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VOLUME XL1. NO. 33
Today and \
Tomorrow j
i Bv FRANK P. STOCK BRIDGE
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Parrots j
Parrots have come in for a lot of!
: nfavorable publiciity lately because
I a strange disease which as attacked
several persons and which is.
ttributed to infection brought by j
ortain parrots from South America. j>
'hysicians and health officials say: g
here is no danger of catching "par-: t;J
ot feyer" from a biru which hasj
een in the family for any consider-j
ble time. j f
The parrot is probably the most ^
intelligent of all birds, and the fact{ g,
'hot it can be taught to talk makes j ^
; almost a human companion. And, j
ike human beings, paiTots develop'
ersonal attachments to such a de- w
..ree that they often pine away and j n(
lie when separated from their par-| jM
.icular friends. Don't let anybody 1
ill your parrot just because a few ?j
: arrots are suspected of being dis-jQ1
II <cp.ra r 1*1 nrc
i hi
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1-eminists . .in
| ^
Ganna Walska, the Polish singer :?c
ho has been married to two Amcr-; c<
an multi-millionaires, has convinced I cj
i "?e U. S. Customs Court that a mar | w
. led woman can h?.vc a legal resi- j.,
:ence separate from that of her husand.
That saves Gana from paying ^.f
duties on French gowns imported!^,
:orn her Paris "home/' though her'ec
husband lives in Fake Forest, 111.
This decision is hailed as a great m
ctory for the ultra-feminists, whose ; (j(
impose in life seems to be to break p>
i) the American home and put mar- tJ,
ed life oh the plane of the cheapest
illicit love-affair. Because this "mod- ^
\.*n idea" runs contrary to the most ^
v'e^pseated traditions every expres- j ai
on of it gets a lot of publicity. 1
which is probably what Ganne and I
the other feminists want. But it by 1 ?>v>
means follows that American fam-j jn
i?v life is in danger. Home and ba-'
mos and a husband with a good job! n<
are what the overwhelming hVajority
'.?!* American girls still want in nmr-Kjj
vi3^e- i tc
Style i:
The fur coats and silk stockings] '
worn l>v tV?#. A .?.w~ i
- ?v. oiiivi ivuu ->ti;nwKiU|)llur? . ^
who accompanied the delegates from ^
this country to the Naval Disarma-! j-fl
n^:U Conference at London made a!
greater impression on English news-i tj,
paper men than anything else about
tin* delegation. Londoners never seel
working girls dressed "smartly." j ^
Tue young women from the dif m
feront dejKirtments in Washington:
who were taken over to do the cleri- ^
caj work for the delegation were noij^
picked for" their beauty hut solely
> e? ausp they werc^the most efficient; tj,
at their johs. In any part of America.' cj
city or country village, they would Kj,
attract no special attention. We are1
so used to seeing our girls well- i
dressed and "smart" in manner and;
appearance that we do not realize j
that nowhere else in the world do
any hue ultra-fashionables and actresses
on parade wear the latest
styles in clothes.
Lincoln -* :r ,,
Appreciation of Lincoln's great-, ^
ress is felt today throughout the Na- v
tion, both North and South. In his
' vn time even the North did not 1(1
appreciate him. Dr. Albert Shnw', the
distinguished editor of the Review of lc
Reviews, brings this out graphically ^
in a new two-volume book which re- ^
prints the most complete collection "
evLr made of the newspaper car- *,(
tc-ons, campaign i>osters and other 111
pictorial representations of Lincoln!
during: his rise to fame and his ten- . Si
aney of the White House. ! a
Even vithout Dr. Shaw's illurriin-:sc
afing text, the pictures show Lin-; M
coin as more grossly maligned and K
bitterly lampooned, even in the house f
of his friends, than any other man y1
who ever rose to the Presidency.
