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w VOL. XXXIX, NO. 23 mracALlvB? OF THE PAST WEEK Highlights of Political Activity of Both Major Parties Summarized' From Recent News Dispatches From Over the Country Prohi Party Nominates Varney for President William F. Varney, Rockville Cen-! terT N. Y., was nominated by the Prohibition party as its candidate for the presidency at the convention of; that party in Chicago last week.; Varney was declared nominated onj ine second ballot with 06 votes out I of 131 cast. Herbert Hoover was second in a field of six with 451 votes. Beth Governor Smith and' Herbert Hoover were placed before the prohibition party as candidates; for the organization's choice for i president. Balloting came after a i prolonged, and sometimes an excited argument over the platform. Effort?: to obtain an endorsement of Hoover j by resolution failed. Miss Jeanettej Campbell of Los Angeles, presented! the Republican presidential candi-j date and Dr. James M. Tempton of! Cary, N. C., introduced the Demo-; cratic standard bearer as "a man of the people." John J. Kascob Is Democratic National Chairman Governor Alfred E. Smith has as-i sumed control of the Democratic j party. He selected John J. Rascob, chairman of the finance committee; of the gigantic General Motors corp- j oration, to conduct his campaign for; the presidency. The Democratic national committee, in session in New York city last week ratified his choice without opposition. Along with Rascob's selection, Herbert H. Lehmann, another personal friend <;f the nominee, became director of finance, succeeding Jesse H. Jones of] Texas. Five vice chairmen of the national committee Were named. They are: Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former governor of Wyoming-; Frank Hague, mayor of Jersey City* Governor Harry Byrd of Virginia, brother or Commander Richard E. Byrd, the; transatlantic and north pole flier;] Scott Ferris, national committee-; man from O.nr?/l Min R!o?*_r. ence Farley of Kansas. James \Y. j Gerard of New York, former am-i bassador to Germany, was re-elected: treasurer, and Charles A. Greathouse j of Indiana; v. as re-elected secretary. The selection of Rascob as nation al chairman brings tv> the leadership j of the Smith campaign one of the most influential business men and < industrial leaders in the country. It | is accounted a shrewd move to im- j press the great business interests of? the country that they have nothing j to fear from a change of administra-! ticftt and to destroy the effects of; such statements as Secretary of the, Treasury Mellon made a fc-w days! ago that "ousim.s will again sup -1 port the Republican ticket." ?? \ Hoover After Women Vcter* Herbert Hoover's campaign for! the presidency will include a speci-j ally organized and nationally con-) ducted drive Lo capture the votes of| 18,000,000 American women eligible; -1>H auni jgn: ill iauvi.'iuuur, It is I announced from Republican head-j quartern, ir. Washington. Hoover himself has approved the] preliminary plans for creating spe-i cial campaign c.iubs among women] interested in public affairs. The] lirst move to corral the woman vote,] it is announced, will be a conferencej of Republican national eor.imittcewomen from the northeastern states.. Airs. Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky,) vice chairman of the Republican na-: tional committee, wiil call the con-! ierence- and preside. Her purpose] will be to initiate the drive for] feminist votes in the most Atlantic] seaboard states, where many Hoov-I er leaders believe the campaign will! be decided. Simmon* Will Riraain Quiet for j Present Washington, .July 15.?Informa-. tiou obtainable here today failed to; bear out reports heard in Raleigh] that Senator Simmons would, with in a week, give to the press a for-] mal statement indicating his active] and loyal support of the Smith-Rob-] inson ticket. Senator Simmons * is] still in a Maryland sanitarium, and' Avherf" Vip will romain -fo An^d longer. He is improving in health,' hut, under the advice of physicians, he has eschewed politics for the! present and his friends do not un-j derstand that he has made any plans j about a statement concerning his; political movements in the near future. Such persons would be surprised if the senator made any such move, as persons in Raleigh are reputed to have heard about. Klao Will Aid Hoover in South New York, July lfi.?Hoover! headquarters here evinced keen in-! terest today in a plan of strategy; which Oliver' S. Street, Republican j (Continued1 on Page Eight) j, i'|i n mi ?I.I rATA\ A Non-Partisan Ne BOOXE, BOONE METHODIST CHURCH j WILE. BE DEDICATED SUNDAY | Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, presiding Bishop u? Xorth and South Carolina Methodism, will preach the dedicatory sermon ami dedicate the Boone Methodist church, next Sunday, Juiy 22. Tti. ...:n I.