1 ADVERTISERS At a medium through -which to ?e!l your ware* The Democrat it unexcelled in country Newfaperdois. Our subscriber* are readers and Buyers. VOLUME XXXVI. MOVIE FILMS AID TO COUNTY AGENT "Free Moving Picture# Given at the Rural . School Houses Potatoes Receive Large Attention. The County A Kent has .through the j co-operation of the Watauga County 1 Bank, secured a motion picture out-j fit and is now giving free moving pictcre shows at the various rural whool houses of the county. Seme of the pictures are of an educational character showing farm operations' it. action. The object in getting this; moving picture outfit and giving the free entertainments was three fold,! according to Mr. Steele. The first is' that the farm operations may be! shown in the actual doing. The second purpose is to furnish entertain-j oier.t and get-together occasions for communities visited, while the third1, and probably most, important, mission ' of this machine will be to cause the; people to come out and not only to see the picture and enjoy them^l-' v s but . nter into the discussion of j farm problems that will be present-; i/d ai iht same time. I)ur?n$c the ynies of meetings that i are being conducted over the county i at the present time potatoes are re-1 ceivhfg largt attention. a freight! rate on potatoes from Boone to pvae-1 tically ail southern cities has beep. | net u red so that now the market is larger in scope than heretofore. The) mail, object of the present series of me t?ng is t-?> acquaint the farmers with the fact and '.hereby help their, j to catch the idea that we must expac.fi our vision beyond our own im-j wed'ale environment, beyond the ra-! dius ovei which our trucks can dis- j tribute to the states South and Southwest of us. This new freight ratej makes it possible for us to market, ?ur prtaine.s. not only seed, but cnt-| ?np uotatocn over seven slates at a' ttft? of distribution that is no great-1 *?r than we have beer, paying !o re*#ch f the nearby markets. The county agent is anxious to acquaint the farmers with the possibiJuMts they now have in marketing theif potatoes in cooperation of carload lot. >. not one or two rars. hut. hundreds of them so that potatoes will i be Rrown in fields rather than in j patches. It will undoubtedly soon be' realized that the truck producers of Watauga county must eventually pet together if they are to engage in an orderly marketing which is the* only! way to handle a large volume of business. Later in the summer other campaigns will be taken up, using other \ moving pictures suitable to the sub- i ject in hand. CARLOAD WATAUGA KRAUT ARRIVES IN WINSTON-SALEM (Winston-Salem Journal.) The first car load of Watauga 1 county kraut has been recivcd in the city by the Dunnagan Brokerage I company. The kraut is a product of j the Blue Ridge Farmers Association it has made the Watauga kraut manufacturers widely famous. It was stated that thv Watauga kraut has a wide distribution here. NEWS OK TAMARACK Evangelist Edgar Watson just closed eleven days series of revivals. We appreciated the piemhing of the old time four square gospel. Brother Wat son is u man with a message. We feel that much good has been done in our vicinity. Mrs. Anna Potter has returned to her home from Virginia where she has been visiting her father. Mrs. Selina Potter, wife of Abram Potter was buried Sunday the first Rev. Edgar Watson and Rev. L. A. Wilson conducted funeral service. Mr. Dave Ellison and Ephriam Ellison made a business trip to Mountain City last week. Mr. Frank South has been very ill. Mr. Thomas Martin and Mrs. Fantlt/k W n rt U nnmolinncv tho ivautl* - ??V iuaiun aiiiivmuvr me: uu vu HI <1 eon. Clarence Potter was t visitor here Sunday. A.N HONEST BOOTLEGGER Reformer: "You have no conscience at all. You absolutely ignore the law' Bootleg iter: "You're wrong mister. All of my business activities are gov y emed by the law of supply and demand." Hfeft H.SO P.sr Year BOONE, ADVENTISTS WILL ERECT HANDSOME STONE CHURCh The members of the Advent Chris iaii church are preparing: to erect a nouse of worship in Boone thf summer, the location being the siti now occupied by the little bricl building which was the homo of th< Democrat for more than thirty vcan The building will be thirty by sixtj with basement and will be built n\ stone ill its entirety. The stone to b< used can be found only on the land: of Mr Henry Green near Hodgy