A Non-Partisan Family N
VOLUME XXXV
ROAPWQRKGOES I
FORWARD RAPIDLY
T wo Biid^s Complrt ed on LenoirHieki;ry
Hif;hwKy ? Other Newi
From Lenoir and Caldwell County.
2 j
I Special to -he Democrat.
Lenoir. N\ C. Dec. 10?The two
big concrete bridges ir. the suburbs j
? of town - n the cLnoir-Hickory highway
ami the Lenoir-Wilkesboro highway
aiv completed. Work on the'
highway- is going forward rapidly, i
l The and \Viikesb<u o highway,
'* lias ] ;a> graded and almost completely
topsoiled to the Wilkes line.;
with the exception of a two mile!
link out of town which is now being j
graded. The highways situated as!
they are, running through a vast
tract of land owned by Mr. T. H.
Broyhill. and the building streets intere?cling
them points toward a big
development in east Lenoir in the
near future.
Mr. S. F. Horton of Cove Creek |
Iligfc School attended court hero for j
several days last week.
- * ?>f our Caldwell pastorsI
are aL .ding the Baptist -*;u eon-i
vent-ion which meets in Raleigh thisI
week. Dr. and Mrs. \V. < . Tvree. j
Kcwv J. C. and -b L T?*aghc and;
Row Rhv?,. ate among (ho number '
Prof. Ik Ik ]Doi;gher?y <va- :i v. el - j
come visittn it; Lemur Sat' day
Mr. and Mrs. Laikio Pre:>m U of
Brushy Fork are visiting f r - and
relative^ in Lenoir and Patterson.
Tin > anticipatc buy;> i home m
(laid i ; tit ar Lenoir.
Mr A !: Bnriow made a haziness
tip r<> Boone Tuesday.
'.?e sci oat children and the parents
oi the Lower Creek neighborhood,
iikewLe the teachers of the
graded school were royally entertained
at a "get acquainted party"
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Bold;u last Thursday evening from
8 to 10 o'clock.
The rooms were thrown en suite
and very lovely on the occasion with!
the Christmas fplunge in green and I
red.
Masters Ralph Boldin. Marshal.!
Milt:?5i and Lee Powell greeted the!
guests on the porch and escorted
them la the door whore tliey wore j
rnrt by Mr. ami Mrs. Bold in, Mr. j
Teagne ar.d Mrs. E. H Kcrby.
Al so Ruth Sol dir., Lucy White, I
D&is\ Barlow uri?l Winnie Powell as-j
si at od in the cloak ro? m, while Mrs.;
A. R. Barlow introduced the teach
era c-.nii parents.
^ Miss Bender sang two beautiful j
solo and was ably agisted in a rnun-j
ber of selections by Miss Ktrkpatriekj
and Mr. Mcrrit. the latter .also ac-!
com pan u-d Miss Bender with the
saxophone, all of which was great is
enjoyed.
Mr. Spurling and Master Ralph
Bold i n delighted all with some am using
stunts.
Misses Ruth Boldin, Lucy White,
Daisy. Scottie Sue and Olive Barlow
served delightful hot chocolate, sand
wiehes, loaf and angel food cake.
Favors were bouquets of beautiful
pheasant vine.
About thirty five guests enjoyed
this lovely occasion.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a. ni.
Pleaching -10 a. m. and 7 p. m.
We extend a cordial invitation to
all to worship with us.
The pnstor preaches on the "New
Birth" Sunday morning, the thi'd in
* a series on "the fundamentals of the
Christian Religion.
The angina! pledge cards are being
sent back \o the ones who pledged.
This is not sent as a "dun" but
as the property of the owner, and if
the pledge has been paid, well and
good, hut if not and it can be. it
will meet a great need. No further
effort, will be made by this church
to collect these pledges, and if any
mistake has been made by the Treasurer
he will correct it if you will
take it up with him.
The three circles of the Baptist
church held their first meetings last
Monday as follows:
Circle No. 1, with Mrs. I. G. Greer
at 2:30.
Circle no. 2 with Mrs. J. Frank
Moore at same hour.
