Newspapers / Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / Oct. 2, 1930, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
i VOLUME XLIf, NO. 13 Today and Tomorrow By FRANK P. STOCK BRIDGE Books Two hundred million books were bought bv readers in the United States last year. Another 200,000, probably, were read bv persons who borrowed them from public and private lending libraries That means that the average American reads about three books a year. That is not very many books. One reason is that books are not easy to buy or borrow in most par Us of the United States. The American Library Association reports that 83 pfer cent, of the rural population has 'tfft nr. public library service. Only a very few cities have bookstores?places where books are the principal commodity sold. Enterprising: publishers are now pushing the sale of books in drugstores, cigar stores and railroad stationsWe read more newspapers and magazines than any other nation, and that is all to the good. But nobody can claim to be educated, or get the most out of life, unless he or she also reads books. Pressure One of the greatest discoveries of science is that if you squeeze anything hard enough it will change into something else. If you put two or three things into one pressure-chamber and apply sufficient pressure tr.ey will combine into something new. Applying this, Dr. Friedrich Bergiug of Germany discovered that you can get 100 1-2 ballons of gasoline out of 100 gallons of crude oil! You simply put the oil into a pressure chamber in company with a quantity of heated hydrogen gas anc ap ply a pressure of 3,000 pounds to the square inch. The hydrogen combines with the oil and you get more gasoline out than you put oil in. Too much hydrogen in gasoline causes knocking in the combustion chamber of your automobile engine. Another new application of pressure is the "gasoline wringer," which squeezes excess hydrogen out of gas-, dine. One reason ? >* the lower price | of gasoline most everywhere is the: adoption of these and other new scienitfic discoveries hy the big oil j companies. Lemonade u, Making lemonnde out of nothing but rant- sugar is a scientific achievement which has actually be put into commercial practice- Chemists of the! U. S. Bureau of Chemistry to id a scientific meeting recently of a fundus which, when placed on cane sugar in a shallow pan and fed with the proper amount of nitrogen, will convert the sugar into citric acid, which is the acid of lemons. This process is so cheat), they -aid, thai one manufacturing concern which uses citric acid in large quail titles has adopted the new method with satisfactory results. There is no product of nature! which will not some day be made in i factories; Melhane Methane is a natural eras. Pipe lines carrying it from the oil fields to thel big cities for fuel are multiplying so! rapidly that it may not be long be-! fore even the Atlantic seaboard will! lie using natural gas. When the supply gives oftt. as it will in time. Professor A. M. Buswell of t're University of Illinois suggests that farmers along the routes of the pipe lines can manufacture, methane from farm wastes and pump it into the pipes- He has experimented with certain bacteria which turn every-] thing into methane. He has fed them corn stalks, soy beans, bean vines, straw and ext-elsior and they tuml it all into natural gas. The difficulty with utilizing farm i waste in industry is the expense of transporting the waste to a centiSlj faetovy. If every farm could have its own natural gas plant, that diffi% culty would he eliminated. Safety One reason wljy flyers like Lindbergh, Coste and Byrd are acclaimed as heroes is because everybody appreciates the risk they ran in their historical flights. When we think of their feats we think of the pilots, not of the planes. The Graf Zeppelin has flown around the world,, c-jpxscd the Atlantic four Limes wL.