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ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY
ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY
ESTABLISHED IN 1888
VOLUME XXXIII
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AUG. 3, 1922
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IL DIRECTED
SMIUl
MRS. EDITH STEPHENS, 10 YEARS)
OLD, CHARGED WITH LIQUOR
PLOTTING
NDICTED AS AN ACCOMPLICE
Captain Oman Testifies That Woman'
Directed the Loading of the
Edith In Bermuda.
New York A story of liquor smug
tiers loading their cargo la Bormuda
inder the direction of a girl and mak
ing runs to the shores of Long Island
Bound, gun fights and seliures by
edcral agents, has been revealed In
the arraignment of Mrs. Bdith Stephv
ins, 19 years old, In Brooklyn on an
Indictment charging conspiracy to
imuggle liquor into New York from
Bermuda.
She was indicted as an accomplice
tf Antonio Cassese, wealthy tobacco
merchant, who fled when & aacnnd In.
Sictment charging a plot to smuggle'
huge quantities of liquor Into the J
rouniry ioiiorea tne seizure of two ot
Ms vessels.
CasBese was charged with being the
swner of the yacht Edith, captured by
government agents here with 1000 cas
es of liquor aboard last March.
At the trial Captain Charles Oman
of tho Edith testified that the woman'
directed the loading of the Edith In
Bermuda and accompanied the cargo
to New York. He said Cassese also
was aboard. Neither was on the yacht
when it was seized. , Oman was sent
to Atlanta for a year. The trawler
Ripple was the second vessel to be
captured by the government agents
after a voyage to Bermuda, when It
tried to land a cargo ot liquor In
New York harbor. The vessel was ta
ken after a revolver battle with the
crew. When Cassese learned ot the
second seizure he fled, although out
on $5000 bond in the first case.
Mrs. Stophens denied that she knew
anything about the Ripple, although
Bhe admitted being on board the Edith
ind making a trip on the yacht from
Bermuda.
Meeting on Allied War Debt
Washington. The first formal nego
tiations, for the funding of the allied
war debt by tho United Statos were
to take place at a meeting of Jean V.
Parmentier, refunding representative
of France, with the American debt
commission.
M. Parmentier has had a number of
conferences with Secretary Mellon,
chairman of the commission and treat-,
ury officials, when statements show
ing the financial and economic condi
tion of France, were submitted for the
Information of the debt commission.
These statements have been analys
ed by the treasury's experts and M.
Parmentier is expected to answer the
questions concerning the French bud
get operations, the exports and im
ports of the country and the general
resources of France with respect to
her ability to liquidate the 12,500,000,
000 war debt owed the united States.
Maniac Finally Gives Up FlohL
Hinton, W. Va. John Fredeklng.
the insane man who barricaded him
self in his house and for thirteen days
resisted the efforts of deptty sheriffs
and state police to arrest hhn after
he had killed one man and wounded
four others, appeared at the front
door, -threw up his hands and asked
for a drink of water.
Two troopers, who, with other off!
cera, have resorted to every known
means short of firing the house to
dislodge Fredeklng, stepped up to the
door, got him the water he craved and
then led him to the county Jail. He re
fused to answer their questions and
appeared to be dazed. Physicians were
summoned from the Hinton hospital
where they had been treating the
men wounded In the firing of the past
days, and dressed a bullet wound
In Fredeklng's right arm and another
Injury to hie right shoulder.
Bankers Called on to Aid Treasury.
i Washington, D. C The banking in
stitutions ot the country were called
upon by Secretary Mellon to perform
an Important servloe to the nation
by extending their facilities for the
exchange of ot outstanding four and
three-fourths per cent Victory notes
for the new four and one-quarter treas
ury notes offered for subscription an
part ot the federal program for re
funding for short-dated debt.
i In a letter to bankers throughout
the country the treasury secretary
said that approximately 14,600,000,000
of the nation's short-dated debt will
be refunded during the current fiscal
year.
SIX HIS ARE
LOSS IS EII01K
UT T 18 IMPROVEMENT OVER
FIRST SIX MONTHS Of,
LAST YEAR.
