A Non-Partisan Family !
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VOLUME XXXV.
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I News Items s
From Ri
interesting News Items ai
Our Correspondents
jf- * tions of tl
|L Valle Crucis
The Community Club held an in
I tore-sting meeting at the public school
building Monday night. After the reg
ular business program the club was
addressed by our county agent Mr.
John Steele, also by Mr. Crowell the
county agent for Ashe, county, and
Mr. Fant of the Agricultural department
at Raleigh.
On Sunday an open air service was
held at Warren Park, the Methodist
and Episcopal congregations joining
for the service, which was conducted
by Kev. Mr. Burke, rector of th"
Episcopal church. A number of the
visitors were present and at the cono'ovn
nf ihn fiApTOAv ! VtriimU'fnl nm
?>1, isic dinner was enjoyed.
Visitors to the Valley Sunday were
Mrs. Joe Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Crisp.
Mr. and Mrs. Carol Rahb, Mrs. Carol
Moore and son Billy of Lenoir.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Wagoner and
f children and Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Morris and baby of Montcalm, W.
Va. were visitors here last week.
Mrs. Mary McKoy loft Tuesday
morning for he; home in Washington
Stole, after a visit of more than u
Syeai to relatives here.
Mrs. John Dyer of Mountain City
is visiting her sister Mrs. J. L-. Tester,
and her mother Mrs. Mary Thomas,
who has been ill with an abscessed
hand for some time, but who
is now improving.
Mrs. W. H. Mast ha? been indisposed
for a few dayr
Miss Nannie Taylor of the Charlotte
Sanatorium at Charlotte, ha?
1. arrived to f.peiid her vacation of two
weeks. She' was accompanied by Mr
^ Ed Murray and his sister Mrs- Mary
HE. Murray of Charlotte.
tOit Friday night a birthday party
was given by Mrs. I) F. Mn-o. UK
Miss Daisy Mast, to Mrs. Edwarc
4> Lund of Orange, N. J.
Refreshments of ice erearn anc
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I case were eervwi LU .:iv large 11UC11H^-|
of guests present.
Miss Alloa Gibson of Kiugsport
spent, the week end with Misses Su
sie and Alice Taylor.
Mr. Lionel Herman and family o:
Richmond, Indiana after an abser.ci
of 15 years from Watauga, arc nov
visiting relatives ill Vallo Cruris aia
Cove Creek. ,
Foscoe
The people in Voscoe dedicated t'n
new Christian church Sunday .Tun
f!9th. A large crowd attended, hav
nig eotne from all angles.
\ Iter hearing a wonderful sermo
delivered hy the Rev. E. Roy Ger
try of Galax, Va. an unusual dir
ner was served or. the beautiful law
The table reached across the law
and was covered with plenty of c\
anything good to eat, which everyor
; present mast have enjoyed to tfc
' fullest. The collection which was ti
ket, up for the benefit of the. ne'
church was something ovei $800.
Mrs. Moilie Belle Coffey Wiilian
v and boy3 af .Johnson City, Tenn spci
the past week end with parents her
Mr. G. G. Stephens and Mr. Not
Chuich of Todd were in Foscoe Su
day for the dedication.
Mi.-ses Carrie and Hazel Bingha
of Arnantha spent the week end wil
relatives and friends here.
IMiss Annie Uannet uiea ai n
home- near here last Sunday after
short illness.
Mrs. Carrie Walters plans to spei
the 4th 1: relatives in Blowing Roe
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a. m.
B. Y. P. U. 6:30 p. ra.
During the ahsence of the past
someone will have charge of the fx
vice on the 2nd 3rd and 4th Sc
days.
? . A cordial invitation extended to
-J* to worship with us.
The farm and home agents of t
state college extension division v
gather for their short course at I
college, on July 14. The course v
extend through the farmers cony
tion on July 23, the agents remain;
for this gathering.
