North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE FOUR ^?WataugaDemocrot[ Issued Every Thursday by The RIVERS PSQXT1NG COMPASfV E, C. RIVERS ROB. RIVERS f Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATESOne year $1.50 Six Months .75 Tcree months .-SO Payable in Advance Advertising Rates on Application Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, Obituaries, etc. ore cnatgtd for at the regular advertising- rate Entered at the Postofiice at lloone. | is C-, as Second Class thai] matter, j THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2t>, l.#2t A pedestrian i- a mar -.vnos< tvi.tr lv- cone with the car. seen.- that most every tooth Srit.-' prbhfbiftoi; hlvv :s "t;t'l.t filled-'".. it I'x-iY ttK'f. tlrar i:ye years tt: prove it. 1 nt the nation now kuoe.'s) tar,: Llarry- Sinclair.- h:*> i:o Teapot! yrvfe dome. 1 Rev. v.- A. Stat-'- ury of Raieicli ' :..l .' r.v-f. jia . i _i_ I'UV .nvv;tvr> <-;i intewartifeg -t'rr.T.'i.. c-wres.s-.'. the npiyiiop fro in hU pulpit Sunday that Ai j Str.ivh. if \ ivoted incident. would \ nor. QpSorec proiffiit&K. Up??J? Sich I statement iht'i Gr? r h-. X.-W puis vbU j-M'MUti uti<?5ih>n: WouUi j i )r. St? nb ' " <*t r< inf< iwiip'g: j ; - :-A-hi-:!'*. r ! < thSi A: \vou!i) not ; i:n$ a vc.v m ?? fy if treasury who! . would ~:v- jsh much ?< reeuwnt . as Mr Mc-.i 'V,? AIDING GOV. SMITH TfiHg bote < '.' a re'rigi eiation thai v- an record in oppb-" siviot'i the ncunniattbn of Alfred: ' ?aianuti .Smith for president. it Sm C%!?ky and Children thai: is 'j'c? j' murk i me; vital ' the - aVsoeiuxions have. t;u husiner - nomiMaring or . r.posing j any man for ooiiitea! off ire"; ami -a-m p*pt r fufth'ei' : . lai'i is that j . "if this thiPIT hi- lO111vs, o;cvBp in n>Jr ; v religion.* :i.><*?? < Ai Smith will s\>vep| tr.i stave." By ,he -ami- token not j a few pv:;p.": . repto-' .Miir.y nruaai/atiens ;.iv talking fur (mv.-i ^.;v Ai in Xot'ih Carolina the- v. hue titey % obinir ttoll iv.rr . . ?-Clarii :i: Greensboro AV... . A VANISHING INSTITUTION Ten 01 In years ago, many of the counties in this state joined in movemeet to remove from tVn'h-tselvcs the reproach of mair.tanhnif "poor: house?." as institutions of the kind had bout known.- Too poor house was eh l.oinat v.i by sUbsiitntiSit of the name, county l:orw." Ami now the camty home ij> on the disappearing list, because maintenance or institutions of the kind has become utiprofitabU in some of the eotmpfis. There art so rev.- ebaiyscs to care for lhat it is chenpei to hoard them out thar. lo keep rhein in home. Two yea; s ago the mountain county of Ashe put its county home and lands on the market, because there was nobody in that county to inhabit vr.e some. Other- counties have found v*. -'~:Xe&?i?r:-' - "... - -f*rv me maintenance 01 it diminished! number uf charges burdensome, and : McDoweii. one of i%- more prosper-! ous COUXU'eS in the mountain districts, has solved the problem by negotiating with the commissioners of Rothefprd county lor the bed nnd board of the few "paupers" left in McDowell. The "poor house" is an institution of the past in nourishing North Carolina. The county home is c.r, institution that is going a ong with its vanishing name-sake. ?Charlotte Observer. j WHY OkO ORCHARD? While the Sikorsky (sounds Russian) plane, "The Dawn." has been trying to get awoy from Old Orchard, Sle,, is as goud a time as any to ark, Why Old Orchard? Confession is made that the name has interested for a long time and the: hope of some rime stumbling on the explanation of its origin is so far unrealized. Old Orchard is or. the Maine coast, in the southwest cc ner of the state. While Maine grows apples, although not extensively, we are not accustomed to connect an apple orchard, or other . orchards, with the seacoESt, Names are sometimes misleading. We used to hear of the Old Fields of Toe, in our mountain country. If memory serves this locality was for i .1) * siactjy in .uiicui'i:. cow .iv(,'ry courtt.y, and is