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VOLUME XXXV. ;
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Interesting News Items as
Our Correspondents
tions of tf
Cove Creek
* The Cove ("reek High School will
open next Monday morning at 900
o'clock Sep! ember 8.
The ladies of the Cove Creek Baptist
churf h served very tempting lun
ohes on Monday of court and realized
a right considerable sum for the!
church.
A great many of our people are j
atf?ruling the annual Johnson Coun-:
fry Fair at Mountain City, Term this
t week. A large number uf exhibits
have also been taken and we expeol
that some of the prizes will come to
Watauga.
The revival services conducted by .
Rev. Sebastian and the pastor Rev.
Eggers at the Pleasant Grove Baptist
church resulted in 12 additions
to the church and in much spiritual
good to the community.
Plans are now going rapidly forward
for a real community fair at
the Cove Creek School some time in
October, We hope that the interest
will grow and that we may have a
fair representative of every phase
of our community life.
*" More will he ?sid in next week's
paper reiiardingr the school, the additions
to the faculty and other matter.
Meat Camp
"\Ve are informed Rev. Vance of
^ Nashville, Tenn. will preach or. Finley
Bald on next Sunday. This will
be a Rood time to go t? Bald Mountain
and see the beautiful scenery.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie ProftU vent
on a irip to Deep tiap on last Fri-1
day
Mr. A. W. Hodgson made a busi-j
ness trip to West Jefferson last Sat-;
unlay.
Mr. L. 1). Miller of ZionviUe spc-nt
last Sunday night at Mr. W. .A Prof-1
fit's.
Mr. Hiram Harkcdy of Tamarack
visited his niece Mrs. Pearl Hodgson 1
Su; day.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wilson Rev
* and Mrv i.. A. Wilson and daughter
Jessie spent the week end sr. Ashe.
M ss Gertr dc Miller of Zionville
spent the week end with her lister
Mrs. Kemp Wilson.
Our school is like an automobile
It has three gear* '.teachers) and
Hint' ? >-?.iijclers (grade-) Mr. Sper.ceri
Millar >i" Mabel is chauffeur. it is
plngalons with the sp iometer r.-e-j
istcring high. If the eras vpatro:
will feed, the gears not strip and!
the cylinders not miss we w cot
to our destination safe and on'lime.
Rominger
Mrs. l.aura McGuire died Aug- 27
1021. Her funeral was conducted by
Elders W. S. Rominger and Talmage
"Watson in Piney Grove Methodist
Church of which she was a faithful
member. She leaves a husband, five
children and a host of' friends and
relatives by whom she will be greatly
^ missed. But if she was a child of God
she is far better off than those who
mourn for her.
Mr. P. F. Horton was in this section
recently on business. We are aliMVR
triad ta see Mr. Horton as he
is one of our good progressive Christian
gentlemen some of "the salt of
the earth."
Sunday School was postponed last
Sunday at Zion Hill as the folks wish
ed to attend the Fifth Sunday Meeting
at Timbered Ridge.
Some of the floks met at Windy
Gap School house last Friday night
to organize for a community fair
to be held there some time this fall,
Windy Gap and the surrounding districts
were requested to put fort!
their best efforts to make it a grea'
success.
M. P. Tritett. Jtrs. Ana Romingei
and Miss Ida Tester visited schoo
Friday.
Mr. John Mast went to Cranocrr;
last week on business
V Mr. Joe Trivett has done sovn
work on the Kellerville road tha
was badly needed. Joe knows how t
make the mail carrier feel good.