Gup. It is a gray granite and liberally seamed with flint?in fact you can hardly find a piece, be it evei so small, without traces of flint whict adds considerably lo its beauty. Th< stone is right on the line of the rail road within a little more than twe miles of town, a?id Mr. Green who has taken the contract lo load it, expects to get the first ear on the siding in Boone today. The building* though not so large, when the plans of the architect art carried out, will be one of the most unique and sightly structures yet erected in our town. The old building will be torn away iri the v ry neai future, arid work will begin just as soon as the material can be delivered. BOWIE MAY WANT TO GO THE U. S ST.NATE Raleigh, March 10.?T. C. Bowie, of the lower house of the General Assembly, from A>he county. is ser iously considering entering; the rare for the United States Senate in the Democratic primary two years hence at the expiration pi Senator I,ee S. Overman's aerm. it was learned here tonight. Representative Bowie, questioned concerning the matter, stated that hi bad not definitely made up his mind and did not care to make a forma announcement. He stated that should he decide to remain in public life he in all probability, would seek th< senatorial togs. Representative Bowie has served ten terms in the house, including several special sessions. He was tht speaker in I'd 15 and at one time prior to the convening of the sossior just dosed he was spoken of as ?i possible candidate again. However he abandoned this and the rarer nt#r rowed to Pharr and Cox, the (site* withdrawing and leaving Mr. Phafi an open field MISS MARY B. ELROO Miss Mary B. Klrod, for a short while living alone at her home on Middle Fork, was found lying on her bed last Friday morning speechless, paralysis having done its deadly work She survived until the following day when death claimed her. Funeral and burial on Sunday. Her mother Mrs. Alex Eirod, 9^, died only a few weeks ago. leaving he?- alone ir. the house. Her brother, Mr. .Tones Klrod took Miss Mary, 65, to his horcu and she agreed to live there. But sIk soon became dissatisfied and returned where she had ample supplies foi some time. IJer devotion to and care for her aged mother was most striking. For many years they lived together, and the mother was her constant care. They were both splendid Christian ladies, and it seems good that after tncir long sojourn here their separation was so short. TfifPLETT The Elk Furniture Co. with Messrs Simmons and Greer- as managers is progressing nicely and some very fin* articles of furniture have been turn ed out. Mr. J. M. Walker and wife Bes | sie Walker recently came to the pari mg ways and by mutual agreeiueni the bonds of affection were torn int< fragments, scattered to the four win< to fall to earth like winter's wither ed leaves. Last Saturday night Mr. and Mrs E. H. Simmons and Allen Miller vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Z. T Watson o Brookside. N. C. Messrs Watson and Hampton hav< been delivering cross ties to tho rai road at Deep Gap and on their returi collect medical roots for the mar ket, making the trip pay both ways. The Boone Hosiery Mills plan t move their machinery from Hickor to Boone between March 20 an April 1. All who subscribed to th donation are requested to deposit, th amount in the hank before April so that it will be ready when th mill in installed. UI0U WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA 'I OUR WEEKLY OFLEGISLA C ' 1 1 1 " 1 ' (M. L. Shi pin an.) >. Raleigh, March 10. ? The .1025 ' general assembly goes down in hisf 'ory as one which followed the ;;ov' emor more than any other in recent i vears. Other legislatures have been j * influent'd by governor's but scarcely i < the exetent that the one- just end-: i ed has been led around by Governor! McLean. The I V>21 general assemblies | i w-.it- itru up tut' rciii uy governor 1 Morrison and the 15125 body was led j "down the hill" in th? path of cco-j 1 nomy by Governor McLean. And as if ! 