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IH : itMg&i fstnjp FOUR The Watauga Democrat f3H,4.';i - .- -yA ;' .: . -,. Issued Every Thursday by The IUYERS PRINTING COMPAN> R. C. RISERS ROB. ltlVERS PtibBghers SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year $1.50 Six Months .75 Three months .10 Payable in Advance Advertising Rates on Appl'cation Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, Obituaries, etc . ore chained for at the regular adveriising rates. Ecr-tred at the 1'ostoffice at Boone. ** 0., as Second Class mail matter. T!IURS1>AY. MAY 3. lints A loose tongue has gotten m;t\ into a tight jam. One way to become sharp busilies;, mail is ; > keep your nose to the grindstone. Many p,e rrsbrik work ko ham at playing 'hey have no energy loft event to play at work. More livestock on the farms. >s a mighty good way to meet the problem of high taxes. Every farmer in Watauga county .should produce enough corn, wheat, oats, potatoes and vegetables for his own use?and a surplus for the the market to buy that which he cannot raise. That is the only way to become independent. It's all over now. Shank Grist tells a South Carolina new > pay. r that Vic Ponahey and not A1 Smith will be the Democratic nominee f??r the presidency. With that bir.de:?i off Mr. Grist's chest. Ho can dev tv ; his entire time from no*.v ur.-j til the third of June in trying t himself renominated for commissioner of labor and printing. It just seems to a layman that the: much-advcrtisecl " -ban-up" fox j Roone came to a close soon after it : started. Main street looks pretty good, bat many of the worst spots ' on other streets remain untouched. Many piles of rubbish, ready for the city trucks, are still unmoved. Many visitors are seen on the streets daily. Summer will soon he here. Let "Continue to clean" he the slogan. Senator Thomas .1. lleflin declared in Winston-Salem Mbr.dnv t>Y#?nine ' 1 that Governor Ai. ?miih can never j secure the nomination Houston J Giving him ali that can bo claimed; the Alabaman predicts hfe will fail | ?85 votes short, of the domination.! If ibis be tiiie and if Smith is as i weak in the pre-convention cam- i paign as Heflin and the Ku IClux in general insist, why is it that they j Wpald walk up and down the country j Spendintr their good money and time! lambasting' him and trying to break down his defenses? Undoubtedly j the sentitor and others of his kind! .speak and think differently. THE YONAHLOSSEF. DRIVE WinstonSaieni .Journal. Congressman Doughton is right in j his contention that, the Great Smoky? Mountain had Shenandoah National j Parks should be con nee l ed by an j improved highway. If the Great! Smoky Mountain Park, recently es- j tablished in extreme western NorthCarolina and eastern Tennessee, is! [C to mean much to North Carolina, the state must have dependable highway connection with the park. A vital link in this highway is j what is known as the Yonahlossee j Drive just beyond Blowing Rock, i This is by far the meat picturesque! highway in North Carolina. For some | ten or twelve miles it runs alone rhe very lop of the Blue Ridge. Noj such mountain scenery can be found , on any othe.r stretch of road in all 1 the mountains. The Yonahlossee Drive from! Blowinjr Rock around the base of! Grandfather Mountain is ai present! in a deplorable condition. It should j l,e rebuilt. It ought to be rebuilt by I the state and federal governments. | This is not a county road, or a district highway. It is primarily a state! and national highway. Although j short, it touches three counties.', Watauga, Caldwell and Avery, and' two state highway districts. It" the state is going to put eon victs to work on any publie high-: way, they should be put to work on this stretch of road. The federal; government should co-operate with' the state and the two ought to re-1 build the famous Yonahlossee Drivel without expense to counties or dis-' tricts. All North Carolina should be vitally interested in the construction of this road. For no North Carolinian should visit the mountains without seeing the Yonahlossee Drive. Nobody has really seen the mountains of North Carolina until they have seen them from this scenic highway. This drive could be made a tremendous asset to the whole state. If properly advertised, the Yonahlossee Drive would bring tourists to the state from all over eastern America and the middle west. 3 o *; 109 YEARS OLD Batavia. N. Y.. May 2.?Nancy Miller Blacksquirrel, oldest Indian on the Tonawanda Reservation, observed her 109th birthday anniversary recently. Ga-Que-Tah?that's her Indian name?believes she ' may in reality be much older. i -Kill % . 