T 'r- 8 uSSS ? j fc" , - . > %; , '* \ " . _ ' 1,: ' '$ ? VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 43 NEWS OF A WEEK AT BLOWING ROCK Church Here and at Cov Creek May Unite In Calling a P??tor; Other Newt of Interest By RUPERT GILLETT Blowing Rock, Nov. 10.?It i possible that the Blowing: Rock Bap tis* chtirch will make- arrangement with the Cove Creek Baptist churci for a joint pastor after the- departur of Rev. F. M. Kuggins, the presen pastor, in December, it is said b; prominent members of .the B'owinj Rock church. The Rev. Mr. Huggins, who is pas tor of the Boone and Blowing Rod churches, has accepted a call to thi Baptist church of Abingdon, Va. 1 h expected that the Boone churci go on full time after his depar ture. and in that cose the Blowinj Rock c hurch would have to make ar rangements with another church foi a part-time pastor. The Cove Creek church, it is un dersi'oori, favors, an arrangement whereby the joint pastor would con duct services in each church tw< Sundays a month. Rev. Mr. Huggins has one mor< Sunday in Blowing Rock, Pccembei 5. and the matter may be decided at thin* time, ir was said. To Meet With Budget Commission The board of trustees of the Ap palachian State Normal School at * Bbohe will meet with the advisorj bu Iget commission in Raleigh soriu time before the general assembly convenes in January, said Thomas H Coffey, newly elected representative frnqe Watauga county and chairmat t the school's board of trustees. At that, conference, Mr. Coffej said, the proposed appropriations foi the school will be discussed. Accord iug to figures published by the bud get commission last Thursday. th? school has' asked for $80,000 thit year, as compared with the $39, 338.nf> which it spent last year. Several urgently needed improve merds for the school are under consideration. but it is not at all certair 1 that; the tribney, for them will b< granted. Mr. Coffey said, in view oJ the budget reductions that will prob ably be nindo by the commission'. Completing Maps for Water Systen Cyrus G. Babb, of Hickory, consulting engineer ir> charge of the con stTuctUfii vt the new water and sew esrage fystcm? of Blowing Rock, i: completing his maps and diagrams o the system- for the use of city offi ciais. The maps wllJ show every pipi line, manhole and gate for the guid avice of repair crews. In addition ci-oss section diagrams are being pre pared to show the depth of each pipi lint, iis exact location, Uie for in a tioii throuj'n whit?h- ir nnigf-c tfWVl fli. kind and size of pipe. The construction work, under t'hi rdirec'tion of R. I.. Fanner, supcrm tendent for the- contract ors, is prog -resting rapidly toward compieUon Work is beinu" hastened especially 01 tile septic tank, where stone pil Iars: have, just been completed for Ui< pipes. The standpipe on Blowinj Rock Hotel hill is also being hasten ed. The concrete foundation for i .1:. .1 lor rhe pjpe line down the hill i completed. Revival Ciotei The revival meeting, conducted h the Baptist church here for ten day by the Rev. T. C. Canipe. evangelis for the Baptist state mission board was closed Thursday night after most enthusiastic service. Although no additions to the church results L from the meeting, a* keen interest i; church work was revived, said th pastor; Rev. F. M. Huggjns, of Boom Rev. Mr. Canipe, on leaving 'Blow ing Rock for Chapel Hill, expresse himself as well pleased with the rc suit* of the meeting. Personal Mention W. C. Claw son and.family hav N returned to their home on the high way for the winter. * Joe Pencl'.a and family are instal ed in their apartment above Mr. Pf s uusiness eataunsnnifni ior Tfl winter, with the intention of bnilidin in .the spring. ' T. H- Coffey and wife made v business' trip to Statesville recently. R. L. Farmer, superintendent f( the contractors installing water an sewerage in Blowing Rock, has n turned to oversee the completion < this work. Dr. Goodman, of Lenoir, and Mi ^ Rae CVitcher, a nurse in the hospit (Continued on Page Eight) , . " V.' ? ' (GHBBil&iS&j! [lSl ' ' ' J ATA A Non-Partisan T BOON * * * * s? ? f # * L * BUSINESS HOUSES ARE CLOSED TODAY e Store, banks, garages and * all places of business in tbe * community are closed today in * observance of Armistice Day. is * Notice to this effect* is given k * elsewhere in these columns, k * which also authorizes the clos^ ing of business or. November e * 25, Thanksgiving Day. t 4 * V ***+.