1 to atone for its action of its prede- j lessors in following Morrison the1 prevent body went even further than | any before it had gone and gave to . the governor greater powers than any ! executive in North Carolina has everj had enacted measures at his bidding j vhich will revolutionize the admin-1 ' i strati on of the State government. Governor McLean sponsored ??r en j dorsad 2-*' measures which w ere pre| seeded ??. the LvgirlaVure. Most of I Ihese were enacted into law as orij ginally written. mi; *?r :v;o were ! ' fht.ly amended, but ;>ii ? " any imj porta nee, except one, got through during the last two days of the body II and those which came up this week . re exp clod to be put across be fore adjournment Tuesday night. Chief among the governor's rec-i ' | ommeridation- were the creation of ; an executive budget system placing all departments and institutions on j a budget b&Ms and making the gov^ the head ir. fact of the State's ' fii Atrial p?*iicii s, transferring the i auto license bureau and the itisur' ance department revenue collecting! I ^ I V, /l.m i rl umiil : ti ! ? ' *-'?V I"* * -.V.W..V ... | oider to coordinate the revenue col-j ' lectins: agencies of the state and to j ! eliminate unnecessary employes; to [ create a state department institution: ?| out of state prison heretofore opera-) 5 ted as a private corporation; creat-1 ing a state department of conserve - j ' i tion La take over the functions of the! I economic and geological survey; ap-J i pointing ail olftcial executioner to i relieve the warden of state prison of that duty; deposit daily with the! r| State Treasurer of all funds instead of monthly as heretofore so as to obviate to an extent short term financing and save interest; creation of a pardon attorney to assist the governor in investigating clemency ca an educational commission to investigate the educational system of the stato, a wage investigation commission to go into the salaries paid state j employees, eliminate useless employ es, bring salaries into line with ac ( tual work done and establish a stan dard salary scale, a $20,000,000.00 I bond issue, for roads; and other mea j sures. r>f more or less imnortnnee The Governor also recommended .* i constitutional amendment creating a! pardon commission but this was put j off last Saturday 1411 til the next! session after some difficulty over its! term arose, the governor saying he would try out the pardon attorney I for the next two years. I Other measures which had the governor's "okay" were to limit the time( in which checks is issued by the Au-j ditor would be paid by the Treasurere, to declare transfer cf claims against the state void if made before j actual adjustment and allowance of 31 such claim:; had been made; to place ?j all charitable state institutions on the | same basis and require those able to pay to do so io hear the expense of .i their care; to create a judicial conference to study methods of practice t! and procedure; to create an advis>1 ory commission to investigate and li report on freight rate discrimination _1 to rf?di?rl ctd in the general fund so as to 1 ab?e to present a balanced budge The Lee County Sc-natcr said educ tiort was more important than a bx anccd budget. The Lve county se ate; said education was more ii portant than a balanced budget, f Mr. McLean and declared against t! poiicy of Mr. McLean in allowii education to suffer in order that h balance sheet might be evened 11 Tlit Lee county senator was victc ions and the measure was sent to tl house for concurrence, that body ha ing in the meanwhile acceded to ti governor's request in giving the mi ey into the general fund No decisis on the differences had been made i to late Monday Seeing possible defeat of his me sun- in the House, when the appr priations bill came up the Lee cou ty ;--ynaotr again led a fight lor i cv< a so of the appropriation for ed cation and tl.r appropriation for t! public school cquilization lumi. The irv asuii s were pending before t Senate Friday, Saturday ami Moral: with the oratory of the session bei; unloosed in their defense and again them. Whatever the outcome the Si alor from Leo will go down as tl ihanipion of education in the 19. session. tem which took place the last p* of the week trough I forward amen mcnts to the revenue bill to lake a" ay the power of the Superintends of public instruction to set the sta dard for teachers in schools and fix a standard salary scale. The rv -ndmontsi would drastically cut tl powers of the state in education ai in the opinion of many would desin the siate educational system. Thi were pending before tin Senate < Monday. Another fighl which occupied eo siderable time was that for the Co federate veterans. Doth the Sefifc and house debated at length me; ures designed to tax auto drivers to a head for the benefit of t | remainder of the "fast thinning li of Gray*'' and both bills were defei ed after some of the most movi odatory of the session.. Then t Hou.s jumped into the breach ov? whelmingly passed a bill to tax m tion picture admissions fey the be of it of the veterans arid ser.l :t the Senate where it w*s n Mondii The chances are that it wil> die thei The delay in passing the reven i bill came about when the Seuat- ? | fused to confer in th?