?.?.?2^ I A Non-Partisan Familv F VOLUME XXXV. ? News Items a * From Rt i. m Interesting News Items as Our Correspondents tions of th f RIDDLES FORK NEWS Mr. Troy Norris wont to Todd with j - l..*A ? o-A ?? ?v??vi *?ji nuw uw oaiuruay. Mr. W. H. Milier made a business trip to Riddles Fork Saturday. Mr. T. J. Tubman went fox hunting this last week. Mr. Noah Church spent Saturday slight with G. G. Stephens. !Mr. Paul Adams and brother was At their grandfather's T. J. Tugmans Uaet week. .Mr. Bon Wellborn moved to Mrs P. C. Ragan's farm last week. Mr. W. It. Davis who is attending the A. T. S. visited home Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Hugh Norris made- a trip to Todd Monday. Iftiss May Church visited at the heme of Mr. L. L. Cole Sunday. COVE CREEK NEWS ITEMS The school was fortunate last week | iju having a number of visitors for chapel exercises. Mr. L. (\ Wilson on Tuesday, Mr. Uriah Farthing on Wed nesda.v and the Civil War Veterans Fife and Drum Corps on Thursday. Tlx program given by the fife and drum corps. Mr. Enoch S^ift, Mr. L. 1). Millet and Mr George I. >Un ail veterans of the war between the slates was especially interesting and thoroughly enjoyed. Several patrons friends of the achor1 were pre**-!>! ami some short talk* were made. The W. M. U. Society of the Cove Citek Baptist church is meeting week ]y now for the study of stewardship a* d missions. Miss Theodosia Watson j? teaching the class. .Misses Reeves and McMillan spent] the week end at their homes in A lie- ! yhany and the Mouth of Wilson. Mr. lames M Hcrtop. has returned to Cleveland after a few weeks vijdt to his home at Vilas. ^ FOSCOE NEWS Thi< has been the coldest winter 1 have eve: -ecu. The good women of Fosc got a move on and have been /oaknip quite a lot of quilts for next winter. Mrs. John Presnell has made 1 "> quilt? so fai. so you see we haye irdastrious girls over in our part of warily. Mrs. K. i . Moody writes her moth tr, Mns. Carrie Walters, that they haven't had any winter at all in tfcftate of Washington. I can say amen to Mr. W. H. Katunn . ikivk hi* vuil! wril.*? ??rv week. We could not pet through the long winters if w:ur jicrfv. wvii.vavui^ vi I rain haii. thunder and lightnuig. 1 j On account of the conditions o ] | the roads and of the bad weathe 1 ; there are very few from this coin ' j munity attending- court, only thos ' i having the most important business. j Messrs George ^nd Frank Mai ^ i of Tamarack attended services her I Sunday. f j Several of the young folks of thi community were entertained at M * Glay Miller's on last Saturday ever r ing* Webster in his dictionary defini ' River as a large stream. Of cours r this is correct from the aqueous star ? point, but I think there is anoth< r definition that is correct. Rivers n the name of a class of people wl have worked since 1888 to nelp W e tauga to he a better place in whi< d to live.'They are still planning at ? working to that end. Of course tl " more circulation their paper?the M ie tauga Democrat has the more it ci help Watauga to grow. Don't y< :r think that you can well afford } heip W at.auka to prosper ' hy, . oiu. :" > .in. .A!i right, subscri ' o the Democrat and be a real \Y I - . 1-**. -..Hie . . \ . .X... tfcma ' ' V ^ ' XT nd for Boone and Wataugi WATAUGA COUNTY, N.RiH CA ITEMS FROM THE SCHOOL AM) TOWN! v Inttre*ting*Newj Note* from the A. T. S., Town and Community by Regular Correapondent | Court is in session in Boone this I week with .lodge Webb presiding:. Prof. 0. L. Brown, formerly of I the Training School but now attending Emory University is visiting his; people here for a few days. He leaves! this week on his return to school. He! conducted chapel exercises at the A. T. S on Friday. A very unusual thing even for Boone is the fact that it has snowed or sleeted or both for the past five: days, beginning March 20 and continues to this hour. It has been be-, I low the freezing point for several i days, the trees have been covered j with ice most of the time and is! ! still on the mountains, which makes! a beautiful picture indeed. All this ; Kcuinoctial storm the scientists to the contrary notwithstanding:. Some of the Congressman are insisting that the people of Western North Carolina need to get busy it they want the proposed national park established in this section of the state Why not at once? Interesting services were held at tho Methodist and Baptist churches or. Sunday. At the Baptist church on Siinrl.