North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 28 neWofweek i blowing rock C. L. Duta Receive* Summons in! Slander Suit; Many Musician* to J Participate in Fiddlers' Contest; , Week Begins on New School By RUPERT GILLETT Blow;tl}T Rock, Aug. 3.?C. L. j Dulfi of Blowing Kock Monday re-' ceived the summons >n connection , with th. slander suit filed against j him !>y Commodore Burleson of Mor- ! gattloii. V Attached to the summons was the complaint, which traced in detail li-.c '.sUtying of Gladys Kincaid. the pursuit and killing of the negro itroadus Miller, verbatim quotation; of newspaper articles it! which Dula was quoted as having said that the ne-j gro apparently offered ho resistance I whom 1 - ' ' ' ?*. .-jk'i, hiivi vuarges rnai 1 these articles were false and libel-1 on:-. Diiia said he had not had time to consult an attorney and until then he would say nothing. Fined For Drunkenness 7. c. C*oode of Hickory was fined $10 and costs by Mayor George M. Sudde&h on charges of drunkenness and disorder hero Saturday night. Good became pugnacious and. according to Chief of Poiice I. E. Story, was about to start" a fight, j Story arrested hira and found that ( he was in the bellicose state of in- j loxication. Goode made $30 cash) bond and was released to reappear) Sunday morning before the mayor- j Fiddler*' Contest * , - . -i.:-- ft J ji \ n-nst nuriy , aimers atiu seven! * ' bands *.v i 11 participate in the fiddlers' convention being sponsored by the Mowing Rock fire department far Aliens; o (ln<} fi. jl was announced Friday by S. K. Jenkins, who is in charge. Fiddlers who have announced their intention to participate arc Fiddlitt' -John Carson fo Atlanta, Ga., Dnd Vance of Bluff City, Tenn., Amos Ward of Boone, Charles Isaacs of Cove Creek, B. K. Jenkins of Blowing Rock, R, W. Story and Grayson Story; both of Blowing Rock, Berne Cook of Boone, H. Cook of Rucherwood, Miss Mablc- Cook. Miss Boulab Cook, both of Rutheru'ood, | Waller Winters of ltoan Mountain, , Tenn,, Homer Wise of Newiand A. \ R. Gietmc ol" Boone. Filmore Fox of Boone, Will Coo > c: Boone, Clyd; Hodges and Tyr - E'rcd, both of lit. j Vernon. :. Sb niy bands tout will be present | arc Jack Campbell's bund of i'.ir.u-j, vil't, Cook's, hsu'.l of K u their > ' j] Isaacs' string bard of; Cove Greek, I Blowing -Reek stricK oand, East, Boone hand, Happy Valley band and the Greene band at RuonvWorli Begins on School Building | Excavation for the new Blowing! Rock school building Was completi 1 latt Monday and Work on the actual building began Tuesday. The lot formerly occupied by G. M. Sudderth Lumber Company is being cleared. The building which housed the woodworking shop was being demolished Monday. - ~ To Award Golf Trophic. A!) of the cups won in the liandeap tournaments on Green ParkB Norwood golf course during July will be presented to the winners Saturday night in the ballroom of the Green Park hotel, it was said Monday by W. O. Spencer, manager of the hotel. As t'he plans are not yet complete, it has not been decided who will make the presentations. These who will receive cups aie Mi. Alexander of Gastohia, Jack! y ''agr.er of Statesville, Dr. W. \V. Akv irnethy of Charlotte, and S. W. Well. ,or" StnloeWIle: Those who gave U ^ CUPS ;JVC- J- H' of Lenoir. O. ~^V' sPeUfur- manager of the Green Pat ^ Blowing Rock, and Donald l b 'ov,,,-n- manager of Mayview Manor. Dr. W. W. Ah ' .net.hy of Charlotte has offered a siivn.r cup'to the player who makes the best vr'"Eer score during August. The competition is open to everyone. s C Win* Cup for Beit Na Shooting the best net' sc^te yet made in a handicap tournament on Green Park-Norwood golf here this summer, S. W Wellborn of Statfc.sville, Saturday afternoon won the cup donated to the winner by Donald Boyden, manager of Mayview Manor. Mr. Wellbo'm's gross score was 82, minus a handicap of 18, leaving net 64. -Jack Wagner of Statesville, one of the best amateur players in