A. Non-Partisan Family !
VOLUME XXXV.
JHNews Items v
* From Ri
Interesting News Items aj
Our Correspondent:
tions of tl
W
6 Valle Crucis
Miss Lula Taylor and Miss Boatrice
Shull of the Post Graduate Hospital
of New Vorw arrived Tuesday
to spend their vacation of four weeks
Friday evening Aug. 22 at eight
tfm o'clock in the dining room of the
Mission School will be given a mujwcal
of unusual interest. Solos and
choruses of oJd time songs and ballads
will be sung in appropriate costurn-i
s. The program will close with a
minuet. Admission will be twentyfive
and thirty-five cents, the proceeds
to go 'o the new church building
fund.
The troup of Boy Scouts of Yalle
Crucis are "amping by the swimming
pool near Mr. J. M. Shulls.
Among the arrivals of guests at
the Mission School are: Miss Virginia
H. Roberts and Mrs. Anne R.
Davis of Ilenedrson N. C. Mr. Wilson,
headmaster Haver ford school
for boys, Haverford, Pa., Mr. Walter
W Haviland. principal Friends Select
School, Philadelphia; Mr. and
Mi> S. H. Graf. Miss Marie Graf of
^Salisbury, N. C., Miss Nannie Goitner.
Hickory; Mr. J.ake Geit .er. Arch
deacon William A. Hardinp of Salis*
bltqr. Mr. and Mrs. Hardin? Hughes
an<; tlieir baby son of Greensboro,
N. <\
Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Hall Manning,
Isaac Hall Manning. Jr., John Taylor
Mangling and Howard Edward
l/vmw VI-i?r.iii.T of r.V*r.no'( H I K C.
arc camping at Warren Pa - in th?j?
Valley.
p Other guests in *h vn7? e)xide
* Dr and Mrs. Collier Cobb, Collier .Jr.
ami Miss Mary Cobb of Chapel Hill.
Mr . Wcntworth Pierce and Miss Dorothy
Pierce of Brooklyn, Miss Florence
Land is and Miss Norma Burwell
of Washington City.
31 r. and Mr.- Curatan and daughter
?/ South C arolina are gliosis at
Mr. T. Baird'.s
3Vlr. and Mrs. Burt Hewey and four
children of St&tesville. Mr. Dewitt
4 Kainst y and Leroy Steeie if St&tesville
ate guests at Mrs. T. H. Tayfc;,
JorV.
Deep Gap
Ttev. and Mrs- C. A. Davis .nf Ker
fiersvillo are visiting relatives at the
Decf '"'aj). Boy P'ivi- : 'he son in
law of the late W. P. Welch having
married his daughter who was the on
?y child by his first union.
Rev. Davis preached a short but
inspiring sermon at Gap Creek Bap
tist church last Saturday night. The
nf bi< HisroursiJ was "God's* love
and His Kingdom."
Rev. Davis gave many illustration!
of God's wonderful works and hi:
love. Every one present admired hi:
way and manner of putting things be
fore his master's congregation.
Miss Theodosia Watson who las'
week had an urgent call to the bod
side of her sick sister came back t(
. 1 school on the week end and is nov
carryng on her regular duties.
Several vistors were at Deep Ga]
last Sunday evening. A number o
the party came down from Boone
We are always glad to see these folk
down from Boone and other points
TJV VI'IIIV
We wish to announce with grea
piide that the Deep Gap Tie an.
Lumber Co., Inc. of this place ha
completed their railroad leXtensio
here and is now building their war
house at the er.d of tbeir line.
In the next issue of the Democra
we are going to give a write up o
the officers of the company and
personal history of the men who ac
vanced the project that means s
much for our section and countr;
They are the men that put Dee
Gap on the map. Look for this writ
pp.
