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V |||| VOLUME XXXYTil, NO. iO Happenings In and About Blowing Rocl Sr.tcreatiog New* of Pa*t W?c Fiotn Famou* Resort Town Blowing Rock, March 23.?.-Wha might have been a diaaftwuK fir was prevented by the timely arrive and rapid work of Blow bur Rock' new firp truck last Tuesday nigh with the large barn in the ro.ir .? Hoishouser's store caught fire an* threatened th - store, the Holsbouse remade nee. the- Romy Rupert hous L and a frame store building across th rj alley from the store. When Chief <?f Police Gene Stor; turned in the alarm, the truck re sponded with Engineer Rob Green* at the wheel. Under the direction o Fire Chief J. A Panella, tw< streams of water were soon playin; on the flames, which were confinec to one section of the bam. Tw< horses and a cow in the barn were saved. Rupert's house, which wa: ten i?-ci irom the barn, was sliggtlj damaged. Mr. Holshpuscr said it would b( difficult to estimate the toss, as th< nam was an old building, and the in urance covered both the barn am; lore. Dona id J. Bovden. who has leasee May view Manor for the season, saic last week while he was here that, although he will f*iye his personal attention t'o the Manor, he wants it distinctly understood that he has not a vert <1 his connection with the Blow ing Rock Hotel. "Mr Moore will be in direct Jfr charge of Blowing Rock Hotel/' Mr. Boyde-ii said. "but he will be under my sopervision." _ In regard to May view Manor, Mr. Boyden said that the rates will bo lowi-red some, hut not materially, and that he will give his particular attention to the service and the kitchen. Blowing Rock Hotel is to be irnprov? d by the installation of more n rooms aim (iipjt mouern nx1111 i'F and conveniences. The cottager httnehed t<> the hotel will he improved with fireplaces in all rooms i hut do not already have them. Work has been started on the new SSMl.OOO summer home of Mrs. Elliott Heed, of Savannah. Ga. The house being built on an eminence to the sooth of May view Manor, where it will command a view of the gorge 0f Grandfather mountain. J. Lee Hayes, the contractor, says the house will be fnished by the lime Mrs. Reed tomes here for the summer. It will 1m of bark finish and will be built kn the distinctive mountain chalet riylc. Other building; improvements announced by Mr. Hayes are: The addition of a s eond story to tfce iimmor home' of Mrs. C- M- Car?-?f Ohiielotio This home is in (irl'Kn Park, The erection in Green Park of a r.ew summer homo of Rev. Mr. Bowju\ ti; High Point. An addition to the summer home of T. Ci Cox of Wadesboro. Rfemodolit^: and enlarging at a cost of $7,000 the summer home hi Green Park of I). J. Craig-, of StatesVille. Repairs and additions to tho houses of Tom Shelton and Henry Duff, both of Charlotte. These houses are on Blowing Rock Hill. Recovering of the house of Miss Clara Knox, daughter of the late J. M K nox, of Salisbury. Mr. Hayes has recently returned from Lenoir, where ho. buiit a fine flummor home for himself and his family. r The brilliant sunshine and early * 'summer temperatures of last week brought out road machinery and crews, which worked over the side streets of Blowing Rock. Mayor George Suddeith says the plan is to take -advantage of every period of dry weather to improve the streets gradually, so that they will be in the best of condition by the time the first summer ( i?_rists arrive. Heretofore the work has been begun too late, and early tourists found the street; in bad condition. The sod on the new Green Pari golf course is being rolled in prepa ration for sowing creeping bent ant red top clover over the entire course The excavation for the new thir tec-nth green has been practical!: completed; moreover; the laurel an< ihododendrcr. thicket has been clear ed for the extension at the twelftl fairway. The biggest part ot thi k. ^ATA A Non-Partisan b BOO. MURDERED" GIRL COMES TO LIFE IN KENTUCKY it j WilJ;amsburg, Ky., M:ucii Id.?A k woinno bcornud, a girt dissatisfied i ll home and a tight-mouth tnounj taineoc formed the "eternal triangle" jih n case which