i^v ''^ ;^lr^lg^t^5: . ; "-i'"' 7'.' VOL. \XX1X. NO. 9 mifmlvENTs" OF THE PAST WEEK Highlights of Political Activity ofi Both Major Parties .Summarized From Recent News Dispatches From Over the Country Lowden 6, Hoover 4 in State Now Raleigh, April 10.?The count1 stood Lowden 0, Hoover i. with two I delegate? non-com mil tai in this state i tonight as a result of three Repuh -1 'iean district conventions today. ] At Asheboro the 7th district con ,*;nuon eiecieu n. v. Sewell and | P. E, Brown to represent it at, Kan-; -a< City. Seawell is for Hoovor1 vhi?e Brown has not dec la rod him-1 self. The fifth district at Greens- ( * horo elected Ned Shore and .1. S. j Duncan. Greensboro, Shore being a Hooverite and Duncan noneoinmitted. The fourth district at Raleigh j -elected Willis Brings and Ezra Par- ; ;er, both instructed for Lowden. ! Previous district conventions had , ivcvt Lowden four and Hoover two. I Smith Gets 4? ir> Illinois Chicago, April 10.?Governor Al Smith added at?lirtfet IT delegates from Illinois to l is list, as a result ?f the state primary today. He will tret the eight Democratic delegates ;it large when the state convention i . eels and may possibly have the en- : tire delegation of 5S when the eon- ! ventip.n, at Houston opens. While scn.fcimen (among the delegates appeared about evenly divided, -ith a slight preponderance probably in Hoover's favor, yet the Lowon people showed up in great -trength and evidenced equal enthu-l stasm. The convention is scheduled > to (rot under way at 11 a. ill. tumor- ! and an Oiiioan, Theodore Burton, will bo the keynoter. ] Iowa For Smith Former Secretary of Agriculture i T. Meredith, Iowa's favofite son I andidate fur'the Democratic priisi-j vntial nomination, lagged fur he-' hind Governor Smith of New York[ i the i outer tier delegates to the j - miicialii stale convention. Gover-1 in Smith lead Meredith about 8j to 1 in the voting. Lowtlen Gaining, Saya Whitener ^ Hickory special of April 6: A. A.I Whitener, state chairman of the! i.owden campaign, returned here! from Taylorsvifle last night, and said] he was "extremely pleased" over the I . ltcorne of the eighth district con-| vention. "Everything '-vent for T.ow den," declared Mr. Whitener, paying; that \V. I! Grugg of Boone and O.I P. Poole of Taylosaville, both of' whom rrtmlnat?^ ,?o -t? I U> tHe itiiificiiiit convention,-^ were-jj trong Loyrdcn supporters. Whitener .?ays, despite the apparent Hoover strength in North Carolina. that. he ): sure to get at least 15 of the 2(6| rteloghtes to Kansas City, and mnyot 17 of them. W. Va. Senator Eftltfsr# Presidential Race Washington. April 7-?The colors of the sixth senatorial candidate for the Republican presidential nbmina lion were flying today with the ? entry of Guy I). Goff, junior sersa-j lor from West Virginia, in the pri-j diary in that state May 29 when: \'J delegates to the Kansas City con-', vention will he selected. * Thus, the former assistant attor-j ney general places his name along-' side Curtis of Kansas, Watson of] Indiana, Morris of Nebraska, Reed| of Missouri and Walsh of Montana;! the latter two Democrats, in the! senatorial lists for the nomination.; Had he lived. Willis, Republican, of1 Ohio., would have made the seventh r to outer the presidential contest from the senate. Smith Picked as Strongest of j Democrats ^ Washington, April 8.-?Herbert1 ' r* Hoover's political opponents openedup a new line of attach upon his! presidential candidacy today. They, asserted that if nominated he cannot! defeat Governor A! Smith. Assuming that Smith will be the: Democratic nominee, Representative j L. J. Dickinson, Republican, of Iowa,, leader of the farm bloc in the house,: came out with a bold forenact an. alysis of Smith's strength against! Powder. in the electoral college. Mr. Dickinson is supporting Lowden. His conclusion was that Smith carry New York, New Jersey. