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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB

The Fridsy Afternoon Club was
entertained on July % in the beau
tiful new home of Mrs. Oscar Har-
din on Water street, Mrs Harding
and Mrs. Little being hostesses.
The artistic display of a profusion
of many huge sweet peas upon a
background of immaculate walls and
furniture gave a color effect most
charming. Add to this the evident
thoughtfulness of preparation and
arrangement, we have the setting for
most pleasant occasion.
The humor of the afternoon was
called forth by impromptu speeches
upon subjects distributed by lot, and
pleasant touch of rivalry provoked
by "a Garden Romance" botani-
cal contest designed to tell the love
story of youth and maiden in terms
of garden flowers. Mrs. B. j. Coun-
Gil bore away the honors.
Invited guests were Miss Fannie
Star Mitchell, dean of the Green's
boro high school; Mrs. Usher, of
Miami, Fla, and Mrs. Henry Hardin,
of Boone.
For a closing pleasure, the guests
were directed into the dining room
where the hostesses, assisted by Mrs
Turner Hendricks, served a delicious
salad course followed by watermel
lon.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29

Murphy, July 25-Shot down by
John Crisp, federal prohibition Off
Ger, as he stood in the doorway of
his home, Cecil Mcclure, 17-year- old
Tomotla youth, fell with his mothers
arms about him as she clung to the
gun he held in his hands, in an effort
to prevent bloodshed, according to
belated reports reaching here today.
Young Mcclure died a few hours
after the shooting. The shooting,
which occurred late Wednesday in a
very remote section of Cherokee
county, has caused flood of resent
ment against the action of the Off
GERS to sweep over this section and
has increased the Indignation felt as
result of the recent shooting affair
near Bryson City in which officers
fired upon the chauffeur OF a prom
inent Georgian. Crisp was arrested
and is being held under $4,000
bond.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
THE NEWS OF SILVERSTONE

Mast, July 2S.-Mr. Harrison
Greene, who has been in the hos
pital at Banner Elk, has returned to
his home here very much improved,
but still going about on crutches.
Mr.. and Mrs James H. Hobby, of
Concord, have been visiting in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Mast.
Mr.. Hiram Wilson, who has been
i'll for almost three months, shows
very little change for the better.
Mrs. Iva B. Wilson has returned
to her home here after a visit to her
sister in Lynchburg, Va.
A mid-week prayer service has been
started at Pleasant Grove Baptist
church, in which it is hoped that the
people of the community will take a
hearty interest.
The K. M. Clement farm, one of the
finest in this section, was sold at auc-
GsrAASt Saturday, the purchaser be-
~ M J. C. Miller.
Rev. R. C. Eggers filled his regular
appointments at Pleasant Grove last
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. E. H. Perry visited relatives
and friends at Silverstone last Sun
day.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
MRS. FERGUSON DEFEATED
FOR TEXAS GOVERNORSHIP

Austin, Tex, July 26.-The politi-
cal fortunes which raised Mrs. Miriam
Amanda Ferguson from a quiet home
in Temple, Texas, to the governor
ship soon are to turn her footsteps
back to domestic life.
Governor Ferguson announced late
today she would resign as a result of
Saturdays primary in which Attorney
General Dan Moody led her by more
than 100000 votes. She had prom
ised to resign if Moody beat her one
vote, and he had promised to resign
if she led him by $4,000.
Moody will be the next governor of
Texas, nomination on the Democratic
ticket being equivalent to election.
simultaneously with her resigna-
tion announcement, which also car
ried with it withdrawal from any pos
sible primary run-off with Moody,
Governor Ferguson called a special
session of the legislature to meet
September IS, to validate Texas dis
1r;ct road bonds and to investigate
any department of the state govern
ment that the legislature may see fit
to investigate.
Moody's majority over Governor
Ferguson is approximately 100000.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
DrErank Crane Says
The Track Runs On
cop'riSht Q isas

Out in the country the other day l
stood on the hilltop and saw the rail-
way track, like silver ribbon, run
ming away into the distance. The sun
was shining brightly. | could per-
celve train many miles away. At
night | stood upon the same hill and
could see the track only for a little
distance; beyond that it was swal-
lowed up in the shadows. But |
know that the track runs on.
There are high moments in life
when we can see the far reach of
righteousness. And there is many a
dark hour when doubt and unfaith
settle down all around us.
Indeed our moments of vision are
comparatively few. Day after day all
we can do is to keep the revelations
of those moments in our memory and
plod on through the fog and obscuri-
ty, trusting more to faith than to
sight.
We cannot abide on the peaks.
Most of our journey is through the
valley.
The merchant at his desk must keen
in mind his larger plans even when
details would deny them.
The sailor must go on dead reckon
ing when there are no stars by which
he can set his course. But he knows
the stars are still there.
Even in love we come all too rarely
to the mountains of TRANSPORTATION
and most of the time we must trudge
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
UNION VESPER SERVICES

