vol. xxv
UOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THUHSI) AV, Jan. 15, 1911.
NO. 27.
Cofitiocaticn of Pioneer Hunting Stories.
By I I). Lowe.
Although Hnrrison Aldridge
waa disapyointed in his effort to
kill the deer, but he added one
chapter to hi- exHrience when he
Htiw the lear pounce upon the
hog, then he found tliat the mid-; 70 days, according to Washing
den flight of the liear was eaused ton dispatches.
by being stricken wit li the rattle
snake, he had not failed to ob
serve that rewards are due to the ;
diligent, and as the deer had no,
occasion to be frightened by hisj
own former experience, he might
vet be nb e to brimr down the
largest buck in the forest.
In passsing through the forest
Harry would occasionally go by
the rock where he had observed
that the deer had been lying, nnd
he found that the deer had been
frequently - browsing about the
point of the ridge and lying on
the same rock. Rut he had lcgiin
to feel that he would be disap
pointed in killing the deer that
season, as the cool weather was
fast appronching: the chestnuts
hai fallen and h kn w tint th
deer had hardened his horns by
this tinw and tint In wmM
soon take in i wi ' r r ri r ' i't th
mountains. Su. ht"ii the I'd!,
there came a very warm lay for
that sen son of the year: there wn
a gentle 'lie -ze .o iling fro a the
north w-t. so Hirry d -cid ' 1 to
try his ii 1 1 1 f i ! ' ') 1 1 tin v II
saddled his horse, took his trus
ty flint-lock and started to seek
the obe:t he had been so zeal
ously watching all the full. lie
rode through the mountains un
til he approached within a few
hundred yards of the point of the
ridge; he hitched his horse and
then proceeded to the up-turned
tree root he ocnpietHirrlhtTfof-
mer occasion and thrust his riflle
through the opening of the tree
roots, carefully observing that
there was powder in the pan, and
after remaining -quiet for quite a
long time, wondering whether he
would be successful or disappoin
ted as before, he heard the noise
of a number of animals in the dis
tance; then his heart began to
beat and thump as though it was
trying to get up in his throat,
and he could discern that the
sound indicated that the animals
were coming nearer and nearer,
so instead of seeing the large
buck alone, he observed that he
had in company with him three
others. Harry remained almost
as still as death itself until the
large buck appraached the rock,
then he dropped down and began
to pant while the three others
browsed on the tender shoots
and picked up chestnuts. Harry
pulled the trigger of the Hint
lock gun, after he had taken a
deadly aim, and the. large buck
turned over, and died while the
others scampered away- in the
. forest.
After the dear turned over Har
py was soon at his side with dirk
in hand and severed his jugular
veins, and being an expert in the
business, he soon removed the
hide and separated the venison
into four pieces, then by remov
ing a portion of the skull he man
aged to keep the 1 irg antlers to
gether. After rolling the hide up
and tying his venison together
with hickory withes, Harry went
for his horse he had brought a
long for the purpose of packing
his load home in the event he
should be successful. So ' after
placing the venison across his
pack-saddle and tying the hide
behind, he t6ok the large antlers
in his hmd an;:lM:,"Th'is horse
h . ,
tll;t lie ill I.
t
en get M l .-liv i
de.T nad past produced a noble I
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.
There nro now, accord iug to
tlie Jewish year Book, more than
l.'UMXMHN) Jews in the world.
Vessels may pns through the
Panama Cunnl within the next
There seems to be little or no
change in the attitude of theCni-
lixj(0
1r-& 'wr Mitchell, a noted
u"u nuiuor, uieu ai
j his home in Philadelphia on the
4th.
The total Foreign Missionary
contributions of American Prot
estant churches for last yeanras
l5.y9S.OOO, according to a
statement made by Campbell
White, of New York City, who is
general Secretary of the laymens'
Missionary Movement.
The snow storm of last week
did damage that can not be esti
mated in many parts of the Uni
ted States. Along the coasts of
Long Island and New Jersey, the
Morm was most severe for the
p.ist '$( years, leaving death and
devastation in its wake.
Near Pembroke in this State,
last weok a man was blasting
out stumps with dynamite and
his sou was currying the dyna
mite. A heavy blast caused the
dynamite in the boy's hand to
explode and he was blown into
atoms. They could not find en
ough of his remains to bury.