Circle no. 3 with Mrs. ?!. S. Coffey
same hour.
t "30"
The feller who is afraid of being
wrong once in a while will stay righl
?where he is.
iewspaper Published in am
SI.SO Per Year SGONE,
NEWS FROM THE COVE
CREEK SCHOOL AND VICINITY
The play "the Little Clodhopper."
"ii in the school auditorium by.
local talent for the benefit of the j j
HeesoM ? r-apei church was a success.:
ana very ruuco enjoyea by ail. ) nc
proceeds amounted co something <?-}
. ?47.00Misses
Winnie Thornburg And Ger!
trude Bundy and Messrs John O. Ellington
and Frank P. Hill of the
school faculty spent the Thanksgiv-j
:ng holidays at their homes in Dallas
JamesUr.vri. Clayton and Newberry.;,
S. C. respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Deal and Mr
and Mrs. B S. Dagger have gone to! ,
Florida for the winter months.
S. F. Horton attended court In!
Cenoir this week as a witness in *i|
suit brought against the Boards of j
Education and ?'ommlssioners by Mr
John M. Tuttle for salary due him.
Tie Cove Creek High School girls (
defeated the Boone girls in an in
teresur-g ?amo oi nasicet oan wun a >
core of 1(? to J.0. The game was
played Tuesday on the local court.
Paul Bingham, son of Dr. G. 1>.
Bingham, suffered a rather seriousa
idem a couple of weeks ago when i
a r unav ,.y horse nin into the car he
i.- driving. He was cut right badly
a'- 'it tie. neck and face but he is
:i?-i* ;?? be back in school and
hi- c.iare healing nicely.
A box suppct held at the school I
miiidmg en ia.a Saturday night wasa
great succ -s. The proceeds am.
Minted to ?'MF? and are to he used (
for lite benefit of the Willowdalt j
Baptist i lurch.
t'f interest to their many friends
as the marriage of Mi. Clark Swift;
to Miss Maggie Phillips. We e"^e? J.! ;
cong luiations.
Mrs. Hattie Johnson nas ac?-|/u\.;
a position at Ueat-on in Avery county
as teacher in the public schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bingham, Mrsj
Luther Bingham and Mr. Bunch of;
Statesv ilk were week ? nd visitors at 1
the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bmg
ham of Amar.tha. ! !
The infant child of Mr and Mrs. i
James G. Mast of Sugar vLmvc
last Sunday and was buried on Mon-j
day. We extend sympathy to the be?
reared parents.
Mr. Don J. Tlorlon was taken to
the hospital on Monday for a serious,
operation. His many friends here
hope for him a speedy recovery.
GRAPE VINES NEED PRUNING !
SAYS COUNTY AGENT STEELE
X'dw is the time to prune your!
erane vines. It should certainly bej
<\ >-ie either during December or Jan-j
anry a> late pruning causes bleeding
and lack of vitality to the vine.
There arc several systems of prun-j
mg aiid trimming bunch grapes. The !
?mportasi: factors are, first, to grow!
ai d train the prominent part of the
vine accordi.nft to the mehod that is
olfowed and second, to prune
so as to renew the fruit bearing: wood 1
each year. The fruit is normally born
on shoots of the current year arts-;
ing from wood of the previous year;
Th&efoiv pruning consists:
1. Of leaving
a. Strong healthy canes arising
from points conforming to the sys* J
tern of training.
b. Other parts for the production;
of wood for the next year, (short
spur>. on the arms from which the
fruiting wood may be grown.)
c. Spurs and canes for replacing
and shortening arms that need removing
and correcting.
2. Of cutting out
a. All new wood not needed for
above.
l>. All dead deseased and weak
wood.
c. Suckers and sprouts from around
the crown.
JOHN B. STEELE,
County Agent.
HOW TO BE POPULAR
| Boost your country and your busi
f 1ICN),
| Boost the people in your town;
They will think you wise and witty,
And you grain a wide renown.
| Now's the time to do your boosting
I Do not wait tomorrow's dawn;
I In the grave you may be roosting,
I All your boosting chances gone.
The many friends of Mr. Ed Lut ,
trell will be glad to know that he is
; | proving from the near fatal auto ac;!
-id -.it chronicled ir. Ia.;t week's parr
ilaxiQ
id for Boone and Watauj
WATAUGA COUNTY. NC.RTH C
TRUSTEES OF LEES
?:m HOLD MEET
Make Change in the School Year??