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Newspaper Published in ai
$1.50 Pet Year BOONE,
is Reported !
iral Watauga
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i Reported Each Week by
s in the Several Sectie
County
ILOST PROVINCES
I CERTAIN OF R. R.I
' New Yorker Mm Party Surveying |
Route* Throughout the I-cmt Ter- (
ritory.
Henry Belk in G;-een*borc Nevrj. . .
West Jefferson June 28.?"Sure
the Lost Provinces are going to get
a railroad," Tam Contee Bowie, late
of the race for the president of the
state senate and sometimes called the
"Lion of the Mountains" told me as
I interrupted his lucid explanation of
why ho xvas not elected over Long
and Reynolds.
'First thing, 1 was late getting in
the race, running only GO days. In
this time I was away from my office
just about 20 days and you knew
the folks over the state can't beseen
and stirred up or. such short
notice. The other fellows had been
running a long time before 1 g*t i
starred. *
"The big thing though was thatReynolds
ami myself were both in j
the west. L p here is located most of;
the counties which cast a Republican;
majority. That left for us two westerr.
fellows I he division of the light j
west vote. Long b r i I' g free to himself j
in the larger ant! more heavily *Snnucratic
eastern counties, 1 .eve
that I would have been elected if
I had gone to the folks in a second j
, primary.
p "Some folks have said and maybe
you have read that the Worth letter
. hurt me. I don't believe that. The
letter was not r.o broadly circulated
, and 1 don't think it lost me many
! votes." Mr. Bowie explained that he
[ had statements and evidence to disprove
the fact? as sot forth.
1 About here was where the eunverr
salior. switched to the railroad 1
hud been asking every citizen of the
Lest Provinces that same question for
. '.he past ton days and I wanted Bowie's
idea in on the straw vote,
f "You see the Norfolk and Western
. the railroad which now owns the
r I road into Ashe from Abingdon. Va.
j realize;' that if they don't pretty soon
get busy they are going to lose this
territory. So I figure that whether
or not my stute road project goes
through that there is a good chance
of something happening in the railroad
line for this territory before so
very long," he continued.
Mr. Bowie related the same expedience
that mar.y other citizens have
related to me. The 'scouts' representing
somebody, supposedly the
Norfolk and Western, have been to
see hiin and gained exhaustive ir.for1"
mation as to the support which a connection
from Bowie, near the end
of the Norfoik and Western line run
ning fro mAbingdon, Va. to Todd, it
the direction of Lenoir and connect
ing here, would get what freight ton
^ n&ge in lumber, business, cattle ant
produce shipments might be expect
^ ed. He spoke mysteriously of knowing
things; of a telegram which hai
today been received and made othe
suggestions.
While the Norfolk or Western o
some other interested company, i
certainly making an exhaustive sur
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^ vey OI 11HJ siLua; iu.i anu wnuc vu?
arc other evidences to show tha
i(j smebody is thinking of connecting th
j. Norfolk and Western end with Li
noir, not everyone expresses Bowie'
optimism. "I won't believe that w
are going to get a railroad that wi
reclaim the Lost Provinces until
or see it" is trie way a nuniDer cajiici
;r_ themselves. "You see we have ha
^n_ railroad talk and railroad talk unt
I am tired arid sick of the thin|
aH No sir, I am not suing to take an
stock in the suggestion untii I s*
the road-"
Meantime, though, the party i
die surveyors?some say employed bj
'ill the Norfolk and Western, but 01
;l>e of the engineers on the job said i
"11 a promoter by the name of Jam
t- of Now York City?are going <
ing v.itli their work from Deep Gap
Watauga county in the direction
rWenSeeTnii if^' A1, &Iwllfh,,a, I*i j 'rifi
id for Boone and Watauge
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA1
DEMOCRATS PUT !
UP GOOD TICKET
Large Crowds Attend Convention
Names of Those Nominated for the
Principal Offices.
The Democratic County Conven
tion which was held in the court
house Monday wius well attended.
