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VOL. XXXVUX, NO. 27 Beginning of Methodism in W at a u g a Countj Historic Henson's Chapel Orgajxiict About 1811 in Home of Golscn Davis {Rupert Gillett in Charlotte Ob server.) Golscn Davis was so ugly rhat hi wife only, once admitted he was hand some. Mrs. Dayis was the firs Methodist in Watauga county, bad in 1M0 or 1811, when as E'iizabetl . Whitlow she came front Tennessei P* and was snowbound on Brushy Fork There she met Gplson Davis, whv wooed her without success, but whet the snow melted and she returned t< Tennessee, Davis followed her. lr spite of his uncomely appearance, hi; persistence won, and Elizabeth Wihitlow became Mrs. Go!son Davis and accompanied her husband back t< Cove Creek. About the same time, a Methodis1 preacher named Greer began preach ing in Watauga county?the first Methodist meetings ever held here? and he worked up such spirituality that people came from the hollow: far and near to hear him preach. Al first, he was allowed to use the Bap tik church, but soon the Baptists ob jected to his presence and told hin Chat he must hold his meetings else where- Gathering his little fiocl about him. the Rev. Greer asked il any would donate a room in his house for vise as a church. G olson Davis arose and offered his house, and it was accepted. It was then that Mrs. Davis, the de ^ vout Methodist, said that her homely husband looked pretty. Meetings were held thereafter in the Davis house, and that was the beginning ot Hanson's chapel, oldest Methodist church in Watauga county and one of the oldest in western North Carolina. The story of Golson Davis and his wife was recalled by aged citizens of the GcvO Creek section, particularly by Enoch Swift, aged Confed erate veteran, when the campaign was begun to raise funds to complete the nv\y. church, which has been under construction for more than a yea?. Work is now suspended because of lack of money, but it' is hoped that, it can soon be resumed. Although Hehsoh's Chapel really began with the meetings in the Davis home, formal organization did not take place until 1858, when the following members: George M. Bingham, John Comb-, Thomas Harbin and Mrs. Harbin, Mr. arid Mrs. Chus. Henson, George Moody, Mrs. Eli Far ziicj. aiiu mi. iSiiu iuxs guvts. Tbe only meeting house available was a little one-room school house which stood a few feet to the east ol the present church building. Mr. Swift says that Highway N'o. GO now run- exactly through the center of the plot on which the school house stood. For 10 years the services were conducted in this school house, but by whom it is uncertain. Elder Miles, of Tennessee, is believed to have been the second Methodist preacher in Watauga county, but what became of Greer no one knows, and there is no historical record for reference. Other early preachers at the schoolhouse were named Joshua Cole, Tillelt, Blackburn and Martin. Just after the close of the Civil war, Mrs. Charles Henson donated a lot on which to build a church. The building was erected in 1808. and it was called Henson's Chapel in honoi of the donor of the land. The first preacher in the new church, according to the memories of Mr. and Mrs Swift, was a man named Cooper, anc he was folloed by one Spencer Seventeen years later, the ole church was torn down, and a new one was erected on the same plot ol ground. It, too, bore the name Hen son's Chapel, and the donor, Jfrs Ilenson, worshipped in it aiso unti her death at the age of 100. This new church seated only 15( persons, but it has been in use con Cinually for nearly 10 years since it construction. Rev. R. A. Taylor, thi present pastor, says he has seel more than 300 persons come to th services, and, as only 150 could bi seated, the others crowded as nea the windows as they could in orde to hear the pastor from the outside On special occasions, like the visit o Bishop Mouzor. last week when th district conference was in session a the church, the building would hoi 1 f f ivkrt itqm Ktlliy <X 1I(S'.UV>11 UL jSvvlV tl?v V?UI from the surrounding country- to al tend the services, (Continued on Page Five) A Non-Partisan Ne BOON! HEGENDlSFn' BLOWING ROCK , j Beautiful 'ncian Story Tells of the Naming of Watauga's Most Scenic; Wonder; Xnoxville Lady's Volume Tells of incident By J. C. FLETCHER r "Wauhonha?se^' an Indian legend!