A Non-Partisan Family 1
VOLUME XXXV.
$500,000 is
Local Cons
Crcrwlh of Boone Tikis Season By
Far greater than At any Time
in Us History
IMMENSE PROGRAM AT A T. S.
Theater Building Among the
Business Houses. Watauga
c Building &. Loan Con&
. ! . . U >
triDuics i o marvriout
Growth
The building: program for Boone
during the year 11>24 will far surpass
that of any preceding* year.
To say nothing of the residences
that are springing up on every hand
-Jajly like so many mush rooms, uiere
v^iB he three and possihl yfour large
buildings erected at the Appalachian
Training School, at an approximate
cost of not less than three hundred
thousand dollars. Messrs h. A. Linnev,
j*m>.h Hagatnan and the Dixie
Theater management are preparing
to evert ji?. t as eari.v in th< year
as possible another brick block extending
from the Bryan property t??
the alie\ way v .1 the Wala.
County lb- k Building. I'lii: edifice
save the tboatn huihh.ig u ;Ii be two
StOfi' S h'Jch u:vh business lions bejt>w
ofHtes above. l*h" Boone
CK'ithing Mnro wili he housed in this
budding. a in the new theatre .
iif iiltri.-nio'b-rri in ever;, respect,
vvuh all the luxuries and necesjQtijRS
t" foii ^l in the nlay house- of the larger
cities and towns.
TV undertake te enumerate the
amaiier buildings under way is practically
an impossibility, as journey
ing around the town from day to
<d;:y. oih occasionally sees a huiiujntr
he <5 1 not know was even started
with a family living comfortably
rht n tu. fhe growth is nothing short
i>{ miraculous.
Perhaps no ?#ther agency has hail
much t?t .vi**;- the rapid
jAritlv* the town and this ct.ion is
making as the Watauga Rending &
Loan Association. The people know
.1 good thing when they -ee it and
art- flock mi in with ever increasing
rapidity for .-hares in this humehuildi.vt'
r.s;Itution. Hundreds of people
art now iiviug i.. their own homes,
without tin help "f the H. &. L.
would -tin in- living in rented houser,r
bftardi: g Arei.rdinir Mr. \V. II,
the A-n : - >T : in its infancy.
For the firs* rime const ructioi
work .. i ii-r an instant siow dowr
daring he se\i :? *\ inter. Thing's v\; rt
happening every day.
At Che rate things are going Bouiu
i.? destined iv. take its place ;>na?nj!
tW leading towns of tin* Nortiiw
To Each Paxlor, S. S. Sept., act
School Tnachor in Wataura Co.
Dear Brethren:
1 air< asking each one of you t(
sake this as a personal letter to yoi
that we may get done as early a:
possible the work of collecting: ou
fiiare of the Near East Relief Fund
It is scarcely possible for me to writ'
a personal letter to each in any otli
cr form than this. The Armenia!
orphans are looking:to us for supper
I feel sure that we will not tun
them away unfed and unclothed. Th
late authorities who are looking" ai
1 rr this matter are appealing to us
\ i hope each on? of you will take thi
matter up at your very next servic
and keep it up during: the mont
4 u? until ev ry one has had a chanc
! ? contribute to this most needy an
worthy cause. Depending upon yo
.1 jm. Faithfully for the service
J. M. DOWKUM.
Co. Chairman Near East Ralie
GOVERNOR DIXO NMAY GET
DENBVS PLACE IN CABiNE
High Point, Match 4. The suggt*
lien that Governor Joseph M. Dixc
of Montana might be choice of tl
President for the place in the ca
net to be vacated March 10 by E
win Denby has been arousing ti
interest of friends here of the Mo
tana, man and one of them, J. E
wood Cox. a prominent Republica
has written to Mr. Coolidgc urgii
the appointment of Governor Dixo
The Governor is well known
Mr. Cox and has been since his bo
a hood day^. He was born in A
mance county, ^.nd partially cducal
at Guilford college. His people we
Quakers and presumably he remai
? he faith V;. Cox. '.ho has rev
oeen accuse: of c .remc p;u f?-m.
i
Newspaper Published in ar
$1.50 Per Year BOONE, 1
Estimated
A A A
iiruGiion oost
ImrTloeeaux
writes letter
.
