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. :, ..... . TCCITPn TTVT7PV THTTPCflAV ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1888M r C ;v'- VOLUME XXXIII V, BOONE, WATAUGA. COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY APRIL 20, 1922 NUMBER 25 9 Four Otkt Bond Imua I Valid. ValldHtlng $75,000 bond issue for the Four Oalu School District la John- on county, the supreme court realr Armed Its ruling that the. legislature can ratify and confirm the results of 'proceedings authorized by U under an act rendered Ineffectual by reason of. some defect in its passage. The point was "raised in the case of the Board of Education vs. Board of Commissioners, a controversy with out action. On April 12, 1921, a ma jority ot the qualified voters of the township In question authorized, a $75,000 bond Ibsub under Article 89, Chapter 95, ' Consolidated Statutes Chapter 91, Public Laws Extra Ses sion, 1920, It was conceded, waj not v passed In accordance' with the censtl itntional requirements. It was conced ed further .that Section 6078, Consoli dated Statutes, limits the amount of bonds for any township or school dis trict to $25,000. But the extra session ot 1921 passed ah act, valid in all re spects, specifically ratifying and con firming the -results of the election In question and validating the issuance of bonds up to $75,000. The only ques tion presented to the court was as to whether or not the bonds in excess of $16,000 and up to $75,000 could be validated by a curative act of the 1921 General Assembly. On this point Justice W. T. Staoy writing the court's , opinion, says: ' "Where the legislature has under take!) to pass a law clearly within its power to enact and by reason of some defect in Its passage the stat ute Is rendered Ineffectual, we see no reason why the legislature In the absence of any opposite intervening rights could not by subsequent en actment ratify and confirm the re sults of such proceedings, as in good faith have been taken and had under the prior defective act" II OF FIRE SWEEPS B ran. ; OVER MILE LOII 1 ' ' .J . . v. j OPENLY DECLARES HIS POSITION TO A CUT BELOW fctj.wa MORE THAN . 100 HOUSES ARE BURNED AT BERKLEY, VA A SUBURB OF NORFOLK. PRESIDENT WRITES LETTER LOSS IS KEARLY 51.000.000 Say He Believes Country Will Be Greatly Disappointed atvPro posed Reduction. Hundreds of Families Estimated to Have Been Left Homeless In Seaport Town. Mortflage Debt on Owned Homes. Washington, D. C .(Special). Ac cording to a preliminary report that has Just been issued by the Depart ment of Commerce, through the Bu reau ot the Census, the total mortgage debet on owned homes and farms in the state of North Carolina in 1920 was $57,449,641 and the total of these .mortgage homes and farms was $169, 290,883, the mortgage debt thus rep resenting 88.9 per cent of the total value. Rented homes, tenant farms, and farms that are partly owned and partly rented, it should be. noted, are not Included In this report The total number of homes in the ttate other than farm homes was 230. 770, of which 90,738, or 39.3 per cent, were owned by the occupants; and of these owned homes 18,557, or 20.5 per cent, were mortgaged. Information regarding the value of the home and the amount of mortgage debt, was se- ' cured from 10,187, or 54.9 per cent, of these mortgaged homes. The average mortgage debt of the home tor which mortgage reports were secured was $1,873 and the average value-was $3,- - 557; and on the basis of these aver ages the total mortgage debt on the ' mortgaged homes not off farms is. es timated as $25,481,366, and the total value of such homes at $66,008 328. The ratio of mortgage debt to value is 88.6 per cent On owned farms the total mortgage debt, as reported in the census ot ag riculture, was $31,968,285, while the to tal value ot these mortgaged farms was $103,282,055, the ratio ot debt to value being 31.0 per cent. Let Contract on State Mess Hall. Contracts tor new construction dou bling the capacity of the dining hall at State college were awarded by the building committee ot the board ot trustees, the main building going to W. B. Barrow, ot Raleigh, for $58,460. Suven bids ware submitted. The new dining hall will be an ex act duplicate of the present building, and the two together will form a huge 'letter H, with the kitchens forming ' the cross-piece ot the letter. The kitch ens will be enlarged. Together the two dining rooms will have a seating capacity of 1,500. , The new section will face on the drive leading past the entrance to Riddick Feld. The work will be completed September 15th. Bids will be received for' the con struction, et the new laundry building, and tor guttering1 and paving the mala driveways; on the campus on May 30, which will: complete the expenditure of the half million dollars appropriat ed by the general assembly for im provements in 1921. O. Murray Nel son and Thomas W. Cooper were ar chitects on the' contract and will pre pare