*?** *r / T BEAR HUNTING I IN THE BLACK MT C Dr. Hodges Gives Intorestihg Ac \\ count of Hunt in Which Two Bears Were Bagged By RUPERT Gf.LLETT -Bears are thicker than rabbits ii j the Black Mountain country/' sai< ^ i Dr.1* J. M. Hodges, of Bo?3ne. on hi . | return from a hunt on Black Moun ) j tain, in which he and his party o 'i seven hunters bagged a 200-pouni J ! bear, and another hunting party kill i" , , ed a second hear that the Hodge t , party had started. 1 Dr. Hodges and his party left her - 1 October 20 and went directly 1 t j Black Mountain. The weather wa j i cold, Dr. Hodges said, and sheets o ? | ice, not merely icicles, a foot Ion; r ; hur.g from the branches of the tree; The underbrush in the forest was s ? thick that the hunters had to craw i when they started the next morninj in search of game. j j "Cnskey Hodges and Dr. Dorsey,' r Dr. Hodges related, "were put on th -1 first stand. Within 30 minutes afte -1 we started, the dogs aroused a bea i , and started him toward us. He pass ; j ed Caskey, who emptied a charge o - j buckshot in his side, but he did no ' stop. Dr. Dorsey then emptied tW< charges of buckshot into the bear* - ! aide, but still the unimai did no i i stop." > * For several minutes the hunter C listened as the huge beast, iumberei j on in spite of his wounds, crashiti) | through the underbrush and cmittinj a growls of fury and pain. Sudden! - all sounds save, the redoubled bayinj - of the dogs ceased. The hunter - made their way through the under 51 brush, .the branches o'f which scratch r ?-(l their skins, and found the bea - had dropped dead as he ran, a hal mile from where he was shot b; ? f.'nskey Hodges and Dr. Dorsey. H - was taken back to camp, skinned an , weighed. He tipped the beatn a 200 pounds. 'The next morning." Dr. Hodge - continued, "the dogs jumped a bea l* in Twenty* minutes after we startet The dogs of another hunting part .joitied the race and confused ou . dogs. The bear was eventually free - and killed by Mr. fortes' party." On the third day, Dr. Hodges sail i their dogs chased a bear all forenoo - until they were 'exhausted, hut tli 3 bear was not killed. x "Next* week," Dr. Hodges cor - eluded, "we are going back to gc t Kettle foot." b Kettle/foot is the famous GOC s pound - bear that has ravaged t:h j sheep folds and the cow pasture ' around Black Mountain for ten year; n Many hunters have seen him, som s have shot at him, but none has eve ^ hit him. Those who have seen hit I, recently report tat his fur is gettin a gray around the head and breast, an h that he is accompanied "by a sma, d hear that follows him like a jackal t n get the food that" Kcttlefoot kills an e leaves after he has satiated his ow hunger Those who accompanied Di ti Hodges on thy hunt are Charles Mi j ler. Jim Hampton, Dr. Dorsey, Joh J-Knight, Millard Hodges and Caske ] Hodges. e' TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES j It is very important that I have j record at once of every toucher i i?h? thf cnimi'.u A The "November Budget" will t ! made right soon and if you fail I a | have your late: i cert'ficate with fu ! credit: oil record and so reported i )r|thfe budget you will be credited t (j; the state with yojjr old certificat and salary. This notice applies to teachei-s wl have not sent in your certificate < ^ who have raised or renewed sini al last year. _ SMITH HAGAMAN. County Superintendent. Newspaper, Devoted to the rE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA ; MEASURE OF OUR THANKFULNESS ? * Publicity Committee Atk? for Lib* cral Conlributidns For Orphanages on Th0.nksgivir.5r ? * Thanksgiving: "The act of expseas* in# gratitude for favors and riTercies; ^ a public celebration of divine goodt ness; a day so set apart." * j The season of Thanksgiving is up* j on us. Just how thankful arc you? * The measure of your thankfulness - is found in what you are willing to do, and will do, for those who are not as fortunate as you are. If you are truly thankful for this Christian tar.d of