Most Interesting Letter Written to i
Local Man from Aboard Ship Betwi-cn
Cadiz Spain and Gibraltar. .
We are very erlad of the opportun- ,
it.y publishing the following: letter!
to Mr. \V. H. Gragg of Boone, from!
.Mr. .1. 1). Loi&eaux, who is now on a j
world tour, and we think our readers!,
will find these lines from the splendid
gentleman of more than usual interest:
On board S. S. Baltic
Between < ,'adiz and Gibralter.
Feb. 12, 1924.
My <i a: Watt:
? had a wry nic* ail from New
^ orfc to Madiera where we lauded
foi a very ; :v? stop. From there vc
aine le <*ac*:iz Spain, bat a heavy
>ea was running and the harbor po!fc<
wouid not penrii any landing,
I so we ston dout 2 1 b< > rs until the
it - * * i11 ; i. honing for better weather,
wei bound for Levi lie and
1 but this niorning it was stili
v.< v:?c .nan yesterday ? we are now
j oe.ding tor Gibraker, \vh -iv we ? ?
iievt to mail ?>;ir stuff and cable home
4 Theft W'fe ! 1 i I NjiC.'l to Visit
graves of iei great grand father and
j grandmother wh< died there nl* chn!
b ra in IS02. They had a baby boy
2 v.-ars old who lived with us in
i
Iowa until he died in fine old
: fellow.
Madiera was most interesting, an
old Portugese town is very oeaiiu-1
fully located ori the South shore, very I
quaint, streets twelve to sixteen i'eet j
wide; mode of travel is sleds drawn j
by oxoii on the stone pavements, very
funny indeed Very warm, never free
30s, all kinds of tropical fruits. The
natives are very poor, one ei??fi i
the children go to school and shout j
seven, eights of them hep of us asj
! we- travel the streets. Wonderful flowers
like Los Angeles, Cal. Bought a
j do/en orangcis. /tjwo apple custard
; fr.jit< and a nice basket to carry
them in l'or 50c.
Wages are ::n cents per day. Von ;
. e;;n hay a heaiii ifu! cane chair for
Vs w drive about the streets|
they li.row bouuuets of Ubaotifuij
5B5S55iBBWM3^5B^B
( ? !u . .rant us t Americans) to annex |
.i : . sland- to the 1'nde.i State.? |
Wme, amu. wine is ail tiny make J
d kr.ow it seems. They are just j
o\. digging Iheir sweet potatoes. 1 .
v?r saw o many fruits that I had 1
. r seen before.
dupeist-tion poverty and ignorance j
1 ^prevail as always where Romanism
reigns. One hundred and ten priests: I
live in luxury upon these poor poo?
pie anu keen them in spiritual dark
i ness as always. I never Dei ore reei-j
5 iv.ed :u- now cur duty to expose and
, put oat Catholicism, oven though i
have sewn it at close range in old
i? France for many years.
Well you will be tired to read
n such a scrawl, hut despite we are
l oil a splendid ship the sea is awful
n rough today, and not a few of the
e TOO passengers are tea sick.
\\ c expect to he in Cairo about
the IOth of Match and if you tare
^ to -end me a line cart Clark* Tours
e Ai.glo American, Cairo, Fgypc. will
h he glad to hear from you. We are
f. due to sail on the sea of Gallilee
<1 and then we go to Jerusalem.
u Uememfcer me kindlv to all the
friends in Boone, and especially to
your father nr.d mother.
Vv.n- vnnr fripflfl
| . J. D. I.OIZEAUX.
I
PARENT TEACHERS* ASSN.