^ ; of Blowing Rook is the title of a ; 1 publication of which Mrs. Ada Canrtp- ! ; bell Larew of Knoxville, is the au- t * thor. The scene of this legend is la- ' cated two miles from the village of s Blowing Rock. In the preface to the > beautifully and handsomely iilustrat- * ed verse is fold the legend of the I tragic fate of the beautiful Indian ^ j maiden VVauhonhasee, daughter of a 1 i Chickasaw chieftain, and her Chsro-j 1 i j > j kee lover. i4 . "Then to craggy cliff?a lovely j * sight, j . Where the wind blows day and) night." Back in the day.- when traveling jc through the mountains of North j Carolina was done by coach and covered wagon, the author states that e she had a remarkably interesting ex-1 2 ^ povienec. To ex pi ore the wiids, to 3 study the beauty of the glorious ! mountain scenery, to come in close ! contact with the natives and to wan- f \ dot in a t'errestial paradise that had ; been the haunts in bygone days of j J the Indian, was a dream fulfilled. J.ni . the land of towering peaks, winds * the Yonahlossee Road from which 11? , road ieads to the crest of Blowing j $ Rock, and this road traverses a land 0 . of surpassing grandeur. Here are v many waterfalls, eventually tribe- n taries to a distant sea. Here the pine t , anil balsam perfume the air with1 " sweeter fragrance than oriental in ! I1 cense. Here the calyx carpel the!' . loamy earth in bronze and green and ; f . dark ravines produce the loveliest f Wild flowers- Here is the land of In- v' dian legends and myths. I' Nestling upon an elevation which a enables the traveler to view one of the grandest mountain kingdoms inj" j all the world, nothing could he niorei:< inspiring Lhan this scenic grandeur. | ' . No wonder the Indian was inspired i' to believe in a supreme Being, one h , whom they worshipped in a faith that c . was strangely beautiful. No wonder * the author was in.-pited to write of K , the legend?forgotten almost in the N passage of time. No wonder the G mountaineer is the most deeply religious of all peoples?for who could , look on the mighty works of nature a and doubt' far one moment the exist- n dice of a supreme Being? i s As the Story goes, she was sitting |r upon a great rock gazing into space ii where the profile of Grandfather!:; i Mountain towers to the sky. when I ! she was approached by a haif-breed ! e | Indian who had a basket of fragrant] 1! balsam U> sell. If was he who re- d cited the legend of the rock, a le- i; genii which wilt ever live in the mem o pry of his people, so long as a rem- g . nant of them is left. I t When the white man entered the n , wilderness of North Carolina and j c , Termestee, invading the happy hunL'-jf ing ground of the Indian, what more I !, . natural than that he should be irri- j c . tated, resentful and suspicious. Aris-ie tocrat- of all the tribes were the r I Cherokees. Perhaps the most war- g i like were the Chicka.-aws. A Chick- t . asaw chieftain had a beautiful r - daughter, so runs the legend, and in a fear of the white man's, admiration ; of his beautiful Wuuhonhasse, he ,j . journeyed far from the plains to the j mountain top?Blowing Rock?with i 1 Vfjiuhoiihdsse and her mother; left y them and returned to his tribe. One j I day a Cherokee brave wandered into ,, . the wilderness below, and from a r E lofty craig was espied by the lonely t, . maiden, and in innocent play she g . shoi an arrow in his direction. The 1 arrow shot by the maiden w hom he ( had alto seen, figuratively pierced his ^ i heart, and that night he appjared be- v - fore her wigwam and in song, told of s s roving far from home and tribe in v 5 search of a lovely bride. ( -i I "Then .'he Cherokee's anion wooing, f e His sweet and arden wooing. j e With the wind and distant thunder. | r And a spirit to forever wander, r