North Carolina Newspapers

A No i-Partisan Farniiy VOi,UMS- xxxv. WATAUGA FARMERS FO TAKE TRIP TO SOU. CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TOUR WILL BE STARTED TO YOUNG'S ISLAND ON FEBRUARY 26th A delegation of farmers from ves tern ?rth Carolina accompany** hj District Agent John W. CocJitiao and possibly other county agents will 4 5tiA.rt Tuesday February 26th fo? Young - Inland, South Carolina to obforve the methods of growing cror trucking practiced by the farmers of that section. It is being demonstrator daily that we along the Blue Ridge t located in the south and yet with a New England summer, have a great opportunity to produce late vegetables for the southern trade. The farmers around Charleston have developed this truck growing business to a fine* science, and are operating on a scale that to our far mers would appeal* tremendous The seed potatoes shipped from Watauga a few days ago went lat gely o the South Carolin.*: Pr?duci Association with headquarters near Charleston. County Agent Steele ha just returned from the vicinity of Charleston and he states that the most impressive thing about theii fanning is the bigness of the way they do things. He states th*'t one farmer is planting all the potatoes from this county, the two ? ar> from Avery county, one car from Bur.L combe county, and three other cars from Maine. Some members of that association piant petatocs much heavier than he does. That association aione jh.ivi.- eacn year auoui inn < u of .-ocd potatoes. This association of farm- cover- a section only about forty mile- m diameter. That doesn't look much like danger of overdoing the market with seed potatoes. They are growing spinach, lettuce, cabbage omoi:- and other things on the Mime scale. It i hoped that a nftuS^T of fa liters from Watauga will go on this trip t < South Carolina for the hen -.'fit a- well as the pleasure they will dori\ e. AGED CONFEDERATES FiGHfi ONE KiLLEC . ? Na.-hviile. Tenn. Death may writt the closing chapter in the fight he tweon aged cell federate voter4 .ins at the Sts.te Old Soldiers Homt here, ivheii on< of thum, (i. W Ham hi", ' v . > fatally stabbed i: a childish argunu nt over wher.he: : window should be lai. ed or let down Dr. 1 <y. bracking ag* d 91, the slay er i. . a serious condition due ?? injure received in the encounter and attendants at the home hellev* that action by the state in prosecut ing hint win be forestalled h early death. D>\ Bracking, confined to his. quar tors at the soldier's home is < laimin* that h?- killed tlamby in sell'-defensi when the latter attacked him becausi he would not raise the window in hi room. FARMERS' SOUTH CAROLINA TRIP Any one who -s intern-ted in mak ing the trip to South Carolina to -n dv the 'v hod <?f grsov.ii g product in i'r.arlt- '>n odfunty will please :o it be known at once. They will go h automobile and w:U Itavt Boone o Tin-.- : . ar\ .< - : : \\ ill ; _ on tj. ros . i . " 1 'x'> sdue da Witt be at Youngs S&;ud Thrrdn and J .my : lid . .j return Katurda ;*n<l Sunday. Tfcr exotv - of t! .rip v.P.l /> borne by each individual. He \vi make such ar ? .n aunts v it'. the e;. owner as will se. 1:1 fciir t? each ' them 1 hope rbat a number w*li go iroi Watauga County as i can a-sifre y .. that it will be weli worth your whib JOHN B. STEELE, County Agfeiil. RAILROAD SURVEY COMPLETE TO MOUNTAIN CITY. TENNESE The surveyors of the Bowie rai road from Mountain City to Nort ^ Wilkesboro have completed the su vey. The survey comes by West Je ferson and crosses the Blue Ridf at Daniel's Gap with a thousand fo< ^ tunnel and into Wilkes tapping tl f Watauga railroad year Curtis bridj The surveyors think it will be soni thing like a month before all tl three surveys are completed and location decided upon. \{ j ,'4 V ^ : Newspa.p< r Pul.-ii ? $KSO Pvtr \ car DENBY RESIGNS? ; SAVE THE PRESIDE. .T CriAGRIN \va: :i?gion. Feb. is.?Secretary; iHnby "idler of re? igrtaiton, based his act: ?. upon th< fear thai his L ni!i. ni :: e . i. cuh.itcl Would | t cause- President Ooo'iidge "increasing *i embarrassment." The letter said that "neither you 1 tthe president i or anyone else at any time has advised me to resign.