North Carolina Newspapers

. VOLUME XLII. NO. 46 DOUGHTON NOT TO OPPOSE MORRISON FORU. S. SENAT1 Lons Service * nri R??king in Houi Appe?i to "Farmer Bob" and H in Content to Let Bowie, Hoey an Bob Reynold* Fight It Out Wit Morriton for Seat. Definitely O* of Senate Picture. (Lenoir News-Topic); Congressman R. L. Doughfon wi not oppose Senator Cameron Morr son for the Democratic nominatio to the United States Senate, he tol A friends here last week. This dei nite statement sets at rest persisted rumors and demands that he leav his berth in the Hotase of Represer tatives and make a fight for th Senate nomination. For a while Congressman Dougt ton did not take seriously the rt quests from his friends that lie.ru for the Senate, but in recent week the demands have become so nunh rous that he felt the necessity c definitely removing himself from th picture. There are several reasons vh Congressman Dough ton does not wis to forsake the House of Represent? 4 tives. His long service in the IT oils makes him one of its ranking men hers and his power in that body : surpassed by few. He stands a chanc of becoming a highly important fij ure on the powerful Ways and Mear committee, on which body he wi be the fourth ranking member -i the coming session. Other prospects on the Dem< cratic list to oppose Senator Moi rison are former Congressman Clyd R. Hor>y of Shelby, -Judge - -Tarn ( Bowie of Jefferson and Robert 1 Reynolds of Asheville. It is generally known that Mi Iloey, one of the most brilliar statesment in North Carolina, is gi\ ing the matter seroius consideratior but the opinion prevails locally tha he has injured himself by appcarin us a lobbyist for the power interest at the current session of the Nort Carolina General Assembly. But i a race against Senator Morrison tha would not be greatly to his advar tage, since the Morrison love for th Duke folk is a mafter of record. Mr. _Rr,U?in tk la n**A*xra+r\r\A not fully ffectcled' What he will d about the race, but his projccte candidacy lias not attracted a gres deal of attention locally. As for Mr, Reynolds, "Our Bob of a former campaign against Sent tor Overman, he may do any thin* In reply to a question from a r< porter for the News-Topic who w? in Asheville the other day, Mr. Kcyt olds said, "Sure, 1 am going to run, but his broad smile was disaiminj If as many as a dozen persons' fe mally meeting caused the confusio and leap into the race it's an eve bet that he will leap ferociously. -M Reynolds loves a race, and he mak< a good one, whether it be for muyc of Asheville, lieutenant governor c North Carolina or for the Unite States Senate. Watauga Included in New Automobile Lav I . , g~ g ' Raleigh, N. C.?Watauga is amor the 32 counties in the State include in the provisions of the bill passe both houses of the General Assen bly and ratified May 13, which pe r?iie i- -llM - C x.1 k. ??iw? vuu; ia.\ . iiiturs ujl ?aest; coji ties to call for and have dcliverc to them by the State Commission' of Revenue the names and address, of all owners of automobiles in su? counties, as of April 1 each year. The bill was originally introduci to apply to Buncombe County onl a State-wide bill of like natur sponsored by the North Carolina T: Relief association, having been kilb ** early in the session. The Buncoml Bill almost met a like fate, but w: brought out after two or thr< months and was passed, the other ' counties having been added. T1 argument was that le?3 than ha the automobiles in some of the coui ties weie given in for taxation ai thu3 escaped ad valorem taxes. IThe counties are required to p: the costs of preparing and doliverii the lists. Watauga Man Receives Promotion in U. S. Arm Fort Shifter, Honolulu, Hawaii.Promotion of Privsto finit^rlnRS "Ri In. Hodges, aon of Mr. and Mrs. . Hodges of Boone, to the grade. Corporal was announced recently regimental headquarters of the 84 Coast Artillery, Sort Shafter, T. I iv here Corporal Hodges is now si tioned on foreign service. Corporal Hodges arrived in Hot lula on August 11, 1920. His pron tion is based on personal efficients The 64th Coast Artillery of whi Corporal Hodges is a