Girls Serve Supper to VisitorsNew
Building for Qrpl;unage.
An important cluw in lb* school
year of the Lees McRae Institute
Parr: r F.'k. was made at .? meet big
>\ tin- trustees of the Cdgar Tufl
Memorial Association held at th<
hool r -t week Wnett the school
a founded by Mr '! lifts he adopt
<i the summer and faM -jhooi term
The school opened in April and end?l
in December, Gilder the nc-\s
olau adopted by the trustees, ih<
chooi \yiM open in September ar.ci
in May.
Amonjr the trustees of the Concord
Fresfeytery who attended this meet
ir?rr were Rev. K D. Brown, Chins
Gr*r c, Professor Frasef Kood, Davidson
College: 'George \V. I?ah Kick
i n I5q?!.1 O*.-i v A v<
Lean ot I<enoir. The trie-tees were
i." nipanii'd by J. X. f'rifcrhett, J. A,
Bush. Jr. and C. It. (riiire, elder. :;id
deacon.- ?<f the L? noir Fir J
I f.'-byt ?*rian church, who \ve?
of the school during the meettlijr
of the trustees
The trustees, visito: I othei
WoRui: <?f the c>!;k-'- w. . 1 h ;i
Olppfcr by the l?lt - ..f : . n.-s.it u:ion.
Eftis va:*' served u? iii; dining mom
X t ho Rock House. a community
:.>us-' built several \* ars ago Uy tbt
erioo).
Axtd* from the change of the
-cbooi yoa*, or. her mallei coming before
he trustees was iht? report oi
Lbe hospital. This has boon in opmonth..
and hos fili
... .. % t?? need as an nddi
ion ti< the school and in community
. orb. Another important matte j
war that of sonic additional budding!
l?c-inj> planned l'or the Grar.dfa'.he!
Orphans Home.
ROLL CALL SUPPER AND EPIS
COPAL MEET AT VALLE CRUCI*
On Wednesday evening Dceeuibci
d, some seventy people sat down t<
supper together iri the dining room
of the Mission school at Valle Cru
eis. They were, with a very few ex
(options, all communicants of tin
Episcopal church gathered there t?
an?wo, to the roli call which is ti
be from this time on an annua) e
vent. Alter the sunnei* and roll ral
other members ami friends of th<
church joined the company and tool
part i:? the meeting which followed
This meeting was the cap stone of i
series ??f weekly meetings held a
different homes throughout the mis
?ons in ami near Valle Crucis dur
injr Novembei The object of thus
group meetings was to study th
problems before the whole churc
and the responsibilities of the thvb
vidua) members, as presented in
hook entitled "My Father's Business
Considerable interest was manifea
ted at these meetings as was test;
fled at the closing mass meeting.
The rector, the Reverend J. 1
Burke, was host at the supper an
presided at the meeting. It was <->
pecteu that the Rev. Harding Hugh*
of Greensboro would be present an
make an address but owing to ca
trouble on the road he did not rear
Vaile Grinds until midnight. Lad
ing him. the program of the meet in
consisted of prayers and hymns, an.
brief addresses by the rector ar
others, and informal reports by tl
treasurer of the mission and tl
treasurer of t he new church buildin
fund. The rector also made a repoi
of the financial conditions of ti
mission and presented a budget ft
j the next year.
The spirit of the gathering broug!
home to those present a sense <
the value and joy 01 unity ana tr
possibilities of cooperation.
SEVENTH GRADE EXAMINATIO
If teachers will let me know ho
many copies of seventh grade exaT
inatrons you will need and what di
you expect to give the examinatio
I will forward them.
SMITH HAGAMAN,
Coanty Superintende
The state department has open
branch oflice no. 6 at the Watnu
County Bank for the sale of auto a
I truck license. The bank will also ta
j your application for title.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gragg left
a bu> ne>5 trip to AsheviUo Siud
evcifcug, and have lioi yet rvturnvf
?t llei
ja County, the Leader of fN
:arol:na. Thursday December
lASKCOMPLETiON ~
' OF HIGHWAY NO 69
-! Watau^an* Ask Cominission to Finish
Roid Leading from Jt-fferson to
Ni;w!and.
i Quite a number of citizens of Wai
tauga county left fo- Winston-Salem
j Tuesday afternoon to go before the
i State Highway Commission at a meet ;
j; ing that was held in that city y ester>;
day.
