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!* ADVERTISERS At * medium through which to sell your wares The Democrat is unexcelled io country *Newsaperdom. Our subscribers are readers end Buyers. VOLUME XXXVI. J ? - &y Arthur BrisLan? ?C " I II I !!$ ! tm I II M??t A $2,000,000,000 WORD. NATURE IN NO HURRY. ONLY HUMAN BABIES "THE LORD HAVE MERCY" Mr. Woodoridfre, new head of the Advertising Clubs of the World, says * newspapers are the "per-eminont advertising medium for selling merehan disc quickly." To the real business man it is more than that. It is the ONLY advertising force that car; BUILD UF A NAME. Repetition is Reputation. And only newspapers can give a REFUTATION the REPETITION that creates value. Dollars put into I brick, mortar, steel and glass will I tear down. Money invested ire ad-j vert'sing, building up a name WOR-J TH . to be advertised, will outlast j all your factories. Ford's factories perhaps are worth fifty millions. The one Word "Ford" j is worth at least TWO THOUSAND MILLIONS. South Africa, land that produces j gold, returns to the gold standard1 imitating old Mother England. Down; there, below the equator, under the hoi sun, tons of thousands rush to a now gold field. About ten times I as many blacks as whites are in the! rush. But, needless to say, when the] dust settles, the whites will have the . geld dust. Vv hat would happen to the gold standard and the world's finance i? this new gold field should suddenly multiply by two, or ten or twenty the worlds gold supply? That however will surely not happen. J All through the ages, whiki men have cut each other's throats to get them, gold and silver have maintained thei value based on scarcity with j slight fluctuations. Providence seems, to have arranged that for its mysterious reasons. j 1 This is the only country that has any .-apply of helium gas worth while. We get it after it has leaked up through ihe earth and in pools of natural gas According to Dr. Elind, chief of the Bureau of Mines, "it takes 20,000.000 years foi helium to leak .from minerals and rocks and conie within our reach." Many things happen in science a..i ;p iu: ......n. viiiit vuiwuu v i:<i|i(/v:ii u L(iir> mu ui were only d,000 years old, as was -once believed. It took millions of years for evolution to change a creature as big as a fox, with seven toe?, into the horse of today. It takes 20,000,000 years for helium gas to become available. It will take our sun o00,000,000 more years to cool off. A New York lady an a baby farm. The babies died raoidly, especially ^ if their board bills were not paid. One poor infant dug up after burial T had a fractured skull. The rate of I moitalitv was horrible. If anybody kept such a farm for baby dogs or cats, the "Cruelty to j Animals Society" would probably re-j gulate it. How does it happen that the so-called Society for the Proven-' tion of Cruelty to Children know nothing about the baby farms or its deaths? Dean Inge, who doesn't like to be called "gloomy" is in London describ jng America. He says "our rushing energy is mostly pose" and that the language we speak is something like the English language. On the whole the dean is friendly. In one of his essays he tells you that when St. Paul thought he was inspired he was suffering from an attack of epilepsy. If St. Paul could stand that, we ought to be able to stand criticism of our Yankee language. In Pennsylvania. William Cavalier, fifteen years old, acd a murderer, has been sentenced to die in the electric chair. Hhe sentence wound up with, "And may the Lord have mercy on your soul." The reV 11.50 Per Year BOONE, \ DISTRICT CONFERENCE WAS WELL ATTENDED The District Conference of the Methodsti church which was in session in Boone last week opened on Tuesday with a sermon by Rev. Mr. Luc us. On Wednesday morning the regular business of the conference was; begun, an aunusually large crowd being present and the reports of the pastors being especially good, telling of revivals and other successes with the high hones of pastors and people. Mr. O. V. Woosley, the Sunday School Secretary of the Annual Conference, made o fine talk in the interest of the Sunday Schools and Rev. McLavty addressed the Conference. At 11 a. m. Rev. H G. Allen of North Wilkesboro preached a most thoughtfui sermon. Th?? routine bus iness of the conference was carried on during* the afternoon and at night Rev. R. A. Tay'or ,of the Watauga Charge, preached an inspiring sermon. The closing day of the conference1 was a >ession ol very fine reports from 'he committee and enthusiasm and deep.interest The following were elected delegates to the annual