They bounded gaily o'er rock ana rill, f Never weary, never still, e Then to Craggy Cliff?a lovely sight, j t Where the wind blow's day and I ; r.ioht " c But ever, lovers' trysts, lovers' de- . elarafion of undying love, must some- ] times be rudely interrupted, so it was - with the Indian maiden and her warI rior lover, for one day he saw the UGA wspaper, Devoted to the S, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH ( Club Members Plan To Beautify Cemetery "May Be Givon Tomorrow Night for Purpose of Raising Funds for Worthy Cause Tomorrow evening the ladies of the kVorth While Club will present the econd local talent play of the sea-* on. The title of the drama is "Mrs. md Mr- Polly Tickk" and is given unler the supervision of the Wayne P. jewell Producing Company, of Atanta, and under the personal direction of Miss Hazel Phillips, who has >een here working up the ca.-t. for e'veral days. The money derived from these perormances supplements a savings de?osit of the club and when enough ias been secured will be used in a ump to improve and beautify the emetery in the eastern part of town. Co more needed improvement could ?e made at the present time and the ilub members respectfully ask for he co-operation of the people as no noney is being asked except for ivic betterment. The business men of the town rave eonmnutec! advertisements inongh to make possible a half page id in this paper which will also give in idea of the entertainment tomorrow evening*. LOYD WARD TO OCCUPY NEW BUILDING AT ELIZABETHTON The following from the Elizabethan (Term.) Star, will he of interest Lcally: J. Frank Spires announced at his i'fice Monday that construction Work .as ready to be started on a new 'lilk depot and pasteurizing plant at he intersection of Elk avenue and E" street. The building which was fanned by Mr. Spires will occupy he triangular lot* at that location routing 98 feet on E street and 82 eet on Elk avenue. Construction rill be of brick and stone, one story igh and work will be carried out on daily basis by Waiter Grindstaff. Mr. Spires stated that* the building ould he occupied by Mr. Floyd Ward .nd associates- Mr. Ward is from 3oone, N. C: Aside from pasteurizing milk and maintaining a before reakfast delivery service the new ornpany will manufacture and seil i?e cream. The estimated cost of the tructure with equipment is somefh'-re in the neighborhood of $10,00. Rapid City, S. D.. July 22.?Sinter Snioot, of Utah, one of the administration leaders, came to th-* uminer "White House yesterday to enew his appeal to President Cooljge tor a special session of congress h the fall. A recommendation made iy Secretary- Hoover that the fctlr ral government give immediate relef in the Missi^sirmi flor.it lakes the special session imperative 11- the opinion of Senator Smoot In rder to give this relief and to get overnmer.t finances on a better basis he Utah senator believed the ndainistration would do well to have ungress meet early and pass the de ieieney appropriation bill which was Dst in the senate filibuster at' the lose of the last session That bill arries a large amount of funds to neet emergency expenses of the :nvernmont ami these fund?, he hints, would be needed if immediate Wief whs to be extended Vo the flood lea. istant skv suddenly redden in waning. He must return to his people. Ie proved adamant to her pleading, icr importunities nor to leave her. Jut duty's call ivas to him paramount vent to I113 dove for the beautiful naiden; and in desperation he leapd from the lowering rock to the byss below. In a frenzy of fear and love she irayed to fhe Great Spirit and to the rind to blow him back to her, and rhile on bended knee with arms outtretched, to receive him; a gust of vind blqw him back. She would have lad it so, even though she could have oresc; n the tragedy that followed, 'or the chief tain father returned for lis daughter to find her. not with a lespised paleface, hut one even more letested?a Cherokee. Tn anger he irove a knife into the stranger and is he died for love, so did the lovely naiuen wno