The union vesper services which
have been conducted in the open air
just to the rear of the Methodist
church on the past two Sunday even
ings have been a greater success than
had been anticipated. On the evening
of the 18th the crowd numbered $50
adults by actual count. Last Sunday
there were more than 500 adults
present.
Rev. w. C. Goode, a Methodist
minister of Blowing Rock, who has
recently returned from an extended
study and travel in Europe, and who
just prior to going to Europe, spent
some time at Harvard University,
spoke last Sunday night on the sub
ject, Carried Away in the Spirit. "
1t was a great semon, full of truth
and tenderness. He spoke in the in
terest of a more united protestant
movement for Christ and righteous
ness, and his effort was we'll received
by the large audience which heard
him.
Next Sunday evening, Ed. R. N.
Baldwin, pastor of the Advent Chris
tian church, has been selected by the
Pastors Association to preach. He
has chosen for his subject for this
occasion, "What Think Ye of Christi"
1t is hoped by the pastors that a
large congregation hear this sermon,
as it is calculated to increase the
spiritual life of all Christians.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
SON OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
DIES AT AGE OF EICHTY-THREE
Robert Todd Lincoln Was Last Mem
Der of Civil War Presidents
Family

Manchester, VT, July 26.-Robert
T. Lincoln, only surviving son of
President Abraham Lincoln, was
found dead in bed at his summer
home here today. His death was dis
covered by servants who went TO call
him
According to custom servants went
to call him at 9 a. M, and it was then
that his death was discovered. A
physician said he probably had died
some hours before. He came to Hill
dene, the summer place that he had
made his home for a quarter of a
century, during the middle of May.
Since then he had gone out only once
daily for an automobile ride He
took his customary ride yesterday.
One of his two daughters, Mrs.
Charles Isham, of New York, was at
her summer home here Two of his
three grandchildren, Mary Beckwith
and James Beckwith, the children of
his other daughter, Mrs F. E. John
son, of Washington, came to Hildene
a few days ago.
He is survived also by his widow
and third grandchild, Lincoln Ish-
am, of New York city.
Mr. Lincoln, who had served as sec
retary of war, minister of Great Brit
ain and for years as president of the
Pullman Company, of late had been
in feeble health. He would have been
83 years old on August 1.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
AUSTIN SOUTH GETS
PATENT FOR INKWELL

Under the heading Recent Pat
ents to North Carolinians," compiled
by Paul B. Eaton, patent attorney of
Charlotte and Washington, has the
following to say regarding an ink:
well which has been patented by Mr..
Austin E. South, of Boone:
"Austin f. South, Boone, inkwell,
design patent No. 1854.
This is design patent for an ink
well which is drawn along the lines
of an oldfashioned copper distillery.
There is cross-section of a log of
wood as pedestal on which the other
devices are mounted, and on this
pedestal is mounted d smaller block
of wood in which a furnace is cut,
and on top of this smaller block of
wood there is Il representation of a
copper still. To one side of the still
is a lower block of wood on which
is mounted a miniature barrel in
which the worm is supposed to be
placed, and q spigot is placed in the
"Ott'ih VI tuiS miniature DdIIel WIllCH
empties into smaller keg, and to
the right of the worm is another
smaller keg standing on one of its
heads a cap is placed on the still
and leads to the cooling tub which
holds the worm The whole get-up
is very effective, and will make a
nice and-unique adornment for any
desk unless the occupant of the desk
does not wish to be reminded of the
old days"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29

Palm Beach, Fla, July 27-Proper-
ty damage aggregating more than a
million dollars was reported at Palm
Beach and West Palm Beach today
caused by hurricane which came in
from the caribbean Sea. Forty
yachts and houseboats sank in Lake
Worth, a body of water between
Palm Beach and West Palm Beach.
The wooden bridge over Lake Worth
also was washed away. Ocean front
properties in both towns were dam
aged considerably. The wind velocity
was seventy miles.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
Annual Masonic Picnic
Here Tuesday, Aug. 3