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Mexico against either Hoover or. Lowden?a remarkable concession for any regular Republican to make, even iii the heat of a ore-convention struggle. Another of Dickinson's conclusions! was scarcely less remarkable. He j predicted that against Hoover in \ November, Smith may well carry Illi-j r. cIs. I nd i a n :-i. M a> y land. Miss. Bogle Nominated For ^,*? Cirt-klik i Concord Attorney Will Oppo.s .v Mr. j Donghlon; Gragg, Named D<;1 >- I gate to National Convention 1 W, S, Hop:If*x Concord attorney, j was nominated for congress ir. the : eighth district convention held at Taylorsvjile last Thursday. W. H. Gvagg, chairman of Watauna county ; R< pi 'Cutive comnutU".-, and : 0. F\ Poote of Tpyiorsyille, wore j elected delegates to the national con-j vention at Kansas City. Republican leaders are said to be j well pleased with the outlook at the j present and declared that peace and i harmony were in evidence through- ! out the convention Thursday afternoon. . >c;? AMERCAN LEGION POST HAS INTERESTING METEING j A 1. ihn rniWitlav *> "? oY Watauga Post No. 130, American Legion, held in the Legion hall last Friday evening, a number of matof interest,, not only to the Legion, but to the people of the towii and county, were discussed. ! It was decided to begin at once improvements on the Legion Park, and the following committee was named to supervise the location of streets in the park: S. F. Horton, John Combs and Russell D. Hodg It K. Osborne was awarded the con- j tract to furnish posts to fence the park, this work to be done soon with woven wire. \t the next meeting of the post, the state commander will be present, and a very interesting meeting is exthe following legionnaires was appointed to arrange the program for the meeting: W. E. Comer, J. W. Norris and S. S. Gragg. Also r re-1 freshrneut committee was named, as follows: A. \Y. Smith, S. F. Morton and "Russell D. flodges. THOMPSON-SALL COMBINE LOSE IN ILLINOIS PRIMARY, ? | Chicago. April 10.?The Herald-1 Examiner announced at U o'clock to- j night that returns indicated Louis L.! Emerson had received the rtepubli-j can nomination for Governor, Frankj L. Smith for senator and Oscar 1 Carlstiom for attorney general. The! Examiner supported Governor Smalls in his camijaign. Within a few minutes, the returns j showed such a chancre the na.m>r an-1 nour.eed Otis F. Glenn had appar-; ently received the Republican nomination-for United States Senator. One killing, scores of kidnapphig, dozens of riots, general intimidation of voters and a few cases of robbing ballot boxes in Chicago marked the most hectic day in the city's history. In the election the Republican candidates supported by Senator C. S. Deneen were swept into office bv pluralities ranging from a few hundred to as high as 200,000. Deneeu and his faction was opposed by Big Bill Thompson of Chicago. Hostess's Daughter (trying des-j perately to keep the conversation j going!: Did you ever hear the joke] about the curio dealer who had two j skulls of Columbus?one when he was a boy and the other \vhen he v.-as a man? Wiggins?No. I don't think I have. What, is it? ^ JGA 4? :wspaper, Devoted to NK. WATAUGA COUNTY. N'^K R WAS BIG JOF a! order of the town council!* acini# upon the suggestion of tlio eiii'/er.? of the town, f. W. R. Gragg, mayor of the. city of Boone i dp hereby proclaim the week hocpnninr. April 1+*? '"il ? ? ?-?. v.k,> Itau UU bllC LUW of Boo no, which is to occupy the lc to the !L';u; of the Highland Furn ture store. Work is to begin on th building as soon as possible follow big the announcement of the success ful bidder and the authorities e> pect to occupy the hall within sixt, days. Specifications call for a soli brick, two story building with Barret specification built-up stoh vtoofy The first floor will be o concrete and will be used for th lire fighting equipment, mayor's o! fice and will also contain storag room, and sleeping quarters. Th second story will be the nwnicip* auditorium and will be of sufficier! size to accommodate about 150 pei sons. This will be reached l>y mean of an outside stairway. The built ing will front on Howard.street an will present a very ply jj&r}g appeal anee. Windows are" w ';: arrangethat the lighting will ^^gwellent. The successful hidvh p-ll gic bond in the sum of one-1' ^\e cor tract price in order thai * mun cipality may he protect ^lan and specifications arc ope ir spection at the "mayor's offi JURIST PATIENT AT LONG'S judge Michael Schenck, who at joumed court here on account of il riess, is recovering from a ?