conference. J. R. Hix, \V. H. Worth, C \V. Brown, J. S. Stanburv, .T. D.1 Rankin. T. J. Carson, Mrs. N. L. Mast, and Miss Bonnie Dickson: Alternates Dr. .1. H. Turner, R. L. Wise man, W. H. Jones and Miss Clara Perkins. The Gene? ?1 Committee appointed at the conference offered reso-; lutions which the conference passed to the effect that the stewards of each charge appoint a committee of j ladies and one man to inspect the parsonage once a month and report i in writing the needs to each quarterly conference. In their financial report this committee says that nine charges out of the fifteen in the District pledged to pay everything in full. A vote was taken on this line in the conference and evervi member voted to use every effort! to pay all charges out in full. This committee asked that all charges pay ing out in full be on the honor roll and that such charges and their pastors be published in the papers in j the District. Now we have an Eastern man who faints three times while being married. What will he do when he kisses good-bye to his salary check. NEWS ITEMS FROM THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL The Normal College was glad to < have a visit from Hon. Eugene Trailsou. a recently appointed member of the Board of Trustees. He was n town attending the North Wilkesboro District Conference ar.d came j down t?) look over the plant. President B B. Dougherty of the: Normal College has just returned from Raleigh where he had a conference with the Governor and the Budget Commission. He is greatly pleased with their attitude and consideration. He does not think that! anything will be done by them that | will not be for the highest good of! the State. Mr. Dougherty states that fine discretion will be used, and no person 01* institution doing full duty and living up to obligations needs fear hut that the interests of each one will be carefully looked after by these distinguished men. Prcf. Dougherty is insisiting that that the next work done at this college should be on the campus, working out the drives and walks, inclosing and beautifying it, and he is glad ' r> ?u nuii inc uurrniur agrees wan imti in this important matter. The engineers are staking off the walks and drives and it is expected to be worked out very soon by experts, making it one of the most attractive beauty spots to be found and which will make for the higher culture of the splendid young people who shall come to this college for their training. porters thought the boy winced a little at that and at the words about' "Death?electric current ? passed1 through body?until dead " The boy1 smiled as he left the court and a few minutes later, in his cell, he wrfs playing a popular song, "Katerina" j or. his phonograph. Fred Lennig, Warden in charge of the young criminal said, "Listen. to that music. He desn't know what i it's all about." You may truly say the same of a system of "justice" that sentences to death a feeble-rnin! ded boy >f fifteen. i 1 VATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA LADIES' CLUB ENTERTAINED AT DANIEL BOONE HOTEL Last ^riday evening from 8 .to 10 o'clock the ladies of the Worth While Ciub were entertained by their husbands at the Daniel Boone Hotel. The men of Boone have not yet won the distinguished reputation for entertaining that the iadies have, but from all appearances, and from the expressions of appreciation heard the ladies enjoyed the time to the fullest. There were forty six present and after a while of social intercourse in the- lobby of the hotel, supper was announced?each one present taking a partner to the table. Between the courses there were short spicy talks made by many present, interspersed y jokes aftd laughter. Each lady present was required to write a short paper on her idea of an ideal hus: and." The following three papers were given prominent recognition: Mrs. F. M. Huggins, Mrs. W. H. r?ragg, and Mrs. Ed Quails. Watt kjragg acted well as toastmaster. After supper numerous witty games were played, after which scv ral short talks of appreciation were made with reference to the gracious hospitality accorded by the hotel manage ment. The supper could not have been equaled by and hostelry in the country or in the larger cities and the ease and spirit with which the waitresses performed their duties, brought forth much favorable comment. Mr. Sharp, the manager, talked a few minutes about how the management appreciated the loyal -upport it is receiving from the people of the town, and earnestly asked for its continuance, and urged that Ave people make the hotel their home and resting place at any time. It would not be proper to pass without throwing a large bouquet at the entire management of the hotel. They have already proven themselves adequate to all occasions; and the service Mr. Sharp and his able associates are rendering in every phase of their work, deserves the hearty commendation of all, and has already put the hotel before the people as one of the very best. We must give them, the support they so richly deserve. FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB One of the prettiest and most de i.: ? t?