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The Watauga Democrat
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TKUKSZJAYv OCTOBF.R 27, 1.927.
Stir: i'air<-). iut.-k ov- Broadway,
under the terms of .'us p: rbie- -r.fi ffino
parties or Ipinkine" tor eight
month? -viii r.QXf have- .he opportunity
to dbsecfar this fmst time
just -vih&t gosh-all-V.eoijs the boob?
or Brora!'.1.-: ; >J\v - have been.
Governor .ASired E. Smith may
not rare. itn the eighteenth
tjtnandnvir.t, he is r.ot .u wet as
-a hol, i have you behove. litee
is a quotation ftcni him: "The- saloon
is ?t:~ eiehi to be ? or.usht ir.-ti;
.- ...
toS^catir.g! beveragre in ifc- V olstead
-::<: ^ ".!? : an rjjfeest or a common
-*iv. " At the time <??* making*
tVie abo> ? .v merit the Nir-v Vcu\k
governor -e r\ t ; notice :; all peace
office:^ 'v*?:? Tis'bi,' to him tIt::t he
iyjii remove them it they \ 'a!leS to
eniora r.ht V Istefid act ind all other
federal laws .Is thi* nui'tficntiun
or just honesty of cottvicifbu?
Mr. Upch . v h. .Superintendent o:
the North 'Minima Anti-Sal oon
League, has addressed letter t*>
the press Bm incluv&ig The Democrat)
m which he says league leaders
ir both the late r.nd Nation pre "ho
v vie\ assaiiited by papers and
\vouldrbe leaders, who do not seem
to realize thai this country is dry
and that Nrp|th Carolina are dry."
It the nation and state arr dry, why
the present hailyhooing of the A ntiSaioqn
League' North Carolina and
The nation are as dry as can be made
under ?he present -:uhrdni strut ion of
the Volstead law, but \vn just try
and get Mr. Lpchurch or any of his
hirelings to -;.y anything about Mr.
Mellon and his so-called enforce
EKrtlt program,
HELPING THE SOUTH
The Duke Pov.lt Company* is
prosecuting: it:- campaign of advertising
the south in many 01 tin magazines
and papers of the nation. The
October advertisement by this Lull) pany
is inviting the world "to take
its car tc. the Carolina:-." the new
frontier <ji industry. The advertisement
is embellished by a map indicating
the highways leading into the
network oi good roads that crisscross
the stare and into South Carol;
lina. The invitation is for the people
to use these highways, for easy persona!
observation of the attractions
and opportunities of the south. And
white the Duke Power Company is
paying for ail this effective system
of publicity, the people of the south
are reaping the benefits. Incidentally
it is the testimony of the Duke Pow
er officers that this advertising "is
already bearing fruit, not only in
inquiries and requests for maps and
for information, but in actual visits."?Charlotte
Observer.
Please Count 'Em
' I've never had a chance," said
the man with the hang-dog expression.
"No matter what 1 do ray
unlucky number pops up and gets
me into trouble."
"How come? What is your unlucky
number?"
"Thirteen. Twelve jurors and
one judge."
That's Different
Dad: "Why don't you dance with
young Thompson?"
Co-ed?"Why, I wouldn't dance
with him if he were worth a million."
"Well, he is."
"Good heavens! Introduce me,
quick 1"
Tramp Effitiency
Tramp: "I've asked for money,
begged for money, and cried for
money."
Man: "Have you tried working
for it?" , v
Tramp: "Not yet. I'm going
through the alphabet and I have not
come to 'W'."
Misleading
Boss: "Before I tan engage you,
you'll have to pass an intelligence
test."
Applicant: "Intelligence test?
Why, the advertisement said you
wanted a stenographer."
This Is Sudden
He: "I hear you are going to be
married. When, may I ask?"
She: "You may ask now, if you
art sure you love me."
