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A Non-Partisan
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VOLUME XXXVI.
HUGE DISTILLERY
TAKEN LAST NIGH !
Deputy Sheriff Bags Big Game i
Edge of Wilkes When 300 Gailo;
Steam Plant it Found in Action.
Deputy Sheriff Lee Gross, wh
keep- the county jail here, is bein;
congratulated this morning on ever,
hand for his action last night, nea
the v/ec j^inall hours, when he ani
his assistants found a 300 gallo
steam still running at fub capacity
a wash tub being used to catch th
hootch as it ran from the still, antwo
men, Will Fleenor, of Summit
Wilkes county* near which plac
f^he thing occurred) and _ Phillip
of Wilkes Countv also t efulJ
sleeping nearby.
Trie interesting part e stor;
lies in the fact that the wer
not out on a ~aul of t Ind. In
formation brought out Mr Ed
Stearns, Manager of .Vataug
Cafe, at Blowing Rock, hose es
tablishment a quantity of whiskc
was found not lone itice, and wh
is arraigned bef: court, le
the officers to enor on
charge of retailit: -r nving Roc
this summer. It wai 1 ?.i attempt t
locate Mm for appearance in vonncc
tion with the Steams cast that h
and Phillips v ere fennd in the ac
of making liquor.
Everything was "setting pretty
when Officer Gross arrived. Th
deadly work was being done whil
tin offenders slept, weary per hap
fr -rn long nights of vigilance. Th
distillery b 'ing of a size never befor
captured oy Watauga officers, it
output was immense* and a larg
sized washing tub was the least thin;
the moonshiners could risk in whic
to catch the fluid as it ran from th
condenser, and as they peacefully re
posed. Some thousands of gallons o
beir sat nearby. Mr. Gross waite
and looked no doubt for a momenl
at the willfulness with which the law
of the State and Nation were bein
^ violated, and flashed his eleeUiv tcrc
into the sleepers' faces, but they di
not awake, and when they did awak
they were being man-handled by th
efliceient arm of the law.
The outfit was ,dismantled, .an
Phillips handed .over to a Wilkes ofi
cis! while Fleenar spent the reman
der of the night in the Boone ja
to answer local charges.
He will doubtless be used materia
lv in tK;k Stunrnc pbcp ?'h??n it
before the- court, and will then 1
arraigned jointly with Phillips beio!
the next Wilkes tribunal, when tht
-will face an "open and shut" charu
of manufacturing intoxicating be
crapes.
BOONE ROUTE 1 NEWS
Mi. and Mrs. Henry Norris visit*
Mrs. Norris' parents in Alexander c
last week.
Mr. E. C. Norris had the misfo
tune of getting his saw mill darnagi
by fire one night last week.
A very successful revival closed
Bethel M. E. Church last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raliegh Moretz
ItutheiAvood visited Mr. and Mi
Clyde Norris last Sunday.
Y 31 r. Eugene Norris left a few wee
ago for Bentonville, Ark. He is co
tempiating buying a farm there.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Taylor visit
at Mr. E. O. Greer's near Brownwo
Saturday and Sunday.
Gertie Moretz and Mrs Bell M
rctz of Brookside visited Mrs. B
Norris a few ^ays past.
Mr. John Phillips has been goi
around on a staff as he seems to
suffering something like paralysis.
Mrs. Lydia Castle of Brownwo
spent last Sunday with Mrs. Be
Norris.
Mr. Glenn Stanburv passed the
grade examination and is attendi
the Normal.
Mrs. Harrison Miller has been 1
ridden for the past few weeks 1
some better at this writihg.
Miss Hoily Wagner held prayer
vice at the Winebarger grave y:
the fifth Sunday, quite a few
tending. Donna, the little daugh
of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Houck die
few days past.
Where Educating i> Done.
