VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 32
Many Cases Disposed
of In Superior Court
Criminal Docket May Last Until Friday;
Wagner Cave Moved
To Wilkes County
Watauga superior court which
convened Monday with Judge P. A.
McElroy presiding, is still in session.
Many cases of minor importance
have been disposed of, with indication
r, that the criminal docket will
not be cleared up before this after^
noon or perhaps tomorrow.
According to a ruling made by
Judge McElroy, Herbert Wagner,
slayer of Ear) Moody and Dexlter
Byrd. will not be tried for the second
offense at tnis time. Answering
petitions of the state for a trial by
a Watauga jury, the jurist expressed
the opinion that the defendant's
'* acts had stirred up a lot of feeling
in this county which would render
it unwise to try the case here. HiStated
that the prisoner was entitled
to a fair and impartial trial and that
he not only wanted him to have one
but expected bim to feel that it' was
fair. Therefore, he ordered that
the prisoner be removed to the
Wiikes county jail where be will be
Held until the next criminal term of
court mere, solicitor tforn It. -Jones
stat'ed that the governor v. on id be
asked for a special term in December
to try the case, in order thai,
the reulaT Wilkes docket might not
be further congestedIt
is impossible to handle the full
proceedings of the court "his Week,
however next week complete findings
in all the cases will i>?- given!;
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING
V , IN BLOWING ROCK SECTION
Mr. and Mrs. Don Reid and Mrs.
Reid's sister Miss Mary Tester are
home from Jacksonville, Fla. and are
visiting relatives in Blowing Rock
and Valie Grucis; Mr. Reid is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. Reid of Blowing
Rock. Mrs. Reid was formerly Miss
Anna '.pester of Voile Crueis. They
will be here until the latter part of
September.
Miss Lane Fisher of Southern Pine
has been fchq guest Gf Miss Polly Hays
for the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Warren will
leturn to ihoir home in. Mount Airy
for a few weeks before locating for
me wimit at mowing kook where
Ml*. Warrfeii is director of the Blowi--.tr
Rock band.
Mrs. E. G. Davis and daughter
Ruth who spent the late summer
with Mrs. Davis' mother and sister.
Mrs. Reeves and Miss Lena Reeves,
left Tuesday for Richmond where
they visited friends for a few days
before motoring to their home at
Hot Springs, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. C S. Prevette had as
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Spratt and Ernest, Jr., Mrs.
yf Jake Moss and Jake, Jr., and Mrs.
\ S. A. Hollers; ail of Charlotte
Richard Deirq Turner 'and Mrs.
Turner of Raleigh were the guests
Sunday of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs
Giilett. \/?v_.
Mr. John Panella and Dr. A. P.
DuLong of Charlotte were the guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pattella.
Mr. Panella accompanied his
.? x- ; t
i\o.n:vlire revui mug oy way
of Statesvilje where Mrs. Panel la
met him Tuesday.
Mrs. Dal Tester who has heen some
time in the Davis hospital at Statesville,
following an operation, is reported
improving steadily.
TAW C. EOWIE RESIGNS AS
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
Monday Governor McLean reported
the resignation of judge Tam C.
Eowie of Ashe county as special Superior
Court' Judge.
Judge Bowie's term would have expired
ir. April 1929. He was appointed
following the pass-age of the emergency
judge's act by the last legislature.
Judge Bowie was mentioned with
j others last week in names presented
< to the Governor when the latter was
-A. considering appointment of a succesor
to Judge Raymond 0. Parker of
Forsyth, who died recently, as judge
of the eltvtnh district Roy L. Peai
of Winston-Salem was appointed to
filled out Judge Parkers term
Judge Bowie later in-the day said
he would not" reconsider his resignation.
the Governor declared in a formal
statement.
Judge Bowie's resignation finds no
explanation in Raleigh political circlies.
