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VOL. XXXVIJ1, NO. 51 Game and Fish Club Organized Herei Organization Perfftcted at Meeting1 of Local Sportsmen Last Fri- ] day Evening On last Friday evening ?- delcfca-! tion of sportsmen from Boone and! the county at large met at the Dan-: iel Boone hotel for the purpose of; perfecting an organization for the protection of the game ana fish of this section. James W. Bryan, fishi and game warden, acted us temporary chairman. After interesting 1 ' discussions along lines of interest fr.nl sportsmen, the Watauga Game and Fishing Club was formed, with the following officers elected: President, Hon. F. A. Linney; vice president, Robert VV. Puliiam; secretary, Richard U. Johnson. The membership; V fee was set at $1 per annum. A program for the' improvement of trout streams will be carried on, provided land owners will grant fishing privileges to club members, while a bounty wiil be paid on shakes and hawks destroyed. Those attending the meeting Friday night were: J. \Y. Bryan. Rev. C. H. Moser, Robert W. Puliiam, L. B. Vaughn, J. T. Wright, J. D. Council!, Richard R. Johnson. Grady Farthing, R. K. Bingham. Another meeting will he called at an early date at. which time morel definite plans for conservation and development will be agreed upon. 1 COL. CHAS. A. LINDBURGH REACHES VIRGIN ISLANDS St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Jan. ill.-?A presidential solute of 21 guns announced to Virgin islanders today that Col. Charles A. Lindburgh had completed another lap of his -goodwill tour. Hair, cut dawn the sine of the et'owH at the golf eourse where he landed, hut it was estimated that -.tlOt) persons were present to cheer as he dropped out of the sky at the end of a '.OftO mile segment of the Oarriheap circle he is negotiating. The hop from Caracas, Venezuela, required ten hours and five minute!'. STATE'S POPULATION, NOW PLACED AT 2,897,000 North Carolina's population in 11127 was estimated at 2,897,000. an increase of 220,000 over the official i 920 census, the bureau of census. United States department of commerce, has notified the state hoard of health at Raleigh. The population, the bureau of census said, was estimated upon the basis of available birth, death, immigration and emigration figures. The official census of 1920 re vealed Morth Carolina had a population of 2,S'i7,0C0. In 1921, unoi ficial figures r . vealed 2,Gill,000. HIGHWAY COMMISSION WILL NOT ASK ?FOR MORE FUNDS Raleigh, Jan. :ll.?Members of the state highway commission in session here today, unanimously passed a resolution no tto lequcst the next general assembly to authorize an additional bond issue to he used in the construction of additional state roads. Chairman Frank Page tonight declined to comment on the resolution or any plans the commission had discussed for future, if any, roads in Tarhelia. BASKETBALL The basketball game between thei A S. N. S. and Piedmont Collegej will be played here tomorrow, Friday, instead of the 4th as previously scheduled. Tonight the team is at Johnson City, Tenn., to play the! East Tennessee Teachers College. | Both games are with four-year col-1 leges, but the Normal team is con-i i'ident of holding its own with them. To date the boys have lost only three games out of twelve played, i with seven more games remaining on ' the schedule. The Normal boys last week defeated Rutherford, Catawba and Wingate colleges on successive, th j it - - * I -iiivy utseivt; inv support 01 j the entire community. The same; Friday night with Piedmont College will be called at 7 p. m., and one of 'the largest crowds of the yeaT is expected to be there. John Spencer Bassett, GO, author and authority on American history, died in a hospital in Washington City Friday, two hours after having been hit by a motor car. .Mr. ?assett's home was in Asheville. Senator James A. Reed of Mis-| souri, who is an avowed candidate! for the Democratic nomination for presiuent, will deliver an address before the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution at Raleigh on March 27, next. j "I have not the pleasure of knowing your wife." "Then how do you know it's a pleasure?" /AXA1 A Non-Partisan Nc boo; go?.Tranr 0. LOWDEN Something of Man Who is Prominent Candidate for President; Says There is a Real Farm Problem aud Wants a