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS 1$??' ,V> ;; Born 7*> Mr, aofl Mrs. Karl Xorris last Sundsu afternoon, a son. Bora r<> Mr. ujhI Mrs. Rodney Greene at Watauga. Hospital last week, a daughter: Mrs. Sherman Holler underwentj an operation at the Watauga Hos-j pitul last week, and improving nicely. Miss Erie, daughter oV Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Greer of Boone, was . operated on for appendicitis at the Watauga Hospital last Sunday. The ( many friends of the popular young? ; lady will be glad i?> know that her condition is very satisfactory. Mesdames J. M. Moretz and Chap 1 Wilson are attending the North Carolina Federation of Women's I Clubs meeting in High Poim this: week. Invitations were issued by th?>: High Point Climber of Commerce, j I in conjunction with the Women's| . dubs pi* ihat city. While out on a call Monday night, j Dr. -T. >1. Hodges was stricken with a I 1 severe pain in hi- right breast andj ! on arriving home at l i o'clock, his good w ife went to applying heat and j salve, which was kept up all nightland until Wednesday morning. The! ; pain has abated, hut he is not able to be in his office this week. Frank Winkler and Frank Rob-, bins of Stale College. Raleigh, were: visitors at their respective homes j last w eek and on their return Friday i took with them Misses Alice Conn-j | eili ami Louise < d itcher to attend a' 1 'fraternity house party." They re-: turned Sunday and report a most en-! jovahle time. I The Democrat i* very sorry in-1 deed to learn of the serious illness of I'm j*. \V. t. Winkler of Sluil's Mills K. I". 1?. He was taken l?? Long's sanatorium in .Statesvilk j ; last .Monday and a message hist evening was to tin effect that he < was but little if. any better. His trouble is something like an abscess < in his jaw. his whole head and face i being swollen. l\ made its appearance v.-iv suddenly and much nnx- 1 iety is felt ovei his condition An advertisement bj the Wat- 1 aufcrn Count.v RnnL- in mi-- ? der the headi ng. "Ways t.> get money! for 11*2.- taxes and other things;" is J ' directed especially to the farmers of 1 the c ounty. Attention is called to j s nine local products which are eager- r ly sought by the outside world and from which the county largely do- s rives its income. The Watauga 1 County Bunk has also mailed out hundreds of copies of the ad. and i the two other banks are co-operating t in the inovemeht. 1 Mr. Lemuel Greene, formerly of Watauga county but for do years as resident of Derby, loxva, has return-! ed to the land of his nativity and j s will make his permanent home with 1 his son, Mr. W. j?> Greene, on t Cove Creek. According to Mr. \ Greene, conditions iii Iowa arc any- i thing but favorable at this time. A t large number of bank failures, to- j s gather with unsatisfactory farming j : conditions have combined to bring j < near financial disaster to the rural! districts. ?S 1 I U Thf. r.iiKi;?k..w. 1J in... ?nil ? JHES. I -.11'.> o \t yuiu >I(VC IU Ulll ] * partie i.ar attention, especially to the reporteis of social activities, that The Democrat, while dated for i Thursday is put to Press 011 Wednes- j day. xiecently many items have ar- < rived too late for publication or t after the type had been composed < for the complete, paper. In the ease of club meetings and other routine matters, sometimes the reporter 1 waits over one issue before submit- . ting the report. Only this week a ( report was sent in which would have 1 had time to have appeared last 1 week. Wo are anxious to have reports of the affairs of this kind, but it would hi1 mutually helpful if we could have them while they are ; news. ELKLAND H. S. CLOSING The Elkland high school commencement will be held on Friday . and Saturday nights of this week. Chi Friday night the grades will give a program, which will consist of 1 drill.