member in Bi tery E, is the anti-aircraft regime of Hawaii, and is the regiment whi forms the guards of honor for a bassadors, generals, governors, cc suls and other notables visiting He VATA A Non-Partisan BOC | | Local Baptists Return From Conventic Rev. P. A. Hicks, Smith Hagauii 4 Clyde Greene and Profeosoi> J. Li Williams returned Sunday cveni from Birmingham, Ala., where th e were in attendance during the pi i week on the sessions of the Southe j Baptist Convention. The trip w made by motor, the entire distan [t being negotiated without riiishup. More than eight thousand de gates visited Birmingham during t three-day convention, and ma II speakers iof national ' and- intern I tional importance were heard, amo whom was Dr. Rushbrook, noted Li j don minister. The local gentlem j express themselves as being hig-t I pleased with the results of the cc ' version. 'e rAITMTV II AM 17 MAI wuni 1 iivifii'i nui HAS ELECTRICIT :s 1- Northwest Carolina Utilities F.xtexi ?f Transmission Lines to Poor t Fann. Company Erecting: a New Power Plant. y h G. T. Bobbins of Slewing Rot i- district manager for the Northwi <e Carolina Utilities, has announced t completion of a three-mile link is transmission "line from Vilas to t :e County Home and current was c I- pected to have been available at t is poor house the first of the week. 11 Information also comes that t n company is now building a line frt Roaring Gap to Sparta, and that >- hydro plant is being: , installed i> Sharps Falls, near Warrensville, e North Fork of New River. The projects involve the expenditure t. about $75,000. Mr. Robbins further states th p. Sparta and West Jefferson will it connected and that it is likely th r- lines will be constructed from the i, through Boone to connect with t it Shulls Mills system at Vilas, a: g probably reaching to Trade, Tenn. | AGED VET DIES AT : MONTEZUMA HOM lS John Carpenter, Father of Mrs. L? trcll Passes Away Wednesday of ^ Lr.st Week. Veteran of the Confederate Array. Mr. John Carpenter, aged 85, Cc recid-ate veteran an-.; prominent ci aen of Montczunm, died at his hoi there last Wednesday, following 13 illness occasioned by the natural i 'j firmitics of his great age. Fonei services were conducted from t '' Methodist Church Frida. by Re1 L" Edwards and Kent, and burial w "(in the community cemetery. The fl n teal offerings were profuse. L' Mr. Carpenter was married to M !S Mary Manner 59 years ago. atyri -< en children survive: 0. \V. Carpc j ter, Portland, Ore.;-A. W., X.o d Beach, Calif.-. C. E., Newland; M Shern^Un Calloway, Pineolir; M Mack Luttreli,' Boone; Mrs. A. Sherrard, Port Deposit, Md.M Claude Hughes, tTewlaiid; Twen V five grandchildren and 13 gre: grandchildren also survive, ig Mr. Carpenter was well known :d Boone where ho had frequently v :d ited during the oast years with M a- Luttreli. and attracted many frien r- who grieve because of his death. a- jjja, ' ?? ; 33 :d *?- ri r- .i i" er miss r-isie r artnmg w ei | Mr. J. Andrew Morga At. four o'clock Sunday afterno ' Miss Elsie Farthing of Boone becai ' the bride of Mr. J. Andrew Morg) ' Cury, N. C., in a ceremony p !(j formed by Rev. P. A. Hicks al t *e Farthing home. Only members of t jj, immediate families and a few cl< je friends were present Immediate > j following the ceremony, Mr. and M Morgan left .by automobile for brief trip to dov.'n-state points. Th n_ will return to Boone within a f days, where it is thought likely th will make their future home. Mrs. Morgan is the daughter Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Farthing Boone, has spent her entire life this city, and is immensely popu throughout the section. She receix her education at the A. T. S. he and later was an honor gradu: y from Carson-Newman College, J ferscn City, Tenn. For the past t _ years she has beer, principal of i .n Trade (Tenn.) Junior High Schoc H. Hr. Morgan is a former B. ?. of U. field worker of the Baptist St at Board and is intensely interested th< church work. For the past year L, has served as principal of the Be el Junior Higjh School on Boa' Dam. He is a graduate of Wj [O- Forest College. to r. JAMES MORETZ PLACED ON ch CONFEDERATE PENSION RO ?t- ? nt Raleigh, N. C.?Senator Willi ch R. LovilVs biil to place the na m- of James Morctz, of Watauga Cot in- ty, on the Confederate pension r tn- lias i>cen passed fey both honses the General Assembly nnd ratifie UGA Newspaper, Devoted to the j >NK, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAI ' " " ~ " " Chippewa Indians View H ^ ^ ^ 1 c h r\ .'CfiSS O-MP-MP tfi<>U'pd nor? nf tU.