Visitor:? "Do you feel that
seffort and sacrifiee of sending y
son through colege was worth it
Fond Wife:? "Oh yes indeed
if for no other reason, the worn
^ fill education it has given his fath:
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Si.50 Per Y?r BOONE. V
TENN. AND GA PRAY FOR RAIN
?PRAYERS AYAH.ETH MUCH
1 Wondrri Here Rr.ultrd From Ap
peili Ma<i- by PrAyer?--In South
n Caiuiina Drenching Rains Come. ;
n
Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 9.?Apparently
! encouraged by the results obtained
0 by the people of South Carolina last
g Sunday when they prayed for rain.
v the church people of two southern
r .--tales today importuned their gov4
ernors to set aside next Sunday as
t\ u day of supplication for Divine de- '
f liveran.ee from the drouht that has ,
e damaged their crops and now thread
wipe out ? -n their drinking |
\9 wain.
e Early ii. ' the Baptist pas-s
tors' conference t Chattanooga and
v the Chattanooga nastors Association
asked Governor Austin Peay to proy
claim the day as one for prayer and ,
o rain. The governor was absent from
i- Nashville, but it was indicated that
I. the request would meet the favor of
a! the executive. It was said the plea
; of the Chattanooga pastors was based
y i on a suggestion of t heir local weatho;
er forecaster.
d At the same time in this city, the
a Atlanta Evangelistical Ministers' Ask
sociation called on Governor Clifford
o Walker and urged that he take the;
- same step. Governor Walker not ont
ly consented to comply with their ret
quests but made it the occasion to j
declare that he is a staunch believer
" in the efficiency of prayer,
e The apparent doing of miracles in
e South Carolina last Sunday has made
!S a profound impression throughout the
e south. It was related that in one
e ! instance weher a congregation knelt
,sj in silent prayer for rain, while they
e | still were on their knees, a gentle
g ? rain began to fall, .almost, from a
hI cloudless sky. according to the story.
i; I Ins rain gathered force with timet
!- and before the day was over, the enf
j rire countrywide was visited by a
d | drenching downpour.
I, | These and other stories have cira
| culaltd through the drought stricken
g area. Letters .to newspapers from
h parsons of ali denominations
d indorsed the movement:e
In Georgia, North Carolina and
e eastern Tennessee there has been on
let up from the parching drought
d and th?' torrid boat of the past few
i- weeks. A thundershower was proml~
i.sed Atlanta today by C. F. Von Heril
man, local forecaster, but all thai
happened was a cloud that hung over;
1- i he city for about three hours. Be- \
;s fore sunset (his had disappeared and I
>e another hope for rain dissipated,
-e South Carolina has had no rains
y ul consequence since Sunday, and be- i
vend the ioca showers of that day
v- is still in the grip of the drought. j
A PIECE OF INTERESTING
AND LUCRATIVE FARMING
I
d Last spring Mr. James Bingham,]
o.! one of our best small farmers, who
! resides in the Brushy Fork section of
r-1 the county pondered as to what crop
id I he should cast that would bring the
; quickest cash returns, and tried it j
at | out on Irish Cobbler potatoes. Eight j
j acres were planted, the expense for!
of fertilizer, labor etc being approximates.
! tely $600. When digging time came
| he had the crop sold to two Gastonia
ks merchants at $2 per bushel. He has
n-j already delivered his yield which afI
ter being assorted amounted to i.200
ed! bushels, his cash returns being $2,400
od' less expenses. He then purchased ofl
his brother and two other gentlemen J
io-j 1,300 bushels more, which he >o)d at!
ell the same price, making both n ansae-i
tions bring the sum of $5,000. And <
ng still some men say there is no money
be | in farming Watauga lands. Can you |
beat this?
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lie CARD OF THANKS
MB ]
ith We wish to extend to the many
ing friends who have been such a comfort
to us in our recent bereavement
>ed our sincerest. thanks.
3ut Your expressions of love and sympathy
have meant more to us than
ser you may ever know. May the Heaard
venly Father reward each one of you.
at- Annie E. Coffey and Family.
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14 ? I hft* a Uitfercnt.
J Fat Motorist:? "I've driven those
) tiros 18,000 miles and never yet
have I taken one of them off to fix
the a puncture.*'
our The Goat?? "What?not on
?" puncture?**
? Fat Motorist:? Oh I've had sev
for- era! punctures?but I always hir?
jr.** them fixed.**
WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CARO
WATAUGA FARMERS
BIG PRO
Changing Methods of Fai
hie Practice Including th<
Cheese AX'hich is Carried
I
. -t.
Above: One of the most ucccsaf j
l. -hed in iVatauga County by the dai rj
is tne one at Brushy fork abut seven
tory is located in a pleasant valley ait.l
farms that are rapidly adding Cany inilk
and cheese.
