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,s V!*} p; w VOL. XXXVIJL NO. 2 News of a Wc ek At Blowing Rocl New School Should Be Com munit> CcTiJ'r. Snys Expert; To Cost About 535.000 By It J) PERT GILLETT Blowing: Rock, Jan. 2G?John J Blair, state superintendent of senoo buildings. grounds and construction who here last week to inspect th< five-acre site for Blow ing Rock*! proposed S35.000 consolidated, schoo buHdin?r, envisioned fox Blowing Rock a building of beauty, which ear serve n> school, community ccntei and public library combined. "Blowing Rock," Mr. Blair said "has a wonderful opportuntiy to build here a structure that will be a credit to this part of the state." Although he did not bring any model p^ans. Mr. Blair said the building he had in mind would have about twelve rooms for the public library and other branches for a community center. Immediately after Mr. Bh.ir's departure. Q. E. Herman, architect of Hickory, was here looking at the site in preparation, presumably, to prepare a bi<l on the building. According to Smith Hagaman, county superintendent of education, however, bids will not be called for until the legal tangle in the way of financing the project can be removed. This must lie done by the legislature. Mr. Hagaman conferred last week v;. * with G. C. Bobbins and S. J. Stutz of the Blowing Rock board relative to the materials for the proposed building. NTo decision was reached, but three materials were discussed principally-brick, tile and stone. No preference was expressed as to material, but several citizens, who were asked their opinion, preferred stone as being more harmonious with the mountain landscape. The principal objection to stone, it was said, is the expense. Annexation Bill introduced Word reached here Saturday that Thopui> i 1 Coffey, Watauga county representative in the general assembly ha: Introduced :ti the house his bill for the annexat ion 10 the oorporaP 1:11! of Blowing Rock of M ;yvit-w Park and Green Park, Because of the large number of public impro\ einenls that have been completed since the ia.-'? summer season, and because these improvements can be extended to these two communities if \h< v are annexed, the bill X" ^ is expected to pass easily. The bill will add nearly a square iniJe to "Blowing Hock's urea, a large proportion to its summer population, and $80(1,1*00 to its i *x valuation*. Fire Siren htst&Ked The siren of the Blowing Rock fire alarm system \yJis placed on thfe *ow er Friday and work is almost completed on wiring and installing: the alarm boxes. The Blowing Rock Power and Light Company installed the system without cost to the town, and wi!l donate the power to oper ate it. The sire ir is of the latest design. ahd, it is said, can he heard ten miles away. The new fire station is rapidly m-armg completion. The outside has been finished, and carpenters this week were rushing: the interior work. Meanwhile the fire truck is being: kept in the Blowing Rock parage. Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of the Appalachian Normal school at Boone, was here for a few hours last ^ Monday, and then he and Mayor . George Suddcrth departed for Raleigft. Mr, Dougherty did not ati* nounce bis mission, but it was presumed that he went to confer with the budget commission, which met the heads of state institutions last week. While here, Prof. Dougherty ?^aid the Normal will soon /irect a new dormitory for girls and tliat it will be paid for out <>f the $5,500,000 bond isStie now pending before the legislature for buildings for state institutions. In line with other improvements which Blowing Rock is making for what is exepet:cd to be its greatest summer season, the Blowing Rock Light and Power company will erect this spring a steam generating plant as an auxiliary to its water power plant on the, Watauga River lvelow Shu lis Mills. The steam plant will have a capacity of 200 horsepower. The water puwer piant generates 4Of horsepower. It is the intention, said S. J- Stutz, manager o| the company . Lo give the best service possible tc 'fcj ihv summer residents. % j.T - , /"ATA A Non-Partisan N BOO ! LOCAL POST AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET FEB. 4TK C . ; At Which Time Plans for Enlarged Program of Activities Will Be Discussed i AMERICAN LEGION MEETING The following letter, dated January ! 