resulted hi the it. mountaineer being sentenced te life ej imprisonment for "murder" that was d| neyc r committed. s- Two of the three principals today t; disclosed the circumstances under f which Mary Yickery, 10 years old, 1 ; some bones were found r lute ir, an abandoned mine shaft, e; and a woman's rcvengi sent Conley ef Oabney; 33, to the Frankfort r eioriniVdry under life sentence. The third, . Marie Jackson, l'7. was in jail as a -1 sequel. e Mary Vickery appeared at her for? mer home her- today afUi being > missing and believed dead since Aur gust, 1925, and broke a silence that i has kept Dabney in prison for more > I than a year. i;: "1 disappeared from home because 5 I was not happy with the home tife r j with rny fathei and step-mother" sh said. T had Conley Dabnt v take i! me in an automobile to a fcouniry i railroad station. He left me there and 1 drove away. 1 took the train I to Cincinnati, where I worked in a woolen mill. 'I krto-U U-: ? uuuul/ IMWIII'V I charged with killing me, but 1 didn't i want to bo taken back home, so T kept silent and did not reveal that I : was still alive. I stood it as long: as I could and then decided to make it | known that 1 was alive, so Dabncy : could he set free. I <1 id n't want to go home, so 1 came to Williamsburg . where I formerly lived.'' From his prison cell in the re forma tory Dabnoy told his story, lie did not seem surprised when In- was told that his "victim" was alive. The j prisoner attributed his predicament to a chance acquaintance with Marie j Jack .-on, chief prosecution witness; against him at his trial. II said he] 1 was driving a taxicah in Harlan. Ky., and his wife ami family were in Coal ! Creek. Term. He had Several "dates" j with the -Jackson woman, he said. j "Marie Jackson swore against me j I because I would not leave my wife | and go with her." he declared, as he ! recited the story of the girl's disappearance. his arrest and conviction. LIVINGSTON CLUB The Livingston Club! held its rcrgu- j Inr meeting on Monday MfternooiliM with Miss Louise Critcher. The fol-? lowing prog rani was rendered: Song, by society. Devotional reading, Mrs. H. G. Farthing and Miss Aiice Couneill. Poem, The Kneeling Camel," Miss Dorothy Grngg. Prayer, led by Mrs. F. A. l.inr.ey. j .):\pauesc Wi;ys. Mi>s Elizabeth j Moore. Several matters oi business busi-j tiiss wore transacted and Mrs. II. G. j Farthing was elected as delegate to j represent the society at the annual' met ting at Greensboro, j Alitor the benediction, the hostess;, assisted by Miss Council!, served refreshments. The next meeting will he held in April with Miss Louise Hedges. SINCLAIR MOVES FOR NEW TRIAL ?. ? I Washington, March 21.-?Harry F. I Sinclair. millionaire oil man. convict: ed la^t week for contempt of the senate, because of refusin to answer oil '] inVeslig&ng committee quest ions in 11124, filed today in the District supreme court a motion for a new trial. He cited twenty alleged grounds for granting the trial. SPRING MADE ITS OFFICIAL BOW MONDAY Spring officially arrived at 9:59 'Monday morning. The vernal equinox?the sun's crossing the equator . j or. its northward journey??however, ; found winter still lingering in many { sections of the land. ; task is finished. but the stumps are vet to he pulled, the ground is to be ? plowed and rolled and' the grass i- to be planted. Miss Louise isenhour, who is a j student at the Appalachian State; Normal School in Boone; spent thei 1 last week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Titon Isenhour. .1 A_ PniiinHs msiHp :i Jincindoc t*-in f to SlatvsviJIe last- week. > If. C. Martin has re-opened his - storo on Main street and is making preparations for the opening of the 51 Martin cottage early in April. lewspaper, Devoted to the i ?