Only after his tragic death did the
people of the North begin to realize
that a great man had led them. We "
are. prone to forget that no man ap-!
g&sg peal's great to his contemporaries. { *-'
Light -- :
Fifty years from now the world: 1"
may regard the discoveries made in
our time about ligM as the greatest | ,
scientific advance of all time. Light ?
cures "disease, ordinary sunlight, light1 "
produced in varir,is ways by arti-jj'1
ficial means. Ortfcthiy window glass! *'
keeps the healthf part of the sun- i ''
Jight out of the 'Ktouse. New kinds !tc
of glass let it in.?ln fifty years ev-jai
ery modern horn'" will be equipped j J1
WYiV? ihp rtfltu ntU'cc o?/l illr??r.c 'I h:
be less common. j J51
light stimulates" growth of both 1
animals and plants. An English fovnier
proved that exposing young pigs 1;
to ultra-violet light made them worth
double their farrow-mates at six K|
months. A French scientist recently "
grew strawberries in a cellar, ripen- *
ing in half the normal time, using l'
artificial light. They cost S5 apiece, "
but the time will come when out-of- !
season fruits and vegetables can he
grown in the North by artificial light 1
ni,cheaply as now in Florida.
DR. DOUGHERTY TO SPEAK t'j
TO PARENT-TEACHER MEET h
IE
A session of the l'arent-Teiichcr h
Association is scheduled to he held tl
at the high school building Thursday S'
afternoon at 3:15. A-program win
he presented at that time by high \
school students and Dr. B. B. Dough p
erty, president of the Normal Col-1 u
lege, has been asked to address the j"
assembly. I a
MAT
A Non-Partisan Ne
BOON]
iRvli ARBIST SAYS
iVATAUGA SHOULD
HAVE MORE FRUIT
r. W. C. Wilkon, of Wytheviile, Va.,
Urges Large Commercial Orchards J
for This County. Shows Profit to j
Be Made From Culture of Apples.
Says Watauga Should Have Two '
Thousand Acres in Trees.
The following: letter from Mr. W. j
. Wilson, of Wvtheville, Va.. to G.
Hagaman, of the Watauga County
ank, should be of interest to Waiuga
County farmers:
Vvytheviue, Va. j
February 3, 1930.;
he Watauga County Bank,
ttention Mr. G. P. Hagaman.
oone, N. C.
entlemen:
In your recent letter you motioned
that you were interested in
hat I Was doing in the orchard busiiss.
My judgment sometimes poor
.it by observing some of my good,
tends in the orchard business, I
nd that the well kept commercial
chard is yielding from 5200 to as:
gh as $1,000 per acre from 15 to j
D-year-old trees, and proper care, j
eluding spraying, pruning-, fertiliz
.ion and cultivation should be done
L?. ? vr
-? v'-"? i'ci ?tie ur less, inow n will
>st $200 per acre to bring: an orlard
into full bearing, and perhaps
ith good early crops this can be
Lygcly wiped out- afte* the fifth
;ar, and 8 to 10 years should bring
H*y profitable crops. Less than 20?
'?0 acres is hardly desirable as:
juipmont is very expensive and you
lould have enough to keep a good
an busy, as everything must be
me properly and at the right time. |
eing able to finance it properly is
io most dangerous thing, and has;
oved the undoing of many such;
iiituyes. but if all is arranged so j
ic farmer can go through with it, i
id he will locate in a thermos belt ;
) acres of well selected varieties,;
should make him independent in i
n years after they come into hear-;
g, as the crops on an average
lould net him ?100 to $200 per acre i
>r year, and change $50 land to'
Will K..< ? - '
?utuv., nut III IIIU!\t* 11 gf; no I
ust have grit and be in positioni
- wait for the long haul.
I intended to get over to your
irmers institute, but Mrs. Wilson
is been right sick for two weeks,
> have not been out of town. I
link that a good man on appies.
,c., would lie a real asset to your
trmera institute, and I was a little
sappoiuted that there was none on
te program.
