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VOL. XXXVII, NO. 02
Governor McLean to
the. General Assembly
Recotnmendi $30,000,000 for High-,
vays and Asks for Million Increase j
in School Equalization Fund
PRAISES EXECUTIVE BUDGET!
Biennial Message Contains Many,
Recommendations
Governor A. W. McLean delivered
his biennial message to the general
assembly on last Wednesday night. It
i was the governor's second and last
if genera! legislative message, and its
\ contents covered an epoch in North
Carolina history. He reviewed the
first, two years- <? f his administration
ami niaac recommendations for the
last. two. He recommended a bond
issue of $30 000,000 for roads, urged
expansion of the public, school sy-tcm
and institutions of higher learning,
and stressed the importance of continuation
of the executive budget.
Text of Message
The message in part i as follows:
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker and Members
of the General Assembly:
The constitution of North Carolina
provide: that the governor shall,
upon the convening of each session
of the general assembly, communicate
to it. in the form of a message,
information concerning the affairs of
state, together with such recommendations
as, in his judgment, are necessary
and expedient. This mandate
of our constitution has been
strictly adhered to by my predecessors
in office and it now affords me
a sense of pleasure, entirely without
affection to appear before this honorable
body of able and patriotic
representatives fresh from the people
of North Carolina. Also, I feel
a deep sense of obligation.
With the convening of this general
^ assembly, one-half of my term as
J . governor has expired. I come to give 1
y an account of my stewardship to you
and. through you. to the real and
only sovereigns in a free state?the
people themselves. To them I, as the
chief executive officer of North Carolina,
am directly resnonsible, even as '
you, constituting another co-ordinate :
branch of our government', are also
responsible. Together, We owe them
a tumble responsibility, 1 as their
chosen spokesman, elected to rccom- ;
mend for your consideration what 1 ,
conceive to be best for them, and ^
you as the body that enacts these
recommendation^ into laws and statutes
for their Roverance or that repeels
them, as the case may be. My
powers arc only recommendatory.
Coercion is not one of the prerogative
of the governor of North Caro- .j
ihiii. nor would I have it such.
So. in the midst of my term of of- i
fice having faithfully endeavored to <
put ihto impartial p.nd unselfish prac- !
lice the policies enacted into law by
your nredecc-ssors. two years ago, 1
1 irdme to give an account of what 1
has been done and to make recommondutions
for the f?. 'urn. 1 ask you '
to pass iudgmcm on behalf of the
people that elected us and be govern- s
ed in your deliberationr by the verdict
you shall reach when you shall ,
"have weighed the results I snail en- '
A dearer to place before yon on this
OCCrtMOn., 'Sr/;r: "Lx-. ' ' % j
In the, performance of the tasks
dint have' been imposed upon me, my <
faith has at j 16 thpe been dimmed;
mere nave neon nami.cups. ol course,
but these have only served to
strengthen my determination .'o do
the best ! could for our people who. <
when they elected me, elected your
predecessors t'o receive whatever re- '
commendations I should make. 1'racticaliy
all n? the measures I asked for <
during I're kcssiutt of the general as- j
sctnbly of 1925 had been discussed
by me in my campaign. Of course, .
emergencies that arose during the '
session prompted some recommendations
that did not directly consti- 1
tutV a part of my platform when
seeking office. Yet, these fitted in,
as I saw it;,' with the general policies
J had advocated. I
I have striven to hold fast to the
vision?of a still greater state, peo- '
pled by happy and prosperous citi- '
rens. Spiritual values must never be 1
minimized They must always bc.i
brought into co-ordination with prog- j
res's and never divorced from it.1
Idealism without practicability is a \
Vain IfllllJ^. UUl I;I v? |?~?>vw?va (
must always hold an ideal in view':
C It is my earnest prayer that the kind.
Providence that has permitted us to '
- become a (treat state will deliver us
jfrom selfishness and keep us far'
from the path of mercenary materialism.