The annual Masonic picnic of the
various lodges of Watauga county
will be held here next Tuesday, Au-
gnst Bird, at which time the Oxford
'rphanage singing class will be
present and render a program. The
address will be delivered by DR.. ]. E.
Abernethy, of Statesville The pro-
ceeds from the dinner and concert
given by the Oxford class will go to
the Masonic Orphanage at Oxford.
The following is the program ar
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29

grimly forward with hope, believing
what we have once seen and hoping
for what we shall see again.
Underneath the crowding evidences
of the power of evil every man must
believe in those eternal and far more
potent cosmic laws of good.
Did you once glimpse great and
beautiful love burning like a sheki-
nah?
However gross may be the present
darkness you must believe that the
fire still burns. The track runs on.
The soul that will not go forward
until he can see every step of the
way to the end will advance but little
Most of the time we must be STEP
ping out into the dark
The man who is honest simply be-
cause he knows that honesty is the
best policy, and is honest only so
long as it seems the best policy, has
poor quality of honesty; for only
that honesty is the best policy which
is honest in the dark as we'll as in
the light; only that man deserves to
be called honest who is willing to fol-
low the path of honesty even when
it seems to lead into the abyss.
None of us can see more than a
little way most OF. the time. Fortu-
nate we are if, now and then, we
reach some height where the great
view unfolds. And if, afterwards, the
darkness seems to close in, we can say
to ourselves:
"The track runs on"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
DR.. CHAPPELL GIVEN
OVATION AT ASHEVILLE
Minister Cleared Last Week of Grave
Charges breaches to Large
Congregation

Asheville, July 25.-Hallelujahs
echoed through Central Methodist
church here today when the Rev
Asheley Chappell returned 70 his pull
pit after suspension of two 1onths
and a clerical trial which acquitted
him of serious charges.
The last swelling note Of the hal
lelujah chorus from HandeI's Mes
siah had not died away before the
popular pastor launched into his SER
mon on she subject, The Old Rug
ged Cross before a congregation
which packed the auditorium and
overflowed into the vestibule and
yards.
DR.. Chappell, a slight little man,
member Of family long distinguish
ed in Southern Methodism, avoided
any reference to the affair which be-
gan with his arrest in Memphis,
Tenn, on disorderly conduct charge
and came to climax with the de-
claration of @13 ministers at States
vile Tuesday that he was innocent of
immortality, falsehood and attempted
bribery.
Obviously tired and strained und-
der the burden Of recent experiences,
DR.. Chappell yet spoke with great
vigor and vocal clarity. pacing with
dynamic nervous energy to and fro in
his pulpit as he delivered his 20
minute message.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29

ranged by the committee:
/. Masons meet at hall at 9:3O
o'clock for instructions and to receive
regalia
2. Go to the picnic grounds.
3. Song-Orphanage singing class.
4. Invocation and Introductory re-
marks by Dr.. j. D. Rankin.
: 5. Address-Dr. j. E. Abernethy.
6. Song-Oxford class.
7. Dinner.
s. Ball game, $3.50 p. m.
8. Concert by the Oxford Orphan
age singing class, p. m.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
MANY DEATHS CAUSED
BY LAST WEEKS HEAT

According to survey of the Uni
ted Press last Thursday, more than
100 people perished from the intense
heat which was broken Saturday
Fifty are reported to have died in
the midwest; II in New York City
New Jersey and New York State
six in New England; II in Ohio and
five in Washington, D. C. Three
deaths were reported in North Caro-
lima and two in Virginia.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
RAPID PROGRESS
IN THIS SECTION
Land of the Once Powerful Cherokee
Rapidly Becoming Garden Spot
of North Carolina