*'j in reply Pr- iaent Coolidge wrote j: hat he realized that Secretary Deri-1 by was acting under his "ser.se of' public duty'" and expressed deep regret. Following is the text of President J,'t'ooiidge's letter: "My Dear Mr. Secretary: "Your resignation has been re-' ceived. I am conscious that, von have tendered it from a sense of public duty. It is with regret that I am to part with vou. You will' go with the knowledge that your hop j 1 estv and integrity have not been irn-. ' panged. I treasure and reciprocate' ^ your expressions of friendship 1 j hii remember the fine sense of loy j , airy \ h;ch you have always exhibited 'j toward n-e, with much satisfaction '! and always wish you and yours contentment and success. "Very truly yours* "Calvin Coolidge." ticretar\ Denhy's letter of resignation is as follows: ; My Dear Mr. President: ( "Heretofore I have verbally expressed to y??u my deep appreciation of your siio:.g message in rei gard to the Robinson resolution. "N'o one appreciates better than 1 I how difficult your situation has be come. 1 fear that my continuance in your cabinet vvouiu increase your cm j I barrassment. Therefore I have the ho . nor to tender to you my resignation as secretary of the navy. "As there arc a few pending matters which should receive my per.-o-1 naJ attention t suggest that my res-J ignation he accepted as of the date . of March P . 1921. 1 "It will always be a gratifying! thought to me that neither vou orj anyone else has at any time advised I me to resign. "I assttre you again of my appreciation of the many courtesies you hare shown me and of your last great act in refusing to accede to the dej ma lid of tie senate thai you ask m\ redgnat ion. "With cordial regards to you and! Mi-. Ctioliiige, and with best wishes, I a i "Kdwin Denhy." A: same time he made public i the cavrcspondcr.ce Secretary Denby t also issued a Statement saying: :y "I challenge investigation before - -M unprejudiced tribunal. M\ ac,: . ioi?s to safeguard the interest of , the government and the navy were undertaken openly and in good * faith, and were based upon the . I best obtainable information "It has not bceen pro\en, nor do . | I believe that it can be proven that my r, action was not beneficial both ;.> the government and to thi navy. The statemenv said further that his < I reason for resigning were set forth: I fully in his letter to President ( oolidge "My resignation is to take effect March 10. v.: ch gives plenty C time! :-j for :?i: peach men t proce-*graifg to i.-o| ii beg^i/' he said "Therefore anyone; . j who say> torn i am resigning for; t fear <?t' impeachment, simply li y\ Attention was tailed to the fact j ;i <?-r.v he c..ui "txulai.i: *1" th - first e ; lea.-v made on th aHt/al oil re-.-rvesi y I to a senate comrmU-.v on May -1. j y i i "v.-Uhin a mouth after sign < - ??? < f l tie first Knse." The staft'-1 thc.u quoted at length some of *j i the quest ions aiKl answers recorded i i:. \i\ the hearing of the isnb-eomatiUee } ' oi the st r.a. appropriations cv nmii>t j tee in the coal < of inquiry a? to j tui'al est inns c? for the Fiscal year ' i These quotation?, related l<> the l*. drainage of Teapot Dome. The secretary then went on to say' he resigned "gladly ahd fearlessly."; ' I o.n ?.rv!.? T * v r-jrlil iv?