D. A. Rominger tran.-act.ed busi
ncss with D. M. Ed mi.--ten last Sal
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Foscoe
Mr. Watsoa of Deep Ciap h.'is giv
en us a good article of his part, oi
our eounty, but he has not drearncc
of J oscoe a little village at the fool
of the Grandfather Mountain, wit I
three good stores, one good churcl
house that all denominations preacl
in that brings union and fellowshj
with everybody. We have one of th<
best school houses in the county, wil
have a graded school here next year
The ra-,road run- through here. 11
you want to go to Boone get on thi
train and you will be there in i"
minutes, the ;<&me to Linvilie. Vol
can go to Mowing Hock in loss lhar
one hour. What more could one asfc
than here? Watauga Kivcr has al
kinds and sizes of fish, grand powei
for all kinds of machinery. You car
i'u fishing and bathing at the same
time, and that would be fine. Ye'
we have ai! kinds of birds. The mocking
bird wdl all day and tht
whipporwili put you to sleep at night
Had you thought of that great. Grami
father mountain that furnishes sc
many fine berries free, and the fin
est springs and coldest water in the
world? Mr. \Y. H Byrd is planning
to build a hotel here in the r.tar fu
ture and most all the folks ccuh
rent rooms as they all have goot
houses If Mr. Watson will come o
ver here and see our gardens he wil
say we have plenty and to spare. '
don't think there is anything to hir
der this place from keeping some ol
the summer folks that come everj
season. I don't think the Ail Wise
left anything out mat would adU
our comfort here in Foscoe.
SEWING CLU B ENTERTAINED
.Mrs J. A. Sproles entertained thi
young ladies' sewing club Friday af
ternoon, complimentary to her sis
ter, Mr*. .1. C. Rivers and Mrs. Marl
Butler, of Stafford, Kansas.
The house was beautifully decora
ted with ferns and potted plants
After pleasant hour of converse,
tlon and sewing an interesting con
test was enjoyed. Delicious refresh
incntr- were served late in the af
i moon.
Those present were Misses NTe!li<
Coffey. Mary Council!, Ruth Ben
field, Eula Hodges Ruth Rankin
Rath Dotson, Margaret Linney, An
.ie Blair Anders and Miss Ranki
I -of Gastonia, and Mesdames River
and Butler, visitors n> the Sprole
home.
ANOTHER WATAUGA FAIR
In addition to ths- other fairs tha
; have been organized in Watauga coui
ty there has been one organized a
Brooksyie bv the community fair
movement.
The fair co be held at Brooksid
wili be October 29th.
The onicers chosen are: Presiden
I W N. Howell, vice president L. \\
, Greene; Secretary Miss Lela Moret
and committee chairma nas follow
! field crops. W. H. Norris, orchar
and garden D. C. Coffey. Poultr
j E. F. Moretz; canned goods Miss C<
ra Jeff coat, cooking Miss Ida J one,
i Program, Mrs. H. L. Lyons, and sev
I ing Miss Edna Coffey.
Opening Service* at New Baptist
Church Next Sunday
The opening services in the ne
Baptist church at Blowing Hock wi
i occur next Sunday. Sunday Scho
10 a m.
11 a. iTi. Sermon by Rev. Walter
Gilmfore of Raleigh.
2:30 p. m. Address by Prof. 1. <
Greer.
7:45. Sermon by the pastor. ^
. Dinner will be spread on the groui
4 We hope to make this a home comii
- day for all former members of tl
church as well as the new mcmbei
r We extend a cordial invitation
1 all to attend these services. Speci
music will be one of the features
f the services.
F. M. HUGGINS.
e| urday.
tj Mr. Chas. Gillam is preparing
o1 sell refreshments at the Primiti
I Baptist Association next Friday a
i-j Saturday. Ice cream, lemonade, cs
ci: soda water, etc.
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WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C/
'HEIRS SliREOr
MANY BILLIONS
| Hopkins Heirs Sent to California are
Optimistic. Seventy Citizen* of
North Carolina ?ipecl to Pavticir
pale i*i Vast Estate.
Thoinasville Sept. 1.?"Not millions.
but billions,writes an appointed
representative of heirs in this
and other sections now i: the -lute
of California investigating a fortune
left nearly forty years ago by two
brothers, Mark and Mose Hopkins,
[ j who! eft their home and relatives in
' Randolph County in the year 1810
' seeking other climes .