Solution Albert W. Fox, special writer for the Washington Post, after a visit to Frank O. Lovden at his home 121 Illinois, has written a sketch of Mr. Louden, covering almost all of his life, his business and political activities. In part Mr. Fox writes: Frank O. Lovvden, whose personality and whose record of achievement as governor of fHinois have stamped him as of presidential timber since 11)20, is going to make a determined bid for the Republican nomination this year. He has pledged himself to his nation-wide army of supporters and will not let his personal disinclination to press his candidacy for public office stand in the way. He is in the fight to stay. I visited with Lowden at his Sinnissippi farm in Illinois last week and checked up on the many and va| l ied reports which have been circuj lated with respect to his present at| tit- de, his views on national affairs, I his daily routine, his political activi| ties at this stage of the pre-convciition campaign. | There ore some things which can t be said for publication with Lowden's permission, and other things ! which must be said without asking Lowden's consent. It is only fair to j say, however, that the governor, as : every one calls him, is reluctant to | become personally involved in any I of the advance pre-convention skirmishes which of necessity concern I his own candidacy and the purposes, | plans and intrigues of those who are ! opposed to hint. i When the Davves followers see rej ports that Hoover is forging ahead j and that Lowden is suffering' from i ill health and advancing years, the < natural impulse of the Dawes people I is to inquire why Lowden does not | step aside- and let Dawes make the j race against Hoover. This, at least. : is the way some of the Lowden peo1 pie put it. Lowden himself will not discuss these matters, but it may be ; said that if he believed any of these 1 reports' circulated about him. if he j thought himself unequal physically j to undertake the burdens of the presidential office, he would no I hesitate a moment to step aside. He can not, in fact, understand how any man iri his right mind | would think of undertaking the trej mendous responsibilities of the presidential office if he thought himself j physically unequal to the task. Hut I as Lowdor. knows more about his I own physical fitness than those who ! have am interest in 4'misleading; reports/' he is naturally not disposed to follow the advice ; of his * solicitous political enemies," ! as his friends call them. Resides, Louden represents an is| sue? the agricultural question. He believes there is nothing more important before the American peoplt| today than the farm or agricultural problem. He believes, and his followers believe with him, that this j problem must be settled right, not | only in the interest ot" the American | farmer but in the interest of the [ American people as a whole. Noth; ing is more important from the naj tional standpoint, Lowdeh believes, than to face the agricultural problem courageously now before it is too late. In short, Lowden has become the leader in the movement | for practical farm relief, which [ movement admittedly has become 1 more and more deep rooted in agrii cultural centers throughout the I country. There are those who disagree with ! Lowden's conception of how the | agricultural problem should be dealt with, but few deny that he has devoted his mind and energy to this i question with a thoroughness and intense interest that command respect j from all classes. It is not a whim of the moment or a fad with Lowden, it's the all-absorbing, time-consum ine' life work of Frank O tnwHan n* the present period of his eventful and colorful career. No amount of [ research work or investigation is too | exacting a task for Lowden to unj dertake in his tireless efforts along this line. In the spring of 1926, Lowden I decided to go to Sweden and Denmark for the purpose of studying the co-operative movement and oth| er farm development at first hand. He brought back a wealth of firsthand information which he com! municated to the agricultural interests TSf this country in three articles j written by him and published in The Fanner, farm paper of the Northj west. It is to the advantage of society as a whole to stabilize prices of farm I products, Lowden contends. ! Lowden apparently