North Carolina Newspapers

iiillli ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AUG. 24 , 1922. NUMBER IZ VOLUME XXXIII "5 0 '0 COM. REPORT IS 5EHL HIIBED IET HPLEIE HE HOMELESS I ... MUFF Oil DUE OIR, CTOR 8EUF ESTIMATES THE TWO MONTHLY CONSUMPTION AT 186,280 TONS. . TOWNS ARE WIPED OUT BY FOREST FIRE8 IN MINNESOTA. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SPLIT IN VOTE ON COAL TAR PRODUCT8 RATES. UTTLE IS KURD OF PRICES SIX PERSONS KNOWN DEAD ROLL CALL FOLLOWED DERATE Applications for Coal With Cashier's Governor Personally Took Charge ef Few Other Changes in the Admlnis- Checks Attached Keep Pouring Situation, Ordering Out National tratlon Tariff Bill Were Made Into Director's Office. ' Guardsmen. I ' By the Senate. Ralegh. Duluth Minn. Six known dead. Washington. Tariff duties on ayes i i .i j v 1.. .t I..t tni I mA nKo .nal nr nrnrlnrta which u j.di. uuuureui uuauo uuiucicuo. aw iwi v wmm r- JT-ZXZ towns wiped out and a dozen other, were declared b, opponents to bo r,,v f h7pnY danger was the apparent equivalent to an embargo, were ap- tZSTJ ht?,? rUS'r n toll of a series of forest fires which proved by the senate, 38 to I.- Re fcfiolt got down to the census books fweP; northwestern Minnesota, caus and with the help of a few reports In ln tho on,t C0Bflarat n ,8ln? 191S' Hand,' calculated that North Carolina f" . 0 persons lost their lives Is using 12,500,000 tons of coal annual- lth numerous forest fires biasing ly. or 185,000 tons or 3,785 carloads lurouK"Vul lu! w u B,ca V . X month. NO LICENSE TO OPERATE GIN8 ARE REQUIRED "Many Inquiries from glnnera throughout the state are coming In regarding the license to operate this year, and it Is high time," says J. M. Workman, warehouse engi neer of the North. Carolina Divis ion of Markets," that the ginners should know that a license is not required.'' "This law has been repealed," states Mr. Workman, "and at the same time the law requiring gin ners to collect a tax of 25 cents a bale on' all cotton ginned was re pealed, which the farmer as well as tho glnner should know," Twenty-flve cents doesn't seem much to individuals, but when the whole crop is considered It means a saving of approximately 1200,000 to the North Carolina cotton farm 'ers. per Applications for coal, with cashiers' checks -attached to guarantee' pay ment, keep pouring into the director's office, and a force of a dozen clerks endeavor to keep the tide moving out again, approved or disapproved, as em Minnesota. Governor J. a. u. Preus personally took charge of the situation, ordering out national guards men here for relief duty. Drought conditions have increased the menace to alarming proportions, according to state forestry officials, and more than 2,000 men were fight- the Judgment of the director directs. . thn flroo ..,.- Bnrtinns. And that Is. about as far as the work 0fficla, repQrts wew thftt tne towng I mecoai commiwee nas gone, anu if Falrbanks Siiver Cr8ek and Pimlo, in Lakq county, all small settlements, publicans and democrats split on the Issue, seven republicans opposing1 the increased rates and five democrats supporting them. ; The new duties proposed by Sena tor Bnrsum, republican, New Mexico,, are based on an American Instead otj foreign valuation an option framers, of the tariff had desired to leave to the President and are: On coal tar dye Intermediaries 10 cents per pound and 75 per cent ad valorem: In place of the old rates CONDENSED NEWS FROU THE OLD NORTH STATE SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. ! Offers to Return Cable I New York. Newcomk OaKU president of the Western Uatea Ts! graph company, who recently recefr; permission from the Harding adnC Juration to use the Mlanl-Bartadac Statesville. Three walls of the freight depot were knocked down and considerable damage was done to freight when westbound train No. 87 ran into the house track unexpectedly. High Point A beautiful memorial to the veterans of the World War will be erected here on Broad afreet just off of Main street by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wrenn. Tarboro. Tarboro's two , auction warehouses tor the sale of leaf tobacco opened here with sales of 95,000 lbs. cablo to relieve the emergency jny . aeliure of European eabtat t; Irish Irregulara, made pnblle a ear. munlcatlon he had addressed to 1T Hard(ng, offering to return the etat department license. The commaakc tion added that "to attempt to epeTnfl the cable would Involve us In K5 cutties with IlratiUan government, Ji Will Employ Only Single Teacher. Chicago. Coat of living nnd soefc., demands are so excessive la Svantt ton, nis., alto of the Northwestern University; that the school no kind er will enTploy married tajtrMtaraj according to Prefessof Roy O'CUWM lnger, dean of the college oj ttkaru ans. woruiwoswru vwnui at an average of S24.20 per hundred Z2 'SWZ lb"- . oi&l demands are suefe. Cat ft Road Projects Scheduled for Letting. Asneviue.