-mine operation performed at Lonch c?n torium. Statesville. An erroneoc dispatch stated that, the jurist ws being' treated at the Davis hospita hence this correction. Prof to stude): I think you woul iiave passed this history if you ha paid a little attention. Sfudc (aftgrievedly) : I paid as li lie attention as possible. I'm sure. dem< . Best Interests of Northwc CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL Vi HE GOOD OLD DAYS' ? Courtesy Winston-Salem Journal m press on which The Democrat was 913. - + Newspaper Work in Early Days Recalled Was Big Job to Print Even a Small P?ip Before the Advcr.t of Good Roads and! Electricity (The following .story of the early days in the career of I he publisher v the Watauga Democrat was writ ten hy Mr. Uupwvt Gillett and ;ppoaved in last .Sunday's editions ->t' Several state daily nesw papers. The account of early journalism in Wat :W auga comity has received much fai vorable comment and friends of the | "old man" in different' sections of j the county have urged the pubhca| tion of the article in The Democrat. ! So here it is, together with several news items of an ancient issue. The latter will be a regular feature of the nnper in the future.?The Edii tor. > ? j How a newspaper was edited in a mountain town thirty-four miles from the nearest railway station before the era of highways and electric, power was related last week by R. ?*. Rivers, editor of the Watauga Democrat, as the old copies of the paper were being arranged for bindj ing-. "Here's a copy of the first issue ] I published," Mr. Rivers said, as he j held up a frayed sheet. yellowed j with age. and dated July 1, 18R9. ^ J "It was printed or. that .old Washington press over there in the eor-! ner," he added, pointing- to the anjjcient machine, which is still used by _ I his composing room force for riiaU"j ing page proofs. 11 j Mr. Rivers' visitors said they tj thought ah the time that it was ti; merely a nroofiiiir maSlfifU. (, "It certainly is not," Mr. Rivers | retorted. "That's a regular Hoe ~ I press?the old Washington press. I printed every copy of the Democrat on 5t in the days when we didn't v . know what electricity,- was, or even ; a gasoline engine. And there are , the very type coses I used in setting .* ait of my own type " cp! "You mean that you set every hit j{ of the type yourself and did the rt| printing, too?" he was asked. "I set every line of the paper by e' hand," he replied. "Such a thing as e, a linotype machine had not been ; even dreamed of for this office at t that time. I had no help of any ~ Kind. I wrote, all the copy, solicited s all the ads, composed them, made up j'_ the pages and printed the paper by t|i hand on'the old Washington press. "On this press, I put the form in i{ place on the platform. It had to be ! inked with a hand roller. Then each ci sheet of paper was laid on the tymk_ j pan individually bv hand, the form and paper were rolled under the ^. press, which was lowered with this M hand lever. Then the same process ( had to be gone through with again j for the next copy'. I did well if I ran off a hundred copies an hour." "You must have been kept busy with all that work to do alone,'* it *" was suggested. '.r "Man," he replied* "I Was so busy I that I had to get up before daylight and work by an old oil lamp?-eleciSi tricity was unknown in the moun1 tains at that time. 1 set the lamp ; up here on the type ease, and by j that dim light I set my type, I never d ban time to write my copy: 1 com>i p&'ed it as I set it type. None, of j it ever went on ai.er sntH it was (Continued or. Page Eirrhi) JCRA ist North Carolina r, L*J2S i News of Week in and ; j About Blowing Rock | Fire Truck Aids i;i Suppressing | Brush Fire That Threatened Sum- ( mer Homes in Green Park , ^ Blowing: Bock, April 11.?The j J fire truck answer red its third njoirm t j last Wednesday when a brush fire J j was discovered cUmbind up the; j mountain toward several of the ftp- j * jest summer homes in Green Park.j^ j Although the houses were at no timej 1 j in vefv real dancer from the fire, I r u 1:..... u.... . .. . . . . . ?*ic.