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THIS PAPER 1CGU ZP TUESDAY AO FUIDAY-ONg' DOLLAri A'ygAn Veiling rji: Lenoir,, N.. Tuesday, December 1913 ' No. 7 V ulllfcL j It t "tT I t V 1 I it. wi j f.i ti 3 j .TbaJtAre Cersiaj to F,ta"nl Around - j - Clawing Rock , : - J. A. Robin la Richmond Tinea Dkjtea. : v : ! The beautiful Blowing Rock section of North " CaroUnv-m- , bracing the mountain counties . ' of CaldwelL Watauga and Ashe . is not only destined to become , tbd greatest resort ' In the Bute fdj the lovers of natural scenery, ..' but - Its' lovely mountains are Vranned around with the trreat- est possibillte; for being the J lit f - r . - A v greatest catue-raismg lecuon 01 ha Old Nnrtti Rtat It Onl , draw bark now is the lack of s .nllway facilities, But the are coming., A railroad is now: d ipg built from Abingdon, Va., which will come across the state line, through-the North Caroli ,&a counties of Ashe and Watau ga and to Boone, the county seat of the latter county. -This Blowing Rock section is turally a grass country, where tbV crass is riven a half chance. Some of the farmers up there hare become awake to th s idea, and nave already De- gun to profit1; by thei great op pprtunities afforded them. The mountain -sides are as fertile as ft garden; and the'bottoms yield an abundant growth that is as tonishing. - Some of the finest cattle raised lie tbj&SUte" is year '' H raised,, in , these . mpnaaina Tbe beefsteak there ts unequal ledi .:- - " " It is no trouble to grow the finest, cattle around $owjuf Bock and Boone ' The; present mode of the mountain farmer is te'cleaAoafc-th. pndergypwth on a fountain 8i4e of cpve deaden tlte trees 4y "ringing the larky in order thit the land may catch "the twigat the decaying limbs, and finally-the three-itself, as it crumbles .to the ground, add the humus to the soil; The grass just naturally comes on the soil, when you tret the bushes and shade out pf the way You sel dom see any washed land in that section, even upon the steepest, barren mountain sides. They turn ' their cattle into these pastures which, of course, have astream of water in them and aud save, salting, there is no feedibg to do. ' They run otot ail the time, and shelter in the woods and bushes. - An occasion at inspection to see that none are sick isthe only attention ' they require.' They soon be come fat, slick: and healthy ap pearance, ' as if they h ad been groomed. The advantage of cattle-raising, in th'is mountain country with so much ease, and such a minimum, expense is set forth In the fact that the sum mers are coolth temperature ranging from to 68 and they do hot get lazy and loll about, but have such a 'conformable coolness that they arel on the move, all the V timeV and take plenty of exercisei which keeps them in fine trim, i i nave seen the cattle come out of " the for ests, at the call of their keeper, and 'can aay! hive 'never' seen finer anywhere, and they, bad . ' Voii In one at' tftfisa mountain rta.at.nvpa tkr mativ months, -with . '," out feed of any, kind, save what 1 they rot in the : pasture and the attention as cited above. : r 'v V The Blowing Rock section has v b&rdiy begun to be . developed ; for stock raising; and the time is not far distant when It will be , perfect bonanza for the stock . 1 man when they get a firm hold ' on itsadvantagea and begin' to clear up and raise stock pn . iiL'is tj mm Mr. H. B Steele of theT Yad'" kin Valley, was in town oil busi ness Saturday. , . Mr. Neil Blair of : Watauga County, was in Lenoir on busi ness Saturday. . ; A little daughter arrived at he home , of Ret; C. T. Squires and wife Friday afternoon. , Misses Helen Shall and Jen nie Dysart spent Thaoksgiviqg Day with friends in Lexington. Mr. and Mrs R C. Carroll went to North. Wilkesboro Pri-' dayt making . the trip by auto. . Plaoeypur advertising in The News wbere it will be seen and read by the people of Caldwell County-. Be sure and go to the polls ballot in today and cast your he election in tbe Lenoir Grad ed school district- Mr. Asbury Prestwood of Henderson vllle, uwas a visitor here Saturday, He lived in this section some fifteen years ago. Messrs. C. E. Jonley of Hud son, and M. Jti. v. Hoover were among the prominent farmers who attended the' corn club meeting Saturday. Mr. H. C. Martin returned Friday evening from Blowing Rock where be spent a week superintending some building he is having done there. We