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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
Basketball Season Opens
At State Normal College

Thlrty-flve men reported for the
initial basketball practice Monday at
State Teachers College, under the di-
rection of Coach Johnston, in prep
aration for the heavy schedule un-
dertaken by the Mountaineers. The
workout was confined to fundamen-
tails of handling the ball, passing and
shooting drills. The correct methods
of each fundamental was gone over
in detail, followed by the proper ex-
ecution. All the men out showed
some aptitude for the drills.
An outline of the offensive system
was detailed before the practice, aft
er which an intensive floor drill was
run through by the various candi-
dates. The men were divided into
squads of five according to their
positions so that greater range and
study of their abilities could be
judged and also to get line on their
general coordination.
Coach Johnston intimated that a
large squad would be kept on hand
during the entire season with the
idea of developing material for fu-
ture teams and also to stimulate in
terest in the game. Basketball is a
come-all proposition and the game
cannot be learned in a day or a
year; experience is a big asset, and
experience cannot be gained unless
the men are out getting practice and
game drills. What seems like poor
material for a year or two will de-
velop surprisingly with the proper
amount of drill and practice.
The M MOunt aprc will fopn ona Of
the hardest schedules in the history
of the school, in that nearly all the
members of the Little Six" are to
be faced on home and home basis,
besides some of the best of the small
er colleges from Virginia and Ten
nessee. The schedule is not complet-
ed as yet, but about twenty or twen-
ty-two games will be on the card. A
few practice games will be played
before the Holidays, but the college
season will not open until the Christ
mas vacation is over.
A number of letter men have re-
ported for the practice and around
this nucleus the team will be built.
Among the letter men reporting are
X. Hinson, Canipe, Fulkerson, C. Hin
son, Williams, Waters, and Fortiner.
Four of the men mentioned were reg
ulars last year, namely Hinson, Full
kerson, Canipe and C. Hinson.
A likely looking number of fresh
men are. also out and show promise
of developing into variety material.
The following men have been show
ing up well in the daily drills con-
Quoted in the college gym every aft
ernoon. Ross, Waters, Livingston
Fortiner, Hinson, Canipe, K. Hinson,
Fulkerson, Williams, Dabbs, McKin-
ney, O'Hare, Vance, Pyatte, C. Wa
terS
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
TO VOTE ON
WATER AND SEWER BONDS

The outcome of the election, which
has been called to give the citizens
OF jefferson chance to vote upon
the issuance of $4,000 worth of
bonds for the construction of a per-
manent water system, was consid-
cred matter of conjecture the first
of the week, according to dispatches
from that town to State papers. In
terest, however, is high and the cleo
ton is expected to be close.
The board of aldermen called the
election at the request of number
of citizens who were dissatisfied
with the present source of water
supply. The system now used is pri-
vately owned and those who favor
the issuance of the bonds believe
that some permanent system should
be constructed.
On December 18th the citizens
will vote on the proposition. The
bonds if voted, will bear not to ex-
ceed 6 per cent interest, payable
semi-annually. The first bond will
come due five years from the date
of issuance, while the last one will
be paid 25 years from the date is
sued.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
COMPENSATIONIS IS
GIVEN WATAUGAN
w. L. Stansbury, Who Was Injured
at Saw Mill is First Local Man to
Be Benefited by the Workmen's
Compensation Law.

The first hearing on the newly
inaugurated workman's compensa-
tion law was held in Boone on De
cember 5, when the case of w. L.
Stansbury, who lost the sight of one
eye on September 9, was Investigated
by Commissioner T. A. Wilson, of
the North Carolina Industrial Com
mission. The plaintiff was represent
ed by the law firm of Trivette and
Holshouser.
while in the employ Of w. A. Harman
at a saw mill near Boone. Mr.. Har-
mon had insurance in force to care
for the claim, but misunderstanding
had arisen between the injured man
and the insurance company regard
ing alleged disfigurements to the face
other than the loss of an eye. Stans-
bury has for several weeks been re-
ceiving the stipulated sixty per cent.
of his weekly wage from the insur-
ance company (seven dollars), but
had received no remuneration for
four weeks time lost following his
injuries.
Commissioner Wilson ruled in ia
vor of the plaintiff, allowing the four
weeks for time lost and granting an
additional $3.50 for disfigurement.
The latter amount will be hooked on
to the 100 weeks allowed by the pro-
visions of the compensation law,
receiving, in all, the ap-
proXimate sum of $3.50.
Commissioner Wilson was accom-
panied to Boone by Edward McEach-
ern, court reporter for the Indus
trial Commission.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
American Legion Holds
An Important Meeting
By H. G. FARTHING
publicity Officer)