On Saturday the 23rd inst, in tl
evening the pie and ice cream su]
per will be held as usual at Rock
Point school. Everybody come 01
and enjoy this social and help oi
in a good cause. Proceeds go to tl
benefit of the school. Come and he
Mr. Dallas Welch the young mi
here had ;uite an episode in a B<
Purtle case as it seems butDaal
)e *
SJewspaper Published in a
$1.50 Per Ye?r BOONF..
is Reported
iral Watauga
i Reported Each Week by
s in the Several Seche
County
Purtle case as it seems but Dallas
. says it was no Ben Purtle but a case
of his "Bringing Up Mother" or that
is the way we quoted him from what
he said. Go slowly Dalas for every
cloud has a silver lining and there
is silver in the silvery moon.
Mr. W. A. Watson who has been
writing quite often for the DemoI
crat has received many words of
praise from your readers as to his
writing. Hi- would 1 ik*" to know from
the readers what writing they like
best and we will try and follow suit
We ean write on most anj subject.
Meat Camp
Rev. Geo. II. Cox, D. D. of Saliiv.
bury, preach< d a very forceful sermon
at the Lutheran church here
| "last Sunday afternoon. Despite his
: age 8C? years, he is a deep thinker
and an unusually good talker. We
were glad to see the aged minister
in the mountains and hope to have
the pleasure of seeing him back again.
Mr. Willet Adams and family of
near Charlotte visited friends and
relatives in the community the past
week.
Mr. Boh Ragan of Missouri is visiting
on Meat Camp. We are glad to
see him among us again.
, Mi. Spencer Miller, Misses Margaj
ret Beach and Anna Mac Sherwood
| teachers of the Winebarger school,
a . spent trie week end at their homes
. on Cove Creek.
Mr. Calvin Mo ret/, of Mabel visits
; at his brother's Messrs Lugeoe
William Morctz.
Miss Louise Hodges of the Tugj
man school, spent the week end in
I Boone at her home.
Roy. Woosley of Boone is not asi
sisting ir. the Hopewell meeting as
i the writer understood last week. How
j ever a Rev. Mr. Brow n is assisting
and th? meeting ?s still going on at
I chis writing.
We are glad indeed to see the
! improvement in the roads going or
I up .Meat Cam p. The roads Die beng
made wider and improved in a general
way.
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Wilson 0}
Zionville. the former principal of ?h<
; Chestnut Grove School have movec
| into a house on Mr. D. L. Greeue'f
.| farm and are making it their homi
{ during the continuation of the sehoo
We are sorry to state that 01
Sunday night the tenth some persoi
. or persons broke into the Meat Camj
> post office and the store of Mr. A
1 W Hodgson and succeeeded ir. get
t:ng some cash and merchandise. W<
s hope the guilty one or ones will b<
5 brought to light and served as th<
3 law provides.
Mrs. Mary Isaacs and granddau
ghter of Silverstone visited the for
I mer's sister, Mrs. Frank Miller, dur
_ ] ing the week end.
> Messrs Walter, Fred and Clevelam
f | Moretz and Miss Winnie Moretz o
1 the Mount Pleasant community at
a I tended services here Sunday,
fj Mr. Oscar Cornell who has bee:
1 in Montana for some time, was
c; visitor here Sunday.
Mrs. Polv Moretz of Boone spec
' i the week end with her parent? Mi
11 and Mrs. Caleb Wineharger.
j j Rev. Roby Eggers tilled his rc-g
s | nlar appointment at the Meat Cam
n ] Baptist church on iast Saturday an
c Sunday.
it COMMUNITY MEETING
t There will be a community mec
ft inp at Rocky Point school on Satu
I" day afternoon and evening Aug. 21
M Superintendent Smith Hagaman an
f- County Agent John B. Steele hat
:P been invited and will make talks c
e subjects of community interest. Tl
speaking will begin about eight c
clock Saturday evening. Ice crea
P- will be on sale by five o'clock in tl
y afternoon. It in hoped that eve:
It member of the community, and e
peciaily every patron of the scho<
",e will eome\ out Saturday and he
'p make this meeting an even great
m success than the first meeting wi
:n A most hearty welcome will he e
lis tended all visitors.
f
nd for Boone and Wataug.
WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA
i NEWS FROM THE
! TRAINING SCHOOLj
| Regular Weekly Letter From the
Appalachian Training School With
Other Items from the Town and
Surrounding Section.
Boone seems to be the mecca for;
campers and* tHe radiating: point forj
sight seers and mountain climbers
believing as they do that is one of
the most accessible points for the;
country in general over the Boone
Trail highway and convenient to ma-;
ny points of interest in the mountain
section.S umm.er touristh from ma-1
ny states come to Boone during the
summer and without exception are de
lighted with its summer climate and
the beauties of the scenery that surrounds.
The Apalachian Training;
School's being located here adds to!
their interest and many come to look i
over its rapidly growing plant. Rev. I
,!. S. .Johnson of on #4 tain \
Junior College was at the school and
conducted devotional service and tai-|
ked to the student, body. Dr. and)
Mrs. Haviland of the Friends Selisct
visitors and the doctor made an adSchool
Philadelphia, were welcome
dress at chapel. Dr. Van Duesen of
Syracuse University, a former tea-!
cher in the Training School summer!
session, was gladly welcomed and!
addressed the school during chapel
exercise and preached at the Baptist
Church Sunday night. Rev. Muggins
of the Boone Baptist church visited
the school and conducted chapel serj
vice. Miss Wilson of the Fast Caro,
Isna Teachers' College and her brother,
Dr. E. M. Wilson, now of Philadelphia
but a native North Carolinian,
are spending some time ta Boone
and Mr. Wilson made a fine talk to ,
the school. To add to the interest of
the chapel exercises Prof. James j
Moore, voice instructor at the school i
during the summer, gave several solos
for the pleasure of the student j
body. Dr. J. D. Rankin, of the Train-1
school faculty left on Friday on
an auto trii > the City of Wash-:
ington to spend several days.
The students of the summer school;
with the- large number of visitors]
have added greatly to the interest in
. attendance and the various church
servces, both the Sunday School and
. preaching service? making them more
helpful to all. The several Sunday
School classes have had greatly in;
creased numbers in attendance, for
example the class composed of the
young ladies of the Training School
[ attending the Methodist church us-|
tially enrolls from 10 to 00, but this'
. summer at one time there were 16!
[ present. This is largely true in all
lihe churches.
Game F?*h Swim Up Stream
| It's easy to drift as the current flows
It's easy to move as the deep tide
goes.
But the answer comes when the breakers
crash
And strike the soul with a bitter lash
When the goal ahed is endless fight
Through a sunless day and a starless
* night,
Where the far call breaks on the
sleepers dream,
"Only the game fish swim up stream'
The spirit wanes where it knows no
load.
. The soul turns soft down the easy
Road,
There's fun enough in the thrill and
throb,
n But Life in the main is an uphill job
8 And its better so where the softer
game,
' Leaves too much fat on a weakened
r" frame.
Where the far call breaks on a sleeper's
dream,
P 'Onlv the game fish swim uo stream'
d
When the clouds bank in and tht
sou! turns blue.
When fate holds fast and you car,':
break through?
r. When trouble sweeps like a tidal wav<
3 And Hope is a ghost by an opei
,d Krave,
e You have reached the test in a frami
of mind
Je Where only the quitters fall behin<
Where the far call breaks on thi
m I sleeper's dream
j "Only the game fish swim up stream
rj. ?Onondaga Sportsman
^ Religion
The religion of many men partake
c-r at the qn&l'tlee of a Jelly flih. In It
ls- own {dement It float* and lire*. Oi
x- the Bands It Is helpless nn<1 perlahea
i ?Western Christian Advocate.
u Ww
a County, the Leader of IS
ROLINA. THURSDAY AUGUST 2),
U.U.H.S.WILLUFISN
MONDAY SEPT 8TH
Malleti of interest Regarding Accrediting.
