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VOLUME XXXVI.
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B" Arthur Brisbane
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OKEECHOBEE AND CATFISH
WHERE CONNERS GETS RICH
FALSE ECONOMY
LUCKY JAPANESE BABY.
OKEECHOBEE CITY is the newFlorida
City. Two years ago men
were there catching a few catfish.
.Now it is a boom town, thanks to
i?. Davies Warficld, president fo the
Seaboard air Line, who ran his new
Ktr?ight-as-an-arrow railroad across
Florida to Palm Beach with a station
at this point.
Now Lake Okeechobee yields one
million dollars worth of catfish a
year, most of it is shipped to Kansas
City and St. Louis where catfish are
appreciated as they should he. Tourists
came honking by the thousands
and W. J. Conner? who owns the Buf
falo Coutiet and most <?t' the land
arour.d here, is getting richer than
f Vf i.
You wili be interested in this latest
boom land even out of season.
Also in the poor young Scnmiolb
Indian wife buried beside the railroad
track and in O. P. Lamerson
th? ferryman leaving Florida with
h> two sons for Columbia, South
America, because land here is too
When you come to Florida take
the Seaboard Air Line, save time
ar.d see the western part of Florida
as well as the north and south
ard *the east coast. Travel over the
high hack-bone of the peninsula which
travelers usually miss, with its wonderful
lake region. Also you save
uutny miles by the air Lir *rond and
^ help to justify the optimistic courage
f of Mr. Warfield, who has renederd
tb* greatest possible service to this
stateWere
ha nts and others complain
thai Mr. Coolidge'a preaching and
practicing of economy have hurt business.
They say "if President Coolidg*
says he is having his straw hat ol
11*21* pressed once more, instead ol
buying a new one, nobody else will
buy a new one.**
Everybody knows that prosperity
for all classes depends on circulatior
of money. If nature decided to suvt
op water and kept it all in the octal
instead ol* scattering it around it
rain, crops wouldn't be good. Money
spent as the business is what rain i:
k\l lll'lJS.
One angry merchant suggest:
"To set an example in economy lh<
best plan is not to have an old straw
bat rebloeked and advertise that. 1
would be better to lay up the May
flower, the expensive pleasure boat
such as neither Washington nor Lin
coin ever had, and save coal enougl
to buy 100,000 new straw hats."
^ President Cociidge does not rec
emmonii foolish economy, but wisi
economy. As for the Mayflower, thi
country is rich enough to let th
f President enjoy the fresh air air
is glad to give him whatever he cai
wisely use.
As regards spending, the wise pla:
if to buy what he needs when he need
it, remembering that a good appeal
ance is a good investment, and tha
there is nothing more costly tha
FALSE ECONOMY.
Japan's Prince Regent, Hiro Hitc
tells the empire that his wife expeel
an heir. The Princess cancels all er
gagements. She will devote her tinv
before and after, to that new littl
"son?or daughter?of Heaven," an
-will think herself well rewarded ft
all her care when the baby smiles i
her. No one will persuade her thj
"in iustice to vour own health. ?r
looks, roy dear, you must not THIN
of nursing the baby." And she won
be smoking cigarettes in bed thr<
days after it's born.
In ?Japan if you raise your bar
to a little child, frowning and threa
ening, the child will laugh, knowii
that you pretend. No one there ev
strikes a child.; That's one reason wl
.. the Japanese fight so well, when th<
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IMfel
?1.50 Per Y..r BOONE. W
Texas City Host to
"Thin Grev Lines !c
i
4,000 Confederate Veleram A*?ero- 1
kl- r?_u ?* " "'
xi u?iia> rair grounds V?iv- j
en Over at Camp Site.
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Dallas, Texas May 19.?Youthful \ rr
! Dallas totxij^ht lay captive at the feet T
of silver-haired age as the columns
of Confederate veterans moved in
on the city for their thirty-fifth an-1
nil at reunion, opening formally to-j
morrow morning.
