A Non-Partisan Family f1
VOLUME XXXV.
SEEK THROUGH
ROUTE TO WEST
Ch'cajo-Flortt!* Touritt Route Mny
Be Shortened Many Mile* by U*r
of Bcont Trait Highway.
North Wilkesboro Special to W. S.
Journal. .Ian. 26.
A momentous project to make of
*ti> Boone Trail Highway. Route Xo
CO. a thoroughfare of interstate und
t rational importances to connect Columbus
Ohio and other points in the
middle west and Bristol, Tenn. and
intermediate cities by direct line with
Wilmington and Jacksonville, Fla was
launched yesterday by the Kiwanxs
Club of this city at its noon luncheon
at the Call Hotel.
Mr. Finlcy's Vision
TTi?- vision of the great interstate j
artery which will save between 1501
and 200 miies *?f travel for tourists)
and pleasure seekers journeying south j
from Chicago. Columbus, Indianapolis,
Akron, Toledo and other points
was laid before the Kiwanis club by
J. R. Finley, well-known local manu
facturere and public spirited citizen
It met, with the hearty approval of
the members of the club. Mr. Finley
voiced an appeal to enlist the aid of
the towns and cities of Winston-Salem.
Southern Fines, High Point, Pine
hurst Charlotte, Statesvilie, Yadkin ville.
Boone and Bristol and to extend
urgent invitation to the American
automobile association and the
North Carolina automobile associa|
tion to have representative accompany
the delegation on an inspection
fonv .>f the route.
A proposal of Mr. Finle.v\s urgent
appeal to make the Boone Trad an 1
A-l grade federal highway came the !
news of Congressman It. L. Dough-1
ton's measure to provide a hundred Iaiiliion
dollars for road building to!
the various states of the union. The
vvhok northwest country as well as
other portions of the state are interred
to Leor 11 of these Jnitin^ steps
being taken and the value of such
a project as that proposed by Mr.
Finlt v will he readil recognised.
To Top Tenncttrr
To make the route feasible it is
only necessary to improve 8 comparatively
short stretch of highway betwec:
Boom* and Mountain City, Ten
an excellent highway* being between !
that point and Bristol now being av-:
ailahle to travel. From Bristol, en
& iout through to Columbus. Ohio, by
^ way of Bluefteld, W. Va. Charleston j
and then either by way of Huntington
or Parkersburg is a direct line
and i> one of the national highways '
already on the map.
Save Distance
The distance in travel from Columbus,
Ohio or other points in the
middle west over the Boone Trail
to Finehurst Wilmington and other
southern resorts shows on the map
to be slightly over 175 miles. Completion
of t good road connecting;
line from the Tennessee line beyond
Boone to Mountain City, Tenn would
likely result in turning thousands of
summer tourists journeying. south
through North Carolina and its splendid
mountain scenery.
The gap in the Blue Ridge through
which the Boone Trail winds its wayforms
one of the most feasible grads
to be found in the whole Appalach
ian chain south of Cumberland, Md.
and a highway that is already su>j
taining h?*avy traffic even during the
severe cold weather of recent weeks
i? available at once for the proposed
interstate travel route.
Boost North Carolina
A study of the map of North Carolina
and its relation to other states
will reveal the practicability of utilizing:
the Boone Trail Highway as
the chief artery of travel from the
middle western and far western
states. The opening up of such a
highway as that proposed by Mr.
Finiey would be a great boost to
North Carolina and would Tesuit in
greatly increased traffic through the
state, east and west. The route is a
direct one to the seacoast, whether
traveling east to Wilmington and to
Wrightsville Beach or south to Jacksonville
and Palm Beach.
To Ask Hard Surface
Steps are to be taken at once to
combine delegations from this city
Winston-Salem, Statesville, Charlotte
Yadkinville, High Point, Boone and
a other places along the line for an ir
spection tour of the route at an ear
ly date with the purpose in view oj
recommending that it be made ar
A-grade federal highway, as an in
terstate artery of travel. It is als<
(Continued on page two.)
