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The Walauga Democra
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2;>. l?i
MERRY CHRISTMAS, IF?
A prominent business man of ti
town, wiM oas a ratner tavornn
up:n:o:: oi *he proposed candidacy
Governor Smith of New York for ;1
pet .-hUuey, receive*! the followisi
unsigned greeting written on a post;
card. U'v so ridiculous and reflect
su well :ao agonies of some pcop
when A!'? name is mentioned in coi
hecti'm with the presidency, it is r<
p? educed:
"Onto there was a pale blue jack::-.
lifting thistles by the fence,
Ami he said the trouble with mo.
1,3 i haven't any sc-nso.
1 believe I'll change my tactics
And become once halo and heart
By posing as the emblem
Of the Ai Smith liekev party."
"Change your politics and 1 wi
wish you a merry Christmas."
GOOD NEWS FROM BANNER EI J
In the Pinnacles for January, 192
appeared an announcement whic!
was of great interest to everybody i;
Banner Elk- This note was as fol
lows:
"Banner Elk Good Roads Associa
tion is an organization that came in
to cxxisunce mi December 30th
when a goodly number of the leading
citizens of the town met together anc
agreed to work for good reads
Plans were made and committee:
J. ion passed that would help to rnaki
it possible to sret a hartl-jsurCa<:e<
road from Banner Elk to the depo
at Elk Park."
Today, s$ys the monthly public#
t/idn of the Lees-McKae Institute, al
most seven yeani afteV the formatiot
of this Worthy organization a stoats
shovel i< at work a few miles iron
Banner Elk, bringing the as:-.uvaiu*?
that at last a highway is to ho buil
th.i'bugh this little town. The fae
that it has taken years to aecomplisl
their plans does not. mean that thi
n:ch of Banner Elk were lax in cat
ryipg out their resolutions- Oh th<
contraryr they have worked faithful
ly. endeavoring to show that, there i
a vital need for permanent roads ii
this section. Mad it not been t'o
their perseverance very probably thi:
highway never would have rcaehtM
Banner Elk.
The road that is beir? eon$truciei
connects Banner Elk wkn Asheviih
or> the west and Bicwing Rock, La
noir and Other points on the east. 1
is also joined by a highway fron
Johnspn City, Tennessee, making a
last .1 direct route from Tennessee
across the Appalachian Moisntaiivs tv
Eastern North Carolina, and retrac
ing in many places the trails mad<
by the pioneers as they pushed west
ward. This gives Banner Elk 2
harbsurfacc-d roadway to import an
in niiit ? t>n nn.
hand, and r.n the other, direct coil
tact with ail of North Carolina.
It means not only more comfort
abb- travel for sumnu tourist.-, wh
tome when even dirt roads are good
it also mc-ans 'iitu the people o
Banner Elk. a school of over t\v
hufidreti young people, an orphanag
of eighty children, and a hosptta: o
an ever changing number will n
longer spend a part of the year mt
tooned from the world by a fe.'
' miles of impassable mud.
Another event of interest to Bat
ner Elk and till her friends is a r<
rent visit from representatives of tl
Bell Telephone company, who wi
soon he here with their lines, givitj
us long distance telephone ounce
tion with the outside World. A rot
and a telephone, too! Banner E
has many reasons for rejoicing.
THE NEWSBOY
News rxtry! News ex try! Here I ci
Selling papers till I die;
But Christmas is eomin' an t!
New Year
With lots'of good cheer;
So I'll sell my at>.: - (Gosh it's coh
Tim,kin' to make a little extra kal
News what's done already old,
Gotten little kinder stale;
Don't soli much?yer getter sell 'e
P.ijtht from the fryin" pot;
(Hey. Greasy. loan me yer mit
Jes' foi a little bit).
Say, J'm awful sorry 'bout th
crime
Bein' 'nactcd at a time
Like thi?. way out in Californ',
And hit so close to Christmas mor
But. it sure has boost up the sale
Uv papers, and us newsies' exti
kale,
Kor the holidays (Say, mister,
Want a paper!)
News extvv! News extry!
J. JERGEN.
*! Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 23, 1927.
r i . ???\?
