North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 4. 'MEN'S CLUB" ORGANIZED ^ HERE TUESDAY NIGHT W Initial steps were taken for the organization of a Men's Club at a meeting held in the Critcher hotel Tues- j day night. The club is to be entirely social in character and is an innovation in Boone. Membership will be by invitation only. The club will have its headquarters for the present at the Critcher Hotel, but later it is hoped to equip and occupy club V rooms of its own where members may while away an idle hour. J. A. Sproles was elected president of the new organization and Robert W. Puiliam was named see- ^ retarj and tresis rer. A committer On organization was named, composed of O. L. Hardii>. \V. E. Comer, Clar- ( encc Dixon and the secretary and treasurer, which will form a consti- J tution and by-laws and select ar. appropriate name. The roster of the new club contains the folSwihg names: Tracy ( Council!. J. A. Sproles, It. I). Hodges j T J. il. Taylor. 1?. S. Isaacs, O. L. Hardin, F. A Coifey, M. P. Critcher. .1 U * " ~~ virwj', t. million retir, W. tv Corner, Dr. F. 11. Hodges, Dr. G. K. ] Moose, Dr. J. M. Gaither, Rorot. \V. . Pulliam, Gurncy Brinklev, Clarence l>;xon. and Sam K. Hcrton. COVE CREEK HAPPENINGS ' Sugar Grove,'. Feb. 9-?Miss Re- j becca Taylor represented the school . here in the annual declamation and recitation contest at Lencir-Rhvne , College, Hickory, on last Fnday. She "was accompanied by Mrs. S. F y Hortoh. s The first issue of the school pa-1 per. "The Cove Creek Clarion" is . just off the press. We congratulate j the editors, contributors and MissTaylor, the faculty adviser, on their ; splendid paper. R Rev. .}. C. Canipe is assisting the j pastor, Rev. I . A. Hurt, in a series ^ of meetings at Si'verstone. ; j. The (Tee Ciub concert on Wednesday night. January 26, was one j a of the most enjoyable programs the r^ >cfu pj has t ver given. Miss Louise (j Wot more deserves the credit for'ij its success. ; Q The. gibls of the second year homo vec unites class of the Cove Creek , high school served a very enjoyable i'Rluncheon on Tuesday, February 1, { the county superintendent, board of t ptioa and touchers. The menu counted Of fruii eeckthib roast beef. : gravy, mashed potnlucs, peas in Lim bals, bnked tomatoes, asparagus salad, hot rolls, r.offee, iello desert, o . rske and nvnls. Those whu served in (J the dining nu.m were Ruby Mas!, (irate Hurst, Ruth Thomas, R :?h (Jreei, Frances Farthing- Mid Rebec- ^ est Taylor. i The bovs' basket ball team m&aw a y trip into -Caldwell county la t week. y The loea: beys had wonderful sue- y cess, winning; three games, one from *\ PaUerson high school, and two from ^ Lenoir students. The peine with * Patterson was the hardest fought one N of the triii. The final score was ^ 2S to 34. WANTED IN DAVIDSON Judge Ogfctsby, presiding at David ' sen county superior court last week, ordered that a capias he issued for ' Ueorge i4. umgnam, 01 Watauga c county. who if? wanted at Lexington on a chare of false pretense. It is ^ stated th;it Bingham has thrice failed . to appear in court there to defend c himself, and the solicitor announces ^ that the search will be continued ?n- , Vi! the fugitive is arrested: * 4 The state charger, that Bingham V^wen1 15 Lexington more than a year W" ago and traded for a store, giving ( "notes secured by mortgages on what j be iepre?er.'.ed to he 34 acres of fine , farming land in this county. Later, ( it is alleged, the boundaries named ^ in the deed specified larger acreage . than could be found. The holder ofthe mortgage visited the property ; j ami is alleged to have found it to bo : t on a steep and rocky mountain side j and without actual value. ; t In the meantime before the (lis- , covery of the discrepancy in the} mortgage deed, the state alleges that Bmgharn disposed of the stock of * gtopds in Lexington, left the fixtures j _J. I ..-UC.... 1 .A-., A AV,v.??r <V... Ill LUt* UUiKiiuj;, tvvivcM wj/, wu1. ?.?.