-j t mishap. The R-l 00, British dirSu was the first aircraft of any f to cross the ocean, eleven yeai ;o. The K-101 recently voyaged *?m England to Canada and back. 1 ?. own Los Angeles cruises all Ju the American hemisphere- Nob- remembers the names of the pi s of these ships; we think of the not the man. The reason irM at we smse the iminnesely grer- A safety of the dirigible. VThe lat 's passengers arid oov can hard: h aid to he risking their lives The important air travel of th ire will be done by dirigible rat. ban by p'ane. THIEVES ENT. R COTTRELL STORE ON BEAVER DAMS Fragmentary reports reaching The Democrat bv telephone are to the tlmfAKj, iLI -ff reoi' J. Cottrell in the Beaver Bam section was entered last Saturday and considerable merchandise removed, including bedding and perhaps one huny dred dollars worth of other merchanf disc. Ko oilier detail:: to the manner in which the store was entered or as to possible clues as to the night raiders, are available. 7ATAT A Non-Partisan N< BOON ^ Dedication Service Will Be Held at the B. Rock \ Baptist Church Sunday Rev. P- A. Hick*, Pastor, Will Deliv-1 er Sermon. Reviv&l Series Will j Start Monday. Chu*ch Was Built Six Years Ago. The Blowing Rook Baptist Church j buiidiiur will morning at 11 o'clock. The Sermon! will be preached by Rev. P. A-j Hicks,- the pastor. Special music willj he rendered for the occasion and all' the nu mbers and friends of the; church are urged to be present. The! Structure was cveceul in 11)24. during! the pastorate of Rev. F. M. Hugginsj at a cost of about $17,000. Finan-j cing of the project was completed 1 largely through the efforts of the \ late Mrs. W- P. Pendley and J. I>-1 Brown. The dedication services are pre-. liminary to the opening of a twoweeks revival the same afternoon., Rev. H. C. Whilencr. pastor of thej First Baptist Church of Buford, Ga.} \ has been secured to do the preach-j ing. He is known as a sermonizer of j unusual power and a great meeting; is in prospect for the Blowing Rock ? Church. Services each day at 3:30; and 7:30Alfred Isaacs Dies After Long Illness, j Mr. Alfred Isaacs, prominent citizen of the Bairds' Creek section of | the county, passed away last Thursday night, after an illness of sev-j I oral months' duration. Funeral services were held from, the Cove Creek Baptist Church Friday afternoon, Rev. Wellington Swift hein& in charge of the services. The remains were interred in the Mast cemetery. The floral offerings were profuse and bore evidence of the esteem in which deceased was held by a wide vii ele of friends. Surviving are a widow and seven children: Charles, Don and Ben Isaacs of Puritan, \V. Va.; Mrs. Addic Adams, Whitehall, Md-; Mrs. James Miller, Sherwood; Mrs. James Brown, Boone, and Mrs. Mattie Ryan, of Vilas. The oldest son, Lem, was killed in a Pennsylvania mine several years ago. Mr. Isaacs was a native of WatauCounty and had spent his entire life in this region. He was a thrifty farmer, a valuable citizen and a gen j ninely good man. His going has saddened many hearts throughout the county. I Doughton Speaks at Mabel School House "Farmer bob" Doughton, Congressman from the Righth District, addressed a large audience at the Mabel school house last Saturday alternoon, and during his hour's talk gave account of "his stewardship" in the Lower House, scored the national administration, and pledged anew his support to measures of interest to the rural population in his districtMr. Doughton reviewed the accomplishments of Woodrov Wilson's administration, and stated that the constructive legislation written into law during that period was so perfect, i-hat "even a Republican administration has been unable to find faulti with it.'-l As a member of the good roads committee, the veteran Congressman aided in the first appropriations made by the Federal Government for highway construction. and according to figures introduced by him. North Carolina has since received more than forty-eight million dollars. Directing his attack on the Chief Executive. Mr- Doughton stated that Hoover is a conscientious person, but a "misplaced man, a man unfit for J the position he occupies." The Pres ident's tariff laws, farm relief meas| ares ijnd prohibition pledges also came in for a sound raking. Mr. Doughton was introduced by i Ed S. Williams. Numerous Repub! licans were in the audience. RAMBLING AROUND By SMITH HAGAMAN Watauga is proving to the State' | thai it is a real tobacco - growing I ! county. The crop is being harvested! ! just now and the only apparent trou-i j ble the farmers are having is to find! ; room on the fields to hang the crop J | for curing. I have never seen a finer; i or more luxuriant growth in any country. Of course, no large fields | were planted, but many farmers, es' pecially west of