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> V H VOLUME XLU, NO. 3. Boone DRY WEATHER HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TC CROPS LN WATAUGd ujually Large Acreage Planted However, Injures SurpJu*. Potat* Crop Cut One-half. Cabbage sm Tobacco Suffer Slightly. Farmer Urged to Conserve Hay Supplj b; Association Chairman. By SMITH HAGAMAN Chairman Watauga. Livestock Assn. Agitation pays; agitation of th? ^ or oner kind pay-. Those have beei demonstrated this year in Wataug; County. When the people all begii to talk along any line of public in : est it spreads to the last man ryiiiiV so Hie yeai niuuy FiieTi saw Lli< ;r:ave necessity of a bigger prodne n of iGof K. turned into cash in order that tht heavy exnOnditiiiv of the codjra could he met, hence there was ; widespread feeling that every farme; must increase his income by planting -i greater divemty of crops as wei a very large increase of acreage. ; is apparent to anyone going ove; :" - county that there has been a nips' unusual effort upon the part of al most everyone to "make aplenty ant -tune to spare" this year. Thoi v was: planted not less thai 'if teen hundred acres of potatoes h the county. It was one of the mos1 promising potato crops ever plantei in the county?by far the most?but conditions over which we have m control, frost and drought?have se n'ously reduced the quantity and th< ality, doubtless one-half; but th? for a correspondingly higher price, li any event, the potato crop ought t< bring a lot of money into the count] t! is. fallLambs and cattle have been disap , pointing, but now is the time, it i: believed by many, for every livestocl farmer who possibly can to wintei hi^ ewe lambs and young cattle, lie will need them next summer, it i: I >mted out that it would be bat! business to sacrifice them on a low mar ktt. if the stockman is in shape i< tpr tfiein. Considering- the unprecedented dry weather of the last eight weeks. th< faimers have set an unusually largt acreage to cabbage. A drive over th< -1?crrijritSr -wr x t cuntVtii;xttr Ihalvt'e^ -raidless 6f the unseasonable year, i largo tonnage will be produced. Th< al kraut factory has contracts or Several hundred acres at rather gooc prices, and if weather conditions im prove within the next few weeks, a: adequate supply of the cole will to conveited into this product. Burley tobacco, which for the p.:?' _ few years has attracted the attentioi of several Watauga fanners, is he ing grown on many farms rtfn th< county, and bears promise of ar abundant harvest. This leaf will Vim it-: way to the Bristol and Abingdor markets, where it has brought tcj prices for several seasons. Farmer:-, have been advised ^orvo their hay supply, on accounl of the general shortage. One far in ei stated recently that he has wmtere. his horses on. ragweeds and hay foi a number of years, has not J'c-ed an;, grain whatever, and claims that the; i efsme out in the spring if. fine shape the ragweeds taking the place <> grain. Farmers doubtless feel discourager after their great effort to make i surplus this year to meet partial fail ore in crops and low prices of theii livestock, but what would have beer the situation if they hod not pro diiced the big surplus? It is exceed ir.glv fortunate that farmers have made this unusual effort New Hospital at Bannei Elk Is Near Completior ? Banner Elk.?The roof is now be " ing raised on the splendid new sixty w bed Grace Hospital at Banner Elk operating under the Edgar Tufts Mo morial Association. This handsome four-story, native-stone structure ha been erected by native stone mason who1- also built the attractive dormi tories and administration building o tLees-McKae College on the higl ridge opposite, as well as the wate lower and beautiful Presbvteriai Church adjoiningIt is hoped that the new Grace Hos -rvtnl will be ready for occupancy th< coming winter, and its completion i eagerly anticipated by residents o the nine border counties of Nort S Carolina and Tennessee who hav been filling to overflowing the twen ty-five-bod hospital so ably adminis tered by Dr. w. C. Tate and his cc worker. Dr. R. II. Hardin. It is sin cerely hoped that the completion o this much needed hospital will not b delayed by the lack of the $5,00 still needed to secure the gift of th Duke Foundation. A generous ad vance of a part of the Duke gift ha made the beginning _ possible. Th equipment necessary ' to supplenien that already installed in the old hos pita', is still also to be obtained. t Dr. McG. Anders of Gaston-e, ioriner popular physician ot th: place, together with his family, an Miss Kathl een Crawford, who was < I one time head nurse of the Wataug Hospital, were visitors with Dr. an . Mrs. J. D- Rankin the first of th 1 week. Dr. Anders has his summi L ' A home here, and his many friends ar v always glad to see him. 1 fATA\ ! rQ-svS : _x?x: r\ iNou-rarusan i\i BOON] Host 1 | Vice-Pres. N. C. P. A, X ! 