J It would appear that the two boys
1 Mark and Mose, made their fortune
1 almost overnight, possibly in stocks,
; . - ...
as ?i is said they owned one fourth
of the stock in the Biff Four railway
' the savm in the electric railways of
' San Francisco and other cities in that
part and in Texas as well as. the same
.r.terest in the Biff Four boat lilies
> having: a wealth of 90 millions when
1 they died years ago without heirs
1 in that section of the country.
| There are 70 or more heirs, most
of them in this part of North Carolina,
but some in Georgia in New ler
1 sey, Texas and one in aiifornia,
' named Merci Vansali. The last named
> has seen the Hopkins h? me 20 miles
out from the city of San Francisco
which is sai<l to he a mansion of stone
' and the premises laid nut in beaut it u!
drives 100 feet wide which has been
2 occupied and weli cared for through|
out the years.
Much of the story sounds like a
*' fairy story and might pass as such
but for the fact that all the needed
data au?i names are fully vouched for
and are in the hands of the proper
tuthorlcies of the state of California
and have been accepted by the same
whatever that may mean.
~ Sandy Hopkins is a great nephew
L of the Hopkins brothers, who left
' a.. : -i.~, - l : -
i cut* toTvarrv- hiiu siaw>uiiti a imiimiiUf;
I Mi lor. Hopkins, of Randolph county
*| worked on this same matter no little
about 20 years ago but failed to reach
anything tangible at thai t'me hut
; PRESIDi
PlBw
President Coolidge relating the hist*
bucket was presented to Mr. Ford !
w in Vermont, shows left to right: M
M Washington Sept. 2, ?One of th
?* outstanding feautres of the vacation
trip of President Coolidge who ha
" just returned from a two weeks' va
cation at his father's farm in Vei
rnont. was the visit of Henry Fore
Thomas A. Edison and Harvey S
Firestone.
id On their annual camping trip thes
three genuses of ndustry and inver
tion called upon the president on a
^ j automobile tour from New Englan
*? ! and for several hours discussed wit
him various problems and condition
The chief topic of conversation
was the future prosperity of the cou
_ try. The thre camping companioi
assured the president that in the
4? opinion the continued improvl?.&* pr<
perity of the country depended u
in- on the conditions of the farmers. A
rieulture must prove profitable f<
a Sw
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;a vounty. the Leader ot 1
tROUNA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBEI
i WATAUGA C0URT~j
NOW IN SESSION;
j Judge Ben Long of Statesviiit? Pre-'
si Ces at Kali Tetra of Superior.
Court Which Convened Monday? '
Proceedings up to Last Night. I
tValau^ Superior Court convened |
last Monday morning, with throng
of people from Watauga and adjoin-j
; ing (.(/unties in attendance. Judge!
j Long of SU'tcsvilie was on the bench
(and delivered r:.- ctistomary charge
j to the grand jury covering the different
phases of the criminal law.j
j laying particular stress o?i the en-j
] forcement of the dry laws. Court!
>nene? wim m? cases on the criminal,
calendar, t
Many cases of a minor nature have
been disposeld of by submission and
repoi . the only jur\ trial and the j
one causing more interest, than any
oil! on the criminal docket is state j
vs. <-..*eno Militn andCoiias Triplett
The\ ii . charged with shooting from!
ambtiih one James Triplett. Triplett
' ted by Brown & Bingham
I Miller, by Newland, I June y and B'irk.
' while Solicitor llayes is being assis|
ted isi the prosecution by Attorney
j T. C. Bowie, of Jefferson. The evidence
is all in as we close our formsi
'and a battle royal is going on between '
j the attorneys, which we suppose will
! be dosed this (Wednesday* after-1
i noon. We will give proceedings hi j
| fui) in our next %e
Miss Kuhy, daughter of Mr. and j
Mi>. J. S. Winkler, has returned j
from a visit of several days to her:
sister Mrs. Ernest Moore in Raleigh
;* *
The I'aim Beach Post says it akes
a wee bit too much to make France,
feel sale.
thinks thai now the business will
I'soon be ended it; favor of the eon-J
tendinjr heirs.
Que of the heirs from this section
is on the ground in the heat of the
I conflict and writes in terms of billions
and is sure of winnimr.
[ ' ~
:.NT IS HOST TO BIG
ory of a sap bucket which was the pr
by the President. The picture, taken i
r. Firestone, the President, Mr. Ford a
e| America to continue prosperous they
i- said.
s "It hink times are getting: better
t- and for sound agricultural reasons*'
- -aid Mr. Ford.
