|kpll;i~- -:-. - - _:v'j.i>'....l.'-/..'p- x .'.,-/>)fk2ki^5:; sc :n-^i '-- . VOLUME XLII. NO. 24 Today and Tomorrow B> FRANK r. STOCKBRTDGE Sousa An old man stood on the White douse steps; the other day am! waved Tis baton whUe the President of the United States ,-tood by his side and Iraiik in trie music which Jbhii Philip drew from the band which he had made famous years ago. it used to be said ol" -bmrica that *. i were hot a musical nation. No1 ody can say that today. Sousa came long at a time when musical taste vms at its lowest ebb in the United States and wrote the stirring marches that will never die, with which his -ami' and the tame of the Marino hind will fore\er he associated. The :ition hailed him as its creates! composer. That wa; he'\ei true, but he . is the greatest pomnarizer of mucic, buck in the l$SO*s and 1S00V, in nr was. vTuiout cue gvvat st band leader the war!;! had 'veen up to then. India Maulana Muhammad Ap reminded: :h?r British Goveranient the other day-i h.nt it England had listened to Edliind Burkt -lie neve: ivoubl have} !;jfc America; ant! wnnicd the ?eat-j t.unarios of the British Empire that; unless the\ listened to hint and his] ssocialcs they would Ipse India. j For the first time in history, all} astes. religions and factions of the omplex civilization of India united 'o demand, without mincing woMsi that their country shall have the same 'hrht of self-government, the same latin as member- of the British i.ornmonwcalth of Nations, as thinAustralia. South Africa and the rest of the former colonies now en joy. Hep'.esentatiVfs of lndut and of; the Empire are sjttmp: in on "round eonivrtriices in ITomloiv iryiv.z. !.tvtv".'decide' India's fate. The leporicj f this g-.iIhming read as if the pages,1 a history had he- n ftivned hack a; . V atulred ami .fifty-five veUvs. to the cinfe .when delegates "from this. ,side rf the Atlantic informed the minis:t?rs of King George III of the temI jh-'i1. ??f the Americai) colonists. Thej nrinfoCev-s of George V ;nv more like-: than did those of his j f. reat~greut-great-grandfath<-v.r. Inheritance "The estate of Thus. Fortune Ryan j. i!l pay $l7.:)71V4Hi to the State of: v York and $4,3S2,072 to the; Federal Government. There will slid. he Jcft somewhat moie than a hun-l firp<l mun?m <iouar$, wmcn is ..-noogn i for si'Vcva! heirs t" stViUKle alongj ij&' No tax can be fairer than the lax J :?'on largo iiiWvHpi!- ..&i?yi'es. All exempt small estates from this tax. J When n man dies his property has no J ."vncr. In the absence of heirs it a'i'i belongs to the State. The right toj pass it on hy will ia a privilege grant-j by the State, and not an inlievefit} right. Most states iireserihe what a) man may do by will. The heirs are ehtitlgjj by custom,'..to reasonable! participation, but have no light to! complain if the State steps in and I takes a large share out first for the benefit of all the people. For no great fortune h accumulated except by the participation, directly or indirectly, of all the people. Ships i The keel was laid the other day for y? iWe largest ptisseii&er ship evei ?-onstrutted in the United States, it will feafcy.% he 705 feet long and will carry |7- passengers across li t- Atlanta iv than six days. It is to be fcdVwotgS by another ship of the same m\ These new ships will not be the. j largest passenger craft carrying the American flag. Nor will our new first- class liners compare with the new ships which Germany, France and Great Britain have just built or are building. it is a snort-sighted poncy wnicn ;^let? our Government be contented to; ho?l<l 8||g magnificently than do our rivals on the sea. For these new craft, like those of other nation's, are built with Government subsidies. Perhaps the Shipping Board and the officials at Washington thought they would not have public support if they | sjtent too much money on the new *hip? in that, as in almost everyE " thing else the Shipping Board has 'loae, they- are wrong. The American people will hack any really magnificent expenditure with prideful enthusiasm, but it has never been interested m economy or in secondrat^ achievements. PROGRAM AT OAK GROVE Th<- students of Oak Grove School will render a program December 2,'( nf I o'clock, consisting of humorous dialogues and plays, negro minstrel J\ acts, and plenty of good string mu?5L\. .