_:J * .? iiu-i-utig.v ui tin. r riuay .-\iternoon Club, was one held last week with Miss Annie Stanbury at the hom jf her parents. Miss Stanbury in a charming and hospitable manner, greetd each guest upon her arrival and ushered then: into rooms in which large dark red peonies were tastily arranged. The first hour of the afternoon was spent in conversation and sewing. after which rame the interesting and well planned program the hostess had arranged: Song "Cloud Shadows'*?by M rs. Woosley. Sketch of Egdar Guest's life and His poem "Home"?Mrs. Sproles. The following poems of Guest's were given: "Folks"?Mrs. Rankin. "The Apple Tree"?Mrs. Tracy Council!. "Ma and the Auto"?Mrs. ,Creer. "Pa at Breakfast"?Mrs. Greer. "Sunset," "The Florist" by Ralph M. Thompson?Mrs. Linney. Songs "At Dawning" "O Sole Mio" Mrs. Oscar L. Hardin. Miss Stanbury, assisted by Mrs. Ben Council] and Miss Mary Stanbury, served two delicious courses. Tho\first consisted of chicken salad in tomato cups, saltines, pickles, cucumber and tomato sandwiches and hot coffee. The plates containing the second course presented a scene of beauty with tre pink and white black cream shaded by miniature Japanese umbrellas of many colors; gold and white cake and gold baskets filled with pink green and white mints. Guests of the Club were Miss Mattie McNinch and Mrs. Warden of Charlotte and Miss Jennie Todd. Long after the hour for departure had passed the guests slowly took their leave. i nc next meeting ui ine ciun bo with Mrs. McD. Little. Five aeroplanes soar in the cloud: watching a motor boat beat the fa mous New York Central's "Tweoti eth Century Limited" in a race iron Albany to New York. Eagles watch irifr the tunny haste of ants. iemi kjTUin A, IHUKSUAY JUNE 4. 19i IISTINGUISHED MEN GUESTS AT DANIEL BOONE Col. Wade H. Harris, Editor of 'ho Charlotte Observer. A. 0. Kuesev, Bu-iness Manager of the Cbar>tte Chamber of Commerce. C. A. Villiams of that city, president of he Williams and Sheldon Wholesale ry goods establishment, the largest 1 the Carolina*, and J. W. Moon, j hotographer, also of the Queen City | ere guests at the Daniel Boone last J ight. 0,ne of the gentlemen at least! Hade reservations for himself and i amily for a months stay at the j opuiar hotel a little later on. while uother in whom we are much inTested, htinks of bringing his famy here for the summer. They were all delighted with our ; ttle city, and speak in high terms! f the splendid service they received i It the Daniel Boone. They came via foone on their return from the big elebration at Spruce Fine yesterday. l!G OPENING AT THE ! APPALACHIAN NORMAL) Last Tuesday marked the most I . juspicious opening ever held at our tate school since its establishment Imost a quarter 01 a century ago. he registrar cannot make a report, et, but nutting it at a conservative igtpe, th?? student body in hte dorlitories, and those who have had t<? ?ek homes in the town combined, umber well above seven hundred. j*he registration is still going on and ,e\v students are arriving daily. ! About seventy five per cent of the I udent body are ladies. UALLS NOW OWNER OF BETTER BREAD BAKERY Mr J L. Quails closed a deal yestrday for the bake shop which has Sen conducted for some time by Ir. B. R. Bryan with good success. lie new owner will increa.^ the outjt of bread from the start, and a Itle later expects to furnish pie*, ekes, jelly rolls, etc. A'TO TAGS WILL BE DISPENSED IN BOONE 'he Carolina Motor Club has estakishod an office at the Taylor Mo?r Company. State automobile licenc tags will go on sale at this on June 15. The people of this eouity can secure their tags in Boone Without the necessity of sending to Kuteixti The Club's office will be open Ithrougjout the year but licenses must be prqured by July 15th on all cars ' purchased prior to June 15th. ! METHODIST NOTES OfiL hundred and ninety . ix were pregnt last Sunday at Sunday school Onfr four Sunday School member? ke? the attendance from the 201 nufk. Isn't, that too bad ? Oh, well Sinday will be a red letter day AI that were present last Sundaj aro more should bo on hand to wel ! come the students. Don't let the stu 1 deits come and not