Gentlemen?and I take this occa-',
eion to recognize the member of the I
opposite ;ex who sits in your midst;
-?you are;at the threshold of a most;5
important session. The resultsWof 1
your deliberations when finally trans- s
'* lated into action should contribute1i
in large measure, to the advancement, |
genera! we'fare and happiness of the
people of our beloved commonwealth, j J
I have faith in yyou. that you will
interpret into legislation the present '
needs of the state, as they shall come !
to your attention; that you will'1
thoughtfully and tact.iully shape such 1
policies for the next' biennium as will
make for the great' well-being of i i
North Carolina.
1 shall not at this time attempt to
discuss fully the fiscal affairs of the
state. These will be presented to
you later in the session, also some
special matters not discussed in this
message
The general assembly of 1925
made a great record of constructive
tContinued on Page Two!
TATAl
A Non-Partisan Nev
BOONE
GOVERNOR SUBMITS BUDGET
MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE
Recommends Appropriations Totaling
$29 810,164 for Operation of i
Government and Institutions
j ill
Recommendation that the general j wi
assembly appropriate a total of $29,-. iCJ
810,164 for all the operations of the .?j.
state government, and institutions j,,
during the fiscal years beginning:
Jnly 1, 1927 and ending June 30, J ?v
1929, was made by Governor Mc-j^vi
Lean in his budget message presented p,
to the legislature last Friday j v..
Thi- total is an increase of slight- I ni.
?v more than $5,000,000 over the ex-! n(
penditures ef the biennium of 1925- m,
1927. The total for the biennium I' ?j
ending next. June is $24,720,490, in-,
eluding: actual expenditures for the :jj'
fiscal year ending last June 30 and co
estimates for the current fiscal year.
The governor, however, recom- \ to
memlcd no increase in taxes, with the ! ^
exception of slight boosts in the fran-' ,.0
ehise and privilege levies. These in-]._
creases were recommended for the j
purpose of increasing the school] K
equalization fund from $1,500,000!
to $2,500,000 a year and the Confederate
pension fund from $1,000,-1^'
000 to $1,200,000.
The governor recommended in the 1
budget message that the maintenance !
fund for the Appalachian State Normal
he increased from $47,500 to mj
558,000 for f'ne 1927-28 and $68,000 bu
for 28-29 anu SI00,000 for permaneht
improvements. The Normal had
requested an appropriation of $80,- m
000 annually for maintenance.
on
THERMOMETER REACHED , "
ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT re
Watauga has gotten her part of the' f<J
snow rtofijn, to a depth of at least | til
ten inches, is now on the ground. |
Snow began fulling Monday and con- . C(i
tinned through Tuesday. Tuesday ] ?F
night, the temperature took a plunge '
(iowinvard to zero or below, but today
(Wednesday) is clear and the k,v
mow is beginning to melt in places. VVI
The snow storm was general in
North Carolina, ranging from a k*]
depth of 12 inches at Greensboro, to
a light fall at Gqstonia, ami the Pl
ivhite mantle extends in spoiVi from |
Virginia as far south as Way cross, jth
pa., on the wings of the coldest | ^
Acmner 01 tnc winter lor some
places. Alabama. Kentucky and j Hi
Tennessee also were visited by the
f'aky precipitation, with the a teninch
fall at Bristol.
Florida did not entirely escape the t'lii
:oid'spell, subnormal temperatures lii
>eing at !Tacksonville, M ami and era
rnmpa. Asheyi'le was the coldest j
in the south Monday .with a g-ii
emperaturc of 20 degrees. ho
Tin weav'her bureau this morning
forecasts a rising temperature with r:u
prulmble rains the latter part of the Rc
.veek. :
LITTLE SMITH McCONNEl.L ! ?
DIED FRIDAY MORNING te<
I Vh
Little Smith, the two-year-old son j ->M
if Mr. ui:d Mrs. .1. C. McCphfiell, aft- I '
i an illness of more than two weeks rap'
vith pneumonia, died at- <> o'clock j
' "viday morning. The funeral was js"
onducted from the Baptist church "r'
5iiturda\ afternoon, Re\. M. 15. ! ?'J
iVoosley conducting the servicer. The >,1:
ittlc body was laid to rest in t!icit.y
cemetery, beneath a wealth of Jjj"
'towers. Tr.e patents have the deep:st
sympathy of ah in this their great !>?
jerenventent.
