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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
NEWS OF COVE CREEK

Sugar Grove, Nov. 10-Cove Greek
ket ball game on Friday. The score
with the Boone high school was 39-9
and with New River 31-7.
Rev. Uriah Farthing was re-
cent visitor at chapel and conducted
devotional exercises
Hon. R. L. Doughton spoke in the
school auditorium to a number of
patrons and students several days
ago. Mr.. Doughton congratulated
the community on the progress along
educational lines and in the erection
of buildings. He contrasted conditi-
ons now with those existing ten years
ago and urged the younger people to
make good use of the splendid oppor-,
tunities offered them in securing an
education.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Horton had as
weekend guests Miss BERTHE Phillips,
Miss Belle Petit and Mr.. Harry Cald-
well, of Gaffney, S. C.
All the teachers of the Cove Creek
school, together with several others
of the county attended he annual
meeting of the Northwestern Dis
trict at Greensboro October 1880.
Mr.. W. F. Sherwood has been con-
fined to his room for several DAYS
with a rather severe attack of neu-
ralgia.
The members of the Cove Creek
Baptist church gave birthday din
ner last Sunday in honor of their
pastor, Rev. L. A. Hurst.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ISSUES
PROCLAMATION

America, prosperous, happy, at
peace with all the world, is blessed
among the nations of the earth,
President Coolidge declares in a
proclamation setting November 25 as
Thanksgiving Day. The proclama-
tion follows:
"As nation and as individuals we
have passed another twelve months
in the favor of the Almighty. He has
smiled upon our fields and they have
brought forth plentifully. Business
has prospered; industries have flour
ished and labor has been well en-
ployed. While sections of our coun-
try have been visited by disaster, we
have been spared any great national
calamity or pestilential visitation.
We are blessed among the nations of
the earth.
'Our moral and spiritual life has
kept measure with our material pros
perity. We are not unmindful of the
gratitude we owe to God, for His
watchful care, which has pointed out
to us the ways of peace and happi-
ness; we should not fail in our ack-
nowledgement of His divine favor,
which has bestowed upon US so many
blessings. Neither should we be for
getful of those among us who, thru
stress of circumstances, are less
fortunately placed, but by deeds of
charity make our acknowledgement
more acceptable in His sight.
Wherefore, |, Calvin Coolidge,
president of the United States, do
hereby set apart Thursday, the 25th
day of November, next, as day OF
general thanksgiving and prayer, and
| recommend that on that day the
people shall cease from their daily
work and in their homes or in their
accustomed places of worship, de-
voutly give thanks to the Almighty
for the many and great blessing they
have received and seek His guidance
that through good deeds and broth
erly love they may deserve con-
tinuance of His favor.
''In witness whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great seal of the United
States.
Ozone at the City of Washington,
this thirteenth day of October, in
the zyear of our Lord 1925, and of
the independence of the United
States, one hundred and fifty-first.
(Signed) calvin Coolidge"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
VALE CRUcIS NEWS

Vale Cucis, Nov. 1O.-Mrs John
Dyer and Mrs Luther Nave, of Mt.
City, visited Mrs.. J. l.. Tester on
Monday.
Mrs. Arthur Mast. who has been
sick for the past. week, is much i'm
proved.
The box supper at the Vale Crucis
public school on Saturday night to
raise funds for the benefit of the
school, was well attended and sue
cessful. A concert by the Thomas
band added to the pleasure of the
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Taylor, Miss
Wilma Baird and Frank Baird din
ed with Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Mast
in Boone Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Hobby, Miss
Goodwin and Mr.. White, of Concord,
visited relatives in the valley last
Thursday.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
HONOR ROLL 2ND MONTH
BLOWING ROCK SCHOOL