ours, for Che creature com forts that* God has givt*i you during | the past year, for the prosperity that j your community, ymir stutea AHu your j nation enjoy, you will show it by try uig to pas? on to those worthy of your benefactions, some of the blessings that you and yours are enjoying. * If you are looking for some such 6 an outlet as this for the joyful spirit _ of Thanksgiving that is filling your t- heart, we commend to your considj eration the appeal of the North Carolina Orphan Association - hich is asking every citiS^fth of Lb" Old North s State to contribute Co the orphanage of his or her choice, on. or near, e Thanksgiving Day. Hie full proceeds. () of one day's labor. s There arc 25 of these institutions f in North Carolina. All of them are g cleanly administered and all of them ? are worthy of the unstinted support 0 of all good people. You will make 1 no mistake in giving to any of them ? fo?- all of them are doing noble, conr scicntious work. !?"? These orphanages have added e wonderfully io the state's richest asr sets?her manhood and her womaur hood. Many thousands of homeless _ and helpless children have been liffcf ed out' of and above all unfavorable t environment and have been developed into useful men and women by these s splendid institutions established by I those who "live r.ot unto themselves alone." s In all respects, these orphanages jj are worthy of our support and wo can ;/ do no finer thing at this blessed g Thanksgiving season than to show y our love and appreciation for them g and foi^the thousands of helpless s children whom they are nourishing fj and bringing up under religious inji fluences, by remembering them at r Thanksgiving in the same measure as f God has blessed us during the year. y Tlie most appealing and cheering n of all pictures of the Saviour of the ..... . . (j worm is uie classic one in which He I holds Hi tie children in His arms and blesses them. The orphan homes of s our state, where fatherless v and v motherless .little children ai? enfoldx j ed by devoted and trained servitors y and fostei mothers, are t'he modern p sheltering- arms of the Master whose fj blessings they received in the long ago. [j But the blessings to the^e prectoui n utile ones come from charitably ine clined people who contribute to theii nurture, to their right living to then future happiness. To rhus be pert ntitted to become an imitation of Ilim who doeth all things well, in Hi? lovingest mortal guise, is such K spe3 rial privilege, it were sacrilige to a think of, even as charily, ^when in?as; suming our Saviour's overt act of e blessing others, we are thrice blessed r ourselves. ? The wage or income of r, dav hi gr Thanksgiviqg to one or more of the d orphan homes will surely bring: joy U to the hearts of every one who gives 0 cheerfully. It would most assuredly d be keeping on good terms with eonn science. The income of a day for helpless r< children is a fair exchange?-joy for dollars; life for rnorsey. But, ren member, joy is not to be purchased; v life is not for sale. They come freely to all ;wlu meet worthily the dernandr of their own hearts; and they come in no other way?in no other terms. a A gift for the care and education s' of helpless children wilt measure the circumference and also the depth oi ?e the heart of the donor himself?no1 o others. Do not suffer your bettei 11 impulses to be belittled; make nc, n compromises with your heart, lesl ,y you do yourself an injury. not in the rg eyes of oth'ers but in your own estimat ion. l0 Men grow froth within, not* fron )r without. Men make themselves bi$ .e or little by their thoughts and deeds Take the full measure of your hear in responding to the call of the or (Continued on Page Three) DEMC Best Interests o^^orthwest iROLlNA. THURSO^^p?OVSMBEU 11 1 1 ^ ' ' * ' FUNDS# COUNT! ..j!JCATION ! A. T. Allen, certified public ac pie fed an audit of the books of the auirn county, left the. week for Rat j his report. It has recently been ch proximately $26,000 existed in t'hc < ' leh's audit shows, instead of a defie OIG.OO in excess of liabil*Lie.=?