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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
70 PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
TO MEET THE NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.
.SPENS MADE NEW COAL Chief
President Thinks Coal Problem Can
d Solved In Thirty Days BY
concentrated 0rivo.s

Washington.-The entire operating
personnel of the railways Of the coun.
try was called upon by President
Harding for a concentrated drive"
for thirty days to provide the trans
pOrtation facilities necessary to meet
the national coal emergency.
In letter to Conrad E. Spens, vice.
president Of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad, who was named
as federal fuel distributor under the
new coal distribution and anti-prof-
iteering act, the President declared
that il the enthusiastic attention Of
the railroads could be stimulated for
month on the movement Of coal and
handling of empties I'VE could solve
the coal situation not only as to am
pie supply, but prices would be quick.
ly readjusted"
The President suggested that Mr..
Spens take up with the governors
Of the various states the question Of
the prevention Of extortion, as the
new act is limited to coal moving
In interstate commerce only.
"The Federal government" Presi-
dent Harding said, lis loath to under
take to fix definite prices for coal, be-
cause Of the Objectionable character
Of such Intervention in peace times,
because Of the difficulty in arriving at
fair prices without giving undue favor
to some and loss to others, and also
because Of the incompleteness Of an
authority which is only supplementary
to state action. On the other hand, I
wish you to sit up such agencies as
will vigorously follow up individuals
using facilities Of interstate, COM
merce who are exacting extortion, as
defined in the act, in order that we
may have relief from such practices
at the earliest moment"
Arrangements for the distribution
and control of anthricite prices, the
President declared, have been salts.
factorily established in cooperation
with state authorities and operators
and, he added, the first activities Of
the new fuel agency should be d.
rected to the extension Of the coop.
erative arrangements with the rail.
ways, bituminous coal producing and
consuming communities and the states
authorities set up by Henry B. Spen'
Ger, the volunteer federal fuel distri.
butoe.'
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28

some distant world had passed
through Banner Elk on the fifth
of July 1922, and had stopped
for a moment to ask what was
the meaning of the crowds of peo
pie who filled the church and the
yard around the church and of
the truck loads of flowers that
had come from every direction
and from people of every walk of
life, and if that person could have
seen the tears falling from the ia.
ces of strong mountain men as
we'll as tender hearted women,
as they passed by the casket in
which llay the mangled form of
MIR. Charley Vuncannon, that
person would have known with.
cut being toldtnat somebody had
died who was greatly beloved,
The funeral services were con.
Quoted by Rev. Edgar Tufts, Of
Banner Elk, and Rev. Sweeny, of
johnson City, Tenn, after which
the body was laid to rest by the
side of his second born child.
Mr.. Vuncannon was not a mem.
ber of any particular church.
But his daily walk was full of
the christian graces and the char
liable spirit that he had for all
churches, indicated that he was
thoroughly in sympathy with
the work they are all trying to
do. That he did accept Christ as
his Savior at one time, was indi.
Gated on card which he signed
to this effect in a Billy Sunday
service, in Philadelphia several
years ago.
EDGAR TUFT.
Banner Elk, N. G.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
Southern Restores Trains.

Washington. Restoration Of two
Southern railway passenger trains tax.
en- of during the shopmen's strike
trains Nos 10 and 1876, running be-
tween Washington and Danville, Va,
was announced at the general offices.
Officials Of the Southern said that
two other trains, Nos. 15 and 16. be-
tween Salisbury, N. c.. and Asheville,
would be restored Sunday and that all
trains taken OF during the strike
would be placed back on schedule a.
the striking shopmen returned to their
work.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
RESOURCES:

RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts $l39, OF. %
Demand Loans 3,746.5O
Overdrafts 541.23
U. S. and liberty bonds 1850. GO
Mayview Construction Co. 1900
Banking bouse 2750O
Furniture and fixtures 2,0SS. GO
All other real estate owned 1904
Cash in vault and net ANTS.
aue from banks, bankers
and trust companies 1881. .S2
Total $lS9, ,2o9.ll
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $4,000. 90
Surplus fund 100000
Undivided profits, less cur
rent expenses & taxes paid 1866. 81
Notes and Bills Rediscounted 100000
Bills payable 100000
Deposits subject to check l0l, ,4l0.37
Time certificates Ofdeposit
due in less than 80 days l2,S75.50
Cashiers checks outstanding 6l5. rs
Time certificates of deposit,
due on or after 30 days 3s,0OO.5l
Total $1S9,269. II
State of North Carolina, county of
Watauga. |, j. T. Miller, Cashier
of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief.
j. T. MILLER, Cashier.
Correct attest:
II. H. CoFFEY
j. G. MILLER
r. r. GREER
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this q day of Sept. 1922.
j. H. Greene, j. P.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28

Kinston.--Rev. Curtis w. Howard,
local minister Of the Disciples Of
Christ, has been conducting a meeting
at Parmele, where he baptized three
couples from one Of the most interest.
ing families in North Carolina. They
were R. c. Bland and wife, one Of
their sons and his wife. and one Of
the daughters Of the elder Mr.. and
Mrs. Bland and her husband. Had kr.
Howard been called upon to baptize
all the members Of the Bland family
he would have had a job OF proper
tions. Mr. Bland is the proud father
of "a children, though only 65 years
Of age and apparently in the prime Of
life himself The family became ma
tionally famous some time ago when
4 famous statesman's promise to pro-
vide each new Bland with a suit be-
came a burden upon his purse.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
Crop Pest is Imported From Indies.

Crop Pest is Imported From Indies.
Columbia, S. CIV. w. Pearce, Of
Columbia, has Just returned from a
trip to Pawley's Island, and he reports
new kind Of pest which is giving the
farmers much trouble there. It is
known as the Porto Rican mole cricket
and was imported from the Indies. He
says 1t eats turnips and other forms
Of truck and makes planting difficult.
He says that It has claws like I'D
dler" and burrows quickly into the
ground. It lives in watery sections
The pest has visited several costal
sections of this state within the past
year, Mr.. Pearce says.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28

market for the things they pro.
duce. Its fruits and berries and
grapes are two months later than
those down state, and August
and early September show a pro.
fusion of blsckberries and huck.
leberries. Grass is mowedin Au-
gust and only once during the
year. Buckwheat is gathered in
August also and yields well.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
Carolina Motor Club oroanized,

SaVOIIUd "VSOT SIuU SIHdHiLCUs
Greensboro Carolinas' Motor
Club, for the protection of owners Of
propelled vehicles in the two
states, the promotion Of good roads
and other aims looking to the welfare
Of motorists and the state generally,
was organised at meeting here.
E. Sternberger, Of Greensboro. was
elected president of the organization.
The i've vice-presidents are: Mrs.
Edith Vanderbilt, Of Biltmore; Victor
Montgomery, Of Spartanburg, S. c.;
e. b. Grove, Of Raleigh; Alva Lump
kin, Of Columbia, S. c., and Herbert
o. Miller, of Charlotte. Waldo Porter,
Of Greensboro, was elected treasurer,
and c. w. Roberts, of Greensboro, Sec
retary.
Executive committeeman are: A. S.
Hanes, Winston. Salem; Arthur Ross,
Asheboro; A. w. Mclean, Lumberton
J. w. Arlington, Greenville, S. c.; e.
8. Sternberger, Greensboro; G. l..
Stansbury, Greensboro; Junius Har.
dan, Burlington; M. A. Houser,, Sails
bury: Col. Leroy Springs, Lancaster,
. 8. c.; and Fred N. Tate, High Reipt.
Sixty charter members enrolled in
the club and 1t is planned to increase
the membership throughout the two
Carolinas until there are thousands OF
members. Among those whe have sig
nihed their intentions Of Joining the
club II Governor Morrison.
Speakers included w. T. Ritter, &C
rotary Of the Winston-Salem Cham
bsr Of Commerce; Fred N. Tate, Of
High Point. and Junius Hardin.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28

Forest Ranger Examination.
Washington.-An examination for
forest ranger will be held at Asheville
and Franklin, October a..
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
Rockingham County Donates Cottage.