-?c. The public is cordially invited aSid '.here will be no admission charges. 811 Step /ATM A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE SENATOR OVERMAN/ [DIES; EX-GOVERNOR MORRISON NAMED ? _ j Aged Legislator Passes at Washing- i ton. Funeral Held at Salisbury. j Ten Senators and Ten Congress-! Men Attend Last Rites. Morrison i Will lake Office Soon. Said to Be We'll Qualified tor Post. Salisbury. X. 0. ? Lee Sailer Oyer-; } man. siuldcdfy summoned 1.0 die in j !his life's l)eeemher, retw nod for ali: tiiro to the soil of the State that; i nurtured him on hist Saturday after- j j noon. The 70 and more years of t.is vim*. 1 I full life closed abruptly early Fri-j j day. A half-hundied of them he had {allotted to public life. Twenty-eight! | years be bad sowed in the United j States Senate. i Saturday morning his worn body; j was brought back to his native Salis-! i bur v. On Hint 4t?.?> tw..i?.J ! was given into a flower-heaped grave! j in Chestnut 1 (ill Cemetery, while ten I <?i" his fellows in the Senate, as many j -members ol" the IIous'c of Representative:-. the great of North Carolina* and the humble who; railed his neighinn looked on in sorrow. There was no pomp, no outpour-: ing ?>i" eulogies to mar the simplicity ; of Lee Overman's return to dust. ' Ai living on a six-car special train; from Washington, where Friday night the Senate gathered to do him final honor, the steel-gray casket, banked! with yellow carnations and red roses,; and shrouded with America's flag, j was esc orchil by American Legion- j mures to the rambling, unpretentious; . house he called home. ! i For six hours the throngs that knew, admired and loved him filed by to gaze a last time upon the be- 1 nigi) face, the silvery hair, the tall ] form that gave Lee Overman his distinction and his title. "The Noblest Roman of them all." Worn, wasted,! broken, they said he was. by the I trial* of this last yeai and the ill-j ness that led so inevitably to nisi death. In the afternoon the Legionnaires, who fought America'- battles in Franco oven as lie fought them m the Senate's Chamber, bore his bbjdyj to the fitst Methodist Church here,, lifting it through an arch of the Al-i lie?.' flags. Following an impressive! service. the cortege moved to thej graveyard. where all that was mortal of the jyieat Southern statesman was lowered to its final testing: place. From Washington there came Saturday Senators Moses, Nov.' Hampshire. president pro tem of the body; WnKellifte^^ehii^ssee; Bratton, New Mexico; George. Georgia;J.Smith of; South Carolina; Brock. Tennessee;] Slack, Alabama; Shot tridge, Calif or j nut, ami Fi-azier, North Dakota. The ] House sent Representatives Howard,! Nebiasfca; Hare, South Carolina;'; Williams, Texas; Jones, Kerr. Pritch-; arcl, James, Dougtwa and Clark, of J. North Carolina. Illness kept Senator) Simmons, Overman's college mate,i dlVlong' friend and colleague of 28 j years in the Senate, from attend ; a nee. Negro members of the Senator's j household staff, who linked him wilhj that old South to which thej* looked j hack fondly, were last to file by hisj coffin bgfore it was taken to thej church. Other negroes lined thej streets, and some came into the gal-1 lery of the church. The State's loves for Lee Overman knew no bounds of! fapp or mini _ < , Born in Salisbury January 3, 1854,j Mr. Overman was graduated fromTrinity College in 1874, taught school | two years and then became private | secretary to Governor Zeb Vance. He! ; remained with Governor Thomas Jar-' | vis, Vance's successor, one year, re signing to practice law in Salisbury.; He served five times in the State's! 1 legislature, was chosen Democratic! | candidate for the Senate in 1895, i defeated, hut was victorious in 1903 ! and had been