North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXVIII NO. 50 Building Loans Are i Granted 47 Counties 1 One Project in Watauga Conn* . Receives $14;000 From Special Fund , Raleigh, Jan. 21.?Fifty-seven; counties today were granted loans from the $2,500,000 fourth special school building fund, authorized by; the last legislature when the statei i board of education met in special j session* here. The largest single school project. . to cost $90,000, was approved Coi I Harnett county. Projects including ' 84 schools for white children and four for negroes, were approved. The 88 projects will cost, experts j estimated, $3,538,411.5<>, of which ^ amO Jit the state will furnish the entire two and a half million dollars ^ loan 'und. The participating coun tics in the list under the equalize- ^ tion act will bear the remainder of the cost, said Superintendent A; T. J Allen. Included in the projects was one v for Watauga county, amounting to *11,000. * J BIRD KILLED IN WATAUGA HAD FLOWN FROM WISCONSIN [ Mr. Joe Greer of Rutherwood has received the following letter from ' the United States Biological Survey relative to a strange bird he killed en his place in December. An ' aluminum leg band carried a number and also the words. "U. S. Biol., . Surv." Mr. Greer wrote to Washington for information and the reply. I which was just received, is as fol-j 1 lows: j 1 "Your letter of December '26, ( 1027. has been received. -The Bio-' iogical Si^rvey thanks you for sup-; * plying us with information concern-i ing the bird carrying our band No. i ! 21,192, which was killed by you | on that dute. According to our! * bird-handing files we learn that this 1 hand was used, on an immature her-j ' ring gull at Jack la'and in Green} 1 Bay. Wisconsin, on July 10, l926,j' by Mr. (\ C. Miller, who is one of our co-operators in the bird-band-J iitg work. "By means of those numbered f aluminum bands we are carrying on important investigations pertaining to the migration and other features in the life histories of North American birds. The bands are attached i.y volunteer co-operators who serve without pay and we also appreciate j the information supplied to us by! persons who chance to obtain hand-! cd birds. "Jn connection with the present; ease, we must, however, advise you | i hat in killing this bird you com mitted a violation of the fedora! law which protects gulls at all times of the Year. Noting that you state tin bird was killed by mistake for a hawk the bureau does not feel disposed to recommend prosecution butp, we must ad\ iso you that, all cave t must be .e'xeivised in shooting birds ' rent to take those thats'hiive no icga- v open season. As :i mr.r: er of fact' , the t\ ch?ral Ui\v jn o\i<ios severe penalties in the form of tines ami jail"sentences for violation s. For your; j further information there is being sent to you under sepa? ate cover a! copy of the compiled game laws,: in which you will find listed those species that may be legally taken during a legal open season. "Very truly yours, "W. Ck Henderson, "Acting Chief.'7 , CAR STOLEN BY BOYS RETURNED TO OWNER j ' The Willys-Knight sedan, in which ! Thomas McGuff and Arthur Smith,! ' 3 6-year old robbers, who were cap-, tured at Deep Gap recently when: ( they broke into Mr. A. G. Miller's store, was called for last week byj the sheriff of Madison county. Ky.j and returned to its owner. The boys admitted that they stole the automobile. They had been to ! a picture show in Richmond, Ky., 5 they said, and on emerging from the j I theater they saw the car standing! at the'.curb and decided to take a|* ride in it : I t TEST EXAMINATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS t The state department of public in-' struction will give a test examination to all seniors in our high schools this year. The date for the examination is i Tuesday, February .14. It is de- > sired that every high school senior take this examination whether the 1 student expects to attend college or r not. This is for the purpose of a comprehensive study of high school work. SMITH HAGAMAN, c County Superintendent. s United States Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, will address tht A1 Smith-for-President Club ofi Charlotte on February 11 at the new, 1 Mecklenburg