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PACE olX HHIMM III IBIIBiP llllll BIB HHIIIIIMII jMBIIIMMIKI Why not join the rainy day. Remembi months entitles you in questionable seci The V* I IREDELL HAS A REAL CAVE MAN ( V/. M Moore in Winston Journal.) Iredell county ha? ;i real live bona fufe cave mat We do not have to cross the continent for a glimpse. at the z:>nioii-; c'itf dweU-r- of Mexico. Arizona and Utah?we have one here the native norm grown variety, a dweller under the ear.h from choice. ?'a>v have excited the awe and admiration of maul-.... of all age.-agej. and have been i.h?* centers ! around which hav? clu- tered many legends and super tit ions They were the abode of >\bl> and the ::ii- n Uoniai myth, b:gy and iti ar. ivat Greece they were the temples of Pah, Bacchus. Pluto, and the Moon, i.'aves have been used in all aires !>y Bartr.kimi habitation, refuse and burial. Let* Moose. : he Irene cave man., has choosn his peftrutnent habitation on hi- -on in law's plantation nearly mr.t miles .southeast of Statosvilbn '<tfcne.lt U'O \i:rds of rke St a!i sv illc-Amu\ road Ho ha> a family but he prefers the quiet s. r. .ded life of a hermit la th<- joys, sorrow--, respon ; Ikies, obligate i a ;d duties that ;\iVt upon the shoulders of the pater mb? of t hi- !. isehold. No work worry, no ntemn whistle nor urg* t duty c iilliiijr him from his pea f : i ?: tranquil place of abode. ?nr. rh? dust and nhise of th.? highway a d out of sight ? f human h.ihit uion h? hoars no .-ound but the singing of the birds, tin hark ci "he squirrels. the trickling: of the brook pacing nearby, the caek g : fJoek of chickens aro his doot and wfte cow bell in ar. ;uiioiniug past :r \1 r. Moose say will Ik- 70 year*-, old on the 14th of next August. \ ex for the fact :ha hi' - :-.?u:l:?es and larking in a.fcicity of -ten. n. would pass for u man two do *d? y ... r.ger. Th< of -ev. [;ty wruler?'" have deal: gem? iy with him ring no trace f gray hi- rem pics. Uhc cave man's home sing'.e room, eight feet wido and U ty foci long, with a doer in each or. one side of the room, neat : hv center, there is a fireplace and mentel C;it out of the earth which mis !>*'come baked by the fire so that i: seems as hard as a rock; the chimney is orI> a four sided opening cut th-i the top of the cave This subterranean chamber is used for all domestic purposes?cooking, dining, sleeping, reception of guests. Cooking is done in primitive style on the fire piat> a range formerly used, having been iu 11 -' in i ." ii.c .-i <1 y Ktrdji i.. front yard. In one side a nook c.i-e has been rut for the library wfc . embraces a few ancient copies of discarded Congressional Records and other similar volumes. An oil light supplies all needed artificial light. On the inside of each door are pasted pictures of Christ with this motto: " Christ is the head of this house'' "I have a Bible and I never faii to pray to God every night " he raid. Behind the door he keeps two welloiled guns?one a Swiss 41 caliber rifle, which he said would shout thru a tree in the yard: the other a Colt automatic 2 guage shot gun. Hanging on the wall is an old fiddle which he sometimes plays in order to while away the time. He sleeps ac night with both doors barred, the only way of ventilation being the open fire place. The house is warm in winter and cool in summer. The writer visi ted him during the recent oppressively hot weather and found it cool nd delightful withm the walls of this unique place of abode. Our host stated that he was a good cotfee drinker and had been a life long user of tobacco, but that he did not drink anything stronger than coffee. "Do you curse?" the writer asked. "Yes X cuss sometimes; Peter cussed, you know," he added. When asked about hia family history, our cave man said he was born in Catawba county near Newton but when a child removed with his par Tl ionMsnnKnHWHnnMHn l; _? 1- O- I cti juv ui ounaing <x l-o sr that this stock draws 6 p to $ I 00 in cash from the 1 irities outside the county? /atauga I j nts to Aexar.der county, rending I for several years near New Salem Chur*!'- Cant-i:g to Iredei! mty. ! h? i.'cr. tl - sr the farm of VV. j F raw icy ;;t Shepherd's Cross roads ! emaiiiin? there for 23 years. > nee i hat time 1 have lived from ; low ; to post. 1 have lived in this r iirh-' hothof/ii for 15 years." he ado Hej' explained that he and his w had o! lived together for several y ars i and that she made her hon with her married daughter who uv- onj ! bid 500 yards from th ive. He -aid he had resided alone i > avt-rr. foi two years and was great-is ly delighted with his present unique 1 mode of living. Visitors are a ay> 1 v. el come, occasionally a. mat.. 50 I 1 71 p call ob Sunday. Growing reminisc ent, tilteavt dwel ier said he used to cut a lot of oss i ties and cord wood, but had e.one 1 very little work of that kind to ma! :y years. He stated that he had -pent ' about thirteen years of his life in 1 South Carolina, having had . oral friendly races with former sheriff j.f. M.Deaton whom he eliivled by e i -*?