Mk BROWN EXONERATED
W. Hardin Brown, patrolman or
Highway No. 60 west, of Boone, has
received a letter from Mr. Riggs, oi
the state highway department, ex
honerating Mr. Brown of all charge:
brought against him in the recenl
hearing held in the courthouse here
The case was heard before Mr
Rjggs and quite a bit of interesi
was shown in the hearing. Mr
Brown was represented by Attorney
W. R. Lovill and the prosecution b;
Attorney Ralph Bingham. Mr. Browi
along with other patrolmen, has beei
^ granted an increase in salary.
7ATAX
A Non-Partisan Ne
BOOh
NEWS OF WEEK
BLOWING ROCK1
I
j Band Renders Sacred Concert; Boone
j Trail Marker To Be Erected; '
Addition to Water System;. Local
i Interest in New Statesrille Concent
i
By RUPERT GILLETT
' The Blowing Rock hand rendered
t its first public concert Sunday und; r.
. the direction of Joseph Warren, m u -'
sicaj director of Mount Air;,. The!
concert wa- before a crowd of sever-i
a! hundred on the lawn of the Wa-j
a inn.
j During the intermission the band:
j quartet rendered wto selections, both!
' sacred and Earl Coffey sang "the
i Old Rugged Cross." with a violin ac-l
I con-.paiiinierif by Mr. Warren .
I The program was: "First Prize:
| March," "Red White and Bine" "Ms!
i jr.. ?. .... i . .<r. ... 1
ivi.inw, my UL ujjyiaEijr, nuK^ing1
Leaves." "W ont You bo My JSw^et-!
heart," "First in Action," Intermiss-1
ion. "America," "Capitan March,"
"Old Folks at Home," "Nearer My'
God to Thee." "Star Spang-led Ban-j
r.er/* The cone rt v an repeat-d two
1 hours later at Boone,
j The Blowing Rock band has been!
j practicing only a little more than, t
a month under Mr. Warren's direc-l
tion. It is considered remarkable thati
it is. now able to give concerts after j
1 so short a preparation;
' During the winter the band wili:
j give several concerts here and at stir-,
rounding towns.
A Boone Trail marker will be eroeleu
here at* the intersection oi highways
nos. IT and 175. it ?was said
Monday by T. H. Coffey, president J
of the local unit of the Boone Trail
Association.
Just when the tablet will arrive
! and be unveiled Mr. Coffey sard h
did not know.
| "Blowing Rock's new \vatjr sys|
tern has stood the test of a rushing
summer season," said Manager Roo|
Greene' Thursday, "but tip make dou i
biy sure that we will have no water
shortage, we shall, within the next)
month or two, install a new main
between che May view and Blowing.
Rock Hill reservoirs, by way cf the
power house which draws water from
j the Watauga spring This will assure
i an equal fiow between the reservoirs.
"During tlte last six weeks, nearly
| all of the cottages have been oecu|
pied and the hotels have had more
i than a normal number cf guests. The
I water system has therefore beci? carrying
.a peak load and at no time has!
! there been the slightest danger of a|
hprtage."
[ A thief who evidently needed clo-j
|.l'mr.g entered May view Laundry on I
j Wednesday night arid stole a suit of
clothes. Nothing else was missed how
ever. Moreover it seemed that thr
thief only took that suit that fitted
for the missing one was one of the
. poorest in the pressing shop.
Efforts were made Thursday, to
! trail the thief, but without success,
j Tip Duck, negro, was found by
j Policeman I. E\ Story to be carrying
1 wicked looking implements. He was
| taken before Mayor George M. Sud-,
! derth, who bound hirn over to Sui
peri 01- court on a charge of carrying
I concealed weapons.
I Two Blowing Rock firms will have
| part in t'he construction of a new
j plant being erected in Statesville by i
! the Iredell Improvement Co. for the j
| Phoenix Woolen Co. J". A. Panellal
? lmur lionn .rii/ori -'1 '
. >uu mc v.utibi uv.t, xyy an
| the plumbing work and Ed Thompson
I has been employed as engineer.
The Blowing Rock Fire department
Tuesday night elected L. A.
Underdown as chief to succeed J. A.