-, a short play, a negro minstrel, and other forms of entertainment. On Saturday night the high school will present a play, "Headstrong Joan." a comedy in three acts. Two I Jews and an Irish cook furnish Dlen ty of comedy. A special feature of the program Saturday night will be the music furnished by Ted Bare and his "Carolina Night Hawks." The public is cordially invited to attend one or both of these programs, which begin at 8 o'clock p. m. WORTH WHILE CLUB On Friday afternoon the Worth While Club held its regular bimonthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Zeb Farthing. Although the weather was very inclement, a large number of members were present and the spacious living room in which they were assembled was made bright and cheerful by a large open fire. The meeting opened with the quotation of Bible verses, followed by the business session. The hostess then took charge and entertained' THE? WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EY1 the guests with a cake contest. Mrs.) .John Greer and Mrs. Stewart Wink-> ler were the winners and were awarded a beautiful vatse as a prize. Delicious refreshments were serv-'l ed by the hostess The next meeting: will be held on May li tt the home ol Mrs. Charles Filler. APPLE CROP NOT HURT Sat'.vday?s snow and coM weather? is not believed to hay*: injured the! apple crop in Watauga county.! About six inches of snow fell Fri-1 day night and Saturday morning, but in the afternoon the tbcrmomoiei went up and the know disappear? ?? 2 In st entirely by Sunday afternoon. Reports from various sections of the county are to the effect that cherries. peaches and pears are badly camaered if not entirely killed, but the apple crop, which means more to the county than" all th? other crops enmho-w?it <U!??tni to !wcn ..i .a . .. rious ihuiviiio. F.NTRE NOUS CLUB Mrs. Fred Hodges' was hostess to the E nitre Nous Club at her heme in Boone on the afternoon of April 20. After a short while engaged in discussion of various subjects, a liveh series o? games were played and the winner. Mrs. James K. Mast, was was given a cutcx gift box. Then the guests entered into a "Kate" eontest. and .Mrs Sam liorton and Mrs. Uus eil Hodges lied for honor, but Mrs. Hodges proved the winner in the drawing, receiving a bottle of lemon cream. Ih-ilcious refreshments were served. consisting of fruit salad, sandwiches. cake and tea. The next meeting of the club will he held at the home of Mrs. James j P. Ilorton c.n the afternoon of May Jth. GRADUATING EXERCISES OF 7TH GRADE HELD SATURDAY The graduating exercises of I he seventh grade <?f the Boone public j school were hold Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the auditorium of the i Demonstration school. Or. account j :>f the severe weather, the speaker, j Mr. Ir? T. Johnson pi Veifevson, failed to arrive: otherwise the pro- i gram was tarried out as planned. , The winner in the rec itation con-1 est was Bertie Harrison, who jravc J 'Aunt Jerustia Yislsits the City/' | "The fiiblc? " delivered by Winton Kan kin, was adjudged the best leclaiTiation. Other contestants were Ruby; Crivetted Marcella Cook, Brainard | iVatson and James Farthing. All J poke remarkably well and deserve i mi eh eredit for their efforts. ( ertificntes of promotion to high} ichool were granted to twenty-three | )oys and girls. James Farthing ahd Emogene Setter had a perfect lecord of atendance for the year. iOME COMING DAY AT BLOWING ROCK BAPTIST j Sunday, May the <Uh, will be ob ,erred as Home-coming Day at the Mowing Rock Baptist church and he pastor. Rev. P. A. Hick-, is *ory anxious to have all members, md former members and friend > of I , he church present for this special! iervicc. Yon are invited to o.Sniej md br;ng filled baskets so that i iinnev car. be served on the ground.! "We want to have a day of fel-i owship with the Lord and fellow- J imp one with another," says Pastor \ licks. Program Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preachng at 11 a. m., by the pastor. Subset: "Our Mothers." Special Mothers' Day music will be rendered; also ach mother present will be presentid with a little love gift. 12 o'clock: Dinner. 