~ WE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C. 1AI! Counties Must Have Accountant Official Must Be in Offae By April I; Dr. Brook* Scad* Out Letter of ExpUrnHtion i ' ?: The attention of the cooimussiynors of Watauga county is called to the; fact that under the county reform; a<passed by the 1927 geniBfal as*. senddv, and espocia)l> under the fis-j: cal affairs act, al! counties are required to appoint a county accountant on or before April 1. in* a leteir sent out today to all the county commissioner- of the 100 counties in the state by Dr. K. C. Brooks, cfiair| man of the county government advisj ory commission. In addition to call-; i injr the attention of the commissioni ers to the five acts relating to county ; ; affairs, the following five points arc pointed out in the fiscal affairs act: ! 1. That a county accountant- must be appointed on or before the first: Monday in April. 2. That aii estimate of the needs j >?f each department in the county forj ! IK ii'_Tt fiscal year niUsi be made up on pi* bt J ore -1 une 1. 3. That a budget estimate for the . entire county mus, be prepared on c.r' before the first Monday in July, at j which time all sheriffs or tax colkc-j t'j|rs are required to settle with the ( county commissioners. 4. That, the budget must he adopt-] i cd hy the fourth Monday in July and ! that thereafter all expenditures must j he made in.accordance with the budIget provisions. o. That taxes sufficient to produce the amount of revenue necessary to meet the budget needs must be ! levied by the fist Wednesday after ' the third Monday in August. Within the next few weeks, the commission on county government; will employ several trained export-, j who will he sent to the carious coun-j ties on request, to help them pre- j pare their budget estimates, and get the new machinery in ope ration, the I ; letter states. Within a short time a ; ! digest of all the count;, acts will he j prepared and distributed to the coun- j i ty commissioners, for their conI yenience and instruction. I lr? calling attention to the fact tlia tthe naming of a county accounts j ant is the first stop under the new' law, it is further pointed out that he j 1 shall he "experienced in modern i ( methods of accounting." In those-; , counties having auditors, the auditor automatically becomes the county ac-j-1 couiitant. In counties where there is i \ no auditor, however, as in the case { of Watauga, it "is mandatory that uu arc.mutant he selected hy th< cum- . iriissi oners. It is permissible for the J ^ .county comtnissioners to select either! t the register ?>f deeds qr one of their j ^ own members as the county account; , ant, provided he can meet with the v necessary qualifications. = Before the iVrst of May the coun- v ty govern irieni comhursiqii will sup- t ply the necessary blanks to al! couii- v ty commissioners on which the hudget may he rnadq out, and will later assist in other ways t.o bring about a ] ^ uniform system of bookkeeping. ic The conimissioners are expressly i j asked at this time not to introduce j f any new system of bookkeeping or I ^ to start a new set of books: until the j r new laws are studied carefully and i * until aftpr the- budget for the next j M fiscal year has been made out. Then it will be possible to take up the t matter of new bookkeeping systems, r and the advisory commission will as ^ sist in -every way possible in the in- fl stallation of new systems, the letter j states. ^ ROM1NGER HAPPENINGS ^ Rominger, March 2S?Kvery farm- ^ er in this section is very busy now plowing. The continued wet weather r put them somewhat behind with the ] ' larm work. M. C. Rominger and B:rt Harmon, j ^ who have been at work in Feiinsyl-j' vania, have returned to their homos| here. II T I Charles Mnst, son oi John Mast, ? and Miss Bratiiii Presnell, daughter of % N. V. Piesneii, were married recent ly. R. M: Ward, justice of the peace, | officiating. ^ I Cirville Ward and Miss Dare Pres| nell went to Banner Elk a few days j ago. Miss Presnela taking up work at the Orace ho spital. I j .). B. Ward and Miss Mary Ward ! were united in marriage a few days j s ago, jxvtv. rresneu performing the J, j ceremony. M. P. Trivett made a business trip tc Elk Park and Keaton last Saturday. 1^35 . DEM< Best Interests of Northw* AROJ.,JNA. THUKSDAV. MARCH 2 SHANGHAI NOW IN THE HANDS Or N ATSONALISTS Shanghai;* China* March JI.