There are, however, still Republ
cans who remind us that Mr. Coo
idge hae never said he wouldn
choose if he were chosen.?Arkanss
Gazette.
tj LOCAl7 AFFAIRS
j
v The board of county cominission><
ers vrill meet in regular monthly ?
' s?oi? at the courthouse next Mondav.
0 Air. Shaler CSilley of East, Laporte,
o N. C.? a former resident of Bonne.
10 was in the city for a few hours last
_ .iSl a
^ Mr. and Mrs, B. T. Robertson of
j Fltrabethton, Tehiu, are spending!
the holidays with Mrs. Robertson's i
? parents, Dr and Mrs. I. M. Hodges.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vass of Win !
? .-ton -Salem were guests of their sis
"| .-tudenj at uak Bulge. are With parents
and friends in Boone for the
J | holiday vacation:
Mrs. Sum a Hardin and little son, i
' Billy Mat k, left laat Week tor
) Florida. where they joined Mrs.j
' Hardin's mother, Mrs. Addic Little, I
j and will remain there for n fe\v .
weeks.
I
tj Mr. and Mrs. Turner Hendrix of j
1 Roanoke, Va., are spending the week \
VJ at the home of Mrs. Ilendrix's par-i
?rents, Mr. % and Mr- L. L. Gritcher.
-j Mr. Hendrix is district .sides mana- j
- ger ;<?) the 11. I. Reynolds Tobacco,
-j company.
1j According to information given'
r j out by Mayor \V. K. Gragg, a lot has
5 beer, purchased by the city fathers:
adjoining the Highland Furniture
store, on which site a city hall and:
I fire house wilt be constructed some!
*j time during the coming year. The|
j consideration was not. made public.)
c) Definite plans as to the type of
II building to he constructed have not j
c -: been nmde> j
i I > .
'! The happy Christmas season in!
Boone, this and surrounding tour,-;
51 ties, so far 'as we have heard, passed j
- J off as quietly and pleasantly us;
M could have bean hoped for. As many;
11 of the needy of the county as could,
sj he located were provided for by!
- j Boone's fine charitable orgaipib;
tions, the Ciyitan (Hub and the Cotv-j
munily Chest taking the lead in this.
", great humanitarian tr.ove. The la .
dies' clubs of the city and the mis'
i sionary societies of the churches ali j
o. took an. active part iit this distribu-j
C; tion. One ihing most striking for'
fj a town the size of Boone, not a home!
t>! could he found that needed help. I
t- f
>v| Mr. and Mrs. James H. Oouncill of|
| Belva. left Monday for their hofne?i
.-] Mrs. Councill still using crutches, the]
j result of the unfortunate automobile!
it. wreck on the 18th, when their cari
ill j crashed into another being driven on
ig the wrong side of Highway No. 17,'
e-l-hy one I'. H. Siernes of Elk Park.'
idj In the last issue of The Democrat,]
Ik; we were misinformed as to the dam-j
! age done in the Wreck. Mr. and Mrs.]
. B. .1. Councill were also in the car,'
; Mrs Council! being rendered uncon-j
y, | scions for seme time by the impact,
j in addition to getting ether painful
he| cuts and hrnisey. It is very gratiI
fvimr to know that br.rt, tKc o,law.
did ladies are improving and it is
i) hoped and believed that neither have
le. received any permanent injuries.
HOLT-MATH ERSON
rn O.n Thursday afternoon, December
22. Miss Ruth Holt became the
bride of Gardner D. Matherson,
Rev. P. A. Hicks, pastor of the
Boor.e Baptist church, officiating,
at After spending the night in Boone,
the young couple left for the bride's
home near Greensboro, where they
will spend the holidays.
n.
RELIEF FOR MUMPS
ry The prevalence of mumps in this
section and the inability of- many parents
to effect relief, causes a Democrat
subscriber to make a suggestion.!