_ ; .. is
.ECTURE AT NORMAL '?
SCHOOL SATURDAY P. M. j
It \" Wheeler will deliver an il- I '''
' I D6
ustrated lecture on the conservation |
jf forests and wild life at the Nornal
school on Saturday night. Janu- try
15, at 8 o'clock. The lecture
vill be free to the students and the
Dublic who care to attend. '
Mr. Wheeler has toured the Uni- .^j
:ed States giving his lectures on con- uu
iervation, and the lecture is said to m;
ic very interesting. He comes here
inder the auspices of the North
Carolina state forest service. (u
TRIVETT REPLIES fa
Editor Democrat:
In last week's paper E. Y. Edmin- on
:ten made it appear that 1 had writ- ,j0
on a falsehood in regard to our m(
ichool. Now, I-ask that all who are af,
:oncerned investigate the matter for an
themselves. Not by asking me nor t-n
Edminstep, but by visiting our dis
irici uiiu >vitu uui iicji
sens. Also bear in mind that a good su
number of patrons! did not and would cj,
not sign his article in last week's p,
[taper. su
I made my correction for what 1 1{f,
had written because X did not in- rp
tend to hurt anyone by ceiling the to
truch, and felt that X should hove or
kepi, silent.
M. P. TR1VETT. of
Rominger, N. C. a
Fiancees arc required by law to retum
the ring When they break the | cj
engagement, under a ruling of the j m
Virginia court of appeals. ! f[.
JGA
/spaper. Devoted to the !
. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH (
The "II ik
Last week-end another "sergeant**;
the World War, blew into town
ith his "frail" and took lodging at a
eal hotel, the pair taking their meals;
a nearby cafe. To The Democrat!
1 represented himself as having!
on a sergeant in the 221st infun-j
y. 42nd (Rainbow), division, andj
i- so severly wounded by an ex-J
osion of a shell at Verdun that hej
is confined in a hospital a raving!
eniac for seven months, and was |
iw drawing a bonus of $125 pcrf
onth from the government as a!
ght renumevation for the fearful
juries tie received while fighting
a foreign land for his beloved
u n try.
This was all paving the way for
lsciting ome much-needed printing
at was to be used in a coast-toast
hike that was to be made in
DONE TO HAVE UP-TODATE
MEAT MARKET
xon & Tatum to Occupy New Quar,
1 D - *
m a mm i roposc lO inrtall
ern Bakery
According to Mr. Lydia Tatum,
imager of the City Market, that
isiness is soon to expand to propor>ns
which will insure for Boone a
arket. second to none in any small
:y. Different and more commodiis
quarters have keen secured, a
lall cold storage plant together with
frigcmtor display cases have been
grcKased, and vegetables and other
odstuffs may be had fresh at all
lies.
In connection with the market, full
juinment has been ordered for the
icrut-ion of a modern bakery, conding
of an oven, with a capacity
more than two hundred loaves of
cad, dough mixers, automatic bread
'uppers and all the latest machinery.
Mr. Tatum says the new place of
isiness will hie open to the public
ithin the next few weeks,
irehased the City Market, located in
Messr.-. Dixon ami Tatum recently
r rent of the Cash Store, from L.
Holler.
OTBED MAKES POSSIBLE
EARLY GARDEN VEGETABLES
The seed catalogues arc out in all
eir glory which means that the
ne for planning the year-round
rden has come.
One of the first .essentials in beuning
the early garden is to have a
tbod.
