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FACT rri'R (T. \.ci >?4. R. C. RIVERS. Editor and Owotr. Publnhfd Every Thursday by THE RIVERS PRINTING CO. Subscribers wishing their addressee changed will p?ease favor us by giving the OLD as well as the NEW address. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $150 Six Mouths 75 Three Months 40 Payable in .Advance. Advfrtiiing Rates on Application Cat lis of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, Obituaries, etc. are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Articles sent for publication without g;*?ng :h* rarne of the writer will not undo, any circumstance be published Entered the postoffice at Boone N. C. as second class mail matter. THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1923 A HARBINGER OF PROSPERITY The hope of Boone for a long time has been tc become the central trading point for Watauga and adjoining Counties. One rea-<?:i why Boone has not long since ascended to this lofty station i? that her business men have not <iood together so well on certain mutually :mpor*ant issues. But .his period has raised to a gieat extent. For a town so small, our business houses are so remarkably efficient in thur sevt-ral lines, and <0 well stocked, that it is often our pleasure to hear people even from large cities, fiimmor* on .? .> pv.-oJient mprcan* 1 :*? advantages. In or?l< r .hat <;)i those who are not now rcaknig this Their trading center may come in dad acq&jiinted, the merchants have united in decreeing the- week of August 20?27 inclusive AS 'TRADE WEEK.'* Daring this pel':-"1 ; is th" r : -e ' > oifer extra -rdir.ary vr.i if- n- we!] as valu at*:-.- y.k- . i; ar?t> ta who isi* town o:: any on* of the hig -lay?. It is r.u -spgr of \-i.in game" in any so-e of the - * > :>i. jo.a a desire to cojne into .a close diiihio-i relationship with the p ople of :h Cou . at > gt \\ would ntk that m 'ehunrs wl.o are lined together h this ewe.: he f.woif l to the gyg&U'St possible e.v.-nt. EXTRA EDITION 5HGILD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ALL The enterprise of the Watauga Democrat ir it- issue of an extra giving the sad tidings oi* the death of President Harding deserves the greatest appreciation by the people of this fine county. This issue was rushed to the county boundary on four roads and thus got very quickly to Kicking Rock and fountain City, :ne; latter in Tennessee. The writer had the good fortune to be given a paper by Miss Rivers, who with her father made personally the distribution t" all the Boone population, and thought at onct. of Benjamin Franklin who' personally distributed his first news- \ paper in Philadelphia. FRED A. OLDS. Greene & J Soda Fountain, Ciga Magazines, Of Edison Phonographs Parker Fountain Pens Calvin Coolidge, 29th man elected j vice president of the United States and fourth from the state of Massachusetts, was born in the tiny town of Plymouth. Vr.. July 4. 1872. Running ir. his veins by direct lineage is the blood of the Mayflower pilgrims. From them he inherited a predominant Puritan respect for law and order such as characterized his conduct as governor of Massachusetts in refusing to temporise with leaders of the Boston police strike. Silent, reserved, uncommunicative j almost to the point of biusqueness. ho rose to national political ascen (ieney in 1911* when ho was mentionen for tho republican nomination for President. When the nomination went to , Harding. Coiidge was tirst and there : was no second *n the contest for vice ! president. Political Victor During his political life, Coolidge ran for various offices, state and municipal, a total of 17 times. He won every race, ar.d only once was I the fight close, that occasion being in his second contest for the Massachusetts state legislature, when he ( received a plurality of only 63 votes. Born to a life on the farm, during his boyhood Coolidge occupied himself doing chores and helping out in his father's general store. -ie a: tended the little red school house a Plymouth. From there he ; *.v. m the old Black Rock River ! academy a! Ludlow, Va., to prepare himself to enter college. He had vag :e hopes of reaching so high, for the family farm and -:->re were not over-productive and money in the L'oohdge family was scarce. I". lki?i, howc cer. though con side rr. y older than the average freshman . .