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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03
1927 TAX BOOKS IN
HANDS OF SHERIFF
Nc Final Settlement Has Yet Been
Made With Commissioners But
MIR. Fartning Advances Money for
All Uncollected Taxes

Sheriff L. NJ. Farthing on last
Saturday received the tax books for
the fiscal year 1927 and is announc-
ing his first round for the collection
of same in this issue of The Demo
crat. While a final settlement has
not been made between the sheriff
and the board of commissi oners, the
sheriff has put up a sufficient
amount Of cash to cover all uncol-
lected taxes, amounting to some
thing like $4,000. The new county
government act, passed by the last
general assembly, requires that the
sheriff make complete settlement
before he shall receive the lists and
receipts for tie following year. But
since the sheriff has advanced the
money for all unpaid taxes charged
against him, tie board of commits
sioners feel that they are within the
spirit of the law in releasing the
1927 books for collection.
TIE sheriff announces the follow
ing appointments for the purpose of
collecting 1927 taxes:
At Boone on 1st Mondays and
Tuesdays during the month Of No
vembe~.
North Fork November IA, at
Thomas store in the morning and
Potter's in the afternoon.
Meat Camp-Noyenber Is, Hod-
sons store in the morning and
Stevens store in the afternoon.
Bald Mountain Nov. 16.-Voting
place.
Stony Fork Nov. III. M. Cooks
store in the morning ard Deep Gap
in the afternoon.
Elk-Nov 18-Triplett's store.
Blue Ridge-Nov 19-Storie's
store.
Blowing Rock-Nov. 21-Hol-
shouser's store.
Watauga-Nov. 22-Collins' store
in the morning and L. NJ. Hodges in
the afternoon.
Watauga-Noy. 23.-Shulls Mills
in the morning and at Vale Crucis
in the afternoon.
Shawneehaw-Nov. "a, store.
Laurel Creek-Noy. 25, Edmin-
stems in the morning and Walt
Wards in the afternoon.
Beaver Dam-Nov. 26, Sherwood's
in the morning and Hagaman's in
the afternoon.
Cove Creek-Nov 28, Zionville in
the morning and Silverstone in the
afternoon.
Cove Greek Nov. 29-Sherwood's
in the morning and Villas in the aft
ernoon.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03
Annual Red Cross Roll
Call November III to "a

TIE secretary Of the Watauga
chapter, American Red Cross,
Prof. j. NJ. Downum, has address
ed letter to the principals of
every school in the county, NAM
ing them Roll Call chairmen for
the big membership drive that is
to be put on by Red Cross head
quarters, beginning on Friday,
November 18th and closing Thurs
day, November "a. This missive
from Chairman Rivers is intended
to urge the people in the various
school districts of the county to
cooperate in every way possible
with their local chairman to make
the drive success. The yearly
membership dues is only S1.OO,
one-half of which goes to head
quarters, the other being retained
by the county chapter as a local
charitable fund. No local member
is expected to pay in for the next
year more than the prescribed
Sl.0O, unless some fearful tragedy
should occur, in which event, we
would all be only too glad to come
to the front again, as we have
always done in the past, and cast
in our mite for the help of suf-
fering humanity. The war drive
IN Watauga was unprecedented in
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03
ARENT-TEACHER ASSO.
MEETS THIS AFTERNOON