"January and February are the |
mths to prepare the hotbed," >ays j
>!>crt Schmidt', vegetable specialist;
State College- "The hotbed does
st located in a sheltered place with
southern exposure where it is pro-;
rfccd from cold winds and receives ;
-iitv of sunlight. Convenience to l
th house and garden is another j
: .\?m- and the soil in and around
c frame .must be well dramcd-"
For the average garden, a hotbed
i feet long by six feet wide will be
lple and may be constructed witht
much coct. The standard glass
h for the hoi bed is three feet by
: feet and may be either purcha^d !
built' at home, states Mi. Schmidt, j
;e hest heating material is fresh
rse or mule manure containing I
out one-third straw. This manure j
oiled under shelter until it begins ,
heat and is then turned two or I
ree times until the whole mass is
ating uniformly. Then it may be
need in the pit. The pit should |
about 24 inches deep for western j
>rth Carolina.
Fill the pit to within four inches
the top. Pack the manure thorghly
and then build the frame of
c-inch boards so as to give the
{uliitior, slope. Put four or five
:hes of loamy soii over the mare
and when the temperature of the
inure has dropped to about 8a denes,
the seeds may be planted. It
well to remember then that irioisre
is needed for germination and
(iwth. Too much moisture will
use damping off of the seedlings.
Charlotte, Jar., to.?To send prisers
to the cha'ingangs only to fall I
vvn and worship them in a wave of
Dllycoddling sentimentality is
ainst the rule of the common sense
d is a fad that must fade before
e power of cold reason, Judge T.
Finley, of North Wilkesboro, deired
at the opening of Mecklenburg
perior court here today when he
areod the new fraud iurv. Judce
nley's plea was that prisoners be
bject to proper treatment in the
:ht of common sense, not harsh nor
ntiniental. References by the judge
undue- sentimentality as to pris- j
lers was made in connection with;
declaration that American forces
lav; and order are. struggling with
wave of crime and violence such as
e country has never before seen,
e urged that the jury and all good
tisens lend their influence to all
ovements Vending to restore reect
for law.
t aSES? ' * ' uS &. 55K ?
DEM
Best interests oi :>rth\%
CAROLINA, TliUKSPjraTjANUAl
t^iiikE" ~
| thirty months, Lenoir being t
' starting point and last* Monday w
i the date. The job of printing \v
done in good shape and it still i
mains undelivered, for Monday nioi
ing they "lit a rag" not to Lenoir b
for North Wilkesboro, leaving o
people to wonder just what mann
of folks they were.
This is the thiid "sergeant" th
has hit our town, and to a man th<
have been dhsappintinerits. Oth
towns would do well to look after it
couple. They wove looked upon wi
quite a good deal of suspicion
Boone. Possibly, they are all rigl
but their visit here has caused qui
a good deal of talk.
The man's motto is to "live witho
begging or working." which, with
itself, leaves room for suspicion.,
pecially when he is accompanied 1
; woman.
MANY CHILDREN DIE IN
MONTREAL THEATER FIF
Rush For Exits Caused Jam a
Deaths Resulted From Suffocation
Montreal, Quebec.. Jan. 9.?Mo
than 75 lives was the ho'l cviirfiw? *
^ .
day by a fire panic in the Lauri
Palace movie theater in the east eri
Most of the victims were childi
who had made up the bulk of the Su
i day maintee audience. Few were I
: jisred by the comparatively triv
1 fire but caught in fear-striek
- jams about the exits, many were si
focated.
So tightly wedged were the bodi
j that rescue squads of firemen we
unable to gain entrance.
I The fire started under the floor
j the balcony and Itie cry of a boy \v
| noticed it caused a stampede at t
! doors. The theater has a seating <
parity of 1.100 persons and it \v
j filled with the usual large Sund
afternoon audience. The fire itsi
| did liLPe damage and was soon u
j der control.
Each little victim wa.. cxnmin
and those who showed signs of !:
! were carried into nearbly stores, p
i veto dwellings and the police a
1 fire stations. The majority of t
j victims were found to have died
ffocation. All ambulances w?.
j Ummoned from the -hospitals a
many private nractioners worked
lhe sufferers in the freezing: en
wit'hout coats or hats.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB
The Friday Afternoon Club w
delightfully entertained or. J an an
7th by Mrs. O. L Hardin at k
home on Water street'. Bright beat
the windows suggested the ringii
in" of the new year. After a plcusa
time of sewing, the following she
program, prepared by the hoste:
was rendered:
Two piano solos, "Plantation Mel
dies" and*"Star of the East4," by Mi
F. A. Linnc.y.Vocal
duct, "Love's Old Swe
1 Song," Miss Annie Stanbury and Mi
A. E. South.
Reading, "The New-Yea)-," Mrs.,
L>. Rankin.