Have just taken a fling fora$2QQ
Idi tionul trees and about $300 ferlizer,
and soon $2f?0 in spraying
aterial. I would like for you to send
irties interested in apple growing
?_look our trees over and perhaps
ivy will get the idea and plant an;
chard. Watauga should have two
lousand acres of commercial or-1
lard and I hope soon it will start in
?at direction. .
Yours very truly,
\Y. C. WILSON. I
I
Mountaineer Quintet
Adds Two Victories!
The Appalachian Mountaineers
ere forced to the limit to down the
'extern Carolina Teachers, formerly
ullowhee Normal, in their encounr
last Fridav, by the score of 29
. 25.
Appalachian went into an early
ad and left the floor at half timet
ith the score standing at 19 to 7. j
. Hinson, of the Mountaineers, led !
fe offensive in the first half, sup-1
>rted by the fine passing of his!
ates.
In the second half the Western
tate boys went wild and rained in
galaxy of shots, running their
ore tip thirteen points before tKe
ountaineers counted. A basket by
. Hinson started the scoring, hut
incannon tied up the score by cag- j
tg a long one, following it with a;
ee throw, and the board* tallied 22
II, with five minutes to play. Cul--<;
?whee *went into the lead, but C. j
Vinson registered a basket and a;
ml, and the count was knotted at!
5 all. Canipe caged one, followed
v K. Hinson. to end the game.
Fincannon led the scoring for Wes- j
>rn State, while C. Hinson was high j
aint man for the Mountaineers.
Appalachian State Teachers C'ol-j
ge defeated Biltmore College on the;
iltmore floor last Saturday night in
ne of the finest exhibitions of bas-:
E?t ball played on the Biltmore court
lis season. The final result was 40
? 32. The Collegians tallied first!
rid were leading for the first five;
linutes, but from then on to the j
alf, both teams were battling along:
n about even terms with the Moun-j
lineers, leaving the floor one point;
/ the good. Score at the half stood I
? to 17.
In the second half C. Hinson be-i
nn casing: 1,1 guais ironi an parts!
r the* court, and the Mountaineers i
;d all the way. The Appalachian J
?am was one of the biggest ever to
lay on the Biltmore floor and exibited
fine passing and team work,
he Collegians were fast and until
latbeson was ruled out on foul in
ie last half, were giving the Mounlineers
plenty of entertainment.
anUfng was the outstanding star;for
ie Biltmore team and received ^reat
elp from his teammates. Jones, for j
iltmore, was injured in the first
alf and was forced to retire from'
fie game. The injury was not of a !
?rious nature.
The little Missouri girl, whose peo-:
le were preparing to move, wound
^ her prayer the night before with
Goodbye God, we arc going to Kanas.''?E
x change.
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wspaper, Devoted to the 1
2. WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA
Many Boone Citizens
Attend G. O. P. Meet!
A large delegation of Watauga Ke- j
publicans left this (Wednesday) i
morning for Greensboro, where they'
will attend the Lincoln E)av Dinner
to bo held at the King Cotton Hotel I .
tonight ;u 7:30 The affair, which ]
is said to be the most extensive ever
attemnted by the party in North
Carolina will be attended by at least
one thousand party men from all sections
of the State, and the program I
vill be broadcast over Station;
WN'KC, Greensboro.
The principal speaker at the dinner
will be former Governor Edwin P. j !
Morrow, of Kentucky, who is at prcs-i
ent a mmeber of the Federal Medi-j1
aiioa Hoard, lie will come from Mo-j(
bile, Ala., where he is on a business:1
trip for the board. Judge 1. M. j
Meekins, of the Eastern Federal Dis-}'
trict of North Carolina, will deliver!'
an eulogy of Abraham Lincoln.
IJrownlow Jackson. State Rcpub-j;
lican chairman. will preside. Those *
attending from Boone and Wataugaare:
Chairman W. H. Gragg, S. C.; !
Eggers, D. L. Wilcox, Charles!