the state, shot the best, gross score of the tour J ATAl A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE For the Protection of :J Calves in Watauga! I Law by Last Legislature For-j bids Slaughler of Calves Under , ^ Six Months of Age The 1112:7 session of the North! Carolina generai assembly, enacted ! the following law relative to the j slaughtering of calves for veal in! Watauga and Alleghany counties: [ . Section ) That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-j j tion to kill. bay. seli or ship, or engage in the business' of killing. buy-. ing. shipping or selling, calves for . veal under the age of six months, either dead or alive in Alleghany and Watauga counties; and it slhtii be un- !' lawful for any person, firm or corporation to transport, ship or cause \ ' to bv carried ;.r..v calves under the r.ge of six inont'lis out of the counties ( of Alleghany end Watauga counties, knowing that said calf or calves arc ^ being shipped or transported for the - r -i .. - - - - > -in tjujrpuse ui smugnLermg cue tame ior; veal; provided, that this act shall not *' apply to male calves killed for home , ! use or hotel use, and used for that ] 'J purpose in said counties. Sec. 2. That any person, firm of corporation violating the provisions' of this act shall be t'tulty of a mis- j ? demeanor and upon conviction, shail ^ be fined not more than SoO or imprisonment not more than thirty days, in the discretion o? the court*. ** I v for each and every offense. Sec. 3. That all lawy and clauses } of laws in conflict with the proyis- . ions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 4. That this act shall he in V ffn-m ?: .>?! iinni* :ifh?r ir<i4 rlaifieation. Ratified, this 7th day of March, ' A D. 1:127. R i nament, 75, but his handicap was t only five, leaving a net of 70 for a second place. R. E. LlalUnget of 1 Hickory came third with gross 78, i c handicap .8, net 70; Mr. Riddle of : Miami and Mr. Strange tied for1 fourth, the former with 90 gross, j handicap 18, net 72, and the latter with 88 gross, 16 handicap, net 72. ( It has been suggested Lhat the f; four, cups so far won in the tourna- g mcnts be presented next Sunday j, night in the lobby of Green i'ark hotel, but definite arrangements for the presentations have not yet j icon made. i Local Talent Play Presented | P After a successful performance at j ';1 limine Frid iv r.ight. the play, "Mis. , 1? mil Mr. IVliy Tickk" was brought to 11 Blowing Rock Saturday nighr and ; P' hown ar the Wonderland theater |/ '! neve. The play sponsored by tee Worth While CUtb of lioone, and the | I1 proceeds wii! be- tisc-d lor the enter-1 <> lair.r.n at fund of the Western North i-R Carolina district meeting of the State Eederatior. of Women's Clubs in, '< Boone this fall. j a Resigns. Postmasternhip j P tii-over C.. Bobbins has resigned as j P postmaster of Blowing Rock, and C.; J B. Prevette, local merchant, has been 1 T appointed in his place. Mr. RoLibins j n resigned because lie wanted to de-|'i vote all of his time to his business? ! h a native plant nursery. He has been I t) postmaster here for the last two; years. j a Piay Given by Camp Gicis j t Miss Mildred Knight of Greens-j p boro, took the leading part in the j tl play. "The Ghost Story," by Booth i" ? - t-t j 5 _ -l-1 _K ~-Tl-' i 1 tario^iaLwa wmcii was jjivcu j-uuio-i r; day night by the giris at Camp Alloh-j!; west-tee. Other members of the east j s were: Arha, a girl of twenty, Mary, g Ellen Watts of Charlotte; other girls J c in the cast were: Alice Warren, Carol j t Wir.chiml and Frances Clifford, a!:: t of Norfolk, Va.; Miss Jane Steel;' Hanna oC Charlotte, Misses Helen' u Butler and Nancy X'orfleet of Nor-'' folk, Va.; Misses Laura Ross, Sarah rl: Parker, Franees Matheson and Anna ' e Robinson, all of Charlotte. t Camp Girls to lout Paper 1 The girls at. Gamp AUuli-wes-tee r will publish a camp paper during i August, it has been announced. The I I paper will be issued weekly. Thejt name of the editor has not yet been J made pubiie. The name of the paper]' will be Alloh-wes-tee Arrow. "The Bachelor's Dream," a farce!1 comedy, was given by the younger; girls at Camp Alloh-wcs-tee at the , regular stunt night this week. Judge T. B. Finley, presiding over I Iredell superior court mis men, sentenced Quince Summers, 55, to life imprisonment for breaking into the home <>?