Boor.e, have small i lots?one-fourth to an acre. The bean crop has been good. The! I bean beetle did very little damage i \ this year and quantities of pod beansj have beer, marketed this summer. The i recent rains did some damage to thej late beans. After seeing the entire county, i 1 am convinced that we have an av-J erage corn crop. Some fields were l badly damaged by the drought, oth-j j ers are all the better for it- Somej j sections of the county have fhe tin-* i est corn crop ever. I I The ivhole county is one vast carI pet of green. The grass looks like May. After all our srare, I doubt if there is another section of i he country within a radius of 200 miles that has suffered as little as Watauga. -a A little frost on Beaver Dam Sunday morning. No damage whatever. The T. B. Clinic is going rapidly on: half of the county has been covj ered. The percentage of positive rc i actions is very low for Watauga, as ' compared with the State, so far. iff. ' > Si- , EE g -' AKr -rsiii- ''-' ?3gwtK-.Me.. ':r ' JGA swspaper, Devoted to til E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH Bailey Comine Josiah William Bailey, of Ra .eigh, L'emocriivlc nominee for tSi United States Senate, who will ad dress the voters of Watauga Com* ty at tbe courthouse in Boone 01 Saturday. October 11th, at 1:31 o'clock p. m. Congressman Hammer Dies at Asheboro Horn Asheboro.?Congressman Willia Cicero Hammer. 60, for the past t< years a representative of the Seven Congressional District, die?1, sudden at 1:30 o'clock Friday at his hon here, death ending a political caret extending over forty years. He lu just finished his luncheon and ws resting when the attack came whit ended his life before medical a could be summoned. He has been c gaged for the past month in a car paign for re-election to Congress. Mr. Hammer's health had not bet good*for a year, but he declared ' visitors just prior to his death thi he was feeling particularly well. C Thursday he attended the funcr; \i., vt o. 1 ?.... ..iiauca *?i. oL-cuumn ; FayetteviUo. Mrs. Hammer had ju left his room when she heard hi cough, and returned. He was breat ing heavily, but not gasping f* breath, she says, and did not spe* before he died. Funeral services were conduct* Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock fro the Asheboro Methodist Protestai Church, of which he was one of tl thirteen charter member?. Burial \v: in the Asheboro Cemetery. Contrrea man Boh Doughton delivered tl memorial address. Boone May Get Branch Of Delphian Societ According: to information receivt from Mrs. Charles L. Bowers, Bri tol, Tenn., a branch of the Nation Delphian Society may be organize in Boone sometime soon. Mrs- Bov ers explains that it is difficult, to g< a charter "just any time" and n< vises- that a national secretary wi be available for Boone within a fe days for organization work. If th is not done at once, it may be vca before another opportunity aflprt itself, continued Mrs. Bowers, who expected in Boone early next week. The following explanation of tt work of Delphian, together with o ganizations plans, is copied from recent issue of the Spurtanbui Herald: The Delphian Society is a new ii terpretatibn of education, enablin the -busy woman to keep mental! alert, abreast of the times, cultural) informed at a small expenditure c time and money, and puts her in position where she will not be en barrassed by having husband or cliil outdistance her in mental attaii ments. The courses are written and im pared by twenty distinguished mo from the foremost educational ii stitutions of the country, includirJ representatives from Pinceton, Yal Brown University, Tulane, Californi University and Minnesota. No pape1 are read and none are listened to i the regular bi-monthly discission Each group is an independent uni yet in this national association tl WOrk may be coiiut# uetl?io where there is a- chapter, thus hob ing continuity Cor those who trav or who move to another city to mat their home. Chapters have been o ganized in all but three or four < the states and some cities have fro one to 20 chanters carrying on tl work today- There are 2.000 men hers in Grand Rapids, Mich. In it f.5 states already organized thet are more than .'