1,1 Interviewed during his call upon
5.j President Coolidge, Mr. Edison said
j "We ll have great prosperity if the
ej corn does not get nipped and cropi
i- in general are good."
n Mr. Firestone declared that th<
d farmer was the keystone of A inert
h can prosperity.
s. ^onaitions in mis country wii
\ continue to grow better as long: a:
in the farmer is prosperous." he said
is He is the barometer by which
ir judge conditions. His is the basic in
as dustry of the country, and the on*
p- upon whicn our prosperity depends.
Lg After leaving the President's farn
c>r Mr. Ford. Mr. Edison and Mr. Fire
Northwestern North Carolii
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LIVELY TRADING '"i
Pi BOON!. REALTY
Roicb'jro Man Beys Lr4> in
3a ;l Bnjm Pa.-de Oth-er Sab- v
Reported fronr. the Office of
ihf Local Realtor.
Ti Has beer. conoid crab; c activity
.* real e?ir.W tr?- rs lo and
around Boone cior;: the !a:-t iU
c-i ks.
Among recent sate:- mad-' tl^ugh
th. - q of H. \V\ Horton, Jorai dc-aiiue
a five room bungalow located
m the Perkins Addition, for,"
Mr. A. L. Harrison to Mr. S S. '
Gvsgg. Mr. Gragg bought it as an '
investment. ?
Last week Mr. ffortor. sold three I '
lot- in Daniel Boone Park for Mr. j '
X Davidson, three for Mr. A j
E. Hamby and two f<??- Mr. \V. R. '
Wink it r. They vvorv all bought byK
Mi E. M. Billiard, a successful &uto?|
mobile dealer from Rosobore, X. C.
Mr Buliard expec-s : < build a r ice ;1
home on one block of lv < jagy
la-? 'come a citizen, -f this plan*
The others will bo h< !<] a? an investmcr.t.
Mr. Billiard was aceor.ipar d
by Mrs. Bulla re! and > the party
was abo his friend, Mr Fisher, post1
masfcr at Roeehoi>. <i Mrs. Fisher ' '
and their little daughter. They are *
fa vol ably impressed with Boone and
expressed their intention of taking
advantage of some of the many at-' '
tractive real estate offerings Mr.
Horton had to show them.
Th;- week Mr. Horton sold a tract
of land belonging to Mr. .Join - L. 1
Story, adjoining Mrs. E. H. Moore *
and Mr. K. G. Fa-tiling, containing
about five* acres t Dr. U. G. .longs
of Johnson City. Tenn., ami his brotln
r in law. Mt G. K. fihley of Ashe '
County,
Mr. Ashley plans to build a home
on the knoll near Mi.-. Moore during
tli s fall, and Dr. Jon p.** will build *
!:ev- spring.
l)r. Jones has his family with him 1
and Mr. Ashley has a son here in the 1
Appalachian Training School. I
All these people will be a decided
addition ie. tin- splendid citizenship j
of Boone and vicinity.
j !
THREE"
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Photo by Wide World Photos j
operty of hi* great grandfather. This (
it the home of the President's father
nd Mr. Edison.
stone continued their tour through
j the Green Mountains, stopping: now
and then to talk with the people of
rural New England and view the
: countrywide. They spent the early
11 part of their vacation at Mr. Ford's
:j Wayside Inn, at South Sudbury.
:| Before visiting the President, Mr.
> Ford played host to 5,000 New England
farmers at his Wayside Inn es1
tate at South Sudbury. Mass. With
- Mr. Edison and Mr. Firestone he
supervised a plowing and agricultuI
ral demonstration, and invited the
s Farm Bureau Federation to use his
. grounds for its annual gathering. On
> the same day the Holstein Freisian
Association gathered at Mr. FireL,
stone's old homestead in Columbiana
? count\. Ohio, for its annual picnic,
as the guests of Mr. Firestone Whc
II sent his son. Harvey. Jr.. to welcome
- tl". in in h..- abser.ee.
at
ia.?Established in 1888
NUMBER 35.
FAIITERMA.T.S.