*? on i: hnl-l D iies" he concluded, 'but I cannotj E tight slander protected by senatorial; immunity." ^ ^ I- Mr. Denby pointed out also that h as a private citizen he would stili r- be subject to Jcgal action "If I have f- committed any offense against the te law." r>t "The disaster" that had overcome ~>c the oil reserve plans the secretary ?e said was that a "serious charge of e- corruption had been laid against ae them, which charge lies entirely outa *ide the navy department or any of its officials " Kl&ft I for Boone and Wat.au WATAUGA COUNTi N r... *t sSe, bELL)i\G 0i\? GRSiAT FARM NEED Highly important to Organ'ze A.fjri culturally. Says Bernard B&ruch A BIG FINANCIER'S VIEWS "I approach the subject of farm insr in a very simple v.ay" ?a\s Ber card Baruch. big Ness York fman ! cr. who is a trusted farm leader He goes on as follows in an inter riev. granted George Rommel ir. i recent issue of Farm and Fireside; "I approach this subject of farm ir.ST in a. very simple way. You pro three something. The first nrohlon is to get as much as you can for it so that you can get the other thing you need that you do not produce Thar might he a watch, a button, z necktie, a pair of shoes, a hat oi sugar. How can you do that? Th? best way is to put your produce in 0 the hands of a highly specialized agent. The only way we worker that out was by cooperative marketbig. So after getting every nod) n) agree to cooperate and put then outputs in one place, we should gel the smartest specialists in the work to sell it for us. That is intelligent isn't it? That is the first step. "After 1 have attained the highesl ptitos for n:y product, 1 am going to see If I can get cheaper the thing! 1 need. There'.-, the question of trans p<??:ation conic-* in. Transportatior u, fccts the farmer in the sale of hi; P"viduct? Irccausi1 if the cost, i t?jn high i' may limit his market?when hi can send his product. For in stance, if the cost of rail transportation of potatoes into certain mar kets having water transportation i: too high, nctutors from Ik-nmark 01 Sweden, or wherever they might ' mi from, might he obtained cheap : tha n certain domestic shipment: b> rail. "The {armor is also affected In the cost of transportation of th? things he buys. But tr&nsporlaliot :s so basic to everything: it is use less to discuss the wisdom of goot transportation. It it like talkinj about the wssdom of getting pun air. Transportation is just as muci a part of our daily life as air ant water. Thv matter of good trans porta t ion or had transportation, o no transportation, is not the question the real point is how can we get th best the cheapest, and the most effei t i ve t ranspi> rtat ion. "Transportation at its best an< cheapest will have a tendency to im PCVWB lin- ui i<f ?!,. Ti. man with something to sell can g farther to .'? !! it, ther&ji widenin his market, and .f be wants 10 bu his selectioi> is made wider If w bad a cooperative marketing systet the railroads could be helped b moving wheat as is wanted, and ixc rushing it to market during a lin ited period. in thai way t;be road would not be congested right aft? linrviKl ?i<il . t ho financial mnrki would be helped at the same time. "Transportation is an importai question, but if I had to specify th important problems before us toda (I do not know which i would pi nest, they ait* both of such gre: importance.) 1 would say the foreig -ituatio.". and the domestic agrfyu 'iiruj They are so in v. * trieably linked you cannot >'? on.* first and the other second. Pa >f the at? iaticn i.- tl t:ai -porta'ion problem. It is tru as you say. that th* farmer iVe lat thi ! ramspon at?oi\ probUmg \v; iiOv be solved. far as hi* i oi> cernci unless the price of Jransvtp .:*tior. down. \Vh*u I thu trc ought to d< first hov. <vc;\ i.<*?e that We are organised agric; tncilly so we can pe as much as Possible n? crct fairly in the niarke f the world. We cannot get it t riling in hundreds of thousands competitive units. to a very few bu ji*s, can we? Ai d everything the fa mer buys is sold to him at more less controlled prices. My theory a out this whole thing is not to pi anybody down, but to bring the fa mer up to the economic level of olh classes, ;i#a to keep him in a positii where he can remain on a par wi other men. We must do that, not 1 legislation, but by intelligent co-o erative effort on the part of the fi mer?not politically, buteconor caily: and it is possible to do so. "But I would not give you thir cents for all the organizations in t world, or for all the machinery the world, if you did not get t brains. That is the principal thi ga County. die Leader of T :.'