I 0
s- ????m
A meeting" of the Parent Teachers
ie Association is called for Friday Mai
1 ?, at 3 p. m. This is a meeting: foi
(j. the purpose of electing officers foi
the ensuing year and is to he held
n_ at the public school building
The following are the nominating
n | committee: Mrs. D. D. Dougherty
ng! Miss Annie Stanbury and Mrs. J
)n | D. Council!.
toj MKN. SMITH HAUAMAh
,y. j President.
larl
cd j though a good Quaker, sees nothinj
're; outre in the appointment of a mat
ins' of the Quaker persuasion to head i
er f ; the Arte*- 'v
ah
ifattO
id for Boone and Wataug
WATAUGA COUNTY. NOKTH CJ
REPUBLICANS
HOLD CONVENTION
County and Township Executive
Committees and Officers for the
Next Two Years Elected
The Republican County Convention
ab advertised met at the court house
Monday for the purpose of electing
county and township executive committees
and the election of officers
for the next two years. W. H. Gragg
was elected chairman of the county
organization and J. C. Ray. Secretary.
The convention being ready for
business the following were named
a ; delegates to the state convention:
Ra p:; Bingham, W. M Thomas, (\
S. Prevette. 1. P.. Young, Dr. W. R
Butler. W. H. Gragg, F. \ Linnev.
C M. Oritcher, \Y. L. Wvikler. A.
E. Kamby, .1. C. Ray, ' F. Rob bins,
and Harrison Greer.
Resolutions were introduced inii
r.-iiig the adioini-slratiom of ch?
la iv President. Hardin and President
Coolidu . and delegation t?? the state
i nvention was instructed io cast the
vet of the county foi ? ooiidgt .
.Solicitor -JotisOn -1. Have-- of North
Wiikesboro was named as delegati
at large to the state convention.
grandfather mog : in
SUGGESTED FOR A PARK
L viilc Gom? Woild Also Mak? a
Bnav.tif.*: Reservation for th**
American People
A,?ording to a statement issued
\ ra day ago by i.he department
.i the 't rio- tit'- south i> to have
a national pari; stabiishcd within
fh? next year or two. For a number
of years there has been a movement
on foot to net the government to establish
a par k in the mountains of
Western North Carolina. This is the
fu>t actual movement on the part
of such officials at Washington to
establish such a park.
A few years ago Hugh McRae.
Principal owner of the Linville Improvement
Company offered the go.
ni'nvM.t several thousand acres oi
hoid including practically all of
Grandfather Mountain. At that time
the government was not interested,
and this project was finally dropped.
Statement issued several days ago
however, discusses the fact that the
government is really Interested in
such a park, and ph-.tis to establish
one.
The statement sent out by the
department of the ulterior says that
committee of five men interested
in public affair- will be organize*;
and that the> will muki a thorough
study of the Appalachian range arc
will select a ly pica) spot of re a
eant\ for a national park. Majoi
\V. Welch, genera! manager of tfc*
! r-tei stiite park commission and Col
Glenn Smith of the Geologies*I sui
! vey have occn asked to serve on th*
i committee. Cithers of course. \vil
j be appointed later.
Since the* statement was publisher
| there has bei*n considerable . discus
sion of this project in North Caro
| lirta. An effort will he made to go
i the department of the interior in
I terusted in Grandfather Mountau
and in he I.in?-ille Gorge country
j it is believed that this section re pre
I sejnts more of North Carolina*
j scenic wonders than any oth- r sec
j tion of the state.
EXTRA SHOVEL
FOR BJt. ROAI
Work on Important Thoroughfare i
Being Pushed ? Engineer W. I
Johnson Resigns.
An additional steam shovel wit
the necessary force of hands to ma
. it. has been put to work on the Booi
and Blnwincr Rock road bv order <
. the State Highway Commission.
A supreme effort will he made (
I complete the road this year. Follov
ing the resignation of Mr. Johnso
r another engineer. Mr. Cole, has t
ken charge of the work and is no
on the job. Mr. Johnson has bee
with the I^ghway Commission sir<
^ the first vrork v.*a? done in the coi?
ty; has put forth his best effor
to rush the work, and his frier.'
were sorry that he, of his own v?
z tion, handed in his resignation. V
ft can hope for little if any more fro
ii j the incumbent than we were gettii
f. iv. -.? onr who resigned.
i
& 2Pj0i
[a County, the Leader of
\ROLIN A, THURSDAY MARCH 6. 1
Lloyd Norris Dies
in Auto Crash
! * '
According to reports reaching
this place early this morning Mr. j
i-loyd Norris of this county wa'- .
killed at 9 o'clock last and '
Mr. Marvin Miller also of this ' !
county was seriously injured and *
is now in Grace Hospital, Morgan- |
ton, Mr. Norris having died bo t
fore he could reach town. Owing!
to the dense fog in which they J
were driving, the machine left
the road ar.d turned over. Mr.
