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II I A Non-Partisan Family VOLUME XXXV. News IteiriK a I From Rt Interesting News Items as Our Correspondents ?.ivruo Ul ILKl 4 ? BLOWING ROCK The Blowing Rock service chili' held its' regular meeting last Thurs-' jnv day with Mrs. Harry Martin at her home on Main Avenue. Dans for a t regular clean up day was discussed ffi by the club, asking every citizen inside the corporate limits to gather up and remove all ruJirish and unsightly junk from their premises and All vacant lots, asking thqui to place 1 w it near so.mc street or road where a k? truck can get it and the club will have it moved away June 20, this being* the date decided upon for the clear, up campaign The club willj give $5 to the children divided into prizes of from $1.50 to 75c for the largest piles of trash near enough anv Ftreet or road that a truck can pick it up.The next regular meeting will be held with the president of the club, Mrs. Harry Martin, June 12. Dr. Dulong and family from Charlotte spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Panella at the Crit& ch< i apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Sanes of Charlotte have taken rooms at the Critcher a pa rtments. Misses Lula and Edith Jameson of Roanoke. Vu. arrived in the city on Monday and have taken rooms in the Hon Noh and will spend the summer in Slowing Rock. Mrs. John Booger and daughter Mrs. Stone, Misses Ethel and Eloise kov.. r>i : n__t. ??<? oiiiviu in uiuwiiih xvjck irum St. Louis, Mo. Th^j witt Jpcwfr th.^ summer at their handsome home on Boofther Heights. Miss Annie Ward to the delight of her many friends has returned from Valle Crucvs where she has be* n in school the past winter. Barber Hartley who has been confantd to his bed is improving. MEAT CAMP ^ (For last week's issue.) Kev. L. A. Wilson tilled his regular appointment at the Baptist Church on upper Meat Camp last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Manley Moretz after having bet n at Bristol for some few weeks j returned to his home here last Fri-I ia> Ui?d to see him back. Mr. A. W. Hodgson went on a business trip to Jefferson, W. Jefferson, Warrensvitle and other points in Ashe last week. Three gentlemen who the writer supposes to be connected with the Vick Chemical Co. of Greensboro are on the Finley Bald at this writing. We are informed that this property is in the ownership of the above named folks, and we hope they are' here for the purpose of improving the propcitv. Mrs. Cook of Mount Pleasant, N. C.. representing the Woman's Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church, talked to the Mt. Zi con^ gregation on Monday afternoon iast Mr. Leonard Wilson of Boone attended services at the Proftit Grove Church last Sunday. Misses Edna and Eleanor Moretz sad yerlie Winebarger spent last Thursday night" at Rev. H. W. Jeffcoat's of the Mount Pleasant vicini ityMr. Eugene Moretz made a business trip to Boone on last Monday. Mr. Edward Moretz is somewhat indisposed at this writing. We hope be will soon recover. uwing to tne unusually cold weather the farmers may have the planting of corn to do again. It s^ems if the seasons are consolidating to that of winter. Postmaster W. D. Farthing of Boone was on Route No. 2 last Wed nesday with Mr. Houck informing all Ibox holders to move their boxes to the right side of the road. This of course^ will me more convenient to the carrier. Mr. George Main of Tamarack was a visitor here last Sunday. Everybody of this section are invited by officers of the Wide Awake Community club to hie present a 1 1heir mooting to be held at Riverview school house en next Thursday. % Newspaper Pubiished in an il.5^ Per Ymr BOONE, \ s Reported ' iral Watauga, Reported Each Week by j in the Several Secie County i Let's go. Listen VVataugrani! Held up your j; end. Subscribe to the covnty paper. | DEEP GAP Mr. A. F. Nichols of this place has , recently "established himself in the mercantile business and bids to the publicw 'yr their trade. He says he is goinj. '->*3 sell goods so give him a trial;1 He y*ill treat you right. Mr. B. T. Taylor - "f Stony Forkcame over last Sunday driving^ an Kssex car fresh from the sales room. Mr. Taylor believes in progress and evolution in everything even to transportation facilities. The car certainly looks nice and is made up to date in every particular. ' The estate of the iate W. P. Welch has been allotted and divided among the heirs at law which cafntained over two hundred acres. This property lies at Deep Gap and is valuable property indeed. We are all looking to the day j when this