county comthousy. J.it D McCnll, president of the club, I ! announced Friday. i < rATAl A Non-Partisan New BOONE S0UTBWltLK?T2 ELECTION LAWS!,. So Declares Senator Glass of Virginia in Fiery Debate; Bruce Asks that 18th Amendment Be Accept-1 ed Like 15th | Washington, Jan. 28.?Xotifica-j .ion given in the senate today byj lc" wo Virginia senators that the south) :iS" ntended to stick by its voting law's] "ll uespue en rears 01 universal negro rti iuffrage," stirred up a three-hour cw which took in prohibition and P:1 ^residential politics as well. t'1 Senator Bruce, Democrat. Maryand. suggested in the course of a engthy address by Senator Swanson *01 >f Virginia, who was defending the an ,'oting laws of southern states, that (>* he south sanction "the same .escape i Pa 'rom the tyrannical oppression of nc he eighteenth amendment that it j las from the fifteenth amendment." j *1 Shouting at the top of his voice.: I!:< Senator Glass. Democrat, of Vir- ?/ t'inia. was quickly on his feet with I ,n he declaration that he was "tired of I ^ senators threatening the south" and ar le told the Maryland senator to 1111 go aheai] and get a drink if there s any way under the eighteenth unendment he could do it. hut don't a,) ry to constrain or restrain Virginia-ca 'rom enforcing the eighteenth unendment." 1,11 Another ardent dry, S enator a* >orah, Republican, of Idaho, rushed nto the fight and inquired of Sena or Bruce if he was urging nullifi- h? ration of the eighteenth amenanent, which the Maryland senator lenied. Discussing the action of southern r>j ;tates in- requiring strict educational si, osts ?>f voter- which in turn had disjualificd many negroes as voters, j 'Jruce insisted the south had "cir-l yjs| umvi nlivl" the fifteenth amend-, -4; heat i-i thi? manner. This was de-| th lied b> Senator llortfh who said a" m do.se inspection of the voting laws ]a it Southern states showed no vi?j!n ion of the constitution; Finally Senator Uruce called for, a?i uore liberal treatment of the no j tfi ! by the south and for "more] tu ;olerahee, particularly in regard to | lii social vie.ws and sccteri&n freedom." j i%y le then ij^pfessed the hope that at th he next Democratic national con- he rention the "sectarian prejudices tu (hull not he as <!< ? ;> as they appear." Again Senator Glass rushed into ,-fc ;he melee and d&manded to know j at f Senator 11 ruce thought a southern i so nan could be. nominated for presi-' ed lent. The Marvlander replied in I he affirmative, but Glass retorted ag hat "your grandchildren won't see sh hat day/' of The debate between the fiery \"ir- he riniar. and the more reserved Mary- ie an dor became so heated at one time ed hat the presiding officer could not st; heard when rapping for older and; av "enator/Ileflin of * Alabama, recent ta uoriv. center in the party i ankst .nrooked considerable laughter by sug- co jesting that "\ve have peace and m; larmcmy." hn Witn a smile. Senator Bruce rc-| at died tlu- "suggestion for peach and! yo w.rmony comer from a* very dubious pr ;OVil'CC. ^ After concluding- a lengthy pre- j^ lared address, asserting the right of A he south's position in negro suffrage, Senator Swarisrtn again enterid the free-for-all debate with the cj< itatement that "he relented infer- CQ ;nces that the south was intolerant ox o the negroes." Senator Borah jgair. took the side of the southern- Tv.| ;rs and declared he thought the c iouth was more libera! along oconorj ar liic and industrial lines than was thei j_e! lovtk fi( an ;OVE CREEK JUNIOR CLASS P* TO GIVE PLAY JANUARY 27 I to The junior class of the Cove rrj Jreok high school will present a co' >lay, "Anne, What's Her Name?" nj, n the school auditorium on Friday wening January 27, at 7:30 o'clock. no Phis will be the second presentation >f this play, its first appearance 1T1j laving been so favorably received hat it was decided to give it again. The admission fee will he 25 and 15 ^ s/nt- f>rutfe?s to goj to equip; Vj he class rooms with shades. / THE PENSION BILL The bureau of pensions at Wash-j ngton has recently published some! nteresting facts about its work. I Since its establishment in 1789, thej >urcau of pensions has distributed ibout $6,000,000,000 in cash and 9,000,000 acres of public land. On June 30, 1927; there were 