_his son-in-law, A. W. John-! ton, one night during July. UGA wspaper, Devoted to the ? ~ ? : 1 WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C IffiON ASKS ~ $60,000 DAMAGES ? L. Did a. of Blowing Rock, is Dc-1 fendant in Civil Action Growioy; Out of Statements Regarding Slyaing of Negro JI. M. Gra~g of Globe Caldwell ooncy. atjil C. L. Da I a of Blowing; took. sr.' de.fen'iarxts m suits iovj larder i.-: which paper.- were filed at lorgamon last Tuesday with the: lerK of court by Commodore Burle-, Ion. slayer of Broadus Miller, no-! erious negro ouviaw. The actions rew out of newspaper articles pur- ; icrting quote both Gr&gsf a^d ).: a as saying in effect that Burl ? on did r.ot kill the negio a? he iaiined. I Clf'.'i'rfT tt isiia1' J *- 1 - "J trf- *'?*C icjJUl l- X f.i' UiX \ SillU hat he could produce i ficavits to irove that Mii!?r was filed upon' rue asleep and claimed that he did iOl even have a igun. Dula yas luoted as saying that the negro was v dv-ntly shot with hands over head nd apparently off red no resistance "he Globe man's articles appeared tveral weeks aero and Dula's article .as sent out from Blowing Rock reek before last. Both articles were iven conspicuous positions in the lading daily newspapers of the state. After setting forth at length the rounds for the action and quoting crbatim the newspaper report's in uestion the plaintiff goes into furhor detail to show wherein he has ce*\ damaged by the alleged malicious and false statements and asks udgment of each of the defendants 11 the sum of $.30,000, $15,000 as OTnpensatory and general damages nd S 15,000 as punitive damages, touting $00,000, and the payment by lie defendants of ail costs in the ction. . ? ^ -.RAGC OFFERS APQLOGIES TO COMMODORE BURLESON The Lenoir News-Topic of Tuesay carried the following statement j rom u. w. Uragg', of W.'ubc, in re-1 ard to the slaying of Broadus Mil:i\ notorious slayer of Gladys Kinaid of Morganlon, by Commodore urleson: : "The statements in the neWspa-1 ers regarding: the killing of fhe butiw, Bruauue Aliiler, by Commodore urieson, credited to me. were not. ade by me, but were made by a irtv of seven men who aided in the ia.-.e of the outlaw. "On my way to I.tnoii one day a w weeks ago 1 w as Stopped by on. f toe men in the party of seven, iven tlie state ment iat'er published nceiniau1 the killing, and asked to' e the newspaper correspondent and ek him to put the article in the paem for these men. The niticle was ub'ished in the Winston-Salem, ournai and was copied in the N'ew.-.-! opir, together with a written state? lent liy these Globe men. I handed i the clipping from the Winston-Sa -! mi Journal and told the editor what m men told me to do. I l 1...U a. ? > rr..:.. i a uavi ?i\j nitcicoi ill iiic i' ii.in ill ny way; was not able anil did not ike any part iii the chase as so many eople seem to think. It appears that icre were two Graggs from Watauga . t the chase, but none from Globe hat 1 know anything about. Ccrtainnot myself. I was sick when 1 first aw the news story and could not :o to town until now to make any, orveclion. I could not even get to he Globe postoffice for a week or en days to get a registered letter onrerning the matter, or the statenenl would have been correct.'d note promptly. The whole affair in; worried me very much as I wantid to correct the statement sooner id let th people know that I knew lotbing at all about the manner in vhich Mr. Burleson killed the negro mtlaw. It made no difference to me tow he was killed just so he was -1 ! L i?H . If I have innocently been the rause of any reflection on Mr. Bnrle;on's character or integrity I hereby iffer n:\ apologies." SON OF I.ATE PRESIDENT RUTHEKORD HAYES DIES Ashe Wile, July 31.?Rutherford P Hayes, for many years a resident oi Asheville, died in Clearwater, Fin., at noon today, according to word re ceired here. Mr. Hayes, who wai the son of former President Ruther ford B. Hayes, Was well known ii North Carolina. DEM< Best Interests of Norrawp CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AU||jjjp 4 jOld Veteran Reca?