Norris is widely known through
this and adjoining counties, having
been engaged a* traveling 1
salesman for many years. Messrs I
Walt-r and Clyde Green left ear-I
!y this morning to bring the re- {
mains home, and interment will
be made acar his heme on Meat )
Camp tomorrow, deceased is a i
son of Mr and Mrs. Jonathan i
Norris, who with his wife sur- |
v*ive him. No information has |
L. . -
Swccn received a,> to the extent
of Mr. Mtller'i. injuries, other than
that hi? condition was considered
J serious. The accident occurred on
i the Lenoir-M organ' n road.
rMS'l SEfivtcE1
HiiOATTHEA.T S.
.
St'.tdents P?i> Rc.p to Late!- Dr- 1
ceased School Mate?Other items
of general int ^t.
tVata'iea ha- ha-i a 1!: r -li v
fftc heaviest fali i?n the waiter thu
far, though weather i> much milder
.ui(i the robins are beginning to come
ay 0i.? prccur-ors of spring.
Miss Connie Moody a student of
the Appalachian Training School was
taken to the Watauga Hospital "is
I hu-xlay and operated on for appendicitis
on Friday, ami at this writing
is getting on \*ell, and it is hoped
that she wiil soon i?e well again,
i An unusually large number have
I sent in reservations for the summer
school nnsniiip :t?-rl
Fhero being no service at the BapL*:
Church on Sunday thai congregai
lion attended service ait the Methodist
. Church and the large congregation
heard a very strong sermon from
| Pavtot Woosley on the subject "Going
the Mvcnd mile," the text being
taken from out Saviors sermon on
i.he Mo. t ir tin- (Josp Matthew.
A memorial was held at the young,
ladies dormitory of the Training
school 011 Sunday afternoon in re>
rh< memory of Miss Mag*-)
jii Cox. th. voung student who died
pa . veek. l*hc following is the
1 oiogiammc:
Spng "Nearei My God to flue."
y the congregation
i Scripture iessoii In Mi.-.- Be n la h!
Haynes.Preside.!it of the W. Y ('. A.
! Prayer?Mis;- .Minnie Hair. .
Sonjr "('athei i ig Buds*?-male oua;
" !t t consisting of Professors Wright.
Smith, and Messrs ICamsey ami Lax
toil.
Words of Appreciation by Pnofes1
sor Downum, her Sunday School teacher.
I Duet?*'There is no Night Theie"
- by Misses Helen Lnderdown ajid Pau
line Ervin.
t Talk by Rev. Woosley pastor of the
- Mi'thvilist church.
Sonir "Sometime We'll Understand*
bv a mixed double quarto*.
The songs were all most ipprosj
priatc, the exercises well managed.
- and all seemed to enter into the true
: spirit of the occasion.
.1. M. DOW NUM.
Orchard Demons! rat ion Meeting*
\ Mr. H. R. Niswonger in charge of
orchard work in western North Car*
i olina will ho in Watauga next week
and will hold organised demonstrat.
; ions at the place.- and on the dates
ls earned below:
1- March 12, Silversione school house
March 111, Stony Fork. A. J. Wellborn.
March 14, Boone, J. S. Stanbury.
h All meetings to be held at one o
n clock.
It. JOHN B. STEELE
County Agent
Sliver Went From Foot to
Breast in Fifty Year
IT
Winn Kmuca, Nev.?Fifty year:
a- ago F. M Clay, then a barefoot boj
w and now a Baptise minister ran s
?n sliver in his foot. Recently a sur
geon removed it from his right breas
n. P VAnn? . no!" 'or.
"ts years ago. Clay said he had oeei
ds troubled not at all until a few day
i'- afro, when the pain recurred, thi
k'e time in the chest, while he was ii
m the act fo cranking: his automobile
ig The sliver of wood, mere than ai
1'.' inch long: was still firm, despite it
jCurner
MOOT
Northwestern North Caro
tts, atop]
New Tourist
to Be Buil
ELKLANDHIGH
SCHOOL CLOSES
Appropriate Exercises Mark Closing
of School Composed of Both Ashe
and Watauga; Editor Nance Speaks
\\ fit ten for the Democrat.
