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V .-- " ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY . - ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1888 VOLUME XXXIII BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH 23, 1922 NUMBER 21 J,'.. v..iV;. MARKETING WITH THE MOUNTAINS Charlotte Observer. A "staff correspondent" of the Winston Salem Journal, who is up in the mountain section, sends that papeqa quotation from the Watauga Democrat which uncov ers a commercial project between the people of Watauga and Char lotte.. The Watauga County pa per is quoted as having learned that there is "a company being organized in Charlotte to operate produce houses in Boono, Blow ing Rock, Hickory, Gastonia and Charlotte, This company will op- - erate a fleet of trucks from Boone to Charlotte and will market Wa- tauga county products direct to i the the textile country." It is ex plained that "the primary pur pose of the company will be to buy and sell farm products, but u reasonable freight rate will be made on the return trip, which will enable the merchants to do what they have long wanted to do, that is to buy in their own State. They expect to start oper ations this Spring and will be prepared to handle the, entire farm products of the county." This project is the outcome of the successful experiments with motor truck delivery which were made last Summer by Watauga formers. They had no apples to sell on account of the Spring frosts, but they had an abun dance of cabbage and The Ob server related how these cab bage trucks disposed of their car goes at Hickory, Newton and oth-1 er towns along the route, with out ever having reached the met ropolitan market. The nearest the cabbage truck came to Char lotte was Mooresville. This pro posed direct system of market ing the mountain produce, how ever, is an eminently practical one, and during the coming sea son the people may expect to .be brought into enjoyment of the freshly grown products of the mountain farms, to the inclusion of cheese, butter and orchard 1 M - BEGINNING MONDAY MARC and continuing throughout During court we will throw our entire large stock of merchandise on the Bargain Counter. We want to reduce our stock, and muat raise some money, so we are going to sell you merchandise cheaper than you are accustomed to buying. Come in and let us convince you. Five tads Granulated .Sugar With; Every $10.00 Purchase Except on Flour and Grass Seed MEN'S SUITS $8 $110 $11 2,50-$11 I 25 to 30 Per Cent Discount On All Clothing Men's Work Shoes 02.25 to 04.00 DRESS SHOES 03.75 up Ladies Shoes 02.25 to Oe.OO $3.50 Shoes $5.00 Shoes 02.25 03.75 25 to 331-3 per Cent Discount en Shoes MEN'S HATS $1.00 to 03.75 If You Are Due Us Anything, We Want It in fact we ask that you settle with us by April 10th The Quality Store, Where a dollar goes farther and quality is highest ypply A REAL MAN IS A MAN ANYWHERE.. Editor Watauga Democrat: Watauga County has recently suffered a gioat loss in the death of T, P. ("Dock" Adams and Manly Blackburn, a loss which expatriates as well as those who now live in the county feel These two men were both alike and un like. "Dock" Adams was a Dem ocrat and a Baptist; Manly Blackburn was a republican and a Methodist, both were good men. After all, one can be a good man regardless of church membership or political party af filiations. That is the first great lesson that comes to me from the lives of these two men. "Dock" or "Talton," as my grandfather Swift used to call lim, was a typical countryman, pontent to live in a plain way in jthe country. It was no hardship but rather a pleasure for him to retire away in the hollows of the Rich Mountain and there to spend most of his days in com amnion with nature. But this came from no desire to go apart from his ieiiows. i never saw him in mv Ufo as TO THE FARMERS OF WATAUGA COUN TY. With good roads and good markets for Watauga County products, it would pay the far mers to investigate and find out just what this scection of the state demands that can be raised in Watauga County at a profit. The wricer has been engaged in marketing farm products for years, and offers the following in formation for what it worth: There is brought to this sec tion every spring quite a number of cars of Maine grown seed Irish potatoes: Watauga county can grow just as fine potatoes as Maine. The following varieties will be wanted next February for seed: Bliss, Triumph, Cob biers. Rose, Early Ohios, and Green Mountain. Several farm ers in a community could each grow one variety, and then co-op erate when it somes to selling, thereby being able to supply the demand for the various varieties A limited amount of cabbage should be grown for delivery in this section. From August the st, the market is practically re of cabbage after the crop is tide in this section, and the de- and starts up again about the id die of August. After the fall crop is grown. he proper storage houses should Ml e nunc to taKe care or tne sur 1 t 1 a c ti n n t t ( Meat Camp, urn umitfe""Dock", he was not content to spend his days in the quiet life and so mov ed into town. True, it was no large town, but life in Boone is different from life on Meat Camp. Urban life is always dif ferent from rural