- - * * tti-z, ? ah uv u great occasion ; for the Methodists of Boone and others who have been and are inI tevested in the Methodist church. | Res*. G. C. Brin km an, a former j pastor, who served the church ! when it was under construction, | will preach Sunday evening. A large attendance is expected ! at both services Sunday, and evj ery arrangement is being made to | comfortably take care of the peoI pie. The church invites all who can and will'to attend these services. LENOIR KIWANIANS HAVE BANQUET AT BLOWING ROCK A crowd cf Lenoir Kiwanians and their guests, numbering SI in all, carne to Blowing Rock Tuesday night and gathered around the banquet board at Mayview Manor as the guests of T. K. Brovhil! of Lenoir, owner of the hotci. Three long tables, covered with cloths in the Kiwanis colors, blue and white, were arranged in the form of a huge "K." before the great rock fireplace in the Manor dining room. With Dan Stubbs at the head of the tahle, the group fell to and enjbyed the dinner before the entcrtair.uibnt began. Oniy one speech was made, and thai, was only a brief aadres.-? of thanks to Mr. Broyhiil by Ed Allen Then followed a repertoire of mountain songs and ballads, sung by Prof. 1. G. Greer of the Appalachian State Normal College, accompanied by Airs. Greer on the dulcimer. Prof. Greer has made a collection of the unpublished songs of the mountains. and the best of these were rendered Tuesday night. After some vocal solos by Dr. Stephen Gardner, the meeting adjourned for rhe return trip to Lenoir. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBREGON OF MEXICO, ASSASSINATED Mexico City, J;ily 17.?Presidentelect Aivaio Obregon of Mexico, was shot dov.n today as he sat at a banquet given him by supporters at the little town of San Angel near Mexico City. His assassination was one of a series which is said to have been planned to remove a number of the leading statesmen of Mexico. The one-armed warrior-president, with six bullet wounds in his body, died in a few moments without speaking a word and in the greatest agony. His assasin, Juan Escapulario, was captured, almost torn apart by maddened friends of the slain general, and taken to jail, where he confessed the crime. CONFEDERATE VETS WILL MEET AT TARBORO AUG. 7-9 xarporo, jn; v., July 16.?Elans are being iwhipped into shape here for the 21st reunion of the North Carolina division of the United Confederate Veterans August 7 to 9. Civic clubs and other organisations have united in a program to be given the veterans and every available entertainment possible will he given the old boys while in the Edgecombe capital. CONCERT AT M. E. CHURCH Rev. Stephen Gardner of Washington. N. C., who has chaige of the Stringfcllow Memorial . Episcopal church at Blowing Rock during the month of July, and Mr. Harry C. Martin of Blowing Rock, were here a few hours Taeiday. They came down to arrange for a concert to be given on the evening of July 26th in the Boone Methodist ehuich for the benefit of the Episcopal church here. The little church was raised to street level last year and some Work done on it; but other work is needed, repainting, etc.0 and these gentlemen hope to raise funds to complete the work by means of the concert. The mils Kale will be given by persons of talent summering at Blowing Rock, assisted by local talent of Boone. A pleasant evening is promised those who attend. ?f l-rtl\ I London, July 18.?British women athletes are now* wearing trousers in order to keep warm during waiting periods between events at athletic meets. The popularity of the trousers among the women is due to the full-length leg covering provided compared with the scant protection given by a makintosh or coat. Harry K. Thaw returned from Paris last week, indignant at the British immigration authorities