The committee in charge of en- ?i
tertaimnents estimated that more l?
than 4,000 veterans had arrived. No! <
attempt was made to count the thou-1 y
sands of Sons and Daughters of vet-1 p
' erans. j a
' Th?? nr<y--.ni7oVi?? A. J 1
for the old veterans was put to such >j
a severe test that George Waverly ;
Biggs. vice chairman of the reunion
committee in large advertisement^ f
in Pallas newspapers, appealed to the i?
people of the city to throw open their
homes to all veterans who had not' .\
been cared for by previous arrange- "i
meats. \
About 160 car loads of the men ;
in gray were brought in by the rail- Iroads
today. About 3,000 veterans >
arc encamped at state fair park,fx
where 3500 sat down to dinner this V
noon. The camp is a city in itself. [
Resides its row of cots, its long f
dining tables, its immense kitchens \
it has completely equipped hospitals
with many doctors and nurses on du \
tv every hour of the day and night. ! T
l In the center of the park is a |.
i great reception tent and here the
heart of the confederacy poured out
I its invincible spirit in talcs of the v
! might have been. Two old time fid- \
: dlers sawed away on "Billy in the , f'
Low Ground." "Arkansas Traveler" \
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j and "Turkey in the Straw," while i
j many of the old men limbered up'
for a jig. V
A number of erstwhile negro slaves' i
were in the crowd. William Slaugh- [.
tei of Culpepper, Va. a negro minister,
preached an intermittent ser|1
men to a group of white soldiers, 4.
j some of whom he had served in the
j war. ^
In the midst of the fun a msesage t
was received from the Texas divisions j,
Grand Army of the Republic, which j
I also is holding its grand reunion here 0
today. The message expressed felici- t
rations over the passing of war time s
. hatred and sent greetings from the ;
boys in blue to the former foe in v
i tfiay. \
A number of the veterans were ,
welcome uy neui or oiner inuispo-j f
>it i*>n in the midst of the excite-1
men t of the first day, hut they
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were quickly revived by the doctors j
and nurses, and no serious eases were ?
. 1
^ reported.
THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB
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The members of the Friday Af-j
.. ternoon Club were the guests ?n last I.
Friday of Mrs. J. D. Rankin.
ft I
f. A delightful social hour preceded j *
t j the program. With the subject "John} 1
I Charles McNeill as an Interpret... of '
i Negro Character" Dr. Rankin gave j
a most instructive talk followed hyp
_ ; humorous readings in dialect bring- J 1
Iing out negro characteristics us fol-1 1
lows: love of dress, religious inclina- j '
tions, aversions to work, etc. The :
selections were Nigger Demus. Blufp
fers, The August Meeting, 'Ligion, '
e and Holding off the Calf,
j Mrs. M. B. Woosley in her usual
n nteresting style rendered a piano solo
from Chaminade.
After the program a delectable two
s course luncheon was served.
Special guests for the afternoon
t were Mrs. Dean Bingham ami Mrs.
n Kent.
The next meeting of the club will
, be held with Miss Annie Stanbury.
i- HIS HOUR
e, "I'm boss in my home?
le, "Yes?"
id ' "?when my wife and both children
>r are away."
it
at do fght. The Japanese spirit is not
id broken in childhood.
K,
't The President hopes and is de?e
terroined to cut $300,000,000 more
; off the nation's tax bill. That comforts
the "better element." At presid
ent our very best element feels toit
ward the tax gatherer as the faithful
ig dominick hen feels toward the farmer
er, gathering her eggs as fast as she
- lays them, and giving her i doorey
| knob when she wants to set.
atauga county, north cai
ducationai. motion picture |
ounty Agent Gives Serie* of Motion
Pictures Covering the Kntire
County.