189,942 pensioners on the rolls, including 17 widows of men who erved in the War of 1812. U. D. C. TO MEET The Watauga Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, will! neet at the* Critcher hotel, thisj [Thursday) evening. A full attend-' ince of members is desired. i JGA spaper, Devoted to the . WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH < i.fter Moonshiners on Upper Meat Camp id By Deputy Sheriff Greene, Cit" zens of That Section Destroy Beer and Equipment "Stolon barrels" became the the citizens of upper Meat Camp. > on Friday morning: last, Deputy fori ft* D. h. Greene, aided by a \v jrood citizens of that section, mod with search warrants, started t in search of the aforesaid baris During: the day Deputy Sheriff X. Brown t.f Zionvilie. joined 'the rtv. and in n <hnrt tipio e barrels, filled to the brim with er, were found buried in the ound, ^containing in all. 150 fXsAiis. Xerby were found still worm d other equipment for the purpose making moonshine. The beer and rap nerd alia were destroyed. but i arrests were made. However, not being satisfied with iuay's work, Deputy Greene sumoned more than a dozen citizens his section on Monday to conuie the search. and in a short tile they .were hot on the trail of (other outfit that had become a usance in that community. Before noon near the top of the k Knob a large box containing iout .">0 gallons of beer, two stili ps and worms were found and dewy cd. No arrests were made here it; the men returned home in the lernoon feeding that they had me their county a good day's work. DRDES OF ROBINS DESCEND ON RANDOLPH FARM Asbeboro, Jan. 2g.?The Court of re's, once famed in song and ny, is in session near Ashcboro. Millions of red.ins and starlings, pearing miraculously from "nohe re, have darkened the western ies every evening for the past re.1 weeks, swooping down in Urky hordes to roost p.; the farm nds of Dave McCain. The phenomenism has transf iguih the McCain farm ti a show place id is (irawing: its daily clientele of e curious from surrounding coun's. The roads near the farm arc led late each day with automobiles id rigs while their owners wait at e farm fov the darkening skies to maid the approach of the multidcs. With* the coming of the birds the y west of here is blackened, for least four or five miles and the .11 nd of their wings has been likento the rush of ocean waves. Sportsmen here have been greatly ;itated over the indiscriminate lughtcr of the birds at the hands the heedless. Hundreds of them, alen to death on their roosts, litr the land, and great brigs, captuvaft'er the birds wine blinded with long iights, are being carried ray. Federal authorities now are king steps to hall the slaughter. The feathered descent on this unty is unprecedented and reams unexplained. Pioneers here ve ,described an influx of robins several points in the state many iys ago. but' never before in such oportious. JDGE HAYES TAKES OATH .S JUDGE OF MIDDLE hlSTRIfH* Greensboro, Jan. 23.?With a nid of office seekers filling the rridors and most of them looking ec-edingly innocent, federal court t under way here today, a term lieh will be notable only Tor the ct that Judge Johnson J. Hayes, the end of nearly a year of const to o. k. the solemn oath of of:e as judge of the middle district d mount the bench in formal cacity to assume an office-he is excted to honor. E. L. Gavin of Sanferd was here take the oatll of office as disct attorney and he did take it. ills m mission arrived at Sar.ford last *ht. The commission (.1 J. J. Jenis of Silc* City, for n.aishal. has t arrived. Temporary Clerk Blavlock adnistered the oath to J^dgc Hayes d Attorney Gavin. t n ?pen season on Protest ants ! It was reported some time ago that in a certain section of the county a minister concluded his prayer at the Sunday service by a stirring appeal along this line: "We know we are ignorant. please make us ignoranter; make us as ignorant as nogs." Since that time another minister is reputed to have told his audience that to the "best ?of his knowledge, the Pope of Rome, with the assistance of A1 Smith, had put to death within the proceeding throe weeks 1,500 communicants'' of a certain Protestant church. Who could doubt the efficacy of the first pastor's prayer? i LJejaSaRiseSi m dem< Best Interests of Northwes "ART THURSDAY. .TANUAUY "BLOWING ROCK, : itial Program Given by Tuesday} Evening Club; May view ManorSuffers Wind Storm Damages;! | Personal Mention j ? Blowing Rock. Jan. 25.?The first| ^ progi-am of the Tuesday Evening! 