Watauga Post 130, American Le-
gion, met in regular session on Fri
day night, December 6. The meet
ing was called to order by Command
Ell Spencer Miller. The minutes of
the previous meeting were read by
Adjutant L. D. Woodard.
A large number of the eX-service
men were there and it was a very
interesting and instructive meeting.
During the business session the of
ficial staff was completed and an
organization set to work that bids
fair to be one of the best that the
Legion has ever had.
service officer. He will gladly help
heal the sick and lead the blind. Call
on him, Buddy; he is your friend and
will aid you in adjusting your COM
pensation.
Charles L. Stevenson was elected
lost historian. His job is to write a
history of the post. He wants you, if
you are an eX-service man, to let him
know your dog tag or serial number,
When you entered the service, what
sort of action you had during the
war; were you in the mess kit skir-
mlsh OF Camp jackson for Slum-gul-
lion and coffee, or were you in the
Argonne strife for liberty and peace
of all civilization? And what day and
from what camp were you dis
charged? No matter where you were
or what you were doing, just so you
were in uniform you helped to win
the war and you should have your
name in this history. Your children
will be proud of your name. Send
in the dope, boys.
There were numerous other things
of interest discussed, such as brass
band for the post; monument for
those gone before, and other things
of which you will hear when the de-
tails are completed. Come out to
these meetings, boys; you will en-
JOY them. The next one will be held
Friday, January 3, 1880.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
SUPT. ALLEN TALKS ON SAFETY
OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN STATE

"The safety of our school children
should be constantly looked after"
State Superintendent A. T. Allen
points out in statement given out
today. North Carolina" he says, sis
now transporting nearly 100000 pu-
pills to school. The lives of these chill
dren as well as those who walk must
be protected at all times. 1t is a sad
thing to hear of an accident happen
ing to one of these little ones"
Superintendent Allen believes that
if care and diligence is observed on
the part of the motoring public that
such occurrences may be kept at a
minimum. In order to acquaint the
public with the traffic laws in force,
the General Assembly of 1927 passed
an act requiring that such laws shall
be read and explained in the public
high schools. The rules referring spe-
officially to school buses, and which
are not always observed, are:
Rule So (section 81. Before pass
ing or attempting to pass a public
school bus while it is standing upon
anv public road and taking on or put
ting off school children, the oper-
ator of the passing vehicle must
bring it to a full stop at least fifty
feet from the bus" The responsible
itv, however, does not all rest upon
the driver of the passing vehicle, fol-
section 3 of this rule states. EVERY
school truck, and every passenger
bus, is required to come to a com.
nlete stop at every railroad crossing
whether designated az full stop
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
ime

'Time is Money" said Poor Rich
ard. Few understand just what that
means.
The new lacquer process of paint
ing motor cars takes one day in the
paint shop instead of a month. Paint
shop floor-space is saved. Money tied
up in undelivered cars is released
thirty days earlier, and capital is
turned over faster; result, cheaper
cars.
A young railway clerk asked a
Cleveland bank to let him prove he
cauld save them $4,000 a year by
rerouting their mail exchange with
other banks. The first year the saw
ings amounted to nearly 100000 in
terest on uncollected items in tran
sit.
Railroads run fast freight trains
today on passenger schedules. Mer-
chants can get goods in a week that
used to take month in transit. They
do not have to carry such large
stocks, hence have less capital tied
up, lower interest charges and can
sell cheaper
Every invention which moves men
or merchandise faster cuts down the
cost of living in this complex ma
chine age.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
Teachers