Begiuning on Monday J urn* 1 we
ill have a series of motion picture
ice tings covering mot of the county.'
he f llowing pictures will he shown
Selecting a Laying Men (Poultry)
i-avers and Liars (pcaltry)
\ \ w:?u i--. / ?
i'.?j ?? im biiv; * iuvi\
Up to the Hyalite (scenic)
the names surest these pic-'
rt s will deal with every day prob-{
mis of the poultry and sheep rais-!
is. This is the time of year to cull
flock of hens and pick out the1
rofitable ones. These picture.-* will'
id you in doing that.
i i>e picture showing the c ire of
heep all the year should be of value
? people interested in sheep.
The meetings will he held at the
lowing places and on the foliowig
dates:
June
londay 1st Elk
: day. "2nd Aho ]
Wednesday 3d .... Bamboo'
hursday 4th ....... . Cove Creek|
riday 5th Stony Forkj
londay Sth Rocky Point
uesday 9th Rutheiwoodl
Wednesday 10th . . .Middle Cork!
Thursday llth Todd j
'riday 12th Sutherland
londay 15th Tujrman :
'uesday 16th Chesnut Grove
Vednesday 17th Whiting
hursday 18th Poplar Grove
"riday 19th River View,
londay 22nd Silverstone
'uesday 2 J I'd Boone
Wednesday 24th Meat Camp
hursday 25tn . . . .upper Bvr. Dam
riday 26th Timber Ridge
londa\ 29th Windy Clap
'uesday 20th Hackett
July
Vednesday 1 si F'oscoe
'hursday 2nd Sandy Flats
'riday 3rd Brushy Fork
Many communities are having won
erful results with their poultry beause
??f the good treatment they
re giving them. Some farmers are
iving their sheep the proper attenion
and are therefore finding them
rofitable. It is hoped that everyone
nterested in the subjects named ab.VO
U'hn hl>ii(>Vo U-JV" r.l.w.J-,
<1 perfection in dealing with these
ubjects will come out to these meetngs.
We do hope however thot those
vho are not interested will not come
>ecause the houses arc usually crowled
and their room will be needed
or someone else.
The pictures will be free, the only
barge being that everyone attending
s expected to do what he can to make
he meeting pleasant and successful.
JOHN B. STEELE,
County Agent.
Methodist Notes
According to the best information
tocured by the writer 494 people atended
Sunday School in Boone last
Sunday. The Baptists lead with 21S
present, the Methodists came next
A'ith 195, the Advnetists had 45 and
:he Lutherans 36. The writer does
riot know the highest per cent attendance
but he imagines this honor
goes to either the Adver.tists or the
Lutherans. Anyhow we all rejoice
over our attendance last Sunday and
say we stand in the average with
other towns this size, but what preacher,
what teacher or Sunday School
1, i... ?-?- ?
icau?;i i." sju.-.in u w iui uiv av .
Let's move up a notch Sunday.
There are enough Sunday Schools
in Boone for all of every age, whether
the exact denomination is here or
not. Attend the church school of your
choice. Be on time.
The right for a church to exist is
basic upon the .service the organization
gives the community in which
it lives. Service is the big theme after
all. If the churches don't suit you
who is to blame? Distant Criticism
will not change matters. If you don't
attend because there are hypocrites
in the church, why don't you quit
business, why remain in the world
wiin mem: une unas Hypocrites in
business, many of htem in the world.
After all this world of life nad action
is just what we have made it
The church is just what you are help
ing it to be.
The North Wilkesboro District con
I fercmce convenes next week. . \Y<
I are looking for seventy five or om
hundred delegates from Avery. Asht
| Wilkes and Watauga counties. Tht
Presiding Elder will preside in cast
Bishop Denny does not come. J'ht
XOL.INA. THURSDAY MAY 21. 192!
Opening of Daniel Boone
Crowned With Success
New Tourift Hotel Scene of Much
Merriment at Crowds Gather for
Opening Banquet.