Below is given the honor roll of the
Blowing Rock school for the second
ninth of this year:
First Grade
EVELYN Brown, Francis Pitts. Mary
Louise Williams, Jewell Hartley, Mel
lie Gray Sides, Alma Lowdermilk,
Beula Lowdermilk, Wake easel,
Dean Jenkins, Daniel Kluttz, Lewis
Lowdermilk, John Keller.
Second and Third Grades
Nancy Ward, Ruby White, Blanche
Wooten, Evelyn jenkins, Bette Rob-
bins, Gladys Teaster, Paul Kluttz,
'Chas. Robbins, Dennis Coffey, Doss
Keller, George Sudderth, Carl Wal
ters.
Fourth and Fifth Grades
Dare Hartley, Opal Pitts, Eliza.
beth Greer, Irene jenkins, Grace
Reid, Beulah Teaster, Bessie Wooten,
Hazel Mays, Virdola Walters. Ar
line jenkins, Ollie Foster, Mary
Kluttz, Luther Greene, Vaughn
Hartley, Edward Robbins.
Sixth Grade
Virginia Coffey, Dee Cannon,
Elizabeth Walters, Doris White,
Evelyn Greene, Sidney Cannon, Ed
ward Coffey, Jack Greene.
Seventh Grade
Mary Wooten, Eleanor Story, Ola
Coffey, Annie Coffey, Cora Greene,
Virginia Sudderth, Maude Mays,
Dewey Story, Frank Kluttz, Harlem
Coffey, Parks Knight, Arnold COT
fey.
Eighth Grade
Helen Sudderth> Margaret Sud
derth,' Margaret Sudderth, Lois
kluttZ.
Ninth Grade
Elizabeth Sudderth, Velma Can
non, Edna Miller, Lucille Reid, Bynum
Crisp.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
TEACHERS CERTIFICATES

1t is very important that have a
record at once of every teachers
certificate in the county. ~.
The November Budget" will be
made right soon and if you fell to
have your latest certificate with full
credits on record and so reported in
the budget you will be credited by
the state with yoyr old certificate
and salary.
This notice applies to teachers who
have not sent in your certificate OF
who have raised or renewed since
last year.
SMITH HAGAMAN,
County Superintendent.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
BEAR HUNTING
IN THE BLACK MT,
DR.. Hodges Gives Interesting Ac-
count of Hunt in Which Two
Bears We're Baggcd
BY RUPERT GILLETT

,"Bears are thicker than rabbits in
the Black Mountain country" said
Dr. J. M. Hodges, of Boone, on his
return from hunt on Black Noun
tain, in which he and his party of
seven hunters bagged a 2OO-pound
bear, and another hunting party kill
ed second bear that the Hodges
party had started.
DR.. Hodges and his party left here
October 26 and went directly to
Black Mountain. The weather was
cold, DR.. Hodges said, and sheets of
ice, not merely icicles, foot long
hung from the branches of the trees.
The underbrush in the forest was so
thick that the hunters had to crawl
when they started the next morning
in search of game.
"Caskey Hodges and Dr. Dorsey"
DR.. Hodges related, "were put on the
first stand. Within 80 minutes after
we started, the dogs aroused bear
and started him toward us. He pass
ed Caskey, who emptied a charge of
buckshot in his side, but he did not
stop. DR.. Dorsey then emptied two
charges of buckshot into the bears
side, but still the animal did not
stop"
For several minutes the hunters
| listened as the huge beast numbered
on in spite of his wounds, crashing
through the underbrush and emitting
growls of fury and pain. Suddenly
all sounds save the redoubled baying
of the dogs ceased. The hunters
made their way through the under
brush, the branches of which scratch
ed their skins, and found the bear
had dropped dead as he ran, half
mile from where he was shot by
Caskey Hodges and Dr. Dorsey. He
was taken back to camp, skinned and
weighed. He tipped the beam at
200 pounds
"The next morning" DR.. Hodges
continued, "the dogs jumped a bear
in twenty minutes after we started.
The dogs of another hunting party
joined the race and confused our
dogs. The bear was eventually t'reed
and killed by Mr.. Jones' party"
On the third day, DR.. Hodges said,
their dogs chased bear all forenoon
until they were exhausted, but the
bear was not killed. -
Next week." DR.. Hodges con-
cluded, 1--WE are going back to get
Kettlefoot."
Kettlefoot is the famous 600
pound bear that has ravaged the
sheep folds and the COW pastures
around Black Mountain for ten years.
Many hunters have seen him, some
have shot at him, but none has ever
hit him. Those who have seen him
recently report tat his fur is getting
gray around the head and breast, and
that he is accompanied by a small
bear that follows him like jackal to
get the food that Kettlefoot kills and
leaves after he has satiated his own
hunger.
Those who accompanied DR..
Hodges on the hunt are Charles Mil
Ter, Jim Hampton, DR.. Dorsey, John
Knight, Millard Hodges and Caskey
Hodges
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
SHERIFF FARTHING ON
ROUNDS FOR TAXES