find you at youi j lume church to extend welcomes Welcomes cannot oe 'extended b\ i speeches, but they can be extendet b; your presence, dispositions am atitudes. Yes. we shall welcome tn< students of the summer school. Some say that ^he- District Con fcrence last week was the larges in the history of the District, i don* doubt that saying. Everyone seeme< to enjoy the occasion. Lots of gooi was evidently accomplished by th good sermons, report? and resolution and too. the ladies of the Missionar Society served and made welcora the visitors in such high order tha the writer cannot refrain from boas ing. That was the best District Cor ference the writer ever attended. The dust is settled all right, bu why not mend our streets anyhow One of the best advertisements of town is her streets. Now that we hav . one of the best hotels in Northwei Carolina, let's have better streets. Do we actually appreciate the A\ palachian State Normal, a school th* helps to furnish a community c i i some of the best people in the worl If so, watch her grow with a great* delight, and give her sympathetic c? operation. Sunday School at 9:45. Be c 5 time. Preaching 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Epworth League 7 p. in. 1 Prayer meeting and choir practii ", Wednesday evening S o'clock. A are welcome. I xerat 55. 5 Ct?. aCopf BOONE CHAMBER COMMERCE WIIJL AGAIN BE ACTIVE At the Daniel Boone Hotel on last Saturday evening: the Boone Chamber of Commerce was reorganized, after several months of absolute inactivity. A good crowd of repre.sen-< tative citizens was present, and much j enthusiasm prevailed. Fortunately for \ the meeting the Hon. John .? Par-J ker, former candidate for Governor; of the State, with hi? family, was a guest in the hotel, and heartily joined in the spirit of the meeting He made a most timely and helpful talk on "Co-operation," he having had; varied experience in the work of a j like organization. Hon. Frank Lin-; ney and Prof. B B. Dougherty addn - -ed the assembly along the same line, setting forth some of the much needed improvements in our rapidly growing town. Mr. \Y. H. Gragg was elected as chairman and Russet D. Hodges See. and 'l'reas. The membership is growing nicely, and every town booster is invited to join, but knockers are i sca n-ly needed at the gatherings. Tb?- next recular im-v <- a' ' Km hr'.'i in the lobby of the DanI I Ho<?ne t t < >:L Saturday evening:, begimrrg at; * '''.lock, when many things of in-. 1 '. rv-i will be discussed. Come, bring:1! a new member ami let* make up for the lost time during; the past year. At this meeting if will be dej eid? ?' definitely or. wha- night the rutin- meetings will be held. that, is,! the most convenient ore for the majority of the members. ROBBERS ENTER SUGAR grove post office Last Friday afternoon the post office at Sugar Grove was entered by some party or parties who took there from $26 in currency and made good their escape. The office is located right on the Boone Trail and the | supposition is that the theft was made and the perpetrator escaped by auto. A Mr. Cole living nearby owns a trained blood hound, which was put on the job in a very short time. I She picked up the trail at the office but lost it at the highway. She was tried on all the roads and paths in that section hut could never pick it up again . On Saturday morning she was brought to town and was taken to all the business houses and other public places with like results. The effort was abandoned and the owner came up the walk near the Democrat office The hound came off to a branch nearby, crossed over, and hit a hot trail. She went with al! possible speed U? the waiting room at the railroad station, where the trail had to be aga?:i abandon ad. However that afternoon Mr. Colo had his-dog on hte job again when the 5:30 train arrived. She mounted the steps and ' went to ; seat which the conductor said was occupied by two Strang* young men who got off at Johnsoi City. Evid atly the animal did hei * duty a eii, and if the owner ha. brought her a few hours earlier, evidently thr robbers would have beer apprehended. MARSHALL WAS FAMED FOR HIS QUAINT WI1 * * Thomas It. Marshall, Indiana' governor and the nation's vice pros 8 ident, was full of epigrams, many o which have been widely quoted; In neariv every speech he mad i was Ht least one odd observation J j on current events. Some of thes sayings follow: I "The only difference betwee e | this geimration and my generatio 8 j is that they have different ways u ^ I making foois of themselves." Cl "The average idea of home is * flat and a flivver." ^ | "A man should marry and the 1 j kiss his