does not care ! who assumes the lead or what the I method is to he with respect to farm (Continued on Page Eight) /wspaper, Devoted to the NE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NOWTH i Watauga Building and Loan Has Good Yea* , Has Tota! Assets of 333l.30t.39 j Showing a Growth the Past Year of 586.89S.71 j } Rounding out six and a half your j of its existence, the Watauga Build ing and Loan Association has re | ceived from -lenkins ? Smith a de i tailed audit of the condition of th< ' association for the year ending De J camber 31, J927. An advertiscmen j covering page five of this issue car ' l'ies the financial .st&term nt. With the December payment tin first series of the installment ft toe) matured and Secretary W\ II. Grag* has paid out to these shareholder; | $26,000 in cash and cancelled mcrt . ga'g< 3. .Many of these now live ii | their own homes, purchased througl I smair monthly payments and hav< I earned $4,746 in profits on th'eij j monthly installments. The 'as&ocia I tion has assets of $351,$01.39, rep ! resenting a growth during the pas year of $86,896.71. All prepaid stockholder' received six per cent i: December and installment share holders vhave earned $.4 per cent in terest. No building- and loan association perhaps in this section of the stat has shown a more striking growt than has the local one, under th management of Mr. Gragg. Read th full statement and learn more o j this great home building institu tion. MRS. THOS. PRESNELL DEAD Mrs. Nelia Presnell, widow of th late Thomas Presnell, of the Brush Fork section, died at the home c Mw George P. Hagaman here, Thurs day afternoon about 6 o'clock, ha^ ing never rallied from a stroke o paralysis suffered about I o'clock o the same day. Mrs. Presnell had been housekeei j er at the Ha'grani&n home for seven ] months and on Thursday after he j duties were finished incidental to th j midday meal, she packed her suii J ease and started to walk a short d.W ; tance to the home of Mr. Fran j Moore" where she intended telephot ' jng fpr a jitney to carry her t I a Wins ton-Sal em hospital for trea j merit. Mr. Hagaman found her short time later unconscious by tfc ;J side ct the road. Mrs. Presncll .tea . r been suffering from high Mood pre; sure for some time. She was aboi G1 years of age. Funeral services were eonducte from the Willow data Raptist churc Friday faternoon by Rev. P. P Kicks and R. C. Eggers, intermer being in the cemetery near th ! church. Mrs. PrefendU was a good wo ma and had many friends in Boone ? well as in the neighborhood of he | old home. Mr. Vance Pre nell c 1 Vilas is one of the surviving chi jdren. B|j|jR? NEWS or COVE CREEK j Sugar Grove. Jan. Feb. 1.? Mr j Kate R. Curtis of Cleveland, Tei-.n j has taken charge of the home ev.om j mics work in the Cove Creek IIig school. Mrs. Curtis is a. graduate^ the University of Alabama. John R. Horton, Lewis Reece an Chas. Haves returned to Clevelatv, Ohio, last week. At the second presentation of ill play, "'Ann, What's Her Name?" th sum of $36.10 was realized. Th school is planning to give a negr minstrel in the near future. The girls* basketball team wa victorious over the Boone high schof in an interesting game last weel TVl? final ...... O A J t , ?..v ul JV.UI t >?.-) Mr. N. L. Mast has been quit sick for the last few days, but is iir proving now. Mrs. Clark Swift has been ver sick for several days. Mrs. Howard Simpsqp is teachin; a class in art in the school here. Sh has 35 pupils and rapid progress i being made. MR. BOLDIN IMPROVING Lenoir News Topic, Tuesday: J A. Boldin, who was seriously injure in an automobile wreck one mile thi side of Green Park hotel last weei is improving in the local hospita and he is considered practically ou of danger now, Mr. Boldin was re turning home from Boone, driving truck, and drove on a short sfcretc of road covered with sleet. Th truck skidded, and before passiu; over the thin coat of ice, slid of the road, and Mr. Boldin was S verely injured. Passersby picke him up and brought him to the Iocs .tuajJiUH. Turning: Over a New Leaf It was visiting day at the jail an the uplifters were on deck. "My good man," said one kind! lady, "I hope that since you hav come here you have had time fo meditation and have decided to coi rect your faults." "I have that, mum," replied th prisoner in heartfelt tones. j.lieve me. the next job I pull, thi baby wears gloves."