North Carolina Newspapers

> W ' vol pxvin, no. 5 NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM LEES-McRAE INSTITUTE Banner Eik, Feb. 10.?The basket j ball season ai Lees-McBae Institute opened on February 5 with a fame j between two teams of the school, the ' i Mabel Taylor, L. F.; Acmes Snyder, I J. C.; Dorothy Brotners, N. S. C.;jj Dolly Gueeu, R. G ; Madge Green. L. i G. Gold?Teresa Loveu, R. F?;j Hazel Smith, L. F.; Hat.tie Snyder, -f J. (Nell Wilson. N. S. C; Kathleen ! i I'eakc. R. G.; Louise VonCannon,: J VUG. jl On February 12 the faculty of l>ees-McRae and Grace Hospital staff |' played the victors of February 5-h The t-core of this game was 20 to 11 ( ? in faypr of the Green. The Eironenn and the Philolethean I Laterary societies of Leos-McRae ; high school were reorganized on ; February f>. The following officers'" were elected: E'irenean?President, ,'uanit:i Ciprion. Banner Elk; vice j > president., Gertrude Hickory. Elk; Park; secretary and treasurer, Mar-! vesc Green. new Bedford Mass. . Phiiolerhean?President. Johnny Sue! freeman. of Rutherfordlon; vice! president, Hattic Snyder, Chatta-; iKiovra. Tenn.; secretary and treasurti. Lucille Callahan. Newport, Tenn. WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY AT BLOWING ROCK The Women's Missionary Society held it* regular meeting at the Baptist church on February t) at 2:30; o'clock. The meeting was opened by i a song and prayer. The subject, i ggSR "What Is a Missionary?" was in-' Urestingly rendered in the following order: Bible Study, by different memI ? ts. What is a Missionary? by Miss) Yentre.-s. Christ, the Missionary, read bv Mrsses 15eolith YVooten ami Velma) Cannon. Modern Missionary Heroism, by ] M? - Vnd'oy. Reading. "William Carey's Vision." by Mrs. Jeff Brown. The World's Missionary Force and Missionary',- Reward, by Mrs. D. I IV Coffey. A large number of members were present, also new members and vis-j i''11 v from oilier churches were prest t as follows: Mrs. Lon Peoples, Mis S. L. l uuii.'!!, Mrs. II. Cooper, M iss Ventre fc. Mi's Joe Pattella and 7>!vs. X Greene. The society was g .mi \< have these new members and visitor Aftet rHffiing and prayer, all " were invited to the home of Mrs. J. \ '[. Miller lor the social hour. Assisted b> Mrs. Roll Greene the hoste&s served two delicious. courses, the tir-L C( nststlngof chicken salad with dressing arid beaten biscuits, the second icc cream, pound cake and coffee. The lieu i for departure arrived all too soon. The next meeting wili be held March 9th at the church, anil the social hour at some member's home to h? decided on later; VALLE CRUCIS NEWS Val'e Cruris. Feb. 16?0 T. Hairdos who has been in Detroit during the winter has returned Home because of Mr-. Baird"s illness. Rev. arid -Mrs. .j. P. Burke are at home again after am absence of about six weeks on vacation and bu.-iness. The end of last week Mr. Burke whs e&Ued to Bessemer City on account ot the illness: arid death of his mother. Misses Boitldip, Rieaud, Pearl Mvretz and Katharine* Wilten spent ^ last week in Hickory attending the ' * y Bishop's Crusade. Mis.-> Wiinia Baird has gore to Yero Beach. Fin., to visit, her aunt, Mrs. W: T. Lane. Mrs. T. H Taylor and Mrs. W. H. Wagner spent last Thursday night in Hickory with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Menzics, Jr. Misses Susie and Alice Taylor left last. Friday on a two weeks' motor, trip to Florida with Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Duia. : Mrs. \Y. D. Clarke and son, W. I). Clarke, of Lenoir, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mast. Mr. and M rs. J. D. Shull drove up j from Elizabethton on Saturday. Mr. nv-.ii .. .