Local Affairs
Mr. J.L. Carrickhoff is rapidly recovering from a typical
case of influenza, at Critcher hotel.
The spring term of Watauga Superior Court will convene on
Monday, March 22, with Judge Harding presiding.
Mr. Tracy Councill went to Johnson City the latter part of
last week to get treatment for both of eyes that were giving him some trouble.
Dr. and Mrs. L.R. Bingham have moved into the Judge Councill
cottage, vacated a few days ago by Mr. and Mrs. Carrickhoff.
Mr. A.D. Blair has carpenters at work on his new building
near the town cemetery, and will rush to completion just as soon as possible.
Dr. A.W. Dula of Lenoir is in Philadelphia taking a
post-graduate course in optics. When he returns he will spend some time in
Watauga.
Little Frank, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Hodges, who has been
taking treatment at the Long Sanatorium at Statesville for several weeks, is
expected home today, and, we are told, his condition is somewhat improved.
Misses Ethel, Etta, and Lula Lewis, who have just finished a
successful term of school in Ashe County, have returned to their home in Boone.
Their brother, Darrell, who attended the school, returned with them.
Miss Daisy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Byrd of
Fos??oe, who recently returned from Los Angeles, California, where she spent
several months for the benefit of her health, is not entirely well, but, we
trust, is very much better.
It is gratifying to know that Prof. Roy Brown has decided to
fill the vacancy on the Good Road Commission to which he was appointed on the
first Monday. He is well fitted for the position and the county is to be congratulated
upon procuring his services.
Mr. Carter Penly of Adams, who, less than a week ago was
dispensing kindness and help to the flu sufferers, is now down with a severe
attack of the disease. Penley deserved the best attention possible and we feel
sure he will get it.
Mr. Arthur Johnson has sold his hotel property in Boone to
his brother-in-law, Mr. Charles Lewis, and will move back to his farm at
Sherwood not later than April 1, that is, if he does not decide to invest in
some other Boone property, which, here’s hoping, he may do.
Mr. A.D. Blair one of our progressive saw mill men, has
ordered another and very much larger outfit that he will operate on the lands
of Mr. E.S. Coffey, after which he will cut out a boundary on the Winkler lands
owned by the Carolina Hard Wood Company.
Mr. W.C. Coffey is a very sick man; influenza is the trouble
Owing to his advanced age, his illness is causing much anxiety among loved ones
and friends. (Later: at 8:25 yesterday, Wednesday, evening Mr. Coffey passed to
his reward. Interment in the town cemetery tomorrow, the hour not yet
announced.)
Messrs. T.W. Hampton and Jim Murphy, both of the Boone Fork
Lumber Co. at Shulls Mills were in town on business Monday. Mr. Hampton told
The Democrat that they had had no epidemic of influenza there as yet, only a
very few cases having been reported, and they are not in a very virulent form.
Mrs. J.T. Hendrix of Boone, who was taken to the Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment a few days ago, underwent a serious
but successful operation in that institution last Saturday. Mrs. L.L. Critcher,
her mother, who is with her, writes encouragingly to her husband of the
condition of their only child.
Rev. Mr. Huggins of Belmont, N.C., having been called by the
members of the Baptist church in Boone, for their pastor, will arrive with his
family within the next few days and will fill his first appointment here on the
1st Sunday in April. The minister preached here a few weeks ago and
the members of his church were very much pleased with him
.
Messrs. James Lovill and Dock Rogers returned from the State
of Ohio a few days ago, where they purchased a $7,500 farm and contemplated
moving there early in April. Since their return both families have been
stricken with influenza, and Mr. Lovill goes to the Long Sanatorium today for
an operation for appendicitis. It now seems that their leaving will be
deferred, for a while at least.
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Training School Items
The quarantine has been so modified in town that students from
the town may attend the Training School if there is no influenza in their
homes. There are still quite a number of cases in town and several new cases at
Lovill Home among the young ladies. Conner Tate, the young man who has been the
worst case thus far, is getting on well and is now able to sit up. The town and
school are blest in that thus far there have been no deaths.
Cold weather continues in this section with rain, snow,
wind, and freezing weather. Monday morning the 8th was one of the
coldest of the entire winter, the thermometer ranging about zero.
Miss Eloise Greene, a student in the Training School, was
taken to Dr. Long’s Sanatorium at Statesville on Friday of the past week to be
operated on for appendicitis. She was accompanied by Miss Esther Shipley from
the School.
Mr. G.M. Sudderth has been appointed Clerk of Court by Judge
Finley to fill out the unexpired term of Clerk Coffey who resigned some time
ago. It is not known yet whether or not Mr. Sudderth will accept the place.
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Items from Mast
School
Mr. John Perry of Vilas, N.C., died Monday morning. He is
survived by a wife and eight children.
Miss Virginia Bingham and Amy Henson of Amantha, N.C., who
have been attending school at Mast, have been detained at home for the past
week on account of bad weather.
Mabel Henson, Alma Davis and Mattie Williams of Mast School
expect to stand the seventh grade examination.
We had planned to have an entertainment at the close of
school but on account of spread of influenza it has been given up.
Next week will end the longest school year we have had here
for several years. We have had an eight months school and the attendance has
been good in spite of some difficulties.
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Silverstone Items
Miss Ethel Wilson, after spending the winter with friends in
Florida, has returned to her home here, and, of course, reports a very
enjoyable stay in the “land of sunshine and flowers.”
Maple sugar making is the order of the day in this section.
Mrs. D.J. Lowrance, a highly respected lady, died of heart
trouble at her home here recently.
Mr. John Perry Sr. died at his home at Silverstone March 1.
Mr. A.J. Mast and son Sam are visitors at the home of Mr.
J.H. Mast.
So far there has been no influenza outbreak in this part of
the county.
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