1:20 p. m.: Address by Smith lagaman. The Lord is good for all His wonierfr.l works toward the children of ten. Come and let us worship dim. FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB The Friday Afternoon Club had i most delightful meeting with Mrs. I [. G. Greer at her home on last Friday. Potted plants and spring fjlowsrs formed the decorations. A very unique program was enjoyed. As a fore-runner of National Child Week, the program was along this line. Giddy and humorous child's poems were read by Mrs. B. J. Oouncill, Mrs. Annie Coffey, Mrs. Linney and Mrs. Dougherty. Mrs: Greer had requested each guest to bring a baby picture of herself. These were arranged in a group so all could see them and the members enjoyed a regular baby <T?T- _ - miuw. x ne pictures were numbered and members were asked to guess who was who. Then followed a vote on the prettiest baby, most intelligent, most mischievous and various other tests. Blue ribbons were pinned on the grown up winners. This occasioned much merriment. An appropriate prize was awarded the one making the highest score. The next feature was numbers of childs' stunts, into which all entered very heartily. The program throughout the afternoon kep tto the child things. Many Mother Goose and favorite rhymes were recited and numbers of beginners' pieces {flayed on the piano. Upon invitation to the dining room, places were found by uniijuc place cards, decorated with pictures of children. A dainty salt 5RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. lad course was followed by Esquiuio I pies and animal cookies which every! child adores. Mrs. Annie Coffey and Mrs. Jas. Winkler assisted Mrs. j Greer in serving 1 Reside club members Mrs. Greer .? had as guests Mrs. [Iagama:o.! . Mvs. Neul Blair Mrs. Moneycuti ' 1 Mrs -5. Winkler. Mrs. W. R. < ' Siwiir.hour and Mr- lack Shrive; e of i Iowa. The cdub vv??? meet. May 11 i [.with M. . David Greene. 1 j HARMON. PENITENT, WRITES 1 . WARNING ON PRISON WALLS j | I ; Dewev Harmon of the Beech! < c reeii. sertion ol Watauga county,!, who was sentenced at the last term j ] of the .sunrcrier court to a term ofj i l'rom six to eight years in the statej-i j prison i? r bis part in the robbery of j < the Valle Cruris Bank, grew deeply j< penitent soon after his incarceration: 1 in the county jail. After he had left 1 for Raleigh the following lines were found written on the walls of his cell in the county jail, telling of his i resentence, "lho testimony below is i ; reproduced exactly as was written: . "Dewey Harmon is in here March < j :2s. t'.'L's. charged with hank robi nery. I have eight years to serve 1 j ami am going to try to make it be- 1 ] fere 1 die. if 1 can. Everybody who j sees this must take warning before ji j it is too late. It is too late for me! ' vo stay our of the pen, hut it is not | I , too late to serve the Lord and I am j < going to serve Him all the time I! ^ am gone. I hope you will meet me; * at the end and me and all will meet j < the I ord with a smile. I want every' body to t rust in the Lord. 1 don't J 1 want anyone to go to hell. That is : < an awful place. I want you to heed ( before it is too late. Don't put it ' i off any longer for you may be called i ] at any time. I want everybody to! . pray for me that I can't turn back J < like I once was. The Lord has' t blessed me. I want you sinners to' 1 take my advice if it is right and if I it is not, don't take it. | J "In your mind you know you! ? have a soul arid don't let it go down ' a to hell for if von will mil r?r? tfeo Lord iii the light way Ho will hoar i and save your soul for Ho has saved \ my poor soul before it was too late, j You must get clown humble to the1 i >rd and Ho will bless you. { ? "1 want to get back to mv good J woman and three little children thai ' are depending upon me for support. "Here is my conversion: I got to n studying about my soul, how I was ! raised up, my family and I got to 11 tailing on the Lord to show me how to live from now on and He put it into my mind to get right n with God and I did submit all tilings !' to him and He gave my poor heart 1 ease at once. It. was on Thursday * night about two o'clock when He y blessed my