Panella. resigned. Mr. Underdown
was formerly assistant chief Lloyd j
Robbins was promoted from captain j
to assistant chief to fill the vacancy, j
and George Robbins was elected!
captain in Lloyd Robbins* place. j
The department voted to have a;
ehciken stew at the Gem cafe one j
day next week, probably Saturday j
night. The department still owes'
$80 on the alarm siren,, said C. S. \
Prevette, pres-dent, and it is hoped;
that -this chicken stew will raise i
the money for the finai payment. j
BOONE ROUTE 2 NEWS
Mass Estelle Xorris has returned;
, to Ror.noke, Va., after a week's visit |
,j to her aunt, Mrs. C. C. Greene, and:
I other relatives.
j Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Greene ao:
nounro the birth of a daughter.
! Good progress is being made on
, fhe road and bridge work on Highway
69 from Jefferson to Boone.
Mr. H. G. Hodges has just return!
ed from a pleasure trip to Virginia.
Mr. C. 0. Church and family of
Wilkesboro were visitors in this section
Sunday.
Frank Greene is very siek at the
home of his grandfahter. Rev. Ed.
Greene.
i The school at Maple Springs.,
i taught by Mrs. Carl JByers, is getting
along nicely.
JGA
wspaper, Devoted to the I
IE> WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH Gj
Equalization Board
Holds Meeting Here.
Requests for Participation in $100?-{
000 Special Fund Made by Four J
Counties Friday
Representatives or Iredell, Catawba,
Alexander and WftSaaga
counties appeared before the state
euuolization board which met at the
Appalachian Normal school last
Friday and presented requests for
participation in the $100,000 special
fund, but' the- board voted to withhold
the allotments until the schools
in ach of these counties are actually
under way and final information can
he obtained.
The purpose of the special fund,
it was explained, is thrceroid: To
provide for unexpected increases in
enrollment, to meet emergencies and *
misfortunes that* may arise, and to j
keiD in inmrovtmr the nersonnei of!
teachers, especially in those counties
that are behind.
These counties, it was said, shewed
an e x pee bed material increase in attetiidanc
end anticipated a raise in
the personnel of their teaching
forces through higher grade certifi-!
cates than those held by teachers of
the previuos year.
The hoard aisc discussed in de-,
tail the plans for gathering: infor-1
matron as to the segregated items of
propt.yty as returned by the list- tak-j
0rs for th year 1027-28. The planbeing
worked out" contemplates the J
gathering of a vast fund of hitorma-!
tion on every county in the state, i
which, will include the amount of
eve ry type of property and the valu-j
ation placed on it by the local an-1
tho cities.
NEGRO JAILED FOLLOWING
ROBBERY OF COOK STORE
j
A n gL'o lufobrer oil Highway 69 I
was lodged in the Watauga bastile I
Tuesday and will likely be given a:
Hearing wniie court is in session tor i
the robbery of the Oan Cook store:
on Route 2 Monday night. Thirty five j
dollars were taken from the cash;
drawer. E/ntrance was made by fore- j
ing one of the window's.
Mr Cook came to town Tuesday,;
ran up with the negro who tied. 1
.Cook followed in swiff pursuit but
the colored boy made his escape. A"l
blood hound and its &wner, a Mr.
Cole, of Sherwood, were called into 1
play. The dog readily picked up the
trail and followed it to a point o i a
road where the negro had caught a
motor vehicle. Going on to Blow ing
Rock, however, the store-breaker
was arrested. The officer took fmm
the negro about $24 and n flash tight*
which Mr. Ceoh reaiiily recognized
as his property.
CLARENCE CANNON
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY
S; Clarence Cannon, wanted in this
county for forgery, was - arrested
Monday night at the home of Dewey
Harmon on Beech Crack by Deputies
Lowrance and Edminsten. The of-!
licet".- hiid gone to the home in:
search of Dewey Harmon, wanted in
connection -with the Valle Crucis!
bank robbery, and were not expecting
to find Cannon there. However,
the officers felt if they could not
get the man they were after, they
would bring the alleged forger t'o the
bar of justice. He was brought to
Boone Tuesday and released on
$1,000 bond for his appearance at
the spring term of Watauga super-j
ior court.