-iv mnrninc. rhi*>f Whih?? i an Indian chief from Arizona made 1 a laik at Sunday school and also had ( * harge <>f the services at night, making hath interesting. He spent some time at the mode' school of the Train ing school on Friday, and lectured at the court house at night. At the Meth ouist church :? communion service was held in the morning at which a very large number communed. At night a most impressive service was held in honor of the superannuate} Ministers. This service was held un-j dor the direction of the Woman's} Missionary Society and consisted of1 appropriate songs, readings and a I eery strong address by Prof. J. D. i Rankin, of the Appalachian Training School, who gave a brief history of j the rise and growth of the Methodist j I Church, relating many touching in-| ! cidents. After a short talk by the j pastor a voluntary offering was received for these superannuate min-j ! isters MRS: HAGAMAN HOSTESS TO WORTH WHILE CLUB The Worth While club met at the , home of Mrs. Smith Hagaman friday the 21st. With Mrs. Hagaman and Mrs. -1. <\ McConnel as joint hostesses. The house was thrown en suit and beautifully decorated with hy acinths and other spring flowers. ! In spite of the weather a good ma; tiv were present. 1 ! After a business session during: which several items of business were discussed and reports from the va1 rious commitees at work were heard an interesting: program was given. A history of what the club had done in the past year was read. Mr^ Hartzog kept her listeners constantly laughing as she read her paper describing the trip to Mount Airy b\ 1 seven members of the club on last No vember 1. The meeting: was then turned over to the hostess who introduced the guests of the afternoon, Mrs. Ralph ^ j Winkler, Mrs. Dixon and Cannon *! Misses Dixon and Cannon kindly c?v j, i sen led to demonstrate the feeding oi 1 infants. The results were very amusing: indeed. Miss Dixop also display ed a talent for expression in hei reading, the making over of Caleb n Her listeners expressed a desire tc e hear moreof her readings in the neai future. |s Mrs. Ralph Winkler was welcom r ed as a new member of the club. Mrs. Hagaman and McConnel thei gave each member a piece of pape ;8 and t>encil on which they were t< state where different small object l(j in the room were to be seen. Fiv ,r ladies tied. Mrs. George Gragg dre\ js the shortest straw and was presenter io with a beautifully framed miniatur a- copy of Raphaels picture?the Ma donna Di San Sisto. Delicious refreshments were sei le ved. Here too the hostess showe 'a much originality and thought. Mrs. Hagaman and Mrs. McConm >u were determined no lady should g to home without a final laugh so of "que contest was entered intoei be ..iLi.?,iasiicahy April fool was i.rtrodi a- . d .. few hour.- ahead of his reg? ca.cndar sciieouie. a He a County, the Leader of ] ROLINA. THURSDAY MARCH il A CENTENARIAN IN WATAUGA Throngi of Friend* will Celebrate the Birth day of Riley Greer, 10O Year* Old April 3. 1924. (W. A. Watson Local Correspondent (Special to the Democrat) On the 3rd day of next April there will be held a birthday celebration of Uncle Riley Greer at the home of his son Thomas near Rulherwood, six miles east of Boone and six miles west of Deep Gap in honor of this agred grentlcman to commemorate the anniversary of his 100th birthday. Uncle Riley, as he is called, can tell you with a marked degree of certainty of the times when he grew up and he remembers the past history the same as a school boy does now but his education came from the great School of Nature, and her won derful works which unfolded all sea! ed mysteries as he made this span of life while reaching this grand old and remarkable age which not one in ten thousand ever live to reach according to statistics and fife tables. Uncle Riley is the father of Thomas. Larkin and Elijah Greer who are making great preparations for the coming occasion. "1 have hear thy prayer, i have seen thy tears; Behold 1 will add unto thy days.