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Newspaper Published in ;
(1 SO Per Ycar BOONE,
RURAL HOMES
FORTOURISTS
Plan to Take Care of all Wataugj
Tourist* Next Summer in Priv?t<
Horn ?#-?Ma?s Meeting Called.
It has been truthfully said thai
Watauga is destined to be the hom<
of the tourist and pleasure seeker
This is now becoming true in a liter
a] way. For the past three year
our splendid hotels and other places
of entertainment have been .over
whelmed with tho<?* wnntituf t?? rt??t
Almost every summer of recent yean
people have been forced to sleep oui
in their cars around Blowing Rod
and other nearby resorts, because ol
our inadequate accommodations.
It is easy to see that these people
become- discouraged and will nol
come again until they know then
will be plenty of room and boart
for them.
While \vt have splendid hotels anc
boarding houses and the management
extra-ordinary, there are those vhi
Jo not care to go to crowded hotel?
anil hoarding houses for their vest
and vacation. They prefer a mort
private place with no others to inteivuot
When we fail to make preparations
for these friends of the south wi
noi oniy lose the money value to us
which is one interesting factor, l>u:
we lose the social and educations
feature which always brings new
light and gives new visions to those
with whom the> come in contact
The more they sceof its and the mort
we see of them the stronger our tie:
in an educational, social and com
mercial way become. One common in
terest for uii is the one thing thai
hoids back the foreigner and helps
us to keep more American and mort
deeply interested in the Old Noitt
State
One of the most interesting object*
to oui tourists is good fresh paint a
hie food. Our rich milk, fin- .w ?,
butter with the best vegetables thai
grow on earth, mixed with good jui
cy lamb, tender steak, tine frie(
chicken with an occasional break fa si
of mountain trout enables our gooc
housewives to furnish a daily mem
thai will please the most fastidious
guest
One of our visitors last summei
made tlvs remark: "It would pay om
well to come from a iong way be
yu:iu vi*e VSfMS iiere 10 get jusi oiu
sijusir;' meal of this fir.v sourwroot
l>,** t\i n nrt r. r of t h?? (iiwi
..X...V. . ..W,
. . Continued on Page Two . . .
ITEMS FROM THE
TRAINING SCHOOi
- ?*
Items of General Interest Gatherei
by our Correspondent from the A
T. S. ar.d Town s( Large.
The past week has been pcibap
! the most disagreeable of the entir
I season. Continually low temperatur
I with unusually high winds rendere
! outdoor activities disagreeable in th
I extreme- The hardest-worked men i
[ the community were the plumbers.
For the first time in many month
Rev. Mr. Huggins failed to preae
at the Baptist Church Sunday, lie i
cofilined to his room, being threater
ed with pneumonia. If the goo
wishes of his friends can help he \v i
! l>e on his i'eet in a few days.
The Baptist Sunday School gav
| an oyster supper at the home of
! F. Greer on Monday night, to whk
i the entire Sunday School was invi
{ cd. The children enjoyed their pa
of the program in the afternoon. Je;
! ving the evening for the adults.
An official meeting at the Meth<
| dist church Sunday made plans f<
i'placing more radiation in the churt
i so that it can be comfortable
i the coldest weather.
The Trairting School had a ba
J kel hall game with Newland on Fi
| day night. The game was closely co
j tested throughout, the score beii
21 to 27 in favor of the home tow
The V. W. C. A. gave a home me
ing on Sunday night at the girls' dc
mitory, inviting the young men
the school and town. The progra
wss of nt>usual interest consisting
( recitationb, dialogue, a duet by tl
young ladies, a quartette by the m?
1 and an address by Dr. Rankin of t
* Training School.