plans for the laundry. Washington. President Harding, in his first public utterance on the 1923 naval bill, declared in a letter present td to the house that while the decis ion must lie with Congress, he would be greatly disappointed ,as he believed the country would be, if the enlisted force was cut below 86,000. The opinion was hot sent gratui tously. It was given in response to a request for the President's view by Representative Longworth, republi can, Ohio, one of the . leaders in the fight to defeat the proposal in the bill limiting the force to 67,000. There had been unofficial statements to the effect that he opposed a dras tic reduction in personnel, and that he stood for the figures proposed in the McArthur amendment. - In presenting the letter toward the close of an all-day debate, Mr, Longworth said he was glad to ac cept the challenge from friends ol the measure' as framed to find out what the President wanted and to let tho house know. "My Dear Congressman Longworth:1 "I have to acknowledge your let ter of inquiry addressed to me on the tenth instant. If I were to ad dress the Congress formally I could say only what I have already said Informally, because I am well per suaded that It is not wise to make so drastic a cut In the naval ap propriations as has been proposed is the measure now pending. "I do not doubt the good faith ol the committee majority in believlnr a suitable navy can be maintained under the limitations fixed in the j pending bill, and I am heartily in J accord with every consistent effor' I to deepen the cut in governmental 'expenrltures. At the same time 1 ,must believe In the good faith ol advisers who say very emphatlcall) that it is impossible to .maintain within the proposed appropriations, the standard set for our navy which was made the' b-iae of the interns tlonal conference, and which stand ard we have proclaimed to the world "Of course the decision must lk with the Congress, but I should nol be frank in replying to your In quiry if I did not say that I shall be greatly disappointed, and I be lieve the country will be greatly dis appoints, if the appropriation, to which the navy must and will ad here, is reduced to the point when the limitation ot enlisted men and apprentices is belnw 86,000.. No pre sentation of the situation, which hat come to my notice, has served to al ter that opinion. "Ultimately, perhaps, the lowe! figures proposed may be reached ant1 I hope it will be possible through later international concert, but the trend toward peace and security ought to be more firmly established before going beyond the limitation tc which we were gladly committed al the International conference. "Very truly yours, - "WARREN O. HARDINO." Norfolk,; Va. Berkley, a suburb ot Norfolk, was swept by a fire which destroyed more than 100 houses, cover ing an area one mile in length and average from two to four blocks in width. Five hundred families are es tlmated to have been made homeless, and the damage will run to nearly a million dollars. The blaze originated .In the Tunis lumber mills, on the southern branch of the Elizabeth river. A woman whose husband is a watchman at the Tunis docks, discovered tho fire from houseboat in which they live. Within forty yards ot the dock where the fire started are the St Helena Oil company docks. TJiree steamers in the river were burned. catching fire from sparks. . The fire quickly, spread to the north, the sparks being carried hundred yards or more. Most of the housep in the path of the fire were negro homes, and were of wooden con struction. They were as dry as tin der and a few sparks only were re- 10KSEXUS BQQQK Sim f. SUPERINTENDENT ' OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MAKES BRIEF STATEMENT. REGARDING NEW CONTRACTS Criticism of Recent Contracts Made en Misinformation on Part of the Public CONDENSED NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE 8HORT NOTES OF INTEREST. TO CAROLINIANS. I PLIIG Charlotte Roy Pago, son ot form er Commissioner George A. Page, was fined $300 by Judge Webb in the Unit ed States supreme court in the case charging him with having contraband whiskey. Spencer. Ground was brokenn for erection' ol a new house ot worship tor the congregation of Christ Luth eran church in East Spencer which is to be built at a voBt ot $20,000 to $25,- 000. IS MUCH DELAtED SEEDING OF SPRING GRAIN 11 BEHIND THE AVERAGE SEASON. ' SEEDING IN TEXAS BED Good Progress Made In Central South Carolina and South Eastern . North Carolina. . ' Raleigh, The fact that an erroneous impres sion still prevails in the minds ot many people regarding the recent let ting of contracts for text books from the schools ot the state led Dr. E. C Brooks, state superintendent of pub lic instruction," to make this brief statement: ' "The previous contracts having ex pired it was absolutely necessary for the 'text book commission to make selections and award new contracts. The best selections possible were