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A. Ncn-Partisan Family Is
VOLUME XXXV.
News Items a
From I\i
Interesting News Items as
Our Correspondents
tions of tl
( Valle Crucis
Miss Annie Shull of New York
City is spending her vacation with
? her parents. ??tr. and Mrs. J. M.
Shull.
Mises Lula Taylor and Beatrice
Shull have beer, in Hickory for a
few days visiting Mrs. C has Menzie
. The young ladies expect to leave
the latter part of the week for their
work in New York.
Miss Boyd Caudill has returned
from a visit to Washington City.
Miss Myrtle Caudill is at home
for a few weeks after attending the;
summer schools at Chapel Hill arid i
North Carolina College for Women
at Greensboro.
Mr. Don Sbull is spending a while!
with home folks after an absence ofj
two years.
Annie Hartley, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Hartley and Sclma.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hard Thomas
had tonsil operations at the Wa
tauga Hospital in Boone this week.
A number of visitors are stili in
the valley, enjoying the lovely autumn
season.
T lie homo of Mr. Leo Low ranee,
residing near Vailo C rue is with much
of l he eontonts was destroyed by
fire earl\ Sunday morning. A defective
fule is said to have been the
causi* of the conflagration.
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Silverstone
( <?! nights and a little frost but
nothing hurt about Silverstone.
The truck started this morning car
rying the children to the v .eek
High Schooi.
Everyone was delighted to see the
aeroplane sailin garo una over Silverstone
a few days ago.
Mi.. Elizabeth Reese, after spending
some time at the home of Mr.
A. B. Oilier returned to her home
on Rich Mountain. We hope she has
improved to some extent under the
treatment of Dr. Tate.
Mr. rloe F!anwry is very poorly
* at this writing.
Deep Gap
A revival meeting has been in progress
for several days at Laurel
Springs Baptist church. Almost our
entire community has attended the
service.-. The writer attended four
services and heard good sermons,
but the church seems to him to >e
very coici alto cniiiy.
Please pardon our not mentioning
that Mr. and Mrs. Judson E. Wagner
were visiting in this community a
few weeks ago. They came all the
way down from Maryland in their
car. They were visiting their friends
and relatives here.
While the meetings wore going on
at Laurel Springs church Mr. W. .A
Watson's driver left his Ford roadster
near the church at a lane beside
of the Boone Trail and some
passer by must have needed four
if coil- mighiy badly us they took the
entire set from his car. Mr. W at son
offers a reward of $10.00 for any
evidence as to who took them that
will lead ! > the conviction of the
thief who took them. At the same
time a motorist came along and
won Id not shr i-rmin'h i\ - r;, mnvp
the i .1-. J; loiiks ;ik c a new jvligion
is needed in this community.
On last Friday night a killing frost
nipped things in the bud here. The
heavy fro-t in the valley was intense
and has about ruined everything not
matured. It looks like to us we an.
so untnaiikful for our great blessing;
and that a sign from above shoule
remove us to better things along the
journey of life.
An ice rcream social will be helc
as usual at Rocky Point school hous(
Saturday evening September the 13
Everybody come out and help in thi:
program for the btterinent of oui
community. You are needed to mak<
our club a success.
y> Mr. W. A. Watson has purchaset
a small lot of Mr. Russel Trivett am
in the future he expects to build up
on the same here.
We have been very busy this weel
and haven't much news to send in
but as you have several articles sen
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iral Watauga
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BAMBOO
We are having a fine school at
Bamboo this year The teachers are
Air. Z. Y. Green and wife, .Miss Cora
i .Miller and Mr. Tyra Klrod.
TWu .rnn.-.i-'ii i>?/i
! bout 110 for the past two months.
The Upland Literary Society has
been reorganized and isprogressing
very nicely. It will give a program
next Friday evening. Everybody is ur
1 ged to come.
The frost has done a lot of damage
around Bamboo. It has damaged
the corn along the streams very much
Several >f the Bamboo people attended
court last week.