Hamionv and good cheer seemed to
prevail and we can cheerfully say the
entire ticket nominated is worthy of
the support cf the. citizens. The convention
is to he congratulated upon
its fine judgment. Following are the
names of the nominees for the most
important offices:
For Senate, John E. Brown.
House of Representatives, N. L.
Mast.
Sheriff, L. M. Farthing.
Register of Deeds, Mrs Hattic
Johnson.
For County Commissioners: T.
H. Coffey. Robert Taylor and W. N.
Howe? 2.
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Lenoir. There are some eight men
in the party arid they have been going
over the route for more than 30
days now.
Nobody seems to know what the
idea is. Some say that the line will
connect with the Carolina and Northwestern
eight miles out of Lenoir
in the direction of the Lost Territory
at Edgemuni and rur, back and make
a connection with the Norfolk and
Western at Bowie in Ashe county.
"You see the whole project of a
railroad through that stretch of
country would he ir. the country from
Deep Gap toward Lenoir. That once
settled upon and provided for the rest
would be comparatively easy. Yes we
| know that it would be possible to get
a road through, but it would require
1 considerable engineering skill and i
1 then could be done only at great
cost. The Mr. James we are working
for only conies down from New York,
j every few weeks." Srch in substance i
! was the way one of the members
of the surveying party explained the
situation.
The link which the Norfolk and
Western would have to build would
be less than 50 miles long and wou'd
give the road p straight haul from
the coal fields. Mining men around
Boone think that valuable mineral
deposits could be made available for
development b> the road.
The principal thing that the road
could rely upon would be in the lumber
shipments. The Elk Creek Lumber
Company of Chicago, owns 60,000
acres said to contain some 510.000,000
feet of fine timber. This
. Chicago concern is understood to be
! contemplating the beginning of cutJ
ting of their timber and io be direet?
ly interested in the proposed road,
j Lumber men say that the company
I is owned by such financial interests
as arc able to handle any proposition
for development which may be decided
upon.
1 Scouts for the link have visited
' most of the men who are engaged in
the lumber business or who are it
' | a position to know the resources oi
'; the section. Prof. B. B. Doughertj
' i President of tne Appalachian Train1,
ing School at Boone said he spem
' an entire afternoon closeted with i
"j Norfolk and Western agent givinj
' him facts and figures about possibl:
" freightage. This agent has been ove:
" the entire section in this fashion. T<
* all inquiries as to what is plannct
ri he smiles knowingly and yet mystor
iously and conccnds that he has beei
r instructed to get the facts and ahov
3 and beyond that he knows nothing,
an... : .J int?w?
1 lie lllblCUdCU OWVl?IVJ M..V. ....v.vw
e being shown in the line which run
1 from Abingdon to Todd would indi
e cate that some future developmen
is planned. At present the Norfol
s and Western is spending $400,000 i
e building new bridges over tfce nu
" merous streams which the line span
* in its mountain trip, I was told. 1
** was further said that heavier rail
" were being place dand the road b<
'' ing put in A-l condition. Over a di:
f- tance of several miles which I co'
y ered on foot I found that new tit
!0 had recently been added and a be
ter ballast fix^d. The work crews <
J- the road arc making their head qua
' ter* here.
le Yon see the Norfolk and Westei
'Y lias it figured out that unless th<
e<i get busy, and that pretty soon tb
]n section is going to be lost to thei
in was the way Tarn Bowie doped
, out.
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ROL1NA, THURSDAY JULY 3, 19!??
MAY HAVE UNTIL 15 ?
10 GET AUTO PLATE!
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Immense Task of Regiitering Titles .
and Issuing Nev Licenses Make ^
Extsmion of Time Limit Necessary v
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Automobile owners of North Car- b
olina will have until July 15 to ob- ^
tain state licenses and register title
to their autos. This extension was i
granted by Secretary of State W. N. A
Everett, who has recently visited several
of the branch offices of the automobile
department of the office of the
secretary of state. The time would '
otherwise have expired at the close
of June 30.