\ iwijiuv nave :.".'en uestroyeu it ; the flames had been neglected. The i summer home of K. A . Dunn of I t Charlotte was directly ir. the path \ c of the fire. The '.(rarest plug was j the one at Ingle*-;, which was 1.000 feet from the fire. Fifty or move *' men volunteered to carry the hose .j through a rhododendron thicket over the Hill to reach the fire.- The flames;*' were quickly subdued, after an ad-j * ditional oOO feet of hose had been ~ brought to reach that part of the fire lower on the mountain. ! . It is believed that sparks from a J. logging camp in the gorge caused the fire. Little damage was. done to standing timber, as the fire was confined mostly to underbrush. Will Operate Picture House ? The new building being erected by '* G. Pitts adjacent to the Sanitary ^ | Lh.rbor Shoo wic ie occupied by a' * moving picture theater this : ;nmer. ' {the owners have announced. The j , company operating the tin tor is; ! composed of G. C. Robbies. &U'y:. ] Pitts and E. G. Underdown. Only first-fun releases wilt be ; shown in the theater, it was said, and; whenever other entertainment can-, be had, it wiil In- shown on the lavge stage, which ir, being built Seating room to accommodate the large summer crowds will be pfovid- ^ ed and the theater will have an at- ' j-tractive lobby. The owners promise to open a first class theater about j Tune I. Pupils to Present Play i The sixth am! sdv-eulh "ratios of , ? tin: Blu\Vir.?? R'ock .school will pre- , sent Saturday night the play "Aunt Jurushy <>u the War Path." The!, \ performance will l>e preceded by a ' concert by the Blowing Rock Bandt'h It \vill he held in tho auditorium pf'J ] the schooi. Those in the east are Joe Bblick ] as the farmer. Duke I- iek as an bidj^ hypocrite, .Sido<>\? Gannon as the j ^ constahle, Edwnvd Coffey as manager of the carnival, Cray ion Story's as the farmer's wife. Virginia Gof-j. fo,y as the hired girl, Edith White ; ( as the old maid, Dorris White as the] fortune teller, Blair Sudderth as the; 1 carnival cjueen. and six or eight j , chorus girls. The play will begin . i promptly at. 7:;IQ. Admission will ^ | be 15 and "15 cents. 1 ^ Off to State Convention : ^ j Blowing Rock's party to the state j (Republican convention left Tues-j day morning. Among; them vverb C.j] S. Prevette and G. < . Bobbins, dele-] , gates, and J. E. Jlolshouser. Mrs. i | Prevette. Miss Lena Reeves and i j Louise I'revette accompanied M r . ' ^ | Prevette to Raleigh. ^ Social and Personal ; Mrs. G. \V. Beverly was hostess j j, j at a birthday dinner Sunday in hon-' fl ! or of the birthday of her husband, j | Rev. Beverly, who was sixty-six on i . that day. Guests included Mr. and | Mrs. \V. i.. Crisp and By hum Crisp. j . Mrs. G. G. Buxton of Charlotte, Albert Pee pies aiul Mrs. Cameron f Williams and child een. A sumptuous dinner and a lovely birthday cake were enjoyed. Edward Ward is reported in a ^ fairly favorable condition following j c an accidental blow which injured his j , skull late Thursday afternoon. Mrs. ^ Bessie Ward Killian who came to see - ^ her brother shortly after he was in-, ^ .iured was accompanied by her small ^ son j t Miss Kate Holshousor took ad- J vantage of a short vacation from her duties as librarian in the Winston-j ^ Salem public schools to spend Easier with relatives and friends here. i r Howard Klutz who is a student at i Wake Forest- was at home for i t j Easter. j Miss Dorothy Suddevth and Mr.I j I and Mrs. Lynch of Charlotte spent t I Easter Sunday with their parents, j r | .viv. anit Mrs. IS. ijudilerth. , , PIANO AND PIPE ORGAN UNIT' O FOR THE PASTIME THEATRE , I . Messrs. W. R. Winkler and A. E. j | Haznby, owners of the Pastime The-1 ( atre, have returned from Charlotte) \ where they placed an order for one jof the new Seeburg combination piano and pipe organ. The machine was ordered from Charlotte by wire it ion Monday and is to be installed * ; within a period of ten to fifteen j } I days. The instrument, is of the very < \ latest design and is employed in \ j 1 irr-ny show houses in the larger cities J i | of the country. The owners ot tiieyj : local theatre are to be congratulated f < I upon theh o keep a little* i ahead ot* the demands of the showj goers ol this section. T FIVE GENTS A COPY MAN UP WEFJK APRIL 16 TO 21 2ity Officials Asking Co-operation of Citizens in An Effort to Really Clean Up: Garbage Trucks Wilt Vifit Every Section of CsSy May01 W. R. flyagg has proc'iaim<1 the week o\ April 16-21 as CleanJp Week hi uv city, anil this is to totify all p'er.