The little daughter of Mr and Mrs
Kdward Hampton has been very sick
for several days.
Rev. (L W. Sebastian filled his reg
| ular appointment at Mount Vernon
j last Saturday and Sunday.
The Mount Pleasant Sunday School
i of Wilkcshoro visited Mount Vernon
last Sunday. Rev. Sebastian delivered
an interesting sermon. After the
sermon a bountiful dinner was
spread.
In the afternoon some very interesting
talk,s were made by the Mt.
j Pleasant folks. The singing was most
boautifui. The entire evening was en
joyed by every one present. We wii!
be wry glad to have you conn- again.
The Paren?-T,eachors Association
held its thin! meeting last Friday eve
ning. After the meeting water melons
were served.
Mr. O. M. Storj has been to Mr
' deii and Granite Falls, N C. visiting
i his kinfolks and friends. II*- reports
a nice trio.
Mr. Oliver West, father of Mrs.
Thema Story of Maiden visited his
t old friends and relatives in WatauJ
g?.
The Bamboo school boy went to
Mabel last Friday and played a very
interesting ball game. The Mabel
hoys are exported to conn* next Friday
u> play ball.
Foscoe
The Rev. Kber Gragg preached a
fine sermon here Sunday which was
j enjoyed by all present.
Mr. W. H. Byrd who spent the
summer in Blowing Rock is home
i again.
Mr. L. L. Moody hauled a load
of Green beans to Tennessee, and a
load of cabbage to Mount Holly recently.
j Mr. Dexter Bvrd ami wife att.cnj
ded the fair at Mountain City' last
1 week.
Mr. Julius Coffey and wife. Mrs.
Pink Moore and Mrs. Emeline Estus
, all from the Globe, visited here last
j week.
Carrie Wavers and Miss Virginia
j C of icy ..pent, Thursday and Friday in
! Boone. They enjoyed the old soldiers
' reunion. There is only 12 in number
seven having passed out in the last
'! year, rhey always meet at the Train
I ing school as those Dougherty boy*
! always giro them such a good honit
there. They arc furnished with
rooms and when dinner time come.4
they are marched to the dining roor.
where the tables are loaded wish thi
| st for them to cat. They se?m st
happy 10 m? ei hut sad to pin*, know
'jing thai some of ! hern will pa- it
the Great Beyond before they n. -cl
again. The Bible said we shouhi re
1 v. rence bK ..go, ana we know then
! must be a great reward in store foi
: the Dougherty Brotfters for then* kin<
; noss to ho old veterans, and ali vh<
; attended the reunion.
I The annual convention of the Chri
* tian church will be held in Foscoe
commencing the ISth. Will last til
1 Sunday. Everybody invited.
tv fl orvi
r J. W. of Salisbury, were welcoiw
guests at the Democrat oftice Tue:?
day. Rev. Cobb and family are ii
j the city and community for the wed
I Ho is assisting in the Lutheran ser
_j vices for the week.
? in to you Mr. Editor, dig them u
, and print them when you have spac
t to *pare.
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nci for Boone and \^ataug<
WATAUGA COUNTV, NORTH CA
[superior court
! adjourned sat.
Complete Proceeding* of the Fall
Term Sentences Unusually
Light Civil Calendar is Again i
Continued.
Watauga Court adjourned last Sal j
urday after having disposed of one
I of the heaviest dockets for nv ey j
sessions. The civil calendar was again!
; continued, because the urygidinc1
I J udge. Hon. Benj. Long of States !
viMe, wi:- fo?ced to g<? to mother]
olaco for a special session and could I
not ho present. The complete pro-j
'codings follow.
Roosevelt Jones, Herbert Myers
Bess Ferguson, Spence Connelly, Will
Davenport, and John Powell, all colored.
Xot guilty as to Jones. Others j
lined $50.00 each and costs.
John Powell, carrying concealed,
weapon. Guilty Fined $50 and cost.