the site of the county seal of Avery?Norland. Old Fields of Toe suggested the tou' which comes from flax;, and fields suggested that tow was once produced in our mountain section- But this Toe is an abbreviation of Estatoe, Indian name, and the Old Fields of Toe had its origin in Indian legend. This of course the book people know, but the name was misleading to the average reader. Enlightenment as to the origin of the name of that Main coast town will be appreciated.?R. R. Clark in Greensboro News. They're Like Thet Arthur: Give me a kiss, will yuh? Martha: Mercy me! So you, too, are iike all the rest of the men? Arthur: Yes. Martha: Thank goodness! LOCA lAFFAlKS Go&d fires am! overcoats arc again In vogr.v. ia Watauga. . AJrv M. C. Critcber is spending1 a tejw day> with her son. L. L. Criteh or. in East Boone. Mv^. C- -A. Yonesunon of Butler, Toon., i- a guest at the home of Mr. L. L. Cntcher for a few "days. IVoii i. A. Wiliiaros, of the Norma! faculty, made a business trip to Chi - Satin Jay, n turning Moti . day. Don't fail to attend rbe Red Cross? meeting: at t)fe Dan'iei Boone hotel j next Monday * veiling at T o'clock. ( Your presence is needed. I?7" . . ' Mr. George v. . Greene of Glad Springs. Va.. satesimm for the Rev nobis Tobacco C'/mpanyP visited reb? arid friends in the county fast{ v.-t k. Mrs. Orr:e \Vu!:?r? of Fn>ooe j gassed through Btjone Monday ?:ri J to Lenoir where she wi]j spend* the winter with her daughter. Mrs. | T. C. fcobbins. M:. .lames voiru-i!; engineer of! the state highway coir.mi.-.-ion. do- i .. in Madison county, was a r. cent !>;*or at the home of his paithi -. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Council!. Aftc* nr. h?.-vnee from the coyiiity I , . . Mrs. Davis? Anderson J ..'i i fHt laughter- Audrey, -.jf, S... i . Montftn:;, .ire visit/pg: at. iho j hcsrnv of Mt. Frank Brown on Meat! Cn?&ci Mr. !l:>v.a;d Grayy. who for Iho four yYjars has hold a responsible position in Coj^mhus, Omo, is : . . M r. and Mr?. \V'. W. vrV:-?Vg. He IS ;u-r-OTcifii Ky h:s friend, Mr. Bond!, f.h.e trip bejmjr-j by motor. Mr. Hrvh-h Marat.: :u-i'( pied i: with Hair -. Wyi^ht Ji t?f Charlotte biis beeit sent to unr. custcr. S. C.. t<; in - tali the ?fetin liirkiitnr system in the Lanonstfi I" tot: Mills. Thr- work \vi:i re- j about two months. Mr-. Httf'iin. widow of tho iate; Mi. tio-nno W. ilaiiiij) Johnson! City, '! tni.. ! . ft for hoi- home early l.twi sfA at'tt :. visit < / several days ;o relative, s ;,i and around Buor.e. A stun-.in > o: dinners and lum-heons IV. jtsy.yn If, lit-,- hoi-iii du liny her, stay hove. 'Ah. Miliars] HjQges of Rock contracted blood poisoning i/vrsi a Might scratch on one of his h-nd.-. His condition became so! p5svc-' that )ie \vr?? brought to Boone j hi \yas under the car?- oi Dr.j I Ah Hodges for two days. He is now e? sufficiently a? to be out of iiii u- r. the local physician .-ay-. .Mr. > . F. Moody 01 Vilas sends I"ht Democrat two exceptionally t^rge stock bc-e;s. which have elicited a good deal oi interest from visitors to the shop. Mr. Moody raised 9,275 pound- oi this feed on a fraction more than a twelfth of an acre of hind. M/. Larkin Trivett, former county surveyor. having -computed ifce acreage. .Mr. George Hayes of Route 2, transacted business at The Derno--int .vr^A.. - ..... ... . ... .uxiiuu.V. lO HIS visit was his presentation of a bloodred Danish cabbage bead, solid as a rock and jus: like its fellows of the! patch with the exception of itgaudy eo'or. Chief of Police Garland repoi ts the arrc-st of two persons Saturday nigh: for disorderly conduct, while three arrests were made Sunday for speeding. Chief Garland has to make arrests sometimes, although) he ha? secured mighty good results from talking to the boys, and pointing out tiic- "straight and narrow." A three-in-one Irish potato, brought ir. hy Mr. Dallis Edminsten, of Beech Creek, is our latest vegetable freak. Each potato of the cluster o." three, is perfectly formed, nice j and smooth, and united at the smaller ends, forming almost a perfect oak-leaf shape. Tt is indeed a curio.