-in of cation is $14,046.90 to the good. H sets and liabilities <>f the board a? si CURRENT A Taxes uncollected Balance in Watauga Coum'y Bank Balance in Peoples' Bank Certificates of Deposit ; j aoiws receivable Total assets CURRENT LIA1 Cash overdraft Notes payable Total liabilities Surplus of assets ever liabilities . . ^ j PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ISSUES Hi THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION! America, prosperous, happy, at ' peace with all the world, is blessed i among the nations of the earth, ^ j President Coolidgc declares in a 1 proclamation setting: November 25 as : Thanksgiving Day. The proclama1 tion follows: "As a nation and as individuals we : have passed another twelve months I in the favor of Che Almighty, He has / ' smiled upon our fields and they have j{ ! brought forth plentifully. business j ! has pr^pered; industries have flour- i ; ished and labor has beer, well em- I ^ j ployed. While sections of our conntry have been visited bv disaster, we EWBi6BlBHaSMf i charity make our acknowledgement V more acceptable in His sight. "Wherefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, ' president of the United States, do j * I hereby set apart Thursday, the 25th, . day of November, next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, and /] ( . i recommend that on that' day the _ . people shall cease from their daily { work ami in their homes or in their . : accustomed places of worship, de, : voutly give thanks tv> the Almighty nc | for the many and great blessing they ^ 1 . have received and seek His guidance that through good deeds and brolhj erly love they may deserve a continuance of His favor. "In witness whereof, I hnvd here- ^ : unto set my hand and caused to be ^ affixed the great seal of the United States. 'Done At the City 01 Washington, ^ this thirteenth day of October, in " ^ die;.year of our Lord 1926, and of ; the Independence of the United v j : States, one hundred and fifty-first. (Signed) "Calvin Ooolidge." VALLE CRUC1S NEWS Valle Cucis, Nov. 10.?Mrs John ' Oyer and Mrs. Luther Nave, of Ml. ce ; City, visited Mrs. J. L. Tester on ov , Monday. Mrs. Arthur Mast, who has been th CRA^ North Carolina. . 1U20 I BOARD OF SHOW SURPLUS count ant, who has just com- I board of education for Wat- j thi eich, where he will complete hoi arced that a deficit, of ap- )n ounty school funds. Mr. Al- wa it, assets amounting t'o $14.- (>N< her words, the board of eduere is a stat'emenl of the as- ! l.U , hu tbmiUed by Auditor Allen: 1 0ii1 SSETS ! v 'n i fat $70,667.15 2,652.20 j .... 7,89p.65 j do ... 4.752.01 j nfi $W.?72:81 3ILIT1E5 if!i( $17,225.91 I r" . . ? 55.000.On j 111 j III ' S72.725.91 ! !; 514,046.90 j si, 1 pr ONOR ROLL 2ND MONTH j st; BLOWING ROCK SCHOOL fi' Below is given the honor roll of the > m owing Rock school foi the .so Co nil nth of this year: ^ First Grade ^ Evciyn Brown, Francis Pittts. Mary t0 ?uise Williams. Jewell Hartley, Nett Gray Sides; Alma Lowdermilk, I ol jula Lowdermilk, Wake Casel, | ^ can Jenkins. Daniel Klutt/., Lewis j g, nvdermilk, John Keller. | h, Second and Third Grades I M Nancy Ward, Ruby White. Blanche rooten. Evelyn Jenkins, Bettie Rob-! ns, Gladys Teasler, Paul Klutfz, | sc lias. Robhfins, Dennis Coffey, Doss tl eiler. George Suddei*th, Car! Wal- 1. rs. G( Fourth and Fifth Grades S< Dare Hartley, Opal Pitts, Eliza- ? >th Greer, Irene Jenkins, Grace rv eid. Beuiah Toaster, Bessie Wooten, Ji ii'/el Mays, Virdola Waltcrts. Ar- ni le Jenkins, Ollie Poster. Mary \\ luttz, Luther Greene, Vaughn ni art ley, Edward Robbins. ! G Sixth Grade Jl Virginia Coffey, Dee Cannon, S lizabeth Waiters, Dorris White, C vclyn Greene. Sidney Cannon. Ed- J S? ard Coffey, Jack Greene. < sm Seventh Grad? '* Mary Wooten, Eleanor Story, Ola ; In uffey, Annie Coffey, Com Greene, j iilginia Sudderth. Maude Mays, ewey Sl'ory. Frank Kluttz, Hnrlen 1 '' riff by; Parks Knight, Arnold Cofr y" * i Eighth Grade Helen SiiddortNv Mai-gare*. Sndn*th," Margaret Sudderth. Lois iuttz. ? Ninth Grade Elizabeth Suddevtli, Volma Can?n, Edna Miller, Liicile Raid, Bynum ** risp. ' * ax JERIFF FARTHING ON ROUNDS FOR TAXES ee de Sheriff L. M. Farthing announces ites and places where he will be for sc e next month for the purpose of pa llecting taxes for the years 10*25 ag id 1926. Collections so far for this th ar have been very small and ' the ed eriff Urges the taxpayers to nieet of m and settle at once. See add else- on lerc in this paper. "C TIM CONGRESSIONAL VOTE tu ed Congressman Robert L. Doughton (Tried Watauga county in the re- w? nt* election by a majority of 129. Mi k\r his opponent. Hon. O. F. Pqole.ryec The official vote by townships in | is contest is as follows: I scl uoughton Poole I of >Iek (10 265 ra ik . . . 