Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
sr the SEA.

Well attended by gay crowds
OF happy people at all the beaches
hereabout. the Labor Day Exer-
ceises closed the season OF 1914,
an unusually successful one, If
crowds and warm weather com.
bined spell "success, :" as they as
suredly do at a seaside resort,
but the day following the first
Monday in September was ush.
cred in by a northeast blow,
for two days thereafter, ragged
like unto an Equinoctial gale,
high seas, raging surf, foaming
waves, accompanied by q search
ty OF white sails on the horizon
and the absence Of sea birds dip.
ping into the shining water, for
the fish, which the ssa-gulls seek,
60 deep down when the seas are
high lest, like Jonah, they be toss
ed upon the shore-however, on
Sunday last they had their good
time, for schools of porpoises,
in gay procession went south,
jumping, leaping, somersaulting,
chuming the sea, as they follow.
ed great schools OF fish, devour-
ing them until "too full for ut
terance," the sea-gulls dipping
and screaming with delight, as
they caught in their sharp beaks
a shimmering, scaly specimen OF
the "finny tribe; porpoises 60
ing south" a sure sign OF stormy
weather at sea, 80 tho weather.
wise inhabitant OF the coast de.
clare after generations of wealth
er observation.
The gaities of the season have
been more moderate than usual,
a possible result of the universal.
ity OF hard times, consequent up
on a worldwide war, but so it
has been at this noted resort,
the vulgar dances .tabooed and
more modest ones taking their
places, the onlookers equally
pleased and the participants
skipping about to attractive ,nu'
sic, with clearer consciences, il
with less "fire" in their veins, the
new dance great in variety o.
name and character, with one
object, however, forgetfulness oi
trouble for the moment, W t h
"cale thrown to the winds, alas
if that were all, there would be
no harm in dancing, the preach
er "to the contrary, notwithstan
ding However, what the dances
. lack in immodesty, the bathing
suits make up for it, the n e v
p suits the scantiest, the womel
as a rule quite modestly attired
. if any bathing suit under the SUI
can be termed modest attire, bu
it is the custom to wear.such ant
t "custom makes it right"-doe
D it? Umph!
y The schools are opening an
people are leaving the beach b.
!. hundreds, many already gone II
their inland homes, many lirtl
ones trooping to school wit
o satchels of books on arm a n
luncn boxes in hand, an expires
> sion OF eager anticipation o
their faces, a beating heart in tn
Il little breast as they for the firs
~ time answer the roll call, thes
+ our future business and profess
ional men, lawyers, doctors, mil
lister, governors, presidents, ra
road magnates, house keeper
'e teachers and the First Lady :,
the land.
The heated term, almost vi
precedented in length and inte
sity (the "driest August in fort
b. wears" the proverbial Oldest i
" habitant declares) has injur
70 crops in certain sections of th
D. community, the hay short, col
ia likewise, particularly late plan
in ing; corn only tolerable, and p
Il. tatoes The same, while m q
fruits, tolnatoes and other veg
= tables were not up to the stan
ord this season.