four times re-elected.; I He had two years of his term left toj ! serve and had intended seeking re-i 1 election ir. 1932. During the World; ; War he was of invaluable assistance! ; to President Woodrom Wilson in ! pushing through emergency war! ! measures. MORRISON APPOINTED | Raleigh, N. C.?Governor O. Max | Gardner, by virtue of the authority I j with which the 1929 North Carolina j I General Assembly invested him. Sat-j i uvday appointed lameron Morrison,; j the man who defeated him for Governor in 1920, to fill the United; States Senate seat Lee S. Overman's ! death left vacant. "I intend to take- the oath of of-j ; fice just as quick as I can," Mr.! : Morrison said. He expects to bear] j his commission to Washington today.: j. Governor Gardner 2tvnipunced his de-' cision to Mr. Morrison and the press at the home of Walter H. Woodson} in Salisbury, where he and Mrs.! Gardner spent, the week-end, shortly! after the interment of Senator Over-} man. Of Morrison, Mr. Gardner said, "Ij felt there was m North* Carolina no; fContinued on Pago 8) JGA wspaper, Devoted to th< . WATAUGA COBKTT, NORTH < j NORTHCARQLIN CAMERON MORRISON appoint, fill out unexpired term of Sennlot Friday. Mr. Morrison is a resident qualified for the High position. I DRIVE GETS UNDER FOR CHARITY; BOX The local Community Chest committee, with Mr. W. H. Gragg acting in the capacity of chairman, Tisrstaging an old-it"ruer box supper in the courthouse auditorium on Thursday evening, t-Se proceeds from the event to be used to distribute Christmas cheer to those families in this community, which otherwise would be destitute during the holidays. Indications are that the must of the ladies of the community w.ii prepare boxes for toe occasion and that the men of the city will cooperate to the fullest extent in the worthy move- Varied entertainment will be provided and those coming will have an evening of rare enjoyment, and be happier still in the anticipation of greater joys to come to the more unfortunate as a result of the event. The committee insists that every box possible be prepared and that tSe citizenship turn out en masse on this occasion. While there are a good many families unable to provide themselves with the necessities incident to the wintry weather, and a great many kiddies with the pitiable prospect of any empty stocking beside a chilly hearthstone, warmth and comfort and food may be brought to the more unfortunate, and t?He children may laugh with glee as their well-worn stockings bulge with the beneficence of the good St. Nicholas, and the hearth may be warm from th? Ferd Wilson Arrested On Serious Charge Fercl Wilson, son of Roby Wilso a resident of North Fovk Townshi was arretted last Thursday by Pe ciies IIataman and Mast, the \va rant charging that Wilson on sever different occassions fired a gun in' the home of J. M. May, former Re istcr of Deeds, who resides near tl Wilson farm. Other charges allej that during the past veni the d fendant has frequently harassed ai intimidated the May family. A preliminary hearing: was givi young Wilson Monday morning b iore Justice Hahn, and he was boui over to the Spring Term of Suoeri Court under a two-thousand-doll: bond. A peace bond of $1,000 w also demanded by the court. T1 defendant was represented by A tornevs John K. Brown and T. Bowie, and Mr. May's Charges we defended by \V. R. Lovill and Bin ham and L-inney. DEMOCRAT FORCE PLANNING BRIEF REST 0UK1NG HOLIDAY Ttvo ...ill i-. ii - "V WV...WVIUI " 111 Mr I39UCU ' Monday of next week in the nic abbreviated form possible, in ord that those responsible for it.; public lion may be able to enjoy.