.ROLINA, THURSDAY tBRUAF.Y ORGANIZE POUUmF ? ASSOCIATION - Walausja Poultry Raises Start Some thinc> N t w for thia Part of the C ounlry. A number of the poultry raisers - in the Mabel and Si]v?*r>tone sections - have joined in an organization to j be known as ?he Rich Mountain ' Poultry Association. The members - j hope to buy and -eli more advuuta-; 1 i geouily through co-operation. Mrs. j j T. P. Adams of Zionville is President' ! and t>r F. AJ. Greer of Mabel Sec- j - : retarv *; The Association will sell hatching I '! eggs. baby chicks and guaranteed) t; commercial eggs. I t hus an incubator j capacity of about 2,200 eggs every 1 three weeks. The combined flocks of >*jthe association carry the blood of * about a dozen o'OO egg white leghorn hens and boast some phenomenal lay' j ors. 1 OEAF FROM BIRTH. LAD HEARS RADIO MUSIC J Something has developed in the j I town of Richfield which may eventually become f<> nation wide interest i especially in the medical and scienti I I fic world. r Triui Ritchie, the 10 year oidl , son <.f Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ritchie of that place, had been deaf ami , dumb from birth lip until a few 5 days ago he had never heard a solid , of any kind. Several day: ago a ra. | die outfit was installed in the Kit* hie _ | home. In some way, no one knows, .| now young Mi. Kitctiic, tin* deal* _j and dumb num. become inter", ted s| and suggested that lie try or the r I head gear. He *vas allowed to so i l arid, alter the apparatus had been j . j arranji' d and regu?ated to t he best 3 j advantage, the hoy' since jvgistei od ; a delight which it had never done { before. He mnde known t>. those! L? present that he hail actually heard! i a -uund" However at first the sound was not 1 very plain. After some readjustments / of tiu apparatus he made known j L> that his hearing was more distinct i. than at first.. He now claims that I he can hear distinctly over the radio - although he cannot hear anything , otherwise. The amplifier has been i, tested out, but youaig Ritchie does) v\ not seem to be able to hear any-4, _ thing i hat way. The remarkable j part oi it is that tile young mar. j ,} i through some indescribable instinct i-1 i>!' intuition, seems to '?>? able to dish the !:: ! - f ? ? *? j inch !.o hears on the radio, thai is, g he cftonot i ii whethei ir is a piano, v and or vocal music, e TK6 young roar, is said to '>> well n ! educated :n the mot ]ai>g.:|?v hut v this is ihe only means whi n has ,t iiad in the part ^?i getting idea of ). ; music or a- to the means of ,i . , m|s guishir.g between various instruments .r of music. Young Ritchie's father has .? r.ad a very expensive outfit installed in his home for the pleasure of i; the deaf and dumb son who aeenvj K. to get extraordinary pleasure out of v listening. 21 The incident has created ^uite a it i bit ot talk throughput the Richfield ,, section, and many people ?roni rearj. by towns have gone to Richfield to! ^ >_? onvinct-d us to the trr.lbi~!n? ss Xl of the report. It i.- believed by many . ihe b;-cowry of a means >.i* - irn z .if. th par* oj :1ns deaf man 0 .u.y ieati to imps: rant devciopmo .r .u the soiealifiv world. \olb>ng like ;< It has ever been hear dof la:l\we.? Stanley X?*.w.s-Hei\.ld r- j -K Work \\ itii tobacco was h new feuwir of e.vunsion activity b> agrw 1 " cultural w orkcrs of the State College ast year. At least SO ^demonstrations . g,o.\ ing better tobacco \vor< - > | grd bv ttie tobacco specialists v 01 kinsf with the count y agent.-. r" in lite?brains. I: is brains that ' ' count. Take banks, trust compar. '' .