Lenoir News.
We are advised that the Gran-
din Lumber Company is making
arrangWhentsTto operdte an ex.
perimental tobacco farm on its
fine property at Grandin. This
Company is also considering ta
king some steps toward demon
strating the adaptability" of the.
lands around Grandin for growr
ing apples and other fruW. The
Wilkes Patriot. ' -.
Mr. Farthing, the genial pro
prietor of the Hotel Martin, is
feeding his guests on some extra
fine alfalfa honey, that was sent
him from Lake Arthur, New Mex
ico, by Mr. Jacob Jones who went
to that place some months ago.
The honey is said to be of a very
fine flavor and is quite rare in
this part of the country. The
Lenoir News. .
The Commissioner of Indian
Affairs has instructed the officials
throughout Oklahoma that here
after every Indian" who can not
write his name will be required to
sign checks, warrants, etc., with
an impression of the ball of the
right thumb, the imprint to be
witnessed by an employe of the
Indian Agency, or by one of
the leading men of the tribe, who
can write, instead of by a cross
mark.
If you are constipated, yburen
tire system is poisoned by the
waste'matter kept in the body
serious results often follow. Use
Dr. King's New Life Pills and you
will soon get rjd of constipation,
headache and other troubles. 25c
at druiraists or by mail. H. E.
Buckleh & Co. Phila. and St. Lou
is. ' '
attire of antlers which were just
beginning to harden; the venison
would have been of a very poor
ounlitv. the horns would have
i '
been the most valuable asset of
his adventure. As there was a
heavv crop of chestnuts that fall,
the deer was very fat, juicy and
. . tender and fully seventy five lbs.
, tl, yiiile the horns had be
lt come perfect in shape and of the
. .. ; quality, while, the
(To be continued.)
BLOWING SOCK ITEMS. I
A Big Batch if Timely Paragraph fr" '
Hi Rock," Dnawidabr, Deferred
Hum LiiL HEEL.
The holidays passed quietly,
and a sigh of relief vent up from
many a mother's heart that "her
boy" was not led off.asinCbrist
mases gone by, indeed public sen
timent has changed and our com
mnnitv u'ill nn Innomr tnlnrntu
any other than a sane and safe !
and suitably quiet celebration
of the birth of Christ, for, though
all of our citizens do not hold
to a belief in Him, yet the ma
jority of our good and honored
citizens do believe in and honor
His memory by a pretty close
following, and yet now and then
one hears of a lapsing follower or
two, due wholly to drink, for
which some non-law-abiding citi
zen is responsible, bringing in the
fiery stuff, which as a temperance
lecturer once said, tastes of death
and smells of hell" but, here a
gain, our good citizens, "a n d
their name is legion," are awake
to the belief that, though, as a
medicine, 'liquor has itsmission.'
perhaps, aside from that it is a
curse rather than a blessing.
At the Watauga Inn Mrs. Bes
sie Patterson, assisted by Mrs.
W. P. Pendley, gave a beautiful
tree on Christmas Eve night,
when every one in the hotel re
ceived a seasonable token.
Among the home-comers for
the holidays were Miss Elizabeth
Green,, of Chatham Episcopal
Institute, Miss Eunice Holshous
er, fromllickory Reformed Church
College, Miss Louise Norvell from
the A. T. S. of Boone, Miss Em
ma Foster from Valle Crucis and
Mies Mildred Patterson from
Charlotte Presbyterian School;
also Mr. Clyde C. Miller from
Chapel Hill, Master Howard IIols-
houser from his grandfathers
and Mr. Rodney Edmisten from
the West, -Mr. Edmisten absent
from the Rock for many years,
his numerous friends glad to see
him back again.
Mr. Norman Cordon spent Christ-
mas witn .airs, uoruon, lareiy
from the Charlotte Hospital, mas-
teB.Norman, Jr., Mrs. Houghton
and Miss Julia, mother and sis
ter of Mrs. Cordon, who are spen
ding the winter in this village and
coming from East Carolina are
much interested, to say the least,
in their first winter in the moun
tains.
Mrs. Sallie Reeves and Miss L?-
na are visiting Miss Ruth in Rich
mond, Va., the first time in years
that Mrs. Reeves has closed her
house here, the Reeves to begone
a month.