-a day two of rest after 11 hard year's woi No solicitations are ai^icipatert fti those who have matters of a natu making publication imperative w have to present the same no lat than Saturday. Failure to obser this- request will result in disappoh ment, as only enough pages will printed to take care of the matt which can't wait. iv, DEMC ? Best intere sts of Northwesl CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER i A'S NEW SENATOR ~~j B ? j . >d Saturday L>y Governor Gardner to vv' Lee S. Overman, who succumbed on 1 of Charlotte, and is said to be amply j ^ ' 1c will take the oath of office scon. j ' WAY TO RAISE FUND i;; SUPPER THURSDAY!!: |C I>! I glow C.f th? friendly ember*. The cost would be trivial in thi* tection compared with the satisfac- ifi t:oi. l.'iai would b? ?o,i-.cu by W knowing that joy and happiness | reigns supreme in even the most humble home on the highest moun- | tain or the most unpretentious | cabin in the deepest valley. Come to the box supper, have a m , good time and help the needy ones. j)1 If for any reason you cannot come send in your part, but no one, re- ' j gardless of station in life or han- j U j dicaps, who -has bright prospects i . 1 1 for a comfortable yuletide, should j ''' fail, to contribute a full share to j this noble work. The committee decided to from makiti" house to house snlic- ' itations this year, ('and feels that ! l!' the proceeds from the box supper | will be made to meet the most U pressing needs. Let's have a coin- 11' munity chest bulging with Christmas c.Seer, without a lock or key, and throw out our beneficence in Christian unity for the relief of ,U our distressed. It is far better to make the mis- * ' i take of giving to two who need no ^ I aid, rather than to miss one fam- j ily who will meet Christmas morn ; I with hunger and cold and misery. i Let's take no chance whatever on j [ , anyone in this community beinv 1 11 i | destitute while our own yule lo^s 1 1 burn brightly, and plenty smiles : I I upon our cvhildren. Let's give and \ 1 s j if necessary till it hurts. ! c Deep Gap Detour Is iS; Causing Trouble , ' i a n.\ (AVilkes .Journal) jc P* Captain Currier, who is supervisee P~ ing the work on the Boone Trail ig v~ Highway, states that u great manyjn motorists are deliberately bringing' to j down trouble and inconvenience on 11. K"{ their beads by ignoring instructions- I iejus to the 'route to be taken to reach 1 b ?e j Boohe. j o c"l He says that while the work on! I ^ j No. 60 has practically been counplel-j led to Deep Gap. from that point on' F >n i the surfacing is under way. and dh'-j e~- ring the wet weather it is next to^ -impossible to get by. During the pastj or; week tile contractor has extended <, iir J many courtesies, by pulling autoistsi (? as our of the mud, notwithstanding the] p fact that prominent signs are dis-j played warning against proceeding j ? ** t on this route. rc Captain Currier says that this. epn-| a slant demand for help is retarding] 0 work on the road and he has issued" j ! orders that until the work is com-! j j pleted, when an automobile is stuck; M (S? on the detour, ii win be pulled uut.x land headed back toward tl>i? . -- - - " 1 I jnjboros. IJe points ouL that there arc; s ,st; two good alf-wrather roads to Boone] t er that 'should be. used by travelers fromj s a. the east, and tliey will he savins, ol- themselves about forty miles of tliiv-j p injr by taking these routes to begin nd with. I , re i C ill Mr. Shepherd, branch manager of j ev the Goodyear Tire ami Rubber Co.. e ve Charlotte division, and Mr Everett, 1 it-! salesmen of 'Winston-Salem. were r be! visitois Tuesday with the Central v ;eri Ti-e Company. local Goodyear deal- c | ers. 1 .ivVya.4_,.- aa-M -W " )CR j \ : North Carolina fc, itmo :? ? oone Merchants Ha~ Fine Holiday Business She business houses of the city arei joying an unusually good business j r the holidays, considering! the gen- j 3] depression, according to inforation given The Democrat by va>us of the merchants, and indicants point to a heavy rush during e remaining shopping days. Stocks! e more complete than in previous jars and the displays which have; en effected contribute to highly! tisfactory fillingr of gift fist? with] e minimum of delay. The advertisements in this issue of j ic Democrat will be found an inluable aid to holiday shoppers, es-! cially those who do not visit the j ;nw aniii reauy 10 mahe tneir puvases. The merchants have made a; finite bid for