Home Ecor jniici Department,
New Building and the
Status ??f Last Year's Graduates.
The Cove C reek High School will J
open for the fall term on Monday i
September 8th. Every student is ear- 1
nestly urged to be present on the opening
day and may I suggest to the i
parents the importance of seeing that j
your child is present on that day.
The first few days of a school term I
are very important because the grari- <
ing and classification of students the !
buying of text books and the ground
work for the whole year must be
done then if the best results are to j
be obtained.
It is our desire that the coming
year may prove to be a year of ae
complishment and service of the high
est degree. There is no reason why
this ambition cannot be realized. The ,
Board of Education has very gener- :
ously added to the school plant by i
the erection of a new building and 1
the installation of an upto-date Home <
Economics equipment. To my mind ]
there is no more important and fai
reachinp part of a school's activity ]
than the training of girls along this
line. The iibraiy and science facil- |
ities an- also being enlarged.
The faculty will be practically the |
same as last year. Miss Gertrude
ftundy of Jamestown. X. C. will be
in the Home Economics Department.
Miss Bundy is a graduate of Guii- <
ford College with post graduate credit
in Home Economics from the (
North Carolina College for Women, j
W e extend to the parents, patrons
and friends of the sehoo a cordial i,
invitation to visit the school at any!
time and a special invitation to be j
with us on the opening day.
For the information of the gradu-i
- : ' -
4ivv.T ?'i ui.ii yvu: in irnaru i *? attending
a pari of this school so that thcyj
may bo considered graduates of a
standard school and also for the ben-j
ofit of those who may doubt the
chord bring made aecrdited during
the coming session, I would like to
have the following letter from Dr. (
I-I. Hemy Higbsmith, Supervisor of
| High Schools, published
S. F. HORTON, Principal.
Dear Mr. Hortou
The Board of Certification con-i
sidercd yesterday the matter of alI
lowing the graduates at last year's'
class at the Cove Creek High School!
to return to the school next springj
| .<ui complete requirement* forgradu-i
j atior. from a standard school. The J
; Board passed a resolution which pro-J
j vides that if the students epend three |
I months of twenty days each in your!
j school, taking four regular 'nigh!
I school subjects getting credit for the {
j same, they may be allowed gradna-j
j tion from the school. I trust thai the!
j students will return and get such
benefit as standard high school gr.ui|
nation confers.
! Let me mention the matter of accredited
rating for the Cove Creek!
Schooi at the close of the session j
1921-25. The school would have been j
accredited at the close of the past
session had nor, one of the teachers
failed to secure a High School Teacher's
Certificate. If. therefore, thej
teachers employed in the school for!
the session 1924-25 are properly cer-j
I tifiod, the other requiremlapts for'
| accredited rating have been met, the1
I -chool will be placed upon the cc- j
' credited list and the graduates of
the schor.i in the class of 19?4-2j5
will be graduates of a standard schol
entitled to ail the rights, privileges
and benefits which *uch graduation
from a standard high school confers.
You ate at liberty to publish this
tetter in the newspaper or to use it
in any other s?j that your judgment
may suggest.
I was disappointed that the Cove
' Creek School could not be accredited
at the close of the past session and
|I am delighted at the prospect of
II such rating for the school at the close
; of the next session.
J. HENRY HIGHSMITH
Supervisor of High Schools.
'' Raleigh.
Ei '
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a. m.
B. Y. P. U. 6:45 p. m.
Church worship 11 a. m. and 6:45
j p. m.
? Subject Sunday morning "My Lord
, and My God." Sunday night "Mod
3 ' ern Prodigals."
l. * We extend a cordial invitation tt
all to worship with us.
t
iorthwestem North Caroli
1924. 5 Ct*. aCopy
ALEXANDER BUYS
3(50 MORE ACRES
Mayview Park Owner to Create a
Greater Resort. Green Park Golf
Course Park of Late Purchase
Now Owns Vast Tract.