soul. "DEWEY HARMON. , "Beech Creek, N. C." ! si } j. NORMAL NOTES V Short Arbor week programs have T been given at the chapel exercises t< during the past week by different it members of the faciijfc members of the faculty. b The colored girls from Bennett T College, Greensboro, gave a very il enjoyable concert at the courthouse Thursday night and on Friday rendered several numbers at the Normal ~~ chapel hour. Some of the colored men of the town also gave several numbers. County Superintendent Smith Hagaman has been at the Normal several days during the week, and is always welcome by the many ii ieiui- in* nas nere. Pupils of the Demonstration school below the seventh glade gave an operetta. "The Stolen Flower Queen." Friday afternoon and Friday night. The work of the children was highly commended, and showed the splendid training on the part of their teachers. Despite the bad weather Friday night the auditorium of the Demonstration building was well filled with people from the town and the Normal who enjoyed the operetta very much. Monday even ing the seventh grade held a contest in recitation and declamation, which brought to a close the 1927-2S session of the Demonstration school. j The senior class of the Normal gave a play, "Hoodoo." a farce comedy in three acts, on Saturday night. The play was under the direction of Prof. 1. G. Greer, and was greatly enjoyed by those present. The cast was composed of the following:! Brighton Early, Jennings Walsh; Billy Jackson, Jonas Waters; Prof. Solomon Spittet, Ted Davis; He-! machus Spiggot, Ozroe Roberts; Mr. Malachi Meek, Robert Elliott: Mr. j Dun. Tom Hayes; Miss Amy Lee, Viola Upright; Mrs. Perrington-i Shine, Olive Perry; Gwendolyn Per-1 rington-Shine, Louise Jones; Dodo De Graft, Lillian Williams; Miss Ima dinger, Ruby Pennington; Angelina, Mary Norris; Miss Doris Ruffles, Nell Lazenby; Eupopsia Spiggot, Georgie Lee Gibson; Mrs. Semiramus, Margaret Clarke; Miss Long-' nacker, Rosemary Bumgamer; Lulu, Lucile Sartin; Aunt Paradise, Daus-. kio Howard; four little Spiggots: ttamases, Joe Greer; Isis, Ruby Trivettc; Chopps, 1. G. Greer, Jr., Osiris, Karle Sawyer. I A sacred concert was rendered Sunday afternoon in the Normal auditorium by Miss Celeste Henkel's music and expression class. Prof. Greer on Wednesday delivered an address at Sparta, going from there to Landis, Rowan county, where he will speak today. He will also deliver an address at East Bend, Yadkin county. - *AY RESPECTS TO AGED PAIR i: ON SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY! y Last Thursday afternoon about a! n m mired and thirty-five guests as-j<> ambled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. j g I. C. Ray to participate in the ccle- j S >ration of the sixtieth anniversary j o >f the liighly esteemed couple. An-jp aouncements of the occasion had j b leen sent out previously and besides i hose calling from the town, tiumer-jc )us friends were present from other) n nties and states. j u Mrs. Ray .was before he? marriage| Miss Margaret Hodges and hei wed-:ti ling ceremony was performed onrti April 20. 1SG8 by A. !?. Wilson at , per home in Boone. It is recalled J f that the newly weds rode horseback j v, to the home of Mr. Ray in Ashe e county (Elk X-Roads) where they s -.pent the first ten years of their v wedded life, moving from there to ii the present home near Boone. Mr. John F. Hardin and R. R. c Hodges, brother of Mrs. Ray, were J ine only ones present who witnessed h the marriage. There are, however, others living who were unable to o lome. s Friends called constantly during y the late afternoon and early evening s lo mix with one another and to con- S gratulate Mr. and Mi*s. Ray on hav- v ing attained their GOth anniversary, n lumbers of lovely presents were nought, testifying to the esteem in f which the aged couple is held, and b with the hope that the recipients r would witness many move such oc- v asions. s Besides friends and relatives in f the town and community, those pres- f ?nt were: Messrs. R. R. Hodges and p jeorge Wortham, Paris, Texas; liar-' fc rey Carlton, Abilene, Texas; Mr. and! y Mrs. M. E. Randolph and daughter, j v \shevitie; Donald R. Robbins, Dor- j v Chester, Va.; Weston Robbins, Nor- i