110 STORES ARE BORNEO
While the Loss In North Carolina la
Reduced Prom Tht of 1921, That
Of U, $. and Canada Increased.
Raleigh.
The Are loss for the first six months
ot 1818 in North Carolina, according
to official reoords in the State Firs
Marshal's office, is enormous, but
OonunlaaloneT Wade shows that It la
ait improvement over the same period
In 1S21, and highly favorable when
compared for the reoord tor the coun
try at Urge, for while the loss in
North Carolina Is reduced $606,489
from that of 10X1, that of the United
States and Canada has increased $27,
831,100. The lapses by months are as fol
lows:
North TJ. S. and
Carolina Canada
January ... 11,080,350 $38,661,000
February $54,886 2fl.304.300
March 476,45$ 39,910,750
April 825,586 31,009,750
May 351,871 29,868,950
June . 105,980 24,102,350
$3,198,623 $192,857,600
During the six months, January 1
to July 1, fire destroyed or injured the
following classes of property to tho
number Indicated.
Dwellings, 66; stores, 110; autos not
in Btorage 44; warehouse and storage,
36; garages, 82; Industrial plants, 28;
barns, 22; pressing clubs, 17; schools,
1; cafes, 14; hotels, 8; outhouses, 7;
Passenger and freight stations and
platforms, 8; newspaper and printing
plants, 6;f ginneries, 6; laundries, 4
saw mills, 4; hospitals, 8; barber shops
2; two each of banks, boats, service
stations, churches, power and light
plants, apartments; one each of tele
phone exchange, Y. . M. C. A., lodge
rooms, wood yard, pumping plant, stats
building, stand-pipe, and toilet.
Sparks on shingle roofs and defec
tive flues caused 281 Arcs; unknown,
191; exposure, 91; oil stove explosion,
40; overhot stove, 38; cigarettes and
smoking, 36; incendiary, 26; careless
ness. 22; gasoline Ignition, 21; short
circuit, 16; dotectlve wiring 15; child
and match, 10; suspicious, 9; light
nlng, I; eight each ot spontaneous
oombustlon, lamp explosion, hot ashos,
acldental, rubbish and trash; seven
each of electric Iron, machine friction,
engine spark; matches, 5; rate and
matches, 4; open fires, 4; one each of
wet lime, hot box, hot cinders, live
coal on floor, movie film.
Governor to Open Farm Convention.!
a Va oh m M a tfriS at Jill
Governor Cameron Morrison will
opes the Farmers' and Farm Women's
convention with an address at noon
Thursday, August 1, according to the
completed program which is now in
press. On the program for the first
day in addition to Governor Morrison,
jare aeme of the most noted teachers in
agriculture, including O. K. MoClure,
ef the farmers' Federation, whioh bee
been e Mcctjevful in handling the mar-
kwtftB of farift pnxfuota hi Bufftomhe
cetmtr. tint Jofifl B. ftatcboson, dtrec-
tSeyi tljj Vflrglnto Agricultural Exlen
lolf semes.
I fft American Farm Bureau Federa
Moh ts sending one of its best speakers
la L. It Pollock, who win give Tar
Heel farmers Information about the
Farm Bareaa Federation In solving
marketing and legislative problems In
other states,
it the close of the first day's pro
gram comes the big community slog
after which there will be a social hour
with mnsle and tree punch on the state
college grounds.
Railroads have announced special
redvcS fSSSi tVr the three day coo-
vendc. v-
Reonw Ob Cars WW Old Tea.
VVMJWh tftv two mftHott Setters
coflww fffflB tBn (tmxn ot fit.ooo
passenger cars sMd 14,000 motdr (rucks
tho Moans home of the department
ot state will send forth its deputies
during the Anafn week f round up
t&l nmmnt few thousadd automo
bile others A a state who nave not
patS? Ae? trims (dwartf the maltfe-
naneS of roads fn North Carolina
i Registrations are slill under 18,000
niif tit) tatal for the previous year,
kvi $. i. 8ewyer, who direst the 11
eesjrf boreaS, thmks-thet bait that
aunbV will take care of the oars ac
tually la use in the state.