?American \a "' on Weekly. DEMC Best Interests of Northwes CAROi.lXA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY TwATAUGA'S FIRST i| . BRICK RESIDENCE I Built by B -njajnin Council on Brushy ] ( fork Nearly Century Ago; Aunt J b j Polly Horton Recalls Days When! -? House Raising Was Social Event i -I ixx W.? I Journal.) j The traveler on the Boone Trail j t will pass at Vilas, six miles west of; - Boozffi, an old mill with an overshot j water wheel which still grinds meat ? for those who follow the ancient cusv torn of having their meal ground ? from their own corn, instead of buy-j 3 ing it from the store. Just when this old mill was built i by Benjamin Council! no one seem-; l to know, not even his daughter.' 'a Mrs. Polly Horton. who lives near) r Sherwood postoifice. It was built! - before -he was bora. and she is now! - eighty-two. It is safe to conjecture, t therefore, that the mill is in the i neighborhood of a hundred years n old, ar.d the old overshot wheel still ^ - turns as merrily as when the people n i-j of the- nigehboihood relied entirely t i on It for their com meal. ^ nj But, according to Mrs. Horton. e? or Aunt Polly as she is affectionate hi ly railed by all who know her not all j ei of them depended on her father's t e! mill, for some ground their corn J f j with rude mortars and pestles, just j, i-1 as the Indian? did. and as people in t j many parts of Mexico still do. ( 1 Across the road from the mill isj y a large brick house, the first house t e. made of that material in Watauga! yI county. This house, M>>. Hortorij ,f says, was built by her father just be- , fore she was born, S2 years ago. It _ was a mansion in its day, for to ,f | bring brick over mountain roads n i nearly a century ago was more of a i problem than people today can rea,. J Use. , jl| Mrs. Horton dr.es not know where ^ >..{ her father got the bricks, but it is ej probable that they came from Jobnt., son City, sixty miles away. At a time when ten miles made a good k clay's journe>. ami when it was not x_ at all unusual tor a wagon to be up ;o to its hubs in mud; Benjamin Conn- ( i. cill did not permit such obstacles , a to stand in the way of his building ,0 the finest house in Watauga county. But house building in those days was not such an unpleasant task as it these details might indicate. As all the mountain people faced the same j difficulties, all were willing to help 1,1 a neighbor vvhen he wanted to build ^ ja house, harvest a crop, or split ^ rails for a fcr.cc. All a man had to e I do was to let his neighbors know that j he would have a "house raising" on n such and such a date, and early that mo riling the neighbors would begin >r arriving to help with the work. Mrs. Horton tells that the pep-! j, -sple made house raisings their prin-j cifjaf social vents. Usually, thevi ' were for constructing log houses j j which were put together almost i , 55- without nails. The neighbors gnth-j fci<?3? novl.- 1% . < !> . v ?. v??? ? ?-'uuic ut j;aii CUllUlg LIU" | logs and mortising* the ends for the J hj walls. Others were set to riving j " kf{ logs to make boards for the floors : , and for the roof's (The roofs wore { J (j covered with boards laid the sumo j \ way as shingles.) When the materials wire cut, alij" e pegan helping to put them info j . e place. The logs oj the walls were j e mortised at the corners, so that no] 0I nails were needed there. The sleep-j era of the floor and ceiling were , lS held in place by wooden peg-, as were the rafters and cross pieces on 1 c which the shingle boards were placed. Thus, with all the neighbors i 0 helping, a fine log house could be ] almost erected in a day. Then came the fun. While the ( y mar. worked on the house, the ( woman prepared a fine meal of the 1 g. very best mountain delicacies that * e could be procured. All the neighbors 1 5 who came to the house raising ^ brought some of the best, products of their beehives, smoke-houses, milkhouses and?sh! s-sh! even their stills. These were prepared and as- ( ^ sembled on a long table improvised j d under the trees, and all joined in t s the feast. c j? After the day's work was: done, c h the new house was dedicated with ^ * a dance, in which square dances were interspersed among contests in.: : ? buck and wing and clog dancing. Fart) " into the night the fiddlers scraped < e "Turkey in the Straw" and "Sour- ? ^ wood Mountain" from their strings t 1 to the accompaniment of the scrap- ^ ing of heavy boots on the new floor t j and the shouts of the caller, "Ladies '' to the center, gents circle right," ] "Swing your opposite; now your own," and an occasional hilarious s "Yip! Yip!" from an unusually ex- j d berant dancer. < j At length, when the splintered , y boards of the new floor were worn , e almost smdoth, the dancers disr perscd to their homes and left theiv j - host and hostess in possession of a . new home of their own. No one i e, ever thought of being paid for his , - day's labor; the fun of the gather- , is ing and the satisfaction that comes J (Continued on Page Two) )CRA t North Carolina i. n-28 Will He &;> His Shadoiv? j jiifc. - - O.'WN>x' s&. -. y. %"V; S f ^ ^ ^ ^ \ ^ 4 ^ rs m* -f^C: >N 'x-' .. #J'y*>K. VV WtiSBK fev3^> AWi WW. '-*&* - "TT Those who rely upon the ground-1 jog as t.he most accurate weather j fian of all time, will watch the sky oday with anxious eye. more espeially it" at daybreak the sun is not hining According to the followers; t the rodent in this capacity, should ic be able to sec his shadow at any I ime during the day he will scurry j ?ack into his underground castle,! mowing full well that for six weeks, he weather will be too rough for! nm to sally forth. On the other' and. if old sol is hidden throughout j he day. spring is on the way. 3-ViDENCE INTRODUCED AS TO HICKMAN'S SANITY j Los Angeles, Cal.. Jan. -'1.?The tsscrted indications ef insanity in! vVilJiam K. Hickman wore traced| ron) his Arkansas ancestors down hrough the troubled domestic life] hi- mother, to center upon the*. irjehtaHty tkidnapper-killer limself in his sanity trial here tofluy'. Depositions read into the jrec-; r<l by the defense included tosti-: niony that. Hickman's grandfather. Duo Quob, was considered "crazy." rhat the defendant's mother's Mrs.; Eva Hickman, once was confined in j the Arkansas state hospital for new-1 ous diseases. That his father, Thos. | Hickman, deserted his family. Thati the youth underwent a mental trans-1 formation after losing an oratorical i contest while in high school in Kan-; -as City. 1 The trial which got under way first of the week, will continue torseveral days. THOS S WATSON SUFFERS STROKE OF PARALYSIS ; I Mr. Thos. S Watson of the Virgil! section, is in a ritical condition at the home of his son-in-law, George, Greer- at Lenoir, as a result of aj stroke of paralysis on last Satur-; :iay. my. waison had gone to thej Yadkin VnlSey for a load of corn and I suffered the stroke while there. He j A7as speedily moved to Lenoir and latest advices from his bedside arei to the effort that he has never | spoken and his friends entertain | slight hope? of his recovery. rEMPERATURE HERE DURING j JANUARY AVERAGED 26^ Mrs. S. M. Ayers, who lives in iJaniel Iloone Park, has takers the pains to keep an accurate record of he temperatures daring the month >f January. The coldest day of the nonth, says Mrs. .Ayers, was on the >nd. when mercury dropped to 16 iegrees below zero. The warmest lay was the 23rd, the highest temperature being 54. The average emperature for the entire month, Jrs. Ayers reports, was 26As deTees. LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN I wish that there were some wor.lerful place called the Land of Beginning Again; where ali our missives and all our poor selfish grief :ouid be dropped like a shabby old :oat at the door and never put on igain. I wish we could come on it un.......... i:w i.. ?1.^.1 matv. line: IUC iiuiaui ? UU IIIIUS niSj ost trail; and I wish that the one) ,vhom our blindness had done the trcatest injustice of all could be at he prates, like an old friend that vaits for the comrade he's gladdest .o hale. It wouldn't be possible not to be iind in the Land of Beginning ^gain; and the ones we misjudged uui the ones whom we grudged heir moments of victory hero, would ind in the grasp of our loving handclasp more than penitent lips could jxplain. I-'or what had been hardest we'd know had been best and what had seemed loss had been gain; for [.here isn't a sting that will not take sing when we've faced it and laughid it away; and I think that the laughter is most what we are after! In the Land of Beginning Agam.?! The Progressive Mortic:ai. FIVE CENTS A COPY NEWSIMF BLOWING ROCK t? "Misery Moon ' Presented to Small But Appreciative Audience; Stride ots Make Qood Showing in Examinations; Social and Personal Blowing Unl:. Feb. 1.?.