Below: .1. B. Horton, manager of
here hauling an automobile load of C
$118.15 to the clicese factory patrons
per.se of trying to market the whole :
road is seen a sign that tells motoring
cream cheese just around the bend.
Br F. H. JETER. ! p
"Look here," said John Arev> "if h
you want to see how a people art; j ti
changing their methods of farming I s:
to adopt a more profitable practice, f
you come with nte to Watauga i:f
county next week and visit the dairy ?i
farm* and cheese factories with me." w
Accordingly plans were made to d
go with John Arey. In fact he is d
a nowerful hard man to *?vnd?? wIht
he wants someone to do something*, y
So we set out. His first stop in- h
eluded a visit to the Granite Falls c
Dairy Farm in Caldwell County n
where County Agent D. W. Robert* a
and Homer P. Robinson, manager of e
the farm, were to give a giant picnic t
to the dairy farmers of the County. h
Here we found a well managed s
farm engaged in the production of c
cream and whole milk from puro d
bred Jersey cows. Mr. Robinson is h
milking 28 cows, keeping records on t
each one and has some high pro- r
ducers. In one year, one of his cows, j I
Raleigh's Rooney, produced 12,623 I
pounds of milk containing 636 a
pounds of butter fat. It costs about f
$200 to feed this cow and the value t
of her product including the skin*- \
milk and manure, amounted to $338.
In addition, she dropped a fine bull <
calf during the year and won over
$2#0 in prizes in the show ring. Shel<
was one of the prize winners at the ; .
North Carolina State Fair last fall.
About -100 people attended the (
dairy picnic that day and each fam- \
ily brought a well filled basket. A > ]
speaking program was held in the j <
forenoon and games and contests in j ]
! the afternoon- The folks all in-li
! spected the dairy farm and went:
j away filletl with a more wholesome!
: respect for the dairy business. j,
; But Watauga County was our ob- j
jcctive. A dairy picnic was to be j
held on the farm of Floyd C. Ward.)
| a leading farmer of the county and j
formerly engaged in th production i
! of beef cattle. We spent one whole
j day before the picnic visiting thoi
dairy farmers, the cheese factoriesj
land studying the farming practices;
of that county.
Watauga is one of the grain and
livestock sections of North Carolina, i
Despite the drouth the Valleys and i
coves stiil presented a green, velvet j
* lined appearance, dotted here and!
there in suitable locutions with
Urn*
>L!NA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
FIND
FIT LN DAIRYING
rming for More Profita- .
e Manufacture of f ine ?
to Market by Auto.
I of the thre_* cii fr-ctories e&tab
- -w-iiMuii unite in?srave to11ego j
miles west n Eoeiie. This fac-'
is rurrounaod by prosperous
' a- they find profits ^^^
the Brushy Fork Factory is seen j
heese into Boone. This load brought |
and eliminates the trouble and exmilk.
On a tree at. the sid of the I
parties that they may buy fine i
ainted homes, large barns ar?d with
erds of catfle grazing on rich pasures.
The drouth has been respon-l
ible for a decrease in milk flow |
rom the hut th?> ?? " I
Liuling th&t the section is suited Cor
airy farming and many of those
ho were leading beef raisers and traors
have dropped the old to turn to
airying.
Mr. Ward is a typical example. For
ears he was a prosperous beef man.
le raised beef cattle and bought beef j
attle from the smaller farmers. He j
nsde money. But following the war!
nd the depression of 1920, little mow-!
y was made with beef so Mr. Ward j
urned his attention to dairying. He
tas built a fine dairy barn, bought!
ome pure bred Ayrshire cattle, has}
onstructed a model milk house and !
leiivers his whole milk in Boone. He
las a farm of some -CO acres devoted j
o pasture, corn and hnv crocs. L.ist i
nonth his check for whole milk de- j
ivered at Boone amounted to $600. j
ie has thirty head of Ifolslein and j
yrshire cattle, headed with one of the;
!incsl Ayrshire hulls to be found in
he country. He stated that dairy
farming will pay in the mountai.
ectioo and others are following: his
example.
For the smaller farmers who k?c*p
>nly a few cows, the cheofce factories
ire proving; a Messing. There are
hree now in erection in Watauga.