At Morganton. Lenoir, Statesviile,
SJa liakll W 1 jivincrfnn
Winston Salem he found large groups '
of people trying to obtain their li- *
cense mud register theiv automobiles. <"
Some of (hem, he said, had been stan- 0
ding in line for hours unable to reach
the registration and license desk. f
"It is unfair to subject these peo- c
pie who want to trade with the state of
North Carolina to arrest for not '
having obtained license and register- a
cd their automobiles," said Mr. Kverett.
"In view of this obvious ap- i
lication of justice," he added, "I have c
extended the time until July 15 and r
wQi appreciate it if this statement | i
receives wide publicity."
As a result of Mr. Everett's ex-1 '
tension of time limit, 110 owner of 1
an automobile will be subject to ar- '
rest for not having current license <
plates until after July 15. 1
there are thirty right branch of- '
iices in the state. Mr. Everett says 1
the main office at Raleigh expects to *
maintain these branch offices for the
cost of mailing out the license from | <
Raleigh. Thus far the project has i
worked out satisfactorily and justifies 1
the aims of the department. The reg- <
istratior, of title requirements renders I I
the purchase of licenses a longer pro i
cess than would otherwise be the case >
Mr. Everett states. The department is
working on oians to further improve I
the service for automobile owners. t
Local state otlicials <
Local municipal and State author- I
ities insist that owners will not be <
permitted to drive if they haven't
1 made applications for license by the '
I loth. i
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CHAIRMAN BROWN OF TOUR
THANKS NORTHWEST FOLK
By John M. Brown chairman of
Know Your State Tour no. 1 through
| Northwestern Carolina in the Winstun
Salem Journal.
1 wish it were possible for me to
see every citizen of the counties visited
by our "Know Your State Tour" j
and convey to them personally the i
sincere appreciation of Winston-Sa- i
'em for the whole-hearted way in I
which our tout was received.
At every stop ana on every road '
side v/e were extended greetings that1
showed they came from the heart. ,
When we were privileged to stop they i
shook cur hands and fed us bounteous ;
i ly. Where we could not stop we had |
i waved to us a hearty greeting and I
1 a fond farewell.
The receptmn accorded the tourj
'la? a unit did not surpass our recop-1
J tion a3 individuals. There was no hes
tji'ancy on the part of any man wo-'
* man or child on the entire tour in1
f looking to tht pleasure and comfort I
- of the individuals of the tour. Thej
r men were out with a handshake and (
> a welcome?the Indies and children |
i were serving us with food and drink
- at every step and the children, some
' of them hardly waist high, were pulle
ing us down and pinning flowers on
our coats to show us that they too,
t were glad to see us.
s The trriffic storm which caught our
- party on the last lap of its journey
t brought very forcibly to the attenk
tion of our committees in charge
n just what the tour had meant to
the personnel of the tour. Drenched
is garments, muddy roads and delays in
t schedules could and did not affect
Is the high spirit cf enthusiasm which
! at all times was so much in evidence,
s- The links of friendship formed by
' vour reception and the pleasant mentis
cries of our visit could not be washed
t- out. They are there to stay.
>f The committees whose faith in youx
r- people prompted them to give the
necessary time and labor to make
n this tour possible, and the citizenship
iy of Winston-alnm ac large, hope and
lis! believe that this is the first step ir
n. the complete unification of north
it we.st North Carolina-?the greates
country on God's gr.i;; ?auU>
, it '"in i|i'a i o *'^ i i'wfc ffilTjwir- yo-;fSSri .
k?v? H? aMnili h?i u ii i in MufSrtwvo ? nn Hi?i?aio?i?<
arthwestern North Carol
5 Cts. aCopy
r ADOO LEADING ~
WITH 503 VOTES
According to the latest wire report
row the Democratic National Conention
in New York, aa we go to
res*. .VtAJoo *1 the end of the -43rd
allot leads with 503.4 votes. Smith
ac 318.5. while D?vis fade to 67.