%. ; key away and departed. He fur- ; nished bond but never appeared' for trial. J. William M. Coffey, who claims LoifiU ir- his home, began serving a life sentence in the Wisconsin state prison at Waupun for the murder of JT>; IHrs. Iiattie Hales Coffey, the wife 'Jfc he rook in bigamy. Coffey confessed to the murder. ^ATA A Non-Partisan I BO V irginia Citizens Here i Interest of Civitan Clu Banquet at Local Hotel Last Thu: day Under Auspices of Abingdon Civic Organization. Mayers of two towns; presidents two educational institutions. ai business and professional leaders of Boone and Abingdon gather? around th" banquet board at tl Daniel Boone hotel last TKirrsdi night, at a dinner under the.auspic of the Abingdon Civitan club. . Twenty-eight vi-itors from A bin Lion motored to Boone to attend tl banquet, and 27 Boone citizens we present as guests. Songs were interspersed betve< he courses of the dinner, with Ge Moore, director of music at the Ma :ha Washington college at the i>ian The speaking was opened for tl Abingdon delegation by 1. B. Well .vho explained the principles of tl Civitan club and hoped for closer r ations between the two towns. Prof. I. G. Greer, of the App achian State Normai school, then U 11 the singing cf "Swanee River 'Carolina, Carolina," and "Carry IV 3ack to Old Virginny." C. D. Curtis, president of Marti kVashington. college, enumerate even reasons for his being a Civitaj [ 1) That the club is composed < nen who are doing the real work < he worid; (2) because of the fello\ hip afforded by the club; (3) tl dub's readiness to help all wortl auses; {4) its belief in law enforc nent and good government; (5) i pirit of helpfulness to the helple ind needy; (fi) the Civitan mott 'We build good cilizenshop;" (7) i deal of loyalty and patriotic servic Dr. Phil Smith, president of tl thingdon club, then addressed tl lathering with an explanation of If tu eposes of the club and urged pirit of closer harmony betwee ioone and Abingdon. E. W; Potts, of Abingdon, the diJ reused the gathering and >vas fo owed by Dr. 15. B. Dougherty, pros ent of the Appalachian State No: lal school, who responded on boh a' f the Boone citizens present: Dr. Dougherty reviewed Cue histov i Virginia and North Carolina t bow the community of iliterost be ween the two states and exprysse he hope that this banquet wool lark the beginning of denser rplt ions between the two common ilk ^presented. Mis. J. I. Moore was the wmne l prize given by the Abhitgdo .'legation. Those who came from Abingdo ere: Mr. and Mrs, 11. M. Elliott, Mi nd Mrs. Con T. Rush, N. O. A ken !. S. Clark, T. H. Crab tree, Fred L 'arks, F. H. Moore, A. VY. Cvaswhiu Ir. and Airs. C. ,1. Ritchie, ;i. I Veils, C. D. Curtis, T. H. Fransisc* ir. and Mrs. J. E, Clifton, Roby C hoiupson, Miss Eileen Davehpor ir. and Airs. E. A. potts, .iohn V jeal, Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Campbel )r. P. S; Smith, Mr. and Airs. Qeorg I. Moore ar.d Miss Louise Lambert. IJoone people present were: M nd Mrs. F. A. Linney, Prof. I. C freer. Air. and Mrs. L. S. Isaacs, M nd Mrs. \Y. C- Greer, Rev. and Mr 1 B. Yl'oosley, Mr. and Mrs. A. I louth. Mayor and Mrs. D. J. Coitrel lr. and Mrs. J. F. Moore, Air. an Irs R. 1>. Hqdgcy, W. L'. Comer, D {. B. Dougherty, G. P. Hagamai hnith Hagaman, Miss Edith Knigh ir. J. M. Gaithev, Miss Ruth Dotsoi ?lisa Blanche Gaxther, Mr. and Mr V. H. Gragg. The upper hou>4? of the Nori aroiina general assembly on Tue lay parsed a hill increasing the aj ma! .salary of supreme ami superb ourt judges by $1,500.. and ah >assed the house bill changing tl luto mobile license year from Jut >0 to December 31. Among othi >ills of state-wide interest introduce his week is one by Judge Wihstc :or a 35-cent property tax and $1 )00.000 state aid for the support < i six months, school term. The pastor of h church in Housto wn= nrresfi'd k'nu fined ?