Not more than one hundred and
fifty years ago Watauga County and
all Of Northwestern Carolina was in
the possession of the Red Man; the
stately forests were unmarried by the
Uncouth hand Of industry; not one
single cleared field gave evidence of
the white man; the deer the bear and
the panther lurked in the uncharted
wilderness and matched their prowess
against that of the untamed Chero-
kee, who, with bow and arrow, pro-
vided the wants of his wigwam.
But changes were in store for this
frontier section. The moccasined feet
of adventurous pioneers were plod-
ding aong the water courses, blazing
trails for the equally adventurous
white settlers. The sound of the AK
and the flintlock foretold the doom
which awaited these forest denizens
Log cabins were built, small tracts
of land were cleared, and civiliza-
ton began its slow growth.
Today the curtain is raised on a
new scene. Where once a conflict
ragged between the forces of the wild
and the vanguards of progress, build
/ ings of stone and mortar have raised
/ themselves from the earth The
| sparkling streams have been har-
messed to supply power and light for
the modern towns and villages which
dot the entire section. Department
stores which rend Partisan styles in
miIady's wearing apparel have re-
placed the ancient trading posts where
blue jeans and linsey, yarn stock.
ings and homemade boots were pro-
/ cured for the pioneers wardrobe.
/ Roads as smooth as marble have been
built through the emerald valleys and
across the towering hills. Banks,
garages, modern hotels, churches,
stores and factories are to be found
( broadcast in this once isolated land.
/ Right near the spot where DAN
iel Boone built his cabin of logs and
! spent several years of his adventur-
Gus life, is a State school for teach
ers, equipped in every detail, which
each year sends countless instructors
to all parts of the land.
And today, just the same as yester-
! day, this wonderland holds thou
sands of charms for mankind. The
trees are just as green as in days of
yore; the flowers just as bright and
beautiful, and the streams remain
clear as crystal. The trails which
beckOned The forebears of this hardy
race of mountain people toward the
sunset have given way to the motor
road. Thousands of tourists from
the South, North, East and West each
year view the splendors of The Land
of the Sky" The newcomer stands
on some lofty peak and is held spell
bound by the landscape which is un-
folded before him. The hills in the
foreground bejeweled with the native
flora, present a scene of varied col
or; his eyes are lifted and he sees the
distant hills fade into the turquoise
sky. These beauties, coupled with
the dreamy romances of early pio-
neer life which gather about the
visitor, lead him to believe that he
is surely enjoying a paradise on
earth.
No artist can paint canvas that
will do justice to this land; no
scribe can reveal its glories; it is
without doubt the supreme MASTER
piece of a Master Hand
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
MAN KILLED WHEN LIGHTNING
HITS CHURCH, GRANITE FALLS

Granite Falls, July 25.-During a
heavy electric storm here this after
non St. Matthews Lutheran church
was struck by lightning, killing
David Hallman, prominent farmer,
and slightly injuring Rev. Paul Sig
man and several others. The light
ming struck the top of the church,
running in on the bell cord to which
wire was attached
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29

New Bern, N. c., July 27.-Six
young Onslow county white men are
held in Jail at jacksonville without
bail as material witnesses in connec-
tion with the death of Ellis Hollis, IT,
whose mutilated body was found in
New River few miles from Jackson
vile Monday morning Tho boys
throat was cut anad the skull frac.
tured and the chest badly lrl ised.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29
FIVE PERSONS KILLED WHEN
CAR PLUNGES DOWN BANK

Cleveland, o., July 25.-Five per
sons were killed and another seriously
injured when their automobile went
oyer a 20-foot embankment here early
today. The victims were all residents
of Cleveland..
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29

Eleven club members of Henderson
county sold $59.57 worth of produce
from their club gardens at the Hen
Jacksonville club market in recent
weeks.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-29