% . ? ?? i v? vy?? * waltoniansopen" * meat camp creek i ?st he " 0? One of County's Best Tro?it Streams f Available to Anglers. Record CatoSes Reported. Howards Creek Closed Till June. jl0 Meat Camp Creek, one of the finest trout streams of the county, 1 a which is now undev lease to the Wa- c at tauga Chapter, Izaak Walton League, 1 on was officially opened to fishermen ,so last Friday morning, and from re- \ . nnrtc fro?! Lasgus vffi- ? cials, wardens and anglers, it is de- 1 al duced that catches of the brook and 1 lje rainbow trout have been unusually 1 laige, even exceeding the catches v which were reported from Howards i Creek. t n(j Under the original plan Meat Gnmp t will now remain open to those who have the necessary license and per- .4 niit for a period of fifteen days. At c the same time Howards Creek is y ciosed and the waters are being re- c Eplenishcd with liberal quantities of t brook trout from the Rutherwood t hatchery. These fish are for the most c part of a size well within the limit A ?i- of the law, j It is to be remembered that in' rJ addition to securing the county or[s omie uctnse, as the ease may be, ? all those fishing in Meat Camp or c >n- Howards Creek must be provided with a ti- a 'pcrmib from the League. This y ne costs one dollar, and wardens are eni- tj an ployed to see to it that all anglers P n- are complying with the regulations, ? a1 Ten trout of legal size are allowed ? he as a day's catch. . ?. ? A as DAUGHTER OF CHARLES S. lo- STEVENSON BADLY INJURED iss Little Julia Spargo Stevenson, the is V 20-monlhs-old daughter of Mr. and o n- Mrs. C. S. Stevenson, who have been t ng visiting Mrs. Stevenson's mother, 1 rs. Mrs. Eli Beam, on East Main Street A fs. (Cherryville), had the misfortune of a C falling from Mrs. Beam's front porch ti rs. last Thursday afternoon, breaking! p ty- her leg just below her hip. She wasjf at- rushed to Dr. Roberts, bone special- j g ist, at Gastonia, and the injured limb j o in was placed in a plaster cast. The lit-! a is- tie child is resting very easy at the'fc rs- present.?Cherryville Eagle. 11 ds, ? GENERAL ASSEMBLE is REVENUE BILL: ENn in ! _1 Raleigh, N. C.?The North Cato- t on linu Senate and House of Represon- s me tatives have bseii passing the hall t ?n, back and forth rapidly for several a er- days, with the most hopeful signs n :he yet appearing that it will come to s he rest on compromising central lines, b se while Senator Hallett S. Ward, of li ?ly Beaufort, investigating charges of 11 rs. attempts at corruption and bribery n a of Senators, has found little more f iey than the usual "loose talk" which e cw might be expected. b ey The conference committee of the two houses promised the House on a of Friday that it expected to have a i: of report for the meeting at 3 o'clock t in Monday and hope, as well as belief, c lar is that the House will come to the s r?d -more than half-way point to which o re, the Senate is attempting to meet its S ite co-ordinate body, adopt a Revenue n ef- bill that will afford practically all t Wo the relief asked by those opposed to t Ihe j any ad valorem tax and permit the a il. | General Assembly to adjourn by next f P. | Saturday. v ate I The conference plan is for a 15- b in j cent ad valorem tax, raising about he! $4,500,000, the remainder of the v th- fund of $18,000,000 to be raised by h cerl the State, for the support of the a lke six-months school term and aid for s the extended term. The present rate ii is SO cents on the $100 as a basis g for participating in the equalising 4 LL fund; out in nearly all counties the s rate is higher, running above $1 for " am school purposes. The State-wide 15-1 me cent rate would give great relief. The