1 j Herbert Peelc, editor and publisher j of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth ! j City, and vice-president of the North : Carolina Press Association, NEWLY ORGANIZED ;! SERVICE CLUB HOST lj AT BLOWING ROCK -j More Than a Hundred Guests Pres? cnt for Banquet Meeting- Charter ' j Presented to Blowing Rock Civi! tan Club by Stasia? A. Harrb. 1 | Boone Well Represented. Many >i Features of Entertainment. Blowing* Rock Civitan Club, the youngest offspring of the Boone or? gamzation, received its charier last ; Wednesday evening, when more than i one hundred guests from various i towns and cities in the State assemi bled at Blowing Rock Hotel for the first ladies' night program. The - entire active membership of the, loi eal body, along with their wives or sweethearts were present for the in spallation exercises, which were pre! sided over bv Russell D- Hodges, ; | President of Boone Civitan Club. ; Civitan Ike Gveer acted as toastmas-; tor. i Following: the singing of "North ? Carolina Hil's" by the assembly, and i the invocation by Rev, J. A. Younfc, 1 a four-course dinner was served, dur ing which Miss Virginia Wary, ini structor of vocal music at Appalai chian State Teachers College, accompanied at the piano by Miss Grace ! Howard, of Lumberton, sang several i numbers. Miss Wary, who possesses . an unusually sweet voice, drew loud ? applause by her rendition of "Mooni -light and -Rosbs." Miss Howard*? rnf te.rpretation of "Si. Louis Blues" on i the piano proved very popular with i the diners; , A series of stunts followed the - dinner, Boone's part on the program I being: in charge of Civitan Watt r Gragg. This humorous skit consisted i of a "balloon busting" contest in r which twenty ladies and gentlemen participated, three prizes being off. fared to the trio who succeeded in t first "popping" their balloons- Mrs. ? Cole of Blowing Rock was winner of first prize for ladies, Mrs. Russell D. } Hodges of Boone, second, prize for itaiues, wnue Lir. A. f. Kephart ol . | Greensboro "walked away with the r j bacon" for the gentlemen. President ! | George M. Suddrcth. of the Blowing .! Rock Club, presented prizes to the . t winners. > | Dressed in rornpers and sunbon| net, and carrying a jug of buttermilk with nipple attached, Mr. H. R. McI Clellan, one of the charter members fjof Blowing Rock's organization, was rolled into the banquet hall on a I'wheelbarrow by President Suddrcth. ; The over-size "baby" represented the new club, tint his lusty yells led the audience to believe that "he was sure ' (Continued cvn page eight.) ; Mr*, Beach Succumbs To Illness Saturday f ? i Mrs. A. Wilson Beach, 74 years r old. whose serious illness has been i mentioned in the columns of The Democrat from time to time, succumbed late Saturday afternoon at c her home in the Rich Mountain secs I tion. Reverends Ed Greene and Roe f Payne conducted a short funeral h service at the grave and interment e was in the community cemetery on - Sunday afternoon. Mrs- Beach had been married since i. January 7, 1877, and she and her . husband had made their home in Waf tauga County all their lives. For a e number of years they 'were valued p residents of Boone, having returnee p to their farm onlv a few years ago. . Mrs. Beach was well known here and s throughout, the county and had ene deared herself to all those with whorr t she came in contact. A good womai has gone to her reward and a hosl |ot Inends are grieved. A large crowd gathered at the home to .pay theii last respects to the memory of the a deceased. is Surviving are a husband and eight d children, all of whom were present it for the funeral except the firsl a named: Everett, of Spokane, Wash, d Wiliard. of North Wilkesboro; Mack ie Springfield, 111.; Tom, Carl and En ir zor. of Watauga; Mesdames P. H e Hodges of Boone and Ed Day, ol North Wilkesboro. UGA 1 ewspaper, Devoted to tne eh E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAKC to N. C W. C. DOWD JR. OF CH, PRESIDES OVER PR Mr- Dowd is a member of the Nv?rthwestei velopment Council, and has long been a ft Hillarv Hartle j ^ to c<ourt on i Blowing Rock Youth Tried hy Jus-}!? tice E. N. Hahn After Hia Arrest!! on Charge* of Criminal Assault [I and Seduction. Clemmie Miller, I 20, Reveals Clandestine Affair. Lip-' fcnd&nt Remanded to Jail. Cleivurno Millei', sad-faced mountain gjrj of 2ft who expects to become a mother within the next, few months, presented a most pitiable picture as she appeared in Justice Hahn's court last Thursday afternoon to offer testimony against her clandestine lover, Hillary Hartley, o? Blowing: Rock. Hartley was arrested Wednesday,! after the Miller girl had made a reveUinor affidavit, on charges of seduction under promise of marriage j and criminal assault. But Clemnvie,! it seems, is very much in love with} this iwnn, who, according to testi-; -:,i)TA,In,.,wl ..4 fk., I iriai, has mistreated, misused and: I douhted her during their affair of] nearly a year. ; When she entered the courtroom!^ and caught sight of her youthful iov-j er, Clemmie's face brightened and jr( she rushed to his side, her appealing JOC eyes betraying the affection which roc bad led to so much grief for herWhat was said during the brief period of time that she remained in his embrace remains a matter of eo.njec- ?) ture, but their meeting seemed to partially change Clemmie's mind. When ealied to the witness stand, she refused for spverai minutes to comply, incoherently murmuring ,. that she "just couldn't tell." But fi- .* nally she went, and when her counsel. ' ' William R. I.ovill. attempted to lead j her out in the evidence, she was J. ^ evasive, trying, it seemed, to make , ? the court believe that Hartley wasn't . such a bail fellow after all. V, .til ^ much persuasion. However, she at last ^ testified that her paramour, under ^ promise of marriage, had taken her r_s from her home on New River last jj0, winter and brought her to his fa- avI ther's hpme at Blowing Rock, where ca. they had lived until Tuesday, when his treatment, she alleged, became so ' . unbearable that she was forced to leave. She also disclosed certain evidence connected with the assault charge. ev( The story she told was vague, but gj, it disclosed numerous heartaches, as jjc the girl pleaded for marriage to hide a the shame of their relations. And j^a these pleas, according to Clemmie, pa I were met with abuse and indiffer 1 ence by the defendant. g l| Called to the stand, Hartley testi.' fied that he had meant to marry he ; girl when he got in "shape," and de- I, nied most of the story told by the *" i prosecuting witness. But he admiti ted that he had "slapped her a few : times," and professed the belief that 1 he hail a right to use his girl in any manner he chose, so long as tjie.' re: : were engaged. of Attorney J- E. Holshouser, counsel la: ; fr the defense, made a short plea for 76 >. mercy, pointing out the fact that mi : laws cannot right all wrongs, and that ; in bringing punishment to Hartley th , the girl would suffer in like propor- br - tion. Attorney Lovill replied, his briet of . argument portraying the m ery that ty (Continued en page five.) 1>> DEMC ist interests or I'surLnvvesL (UNA, THURSDAY JUDY 21, VJ::< !. Press \RLOTTE NEWS jS ESS ASSOCIATION I , ^ ^ I | ^ < tx North Carolina Recreational De- Yin riend to the Blowing Rock Section. <v v is Bound 2 th %cwo Charges:: Convention Speaker ? ^ ^ ???n Ml u?i 11. iJotiah William Bailey, of Ra> . jh, Democra'tic candidate for the !n it?d States Senate, who will ad- 1,1 ss the North Carolina Press As:iation Thursday night in toe ball>m of Green Park Hotel, Blowing ck. ?c. _ - hr rowned While Bathing [J In the Watauga River Petoi- E- Cable, aged 59, resident P' Sugar Grove R. F. D.. mot his ith Saturday afternoon when he sc i a company of friends were ening a swim i'? waters of the Wa- r." *ga River. According to the story ;^( rl by his companions, Mr. Cable 1 prepared to leave the stream and s on the shore when he decided je would take one more swim across pool before leaving. When he tched the middle of the stream, svever, he was seen to throw his ? ns in the air and sink. Poles were it out but there was no effort on E~part of pable. Therefore, the inion has been advanced that perps he was the victim of some sort! stroke, rather than drowning. 