All roads led to Boone last Saturday
it seemed, when the hrongs began
to gather at the Daniel Boone
Hotel for the tormal opening, banquet,
ball, et cetera. From the various
sections of this state, and from other
states they came, to take pari in the
christening of the magnificent new
tourist hotel.
Guests registered from Lenoir.
Statesville, Morgnnton, North Wilkesboro,
High Point, LlJtin. Gastonia,
Chariotte and Ashoynlle, Winston
Salem, Greensboro, Durham, and oth
er places in the state and from Ten- J
nessee, Sout h Carolina, Alabama and ^
Virginia and New York.
Perhaps four hundred people werej
there as against about 1 -50 or 200 ex
pected by the management. A pro '
gram had been prepared, consisting!
of two or three very brief speeches,
but, because of the overplus of guests
the evening's entertainment could
not. be carried out exactly in accordance
with the plans.
The banquet 'lid credit to the management
in every respect, and the
service was excellent. Dancing was
in order from the beginning of the
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umuoij, emu me many couples "t;p-j
pod the light fantastic" until the mid (
night hour.
Although the manager Mr. Sharp!
does not expect such liberal patron
age until the tourist season really!
opens, guests are arriving daily and j
the outlov?k. ho says, is wonderful.
PROHIBITION OFFICER KILLS
SECOND MAN IN MONTH
Lenoir, May 18.?J. R*;evs Pearson
federal prohibition agent, killed Fred
Mooney, 11> year old youth, who interfered
late last night when Pearson
had his brother under arrest. According
to the officer Mooney had
dra*n his pistol and had ordered him
to reloa?e his brother. Sunday afternoon
Pearson had searched the Mooney
home arid found evidences of
whiskey there. Last night he visited
the home again and waited nearby un
ti! a darkey came up. Robert Mooney
came out with a fruit jar and the officer
rushed up, seized the jar, and
placed Mooney under arrest. He then
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|.V\1 n mi ?HD jJi IMIIH I U(l till' ruau
to the* automobile which had been
parked about half a mile from the
o>use. En route they met Frod Moo-,
nev. who threw a flash light on the
officer. Officer Pearson asked tin man
o give his name, but the only answer
he received was a demand that'
; he turn his brother loose. When this
demand was made the officer says
hat the unknown brought his hand
from behind him and drew a pistol
| on him. At the sanu* time h?- cursed
and demanded again that his brother
| be turned loose. Mr Pearson, fired at
this time, the bullet taking effect just
under the right arm. Mr. Pearson
then brought his prisoner into town j
where he was bulged in jail and so- i
cured Chief of Police Walsh and Of- 1
ficer Thompson and returned to the
scene of the shooting. They found
Fred Mooney dead with a pistol and
pair of knucks on him. Officer Pearson
was placed under arrest and held
in custody until today when bond was
allowed in the sum of $5,000.
This is the second man to be
killed by Officer Pearson within the
| past month. About three weeks ago
while making arrest near Danville,
Va.f he shot and killed a man by
| the name of Jesse Martin.
SMART SAM SAYS
"If all the second hand automobiles
advertised for sale in the U.
S. were placed end to end they would
make rattles enough to supply the
1 baby crop the next million years."
entire community is invited to attend
i the conference. The first session will
be Tuesday night at which time Rev.
A. L. Lucas of Sparta will preach.
The Conference session begins Wednesday
at 9 a. m. and continues thru
Thursday. Dinner each day will be
m served at the church. You can find
the names of your delegates Sunday
morning.
' Sunday School at 9:45 Sunday.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:45
p. m.
Epworth League 7 p. m.
Wednesday prayer service and
; choir practice 7:45 p. m.
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SAYS DANIEL BOONF. WILL
BF. CHARLOTTE FOLKS' OBJECTIVE
THIS SUMMER
Charlotte Observer.