25, 1027. anil addressed to members 1 of Watauga Post No. 130, American Legion, will he of interest to all mera, ; berr. of that organization: Dear Comrade: The American Legion, Watauga * Post No. 130, vyill meet in Boone?, N. <; C., February the 4th. li'27, at 7:30 l p. m., in the old Watauga County .IBank building:. This being the time for the regular meeting, we are very anxious to have ! present every man in Watauga coun> ty who served in the World War, whether In the United States or over. seas. A cordial invitation is also being extended to members of the Auxiliary; so please come and bring with you your mother, wife or sister. This invitation is for all, whether or not you are a member of the Legion : or Auxiliary. This post owns eight and onefourth acres o C land, knov vn as the American Legion Park, which belong: to every American Legion man in Watauga county, and not to any individual, and what we most desire is to get every eligible mail in the county in become a member of Watauga Post for the year 1927 and plan what is best to do with this park. Also if this post puts on a celebration on July 1th. it will be necessary to have a strong membership who wili co-operate in every way to make this celebration a success. The great organization of ihe: American Legion is doing mo?c t.o-j day than ever before for the men who j served in the army, navy and marine corps during the period of the World | War, and now since it is knocking atj 1 the door of every ex- service man, iet j j us strive for more members and put. | our shoulders to the wheel- Think of j ; what Congress may do between I now and March ith for our adjusted i compensation certificates, and alsoi we hope to know about the North i Carolina veterans' loan fund which j .* ?!! r?ni<nfi< - ' ..... nt.il V . ciy tA-SVi) VICI'. Ilfilll III ; the county. The committees are planning on having a good hi coring, consisting of music, eats, etc., and having the Aux-j sliary present. Our hall has two j room? ami if it meets with the ap-; j pi-oval of Auxiliary members, theyi may hold their business meeting at) the some time the post is holding! its meeting. af<er which they will j i combine for the social meeting. Respectfully, i L. S. ISAACS. Commander. C. S. STKVENSON, Adjutant. j VALLE CRUCIS NEWS Valle Criicis, Jon. 2G. -Mr. and j Mrs. T. W. Taylor are enjoying their] new home on highway 69. into which j they have recently moved. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lowrance and; family have moved back to Elizabcthton. Mr. and Mrs Mack Shown and ! two sons, of Mountain City, were j : visitors in the valley on Sunday at j the home of T. C. Baird. . Mr. and Mrs. John Dyer and her] daughter' Mrs. Knave of Mountain l City visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tester) j for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Hciyard Mast spent | Sunday in the valley. Dr. Edgar ??Ioore of Mt. Holly has] been visiting his aunt, Mrs. Joe K. j Mast. iss Susie Taylor is spending a few day* in B >onc with Mrs. H. B. Ferry. T. C. Baird had his tonsils removed at the Watauga Hospital last Wednesday. day. It is hoped that his general heath ; will be improved. ) B. O. Greer of Idaho and J. It. of Oklahoma, visited their nieces Mes? ?7 and A f , ter attending their father*s funeral last wec-k. George Baird has moved to the old Church place since Grady Mast and family left there for Elizabcthton. Mr. Joel Eggers returned to his home from the Watauga Hospital last Saturday. P. G. Spainhour returned from Raleigh Saturday after having spent a week visiting his father-in the Legislature and attending the Grand Lodge > Miss Maude Woodward has ret.urni ed to the Yalle Crucis School after , a prolonged visit to her home in S. > Carolina, owing to the illness: and death of her brother. i&''. - -sSo-S txt: R-S-J? ian-d-k ? UGA ewspaper. Devoted to the KE. WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH j Agree On Direct Loans To Veteran ' President And Congress Agree C Plait; Early Congressional Action Epectcd D'rect lours.