-?The native city of Shanghai. China's greatest port and t important. Irate center, which ? into the hands of the Nationalist, <>-- s morning. was seething tonight ? n bitter s reel fights and tor-be A riots. Sitting on the lid of the ng cauldron and guarding the v jUO inhabitants of the internal* settlement. were 15,000 forei' Protective forces', including l.rA nited States ntarir.es, backed by the big guns of the large international fleet in the Whangpoo river. Several times today the foreign settlement felt reverberations of the [eluto.- reigning in the native city, but tonight it was very ouiet with its resident? obeying the warning to reis:::n indoors. v ''' ' - " '^ The- situation, created by the precipitate retreat of the Northern troops and the advance of the Southerners. was om of :-.e greatest gravity for the foreign population and its dt : rid rs. With a general strike effective ami the streets filled with irucu/cnt natives, the position of the interna: local settlement was fraught with danger! The advance guard of the nationalists. consisting of plain clothes forced wim invaded the native city this morning, were fought by the retreating Shangtungese and white Russians and a reign of terror began which, continued tonight The north* rncrs and the piain cipthesmen fought fiercely ahd many casualties wore reported. Several great fires started during the struggle. Tonight the Irtets of the entire fore'gh settlement were guarded by troops ot the many nationalists. Shops unci bouses weie closed, and only a few people were on the streetsGvneral Ho Ving Yin. eomnrandrir i.i the? Nationalist troops tsv the province of Chekiang. who achieved one at tin Cantonese chief ambitions :n the capture of the great city, stiH iva resting on the outskirts tonight; and was exppetjPjd to enter Shanghai I ...c~ ? ' ? *- ' VT . bVUKHKHV, IIVUUUW Hll? Ural iXiJUIlIlilisV division. THE WORTH WHILE CLUB On Friday* the eighteenth. the IVorth While Club met at the hbnio ?f Mrs- J. Frank Moore with Mrs. dodre and M'--. Chins. Stevenson oint hostesses. The rooms were seautifnl with decorations of spring uwi-i-s. a pretty hackground, for the ?rray of cotton dro.-xes. For it was 'Cotton Day'* with the Worth \yhjle 'hib, and quite a variety of cotton rocks were on hand. Tins affair vas part of a state-wide iviovo.nu-i.r o increase the. use fo cotton goodsin woman's wardrobe. The ':de:*. often nggested ' \ the cotton grow* rs, that Pftmnn 1'iir. lhrtt !tt w<*ll I..-. ro astvvfuUy dressed in eouoh as silk, va* certainly.stv'.-?)gther.ed by this X 1: i h! t . -Judges for the occasion wer iIVsros I - 1 y Dale and Annie Dougi>r; y. of the A; S. I\. S., and Mr J. Letter. Prite winners were Mrs. rfcarles Stevenson first, with Mrs. a' I Winkler second. Prizes, toe, i'fleeted the cotton idea, the first Long a handsome pair of pillow cases rid second a towel set. The progr: m for the day was on he subject of Ireland and St. Paiick. Mrs. J. A. Williams gave a rief sketch of the life and works f St . Patrick, a poem about St.: Patrick's birthday was ready by Mrs. V*. G. Hartr.og. with two welbrenered solos by ?<rliss Margaret Levin.; Ifter these the hostesses, assisted by; lisses Lino Turner served a <ffleotb'le two-course luncheon, in which he color scheme of green and white i as well carried out. The dominant interest centered in he cotton dresses, of which there was rreat variety. There were dresses of dmost every type, from the simple iouse dress to the more formal type ijit.'llih- I'fir *-hviv?di ' ? nftc^v.ftr.r. J r<car. "King Cotton" himself would } iave been delighted at the varied i l-ses to which the white staple was j nit. In some of the dresses, only; i clos ?observer would have detected he substitution for silk or georgette;. >ome of the street dresses might easily have been taken foe foulard. The whole exhibition seemed to prove that if no other material were available, we could all still be weil Pressed in cotton. No doubt the movement will result in a greater and more widespread jjfjf of cotton as a material for the art of the modiste. 