life. The interesting thing is that Manly Blackburn carried with him into the town the strength and best qualities of the country men. He never forgot to s a y "Howdy" and to the end of his days he bore the marks and the air of a good, substantial corn and sheep ra'ser His business ac tivity in the commercial world was simply something added on to him and produced no funda mental change in his naturally very strong make-up. There are but few men who have enough native strength of character to enable them to move from the country into the town without suffering serious deterioration o f character. On the one hand, part of them sink into semi-servile wage-earners and in so doing lose a part of that bold indepen dence which marks the man, how ever poor that lives at the head waters of Beaver Dams or high up under the big hessian. On the other, if a man is fairly success ful he takes on the manners and habits of the townsman and in so doing forgets and generally los es many of the best traits of tne country dweller. Manlv Black burn, in moving. Jost nothing but L 11 b tl 11 H from early iu 1 4 that urban life had to offer. Which of these men was the best, which lived the most ideal life? No man "can answer. Each lived as his unfettered strong will directed him to live and, therefore, the life that each lived wa", for him, the best. I knew "Dock" Adams from early child hood. I came to know Manly Blackburn in my early man hood. I count it a blessing that I had an opportunity to know and observe with some care the life of each. The second lesson that comes to me from my 'observation and siuay oi tnese two strong men of my native county is that a strong man can live in Boone,, on Meat Camp or under the ' shad owsofthe Jones farm. A real man is a man anywhere. He makes conditions. ' : w ti otctt rrrrt Greensboro, N. 0. Marth 13. 7 I IN MEMORY OF BROTHER TARLETON P. ADAMS. It is seldom that a fraternal organization is called upon to pay honors to one whose life was more closely identified with its history than Snow Lodge, No. 363, A. F. & A. M., is today re- suiting from the decease of Bro. T. P. Adams. Brother Adams was the first Master of this Lodge when it was working under a dispensa tion of the Grand Lodge in the year 1878, and was the first Mas ter after it obtained a charter, and was repeatedly elected to that position afterward. But it '' was in Watauga Lodge, No. 273, that he received the degrees of Masonry. He was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Ma son Aug. 13, 1869 and he served as Master of that Lodge before he obtained a demit. Brother Adams was also close ly identified with the history of his native county. He was elect ed County Commissioner in the year 1874. and perhaps served two terms as such. But it was in connection with the educational interests of his county that Bro ther Adams made his greatest record. He served the county as a member of the Board of Edu cation for a longer period of time than any other man ever served it, and resigned about two ears ago on account of failing health, He was one of the first trus ees of the Appalachian Training school. He believed in primary Education, and also in higher ed ication. Brother Adams was a stock lolder in the Watauga County Bank and was one of its first di ectors. He was also interested n the religious work of his com uunity. He first united with the .1. E. Church South at Hen son's hapel in the year 1874. After- ard, perhaps in the early 80tys, e united with Cove Creek Bap- st church, and was a constitu- nt member of Pleasant Grove aptist church when it was con- tituted, and died a member, and ied a member of the same, and lot a stain appears on any of le church records to mar his hristian character. Brother Adams was born on larch 14, 1846, and departed lis life March 1, 1922, and was lerefore nearly 76 years old at is death. He was twice married. ' 'irst on June 7. 1877, to Miss Rebecca Adams, she dying in X)8, He was married again in ecember, 1910, to Miss Mollie 'ugman. Our brother leaves a devoted , ampanion, two children, one rother, one sister and a host of riends to mourn their loss, but is passing was only a transi .ion from earth to a better clime. !e tried to be faithful in every ipacity in which he served. He ved his State, he loved his church, he loved his Lodge, and as a fitting testimonial of appra ciation, be it Resolved by Snow Lodge in this emergency Com munication now assembled: 1. That in the death of Brother Adams this Lodge loses a loyal supporter, the State a valued citizen, the church a faithful member and his family a devo ted husband and father. 2. That while our hearts are saddened by this dispensation of Providence, we bow in humble submission to the will of Him who doeth all things well. 3. That we tender to the be reaved family our heart-felt sym pathy, and commend them to Him who makes no mistakes and who alone can heal the broken heart. 4. That a copy of this memori al be spread upon the minutes of the Lodge, a copy sent to the widow of the deceased, and a copy sent to The Watauga Dem-. ocr at for publication. - ' ;v V W. S. Farthing. :jv;?' W. P, Sherwood, Com. X: March 2, M22.'i. f V " 1 HfiJi fj atfJee h'ah-t-
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