Rev; Mr. Atkins and bride were
guests at the Watauga Inn one
night last; week en route to their
lovely home at Foscoe, the hap
py couple havingthegood wishes
of all the Parson's . friends in A
very, Watauga and Ashe, in all
of which counties Mr. Atkins has
work for the Master.
Mr. Carroll Green, son of the
late lamented Abner Green son of
Benjamin Green, Esq,, exchanged
visits with his friend Mr. Casper
Hodges of this place, spending
the remainder of the Holidays
with relatives.
Miss Clara, the popular teatih-
r at Sandy Flat School, after a
well-earned holiday at her home
down country, returned Satur
day and was snow bound thirty
six hours at Green Park.,
Mr. Anse Critcher, our faithful
mail carrier, got as far as Mul
berry Springs last Saturday, his
horses exhausted from pulling
the heavy mail buggy through
! deep snow, and came into town
I at 1 o'clock on Sunday. Surely
our faithful carrier should have
llO V-n'l tt hv of lli" IMlMl' !h 1
land BUould be better paid by
Bo lenias Confounds Scientists.
Otflizes Electricity Taken from the Air. '
rikUn.r... n.i.iw. st.-twI
'-- ' in liiwuu i wi m . i
i iiomitHoii tesiiiv com main leu
her son to-take th mnt mil
lions' off the house" Invnuse
"they mussed up the place so.
Todav this Hi-war-old lad. her-!
aided as the vc
uithful wizard of
the elect rieal world, is being of-
fo,vJ kbulous sums for the right
to commercialize his 'contrap
tion.''
The apparatus that ''mussed
up the place" is takingelectricity
out of the air and converting it
directly into dynamic energy.
It is lighting the Thompson
farm house with incandescent
bulbs attached to a win aerial,
and operat ing a motor from tin
name source.
This uncouth country lad has
confounded scientists and upset
old theories of electrical phenom
ena, if his discovery stands up to
the apparent achievements.
A grammar-grade education,
had gleanings from borrowed
technical books, together with ti
short experience as assistant to
a stage elect rician, are his mental
equipment.
KXPI.A1XS IT.
''The electricity is gathered up
thereon theaerial." heexplained.
' It is drawn down through wires
by powerful magnets into a loose
couple tuner and shot into Ley
den jars. From there it passes
through several transformers
lowering the load by steps fron
2500 to 110 volts, and then into
the molyor."
. ''See!'' The one-horse motor
began to. purr as he threw a
swlfbttr
"For the lights it is stepped up,
to increase the aniperas, am
goes through a condenser. Ihavt
trouble in keeping the load down
so as not to burn out the lights.
I have had six lit at one time."
"Yes," interjected the mother,
now a little awe ot her son, "we
eat supper by the lights Roy gets
out of the air.
"He's been monkeying with
wires and coils and such things
ever since he was a littleshaver,"'
she continued, "we came out
here from Oklahoma specially to
give the boy a chance. 1 don't
mind the cluttering now, and pa
has let him put his riggin on the
barn.
WOUKS ALL TIM R.
"lie's not much for playing.
Just works all the time. And
clothes why he don't care for
them at all."
. ."His pa gave him money for a
suit the other day, but 'stead of
that he bought more fixin's for
his machine. Got 700 in it right
now. Said overalls was good e
nough for him, when we asked
about the new suit.
"We encourage him too don't
take none of his money to help
out on the grub bill."
The father, a weather-beaten
shrewd fanner, came in from his
chores
"We've been "offered thousands
the government.
Mr. W. C. Vaunoy, our popular
citizen, spent the holidays with
his father and brother on New
River, Wiley having purchased a
handsome outfit and is ready to
take pictures of the people and
mountains of Watauga.
Messrs. Clarence and "Dee"
Weedini were at home Christmas
week visiting their parents, Mr
and Mrs. II. W. Weeilonof "Fair-
view.