r an- State fund is to be supplemented by r oil, increased income and franchise 1 oi taxes. d. The point is made that as condi ' Best Interests of Northwe? lOLIN'A, THURSDAY. MAY 21, 183 eap Big Chicago Tepees -line o? tlie Western Metropolis, I ilXwiLLSELL D0PPIES SATURDAY E y *l?xns Worked Out for Distribution of T Memorial Flowers. Bulk of Pylon- 1 ey Secured Will Be Used for Relief Work in County. v c Millions of Americans will pay 1 tone to the country's World War $ lead Saturday by wearing tbe little ? ed poppy of Flanders Fields. Early ^ Saturday morning a number of the s romen of the local American Legion V .tvHU... ...ill i ii . i- e o kUAstiarj ??.;? ilIEi:. WWIft UJ noviding the people of Boone and a Vatauga County with their poppies. n 'reparations for the sale have been ? worked out in such detail that r.o one ^ n the city will be without oppor- z unity to buy and wear a poppy, ac- 1* brding to Mrs. Lloyd Isaacs, gen- j' >ral chairman of the activity. A larg- " r hale of poppies is expected in the :ity and county than ever before. 1 The bulk of the money which the J itizc-ns of Watauga will pay for their ioppies will remain here in the couny and will be used for the relief if disabled veterans and needy famiifcs cdL-j^bexans during tbe coming L >ear. Mrs. leaned ovrlainn^ Thn soppy sale is the principal source of upport. for the continuous relief proram which the Auxiliary Unit is arrying out. As heavier demands re being- made on the Auxiliary this u ear than at any time in the past, n he organization is hoping that move t eople than ever before will "honor he dead and serve the living" by v rearing a poppy Saturday. May 23. d lMF.RICaN legion will STAGE FIDDLERS EVENT J. Watauga Post. American Legion. c ; completing plans for tfce staging v f an old-time fiddlers convention inl n he courthouse in Boone on June c 2th and lXth, it-was announced by! I! adjutant Ralph G. Greer Monday,] nd a preliminary advertisement of] * he event is carried in. this issue. The i ' roceeds from the event will be used jo or the benefit of the American Leion Band, fees for instructor and * ther incidentals. The band is now most creditable one, and bids fair r o be as good as the best, with con- . inued hard work. ? s r DEADLOCKED ON I > NOT YET IN SIGHT c ions now are ihe plan might fall ^ hn'Tf rvf tVlP VaVl-a/1 nac,rrA,l -- -iUk hat in normal time;;, as they might rrive again before 11.e end of the ext biennium, the fund would be ti ufficient. But an act has been passed d y this session which would permit c on-owing on short term notes and a a anticipation of taxes, any funds leeded to supplement the scnool a unds appropriated, so much an e mergency as lower revenues may ^ e met f The Senate is receding consider- S bly from its original position and it 3 3 hoped that the House will come 0 these -terms, instead of standing K ut for its no advalorem tax for a chool support. Some of the leaders a f that group, such as Union Spence, 1 oore, and H, C. Connor. Wilson, r lembers of the conference commit- a ee, have now adopted the view that n he nion^v cannot be raised without a small ad valorem tax and voted ? or the 20-cent ad valorem plan, " ,-hich the House refused last week ? y a GO to 43 vote. c The Senate again during last week oted down the so-called luxury tax * >y an increased margin, 2o to 23, nd again turned down the general ales tax proposal by the overwhelm- 1 ng vote of 30 to 9. The MacLean f roup held a caucus Friday and about I 5 of the number again *ook their h tend against any plan that includes 1 'one cent of ad valorem. Joeephus r ianiels and Thomas C. (Tam) Bowie t net with them, although newspaper t nen generally were not admitted. J Ihey counseled holding out against t I (Continued on Page 8) s )CRA ?t North Carolina 1 - " i Vlany Reservations at Daniel Boone Hotel Mi. J. S. Eilerbe, manager of the Danic! Boone Hotel, considers last vcek by far the best one of the year,> \ hen an unprecedented number of tourists for this season made brief top-overs. Mr. Elcrbe further states that iiife lications for the summer arc flatering?reservations are being made; rlmost