made from among the books examin ed, -many old books being retained and many new ones being selected to take the place ot books that are now . either out of date or discontinued by the publishers or that were Inferior to other books that were offered by the same or other publishers "The contracts Just expiring had been made In 1917 when prices were low and it it had been possible to re new all contracts In every detail ex cept to pay prices that are belriffr Salisbury. Tiring ot the office of solicitor of tho Fifteenth district, after eight years ot hard service, Hayden Clement, of this city, announced that he will not seek re-election Winston-Salem. The directors of the Wachovia Hank and Trust Co., elected Richard O. Stockton, secretary and assistant trust officer to succeed Gilbert T. Stephenson, who Is soon to be transferred to Raleigh to have charge of the new branch of the com pany to be opened there. Charlotte. W. S. Crelghton, traffic manager ot the Charlotte Shippers' and Manufacturers 'association, has been named by the Southern Traffic Washington. Seeding of spring grains is very much behind the average season as a result ot frequent rainfall for more than a month la most ot the interior valley states, ac cording to tho weather and crop re view issued by the department of ag riculture. Very little sr lag wheat ' or oats wis seeded during the week, although seeding made good progress in the upper lake region and the light rainfall In the Atlantic coast states was favorable to field work. Warm wea'her and wet soil caused a rapid growth ol winter woeai throughout the interior of the coun try, and satisfactory conditions and progress were reported in the south ern and Atlantic coast states. ' Germination and growth ot com was favored by high. temperatures. In time there were nine fires blazing in different places simultaneously, Although the fire departments, both civilian and navy, from all tne cities and towns in the vicinity ot Berkley, were called into service, they wers helpless ngainst the spreading flames which soon reached Liberty street, one ot the oldest business streets ot the town. One Mock on Liberty street was completely wiped out. A negro church was also destroyed. For a time It appeared that a large gas tank owned by the Municipal gas plant was doomed, but the gas was burned off by means of safety valves. After four hours the fire appeared to have ronched its climax, although it was still .blazing stubbornly in several parts ot the town., League as North Caollna member ot the southern districts, but much ra the finance committee charged with raising $25,000 for the South's fight before the Interstate Commerce Com mission regarding southern rates.' quired to set them ablazer At one quoted today on the same books the total cost to the pupils ot the state would have' been approximately what It will be under the new contracts. For Instance, one. speller that cost 15 cents under the old contract would have cost 30 cents under the new contract. Therefore the only advan tage that would have been derived from retaining all of the old text books would havo been through the use of books now in the hands of the pupils, and this matter Is taken care of by a provision that the new books shall not be required for two years where the old ones are already available. "Such criticism as there has been of the text hook commission has re- wilted, I think, from a lack of all In formation regarding the situation that confronted the commission and of- the full intent of Its action, Samuel M. Brlnson Dead. New Bern lion. Samuel M. Brinson, representative from the third North Carolina district, rassed. away at New Born General Hospital, following a rritioal illness there since he cam home from Battle Creek, Mich., where in vain he had sought to stem the tide of falling health that dited back to the clnse of the campnign In 1918. This city is under a pall of deep grief a tthe passing of Sam Brlnson. And with the feeling of distince loss there Is felt here, messages have come tiom out In the state and nation ex- p'nsslng the universal sorrow felt by hundreds of close trlends at the news of his death. Association Elects Officers. " Mrs. Gordon Finger, of Charlottt was elected president, and Mrs. Chas R. Whitaker, of Hendersonville, vice- president, at the annual meotlng ol the board of diroctors of the North Carolina Tuberculosis association at Sanatorium. Dr. L. B. McBrayer was re-f.iected njanaglng director. Dr. R, ,L. Carlton, ot winstonSalem, was named as the association's member on the board ot diroctors of the National Tuberculosis association. The meeting was taken up princi pally with tha reading of reports on the last year's work, chiefly interest- -Mr; Brinson was serving bis second ne among which was a compilation term In congress and had Indicated showing the Bale of Red Cross Christ Girl Millionairess Seeks 8urgeon. San Francisco. Miss Delora Angell 20, of Pasadena, who will come