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JUSTICE CLARK IS !
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FEARED FOR SOME TIME THAT
8KULL HAD BEEN FRAC. ;
TURED. j
(-RAY EXAMINATION IS MADE:
Bolap Wound Mlases Justice's Brain'
by Little More Than a Hair's !
Breadth.
Raleigh, N. C While not seriously,
tart, as examinations revealed, Chief
Justice Walter Clark's escape from'
possible fatal Injuries in the automo-.
bile accident near Carthage was al
most miraculous, according to an ac
count of the mishap by his son, John
Clark.
A scalp wound missed the chief Jus
tice's brain by - scarcely a hair s
breadth, -and physicians making an
examination at P.ex hospital consid
ered that its penetration for a frac
tion of an inch deeper would have
caused Instant death.
An x-ray examination was made to
make certain the extent of his inju
ries. Judge Clark was able to ' go
home after the examination.
According to the account given by
friends ot John Clark, the steering
wlleel locked, swerving the wheels
and throwing the car down an em
bankment. Justice Clark was thrown
from the rear seat through the wind
shield. He sustained a number of
slight bruines and cuts about the
head in addition to the deeper wound.
Mrs. John Clark sustained a deep
cut In tho tongue, making it neces
sary tor her to take nourishment
through a tubo, othorwlso she was not
soriously hurt. Hor husband's inju
ries consisted of bruises and cuts.
The accident Is the second narrow
escape for tho chief Justice. Friends
recall that some nine years ago only
a rare presence of mind saved him
from asphtxlation by gas.
An open Jet in a closed room fur
nished a flow of gas in a room In
the Clark house In which Justice Clark
was caught unawares. Judge Clark
was almost suffocated whon he finally
succeeded in cutting the connection
and reaching a window.
Judge Clark's advanced age made
his escape from more serious Injury
the more rom'arkablc, in the opinion of
friends. Ho is 70.
Ho and his son and daughter-in-
law were returning to Raleigh after
a tour of tho western part of the
state. v
Newspaper Men Visit Chimney Rock.
Shelby, N. C After enjoying for
a few hours the delights of Chimney
Rock, one ot tho most wonderful spots
in the southern Appalachian moun
tains, made all the more wonderful
by the artistic development work for
wMrh TV I. n Moore has been re-
nslble the members ot the North
.
Carolina Press association turned
their faces homeward, marking the
final breaking up of the body which
held Its annual convention at Cleve
land Springs hotel near here.
The trip to Chimney Rock brought
from numbers of newspaper men ex-
huberant expressions of surprise,
Those who had not seen tffce plaee be
fore artmWted they had never hfcd any
tree eoneep'Hon of the wonderfsi
motatVrin tfce-neVy to he enjoyed
there, nor had they rfny eomtfrwhen-
slve idea of tho great development
that has taken place here in the way
of construction of dining room, dana
Ins- navilion. aimrtments for "cliff
dwellers," etc.. right on the precipl
tate rocky face of the gigantic, Gibral
tarlike mountain of stone, from which
the "Chimney" Itself stands out not
entirely unlike a protruding smoke
stack.
On the way to Chimney Rock, a
distance ot some 60 miles from She!
by along the Wilmington-Charlotte'
Asheville highway, the editorial par
tr atoDDed at Rutherfordton. "The
Gateway ot the Land ot the Sky." and
were given tho most cordtal and real
ly exuberant welcome by the cltiiens
of Che fcutherford county capital
Slaying Held "Not Accidental."
Crewe, Va. Following a verdict of
the coroner's Jury, made public re
contly, the fatal shooting here of B.
R. Widklns, a Norfolk and Western
yard clerk, and the wounding ot
George Marsh, a painter, en the night
of July 1, by Dotectlve duard W. H
Bell, "was not accidental as Indicated
by Bell." Commonwealth's Attorney
Lee, of Nottoway county, announced
he will Immediately aak a grand Jury
to bring in an Indictment charging
Dell with murder.
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The Governor Steaks at N. C. State.