The Parent-Teacher Association of
Boone will meet This (Thursday)
afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Demon
stration school building. Important
matters concerning the welfare of the
students will be taken up and il is
earnestly desired that all parents who
have children N school. will at. md
this meeting.
Parents are lnylJed to come TO the
school just afetr the noon hour and
visit the different grades and rooms
until the school dismisses at 5. The
school would be glad for all parents
to see their children a3 wocl- in the
rooms and see the teachers at their
work
The teachers this year in the high
school department are Prof. A. B.
Williford, A. B., Davidson College,
biology and history; Prof E. L.
Ball, A: B., Emory and Henry Col
lege, civics and general science;
Prof. Paul. ". Gay, A B., Wake
Forest, M, A, University of Vir-
ginia, mathematics; Miss Grace
Gryabeal, A. B., Carson-Newman,
Latin.
In the grades, Miss Eula Todd,
graduate of the N. C. C. W, seventh
grade; Miss Sara Bagley, B. S., Ga.
State Teachers College, sixth grade;
Miss Esther Fleming, B. s., N. C.
C. W. fifth grade; Miss Ruth
Vaughn, graduate Georgia State
Teachers College, fourth grade; Miss
Annie Stanbury, graduate A. S. N. S.
third grade; Miss Ethel Bouchelle,
Stetson University, second grade;
Miss Madelyn Lamkin, Georgia State
Teachers College, first grade; Miss
Evelyn Ward, A. S. N. S., first
grade.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03

the state, the population consider
ed.
When the call was made this
year for the Mississippi flood suf-
ferers, the county responded beau
tifully, and now, good people, let's
not fail to make good our quota
which has been assigned us.
Let me suggest that it would
be well for each chairman in the
county to have meeting of the
citizens at as early day as pos
sible and prepare for the house
toulouse drive that could easily
be made in day.
Watauga has never met with
real calamity, and therefore. many
of US do not grasp what the ac-
tivities of the American Red Cross
means. Should we be visited by
floods, devastating storms,
droughts that would destroy our
crops to an extent that hunger
stared US in the face, then backed
by the great organization, our
real needs would be supplied. Re
member, we are not immune from
any of these calamities, and the
money we are urging you to con-
tribute is for just such purposes.
For all we know tic next call will
be made for the people of western
North Carolina Think! Act.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03
TEXT BOOK LIST MADE
OUT FOR FIVE-YEAR PERIOD

Raleigh, Oct. 31.-North. Carolina
textbook commission this afternoon
submitted to State Superintendent A.
T. Allen the list of books to be
adopted next year for a period of
five years, the commission having no
power of adoption, of course, but
solely the prerogatives of recommen-
dation.
The books to be chosen will come
from the list of three each covering
the subjects of language, health and
grammar. The health series make one
adoption and language and grammar
the other. The report of the COM
mission today is made to the state
board of education. 1t is the first
under the 1928 law of the Morrison
administration which changed the
whole plan of text book adoption.
BY the terms of the recommenda-
tions today and the adoption later by
the state board of education, the
books will go into use first in Sep
tember, 1928. This means that some
of the subjects put into use five
years ago will not be changed until
next year, and as the state text book
commission is a continuing institu-
ton, there will be text books which
will not suffer change for II years
This arrangement meets much of the
objection from the outside. Some
body is always battering away at the
frequent changes in text book styles
The batterers will be without some
thing to hammer in more than one
of the subjects.
All books recommended by tn,
commission today are new. They sup
plant the series of four used sine,
the 1923 adoption. In offering tn,
commissions report, Chairman H. E
Akers, of the state text book com
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03
GRANDFATHER NOTES

Banner Elk, Nov. 2-L. M. Hodges
has returned from Statesville, where
he underwent an operation for ap-
pcndicitis.
"A. v. Moody and family spent
the weekend at Blowing Rock.
The little child of David Aldrich
is very sick at this writing. Also
Mrs Ellis McClean.
j. L. Fox and Charley Coffey
drove a fine herd of cattle into the
community last week. A
There will be pie supper at the
Grandfather school Saturday night,
November 5, for the benefit of the
school.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03
President Names Nov.
"a as Thanksgiving Day
Coolidge In Proclamation, Recounts
Blessings of Year and Asks Ma
ton To Be Thankful