I
BROWNLOW JACKSON CALLS
FOR REPUBLICAN MEETING
Brownlow Jackson, chairman of
the Republican State Executive committee,
has issued a formal call for
a meeting of the Committee to be
held in Greensboro on Thursday the
22nd in the ball room of the King.
Cotton Hotel
This meeting has. been called for
the purpose of naming a National
comn-.itteman to succeed Judge .Ionson
J. Hayes, who resigned upon receiving
a recess appointment as judge
of the middle district of North Carolina.
and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before
the session.
WAYNE B. WHEELER DEAD
Wayne F.. Wheeler, general counsel
of the Anti-Saloon League of America,
died at Battle Creek Michigan
Monday. He was taken to the
Sanitarium three days ago from his
summer home at Little Point Sable
Mich.
Mr. Wheeler became ill last Thnrs-'
day with a kidney ailment from which'
he had been undergoing treatment '
4'av? 1 ' *"* *
wvurai years, rip was removed
from his home to a hospital and after(
examination rushed to the sanitar-ium
where it was at first decided to
perform an operation.
SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC
Dr. Newman, state school dentist,
| will be in Watauga county for yx
j weeks visiting the schools for the,
free tveatment cf school cliih'ren bej
tween the ages of six and thirteen, i
3est interests of Northwest
VROl.INA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBjJjJ
vaEOTCB"/
BANK ROBB'^/
P
Troy Cannon in Jail arnd rch
Rein; Made for Dewey man
For Holding Up Cashie* i RcKe*;ng;
Him of $198. ^
v : ;><
Troy Cannon, arrested Mon- ni
day nigf t in connection with gj
the robbery of the Valle Crucis t S
bank, was tried in superior court ! ai
Wednesday morning and sealer.- tv
ced to ser?e from three to five | f-i
years in the state prison. His ci
honor, Judge McEIroy, was dl.3- ' v.
posed to let the boy off rather t:
light because of the fact that v.
he bore a good reputation and fl
evidence tended to show that he i n
was probably forced into the a
crime by Dewey Harmon, who : i.
has not yet been arrested for
his part in the hold-up. O
O
Troy Cannon is in the county jail, V
posre^ are searching the hills and t.i
valleys of the Beech Creek section (>
for Dewey Harmon for holding: tip a
Cashier Martin L. Herman, Monday lh
afternoon ami robbing the ;YaIle 's
Crucb bank of cash to the amount h
ot" $196 07 Cavnon vva^ arrested ' o
Monday night at the home- of hi? (lather
just across the state line i?i c
Tcrue-.ee. lie is said to have con- t
fessed to his part in the affair, and
voluntar ly returned to this county ,j
in company with his father, report- ?
ing at the courthouse Tuesday morn- ^
ing. li
Acceding to Cashier Hern.an, the y
two men, who were unknown to him, f
came to the bank under the p:t?i x. \>
Qfgetting a loan. They were rmed
that the bank \v$is not in po it ion n
t/> make a loon at this time. They
|iit the bank, shoitlv :e:'jr:riic; lind h
fished for a> smaller loan fh n they v
had previously asked for, Mr. Herman
agi in i form d them that he f
could not make the loan. He re- ;i
turned to his book work. Thy. \
;thor;. .nan, w hich later d- veloped to ']
be Cannon, Mr. Herman said, pbk -i ,
a gun through the cashier's window,
covering , ll casilier, Wfilie W.' lull-jc
or of the two man, Dewey !human, t
entered the vault ami took all the.
cash in sight As he left, he stave l
Ma. Herman .-.terrific blow on the it
feft temple, knocking hini down, fie [
lay unconscious for several minutes a
and recovered before anyone came
in. The robbery was planned at. a p
very opportune time, as ail officials
were in Boone attending superior
cou rt,
brum the description Mr. Herman i\
was able to give of the men, it was a
not long before their trail was picked
up. They were traveling in a t
Studebaker car, and wont down v
the Watauga river to near tlve home \
of Dewey Harmon, where the car f
was abandoned. The sheriff was ,,
notified as soon as possible and: o
took up tti- chase, which resalted in I
the arrest ?? Cannon. Posses search- f
ed Monday r.ight and ali day Tue? ?