\V. I . Lenoir and W. M. Osborne.'
vioiution liquor law. Lenoir fined one
penny and half of cost, and Osborne
pay a fine of $50 and half the co.-t.
M. L. Mofiiit. violation dry laws.
I> fondant pleads guilty. Fined $50
and cost.
Ernest Hick- carrying concealed
weapon. Pleads guilty. Fined $50 and
cost.
Frank Campbell, forgery. Defendant,
a metre boy, pleads guilty. Pln'. ?!
under bond for good behavior
and taxed with the cost.
Rv i<i Thomas, larceny. Pleads guilty.
Fined $100.00 and cost and give
bond for good behavior.
Robert Auton, violation liquor law
I <ads guilty. riued $100.00 and filled
bond for pjod behavior.
Allison I'tague, Aiding prisoner to;
I e-vapt'. .Indgriuuit suspended pay-,
\ m. nt of cost.
Harry M. Fry. violating liquor law*.
Pleads guilty. Fined $25.00 ami cost. j
lames Brown, violating the iupior
[ law. Pleads guilty. Judgment suspen-i
led on payment' of cost.
James Brown, violating liquor iaw
Pieads guiiiy. Fined $50 and cost.
Give- Imo d for good behavior.
Hugh Hawkins. Violating liquor
i laws. Pleads guilty. Judgment sus]
pcnded on payment of cost.
I). H. Hodges, violating liquor law
judgment suspended on payment of
i jost. Filled bond for good behavior.,
\V. P. Lee, violation of liquor law.
Pleads guilty. Fined $50 and cost.
\Y. 1>. Loxvrancc. Violation of liquor
law. Fined $50 and cost.
Ira Fcnneli, violation dry law.;
Pleads guilty Fined Cat) and costs. [
Spencer Ashley. Liquor case. Fin-y
cd $50 and costs.
Coy Vly jrs Larceny. Pleads guilty I
Judgment suspended on payment of j
cost. Bond for good hoha\ ior.
Spcncei Teague. larceny. Pleadsi
guilty, .fudgment suspended on pay-j
ment of cost.
Ralph Carrol, violating liquor law.'
Pleads guilty. Judgment. suspended;
on payn&nt of cost.
A. J. Hicks, fails to list dog for!
taxes, etc. Pleads guilty. Judgment
; suspended on payment of cost.
X. A. Hicks, operating punch!
board. Pleads guilty. Fined 5c andi
. | cost.
ij Bob Clawson, Kale Greer. Walter
; Clavvson. Clifford Xorris and Carl
Davis, trespass. Pleads guilty. Judg;
j ment suspended on payment of cost.
. 1 Geo. Smitherman. carrying con?j
ceaied weapon. Pleads guilty. Fined
: $50 and cost. Bond for goo dbehav?|
ior.
j j Everett Story violating liquor law
t j pleads grJ-'-v- vinwi aoo ? ???<
j Green W Her. secret assault. Guil)|
ty. *3!hirtj' month:- ir. state- prison.
* ] appeal.
?| Silas Triplett, secret assault,
t j guilty. : months in state prison.
-! .1. H. Snapp, house bemking and
j iar-:-e-iy. Guilty. Is mo rns in state
r j urij
1* A hv Ward. A. I). W. guilty. Five
y monf.nV* in county jail.
Scott Morton ((Cot.) A. D. \\.
si not guilty.
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METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School at 10 a. m. A school
with a glad hand.
L Preaching at 11 a. m. No evening
~! service.
! Epworth League at 7 p. m.
Wednesday prayer service at 7:30
p. m. The "Social Teachings of Je|
sus" is the ubject. Choir practice following.
P A welcome is extended to all.
e Preaching at Blowing Rock on Sun
day evening at 7:30.
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Annual Mt?etir.g o( W. M. U. at
Blowing Ruck
The annual meeting of the \V. M
II. of the Three Forks Associatior
will lie held with the Blowing Rod
Church Sept. 18.