Younce. Frank Bobbins Sr., Eubert !
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noismmser. ngwaru Hoishouser, i. ti. j '
Greer, Fred and Russell Hodges, A. j .
G. Miller. A. E. Hamby. Clyde M
Greene, T. E. Bingham, and probably J ,
others. I
? ? |:
Frank Clinard Relates
Most Interesting Story
!'
Frank A. Clinard. of Hickory, for-j 1
mevlv of Patterson, who has many (
friends in Watauga County, recently.
wrote a letter to The Orphans Friend, | '
North Carolina Masonic organ, rela-1
tive to an incident which occurred at '
Patterson at the close of the Civil 1
War. The letter, which is of local '
interest, follows:
Mr. F. M. Pirthix,
The Orphans Friend,
Oxford, X. C. I
Dear Brother: lj
Your letter of the 25th inst. re-1'
ceived, and in reply will give you \
what 1 remember about the incident ;
you refer to.
On March 2(>th, 1805, General ]
Stoneman came to Patterson, N. C.. i
with his troop of cavalry, got there {
about 8 o'clock p. in., camped there <
that night. When they came into j
town they ran across Clem Osborne, <
-J <- ' >
?no wtt? cuiii(mu in i rout 01 me i&c- \
tory and commenced to loosen his |
horses. Osborne jumped out of his >
wagon and shot the man through the i
arm. At the same time he was struck '<
over the head with a sword. Then
he Saw they were Yankees. When he <
shot he thought they were "Wheel- <
er's Cuvolvy" trying to rob him of his U
horses. He then ran into the factory'!
with his clothes on fire, for they had i
shot him in the back, but his car- ?
fridge box caught the bullet. One 1
of the weavers saw him and with her
apron she smothered it out. and in- i
ran up to the third floor and climbed
up into the belfry and (pulled up theji
ladder after him.
On the morning of March 27th the; t
Yankees set fire on the third floor; I
to waste cotton, and Osborne called i
out. "I'll surrender," and came down ;
to the first floor. The man he shot I j
met him there and told him to say i
his prayers, that he was going to t
kill him. In place of praying, he' (
gave the distress sign and words of t
a Master Mason, and a major stand- i
ing hy drew his pistol and said, "Any i
man that touches this man is a dead; j
man." The major was a physician,!;
so he took Osborne to his quarters, t
dressed his wounds, gave him his i
horses, pistol and loading, and sentlc
a guard with hint to his home in!_
North Fork, Ashe County, N. C.
I saw this and caught the words (
and sign, whereupon 1 ran to my '
mother and told her what I had seen a
and gave her the sign and words. 1! 1
toll) Vtnp fKof oe * '"11 ' ^
..~- v..?? ?*o auwii mo x was >J j
years old 1 was going: to he a Mason, i
So on March 8th, 1875, I was 21
years old. I took my first degree in j
April; second in May, ami was raised 1
on St. John's Day, 1875. I gave the 1
EXTENSION HORTICU
PROGRAM FOR FARR
H. R. Niswonger, extension horti- \ \
culturist of State College, Raleigh.. 1
who was one of the piincipal speak '3
Cis at the Farm Institute the last of; t
January, in a letter to W. H. Gragg \
of Boone encloses an outline of a r
farm urogram for Watauga County
as it relates to the growing of beans, s
cabbage and potatoes. Mr. Niswon- r
ger covered the main points of this, t
program when he addressed the
farmers here. The outline follows: t
Irish Potatoes t
I. Continue to grow potatoes as J
one of the major cash crops. I
2. Plant the same acreage each <.
year and don't stop planting following
the years of low .prices.