-ity in the "spud" family. District- Attorney Frank A. .Linney was one of the principal speak ers before a gathering of three thousand Tobacco farmers in WinstonSaiera last Saturday. The gathering was for the purpose, of protesting against the low price being paid for tobacco cn the Twin-City market. Mr. W- L. Bryan, or.e of the'eoun ty s most elderly citizens, bas been a right good attendant upon the revival services being held at the Baptist church. Despite the weight of ninety years, he is able to walk to and from charch, the trips there and back representing a distance of haif a mile. His health continues good. Watauga county had a variety of winter weather Tuesday-?rain, snow and high winds. The snow was heavy enough to have made the ground solidly white but it melted as fast as it feli. However, Wednesday monjning the /mountains w!eifc very nicely covered with a mantle of snow, but as this is written it has THE "WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV: almost entirely disajipeuivd. The , wind storur is sdiii or- am! the tree:-, nrnny ri them, have been stripped of ' their -foliage. Dr. ,1. >1. Hodges said Saturday' that he was geUiajr things lined up for his annua] heat hunt. He ex-! pects to p: to Block mountain fori the chase, but it Mr. Biruir; is not j to he found there, be will likely po: to the Great Smoky Mountains. Bear ' huniinjr with the doctor is an annua! event which he ?ooks forward to with ' a trreE" dcri of pleasure. ????? i Mr>. N'uDr.A' :ia- r.eiic: of 'J.or-\ tiari Hordin. .arrived in Boone Sun-; tlav from xh* sfJite Xvashangioiu j wheie she ha.- lived ?hi<.e the dea".i); of her husband several years ago. ! She ynYt sepod oihetmk* with rciadve-s here. Mr. ilurdiit a son of} My. \V. Hardin -i d a brother of M'.d: . _ 3*and H; doe H.iidin of Boc re. Mr-. Hardin was, he-j \ Miss Xsomie K i*. roiUi? J ?hn . i Terns. Or fast Moatijv :he near relatives ???' the late lamented Hon. E. Spev?her U .:. V'.::n had greeted at his grave at old Hopovyeil oh\:veh, of : which he was a member. a very, handsome monument to his memory. Mr. Blackburn was born and reared almost imdei :r,c shadow of E!k Knob represented h i? county :r. both hr&iiche* of the general assent-j S?-y and v ;i> twice elected to emi-1 crress from the eighth; district. -He i sya? married Washington, where'i his >vxf?g a: . tiv . ' .-tiij resxdk By prcv ; r atjb^ -* ohii V\. H odges. -Jr.. wa,s voik rated of u'i b?avm- h. connection witn an dutc. | mobih accident - two we<;k& ago;'! in which a It vrh i boy was siigb'Jy ; injured. h..- a car damaged Condder- j ahky fhc ?*??*: was hear-! befor Jlistict ' i - vce Lea Stoui the courthouse l&ai rhvir-d&v afternoon. A; the hearing it >va? fesii-d fit d that ftj <ihi r cai . vac:' - iikg the IbMue- Lie was sf.i". n- the vioLd? y ; ^ Immediately "> .-fore the -xvibetd. As ? j the driver : the car coviid not be ? . identified* the case was ds-nusscr ' Utile Lewi.-, two-year-old son of j 1 the lute Mrs. M?llze Teague. who r- - 1 cently die*! ir,; the insane asylum at Morgigton. was. through the efforts of the county welfare offic^Vs. Mr. and Mv>. Smith Ha gam an, adopted ^ by M\ and Mrs. Osl. Hodges, of the I " Blowing Rock section. The Hodges have a good: home, no children, and ItlUe Lewis, -ays Mrs, liagaman, isr. well fixed. The next older boy is j ii; the Methodist orphanage at Win- | st on-Salem. while Maude, a grown1 daughter, is with relatives in Ten- j nt-ssee. Two grovvn sbr.s are still in Boor.*. . :v'?| h? ?v ->fc .More tlmn the unusual interest is: being taken by 1 he students of the*. J sixth grmto o; the Koone public i school in the es^ay Writing contest. ; for the Hartford gold medal. MisSarah ?'