,\ The delegation was headed by the!
i Board of County Commiss;oncrs. Sen
-jator elect John E. Brown and Reprj
revenrative I. G. Greer of Boone.,
* while the Shulis Mills. Ya!lc Cruris
! and Foscoc sections will be largely
j represented. They go before the eomI
mi-sion in the inKi< of the completion
of project no. 01>, leading
i from Jefferson to New la rid and the
Linville Improvement Company is
-i making a hard fight l'or the road to
:1 go via Shulis Mills. Foscoe, Ur.ville
i while it is understood, many citizens
low er down on the river are strongly j
.?? favor of the route via Banner!
I Elk and on to Newiand. The road is!
; a much needed one. and we should!
\ \k fciarhlv rdeased wir.h either out.*-. >
1 What we want is the road <'unpie4 ed. j
CO-OPER AT IV E MARKET INC
SAID TO HAVE C ME TO STAY
Raleigh.?That cooperative mark-'
etiug in North Carolina i a . .u :cs-'
that it has come i stay in :<
lines already and to continue to ^n>\s
, in it..-, pro-en' field.- ana is others, is!
! the opinion expressed by lieo. t>" K.
; Re.ss. chief of the North Carolina
J Division of Markets. who recently
i it'tuined to his oftie. here after atl
tending a meeting of the Eastern
Carolina Produce Exchange at Mount
i?, . e.
Mr. Ross says that evtfti the most!
pessimistic of doubters would be
come supporters of cooperative I
i marketing if they had witnessed the |
:,v sights he did ; . the nuttings,
! i which was called for the purpose!
*iof having the members sign another
"ihree years contract of three years)
expiring this year.
According to Mr. Ross the East-:
L em Carolina Produce Exchange,)
' operating in the community oi |
''Calypso and Mount Olive, met with
" j a loss during its first, year of exist 1
enee. This loss to- deficit, h?* says,
was duo to some expense that was
not necessary the latter year which
j must good and successful enterprises
experienced in their infancy
* but profit by later. There was a surplus
oi sev* ral thousand dollars in
11*24. the third year of their con
1 tract and date ?I expiration, the
l cKii.f ?viil-jini><! sire' rlii< w:?>
bated to the member-.
"When it was announced that the
\ contract oi the members with the
exchange had expired arid it was
! ..hue to sign for another three years?
I asserts Mr. Ross. "evert member
, : present showed his faith in the iutji
tun* of the co-operative marketing
| plan by signing another three year
, ; contract and carrying away with him
^(a biank form on which to enlist a
new member.
h! "l feel that this is a sign that the
I co-operative plan is working weil in
g North Carolina and that the farmers
^ themselves ace beginning to realize
that co-operative marketing is their
lt. real salvation of demands for their
;.k crops of increased volume.
S
n
J? CHILDREN CONTRIBUTE TO THE
NEEDY
it
^ A very thoughtful and beautiful
,e j Thanksgiving service was arranged
I by the public school teacheis in the
I town of Boone.
The children were each asked to
i bring some article of food which
w i might be distributed to the needy.
n_I You never saw such quantity and vajyj
riety as the children piled in??com
' Knont crnnloc ?noafc oil
DS. t'trww;,. v*.
kinds of canned goods etc.
These goods are being distributed
rit to widows and orphans as they arc
needed.
ed
^1 "I was advised if I wished to h<
^ lucky," remarked the Elgin man. "t<
threw a penny over the bridge th<
first time the train crossed running
water. I did it, but. the string nearly
on got entangled when 1 was pulling i
ay up again.*'-?Bristol Times and Miv
i. 101.
Northwestern North Caroli
11, 1924. 3 CU. aCopy
Duke Makes Gifts
Totaling 40,000,000
KuiJuwi v.p aw -he highlight.? of ihe
l$40,00'>.0(M) triit jvcer.t ly made by
jjuiu1- B. i)ukt-. ? ? ; 'ii-jmik.iiairf* and
mcu^!' ial d?-v vHn.' for edueaUoaal
Tbe founding f u vast < docaUor
xi u -u u?:on i ->ortn i Mouna :o
be known as tfc? :\jiie 1 .ver. .