{,500 chapters. One must be 21 years of age. ; the Caucasian race, in good standfr in the community and the name mu: be handed in by presentation i hp association is fundamental; foi the purpose of home study ar scroti) discussion along the lines the fine arts?by which any collet; woman may keep herself abreast wil the educational trend of the day, < the woman without college degri can acquire one by this home collet service. Courses are given over period of six years and Include hi tory, art, drama, music, modern hi tory and literature. The Delphio chapters have hitherto included ; many as a hundred members but has recently been decided the groui will be limited to fifty. SOUTH GETS THE PRIZE The following item, taken fro The Civitan Oiacker, a journal < club gossip published by Greensboi clubmen, is of interest locally: "This week we want to award to stuffed whang-uoouies to the folio", ing Carolina Civitans: A. E-. Sout Boone, X. C.; Hugh A, Query, Ga touia. N- C. "These high-powered gentlemc sent in the names of thoir On-t Greensboro Chairmen. The Bool Club says:' "We'll nave from fitter to twenty at the convention.'" e Best Interests of Northw CAROLINA, Tli UkSljA i, OCTOBE ] South's Soldi I < ' T. " - ' ": the Last Re i Seven survivors of Lee's gray-cto.c armies, each of them well along to ward the century mark 111 age, closec; the final reunion of Camp Nimroc Triplett, United Confederate Veterans, at -State Teachers College here Friday afternoon- Although then stride was faltering, their shoulder* stooped by the weight cf passing years, and their old eyes dimmed bj the over changing scenes of long iifelinie, these battle-scarred "Rebels" who fought so valiantly undei the Southern Cross seemed to be imbued with the zest of young man hood as they swapped yarns wit! each other, "and felt again the coiti radeship which was so firmly ce mented during that bloody confliej 2 of the sixties. Captain E. .T. Norris, 87, who foi thirty-odd years has commander * Camp Nimrod Triplett, was in charge * of the program, which closed witl memorial addresses by Professor A ?' M. Norton of the college faculty, anc Rev. Mr. Worley, of Johnson County Tennessee. Rev. P- A. Hicks, of tlu e Boone Baptist Church, had charge of devotional exercises, and Dr. R m K Dougherty, president of the colli; lege, provided meals* for the veforth ans. Numerous visitors attended the |y final session, and the depleted ranks ie of the camp were bolstered by marry! Bl near-relatives of the aged .warriors. i(\ Captain Norris, known to his many as friends as "Uncle Lige," enlisted in :h Company D. 58th N. C. Regiment, at jrj the age of 17; was "baptized witr R_ fire" at Chieamauga and Missionary n_ Kidge. witnessed the "Battle Above the Clouds" at Lookout Mountain ,n and received a gunshot wound at [0 that place which sent him home foi at seven months- After his wound had healed sufficiently, he went hack tc al his regiment, was in the skirmisher at around Chattanooga, and at the Batiie of Love joy" Station (Georgia) was m shot through the hips with an ounce ball. Captain Norris returned to his ,r home near Boone and, being unfit n*K for further service on the battle front, was made an officer in the "home guard." When Stoneman's 'm raiders paid their destructive visit tc, Boone near the close of the war, his ie father, Ephriam Norris, was shot a3 down as he ran from the Yankees a. near the present site of the Danic! le Boone Hole:. Mr. William Spainhour, who foi more than forty years following the war taught school in this section was another interesting conversation v alist at the reunion. Following his r enlistment in Co. D, First North Carolina Infantry, "Uncle Billy" was -d placed under the command of Gen s* eral Stonewall Jackson in the Valley aJ of Virginia. On that, eventful night ?d at Chancellorsviiie when the "Right v~ Arm of the Confederacy" was shoi Bt down by his own men, "Uncle Billy" [1- was close by, and heard with his own till ears the vnliisSS Mia* _.j U?V.U^IU w to the immortal general. On the foLis lowing morning a rifle bullet inflictl*s 0() a wound on Mr- Spain hour's right Is hand that removed him from the Is service, and still serves as a visible reminder of that terrific conflict. And "Uncle Harve" Davis, of the v~ Meat Camp section, was at the reft union for the first day. He is 91 S years of age, very feeble and almost blind, but has riveer missed a reunt-. ion, and wanted to he on hand for ?! the last one. As