' The. president, Mrs. Rankin, read
letter of thanks from the Grandfat
or Orphanage for the box of Ohri<
mas gifts sent to thai' ins; 'tut I on ?
club members.
A rhyming contest was next hear!
lv entered into, en eh writir.n- . kmr
using: the words New Year. The f<
lowing verse composed by Mrs. B.
Council V was voted the best and
dainty calendar was presented to h
by the hostess:
NEW YEAR
Now is the time to be happy and ga
EVer be ready for work or for pla
While the year is new
You should try to be, too.
Every day you should apply
As if it were a joy to try.
itich with pleasures for our friend
Safe and happy to the end.
The guests were invited into t!
dining pom, where the tublea wei
lovely with red candles and flowers.
The places were found by clev?
cards bearing resolutions, which eac
guest read aloud. Mrs. Hardin serve
a tempting two-course luncheon.
Those other than club members ei
joying Mrs. Hardin's hospitality wei
Mrs. James Rivers,
lem, and Mrs. Wilson of New Yorl
guest of Mrs. Harry "Wilson.
The next meeting will be held wit
Mrs. F. A. Linncy on January 21*
Raleigh, Jan. 10?Violent ueatl
in North Carolina continue to d
cnne. mere were only lb iataiitn
in the state during the past week i
compared with the usual. 25 report*
for an average week of 1926. Ha
of these fatalities?seven?was can
| ed by automobiles. Five were list*
as homicides- Two engineers we
j killed in a railroad accident ne
i Winston-Salem. One woman w
i burned to death and a man was ki
| ed at a sawmill.
China has a mountain of alu
I 1.000 feet high.
rest North Carolina.
1Y 13. 1927
? REPRESENTATIVE THOS. H.
COPJf-EY WARMLY RECEIVED
?J First Democrat to General Assembly
in 16 Years Warmly Received j 'n!
as at Raleigh '
as
o. (L. J. Hampton in Winston-Salem
n. Journal.) SC
ut Representative Tom "'Coffey, of
Watauga county, the first Democrat No
t r elected from there in the past 16
at voar:-, was given the glad hand of
2v welcome by members of the ma-!
er jority party in the lower house of the, '
lis, North Carolina legislature. j My
i'h Representative Coffey is a Blowing j jjn(
ir? Reck man and a Democrat of influit
encc in his section of the state. He) j
te defeated a kinsman, former Repre-;
s?ntative Blaine Coffey, by a iria-; Ge<
at jority of 244 votes'. nev
in | Representative Coffey lias the dis-{av
is- tinction of being an "original Mcpy
Lean man" and he says Governor
McLean is making the best chief exp=
, ecutive the state has ever had. "He c'*a!
! is just the man we needed," said (/
E Representative Coffey, "and his ad- 111 ,
I ministration has been of such a char- J
nd acter so far to make me prouder than . e
ever mat 1 was one of his original i:
supporters. ar,f
Representative Coffey doesn't he si-'lru
ire tate to say that lie is piea.ed with
,0-' the message delivered by Governor f*'a
er McLean Wednesday and that he can; J
id.! counted as among the administraeu
hon's unwavering supporters. The
m-j Watauga solon is a good roads eniIV
thusiast and is also well tickled with l'r<J
ial the state fisheries commission's work s*"
en (l' establishing a fish hatchery iti i tlie
if. Watauga county. "Game { - for the 1
sport pf our own citizens and f . the &re
ies' tourists who are flocking to r <L'C
re Blue Ridge country in iherensing "
numbers, are our greatest asset," ^
,.i Representative Goffcy said, "and in '
]to niy opinion the state fisheries board -,u'
he did a wise thing in establishing fish j kai
a- hatcheries there for the propagation
as '-1 fish." Mr. Coffey pointed out J01
ay the fact that in all of the mountain SU1
Bl*f citizenship there is only general ap- )vc
in_ proval of the move and not one voice )n
raised in criticism.
