Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-02-07
ITEMS FROM THE
TRAINING SCHOOL,
Items of General Interest From the
A. l. ). and Town as Handed in
by our Regular Correspondent.

Mr. c. H. Grugan of the Public
School methods Co. was at the A. r.
5. much of the past week in the
interest of his company.
1t was big forward looking move
on the Kiwanis club of the good
city of North Wilkesboro when it
planned In recent meeting to put
forth strong efforts to make the
Boone Trail Highway a part of the
route from Florida and eastern North
Carolina to the Northwest and West
through Tennessee and Kentucky into
Ohio. illinois and the west. The pro-
posed route from this northwest sec
ton to Florida would be from 165 to
200 miles shorter and all of these
places with all our own state should
be greatly in earnest in pushing the
proposed route.
The sudden death of Mr.. Andy
Greer, of Zionville on Friday morn
ing was a great shock to his many
friends in the county. He was out
feeding his sheep when the end came
His death is supposed to have been
caused by apoplexy or heart failure
He was one of the good citizens of
the county and will be greatly missed.
Miss Flourney of the State Libra
ry Commission was at the Training
School on Saturday and remained ov-
er till Monday in the interest of the
school library. She is one of the ex-
perts in library classification.
On Friday the first and second
years played the Senior boys at bas-
ket ball and beat the latter by small
score. On Saturday the senior girls
outpayed che Junior girls by a score
of So to g.
Miss Margaret ReMine of Tenne.
see who is visiting Miss Richardson,
one of the Directors of Music at the
Training School has been entertain
ing the young ladies at their hall with
some of her beautiful instrumental
music. She is an expert on the piano,
violin and the saxophone. On Sunday
she played a number of most beauti-
full and appropriate selections on the
saxaphone at Sunday School and at
preaching at the Methodist church.
The entire community was sorry
to learn that Mrs R. C. Rivers had
the misfortune of breaking one of her
lower limbs on Friday morning. Mrs.
Rivers is one of the best women in
the county or anywhere, and her ma
ny friends here sincerely sympathize
with her in her misfortune and ear
ncstly wish for her a speedy recov-
cry.
Prof. Chapel Wilson of the Nor
mai department of the Training
School spent Sunday in Lenoir, as
his many friends think on some in
teresting business. And his friends
wish him we'll
Mr.. Baxter Linney who is stu
dent at Trinity College, spent his va
cation between terms at his home in
Boone. His friends are glad to see
him. Mr.. A. X. Moore, who is also at
Trinity spent several days in Boone,
to the pleasure of his many friends.
The entire community is greatly
saddened by the news of the death of
Ex-Presdent Woodrow Wilson. When
or where will his like be found AS
some remarked, he is easily the grea-
test man the world produced in hun
dred years, if it has ever produced
his equal in world affairs. To what
man in all history has the world said
in substance: Eve approve your
words and your course; go forward,
and we will follow your" Yet this
is practically what the world said to
him. All Europe and the world ac-
ceptcd his measure, but as the As
sociated press says "his own coun-
try rejected it, He was man of
wonderfully high ideals, and has Of
ten said himself that he was willing
TO die for these ideals, which he in
reality did, falling in his campaign
for the League of Nations, which he
and many believe should now be in
full force in our own country. 1t is
case Of self-sacrifice for his cause.
! The Associated Press again says:
| 'His proper place in history cannot
be assigned to him until his contem-
| poraries are likewise assigned to
their niches."
j. M. DOWNUM.