- to former servk , men on their bonus certificate? b f the veterans' bureau was agreed uj j t-n (art Wednesday at a White Kous | conference and early congrossioiii ! consideration of the proposal wa !- promised. Director Mine- of the bureau sai i after a conference with Prcsiuexi i < "cioiidge that there was no obligatio j on the part of the jrnvernnient t make the loans and he would ask coil Kress to authorize it. Chairman Green, of the ho us j ways and means committee, announc I ec! that he would ask the commilt.e | to consider at an early date an au ! thcrization for the bureau to mak j the loans. General Hines would have th I veterans' bureau act as a supplemer j tary service to the banks, thus pei milling veterans to obtain loans eitl: er from the banks or tlie governmen at the same interest rate?G per conl Money for the insurance certifi cates already ha;- been appropriate up to their present value and thi could be used, he said, to make th I loans. i WILSON LEAVES CHEESE WORK IN NORTH CAROLIN/ | Mr. II. L. Wilson, who has beei | con?u'eted with the cheese manufac I luring work in Watauga and adja j cent counties for several years, wil i move to Washington during the earli | part of February to take Up worl | with I he bureau of dairying, U. S j department of agriculture. During Mr. Wilson's stay at Boone he hai made many friends who regret thai j lie is to leave this field. lie is bettei known as "Cheese" Wilson, whiel name implies that he has not onlj nude friends, but has been an effi cient promoter of the cheese indus cry hereabouts. The dairy industry in Watauga is making substantial growth. More milk is being received at the factories this winter than during former win tors. The possibilities for the indus .... u: : -i - u> in lius aujiieuiii counties arc unlimited and it is predicted that in the course of time the mountain counties of North Carolina wili he producing sufficient cheese to supply the demands of the state. In the future the cheese factories will be assisted in their manufacturing problems, vand the farmers in their production problems bv F. R Faraham and W 1,. Clevenger, whe are now mciiibers of of the dairy ex ten: ion shaff of State College, Ra ; leigh. Although Mr. Wilson is leaving the work it will be pushed in tht future as it has been is the past. SPECIALISTS TO OPPEN OFFICES IN BOONI It will lu- of interest to the pcoph ! of the county to know that Drs Speas and Larkin, eye, eat, nose ant I throat specialists of Hickory, have es itarnished offices in Hoone, where thej i will jerve the people of the count;, i one day each week in the future 1 Dr. Speas needs no introduction tt | the people of Watauga, having dora work at his Hickory office for bui | people for the last ten years. Peopk I have gone to him from all parts oJ | the county, and he has given excelien | service. j Dr. l.arkin. whom Dr. Speas has as i seriated with himself, comes highb recommended. He is an ex-servici man, having served as a medical of ficer in the navy for four years dur big the war period. Since that tinn he has served five years in the pub lie health work of this state. He re cently completed an extensive cours< of training in New York Post Grad uate Medical College and Hosptta seiuiee. also Cornell University Pos Graduate School. Drs. Speas and Larkin have takei "offices over the Moretz Furnitur .