LOCAL AFFAIRS
\- Mary Juruey of Olin, Iredell
; .-o'rr.ty i> spending a few days visit|
ing relatives in and around Boone.
Will C. and linnoy Walker spent
last week-end visiting at Butler.
Tenr.
Sir W. S. Sudderth of Montezuma
spe-'t .Monday in Boone en route
home from a visit to relatives in
Ler? and Mot-ganton.
} ??l rs. James C. Rivers and little
; i .M>-- Sarah Reheeah, of
: W .nst< m-Salem. are visiting for a few
lav - at the home of Mrs. Rivers*
- . : Dr. an! Mrs. W R. Butler.
Mr. ;n:,l .Mrs. W. S. McCoy .no
; -i-- . u-\v*e? McCoy and fnmily.-e.il
l. of Ashev>ii? . ipent the week-end
; with Mr tV. S. McCoy's sister, Mrs.
H. .1 ->.v Kurdir., east of Boone.m
' Marrio . at the Baptist parsonage
| in Boone, oh Sunday, October -2'S;
\ Mv. W. i Cook and Miss. Annie
Blackburn. both of Todd, the Rev.
; P. A. Kicks officiating.
James FT or toil Moore, Son of Mis.
K. M. Moc*e, of Boone, is enrolled
as a student at the Cincinnati C011 Xpry.
of Music for the coming
j ye .. Mr. Moore is studying voice
i under; A:be--t Berne.
i Rccer.v installation of the newest
j ? :. si. modern type of soda founi
lams r. both the local Uriifr stores
| rev.. much t< tlie convenience
j and attract veness of these place.- of
i byslncos.
Mr. Ed! Day. who conducts a meat
market r. North Wnkesbnro, was at
; home ?a-T Saturday 0:1 account of the
.IfrCh r. ' .-t M ? ?. V-m InUwcn
Clienn V*Tyke. of b'ooi.o, went down
to cm; for the busines- in M-. Day'-?
absenco.
MMg i senhour and Downs, both
of Blowing Rock, were in town a
few hoars Ttu*sda> afternoon and
| evening. Miss Isenhour is a grabu ate
of the State Norma] here, and is
j now leaching the fifth tirade in the
I B)b\vir1g Rock consolidated school.
i $ -c ???? IS Sta m
I M.\ .itrc Ragan of Meat (Tamp is
i eonxired at the home of his sister,
j Mrs. B. K. Bryan, suffering* from severe
bruises received when \ve was
| crushed by a caye-in while working
on a bridge ditch oh highway No.
| 69. It is hot yet known how serious
his injuries are.
Mi. ? harles X. Crewdsqn of Chieago.
we.:- u business visitor in Boone
J last week; Mr; Crewdson is en ex~
perb.nceil business man, author of
' ..Hding Business," "Tales of The
j Road'' and Financial and Business
Building- in the Saturday Evening
j Post. Success Magazine and the
. principal newspapers of America,
i v.:<.h:
Waiter, wife arid daughier
oi Moekiville. accompanied hy Mr.
t>_ . I - \l?r . .. c< i .
jl vmit- ui n ir.suir.-^an!m, spent iast
week | J siting r.t the home? of Messrs?
Will C. anil Johnnie Walker. Mr.
Poole is a baseball player and has a
contra or with the Philadelphia American?.
A top coat oi fine stone is being
spread on Xovih Water street from
King ic North street, which will be,
when completed, a very great improvement.
The line stone ha.-> already
been put on the. old Blowing
Rock turnpike to the school campus.
The base stone had been down for
some time and made extremely rough
driving.
The two-story brick business build
ing erected by Edwin N, Hahn on
Main street has been completed, and
i Ashlev's 3hoe Store is nW
ing one of the storeroom?. Jt is understood
that the other storeroom
has. been spoken for, hut a lease has
not yet been closed. Several of the
apartments on the second floor also
have been spoken for.