* \.i viw OIKIM LtnniliMII,; iuuiivuj auu i'lio. ; Shuii remaining: to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Caudill. Mr. arid Mrs. P. G. Spainhour took Mrs. Spainhour's mother, Mrs. N. L. Mast, to the Banner Elk Hospital on Monday, where she will remain for observation and treatment. T. i). ilefiner spent the week-end ^ ir. :.he valley. rATAl A Non-Partisan Ne7 BOON] Need For Farm Agent in Watauga County Normal School Student Presents Ar- ] gument on Affirmative Side of j ^ Important Question I (The following paper was written : ! in the high school history cla.'JS of j Prof. I. G. Greer at the Nt.rir.nl in a Study of the subject of a farm agent ! x for Watauga. As a vewr.nl to the l student who should write the best j, ;v pi r Prof. Greer agreed to have it! ent u> the pipers for publication. j i This first prize paper was written by I. Mir;.- Mabel Bingham. of Watauga! county) : In the last few years there has , oeen a great deal said for and against j , a farm demonstration agent for Wat- J i uUga county. Those who oppose a! , county demonstration agent contend , , that he is not worth to the farmers j; of the county what he costs. They [ , say. and with a great deal of force j to the argument, that the clvef dif- j , ficulty of the farmer. especially in j Watauga county, is ihc excessively high taxes which he has to pay; that; the tax rate is so high th* t it is ! most impossible for him to pay his ( taxes and support his family from the i products of his farm; and that this condition is the chief cause for the phenomenal depreciation in the price of farm lands within the last four or five years. They also argue that the population of the county being large- j Iy rural, the principal source of -eve-; nue for the expenses of the county j must be derived from tuxes levied on j the farm and farm products of the county, and all expenses of the county which are not absolutely necessary should he cut out. Another argument advanced against a county demonstration agent is that all the citizens and taxpayers are not directly benefited by his work, and that only those who are benefited should have to pay him. Still another reason advanced is that a farm demonstration agent does not understand local conditions and that those who have lived in the community know more of conditions than anyone they could obtain who would be approved by the state and nation al governments, and that the experience of the county with the demonstration agent has proved very unsatisfactory. Having noted some of tic. objec- | tions to a county demonstration agent for Watauga county, let us examine - c _i.? : urujiiy auiuv ??i iiiv min^a 111 wuaii | an agent for Watauga should specialize. Fir.^i of ali, he should speciiilize in Iri.-h potatoes, and that means that he should know hot only how to raise them, but also how to market j, them There is no crop, perhaps, to i which the soil of Watauga county is: so well adapted as potatoes, aiid certainly no crop is so profitable. He should also thoroughly under-1 j stand how to grow and market eah-l nage. w ith special emphasis on mark- j. cting. If Watauga county could al-! j ways have a market at a reasonable j price for the cabbage raised, it would make farming in the county inde- ^ pendent and would doable the value of the farm land suitable for this par-j ^ ticular crop. Another important crop in which', he could specialize is fruit growing.!! The possibilities of this line of in-r duttry is almost beyond estimation. | The soil and climate are ideal for ap- ^ pie growing and there is always a ' good market lot first class apples. The cheese industry for the county j is in its infancy* and a county de- , monstraiipn agent who understands ^ the cheese business could be of great . value to the farmers of the county. Another need of Watauga county is to develop the canning industry so ( a.