intc possession of $25,000,000 left by John W. ("Bet-a-MUllon") Gales when sh Is 22, disclosed definite plans here for using part of the fortune. Sht says she expects to marry a young American Surgeon, who has an -ambition to maintain a hospital for the poor. 4 that he would be a candidate to kuc- ceed himself at tin primary this fall. Hn was born In this city on March 20, t?70 and was educated at Wake For st college arid the University ot North Carolina, being, admitted to the bar in 1895. He practiced law until 1902, when he became superintendent of public Instruction of Craven county, holding this position until 1918, when he was elected a member of the sixty- sixth congress. - mas seals in the state last Christmas ot approximately $42,600. Unemployment Decreases. The United States employment ser vice, reporting industrial conditions in North Carolina for the month ol March, announces an increase In tex tile employes ot 747, workers in lum ber plants, 78, and fertilizer workers ot 150. " ' Reldsville. The Reldsvllle Botar) club's worries over securing a suitable site for the proposed' playground tor local children ended when the Relds vllle Bchool committee Informed the Rotarians that part of the site of the proposed new high school building would be gladly offered for use as a playground. Wilmington Tho fishermen are get ting busy. A few beautiful white shad and rockflsh have boen caught and a few more warm days will bring swarms of those fish to this mar ket Winston-Salem. Group 5 of the Bankers' association ot North- Caro lina hold business and social scsssions here at tho Robert K .Leo hotel. The business session' opened at 4 o'clock, with a largo attendance. The ad dress of welcome was delivered by Col. W. A. Blair, of the Peoples bank. Troy. At a rocent meeting ot th .directors of tho Montgomery county chamber of commerce tho president and socrotary were authorized, to se euro a whole time secretary for the or ganlzatlon. This organization recent ly begun on a small scale, has grown to Hie extent that such an officer is neeuca. Greenville. Frof. June Rose, super Llntendont ot the Greenville pmblio schools, was elected vice-president of the North Carolina Pareut Teacher as soclatlon, according to a message ho recclvod from MIsb Catherine Albetrt son, corresponding secretary.. planting will be necessary on low lands in Texas because ot floods. Cora planting made satisfactory progress In most ot the southeast, but was delayed by wet soil In the lower Mis sissippi Valley . 1 : The week was favorable for th preparation ot soil and the planting ot cotton In most eastern districts oi the belt, the weather and crop re view stated. ! Seeding made good progress. In -southeastern sections, extending northward during the week over the central counties of North Car Una. 1 Conditions were somewhat mors 'favorable for field work In Alabama land Mississippi, but the wet soil held planting mostly at a standstill in tho western part of the belt 'where dry weather and sunshln are much needed. Seeding is being delayed in Texas, whore little has been accomollahed outside ot the Rio Grande valley and tho lower coast counties. The con dition of the cotton planted, how ever, Is fairly satisfactory except ioi some damage by high winds . Hospital Facilities Approved. .' . Washington. The house bill, au. thorizlng an additional appropriation of $17,000,000 for hospital facilities foi disabled former service men, wat passed unanimously by the senate? Girl Students Win. Corning, Ark. Miss Pearl Pugsley was ready to resume her studies In the Knobel school following rendering ot a verdict in her favor by Judge W. W. Bandy in the "lipstick" case here. Judge Bandy said he would issue a writ ot mandamus to have the school board set aside its regulations barring Students who use cosmetics. Miss Pugsley was suspended last Septem ber becaue she violated the rule. In bis decision, Judge Bandy held that face powder did not Interfere with the health of the pupils and, they could use it If thoy wished. Rogers Nominated for Postmaster. Washington (Special), Tho htgn- est throe ellglbles tor postmaster at Oxford with their grades follow: Franklin W. Hancock, 78. James S .Rogers, 73. . John M. Fagan. 