1 of Funeral services were held Sunday | C< mhig- from the Bethel Baptist i th urch and interment was in the ! th aver Dam cemetery. Surviving are .vifc and four children: Doris and a? ncy. Banner Elk; Richard, Beaver tint; and Floy, of Elizabethton. pi Deceased was a brother of Mrs- W. of Christian of Boone. at - - -- sc trie Dnncrliprhr Hoarl i At Tennessee Home ? u Mr. Jack Dougherty, well-known sident of the Bakers Gap section Teiiessoe, died at his home there S >t Sunday at the advanced age of years, f uneral services and interjnt took place Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Dougherty was well known Oi roughout Watauga County, being a Si other of the late D. B. Dougherty 01 Boono, and uncle to the Dougher- pi boys of the Appalachian State A >rmal College. He was well liked I f< all who knew" him. js< )CRA' V T ,1 /" _ 1V lwrui v^aroima > Assoc ecretary and Treasurer; f 7 Jf/rJ* i T *'r .My'- Jr &P ? I ' _ " r j x i Nor iss Beatrice Cobb, of Morganton; ' if ? itor of The News-Herald arid Sec-. tary-Treasurcr cf the North Car-' to f na Press Association, | sess WATAUGA MAKES II iREAT STRIDES IN S JUBLIC EDUCATION g ty p st Ten Years Have Brought Many ill i Changes in County Schools. Rat- ' styh ing of Teachers Shows Improve-1 VV. ! ment. School Property Now Valued i at $365,000. Average Salary Paid asso Teachers, $95. niug hv i By SMITH HAGAMAN ( . bounty Superintendent of Schools Blov It is inlerestinj? for every man who Pe,*r s pride in the progress of his coun- ^ as well as his own children to re- cha |jv the growth in public education and eiest once ii1 a while. i xullK Cooking hack over a decade of Wa- taty iur/i'c -^ehnrjl _nvft?ryeii? ynii \vU! UOt?i ' at the number of schools have ile-j T. eased from 67 white schools to 51. l)?M-n lis has heen accomplished by eon- a lidation. Ten years a#o we enrolled ? -survrhitr ?! thiir yf arI have enrolled 4,587. At that time- disc c did not have a single student en lied in our county Schools above! knvc "85*" v. nitt iew nipn | hooi students we had being in Lie! PJ,P^ imalachian Training School. This|aPP* ar we have enrolled in stow d;irtij jgSyjfl ejh schools 647, and aboul'..^.23 m ! 9 e different colleges of the country- j ost of those are in the Appalachian ; ate Teachers College. Ten years ago very few Ltachers! Id n certificate above an e?emen-| ry "B/* many belo\y v this year 27 i \ri.' e college graduates, the remaining ! ? Si' !(> teachers holding certificates av-j - 1 aging high school graduation with ; e and two years of normal, college \ C0.UI fining |{?J Ten years ago we had school prop-! vf: ly vaiued at $T3,000, nr. v $3?5fi,-|' /? 0. We transported 703 children | 110,1 is year, a large percentage of tit.'in !l#" ire high school students, and lr..-Ils st on an average was 58.95 per l:*S? jdent. 't he State paid $8 of this| - oc I'ount. !-ee: We have an adequate school hoi e - ! 1 n;1 g now in practically every, district K^P1 the county tllc The average salary paid teachers ,von n years ago was S67 per month; tnT is year it, was $95. The greatest and suit',/;? our marvelous growth in atte hool interest and efficiency is the t'101 ist of young men and women now ' ling every community in the eounwho by their education and train? are now transforming our county CI d making those communities good aces in which to live. Perhaps no cour.ty in the State has id less friction in its schools and;; \> ? WoviMuun man Watauga.I..1,1 ; citizens have co-operated ir. a ;. ne way with the Board of Educa-ii/ft ?r. ir. the development of its spltn-!,,. d school ?stem. ! " e' 01" course the State Teachers Co'. ?hi ite. in our midst, is making its im- < ? ,i int on every school- fjjj due ocal Tire Dealer Is High in Competition F ^ pra< "Zep Race News/' official orphan tion the Goodyear Tire and Rubber UpVi >mpany, gives out the information bye at the Central Tire Company of sort is city is leading in the "Zeppelin S ice" or summer sales competition,. er, ; sponsored by Goodyear. The dis-j \Jr. ict in which oone is located com- j of I 'ises cities of many times the size res] this and anager W. R. Winkler tributes much of his success in dling tires to the fine response he -Cc:vCo rcgru.ar, systematic ac?irtising. "Keep telling 'em and m'll keep selling 'em" is the motto . f the local firm, and a? a result , \ere are no dull days at Cenival h? ire Company. , . mo: I fhii UNDAY SCHOOL MEETING Chi POSTPONED TO LATER DATE fro eng