your business and de-j ive yi.ur support. The advertising lur.ms aid you in making up your t in advance and save you time as >11 as money. Patronize your home. crchants. and read the messages; ey are bringing you. The following e asking you for business and y-jurj U-nlion is respectfully directed t*>} eir hdvertising which appears} rpughout the succeeding pages: The Hand That Helps. Peoples' ink: Gifts Oli 'Jewelry. Will G. Wa]r; Back t?? Pre-War Prh-t s. Daniel', Vone Shoi Shop; Christmas Greet gs. Hoone Hardware; Toyland. i uis. Farmers Hardware; Specials, uhevi Norris; Letter from Father,* lilO.ine and Loan; Christmas Sale, arris Brother*; Santa on Way. K.; Miller Company; Give HolhngsISjth's, Boone Drug Company; Mer-i Christmas, (Y.rolLia S to ?*es; uistmas Savings, Watauga County, ink: Give a Radio. Central Tire ni'pany; Christmas Clearance at lainhours; Gifts for Men, Boone othing Store; White Christmas, lono Steam Laundry; Quality and, ice, Cash Feed Company; Down to ick-Bottom', City Shoe Shop; The! iiristmas Store. Hodges Drug Com-J my. American Legion Post tZ*l! A ' * ri r /-I . vill Aid ruOi ut wouhiyi Charles Vounce, commander ofl atauga Post, American Legion, isj huiTik uul ?i it'iciM 10 ex-serviee on in. Watauga, in^iiijr them to lake contributions to a fund being! rtT.icd for the purpose of bringuv.'i hristmas cheat- into the homes of; >teranlj families \viu? are unable t<> ovide for themselves. The letter J .pun, follows: I "The American Legion is .not a unity organization. but an organi-: ition of World War veterans who ught that you and this great, na>n might jgo nw. ''The Legion's pur nose is to skwej s C-onvmnnity. State and nation. It iiholds the ("onstitution of the Uniti States of A meriea. and mnmtnu&l ic pfiVuiples of justice.; '"The Legion is sponsoring a Christ-j an campaign, t;> give to the poor id nocidy"AvoHdS War veterans' e.hilreh, <?tfi?>r needy children, aged ir.cn nd women and our beloved Civil *ar~ vffefan? of Watauga County, c- are securing the names of such ?opie, their ages, addresses, whether i' not they own homes, etc. This liovmation is being secured from le teach (ivy throughout the county. "Contributions, such as money, old ip thing, fruits, vegetables. candies, nd other useful items will be appreiated: however, we are not making direct appeal to you; the matte)* is ptiooary. "Your kindness to the American egion and the poor, needy children nd others throughout Watauga oumy who probably will not know tmstmas other than by receiving a ift, though small it may be, shall ever be forgotten." The committee in charge of this encvolent work is composed of L. S. saacs, V. C. Howell and B. K Osomo. Contributions of money and r-her gifts will be vceeived at the saacs Department Store. TFTEEN INCHES OF SNOW FALLS IN WATAUGA COUNTY This (Wednesday) morning the round is covered with snow to a epth of fourteen inches and pros;ects are that move will fall before ight. Mercury hung around 15 deTees above zero, and the falling lakes were carried briskly along by bitter east wind. Reports from the ast state that more than thirty nches fell during the night iri the kiedmont section. Mail service was araiyzed by the storm, no mail from *enoir or the Witkvsboros having ai nl ""nr. T1*-' V..V I.VV1I IIVU1 . V ection forces have been busy during he morning and county roads are aid to be open. iO PAROLES DURING HOLIDAYS Raleigh.?Executive Counsel O. M. iluU has issued a stateincut thai Jovernoi Gardner will extend no ;enera? clemency to prisoners oeause of the holidays and, as he will >e engaged in budget matters from low until the first cf the year, he s?il) not consider applications foi lemency after Tuesday, Decernbei G, until January 1, 1931. $1.50 PEK YEAK WATAUGA REAL ESTATE V ALUED AT $7,597,000.00 Average Value of Farm Land* I* $23.43 an Acre, Town Lots Valued at $? ,058.84. Total Valuation of State's Real Estate is $2,090,414,000, According to State Board of Assessment. (Special to The Democrat) Raleigh. X. C. North Carolina's total valuation ' eal estate in 1929 wan f2.090, 11 t.000. divided into land acreage valued at $934,829,000 and town and city lot valued at SI,020,077,000. uecoidh to the last retiqrts of the State Board of Assessment. just issued. The average valuation of land per acre is $31..84, the highest being in Garibn County. $210-84. and the I?