understand that Mr. Fv C, Hanks bought a lot near the res idence of. Mr. Rt&sell Powell on Prospect street and will erect a residence on it at an early date. Misses Nora Steele of Patter son school, and Miss Chester of thtlValmead school, were-the ady teachers who attended the bys v corn club meeting here Saturday. - Supt. Y. D. Moore returned from Raleigh Saturday noon, where he spent the week in at tending the meeting of the teacbegs assembly and county superintendents. The road election will be held at Granite Falls today for the purpose of deciding whether or not bonds shall be issued for the construction of good roads in Lovelady Township. When you have a friend or relative youjorsomeof your peo ple leave home ust send us word of it. The News ' is al ways triad to et any matter of live news that will.be of inter est to our readers. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. McCal motored to Llncolntoaon Thanks giving day where they were the guests at the home of Mr. Gheen Mjr. McGslll says the roads after crossing the Oatawba river are in find condition and are a de light to the motorist. A little attention to the clean ifig of. the accumulations o leaves and papers on tbe streets would add much to the appear anceof the town. This is par ticularly true of West Main streeCwhich is in a worse con dltion than ft back alley should be in at any time. large, scale , , It is ' a: -wonderful country Wonderful for stock and fruits, Not only, that, 1 ? is wonderfu for beautiful natural scenery, pure water, cool temperature la the summer time, and great pos sibilities for raising fine cattle The man ahead of the railroad will make his fortune there by giving attention to &rassv f- j.vV ' :;-.' ma. rnthuiUttk ajad Helpful Met- mgHeliia the Crmd4 School Srordiy, ..") The Boys Corn Club of Cld-! well County met in the Graded school " auditorium to Lenoir, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. and a representative gathering of the boys was present, with a number of farmers and about six teachers of the county. A picture of the club members present with the teachers was made in front of the school building!; Mr. Taimage Smith one' of the club boys was called upon by Mr. Goforth to give a history of the club in Caldwell county, which he did in a most clear and concise manner. Also giv ing the members some good pointers on the results and the good to be derived from the work. His talk was a most in teresting one and he was loudly applauded. , Mr. T. E, Brown, manager of the Boys Corn Clubs in North Carolina, was the next speaker. He first stated that Mr. Smith's talk was one of the best he had ever heard a corn club boy make. He went into the history of the work from start to finish. Giving facts and figures for all his" t statements, which proved molt instructive and interest ing. He statedithat North Car olina was one of the foremost states in' agriculture in the Unit ed "States. He said the success ful farmer was the one who made' all the stuff his stock and amily used that' could be made on the- farm. And that farming was the most profitable business nthe world for the" money in- vested. He asked the co-opera tion of the teachers of the coun ty in getting more boys interest ed in this work for another year. After the meeting Mr. Go- forth treated the boys to a nice dinner after which they were given an automobile ride over the town. The following is a list of the prize winners with the amounts of yield, cost, etc., as read by Mr. Goforth: 1st. Hamilton Steele, 85 bu' at 32c, a sub soil plow. 2nd. Clyde May 84 bu. and 26 lbs, at 30c, $2.50. 3rd. Garland Hoover, 7634 bu. at 391-2c, $2.00. 4th. Albert Parlier, 68 and 8-7 bu. at 28c, $1.50. 5th. Brooks Lutz, 62 bu. and 31 lbs. at 34 & 3-5c, $1.00. -6th. Donald Conley, 53 bu. and 2 lbs. at 52c, 50o. 7th. Henry Steele, made fifty two and five-twenty-eights bu. -at cost of 60c. 8th. Richard Bush, made 51 3 4bu. 9. Roy Kirby made 451-4 bu. ; 10th. Fred Roberts 431-4 bu 11th. Ross Fox, -4Zbu. and 53 lbs. , 12th. Thomas Duncan 40bu 18th. Stanley Bush 40 bu 14th. . Ralph McRary 341-2 bu , 15th. Rex-; WIams 34 f'bto Arllroad mass meeting pf the citizens of Wllkesboro was held a) the court house last nigtit and a resolution. - addpted favoring the. 