1 CIul| was held this week at the clubj c headquarters ir. the new school. ' building, with the president, Mrs. I-! - E. Story, presiding. Parts on the 1 program were carried out by Misses r Ethel ITolshouser. Anne Greene, 1 Helen Undcrdown, Pearl Webb, t chairman of the program committee, s and Miss Louise Isciihour. The club. 1 tentatively called the Tuesday Even- ?' ing Club, will meet weekly and devote itself to literary, dramatic, mu \ Steal ond current Ionics.. according^ 1 to-the interests of the members. Vis- Vitors are invited. The 'iret public activity of the 1 club will be the presentation of a 5 play. "Sunshine," for which a cast ' 1 is now being selected. * t Mayvicw Damaged b/ Wind s Strong wine here Thursday blew | | : small porch from the roof above i the ball room of. May view Manor, j The debris was strewn lor some distance along the driveway, and the roof of the hotel was slightly da hi- 1 aged. 1 Personal Mention I Mrs. N. C Greene last week vis ited the Davis hospital in Statcsville whore Mr. Greene is a patient. It is ? hoped that he will be allowed to ye-, turn to Blowing Rock at an early; ( date. | t Mrs. A. M. Critcher also was a! ' visitor last week at the Davis hos-1 pital and reports that her daughter , I * Mrs. Helen C??opei. is rapidly recrtvajp eiing from recent operations and j 1 wiji be allowed to return home with-! 1 in a short time, either late this week I ' or early next w.-ek. Mr. Cooped is making a gradual recovery, but no j date for bis release from the hos- ? pital has been set. ( General I.ee Bobbins, chief petty \ ' officer. United States navy. left ; Plowing Rock Thursday to rejoin J Ms; QM?-. Mf H,....<* . < .or a .short leave* of absence spent 1 r.v4th his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee : Robbins, an., other relatives here. Flis service in the navv has taken 1 him to all parts of the world. It is 1 his present plan to re-enlist tor ; twenty years' service upon the expiration of his present term of enlistnient, | Mid-term examinations have been]1 occupying: thchi^h school students in! J Blowing Rock this week, ending to-! 3 morrow. Reports will be completed! Wednesday. i-.'avnest Ranner, expeit stone ma ] ! son. is considering the accept unco]' j (?t an offer made by contractors lot j ; the Gothic ch.tpel to he erect.ed atjg 1 Duke University. This work wiil re- j > a hire the eniplnymer.t of the most j ; ] skilled arUsaji? to be found through- ? out. the'country. Jf this offer is ac- J * : cepted, Mr. and ^f^^Ban.ner wit! | ! make the:*- home in Hindu, m'for a'. | number of \ enrsM i i ;' ; CC.ST OF NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT 2ND LOWEST I ualfSfim Jan. 21.?Wiih but one exception. North Carolina has the lowest per capita cost of maiaten-j 1 ance of scat*- uovetnnieiu of any of; ( the is. j f This fact is pointed out '?n the, analysis of state taxes and debts i; made by the division of commerce i and industry of the deimrtnum tof j ! conservation and development' which is expected to be available for dis- -j trihution at an eariy date. "North Carolina." says the analysis. "in 1D26 paid only $5.7?> per! inhabitant toward the maintenance of state government, exclusive of ( 1 j capital outlay and interest charges, j J according to the department of com mevce. Only one state, Alabama. j paid less, S~5.i>6. and the other 1C states paid more. ? "The national conference hoard j places the corporation of 43 states! ' as paying, in 102-1. a higher rate of tax, federal, state ar.d local, from total net income, than that of North j Carolina; while in only four states . did they pay less, indicating: a heal-j 1; thy condition cf industry and taxer-?. in the state." I a . ! o 11 FOUR CANDIDATES FOR ElEUTENANT GOVERNOR' n iT The more the merrier is the way i candidates for the Democratic nomi-iv nation of lieutenant governor ofj i North Carolina look upon reports of [ oLhers entering the race. I v With Speaker of the House Dick I \ Fountain, of Rocky Mount, and; 1 State Senator. W. H. S. Burgwyn, i of Northampton county, already an-i ! nounced, the name of John D. Lang-1 ( i ston. Goldsboro attorney, went the j I rounds in Ral'igh last week as the 1 1 fhi-d crod'(i"t - w :t's G orgc Rri"S l I Pou. state p- ' u s'.