When the children are suffering with!
their jaws, heat table salt in a fry-j
ing pan, place in bag and apply to
the affected part. This, he says, will'
i-. provide almost instant relief. When
1-| a child cannot sleep it is possible to
't1 bui'd a fire prepare the sa't bag and
isj have the patient asleep within ten
| minutes, the informant says. i
;7 j tor. Mrs. 1-eo B. Vaughn, at the Dar.__
| ii?I Boon*? hotel, .luring the Christmas
'v'.lavs.
J ??1; T. W. Alderman of Greens^
? ; in*ro arm .u?r. v> . *> . \? e?o 01 uoa-1
j r?pket V.i.. wn- the holiday guests
??f Mr. and Mrs. Leo B. Vaughn at
'Sythe Daniel Boone hotel.
Ei! t |
ts M>s Be.-s.ie Kagar, formerly a
^ i nut>i at the Watauga hospital, butj
&-j'.cow employed in Bristol, visited
friends and relatives in this section J
during the past week.
?s
Jin) C. Rivera of Winston-Salem, j
after a short holiday visit to home;
folks and friends in Boone and east i
Tennessee. left Tuesday for his work
Y on the Twin-City Sentinel.
1 ;
Mr.-. A. F. Young and .Miss Fran-j
1 ces Young of Lynchburg, Va.. wore j
guests of Mrs. L. B. Vaughn here
during the Christmas holidays. They j
^ are the mother and sister of Mrs. |
1 Vaughn.
b
ri Mrs. John A. Sproles of Green-j
" viile, Tenn., spent Saturday night j
with home folks ir. Boone, returning,
~ to Greenville Sunday afternoon. She!
* is conducting a tea room in that his>
J torie old city.
r
' Miss Louise Coffey, teacher in the
State School for the Deaf at Mer-!
s gnnton. and Mr. Kenneth Linney. a|
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E
old homktemF
in alien hand!
i Horton PIa.ce on New Ri,vcr Ha
Been in Family Century and Hail
Family Came Over Shortly Aftc
the Mayflower.
(The following story, relative t
| the Horton old home place east o
I Boone, was written shortly after th
| place was sold last Jane, by Mi
! Rupert Gillett. and published in th
j News and Observer, It is boin
! reproduced in The Democrat becaus
j of the historic matter it contains.)
] Boone. June IS.? With the sal
week of the old -J C. Hortoi
! homestead near here to Dr. R. K
Bingham, the homestead pnp^es on
of the hands of the family that ha
held it since the close of the Revolu
tionary war-?a family whose Ameri
can progenitor arrived in Masse.
chuseUs just 1 b years too late t
nave come on the Mayflower.
The homestead with its 200 acre
of tine farming land, all that is lef
of the original grant of 600 acres
was sold by J. C. Horton's daughter
Mrs. Carrie Horton Bingham, to Dr
Bingham through S. C. Eggers of th;
Western North Carolina Develop
ment company. Technically, it does
not exactly pnss out of the hands ol
the family, for Dr. Bingham is dis
tantly related by marriage to Mrs
Bingham, but the name of Hortor
will no longer be connected with the
place.
Nearly 300 years ago the first Hor
ton. Barnabas, came to America on
the good ship Swallow from his home
in Leicestershire, England, and settied
at Hampton, Mass. A few years
later he removed to New >Haven.
Conn., and finally settled at Southold,
Long Island, where in 1660 he
erected a house that is still standing
and is occupied by one of the llorton
famiiy.
Soon after his arrival vn SouthoUl.
his son Caleb was born, and he grew
to manhood in the Sbuthold home.
Then ho removed t<> Cutehbgue, not
far away, and married Abigail Hallock,
daughter of Peter Hallock, progenitor
of the Hailock family in
America.
T.. # \jxix .? i .u.;.r.,;i
! ??<>(> a ron. whom they named llara-'.b'.s
for Catch's father. The record
t>f the seecn.l tiainr.ii,: is nut quite
rieai-, hut it stems that ho moved
hook to Sou'.hold, and thai ho was
twice married. His second wife bore
a son who was named Catch for his
father, who, or growing to loan hooii.
married ititu another of lite
prominent hong Island families, the
Terry. Sarah Terry, his wife, was
a daughter of Nathaniel Terry and a
granddaughter of Richard Terry,
both of whom took a prominent part
in the quarrels between the Dutch
and the English over the boundary
line between their respective parts of
the island.