Rockingham County Donates Cottage.
Concord, - A number OF prominent
citizens Of Rockingham county, includ-
ing the county commissioners, were
guests Of the Jackson training school
and turned over to James P. Cook, the
chairman Of the board OF trustees Of
the school, the Rockingham county
cottage. the ninth cottage to be COM
pleted at the state home Of correc-
tion for boys.
r. B. Chance, OF Reidsville, chair.
man Of the board Of commissioners
which donated the money for the cot
tage, presented the cottage and it
was received by Mr. Cook. Mr., Allen
stated that he thought the action Of
the board in giving the money to the
school was the greatest 1t had ever
made, and Mr.. Cook assured the Rock.
ingham people that it meant much toI
the institutions officers to know that
they have the support Of the people
Of the state. Other members Of theI
party also spoke briefly.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
CHARLIE BANNER YuncANnoN.


Under the eastern shadows of
the great Hanging Rock noun.
tain near the little village of Ban
ner Elk, N. c., was born in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Vuncannon on May %, 1872, a
child whom the fond parents
named Charlie Banner Vuncan.
non. On a railroad crossing in
Johnson City, Tenn, on July 8,
1922, the life of this child, now a
man of over so years, was in.
stantly blotted out, and his body
frightfully mangled by an elec.
trio train on the Clinchfield and
Ohio Railroads. Between these
two dates there is a period of a
half of a century, during which
Mr., Vuncannon was writing on
invisible pages the volume of his
life.
In the first half of this volume,
fresh in the memory of his aged
parents, are recorded the days
of his infancy. He was their first
son and the joy and pride of their
hearts. Next came the days of
his boyhood and then the years
of manhood. 1t was not the privi.
lege of the writer of this little
sketch to know Mr.. Vuncannon
during the first half of his life.
But the second half is so we'll
known to him and so greatly ad.
mired that he takes pleasure in
speaking of some of his noble
traits of character.
In 1896 Mr.. Vuncannon went
to Atlanta, Ga., to engage in the
Commission business. 1t was
while in that city that he met
Miss Nellie Baily, who afterwards
became his devoted companion
for life. In 1899 he moved back
to Banner Elk and engaged in
the lumber business with Mr.. J.
Walter Wright. In a few years
this firm became one of the lead.
ing lumber firms of Western
North Carolina and East Tennes.
see. This was largely due to
Mr.. Vuncannon. He had spent
many years as a young man in
travelling through the great for.
ests of the mountains and he
knew how to estimate the tim
ber thereon. He also knew men,
mountain men, who were EN-.
ployed to cut the timber. And
they knew him and they ! o v e d
him, COO, for he was kind a ID
generous. / don't think that |
ever knew a man who was so
open and frank and so free from
hypocracy.
Some men are so deeply in
love with their own work that
they are not willing to give any
OF their time and money to pub
lie interests. There was none of
this selfish spirit in Mr.. Vun.
cannon. He was always ready
to give freely of his time and
money for the public welfare Of
the county. During the war he
served on the draft board of Av
cry County. He was a mem.
ber of the first road commission
in the county. Not only so but
he made frequent trips to meet.
ings in different parts of the
state that were held in the inter.
est of public improvements. But
his interest and sympathy did
not stop with public affairs. He
was always ready to help people
who came to him in need. 1t is
perhaps not saying too much to
say that among his numerous
friends and relatives he stood
head and shoulder above them
all.
During his twenty.four years
of married life his home W S
frightened by the advent ofthree
children. The first was a dau gh.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
Report of the condition of
The BANK or BLOWING ROCK

at Blowing Rock in the State ofNorth
Carolina, at the close of business,
Sept. Is, 1922:
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
Progress Of Cheese Making In a North
Carolina County.-Swlss Cheese Now Made