All of the exercises were* great
1 enjoyed by those present, especial
Dr. Rankin's address, who, as he i
} ways does, made an excellent ai
helpful talk.
and for Boone and Wataugs
WMAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA1
CIVIL WAR SHELL
BURSTS. ONE KILLED
^ Scotland Neck, N. f. Jan 2b.- -|
A civil war shell being' used as an*
a iron brought death this afternoon to I
s nine year old Arthur Smith, when it j
exploded. Four persons were in the j
room when the accident occurred,t
two of whom were injured in addi-j
?; tion to the hoy who was killed. The j <
. building was damaged. j ]
-j Though the shell had a brass cap i
>;at the end no one believed it constained
an explosive and it had filled ;
-1 a use about the fireplace for a con- 1
.! siderable length of time. i
St I I
: HANDLING OF NEWSPAPERS
MAY BE FACILITATED SOON
.:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.?As a
> resiiIt of several months of investigation
and study by experts of the Post
?! Office Department, Postmaster Genj
era' New today issued the first definite,
concis. and complete program
: that lias ever been put out by the
: Department for the mailing, transraisi.
-ion and delivery of nev..-papers.
;i This order i.- most important. It j
far reaching. It gives the same ex ;
. j edition to newspapers as is accord.;
??1 first class mail.
I The order is the result of painstaking
effort on the part of the Post
? Office inspectors, under the direction
of First Assistant Postmaster Getter-;
al Rartlett. Carefully winded and ini-j
! nute instructions have been issued to'
! all employees engaged in handling
.1 !h.. itmflc tn ibofo will lw> i--?
. sibility of misunderstanding the importance
of getting newspapers to
. the readers with the mini in urn ot de-,
- lay- L
1 he essence of the order is that 1
newspapers shall not be mixed with J
s parcel post at any point in thci?- dis.
patch from the publisher's office until
) their delivery to the addressees. Papers
shall be handled by themselves
; and kept in constant transit, not be
. ing sent to railway terminals to be
k reworked, in other words they are
L handled in the same manner as first
. j class mail.
i An important feature of the orl
I der is that no publication shall be
I given any less efficient or less exped
II itious treatment than at present.
-! That means that publications other
| than newspapers will not receive one
r | iota from this progressive innovation
.?i made by the Post Office Department. '
.1 Another striking feature of the ors|uci
ii? the viiminauoi'i ot sacks OI
i! mail which are known to the busi- '
s | ness world as "mixed mail." Sacks
; oi mixed mail sometimes contain let - i
_ ; ters, papers and parcel post, and of
| ten times the entire contents were!
i .... i ......... in.: . ...,i ...
ircaieu as parct-i jius-i. iiu> ui^ic;
I will prevent a recurrence of that
j condition.
| Another important feature of the!
d oi?ler is that postmasters are requir-j
.. ed to notify publishers ?n each in-;
stance when they do not hit the
dispatch which they advertise to hit,
s also to notify the publishers when
the> are sending: to wrong addresses!
e and to the addresses- of deceased per-j
d sons. Publishers will also be notified j
e when they are putting: up their mail
n in an incorrect manner.
Under the new system, newspapers
lS will be made up in seperate sacks
h plainly labeled with the word "news-j
!:i papers." If there are only a few j
copies of r.ewspapeds at the point;
^ of dispatch, they will be placed in
J ' pouches with fiist class mail or in
I seperate sacks, even though the sack^v
' are only oartially filled.
| This order means much to the Am^
' erican public, it is one of th** most .
t_ important and far reaching steps in
rt >ost office history. It is for the ber.A"
efit of those who desire to have their,
newspapers placed before them at
^ as early a moment as possible. T-'ii >r
should keep both the city and rural
h j population in closer and quicker t vicr.