- to lake care of surplus fruits and j vegetable-, and a demonstration agent who understands this business { and can interest, the citizens in developing it, will be of great service . to the county. The demonstration work that has j already been done in the poultry ( business has been of great value to ^ the county, and is yielding fineprofits to those who are engaged in , the business, and are taking care of their fowls according- u> what they have learned through demonstration work. This is a field that has hard- . y been touched, and yet it brings , more money into the county at the . present time than any other single ] industry. Having considered-some of the objections to a farm der/ir?nstret>?ri agent, and having \riefl> noted some of the things in which he should Set" $ UGA ] wspaper. Devoted to the B< _ ? E. WATAUGA COUNTY NORTH CA CAROLINA MOTOR CLUB ]> OFFICER VISITS BOONE W. b- :vsjist."iil district D manage*: of the Carolina Motor Club, with head quart ?s in Greensbfafc was, in Boone la- t week getting* the or^amzation started here. Ralph Winkler's garage was appointed their* official garngi for the club to give j free emergency road service to mem-1 jers of the club, also as information nireau and will be equipped with 111 na; s, road reports, lour books, etc. | a? There are numerous benefits to be| feu! by members, tlie club giving free | tl *nv. rgency road serv;ce, offers $50 j S reward for member's car if stolen, ( ti furnishes momiici with $50 bond|C< sard and free legal a-sis'ence. full f w membership in the American Auto-1 P< mobile Association which entitles the w member to the reciprocal courtesies { 01 of over 000 other clubs in the United States. The membership also in- h eludes subscription to the Carolina tl Moioriatj. monthly magazine of the 0 club. Members dues also make it b po?\sib'e for ti e club to carry on ac-I h pideh*. prevention work, legislation b rlimi... t ... - J-.l 1 < ? " . nn.n.viiig >r:v!ESi aMjucu >.:ai>s 4/1U udvei tislr.g to attract outside tourists't* to North Carolina. Those joining the club last week 1 were Mayor L). J. Colt roll. Dr. J. M. * Gaither, Dr. II. B. Perry, Dr. J B. n Hagaman and Dr. J. M. Hodges. t FRANCE WILL NOT ENTER NAVAL LIMITATION CONFAB 11 j II Paris, Feb. 15.?The French gov-? j ^ ernment has politely declined Pressdent Coolidge's proposal for a new naval limitation conference. 11 The French reply, made public this 8 evening, says that the government is convinced that following* the American proposal would risk eompromis- 1 ing the success of the work which R the League of Nations has already 1 undertaken. :: : t specialize, we will now consider some ' t of the advantages to the county gen- d e rally of having a farm demenstro-1 c tfon agent. ( In the first place we are to assume t that he understands something of the t needs of the people and the con- s (lit,ions to be met. One of the chief c reasons for having a farm demonstra-. lion agent is to help the farmer to b better to hotter understanding of the f tops that he should grow and which v ran be profitably grown, and the ? mmi of cattle and fowls that he I shod Id raise in order to enable him P to pay his. taxes and meet the higher u living expenses of modern life. In C making an investment, the most im ; portant question is not always cost, P but due consideration for the ad- $ vantage.* to be derived. It is true :hat. the cost of a farm demonstration igeilt Is negligible when compared to ? the benefits derived from the right <' gild of agent. ? What the people of Watauga need is not so much to reduce taxes as to increase production along pre-per ( ^ lines. There is a market for all the d ijiuuiiuus 10 wmen Watauga is, pecu- > liarly adapted, and we need some one I whose business it is to find this ii market. 1 o It is true that taxes are so high as lo be burdensome in this county, having spent so much for good roads and a iither improvements, ami that the h burden of taxation must be borne by' ? :be farmer-, of the county. It is, n therefore, important that his income'P mnsi in some way be increased. The; best way to increase the income of Lhe farmer is by a system of educa-. lJ don, and the best way to do this is' n o have an expert to take the lead 1 n the work. w An example of what may be ac-! I3 ;omplished in this way is the poultry business. A few fowls are kept on ilmost every farm, they fail to pay j cl expenses because of poor attention, i v. \ few flocks are being cared for ac- j b wording to methods recommended by fi :he demonstration agent. A hundred ; o lens, taken care of in this way, are \v making their owners more than one 1 p iollai* profit per day. This is only j si }ne instance of the many ways m j e tchich the farmers of the county < L'ouid be benefited by a live demon- j r< st rat ion agent. Experiments conducted by the na- j tior.al and slate governments have. h pruTvd the value of this kind of work.' d and both .