a member of the y | First North Carolina Cavalry. IhcM Harve" saw service in Virginia ?f | under Generals Lee and Jackson, and d A. S. T. C. Loses to King College on Sat. n King College defeated Appalachian State College in a tought gridiron ;gj battle at Bristol last Saturday aftere, noon, the score being 18-7. King ial opened with a driving attack in the rs] first, quarter to score Iavo touchn | downs, but failed to kick the pointss. j The State team carried the bali withit, (in scoring distance twice in the ?secse.ond period only to lose the baXI on _y[ -pOc U fan; hies. iij King scored again! in tii^ tuirti el; period after recovery of a State fum:e i ble on a pass. The State team began r- a hard running offensive that netted >f i a touchdown and kick for extra in'point. The fourth period was replete ie * with an exchange of kicks and a i-? driving offensive by the Mount si rite ; eers Irving to stave off defeat. Pa?s 1 -v.- ' c | "*o icctiMieu HIC lasi SIX mmutes Willi i the Mountaineers completing: five ae>f; rials, but were unable to tally for gj markers. Score by quarters: King 12 0 6 0?IS Appalachian 0 t) 0 7? 7 ^ Officials: Siles. University of Tenf ncssee, referee; Fullertr.ii, Virginia umpire; Parrish. V. P i., head line* Ij. man. Time of periods. 15 minutesOn the same day Biltmore Junioi ' College defeated Appalachian Slate a College Reserves by the score of 1-1 s_ to 0, in a well played game Hatnved by the running attack of the colle njirians. The Reserves were outweighed ^ | hut put up a fine brand of defensive jl_! football, and failed to connect foi J scores on two occasions after carry* '"I ing the bal'. into scoring tenilui>. j Score by periods: 1 Biltmore .0 7 0 7-?1 -i m! Appalachian Res 0 0 0 0? ( >f | Officials: Gorley. referee; Coffey *o j head lineman; Moretz, umpire Tim< j of periods, 15 minutes. Catawba College will open t.ht h.! Mountaineers' home schedule on Oc s- tober 11 in a game that is expecter to have a great, tearing on the smal n college championship of the State o- Catawba is coached by the redoubt le able Charlie Koran, of Center Coi ra lege lame, aim his ic-aui is repute; I to be "try strong. OCRA' lers Feted as A. i J union is Held + __ Foi at Hit- battle of Manassas received nj ' wound in t]lfi shoillHpr that-. ro>nnv.in 1 I him from the battlefield for the re-1 maindet of the war. However, he re-j maincd in the service, acting in the: capacity of courier, am! was withltiai - the Confederates in the Gettysburg j res campaign. The aged vet states that] of s: he way taker, a prisoner in *62, and j he; was incarcerated in room 17 of the Su ' old capital building in Washington, tra ? Through a window in the room he du < ? .>Id sco workmen putting the fin- Ro p i ishing touches on the dome of the Gr - present capitol. in Tom Love, of Beaver Dam. also ir. 1 answered the last roli call of Camp the Ninirod Triplett. He has passed his ett eighty-sixth birthday, but is si.til hale? of k and hearty. He enlisted in Co. E-, j th< 37 th N. C. Regiment, fought under I >. Lee and .1 ackspn ir. Virginia, and was wi ' mesent at the surrender in Appo- ftil - mafctox. And he was ti e cnlv one tet 1 of the veterans who didn't have a set : wound tu show for his service, having pp t gone all the way through the con- set ' flici without injury. Bu - Marion Millsaps, of Banner Elk, to - SB ami still spry, journeyed over to tht be with the boys again, and recited tui many humorous stories that provoked Ho - laughter ?n the group. He and Hjyve|fin * Davis were together during* the war, i set ; and at the surrender Marion Mill- vie : saps, according to his own statement,! a still had plenty of fight in hffii. \va An interesting visitor was Marshal am * Made, former Ashe County man, hut the - now a resident of Marion. Va. Inci- i i dentally, he was the only one of the mu r <?!