Mrs. \V. X. .Jones of Raleigh, Pre?
ident of the State \V. M. li. wil
he present and will contribute muol
to the entire program, also Rev. W
K. Wilson pastor of Cow Creel
church will deliver, the annual ser
non. We cordially invite all the pas
tors of the association, all the wo
men who are not yet members o1
missionary societies and any oTher:
who wish to attend.
The program follows:
!0 a. m. Devotional?Mrs Wink
ier. Blowing Rock.
Words of welcome?Mrs. Tom t of
fey.
Response?Mrs. J. M. Moretv., o
; Boone.
Rbll call of churches ami recosmi
i County, the Leader of ,
ROLINA. THURSDAY SEF^EMBE
SOI TH'S SOLDIERS"
GIVEN GLAD HAND
Only Eleven Wearers of the Gray are
Entertained l>y the School in Annual
Reunion. Other Items from
The I raining School.
Kvervthing about the .school is settling
down to the work of the regular
year. With a fine enrollment
and accommodations in the new btril
dings, this promises to be the best
year thus far.
ilon. A. <Floyd of Memphis. Ten
nessee. for many year.- Editor of
the Knoxvi'lle Times, was a distinguished
visitor at the school the past
week. He was the first boy to enter
the university of North Carolina
from Watauga County. In his chapel
talk Thursday he spoke inspiringly
of maintaining the primitive
virtues of our fathers.
On Thursday and Friday, more
than fifty nine years after Appomattox.
the Training School enter
tPiu ' the old soldiers in their annua!
reunion. Yeais ago J hey well
nigh fillet! the large dining roomJ
l*i * only eleven of these brave
men are left. Sevn had died during
the past year: Comrades J. W. Hor-J
ton. Wiiiiam Notris, Fhiloy Mast,
Pai Coffey, !. I. Henson, John Hodges
and Abel Wineharger. For ihc.se
a m??>i appropriate memorial service
was held in the new auditorium on
Friday afternoon. Speeches and momof'.tl
talks were made h\ President
IF l?. Dougherty, Rev. K. M Huggin.
' apt K. J. Xorris. and Messrs
Davis, Cook. Swink and (liter. Two
things- seemed characteristic of these
aged heroes: A feeling that :r theii
military service they had don? but
an ordinary duty, and the interesting
fact that as private citizens thej
stand as staunchly for iaw and older
and t he thing-* that make foi
good citizenship. May they moei foi
many years to come!
Old winter has been heralded 1?\
two frosty mornings, Friday and Sa1
urday. Quite a little damage was
done by the c old Saturday.
| lion of visitors and pastors.
Superintendent's report.
Report of Mission tudy leaderMrs.
J. I). Brown.
Christian Stewaruship?Mrs. En
I <?eh Swift, Arnantha: inspirational
address, Mrs. W. X Jones, Raleigh
Appointment of Committees.
Hymn; closing prayer.
Lunch served at the church
1 :M0 p. m. Devotional-?Rttoy Cot
troll. Booi e, X. t .
Annual sermon?Rev. \\\ E. Wil
on. Boone.
Report of young peoples secieiie
Mrs F. M Hug-ins
Sunbeam Demonstration ? Mr:
I'rotfit, Blowing: Rock.
. M?V \V V
Recommendation- for the cumin
.x r?Mr.-. I. G. Greer, Boone,
i Reports <if the committers,
i Collection for associational ex pier
i Hymn; closing: praver.
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Beginning October 1, a new ma
route will be inaugurated be twee
Soonc and North Wiikesboro. Tfc
Sugar Grove line has been than;
ed to start from Trade and connec
! with the North Wiikesboro route i
i Boone, leaving Boone at 11 o'cloc]
Another route will leave Blowin
stock in the morning and connc<
with the Wiikesboro mail and r
turn to Blowing Rock on a one hoi
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County Paper
Northwestern North Caroli
.R 11, 1924. 5 Ct.*. aCopy
Local Gabba$
Perfect V
Last Yearrs Business Fini
ing?Chief of the M
Giving Organiza
ANNUAL PICNIC I
AT COVE CREEK
September 23 Will Be Gala Day for
W atauga b armors Director I. O.