-.tcel milts. What is it that makes one successful and the other a failir~ are. Brains or the lack of them? erj "Another thing. We have to have L>n! men with the rare combination of th! heart and head to handle the enterby prise, and that is a very rare com>p bination. We should modernize the ir- selling: of farm products. Farmers ni- are specialists in production, and I want them to get together and tmty ploy specialists in selling.?men who he know how to meet the markets, and in know how to study the conditions, he and after studying them, know how ng to interpret them." Northwestern North Carol 21, 1924 5 Ct. a Copy n AiAUUA I'UKM I UKK CO. IS TO CHANCE HANDS 'J?' i as we go to pi ess we learn thai the Watauga Furniture & Lumi er < is about to chapge bunds. In fact the trade ha? been closed but the have not been completed The owner;-, Mr. E. X Hahn has void the lumber and furniture busvirt - to Messrs. W. R- Gragg. B. P. M ' dy. Poly W\ke. and F. M. Midtbn. but has retained all Kit r>*.d laU. buildings, machinery, etc. We have no idea a to what the coni'leration 's. It has been a good business from the first and has been growing ir. volume all the while. The business that has been so successfully conduc-] ted 1 y Mr. Hahn goes into good hand a> the purchasers, save Mr. Graggr,; are fine workmen and he ha: had ; considerable experience in the sale of finished lumber. The Democrat predicts for the company great success as this has proven to be a good field for a plant that handles building material of all kinds. j ITEMS FROM THE APPALACHIAN SCHOOL Ivxaminatiops at the Appalachian Training School 9 ere pjivon the pas/ week. The spring term begin: on Tuesday the 19th. More have enrolled thus far than at any prev%u> win-1 tor term, atic( others arc expected at! th? beginning of this term to enroll! in th" Normal Department. I'rof. I). D. Dougherty treasurer of j the rraining School, who ha- been I elf for some time on important vv-rk ? has returned to the pleasure of his. many friends. r*m Training School .and all of. President Dougherty* friends are sorry . lenrii that he had a collapse j at tin i.asiolliee on Friday evening, and would have fallen had not some m. a e.i.; rht him. A doctor happened j to !> present and rendered immediate aid. lis many friends hope that he will -oun be in his place and he asks tne writer to say to nis triencts tout? he is getting ou all right. The .almanac tells that the moon is called governing pin act the year, and it further says that the quality ol the moon is cold, moist, hanging. Mow th? scientists say the im.on has nothing at all to do with tin1 weather, but if they were at I>oonc, and perhaps other places, they would realize that flic v. r ather thus far for the year has lived strictly up to the charael-'i istivs of tb. moo;.. The vol'.:., i ?n!e of IS?e??e oejoyCtl some \ vine socials a ft a cm uings ag??. the Metfetaiis; chtueh * "M ? ;. , 5:>: . .1 tht clurd:. - whurn a : .1 yon i?cor? besides the league members wore invited. The <ie .oration- apd rcTivffljment.s vveiv a kurnio .y v. dh ti e occasion and d ..a*: a jil. asant : me for the young folks. V -o the followin g owning a nigst en ltd" social gathering was. given ;a : smeudid home of Mr. and Mrs !-. I. CoUTieiil. The home \.a> mori ncautifullv dec.bated and. I he y .-nnr, people af ter some hour> of social pleasure enjoyed greatly the most delicious re freshmen?:-, for which tea: splendid home i- noted. Miss Annie Stanburv at this vrrit| ing is siik and her friends and. students hope she wili very soon be w ell. I. M noWKUM VA , . 1NE l AK . . M;< .-. f.tie VVinkier en' *aie.ec her mare, friends on Rik witr a Yui-...:.. .... . .... I 6 to ?). Mac.v inter." tins? ?a},8p ",V;S'< i ijisiyed \ *>r ^sus give;4 f*>r ptercj \nx Ukuri which was won V* i .-andy. : The - " chemc was nicety j cited otfjj whfie with tifiy red hear i hanging nil around iln room. The oany w as enjoyed ay all pre j >er.t. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs ; si. T. Greene and Miss Nettie Wink ie?