-tore, where one of them will b< found each Monday. They will b< i ... i ~ j- _ii - ^icjjtticu iw au ?ii operative ana non operatite work in their specialty, in eluding: fitting; glasses and removing tonsil? and adenoids in children am adults. Their office will he equip ped with beds and a nurse will b iii attendance. This arran^emen fills a need that has long: been fei vft Boone, and should prove mutual]; beneficial to all parties concern**!. Best Interests of Northwes CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY Would Extend Boone 8 Trail On To Kentucky ?n Engineer Currier Urge* Vital Interest of States in Opening Route Toward West. :e Thai North Carolina has vitali v interest in the connection of Reutgj] ? GO at Boone, N. C., with the high jj way leading west over the Booj 1 ? Traii by way of Lexiiigion and M d d dlesboro, Ky., is suggested in a. 1 us | ter received by Manager J. H. Rich, J of the Boone Trail Association, from ^ S. C. Currier, state highway engineer. , in charge of work in the ?eventh lL highway district of North Carolina. n says the Twin-City Sentinel. Mr. o :? Rich has just returned from Kc.ii tucky, where he spent some time, ] and where he finds all eyes turned e ; toward a western North Carolina - highwa y connection to the south, e i -ithor than the old route through i- Tennessee. Leading schools and colli leges, civic clubs and chambers of 1 commerce* in the Kentucky cities e' along the route from the west, are i- urging united effort between the two states to acquire connection with i- Route GO of the North Carolina syst toin. ;. i Writing of the matter. Engineer j i- Currier says: "Most important to d North Caiolina and the western? s traffic beyond is the early improvec meat of the connecting link between Boone, N. anil Middieshoro, Ky. When this is accomplished it will enable a vast number of tourists to ^ cross the mountains into North Carolina on their way in all directions." i lie suggests a concerted move on the - part of North Carolinians and Ker? tuekians to raise the harrier, less I than fifteen miius being located in >T the Old North State. Twenty-eight t miles of road construction is all that is needed to open the gateway bey tween North Carolina and Kentucky * for travel southeast, from Detroit and t other points in the west. r Mr. Currier, discussing r.he voute * declares it "most historic and t'he h; roadside holds an additional charm " for .travel ers as he see.- visibie marie frigs of the Boone pioneers who? 1 tracked their way over the Ailegrha5 nies 175 years ago. ' Route t?0 is known as the Boone ' ; Trail highway The improvement of ' ' the stretch of highway referred to 1 above, will open the entire distance 5 ! covered by Col. Richard Henderson's ' 1 backwoodsmen, led by Daniel Boone 4 1 in their march across the country as, ' ! pioneer rail blazers. DURABILITY AND LOW UP KEEP OF CHEVROLET CARS Driving a Chevrolet ear daily in the 1 rough, hilly districts of Missnuvi for a tola! repair cost of for 20,- 1 000 miles of driving over a period of 1 six: years is tlie record attained by : Mrs. OTen Gentry. of Mill Grove, Mo. ] The sturdy endurance of vho Chevrolet never was attested better-' than through ii; populority among those; who Hve in che mountainous lo* cations, according to Mis. Gentry. lr. August, 1920, Mrs Gentry purchased a Chevrolet louring car and :n ' btcember of i92f?. the ownei figured that it was about time to buy n new model. "Although my old car is still ' giving excellent service, 1 expect to ' turn it in soon on a new 1927 Ghevro- ; let coupe," Mrs Gentry said. * The old ear which she is now driv- ! * ing was purchased only afle: an ear-! 1 iier model Chevrolet had given her " steady service from 1.0-16 to 1920.! ' Rough, rocky roads feature the mount:in country and only cars with pow- j erful motors, combined with staunch ) construction, are able to withstand j ' the terrific grind of daily use, the i owner says. _ i i WILL PROTECT BRITISH INTERESTS IN CHINA ^ London. Jan 25?The most for-j midable array of British fighting; j ships brought together outside of k: uuiik; waters since me great war is: assembling at the China station to! back up the policy of the . British government in protecting life and property in China. The combined army and naval forces which will soon be on hand for armed service in China in the event of an emergency approximating 19,0.0ft to 21,000. E; " i Delivery Colo-, -Ian. 24.?Ruling! hi- rc-t-lecuon in 1.024 illegal, the \ c* Colorado Supreme court today or-; uered Ben B. Lindsay ousted as! * judge of the Denver juvenile court, ^ ? \yhe:v be. lias served a quarter 01 a ; cexitury. ? nwtgHw!?