M. Standardize the variety to Ii"- t
ish Cobbler. i
1. Develop a dependable supply
of (a) Table stock for Southern j
markets, (b) Certified seed for the,]
farmers in the Piedmont section of j
the State. j
5. Have such farmers who are :
painstaking in their work grow cer- ^
tified seed. 1
6. Have all potato growers use j
local certified seed in their plant- 1
ings. , j
?. Practice crop rotation so as to
have some cover crop to turn uiidci .?}
previous to the planting of potatoes. ;
8. Organize a 400 bushel per j ]
acre potato club. High yields will ;
lower cost of production and enable j
the farmer to make a fair net return ;;
per acre when prices are low.
9. (a) Practice seed selection at i
digging time as a factor in getting
high yields per acre, (b) Spray or!
dust often to control pests.
10. (a) Put only machine graded;
Best Interests of Northwe
wROLINA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY
HEAVY LOSSES
RESULT FROM
MIDNIGHT BLAZE
Boone Dru? Company's Building Is
Damaged by Fire, Originating on
Second Story. Prompt Action on
Part of Fire Organizations Checks
Blaze and Prevents Spread of
Flames to Other Buildings.
The Boone Drug Company and Dr.
I. M. Gaither were the principal losars
as a result of the fire which on
Tuesday midnight destroyed the
chemical laboratory and storage room
>f the local dentist, inflicting a loss
>! about $2,Old). and resulted in damage
to the drug store stock, which
uas been estimated at no less than
<1,000. The blaze, which was of undetermined
origin, developed in the
supply room of Dr. Gaither's offices,
mil \\a;* first noted by a guest at
:he Critcher Hotel, who spread the
alarm. Members of the local volunteer
fire company had just returned
:o the city from Blowing Rock where
they attended a dance given by the
fire company of that town, and within
a space of minutes were battling;
the flames. Meantime the Blowing
P.ock company was notified and within
twenty minutes was hc?v. however,
not before the local hoys had the
blaze practically controlled. The trip
from Blowing Rock was made in
fourteen minutes, only siv wiyiiFoe.
flavin# been required to assBhible the
Eiremen. Tifnelv action 011 * be part
if the fire-fighters likcb* prevented
the spread of the flames to the
priteher Hotel.
Dr. Gaither's losses include pracically
all his dental supplies, laboratory
apparatus, and his X-ray
equipment is damaged, if not altogether
ruined. He had just received
i considerable supply of new mateSals
a few days ago, and his estimated
loss of $2,UOO is thought to
k fairly accurate, an invoice of supplies
having been taken last month.
The damages may be found to mount
ligher, when the condition of the
&-ray is fuily determined.
_ Damages to the Boone Drug Store,
housed on the first floor of the
building, resulted altogether from
She effects of water, a large amount*
)f merchandise being ruined. The
manager. Dr. G. K. Moose, is of the
ipinion, at first glance, that $1,000
night cover the damages to the stock,
lowever these figures are suggested
.vithout any considerable investigator*.
At any rati, a safe minimum
v Oil Id be represented in his estimate.
The offices of Dr. J. IJ. Hagaman,
ionnected with the dental parlors,
suffered no material damages aside
hom some effects of the water. The
aw offices of Robert W. Rulliam
vere undamaged, wh'le the plumbing
shop of Charles S. Stevenson in the
casement suffered only slightly. Davidson's
Department Store, next door
tm*Tiiug slute tin the struct flour,
*ot a shaVe of the water, but no ox
tensive damage is reported.
No estimate lutu been forthcoming
is to the probable injury to the
luilding, which, aside from water
la mage, was confined to the second
floor. The dental supply room was
naetically destroyed, windows broken
and the fire burned through intb
he garret, where it is likely new
Taming and roof bracings will have
:o be supplied. No effort is being
nadc to completely check the losses,
sending the arrival of insurance adustors
today (Wednesday). Ifisurince
is in force on the building, and
he different professional and business
men occupying it. have policies
covering equipment and merchandise.
;ign and words to our Worshipful
d aster when I took the first degree,
md he said I had been reading Morgan.
I told him 1 never had read
rlorgan, and didn't know anything
ib'out hinij and don't know yet.