- we:v sorry to see them Itav< after being in the community :'o: six months. We all hope that the> will return for the next school. The? are misled in Sunday School as wcl as from the public school. Advertisers are teaching lesson which nations might take to heart If they would advertise to each oth er we would have no more war.Lord Leverhume. "Neglect taxes" are the taxes paii for not keeping the farm e qui pro en and outbuildings painted and in re pair. V I- . W ina. Established in 1888 NUMBER 7. CAW Air urr vrrr\ 10 '.Li. TO HAVE THINGS 01R WAY IS PEP W. W. Stringfeliow Writcs. inspiring I,<*tter on Pos>ibiUt:ci of this Section as Tourist Kesort. Watauga i >? motra* : l have ? ?Tovved a lector from your Chamber of Commerce asking* me limy offer sti.U held good to help iu a scheme to beautify homes along I the highway anil instead of writing to them am going to answer yes thru your paper. -o as to reach at once more of the people, for the plants from the woods should be set out next month and those from the nursery such as re es. about April 1. I am sorry to learn from your paper that a number of member - of your Charnbet of t OHimrrc ar? affected with "sleeping sickness." I I an glad to say from what I see and hear of the Old North State that this is a disease that is not now often found within its borders. If Ho one : ana its vicinity which expect to secure some of the hundreds of thoos...nds of dollars; :hi?' are now going io pour into the state from thousand of touristy as a r*v:of the good road - movement, * hey have got J to make their town and highway? at.tractive i the eye. Your heau.iful - n.('!\ and c!i;naU' yoa have had always, and -is fai as summer tou- i lis*- are lomcincd there has been tilt' doing. and these who expect j to yet the desired results with no effort on tb?*i? part are going to yet j left, for ot'. t parts of the state arc waking up, beautifying their towns, liuildinv attractive hotels and boarding houses with modern conveniences with plants of water ami kept in a clean and sanitary condition- and 2 these arc the places that are collecting the crowds and their dollars, and until you get on the band wagon you w'll continue to live and feed on each other in.-tead of on tourists, Now with your good roads and a railroad I"few places viihyour altitude* with croon team worn oi your citizen.-;, have a better chance to attract the tourist. Let others build their fine high priced hotels and cater to the few of : the big rich?vhat you, in my ??p; inioi: veant at: the smaller hotels and [ boarding houses where the multitude van secure ernid clean countr\ fare In' reas.?n;ibii?but still lo you- -pro! filable later. The very high pr ? . j ! the bic: hotels arc hooping ?hou ^ i sands of people who would like to go ro the mountains and you serine .here, U<t together, pui' gether, and go after them. You have the finest climate and most beautiful count!\ or. earth, a tine citizenship with plenty of brains, ail you waiit i.- a aiere pep. It :> in the air. Get some of it. I have written so much that 1 have I . % : left no space, for fear of tiring yon. to loll you my ideas of the "Country Beautiful" but will write this for yv.ir next edition. Very Sincerely. *\\ \l\ ^TRINGFE: COW j Ann'stoe. Alabama. S:ou Rogers i O" -d Dead in B-.-d X itb iVilkc.- ro Flu slier. '"J, , Air. Am ey received a letter | fr.nn rci'i* v<in Watauga County C4ast \ve*k that -or wyed the informa ioJ, trait 3- v we- (lead . :mv n.. of .V Wil. Rogers. wlio at one Mm* -r,, <1 : Kertfi Vi'i.ki-sbn? o 7v. Kotrer.- w?.- - a visit to.liis aunt in Alexander v.* ir:ty v. hen the ciid .; r:?Jle had retired that night as , well as common and the next morn ins when .suite for breakfast was ?o j?va (OMi! . Mr. Rogers was a carpenter by trade. His father. lMr. Will Rogers. helped to build the _| >riek store builuuig ion - , off B . and 10th reels now occupied bv i Sin oak brothers. This is the first information the Democrat had had of the death of 1 Mr. Rogers. He was a good friend ? and citizen and we are grieved to hear of his death. s LIVED AND DIED WITH WILSON -I T. S. Tinsley a farmer of King ' George coufitv, Va. whose birthday was tht same as the former President ! Wilson's and who became ill at the 11 same time President Wilson was t stricken, died 2 minutes after Mr. - Wilson died, death being due to pne- i monia. .. 4