-v sca'.'y mr nr.- red prevented . ' . r.g r.omo r -i-t rtd AmPrize Winner. Zhe? u his . i.v won - o i nicdai ol&aB best - ay ^hfflprmcio f The* U<A*O nar;- wait the eontp * . n being : " lor: ' . - of .. .-ur.viicitii :<?:It ir< >. 1: 1 he \va? . ^xa&tat'-d with hirh home.-. .lv- ISO 7 .'be s<ua iM-.iii .<.1 to the ! . ' biAi ijid began the cf ;ii- - i? ppthaiMtun. Fob . . t.nr.;- '?y of that eitj solicit . two ".i the e;.tuiv. Ce; ? . the - nttte. thi . '.: enant govfrnoi a-..: tvc . rhoK political s>.ar sh^ :h(> national constellation, p rson? olidge typities *& Xt\v England g* rub-man. He has ; : a ... nev< r - is pp< d a mac >n i h< hack. He is quiet to the point oi w iruity in his speech and possesres a twinkling * ye and a mouth and chin ihal. with all his- kindly smile, are firm ami inflexible as Plymouth rock itself. In 19 be married Miss Grace pyfotidhuc. then a teacher in :he Clarke school, Northampton. Two sons have been born to them. At the time of his election as vice piesident, the couple lived in a modv-t home at Northampton for which they paid $32 a month rental. He is said to own no real estate, and has never owned an automobile. Bingham rs, Stationery, Books fice Supplies I Nunnally's Candies Wahl Fountain Pens asfcate THE WA.7AVGTRUNK LINE ACROSS THE BLUE RIDCE (By L. D. Lowe) If the trunk line across the Blue i?;dgc is to be a coal-hauling road and a competing line with the C. C. & O i tnv most feasible route should be ; adopted, and to obtain a minimum j grade of about I per cent and not j greater than 1 1-2 per cent in any one place it requires distance to iuend the B?ue Ridge- It should fc-. born in mind that the source of the Yadkin River is tb?- .-t>rir.g near the tureen Park Hotel, at Blowing Rock, near the very top of the Blue Ridg. at within a short distance from the head of one prong of New River. A- the Yadkin threads its course down the mountain side and along the foot-hills, it is fed by many tr, . taries flowing into it from the north, all of which have their origin near the crest of the Blue Ridge, none of which have as great a lengtr I as the main stream by several miles. I Buffalo, Elk, Stony Fork. Lewis Fork t reeks and Roddies River are stream of .importance, but none of them ca; compare with the Yadkin River. Knowing the topography of this sec a as I do, I am of opinion that the most feasible location for a railroad ean be obtained by making North Wilkesboro the starting point, then following the course of the Yadkin River to about the foot of the mountain above the Richlands, and then turn to the northeast ar.d cross the mountain at Cook's Gap. In the construction of a road over this line some parts of the Grsndin road can be used, and where it is found that | parts have been washed away by beIiiig too near the river the grade could i : aced on higher ground-, so as to avoid such disastrous results as hav. I een xperienced :n the past. This line can he constructed without any great expense until the point it:an.is is reached, and the j h- ;:vi\ st giading wii! be encountered f .long the side >l ifct mountain and in I tbe h< d oi Bulfalo and j Fork O ' k>. ar.d ; tunneling .some>of the j r: but i; ! ^SEjisesiESL^st^JSiLmrj^rje-j^rserjs^ : aTfenerfeTJaj.... - . . 1 no. mS& 8b IP !P || GATEWAY OF | & f? UNTOLD TI ture. has never be suitable lots and B this beautiful spo ue climb ud the Blue m 1 and you will have White Pines, Che Greenery where \ ' gS the eye canreach. jgj ALL ROADS ally known as Pr< with its maize of i i p on through Boone 'p north up the Shei to the great auton ing the Blue Ridg travel over this hi of travel goes risi: !pj Towns are spi Blue Ridge, so it i with stores, gara Drofits. 