daily, and predicts that oncej .he tourist season is in full swing, the Daniel Boone will have capacity! rrowds. Far northern as well as extreme southern points are represent-' id in the reservations already made, ir.d it is entirely probable that one ir two figures of national note will ipend their vacations in Boone this; year. VORRISANDSWIFT ! NAMED AS POLICE! .. I soard ot Aldermen Select Successors i to Gross and Wyke. Norris Has I~lad Long F.xperience as Deputy. Swift Former Mayor. Messrs. Clint Norris and R. S. >wift have been appointed bv the )oard of aldermen to constitute the rnlicc force of Boone, succeeding Messrs.* Lee Gross and Poly Wvke, ormer incumbents. The new force vill, in addition to routine police lulies; collect the taxes and water ills, as did the former officers. Ufiler the arrangement, Mr. Norris will j iave charge of the tax honks while Ir. Swift will collect for water and ewer service. Mr. Norris has had long cxperince as deputy sheriff and has made splendid officer. Mr. Swift was loyor for two years and is in a portion to render the best of service. trith the co-operation of the citiens, it. is expected that these two entlemcu will uphold their part of he city administration in an admivale way. fEGGlAN SHOT BY CALDWELL MAN! .oad trow l.uger Halls Would-be Robber of Filling Station at Valmeaii ? <J_? ? * * ? - ncia un> I til Officers Arrived. Fred Klutz, employee and night watchman ni the Gulf filling station ear Valmoad, shot and rerliaps faaily wounded John Laney of that ection Sunday morning at 1 o'clock 'hen Lnney and Leonard Harris unertook to burglarize the station in 'hich he was sioepitlnu- as a precaulOimry measure. The prowlers passed; ho station and east a soda era re hrough one o? the windows, to asertain whether or not the building 'as inhabited. Klutz was awakened nd stationed himself at a slrategial position. They returned in a few uinutes, Laney stood watch cf. the ront and Harris attempted to make ntr: ice at the rear. Kbits ifi'ed hrough the front door, the nutlet l oin a German Luger cnttiiiM a gash h rough the stomach of Lahey, .'heeled and held Harris at bay with be gun until an officer came and iiade the arrest. Latest reports indicate that the inured man ha? very slight changes of ecovery. Klutz posted bond in the am of" $500 and will appear at a niblic hearing later. Harris is in jail pithout privilege of baii to answer a naige^i uuiginiy. ^ivitan Club Holds Business Session j Aii interesting business meeting of-. he Civitaii Club was held last Thurs-! ay evening. May 1-lth, at 7:S0 o'-, lock at the Daniel Boone Hotel, with J large attendance of members.! winong other items of business was. . report from the committee onj reeling a road sign at Wytheville.J :a., directing tourist traffic through Joone and Blowing Rock. Mr. A. F. Iwiffc was introduced to the clnb and poke on the erection ox the sign. K. M. Wellraan was elected a deleate to the International 'Convention ,t St. Louis, with Russell Hodges nd A. E. South us alternates. A committee was appointed to arange Charter Night with a meeting t Banner Elk. A nominating committee was appointed to report at the ext business meeting, which is reguir time for election of officers. A umber of brief speeches were made ft the interest of the work of the 1..L IUI', TVE TO FIVE STORE SUPPLANTS FASHION SHOP Mr. J. B. Brewer of Chattanooga, >110., has arrived in Boone witli his amily and is making ready to open a ^ive to Five Store in the building litherto used by the Fashion Shop, j rhe opening date has been set for lext Thursday nod the line will feaure .wares from five cents to five loilars. The remaining stock of the 'ashion Shop, it is understood, has icon absorbed in the deal. Mr. and Irs. Brewer are making their home it the Commercial Hotel. /; ' - T $1.50 PER YEAR ATSON TRIED W i 0NNECTI0N WITH I )EATH OF WOMAN ^ -d Citizen of Stony Fork Hailed -efore Justice Hahn to Answer " 'harge of Murder After Testimony of Stone- Released When Accuser Refuses to Reiterate Charges. Big Crowds Attends Trial, William Watson, 60-year-old resij dent of Stony Fork Township, was I