Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-03-11
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HAD A LIVE MEETING

The following report of a meeting
Nuf the Chamber of Commerce, was
aanded in by the correspondent at
press time last week, therefore it had
TO be omitted from that issue:
At the Critcher Hotel Monday at
8 p. m. the Chamber Of Commerce
began its regular bi-weeklyj session.
A large crowd of the leading business
men Of the town were present and
the meeting had the propeet from
the very start of being great sue
cess.
Chairman w. H. Gragg called the
meeting to order. Prof. l. G. Greer
he'd the crowd in singing several old
and patriotic songs. Rev. Huggins, Of
the Baptist church opened the meet
ing with a fervent prayer to God for
His blessings upon the meeting and
the Chamber of Commerce.
The Secretary Russell D. Hodges,
read the minutes of the last meeting
and upon motion of the Prof. Greer
which was seconded and passed Rev.
r. N. Baldwin was elected reporter
for the meetings of the Chamber and
upon him was imposed the duties of
writing up the proceedings of each
meeting for the Watauga Democrat
and frequently for the daily papers
of the state.
The first thing in the way of bus
iness that was transacted by the body
was resolution offered by Prof. j.
G. Williams of the Normal School.
This resolution was similar to the one
passed Sunday by each of the chur-
ehes in town and deplored the efforts
of the crowd in the United States
That is striving to bring about mod
jtication of the Volstead Act and the
resolution also asked the u. S. Sen
ators and the Congress member of
this district to do all in their power
30 uphold the cause of prohibition
and to fight the advent of light
wines and beer.
District Attorney F. A. Linney asked
for information concerning the head.
way that Boone is making in the way
Of getting the water connections in
50 that the town of Boone will be
out of the way of the Highway Com
mission, so that it may be justified
in letting a contract for the paving
work to start by April /.
Chairman Gragg asked Mayor D.
J. Cottrell to give a statement to the
Chamber with the information asked
for by Mr.. Linney. Mr.. Cottrell said
he hoped to close a contract this week
that would get Boone out of the way
Of the Highway Commission. But it
would depend on the delivery of
hot of terra Gotta pipes, connections,
etc, all of which has been ordered and
n notice received from the company
that it had been shipped,
Mr.. Linney then made a motion that
the Chamber of Commerce recon-
mend to the Board of Aldermen of
Boone that they make this contract
this week that will get the work done
on the water connections before the
first of April so that the State High
way Commission may be able to start
the pouring of concrete by April l.
This motion was opposed by Mayor
Cottrell, who alleged that that it
might be dangerous thing for the
town to make a contract as proposed
unless the terra Gotta and other ne
cessities, which are ordered, could be
delivered for the work
Prof. l. G. Greer and the county
Superintendent of Schools Smith Ha-
gaman, entered into a debate on the
motion, the prepondcrance of both Of
the speeches being in favor of the
motion. The motion, being put to a
vote, was passed.
Prof. B. B. Dougherty, president
of the State Normal, spoke upon
"Boone's Electric Lights and Power"
He used about one hour and half
in which he kept his audience thor
oughly interested.
Electricity is a sobject aboot which
there are but few experts. It has a
dialect all Of its own and to most of
the people it speaks in an unknown
tongue. But Professor Dougherty
convinced his audience that he knows
something about. the subject, espec-
tally as concerns the building and
maintaining of power plant.
By way Of introducing himself and
his interest in the growth of Boone,
he said: GAS l look into your faces
I do not see one man who was born
in Boone, or who was raised in Boone
l have the advantage of every one of
you in that particular was born
here. I was raised here. l was here