Mr. Mack Johnson, ore of tie
Rocks popular citizens and a
skilled meclmnif, afteran abseiu e
t ' wi!"er
' 1 ; ' --iwn
I Park,
Beautiful Winter at Bonner Elk.
c in.un.i.-.-ue.,
i''thepust the
. . ,
rule
as inted in one of my former let
ter . this place is comparatively
five from fogs except that which
elings around the tall mountain
, - ,
coin uiese ioxs ireeze uuuurecou-
verted into rain. But during this
sjell of weather the order was re
versed. About the time the snow
ceas.nl to fall there was a fog
which hovered over the valley
and smaller mountains; a gentle
biveze cominr from the east
a used the dampness to freeze in
to little spears on every object
with which it came in contact, all
jointing to the west, some of
which were from four to six inch-
in length. Poultry wire resem
bled broad, white lace, while the
telephone ami electric wires had
the appearance of white rojies of
from two to three inches in diam
eter, but the tallest mountain
peaks were free from this mantle
of white partcles of ice.
)u the morning of the 0th inst.
when the sun came forth it shown
only upon the peaks reaching an
altitude of about "i.OOO feet. So
when one was so fortunate as to
be on a high elevation he could
see the sunshine along the tops
of the highest mountains, but a
single object could be seen below
a certain elevation except what
appeared to be a sea of dense fog.
with the sun shining upon it.
Since the snow has passed over
the frost line around the moun
tain tops ean be clearly defined.
L. D. LOWE.
Lumber for Sale!
We now have our steam saw
mill located about one mile
above Winkler's mill, andean
fill bills on short notice. Lum
ber delivered if wanted.
AV. L. IIAYXES&BR0.
Bank of Blowing Rock,
l?Lowr.N(i Rock, N. C.
WHO DARE DENY that then
a magnetic power in a
SAVINGS BANK
Book? With it you can waive of.
calamity, laugh at many a tun
of fortune's off-wheel, and meet
old age gracefully nnd smilingly!
Try the never-failing Magnet ol
saved $ $ $ $ $ -1? I safely laid nv
way, at interest, in our strong
boxes, and you're on the sunny
side of life's street.
of dollars for the rights on tin
boy's machine," he volunteered
"But we don't aim to let it gel
out of our hands, now that oui
son has found something big.
We've gone along many yean-
without a big wad ot money.
Guess we can get along a fe
more years, if necessary.
"If the machine is worth big
money, I want the boy to get hn
due. If it ain't, I do'nt want no
body else to be the sucker."
Young Thompson is much liki
the other farmer lads of theneigl
borhood. He plays with his pel
calf, pitches horseshoes occasion
aUy, is frankly pleased at the ad
miration of his many visitor
nn,i delights in making sharj
trades for the old junk which hi
1 :, -).:: -ililU lulu h.iiV
refill
cle apparatus.
CASTOR I A
For Infant! and Children.
The Kind Yea Have Always Bought
Bear tb
Signature
PROFESSIONAL.
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
BOONE, - - - . - - N.C
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all matters of a legal nature
Collections a specialty.
Office with Solicitor F. Ai Lin
n y
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T. A. Lovk,
jAMksC.C'LISF.
LOVE & CLINE,
Attorneys-at-Law
NEWLAND, - - N.C.
Will practice regularly in the coun
ties of Avery and all adjoining- coun
ties.
The collection of claiiuna specialty.
2 27-'13 1 yr.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
I liave been putting much study
on this subject; have received my
diploma, and am now well equipped
for the practice of Veterinary Sur
gery in all Its branches, and am the
only one in the county, all on or
a ldress me at Vilas, N. . R. F. D. 1.
G. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
5-17-'ll.
Dr. . M. MADRON,
- DENTIST.
Sugar Grove, North Carolina, -"All
work doneunderguar
n tee, and best material used.
I-13-'ll.
L S. WFE ,
ATI OKA El Al LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
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all matters of a legal nature.
"Abstracting titles and
ouection ot claims a special
ty.
l-l-'ll.
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SPECIALIST
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EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LENOIR, N. (-
Will Practice Ttegnlarh
the Courts of Watauga
6-1 Mi.
L.D.I.OWK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
IWill practice in the courts
Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
jounties. 7 6.' 11
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C,
. Will practice in the courts of
Che 13th Judicial District in all
natters of a civil rature.
5-11-1911.
E. F. Lovill. W. R. Lovill
Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C
Special attention given to
all business entrusted to
their care. .. .. .'. ,