3CRA ;st North Carolina. I, 1927 PROVISIONS OF THE BILL AS PASSED BY C + DEVELOPMENT OK THE l< SHATEEY RADIUM SPRINOS Work vvaj. begun this v. eck by a firm of VVi'^L Jefferson confractovs; on an improved road from State ! Highway i> to Shatley Springs, which ^ will soon be developed into one of the leading watering places of Ames icji hy the exper-di'tnre of ?1.000.000. | Wdhh: the next two weeks, according to T. T. Cote, \4ce-p residentj and genera', mWt%?r of the Radium J Springs Corporation, work will le aried or. ?t'v, rai cottages to house]^ 1 hovt* v. bo arc coming to the - prings. j 1 of ore the new buddings can be com-1 ; dieted. la addition, a largv? tern-j j horary building. divided itjte wards. j II be constructed To take care of j tin overflow patients until the per-]* tnariem buildings are finished. The contract has already been let to a North Wilkesboro firm for the first permanent building, which will combine the aspects cf hotel, sard-1 avium arid club house- This build- , ' ing will Uo so constructed that it dan ? ' -' > UB ?>o '-oiivcruM ior us?t:- solely as u clod 1-ouFf when the ritr.v 150-rootti hotel aii'd fVu permanent sanitarium are ; rem pie.. d. The.-c iwrfiisMit fcuiUUfigs will be started. Mr. Cole said, jon as the , Niirvevinjr and landscaping ' com- ' 1 pitted. j * I:i addition. f? .swings thorns* lvc.i will be enclosed with masonry and 1 covered with a canopy* ail of native * stone work. On each side of the spring and inside the stone pillars f will be a solarium for patients. .Mr. Cole denied the report that the j water loses any of its healing proper-; : . when ii is shipped. He. quoted chemist who analysed the water p %y. saving that the vv at or; when it |1 arrives in Now York and other dis- j ' lant phizes, has nil the. healing pew- ; ' ers that ii d<us when ii leaves the ' EfUillg. Your correspondent, on a visit to j Ashe euunty found the people there : 1 ery enthusiastic about lie.- developm; o!- All ot them apparently hi i U'/ve this to be the ftruatesr-t tiling ' .that bus over happened for Ashe i' j county. anal they arc looking: forward , 1 I to a period'of rapid expansion. its. the! :.j)!-in?s bring; outIde capital into the 1j ; county. Neatly ail. of the leading j , ;ciVi>-'vKs 6'f the county are heartily j 1 behind the development, mazy;; of 1 them to the extent of taking large blocks Of std.Jv in I he- ?*o;?ip:i5-' y. VALLE CRUCIS NEWS Valle Chids, 23.?Miss j <4 Minn Shull spent'the week-end ;,afc'.j'tj home wit hh r arents, Mix and Mrs, j ^ j; M. ShuU :s Mr. and Mrs. I). VVy 1 a>wra uoo have _ ri our sympathy in the loss ot their in j g fant daughter, aged about ten days- r who \vns buried on Clark":-". Creek on - Sunday. Miss Susie Taylor and the K.ov. J. T. Burke wade a trip I-? Mmyanieri ^ gist Thutsday on business for Holv n Cross cbtivch. Mrs!. V\. D Ciark and son, W. D.j e Clark, are visiting her parents, Mr n .... I . W7 .1! VI * *" \\ Ml&i Nannie Taylor returned to ;, Charlotte: -or. Sunday, after a week t| with her parents?, Mr. ahd.Mi-o. ' l>. . Taylor. | f Miss Mollie Towmwnd, who has' spent the winter studying in New o Ybik, is at home for a few months, J before returning to her mission work in China. | a James Taylor, student at State} ,x College. Raleigh, spent last week at]^ home. | ^ Mr. and Mis. P. G. Spainhour ited Mrs. N. L. Mast at Grace Hos-.j ^ pitai recently, and report that she is j ^ improving slowly. ! p T. 1>. Hefffiier has returned from j (1 the University where gg has been ] vstudyiug since the first of the year ; ^ A Question in English "Iiow many tenses ate there?1* ,, asked a teacher of a boy. ^ "Seven," replied the lad. ^ "Seven, you say? What are they?"'. ^ "The present, the perfect, the im- j n perfect, the pluperfect., the first fu- c ture. the second future, and the?" r "The what?" "Why that new one, the intense!" r i exclaimed the esthetic youth, trium- , phuritly. I j Modern Conversation "I'm favor of light whines and)' sneers," insinuated the ritzy society) g i!." | i "Not me,"- said her partner, "The!. | wages of gin are death." 