Carolina County..Swlss Cheese Now Made
Col. Fred A. Olds in Manufacturers
Record.
In June, 1915, the writer was
IN Watauga county and made an
early morning pilgrimage to IT,
ny wooden building beside one of
the clear little streams so nu
merous in this high mountain
world, the supreme beauty.spot
of all North Carolina. The little
building was the first CONNER.
cialcheese factory South of Penn,
sylvania and is located on Cove
creek. There the milk was com.
ing in, while a good woman, own.
ing many cattle, remarked: This
is the frs milk | ever saw bought
in Watauga.' This new develop.
ment was first described in the
Manufacturers Record.
Seven years have passed since
that day and remarkable things
have been accomplished. Now
Watauga has ten Cheddar cheese
factories in operation, and one
Swiss cheese factory. the latter
being the first established and
alluded to above. The county in
the past twelve months has han.
died in these factories 1,293,5OO
pounds of milk and has turned
out 129.35O pounds of cheese.
Three of it's factories are at pres.
ent idle. If all those in the coun.
ty, operated and idle, are run to
their full capacity they can han.
die 6,9l2,00O pounds of milk and
give an output of 601, 900 pounds
of cheese.
The amount of money received
for cheese produced in Watauga
in 1921 was $685. $40 and the am.
cunt possible to be received if all
the plants are in operation at
full capacity is $13S,24O.
The averageyield is ten pounds
of milk: the average price paid
for milk II cents a gallon; the av-
erage price received for cheese
20 cents pound.
There are over thirty factore S
in this State, of which sixteen
are now in operation, Allegheny
county having seven and Hay
wood one of those at work. The
types of cows are Holstcins, Jer.
sey and shorthorns. The Holstein
is found to be the best COW for
this country.
The manufacture of S W i s S
cheese did not begin until this
year and twenty three of the
cheese have been made, of an av.
erage weight of 100 pounds. In
the manufacture of these 1850
pounds of milk were used and
the farmers were paid 20 cents a
gallon for this milk. This cheese
sells readily at Al cents a pound
and the tests have shown it is
equal to the best cheese produced
in Switzerland. One hundred
pounds of milk produces only
seven and ahalf pounds of cheese.
The State and the United States
are heartily cooperating in pro-
noting this industry.
Watauga is a grass country,
its average elevation above sea
level being 1000 feet, it's county
seat. Boone, (named for the ia.
nous pioneer Daniel Boone, who
lived here ten years. being 1888
feet. The adjoining county, A.
very, has an average elevation of
4.0OO feet above sea level; higher
than any other county in the u
nited States east of the Rocky
Mountains. This is the land of
blue grass and cold water, so
that no ice is necessary and
cheese making goes on all h e
year.
The county of Watauga has in
round numbers fourteen thou.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
Killed In Auto Accident.

Washington. - Representative Ar
thur M. Free, Of California, was So
riously injured and his secretary, I. G.
Freeman, was killed, when the auto
mobile in which they were riding with
a party Of friends, went over an en-
bankmeut at Savage Mills, Nd. near
Laurel.
Mr.. Frse was taken to the Mary.
land general hospital in Baltimore,
where 1t was said his injuries might
prove fatal. Other members Of the
party included M. A. and w. 8.
Dennis, Californians, both Of whom
were slightly injured.
Few details were received here in
the report of the accident to friends
Of the representative. 1t was said
the auto skidded into . telegraph
post and truend turtle.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
WARSAW AND NEW BERN RAIL
LINE WILL SOON BE COM. !
PLETED.
CONNECT WITH LARGER ROADS
Merger Of Logging Roads In Duplln
Jones and Craven to Open Up Very
Rich Territory.