property will be develop- j ea witn a summer resort hotel and! a village which wili spring up over1 night. The N. &. W. Railway prospects look very encouraging for this section as it seems that some day not very far distant that a standard road will circle Deep Gap and swing on- j ward and join their main line at Bowie, North Carolina. This project will put Deep Gap on the map and then gorae^Juw will happen in a big way, if promoters will only get busy by starting the hall rolling. Here's hoping. Rah! rah! A good many people from this sec tion attended the county singing at Mount Vernon last Sunday. The writer paid his respects for a short while at that place and then turned in to Boone to lind the town practically deserted. It seemed that the people had turned out en masse, and we think they must have gone to Mt. Vernon by the way the crowd looked to us. The Watson sisters and their chum Miss Hinshaw are in the vicinity at this writing. They are our teachers at Rocky Point for the current schol I term. We are glad indeed to have them and congratulate them and our committee in procuring their valuable services for our school. Wf> hp.vo Kapp. thut Ka. lieve in doing things, and we are glad to welcome them with extended hands for all the good they will have done here when their term ceas cs. Mr. W. A. Watson the insurance man has been indisposed lor a week or more, and if you expected a call from him this gives the reason for J the delay. If ycti are not protected you should i sec b*m. ' BLUE RIDGE (For last week's issue.) Rev. Hampton filled his regular appointment here Sunday. Mr. A. H- Dula is at Baltimore 1 taking treatment at Johns Hopkins hospital and reports that Capt. Lovill of Boone, N. C. is getting on nicely. Mr. Dula is enjoying the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Moore who have shown him unusual kindness for which he is thankful. Quite a number x>f the people went I to Blowing Rock last Sunday. Mrs. M. A. Wright is visiting her brother J. G. Coffey of Foscoe. Mr. Boby Coffey's were visitors here Sunday. Mr. Commodore Church is working at Blowing Rock. ,Mr. Alfred Church caught - two ground hogs some time ago. They will now follow him just as a dog. OUVE DULA. i Many other counties now want to! begin the cooperative carlot shipment of poultry. The success attending the efforts of county agent John V. Ar; rendule in Macon county is attracting j attention in the other mountain codn | vies. EH ^ Hb^nv *%> d for Boone and Watauga ( VATAUCA COUNTY, NORTH CAROi WRS. RIVERS LAID IK TO REST FRIDAY Bl iVife of the Editor of the Watau;*! |nv Democrat Panes Away Like a Lit-! I tie Child Fa) "ng Asleep. I t Boone. May JO.?Mrs. R. C. Riv-J ( ?rs, wife of Col. K C. Rivers of the.vjgj Watauga Democrat was buried today ; Before her marriage she was Miss bur F attic .Turney, daughter of the late jOQ Dr. and Mrs. P. C. Jurney of Olin, ma C. She was born January 7, 1861 izu ind was therefore a little over 63 an rears of age. Mrs. Rivers had been sick for a pjr number of months and practically gr( helpless, but was courageous and! sweet spirited through all of her af-j faction. Her thoughts seemed to be J spc for her husband, two sons and one1 COI daughter, and for her many friends I rather than for herself. For the! va] past few weeks it has been evident j,u1 to her friends that she was growing cn weaker and could not long endure cai the struggle. She herself seemed to realize that the end was nigh, butt qj. quietly, peacefully and resignedly i she viewed the coming of the shadows knowing that as she aid it would soon be replaced by a glory las that would be eternal. Tints she re-' Fa mained until the evening of May 27 sei the evening of her passing, when she N. quietly fell asleep as does a little noi child in its mother's arms. Her hus- got band tells your correspondent that ov< at the end there was not the least j ba: struggle or even the twitch of mus- jng cles, but simply breath growing sui shorter until she sweetly slept. j Wa Mis. Rivers joined the Methodist tht church in early childhood under the | di? navtnruln of 1 Vic l?to D<>?' H I U/.