^rintendent, a'so ? prominently m r.tion <1. t )CRA t North Carolina 2l>, 192S Watauga County's Bonded Indebtedness "igurcs Caaried in Democrat Las? Week Were Compiled From Records of January 1, 1927 A. E. South, county auditor, culls ittentinn to the fact that the bonded, ndebtcdness of Watauga county oi> lai aary 1. li?LrS. was $-171?,000, an''. rot $7Uti,UU0 as stated in a sto?> arried in this paper last week from igures compiled by the University *Jews Letter. The University pubication based its figures on data as >f January. 1. 1027, and therefore. , night be confusing. Mr. South saidj , he figure carried last week was sub- . ;tan|ially correct as of January 1, , 027. but si-nee that time the amount. , lad been reduced to $470,000. A sinking fund is provided for . ho retiring of the county's bondedndebtedness and these obligations j ire being met as they become due The bonded indebtedness of the , own of Boone on January 1. 1028, or water works and street improvements, according "? M -. South, was . >275,009- Blowing Rrek, for the anie purpose, owed $135,000. RETURNS WAR GAVEL TO VIRGINIA SENATE Richmond, Va., Jan. 21. Alfred. Aiken, second vice president of; he New York Life Insurance Com >any, formerly governor ol the federal reserve bank of Boston, has 'etuvned to the senate of Virginia a javel that was carried off from the seiiute chamber by a youne ."ficcr >1 the Union army on April 2. ho day of the evacuation of Hi nond. The Historic relic, with handle of( volant und liead of lignum vitac. vas present*'*! at special ceremonies ,nis aiit'inoon ami was accepted by deut. Gov. -I. ! .. West, presiding of icer v11 the senate. The younj? officer who carried ii iway was I.ieut. J. Lewis S0&liking, adjutant of the 2bth Connacti;ut infantry, which was among the irst Union troops to enter the city iftcr Richmond foil. He gave it u> l.Y. A. Buckingham, Mr. Aiken's grandfather, then governor of Con uecticut, afterwards United States, senator. The gavgl was used not only by the Virginia senate, but also by the Confederate senate, which held its sessions in the senate chamber. B3?feV*trOT7i?:':i5SW?rW^iV BOONE ROUTE 2 NEWS Boone, R; F. O. 2, Jan. 24. Car) Nprvis has gone to West Virginia where he expects to work for. i while. Mrs. Emma Ragan. who has. ljeen eery dl with measles, is improving. Mack N on is, who has been suffering with a broken leg, is able to :>e out again. Highway No <>P, under construe lion between .Meat ('flu MvmvM. ind Porkinsville. i; almost mipas-, : ;i i will !* '.. 1 y remain in this onditiv?n until spring. Mr. and Mr? A1 in Cole have [Men with Mis Cote's father at rodd, who lias been very ill for the :ast week. ' - - ?| Miss Lclia Davis is vi'sUmsi her iister oh Cove Creek. W. II. Morris is visiting his son, : iVatt Morris. in the eastern part of he state. 1 Stanley Cole of Riddles Fork and ilisrs Edith Castle of lower Meat i Ihimp were married at Trade. Tenn.. i >n Sunday, January 15. ! , Waldo Tngman and Miss Marraeritte Norris, both of Riddles < were married at Trade, Tenn.. : ast Wednesday. TO ORGANIZE GAME AND FISH CLUB HERE .1. W. Bryan, game and fish war- ! len for Watauga county, asks all itizens interested in the propagation of fish and game in the county o meet at the Daniel Boone hotel o morrow (Friday) night at 7 'clock. 1 "or the purpose of organizn.?r - game and fish rlub. Please icat the date in mind and be there. I Sl'A^rc: oo.tn uacp .r v.>> w.i AsbeviHe. Jan. -3.? -Ho ad hogs nd unscrupulous taxi drivers were ambasicd today by Judge Walter K. loore in a charge to the grand jury tt the opening of the criminal te m f Buncombe county superior court. 1 e also instructed the jurors t.? s.