Washington, Oct. 20 President
Coolidge calls upon the people to-
day to set aside Thursday, November
"a, as Thanksgiving Day, The text Of
the proclamation is as follows:
A PROCLAMATION
Under the guidance and watchful
care of a divine and benefcient
Providence this country has been
carried safely through another year.
Almighty God has continued to be-
stow upon us the light of His coun-
tenance and we have prospered. Not
only have we enjoyed material sue
cess but we have advanced in wisdom
and in spiritual understanding. The
products of our fields and our fac
tories and our manifold activities
have been maintained on nigh level.
We have gained in knowledge of
higher values of life. There has
been advancement in our physical
well-being. We have increased our
desire for the things that minister to
the mind and to the soul, we have
raised the mental and moral STAN
dards of life.
We have had the blessings of peace
and of honorable and friendly re,a-
tions with our sister nations through
out the world. Disasters visiting
certain of our states have touched
the heart of sympathetic nation,
which has responded generously out
Of it's abundance. In continuing to
remember these afflictions we should
rejoice in our ability to give them
relief.
Now that these twelve months
are drawing to a close, it is fitting
that, as nation and as individuals,
in accordance with time-honored
sacred custom, we should consider
the manifold blessing granted to US.
While in gratitude we rejoice, We
should humbly pray that we may be
worthy of a continuation of divine
favor
Wherefore, l, Calvin Coolidge,
President of the United States, do
hereby set apart and designate
Thursday, the oath day of November,
next, as day of thanksgiving and
prayer, and recommend and urge
that on that day our people lay
aside their usual tasks, and by the
family fireside and in their aceus-
toned places of public worship, give
thanks to Him who holds all in the
hollow of His hand.
In witness whereof l have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
| Done at the city of Washington
this twenty-seyenth day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-seyen and
of the independence of the United
| States of America the one. hundred
and fifty-second.
| CALVIN COOLIDGE.
By the President.
FRANK B. KELLOGG,
Secretary of State.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03
SHERIFF GETS BIG STILL
IN STONY FORK TOWNSHIP

About two thousand gallons of
mash and a 100-gallon setam distil-
lery were the haul of Sheriff Earth
ing in Stony Fork township last
Thursday. Both the mash and the
still were destroyed, but no arrests
were made.
According to the sheriff, the still
was one of the best equipped that
he has found in recent months. 1t
had a rock furnace and was operat-
ed by steam. The boiler was made
of large gasoline drum so ar
ranged that it could be operated by
steam, and the coil was of copper.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03

Asheville, Nov. 1.-Col. Virgil S.
Lusk, 90, second. oldest lawyer in
North Carolina, lent helping hand
in the construction of his fifth
Buncombe county courthouse here
Monday morning In 1850, he help
ed build log structure, the first
courthouse in the city In 1868, he
helped build temporary building to
replace the old one which was burn
ed down during the closing years of
the Civil war. In 1880, he helped
build third, and in 1902 he helped
with the present one. Yesterday he
donned overalls and helped in pour
ing concrete on the new S1,75O,-
900 county building. (Mr. Lusk at
one time was solicitor here. when
his district covered practically all OF
western North Carolina. He prob.
ably prosecuted the first docket ir
the old courthouse now known as the
old Watauga County Bank building
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03

Spices and seasonings do not sup
ply the body with building material
or energy but they are important as
appetizers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03

mission, disposes of the important
work in 100 words. The reading anc
spelling series will be adopted mex
year. ~
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-11-03
DISTRICT WELFARE MEETING
IN HIGH POINT NOV. sTH

The Northwestern District We'll
fare Conference will meet in High
Point on November 8th. The ses-
sions will be held at the Sheraton
hotel. The following counties are
included in the district: Watauga,
Ashe, Allegheny, Wilkes, Surry,
Yadkin, Davie, Stokes, Forsyth,
Davidson, Rockingham, Guilford,
Randolph and Alamance.
Revolutionary war and remained
defiant tory until 1880. 1t was he
who lived in cave on the mountain
now called Howard's Knob.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
When you take The family to
NEW YORK