piunRea o or a waterlall mil died 'neath the spray. Such is the legend as fold in thf story and it is said that Blowing Rock was named to commemorate th-: trajric endinc of this Indian lov< story. LCnoxville, Tenn., .July 22, 1927. DEMi Best Interests ojfigforthvv CAROLINA. THi:RS]J|PPJULY 28. :NEWS Mffim ; ATBLgpNGKOCl' i Dr. Vance Heard by Throng at Pre; byteriatu Church; To Stage Ben^rfi F;ddi*rs' Content; Nevr Telephon Line Has Good Business By RUPERT G1LLETT Blowing: Rock, July 27.?"It i difficult to make an infidel of mountaineer, because he has so man voices around him speaking of the ir finite," said Dr. James I. Vance o Nashville, Tenn., Sunday in a .-ei mon before a summer audience this packed Rumple Memorfai Presbvtei ian church to the doors. "Climb to the top of Grandfather 1 Mountain," he continued, "and loo | at the succession of blue peaks unt they disappear in the dim distance !and you w sit understand the spirit! al appeal of the mountains; you vi I uiiueracaiia wny mountains play sue J an important* part in Biblical liter? j ture, and why the old Israelites wen for inspiration to the tops of ta mountains." Br. Vauce, whose sermons her during the rummer always dra1 large crowds, wili preach again ne> Sunday. 13. K. Jenkins of Blowing Rod was on a tour of Western North Cai olina this week seeking entries to th fiddlers' convention wheih will b held here August 5 and 6 under th auspices of the Blowing Rock fire <i< pertinent*. Mr. Jenkins will visit all of the u mous dancers, band- and fiddlers ; this part of the state in an effort t gather here the greatest assembly c j musicians ever to take part in sue an event' in North Carolina. Fiddling John Carson, champion c the South, will Conduct the cohvei tion. ?nr.d be will he seconded by Du Vance, champion of East Tennessee. The Blowing Rock telephone change had handled 43 long distant calls at 9 p. m., on the first full da of operation Wednesday. Only thi j teen telephone* had been installs ! tViai* dnv MAst I\7 fhom tn j houses. i Daily bus service between Johnso 1 City, Tenn., mid Blowing Rock w; i started this week. The bus arrivt I here just before noon each day an departs for Johnson City at J p. in. The fifty girls ai Camp Alloh-We Tee, conducted by Miss Mary Kail : erino Thompson of Charlotte, we: or. a hike to Boone Tuesday. Mot day they hiked to Twin Peaks, 11 e j here. Thursday night the git-is \vi . be presented by Miss Thompson : an amateur play, as the closing ever ' of the first term of the camp. Th | second term will begin Aug:.-. 7 j A small blaze around a dofectiv i flue in the summer home here of ( C. Laughr.er of St. Petersburg, Fla called out the Blowing Roek f.r truck for the first, time this siimire The blaze was quickly extinguishe after doing damage estimated f $100. | The third handicap golf tourni j merit on She Green Park-Xorwoo I course here was won Sunday by D I Wallace W. Abernethy of Chariot t | with a gross score of 75. less a hai I clicap of 9, making a net score of 61 I This is the best score made so far i I any of the tournaments. J. Wagn't J of Statesville, who won the secon i tournament, came off second bcsr th ! time with a gross of 74, handicap J and net fill J. W. Ballinger of Hickory an ! Givens Harper of Hickory, tied ft i third place. The former's gross scoi I was 78, handicap 8, net 7U. Mr. Ha pet's gross was 88, handicap 18. in 70. With a good road all the way fro Lenoir to K] crying Rock, week-er visitors here increased strikingly Sa urday and Sunday. Nearly ali of t! hol'els were filled, and many of ;i rooming houses had all their roon taken. Mr. and Mrs. R. G Sloan and M and Mrs. W. R. Dalton formed a pa ty of four over the week-end at Ma j view Manor. One of the largest parties of t week-end which enjoyed Saturd; j mgni 5 aanee ax t no Manor was coi L posed of Mrs. Louis M. Giant ' j Greenwich. Conn.. Miss Jessie liMariey, Miss Elizabeth Granv | Vonkers, X. Y-, Miss Alice Grai I Barrett Grant and Madame Epcie, ?SSSS8Slgft ' -,V' ?& V r K OCRA rest North Carolina. 