Th?- F!llr1s?_T?H nnhiii* tioinc ?
consolidated district representing
both Ashe ard Watauga counties flood
?.: Tuesday and at night I'eb. 26
with appropriate exercises. In the afternoon
the school was very highly
entertained and pleased by the aitmotive
addresses delivered by I>.
Clinton Nance, Editor ?f the Northwestern
Herald, dellerson. N C. and
Re\s. Williams and Black ;;ri of
Todd.
Ed Nance i rcpha x porta:
of a neriurnt
the land of our birth, ;
business, a jnvav.-r k: .while, :
-ci't ? ' of agriculture, the nn iui.iii
; e!lt-vi.ui?! sim sp.ir tu; tpev ? w.nmcTu
oi' : 1 rhiid. The mil -stevs d- d
-h-?* addres-es on education, a higher
>t aboard of moinjs true viiic.
-i'ii) urn! ";vi< rig?**? |
Tin exevises aCryr.ighl consisted
"|loaC"i! a "ai-a:
?nieu\ irama !n three acts bj ;.he
E 1 iand High School.
Act ! A country miction. The deacor
arriv* - from Sorghunfi Center.
Stalt- O* West \ iigianey. The <ieacou
takes a drink of water.
Act A country wedding. Shadows
,.f the 11.1st. The deacon take> a oris
onei.
Act . . A country husking 1Escaped
from J he penitentiary. The
deacon takes a wife. The play con
united for two and one quarter hours.
Collection for admittance $48.
The vocal and instrumental mu ic
furnished hy the Jefferson hand wen
excellent and highly enjoyed hy all.
Editor Walter Johnson was present
and assisted in the vocal music.
The enrollment for the tight month
term numbered 166. and the uach
vis. Prof. IV. l\ Hopkins of West
Jefferson, X. C. M>\ and Mrs. J.
Wilson N'liris, and Wad? 1'- \oi :i
are being highly commended hy tin
patrons fo :h?*ir uniting eff"it iWBBWfBrazipgjiiM
plift of o rhe sole ol tins
UH'S wonui muk ;n pro
curing the ? m ces of these effieiem
faithful ! worth v iwhiv ag.?i.
c<t yt?i-. -? the gm.e. v. erk 111:13
i * ant inue \u grov..
| At the eic-v c?f the -choo! tile yomq
j people pot being satis t ied with cigh
no it lis luu'd ftndy, made up a largt
writing class, and employed Z. T
{ \\rttso! ?f Brooksiii *. to torch a tvm
: of tc days. The school of penman
shin began last Monday, ar.it a gooi
".'.imlici' ate now at thi desk cut tin;
loops, and twirling ovals, and ar
very optimistic about Ica-nir.g ih
I beautiful and fascinating art.
MRS. WILSON TO USE
MAILS WITH OUT CHARG1
The Hoi.se has pass eft a Senat
bill grrrtirg to Edith Boiling Wilso
widow of Wootirow Wilson, the pri\
: ileffe of using the mails without cos
WATAUGA MAY
HAVE CREAMER1
Kanta? Men Considering Advisabilit
Iof Establishing Creamery Som
place in Watauga County.
A number of Citizens of Booi
were ;neo:.ferenee yesterday with IV!
Andy Greer, brother of Prof. Gre
of the Training: School, who is a ci
izen of Kansas. Mr. Greer and h
brother Milton are visiting their ag?
, parents on Cove Creek and incide
tally investigating the feasibility
s building a creamery in Watauga C
J possibly in Boone. Mr. Greer i?
i touch with men of his state who a
- interested in the project, in fact
t is so much impressed with the fv
f ^/luswxuS that he i.S icaniifg Vt;
n much toward Watauga himself. 1
s partner visited Watauga about a ye
s ago and found conditions ideal for
rt | creamery that could manufacture t
u 1 highest class products
n| We are expecting something
s; materialize along this line in p
: . c? v rtav /cturc.
at
lina. Established in 1 888
f NUMBER 9.