Public education will never be as
good as it ought to be so long as
most school teachers never get out
side of their home countries, says
Edward A. Filene, Boston merchant
and philanthropist. Teachers cannot
present a true view of the world to
their pupils unless they know some
thing about the world out of their
own experience.
This is true for others besides
teachers. The only really educated
persons are those who have seen 9TH
er countries besides their own. 1t is
getting easier and easier to do that
A trip to Europe with a week in
London and another week in Paris
can be had for $3.50 from New York
MIR. Filene is working on a plan to
reduce this to $3.50 for teachers and
the next step, he thinks, will be to
have such trips made compulsory for
every teacher. above the primary
grades.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
Local Merchants Prepare
For Big Holiday Business;
COOPERATION OF BUSINESS
MEN HELPS THE DEMOCRAT

The publishers of the Democrat
wish to thank the business men of
the city for their unusually fine
cooperation in furnishing early
copy for their advertisements ap-
pearing in this issue. Practically
all the Christmas ads were placed
in type the latter part of last
week and the overworked force
Was thus able to give a more
complete service.
The Democrat would insist that
those having advertisements for the
next issue, let US have copy and
instructions this week, as the linn
tied force cannot possibly take
care of the excess business if a
greater part of the work is held
for the "last minute"
Those who have special public
ity incidental to Christmas are re-
minded that the next issue of the
Democrat is the last one before
the 25th.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
Color

Mems clothes are becoming more
colorful. Blue, green and red shoes
are the latest. Why not? In world
of color why should mans apparel
strike the only somber note? Our
ancestors dressed as gaily as their
purses permitted. When George
Washington went courting in red
coat, to wear plain clothes meant
that the wearer was a Quaker or
else too poor to buy gay garments.
Anyone who doubts that men like
to wear bright .colors need only visit
a fashionable country club. Women
subdue their color schemes for sport,
men get more gorgeous.
With everything else becoming
more colorful, mems wear will fol-
low, in time.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
$4,000 Paid Out as
Result of Execution

On Monday Sheriff L. M. Earth
ing paid out in cool cash the sum
of $4,000 as a result of the ex-
ecution sale of the H. w. Horton
Building to Mr.. A. w Hodgson of
Meat Camp on the first Monday.
The greater part of the money
went to- laborers and to firms
in this section who furnished ma
terials for the building, and who
had never been paid due to the
fact tt at the original owner of the
building had failed to get suffi-
cient loans to carry the project
through.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
Mountains

Motorists driving from Harrisburg
(spelled without a final "h") to
Pittsburgh with the final "h") are
interested in the signboards on the
peaks of the Allegheny Mountains
(spelled with an "a'' after the shy
as they cross into the valley of the
Allegheny River (spelled with an "e''
instead of an "a'o.
Differences of spelling aside, the
sign tells the height above sea-level
of each high spot on the road. That
is something we all like to know. 1t
is surprising that the idea of marking
the high places has not spread far
ther.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
Grand Lecturer Will
Be With Local Masons

Mr.. P. A. Coffey, Secretary of the
local Masonic Lodge has received in
formation to the effect that R. F..
Edwards, Grand Masonic Lecturer
will be in Boone for full week be-
ginning Monday December 10th and
will lecture at the lodge rooms at
3 and o'clock p. m. each day.
Mr.. Edwards was to have been in
Boone for a week at the elimination
of series of lectures at Snow Lodge
recently. However he became i'll and
was forced to return home.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
Wheat

The most important news that has
come out of Russia is the reported
discovery by Russian botanists of a
new hybrid grain, cross between
wheat and rye. 1t is said to combine
the food qualities of wheat with the
cold resistance of rye and to yield
three times as many bushels to the
acre as ordinary wheat.
Not all the news that comes out
of Russia can be credited, and this
may be exaggerated. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that Russia gave
the world new grains before the war.
Durum wheat originated in that coun
try as we'll as other valuable varie-
ties.
If this latest report is true, this
discovery may have revolutionary
consequences for the whole world.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
Today and
Tomorrow
By FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE
Speed