2ove Creek which is the oldest, and
ihe last one is Beaver Dam. Mr
Fi. L. Wilson, attached to the office
;>f dairy extension at State College,
lives at Boone and gives his whole
time to helping the farmers manufacture
the best grade of cheese and
sell it successfully. He also gives
aid to the other factories outside of
Watauga.
As we drove up to the Brushy
Fork factory, the manager, Mr. J.
B. Horton was just leaving with a
load of fine cream cheese for the
stores at Boone. This load- nlarwl
in the hack end of his autmobile,
was worth $118.15. It was mi'k condensed
into cheese and therefore
more easily handled and marketed.
It furnished a way for the mountair
farmer to dispose of his milk anc
to get it out of the mountain cave;
before the buying pubic in a man
ner that he could never have don<
trying toi sel the whole milk.
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tO. 1925. S Civ. aC^pjr
:ONFEDERATE REUNION
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
The Confederate reunion which
to have been held m Boone today
ind tomorrow at the Normal School
las been jHJstponed until Thursday
ind Friday, Sept. 24th ar.d 25th. Adutant
E. M Greer will furnish pro
rrurn a later date.
One Black Mark.
Prof:? "To have and to hold is
i good motto."
Stuck*:? "How about a plate of hot
?ravy?*r
"That.** says Mr. Are;;, "is what
we have found in th: - cheese factory
work. The factori are small
manufacturing: concc rn owned by
the co-operating farmers. All profits
after deducting the cost of operation
are given back to the producer
and the factoric- are furnishing
a steady monthly income to folks
who have riot much > ami little
means of $el!in what tb<\ do produce.
These factories have had rather hard
sledding. Our folk a- < ?t yet reconciled
to roiikittfcsjows, but v/h? i. we
first established th<* factories miik
and cheese were both hUth and the
profit, were good. Then came norma!
prices and those farmers who
had been stripping beef cows to sell
milk to the factories did not ;:et eiiough
money out i?f it to justify
milking such poor producing cows.
Therefore, they quit, milking. The
cheese factories closed. Only those
u reminded by good dairy farmers
wen able to keep open on these, we
are now concentrating oar attention.
They are coining through successfully
and with more farmers becoming
interested in dairying and buying or
growing high producing cows, we can
look forward to the time, when more
factories will be opened and these
now in operation will be turning out
larger quantities of good cheese.
W. H. Mast, one of the directors
of the Cove Creek factory agreed
with Mr. Arey.
"I could hardly get along without
my monthly milk check/' be said.
"We haul about 2,500 poundf of
cheese to Hickory from this factory
each week and it nets us about $600
defending on the market. l'his
would mean that we would have to
. .i-.. . ? .. ?
j^ei mt! same monuy, even ji we were
able to find buyers for the rnilk and
could get it to them fresh and pure.
If we were.hauling hay, it. would cost
more for carrying charges than the
hay would bring, so it seems to me
that the er.iv thing we can do is to
liped our hay and milk into cheese and
haul out the choose.
The Cove Creek factory was built
iti2i and when it first opened
only about 50 gallons of milk was
delivered. Now the factory gets about
700 pounds per day. Before
the drouth became so severe, the
factory was receiving about 1,700
pounds per day and this is about the
same thing that happened to other
factories. The Cove Creek factory
is now making 000 pounds of cheese
per week which is a drop of 350
pounds since the drouth began This
cheese is now selling for about 24
cents per pound whoesale.
The -Reaver Dam factory is small
err inar- n? ??xrr two out maKts I'.iU*.
cheese and brings in a good income
to the small farmers of that valley.
The factory at Banner Elk has been
in litigation but has now opened and
is making good cheese
Whereder we went through the
valeys and coves of Watauga, ve
found the people thinking of dairy
cattle. Some, like Wray W. Wilson,
of the Beaver Dam Community, have
already put in fine Hclstoin cow?