-.oJ 1 . thus being a faithful and consistent mu member of the church and an earnest j nei Christian for more than fifty years. I chi Her only daughter says that she nev- J ef;< er heard her mother speak a harmful yOJ word of any person, and her sorely tai bereaved husband and children feel vie that no better woman, wife or moth- >_j. er ever lived. All who knew her loved to her and feel that her loved ones are wh right in their high estimate of her. yjj Her funeral which was somewhat delayed until her son should arrive soi from the west was held in the Moth- re, adist church at nine a. m. today being conducted by the pastor. Rev. J ret Mfl. B. Woosley, assisted by Rev. F. ciX] M. Muggins, pastor of the Baptist jn Church, and her body rests in the Th Boone cemetery and .no one doubts jsjc but that her soul sweetly rests with on her Savior in God's other land just ch, over the river, awaiting the coming ou of her bereaved loved ones and other friends. i ve J. M DOWNUM. |;n j wa PLAN COMMUNITY FAIR j M< EARLY THIS SUMMER I *ul Raleigh, N. C. May 36?"Earm-j a8 . ... _ I UV. ers ami tarm women 01 North Car-| *? olina are now more than ever be- by fore using the community fair as a a means of measuring progress and as a source 01" inspiration for great- su cr individual and community devel- ^ opment," says J. M. Gray, Assistant Uirectpr for the Extension service co for the State College of Agriculture. an "To make these fairs what they ought to be plans should be definitely made not later than June. This means an Pa organization with duly elected officers and committees that will actively ?1 push the work assigned to them." Mr. Gray states that probably one w? of the most essential matters at the beginning of a movement for a community fair is the preparation of a Ol well planned premium list. This list 0'-< need not carry cash premiums bat an should be a well organized premium v" list. "The most successful way to ap prepare this list," says Mr. Gray, "is co for a small committee from each tu community fair in the county to meet wi with our county home and farm a- tal gents and work out a composite pro- bit gents apd work out a composite pre- OI< mium list for the entire county. By following this method advertising th space can be sold to local business 'o1 concerns to pay for the cost of prin- W1 ting and distribution of these pre- tri mium lists. id' "Another matter of prime impor- se tance for making the fair the great success is to plan at this time for exhibits by the farmers and farm women. Just remember that the timel is to think about exhibits of hay cr pi strawberry preserves is when you are I jo making hay or strawberry preserves.. 01 If you want to help with these ex-| I> hibits your farm ot home agen'. will o( . glad fur you to call them." > ofik * i ita Tounty, the Leader of L1NA, THURSDAY JUNE 5, 192 U KLUX KLAN r URNS FIERY CROSS iaible Empire Undoubtedly Ha* -oca I Foothold No Estimate ax o Strength Made. Jne of the most awe-inspiring its evei seen in this section of' country was the flaming cross ned on the Lovill pinnacle overking the city last night, emble- i tic of the presence of the Ku|j tx Klan in our midst. As near as | observer in town could ascertain j tiery symbol of the Invisible Em- i e towered near 30 feet above the I >und, and the reverence with ich this token of a local organiza>n was viewed by our citizens, >ke lou<ler than words the general lsensus of opinion regarding the lucker." Many ideas are being adiced, some for and some against t as to the strength so far relited in the county no estimate \ be made. .D FOLKS' DAY AT FAIRVIEW (For last week's issue.) According to their usual custom t Sunday was old folks- day at the irview Methodist church. After the mon by Rev. J. M. Griggs of Todd C. the pastor T. G. Williams anunced that Uncle Wash Morris was ing to treat the children, and all ?r 55 years of age. Soon two large skets of fine red appies were be: given out, and this was notr a rprise to the. children as TJncle ish had been playing this trick on n? before. After the apples were tributed we all felt like children ?, and the good ladies of the comnity spread a most sumptuous din r on the green grass beside the ireh,.and everybody became ben :iaries to this splendid treat. If j are looking for kind and hospi le people in the vicinity of Fair w you will rind them. After dinner the people returned the church for the veiling service ich consisted chiefly fo what the ler people call an experience meetIt was very pathetic and coning to hear a number of aged bret i whose heads were white with * snows of many winters, give a respective account of their past perionccfc, and re-artirni their faith God and in the Christian hope, o last speaker was Uncle Wash rris, who is 93 years of age and e of the rndst highly respected ristian gentlemen to bo found in r county. Uncle Wash, leaning on ? back of his chair said. "Eighty ars ago there was only one church ail this mountain section, and that,; iS Three Korks Baptist church. The | ?thodists and Lutherans held their 1 viroc in at ikul remember distinctly eighty