3K 3i ' l*8?3i PRICE FIVE CENTS /OLTZ EDUCATION GENERAL ASSEMBLY Creates Equalization Beard and Authorizu Fund of $3,250,000 for P'.irpcic of EqualrnQr Tuxes io Various Counlie? of State 'KOV1DES 40 CENT-TAX LEVY Vith Provision that Only 5 Per Cent Car* B?- Levied for Support of Si* Months School Term, Except for Paying Higher Scale for Teacher* Than State Schedule. Below is the full text of the Wolfcz :uucatioR bill a passed by th< 1927 general assenibly. The iatv provides 'or a tax levy <??' -!0 cents on the si00 variation, .and creiU-- an t*qua; ?.? i- ? ? - ' 1,'utfoi ivjoppsca "J n embers, one of whom is Dr. I>. B. Joujzbt-rfy. of Boone. president of he Appalachian St.: Norrhvil School. The act is as follow Y;i Act to Provide for the Distribjivior. of the Fquaiizir.^ Fund for Certain Counties. Pbe General Assembly "f North i na do enact: StcV'on 1. Thai '.he appropriation nnb- under Tilie IV 5 ' 2 1 of Sec:on i in "An Art to Make Appropria?ions for the Maintenance ot the ''..uInst ctionV, the Via Herds Departments, Boreaus arid Agencies of he State Govr.r-.nient" of the sum of Vh2f)'d,(M)0 far an equally inir fund for he year ending: June 110, 192b and of he sum of $3*250.000 for an equal*z:n?^ fund for the year 1929 shall be listrihuted anions: the varii us counics ??f the state as hereinafter prodded; See. 2. That, a state board of equalization is hereby estalfhlhed, vhich shall be composed of eleven nembt rs, one of whom shall be the residmj! officer of the senate and no member front each eo'njgresvional ls.nlrjct of North Carolina, to be ap/ointed by the governor and confirmed liy the : on.t o V?efore the adjournPetit - f the regular .session of the ......... .-niiimy h>i in- year r.- J V; said member shail s&tve for a period )f four years from the time oi their ippomtuier.t and shall receive as comaensntion therefor the sum of tea iollars per day and expenses * while K-tually enjnpp . upon the business of in4 hoard. Tip Mate hoard of equa: . on shall have the power t? apyoiut an executive secretary and fticfc as.ii-rtanis as they may deem tie?ssary and shall be provided \vilh idequati quarters in (lie de partnerd of revenue. Saul assistant viol employes of .'Slid slate hoard of quaiizat ion shall colle. . ait. organize lata aeiU with the vatui i prpprty* of the s vcral counties of the kite. The - alary of ail pmj)i.,.vcs and ndniben- of the hoard shall paid tit of tlie oquqalizatiori fund upon o.yoisition drawn by : state 1niendont of p?s@|e instruction See. H. The duties of the state eard of ecpiaHkation shall he as folM:' To investigate, study, epmarc and determine the true value of !i property snhjeet to taxation for ach and every e.ounLy in the state, rhieh value, shall he the basis upon r hi eh taxes for the six months school i'TTi SI13UL o,e icjyicd am', collected nhd lie basis upon which the equalizing tmd shall he apportioned. In pcri> ruling this duty the state h ard of qualizaiior. shall have the right to x a mine all records bearing ?vn this jliject in ar.y public office in North arolina> and it shall be the doty of II public officials in the stats and. !! owners of property, both iTu'ividui ana corporate, to co-operate with lid hoard and re give it upon vcuest such information as they may av*. The slate board of cqualizaon shall certify the total value of. II property as by it determined of fich ar.d evf*vv fni;nrv in f!i/, - " * ^ w"^ yw.M.M.aroner oi revenue, to the state super*? ndeiit of public instruction, to te si ate auditor and to the board of ounty com in issioners and the county oard of education of each county ot later that* June first of each year, egiiming with Juno \ 102S. Said oard snail also have authority to lake such rales and regulations coneming the time and place of its neetings as it may determine and the ight to conduct such hearings as it nay deem necessary in the performmce of its duties, and for that purvose may issue subpoenas under the. land of its chairman 01* secretary, omueihng the attendance of persons md the production of papers at any iine and place designated by said ?oavd. and shall also have the right (Continued On Page Two) $
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