,n with their several fields of activities.
s
*i* TO SAVE THE EDITOR
n
'B Here is a minister who appreclves
" the editor. At a recent editorial conet
vention he offered th.- following toast
>r- "To save an editor from starvation
take his paper and pay for it promptm
ly. To save him from bankruptcy adnf
vertise in his paper liberally. To save
he him from despair send him every item
en of news of which you can get hold,
he To save him from profanity write
your correspondence plainly on one
ly side of the sheet and send it in as
IIy early as possible. To save him from
*1- mistakes, bury him. Dead people are
nd (3ie only ones who never make mistakes."?Ex.
a wti
County, the Leader of T
ROUNA, THURSDAY JANUARY
PEN WELCOMES
A MILLION AIRE
King cf Bootlegger* With Seven of
His Pali Ride* to Federal Prison
in his Private Car.
Marble walls of the Atlanta Federal
penitentiary now house George
Kern as, convicted bootleg king of the
middle west and 11 of his associates, i
Royalty was recognized by fellow!
prisoners, for when remus entered
the prison going there direct from j
Cincinnati on board a private car,!
tie was given an ovation to the full!
extent of prison rules and regula-\
Jons, the silent waving of arms thru
grated windows.
. . The Cincinnati millionaire started i
service of a two-year sentence for ,
laving conspired to vtolr ve the Vol-i
stead act. He also must pay a finc-j
jf $10,000 and at the termination of j
;his sentence will serve one year in a ;
late prison in Ohio.
Mis associates. Hnrrv Rrown. John I
k*rhum, Chas. Wissman and George
Duter, will serve 18 months and pay
inosof $5,0(10 each; Clarence Bell.
Krnest Brady, George Giilenbcck,
md George Kmg, 15 months sentence
tnd fines of $l,nOO ?ach; Harry Gariewirg
and Harry Boyd one year and
viie day and pay fines of SI,0000
'iith; Klmer Roth 15 month sentence
and a fine of $500.
Smart Clothes Off
Flashy diamonds, ultra-modern
slothes, walking sticks and spats of
die bootleg gang gave way to the
ivool and cotton gray uniforms of
he penitentiary. A smile was on
he face of each as the change was
itade.
Across town from penitentiary Mrs
Imogene Remus, wife of the bootleg
ting, was a guest at a fashionable
iotei Mrs. Remus accompanied her
tusband to Atlanta and at the tormina!
station with tears in her eyes
diamond pendents hanging from her
jjjns and a cluster of diamonds on
ter finger, left him. In her handbag
were two diamonds, the property
yf her husband, given to her by him
it their parting.
Hem us and his companion had not
jeep assigned to any prison duties
nor had they yet been given nomDors.
They were "mugged" ami giv-|
- n their first prison bath.
There is no millionaire row in this
pr:;.ur. dvci.tr-]
i*d, nor are the wealthy recognised,
[tonus will Ihj giveo "enjoyable work*
probably as a chemist, he having been,
a laboratory worker years ag?>.
'T in reconciled to my fate, but
oh how 1 miss my valet," declared
the bootleg king as. prison .garments
were given him in place ol" civilian
clothes. Hemus will sweep out his
own cell and make up his own bed.
Henius declared that this was his
first protracted vacation and while
"I feel the stigma ofi?havh>g lost my
citizenship, 1 will be a good soldier
and serve my time." He added that
he was in hopes of securing executive
clemency.
The bootleg king and his companions
are said to have operated on
the most extensive scale ever known
in the middle west. Remus was said
tohave owned distilleries and on a
raid on 4'Death Valley Farm," owned
by Dater, federal officers are said to
have four.d the districting point for
bootleg whiskej in that section.
Those who share prison terms with
Remus are said to have been in his
i raploy.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB
The last meeting of the Friday
afternoon club was held with Mrs.
David Greene as hostess.
A sewing contest was entered into,
each guest being given a small square
of linen with threaded needle, to see
who in ten minutes time, could make
the greatest variety of stitches. Mrs.
Tracy Cour.cill. with thirteen different
stitches, carried off the prize, a
dainty hand embroidered guest towel
which was in itself a beautiful
combination of many different stitches.
A salad course was served followed
by cream ar.d cake.