wife every day as an ev I denct of good faith." ? ' Let us live our democracy. L* ' i us level all distinctions on class an a ; make thi. America really democratic e "I be'ieve in vested rights, bt ?t i not in vested wrongs. >- i lti HARR.GRAGG f I d\ M is- Carrie Gragg was happi *rj married to Mr. Harr of Bristc Tenn at the home of her fath G. \V. Gragg Saturday evening, >n M. Hucrerins. tHerforinincr the cor mony. An appetizing supper was se ved just after the ceremony to a number of friends had been i ce vised. Miss Carrie's many fi;en dl wish for her and her husband a loi J and happy iife. i "THIS WEEK" by Brisbane, world's highest salaried editor is a feature we carry, bandied hitherto by only the metropolitan Dailies. Read this column weekly. NUMBER 22 DEATH CLAIMS THOS. R. MARSHAL Washington. June 1.?Thomas Riley Marsha I vice president of the United States for eight momentous years of its history, has followed his chief, Wood row Wilson, into death. Recurrence of a heart attack which sent him to bed last Monday immediately aft a trip from Indiana, brought on the end unexpectedly today, after reports had come from the sick room throughout the week that despite his 71 years he steadily was recovering from nervous exhaustion arm a cold. Death came to him quietly in his room on th?- fnorth floor of tfcc New Willard hotel where he lived during his two terms as vice president. Propped up : , bed with pillows after eating his breakfast with at enjoyment that strengthened the .impression of those about him that h. was regaining his health, he was smoking a cigar and reading a favorite passage of the Bible. Suddenly but without haste while Mrs. Marshall was in an adjoining I room he laid the Bibie face downI ward, open where the fourth cnap. te? of the gospel of St. Mark ends and th' fifth begin- II - cigar dropped, and he fell gently back, without sneaking and apparently with tit . .u: The nurse who had been >' 1 - sid<, quickly summoned aid. But ne was dead. Brief services, attended by the nation's highest officials will be held late tomorrow in the hotel and then the body will be placed aboard a train for Indianapolis, where the funeral party expects to arrive at noon. I Wednesday. The funeral will be in | his home there at 10 a. m. Thurs: day. under the auspices of the Scot! tish Rite Masons, among whom he held high degree, j His body will be placed temporarily j in a receiving vault at Crown Hill cemetery in Indianapolis. It had ] been planned frst to hold the funeral at Marion, Ind. and lay his body I beside those of his parents and his foster-child, Clarence Ignatius Morrison, whose death at the age of 10, brought one of the greatest sorrows , into his immensely friendly life. It j was decided, however. that Mrs. 1 Marshall should determine later his I final resting place. I CLOSING EXERCISES \1 THE VALLE CRUCIS SCHOOL i I The closing exercios of the \ alle 1 Cruris School for Giris were held or: May 27 and 28th. The annual Field Day events marked the opening of the program. The Blue and White ! and Orange and Black teams engag1 ed in a spirited contest for the cup which was won by the orange and Black teanf. The total score of events 1 was 45 to 35. The high school exhibits, especially in cooking and sewing * were said to he the best ever shown here. 1 Wednesday evening, after a beautiful program of songs ana driiis Bishop Horner chairman of the board of trustees, presented the prizes and ^ certificates. In his greeting the Bishop said the plan v?f the school was s ideal in that it gave ample ppportu '! nity for the development of mind. 1 ! body and soul. ! The Rev. Clarence S. McCiellan, e{Jr. delivered the commencement a<irl j dress. His them** was "service." He e | said life is like a erreat picture in | which each detail is essentia] to the n: whole picture. Each slacker mars the n picture. No true la'oor is lost. He urped the students to lend ears of service. ai On Thursday Bishop Horner prea ched the commencement sermon and Tt i confirmed a class of fifteen. H ti SPRUCE PINE PICNIC d! WAS GRAND SUCCESS it; The Ii.k ai'. day picnic at Spruce ' Pine yesterday was a success from i every viewpoint. The lowest estimate | of the crowd present was S,000. A rather voluminous program was prepared, and every speaker, as well as ly ..(.hers who were to help make the >1. success were on hand. The three or counties interested, Yancey, Avery F. and Mitchell are to be congratulated e- upon this scheme. It will at least r- give them a big bunch of adveriisci. ing they would otherwise have missn ed. ds The multitude was fed with the 'E proverbial baskets-full of fragments I left.