&F Capture of Pi^piaent Survivor of Michigan Recounts Capture of rson Davis ' Gva? ; Rapid;*, Mich.. July h .--i Bom y A. Mosher, the Jas-t man to 1'be accepted lor Company Itl Michiirnt. cavalry, when that j was recruited at Pon'iac in lSQji; was ameng the captors of .] :"tV--r Dav is. j He lays no claim to heir.g" the last sut vivor of the outfit Vo which fell ! the honor, but he does utter a protest at the word that came t?- the Michigan soldiers' home, where he resides* that Henry W. Miller, Greensb Ind . "the last survivor of Company I D, -1th Michigan cayalry." had died. "Last siirviyory arc Lobbing up all the lime." he said. *1 don't know, ! how many ar left, bui I have the papers to prove 1 was with the 4th j ; cavairy." | Here's Mother's own story of the capture of President Davis: "On Sunday night.' shortly; afterj j taps had sounded and our men had , roiled up in their blanket?, the bugler .blew officers* call and then to arms' and boots and soldiers followed. The ( astonished cavalrymen crawled out of ; the blankets and started out know, ing of their destination. Finally, at | the end of a long: march they round themselves at a plantation house and j paused, the officers apparently in i some perplexity regarding which road, ( to follow. "Several of the inch spied a sivn ke h< and prepared to force entry. |:X"p went a window in ;he big house .-? a .shrill feminine voice cried, j 4DopT you know better than to steal chickens and meat? I'll report you to : headquarters if you don't go right j away ' ? - ? ? > | "The woman had apparently mistaken out men for soldiers of her .own army and the fact that a head -1 ; quarters was near t?.- report to was I interesting news for 'he Union sol; diers. The map made no move away j from the smoke house and she sent out a negro servant to protest her | stores. "As soon a? he appeared, the col- J 1 onel of the regiment walked up to ' him anil ordered him to lead l"r~ party at once to headquarters, with j the promise of being shot if lie re ! fused to do so. "Quickly the Yankees were taken to a little camp with a few wagons around and Jefferson Davis was seized with no fighting at all. He wore a long overcoat, fashionable in Civil war days, and the long gar-' mom, flapping at his heels, gave vise1 to ihe story that he was disguised in women's clothes at the Cine of his capture." j Mother was discha-gid ar XushVi"e. He was I" years old when he enlisted, hut lie managed to become accepted for service by sweeping he was IS years old. THREE HELD FOR GIVING LIQUOR TO TWO MINORS Ed Pitts, Agnes Hartley and Will | Oxentine were fried before Justice J Hnhn here Saturday and bound over to superior court under bonds of; of $500 each, on a charge of giving liquor us minors. The defendants! maintained that the beverage given j to two boys, aged 11 and 13, at the' home of Pitts, was nothing but rea. j The parents of the boys, however, j maintained that liquor had been add-! : cd. The boys thought the tea con-1 ! tained liquor and others at the Pitt's j home at the time said that the tea had been ".