* conference j I port which did away with its imp* ! tant amendments. These amendmer ' would have exempted from a tax ! judgments and actions in courts, . i courts of jurisdiction lower than t Superior court. The dispute was f: | ally settled Monday when the Hou &e in*J art. She is indeed a very fine artist, a good musician, and a most a- capable young lady n: every way. ij. Her numerous friends will greatly n- miss the most pleasant associations 'n- with this most excellent young lady f?r She writes that they will live in Durhe ham for a short while, then move to nfr Roanoke, Virginia. Boone will be the us poor* and these latter places the p. richer because of this fine young la,r dy. Mr. M? Ghee is an industrious he yoniiiv brick mason. aru is considered v- or.< of the very he-t workmen in his he : line of work. The very In ; wishes of :,n , th: many friends of the* couple will 3n ! follow them on thi ir journey through ip I the valley of life, trusting thai it I may always be a happy valley a- V number of the member- of * hi 'o- Training School faculty were invited n to Mayor E. N. Halm's for dinner n I'riday evening. When the ir ,7ts were u- ! into th? dinine room they tie found a table most ta.tily arranged rap, tii .. great aUutid-v n great h?- v;.?i. . of m?> t ?i ; . foods pretty pareu in a most excellent manner un> ig tier the direction ?.i Mrs. Halm's skti? ' ed hands, 1? was served in a most en j ait t.alive manner by the young lain dh '>f the family and it was evident 25 that no one retired with an appetite unsatisfied. This very kind courtesy s- e faculty and the yoiing men of the he Watauga and Appalachian Literary .d N>r .* were invited. After an moy terestifiK program delicious rofreshey orients were skived, then came *ev-, an I &? hours of social enjoyment by the young people, which ot course they, .11- ^really enjoyed. ii- At 8 o'clock on Monday evening' itc the Senior Mormal class entertained is- the Junior Normal class at Radio Concert in the school auditorium, to1 he which the faculty was invited. The nt delicate refreshment:- consisted of hot it- chocolate and accompanying deliea-' ng cies, aftet which games and contests he which gave pleasant entertainment *r- for aOn>. hours. The entire evening io-l wa.- macn enjoyed >y those present? U- and participating, to' Misses 'fina Alexander and Vera iv. Cook will appear in their graduating re. recitai in piano on Monday evening ue March UUh at eight o'clock in the! *e- Tr;i:?;ing School Auditorium. The e- public is cordially invited. >r- J. M. DOWN I'M its' on WATAUGA FARMERS USF. all] LARC.E QUANTITY OF LIME; he :n-1 The healthiest sir:-, of good farm ise' ins in Watauga County is the in | creasing quantity of lime that is be I >n-...< Pvrvmieinir itukl,. '-y ? * **? w iy, (culture depends on rich sold. The ;k. J foundation for rich sold is lime and tse legumes. m-: Two carloads of lime have been it j distributed to Watauga farmers daron j tag 'h&st two weeks. Another car in-^'oad - being ordered today, if this as j Huh is being followed by clover seed he we hav?" the foundation laid for pro-: ild fitable farming. tte ; i am glad to see this interest and j I am anxious to be of any service I possible to help the farmers get and j use more lime. I will order lime for j you ?>r I will give you the address; : and you may order for yourself. I am 1 net however, ordering lime as a dea ief!'er* an<* depending on soiling it after j lCQjit gets here. I only order for those st] that ask me to do so and of course, L:, do not expecvt to have a surplus when | un jtho car arrives. If yc.u are interested in improving at_ year soils yecr by year start with or_ limo ana toilow that with legumes. Ia This is the best receipt that I car. give tor soil improvement. jb JOHN B. STEELE. are The Beaver Dam Egg Circle sold ing more thai: $100 worth of eggs each week during January. .an Floyd Ward's new up to date dairy barn on Brushy Fork helps the looks of '.hat already beautiful little valley. THIS WEEK" by Britbdotv world's highest salaried edittfr ?s a feature we carry, handled hitherto by only the oietropolitan Dailies. Read tbi? column weekly. NUMBER 10. 