70. President Harding has sent 'to the senate the nomination ot James S. Rogers. Senator Glass Invited to Speak. Senator Carter Glass has been in vited to make the commencement ad dress at the State university. He has the matter under consideration and will accept, It possible.. ' Fewer Spindles Now. ' Washington Almost 2,000,000 fev er cotton spindles were operated during -March than In February, al though cotton consumption for March was about 46,000 bales more than lr Covered by Flood Water. New Orlean3. Reports from Helena, Ark., that approximately 235 square miles of land In the lower part of Phillips county were covered by flood waters from the White and Arkansas Paroles Farmer to Make His Crop. Governor Cameron Morrison paroled Thomas Hargls ot Person county, serv. Ing a six months' term on the roads tor violating the prohibition law. The Judge who tried hto, the solicitor 'who February, the monthly cotton 'report rivers, which are backed up by the proiicww u .on Tiriuu7 .u j ot cenBUa DUreau Issued disclosed Men Btajre ot the Mississippi river, Of the increase for the month, 84,00b .bales were consumed in Jcotton grow. Ing . states, where consumption war the largest of anr month since the county officials recommend pardon. ' "The prisoner la a far.ner," said Governor Morrison In his. statement of reasons, rand-has a large family dependent on him. It nut given an 9Pportuao make a crp this year gave a more serious aspect to the flood situation. The village of Melwood, In the flood ed area, was reported covered, with first quarter of 1917, and amounted tc from eight to ten feet of water, while 65 per cent of the total cotton used 1 Elaine Is completely surrounded by Station Fight Is Postponed. The battle of Winston-Salem, scheduled for fighting Wednesday, April 19, before the state corporation commission, was postponed by agree meut'until the following Monday, April 24. The point of disagreement where the new passenger station In the tobaclo city will be located Records for attendance and tor ve hemence of presentation ot the case bid fair to be fractured, if not broken outright, in the opinion o$ Commis sioner Pell, who has recently return t V- ; nhmu will b r seridasrl I , Z. T " , . - ; rr'"" I s oner reii, wno nas receouy reran Reldsville. There is considerable activity in the building line here now Good progress is being made in com pletlng tho Presbyterian church, and the contractors on the Belvedere ho tel are rushing work in an effort to complete the Job early In June. Maxton. Former Socretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels will speak at Carolina college finals on Tuesday, May 30, at 11 o'clock In the morning. The community at largo is Interested In his com Ing, 'and the college feels particular' y fortunate that Mr. Dan iels honors it with his presence and speech. Reldsville. The city school board met and inspected the plans submit ted by Architect W. C. Northup for the new high school building. A reso lution was passed accepting the.plan and authorizing tho architect to call for bids for constructing tho same, tho work to be started as early as pos sible. Statosvillc. Dr. Edward King, a nromlnent physician of SteirpburS township, who suffered a stroke ofj naralyBis while attending a local the ater four weeks ago, died In one f the local hospitals, where he had beeja since ho was stricken. . i Durham. John Martin andr Oenei a McMillan, negroes, charged wUh nui r del1 and accomplice, .respectively. In connection with the death here ot Vl Ham Kl.tnn an eed white ! man of , tfwTmmmW - . Joneeboro, were hound over to snn Arbuckle Freed of Manslaughter. San FranciBco. Cal. A verdict oil acquittal was returned by a Jury la the third trial ot Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle on a manslaughter charge growing out of the death of Miss Vln glnla Rappo, motion picture actress. The Jury was out six minutes. Tho denefdant was deeply affected He received the verdict with a great sign of relief. " There was no demon stration, the court having warned against it. Mrs. Mlnta Durfee Ap buckle, the defendant's wife, cried quietly, noth she and Arbuckle shoo hands with the Jury. Ttio quick return of the Jury was a surprise. Edward Brown, whose presence on tho iurv was objected to by the prosecution, war foreman. There was a BllKht delay when the Jury re turned, duo to the absence ot the district attorney. The verdict was by acclamation, Oio deliberation taking less than a ' minute. The additional time was con sumed by details. Jurors and spectators crowded around Arbuckle and his counsel and finally bore him oft to the Jury room to congratulate him further. ! '"Arbuckle has no Immediate plans.". Oavjln McNab. his chief counsel, said. "It was a splendid victory- "The iurv did its duty." was ths comment of AlMon T. ITren, asslsV ant district attorney. The third trial began March 6 and watt marked Dy tne appearance m aproxlmately, 70' witnesses and the calling of two of tne aeten-e wit nesses before the. county grand Jury In connection with their testimony. The trial was 4onger than either ot the previous hearings. United State Owes Much Mney. Chicago. The United States owes 2S times as much money now as In 1917. when tSe public dobt was about si nno noo.ooo. EHtt Wadsworth, as sistant secretary ot the trenaurr, de clared 1n a speech here. "TMs huge debt we must pass on fiiturn cit zens.- no saio. . wi to this reason It Is the intentioa ot. tH : financial leaders of our government : par U w eotl ?rom enrroat tnsK We. are Just standing ixlU scl:" as nr expenses T-tvii rior court without balL :l jJX id IS I Si ill III
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