Mrs. Woosley then favored the
club with a piano solo. Her splendid
technique and delicate touch were
especially suited to the selection
""Grieg's Butterfly."
The club will hold its next meet
ing with Mrs. Richard Greene.
Superpower is not something foi
the future. It is with us now anc
has been for several years.
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Nlorthwestern North Caro:
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>. ?w4.t. t o v is. av_opj
WATAKiA GROWER
LOAD OF SELECT
FARM DEMONSTRATION
AGENTS MAKE REPORT
Rab-igh, Jan. 29.?Seventy one of
the 100 counties had farm demonstration
work last year. The reports
of the County Agents during December
have been fully summarized at
extension headquarters of the State
Department and show that 599 communities
in the state, had a full extension
program worked out by the
farm agents and applied to the conditions
in those communities. The
agents organized 183 men's clubs,
with h membership of over 3r000, 85
boys* clubs with 789 members; 20
women's clubs with 290 members
10 girls' clubs with 122; 199 beys'
and girls' clubs with 2,800 members
and 1*2 community clubs with nearly
ten thousand members.
Th<- reports show further that during
the past year the farm agents
have made -11,911 farm visits in carrying
on their extension activities,
and have rendered assistance to 19,857
terms. They made 5,797 visits
to farm homes and had 81,142 visit:
paid them at county agents* offices.
They held various demonstration
meetings extension schools, club encampments
and other meetings where
approximately 333.291 people gathered
tv? heat the gospei of better
farthing in North Carolina. They also
influenced 55 boys and 13 girls
to enter college during the year.
"It would he impossible* to give a
full report of the ntan> activities
which have engaged the attention of
these representatives of the State
College and Department this year
in a short item of this Brd," says
IKrcctor Kilgore. "To tell of the
work cone in introducing better livestock
or better seeds* in influencing
club members and in giving advice |
about various farm matters wouldj
take an article so long as to be tiresome,
hue the reports show thai these
men have done their work efficiently
and weli 7 he continued progress being
made by the farming interest
of the stale .shows also thai the farmers
appreciate this service and are
co-djpbratLijg in every way possible
with us."
DOUGHTCN ASKS HUNDRED
MILLiON FOP. HIGHWAYS
A hundred million dollars annually
for the ijexi three years t" provide
federal aid f<? stale.-' for highway eon
struetion would In authorized under
i-.?u-lllj-.'O hv
Congressman U. I.. Doughton.
WATAUGA SHEEP
GROWERS MEET
Sh?*ep Men Discuss the Possibilities
cf Pooling Lambs arid Selling in
Co-Operative Way.
A nuntbi r of the sheep raisers of
Watauga county met in the county
agents, office Tuesday morning and
discussed the possibilities of growing
better lambs and marketing there, in
a co-operative way. Mr. Williams, the
State She>. ;j Specialist, and Mr. Lewis,
Live stuck Marketing Agent were
present, and went over the si'uatiot:
with those in attendance. The farmers
decided thai by using uniform
methods in producing their lamb:
and thei bunch them so tha. the}
can be graded that there \v * i b
a chance of getting a better price
By assembling as much a< a eai
load at '..:v time they will be able t<
sell co :: iwal buyer or to sirr;
whichever will seem to the commit
tee in charge to the best advantage
of the pvoducerThe
farmers decided at this mec!
ing to g * out a simple form of con
tract for em- year, and get as marof
the sheep raisers of the count;
to join in as will be willing to d<
so. They leel that, by pooling th
larnbs in this way they will be abl
to usethe same markets they hav
been using or they can ship fo
themselves if they care to. This i
just another effort on the part o
t the farmer to have a hand in market
? ing his own goods; to produce a bet
ter grade of graded product and se!
in iarger quantities. The buyers lik
- it because it saves them having t
! hunt the country over and pick u
small bunches, he is therefore abl
P; to trade on a smaller margin of pr<
i fit, which means more money to th
j grower.
at,
lina.-Lstablished in 1888
i NUMBER 4.