<! soldiers v.ho sewed under Gen am - era I Vance, and was among those i pie , present at the Battle of Gettysburg, i of Enoch Swift, of Cove ("reek, fa-| tac * thev of Mavor Bob Swift, dropped ed, I; in for the memorial service- He is I i > i 82 years of age, and as a iad of Boi > I sixteen Volunteered with Major Ring- a i I ham, hut never saw active service, old i: For many years He .was_i* drummer .is e 1 for the local camp, and his reminis- Me > cences of the chaotic days of recori- Ev< 1 struction are most, entertaining. Jo- Ma ; rome Prcsnell, a member of the Wi "home guard," also attended the Mr ? service. Mr i Wvatt Hayes, of Boone R. F. D., wiv who left half of his right foot on a f : the battlefield at Chancellorsville. ; was not well enough to attend, hut q I bis friends say that his gallantry m OS the Virginia campaigns was monu- | mental S. J. Bishop, of Meat Camp. * r who was with Captain Norris in the! . fighting around Chattanooga, was ^ also absent, as was L. N- Perkins, of the > Boone Route 2; Newt Greer, of Elk, Te J f-erh Greene of the western part of his ij the county, and Elihu Luther of Sil | Deep Gap. Perkins, Greer, Greene far [and Luther were all with Lee in Vir- hoi ^ ginia. Physical .disabilities kept them | ret . 5 unay CTm trtc reunion. I gel - .Just one dozen soldiers of the) Confederacy remain in the county. | to i On1 a few years ago this annual re- alt; i union was attended by scores of \et-: spa erans, but the years have taken their 1 1 toll, and Captain Norris stated Fri-j fro ] day that the curtain has fallen onion j the activities of Camp Nimrod Trip- P.m ' lctt. The simple memorial service \Y a was the finale. Another year and low more gj^rs will be opened in the "thin oca gray line,"' andpthe ones who survive will carry a heavier load So Shi Boone will witness .no more veun- TL { ions'. Time has removed one of the Du i most pleasant tasks that Watauga? F. , people were ever permitted to per- i\ic ; form?that of paying tribute to their lerj | varsquished heroes of the "Lost Gti Cause" BSg^wl Wi j Freak Potatoes Shown i ','1. By County Farmers ^ eat For the past several weeks farm- nas eis of Watauga Countv have brought jn numerous collections of Irish pota- ( aj toes to the office of the Watauga*} jde Democrat--all of them large, well] as shaped, reflecting credit on the grov-i onc or. and showing in convincing man-i per iter the productive quality of Watau-! ga soil. Bus this week two tillers of ua; the soil brought the editor a like aiu number of spuds that for freakish' ners a ".v uu!fufiiritku 'ivi Viio "ic; -Ayr? lieve-st-or-not man," turn green with spr envy. < Exhibit Xo. J ? A spud grown by ert Clarence (Red) Angel on his lot in? Pet Boone; an la most perfect electric' Mr light globe, a part of the potato hav-l sist nig imbedded itself in "he end of a discarded socket. And. furthermore.. the "light" is in place for keeps, a i nait of it protruding from a screw-; | hole high up on the metal casing. ! Exhibit Xo. 2?A potato formed j exactly like a pig's foot, toe-nailsi and all, grown by Dwight Edmisten f or. his Laurel Creek farm, Next! 'xh, . - j3po ' DR. THOMAS PROFF1TT DIES I tat j FROM AUTOMOBILE INJURIES [ bar . tei Dr. Thomas Proffitt, well known! grs practicing physician of Elk ParkAvai . died in the Banner Elk Hospital last, tur buuuwio uilci nnviug ocen m- : 1"a I jured in an automobile accident near I in? , his home town on the previous day.! 3 . Funeral services were held Thursday pet The accident is said to have oe ; pic ! curred when the physician diverted bes his attention Ironi the road in an ft*; do. fort to light a cigar- The machine! be? ' left the highway an in turning over, be; ' inflicted the fatal injuries. ; nie Dr. Proffitt was widely known! but throughout this region as a popular] pie and skilled physician and has nu- gir merous relatives in Watauga County, of Etf -r air. Don Bingham, son of At tor- v.-i! 1| ney John H. Bingham, of Sugai I tie 11; .rve, who was so seriously hurt by' ry; a Camel City bus near Bristol some 5(h j {our weeks a (to, is slowly but stead- dol -| liy improving at his home. He is now ye; ! very, very cheerful, as bp hopes b) be ter I out again in the near future. to . = $1.50 PER YEAR . 1 t Ison Beach Dies Vt 1 losne of Son Near S ? erstone on Sunday rnn tcsicxent of Boonf Was One if ' 2 t Trustees of Appalachian wwning School. Eight Children Survive Him. Mr. A- \V. Beach, 70. one of Wa\vca'? best known and most widely.pected citizens, died at the home hik son, Knzor Beach, on the nhvaters of IJowurjBfs Creek last nd&y morning. after a rather proidea illness. The tune rat was cqiieu'ti on Tuesday morning by JRey. e Pavae. assisted by the V.'ev. Kd eene, possibly the oldest- minister the County, and interment followed the Rich Mountain Cemetery. All i children save two; Messrs: Ever, of Spokane, Wash.. and Mack, Springfield. 