day for Harmon. but up until time t
of going to press he had not been ap- t
prehended. It is understood that he
is wanted on one or two other
charges beside the hank hold-up. He
is described as being tall and slender, a
with black hair and black eyes, and u
when the robbery was committed he
was dressed in overalls. 0
The robbery of Monday afternoon t
is the first, successful affair of its >
kind in the history of Watauga b
county, although two previous ill- t
tempt's have- been made to rob this h
bank.
, j
GRANDFATHER NEWS
Banner Elk, Sept. 7.?The Grandfather
school is progressing nicely, o
with an enrollment of 96. The Z
school has enlarged its basketball
court, and the students are anxious b
to be champions of the rivc-r sec- it
lion. So far the team hat; been very
successful. Last Friday Fosco? h
came over for a frame, taking- the <1
lead, but at the end of the th rd n
ouarter they refused to finish the j
game, so th local team is credited h
with winning the game. s
Miss Mary Fox ent. the week-end
with Miss Mabel Hehson or. Cove f
Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. .T. \V Lewis and i
family spent Sunday as the guests of a
Mrs A. V. Moody.
Mr. and Mrs George Fox have; b
gone to N'ev. Jersey, where they will, f
spend the winter.
Mi>S Tniu .Toclrtu ? 1
.,5" -j . Jit..? AVIUIUCU l*? : i'
her home here after spending' some; 1
time in Pennsyivar.iii. i b
I v
When Year* Would County
Prof: If Shakespeare were alivej >
today would he be looked upon as a'
very remarkable man? ! r
Stude: Decidedly, sir. He'd bcj ~}
about three hundred years old. i
Knew His Capacity I
Mrs. Casey: "Oh, Mrs. Murphy, <
your husband has been run in for, j
intoxication. Rur. down and bail t
bim out." , (
Mrs. Murphy: "Sure now, if my i
oul man's drunk, you couldn't !
pump him out. ' ;
)CR/
: North Carolina
1927
rlr. Oscar L. Hardin
Passes Away Sunda;
romineit Citizen of Boone Dea
Following Long Illness
Funeral Monday
Mr. Oscar Li Hardin, scion of on
f Wa aiigas oldest families, an
jpular business inun of Boone
any youth, succumbed at* his elint
new home on North Wate
treet, Sunday morning, fodowin
n illness covering a period of aboi
vo years, during which time he fai
i to respond to treatment taken i
iffereni* hospitals. Cast spring I.
as taken to Mayo Brother, work
jtinous surgeon - of Rochester, Mini
ho gave no hope of his recover
-cm the chronic affiition. Since thi
j.me his condition grew worse gra<
v i'nt;1 the end came. Ho W;>
i years old.
Mr. Hardin was a member c
r.e of the most, prominent fasnitu
f Watauga county. His father M
HUiam Hardin; having tiled aboi
ireo years ago. He was a gradua
f the University of North ( :no i
nd for many years was entrained i
usiness at Hickory. N. C\ and Johi
?n City. Term. During later yea
e was a junior partner of the fir
f Henry J. Hard? & Co., of th
ity and transacted bu-ine.-s peiiod
ally up until the business was ?o
? the Ej^Mrs-iAshiey Co.
A bright, likable fellow. Mr. Ha
in readily mads new f; nds ar
trenjrthened old ties of rrcndsh
nd was a ! -adei in ehftrcti ai d
fc df the community. Foil
ears he has beer active in the
a?rrs ox uie Eg)QR<> .uer.nomsr, enure
eing engaged as a member of lv
oard cf stewards, working out il
intricate d tails cf church finan.
nd lending a hand wherever possib
ii other branches of religious ends
or.