VVERY OalHAN~
SHOT BY SHERIFF
Vill Hurot Shot and Killed by Sheriff
Vance when he ''Decide# to
Take Charge of Smoky Mountain"
The following in record to the
eeent shooting in Averv county is
aken from the Elk Park News, inorroation
of the affair having reach
d this oflico after our edition was
tT the press last week.
On Wednesday of this week Will
furot and nephetv decided to take
barge of Smoky Mountain, near
lewl&nd, N. C. in Allen Clan fashon
and drive all the inhabitants awiy
by firing: on all those who cams
bid went. Mr. P. A. Vance, the sherfT
was informed of the trouble, acompanied
by his deputy, Mr. Bownan
and another man, immediately
iroceoded to the place where the out
aws had taken their stand and af;er
considerable maneuvering, sue
reeded in locating them at Will Hurts
tome. Mr. Bowman being the first tc
:on?e in contact with them, he being
n such close quarters with them, was
"oreed to surrender one of his wea>ons,
a shot gun, and in the meantime
vas covered with both men's guns
Vli. Vance, having gone :i different
lircet.ion, happened on the scene, but
n rear of the men, and after due
precaution slipped near enough tc
'each behind Will Hurt and snatct
lis revolver from him, while Mr
Bowman proceeded to handcuff bin
md Hurt, seeing an opportunity
snatched Mr. Bowman's revolve
*r,-?yy? him fivinir nn him fvvn nr thw
in'-., without effect, then tummy
)n Mr. Vance, shooting him in t in
eft forearm Mr. Vance realizing thi
longer con 'routing him, fired 01
Hurt, shooting him square through
which caused instant death. Hurt':
nephew did not take much hand it
the affair, nroceeded to make his es
cape but was overhauled by the mai
who had accompanied the sheriff am
his deputy.
Mr. Hurt was known as a man o
bad reputation and greatly feared b;
ali law abiding citizens. He leave
a wife and three children.
Mr. Vance is now in the Grac
Hospital at Banner Elk, nursing
badly broken and shattered arm.
NEW HIGHWAY TO BLOWING
ROCK TO BE OPENED SCO!
A new road, offering a more d
reel route to Charlotte to-lIOMa
rec! route from Charlotte to Blov
ing Rock will he opened for travi
tlily 10, when state highway eng
lieers will declare the stretch hi
tween Newton and Lincoln ton read
for traffic.
The stretch between Lincr.lr.tc
and Newton has heen pavi 1 wit
concrete and is IS miles long. T1
road is IS feet wide and it is e:
pecbed that the concrete will I
sufficiently settled to permit traff
within 10 days.
The opening of the new roi
I win give two roads net ween tna
lotte and Blowing Rock. The oth
is via Statesville, and is betwei
two and threo miles longer than t:
road through Lincolnton.
There is only one detour on tl
Statesville road, this one being on
a distance of three miles, just ov
side of Statesville. By way of Li
colnton there Is a stretch betwe
Charlotte ana Mount Holly and a
other between Lincolnton and Gi
tonia, not yet paved.
I Motorists Ipaving Charlotte f
the Blue Ridge Mountains can rea
j Blowing Rock in three hours drivi
j time. Most of the route is paved a
those stretches not hard surfaced
sand-clay constructed ana are in v?
good condition.
?Charlotte Observer.
On account of a shut down in I
' electric power acrrke yesterday,
go to press this week with four pa]
instead of tbe cAstomarv eight.
' ability to operate our. type-cast
I machine on the busy day forces
i to omit iout valuable "copy".
- promise the regular rase sheet r.
t week.
?The Publisner.
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j Other Items of Gttoerei Interest from
the vchooE snd town at Large,
by our Regular Correspondent.