Reports from England are that
Flight Leader A. H. Orlebar, who
flew 368 miles an hour for the
Schneider Cup, has achieved a speed
of 500 miles an hour in a private
trial. At that rate a man could start
westward around the world in the
latitude of London and never get out
from under the sun.
All human progress has arisen
from the effort to expand time and
compress space. Think that over.
With flight at 500 miles an hour
possible, space will mean nothing,
time everything.
Many who read this will live to see
airplanes running regularly on some
such time-schedule.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12

CROSSING or not"
Rule 81 (section y. twenty-five
miles an hour while operating a bus
carrying school children to or from
school along any public highway or
Street in this State, is the maximum
rate of speed permissible.
Rule 45 is one which applies to all
drivers and one which aims to i'm
press operators of motor vehicles
with the necessity of exercising care
at all times.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12
ARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
TO HOLD MEETING THURSDAY

There will be a meeting of the
Parent Teacher Association at the
Demonstration School building on
Thursday afternoon, 3:15 o'clock.
Parents will be given an opportun-
ity to see their children's teachers
at this meeting.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-12-12

Eight pure-bred Guernsey bulls
were sold recently in Cumberland
County for an average price of $S1
each.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14
THE SALVATION ARMY DRIVE.

The request of the Salvation Army for $500 to further it's work in this vicinity and elsewhere in Alaska is moderate, indeed, when takes into account the value and importance of the work that organization renders. The Salvation Army does wonderful work among the Indians and the poor and in fact, those of all classes It carries help to those who need it and it inspires all people to live better to think of the good things they get and to bear with fortitude those things that are not so pleasant Its teachings and example make better citizens and count for greater happi- ness. The Salvation Army ought to be supported according it's needs and the quota of $500 asked from Juneau should be qiuckly raised and, perhaps, bettered The drive ought to be met in generous spirit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14
FACTS THAT SPEAK FOR
 THEMSELVES.

The Alaska School Bulletin is fully justified in claiming that the recognition of three of Alaska high schools by the Northwestern Association oi Secondary and Higher Schools is ample evidence that the pioneering work of the Alaska school system is over The official acceptance of these high schools by the organization of high schools colleges and universities means that students from the Juneau Ketchikan and Fairbanks high schools may be admitted to- any college or university n the United States without examination In other words these schools have been placed on parity with the best in the United States. The Manual and Course of Study for Alaska High Schools pub lished and distributed under the direction of the Commissioner of Education sets forth the standards that other Alaska high schools must meet in order to be accepted by the Northwestern Association of Secondary and Higher Schools They VIII propaply be met at an early day
 If further evidence were needed of the effective work done in Alaska under the administration ot Commissioner of Education Lester D. Henderson the situation here set forth presents it.
 The Alaska School Bulletins statement of the case is very modest. It follows
 Three of the nine accredited high schools
 in Alaska have been recognized by the
 Northwest Association of Secondary and
 Higher Schools, and have been granted
 membership in the Association. They
 Fairbanks Juneau, and Ketchkan. The
 Juneau High School has been member of
 the Association for two years. The appl-
 cations of Fairbanks and Ketchikan receiv-
 ed favorable action at a meeting of the
 Northwest Association in Spokane during the
 annual convention of the Inland Empire
 Education Association, April 10-12, 1929.
 The recognition of Alaska high schools by
 this association of high schools, colleges and
 universities means much to Alaska and its
 school system. It indicates that the Terri
 torys pioneering days, educatonaly, have
 been left behind. Aaska's schools are now
 officially recognized as equal to those of
 the other commonweaths of the United
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14
marks that sharp-tongued Miss Katt was making about my habits.
More or Less True