*. Lor disturbing the peace by his loi uid frequent hallelujahs. The neig ftors could not sleep. Augustus, in the document an need to his will, mentioned that he h; exhibited 8,000 g'adiators and 3?e wild beasts. Science reports that the a vera American boy 5s two inches tail than the av. ; a;cv American grar father was us a boy. UGA Newspaper, Devoted to the I ONE. WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C - ' ft g =_ _ ?r?r n FORD REFUSED OFFERS OF r BILLION DOLLARS FOR PLANT Washington, Feb. 4.?Wall street's reactions to balance sheets of the. Fort! Motor company provoked no | less than three distinct offers of $1,ot (100,006,000 each for the l>ic plant. rWt daring: the last five years. Each was ?* summarily f umed down by both Hen-, L'u; rv and Edscl Ford. ^ Information that, these offers had ^'{actually been made came front John CS|\Y. Prentiss, of Nre\v York, an expert in industrial securities, who was F" the chief witness introduced last ,e j Wednesday by counsel for appellants, IC j in the action brought to restrain the I government from collecting $30,000,rn j 000 additional taxes on the sale to ?* j Henry Ford in 1010 of minority J stock in the Ford Motor company. ?- { Mr. Prentiss startled his spectators ie'by the nonchalant manner in which I he testified that the Ford family lci had coo ly turned down three distinct e" i proposals to tak over the plant for ja cash consideration of one billion J a"! dollars. The Ford Motor company! i>og,an opt rations in 1903 with a cash i tal of $28,000. j it was revealed in the evidence given by Mr. Prentiss that the offers i ia were made directly by Horn blower I and Weeks. New York brokers, whose i ; confidence in the future expansion ^ and earning capacity of the Ford j ^ plant justified the valuation put upon v" it by New York bankers. l-v MITCHELL MAN GIVES 500 DEER TO NORTH CAROLINA l; ss A gift of his entire herd of about ?* J 500 deer to Nort h Carolina, when J ts' - r J provision tor its care are set up was! ?* made last Thursday by former State le Senator 1. E. Burleson, of Spruce K Pine, Mitchell county, Major Wade lo II. Phillips, director of the depart? j u meni of conservation and develop-in! meat, announces^ Mr. Burleson, leading game con-' n Salvationist, was in Raleigh last week 1 to urge passage of the Sutton state-; wide game bill which provides for es- , j." lablishment of jjvom rve- * The deer offeree by the Spruce Pino man are on a private preserve * in Mitchell county. ? In addition to the deer, Mr. Burle- | .son .-aid he would allow the use of , j his land as a state preserve should i. be desired by the proposed game commission: 11? also said bis neigh- \ W. \V. Bailey < of Spruce Pine. \ I would co-operate in providing larger 1 space for use of game if needed. ?| DEEP GAP HAPPENINGS '' ! H-vp Gup, K?l>. 9.?A piity <mi '* titled "'Always in Trouble," was pre!' seated at the Deep Gap consolidated school building last Saturday night ( I* by talent from rUe Brownwood school. Thirteen characters were in- j J' i eluded in the cast. r . a son oi iUiicnci! urcene, vvoo lives V| near the Watauga-Wilkes line, necij I ijkmt'aliy shot and killed himself last ' week while but hunting. It is thought that he had climbed a tree r and in an effort to yull his gun up , ? with him, it was discharged. The load took effect in his heart. . ! Charlie Greene and Roy Greer are hack home after a trip to Lenoir j and other points in search of work. J Mr. Aimer Watson, of the Luxr on section, is very ill at this time. There is a rumor in circulation t here t?? the effect that the Eik Creek' ^ Lumber Company will soon cut and s market its holdings of timber in this section. Also the Radium Springs Corporation of America is getting )i j down to" business ir? the development s jof its holdings in Ashe county, n- j The fox hunters of this section ir 1 have been havine crent fun in rhns .:0 ing a grey fox for several days. It ;e was first seen near the home of A. E\ ?e Wellborn and the report soon spread j] 2r and J. A. Watson with his trusty pack of trained dogs were after the : ,n animal. The fox put up a Wonder ful run for several days and