Nathan Horton, son of Caleb end
Sarah, was horn at Soutludd in 1725
and lived there with his parents until
1748, when they removed to Chester,
N. -j. We hear r.o aiorr of Nathan until
the outbreak of the Revolutionary
war. when he lie.'nine a soldier and
was soor. commissioned captain.
Meanwhile, in 1757, his son Nathan
was born and became a soldier before
his father. By the close of the
Revolution, the second Nathan was
a cuior.el, out tanking h's father
three grades.
The elder Nathan, however, has
the greater claim to fame, tor, v.hen
Major Andre was- condemned to
death as a spy. and ail efforts to obtain
a pardon from Washington had
tailed. Captain linrton. was the man
--elected to command the snuad thai
hanged Andre to a tree. The- gun
that Cuotaiii Hot-ton carried during
lite Revolution is now in the Hal! of
History at Raic'gli,
Young Colonel Nathan Hortr.n re
mnined in New York city after the
war and apparently became pvomi
r.er.t in the younger society set. foi
he married one of the most fascinat
ing women of the metropolis-. Eliza
beth Eagles, who was known as tin
Beile of Broadway.
Both Nathan and Elizabeth, however,
were venturesome, for, in spit
: 'of their position in New York so
ciety, they decided to move to th
I North Carolina mountains?a regioi
1 then almost unknown, except tha
j it had been the scene of the exploit
I of Col. Ben Cleveland, the Tor
; hanger. They came almost to th
| very spot, in fact, where Clevelani
j was captured by John Riddle, an
; within a few miles of where Iliddl
I himself was captured and later hang
j ed by Cleveland.
- From the .state of North Carol in
: they received a grant of GOO acre
| on the New River, and here begin
[ the history of the Horion family an<
' of the Horton Homestead in Nort!
j Carolina. They built their home oi
a mountain spar around which th
river runs in a horseshoe bend, si
that it can be seen in two direction!
from the house. To the west of then
toward Howards Knob the mountari
above Boone on which the Tory Jobi
Howard hid from Cleveland in <
cave.
Tt will be* remembered that wher
the war closed, Howard v/as completely
exonerated, for he wa3 e
Tory because it was his honest belief
to be one, and he never gave aid
or comfort to the British during the
war. His daughter, Sarah, married
Jordan Council!, a member i>f one of
the most prominent Watauga county
VERY THURSDAY*?BOONE, N. C?
Better
Pay Some A
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With the Churches j 1
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1 Announcements and News of In- j j
I terest to Local Church Goers as '
Prepared by the Various Pastors. | y
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ADVENT CHRISTIAN j fl
Siijmlay school at 10 o'clock.! 1
Suriduy morning preaching service at ? ?
11 by Rev. S. E Gragg. Loyal !
Workers meeting at tk-U1 p. m. j
, Praycs; meeting Tuejtiay night ::t the! c
cherch Choir prheMcc Thursday a
night. j
Everyone cordially invited to at-> ii
j tvim <ia,v oi uii k?i iciitv: a'n w.
BOONE. BAPTIST (
.Sunday school 10 n. m.. \V. R.
i Crappr, -nperintondljit. 1'rearhuip at I
11 and 7 hv the |l.l3lor. Rev. P.
j A. Hicks. 13. V. P. lk> G p. m.
' Mi<i-week prayer service Wednesday
|" p. in. Von art oordtrUy invited! 3
to attend all services at this church-j
CALENDAR OF LUTHERAN
SERVICES
Rev. ,1. A. YOUNT, Pastor. I
ST. MARKS LUTHERAN
Bailey's Camp
j Services on first Sunday of each
! month at 11 a. m. Sunday school
evorv Sunday- at 10 a. >n.
grace Lutheran, boone
Services the 2nd and "h Sundays of '
each month at 11 a. in. Sunday j
families.
It was here that the Horton, j
i Howard and Coor.cill families were;
united, for Phineas Horton, 3on of
Nathan and Elizabeth, married Ke-j
becca Council!, the daughter of Jo?
| dan and Sarah Howard Council!.