I)o you know that in our county
two small boys, fi and a years of
age. are facing a winter without
j anything like sufficient clothing and
I no home? We wonder if there isn't
some home that would iike to give
j these little fellows, either tempoI
rary or permanent relief? If you
j are at all interested, you can learn
more about them from Smith
Hngaman, Boone.
The Western North Carolina Conference
will convene in Asheviile on
Wednesday of next week. The Rev.
M- B. Woo-ley, who has served the
Boone and Blowing Rock charge for
the past four years, wili be moved
to some other work, much to the regret
of his many friends here. Mr.
John Stanbury and other delegates
will accompany the minister to the
j annual gathering.
Mr. W. S. Farthing of Sugar
Grove, stopped in at The Democrat
office yesterday on his return from
a short visit, to relatives in Caldwell
county. Mr. Farthing had not been
in Lenoir for twenty-five years and
greatly enjoyed his visits to the
I mamifai*tnriTi<r rtlan+c nf +u^ '?"?
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Caldwcli metropolis. He reports the
highway down the mountain in first
class condition- The convicts have
been moved, and by this time the last
of the tarvia- coating has been
placed on the surface, making it one
of the best and most scenic roads in
the mountains.
<?ri> . SowSfSCSW* e
THE WATAUGA PKM OCR AT?EV
The series of meetings which
closed at the Baptist and Methodist
churches last week have done much
for the spiritual uplift of the community,
in the opinion of the pastoy:-.
and others in close touch with church
actfi Iticgfcf At the close of the services,
40 members were added to the
Baptist church, while 22 united
with the Methodist.
The large pipe organ for the
Methodist church here has been delivered
and is being installed by
I Contractor \V. G. Harizog. This is
the first instrument of the kind
brought to Watauga and will he
| quite an addition to the magnificent
church erected and paid for in our
giowing city.
The -aches of the Advent Christian
church u Boone are raising money
among the members and friends with
which " ptisiry in their
bqautifu: new church. It is un?ie: t,
od they .. ? succe< g very nice'
iyv and thai the work ivtll be ut :n
in the very near future. Neve? have
J known ihv adies hf Boone to faii y^tv
h thineeded money for church
j imbro'v ow rii.
At rcg.r: meeting - f the hoard
I of aldernu n of the town of Boore,
i Charles L. Ycu-ricc .\va? elected city,
manager, as. provided for under en
i act passed by the ]a>i session of the
i general assembly. ??li\ Yciince has;
j resigned as teacher cf the Ruthc i
wood in order to accept h--|
position < r.d will- vn.ie? actively upon i
j bis hew da ties as so on as he returns I
from the hospital at Johnson City.;
| where he Will undergo a slight opera- i
tion. Mr. You we v.-i'il have charge j
J of street work, sokir.g after the city
.water department, ik-ctinp water'
rent and t:>>:?. s.
, The sWam shovel ph its >vay from]
i Lenoir to Watautra to ' < used bit j
! Highuayt GO anil GO. west of BohiijL*
| was almost out at the top of the
mountain beyond Blowing: Rock
Tuesday evening. It is understood
that work will begin on No. GO at
: the western limit.- of Boone and
, work Was. From there it wilt
go over dp I.- the school at Valid
| Cruris, a here they wjjl begin eutItmtr
otto the fitiiF-hvile mountain
lap from there to the Avery county
j line. Road Commissioner Kistler!
, will < or.ipleU the road to the Avery i
VVatriuga line.
Dr. ami Mrs. R. E. Ellis of Shelby,
who spent the summer here, came
j up late Sunday evening, leaving on
j their return Monday morning. They
o.-me here to see what progress, was
! being made un their'"summer honib,;
j which was Vet to contract before
leaving here .last ?umnu?r. They ex-|
peoted to find the stone walls completed
and the the looiing on. In this
they were di.-appointed m a measure.
The masonry has been completed hut
the rofj'f is not yet on. Mr. H. YV7.