Yours fraternally,
FRANK A. CLINARIX
fickory, N. C.
iickory Lodge 348, A. F. & A. M.
I TMPKT r%IITI IM17C
? ? A Vf V/ M. ij
1ERS OF WATAUGA
)otatoes in clean sacks on the marret.
(b) Sell your potatoes through
local individual or ovganizaion,
co-operative or otherwise. This
rill give you more time to properly
nanagc your farm.
11. Provide properly constructed
tovage houses at some convenient
dace to hold the seed potatoes until
he Piedmont farmers plant.
12. In the absence of storages at
he present time sell your potatoes
or table use during the months of
luly and August or before Northern
iota toes begin to move to our South;rn
markets.
Cabbage
1. Grow cabbage for the South
irn marketes and the local kraut
actory.
2. (a) Standardize the variety
"or local and southern markets to
Heed strain or Danish Ball HeadSStfuiust
planting distance in order to
produce medium-size heads weighing
> to I pounds, (b) Standardize ll\e
eitrieu.v ior Kraut to tne Lriory Oi
Enkhpizen or another good variety.
\ uniform variety will make a better
trail t and create a greater demand
tor this canned product.
3.^Increase the number of marketable
heads per acre by?(a) Gi\>'?v
plants in well prepared seed bed and
plant only the most vigorous plants
at the first pulling, (b) Rotate cabbage
ground to eliminate diseases
such as club root, soft rot and yellows.
(c) Lime land as a means oi
checking the ravages of club root,
(d) Use fertilizers analyzing high ir
phosforous and nitrogen, (e) Sprav
(Continued on Page 5)
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DCRA
jst North Carolina
f 13. 1930
Local Democrats Will
Attend Jackson Dinne ,
c
!cbs 3 Rmwn. chairman ot th? '
! Watauga County Young People:-;
j Democratic Club, is in receipt of a
communication from the committee
i on arrangements for the Jackson Day
I Dinner, to be held in the city auditorium
at Raleigh on March 15th.
i The letter states that while the quota
for each county is small, the commitj
tee hopes that a representative
!group will attend the dinner, which
j is described as the most elaborate
) political affair ever planned for the
; State.
National Chairman Juliet Shouse j
will be the principal speaker of the'
evening, and it is understood that
(every Democratic Congressman from!
North Carolina, together with tne two j
Senators, have signified their intcn-1
, tions of being present for the rally.
! Josiah William Bailey, who is makin
- a fight for the Senatorial nomi-j
nation against F. M. Simmons, will
also be a guest, along with dozens
' of other lesser party leaders from
. this and other states.
Chairman Brown requests that all
! Watauga Democrats who wish to attend
the dinner see him at once, and j
j make their reservations. The number
of seats a lot ted to this county is j;
i small, and indications at present are
pt.hat the limited ?;umbcv will not
supply the demand.
Pritchard Introduces
Compensation Bill
Commander Spencer Miller, of the
: Watauga Post, American I.egion,
asks The Democrat to publish the
following bill , which was recently in- ;
; traduced in the House of Represen- j
| tatives by Congressman Pritehard, of
I North Carolina, under the heading:
"A bill to compensate all disabled
I World War volornns and to effect a!
more economical administration of j
the pension laws of the United
i States":
"Be it enacted by the Senate and |
I House of Representatives of the '1
United States of America in Coil- j
. gress assembled. That every eommis-'
I sioned officer, enlisted man, mem- i
her of the Army Nurse Corps (fe-j
; inalef.OAof tb.e Navy Nurse Corpsl
(female), who served in the Army
Navv or marine forces of the United |
States after April 0, 11117, and be-i
fore July 2, 1921, and \vho are now,
or may hereafter become, either1
physical! y or mentally disabled from 1
pursuing a gainful occupation, and [
their dependents in the event of;
, death, shall, from ami after the rati1
fication of this Act. be awarded and
J receive compensation at the same i
' rate of pay as ?s provided by the;
rating .schedule of the World War]
; Veterans' Act of 1921. and amend- \
!' ments thereto.