Sheriff L. M. Farthing announces
dates and places where he will be for
the next month for the purpose of
collecting taxes for the years 1925
and 1926. Collections so far for this
year have been very small and the
sheriff urges the taxpayers to meet
him and settle at once. See add else
where in this paper.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11

In the far west, the. Republicans
did better than in the east. They
reelected Senator Wesley L. Jones
in Nevada, and California went Re-
publican by a majority of almost
landslide magnitude. In addition,
Nevada delivered two official broad
sides at prohibition by adopting a
proposal declaring the national dry
act a failure and another requiring it's
state legislature to memorialize con-
gress to call constitutional conven-
tion to change the eighteenth amend
ment.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
A FEW RESULTS
OF THE ELECTION
South Dakota Elects First Democrat
ic Governor; Nellie Ross Defeated
in Wyoming

The first Democrat ever to occupy
the governors chair in South Da-
kota will move into the state house
in January. w. J. Bulow, Democrat,
was victorious in the recent election
over Carl Gunderson, Republican
governor, with the tacit help of a Re-
publican faction which deplored
Gunderson's efforts to get the state
out of the rural credit enterprise by
which it has loaned S47,00O,00O to
farmers and land owners of that
state
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
CONGRESSIONAL VOTE

Congressman Robert l.. Doughton
Carried Watauga county in the re-
cent election by a majority of 129.
owcs. his opponent, Hon. o. F. Poole.
The official vote by townships in
this contest is as follows:
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
BUSINESS HOUSES
ARE CLOSED TODAY

Store, banks, garages and
all places of business in the
community are closed today in
observance of Armistice Day.
Notice to this effect is given
elsewhere in these columns,
which also authorizes the clos
: ing of business on November
25, Thanksgiving Day.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11

John Shelton Williams, former
comptroller of the currency, died at
his home in Richmond, Va, last
Thursday night. Heart trouble was
the cause of his DEATH
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11
FUNDS 4 COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION SHOW SURPLUS

A. T. Allen, certified public who has just
pleted the for
county, he will complete
his report recently charged that deficit of
proxmaey $4,000 county school funds Mr. AL
lens shows of $14-
iablein other words the board of edu
the good Here statement of the
sets and liabilities by Allen
CURRENT ASSETS
uncoleced $7O,66715
Watauga County Bank 26522O
Balance in Peoples Bank SO4SO
of 7o9665
Notes receivable 4,fozol
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Sl7,225.9l
Notes payable 3o'ooo.oo
Total liabilities .9f1,i1o.'l
s,rn,ns Of assets over liabilities s14,o4sgo
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11

Frank C. Emerson, Republican,
defeated Governor Nellie Ross, Wyo-
nring's Democratic woman governor,
by a small majority.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11

Governor Richie was for the third
time elected governor of Maryland,
aand now takes his place in the front
rapk of Democratic presidential pos
sibilities.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11

Seven Democrats will succeed
seven Republicans in the senate in
the next congress. They are: David
|. Walsh Massachusetts, who defeat
ed William NJ Butler, friend, coun-
sellor and campaign manager Of
Pres ident Coolidge; Robert F. Wag-
ner defeated James w. Wadsworth,
Jr., in New York; Congressman Ell
mer Thomas defeated Senator John
w. Harreld in Oklahoma; Congress
man Harry Hawes succeeds Senator
George N. Williams in Missouri;
Judge Alben w, Barkley replaces
Senator R. P. Ernst in Kentucky;
Congressman Car Hayden defeated
Senator Ralph H. Cameron in Ari-
zona, and Millard o. Tydings, sue
ceeds Senator O. E. Weller in Mary
land.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-11-11

George H. Combs, Jr., 27-year-old
congressman-elect from the fifth
Missouri district, will go to Washing
ton as the Baby Member" of con-
gress. Combs, a Democrat, who
ousted the veteran Republican, E. C.
Ellis, from his seat, will replace
Samuel J. Montgomery, of Okla
homa, the "baby' of the last house.
Montgomery is 80 years old.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09