1927 Lodged In Jail on Charge of Incest ^ George Dollar of Valla Crucis, Atrested Monday on Serious i Charge e- Gour de Dollar, 22, a resident of the j Valie Crucis section, is hem?: held in ithe county jail in default of a thou-1 j sard dollar bond for alleged immoral| s| relations with a thirt'een-year-old st?-: Hjter. The girl was placed under thej, i care of the county welfare officer byj Clerk of the Court South, until next! * | term of Watauga superior court, the ' ._j defendant having1 waived the right to , t,a preliminary hearing. . j The warrant was sworn out by one | Sherman Bentley of Vtille Crucis. j i Bentlev claims to have been an eve-' r; ^ * . | k | witness to the alleged crime, which j ji he savs was perpetrated Saturday.; f I Part of his statements can he eor-j robdrated, but* it is thought on tin*' !11 whole that his evidence may be taken ! rather lightly. J A physician made examination of , the little girl and it is understood he j jj pronounced her chaste; however she ha- made confessions to imprope! ,0 conduct to some of the county- of-! v ficials The Dollars come from a .j. very illit'efat. family and seem in V.HUCU iu giasp cii any Kinu in story calculated lo get the case settled, v. Citizens of Valle Cructs had no', r-. suspicioned that a condition iike this e existed between the t\ve, however, e1 there had been a little talk by son; e one calculated to link togethet i-j names of the man and an older ! ter in a criminal way. i n MAYVJEW MANOR TO 0 BE SOLD AUGUST 27 >f 1 'n Judge If. H. Wat kins. of the Uniled States district court of South (| Carolina, sitting at* Asheville fo? x_\ Judge E. Vales Webb, who is in (j Europe, signed an order ia.-t Saturday. fixing August 27 as the date of I resale of the Mayview Manor properc_ ty at Blowing Rock. The manor and ,t annex, along with furnishings and alt v : equipment, and a number of lots ir. t*. Mayview park will be sold at thisj ft' time under the direction of the court. =s! commissioners. ; These properties have been offer-"; ed for sale several tiir.es, the last sale n! being held on July 15. last. Each' ls| time the court has refused confirma>? lion of sale owing to the price d brought'; The commissioners are in I hopes that the sale of August 27 will I be more successful than the previous! ones. | j NEGRO CON VICT SHOT IN i-[ MAKING ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE r; i, Rv RfTPFPT GTT I CTT n Blowing Reek. July ~7?Elmo ,t' Stewart. negro convict at work on e Highway No. 17 jut below here, made a break for liberty early Thurs ; day morning as the convicts war; e' being taken to work, bat he was halted by a charge of buckshot from a guard's gun. ,e Stewart' broke from the ranks, j r clambered up the bank, and was ,1 making for the laurel thicket wher. ,t the guard shot. 1 "You got me," shrieked SteWau. ! I "You're dern right I got you," the ( guard replied. \ The buckshot took effect in St w-' r art's leg, hut' Dr. R. K. Bingham ofj ' j Boone, who was called to attend him, { 'j skirl the negro was net seriously ! ' | wounded. r>.' " i of Greenwich. K. M. Collins and E. M. Collin?! . ! ol' Greensboro, were two others whoj I - ] spent- the week-end at the Manor. v j Mrs. Sidney Allen. Mrs. George ^Brandt of Greensboro, Mrs. Harris MeCnrrv of Miami, Mrs. Edgaz Enc>r i , strom of Los Angeles, and Miss Mane Brandt of Greensboro, were also j. j week-end guests at the Manor. i Other arties registered from Knox' ville, Richmond, Norfolk, Savannah,. ! Columbia and other cities throughout m[the south. id | A Charlott? party at Greer. Park t-i was made up of Dr. YV. W. Aberte nethy, winner of the golf tournament, lej R. H. Cotton and O. M. Abernethy. nsj A large Winston-Salem party at : the same hotel was composed of Miss: V ! O/^Kr, II-at:? 