Ohio has much
when the with
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will plea the good meals moderate
in York-Motor direct
in Jersey centrally
located in New York and BROOKLYN
checked
the coach.
fine OF
PrShng Sq4neSh Brooklyn
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Gram Borough
folder aforementioned phone THB W dd Phone
Evening star., 1927-04-03

the Zoo offices stand high above
Rock Greek describes it as That GER
tain tract of land called jackson Hill
being part of Pretty Prospect, be-
ginning at the end of the twentieth
line Of the tract of land heretofore
conveyed to John Quincy Adams, it
having been a part of the same tract"
Jackson Hill was conveyed to Henry
Holt by Robert s. Wharton September
18, 1S4S, being part of a larger tract
called Mount Pleasant, which is the
division of the real estate of Robert
Peter, deceased, fell to the share of
and was conveyed to David Peter.
deceased" How Jackson Hill came
to be described as a part of the tracts
Pretty Prospect and Mount Pleasant,
both Of which ] think We're original
patents, / leave to you to straighten
out The title companies of the Dis
trict would do 1t for you. / have
thought of cutting out the work of
looking up deeds to land and wills of
District landowners. feeling that If
such things entertain you. ii would
be better We're you to call a title
company to your aid. But you might
not get the information as quick as
the Rambler gives it to you. and you
would have to spend more than
Evening star., 1927-04-03

THE Sharon estate, which is the
largest owner in the syndicate pur-
chase, already owns great deal of
real estate in this city. A large part
of the Sharon property here was pur-
chased by the late Senator Sharon
from the late Judge Sunderland. 1t
is a curious coincidence that Judge
Sunderland in connection with Judge
Hillyer and Senator Stewart consti-
tuted what was known in the year
1871 as the California syndicate. They
came here from California and their
big purchases of real estate in the
northwestern section of the city were
the talk of the town. The first Cali
fornta syndicate grew wealthy by
buying land that did not seem to have
as good q future as that which the
later syndicate has just secured"
After writing this ramble the post.
man brought the following letter:
'As usual, the Rambler is correct
in his statement in re the house in
Zoo Park. The place was called
jackson Hill and the house of DIR.
Holt. and his widow lived there I'D to
1885 or later, as I was a freuuent
visitor there with friend of Mrs
Holts during 'S5. The house is now
greatly changed as to the interior
the large upper hall being then
reached by flight of stairs on each
side and both hall and stairways hav-
ing their walls covered with iyv that
had pushed its way between window
castings and walls to form a most ne.
culiar wall covering.
With regards. very truly vours
ALLAN HOFFAR.
$3.50 Tenth street northwest
Evening star., 1927-04-03

ieved it was true" Mr.. Johnson re-
piled: The first Hessian soldier that
puts his foot on the American shore
will absolve me from all allegiance to
Great Britain. Chase, l am for deciar
ing ourselves independent
Gov. Eden dropped his knife and
fork and did not eat another mouth
full. Johnson WIS afterWard ap
pointed to invite him to leave the
country.
lie was a leader, a man of broad
training, answering honesty, excel
lent judgment, unlimited energy.
courageous tenacity, without any spe
cial gift of eloquence; a very modest,
unostentatious figure, seeking always
the good of his country, rather than
blaZon his own deeds upon the scrolls
of time.
\ :. X x
Mr.. JOHNSON was born at st.
AVA Leonards, Calvert County, Md,
November 4, 1882. He studied law at
Annapolis and soon demonstrated his
Evening star., 1927-04-03

in part: "As reward for many years
of faithful service and attention,
give and bequeath unto my colored
servant, Mamie E. Clark, the sum Of
$4,000, and further give and bequeath
unto the said Mamie K. Clark, In fee
simple, my farm in SpauIding district
near Suitland, Prince Georges County,
Md, together with all the stock, fix.
lures and household furniture that
may be on said farm at the time Of
my death"
Mr.. Holt also bequeathed to his
niece, Saintie Arnold. wife of B. w.
Arnold of Virginia, $4,000 and sub.lot
No. Al, square AIS, In Washington,
and the remainder of his estate to
Lizzie Tucker, wife of T. w. Tucker
of Memphis, Tenn. He named VIII
liam A. Gordon of Washington as
executor. The will was witnessed
November Z, 1906. by James l.. Ker.
wand and Erskine Gordon, and in fl.
ing the will for probate the witnesses
testified that Charles d. Holt died ION
or about January 81, 1907" Square
ATS is between p. @. Fifth and Sixth
streets northwest. and sub-lot Al is
the fourth lot north OF the corner of
Sixth and p.
The deed 10 the Holt land on which
Evening star., 1927-04-03