-piked." Anyway, Justice Hahn thought thr. evidence justified holding the defendants for tlie higher court. Each gave : bond. K.U KLUX OF CAROLINA TO FIGHT GOV SMITH Announcement is made of the union of the two branches of the Ku ; Klux Kian in Charlotte, the main object of the unison being that it will ; make possible a stronger fight against ! Governor Smith for the presidential I nomination. M. S. Reiser, acting ! grand dragon of North Carolina. i cited the Catholic church as being an j organization at' variance with the ; constitution of the United States, : and put the klan on record as being t1 absolutely opposed to fiogging and -'said that flogging attributed to chc 5 klan is "merely part of a deep laid - plot to injure the only organization V which does not favor A1 Smith fci I president. DCRA ;st North Carolina. !. l'J27 COOUDGE ANWW ENTER PRES1D Seeks No Nominatior -C *H* l? ' JOHN EARLY. LEPER, IS BACK HOME TO STA1 | Raleigh, July 31 .?John Early, t ! nation's most v. id iy adyjgrtesed lep< is Itome to stay, the North Caroli state board of health has advised t United Stare? public health service Washington. And as far as they u concerned, while he is hot weleoi by any means, Early may remain the state, the board intimates. Dr. Charles 0*11 Laughinghou; secretary of the state board, has 1 fused in comment on the report' fn Tryon that Early*? family wish keep him in PolR county. "Kc is nut our man," Dr. Laug inghou.se declared, and let it known that if Early goes back to t leper institution at Carville, L whence he escaped, ir will be hecau the federal authorities return him. The suggestion was offered tli even if the federal authorities do ;; press an intention to return the in; to Carville. h:s family will attem to block the effort by contesting e tradition. It is the general opinii of health authorities in Raleigh th if Early resosts, there is no pow that can remove him from the stai r)..i : i' it* ? ..i.. ? 1k^'.. ;_ 1 L? IHH- V( IU >**^.. .11^ ; native North Carolina, he may ft it unpleasant because the state boa of health, while adopt'ihg a non-col mital attitude in the affair betwei Early and the federal millionth will, if he stays, nuiu'ant.iue hint u del the state health laws and ho< him iso la lid from the outside ww. EARTHQUAKE TAKES TEARFUL TOLL IN CHIN Lamia:-.. July -\\ hut is eons: ered o.-.e el the world's greatest dp aitrdphcs occurred At a J S3, last, the remote province of iv'insu. Chill when towns and dtie> wore levc'-h by a snort b.avthe,unite, with (he e. unities placed as high us 100,000. Tl \Vostiiiiiiisttr Gazette's .Shanghai eo respondent'jS'ends the first detail ngjvs of the earthquake, which cffl in the form of a letter from Monsi nor Buddenhrock, viea apostoline the Steyi Mission at T.cnchd.v, Runs No report of-the catastrophe pr viously had reached Shanghai owii to the total destruction of teiegrap Ic and postal services. Monsign Buddenhrock describes how the citi of Sisiangf Iiiangchdw and Kulai were wiped out in the HvinkHng an eye. At Liangrhow alone, i n nna n-,..... l-illi,H T city of Tumentse was complete j wrecked and buried beneath a mo nig mountain. Missionaries' estimates piece t casualties as high as 100,000 and l ! suffering of the survivor- is dec'.; : e.i to have beer, indescribable. , idonsignor Btiddenbrocfc teiis | stirring story of how the. quake Sisiang occurred during the r.tlebi tion of mass. Immediately after I j consecration, subterranean rumblin ; were heard. Dozens of worship do ! including tne mother superior, we I buried when the church suddei j collapsed. Priests worked irnntiea ! to rescue the living and adminisl ! the sacrament to the dying. ' In the town arose one long w I of fright antl grief as the magnitv j of the disaster was realized. Not ' ' building was left intact and th : was not one house which did not c I tain dead and dying. In places 'earth opened, emitting bluish hi; | water. I I T. F. Hovis, Jr., seven, of Gastoi i is dead after having swallowed a : balloon. He choked before a p . ^ PRICE FIVE CENTS .( KS HE WILL NOT ENTIAL RACE IN 1928 Brief Statement if,xplod?H IJke Bomb I At Unexpected Time; "E Do Not Choose to Run For President *n I 1928," Only Words \ Rapid City, S. D.. Auir 2 ?Pr.esU ! . eotldge today issued the slrb-'eraent thai "\ do not choose co rap. for president in j.92?