"Section 2. That for the purpose j
of determining the physical and menta
l vppdihnnz of a indicants for com-1
J pensnti ion hereunder there shall be j
(appointed in each State and Territory j
I of the United States, in such numi
bers as may be deemed advisable,!
j examining boards composed of three
competent civilian physicians.
"Section .'5. That the Director of
the World War Veterans' Bureau1
-shall appoint the members of the j
[skid examining boards and shall fix 1
their compensation: Provided, That j
j after the consolidations hereinafter
; provided for shall have been effected I
the head of the consolidated agen- j
; ties shall thereafter be charged with
v.*. ....?1 * "*
tuv <?an? nxing 01 the
i compensation of the members of the \
j said examining: hoards.
I "Sec tion lr That there shall be no
time limit for application for the
benefits conferred by this Act.
"Section 5. That for the admin isrtation
of the provisions of this Act
I and to effect a move economical ad;
ministration of the pension laws of!
; the United States and the World War
I Veterans' Act of 1921, and amend.
ments thereto, the President of the
! United States, by and with the advice
of the Commissioner of Pensions,
the Director of the Veterans'
; Bureau, and such other expert advice
t as me rxcstaent may see fit to em-1
t ploy, shall effect such consolidations
of the existing World War Veterans'
Bureau, Pension Bureau, and other!
governmental agencies as are nowcharged
by law with administering
the pension laws and the World War
Veterans' Act of l'U24. rn\d atr.end
| ments thereto.
"Section 6. That this Act shall
' not deprive any veteran of his right
j to the compensation which he is now
j receiving under the World War Vet:
erans* Act of 1024. or amendments
thereto.
"Section 7. That all Acts and
i clauses of Acts of the United States
; in conflict with this Act are hereby
i repealed.
j "Section 8. That this Act shall be
j in full force and effect from and
i after its ratification."
A.; . spE\' ? ? j _
THE WEATHER
j Weather report for week ending
; February 8, 1930. as comniled bv
; the Co-operative Station, Appalachian
State Teachers College, Boone,
| J. T. C. Wright, observer:
i Average maximum temperature,
40 degrees.
Average minimum temperature,
*21 degrees.
Average temperature, 30 degrees.
Average daily range in temperatine.
1G degrees.
Greatest daily var.gc in xempera1!
ture, 30 degrees; date 7th.
Average tmeperature at S a. m.
i (time of observation), 37 degrees.
' Highest temperature reached, 50
| degrees; date 7th.
'? Lowest temperature reached, 20
degrees; date, Sth.
i Number inches of rainfall (includ*
ing melted snow), 0.85.
Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 0.45
inches; date, 4th.
-51.50 PER YEAR
yhiojljryacquits
ivillhaynfcsof
Manslaughter
o
^ iver of Car in Which James Loviil
Met Death Found Guilty of Driving
W-'iile Intoxicated. Hasn't Yet
Been Sentenced- Guilty Man Subject
to Heavy Fines and Imprisonment.
Jury Out Forty-five Minutes.
The following: article, taken from
a C'oshockton, Ohio, newspaper of
recent date, tells of the trial in that
city of William Haynes, former Wataugan.
driver of the car in which
James Loviil, son of William R. Lovill.
Roor.p attorney, met death on November
? 0th:
William Haynes. aged about 50,
of near Isleta, Ohio, was acquitted of
a manslaughter charge hut found
guilty of a charge of driving while
intoxicated by a jury in common
picas court Wednesday afternoon.
The verdict was returned by the
jury of 10 men and two women after
15 minutes of deliberation on the
case, which was started in coin moil
pleas court Monday morning.
As. a result of the jury's verdict
Haynes is subject to a penalty of
a fine between Si 10fl and xRO'tfi ? ;->H
sentence of not less than 30 days
or more than six months, or both.
His right to drive a car may also be
revoked for a period of six months.
i?e had not been sentenced today.