\ fund ' '?.o:)0 : . be set
assdt immediately with svb'ch to buy
lain} for a site . i: .vh ch to
equip tie institution with preliminary
budding.-.
A principal of $lO.OOU,(fOO ' be
crcnfnl a. a trust estate, three fourth
?>f > including Mr. Duke's pow- r holdings
among other securities.
The income from iht endowment
fund to becorrr a maintenance fu?id!
for (ho university, arid for otherwor!
thy institutions f<
A certain percentage for orphan
usyiumns in th< Csrolihas
A '-ertnin percentage for the erection
??f Methodic. Kpiscopal churches
in the rural d is! rets of North Carolina
A certain pet?M.uifatre for a maintenance
fund fo* th-'-c churches.
A certain per ieent for the pensions
for superannuated Methodist Episcopal
ministers in North Carolina.
A certain peiv. r.tago , < Davidson
College.
A certain p re.-, a; . V ! ??nan
unnor^itjr at (*? S.
A certain pe s - -r-.tar for John. ?n
' Smif 1. iMiivi v ^larlotte.
A rtasii po ; >r hospital
tl. tote.
A :. : In i*s. or deserving
< tairitites.
PARENT TI VCI IS ASSO- j
CI A T J ON
Ok h< Parent *JFea
h- i - A I ! i:.y
be r >. was ur.Ki - indeed. I' y'fa\
h> >\ at the -avne ham when Dr. Alexander
of < "olumhia rover itv was
j-ptiakir^ in the and;to:i>.: of iH=*
Training School. We h<\< . en
? into such compel I > >ofore
Fourth* rmore our prir ripa! speaker
was a! 1 raeted away by i- distinguished
educator from New York.
Notwithstanding this fact and the
rainy afternoon the meeting wasgood
and wc'Jl attended.
On short notice the third grade
had. assumed the responsibility of
entertainment. With the exception
of a wel] prepared drill their entire
program consisted of impersonation
in history stories learned in their
regulai class work: ColumbuK, Ponce
ie Leon. Sir Walter Raleigh, Virginia
Daie, John Smith, Pocahontas,
Miles Standish. This school has ccrtaktly
solved t h problem of hi si ory
teaching in the third grade
MANY VISITORS
TRAINING SCHOOL
Basket Ball Season Now hi Full
Swing?Other Itenii from the
School and Town.
i I ameiN M. Down i*to )
Rev. M B. Wopsley, pastor of the
. Methods church, attended chapel at
' I he Training School one day the pa.<t
. week, and eonouered devotional ser
I vices.
Something rather unusual for this
seasv.i of the year, a thunder shower
is or. daring me writing of this with
some display of eleoetrie.ity arid of
wind.
Av interesting and closely contested
basket ball game was played
Friday eight between the Training
! Se.hos] tram and the one from Crosnore.
which after first one and then
the other being ahead, resulted in a
score of 2G to 28 in favor of Crossn.ore.
The Training School was glad to
weiconv some distinguished visitors
trie past week. They were Dr. H .T.
Hunter President of Cullowhee Normal
and Industrial School; Dr. Thos
Alexander, formerly ten years Professor
in Peabody Coilege but now
Professor in Columbia University,
and Dr. James E. Hillman. Directoi
of Certification in our State. The]
ail came in on Thursday aftc rnooi
and Dr. Hunter remained until Fri
day afternoon and made a most on
tertair.ir.g talk at chapel exercises
Dr. Alexander was given a specia
j period in the afternoon ana spot:
most helpfully on the preparation o
teachers for their work. Dr. Hi lima
remained until Sunday morning an
? on Saturday at chapel gave the av
.*. diencc >. rather minute detailed d<
scriptiov of the State Board of Ec
7. uca; ion and its work.
t| All o+ tbjse distinguished men seen
- ed deeply interested in tin working
;.1 Ve ; choo*.
ina. t^tabiished in 1888
NUMBER 49.
FISH HATCHERIES
NEAR COMPLETION
Hntckerie* Soon Will br R?a<)f
for Allotment of 325,0C0 of
Which Come to Watauga.