RHineral services were conduct
rum tiie iMe iiodist church Monde
fterndon, the pasta?, Rev. M.
Voosley p rforming" the last rite
.-hrongs of friends and realtiw
ume from far and near to pay the
itst respects and place banks of lo
ly floral offerings upon the bier ?
heir departed brother.
Deceased is survived by a svif
-ciare her marriage, Miss Suma Li
It. daughter of irhe late Dr. H. Mc
kittle, and two sons. Robert Bog
nd Billy Mac.
?R3. CRiTCHER'S MOTHER
DIES IN WILKES COUNT
Mis. Docia Russell, mother ?
firs. T. L. Critchar of Banibpp, I
r hi?r tnmo :i Rnnnvr Wilt
ounl'y, last Snturtlr.y afternoon,
he age ot' SO yc-ars. Mrs. Russc
.'as the wid?e. ri John !los?e)l, i
'.'ilkes county and is survived L
our cHikirer., three daughters ar
ne son, M fa. Oritclicr, Mrs. J.erms
l Lt?:iv ir, Mrs. E!U-r o^Maryiari
r?d W I ! iam Russ, !i of Boomer. Ti
unerai and interment took pla<
.ondav afternoon at Boomer, y
.'..lad by a large number of roil
ives and fiascos.
ZIONVILLE NEWS
Zionvii-.g, Sept. 7,?Born to M
n<i Mrs. W. O. Stephen?, on Atij
st A !, a daughter.
Mrs. Monroe Greer has bet
uite sick at her home here for son
ime but is now improving.
Doneliy Wilson of Akron, Oh
rother of Mrs. Wtli Miller, has r
urneu 10 nis nome alter a snort vis
ere.
Mr. und Mrs. Then Greer <
inoxvil!?, Iowa, are visiting- rei
ives in Zionville.
Mr ami Mrs. Ciay Reece are no
ccupying t'hoir new home in low:
iionvUie.
Misses Ruth and Edna Thomas ar
'red Castle spent a few hours i
lountain Cit^Saturday.
Miss Grace Penue! of Silverston
as been visiting her sisters. Me
antes Reece and Stephens, for tl
ast week.
Sherman Winebarger is again wii
omefolks heie after an absence i
veiai months.
Sheiton Per,n came over fro
iristo, Saturday fo spend the weel
nd , and on his return took Mr
vr.a and children, who have spso
few months in tie.- -.-iiiago.
Mrs. Ferric .Tor.es of Gajtdriia hs
ec-n visiting friends in this vjcimt
or a T'evr days.
Mr. and Aire. Solomon Oroya
lr. and Mrs. D. H. Groyan av
Punter Groyan motored to IVilkfi
oro Sunday for a few days" vis
.ith relatives.
I*. Greer and son made a Luisine
rip to Marion, Va . last Friday.
Roy Potter of Denver, Col., h
eturned to his home after spendii
i few days with his mother here.
Governor McLean on Saturday a
minted Roy L. Deal, city attorn
>f Winston-Seleru, as superior cot
r.dye from the 11th judicial d
Yicc to fill out the unexpired ter
if Judye Rnymon G. Parker, w
lied last Thursday morniny. Jill.
Deal's tenure of of office will t
c rc in November, 1928.
M^::^iiiTO &J- s ||?i
five: cents a copyt
SAYS FLOGGING
r CAUSED DEATH
.d
Former Wataugan, Dyingv Say> K.u
K!ux Kian Adrcdnistercd BeaCiHgr
( Which Contributed Directly to
i(j Hii Death?Three Recounted.
,r :
Mr. WrilSett Adams, who for a lit
!' t!ri more than a year had been a resiji;
t[. dent of Johnson county, Tennessee,
l_ did at hs home on Monday of last
tit week, following a general physical
breakdown, which had its beginning
several months ago. Deceased was a
v son of Mr. A. S. Adams, well known
it Wataugan.