Saturday night is to he a large
occasion in the thriving mountain
town of Boone, for the rcw
hotel at that place, appeiypriately
called the Daniel Boone, is
to have forma! uptmnij. It i<
an elegant hotei. nece *-ar>!y < f
mod ,-n appoint men s, arid its
opening: puts Boor?e in the cla^s
of resort towns. The Daniel
B'>.,ne Hotel is the enterprise of
the Coylc-Pogrue interests, and
;t tarts out under the managen
of Nathan Sharp Boone
<vTtital financed the enterprise
rhss fact attes's the measiv
f development attained by
i) v enterprising little city in
ti- mountains oi Wniauga. It
w;: perhaps less thai' a dozen
\' .r ago ihat Boone was typical
.<f the eld fashioned mountain
iowns, with wagon road for
" t and fragmentarv dirt and
pi k sidewalks. Th? good -oads
p' ji r rated the towr. six yearago.
and it has been t an-f-nn<
d v- that shor' icng-.h of time
ii -? -me of the trimmest and
} > st of towns n the State
V. paved streets, . nl c -nci'Cte
walks, a fine bank building,
exc-iient stores, i classy tourist
"not i and or.e -if h? finest educntional
plants owned by the
For five years Boone has been
cut off from Charlotte by the
snail-like construction of a nine
mile highwax. but the supposition
is that the highway is opened
by this time, and this summer
the objective point for Char
lotte people in rhat part of the
mountains will he the new hotel
at Boone.
COLLIE DOG CATCHES MOON
SHINER IN RECENT RAID
Yesterday morning: at about runt
o'clock Sheriff L. M. Farthing and
Deputy Sheriff Leo Gross swooped
down upon a whiskey plant in the
Beech mountain section not far from
the Tennessee line. Upon then approach
two n- came out of the
shack and made a break, going in
opposite directions. Each officer followed
his man. Mr. Gross had with
him a large dog (not a blood hound)
that joined in the chase and brought
to bay one i.eo l'resnell in less than
.">00 yarus of the still, and held him
until tin ollicci arrived, and placed
him under anoi. The sheriffs's man
"oi;twi:id? d him" and made his escape.
The -till i- of copper, 1 .">0 gallon.
capacity, and is now at tht
county jail, doo gallons of beer wardestroyed.
Trcsnell gave $800 bond
for his. appearance at the fall term ot
Watauga Superior Court.
NELSON-FINLEY
The following invitati \ received
by the editor of the Democrat wil
oe 01 iiir 'rest locally;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown Finlej
invite you to be present
at 'The Oaks"
North Wilk.sboro, North Carolina
on Monday evening: June the first
;t eight o'clock
to witness the marriage of their
daughter
Ellen Lenoir
to
Mr. Lewis Mann Nelson
MISS HAZEL CARRIGER
BRIDE OF DALLAS COTTREL1
Married at the home of the bride'
! parents in Hampton, Tenn. last Sun
day, Mr. Dallas Cottrell, son of Mr
! and Mrs. D. J. f'ottrell of Boone, t
! Miss Hazel Carriger. They came t
' Boone in tht afternoon and will mak
their home here. The groom is on
I f?f mir .irrtmini>nt VAlin<r rrtf?r? Knin
associated with the Taylor Motor Cf
! here. His bride was for quite a whil
bookkeeper for the Watauga Furn
| ture & Lumber Co., and made man
j friends here. The Democrat in b<
half of their friends extends congra:
ulations and best wishes.
CYNIC WANTS TO KNOW
; * Dibble. -"I see some college pn
fessor has perfected a machir
that will register the heat ol" a ma
den's blush."
Dabble:?"That'll do to tell?bi
whore . this day and age will the
j find any blushes to try it on."
i
"THIS WEEK*
by Brisbane. world'* highest
salaried editor is a feature we
carry, bandied hittierto by only
tho metropolitan Dailies.
Road this column weekly.