-ons within the eorlOrate limits of the tov.ii or doin? 'iissr.utrriw w: uv. iiii}; UHS. are Vt'fJUi :? clean up a:I acjcui'nuiatipr '?? rash, papers, tir can- ??r any acu initiation o.' rubbish and . n boxes or / undies so it car ue licked up by garbage trucks. ( htef of Police Garland will check tp all homes aixd sec that all ?arbye is gathered up so it can be hauld c.v. ay .and he- will see ha; t he rucks visit every section /- " the own. The city officials arc asking for he co-operation of every citizen in his most worthy movement, and it s hoped they will have it. But they nciii! to clean hp the town and those Vbo will not voluntarily gathev up :nd place garbage in reach of the rucks, other means will be use:;. Let every citizen give his wholelOartc! support and the town will oceive the cleaning it should have. Trucks will he in operation on tVectocsday and Friday. April is tnd 20, and ionejci if necessaiy.. but ' is expected that all rubbish car. )? remove4'-J during these two days I' placed whore thev can reach it. THOUSANDS ATTEND EASTER SERVICE AT WINSTON-SALEM Ki\rjchcd by a century and a mlf of tradition^ tin picturesque run rise Ka * : tcrvice of the iVloiu,'ian church v > the magnet which ifoyv thousand-: of visitors from far ind near to 'A'insion-SaVem Sunday ttnrf.imi' rvi u Ihi! .irt/-un?l < <>?" uoriy at -law:. symhoimng the rosureetion *: t the Savioh Bishop Edw'iud Kocuithaicr, 867 jr.e'a.y-^Ui tv.-.;.' i f the M...avian VhivvV. in the south, wax in char#* 'i>i ihc arrangenifnts for the o2im-. uiiDO. l"Y,r morn tli&n bi-Jl a century le has opened rhe service by stepnntr i?? the veranda of the plain Hide lldtitc church of the denominaion ami giving; voice to the theme >f the ceremony bv announcing' The l.orri is llisen-" to which the onmeKation of da.(>00 or HO.000 r.en, women and children makes apiropriate response. After i> brief service at the church ntcrspersc-d with music by the Mci avian band of some .'100 pieces, the cprshipers and sifrhtseer? march ti, he Moravian yraveyard a short disa/iee away, where the service is upeiuded. More than 100 ushers were, trains d to assist the hu(;e ccnm-ejration in iroceeding from the church, just off iaiem square and adjoinitijr Saienr allege, one of the country's oldest otlSgcs for women, to the grave-., ard where the Moravians bury their ivaii : iv.iiiuui a1 lilllUiJ -IICS-. ut in different. plots, according to grc and sex. Amplifiers had Wei; intailed tor this year's ceremony as .11 innovation to hear the reading of he Litany hv the bishop and the re? poiise by his flock, AII.S SELDOM USED IN TWO N. C. COUNTIES Kaieigh, March 10. --""Jail seldom ised,*' is the notation given two ounty jails in North Carolina, Hose of Camden and Hyde counties, iouhtless ir.dic-atinjr a peaceful and aw-abiding citizenship, according o the report submitted by Dr. 0. )T1. Lauglmiuhoose, secretary of In- state board of health, to Gpveripr McLeani as a result <.f investigations and inspections made of city ml county jails and convict camps n the state during: the past lew mint lis. A summary of Die report shows hat 2b county jails have been imiroved in their sanitary manageneni; :-i:< have been provided with few annexes; three have been built mew; two have been remodeled; ive have been condemned, officials >f three of these agreeing to make lecessary improvements immediitely; 44 prison camps have been mproved; three new prison camps lave utren cuustructeo; two are unler construction; four counties are planning to construct new camps and our camps have been abolished. NOTICE, BAPTIST WOMEN The quarterly meeting: of the Rapist Woman's Missionary Union of he Three Forks association v;iil be ;i ield with the Blowing Rock chu rch >h Wednesday afternoon, April IS. it I :0 o'clock. All societies are jrgeri to send representatives. Vistors from churches not having so i;ties will al|b. be most, cordially >vclcomed. MRS. 1. G. GREER, Supt. MUS. V . v\. WILSON, Sec.