' K. f'lX'in, of Trenton, chairman
Jiv Fisheries Commission who has
<n Raleigh. according to the
\? v/- and Observer. states that the
five hatcftei ies which the state is
fabi)shiny ? different parts of the
: ;t- !> ,.ri'completion. There
are three trout hatcheries, one in
Haywood county near Balsam, one
in Watauga County m ar Boone, and
one in Alleghany county hear the
Roaiing Gap. Of the r.vo bass hatcheries,
cue is locattd near Marion
and rh- her near Fayette vtlle. The
hatvhv!*. near Manors has been nam
i n the Pete Murphy hatcliwy, in honor
of Waiter Murphy, former speaks
. of rhe House of Rcpri ?< . tatives
Th "ne near Balsam is known as
i M rr? on hatchery in honor of
ihv gov?'i nor.
Th ' liberie Consmif -ion. ??fr.
I) - (>t, has ju-t placed an or:W
Vi h the r. S li'iii.-au of FishfbJE
ight hro, :re?! thousand
trout eggs ard with i private
rr. in iVnnsylvaiihx for five
hundf J : trout eggs.
Thest v/'ii b? . I i - * r ; : i ! as
< ii'ows; 'v* hunclivd thousand raiiiv>
'a _ .. * r. ) \ Murphy
hatclv v\ 1 ' a s hatchery.
r* arc arr t pemen!- for
hat -h" - ?-itu trout .liM.OOO
rainbow :rou: eggs. and "2511,000
brook trout to the Morrison hatchSi
1.1 rainltdw trout and
125,000 hrook trout eggs tc? the WaU
ga ha ! ?ry: ' >,000 rainbow
00 brook trout
go to the Roaring Gap hatchery.
.';pmcntv of eggs will begin early
m December.
When the hatcheries get under
way, Mr. Dixon says, they will produce
their owi. eggs and the expense
of getting them from other places
will be avoided.
MEAT CAMP ITEMS
At this writing \v?- are having a
heavy east rain. However we shant
grumble about the weather as we
have had an unusually beautiful fall
Mi X. K Merutz with I R. Miller
made a business trip t> North
W ikesboro Saturday.
M; ar.il M rs Kemp Wilson of the
! Chestnut Gr .?* school attended Sun
j daj school at the Baptist church here
j Sun-lav.
There ho- been quite a bit of
[sickness in the community for a few
weeks. We think it U most Ukeiy
flu . a light form.
Mr. Peffcoa; filled his regular op
pointmeni at the Lutheran church on
Sunday.
Mrs. J. C. Prortlt spent Saturday
night with her son W. H. Prof fit of
Sands.
Miss Ola and brother Mi. George
Main of Tamarack were visitors on
the Creek Sacurdav and Sun da v.
KOSCOE HAPPENINGS
Your correspondent i. back on the
job. AH the Foscoe folks are well
j ?nd well. K lling hogs and making
sausage js going on now.
The Ui-v Kbir Grata; preaohed
! one hi? good sermons here Sun11
day which was enjoyed b\ all presi
j ent.
Miss AU r McCain and Miss MinI
me Coffey jus; ceturned from a five
I weeks visit in the eastern pari of
the state, reporting a nice trip.
Mr. J. D. Coffey and family are
on a two weeks visit at Blowing
Rock.
Mrs. Charlie Cole and Mrs. II.
' Brinkley visited relatives on Cove
Creek last week.
"I Mrs. McCain spent Saturday and
Sunday in Blowing Rock with her
i brother Sheriff Young.
Mr. Ronda Davis and Noah Chuch
-1 of Todd came over to take part in
Miss Virginia Coffey's birthday din1
ner. We all had a good time. The
e ; cake was one of the finest ever seen,
f . Mrs. Woodie of Shulls Mills and
n ; Mrs. Walters were served dinner with
d Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Byrd Sunday.
l~j All that have visited this home know
'- what a good table she keeps.
' We fc< grieved about the death
of that good woman Mrs. Patrick,
"' land sorr;. r.deed about Mr. Ed. Lut
t reli gettii g hurt so badly We are
ir.r.g k wVJ. soon recover.