who denied him even a brief landing on English soil. He declared England violated rtho principles of its magna charta. JGA jwspaper. Devoted to the WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAI News of Week in and About Blowing Rock Co?. Old? Says Education is Soluiior of Crime in State; First Handicap Golf Tourney of Season Flayed Wednesday: Flans Being- Perfect ed for Annual Horse Show Blowing Bock,- July 18.?Crinu bears an inverse ratio to education ; according to Coi. Fred A. Olds, stat: historian, who said in an addres! here Sunday that 00 per cent of the ! criminals in Vr.cfh fnmlino got beyond the third grade in school I Only 10 per cent of the state': criminals arc negroes. Col. Old.' ! added. i Crime among whites is increasing and among the- negroes it is decreasing. he said. Of the 019 prisoner, admitted to the state penitentiary Mast year, he said, 140 were hegroes but this is a higher ratio than foi ; the state as a whole when all crime: I are considered. : Of the white convicts, Col. Old: > exp lamed, 69 used drugs, 429 use* liquor, and 90 per cent were unde 24 years of age. Education and unified religion ! Col. Oids said, are the remedies fo, j this situation. Fie pointed out tha ; in England and Canada, which liav< I only one church, the prisons are be i ing converted into factories. Tb< speaker did not advocate unificatioi of all churches, but he did advoeat* ! a concerted effort to develop is youth a sense <>t responsibilityCol. Olds said that Watauga an< | Catawba counties lead the state h ! church membership, with 90 pe cent of the citizenship in each coUtt j ty belonging to churches. He re i marked also on the low criminality i; J these counties. The first handicap golf tourna roent of the season was run today oi the Green Pa r k-X or wood go! Course. It was a kickers* handicap each player named his own hand*oaf The w'lMie-r was given a prize o I golf equipment from the c mrs j store. Hereafter, a tournament wii j be run each week until the end o the summer, said Harold Long | course professional. It is probabk that the future tournaments will b ; u?i tne weeM-enns, tc give Til Of j playevs an opportunity to compete. Mi-. Long is still making | arrange for matches with teait\ls fror j Roaring Cap and LmviHe. Tw< j matches would be played with ead ! resort, one here and a return match 1 Blowing Rock's annual horse shov ! this year will surpass anything of tb kind ever given here, according t< i tlie prediction made by- Donald .J , Elnyden. who has charge of arrange j merits this year. A. special grand ' stand and riding ring will he ton i structeS on the old Slayvietv go) j course, so that more room can hi ! had for the event than is possible 01 i Gieen Hill, where it has been heh | heretofore. Some of the finest horses in tin i south are expected to compete fo j prizes. Inquiries have already bee! j received from the Blantoii stables a High Point, the Barnstable stables a I Greensboro, and the Little stable: I at Camden. S. C. The entire pro ! cecds of the show in excess of ex ! penses go to the Blowing Rock com j munity fund. Azalea Heights, latest addition t: ; the Blowing: Rock summer resor j community, is building up rapidly : Three summer homes have ahead; been erected there by John W Avery of Whmon-Salem, X. \V Brewer of Raleigh, and \V. I. Brook: of Winston Salem.. Others who have purchased lot j and expect to build their summe ; homes soon are J. B. Morrison o j Salisbury. J. M. Stone of Greensboro | L. D. Harper of Rocky Mount, T. K ; Faust of Greensboro, Jesse- Panne; of Bailey, and Miss Margaret Tabc Of Giikey. The resort is situated on a spu of a mountain on the farm of M. L Winkler, where it commands a viev j of the Watauga River valley and ai - of the surrounding peaks. Thosi who have purchased lots there sa; j that although the view is not so com j prehensive as that from Blovvmi j Rock, it is just as beautiful. | The resort is supplied with wate ! from springs on the mountain, am j it has a drop of 900 feet befon ! reaching the cottages. Sewage dis i posal has been provided, ad it is ex j pected that soon a branch of th| Blowing Rock power line will pro j vide electric lights. The place is only a fifteen-minut urive irom mowing icock on trr Shulls Mills road. Beginning probably Sunday afte next, the Blowing Rock Band wil give a