finally; [>f escaped the dogs and got away. Miss Princie Green has been visiting relatives and friends here for several ' i n, days. 25 Rev. Levi Greene recently closed ; td a series of meetings at Rutherwood b- church. PLAYS PRESENTED AT COVE { CREEK HIGH SCHOOL a<l Two plays were pve^rated last 10 Thursday night at the Cove Creek high school by talent from Grandall, Ter.n. The first play was - ' '4That Rascal Pat." and che other; er was "Always in Trouble." The plays' were enjoyed by quite a large pumper of people. DEM( Best Interests of No: re AROLlJsV.. THURSDAY. I ;Js ' i. News of a Week * At Blower Rock Serious Blaze Prcven' by Quick Action of Fire Dcpa fit; Piaas For School Building Submitted By RUPERT GILLETT Blowing Rock. Feb. 9.?Blowing Rock's new fire truck had its first to-1 Tuesday night when fire was discovered in a collection of rubbish under the floor of Young's Cafe. The blaze was discovered by Chief ef Police Gene Story, who turned in the alarm. The truck, driven by Engineer Rob Greene, responded, and the fire was quickly extinguished lief ore any damage was done Assistant Fire Chief Lloyd Undordown arrived o:: the scene in time to direct the work. Chief Panella was out on the Boone road when the fire started, but he arrived just as the water was being turned off. "'If the alarm had been turned in ten minutes later,'* said Assistant Chief Underdown, "we should have had a chance to do some real fire fighting.*' Oyster Supper An oyster supper will be served in Young's Cafe Saturday night for the benefit el" the fire department. The supper-will be followed by a dance in t-h*. Model Plans for School Building John J. Blair, state superintendent; of buildings, grounds and construction, paid his second visit to Blowing Rock last week and brought with him several model plans for the new consolidated school building. In addition to the rooms he mentioned on his previous visit here, Mr. Blair suggested that the building contain a gymnasium in the basement. It will have about a dozen class 100ms, an auditorium and a room for a public library, it' the board decided on these suggestions. G. C. Robbins, .1. T. Miller and Ed (Jnderdown, of the Blowing Rock school board, Monday presented the plans to County Superintendent. Smith Hagnmau and the county board .i.- Boone. It had not at that time been decided whether the building would be of stone, brick or tilt-, but Mr. Blair and the two architects have recommended stone as being more in harmony with the mountain landscape than the other material.An early decision is expected, as It is hoped that the contract will be let >y Match 1. Work Progressing on Highway If the present sprinkling: weather .ontinues, the Blowing: Rock end of the Leiioir-Jilowing; Rock highway k\ill be completed within a short tinu , t was said last week l>> eng'.ncei-s in tdutrgepj The surface rock has already been laid through Green Park. A dozen trucks, a crew of nea rly :i hundred men and a rook crusher air-1 husy daily on this end of the: road.. Below Baily's Camp two steam shovel? and another large ere v. of [ it.- ii (iiu at w u: r?. Work on Golf Course Fair weather is also aiding in the work on the remodeled Green Park golf course. Teams and scrapers are working every day on the now fourteenth green, which is being relocated f lower on the grade to eliminate a difficult shot to the old green. The rough in front of the green is also being eliminated by grading. An almost impenetrable thicket of rbododendro?i and laurel is being cleared to make room for the extended No. 1*2 fairway. The trees and underbrush are first cut away and then the stump- are blasted. A steam roller is preparing the turf for the grass, which will he sown in early spring. Street Improvements Wonderland Drive and other beautiful driveways.in Green Park are to: be graded within a few days in pre-! paratiou for the summer season. Extension of Water Main Tkr. L.;v the eastern end of Laixrel Park and the neighboring: sections is rapidlyi being completed. The