Charles H. Brakelow of Phila-
delphia has just been chosen with
out opposition, to be the new Grand
Exalted Ruler of the Elks. This
is his seventh term as head of his
local order and he has served 3
terms as Grand Exalted Esquire.
Evening star., 1926-05-26
SPECULATIVE LIST
| LEADS BOND MART
Traction, Oils and Some of
Junior Rails Head Pro-
cession Upward.
BY GEORGET. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 26.-The higher
yielding and the more speculative
issues monopolized attention in the
bond market today. Strictly invest
ment obligations were steady but
made little or no further advance.
Prices are now so high that investors
hesitate to pay them, while holders
refuse to make concessions, produc-
ing more or less Of deadlock.
The real leaders were the New York
CITY fractions, the oils and some of
the junior railroads. In the trac-
ton group there was animated buy
ing OF Interboro per cent notes
following the April earnings state
ment which was the most favorable
since December. Crossing 90, the Is
made a new 1925 top. Manhattan
Railways As went along and also made
a new high at 68. The demand for
ihird Avenue refunding As and ad.
Justment 5s held quotations firm and
mere was more investment inquiry
Tor Brooklyn Manhattan 6s and Hud-
son and Manhattan incomes.
Among the oils, strength was
and by those selling on an investment
Yield basis. Pan-American Petroleum
os were the leaders in the first named
class and the Sinclair Is and Union
OIL or California SIS in the second st.
Louis-San Francisco obligat tions, chief
~ the adjustments and the incomes,
were the favorites in the rails. Chi
cago and Alton 31as touched 90
again, which was their previous best
price on the movement
The feature in the industrial group
was the Cuba Cane Sugar issues.
Other sugar bonds were about the
same. International Mercantile Ma
rine 6s yielded somewhat, rejecting
disappointment at the delay in the ne
gotiations for the sale of the White
Star Line to British interests. For
eign bonds ruled fractionalIy higher
French Cities 6s did better and so did
Hungarian 71as.
New offerings included $1,000, 900 ad-
ditional issues Interstate Power First
Mortgage E 6s at par
Evening star., 1926-05-26
WHEAT PRICES SOAR
ON FOREIGN BUYING
Values Up in Some Cases 8 Cents.
Corn, Oats and Provisions
Are Easy Today.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. May 26.-Foreign buy
ing of future deliveries here and the
fact that practically no more wheat
can be shipped to Chicago in time to
NIL May contracts gave values a de
cided general swing upward today.
With Winnipeg reporting an increase
OF bad crop reports. Chicago wheat
quotations opened unchanged to 5aS
up and soon showed in some cases
nearly three cents gain. Enlarged
rural offerings of corn made corn and
oats easy, cCrn starting unchanged to
3a8 off and the later sagging all
around. Provisions also were easy.
Outside interest in the wheat
market showed considerable increase
today and trade as whole was much
broader than of late. Fluctuations
were widest in the May delivery, in
which, however, transactions were of
relatively small volume, consisting
chiefly of evening up of accounts on
the part of spectators who were short
of wheat for end-of-the-m de-
livery.
A trainload of wheat loaded at
Kansas City last night is due to ar.
rive in Chicago by noon tomorrow.
Otherwise, no considerable additions
to the meager Chicago stock of wheat
were in sight TO be available for use
here before noon on Saturday of this
week, the final limit of dealings in
May wheat this season.
Evening star., 1926-05-26
CAR LOADINGS GAIN.
Exceed Million Mark for First
Week of This Year.

Freight car loadings for the week
ending May 10 exceeded the million
mark for the first week this year, the
American Railway Association an
nounced last night. 1t placed the
total at l,030, 1862. an advance of 1885
over the preceding week and an in
crease Of 44,283 over the correspond
ing week last year.
Miscellaneous freight reached $780,
307 cars. an increase of 8.092 over the
preceding week; grain and grain prod
ucts, 1876, an increase of 1867:
merchandise in less than carload
lots, 1883. an advance of 2.O16:
coal, 167 ,673. an increase of 5,2oO. and
live stock. "a. .457, a decrease of 2,506.
Evening star., 1926-05-26
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
I touotations furnished bv w. B. Hibbs g. CO..
Nominal Selling checks

NEW YORK. May 26 H).-For-
eign exchanges irregular. Quota
tions Tin cents): Great Britain. de-
nand. 4SG; cables, 4s6 9-16: 6Oday
hills on banks, 4S2is. France, de-
mand, 3291a: cables. $50. Italy, de-
mand, 3.76ia: cables, 3.77h.
Demand-Belgium, 3.20k: Ger
many, $3.50: Holland. 40.161a; Nor
way, 21.67; Sweden, 26.75; Denma rk,
1926; Switzerland. 1861; Spain,
l4.79; Greece, 1874: Poland. 900:
Czechoslovakia. 2.96; Jugoslavia
i.761a; Austria. 14125: Rumania.
.39k; Argentina, 40.125 Brazil,
1915; Toxic. 47.O6k; Shanghai, ~;
Montreal, 100.125.
Evening star., 1926-05-26
POTATO MARKET STEADY.

CHICAGO. May &c R).-Potatoes
receipts, IS cars; total United States
shipments, 6G7, on track 1856; old stock
trading fair. market steady; Wiscon-
sin. sacked. round, whites, 2I5a3 90:
ordinary stock, 2.25a2.50; Minnesota,
sacked, round, whites. 2.OOa2.65, ac-
cording to quality and condition:
Idaho, sacked. russets. 3.00a350; new
stock barely steady; Texas. Alabama
a nd Louisiana. sacked, Bliss Triumpbs
No. 1, 4.50a4.75; field run. 4.O0a425;
No. ., 2,75a30O.