Kinston.-Work on the new railroad
through Duplin. Jones and Craven
counties has been pushed to a point
near Beulaville, according to reports
from that town, and the rails will be
laid to that farming center in a few
weeks. The new system" will be .
small affair, but will traverse rich
territory, most Of which has not been
served by railroad in the past. al
merger Of logging roads furnished the
nucleus for the system, which will con.
meet with larger carriers at Warsaw
and New Bern. The former place is !
on the Atlantic Coast Line and tho
latter on both the Coast Line and tho
Norfolk Southern roads. Beulaville
has been the southern terminus of the
Kinston and Carolina, small line rep
uted to be Norfolk Southern subsid-
laig.
Towns to be touched by the new
railroad will include Kenansville, the
county seat Of Duplin; ChinQuapin,
Catherine Lake, picturesque spot
which, with modern transportation 70.
cilities, may ultimately become q re-
sort place, and others. Beulaville 10
the center on an important tobacco
growing territory. Kinston has been
the market for that section for .
number Of years.
The Warsaw-New Bern line will
probably be big factor In the devel.
opment Of areas which have only
needed adequate transportation, ac.
cording to their residents, to become
among the most progressive and pros.
porous farming sections in North Car.
olina. Soil and climate In the coun.
ties Just south Of here favor the pro
duction Of pork. beef, dairy products,
berries, fruit and truck, as we'll as the
staples. Duplin, a pioneer county inl
tobacco culture, produces the finest
weed" grown In the lower belt The
new systems completion will give
Warsaw, Kinston and New Bern
about equal advantages in competing |
for the trade of the newly.tapped coun.
try. 1t is thought that competition
will be keen.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-28
|oYO DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT
Greensboro Jurist Analyses Fvnetioo
Of State Before Audience G
Winston.Salem,

Winston Salem. - Judge James =.
Boyd, Of Greensboro, discussed New
Americanism" for an hour or more
lefore a great and manifestly appre
ciative audience in the auditorium
here. The distinguished federal jurist
rave an instructive analysis Of the
federal and state governments. He
outlined the right of the federal GOV
Drnment to attachment Of resources
!or national defense, and the states
authority to enforce laws based on the
constitution.
Judge Boyd declared that he had
been greatly abused, and gave as .
reason for being SO we'll known
throughout the country his decision
On the child labor law, enacted by
congress, which he held to be a vio-
lation Of the constitution and an in.
iringement on the views Of states
light.
Another act Of congress condemn
ed by Judge Boyd was that which
gives collectors Of internal revenue
The right to report to Washington an
estimate Of the quantity Of whiskey
alegled to have been manufactured
On mans premises, and the Wash
lngton office to assess a tax and au-
thorize the sale Of the property for
collection Of said tax without trial.
"The constitution gives every man
. right to trial before a penalty is
enforced" declared Judge Boyd, who
cited other instances Of violations of
the constitution. "The principal Of
the constitution is against centraN-
sation Of tho government, to which
there is general tendency today.
The more decentralized we keep our
government the safer its people will
b."
Judge Boyd declared that the idea
Of the writer's of the constitution
was to maintain 40 separate govern
ments in each state rather than one
central government at Washington
believing 1t harder to destroy 40 gov
ernments than one.
The speaker urged the teaching of
the constitution in the home as a
means Of preserving the nation.
Livestock to Feature sandhilI Fair.
Absrdeen.-Ruohs Pyron, one of the
leading livestock men of the South,
treasurer of the Sandhills fair and
an active manager in the Pinehurst
Stock Farm, announces that c. F. Cur
tis, dean of the Iowa State college, at
Ames, Iowa, will be the Judge at the
Berkshire exhibit at the fair in No.
vember.
Dean Curtis is probably the most
widely known stockman in the Unit
ed States, to say nothing Of his ex-
tended acquaintance in South Amer
lea, Canada and much of Europe.
The dean will be the judge in the
Berkshire exhibit, and 1t may not be
generally known in the South, but the
Berkshire Congress in Pinehurst dur.
ing the Sandhill fair is the biggest
gathering Of representative Berkshire
hogs that is found on earth. More Of
the high-priced and famous animals
will be on hand from every quarter
Of the union, and more prominent
breeders, than will attend any other
Berkshire exhibit.
The Berkshire premiums alone at
the Sandhills fair this year run con.
siderably over $500. During the ses.
sion Berkshire subjects will be dis
cussed by the big men who will be
there, and everybody interested in
hoOa IA invifod f0 ha prouont
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