H or ton, the contractor, ha- moved t<;
I Florida for the winter, but it w<
I understood that bo left some one in;
charge who will sec thai the hoc is
j completed.
Miss Opal Pitts. 11. .?{ Blowing:
Rock, was tho happy winner of the'
little- Packard automobile which was;
Riven away last Saturday afternoon I
by the management of the Pastime!
Theater, following a contest of si:-'
weeks. Keys were given with each;
ticket purchased at the window, one1
of which woo id open a lock held at the
office. The kiddies came fmm I
I everyvvKert? on the ido.sing day and {
little* Miss, Pitts happened to have'
the lucky key. The car which has!
been on display at the movie house j
daily is a perfect replica of a Pack-,
ard automobile of the latest mode) j
and has beet, much admired by the ,
youngsters- A feature of the closing
of the contest was a free show for
the children.
I FIRE PREVENTION MEDAL
WON BY LITTLE MISS HARROD'
Mildred Roselvn Harrod, of Boor.e,
is winner of the gold medal gjwn by
Mr. Gordon H. Winkler, local representative
of the Hartford Fire Insurance
Company, for the best essay
on "How the Principles of Fire Prevention
Have Been Applied in My
Home." The content was open to)
sixth grade pupils of the local pub-1
lie school, and the medal was given j
in order to stimulate more interest'
in fire prevention. Carolyn Blair, j
Delia Hayes and Ruby Shall receivedspecial
mention for their essays on
the subject. j
Following is little Miss. Harrod's
essay:
In Colonial days one' seldom heard j
of fires. The houses were very far|
apart. They had no planks even for
I floors and chimneys, but later the
j Colonial chimneys of plank were
1 Wit n-i,V 1 -V. :
..iwj (uuu vii lii*; insiae. xne
people were never so careless as we
are today, but they were always on
the watch for means of prevention.
Back in olden times they had to rub
pieces of Wood together or keep tl>e!
coals after they had once gotten
them by covering the fire with ashes.
Another way they started tires was
by striking a spark with flint and
steel. Now, since fires are so easily!
kindled and houses are so much!
closer together, the danger of fires j
is largely increased. One little match:
jCan do so much damage! Even
Chicago was destroyed by one little
match.
The purpose of this paper is to tell
how we try to prevent fire in our
home, hoping that someone else may
get ideas how to prevent fire in.
ERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C.
The Perennial i
I ~Z j
i
; thi i:- homes.
Match'.'s (.-au?i' many fires which;
i Ceold be prevented. If carelessness
j did not reign over the world, we
| would save many million- of dollars.;
I Honi(:s and cities have been destoy-1
; ed by carelessness.
ir.nn.ii o ...i.
,4,w ?? JV W wny^y III WHICH J
! wo try to prevent fires in our home::
We 'nr., glass holders in which to!
; keep our matches. with their heads;
[ down- Tiie holders are placed high I
j enough so that the children cannot
| reach them. W.v are careful to keep
! matches Jfrons laying around so that
rats anil iv.ice cannot tret them.
1 In coder to avoid destructive conflagration,
we use some substance
to kindle fires that does not easily
! explode: such as paper and shavings.
We never use kerosene to start fire.
When we clear, clothes or gloves, \yej
I are always careful to use the gaso-1
iine or benzine where there is no 1
l'lame exposed. After cleaning the
lothe-s we hang them in the open
air until all the fumes nave disapj
peared.
Another cause of niunv
tires it. the improper method of
handling ashes There are some peo
pie who just take up ashes and live
coals and dump ihern into a wooden
receptacle or throw them out when;
the wind can blew the sparks over
the dry pruts and over something
that might eateh fire. Before we
take up ashes vve are sure all sparks
arc out. When we empty them we
scatter then) on me driveway to
make sure all is safe. "Ve never
dump ashes in a wooden receptacle
or anything that might catch if ire.