<Hi The Watauga solon is keeping his 'th'
if,, bills in his pocket ; >>- the present^ |*n?
ri_ if he ha? any to throw into the leg- jon
islotive hopper, but* he is keenly alive j
he to the issues of schools, taxes, roads, \
Gf etc, and may be expected to express I
,re his sentiments by his vote when the j
nv) tithe comes. He is not a strangei in r9-h
l)n Raleigh nor to many in the lower j tr'
,)<! hou:G ei.'iicr. so his stay here for 00 ff
jouys is going to :jc iige n vioit among v-'1
Id? friends. , ' . iiu
; BROOKSIDE DOTS 1;
ry Brooksuie, Jan. 12,-?Mr. and Mrs.
er Walter Z. YVatkOn uml two children . 1
lis ^-pcnt the holidays with home folks at '
Bruoliside. Mr. WaS-on .-erred four !
nt yi-urs in the 29Oh infantry, machine
rt gun company Canal Zone, Panama. ;
53- 1'or the past four years he lias been '
ehiplpyed \yiy.h the Dodge Motor Com-j'm
o- puny, Deiroiv, Mich., but is now on *a'1
? t pci i '<ie in tha city. 1,1
.1 Mrs; Joe Blackburn, of
et Chicago,- spent the holidays? with Mr. jln
Blacki-Mivn's n.-n-fin^, Mr. M? f ' t,e
M. Blackburn. ^ jSlF'' I
j Mi?s. Wr.ltor G. Cook, of f 6dd, i 3?
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. j ?j
a Blackburn, has for a number of!
j,_ saifering with a ?orious jv
i. attack of inflammatory rheumatism,!1^
,y rc-ports are fcbaK her cbn-|^^.
... is considered hopeless by her
tending phy^ituan. j
se Russell Morris, son of E. C. N'orris, ^ ;
,]. was hurt one day last week by a fly- j
j. ng ;-trin of lamber ai a i-r.wmilL lie
a; was taken to the hospital for treat- ^
erjnient. ,
I Z. T. Watson closed a writing
| sclxooi at Deep Gap last Thursday, w
v>: and began a term of ten days at Mt. y.
j Kphriam consolidated school on Mon day,
January 10. {*1
Misses Gladys and Geraldine Fry, ' .J
i Mabel and Thelma Johnson spent the .!
| holidays with home folks, returning /.
s ! last week to their school at* Konna'
rock, Va. lfiCt
ie ' rj
re SENATOR McNEILL OFFERS <pol
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT BILL just
who
h Senator P. T. McNeill on Tuesday j.0?
d introduced a state-wide Australian ^
ballot" bill. The bill, a very volumin- wj,e
X~. ous one, goes in detailed manner in- j |Klv
e t<i the Australian system of voting. ls s
?- It would throw around the voting (.url
It. booths the well known advantages of j:
privacy for voters. It "would set up now
b a bai'ot system, which would mean j,ew
!rhe printing of all rickets on the same SPI);
I sheet and allow for voting the ;;lar
ism iiu:^iu wta'-i ui cue process 01! bea
e- scratching. | pin,
55 star
1S 21 PERSONS REPORTED KILLED ban
:d IN CATHOLIC-MEXICAN CLASH gro
is c
3* Mexico City, Jan. 11?Special J is- ible
patches i'rom Guadalajara state that
ra 21 persons have been killed and 10 S
ar wounded in a clagh between Catholics Sui
I hid tin- municipal authorities in the par
j town of Cocuia in the state of bla
j Jalisco. hav
The mayor of Cocula and the local Thi
im ! deputy, Sostenes Castillo, were among wit
j those killed. tioi
r
FIVE CENTS A COPY
ews of a Week
At Blowing Rock
iur&ncu Man Visits Town Relative
:o Revising Insurance Rates Because
of New Water System
HOOL BUILDING CONTRACT
t Likely" to Bo Let Before Legislature
Adjourns; Site Has Been
Selected
By RUPERT GXLLETT
Slowing Rock;, Jan. 12.?It. A.
ere, representing the Southeastern
lervriteis' Association at Atlanta,
. was in Blowing Rock Wednesday
last week conferring with Mayor
jrge Sudderth and examining the
; water system and fire truck with
iew Co revising the insurance rates
the town.
