Monday, October 13, 2014

'Town and Country News' From Watauga Democrat, Oct. 8, 1914

“Town and Country News” from The Watauga Democrat, Boone, N.C., R.C. Rivers proprietor, published Thursday, Oct. 8, 1914

Messrs. John Mast, John Wilkerson, and Jeremy Green, all of Cove Creek, came over Monday in a private car owned by the former.

Chestnuts falling, and the first of the crop is bringing a fairly good price, but owing to the heavy crop, a slump may reasonably be expected.

Dr. Glenn Salmons of Boone, R.F.D., has returned to Nashville, where he will complete his fourth and last year in the Dental Department of Vanderbilt University.

Mesdames D.D. Doughterty and C.J. Cottrell left yesterday morning for a few days’ visit to relatives in Tennessee, the former to Johnson City and the latter to Washington College.

Mrs. Henry Hardin of Sands, who is teaching a splendid school in that district, asks us to say that there will be a box supper at the school building next Saturday night to which the public generally is invited.

Mr. J. Love of Laurel Fork has sold his place and will, we are told, move to some point in Tennessee in the near future. We are sorry to see the old gentleman leave the county of which he has been a respected citizen so long.

Miss Louise Fletcher, a student at Lees-McRae Institute at Banner Elk, spent Saturday and Sunday at her home in Boone, returning Monday morning. The young lady was well satisfied and speaks in the highest terms of the school.

The county campaign will be open on Beaver Dam on Thursday next and our Register of Deeds will as a consequence have to be absent from his office, but he was fortunate in procuring the services of Mr. L.L. Critcher, who will attend to his official work while he is gone.

We were glad to see in town last Monday our old friend Mr. H.H. Farthing, who is in the best of health regardless of his age of more than three score and ten, and is still able to transact business with alacrity and precision as in days of yore. He is always a welcome visitor at this office.

It is with pleasure that we note, for the good of our town and surroundings, that a joint stock company has been formed and the brick-making machinery owned by Mr. A.V. Miller of Lenoir has been purchased and will remain in the village. The company is composed of the following gentlemen: Joseph Cook, J. Walter Winkler, Ping Hodges and Thomas Beach—all good men, and may depended upon to rush the machinery to its capacity.

Sheriff Eggers, who owns large orchard and has a vast amount of apples this year, was somewhat at a loss to get pickers. A neighbor less fortunate applied to the Sheriff to pick on shares and asked him what part he would give. What part? Answered the Sheriff. Just gather me some and then take all you want. Apples are worthy of little note in Watauga just now, but probably a little later on they will be an item worth considering.

The political speaking at the court house in Boone last Monday in which Messrs. Robert L. Ballou and W.L. Bauguess opposing candidates for the State Senate, were orators, was right well attended, and we are told that the speakers both presented their views in a clear and pointed manner, there being no hot blood in evidence and mud slinging was an entire stranger in the clear-cut debate. Mr. Ballou is a lawyer of prominence in Jefferson, and the same may be said of his opponent, Mr. Bauguess, as he is the junior member of the well-known law firm of Councill & Bauguess, Att. Joe B. Councill, a former Wataugan, being the head of the firm.

Shulls Mills Items
Mr. John Gragg spent Tuesday in Mortimer.

Mr. George Coffey was in Mortimer Saturday.

Miss Belva A. Gortner was returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Gragg after spending a week with friends in Mortimer.

Mr. Henderson Gragg spent Tuesday and Wednesday at his old home near Grandfather.

Mr. Craig of Hudson and Mrs. Lovett of Montezuma spent Wednesday with Mr. W.F. Gragg.

Mr. G.L. Brockennan has returned to Mortimer after spending several days with friends at the home of Mr. W.F. Gragg.

Messrs. Robert Casey, Edgar Broyhill, Parks Carter, Robert Blevins, Cicero Henderson, Blain Mayberry, P.W. Sale, and S.F. Horton of the Appalachian Training School at Boone camped on the highest peak of the Grandfather Sunday night and spent some time at the Greggs. They reported a very pleasant trip.

J.L. Watts & Co. have sold their large stock of goods at this place to Mr. Eli Long who took charge of the business Monday.

Mrs. G.W. Robbins and Messrs Eli Long, J.L. Fox and others have just returned from Johnson City,
Tenn., where they attended Ringling Bros. Show.

Mr. Rom Pearson of Blowing Rock was here yesterday and told us his nice new cottage on the Boone road a few miles from Blowing Rock was destroyed by fire last Sunday night. The fire is supposed to have started from the cook room flue and was so far advanced when discovered that very little of the house hold goods were saved. Mr. Pearson’s loss is about $600 to $800 with $500 insurance.

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