arraigned before Magistrate Edwin j N. Hahn Tuesday afternoon to ani swer a charge of murder in connec HB Nvictt me cieain oi iViattic Bentley. Watson was arrested Monday afternoon upon a warrant issued at the instigation of Clint Stone, confesed slayer of the Bentley woman, who after having confessed to the details of the sordid crime, was committed to jail by Justice Hahn without privilege of bail. Monday, howover, Stone seemed to have decided that he had help in the commission of the crime and signed a warrant for Watson's arrest, stating to the Sheriff that the later had fired one of the two shots which ended the life of Mattie Bentley. A large crowd was present at the arraignment of Watson. Attorney John II. Bingham appeared for the defense and T. E. Bingham as prosecutor. When the attorneys were ready for trial, however, Stone sent the court word from his celi that he was in no condition cither mentally or physically, to testify in the matter. Dr. J. 13. Haganian, county coronei, was secured to examine Stone, and told the court that aside from an extremely nervous condition, the reluctant witness was fit physically and mentally, in so far as his examination revealed. Stone Was then brought to court, where, in a frightened undertone, he reiterated his inability "to swear" because of menial incapacities, explaining that some times llis mirirl who ...,o gyuu, OUIUULIIII^ bad. He* appeared void of all faculties of memory, insisting he did not remember the charges made against Mr. Watson, but when asked if they were the truth, answered in the affirmative. When it was impossible to secure testimony from him to corroborate his charges, he was returned to jail and the case against Mr. Wat- . .*-$ son dismissed. - " Mr. Watson is a prominent citizen of his community, a prosperous farmer, and is known as a good man. Public opinion is that he was in no wise connected with the murder ease, but that Stone, prompted by fright, tried to arrange to have company in his sorry plight. The murdered woman is. said to have resided on Mr. Watson's property, but no motive could be assigned which would incriminate him. He is said to have been prepared to show the court definitely that on the day the murder was committed he spent his en- ? the time with his usual farm work. Grace Church Celebrates Second Anniversary Sun. Rev. F. L. Conrad, of High Point, is conducting a series of evangelistic opfAneac ft + draco Lutheran Church this Week in connection with the Bible school At 7:45 each evening the song service begins, and at 8 o'clock the eminent divine delivers a sermon. Interest is said to he running high, ami good crowds art in at tendance at each service. The second anniversary of the dedication of Grace Church will he celebrated Sunday . There will be preach., itig in the morning, dinner on the giounds, and a service again in the after noon. Pastor J. A. Yount extends an invitation to the public to come, bring baskets for the picnic lunch, and enjoy the day with his congregation. Ford Truck Caravan Stops in City Monday A caravan of Ford trucks, numbering about twenty and including commercial units of the various types and colors, stopped over with the Watauga Motor Company for an hour Monday. Numbers of residents of the county came to town and inspected the different types of vehicles, while salesmen were on hand to arrange demonstrations and assist in solving the manifold transportation needs of this region. Forty different bodies, two differ exit chasses, three wheej bases and 38. different colors are now being offered in the Ford, which is now said to he the most comprehensive line of low-priced commercial motors on the market. E. A. POE AND MARK SQUIRES INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT A head-on automobile accident near Whitnel on Saturday night resulted in the painful injury of Messrs. Mark Squires and E. A. Poe of Lenoir. Miss Mary Kate Headrick and Miss Elizabeth Icenhour, occupants of the other car, suffered from slight injuries and shock. Poe and Squires received cuts and severe bruises. Both automobiles are said to have been completely destroyed. . '' ? * /