The following: is taken from a recent
spe< . from May view Manor to
the Charlotte Observer:
Definite plans toward creating the
greatest summer resort and playground
in the mountain?- of western
North < : rolina were consummated ;
here last night when \S. L. Alexander
owner of Mayview Park and the
May view Manor, purchased 300 acre5f
land from the Blowing Rock Development
company, including the;
golf course at Green Park hotel.
The announcement of the purchase i
ivas made today by Mr. Alexander.
Toe May view Park area consists of
3117 acre- and with the addition of;
300 acres near the Green Park hotel.
Mr. Alexander's holdings within the
immediate environs of Blowing Rock j
wiJI total 017 acres. Besides this pro
pertv Mr. Alexander owns 1000 acres
>f land along the John's iliver, thus
ari lifting his entire mountain interests
hereabouts to 2.217 acres oft
and. j
The figures in the Green Park
property deal were not divulged. Mr. j
Alexander has been negotiatin gfor j
this property for some time. His;
greatest ambition is t?.? place vis-'
temi North Carolina on the map
ivith "iu of the finest mountain play
grounds in America. The Green Park
links w:'. be revamped and the
course! will be converted into one of
the in -i desirable as well as the
most difficult courses anywhere. In
a few years he hopes to popularize
the links to the extent that state,
invitation and national tournaments
may he played there.
Whether he will erect a new hotel
or. the property, he s not ready to
announce. However other develop
merit work will go forward and improvements
will be installed that will!
make the 300 acres among the most
attactivc and desirable in the Blow
ing Rock region.
In addition to the land purchase
Mr. Alexander announced that the
Western Union will inaugurate im-,
mediately a 21 -hour service out of
Blowing Rock with a direct !< p to
Phariotte. Such a service nil! make1
it possible for . uranier visitors and!
residents, here to be in constant communicatioi
rith the outside world
if desired
Blowing Rock has long beer, known
as one of the most picturesque nioun
tain communities in America, occu- |
pying a strategic position on the very |
lop of the Blue Ridge and on the
very rim of iloudland. With the new
activity in progress and new publicity
and advertising campaigns launch
?d. Blowing Rock is destined to be
known from the Atlantic to the Purine
Ocean, if Mr. Alexanders plans
are consummated.
Mayview Manor, standing as it
does on the cliff of the world, nestling
among the chestnut trees and
the clouds, a great cluster of strikittnr
nw?hif **ctnr<: set ir. a greater
cluster of mountain laurel, rhododendron.
and myriads of other mountain
fiowers. is one of the rare beauty
spots in a rare and beautiful moun
tain community. The improvements
at this hole already make it distinctive,
supreme in its comfort and yet
also supreme in its picturesque set!
ting.
; Besides its own golf links, its
scores of mountain trails, automobile
i roads, it? cur. club, its tennis courts
: lake and swimming facilities?there
is a thca* t?i\ a spacious bail room
musical revues and concerts. If you
are looking for the mountains, you
will find them here. If you tire of
the mountains, you can turn to the
more modern forms of entertainment
Augmenting his present holdings.
Mr. Alexander will not only popularize
the same, but he intends to call
the world's attention to the general
community of Blowing Rock. In the
course of time he believes the mountains
of western North Carolina will
l. ? ?C O,
uctunif rt? iciniuuo as iuu?c ui ow 11_
zerland. Probably they cannot boasl
of as much snow hut they can present
a greater variety in scenic beau
ty
^ "Oh. the depth of meaning In tha
word 'Saved!' From the guilt of ?rin
savod from the love of s?1n. saved fron
the power of sin. And one day, whe:
1' He comes, we shall he saved fron
the rvresency of sin V?Kxehnnge.
?
na.?Established in 188?
NUMBER 33
ATTEMPT MADE
TO ROB V.C. BANK
Bloodhounds Fail to Locate Men
Who Entered the Valle Cruel*
Bank Lhst Week Bank Official*
Hope to Find Criminal*.