a son, in regards to the Organization
The DIR. answered as follows:
ssSir Henry Lunn, the editor of
The Review of the Churches rec
emily expressed establishment to me
that every boy and girl of your sor's
age was not in the Scouts.
personally, regard the organi-
zation as offering the best outlet for
youths exuberant energies, which
otherwise are fairly sure to lapse
either into sissy tendencies or mis-
chievious tricks.
cit would have saved me from a
thousand snares had been blessed,
as boy, with membership. in Scout
troop instead of belonging to band
of sorry youngsters who ran wild for
want of just the sort of discipline
the, Scouts are now receiving.
Scouting has spread throughout
the civilized world because it incul-
Gates reverence for God, and substi-
tutes healthy recreation for skulkine
around forbidden places or ronikine
in dangerous streets. Hikes take The
place of running with the giddy OF
tough gang. The Scouts mind i
braced by wood lore and nature
study. His soul is sanitated by, the
tenets of honor and helpfulness, re
spect for Older people and aler
obedience.
eff you want to insure your DO.
against i'll health, criminality and ;
stunted sense of ethics, put him il
the nearest troop Then subscrib
to its funds as generously as yol
can for the sake of other boys.
"The word 'militaristic' strict
signifies the submission of lhe stat
to military control, and has nothin'
to do with the Scout movement"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09

playing of the Ely infield; composed
of Gianotti, Moravitz, HI. Chinn and
Bouska was an important fctor in
the Ely victory. Nothing got last
these men, every infield grounder
being bounced on and hurled to first
with the accuracy of a master.
The scoring of Ely during the Sum
lay game took place in the sixth in
ming. Starkman, first up, singled
clearly over third base for the first
hit of the game. Hoeffler clouted
the pill over the second baseman's
head, sending Starkman to third and
where he was caught too far off and
was tagged out. H. Chinn came
through with a double to score Hoef-
fer. With Chinn on second, Law
renee the next batter found Alder
for another hit and Chinn raced
home with Ely's second score.
The sixth inning Ely rally proved
the only break in the pitching duel
betwelen Cantin of Ely and Alder of
Duluth, break which meant the
downfall of Alder and his heavy hit
ting teammates.
The game on the Fifth of July was
smuggling bee with Ely surprising
their opponents about 2 to in hit
ting. Ely garnered two home runs
and Duluth one; Hoefler and Morav-
etz pulling the stunt for Ely and
Scanlon for Duluth when he put the
ball over the right field fence en- q
bound. The game was close and re
plete with thrills until the seventh
inning when five run Ely rally OBJ
liberated two run Duluth lead anG
cinched the game for Ely. Another
run by the home team in the eighth
inning made victory more secure al
though it was not needed for tn.
Duluth batters went out in one. two
three order in their half of the nintl
to give Ely a decisive to victory
| A double play by Ely and a mar
velous catch by Moravetz at secon'
were the high lights of the contest
! both plays coming when put out
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09
Notice for Bids

OinCN LIlc OlLy SltIh.
NOTICE is HEREBY GWEN
That sealed proposals will be re-
ceived by the City Clerk of the City
of Ely, in the County of st. Louis,
State of Minnesota, up to eight
81 O'Clock P. NJ, Tuesday, July 20,
1926, for furnishing the labor neces-
sary to paint the outside of the
Community Service Center Building
according to specifications now on
file in the office of the City Clerk.
Bidders are requested to submit
proposals covering both a 2-coat job
and a 3-coat job.
Each bidder shall accompany his
proposal with a certifie check in
the amount of ten per cent. of the
contract price made payable to the
City Treasurer.
A surety bond in the amount of
the contract price must be furnished
by the successful bidder
Copies of specifications may be
obtained from the City Clerk upon
application.
The City Council of the City of
Ely. Minnesota, reserves the right
to reject an and all bids.
Address all proposals to the un-
dersigned and mark plainly upon the
outside of the envelope Proposals
for Painting"
By order of the City Council of
the City of Ely, Minnesota
A. o. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09