Haynes was chargoci with manslaughter
in connection with the
death of James Lovni. 31. cf neat
Hainfield. who died as the result
of injuries received when the auto
in which he was riding, and which
Haynes was driving:, crashed into the
side of a covered bridge near Orange
on November JO.
The State charged Haynes with
criminal negligence, claiming that he
\va-; intoxicated at the time of tjw?
accident and that the accident was
caused by his inebriated condition.
The defense 'charged that Lovill
caused the accident which resulted
in his death when he grabbed the
steering wheel and forced the car
into the hri dge while in an intoxicated
condition.
The case was extended into an exlra_jday_rWednesday
when the State
requested a recess in order to secure
the presence of a defense witness,
Louis Wentz, of the Bakersville-Orange
road; Wentz had been under
quarantine as a result of scarlet fever
in his home, hut in spite of the
ouarantine his presence in court was
permitted.
While the defense originally sum
mo mid Wentz, the defendant's couno.?t
r?i
viiv-iiii aim vimim, I'd llSCU to CHI!
him when it was learned that he was
under quarantine. Prosecutor I). P.
Ffilininp; insisted that Wentz's testimony
be introduced in rebuttal, however.
and he scoured permission from
Health Commissioner D. Al. Criswell
to have Went-/, appear.
comimSsuTueT Ciiswc-Ii explained
today the quarantine was to have
been lifted today, but that it was
continued when it was found that another
child in the family is ill.
In explaining WentzSs appearance
in court. Commissioner Criswell
stated that adults in a quarantined
home are not restricted if they do
not c onn? m contact with the patient
or with anything that the patient may
have touched. It was on this ground
that Went?, was permitted to appear
as a witness in court yesterday, Dr.
! Criswell said.
The members of the jury which
heard the case were Mrs. .lohn A.
' Lorcn'/- Rnv P.nfioM W I
John Snow. Stacy Halo, Mrs. Hftolly
i Mohler, J. J. Rowen, Daniel Hudson,
Fred Butz, B. F. Smailes, Ray Dawj
son and J- G. Fry.
LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER
ATTENDS DISTRICT MEETING
! Because of the popular nation-wide
reception of the new Chevrolet Six
at lower prices, the Chevrolet Motor
Company is preparing' for a volume,.
: of business in 1930 that promises
to break all records of the company.
Confidence oyer the outlook for a
banner Chevrolet year is widespread
1 in the factory and dealer organi;
nations.
! This is the statement of L. L. Bing:
ham, local Chevrolet dealer, who has
just returned from Charlotte where
S he attended the mammoth Chevrolet
I sales meeting and banquet.
"Tinder the direction of li. J.
! Klingler, vice-president and general
j sales manager of the Chevrolet Moi
tor Company, the meeting embraced
the most graphic and comprehensive
I sales presentation ever attempted by
an automobile manufacturer," Mr.
Bingham said.
"The advanced merchandising
j methods which the factory is sug
gesting to the dealer organization
; were depicted in the form of playlets.
showing the proper procedure
1 to be followed in the successful operation
of a retail automobile busi'
nessf*
In connection with the convention,
i the iOO-Cctr club members of the
j Chevrolet zone, which embraces the
! retail salesmen who sold 100 or more
! cars in 1929, held their annunl meet1
inpr, and installed officers for the
I year.
THREE BITTEN BY MAD DOG
NEAR TODD POSTOFFICE
News reaches the Democrat that
| a mad dog a few davs ago entered
l the Todd neighborhood, bit a man
I and two of his sor.5 (jo?t how much
livestock he victimized not repoited),
| passed on his would-be mission of
death, but was overtaken and killed.
The head of the offending canine
was amputated and sent to the State
I Chemist who, after a careful analy|
sis. wived the Ashe County physician
j that the dog had rabies. Naturally,
' there is much uneasiness among the
i people there, especially among those
| who were bitten.