> )CRA' t North Carolina. 27, 1927 FATHER OF REV. WOOSLF.Y j PASSES AT GREENSBORO Rev ^ v. Wooeley Died Frid?f FoS1 *?,.<? Brief Illness; Was Minister M. E. Church for 44 Years ? w- of the death of Rev. John A. j|p;^?'sJey. of Greensboro, father of: r v.'.'' v. JV1. B. Woosley of Boone, was re- ' Reived here Friday, the venerable; * j.'nitjistei having died early Friday j morning He was in hjjs 70th yoarjf and was pastor of Bethel and Grace' 1 churches in Greensboro. Death foi- r lowed a brief illness with pneumonia. ; i Rev. M. 11. Woo.- 'ey wa- at the bed- j r side of his fr.th( r when the end came. . The minister's death was a?-, un usual one. . ays the Greensboro News ; t of Saturday. Noted throughout his career as a great lover of singing, he j i died while the words of hymns old in j n the Methodist church came fiom his; r lips. From 1 o'clock until the hour i of his death yesterday morning he f sang almost constantly those hymns j 1 that had been a stay and comfort to : him during the active years of his v life. It was devotion to duty, probably, i t that caused the minister to be taken j s with his fatal illness. On January | s 13, a week and a day before he died, against the advice of physicians and ; the members of his family, he went to [ ?; the miwimiiptr I... ? 1 ii.-n.uu: 'UIIUUCl-W ill West Market Street Methodi i Episcopal church, believing it would bo of j benefit to himself and his char;r o hear the discussion. He contrac e.i pneumonia as a result, close friends saiil yesterday. He had always ex-1 pressed a desire to "die in the bar- j ness," these friends add, and that was the way he met death. He was bovn on dune Id, 1857, in j Arcadia township of Lexington county. When i?> years old he was con- \ verted at old Mount Olive church, j K Davidson county, leading his father to the altar at the same time, both i professing a faith they retained, and j K helped spread during the remainder; ot their lives. j !> He joined the North Carolina Con- j cl icreiu-< of the Methodist Episcopal I It church at the session held at States-! viilfe in the fall of 188 ' and had en-j It rered on his 11th year of ministerial j n< abors when stricken. During his d< ong term of service lie had served M nany congregations and had been in- , K ;trumental in causing hundreds of j in k.-i sons to join the- church. He was H i tireless worker, and a very cnor- ' W 'Otic one?a firm believer ir. the , !aith. ' cl Six children, three boys and throe ( \V tirls. surv-ve. They are: O. V.; gi IVoosiev. of I .e vmnrron tf?irAw.?T....J lent of Sunday schools of the West-jr. t M il North Carolina conference; Mrs.jUi \. M. Wajronor, of Walkeriown,: i-ov^yth county; Mrs. C. M. Webber, j in Unnvilie, Va.; Prof. John B. Woos- tii ey, meniher of the faculty of the j lo LInlversity of North Carolina; Rev. j fi \I. B. Woosley, pastor of the M. R. j ti lunvh at Boone, an(l Mrs. W. B. j s* Mai-, of Bf^h Point. !:t The funeral service was conducted b; it Mount Olive church Saturday aft- cf ?rnoon ut -1 o'clock. Interment, was SMALL SCHOOL RAPIDLY T passing in Carolina a lc The "little red schoolhouse" is rapidly disappearing; from North f, Carolina. "State School Facsi" published by \ 4the department of public instruction i announces that one-tcaoher schools j cr for white pupiis in North Carolina! numbered 1,822. The state had | d 5.'41 1 in 1001. One-teacher schools j for colored pupils decreased from J 2,-118 to 1.188 between lt>0i and 1W26. a! The cost of instruction in white f< schools of the rural elementary type tl was 12.0 cents per pupil enrolled in P 1026 and 17.1 cents per pupil in average dail.? attendance. The cost | si ranged from 22.a cents a day for h; ' ach child enrolled in Alexander "f< unty to 8.7 cents daily In Haywood county: The reason for the wide differ- ? ences in the costs. State School Facts st explained, was accounted for in thru Alexander county had 11.8 pupils ptfc*?r?rli*?cr lW ' J .-v.-.