Sehaub Will Speak ? Plays, Games
and Contests.
T! ' annual farmers' picnic that
j wa> .darted three year? ago at Silveistoiu
and was held In . t year a* Beaver
J>um will he held :i i year on
the grounds of the Cove ? reek school
house Tuesday Septereb -r *J'\ The
day will be given ov?r to profit and
pica- iv( ar.d a ltfo&te crowd i expected.
The principal feature of the fore
| neon will be an add re.- delivc-ed by
| Mr. !. O. Schaub, Director of \ir i : 1
jtural Extension it. North Carolina.
j Mr'. Schaub ha s spent many years
corking in North Carolina, but for
i the pas- five years has been connected
with the United States Depart.
nscnt .,f Agriculture. Washington, 1)
;! c. He has recently been brought back
j t*? North Carolina to hold a position
'|as Director of Extension Work. Mr.
Sehaub has been anxious to got into
this ection of the State since his
' return and states that he will be here j
r on the "JMrd.
There will not he as much speech j
mnki: g as has been for the past two
' years but the afternoon is to be giv-:
?-n over to plays. games and contests i
to lie participated in by the old as j
- well as the young. It is expected that'
J every person on the grounds who is
obi enough or young enough to walk j
will take part in the games to he I
held upon tb? school grounds.
Each family is expected to bring J
dinner. The question as to whether|
, it shall b? put down together or in
small groups has not yet been dec idwl.
; It is hoped that all those whose!
[ minds are not open to receive sugj
gestions ami consider them fairly and
I also those whose faces have forgott-:
ten how u -mile and whose feet have
forgotten ow to move quickly and
. whose si'te.s have forgotten how to
. shake will stay away, because they
M would pi". J y he uncomfortable at
? I a meeting of this sort Mr. Schaub's;
I address w give you something to
*hink aboi ' and the games something
.1 to laugh about long after you have
j gone homRcpait
of Grand Jury
t" To His Honor, B. P. Long, Judge
Presiding
- We the Grand Jury respectfully report
as follows
We have acted or. all bills sent be
fore us by the solicitor and have mad
| presentment of all violations of the
i-l law who h we have knowledge of by
reliable ^formation,
i. We hav xaniined the court house
and find that tw?? of the toilets are
in bad cot i tin li and recommend that
:be county commissioners employ
- sonic one as yunitbv to keep the court
u>u.-e in. .nod condition and Iwk af
ter the 'c;Ul>. We find a room ad
! joining *he otaSe of Registrar v i
s Oeocl- ; ' :;* rciVl!- .? be i>cd for a
cm rai -v -v room tor :.]i k:..<!? of
.<. ",d pap :. : - and i .
. lii - ;>o:n be cleaned oat a- it
- dangeron- or; ae. o'ia*. uf i ,vc.-.
We i-.avt . '-amined the otBcc- of
; Register of Deeds jnnd find that the
? records .-t orn to be weii k.-pl and in
i- j ' ood c<
j We havt . xamined the office oi
; Clerk and find thv records neatly
j kept and everythinfg so far as \vt
ill could sec in good condition. We find
n J from the clerk's records that the foi
tej iowing guardians have tailed to rer-1
port within the past year as prescript
> bed by law to wit: Jas. H. Bingham
xt | O. G. Brown, Addio Critcher, Lorn
k-1 Cook, C. R. Dotson, Mrs. Lou Greer
g Rufus Hockaday, Mary Marshall, J
ctj C. Mast. Ocie Mitchell, Sarah Phil
e- lips, C. D. Taylor and S. \V. Thomp
ir son.