public concert each Snnda; afternoon on the Coffey lawn. Sev eral additions have recently beei made to the band, and new music ha been ordered and is being learned, j A group of 24 girls from Cam i Beech Haven, near Johnson City ] Tenii., passed through Blowing Roc! j Tuesday on a tour of western Norti ; Carolina. Stopping at Mayviev.' fo j dinner, they expressed great admira j tion for the North Carolina scenery i DEM< Best Interests of North we: tOUXA, TJ JtTLY li), t 'Jif ? BUD'^T ESTIMATE ; GE "J BY AUDITOR 5 Gci .1 County. Road Maintenance interest and Sinking Fund i5a for Expenditure of $82,508.92, as Compared to $97,599.11 Last Year Watauga county's annual budget'; estimate for the fiscal year 19291 * provides tor an expenditure of $b'2,-| 598.92. for road maintenance, gen-, . erai county. interest and sinking > funds. as compared to $97.?>99.11 for; ? last year. The county school bud-' ; get has not yet been completed but ? . .* is expected that it will be about' - 'the same as la&t year?S5o,7G4. s' The budget estimate \cas prepared by County Accountant Austin E. c?..?-u - C ---I ... 4.. . .jotttu, iiicaeuicn to r", commissioners for their considers.-: ? lion, and placed in the office cf thcregister ei deed- for inspection by 5 the public. ! If the school budget calls for no " larger expenditure than for the last eal year it is expected that the . tax- rate will probably be the same i as it :s now, 31.hd on the SlOb. t The o.Q u nt y road commissioner* ; expended last year $27,288.86, of -j which a!r;p-iir $4,000 was absorbed. ? by damages ami notes contracted i under a former board. Included in ij the ^encrai county fv.r.d is the cost; 1 of the two trials of Hub S. Wagner at Wilkesbdro, totaling approxiniatei !\ $3,000. > Following' is the budget as su bruit' ted by auditor south : Expended Estimated 1028 1920 !i Gen. count\ .$21,604-40 $18,750.02 i Road Maintenance .. 27.28S.86 17,00.0.00 " Interest and sinking, .fund 48.0-l5v7r> 46^758.92 f; . ! Total S:iT,39i).n SS2,r>o$.'J2; The school budget will be puhf j lishcil a- hoc Pi a-.i the board of tdue: cation complete- 'be final details. ili 1 ; i NURSERY PONDS NEEDED, SAYS DIRECTOR DiXON e Xcro fiddled while Rome burned; c music has been used io calm the | passions of wild beasts; but fiddlers aibf JYatuuga county have undertaken nThartOonizing to add to the stock of l> their fishing streams ar.d game 'i covers. The Watauga Game and Fish | Club, ever aiert to increase th? at v; uacmveness or uio streams anu lor ej ests of the county, took advantage 31 of the opportunity offered by the . I fiddlers' convention hero recently -i and raised the sum of $2(1".:h) for -: r'Mie and fish work. -j Desiring to spend the fund In the fj manner most productive of results, r -J. IV. Bryan, county game and fish 11 warden, has written .T. K. Dixon, asi; sistant, director of the depart merit of conservation and development, for - advice as to the best manner in > which to spend the money. Mr. Dixon, who has b<-en enco.it aging the construction of nursery! I ponds in which the baby fish fry 5 from state hatcheries can be raised - to a t'ingeriing size, has suggested; - that the establishment of such a pond would return decided results in! j creating better fishing facilities fori I the .community. The movement for 3! fish nurseries, started this spring, j t| has already gained rapid headway in .'North Carolina, some 2u having nlrj ready been established He believes j-t'nat this is one of. the secrets of . i making North Carolina one of the si leading game fishing states of the | nation. 3 . , RAVCCB PI g NFWS f; Banner E!k. July 18.?The coo'. ,! Weather at Banner Ell. is giving Pin-. . i nacle Inn guests a delightful season., j Rev. Walter L. tangle, D. D., presir dent of the General Assembly's; Training School, Richmond, Ya., was r a guest of the ir.it last week, preach. ing at Blowing Rock on Sunday t morning and in Banner Eik at the 1! evening service. s| The new building program at Grandfather Orphans' Home has been begun. One of the cottages is j| well under way. A second will be j started as soon as funds are 'In hand, rj These buildings at* all of native 1 j stone and are being erected by local 1 workmen who Know the art of stone - masonry. Rev. J. Gray McAllister. D. D.,j e platform manager of Montreal. X. - C., a professor at Union