There was an informal gathering
j at Mr. B. J. Coancill's one evening
, recently and it was made on enjoyj
able occasion by miscellaneous con1
versation and the singing of old time
iniuiciii nit.ofiir ? ney remained
far beyond the intended time ior departure
and left delighted with, kind
hospitality of Mr. arid Mrs. CouncilL
Miss Reba Hampton, a student :d
! the summer school, greatly surprised
her many friends by secretly marrying
on the past Sunday.
Virginia, daughter of Mr. Will
Hodges of Boone, died at her sister's
heme in Boone on the morning of
the 25th. Their friends are in sympathy
with the bereaved ones.
The coming of the delegation of
Winston-Salem's fine busihess men,
numbering about 200. was indeed
most pleasing to the people of Boone
and the Training School. They arrived
in Boone about 7:30 and were given
breakfast by the Training School
r at Lovill Home, and the school wardelighted
to entertain these distinguished
men. After breakfast all
-, cufne to the new auditoriuL< at the
J school where they were given a hcar?
ty welcome by the faculty and large
student body. The program began
; with the singing of the school song,
"The North Carolina Hills" follow'
ed by the stanza: "Winston-Salem,
we've been thinking, what a fir\e place
this would be. if Boone Trail were
but concreted from vour town to
4 Tennessee." Mr. VV. R. Gragg pres>
ident of Boone Chamber of Comi
me roe. presided and introduced as the
Lirsi sneaker President H B. FloiicrV..
I c.-ty i f lHe Training School, who gave
a most appropriate talk sounding a
r hearty note of'welcome to these dis
tinguisbed visitors. He next iiitredut
I't'ii CcL Dwire of the Winston Senti'
nel who presided, and introduced
' Prof. Brown of Winston-Salem who
' | made a pleasing and interesting talk.
The hand accompanying the visitors
s gave several fine selections. No more
i enthusiastic gathering has been seen
-! in Boone. All were delighted to have
v them and shall gladly welcome there
II at any time.
Capt. E. F. Lovill Chairman of the
f board of trustees, was given a hearty
y reception of honor on Friday,
s AddT o ATS NEWS C
Prof. Frederick D. Losey, Shakese
perir.il interpreter and impersonator,
a who gave four numbers before the
summer school on Friday and Saturday,
made a most thoughtful and inspiring
address to the student body
^ at Chapel Saturday morning.
' Boone has teen treating her vislit
ors to an unusual type of warm
'weather, not nearly so warm, how.
i ever as they would have had at home.
'" The refreshing rains of last night
L'~ have brought with them the usual
?l summer temperature.
Rev. M. B. Wooslev and Messrs J.
,n: S. Stanbury and F? N. Hahn report
i an unusually fine session of the Mere
' .1 ir-- j.-_. t . ,
I iiiuuiM uuuici cuiixurciicf wmni in?*\
x" j attended at Sparta tiic past week.
?e! while Mr. ft. F Dixon brings back
;c | enthusiastic repents of the Epworth
j League Conference at Greensboro.
u^| Prof. R. M. Brown of the State
'"] Welfare Department, was a pleasant
er j and pleasant visitor at the Training
| School for several days last week.
'le His friends here are always glad to
see him come.
hf' The campus presented a deserted
appearance on Monday. Almost the
"" entire summer school went on a sight
n- seeing trip through the l.inville Gorge r,
en and to -1 uhnson City. There is no finin~
er scfenery than this in eastern Amls"
erica and the railroad officials show
themselves exceedingly kind to \ the
or school in making these trips possible.
tlR A number of the teachers from the
I Training School spent the week end
,re i away from Boone. Dr. Rankin visitiry
ing his mother and relatives in Salisbury,
Prof. Mosei and family going
to Cherryille and Prof. B. L.
Smith and family accompanied by
the Mrs. J. I). Rankin, going to Rutherw?
ford College.
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In- Aifalfa is becoming a valuable hay
ing crop ill North Carolina. Many famous
; erf are using it to advantage as a
We I grazing crop and for hay. This fall
est is a good time to start some land
a to he ready for planting the crop
next fall.
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