MAKES BIG START
Vfc*-* Sinioit'd Ti?n At Same Time
Prtvicai Year-?f&bcent Visitors
at th*; School.?Other New*
From Around the City.
7: Fail term oi the Appalachian
. &&00I began on .V^.-t 2(>
t';ci m this date the enibUaient if
gfcrger thai at this datr last vent or
sny previous year. The work has
carted cif in --rood shape with '.? >;her
ariti ?tuier.t. Quitv a number
>i interested visitors hart beer, it
he school; Prof. M. L. 'fie main of
Winston S : *n made a talk in chaxil;
Dr. .? ic-s. eye specialist of Jonon
City. Mrs. Jones and their throe
it tie u.-!.- all dv: a ca/nplng trip in
ta.ne a: ;ne
chooi. Re\ Huggin. . pastor of the
ftovJH' Bap. -t ehut
roJaonai .-?. ? "iceF at top schot! on ti e
jast Saturday.
A musicii recital at the Valle Cruilissio
School a f< w evenir.v- ago
> nam' r of tourists from che
yes tern part of the state. Several
rem Biioae attended the exercise.
i he Sunday School <?f i.he Methoi?s?
church went on a picnic a few
lays ago to a plcasari little valley
m Winkler's Creek. The children,
{H'i*t-ile and ail, seem, ci to enjoy
the. occasion g neatly. Also on
he -.ime day Miss Carrie Horton of
h? Bant -i chti-cfi, i ok her Sunday
School ' lass. oSt a picnic in Boone
I'ark. which ocas.on also was much
fi? joyed.
The fish hatchery in Rntherwood
no* ring conipletiun and will be
tock <! with fish this fall, your cor e-spondent
is informed. This will b?
. great enterprise for the state and
( Italy.
it is reported that the docket of
ourt this week in Boone i- the iarg*st
on record, which means that eiher
there has been more {crime than
.isual or the officers have been more
vigilant. It i.s hoped that, the lattei
is true and not the former.
Dr. Jas. E. liillmun, Director of
Certification, ltuleigh. spent Sunday
in Boom to tin* great delight of his
many friends He was on his return
from Pe&body College where he rei-eivcd
his degree of Ph. D. His
friends congratuiate him on this attainment
and wish for him many
more rounds of success in his chosen
field.
Mr and M>. Maicomb Holshousor
of lavoma. W i.h. who have beer
spending the past week at the home
of Mr. H o! she user's mother Mrs. X.
C. Greene, at Blowing Rock will
!ea*v 0:1 thoir return within the next
few days. Mr Holshcuser was in to
>90 us yesterday, and his short visit
was much e'.oycd. He left Watauga
when a nu boy and t.\the
din1. ot hard work and close applicsor.
* ? busin>-ss has made good. He
i- .cw a manufacturing jeweler. The
long trip was made from Tacema to
Blovng Rock a !." davs without accident
or trouble of any kind. He
is driving a Chevroiet and has faith
to believe th? trusty machine will
cake him back just as safely.
MRS. C. C. ADAMS DEAD
Mrs. C. C. Adams of Silverstone,
whose serious illness we have mentioned
from time to time, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jessie
MeGuire in Boone last Sunday
night, after a long and painful ill
ixess. iniermem was maae in tne
Adams cemetery on Monday. MrsAdams
was formerly Mrs. W. W.
Presnell jfnd was a real woman in
every sense of the word. She was one
of the big hearted jovial kind ever
wearing a smile and having a kind
I word for all with whom she came in
| contact. She numbered her friends
by her acquaintances all of whom
| are sorrow- stricken over her seemingly
untimely death. A husband and
| two daughters, Mesdames Josie Mcj
Guire and John Greer both of Boone,
; survive her, to whom her neighbors
and friends extend unstinted sympathy,
and to the aged father tand
sister who are among the best of our
people.
Wee-a-day bible school and preach
ing services are being held at Mount
Zion Lutheran church this week. Services
for the children are held each
day, 2:15 and preaching services at
1 and at 7:30 p. m. Song service at
7 p. m. Rev. W. A. Lutz of Charlotte
. is expected to be present and to as?
sist the pastoi Rev. H. \V. J off coat
in the services Come! A hearty wel|
come to ali.