Bi' -' ;? ' ' '''" ' '- - ' : -L?
l~ I he lu.-t home owned by Mr. Adis
1 - -trams
111 Watauga county was on upper
Meat Camp. It was there that
;s the dark cloud formed vv hich hangs
r- over his death. It is well known that
!t ju.-t before h s <i party re for Ten nest
. a band of men. alleged to be
1 members of the Ru K1u\ Klan, leasln
v rise wearing the regalia thereof, en
i iiis home at night, took Mr.
Adams from his bed* and administer11
c-i to him a most brutal firgging.
l.s This crime against Society was the
1 ilt of rumors that Aflani's refused
to allow some member ot his household
to attend Sunday School, or
rJ perhaps church services.
Following the whipping, Adams,
)k< 11 <>f body, humiliated and dis'
graced, heeded the mandate.- of the
g 11 ( i 't 1. !a\v-kbp r rig mob, v: it to
iVnnc^ee airi bought an humble
' place of abode aid tried to over-!
coRii the haunt .ng memories of his
persecutors. He had always been a
hard-working citizen, useful as ; fine
c mechanic, but since the flogging had
<l" beep unable to do manual labor. He
is alleged to have stated oh his death
| bed that the abuse of the night riders
J* v.. .s solely re.-pon .:l>. for his death.
He also stated that he recognized at
least thr i of the hooded men. The
es democrat up to the lime o? press
" had been unable to secure affidavits
v" setting forth all the last-minute
5* reve'itionr
Deceased was 4!' year- of age
e' and is survived by a wife and a tram "
lu-r of children. Funeral and inter9'
meat at Hopewell church Wadr.osday.
BLUE RiDGE TOWNSHIP
S. S. ASSOCIATION MEETS
Y
La ! Sunday, September 4, the
II Blue Ridge Township Sunday School
d convention was held with Laurel
tfs Fork B iptist church, the session
III lasting all day with itinn r on the
dl ground anil a complete program carlied
nut. Miss Minnie Day, town's'
sliip president, aiid N. L. Harrison,
i county .-erretary, made addresses,
'n and ken; the convention going durifi!
ing the morning. In the afternoon
u' Mr. Day, a Watauga county religious
-e worker, mode a ringing talk on the
' Sunday- Softool and its rotation to the
:l" church and community. Tin- county
president, Mr. E. N. Holm, wan presj
enr and spoke concerning the organi:
cation of townships, Sunday schools
and classes. The county vice presi*-:
dent, Prof. 1. G, Greer, made an interesting
talk or. how to get young
'tl niiSwo inf;opo?^y]
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?e work. Dr. J. M. Rodges outlined in
j a very effective manner, tow to get
io : the adults interested in the Sunday
e- school, and how to keep them interit
j esfced.
i All in all it was a glorious day,
jt\\ full of inspiration to those attend?
ing, with everybody happy when the
j srssion closed. Blue Ridge is going
w strong in Sunday school work and
~r; they have a movement on foot'to or:
ganize two new schools. President
id S Hahn and. other county officers are
in 1 anxious that every township start
1 with this work at once before wine.jter
begins. Call on your Sunday
s - j school, confer with officers and call
ie | your township convention as early as
; po. s.Me, and the county president,
h vi:e president and secretary will
>f be g ad to assist you in this work.?
J Reported.
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ROMINGER HAPPENINGS
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Forks Baptist association help at
Z or. Hiii last week was well attandf?
ed ar.;l good Older prevailed.
A singing ei.oir from near Butler,
Ten?., entertained the folks at the
1<V Bethany Baptist church last Sunday.
The choir was led by Mr. "Ike"
A scries of meetings is in progress
i at Piney Grove M. E. church this
Misses Birdie. V'varne and Pearl
'R Gilliam have entered the Cove Creek
high school for the 1927-28 session.
Messrs. Lee Harmon. Louis HapP-;
mon and M. P. Trivett are having
cy great fun chasing foxes with their
ift dogs these coo) nights,
is- Mr. A. L. Ward has sold his farm
nt here and purchased a home near
ge The corn crop ir. this section is
!X-: late but fairly good, provided an
j early frost does not get' it.
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