-tate and nation are willing}-fi :o pay part of the salary of an agent 1 in order to give the counties the adjk vantage of expert assistance. IfjrWatauga county is to keep pace withlg the progressive counties of the state; j n she must have a demonstration agent.: e DEMC ist Interests of Northwest i ROLINA, THURSDAY. FEBKuJ^ 1 Jews of a Week c? At Blowing Rf| reparations Now Being Mad^' ?r ^ Summer Season. Which Will About May I JsIj ' "th Blowing Rock, Fe!>. 1 >?ino dion fitr the opening of the 'srrVv.mt-r n.-o?? ov. May 5. the Green P-?.r>. ho-- ' . is xteiMve ;mpr >vo- t.|u, ects. Manage! 0 W. Specifier has ma imounetii. bly More baths will he added before PW >e beginning: >?f the season. Mr. pencei and the interior decora- * oris will be gone over and re no vat b? < 1. New paper veil! b?- put on the 'a>| alls, and the woodwork will be re- ;tcc anrituci. A steam heating system f'xT ill be installed practically through- ' ut the buiiding*. r-r!| Outdoor-, tbt" landscaping- will ' ave attention, in connection with tio: it, extensive \vbrk being done in en- un' irging and remodeling the Green ver ark G oif course, which circles the an< otel. The hotel grounds will be nia eautifieil and lknilsgnned *r. h?r_ ionize with the remodeled golf - del ourse. fin A complete system of fire protec-f ion will be installed. Mr. Spencer' aid, and other improvements will be iade for the comfort of summer ouristr. * ?<* Donald .1. Boyden. mahager'of the th? Rowing- Rock hotel, announces thai is hotel also will do extensive work W 11 improving the service before the lotel opens for the summer on une 15. Managers of the other hotels had mv lot been heard from at the time of th' oing to press. Mi Fourth Well Being Bored 1 Drilling of a new municipal well, he fourth in the town's chain to 1?< upply the water system, was begun on n Green Park last Thursday. At the d" ame time, ditching was begun for ha he six-inch water main connecting Ireen Park with the town water sys- by em. This work was begun imme- ' lately on receipt of news of passage ^ if. the bill by the senate to annex W} reCn Park and May view Park to1 be he corporate l'mits. The work will e completed in about two months,' did Councilman N. C. Greene. in tel harge of the work. A Myers pump has been purchased 's y the town from the Myers Pump re lompjiuy of Greensboro. The pump, ^ Inch has a capacity of -15 gallons a linute. will be used on the Green [.'I well, and it is expected to suply? Green Park with all the water it eeds, though as a safety measure h*cen Park will have connection with U three, of the reservoirs. The ot ump. motor and all attachments cost lc 1, 100. Bridge Nearing Completion The bridge being built across New Liver at Chestnut Lane is almost ompleted, A M. Oritcher, ir. charge f the work, has announced. Death of Mrs. Pitts Funerai services were conducted Viday for Mrs. Roy Pitts, who died any Thursday morning- of diabetes. Irs. Pitts, was a istov-in-iavv of E. G. pc 'ills, prominent Blowing Uoek build- t\{, \g contractor. ?nc was! a member f the Winkler family of Lenoir. Oyster Supper \y Forty-seven dollars were taken in t the oyster supper and dance held fn ere Saturday night to celebrate the ' wj penihg of the now town hall. The \j( lohey was donated to the lire deartiiierif. Saturday morning the truck made wc 2vera 1 practice runs with Engineer ^ aul Kluttz at the wheel. Connec- on ions were made and streams were farted with a speed and precision jjrr orthy of city departments. Chief ,'^jj aricilia said. . ; New Store Building 1 we Craig and Coon, general morgan disc dealers, announce that \york. sj1< iil be started at once on a stone i uiiding to replace (heir presently, rame building. The stone is already j eY n the ground. The new buildingj *-el ill be thirty feet deeper than the 15,, resent