years 0 being at a meeting at Three rks church and after a minister; the name of Shell had preached j sermon, they sung that good old | miliar song, "When shall I see Je-; s and reign with Hiiu Above?" j hiie they were singing this beau- i ul song my father and mother were J ii'verted to the Christian religion, i d when I corne to die, if I am in ; right senses, I will ask that this od old song will be sung as I ss away." Some men are chilled by the snow age, their thoughts are darkened I the approach of night; not so th Uncle Wash. His sun is going wn full orbed and lustrousfl It would be well to have more d Folks' Days, a(nd greet these 1 faithful veterans of the cross, d make them feel that their ser es lor uod ana tneir country were predated. If the young people uld only appreciate every oppornity to listen to their words of sdom, hear their admonitions and ke the advice of the aged, much terness and sorrow could be avied in the years to coine. King Rheoboam refused to take! e advice of the old men, but fol-l wed the advice of the young men! lich led to a divided kingdom and ibal jealousy?sowed the seeds of olatry, and finally carried the chon people to Babylon in Chains. Z. T. WATSON. The woo! crop of Halifax rounty turning out better than was exited. County Agent C. E. Littlehn reports about 200 pounds of le fourth blood and 800 pounds of elain fleece. The farmers have been fered 46 cents per pound for I he -C-iOv.nh b ood V Oil.. tnom iorthwestern North Carolina !4 5 Citi. aCopy I The roanagcim?nl would ex- Bj ^ press sincere Appreciation for g c xiauy ici^er? ?na ;piC(jf>nn B of sympathy received on *c- fl count of the death of w. devot- B! ^Pl B ' r ed wife and mother, ft is al- 1 together natural for each to B ,n* think that bis mother or wife B ^ is the best, but wc do say nu H better woman has lived than H the one who has so recently M been taken from us, and her I works will surely live after her Eg We will not further eulogize H * " upon the life of this Christian character, whose loss wc no R; ' keenly feci, other than to say B she did her duty to her family M ' i jfccc; her neighbor and her God, and n ^ died with out an enemy. MHHnMBHMMHWOi! >i'ol i pre no TENNESSEE ANGLER HAS LUCK IN WATAUGA WATERS j oth Col. Z. A. Robertson of the Globe *ns Realty & Auction Co., paid Boone a visit Monday and Tuesday of this , week. . clu The Colonel, an experienced disciple of Isaac Walton, and one who *i?? K*ven every Known specie ol tbel finny tribe a hot chase in various', j climes, tells one of the Democrat's! ^ reporters that no adjoining counties! ^ or State can furnish more thrills ^ for the fisherman than Watauga C?>. J While here Col. Robertson took 17 j ei pounds of beautiful bass from thel ca. dam of the New River Light and J1ei Power Co., the largest of the num- ^ ber weighing 5S> pounds. "Fish stories" arc a very common an(' article and the man who telis one is' very apt to arouse the skeptical to an remarks: of disbelief, but the "ker-i c Tiel" had the goods on him an ' we 1 saw them with our own eves. Hut let's quit talking about fis'nj m and get down to the real story. The' 'm Globe Realty & Auction Co. is open ' Xxt l itig a new street in town, Howard' Street bv name, and are ottering ihe| choice lots along it at, public auc- j 4.c~ tion Saturday June 14. To use the' J term which can be seen in their ad' ^ul on another page, "another child hasju<<" been born" and those who participate' in the wonderful offerings being ( made by them, will surely be blest.' J To invent money in property herf! in this wonderful clime can mean . nothing more nor less than four fold j ?a returns. Boone, the beautiful, Boone; j. the lam! of unexcelled educational! ^ advantages, you are a town among. <l towns. The opportunity to invest in ^ property of real worth is here. Re- , niombfci the date Saturday June 14. ^ ^ FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUE ln The Friday Afternoon Club heid ??' it? regular K-. t ngr m the hoire of tu< Mrs. Sproles May *0. * The hostess graciously received her mj guest.- at the door and ushered them into rooms beautifully decorated ? with azalea and other native wild enI flowers. Time sped quickly and before one ^ol could realize that an hour had pass- 0U1 edr Mrs. Sproles brought in and pass- t'"u ed to each one present a series of %S ^ "Transposed Letter Rhymes" and jla the quickness and inventive power <c of the guests were centered on fitting the words into their proper places. Four ladies tied fo perfect results hut when the proverbial straws were drawn, Mrs. Woosley \ru< t A huun I? -.1-.. i * . ? '' ^ "nu v.