25,000 WOULD VISIT MOUNTAIN REGION Weitern North Carolina, Inc. Make* Appeal to Farm Homes to Take Care ot Surplus Summer Tourist*. The Soul I cm Railway is authority for the t.iitcmcnt that ir. addition to the people v.ho spend their vacation period in western North Carolina now at least 21-,000 isore will flock here the first summer there are accommodations to care for them, and that is only the beginning. If accommodations can be arranged for. and these people are informed^ and after spend ing their vacation here, return to the respective communities satisfied with the accommodations and treatment afforded them, each one can be court ted on to act as an advertiser for this section of our state as a vacation resort. S?. the number of regular western North Carolina vacationists will increase each year in proportion to our ability and wiliinjcncrc- to carc for there. The situation at present may be likened to tha' of the faritner who know he ha- a productive and consequently valuable pioc< of land n?? allow- it to lie fallow. ic-i ic.pr The possibiliti of pro viding tb* right kind of vacation :*< com mod a - for the thousands who would come here from such cities as Citivbe N \* rr.phi . etc. tht ri/.etis, and ;..ak ?mr more particularly. the fa'Tncrs of western ^ North Carolina, are practically refusing t>- accept 'ho hundreds of thousands of dollars these vacationsts wouid leave here each -casoi . We speak specifically of the farmer. because it is in large measures his opportunity that is being lost. Thousands of people in the cities mmnbrkno'l ? ?uuuiu u* live in high priced hotels. Thousands, morn particularly these with children do not care for the tif?' of the summer hotels, always crowded,but choose tho change to life on the farm with its quid simplicity and closeness to natc - -p-re nting ?the farm house is equipped with those simple conven"*i'-nces to which thy city dweller is accustomed and considers fuiuiamen .*! and indispensable to his com fort, and that the food is wholesome of variety, and well cooked. Western North Carolina, Inc. with headquarters in Asheville, was organized to serve all the people of this section of our Mate. Its Executive Committee and officers are confident that in natural scenic beauty and invigorating yet equable climate it is unsurpassed in the United States. One of its objectives is to acquaint the people. particularly i hose who are accustomed to lake a regular summer or fall vacation with the accessibility, charms and health giving attributes of these western counties of our state, then indue* them to come hero and by so doing to provide an added source of income for the farmer who is pro gressive enough to realize what that increase m income will add 10 hi* weli-being: and that of his family. There are thousands of such farmers in western North Carolina ineu of vision and capacity, who are willing, and what is more important, equipped and prepared to accept from two t oten paying guests this summer But they have no means of advertising the fact. They are, as it were cut off from a source of supply that means added comfort and increased prospects. That is where Wesierte North Carolina. Inc. can and will function for them. Western North Carolina, Inc. is now engaged ha preparing a Jisf. of farm houses in this section, in which summer boarders can be accommodated with profit to the farmer and satisfaction to the guest. In compiling: this list, Western North Carolina, Inc. must havo the assistance of the progressive farmers in evcrj one of the twenty five counties. That assistance will coat them exactly two cents?the price of postage to mail a letter informing ! Western North Carolina, Inc. of their desire to increase their income by accepting summer boarders. Western j North Carolina, Inc. will in turn, an; swer the communication, setting forth I me minimum standard thai has boen j adopted for farm boarding houses, \ UH|Uirin gas to rates location, etc and will then, if the reply he satisfactory, list the farm home and recommend it as a vacation horoe to j some of the twenty five thousand people who seek to come here. Sit down now and write your letter directing it to Western North j Carclina, Inc., Ashevil'.e, N. C. I