. Ifcigley. u-achvr, imports : that son.c of the homes in Boone should he far less Ukely to he tie- i stroyed by fire because of the practical efforts being mad'- fey the con- i testants. They are applying the safeguards suggested fey a booklet., i "Hints for Householders.? a Booklet of Fire Prevention Suggestions," given out fey Mr. Cot-dan 11. Winkler, local representative of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, the donor| u? the medal that, will be awarded! to the winner of the essay contest.!. The medal is on liisolav at the vsftFriie < of the Rdpfce Insurance ? Realty Company. COTTON MILL FOR SEWUND? Avery County Avoca-.v. Last Saturday there was to have been a meeting of the focal people with a ' number of ir.rr from Gastonia and Charlotte regarding the cotton mill situation here, but the heavy rain put the roads in such shaape down below the mountains that most of the visitors failed to get through, i though there were several here, and ' an interesting conference was held. The proposition is being strongly I pushed by a committee, of local men ' and today, the men from Gastonia are expected to be present again and some final understanding reached. Things look very favorable for the enteiprise if our people will awakej to its possibilities and it is to be] hoped that it will be successfully worked out. NORMAL NOTES TVtft CT lui unh" o-n<l -?? ? '*? * ? .>?w . ..uubiiw oiiu mcuu-Y til me [ Normal, together with the employes, were given a half holiday Tuesday | afternoon. Groups of students, each group accompanied by a member of : the faculty, visited points of interest in the vicinity of the town. Chestnut hunting was one of the incentives of the trip, many enjoying the outing in the woods of the nearby hills. Revs. K. C. Campbell of Hickory and R- J. Parker of Memphis, evangelists, who are assisting respectively at the Baptist and Methodist churches, during the religious campaign now being made here, together with the local pastors, have been making splendid talks to the students at the Normal. Prof, and Mrs. Greer went t? Gnstonia Thursday, where they rendered, by special invitation, a program of ballads and folk songs at a Commercial Club social in that city. FOR SALE?About forty (40) fat her.s. See R. C. Rivers, Demo-1 crat Office. ( E-RY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C [ And That's Tfu I'LL BE THE < AW RJ6HT,- THEN CAPTA1KJ ^ It may bo interesting ',. J rioiais o hi college to know tha't :I5 are ioav : . at the ciose of the present term 20 nf these hs graduates and the nth i: to teach for a short while befor< emming to ecUege. This is 150 pe 'frit more than have graduated a hi/- time of the year before The young men.of the Norma! an leveiopiug an active football club Prof. (>. Pi Egger# is coaching thi rotipg men am) i:i practice there i: svcvy evidence that the Norma) wil -non have i capable teamDr. arul Mr#, b. E. Perkins o Marshvi'le. spent the Week-em? wit! Iitii son, Bascoro Perkins, who i r student at the Normal. RED CROSS AIDED MILLION SUFFERERS LAST YEA! Nearly a million persons, victim 51 9g disasters, have received assist i ner from the American Red C'ros luring the organization's list h.ca year. Throughput the civilized world ami especially in this country, flood raging over thousands of miles lires destroying whole villages, tot hnni-morme ... *%.<**!no r.mscpi?K ,uve entire .=tatcf, and deaths-dealing ex plosions, combined to make the yea rme tii unprecedented calamities. Figures taken from .the ovganiza tion'f annual report shfiw that snot persons have required assistant: from the Red Cross this year tha: in any like period in the history o the country. While the great Mi: iissippi flood was largely vesper sible for this, the Red Cross wa called on to give assistance follow ing 7d other disasters in this country in addition to 21 foreign catastro phes. 1 Tornados lead the list of Amen can disasters for the last year win 2S, and floods run a close seeom with 21. Next on the list are tires which ravaged parts of eleven com munities. The other disasters vver miscellaneous catastrophes, such a hurricanes, mine explosions, ha; ?f.lvi?K roilrrto.4 titv/vnl-.