'Men are teaching in North Caro
lina today that damnable Russian doo
trine that the law is a heartless and
cruel thing, Governor Cameron Mor
rlson told the teachers ot vocational
agriculture, gathered In annual coo
ference at the N. C. State, as he turn
ed aside a moment from his message
on the home production of foodstuffs,
He promised that "as long as he may
be governor he wll) do everything la
his power to crush the teachers of
the doctrine that has denohed Europe;
In blood."
The Governor took a whack at
those who opposod his stand on the
strike situation In North Carolina amS
the United States. Speaking ot his
lotter in reply to President Harding's
appeal for troops to help reopen the
coal mines, he declared, it Harding
and the folks at Washington will let
me run North Carolina, I will be per
fectly willing to let them run the UnlfV
ed States it they can."
Governor Morrison voiced his unal
terable stand against "any group of
cltiiens who erect a standard ot lay
subordination tn North Oarottoa and
insist upon their right to, mob a am
for no other reason ttaa he dm a
Job and wants to wtXIt ft"
"The future greatness of Nortfc
Carolina dopends a great deal more
on raising chickens and hogs than
on raising politicians and statesmen."
the governor told the conference.
Governor Morrison preceded hat
talk by a round-table dlscusaloa
among the members of the conference)
and a talk by. Robert D. MaKhy, of
the Federal Board for Vocational Ee
ucatlon, Washington, D. C. Mr. Malthj
contrasted the work of the countf
agents and the vocational teacher!
and said that there was a no-man's
land between the fields covered ba
the two branches of agricultural in
struction, on which the teachers and
the agents would clash In tho conflict
to their scopes of influence unless
steps were taken beforehand to draw
up ground rules so that the two par
tics could co-operate instead ot an
tagonize each other.
Tho governor was In complete as
cord with the work being done by the;
vocational teachers. "I know nothing,
he said, "that will do more for tha
strengthening and upbuilding ot th
state than the teaching ot real, sclesM
tine agriculture. It ought to be traJ
mendously augmented in North Car
Una for it is a science that can be)
easily taught."
Governor Morrison said that hs
hoped to bo able to present a definite
plan for an enlargement of the scope
of agricultural teaching beforo ths
next general assembly.
"I do hope North Carolina will ne
cr ceaso to be an agricultural state,
Governor Morrison continued with
earnestness, "for that state or nation
which neglects the basic Industry of
tho world, will bo tho base a weak4
people., I care not how proficient they
may be in Industry, morchantlle enter
prises or mechanics."
In proof of this assertion he cite!
instances of nations building up great
empires on artificial foundations and
then toppling when the real stress
came, while other nations, not se
great and not so rich, but resting os
the firm, plain foundation of a hardy
rural population and a liberal produc
tion of foodstuffs, weathered the
storms of state which overthrew their
greater neighbors.
But there are different brands of
agriculture, Governor Morrison wars
ed the teachers.
' "The farmers of North Carolina
have not been prosperous, they are not
prosperous, and they will not be pros
perous sntil they change their meth
ods ot farming, he said. "We are
very weak tti ike fact ftfet we salso
broai, fTc&ft&i soiffia o me word, we
are hot a strong agricultural state, we
ar nothing but world-uftYurptfssed
growers of cotton and tobacco."
Governor Morrison declared that ta
order for North Carolina to seise the
place that was hers In the agricultu
ral world that she must devote more
time to the raising of live-stock, poul
try and vegetables In order hat the
money she receives from the sale ot
her cotton and tobacco may not ge
out of the state for "a side of whfte
meat and a sack ot musty Minnesota
meal"
The raising of cotton and. tobacco
alone Governor Morrison character
iiod as "speculation more hazardous
than gambling in the New York tft
change."
"Sell your tobacco, and cottonv
the Governor said, "eat your hogs and
chickens and garden vogetabtee and
eggs, feed them to your children, uh
til we people tn North Carolina are as
strong and fat and tfassy a otir aV
cestors used to be."
After his talk to t( vocational
teachers Governor Morrison wa haled
by a group of Alamance county farm
ers, as he was, driving Into town and
stopped long enough to get out and
shake hands with them and make
them a short talk, emphasising the
value of raising more food crops.