*titig himself in :? grave yard and jescaped to a neighboring state. ' hie time the officers got me up in court j and sixteen men around Mooresville ... me a good chavactt r." Our cave dweller's natural averto any kind of profitable labor ! ?> physical toil was well known to all the people with whom he comes. t in contact. In fact, he himself grows! facetious in referring to this characteristic of hi:. "How do 1 live?" you ;isk. >\en. i am getting on pretty wt-li. i earn a siCnry of $il'0 a year >JO0 f< . attending t<> my own business and $200 to let other people's business alone I raise some chickens ! eat the eggs i get around ami have a good time and the people like a feed me. The reason I don't farm because 1 arn too st ?ut to maul an i split .aiis l wall, too fast to p!<?w and have too much sense to ir.tr- any kind of business/* he -aid laughing, adding, "I'd better not . yon all 1 know about myself." He, is- delighted with the prospect oil :.< newspaper mar. writing a brief, -Tory of his career, and his primeval, method of living. He was also glad ro pose for h?* photographer. THE GAMBLER , V. A. Watson.) Come Bill, cheer up, quit nursing your sorrow And troubles you often made others borrow. ' You flirt with Dame Fortune and you I lose, ; Better gamblers than you have stood in your shoes; Like you. they forgot to figure the' costs Of trying to take down mammons' hosts, |? I have warned you of dangers ahead as you know, And now they simply took you iin tow. Come Come, cheer up, don't take it so hard, !?lust because they dealt you the losing card, A gambler with nerve don't stop to whine, When taking a trip down his own yellow line. Bill, I've seen men lose five times your pile. Then quit the gambling game with a smile. You have lost your seat with your gambling clan, But you still have a chance to become a man. ; What, you yellow fooi, you'd blow off your dome, With a loving wife and kiddies at 1 home, j , I'm losing the faith I once had in. you, But I never had much in your gambling crew, Oh you want to know why 1 despise your gang, Well if I had my way I'd see them all hang. Because few ever showed the least I hesitation, ? it h the lives of a na rtE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E \ an Stockholders? Get i er cent compound intere; Building and Loan. Keep . Write to the Secretary 1 Building mmamammmmmmmmammmmmm tioo. Now takr to your feet boys, you Will too. Let us drink to the ruin of such as you. Here's success to the future laws of this nation. ilization. WH\ I READ AND WRITE (W. A Watson.') When i was carceiy six years of ige ni\ parents sent me to the iocal -< hool room and at every period of i? i hool year >nc could find me thai am* .n- . ! room until I had icached my majority. That was the most delightful period bf m\. ?ife. Cor it was then thai I had a ffind hope tor the future of knowicdj?e and seaming. 1 can never say that I was a weed th..* grew for often 1 was behind my chums and playmates and stood half way and some times (it the fool of my eias.-e. but in. oru study I was right on top of the list and that study hi>t \. That, one study seemed t < thrill my soul with delight, so my st< . w. . he based upon what I read and write. I wan' understood that I never deserted -chord after 1 reached my majority that closed the school again st me forever hut that ! have been delving In -tudy ever since I learned to read end write, which any old settler will tell you was r commali education in the days of yore. The world with all of her alluring nature?with her wonderful resource has been my study room and n. i ho literature thai was ovei unfol i-. ,1 b\ mortal human endeavor in me part and way I have luadc evolution thereof. The universities may turn out graduates, they may hold diplomas and certificates, but i v. ant to say v. ? met a human soul who had a finished education. Xv\ er a day passes l.y but what I something new, and 1 am alw ay. seeking to lind it. J r? ad everything frVn "yellow viid west stories" to the inspirvord of Gud and have only begun my studies. This is a day of wide, wide world -'Oportunlties if one will only develop them and make the world the studio for the passing dramas. "Why I read and write" is my subjeet, ar.d so I will stick to it until 1 lay it down unfinished, as I never expect to complete my study, nevertheless I read and write. My written words have been spoken through numerous pages of trade magazines all over the United States as ( have broken through the locked doors of editors and sit in their coun ii n rha nil tVK The Methodist W The natural humor of t is a series of laughable sit that no man should ever a* pathy with young folks; s is a pleasant satire on mer beflustered hostess; mist at amusing comments and lau nish the complications of t Admission * F.KV THURSDAY?BOONE. N C rAUGA BU1LDII SS NO n the habit of laying aside st and is exempt from . all your money at home. Bui VIr W H. Gragg. for fwrt and Los V Davidson ^ Issued Every Week by th< please and Da\ idscn'j Jul> Clearance Sale is on. o | A .. tng bachelor with money to oil?