1 Phieas inherited the homestead from i
his father, improved it, cleared much
of the land, and operated a large
| plantation with the aid of slaves,,
i When, the war of .1812 broke out,
1 he volunteered a?, a soldier and
. * served throughout the war. Return.
ing t,o North Carolina, he continued
. to run the large plantation and at.
: the same time to hold several ipoliti-!
. ca! offices.
His son, William Horton, followed
: in his lather's footsteps and engaged
l in both agriculture and politics. He
-j operated the large plantation during
e| his lifetime, served as county aur-,
-! veyor for 13 years and then, in 18G2, ;
el he was elected to the state legisla-'
a? ture. Throughout the trying period j
t' of the Civil war he remained in the j
s' legislature and helped to keep the'
yj civil government in operation while
e the soldiers were in the field. Even
i after the war, when carpet baggers
d j were at the height of their power, he
e; was sent baek to the legislature by j
- j his county and remained its re pre-1
' tentative until 1868.
a! William Horton was the last, of the ;
g! line to hold the old estate intact,
B1 for he had eight children- and in
I stead of bequeathing the entire esli
tate to the oldest, he divided it
a among them. The central part of tho
el old homestead, comprising the house
j in- the bend of the river and the 200
3 acres surrounding it, became the
i property of J. C. Horton. His brothi
er, H. W., who still lives in
i Boone, helped to build the house that
i now stands on the 200-acre tract. <
James C. Horton had no male
i heir, and so the old homestead
- passed to his daughter, Mrs. Carrie
i! Horton Bingham of Boone.
I Though the Horton family still
II thrives and has branches in ali parts \
i! of the mountains and many of the I
1 Piedmont counties, the old home-'
stead ceases to be "The Horton,
Place." ji
Mention To Him
chool every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.
Vespers on the ist and 3rd Sundays
it 7 tap p. m- Services held in the
Episcopal church on Main street, opi.i.
iie Daniel Boone Hotel.
HOLY COMMUNION CHURCH
fourteen miles west of Boene,
:uown as Clark's Creek. Services
n the 3rd Sunday of each month at
I a. rn. Sunday school every Sunday
t 9:45 a. to.
banner elk
Seiv ires in the chapel near town
,Y. *1... t?i-. C.. ,.f ... M.
viit- 'tvi: kj'j imnv ?jx taui; liiuiU'll
t 3 p. in.
To :i!l these services we cordially
rivitc the public.
l\ refreshing way to say
"Merry ,rChristmas"
And it* a jdst as refmhiag ?ct
any one of 365 ot her occasion*.
Keep a few bottles ont ice ?t
hornet.
Every bottle sterilixed.
Owr 7 million ic day
=C ' -rftvVS>: -*' BN-aa
IV HAD TO BE GOOD
TO GET WHERE IT (S
BOONE COCA-COLA BOT. CO.
ResoSv?
IVftuv 1
MHanaw c*x
The BEST resolution you <
Not only resolve to do itMoney
is NECESSARY for
time "Baby is born" to and thr
START SAVING 1
We invite YOUR
HAVE MONEY! Let'* DEVELC
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DECEMBER 29. 192') ?
By Albert T. Reid
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WANTED TO BUY?-U. or 20 jrood
young ewes. Write or see Dan
Shull, Valle Ctucis, N. C. 2t
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Pastime '
- THEATRE "THE
PLACE OF GOOD SHOWS"
Friday, Dec. 3ft?
Dorothy Gish
IN
| "Madam Pompadour"
Saturday, Dec. 31
Ken Maynard
IN
"The Haunted Range"
Monday, Jan. 2?
Buzz Barton
IN
"The Slingshot Kid"
J Wednesday, Jan. 4-?
Jackie Coogan
"The Bugle Call" f
Thursday, Jan. 5-^-r"Metropolis"
Featuring an All-Star Ciut
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|r 'pass! 5?y7
book|
NOW to
homctl
an make is to HAVE MONEY,
-but HO IT.
comfort and happiness from the
ough OLD AGE.
REGULARLY NOW
Banking Business
^urank
>P Our County HAVE MONEY1