~.? CP <?- ?1~ * 1 - .1 .v/vr^-ot ?- ' utitv. wmie i.iie town lots average the highest price in Caldwell County $3,372:09, and the l-.iwest in Jones County. $342.51. The State aw-rage for town lots is $1 b'JC.U. Mecklenburg leads in total value, hf tYiivn lets, with SI 2^.947,1108, j while Currituck listed as having no town lots. Globoid has the high est total value ?>f land acreage, with .*-2(1.9 38,379. while Tyrrell has the lowest. ?1.5 I 7.087; Watauga County, the : eporl shows, had a total reai estate valuation of $7,597.00,0 of which $5,850,000 was in land, value'! at an a* rage of ?23.13 an acre anil SI .734,000 in town lots, average value of which was $1,058.8-1 a lot. The county had nothing listed in manufacturing es- ,ty . ? , tnhlishments outside of city and town corporation limits and $13,000 in value of mineral, timber or water power sites in the county. Senator Edward Butler Dies at Mountain City Funeral services were conducted "au^aiountain City Monday after noon for K. K. Butler, 66, mayor of that town and for many years a member of the Tennessee State Senate. The services were in charge of Rev. J. T. ilyrd at the M. E. Church, and during the bout business houses $>i* the city were closed. Practically the entire citizenship of the community was in attendance, and many went from Watauga and other adjacent counties, scores of legal dignitaries from ever the State of Tennessee i being included. Graveside rites were conducted ihy the Masonic fraternity of which bmiy ilc-eased has ion?: ho en ;? niiiniber. Surviving are the widow, who be i'ovc her marriage was Miss Rlla Baker of Ashe County, and two ehildren, Roderick Butler of Mountain i City and Mrs. Foster C- Brown of I Knoxville. On Saturday afternoon Mayor Butj Jer was feeling better than usual, although he had been ir. declining: I health for some months. At the same time he felt apprehensive, and be| eamb suddenly *.11 at six o'clock with j a recurring heart trouble and died i an hour later. Mr. Butlev was mayor of Mount \ tain City at the time of his death, president of the Merchants and Trad1 ers Bank, a successful member of . the State bar, State Senator for ten 1 years, preceding which he was floi terial representative ixi the State ! Begisla ntre for three successive | terms. He was well known throughj out Watauga County, where the news j of his death has caused wide sorrow. lie was the moving spirit in the djo; lie life of his section and it was i through his efforts to a major cxI tent that the State of Tennessee Son! strutted the highway from Mountain City connecting with No. ilO at the [ North Carolnia line. Livestock Association T It M . m.T *? * i o meet ixext lVlonday i A meeting- of the Executive Com mittec of the Livestock Association of Watauga County has been called for Monday. December 22, 10 a. m.r i at the- courthouse m Boone. It is the j purpose ot this meeting to discuss ; various phases of the agricultural ' situation in Watauga County for the : coming year. ] It is exceedingly important that [ extensive plans be made in time to give every possible advantage to the ; farmers arid stockmen of the county, There will be some oe*y and imporl tant matters to be considered. The meeting is open to nny one desirinc ] to attend. The executive committee is composed of the f^lowiny men: Clyde i Perry, -1. S. Snyder, ,). B. Hovton, 1 John Greer, Kdftnr Edmisten. Henry j KaiSttaws, John Fo>.;l V?*. W; Mast, jl.ee Calender. J. L. Triplett. Watt .'Gragg, Sam Atkins. A. N Thomas, : Marion Thomas. Harrison Baker, ,1 Alex Tujtmnn, A. G. Miller, Clement ,| McNeil, Charlie Triplett. J. G. S'.oiy, IG. J. Keller, ft. T. Greer, Rodney B j Greene, \V. N Howell and J. 1,. Mil

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