'issuance of a" f bond issuer Jpr. ' ' W'raq connecting ih the Watauga 4 Yadkjn Rii r iallroacL ;! Messr.": p.. iten dren, C. F. Morrison, Dry J. W. Whitev ML' Cowled Pv E. Brbwfiftnd lii Bumgafher, ;Were: ipfpohitod as a commlttja to com' for with the Waia,u'gV& Vadkln River Railroad Company al LV noir on December lst-North Wilkesboro Hustler, "t - ' ..I . Giro .mi EEhi'innrcf'iHEisr. bdretinx" Rfiini Matter pf LocAlaadNstioQiJ Affairs ' . ta CotKlenjed Form. 'The long Extrft.,, session of CoBgress was merged into the regular session at noon y ester- day. . -V N. Glenn Williams of Williams Yadkin county died last week of b rights disease after an illness of several weeks. One hundred and fifty turkeys we're served -to the" inmates of the State Hospital at Morgan ton on Thanksgiving day. ' The Norfolk-Sputhern Rail way inaugurated the first sched ule of trains between ' Raleigh and Charlotte yesterday morn ing. Twp little boys playing- with a 22 calibre rifle in Asbeville ast Saturday when the five V J year old boy shot and killed his two year old brother. Jack Robertson a colored lab orer was killed while trying to board a moving train at Efland ast Saturday night He fell and was badly crushed by the tram. Near Yadkinville last Tues day two men had a difficulty ( when one named Myers attempt ed to shoot the other. named Nicholson. Nicholson grabbed the jgua: and shot Myers killing him instantly. A young man named Donathr- am was crushed to death white hauling logs near. Siloam, Sur ry cpanty, last week. . He was assisting' m loading the log whetf t'siipped off' the'-'tfjagpTf wbeen and crushed him to death. Judge carter is strainng up tbe liquor dealers and. blind tig ers'of AsheviUe in great shape He has caused some of the most prominent hotel and drjag men Of the town to be arrested and jlasfweek, Pete Sevier, who was under arrest confessed to having run a bar in the Battery Park Hotel for years. The fact that tbe Watauga & Yadkin River Railroad Co., has advertised for sale its remain ing bunch of mules, makes the mountain people fear that the extension of the road farther than Darby is now seriously doubtful. However, we never can tell the workings of a rail road company, and probably this sale only bodes good. Let us hope so at least. Watauga Democrat. The whole country and the South especially lost two val uable men last week in the deaths of W. W. Finley, Presi dent of the. Southern" Railway and T. M. Emerson President o: of tbe Atlantic Coast Lin$. Both the men were great developers of the country traversed by their respective' railway systems and both died at their ' homes the same day, Mr. Finley In Wash ington and Mr. Emerson.. in Wil Last- Friday r all traflfto'and work on the great system of tbe Southern Railway was. stopped for five minutes during "the fun era! services of the late presi dentWYW. Blnlev, " One-; of the moBtj beautiful and touching in cidents in connection 'with the occasion" ?was K the . smging VNearet My God To Thee' by a score or more of 'colored port ers who are employed in the hyaHway serylce In .Washington With dot any - suggesttofl from any one they; all gathered near the depot and there sang . the Immortal hymn through while the body of the late - president was being conveyed to the grave, IE03 FEErlE 1 Mr, and Mrs. ' J. R. Isaacs visited relatives in Caldwell County, last week, returning home Sunday j-WaUugs. News. Mrs. Joseph. Hardin and little daughter, nave recently return ed from Lenoir, where they have been visiting relatives. Watauga-News. Miss Mattie Cowles of Happy Valley, returned to her bbme Tuesday, after a visit of several days to relatives and friends in the two cities. Wilkesboro Pa triot . Miss Minnie Culver of Lenoir, spent last Thursday night with Mrs. G. P. Hacraman on her way back to her work in the Foot Hills Sanatorium. Watau- . . ga News. Profs. B. B. Dougherty, J. M. Downum and Roy M. Brown and all of the A. T. 8. far.nltv. eft for Lenoir Saturday after- noon. frol. Uownum will spend the week with his family in Lenoir, while the other gen tlemen will attend the educa- ional meetings in Raleigh this week. Watauga Democrat Mrs. M. A. Benson and little daughter of Dover, Idaho, with her mother-in-law; Mrs. 