a on. Va.; Mrs. John McNeely arid j f< Miss Lula Freeze, Mooresvillc; Mrs. I rinley Coffey and Mr. and Mrs. J. ! e; V. Boldin and son, JLenoir; Dr. and ' p Mrs. R. H. Hardin, Banner Elk; Mr. | ti nd Mrs. Harrison Byrri, Foscoe. and i y< -lr. and Mrs. Donald lioyden, Blow- J u tig Rock. di i r' REV. G. H. CHURCH | ^ The Staseville Landmark of last j ' 'hursday carried the following ac-! bunt of the death of Rev. G. H. hurch, a native of Todd and a for -.or pastor of the Boone Baptist' ^ hurch, mention of which was made ' i these columns last week: Rev. (I. H. Church, veteran Ban- j 1st minister, passed away Tuesday ight at 10:25 o'clock at his home n Western avenue. Mr. Church ad been in declining health for sevral years, but had been confined to is bed for most of the time since Irs. Church died last July. The funeral services, conducted y the pastor. Rev. B. E. Morris, asstod by Rev. C. S. Cashwcll, a fclong friend, were held from Western Avenue Baptist church hursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Inirmont followed in the family plot l Oakwood. Mr. Church was 70 years of aire, t aving been born and reared near j odd, Ashe county, March 14, 1849. lis birthplace was 1 i miles from 1 __ . WITT - i w ays to It for 1928T OTHER r Every Farmer Shot Five of these Ilow Many 1 1. POTATOES 2. GOOD CATTLE 3. SHEEP 4. POULTRY 5. CABBAGE 6. BEANS 7. APPLES 8. SMALL VEGETABLES 9. BOARD WATA! COUNTY K^KhHK^ "Home of the ' Boone, N HAVE MONEY! Let'# DEVELOP < l MAT St !92S ^ none am! II miles frora Jefferson He was mamcMl May 10. V86S. tc lis^ Mary Howell, of the same coirluniiy. They had four children, f whom preceded the parent;- to the rave. Mrs. Chuivh passed a way in tatesville July -9, 1027. at the age j* 77 years, leaving the aged mir. ;tcr alone, enfeebled by long years f unselfish service. After bis conversion and his tie ision to devote his life to the gospel '.nistry, Mr. Church's first work ras for the. Baptist board of nusipus in Ashe and Alleghany counies. locating in Boone during that irnc. He vent to Judson College for ulier preparation for his life's rork in 18,83, and after taking a ourse there, was called to Brevard, erving two churches in Transylania county, spending three years i that work. His next pastorate was in Swain ounty. where he served as pastor of laptist churches at Bryson City and Jnl Sn?*irii"c He came to Statesville as pastdi f the First Baptist church in 1893. erving in that j apaclty for six Tl ears. During1 this pastorate he tarted a mission church. called outh Statesville Mission. from i rhich the flourishing Western Ave- JL ue Baptist church sprang. Mr. Church gave up the States'.ille ield to take the pastorate of the 'irst Baptist church at Burling:on, emained there for two years. He ras next called to Lenoir, where he erved as pastor of the First church or five years and six months, going roni there to Durham to accept the astorate of Edgeniont church ?>n 'ast Main street. He spent two ears on the Durham field. after hich he went to Anson county here he was pastor of the Morven nd Polkton Baptist churches for our years. In March, 1913, Mr. Church was ailed back to Statesville to become astor of the Western Avenue Bapst church. He was pastor for five ears and six months, having to give p the work when his health broke rvvn from Ihe strain of building a p\v house of worship, the present indsome structure. Nine years ago Ir. Church had to give up regular J asiorai (iu tics. l'or five years prl- f* r to his death he had been unable > preach. KG INNING WITH MAY 1, the Hanks of Boone will close at p. m. The hours will be S a. to .'1 p. m. This change is necessary in order to give the bookkeepers time to balance and work up the hooks. WATAUGA COUNTY BANK. PEOPLES BANK & TRUST CO 1ARDEN SEED- Lan dreth's package seed, 5c; Leonard's bean and pea seed 25c per lb. j. B. Dick & Co., 5, 10 6c 25 Cent Store, Boone, N. C. et Money ) 4XES and rHINGS lid Sell at Least Products. Can You? SEED EATING STOCK BEEF DAIRY PRODUCTS LAMBS WOOL CHICKENS EGGS TURKEYS 1 MARKET STOCK KRAUT SNAP BEANS SHELL BEANS SPRAYED and GRADED ONIONS LETTUCE SPINACH BEETS STRAWBERRIES TURNIPS TOURISTS and SUMMER VISITORS UGA , )ur County HAVE MONEY)