main ha- been laid over the course and will soon be ready for water from the Bloving Rock hill reservoir. Summer Sra*on Approaching j One of the first signs of the ap-: preaching rummer sensor, was seen ! > Week ;a the connection with tho town watev mains which was run into Young's cafe by .Toe Pan ell a. This cafe operates only during the summer. Anothei srn is that ft con.met has becn let. to a Charlotte contractor for the construction of a $05,000 summer residence for Herman Cone, brother of Moses if. Cone, developer DCRA st North Carolina. V HI, 1027 JURORS FOR SPRING TERM WATAUGA SUPERIOR COU* Fell owing is a list of jurors dra\ Monday for Watauga superior coui which will conveife in Boone on Mo day. March 28. with Judge Moo presiding: Fir.t Week \V. H. Phillips Bald Mounta - Geo. Wiison Beaver Da M. M. Cornett Beaver Da P. E. Cable Beaver Da Geo. F. Coffey _ Blowing Ro< J. Lee Hayes Blowing Rot ; R. II. Shore Blowing Rcm S. C Greene Blowing Rot F. L. Hampton Blowing Ro< W S. T-riplett Blowing Rot C". M. Greer . Boor 1). L. Wilcox Iitoi J. R. Miller Boo: R. F. Eilmistcn Boor C. G. Davis Cove Cie< Lewis Miller Cove Cret Dean Swift Gove Crei Fred Cox E Aivin Cannon Laurel Crei F. J. Trivett . Laurel Creie Alvin J. Cole Meat Can IT. J. Tugman Meat Canj ] J. IS. Miller M at < an J B. B. Greene Meat Crur | A. N. Thomas North Foi 1 1. L. liodenhamtr Stoo.y Km Alfred Wa.son Stony Foi T. H. Miller Stony Fo: G. W. Church Stony Foi I. S Baird Shawneeiia C. K. Townsend Shuv. ::oe?ia C. F Townsend Shaw . : David Yates -Shaw oo I). W. Lawrence Wailaufc \Y. C. Calloway Watauj! K- 11. Hollifield Wataue C\ \V. Kowe WaLiug Second Week Hit I Isaacs Beaver Dai lethro Wilson Beaver Dai W. L. Austin Blowing: Roc Lee Bobbins . . . . Blowing Roc F. F. Bolder .J . Blue Ridp W. C Lvor.s Booh J. A. Idol Boon L G. Hodges Boor W. H. Harbin Cove Cree Joe Harmon Laurel Cwit Lionell Ward Laurel Cree j. \V; Williams Meat Cam Ira Brown Meat Cam Walter Brown . Stony Foi" \V. Collins Wataug .J. L. Fox Wataug \V. T. Baird Wutaiig Lonmc G'. t ear WutUUg SOLDIER LOANS ..... .1.-. v representatives on Monday passed th biii to permit ho Unite I States gov ernmont to make direct loans to th veterans of the World War on thei adjusted compensation insurance cot tifieatos. The loans* will bear <i pe nfcnt interest arid will bo handle 1:rough tKe Veterans' Bureau, Gei oral i lines, director. Congress passed the bill without dissenting vole. Taking No Chances "i need $2 could yen loan it to hie?" "Sure, what do you want ?t for? "1 want it to buy ;i railroa ticket." "I'm sorry V?ut I left, niy poeke book at home." * of the Cone estate, one ol the mo: beautiful country homes in the. souti The Herman Cone summer home wi be situated on the heights to tt north of May view Park, whore it vvi have a commanding view of the towi Paul Kiutty., who has the contvai for the stone work, has begun built iug the driveways to the site. This expected ro he one of the ino-t niaj nificent summer homes in the resor Will Have Bastle Blowing Rock is to have a jail. J least. Mayor George Sudderth ski last week that town officials km looked at one with a view to buy it it. The object is. to save the tow the cost of transporting prisoners 1 Boone and hack; May Re-e-atablUh Summer Camp Xb'tfiVtinnArist ivra ttnfipr W?; f tl re-establishment. at Siiulh Mills tb year of Coral Gables summer cam This camp is composed of boys fro : Coral Gables. Fla.. exclusive subui ! oT Miami. A large group of Flork : boys spent last summer in camp l.er May view Has Not Been Leased All. kinds of rumors were currc; t:;St veek to the effect that Mayvio ! Manor had beer. leased for the sur mer. First one person and 1 h< (another was mentioned as >hb Icsse ; but authoritative persons who migr . know POpicfchmgr definite denied : knowledge of a least*. Moveovf no "'eswe had been filed at the -colli , house in Boone. I -.l- . wj. *- ' -jL/jl- SflBraffic .. . . ? ? - - " FIVE CENTS A COPY Interesting Meeting of American Legion I