More or Less True Women will go to the movies to | see how much nicer husbands can be than their own are, but they'll never sit through divorce trials just for the pleasure of hearing how much worse some other husbands are than their own.
 They say the modern girls are so hard boiled nothing they hear can shock them, but that's baloney. Any youth con still shock girl-by ask ing her either to walk or take the street car. | It's almost as much of a surprise to modern child to find his moth CT there when he gets home from school as it used to be for an old fashioned one not to find his moth CT there when he got home.
 The old-fashioned girl didn't have legs, but we reckon a modern girl wouldn't know what you were talk ing about if you said something about her limbs.
 When friend wife is on the mend after being sick they say she is picking up" but nothing makes her as sick as the everlasting pick ing up she has to do when she is we'll
 Now that they have no children and more husbands women can get to church more often than the old- fashioned mothers used to-pro- viding, of course, they prefer church weddings.
 If wife wants to hold her hus- band she ought to tell him the kind of things soulmate would tell him-no man ever hunts up another woman just to have two telling him what an oil can he is.
 With the bobs half grown the back of a girls hair now looks about as terrible as the front used to look when they wore rats in it..
 Probably the only thing tn Ia t could be worse than the canned chow the modern wife serves her liege lord would be something she had cooked herself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14

States. Graduates of the three high schools named above may enter any college or uni versity in the States on the same basis as those of the best schools in the Nation.
 Standards required of schools affiliated with the Northwest Association may be found on pages 26 to 28 of the Manual and Course of Study for Alaska High Schools recently published and distributed to the schools As other high schools increase in size and meet the standards set forth they should petition for membership in the Association.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14
A Modern Efficiency Apartme!

A Modern Efficiency Apartment
 Tt is pretty small" said she du- biously, after a once over of the apartment.
 "Yes, he replied, If we took this I'd have to get a job working nights so you could occupy it then, and you'd have to work during the day so I could have my turn at it. We never could both occupy it at the same time"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14
By Their Newspapers
 Ye Shall Kno,U Them

lk VERY live town needs live newspaper and fAA every newspaper needs live town. Usually they go hand in hand. This is the way Colorado editor tells of this interdependence
 'The newspaper is the window through which the world may look and the community and learn of its advantages, attractions, ambitions, and accomplishments.
 "A bright, snappy paper imparts the munity confidence in itself and keeps its eyes and thoughts on the ideals that mean progress individually and collectively.
 "A newspaper is public service institution par with the church and the school if it is properly functioning. It's service cannot be meas ured in dollars and cents
 ''Ihe newspaper is the index for the town x.
 Tn short, live town supports live paper, but dead town cannot expect to have live paper"
 The Daily AIaska Empire IS ot, by
 and for Your Home Community
 Tue Daily Alaska Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14
UNITED STATES Department of the Interior GENERAL LAND OFFICE
 U. s. Land Office

U. s. Land Office,
 Anchorage, Alaska.
 April l, 1929.
 Notice is hereby given that George Danner, entryman, togeth- CT with his witnesses John Bur- wash, and Klaus Grondsman, all of Juneau, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his original entry serial 04848, and additional entry, serial O6S86, for lands situate on the north shore of Gastineau Channel, containing 71.26 acres, HE'S. No. 174, New Series No. 1868, from which cor. No. l and MIG. U.S.L.M. No. 381 bears s. 12' 30" w. 60.86 chains; HE'S. No. 204, New Series 1852, from which cor No. 6 U.S.L.M. No. 381 bears s. 50 50' O4" E. 6017 chains; longitude l34' 34 w. latitude 580' 2I 13~ N. and it is now in the files of the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office at An chorage, Alaska, within the period of publication or thirty days there after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First publication, May 6. 1929.
 Last publication, July 5, 1929.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14
NOTICE

Willoughby Avenue will be closed to traffic for the next few days account repair work at point near Jack Whites Store.
 T. B. HUDSON, adv. Mayor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-14
Nothing In a Name

We see by the Los Angeles Times that Alta Best has got a divorce from her Best, while Madge Sweet is wishing she had reached for a flag instead of a Sweet and also is asking for a divorce.