CONDENSED NEWS FROU
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT NOTES OF INTtREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Hickory. News has bsen received
here ot the burning of a storehouse,
mill and stock of goods near Zlon
Lutheran church, this county. With
a total loss estimated at M9M IV
000 and (2,600.
Scotland Neck. la erenatlng for
the Invasion of the bot weevil la this
section the baelQess men df Scotland
Neck and the local chamber of com
merce are leaving no work undone
that will Is any way help to combat
this menace expected by neat year.
Hickory. Although crops generally
In this section are unusually good, the
farmers report that freijueSt ahowers
have caused watermelon vtus to grow
to large stae with few flgflRNL end
fine output expected te he rather
small
Durham. Manager Lee Ooooh ot
the Durham hall club, announced tho
purchase of Second Basoraaa Carey,
of the Norfolk (Va.) League flun, and
the signing up ot Pitcher Ctartlh Oar
roll, former Trinity college star.
Fayetteville. Jamos Wflllams aed
Rufus Murphy, negroes, are being held
for the grand Jury here on charges
of murder growing out of the killing
of Henry E. Smith, another negro, at
a barbecue in tho southern part of
this county.
Kinstpn International and national
health experts will assist the Wood
men of the World in locating the fra
ternity's new sanatorium for tuber
cular members, according to Ellsha
B. Lewis, who has returned here from
a session of tho order's heads In
Wostern Carolina.
Raeford. Hoke county has steonod
up another notch tn the last sixty
days. The farmers mean business.
Enough of them have signed up with
the Co-operative Marketing associa
tion to aggregate 20.000 acres of cot
ton. Already they have sought a site
and employed a contractor to erect a
modern warehouse for the use of the
association.
Burlington.. As a rnsnM ( n nr.
fray between Floyd Miles, a negro
wno lives near Osslppeo, and his wife,
the man Is In a local hospital with a
bullet in his body and not expected to
recover, tt is aliased that Mil
tompted to give his wife an old time
Deating and had not proceeded far
when his wifo got a gun and stopped
tho husband by firing a bullet into
his body.
Lexington. Warehouses and other
property owned by the Barley Tobac
co Orowers' Cooperative assoatatlon,
but not needed by it tor th transac
tion of its business, will he sold at
auction to the highest bidder as soon
as arrangements can be totTle to ad
vertise them and arrange for the sales
says Director ot Warehouses Ralph
M. Barker.
Btatesvllle Clarence Moor was se
riously If not fatally injured when east
bound passenger train No. ft struck
and demolished the Gulf Refining com
pany's truck which he was driving.
Burlington. This city h'as one of
thj lo'wdst electric light rates in, the
state. At a recent mectmg of the
hoard of aldormen and officials of the
Piodmon't Power and Light company,
an agreement was reached whereby
the rates were reduced for electric
current, the reduction to become ef
fective September 1.
Lumberton. The fruit and vegeta
ble crop in this section Is a bumper
one. However, the producers are find
ing local sales and at salfe factory
prices. Many ffhe melons an being
offered on the market here. The ma
jor portion of the fruit crop la being
used locally.
Wilson. Wilson county's IO.QOO
bond issue to provide a new court
house and Jail wa.B defeated 4 an elec
tion recently by a maVgtn off $Q vptes,
Early indications were (hat the pdfid
issue had carried, but the vote from
the outlying townships,, almost solidly
againA It, turned thl fide.
Wi'nston-fealem. Qufacy Lee, color
ed, ybo conducts a bbrbef shop hee,
received a lette rthls week signed "K.
K. K " which very naturally disturbed
his "equilibrium." The wretlr notified
Lee to dispose opt only or his barber
fixtures, but his household effects "at
a reasonable price," and get out of
town within thirty days.
New Auditing 8ystem for State. 1
i The state's new auditing system, g
log into operation tn Auditor Baxtet
Durham's office, will make possible
tor the first time a dally record of the
state's finances. At the end, of each
day Major Durham will know the e
sot amount of money the state govern
Bent has In the bank and what ItM
financial condition Is.