-Like the leading character in the play. "Misery Moon." lias been dogged by hard luck at every performance. The inclement. weather which kept away a large numbei from the rendition at the Blowing Rock school auditorium was no exception, hut those who diet .see the performance were enthusiastic in their praise of the cast. A good crowd was present, consider sag me ncar-;z>ro wcamer. The east was the same as in the former performances. A. E. Mercer appeared in the title role, Miss Annie Greene as the old maid, Mr. Castle as Mr. Tuti. Velma Cannon as the rag-time girl. Pearl Webb as Rosebud Reese, Paul Foster as the college sheik, Spencer Greene as the ticket agent. Edna Miller as the bolshevik girl. Birthday Party Celebrating his eleventh birthday, Vaughn Hartley entertained sixteen of his friends last Friday night at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mi>. Fred Hartley. A large birthday cake mounted with eleven glowing candles was the center of attraction in the living room. After games were played, refreshments were served to the guests by Mrs. Hartley. In a contest, which followed the refreshments, all the contestants made such high scores that they had to draw straws to decide the winner. Irene Jenkins was awarded the prize. The guests at the party were Omer Coffey, I'M ward Robbins, Charles Robbir.s, Edward Coffey, Father Green , Dennis Coffey, Jay Castle. Nornian Pit's, Vcrdola Walters. Irene Jenkins, Arlene Jenkins, RVlby Coffey, Opal Pitts, Beulah Toaster. Klise Puts and Bessie W nti n. Now Grocery Stor* Stuart Cannon, foiir.erly an employe of Provette's store, has openi ed a grmery store in the building i oecunied last Slimmer hv the Gem i Cafe. Mr. Cannon says hi? will car| ry a Block of the very best groI ceries, vegetables and fruits. During the summer season he will carry a stock ample to meet all demands. He will operate the stove on the casmand-eavry plan, with a selfservice system. This plan will not be installed, however, until the ; summer season, Celebrates Sixth Birthday Little Miss Lena Miller Bobbins celebrated her sixth birthday last Monday at the home of-her parents,S3 Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Bobbins. Children's games and a birthday cake were enjoyed by the litflgn quests present, who were: Margaret Miller, Louise Prevette, Dare Story, Nancy Ward, Bet tie -Pane Bobbins, Grace Hartley, Bill Williams and Grover Bobbins. People Going and Coming Mr. and Mrs R. V. Norman have returned to their home in Knoxville, Tenn.. after Mrs. Norman paid a visit of a month to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. \V. L. Crisp. They were accompanied by their daughter, SnvftK. -llillP TVIi?C V(.v>noTi <1!?-/-? iti*d her husband's relatives near Winston-Salem, Mr. Norman joined her here last Saturday, and they if proceeded to Knoxville. Mrs. Harry Cooper returned Saturday from Statesville, where she underwent a serious operation. She is reported to be convalescing: rap- 1 idly. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Robbins were absent Tuesday in Charlotte where Mrfl Robbins transacted business. Cameron Williams has been offered a place in a cabinet shop at Warronton and is considering accepting it and moving there. ATTENTION. COMRADES Next regular meeting* of Watauga Post No. 130, American Legion will meet at the Legion hall, Friday, February 3, at 7:45 p. m. Some important matters to come before the post. Please be on hand. L. R. ISAACS, Com. J. W. NORRIS, Adj. Submarine slogan: Join the navy and see the next world.?Bridgeport Star. ASKS FEDERAL FUNDS TO FIGHT ILLITERACY Washington, Jan. 31.?Declaring that the spread of the Ku Klux Klan and other mob movements was due to illiteracy and that the United States was lagging behind a number of European countries in education, Representative Berger of Wisconsin, the only Socialist member of Congress has introduced a bill providing for a $12,000,000 Federal fund to aid the states in remedying the illiteracy problems, the first appropriation of S2.000.000 to be used n it' "-, the. next six years.