ri. Busiiies? asti Social Gathering Last H- , Friday Night Best Yet Held l*e | By Local Post | What .vas said bv those attending jit ! to have been the best and most in111, teresting gatherings of Watauga Post in ' ; Xo. 130. American Legion, was held j. i in the hall in the old Watauga County i Bank building la-t Friday night. The k 1 Ladies Auxiliary was invited to meet *k ' wi h the Legion and the gathering _k ' ''as altogether a delightful one. k j Among the most interesting fea^ ture was the refreshments-?ariny ^ ! hash. prepared bv A. W. Smith, ! Spanish-American war veteran. Lale; ' I dies of the Au?;iliary assisted in the ;k I - LTV Miff. ^ The business .-ession was presided k "v<'r !--v ^>os- Commander L. S. 1si acs, ;ir.?i the most inipi rfir, busi, ness matter considered was the desk : ^ I cision to stage a Fourth of .July celeIbiation Details for the celebration in ; ^ ; 'a ili probably be worked out tit the the March meeting. lp f uteres, ing talks were made bv .j. W. K. Comer, Vance ('. Howell and ! ! v \V. II. Gragg and A. \V. Smith, the , last two being visitors at the meet k l . ^ The next meeting will be held on March 1th. at which time eats and w | w ' o refreshments will be served. ' It is the hope of the officers of the 1 egion that the at tendance and in.crests manifested at the meeting Friday night can be maintained throughout the yeai. TRIPLETT NEWS ... 1 Trinlelt, Feb. K. -Your correin m | snondent was in error last, week in k : stating that a doer had been killed k | in this community. It is still alive, !v. I acording to Cat Greene. it was re| ported to have beer. killed on Monie j day, biit Tuesday ]\ \v>?s seen to pass , the home of Jaepb S. H ayes, k Mi and Mrs. Whiter Watson of Boone, are visiting Mrs. Watsoa's k ' parents at Triplets They will rep j nroift here until .he lust- of March, p Z. T. Watson began a penmanship R school at Triplet! or. February tfth. a i Rev. D. M. Wheeler began a rea viva! meeting at Mount Pleasant a ! eh u re 11 Mondn v. The metting will a! continue for two weeks, Mi-. James Watson, who has made hot homo in West Virginia foe some j- inie, visited her parents, Mr. and e .Mr-. \ (i. Wheeler last* Sunday: The roads in this section arc- in t, very buS shape at present, but will, of course. be- improved somewhat ... j when spring comes. Tj Ed Hampton visited at the home cl I of H'ia son-in-Uiw. James Hayes, last j,. I Sunday. Miss Hcstorin Miller spent Satur| day night at the home of her uncle, Will Gveei- This was her first visit here since leaving the community, n! Airs. W. S. Carroll, who lias been quite sick, is now improving. M 3? Yirgie Whfccfer has gone to (1 Glue field, \V, Ya., where she will enter school. 1 Miss Jessie Dean Hayes visited at the home of her aged grandmother _ ; last week. 5t1 M?s? Betfe Have: expects to er>h. ter the Normal school at Boone about lj February loth. 'j*i BLUE RIDGE HAPPENINGS n. Welil, as the groundhog has gone .?t hack in his borough to hibernate for j_ >: v eeks we had as well look out for is ?,. [, weather. r- | A blockade still and fixtures were t. j destroyed by Caldwell officers just I across the line in Caldwell county, reU j eentjy. The still is said to have located on government land, re Some parties, were at the still when te the officers arrived but made good u .heir escape. to Mrs. Finley Gragg. who has been id for some time is: improving. Mr. arid Mrs. J. Allen Gragg and le sen made a business trip to Lenoir is Saturday. p. j i he people of Blue Ridge were m grieved to read of the death of Rev. rb | it. N. Baldwin. He was well and la favorably known in this section, e. Menit Coffey returned home Saturday from Charlotte, where he had rd beer, taking a course in barbering. w It is understood that >.e will open a n- Blowing Rock this summer. *n Will El Us and wife, formerly Miss e. Etta Gr.igg, of this county, who were ht married Just week, are honeymooning in Caldwell county this week. ;r, ? t- Paper money was made in China 500 years ago. l t--'.