We visited and inspected the coin
j. ty jail and find that it is well kep
i under the existing conditions but w<
t d teat re v nite and colred pris
na. -Established in 1888
NUMBER 36.
e Growers
lans for Year
ished at Directors' Meetlarketing
Division is
tion Timely Aid
i In. Dii torp of the Cabbage Grow
er> .association met Saturday and dis
cussed the various phases of the association
is detail. Th? > decided to
pay 25 < ? *-t more f last year's cab
bage, mal ; a rota of 0 cents per
hundred. They believe th* future of
the business is bright. The expense
?>i gett.h. sto-'.ed. making adjustments
ami u few mi take made the
price of cabbage . *-' for : ..> past
year, ha". since these id in ments
and these m stakes ar - ercome the
dilectors b.-neve that the price of
cabbage vi/ climb each year.
Mi George Ft. Moss, chief >>f the
Marketing Division ?. as iei town last
v.i k and conferred with Mr. J. H.
ijetty, whom the marketing division
has put ? : :h- road as -a smaii. Mr
Itoss :< very mucii pleased with Mr.
ilet.ty s report and decided to continue
th. work. Mr. Bfetty has already
sold all of last year's kraut
which i lu ng moved -..nidiy. Mr.
ito>> asked Air. Deity to return to
the market and sell this year's kraut
so that \\ < could ;>i jcc. i on sound
basis. In tins substantia' way the
.Marketing Division has come to the
rescue of this new industry and is
giving it h< p that should put ?t on
its f?*et and cause it to become a pro
Citable industry, not only for the
county liu* for tin state. The Director*
in their meeting expressed their
appreciation for the work thai Mr.
ItoEs is doing for tliem and while
the pi ice of Cabbage this year was
not large the\ S? ;lieve the industry
is going to grow.
Mr. Betty stated again and again
that he had cut this kraut in comparison
with all other brands on the
market and that he has never found
one that is nearly so good. The jobbers
are pleased with it and state
that next year it will be impossible
for us to supply the demand.
Mr. Betty has covered the territory
within a radius ?>f 125 miles
of Boone ami practically every store
within that radius will have Watauga
kraut for sale this year, not large
quantities but enough for the trade
io become acquainted. There is sold
each year within that radius more
than ten times as much kraut a? vas
made in Watauga last year. If the
local association can get charge of
he greater part of that business it
wib mean uic building of a large
ndustry in this a ction of t.h?- State.
The directors di vided in their meet
:.g to allow each individual farmer
; to do at ieasi a part of the hauling
if he would do so in accordance with
. prinicpals < i the- association.
1 It seems that the only trouble ai
head of the organisation is the same
-nai coniroms ui< scnooi, enurcn,
anil every other organization of individuals?that
is a lack of cooperation.
This is a testing time for our
farmers. :Suc<i depends upon wheth
jt or not they are willing to submerge
their own individuality and
become a part of one large enter;
pi iSe.
oner- have to Ik kepi together as
iiieve > only one toilet ii?i both cell.
\i find the soie of to.- ceils next to
; the toilet badly rusted and in an
... . .condhicji rh< ja i entirely
maii a .i wr? ..n - .i\ a nd we
i vkm aiend tnai ilit .'ouniy corantiss
build IVe i ud .
a*. T.ne prison- ; re fed and
i fc.v r v. , ? t.h< ero'.vii?'i: ei.eidi
lien that often exist*.
\\ inspected *?.?. countily home
and find Li ; v.nlcs, ail value, about
an equal number of males and
females. The home is exceptionally
well kept, the inmates well fed and
well clothed and the farm in extra
pood condition Three of the inmates
are children < : school age and we
recommend that the county welfare
1 officer take the proper step* to put
1 them in school. We find that the
porch roof leaks and is causing the
~ ceiling to rot and immediate steps
- should be taken to make the necesssary
repairs. There are some rooms
1 that need repairs, as th plaster is
I failing off in some places. s
II Respectfully submitted.
A G. WILSON, Foreman.