1 There is alrea i PROPOSED ST J through of near I ; About one o'c will be spread on make it a weeken COME I H. W. HOfl Globe Real U!1? 'i/jkii'k1 ."J" ? :x c?.a wSHB _____________ may be that some of these tunne's j 5 ay be avoided and effecting a pass All person through lew gaps and grading around p!y (o &Te Krobs on the ridges. % ... ^ ? ment with m It would be well for the engineers _ . _ , All acfout to give this location due and carewill be adve ful consideration before adopting any auction. route. This road will be of vast importance to not only the western August Is counties but to the entire State. j mJS 1 I Boone Clol 1 WILL PAY ANY < TY FIVE CENTS 1 IF YOU BUY A SI LENT, OF US DL 1 "Hall Ti CLOTH In addition to oi to see our Shoes, H Shirts, Ties, Overt m We think we h r Women ever brout A great big gu walks right out ar that leaves our sto cja If it don't dear right in any way-ji you by the hand ai get a new one with -jiaf. ^SSSSSSSSSS^sm^^^^d THE THE BLUE RIDGE OPEN <i -JOUSANDS have wondered why en developed. The trouble has bei tracts, but at last, the owners have SAT. AUGUST 25. J t, where the tourist swing into Dee] : Ridge, will be put up at PUBLIC AUC : an opportunity to own a lot in ai stnut Groves, Cold Spring Water, :he foot-hills and country to the ea: > LEAD TO DEEP GAP. THE B sect No. 60, begins in the States la :eeders, concentrates the tourist tra ; to Bristol, Tenn., Va., where its w ladoah Valley to Washington, and lobile centers. . This is the only sta ;e Range anywhere between Maryli ghway is only an earnest of what it ng real estate values. That is as su ringing up in almost every gap wh< . _ _ ?._ i 11 _ il.I ni >? too certain to oe a geunoie uim l/i ges, bungalows, Hotels etc., and dy one railroad within about three VTE AID TRUNK RAILROAD, w SEEP GAP. lock on the day of the sale, a PICNIC DINK the grounds. You are invited to oi d outing, then after the sale we wil WATERMELON FEAS1 AND ENJOY THE DAY WHET] (TON, Boone, N. C. ty and Auction Comp .... ' AUGUST 9, 1923 NOTICE | w-?? v ? is due the wa-s^-a Sup- Insurance- Fire, Lafe and notified to mate settle- Casualty ie fit once. A!) new business and expiring policies promptly strts rot paid by Oct. 15th ? e ? d e d to. Adju..??t. rtif^d and sold at public promptly made. GEORGER BLAIR __ j BLOWING ROCK, N. C. L McBride, Rec. (.Office in Postoffice Bldf) ! o. , a iiiiig .nure 3NE LIVING IN WATAUGA COUN- ? PER MILE, "COMING AND GOING" gp JIT OF CLOTHES, OR ITS EQUIVA- gl IRING TRADE WEEK. ite" and "Stvleplus*" B ING CARRIED IN STOCK ir Men's and Boy's Suits, we want you jj|| ats-Felt and Velours, Caps, Odd pants |? ills, Raincoats &c. ave the best Sweater for both Men and im fht to Boone. arantee?big and strong as an elephant, |g id right along home with every article ?g re. S| right, hold its Color, stand up or do List let that elephant of a guarantee take |S id lead you right back to cur store and ?3 out money and without price. sS """ THE fil DOOR TO LOST ^PROVINCES'! I -i()W BEING RECLAIMED) fki. *-> ? ? ' ' ' uu? iniiiuus su lavorea Dy naen that it ronH not be bought ir; agreed to sell, so on fig !:30 P. M. I p Gap around the last curve of the TION I | r? invironment of Mountain Air, Blue Grass and Virgin Mountain st is spread out before you as far as IOONE TRAIL HIGHWAY, officirgest seaport city?Wilmington?and 5?| vel right through DEEP GAP, and restern connection affords an outlet ^ south to Knoxville, and northwest p ndard grade through highway crossinrl and fl??r?riii Tlio _ ***** |/i?o?m ucavy [LE is going to be, and with the arteries re as fate. |p ire even secondary roads cross the jjp lEP GAP will soon be a resort town p3 the first on the ground gets the miles of DEEP GAP, and the NEW hich is now being surveyed, will go |ER ? in us, with or without a basket, and I serve a s 3 HER YOU BUY OR NOT any | Selling Agents jj| j amoEcnnanamcarnTnnmfl .
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