! and are getting ready to supply more
i milk
At Valle Crucis, the fine herd of
dairy cattle being managed by Miss
Effie HefFner is being used to pro
vide milk for ice cream made ai
the school and sold outside. Tht
; cheese factory here has ceased opera
tion until the milk flow increases 01
until the neighboring farmers fin<
! means to secure more dairy cows
. Throughout the entire county, th?
farmers are finding that dairy cat
, | tie are proving more profitable thai
neei. some still nave their beef herd
11 but the larger number are breed in;
. | towards the dairy type and this wit
i! the sheep and wool, the cabbage, po
t j tatoes and apples largely furnish th
>! income of the farmers. On nearl
- every farm, one sees the cabbage an
i potato patches, the corn irr the bo!
loms. the orchard high on the hil
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EIGHT PAGES
This Week
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NUMBER 36
WOOTEN TRIAL
STILL GOES ON
Lawyer* No* Making Pleas Being
Tried for Second Degree Murder
Can't Finish Dockets This Week.
The trial i D. W. WoGten, -nans?*d
with ill*- Iling of Left&rd Tripiett
in June attracting much ir.r.eresE
Th r\, room ha.-: beer: pack
ed since the use came up yesterday
ana tht ;t\vy r-' pica- ;r* now being
heard. The defendant is being
tried for sec ;iui degree murder, and
it is expected the case will go before
the jury tomorrow.
A co i ri.any minor cases have
been di.-p 1 of. We will however
be unable to carry a full list of the
proceeding 'his week.
Store *'ian one hundred case- were
on the si.H docket this t? rra while
the civil dockvL has about 2<J. Attorneys
think *he term will continue
well it it .
W. L. ALEXANDER
DIES IN CHARIOTTE
Wealthy Blowing Rock Developer
Succumbs in Charlotte Hotel to
Heart Attack.
(Charlotte Sjtetna! of the IRh to the
Creensboro News.)
? Walter L. Alexander. 11. of Charlotto
and Blowing Rock capitalist, and
developer <>f the Blowing Hook section,
died early this morning at the
Hotel Charlotte of heart trouble. He
had been ill but for a short- time,
his death coming as a complete surprise.
Mr. Alexander, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, and Mr. and .Mrs.
L. B. Morrow v?f Blowing Rock, came
to Charlotte Monday afternoon. Yesterday
Mrs. Alexander and other
members of the party returned but
Mr. Alexander was unwell and remained
in Charlotte, intending to
return to Blowing Rock probably to
day.
Tuesday afternoon Dr. ti. A. Bar;
ron and Dr. W. E. W'isehart, house
physicians, attended Mr. Alexander,
who, it is said, responded to treatI
ment A nurse was left with hiro
during the night. Early this morning
he dropped off to sleep and several
hours later when attendants went
to him he was found dead.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed this afternoon, pending
the arrival here of Mrs. Alexander,
who was expected tonight.
Mr. Alexander lived in Charlotte
until about eight years ago when he
moved to Blowing Rock to develop
real estate in which he was extensively
interested. He was secretary!
treasurer of the May view Manor com
puny and the May view Construction
Company of Blowing Rock, and the
j chief developer of properties held by
these companies since their organization
years ago.
Mr. Alexander also owned a large
block of land in the picturesque Blow
ir.g Rock region which he was developing
individually, devoting practically
all his time to these projects.
He was also interested in a number
of business concerns in Charlotte.
' Mr. Alexander is survived by bis
wife, Mrs. Ernestine Bridges Alex'
andor formerly of Wilmington and
two children. Ernestine and Preston.
His stepmother, Mrs. W. L. Alexander,
lives here. Mr. Alexander's father,
VV. S. Alexander, one of the
best known business men of the city
died last year. A sister Miss Minnie
Alexander, lives he;e.
sides and the farm home, set back
) \ under the lee of some hill, surrounded
by a carpet of green. To the
rear or at one side is the barn and
>|the cattle grazing in the pastures be
yond. The peope are energetic and
tl earnest, clfear-eyed and intelligent,
i! To the picnic held on Mr. Ward's
_1 farm lot-*- 1 1
....... iwoii i uv-uuj, iIICv urou>jnt an
r abundance of food, well cooked and
1: the talks made and showed an inteli
J out appreciation of the problems preb
sen ted to them.
As I left them to come down the
11 hills again to my lowland home. 1
s! thought that here some day will be
e? I a geat cattle country. From this
h section will flow a stream of pure,
?- cold, clean milk to feed the people
e of the lowlands. Other dairy prody
nets will also be made here and this
d together with the other crops will
t-jmake this again one of the richest
1-j sections of Vorth Carolina.
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