NUMBER 20
: $60,000.00 Prison
Will Be Erected
Board of County Commissioners Sell
Bonds to New York firm Three
Story Bulldirg.
The Board f County Commissioners
in call >< sion Inst Monday soid
| to McN. iv v'.r Company of New York
$60,000 in Watauga county bonds to
be used in th construction of a new
jail They an ."? per cent 20 year boruLa
and $."{,000 . nually is to be paid
until the bond are retired. The prcI
vnium is $385.00. The plans for the
| new st ructure have not yet been wor1
ked out, but it will be three stories
! high, and ? red at the ear of the
! court hoi: The lower story will be
for living quarters and the others
: for cells, which will be arranged to
keep the ra( as well as the sexes
in seperati compartments. From the
second story will be a gangway leading
to the < .rt mom through which
the pr; - will pass from the corridor
This seem- another considerable
outlay for the county, but the comin:
.- ii ?>n > - , I /. 'X'tiu.r .. ?-i.
| of the court. The present jail property,
which i> valuable, will sold
J a a whole, net even the building is
| to 1m torn down. But after inspection
it is <1. < il-. u that if any of the cells
can be uti -ti in the n? u building
they wil, put in. otherwise they
I will be scrapped.
Our j; has long ? <a disgrace
! to (he county and th<' .lenple at large
should be glad that it is to be openare
glad that it is to be replaced with
a new and modern one.
EX-SHERIFF MOODY MAKES
A VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT
Last week Ex-Shcriff W. P. Moody
(and Watauga has no better citizen)
made a voluntary assignment of all
his holdings?farm lands, buildings,
etc. for the benefit of his creditors.
Mr. Moody is getting well "up in
years" but regarles.- of the fact
he did not even claim th?- homestead
exemption, behind which so many
have taken shelter, saying that he
had rathe Ofo out in the world pen
niless and homeless than to be the
' cause of one of his creditors losing
a dollar. We are not informed as to
I the amount of his liabilities or the
sum total of his assets, but he thinks
pel haps he may have quite a sum
'after everything is paid.
The same old story?securities,
that have wrecked so many good
men. have been largely responsible
' for his trouble, and he was a rather
heavy loser in uiih mail contracts.
The family has moved back to the
farm for the present, and Mr. Moody
is off to Ohio, when he has a chance
for some lucrative employment. Mr.
j Moody is one of the most popular of
:i!l Wntaugans. and his many friends
wish him abundant success,
WORTH WHILE CLUB
Aiosdames 'i Gragg anu \ Y.
* Howell entertained >n a most delightful
manner rhe Worth Whilfc
Club on May 1." The reception and
living roomr. were thrown tjn suite
i and were beautifully decorated. Delicious
fruit punch was served the
j guests upon their arrival. When the
guests had all arrived a short time
was given for the discussion of business.
The meeting was then in
charge of the hostesses. These ladies
had many surprises in store for the
members. The entire afternoon was
given to amusement. Among the funprovoking
stunts were two contests?
a match box and cracker contest.
"iMrs. Carl Winkler and Mrs. W. C.
s Greer each won a beautiful prize.
For two hours we could do nothing
but laugh and wonder what we would
U U II.. J ? . . 11M _
Iur iraucu upuu iu uu jicau *? iien merriment
was at its highest, it was ane
J nounced that we were wanted in the
e; dining room.
K Beautiful hand painted place cards
* directed each guest to her seat of
e honor. Delicious strawberries, whipped
cream and angel food cake were
y served.
Each guest was presented a dainty
little spring hat, which when opened
was found to be filled with delicious
! nuts.
The time had arived for the guests
>- to leave but all did so very reluctantly.
i- Mrs, .Jones, Mrs. Clay, and Mrs.
Ernest Moore were invited guests.
?t The next meeting of the club will
y be with Mrs. J. B. Cannon with Mrs.
j ... S. Winkler as associate hostess.