All money will be handled by StaUl
Treasurer Lacy, the various depart
raents collecting taxes and fees disco n-l
tailing the ancient policy ot deposit!
tng money to their credit in the banks,
All warrants for the payment ot oblige
Moos wll be Issued from the auditor's
office, and the state's entire system oil
finances watched by that department
Heretofore halt a dosen department
have been making their deposits IndeH
pendently, turning over collections to
fas state treasurer at their leisure.
Later the auditor's office likely will
tale over supervision of finances of
tha state's various institutions. Ap
gtolniations now are paid to them la
ISJBp sums. Greater efficiency as
wdl as considerable saving can be
efikJWa.bv .the Issuing of those ap
ftprtorkjop e the demands arise, tt
believed.
Cks state la expected to have one
of Jrs lest auditing systems of any
etSth ta the anion. Major Durban
to dnatly pleased with the prospects
at ffte new system.
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TeOlta Ofii Health Problems.
flwth Caroline will probably furnish
flS county In which the International
KarQi feard wttf work out over a five
yfh period, with the expenditure o(.
approximately 16,000 annually, what
win come to be the Ideal plan for coun
ty health work, as the result of com
fkrences to be held between Dr. W. a
Rankin, state health officer, and Dr
Wilson G. Smlllie, representing the In
tetBatlonal.
SB particular county will be urged!
nswn Dr. Rmljlle when he confers with
Dr. Rankin, but from among the nun
her of counties that present conditions
thai are particularly Interesting to
hlav Dr. Smilley will probably desig
nate one In which the work will be un
dertaken. Several counties In the stats
Offer health, economic and social con.
dttlona in line with the requirements,
Malaria and hook worm are the two
principal diseases that the Internattoii
at Health Board desires to study from
the standpoint ot public health thai
cannot be observed In any but south
era states. Tuberculosis .and otbaa
dbeaees are as prevalent In other sec
tions, but here will be found condition!
upon which every phase ot health work
Is brought to bear.
Wallace to Greet Farmers by Radio.
Postmaster General Herbert Work
has granted permission to use the gov
ernment radio station for the trans,
mission ot greetings from Secretary ot
Agriculture Henry C. Wallace to the
Farmers' and Farm Women's conven
tion at Raleigh .August 1st, it was an
nounced by Secretary W. W. Shay.
Captain George O. Cox, of the Bn'
gineorlng Department of the college,
states that he expects to have the new
receiving set Installed before that
time.
Man Nationals Killed.
Belfast The ambush of a party of
Free State troops was reported frofn
Olentles, County Donegal. They en
countered a man dressed as a priest
who assured them there was no dan
ger in the locality. Suddenly aeVen
then emergnd from behind a hedge
and opened fire upon the national sol
Iters, killing two of them. Four of
tte attacking party .were captured
during lubaeouent fighting.
Accordmg to a report reaching here
the residence of Lord Leltrim at Mnfi
toy, Donegal, was horned.
Oanadian Shopmen Vote Against Cut!
Montreal A strike against wages
eats Inaugurated among Canadian rail
way shopmen was favored by IT per
eent of the voters In a ballot Just
completed by the local unions.
R. J. Fallon, president ot division
Ho. 4, railway employes department of
She American Federation of Labor,
fallowed the announcement with a tel
egram to Premier King, making know
the redactions.
Definite action by the unloa will be
withheld until the premier anaweffg lie
message, Fallon told him.
QMreVrier Persies Owe. v(. ,
Alter having served IS ateatha at s
two-year seateace tor violation at the
tottbAftm laV, ttr. Nellie ttynte. off
anderaoa county was pyeled hy
Sovernor Marrtsoa ea reoemmaa
cm of Judge Harding. M triad the
ease, and J, B. Shlpmaa, tike solicitor.
In conslderatiea of newly discover
ed evidence. Governor Morrison gave
a respite of ninety days te T. H. Brown
and W. A. L. Smith, oaavletsjd la
Mecklenburg superior ceart lor Bast
lecturing whiskey. j
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