-<hat convicts on the chain gangs are nade to work and that magistrates; uactice r.o irregularilies. Judge Moore outlined the high vay laws in his charge and admon-. shed the grand jurors to return >resentments against truck drivers) vho "hog" the road, knowing their; rehieles cannot be harmed l>y the ighter passenger cars. In turning to taxi drivers, Judge tfoore said: "Automobiles have be-1 ome a necessity as a means o^ Iran?jortation but too many of them arc . >eing Used for immoral and corrupt purposes Ta i drivers are responsible for a let of the crime that goes >ti in the county." fT.'E CENTS A COPY movementtT build scout hut Campaign Will Be Launched in Near Future to Secure Funds for Undertaking; Has Backing of Local Civic Organizations The movement oh foot t\> build a Bov See lit cabin in the American Legion park here in progressing nicely. Friends of the hoys are dircus-:ng the plan with enthusiasm. Leaders in the undertaking feel thai this opportunity to aid the i>oys in providing* a central meeting place for their work has only to be i.resented to the people of the com inanity, and that aid will be given it once. The progressive spirit of ill of the clubs in the town is showing itself, and will be* present until Lhe Program is completed. A campaign v\c-ck wis: be announced at an early flare tor the purpo.-r of securing the necessary f.in is. it is the hope of those already interested in the program that die ivpolice will be sufiiclent to .soke j.o.rsibL- the erection c/f the lildir, , which v.-ill g-n far in proving to the hoys of Bdonc that their patents and mends are always .agei to aeip them in becoming belt r jiior:. HICKMAN TRIAL GOT UNDER WAY YESTERDAY MORNING Los \ngeles. Jan. 24 ?Olosgly guarded ?.? 1 held virtually incommunicado. William JE. Hickman, the lV?-year-old confessed kidnapper and slayer of Marian Parker tonight n\.aired the opening of his trial tomorrow to dcternlHie whether he is sane or insane. The prisoner. who usually has greeted the newspaper men and others with smiles cursed his fellow prisoners and visitors today. He was given some sunlight exercise under the escort of guards who accom Baamed him to the roof of the county building housing the jail. Hickman vns indicted on two counts charging him with ths kidnapping and murder of the Parker child whose mutilated body he bartered to her father for $1,500. By entering a plea of 4inot guilty bevause of insanity." he ad mil ted commission of hoth crimes. If Hickn.aii is found sane the next step will be the pronouncement of sentence. Less than 125 persons, aside from court officials; attache- and the jury will he able to witness the trial. Fifty of those, will be newspaper iv.en and woniei.. J V BOLD IN SUFFERS INJURIES AS TRUCK LEAVES HIGHWAY Mi. I. A Boldiu of the Boldir. Grocery Company, is in a Lenoir hospital suffering from injuries received Tuesday aftci nc>n when a t ruck in which he was riding skidded fyom the road east of Green Park and mrr.ed se\ era! timer down the mountainside. Mr. Boldiu had been looking' after business in Boone during the day gnd was returning to his horns; in Lenoir when the accident occurred. A glaze of ice covering the hard<ajvfa.ee highway was the cause of the trouble. Latest advices from the bedside of the injured man are to the effect that likely no bones are broken but that, his body is badU .t crushed and his condition consid- il i red serious. jf H CATLIN TRIAL AT WENT WORTH SET FOR MONDAY, FEB 13TH Wentworth, N. O., Jan, 24.? Charged with the murder of her father, Mrs. Alma Petty Gatlin will ?0 on i rial in superior court here during the week of February 13. The comely young woman whose arrest followed the discovery of her father's body buried in the cellar of their home in Reidsville after she was alleged have confessed to an evangelist, was indicted to day by the Rockingham county grand jury. The true bill s>>eo*figu a charge of nest degree murder and largely was grounded on the testimony * of the evangelist who was called before the jury to roneat his story of the confession. - LEVIATHAN'S SKIPPER QUITS AFTER 900 TRIPS ACROSS After 35 years on the sea, the last five in command of the mighty I'eviathan, foreign ports and big waves have lost their lure for Herr belt Hartley and he desires a home such as he has not known since he was eighteen. He has. tendered his resignation as commodore of the United States lines fleet. In the course of his long career Commodore Hartley has crossed the Atlantic more than 900 times. POOR HEFLIN! Oh. memories of Morgan. Oh. . hades of Prttus! Oh. features of Underwood! Oh, Heflin! Oh, Hell!??. Dothan (Ala.) Eagle. .