'Vf. F. Benson of Boone, are visiting MA: G. C. Blair of Lenoir, and also Mrs. Floyd Moore of Bos-I tic They will return to Watau- era scon ablanr friends and rela- ttves. We are glad to- have Mrs. Benson with us again and hope she will decide that Wa tauga is good enough for her, Watadga News: qLild lGlla by train. Saturday afternoon as north bound passenger train No. 10 on the Carolina and North-Western railway came into Saw Mills, a nag station, about 1U miles soutn of Lenoir, a little child about 18 months old, of Mr. and Mrs. B. U. Annas, was sit- ting on the track between, the rails at a crossing south of the whistle post and was run over and instantly killed. Just below tbe crossing is a sharp curve in the road, and as the train came around the curve the engineer saw the child, but was to close to stop his train; Immediately he applied the emergency brakes and did ev erything in his power to stop before hitting the little one, but could not save its life. When tbe train was brought to a stand still the little body was taken irom oeneaLn me rear ctucks oi the rear coach, its head was . . . v . Vmdlv m nt.il ft trl fttid th sknll VI UOliVUt The scene, was so sad and heart-rendering the engineer and conductor in charge of the brain ana passengers wept u they viewed the body of the in- nocent child. The child had a . . . habit of following an older l tiff.Ta nno VioH cif i-Q rroA anran fmm ---- - . - - -y ,-- t nome ana sat down on tne tracK. t n - i i The scene of the accident is said to nave oeen aoout iuu yaras from the home, li. 15. Carter a Ubarlotte man was found in a dying condition in a room in that city last Satur day. He -had been struck con the head several times with an adze and died before he could tell who assaulted him. Sometimes the flower family, is nothing more than a blooming Idiot of less o mm m. . Items of Interest toTb People of peooir 'aad Gild- " - Mr. W. U. Corpening of Asbe ville was here yesterday -on bu siness.. Mr. W. M. Morris of Hudson, w in town on business jester day and was a pleasant caller at 'be News office. Mr. Boone Deal of Cove Creek Watauga county has been visit ing his brother, Mr. W. W. Deal near town for several days. The Cambridge Players an at tractive and high class number of tbe Lyceum course will ap pear at tbe Graded School this evening at uie usual nour. Miss Mary Munroe aud little Virginia Clarke, came up from Hickorilast Saturday with Mr. &meonBmitn in nis automooue,. for a few days visit to relatives. and friends here. Messrs. W. J. and Guy M. Grandm and Mr. J, B. Henderson were here yesterday in attend dance upon the meetings of the Wautanga and Yadkin River'' Railway Company and the Gran- - dhVLumber Company. The local Masonic Lodge held , I an enjoyable banquet in the loge room here on the evening; of Thanksgiving day. The nicd luncheon served was . much en- joyed and a number of toasts responded to by Aarions mem- . . it. . bers, Mr. Steele Greer has been em ployed as manager of the fire" boitees'in ' placeof, Mr. Georgia Starnes who1 resigned to accept ft' similar position in Hickory Li Mr. Greer is a son of Mr. M. L. The friends in Lenoir andvi-. ' cinity, of Mr. Fred Marley, will. oe mieresiea . w learn uias ne has recently bought adrug store : i m Old Fort and will go to that: place to live as soon as the firm; he is working for in Marion cani secure a man to take his. place. . The people of Lenoir Graded-, School should get out and vote: t for the bond issue today, as it . f means a saving of money; to 4 V them. If the bonds' are tnbt'i& voted the chances are the scljool'v . wiU stop for a year or so until ; the taxes pay off the indebted- i , nessthe bonds are intended to arrange, , It? In addition to the boys named . elsewhere in this paper, as mem-s. .. i t - n L v: . i uiauc uuo iwums, vhuu ,v . . .1 " . 1 . . . nn . . 1. I ...... - maaes yieia oi oo ousneis uu I one acre, but failed to render a' ' I ' ' T ' :,' - ... j- Greer made a yield of 55 bushels, , I and his written report had not been returned from Raleigh at- J tuc uun v uo weeuug. . I C UUW3 LUiib Lll- utnrH iXlUll i n, M ,1 i uvuocli uuiuuauuuy nun -i - Unntk rtt tn,? i4 i anvRnislnor mftt.tr n fpiwucr T.htt' I . . . trade of oountrv neonle ' and y - r i f i,;5 , .mii. I mL . .. . . ..... p j p them to -.1 .v.. j ' UCUICl KUUU3 all HiO UUUI3U1 ,' r doubt get 'much business in this:". way. Their efforts should be7 an incenti ve to the local dealers' - to meet the competition as far as possible. The local dealer is m ; position to take 'care of hia lnral mtmns in most rBj?o.' . better than the mail order con- of thejeerns, if he would only let hirf I patrons know it by liberal and systematic advertising. : , '
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