-: has difficulty in avoiding a | match We have hundreds of short remnants suitable for school dresses. Come, select your school dresses at OavidMjn's Remnant Counter and save the difference. M?"|. -!y it an admirable trait in ? a gn a even uiusmug <-an> i??? a jeer:.-. amount of "cheek." B-.iy;ng school shoes that will stand hard wear without paying an awful big price is a great problem to the man with limited means. . We can soivi* this problem for you. We have an ' normous stock of solid leather durable school shoes at low and medium prices. Sec DAVIDSON'S before you buy your school shoes. ' yl and have even strayed into the : offices of the biggest magazines in j the world, hut had to depart with onj ly an introduction that closed me hut j not forever 1 hope. My fondest delight is reading and writing and 1 shall keep it up as long a> I live for it is my hobby and shall ever be. My greatest desire is to be a real correspondent of some big daily or magazine that goe- forth with light of reason to the public with knowledge loaded to the brim. My commercial work along this line which s now my hobby brngs me blue money orders and crisp checks which plainly shows that it takes the giit and courage to land you there. Every one of ordinary intelligence can get part of the way through the school of hard knocks if they will only pay the price?if they will only read, and write. There are horn leaders in pven undertaking: of endeavor, or w? would have had no Lincoln, Ingerso ; Bryan and many world famous mer who fought the good fight of suprem aey of which the world now acknow ning's Entertair omen will present two pla 18, at eigh hese plays will be enhanced by reason "Not a Man i uaiions growing out of the impossible cam enter her door. Her household was i visiting niece; and an Irish servant, "Sewing for nbers of the Ladies' Aid who neelect t ;cn identity of the wealthiest woman ghable service of the German maid and he play. & LOAN ASS W DPI ; a cielnite amount of mont kinds of taxes. One dnlla Id Watauga County! Why her information. an Asso< Dept. Sh e Davidson Department St entertain our friends and I A Jewish merchant was persistently trying io gain access to a meeting of the k. K K. ' Why are you so persistent?" asked one of the members. "A?n- you willing to forfeit your | religion to in the Klan?" "Of i course not. answered the merchant, ! "I am just iviny; t?i get the white , good., buy11 Are you* children rough on shoe*? Try n Buster Brown, the cheapest shoe in the long run. You can get them at Davidson's. ! e I Jim: "It makes t o difference what | political party wins, I am sure we are going t,. have a stable govern-j men: ?" Dean: "What makes you so sure?" Jim: "Look how many horses arc running for ullict." ? To give you better good* for less money is our aim. ledges in the field of knowledge and \ dura, FJ little lite story that I have written should cheer the school boy anil girl onward and upward as there is no peril to success only hard labor in the school of the work! and you can comprehend and make it do your bidding if you will only go to it. lie. der i want to apologize to you for using myself as the background to build this story on, but neverlhe-j less theve i> food for thought ir? it jit' you vviil do some right thinking j 1 j tor vv urseit'. Bites-stings For ajl insect bites, red bog, chigger, bee, wasp, ! mosquito, etc., apply wet baking soda or household ammonia, followed by cooling applications of? yiCKs w VapoRub Ovr 17 Miilimn farm U?d Yearly iment By Local ys at the Court House Fri it o'clock of the characters engaged: staid maids in the House" orders of an elderly widow whose mari i made up of a maider, sister, still hope! interested in her "sicond coozin." the Heathen" heir home duties to pre|>aro clothing fc n town, a persistent, deaf old woman 1 the annoying behavior of the aggrieved 25 JULY 17, 1924. ? f SOCIATION I iy i ;y each month for a r a month . for 7 8 invest your money station J K'3C<WMB MMg ore News ore with the hope it will customers. . We have just received 150 Men's sample hats of the famous Etrhison Brand. They consist of the highest grade hats they make, but we will offer them to you at about half the regular price. o Look: (to chambermaid in ProfosM?r*> borne.) "Quick, Mary. Listen Him and her is bawlin' each other out sometk&iiT errand, but it don't do ut no good without a dictionary!'* ^ Answers to lasl week's questions: 1. A dog can run in the woods as far as the middle of the woods only?after thai he is running out. of the woods. 2. A second story worker is alway: glad to be down and out. j A ,?.. . vvu?? .. *..! .-vuiu . " "t'- ?* low < alis on a gii! and she speaks of what a wonderful night it would be for a ride. Do you take your county paper? WRKH1Y5 nwa?j i WWWMMMHMMMWHwb Talent iday evening July and matrons of the town. ied life has been unhappy fill: Aunt RAllnjta in avm. >r the Africans. A nervous with an ear trumpet, the but absent husbands, furand 35 Cents
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