Theological; Seminary, Richmond. Va., visited; e Pinnacle Inn the past week. He exe pressed deep interest in the threefold work of school, hospital and orphanr age at Banner Elk. 11 Grace hospital has had a very r busy season. Thus far in July there -! have been as many as 3-3 bed pa[i j tients at one time and at no time sj have there been less than 21: p| DOUGHTON TO SPEAK I Hon. Robert L. Doughto:;. Demokj cratic candidate for congress in the h' eighth district, wii! address the votv ers of Watauga county during the -| noon hour of the first Monday of. '.superior court here. 3CRA st North Carolina Savs South Will Stick i i? ! BHafra .ySFfSK- *" jBEBjfejMHgijK . fi r nov. robt. l. doughton State Safely Democratic f Says "Bob" Doughton J j * Eighth District Congressman Says , i Smith Will Get Solid South This Fall; Says Republicans Make Rar.h Claims Every Two Vears, and J This Year' is No Exception t Re pre? e n tai i v e Robert L. Dough- i ton, in Washington last week, ili a looking after departmental matters, assured the newspaper re present;! * i i"*?c or tho ^olid st'inrl inv th.i ; Democratic ticket thif fall. "Kaviv er Dob," a- he is famiilariy known, when asked about the Democratic i presidential ticket in this state, said to the \Y"nshington newspapermen: J "Of. course, 1 am going to vive the / Democratic ticket my cordial sup- t port, as there is no reas : why any < Democrat should withhold his ?up- ; ' port from the nominees, and 1 am j sure I can find no reason for doing ; so; but, in fact, the most compelling S reasons why I should give it my sup-1 i . port. "Since congress adjourned, 1 have; , j been down on my farm, and have : | not had an opportunity to ascertain first-hand the sentiment of the njgo: pie of the ?late as to the Democratic presidential ticket, 'out I have every i reason to believe that the Democrats ! in my state will vote for Smith and Robinson and thai they will carry!.' i the state. We hear a great deai about the ! Republicans carrying several con-: gre.ssional districts in North GaVo-J biina. This claim js made by: the Re-r j publicans every two years, but the districts consistently go Democratic and that is what they will do this time in my judgment."'" Mr. DouglUcn *_*x pressed the view j wuuui UIC 3UUU SO.SU1 <. and i! i thVit event, wou d have an ex ec'slem Chance of election, as lif seems ; 1 certain that lie will get several of z the' big eastern states, and probably; 5 some of those of the west- , i? Worth Caroiiiia is a Democratic \ s ate.*' continued ??Iv. poughton, t "and I see no reason why it should! \ depart from its past affi'iintioh ao\Vj< &ng I orti sure it will not. The Re-j \ publicans: are nursing a vain hope, it i hoy expecr to carry North Cavor !ir.a and several other southern \ stales claimed by the Republicans i \vsli go Democratic now as they have! j done m the nasi." ! ?, STATE TREASURER SIGNS CHECKS WITH BOTH HANDS1 J Benjamin Rice Lacy, North Cave- ; iiria's 74-year-old state treasurer, " may write "doctor of laws" after his ! name, although he never attemled . eoi'.ege. He received tne honorarydegree this summer from Davidson ' College in recognition of his services ' to his state. Mr. Lacy started to sthool when ' he was ten but left at 16 to work in 1 a railroad shop. He became a train engineer and then a Raleigh banker ' and city councilman. In I960 hei was elected state treasurer, an office he has held since. T n;.. -I-,. of millions of dollars, uses both his right and left hands to sign bonds and checks. His signature with his left hand varies only siightlj from that with his right hand. , GARDNER PICKS MULL. AS DEMOCRATIC LEADER ] i. Odus M. Mull, lawyer-farmer of Shelby, recommended by 0. Max Gardner, Democratic candidate for! ! governor, as chairman of the Demo-1 i cratic executive committee, was; elected to that position by the state executive committee, in session in; | Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. Mull succeeds; Dennis G. Brummitt, attorney general. who recently gave notice of his; 1 resignation. I i T FIVE CENTS A COPT !E?K RETURN OF CITY FUNDS action Started in Superior Court to Recover $10,000 Appropriated by -* Claude ?. Miller Alleged Broker; Defendant Under Bond A suit has been start* i in the uperior court of. "Watauga county y the tc;yn cV Boone in an effort to ecover $10,000, which Claude E. filler Ol High Point. a:. alleged roker. appropriated t; his own use, xter having promised the city coiinil to iTegotiato a loan for the city iz> r.at amount. A bond in the amount f -SI0.000 was made. t.liowing the. ; t -t of Miller r. few weeks ogo. lowever. since that time. he has had fn' operation for appendicitis and he prelum naiy hearing wjjjl he held allowing his recovery. Wt(;n the board of aldermen was nxious to secure a loan with which 0 construct the city hall, Miller troferreri his services. A negotiable iCrte was i.ssued to him ioi $10,000, diller to receive a commission of 200 for his services. After having evolved two worthless checks oil the ?ote. the city alleges that the proeeds have been converted to the >ersonai use of the defendant. The all text of the complaint, drawn by .'rivett ami Comer, and which is now r.atic ' of record at the courthouse, oiiov.s. giving fail details of the ransactiou: 1 he Complaint Following is the text of the comilaint as filed with the clerk of the :o n it: "The plaintiff, complaining of he defendant for a cause of action tlleges and says: "i. Thai the plaintiff is a rnuncipal Corpora tic n created and exsting under the lavvs of the state of Sovth < u oJina in Watauga county, 'North Carolina, and that the dvfendi: ia resident of GuiUord county, S'oi/ih Carolina. : That on or about the 3rd lay of April, 1:128, the defendant . me to the authorized officials of aid r.ov n representir.g himself to be. > i i. key and located in the oily of High Point, X. and offered to negotiate a loan for the town of Booh: in the sum of 510,000.00J that the plaintiff was desirous o? bo: ow'.cg ibis amount and relying upon the represenjfftions and promises of the diVfenBsm entered into an agreement to borrow through the let'eiidant the sun: of ? 10,000.00, in:! relying upon the representations rod agreement? of the defendant, jxecUted a good and sufficient negotiable note in the sum of ?10,000 SKsfchle to the l-enrer and delivered same to the defendant with the tinlerrtanding that the defendant was :o secure the loan for the town and .u tnrr, over the money obtained on said note to the town of Boone, the iefendant acting in a fiduciary capacity a? the agent of '.he said town >f Boone. That sometime after this rahsaction the plaintiff notified the iefendant that it had not received :hr money an said rote as the de"ehdant hud agreed to furnish same, mil Instructed the defendant to imnediatcly remit to the plaintiff the lo.ouut obtained on said note, but hat the defendant made promise aftii promise to the plaintiff that he carious parties who would handle aid note hod that he Would remit he amount obtained oil said note oti eriain dates; and finally, on or -:. OU! ;he 14th day of April 1928. :he defendant did mail to the plain-iff a check id the sum of S9S0.00 aayable to the town of Boche, said iheek being drawn on the Commercial National Bank of High Point. M. C'.. and again, about April 23rd, 1928, the defendant did niaii to the alaintiff a check on the Commercial National Bank of High Point, in the sUre of S8.S20.00, but that both hecks were refused payment by the aar.K en which they were drawn and lave been returned to the plaintiff, rnd that the defendant has failed mi! refused to make said checks rood or to remit to the plaintiff aftrv due notice the amount of the proceeds of said note. "4. That the plaintiff is informed and believes and alleges that the d. feudant has wrongfully, unlawfully and wilfully taken the proceeds from said note which rightfully belong to the plaintiff and has wrongfully, unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously converted same to his awn personal use. and that the said defendant now unlawfully, wilfully, wrongfully refuses to turn over to the town of Boone the money secuirco on said note. "5. The defendant has failed and refused to cany out and fulfill his part of the contract made with the plaintiff and has breached said contract by not delivering to the plaintiff the funds secured 011 said note and by withholding said funds and converting them to his own use, and that on account of the defendant's breach of said contract and on account of his wilfully and unlawfully withholding said funds the plaintiff (Continued on Page Eight)
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