111., were present at i funeralMr. Beach, m the opinion of the iter, was one of the most wonder I men ever reared in the northwests section of the State. As far as 100I education was concerned, he ver epf. it. hi.- experience in a 100I room lasting only one week, t having a master mind, he began cultivate it at an early age. and 1 deeper he dug in history, literate, mathematics, the sciences and lv Writ, the richer became his (lings, until he became a ripe lolar, one whose opinions and ade were sought by many. He was life-long Democrat and, possibly, s as well posted on local. State i national affairs as any man in 1 county. tie will be missed'.' Yes, very eh. by a large crowd of friends 1 loved ones. Being of a happy, asant disposition, he made friends ail with whim he came in cont His like, conditions considerwe nevei expect to see again. Vir- Beach was a member of the one Baptist Church, and was for lumber of years a trustee of the Appalachian Training School. He iurvlv'ed by tbe following children: ssrs. Ensov, of Rich Mountain; erette, of Spokane, Washington: ck, of Springfield, 111.; Willard, of lkc-sboro; Tom and Carl, of Boone; s. Pink Hodges, of Boone, and s. S. E. Day, of Willcesboro. His e preceded him in death by only ev. weeks. ? J i mi 4\iscci \^:rtinu*u uy Death en Last Sunday 3am R_ Rhea, 02 vcars <>ici, son of late Dr. K C. Rhea, of Shottns. nn., died suddenly at the home of sister. Mrs. Clayton Wright, near ver Lake; last Sunday noun. A liily dinner was hi-ms given, in lor of Mr- Rhea, who had recently urned from his home in l.os Anns for a brief visit. After the Us had assembled and .lost prior dinner, he was seized v.ith a heart rck, and death resulted within the re of minutes. 'hftJS&l services were conducted m the Methodist Church at Shount Monday afternoon by the pastor, r. William Marsh, assisted by Rev. Iter Wurley. and interment foled in the nearby, cemetery, he- p. i'th a veritable bank of flowers. rjSSsgssVotive pallbearers were, .larnes >11. Tom McQueen, Jasper Baker. C. Rivers, Clyde Wagner, Charles aney. Honorary nallltearers v.erc L. -McDadv. James Wagner, J. P. Cain, R. R. Donnelly. E. E. ButW. T. Smytho, R. Li. Nave. Ed int. R. W. iSochorn, ,1. M. Potter, lev Mount and Dean Dotson. >om Rhea was well known to the ei- citizenry throughout Watauga inty. and had renewed acqualilees afiil formed new ones during visit here last year. He was edited at King College and for the t thirty years had been engaged mining entertivise;' in Arizona and lforniu. For several years his esse e has been I-os Angeles. "Sam," he was familiarly known to every had an exceedingly attractive Sodality, a heart of gold, all too for his own material welfare, and i well loved by all his acquaintes. A good man. a gentleman of old South as well as the newer sli, I,,,., gone en. and there !c .wide-. Surviving are a widow; son, Robtwo daughters; Caroline and rgv. all of 1 os Angeles; mother, s. R. C-. Rhea* and a number of ers and bi*6thei*s. Dmmuniiy Fair at Bethel on October 11 v!ans ha v.. been completed for a nmunity fail to he held at Bethel oolhouse on1 Saturday, Octoher 11. p morning program will consist of echea and music- A cordial Siiviion is extended to all the string: l is in the county. Games and conts will feature the afternoon pro- 'e iiri: prizes to he awarded in the iouf contests. An interesting feae will be a duet sung by Will [thing and Clyde Perry: Followis a list of the prizes: Seat peek of potatoes, 50c; best k of beans, 50e; best dozen aps, 25e; best six ears of corn.'" 25c; t dozen' ears popcorn. 25c; best .en beets.. 25c; belt.-5>Qt?P?h. ?.??: it cabbage. 25c; best turnips, 25c; it glass of jelly. 15c; best apple . 15c; best chocolate pie. 15c; best jj ferscotch pie, 15c; best pumpkin . 15c; best cake made by single "V: i, $1; best collection of six cans fruit, percolator, given by Perrymisten Company; best marksman h rifle cake: best woman whfe-ftRfgiSl r, nedestal, given by John K: Per- Jfgi best, bedspread, 75c; best apron, best bunch of flowers, 25c; best At; 1 dress made by girl under twelve irs of age, doil; best pound of but. 25c. A prize will also be given the oldest, person present.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 2, 1930, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75