* VIIV" 1UV IVY 1I7IIJ4 one and the hostess presented her with a box of lovely towels. 11 Then came the feast of good things ^ when the hostess served a course of frozen fruit salad with ice tea andj ^ other accessories, followed by hot coffee and the most tempting as well I ' r'. as decorative strawberry short cake.; . Mrs. McGuire and Miss Suttle were | 011 guests of the club. After exchanging books which the: ".y club members are enjoying. the I 1 guests departed with many expressions of appreciation for the pleasur- K able afternoon. The club will meet next time with Mrs. J. D. Rankin. inf When 210 farmers cooperated to an sell a carlot of poultry at Washing- inj ton in Beaufort county, an error of I en only ten cents was made in the, on enure Liu[i?i;viuit, rcpuus me extension agent in that county. at North Carolina set the pace in shipping strawberries daring the: m< first weeks of May. Wet weather fa ! during the latter part of the period in i caused a decline in prices but on the kt whole the prices were fair, reports SI . i Su!-.' Divi&l.m of Markets. ' "-n i vt . ? Established in 1888 NUMBER 22 \KGEST CROWD EVER AT SCHOOL >aiacKi?o School Popular Mecca. or Down State Teachers BoardAccommodations Only Limit. 'he Appalachian Training: School sibty had the most auspicious opig in its history on Tuesday mornVe have had no official report from school, but we are told that the ising capacity of the entire plant axed to the utmost, and that maof the private homes and boardhouses in the little city are now ommodating student boarders to ir full extent. The registration zoing on today and it is not posic to even approximate the crowd sent, but we will say that it will doubt go to several hundreds. The lularity of the school together with er unexcelled advantages always ures large attendance. WORTH WHILE CLUB Vlrs. W. L. Trive.tt entertained the b at her home on Locust St. l?ri? r of last week. The home was beau illy decorated with flowers. The sting was opened by the presilt after devotional exercises by s. Bennett a business session was c! during which many items of ?iness Mere discussed. A most infesting program was rendered. The c of Wild Flowers. Mrs. McConhad a very interesting story att the kinds of wild flowers. Mrs. ight. The Uplift of Wild Plants, I M rs. Graves which we were more n pleased to have with us, gave interesting piece about wild flowof America. A social hour was oyed during which a social hour 5 entered into. Mrs. Bennet won I was presented with a beautiful ver basket. DelicioMs refreshments e served which consisted of straw ries, cream, cake and coffee. lost interesting music was ren cd by Miss Nell Trivett. Pise neirt mealing* will be at the ne of Mrs. Smith Hagaman Pri June 13th. YON FARMERS MAKE BIG SHIPMENT OF LETTUCE FRYON, May 27.?The first car d of ice berg lettuce ever grown 1 shipped from western North Caria will be loaded here tomorrow ernoon, according to P. C. Squires nager and treasurer of the Polk uiitv Farmers' Federation, Inc. Several express shipments of icerg lettuce have been made here the last few days, which have outd the Colorado avid California letre in the northern markets. Quite an event *.s expected to be de of the occasion tomorrow and (?. K. McClure and Mr Goodman Asheviile are expected to be prest.?Asheviile Citizen: We understand that the Watauga mty agent is assisting in getting t a number of patches of head letre, the object being to test it out ;h a view to supplying the summer de and probably making shipments er.?Ed. |RM?R WATAUGAN BURIED The following taken from a GarId Wash., newspaper will be of crest to the many friends of deised in Watauga* The funeral of Hiram Gragg. agon c ?l r> ov, wcdiiuy piciiccr ui me rase, was hold yesterday from the esbyterian church the Rev. Vickpastor. officiating. Mr. Gratfj? was born in North Carna and came to Whitman county 1878. Ho took up a homestead ir Garfield, where he resided ur,his death. He was a Confederate eran. He is survived by one dauLer Mrs. Caliie Simpson, Pendlei, Oregon. a r" ? *>,*? a v.**. ? ? ? ?? ? ~ r\uuuv nine uyn tu ucrglil nrraflg; for the big picnics, barbecues, d other summer outings. While doC so don't iorgct the State Farmi Convention at the State Coliege July 23, 24 and 25. This will be e biggest gathering yet attempted the College. Feeding the pigs liberally this sum ar will make them less costly this 11 and it might cause"\hem to be condition to sell or. the high marit in September, suggests W. W. my. swine extension specialist for o S i te College.
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