*' It seems us if the above prophecy spoken to the withered old man is true until this day. Every citizen of Watauga County and at large are invited to be there on the date mentioned for the celebration. It will doubtless be long: before you will have another opportunity of attending such an occasion, so come one and all. JERRY WATSON DIES SUDDENLY Special to the Democrat. On the 24th iitat at ltOO rrj fK&tsar. who had been ill with pneumonia suddenly died. The end cam* quietly and without a moment's warn ing. Early in the morning hours of ihc day he seemed to rally and was tnol by his family and friends presenl at his bedside that he was doing nice ly, that he was on the turning point and would get better as the slow I hours passed. He passed to the great beyond lik* ! one going to sleep. May he rest in peace, lie *? . good husband and an ideal fathe; i and leaves a wife and nine childrci | by his last wife u>* mourn his loss > i?y his first union then are tou children, two sons and two daughter who survive htm. MANAGER OF THE ESSEOLA INT DIES IN FLORIDA Messages announcing the death o i James P. Vining Saturday morninj at Oimand Beach, Fla. were receive here by friends. For many year Mr. Vining has been manager of th , Esseola Inn at Linville. The winter ? he has spent in Florida as manage ' of the Bret ton Inn at Ormand Beac I Recently Mr. Vining completed a ne' hotel at Ormand Beac h, known as th i Coquina. I Through his connection w*? h th ! Esseola Inn, Mr. Vining made man [ friends among the people in this. se< ' t.ion of the state.?Lenoir Xews-Toj ic. ORCHARD DEMONSTRATIONS Mr. Niswonger, state orchard ma for western North Carolina will 1 in Wutauga County for three? daj next week He and the county agei will be- in the orchard of K. M. 01 raent near Silverstone Thursday A j ril 3 at 10:30 o'clock, and in tl orchard of J. S. Stanbury near tl Training School at 3:30 of the sun j day. If the roads permit they w oe in tne orcnaru 01 xvvv. n. oc' oat near Riverview at one o'eloi ' Friday the 4th. On Saturday th J v;ill be at B. T. Taylor's on Stoi * Fork at 10:30 and at Joe J. We bom's in the afternoon. If you a ^ interested in the better care of n o orchard these meetings will be w worth your while. Twelve hats were made by cl girls during a recent all day sewi me eting in Kdgecombe county. 0 hat was made {' cm a skirt 11 ye; V. old with the only cost be:r.^ 50 cei o for flowers, a li j The next meeting of the club \ ^ ibe held at the home of Mrs. A. | liowcii h riday April -4th. Ituwft Northwestern North Caroli , 1924. 5 Cts aCopy Superior Cou 23 Criminal Civil Dockc JUDGE WEBB WINS PLAUDITS I OF WATAUGANS | Civil Calendar Continued Until Spe- ' cial Term to Be Held in June j Twenty Three C?c? on State Docket Tried in Two and One Half Days Complete Proceedings I Despite the unusually had March j weather a large number of the peo-1 pie of the surrounding territory were | on hand Monday when Watauga Su-1 pcrior court convened, to hear the Judge's charge and see the -hing, start off in good shape. Judge Webb; presided. Perhaps because he himself is a j western North Carolina man, unusual numbers heard him cKarge the grand jury. Among other routine instruc lions tnt- jurist supped in trie tr.eory that the smartest men in the world are in the mountains of this section, and that "it is eminently fitting that, up among the sturdy oaks and th?' towering poplars should glow the mightiest and best of men.'" The .ha t'gc was most comprehensive and complete, covering every phase of' the criminal law, and brought forth more favorable comments than any charge delivered in a Watauga court | for many years. Really the people! here "fell in love" with the Judge. > j A man of mighty intellect, firm withj out a trace of cruelty, as immovable | in his convictions as these eternal 1 | hills of his, ami meting out without fear or favor, justice tempered with mercy. It may have been that his : peers have held courts here, but it ' cannot b?- remembered chen a greu-1 1 ter man has been sent to decide the ! fate of those few who have been so j ' unfortunate as to viloate the laws of j ' | the country. .We do not intend to j leave the wnpression that Judge Webb " is the man who "lets you down easy" | 1 He dees not. He deals with offenders firmly, yet iu the same time carries out i he true spirit'of the lav., which ' is lo presume that all men art tnno J cent Until then guilt ran be establish-! *[? ?. H?? iuuk^ ui^M cr.fc 'l human beings, not as mere victims. 