- ' -J , v .? i cv?; quu uiaccld epidemics. Twjj outstanding disasters of th year in which the American Rei Cross gave aid were the Florida hur ricane of September, 1D26, and th Mississippi Valley flood of this yeai Ir. Florida the organization expendei nearly $4,5(00,000 for the relief o approximately 40,000 sufferers, car tying on a relief and reconstructioi program over a period of fiv months. During the emergency reiief wot in the flooded Mississippi valley more than 000,000 persons wer aided by the organization in th eight effected stares: Illinois, Ken tucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennes see, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Loui siana. A relief fund of approxi mately $17,000,000 is being admin istered by the Red Gross, of whicl more than $12,000,000 had been ex pended or committed at the close o the organization's fiscal year. Ai extensive reconstruction program i still under way there, and up b that finio ranro 4-Horv on Ann ?W|UVV lailDUC had been given rehabilitation assistance. Only one disaster occurred ii North Carolina of sufficient magni tude to require Red Cross assistance That was a fire at Lenoir in Novera ber, 1926, which destroyed thre MORE CABBAGE WANTED at Watauga Kraut Factory durini remainder of this week and firs days of next week. Price 75c fo nice prie, well trimmed and no frozen cabbage. H. NEAL BLAIR. - 7"^' -; ; :>.- ;'! - . " *r'" "**~""""""' ';. "' lt ? " CAPT'JNi, AN- WHERE You Can &e ft buildings. r-esuifejrf in the los? of one -- Hfe and injured nine persons The i ,' Red Cross went into action imme- t - diatoly after the fire, and gave as- ( ?. j; sistafico to those needing help. : i ri Front November 3 1 to 2oth, tbej< t i op jo of Watauga county will be Pastime THE PLACE Ol r 1j Friday-Saturday, Oet. 21-22? Rex, the Wild and Wonder Horse IN "The Devil U j Monday, October 24 ii Bob Steele j IN j "Mojave Kid" . Alio Musical Concert With Hawaiian! i Trio 1 Tuesday, October 25 r Hoot Gibson IN ; "The Silent Rider" a i S Wednet'iny, October 26? Norma Shearer IN "After Midnight" j : HAVE YOU HEAI S PRIZE ME 1 ESSAY 0 p Because of the frightful inoreas ford Fire Insurance Company is j. he more careful?to U3e every in What has been done and what o home tA mot-i - - ?r? e ' * t- nSEcr irom nre; For the best essay written b of the Boone Public School 011 t! CIPLES OF FIRE PREVENTIO MY HOME," the Hartford is off is now on display at our office. h ~ We will be clad to iantith you Fire Prevention. Call at D g 0 THE Junci s MISS SARAH E. BAGLEY 0 GORDON H. i. ESSSSSl^S mjSa Boone Insura fSBjl GORDON F t I r "Any 1 :rr*r'- - - - ? --? OCTOBER 20, H)2t = By Albert T. Reid YOU GOiN'? -y riven an opportunity to have u pait n the-great work carried on b\ this )Vghnizatior?.. when the annua! roil all will he held, during. which time t is hoped that at least one ha:iireu members will be secured for the -v ^ iYatauga chapter. > I IVU LV1 F GOOD SHOWS rhuv?day October 27? Mildred Davis and Lioyd Hughes IN "Too Many Crooks" EXTRA SPECIAL MONDAY NIGHT ONLY Haliole's Hawaiian Trio in person. They sing, play ind dance. Haliole's Hawaiian* will entertain you in their native costumes with native instruments, native tongs and. dancing. You will be en iertasned just the same as the American tourists are entertained on the Famous Beach at Waikiki. "W Ai? Pastime Theater Monday Night ' Only, October 24. AF*o moving picture, Boh Steele in "The Majavto Kid." Admission for this night will be: Children 20c, adults 35c.* ID ABOUT THE PREVENTION 3NTEST? e in fire's daily toll the Huttrying to encourage people to telligent means to prevent fire. i right to be done in yoor own jL Investigate! Write about it. y a member of the sixth grade tie subject; "HOW THE PRINN HAVE BEEN APPLIED IN ering a handsome medal. This with complete information o? 1 Mr office for booklet! SS WILL BE ARCHIE B. WILLIFRED WINKLER nee & Realty Co. Inc. L WINKLER, Hutftr Kind of Policy" i ?4 !