time ago, having his pockets full of
options, in interesting several gentle
men of wealth in this enterprise. The
result was that syndicate was
formed, which has already been given
the name of The California Syndicate.
The appropriateness of the name was
suggested by the fact that the leading
members of the syndicate are citizens
of California. The trustees of the es-
tate of the late ex-senator Sharon. rep
resented by Mr.. NeWlands, are the
principals in this syndicate, and asso-
ciated with them are several other
men of wealth, so that the syndicate
is said to be well supplied with funds.
They have gone into an enterprise
which requires at the outset a capital
of at least a million and half dollars.
y = y \
"'THIs large sum, which is said to
represent the prices agreed to
be paid for the various properties, Is
many times larger than has ever been
invested in Washington property at
one time and by one set of men. 1t is
the biggest real estate transaction
ever known here, and while it is diff
cult to get the details of the transac-
ton yet, it is the talk of all real estate
offices and brokers are anxious to
know the particulars.
"A good idea of the field covered by
these purchases can be obtained by
placing ruler on a Hopkins map of
the city and in this way continuing
Connecticut avenue extended all the
way to the District line. The prop
erty now owned by the syndicate lies
on each side of the extended avenue
with the exception of the Wallbridge |
tract. The Sc acres comprised within |
the limits of the ground marked on
the map with the name of III. S. Wall
bridge adjoins Lanier Heights on the
north and extends to the Pierce Mill
road, with Rock Creek as the west
ern boundary. A portion of this tract
is now included in the bounds of the
Geological Park
For this property the syndicate is |
said to have paid s500,000. which |
makes it the most costly price of all |
the 1900 acres or thereabouts which |
they have purchased. This part OF |
the transaction is important because |
1t is the largest sum of money ever |
paid for that amount of suburban |
land. The Kalorama tract. which is !
OF about the same extent, was sold !
nearly four years ago for $400. 900, |
and since that time it has held it's |
place as the highest priced piece of |
suburban property.
Leaving the Wallbridge property |
and beginning on the line of Con- |
necticut avenue extended at the |
limits of Woodley Park, the |
secured and their acreage |
are as follows: Walter w. Evans /
tract. 1875 acres: a portion of Rich
mond Park, 81 acres: the KHngle
tract. 81 acres: w. X. Ryan tract, 100 |
acres; Mrs. Sterrit tract, "a acres:
Charles Fl. Payne tract. 46 acres;
Adelia French tract, 46 acres; David |
tract, 55 acres; w. j. Belt
tract, 67 acres, and a number of ]
smaller pieces.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

nickel to get it. The title companies
and their learned examiners do not
work as cheap as the Rambler, and
with an abstract Of title you would
not be apt to get photogravure and
comic sections. pages of base ball and
automobile news, want ads and war
news. And, so far as l have observed
the literary work of title lawyers. they
do not go in for fanciful description
to hold reader thrilled, and are much
given to such phrases as ''Liber w.
B., folio 579'; ''lands, tenements and
hereditaments" and "aliened, bar
gained and enfeoffed."
The Rambler is not arguing that
you shall continue to employ him in
smelling out musty deeds. for Spring
Is here, and he can take to the woods
and write criticisms Of the voice and
singing of birds or tell you what flow
ers bloom and weeds grow on the old
canals toWpath. Perhaps 1t would
be well if the Rambler tried to settle
how Jackson Hill came to have been
part of Mount Pleasant as well as
of Pretty Prospect grants. Some
times | feel that a deed goes wrong.
You have the example in this ramble
of a deed Of trust in which the trus-
tee was a man nobody knew and