We dump them into a metal box and
carry them out where the wind will
not catch them up and blow them
near a wooden building, so that it
may be burned during our slumber
in the night.
We never put our papers and kindling
where a spark from the open
lire place may get to it, or near a
stove where the heat raight ignite
them. In kindling our fires vve never
put on a big pile of paper. We i
keen our kindling in a box out in j
the woodshed. When vve bring it
into the house we keep it far enough:
away from the fire or inflammable!
substances. j
Another Way in which to prevent j
fire is to bum all old trash around i
the house. We keen on*- hmico tVn*. 1
from all unnecessary articles that
are of no value. Some of these are
oily clothes, mops, empty boxes and
barrels which may start a fire and
burn our home. At least once a
year we clean our cellar and outdoor
buildings in order to keep them
beautiful and particularly to pre
vent fires. Our dust rags are burned
because we understand the danger
of keeping them. Of course we
could not burn our mop every time
we use it, but we have a hook outside
the door to hang it on.
Then too, there are the heat and
light arrangements. Coal is much
more inflammable when wet, therefore,
we keep it in a dry house by
itself. We take more care of soft
coal becuuse it will catch fire more
quickly than hard coal. It contains,
much more oil.
Elfictirpitu ic vt*ir *? ' '
j -w - v-? jr uuu^ClVUC, no
well as a useful gift to roan. Only j
the greatest care of all installations
will keep us safe from fire. We try
never to overload the system and we
have it gone over frequently. We :
try not to leave a lighted bulb resting
against anything. Our electric
iron would be a source of danger in
cur home if we did not turn the \
current off. We never set our iron
on anything but the stand which was
provided by the company. If we did i
ware - --- - ;^=,^
would have to send in a fire alarm, j i
Causes of many other fires ma\ !<
be chimneys, stove pipes and flues, j i
We have these inspected every six \ <
months because there is soot and 1
rust in the pipes which can he very <
dangerous it they are neglected. In 1
many cases stoves are too cl'j<e to- i
the wall and should be moved out. j
S?w accumulate- very rapidly. A <
good \vay to clean the chimney is to
tie a yope around a brick and then ! <
tie a piece of old carpet and as yon i
let down the chimney swing it back !
arid forth. You will see thai it is j j
most effective. We watch the open- i
ing Where the pipes go into the ehim- 1 1
hey to see that they are insulated. As <
to our furnace we see that the pipes j t
are made ^afe and that they go tip :
through the flues. We have said
nothing about the firing of stoves I
arm turn acta That is one of the
greatest dagger? in any home,? j
many a house having been burned I :
by over-firing. We never let the
fire tret, too hot.
There is one more thing that is a :
terrible source of danger?thut is
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THE OWENS MAC
Has taken over the BOONE
will put in a new planer and
TRUCK CAPES. Bring us
guaranteed.
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BHCSM * BOONE,
HAVK HONETl L?t'? Develop
OCTOBER 27. li>27
By Albert T. Reid j
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the lamp. We never place our lamps
ih shaky tables. We always use
metal lamps because they will not
?xplodc so easily as the glass ones.
IVe never shade our lamps with cloth :
)r paper shades. The greatest pro-"4f
ectlor. is to keep the lamps clean
md trimmed each day. Every year
amps cause millions of dollars worth
>f property to be destroyed.
One more important thing to make
rur home safe is insurance. We
should have our homes insured by
he Hartford Fire Insurance Corn?.;ny.
which will protect many homes
igainst the "Red Plague." ;We may
lave v.ur homes insured by Mr. CarIon
Winkler, the agent in Boone for
he Hartford.
Brilliant Cus
Judge: "Thirty days?"
Speeder: * Oh 1 know that one!
Thirty days hath September,
\pril?"
'And are you satisfied with marie(i
life?"
"Yes, I've had enough.*'
HINE SHOP CO.
PLANING MILL CO., and Y
also machinery to bmId
your work. Everything:
sr - - Boone, N. C.
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