0-.3- . r? 1 ... v.,n...... nan, mis?, ouuit* o.veny, airs. i' j Ben V. Matthews, J. H McFariand y- ::n<l C. Hughes. . Another Charlotte party was comh-. posed of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Draper, iy Mrs. Shields and Norman D;-apcr. n-1 Mr. and Mrs. Conner M. Sfory ;.n of; nonnce the birth of an eight-pound L.! son Saturday night, of Billy Coffey, young son of Mr. and it. Mrs. George Coffey, has been ill of ah pneumonia for several days. ! T PRICE FIVE CENTS WAGNER (M BE ft CALLED AIG.15TH Witnvssejv Being Notified to Appear At Wilkesboro on that Date for Tria) of Slayer of Farl Moody and Dexter Byrd Witnesses ana others "interested in the case of H. S. Wagner, charged with the doubie slaying on last Christmas day cf Earl Moody and Dexter Bvrd, are being notified to appear at Wilkesboro on August 15, beginning of toe second week of Wilkes county superior court, at which time, it is understood; the case will be called for trial. Wagner will be fried at thss time for the slaying of Moody. According to the Wilkes Journal, there are about 200 criminal cases to be tried at the August' term of Wilkes superior court, arid cases growing out of the recent failure of the Bank of Wilkes may als.o ah-orb some time, but it is expected that the Wagner rase will come up Monday morning of the second week. Judge P. A M#? Elfoy will preside. 4,559 PUPILS REGISTERED IN WATAUGA'S SCHOOLS The fetal enrollment in the Watauga county free >cbools up tc last Saturday was 4.501 whites and 5S negroes out of a scholastic census of 1,^41 whites and 55 coiored according to Superintendent Smith H.^aman. Of these, 525 vere high school papils and 3,970 el i.n r fary pupil4--. The free ach*. o - opined on July 11 to permit thoje eVildrefi wri? attend the siren).)!)1; :Sf -chools to fi-nsh the term by Christmas, before the roads set so as to make trrasportation difficul . Bucharest, Rumania, July 23.? With the failure of Queen Marie to obtain v. place on the Rumanian regency. Princess Holer., mother of the boy king Mihai (Michael) has suddenly loomed into prominence. She is given much space in L'he newspapers, while Queen Marie is seldom mentioned. Marie is already referred to by Rumanian? as the "dowager queen," while Hylen is called the "princess mother." Prominent Rumanians do not conceal their belief that the comely daughter of the late King Constantino of Greece, who was deserted by her husband, former Crown Prince Carol, will plav a vital role in dynastic and state affairs of Rumania until her .-on becomes of age, 12 years hence. Although there is real affection between Dowager Queen Marie anu Princess Helen, the latter'a position as tin; mother of a ruling king, observers -ay, will divert tile limelight on the royal stage from Ferdinand's widow, whose influence on the existing regency, if any , must he exercised indirectly through her second son; Prince Nicholas, who is a member. Reared in the Strict atmosphere of German and Danish court., sr.d inheriting much political acumen and a broad knowledge of state af fairs from her father. Princess Helen is said I'o possess distinct ideas as to how a government should be conducted. ACE DEFEATS FLAMES ON ALTITUDE FLIGHT Washington, July 25.?Lieutenant C. C. Champion, Jr., battled mightily for his life thousands of feet in the skies today with the engine of his airplane afire, and he won. i iii? navy aviator, a student at toe port graduate school at Annapolis, had gone aloft in an effort to shatter the world's altitude record. lie carried two haragraphs. One was destioyed by the fire and the other, it is thought, was slightly affected by the vibration and flames. But if the mark it showed is correct ?47,000 feet?Champion exceeded by nearly 7,000 feet the world's record which Fiance has held for two years. This will not be definitely known, however, until the bureau of stand ards has completed its inspection. With several pistons completely torn out of the nine-cylinder air cooled engine, due probably to "he lack of lubricating oil, Lieut. Champion slid down from his high percb, where the temperature was about 90 degrees below zero, and mane a forced landing in a corn field on the edge of Boiling field, where the flight had started 6:47 o'clock this morning. On the downward flight, he battled with feur separate fire- in his engine. His remarkable p'uek
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