&% taking "u\ clos associ&t - by complete : p\ ise. This typewritten amiei.ncement j was handed to newspaper men by j Mr. Coolsdgrs? it. his executive off ice j ;>t noon today and a faint smile jligh hi faV as he replied to the astounded ^;onr that there was no : i ominent. j The fourth anniversary of his taki iir<- the oath of office upon the death ! <;t Warren G. HaiJing was selected ' j by the president for making: the & ? | r.ounce mom which tonight seemed to | have lighted the fires of the 1928 political campaign. Goes. Fishing Qe Throughout. the remainder of the 1' j day, with comment of Democratic as '^a i we'l as Republican political leaders e f throughput the nation, Mr. Coolidge ,lt retreated alone to the quietude of Q his favorite fishing hole near the nt> ] stiv.'e game lodge, where he is spend1,1 ng the summer. The statement's wording seemed to 9 ' have left some political leaders still c~ | speculating tonight whether Mr. n' | Coolidge would i^brought into the to j approaching campaign. i Significance was attached here to ! the comment of William M Butler, ri? j personal political manager of Mr. 'le {Coolidge in the pre-cbhverition catna"' paign of 1924. He declared: "I am not convinced fte will not run if renominated." at Mr. Butler, as chairman of the Rex" publican national fomniittee. has rean taiued his close personal contact with the president. Five-Year Term ['u Mr. Coolidge will have served five ,lt. years and seven months at the close e? of the four-year term to which he was *?* elected in 1924, having entered the ll*j WIS upon the death "j of Resident j Harding. It was just lour year:; ago thnr Mr. Coolidge was the central figure in an event of 11 world-wide interest when he took the ' until of offiee by light of ati oil lamp " j in the \ erniont home of hi- father. J'; 'Chere are few things \vii.hii> rea' j son t'haf Mr. Coolidge couid have j don- which would have caused more A . Mtrpr' here than his 'orief j il!i.i!Ounctiioent ii-iiay.'v It iy safe to d-' say thai n?> single persoti with him it-- had the .lightest inkling of what was if: | going to happ.-ad a.?K A: the close of hi.- regular Tuos. ,1 j day marring conference with the pre.-s correspondent's, the president be 'eqtiostcd the newspaper men to rsir. j turn at noon, and the two and a hall" ..,1 hours consumed in waiting wore i':': tie i fraught with the widest range ol' .mjja p.! speculation. of Promptly at 12 o'clock the correu. .pondents were requested t'o enter the president's private office. He sat ?,r i behind the long mahogany table h_ j which he uses for his desk in the or! school room, leaning far bock in his es chair ar.d smoking a cigar which was herl in an ivory holder. .('ust a of i trace of a smile, more around his l? eyes than his lips, lighted up his he' face. dv; Is~11 doubt it was the air of expee,v-1 tancy that the newspaper men ! brought with them that caused the ho l taut atmosphere, but when the incihi? deal is recalled, it seemed as if Mr. nSm Coolidge himself gave the appearance of knowing he was about tV> make an aj announcement which was destined to atl electrify the nation, rii- He rose quickly even before ail had he i entered, took his cigar from his M lgi. I mouth and 'looking toward the heck ; r3- i of the room, asked: j "is everyone here tow?" ,jy The last filed into the room and Uy j the group moved close to Mr. Cool- ;ij3 [ov ; idge'.s desk. Except for the news writers, the.ie were present only the a,l members of the president's personal 1(je staff and Senator Capper of Kansas, )ne himsef n publisher. c.rt.! Mr. Coolidge walked to the end of on-1 desk hoieling a pile of little slips ~?i of folded white paper, ack i "Will you please file past iae," he 55 j said, "I have- a little statement for | With rapidity, the line formed and ' Jg ' ^ j as each man stepped by the president ;|pi j..; he was handed one of the slips. No (Cont-nued on Page Eight)