Slowing Rock is now in the fourth
5s. but it is hoped that as a result
Mr. Myers' report it will be placed
a higher class.
?ir. Myers made a survev of all
water lines, reservoirs and wells
the new system, tested the valves
1 pressures and examined the fire
ck He declined to say what his
iort would he. bin* it is believed
v :t will be favorable.
"ire Alarm Equipment Received
Hie apparatus for the Blowing;
ck fire alaim system arrived FriAs
the siren tower is already
cted, it is expected that the alarm
tern can be installed by the time
new fire station i completed.
iVork on the new station is pressing
rapidly. The walls of the
ond floor are erected, and the
no sheeting is being put on them,
la Contract Now for New School
[fc is probable thai the contract for
Blowing Rock-Sandy Flnt>?vvlver
ke consolidated school building will
. be let before t'he legislature adirns,
said Smith Hagaman, county
lerintendent of education, iast
ek. Only a little money remains
the county building; fund.- Mr.
gamnn explained. Yt was at first
night Chat the money for the build;
could be raised by a special tax
the consolidated district, but there
trai* to be some legal obstacle to
. procedure, which only the legisure
enn remove.
The site for the building as agreed
bv committees from the three discts
last week will he the grounds
the present Blowing Rock school,
in tin- addition of a tract given by
town and another donated by
unciiman N. O; Greer.e. This will
ke between four and five acres for
school grounds, it is said. First
r.s called for a building costing
5,000 but 111 view of the legal tan.
tiii- may be revised.
Water Shoots into the Air
Kfler 275 pounds, of dynamite were
uoded in the Green Hill well Satiny,
a column of water was thrown
trly a thousand feet into the air.
mediately after the blast, water
tld be heard running into the well
large volume. The well is 4,01 feet
p and is ihc third in the city^s
art of wells to supply the water
I em.
fin Bids in Property Sold for 'f axes
Nobody warns land of which the
tiers think so little as ;o neglect
pay Uie taxes on it. Monday, (A.
Crit.eher offered for sate a numof
nieces of property U> satisfy
laid i.a.\es and cost- totaling
;l.bO. Not one aid did he receive.
3 so he hid the property in for the
n.
To Kxtend City Limits
us C. Babb. coribultihg engineer
completed the survey of the new
71 limits for presentation to the
era! assembly in connection with
bill for the annexation of Green
k and Mayyiew Park. If the bill
assed, it will add nearly a square
? to the town limit's, Mr. Babb
I, and $800,000 to its tax valuais,
according to the town tax color,
A. M. Critcher.
Death of Mr*. Martha Greene
hrough an oversight, the correndcnt
failed to report' the death
month of Airs. Martha Greene,
i died at an advanced age at her
ic here.
.s Mrs. Green has many relatives
i sal scribe to The Democrat who
e not yet iearned of her death, it'
eg retted that this oversight ocred.
Isthetes of Blowing Rock may
sleep easily. Just' as they were
ailing the town's lack of artistic
abilities in erecting an unsightly
ldpipe on one of the town's most
utiful hills, it was suggested that
3s may be planted around the
ldpie to hide it. But esthetes are
ti to please. Pines, they say,
w slowly, and meanwhile the hill
Toxvned with a black cylinder visfor
miles.
now which started falling early
iday night covered the western
1 n' i pt of 11 mitk o Ka-ivtvi Yi'Wf/i ? .
V V JL III?; .-.fcuiv "'HI < 1IVHTJ "inn;
nkot. Snow is also reported tx>
e fallen as far east as Wilson.
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