to sleep." The minister was followed by Professor I. G. Greer of Boone who paid a fitting tribute to the pioneers who had blazed the way leading to .jour present civilization. Prof. Greer said in part: 'The man whose birth; day we have met to celebrate has lived during the lifetime of every pros' idem of the United States except I Wi\ hington." ^ He was born on April 1821, in, what was then the wilderness of wes- i tern North Carolina; John Adams the second president, Thomas -leffert son. Father of the Declaration of ln-| j dependence and third president, las. j J Madison, father of the Constitution, . | and fourth president, were still iivt j ing. II- was bom the year that John ' Quincy Adam.- was elected president. Here is a man who with one hand ! can reach hack into the cradle of our national lite ami . un the other ho can fee! the throbbing pulse of our ^ 1 on rushing civilization of 11*2-1. .Whe h? was born there wen e oi.lt twenty three states in the Union, 'wo of these were west of the Mississippi. During his life time 25 j states have been born ami added to ^ the Union Not a foot of railroad had been built when this man came into j.ithe world. Our mighty industrial sysI tern has been built up during his life [e I time. 1 couid enumerate at length the wonderful changes that have taken lm place during the life of this man. But amid all these rapid developmcnts, there is one thing that has never changed, it is the value of a L._ citizen in a community who has liv_j ed the clean, courageous life that our own Uncle iley Greer has lived. (At this point the speaker emphasized the importance of a clean life) ,f In the midst of our marvelous progress let us not forget that we owt fe to the pioneers of this country, wht made it possible for us to enjoy the nt blessings of our present civilization Over every modern luxury there i: lt. lurking the shadow of ancient hard sh:p wrought out by these men o" ,>f valu . As we speed along our splen he did highways, let us remember tha ar this would not have been possibh had it not been for the ox cart tha ,y first blazed the pathway. Let us no forget that where our great cities am factories now stand, there once stooi the mighty forests that had to be fell ed i?v the woodman's axe. All thes >c blessings we enjoy because such mei on as our distinguished friend today ha< the courage to face and complete th m' task that lay before them." rs* Prof. Greer was followed by Re\ G. W- Sebastian and Uriah Farthin who delivered very touching address es on the importance of right livin .so and true citizenship. The vocal music was in charge c L*r ool the Ruthorwood and Stony Fork s;r ke ginging choirs, and was highly enjoj ed by all. m- A sumptuous dinner of the mo. iss palatable food was then spread befoi ill. the multitudes, There was ro reaso es. for anyone going away hungry, f< like the miraculous feeding of tl 10 at na.-Established in I 888 NUMBER 14. brate lOOtli [A Local Man >re the Hoary Head, and af the Old Man." s 19:32 five thousand baskets: of fragments were taken up after the needs of alL hud been supplied. It will be remembered that since the death of Uncle Riley's wife some twenty five years ago, he has made his home with his son Thomas and his wife, who have treated the aged father with th utmost tenderness and kindness. No father in all this mountain senior has been treated with a greater degree of respect at the hands of his child than that which Uncle liiley ha enjoyed. Long life and ble sings an promised this son, for it v.a- luuniered from Sinai's flaming 11est by God Himself. "Honor thy fathet and mother." Let us believe the resisting of parental authority, and iireverance for father a d mothci by the child, will call down the righteous indignation The aged occupied ? prom inert place in the social ai.d political system of the lews. In private life they wi-H Mumcu upon a- tnt ueposiiaric:* of knowledge, Job. 16:10; the young were ordered to rise up in their pr<->ence, Lev. i9:IS2; they allowed them to give their opinion first. Job 32:4; they were taught to regard gray hairs as a "crown of glory" Prov. lbs.1; 20:29. Uncle Riley was born and has !i\ cd for one hundred years in the Land ! of the Sky where the landscape presents a scene of rare beauty; where the hills and valleys intermingle in i every conceivable manner; where the summer foliage is rich in changing I tints of green and brown: where in I autumn it becomes a flower garden of most varied and beautiful colors; | where in winter the pure snow flakes and ice on the trees, glitter in the j sunlight. resembling a palace'of purt st crystals. The incessant flow of .New River, ;? bright and sparkling ; stream winding among the hills on its way to the gulf, symbolizing the ever widening flow of the rapid and rushing river of time into boundless and endless eternity. j Amid the splendor and beauty of his surrounding's Uncie Riley learned ! lo comprehend the harmony of eo! j ors and the beauty of proportions. . Instead of lying around public pia| ces feeling of the public pulse and i listening at the wind of opinion, UnIcle Riley chose the sacred precincts of home, where ho coi^ld radiate j peace and sunshine among those he | loved. Of such a man the Psalmist speaKs, "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth his fruit in his own season, his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Uncle Riley believed that much more could he accomplished with all the appetites under control, all forces directed to right thought and action, ; all desires harmonized and focused J I on worthy objects. From this belief, burning deep in his soul he has taught us all how to live. He has never been known to worry, f find fault, scold or give way to ha _ tied, stuUborness. and passion, but i has cultivated a sunny mirthful, self. respecting disposition. Now he apt proaches the sunset of life with a i j clear conscience and a warm heart. * ! Uncle iviiey has followed in the * i path of the Master, conscious of hi* " ore-ness with the Infinite. On his v long journey God has helped him to 11 climb the heights, blessed him with ^ length of days, and crowned him c with respect and honor as he reaches the summit. Such a Christian man should riot look upon death as a tra? gedy, but rather the tender lips of love sent to kiss down the eyelid * ? still into that peaceful sleep that intervenes between the twilight of time >f and the dawn of eternity. In the morning of the resurrection f- may the Master find us all regenerate grace-filled, and faith-crowned, need -t ing only the touch of His Infinite e love to clothe us with Immortality. n Z. T. WATSON >r le Brookside. N. C.