-t, .x-. v??,n (.cqviivi vuipioyeu, '' whereas Haywood county had 43.0 h pupils per teacher. cj DR. NORRIS ACQUITTED sv Ansr.ii', Texas. Jan 2 .? Dr. J.i Frank N orris. fundproemaMirt Baptist. j pastor of Fort Worth, tonight was i'< aci|iiitveii of the murder of Dexter Ef. m" Chipps, lumberman, whom the minis- a tor killed in his church office last c July 17- j fi FIVE CENTS A COPY Not the Only One By a Long Shot Senator McNeil One ol Many Democrats Elected From This District in Past Quarter Century The following paragraph appeared ;.n a recent issue of the Kaleijrh "Jews and Observer: "Senator P. T. McNeill, who hails rom the same county that produced ram Bowie, is the f:ist Democrat to e present his district ir> the senate n .several years. The Ashe soion got iprht clown to business a ' w days lifter the senate convened and offerd the first Australian ha'lot bill ?>i he i)resent Siisv^ " The "Old Reliable** should refresh ts memory a bit. Senator McNeill is ?ne of nine Democrats who have, en resented rhe district in he Upper .ranch of the general assembly in the iast twenty-six years. Dr itchihson >:: ng been the las: R? pvblcan to cpre.'ent the district, he being eiectd ir: 1920. Following is a list of senators and heir political affiliation who have elived in the senate from this district incc 15)00: 1900?L. II. Michael, Republican. 1001! li. M. Wellborn. Republia 11. 1901?S. A. Taylor. Republican. 1 9(56?E. F. Loyill. Democrat. 11'OS?R. I.. Doughton, Democrat. Ill 10?J. M. Wagner, Republican. 1012?-E?. S. Coffey, Democrat. 191*1?R. 1 Hallou, Democrat. 191G?Eugene '1 raiisou. Democrat. 1918?-E. F. Lvivill, Dt mocrat. 1920 -Dr. Robertson. Republican. 1922- Allen Jones, Democrat. 1924?John E. Brown, Democrat*. 1920-1*. T. McNeili, Democrat. ENNIH WAGNER SPENDS TIME ANSWERING LETTERS ingsport (Tenn.) Times. A well ma<le, blue suit of clothing, (paring the- mark, "Wagner." was .caned by a local dry cleaning estubsh.mcai a few days ago. It belonged to Kentiic Wagner, noirious desperado and killer, who is :>w serving life sentence *for his cds on a prison farm nern Jackson, i.-s l he suit was the same which innie. wore during his la men- trials Leaksesville and Meridian Miss< v had sent it to his broihev, kelsey 'ugncr* who lives Here. By having tho nifty blue suit eancl it is presumed that the great, r.gner intends sprucing pp a bit* ving more truth to the statement at he has become a much sought 'tor man by feminine admirers ;>or?ghout the county. Recent reports from Jackson r.ie to .< effect that Wagner spends praceally all his spare, time answering ye notes which he receives daily oin var'ous women admirers- Atari eel by his daring and his hand?me features* what flapper could ?&ist the !(*mptation to be honored i,- a letter from so welt known a .article r: Also from Jackson comes word that ie Tennessee gunman is proving a [ipular prisoner ar.d a model one, he thought of a life time sentence sesn'i seem to worry him in the ast. (Editor's Note?Wagner was decoded by a former Watauga boy, ttofney Frank Hayes, of Kingsport, enir-, and it is said that through rong legal defense, Kennie was ived from the gallows.) ORM1TORV Af PLUMTREE SCHOOL DESTROYED BY FIRE Plum tree, Jan. 22.?With praeticit.. .11 . l .1. .l: 1 i --r is* .xii iiivii CIOIII.-II^ ami personal ciH*ts destroyed in the burning; of the iree-stcry dormitory building of the fumtree School for Boys; sixty boys, udents of the school nre tonight eeping on the floor of the dining nil and crowding into the class )oms. Fire starting from a spark from the mvace in the dormitory and ignitig the shingle roof, completely deroyed the building at 2 o'clock this fternoon. The building'was a frame rr.cture with 64 rooms, and was i? Iftio. r.t tg-s in which the school has been mducted. Total loss is estimated at $25,000 ith only about $7,000 insurance. Washington, Jan. 24.?The senate ulay rejected the nomination of Cyjs E. Woods, of Pennsylvania, to be member of the interstate commerce tmrni slon, after a bitter three days' ighfc carried on behind Closed doors. ' i ....... a-.i