The meeting of the teachers and be [ficials of the Baptist Sunday eon chool, which was to have been held wit a Thursday evening, is indefinitely 1 astponed on account of the Press "Ri ssociation meeting. The tiew date siti >r tfie session will be announced ter >on- ' by Sl.oO PER YEAR iat-on CWSPAf i R FOLK ATHER J T GREEN 'ARK FI {SESSION tin g OpeiietT?Wednesday Night fith Address bjT Harry C. Martin, ormer Editor of the Lenoir News. f. C. Dowd Jr., Editor of Chartte News, Presiding. Attendance nusually Large)ITORS TO ENJOY ICTURESQUE TRIP lie Tour Around Grandfather fountain, to LinviUe, Newlaod, anrieir Elk, Valle Crucis and oone Where Dinner Will Be irved. Hon. J. W. Bailey Speaks mirsday Evening at Green Park. evrspapermen from h ! 1 over In Carolina as v;ell as members illied crafts have gathered at the t?n Park Hotel for what promises >c one of the most outstanding ions of the North Carolina Press iciatfon he-id in many years- IClabe ;n (-n-i?-<Hioos have been made at Rock" for the reception of the Urs, and citizens of Boone are reing that they will be privileged day the part of host to the disuished guests at 0 o'clock this moon, when fried chicken will bo principal attraction at a dinner posed entirely of Watauga Couiirodiicts, and which will be served characteristic Watauga County - oh the beautiful lawn of Mr. il. Gragg. he brief opening session of ihe ciation was held Wednesday eyewhen, following the invocation >r. j. 1. Vance, of Nashville, H. Martin, prominent hotelist of ring Rock and retired newspahan, delivered the address of :orae. W. C Do\yd Jr., president he Association, and editor of The rlotte News, made brief remarks miscellaneous announcements, dyed by the report of the seere. Miss Beatrice Cobb, of Morton. his (Thursday) morning the cipai feature of the session will m address on typography by John Allen, editor of The IJ no ty pe 'Sr-New York. T-he-suhjeet-fjf the nurse will he "How Does Your spaper Look." and will be folid by reports of special commiton circulation audits for newssis, iT;\5n(i table discussions, and jiutmer.t of sundry committees, his afternoon at 2 o'clock, ugh the courtesy of Boone c;ti , a line of automobiles will be en to Convention headquarters gg;: all those of the scribes, who :^o re will be take for a trip through rillq; New] and, Banner Elk, Valle cis and on to Boone where six >ck dinner will be served, he route traversed comprises per? the most picturesque section of lr.ry in all the Southern moans and brief stops will be made ut points of in re re.St.. Lin rhaS.long been noted as a resort it and has gained national attonon account of the excellence of natural golf links. Newland is highest county seat east of the ky Mountains and ai Banner Elk, ?-McRae College, one of the leadeducational institutions of this on is located. At Valle Crucis, Episcopal Mission School and its derfu.l setting is paramount. The covers approximately 65 miles, it is expected that most of those nding the convention will avail nselves of the opportunity cf en(Continued 011 page eight.) tarles Greer Dies on Sunday at Silverstone jr. Charles W. Greer, 50 years died at his home in the Silverle section of the county Sunday, ?r a long illness. Funeral services e conducted Monday aflernoon n the Union Baptist Church, of eh deceased had long been a n ui member. Reverends Ed Iges and Wellington Swift cor.ted the impressive services and rment was in the neighboring ietery. deceased was a son of the late W. jreer, and was reared and spent ctically his entire life in this secHe was ii str?io,htfor^?srd anil ght citizen and no better man d in the county. There is genuincoiv at the news of his passing, urviving are ten children, mothfive brothers and three sisters, j. F. Greer and Mrs. Lee Teague Joone being brother and daughter actively of the deceased man. ft* * * HT'll ><jiie musicians will Broaucasl Over VVBT "nder present plans, Miss Ruth fey, pianist, and Mr. liemmcl tet_ violinist, two of Boone's it popular musicians, will go on air over Radio Station WBT, irlotte, next Tuesday evening m 7 to 7:30 o'clock. A previous agcmeiit with the artists had to canceled !>y the broadcasting ipan.v, on account of interference h an advertising program Phe program will be featured by Dniemhrance." an original coinpoon of Miss Coffey and Mr. Por. which has been heartily received music lovers here.
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