30 173 iure^ Creek 287 200 B; eat Camp No. 1. . . .250 168 nt eat Camp No. 2 .... 29 23 pi orth Fork 30 82 iawneehaw 132 138 tony Fork 119 325 c< 'akauga 359 390 h % ? T Total ... 2988 ) 2895 tl a. .r-r 4. FIVE CEN^V A COFYn FEW RESULTS OF THE ELECTION * nth Dakota Elect* Fir?t Democratc Governor; Nellie Ross Defeated in Wyoming The first Democrat* ever to occupy ; governor'^ chair in South Da:a will move into the state house January. W. J. Bulow, Democrat, s victorious ir. the recent election ;r Carl Gtinderson, Republican irernor. with the tacit help of a ReIdican faction which deplored nderson's efforts to get the st'ate t of the rural credit enterprise by ich it has loaned ?17.000.000 to mers and Mand ov/ness of that to. Frank C. Emerson. Republican, featcd Governor Nellie Ross. Wyonjjfs Dernucmtic woman governor, a small majority. In the fat west, the Republicans \ better than in the east- They -elected Senator Wesley L. Jones Washington; Senator T. L. Oddie Nevada, and California went Retbiic-an by a majority of almost ruislide magnitude. " In addition, L?vada delivered two official broadles at prohibition by adopting a opnsal declaring the national dry t a failure and another requiring its nt.e legislature to memorialize coness to call a constitutional convcn>n to change the eighteenth ?mcndent. George H. Corahs, Jr., 27-yeat -old mgressman-elect from the fifth issouri district, will go t'o Washing>n as the "Baby Member" of confess. Combs, a ' Democrat. who isted the veteran Republican. E. G. His, from his seat, will replace ;?.muel J. Montgomery, of Okla!>ma, the "baby" of the last* house, ontgomery is 30 years old. Seven l^eroocrats will succeed ?ven Republicans in the senate ii* le next congress. They are: David Walsh, Massachusetts, who befeab:1 William M. Butler, friend, councilor and campaign manager of resident Coolidge; Robert F, Wager defeated James W. WadsWovth, iii New York: Congressman Slier Thomas defeated Senator John Harreld in Oklahoma; Congresscm Hniry Hav.es suceeecjs Senator eoi'ge N. Williams in Missouri; udge Alben W. Berkley replaces, cantor \i. P. Kmst in Kentucky; or.gressnmri Cat Hnydon defeated enator Ralph K. Cameron in AriVhu. and Millard 0- Tyding-. sue eds Senator O. E. W viler in Maryad. Governor Ritchie \vac". for t'he third mo elected governor of Maryland, now takes his nln.ee n the front ir.k of Democratic pi -Cd:aiiai pc-sbilnies. NEWS OF COVE CREEK Sugar Grove.' Nov.. 10?Cove Creek gh school won a double header bns?.i ball game on Friday. ^The score ? ith the Boone high school was o9-9 id with New River 31-7. ReV. Uriah Farthing was a rent visitor at' chapel and conducted voiional exercises. Hon. R- I- Doughton spoke in the hool auditorium tc a number of Irons and students several days ro. Mr. Doughton congratulated e community or. the progress along ucatjona! lines and in the erection > ! buildings. He contrasted conditis r.ow with those existing ten years o and urged the younger people to ?! ike good use of the splendid oppornities offered them in securing an u cation. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Horton had as /.j ?ek-end guests Miss Bertie Phillips, iss Belle Petit and Mr. Harry Cald>11, of Gaffney, S. C. All the teachers of the Cove Creek hool; together with several others i'h i. ftiMinftr afionjai) V... - > ?' ..V.,vi.ui.a lie milium soling of the Northwestern Disiet at Greensboro October 29-30. Mr. W. F. Sherwood has been conned to his room for several days ith a rather severe attack of nettlgia The members of the Ccve Creek sptist church gave a birthday din r last Sunday in honor of thejr istor, Rev. L. A. Hurst John Skelton Williams, former >mptrolIer of the currency, died at is home in Richmond, Va., Inst hursday night. Heart trouble wssl ic cause of his deatfe. : : 'rfi . 1