S SHIP SOLID TRAIN
SEED POTATOES
| FIRST TRAIN LOAD OF SEED TO
BE SHIPPED FROM MOUN
TAIN COUNTIES
????
; A Large Part of Initial Shipment
Goo t r? SauHi
I ~
The first train load of seed poi
f.aloes to be shipped from the mountain
counties of Western North Carolina
left Boone last Friday. The
i F.. T. & W. N. C. Ry, ran a special
I train loaned with nothing but seed
1 potatoes grown in W atauga County.
! This train was made up of nine cars *
j loaded with Irsh Cobblers and was
! he'sided for Charleston, South Cart?
! Una and the eastern counties of
! North Carolina.
{ For a number of y< ars the DeI
partment of Agriculture ha- been ex|
p-.-rimentir.g with raountal' grown
seed in eastern North Carolina. This
?eed was pla ted alongside ccrtiued
seed from Ma-ne. Vermont ami Northern
New York, and each year the
j Blue Ridge Potatoes have made a
better yield with fewer culls than
, war harvested from the northern
grown seed. Now that the experimental
stage is passed and the fact
s demonstrated that the Blue Ridge
| country can grow seed that is better
t than the coastal counties can secure
from other sources, Watauga County
, is beginning to develop the business.
1 nose potatotfs are grown from
th*- best of selected seed and according
to the approved method ?>f growing
high quality seed. They are properly
dipped, fertilized, sprayed, harj
vested, graded and bagged. The bagsare
stampedwith the name of the
| Mountain Seed Potato Growers Association
and bear the certificate
lags of the North Carolina department
of Agriculture. As proof the
high quality of seed that is being
produced in Watauga and Avery
counties the buyer for the South
Carolina Potato Growers Association
| in making persona! examination of
this stock, pronounced it the best
| of any that he has been able to find
in any state, and was therefore willi
ing to pay a higher price for them
than for Maine certified seed
The production of seed potatoes
in the Blue Ridge country was start;
t d by District Agent John W Goodman
in Avow county, but County
.
Agent John B. Steele has found that
the rich coves of Watauga county arc
tr.o places to proouce tnese coomers
to perfection. He states thai the
train load shipped this year is only
a small beeinofng, that next year
he expects 'o have three times as
many and so Increase from year
to year, as he was able to supply
only a small fraction of the demand
for seed this year.
These potatoes will net the grower
about .^1.70? per bushel this year.
Considering the fact that the avj
era go yield this year was 230 busfcj
els to the acre the prospect for this
; industry does not look so bad.
WORTH WHILE CLUB
The Worth While Club held its
| regular bi-monthly meeting ar the
j home of Mrs. Frank Moore Jan. 27.
In spite of the inclement weather
1 a large number of members were
" present.
1 After devotional exercises sever?
al items of business were disposed
of.
Reports from different committees
' at work were given.
r The Secretary wa< asked to write
' Mr. G. S. Council of Littleton. N. C.
5 for his generous check of $25.00 to
" aid in the cemetery campaign.
The Club unanimously voted to
: send Mrs. Smith Hagaman flowers.
A round ruble discussion was
- i enthusiastically entered into. Sever>'
al matters ol" minor and major mis'i
porta nee wore settled by unanimous
l> vote of the club.
l' A study of the Constitution and
L' i By-I^&ws contained in the minute
"; book of the State Federation of Wor
{ men's Clubs replaced the usual lit- /
si erary program for the afternoon.
Ah unusually interesting social
-;hour was enjoyed. Mrs. R. L. Bing'-)
ham proved to he the most convinc I;
ing advertise* for the afternoon, wine
| ning the lovely prize.
o| Delicious refreshments were servP
ed by the hostess assisted by her
e! daughter Katherine.
>-; The next meeting of the Club will
ie: be at the home of Mrs. Floy Greene
J February 1. M