1 he wants them to have a chance if they are worth it. and it is general]} 1 predicted thai this term lawlessness than any prc^ viously held here. The people here love Judge Webb, and are looking forward Jo the day when the great j. and go m man slfai! return. Twenty three cases were disposed of on the (j criminal docket in two days and a half. The usual time consumed on a docket of this size is five to six davs e . On account of the terrible Condi's ' ""APPLES! APPLES! PI LES! h a vGocd appies are now spiling highejer than oranges. An apple tree will j hear more fruit than an orange tree ie > Orange growers are making money, yj Ten times as many farmers are >! making preparations to give theii ! trdcis proper care during 1U24 as ! *1- --- ...? 1.. .. ; HKTl* itlfl jrai ';rv.ui. -> >. been thoroughly proven that it pays. 'I he ; n j allowing their old trees t0! they : rt to giving them any at ten fs \ ticn. ttfc: In order to have good fruit it i: c-: necessary to spray, fertilize and u p- pruie . A large number of Wataugsj to County fanners take an axe and ehoj ne around in the tree awhile and con fle sole themselves by thinking that the] ill are giving their trees attention. T? tf- lengthen the lives of your trees am ck grow good fruit it is necessary t< ejf put on at least three fsprays, one be ny fore the bud opens, another just be 11- fore the blossom opons, the thir re immediately after the blossoms fal ur The next thing in importance i ^11 fertilization. Practically all the tree in Watauga County would be greatl I improved by the addition of a sma | amount of nitrate of soda. As proc ( of this I would refer you to the oi ne ! chard of the county home. To B. 1 Ars| Taylor on Stony Fork and to anyoti ftts ejvje who has tested out the use < nitrate of soda for apples. From or to three pounds of nitrate of soc should he scattered around the tre? eill or- ?-p of the ground under the thi< ' i> .. i" vi e " r . *h - iusx as tl teaf buds are bursting. This will mai at' na.-Established in J 888 NUMBER 12 rt Adjourns Cases Tried continued tion of the cross-cotintry roads the civil calendar wa& continued as a whole, and will Kkeiy be disposed of at a special term which will ht arranged for some date in .June. Court adjourned yesterday at 12 o'clock. Followincr are th?- ?-omr?l?.r?> proceeding; L. M. Bingham, assault with deadly weapon. Judgment suspended en payment of cost Coy Triplet!, violating: prohibition laws. Judgment suspended on payment of cost. Arnold Story, nuisance, judgment suspended on payment of cost. Sam Greer and Dewey Yates, disturbance, judgment suspended on pay ment of cost. Jim Welch, liquor case, fined $25 and cost. 1. M. Foster, drunk and disorderly Judgment suspended on payment of cost. 1-. R. Bingham, assault with deadly weapon. Judgment suspended on payment of cost; carrying concealed wea poti $50 and cost. Raleigh Greer, Russel Triplett and Dennis Carrol. Disturbance. nulc inent suspended on payment of cost Lee Mast, assault with deadly weapon. Judgment suspended on payment of cost. L. L. Morris, removing crop. Judgment suspended on payment of cos*. Cling Hix, disturbance, not guilty. Fred Younce and Linney Greer, dis turbance. Judgment suspended upon payment of cost. Miles Love, manslaughter not more than seven nor less than five years in state prison. Wayne Stout ami A. H. Fhwfcett violating prohibition law. judgment suspended on payment of cost Wayne Stout, A. H. Hackett. affray. Judgment suspended on pav ment of cost. \V. L Haynes, violating prohibitum law. $25 and cost. Wade Green, violating prohibition | law, fined $25 and cost. Lindsay Church, violating piohib:j tion law. judgment suspended on pay j ment ot cost. j Lloyd Stanbury, violating prohibi| tion law. $100.00 and cost. i. A. Foster, assault with deadly ? weapon $5 and cost. A. C. Watson, prostitution. Six months on chain gang. P. 1>. Blair. Larceny, Judgment suspended as sheriff has orders to take him to army post to answer a charge of desertion. Millard Ball. Assault with deadly weapon. Judgment suspended on payj ment of cost, and defendant must J leave the count\. ,your trees more vigorous, will produce more growth during the year, will cause your trees to throw out fruit spurs to increase the crop of fruit for the following year will make your blossoms more resistant to frost i arid will make your apples larger, 'j All this benefit for from dc to 10c | per tree. 11 The next important thing is: to prune. To prune a tree is t?? per form :t sure-ic.il oor ration on the : ret Unless the do*-tor knows his job he i wiH probably ?1f Play Mrs. Stubbing, book *ent le Sunday March 30, 10:30 a. m. la Baccalaureate sermon Rev. Mitchell es Sundax p. m. sermon.. Rev. Thomas rk to I Buy good seed for the home gur' den. i