Or Wednesday night of last week
some parties entered the Valle Cruris
Bank at Vc-le Cruets armed with
sledgej pick, tc procured from a
near by tool box, and made a desperate
effort to open the safe. The
combination on the front was beaten
off, and then a small charge of dynamite
was i: ited and exploded in
the little op- ing. As a result the
lock was broken and the big door
fie vvopen. Bu: at this point.the robbers
met their Waterloo. They gained
access to ihe vault but tin smaller
and stronp-er r?r? +V>,. Jv. I i
v.jv .Iis:uv DUlK*
r-d their judgment as no at: ir.p: was
made to open it, and the would-be
robbers hail to leave without a cent,
of booty
Blood hounds were wired in from
Johnson City the following morning
and a traii was immediately picked
up by thern. but after following:
it several miles through th mountains
it was lost on the highway,
where it was supposed they had been
picked up by an automobile..
The cashier says evidence points
to the guilt of three men. Of course
it takes mo tru*n he evidence of
a dog t<. convict a man in thI- state
but we learn there are other developments.
OFFICERS Et.EC"ED FOR COVE
CREEK COMMUNITY FAIR
The patron- of Cove Creek High
School met Monday night August 11
for the purpose of organizing for a
community fair .The following officers
and committees were elected
J. S. M Bride. President.
(I. VY. Moody. Vice President.
Mrs. Kattie Johnson, Secretary.
L>. C. Mast, field crops.
Amos Adams, orchard and garden.
W. II. Mast, live stock.
Don Horton, poultry.
Mrs. \V. L. Henson. canning.
Mrs. A. I Payne, pantry.
\lv< Vun -I nkncM \f~ vt
M Miller, sewing.
Mrs. H. E. Deal, flow oi>.
Sam Horton, entertainment.
The next meeting will he held at
the school building Tuesday night
August 2d. All the committees and
everyone interested '?' the fair are
urged to be present at this meeting
a.- son., very important things are
;o he decided.
ATTRACTIVE PARTY
M iss Mary Anne Trivett entertained
a number el her friends at her
home oil Pine Street last Friday evening.
The guests were greeted by the
hostess and shown into the reception
room which was beautifully decorated
with sweet peas and nasturtiums.
The shades were drawn and a soft
light was thrown from the chandelier.
A number of thrilling games
were played which were heartily eni
joyed by ail.
The hostess assisted by Misses
! Glenn Gilliam and Ruby CottroU ser!
ved delicious cake lemonade and caniiy.
The following guests were pres:
ent: Misses i.utii Cottre'l. Mary Conn
eill. Vera ?. ,ok. Kuth Bobbins, Louise
Coffey, Margaret Hahn, Bcrnice
Ciragg, Inez Gragg. Bonnie Jean Lewis.
Alice Councill, Grace Grugg, Pearl
x T r-. i " .. .
j orris, iiuoy cwreil, Kutr. Mctiltl,
j Aniha Black, Hare! MeGuire, Coline
! Wall, Willie Mar Shearer, Ruth Benfield,
Glenn Gilliam and Messrs Ohas
Arnott, Charlie Foy. Glenn Lewis,
Carl Payne Grant Hedges, Dallas
Cottrell, Charles Farthing, Councill
Cook, Roger AlcGuire, Gordon Taylor,
Paul Fletcher. Raleigh Cottie!I,
Frank Robbin-. and Howard Cottrell.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST ASSOC1ATION
The Silver Creek Primitive Bap
list Association will be held with
Zioii church near Rominger, N. C.
" on Friday Saturday and Sunday Sep'Itcmber
nth, otn. and 7th 1924. No
i traffic will be allowed oti or near
"| the association ground. We want to
make this tlie best association that
has ever been with this church and
hope that Sheriff Critcher and Mr.
Ralph Bingham will be with us and
1 see that the law is obeyed and that
j no drinking nd disturbance be allow?
ed.
A. L. PRESNEL