Hotel is
t This Season
?
i
Promoter* Very Enthusiastic Over
Prospect., for Building of Tourist
Hotel in Boouc
DEPEND ON LOCAL FINANCES
Recent Activities Show Beginning
of Long-Neglected Development
Of Great Natural Tourist
Cci\tor
The owrn-rs of the neaut'fui hotel
<;it.o An tf.. ? ?1
? *iirv ?/i ?fj"ity
have h . !d tv.o meeting within
the past week, and tie prospwts
for a summer hotel in Boone are
growing i iighter "da\ ;.y day and
ip every a ay."
The company is iicor ? -'"jiffi ,,.i
If i the name of he :>a-i . Bo'-ne Ho ei
Co.. with . cap'; took o: $aU.( vi),
v% ->10,000 paid in. and "over
;> vruh ve!i appointed aiui
i by inid > mm< . i- the
io.ua i of 'he ppimdic,:-. Tht papers
. Hi"at-..: . mipunU <i to- the
ary ft-.es have .-en la swarded
'.o inc Secretary of ratal- a: \ as
OV ttWy 1' t til t! l a of -lock
?
I Xv will be v. to oa. at. .he
; . del ":i p.. . . ' the
building. it is hov u-: tic iMrpc.-o
I of the company ; have a modet afi
fair of Mich design as .ill he most
i o'.e.-'.siii" tht ivt of the .ourist.
who has .-o ionur knocked at the- gates
of Boom . mkI as ??fi turm <i awav
lor lack c.l" the sort el" acommodatioos
i hey have a right to expect in
a tourist region.
! A:- soon as the organ iv.atinn is* finally
perfected, plans will be submitted
by the architect, and work
1 begins as soon as practicable. Local
men expect to put up the necessary
funds for the enterprise. Citizens of
Boone and the county at large so
far a?- has keen possible 10 interview
t.hein are in accord with the project
in a manner that is more than pleasing
to those in charge of the first
steps.
No other spot in all the State 's
more adaptable as a summer resori
than Boone and its immediate vicinity.
During tin summer months thetv
: always ;i grand rush for the coo!
breeso of this ection, and private
1 homes of the town .<? ?. taxed .<? capacity.
However tnis condition is now
certain to be soon relieved for ii
men who are in charge of this
1 pmpo.siiton are not the kiiul ;? stop
a thing when it is once under way.
ON THE BOONE TRAIL HICHWaY
' We earnestly hope chat each and
I every home ow ner on the above highway
will take this as a personal let!
ter to you. We want to know at once
II j now many roses and balsams yon
~ | will take to set out about your homes.
1 j The Chamber of Commerce will pur~
| chase these and lot von know when
?J and how you can get them through
1 | the Democrat. The roses will cost you
10 vents each and they are of a great
| variety of color and various kinds.
The balsams will cost you set out
? only five cents each. Mr. W. \V.
| Stringfellow will see that we get the
?. 1 roses, and Mr. E. C. Robbins. of the
is | Hardens of the Blue Ridge nursery,
. -J Piaeula ha most generously offered
t. the balsams at the very iow price of
1 "> cents each set < ut along the highway
or: vo . place. Please let the
i uiuiersigned know at once, as the
r time to in -c out will soon be
I past. Don't miss this fine chance.
Write or see us ai once.
v We are hereby asking the Wortn
While Club and the Friday afternoon
. ; Club of Boone to take in hand the
! selling and distributing of the roses
ie I and thus help out in getting these
r. I in your hands We shall inform you
er In time to get the roses in good time
it- 1 you will lot us know at once,
lis Will the Worth While and tfo?
t?d Friday Afternoon Club take up the
n- work of selling the roses in the town
of of Boone anil help distribute them
'o. in the county? Let us know at once
in if you will thus help out in this splenre
did work, and oblige,
he Yours for beautifying,
ne W. H. GRAGG,
ry ?. B DOUGHERTY,
lis J. M. DOVVNUM
ar Com. from Cham of Commerce
a
he | Tom Tarheel says ..hose good -evi
j he used last year helped hiin to make
to j the best crop he has i^er made. He
er- is going to select the Lest for use
.'.gain this- year.