building. New counters and j lov helving will bo installed, but the't0l leetric meat cutting machinery and j i ;. ilectvic refyigeratwr showcases :,'-jdo eady in use will be retained. Birthday Dinner j Mrs. i. H Pivmi'-!: and Mrs. Elijah leid were guests of honor at a birth-j ay dinner given them Sunday by: no irs. lieid's daughter. Miss LuciK v,p leid and her sisler, Miss Nettie W'iti ler. Mrs. Presneli and Mrs. Reid eceived many felicitations, as weti as; ifts honoring the occasion, and nerrimeni reached its height with the titling ot the birthday cake pre- ,h, i ' North Carolina. T. 1927 UNTY GOVEP.MENT REFORM JRGED BY GOVERNOR McLEAN Governor McLean on Tuesday in pecia' nttSsage to the North Carei general assembly; urged taking e first step to reduce the everreasivig burden of local taxes" and :i legislative bills were immcdiate:?it reduced looking to that. end. The governors special tiios.-age to a*>embly followed his hienniai psago on convening of the assemin January in the interest of irnvement in county operation, esialy finance. "ounty government reform has i studied by a commission *?or the two years and Tuesday'- biibs ompanied the message. The bills iressly would provide: mproved methods of county garment. improved methods of administrate of fiscal affairs >) counties byj form accounting systems, preuion of deficits, balanced budgets i economical and business-like n age ment. A county finance bi'l to limit 171 U V. VV4 11 *. .70 i}llli:iui i- * HIV lllllirv l|lil| anee act. Improved tax collection .systems House Committees Tuesday ieporL unfavorably the- Poole anti-evolu n bill and reported favorably or * Australian ballot bill. ILL OPERATE THEATER AT BLOWING ROCK Lenoir. Feb. 15?W. N. Sherrill' ner and manager of the Imperia eater <?f this place, has leased the lyyicw theater at Blowing Rod um J. CI. Ballew, and will operati this season in connection with tht 'al one. Mr. Sherrill expects to pu a number of special features ther; ring the summer, some of whcil ve already been signed for. The Mayview theater was ownci \V. L. Alexander of the May-viev syblopmcnt Company and .J. G. Hal v. Last year when the property is advertised and sold Mr. Builov ught it in. Faith With Scrapple?Owen Wis r said at a Logan luncheon. "This is the serappie season., hut i only in Philadelphia that one eat ally enjoy scrapple. For Phlia lphia is the home of the famou: h. and elsewhere scrapple is sus CL" Mr. \Vister laughed "For the perfect enjoyment oJ ?'e," he saidi "there must he per rt confidence- and this is also tru< srrapple."?Pittshurgh Chronicie legraph. So's Your Old Man Prof: Is this wrong? "I have ct?' Stride: Yes. Prof: What's wrong with it7 Stude: You ain't et yet. red by Miss Reid ;ind Miss Winkkv Personal Mention A new nine-pound boy arrived 01 bruafy 10 at the home of Mr. anc rs. Clyde Clausen. Misses Lucie WiUiains and Mabe >ffey and Heni*y Conrad motored t< inston-Salcm recently. Miss Helen Coffey has returner >m a delightful visit of three week: th friends in Lincolntbn anc >oresville. Mr. and Mrs. doe Pattella drove tc larlotte recently, spending th< ek-er.d with friends and relative: rc and returning to Blowing Roe* Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmse Hodges b.J soxville are visiting in the home ol \ and Mrs. J. M. Hodges he re. Miss Comie Moody will spend the ek-end ir. Rnoxvilio. The ladies of Blowing Rock have )\vn sustained interest in the es dishment of a fire department rt, u 1. ..r by various activities. At an oys -upper given in Young's Caf< turday night $17.50 was clcaret card the equipment of the volan ir company organized here with Jot neO:-. as chief and Lloyd Under wn ::s assistant chief. Mr?. Rtifus Coffey has jnst return )rV>m "Statesviile where she ha m For hospital treatment. Mrs . Dobbins and Mrs. S. .J. Stutz an vv iii Dr. Long's saniioriuin in tha yA very interesting meeting of th? ;n> Club was he;d Monday evenini the Presbyterian church. An in ,iojr supper was served the mem rs of the club and their guests fc; ? ladies of the Auxiliary. FIVE CENTS A COPY I Road Commission and Bookkeeper for County 1 wo Important Measures Introduced, j in Assembly by Representative Thoi H Coffey i On ia>i Friday Representative j Thomas II. ( offer introduced two | bills in the house that will if enacted, j into law, mean a great deal to Wat? | atiga county, or at least that is what fnemls of" the legislation believe. One bill, entbied "Amend 1923 act relating t" road c< mn> ssion for i Watauga countv.' It iv. proposed in this bill to strike out the nanus of j rhe board of county commissioners | and insert instead the names of three .. n v.. ii.