resenting among other things, that
Frank H. Merriam, then being resi-
dent of the County of st. Louis,
State of Minnesota, died intestate;
in the County of st. Louis, State of
Minnesota. on the 18th day of June,
1926; leaving estate in the County
of St. Louis, State OF Minnesota,
and that said petitioner is the sur
viving spouse of said decedent and
praying that letters of administra-
ton of the estate of said decedent
be granted to the said Anna M.
| Merhar;
1t Is Ordered, that said petition be
heard before this Court, at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in the Court
| House in Duluth, in said County, on
Monday, the End day of August,
| 1926, at nine o'clock A. M, and adj
| persons interested in said hearing
| and in said matter are hereby cited
and required at said time and place
to show cause, if any there be, why
said petition should not be granted.
| Ordered Further, That this order
be served by publication in The Ely
Miner according to law, and that a
copy of this order be served on the
County Treasurer of st. Louis
County not less than ten days prior
to said day of hearing.
Dated at Duluth. Mimi, July 8,
1926.
| By the Court,
S. w. GILPIN,
/ Judge of Probate
Attest: Sheldon Watts, Clerk of
| Probate.
SEAL, Probate Court, st. Louis
County, Mimi.
A. j. Thomas, Attorney for Petit
Toner. TO 1928
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09
CANT|N PITCHES
!. NO HIT, No RUN
GAME SUNDAY.
ELY'S SOUTHPAW SHUTS OUT
DULUTH IN A SENSATIONAL
NO HIT NO RUN GAME IN THE
OPENING GAME OF THE 4TH
OF JULY SERIES.
(By Arnold AndIerson.)

For the clever and heavy Struggling
Duluth team-as depicted in the
Duluth dIailies be beaten so de-
cisively in two consecutivegames Was
indeed a crashing blow to the base
ball pride of the Zenith City.
The Duluth team during the two
games didn't have a chance; Cantin's
left arm and the support given him
by his teammates being sufficient to
turn back Duluth 2 to 0 in the first
game, while the second, heavy
hitting kept the Ely players contin-
ually ambhng around the bases to
score runs.
The pitching of Cantin featured
the first contest, his curves and fast
ball keeping the Duluth batters II
constant state of uncertainty. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09

We wish to call attention to the
practice some people have of run
ming their cars through crowds as
sembled to listen to band concerts
or any other public entertainment
given on the street. Friday night
when the band was giving one of its
popular concerts on the James Drug
Store corner, there were half do =
cars that passed through the crowd
at least a half dozen times. As an
advertising medium this is poor bust
ness. Some went so far as to stop
and start several times. Some OF rhe
cars can make more noise than fifty
bass drums pounded at one time.
Fake an inventory and see how you
appear to the balance of the people
when doing this.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09

were especially needed Ely used
four pitchers to accomplish the VIC
tory; Gianotti, Cantin, Anthony and
Chinn, all trying their skill on the
Duluth sluggers.
Score by innings in Sundays en-
counter was as follows:
Ely 0 0 % O 2 0 O 0 o.
Duluth O 30 o 10 O o O 90
Mondays score by innings was:
Ely Oh 1 90 o 5 0-8
Duluth 100 90 2 1 0 o.
Struck out by Cantin on Sunday,
IL; Alder 8. Struck out by Method
Monday, 6; Gianotti 2; Chinn, 3.
Umpire Cox.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09

~ Efficiency is nothing but common sense in silk
II hat-merely old-fashioned homespun shrewdness
under dude name, taking short cuts across fields
of action.
Efficiency simply does work with less effort. 1t
buys time-saving machinery 1t selects the most profit
able crop for each piece of ground 1t saves money with
clean seed 1t hears steers believing from the chaf pile
1t keeps equipment repaired, builds sound barns. handy
stalls and concludes that it's cheaper let sheep weed the
grain fields than harvest dockage haul wild oats and
pigeon seed the railroad and spend the transpor
tation costs, commissions and .overheads smutty
wheat, as the charges against net prime tonnage
Efficiency watches the udder, observes the
gauge and discovers that horoughbreds produce four
times the profit of scrubs at twenty-five percent differ
ence in upkeep.
Efficiency understands ground goes barren with
out refertiy it maintains big enough herds and focks
only feed the family but to turn all SURPRISES and
byproducts into and poultry and provide necessary
oanures to sustain vegetable and animal life besides
Efficiency initial expense with final income
and markets better beef eighteen months than it for
mery shipped three years. specazes in and ewes
whose maximum filters fatten quickest and yield the
most pork. mutton and wool
Efficiency studies daily quotations. reads government
reports attends extension sends its sons to
agricultural schools advises its children to in club
work and convnces its wife that mongre hens eat as
much and lay half many eggs
Efficiency has learned that dozen states waging
bitter campaigns against tubercular CATTLE and is fore
handedy planning furnish the fresh dairy stock that
shortage rates
and hastens invest in blooded brood and cham
pion strain sres to be ready with sturdy young
Percherons and Begians for exhausted replacement
market.