- *>.! > v-in a road ' oninii-fio;-. As to who will compose this commission The Democrat has not boon informed. The other bill introduced Friday would create a bookkeeper for Watauga. county. The purpose of thia is to have ai! r cords of he ! county so kept that all necessary iri-: | formation can be placed before the , severed board-.- on each first Monday | in order that they may intelligently | handle the finances of the county and .. i make appropriations without . available fundi , and also to eliminate ! i'lig and exragpsiye audits. In other , ' words, to give the county a careful and businesslike government at. i a minimum cost, The provisions of * {the bill follows: "See. 1. That the hoard of coun: ty coihmI$sb?ncrs of Watauga coun t, ty is hereby authorized ami crnptmi -.? d to appoint a bookkcepei whose , business it shall be to keep all records - of receipts and expenditures ol each , and every department of the county , uyy i;ui ic^i i. ^ "Set 3. These records shall he so ? kept that the hoard of county < om^ missioners, hoard of education and road commission shall have on the \j first Monday of each month a coixtj plet.e baluncB sheet showing the _j amount of money doc from uncoliect. | od taxes., moneys on hand., amoiiifts k. j appropriated'for any and; all purj poses, ampuyts paid out ami to I whom paid and amount;: still due. : j "See. 3. These balance sheets shall show a separate ami complete t i account of each fund for which the , raxes were levied, so that the -aid . j hoard of county commissioners. hoard s f education ami road commission . shall have o:v each first Monday of i each month a clear ar.d concise i statement of the financial condition [ of each kind every department of tiie . county government. "See. 1- The board of tonntv _ j conmiissioners shall have the aulhori | ty to fix the salary of the bookkeeper, which shall not be mere than one I hundred and twenty-five dollar: per ' | month." DINNER PARTY Mr. and Mis. Paul A. Oof ley entertained at a .vlx o'clock dinner party last Wednesday evening. The table was lovely with the centerpiece, a layire silver Vase, filled with white * flowers. A delicious three-course diii1 . was served to the foil owing j ir\ie: who later in The evening ? a1 j joyed several rubbers of bridge: Mr. > and Mrs. O. 1.. llardin, MV\ ?hd Mrs. ; M. P. Oritcher. Misses Carrie Coffey i I ar.d Mary Cooaciil. s i ' : ; . ] TRIPLETT HAPPENINGS Trip'ott. Feb. Id.?Revs. Carroll ) and Honeycutt of Avery county, > traveling evangelists, passed through s this section last week on their preach; ;ng tour to West Virginia. Z. T. Watson's writing school, the t second term here this winter, is large[ ly attended. It will close Thursday, the l?th. i Mrs. Nancy Hodges who has been very il] for the past week, is slowly i improving. Rev. I). AI. W heeler is holding a t series of meetings at Mt. Pleasant -1 c run ch. - j Miss Betty Hayes )eft yesterday * lor Boone where she enters the Nor1 ; lv.al fo> the present term Plenty of saw mills are in opera tioh here now, since hickory cross - vies came or the market. K. H. Simmons sold one hog to - Arlie Brown for $50. Ifow does this -.1 price compare with the price of hogs . 25 5years ago? 2 Vess Wheeler, attorney of Chattat nooga. Tenn.. visited his mother i ere last week. What about the .springlike weather ? in February? The willow leaves arc - mere than an inch long and the Eas t.ei flowers wSu -0\> nappear if the y j warm day? continue. j (Miss) Jessie Hayes. Correspondnt. Uyjii