-josiaa iwum instances Wive, of infractors Tpntv.nirA nroWts scheduled for and Grant Sams, a young man,, is De- d t0 acpt employlM r I. . . .a tf . Jl AMtw tail I - ' I' letting August 30, with an agregate ing neia in me (wauibou - Btanston to mm e: mileage of 186.02 miles, will Drug tne n - - - years letUng of roads by the state several niguw Ko .u w LAurei seciiou. no iuuno assiened for the deed. Charlotte. The Noll Construction company was awarded the contract for paving Beven miles on the York ville road at approximate cost of $186,000. The road Is to be the same tvne of construction as the Camp Greene road. There were three bids Greensboro. The Southeastern Pas- highway commission to 1,114.25 miles, or more than 100 miles beyond the 'i"l,000 miles in 1922" program, and the total obligation for now construction for the year more than $22000,000. ; Throe projects included in the list remove the last unbuilt sections of the Central highway from Smlthflold tar as it will go for tho present. ( No definite figures are available from the Federal coal administration as to whether North Carolina is go ing to get two thousand or two mil lion tons of coal. Director Self con- to Salisbury, a dlstanco of 170 miles W wua f " w y a - j pa nwinnA I f9 fnntlniinna nnvlnir ThA Thomfl.ll I , j ni . i.i vcrrtn iitiir tha Hiiuhnrrt. senRer asaociation, Atlanta Ga.f an ducts; 10 cents a pound and 90 per Chowan Advanced to Class . 1 Th accredited committee ef state debartment of education raised! m If mil firn fpAtfil unowan oouit uiumwvi, . Class C to Class B. Action was ttkai after a conference with President 1 , Vann and after a careful examination of the catalogue tor the Institution f( 1921-22. President Vaan aanonnced that to cutlook for the opening of the crltkga Is very promising. He is planning Id .-' ; had been destroyed, tho refugees main ly fleeing to Two harbors. Cotton and Central Lakes, in St. Louis county, wore also reported destroyed. Fires were reported in Wisconsin, iMcbane link and the' bridge over the nounces reduced passenger fares for adrance Utatra oft cent instead of seven cents and six lYudkln river between Lexington and mo Aiuencuu A the college, which Is one ot tne etaem ner cent. Senators Broussard, Jones I 'Saltsbwy are tho more Important paruneni oi noru. ru.., - Colleges for women In the state. of New Mexico, Myers, Ransdell and Sheppard, were the democrats who voted for the amendment. Senators projects. I With the award of contracts at the lend of tho month, the commission will rnnnor. Kelloee. Lenroot. Keyes, I -have achieved more than a hundred tlnnes to fill In the application blanks, wnore lt was BaJd the clty of Drum- Moses, Newberry and Smoot, repuull-; nllea beyond the mark set in Febru- iary for Vi montns, ana win nave together with the guarantee of pay moat, and forward them to the ad ministration In WaBhlngton. What is .becoming of them there is a matter yet to be discussed. Coal continues to trickle into Ral lsrh and other cities, a car some mond was menaced. Telephone com munication with that place was In terrupted and no details wore available. cans, voiea againsi re. mj " "-" -. """-:..-. rntton huver in A roll call followed a sharp debato ! up a record mat is wimoui para.iei uluVDU. - . here Sentember 8 and 9 Ooldahoro. The boll weevil ana water covers the finest cotton crops Lenoir. Sheriff J. A. Trlpleu cap- in wvn pnuntv. For thirty days the tuted a large home made copper suu water has been standing in the finest I 0f Beo mountain, about seven miles mttnn haIiIb in tho county. B. C. north of here. The still was of about in which Chairman Wadsworth of tho . in tho rnrnrda of road buildinc iu the county, said. mnpo .Tnnimrv 1 contracts Oreensnoro. ciauao ik .iinn -nonaritv sjtd was still warm I lU'gOltWU m imm -ft tho imo it wst canturea aiuouni Upward Jump in Food Costs. Washington. Wholesale and retail rr l e , e m .1 young whit. - Schoolfield, a Uhere'yas no one at the stilL sion of the dye control act now in hard surface force, declarinsr that "no ordinary , oi gravci. road and 545.94 miles dura and then nerhans days without -nota nr fr.nH nnrt nthor commodities tariff ran nrovnnt the destruction of The AuRUst letting will be tho final tho AmAripan dva Industry, which will Die lotting tor me year, una ui.0- thereby cripple the organic chemical ' after tho commission will focus atten Jndimtrv" I tion on construction now. temporarily tiw nthor rhnneAR in the adminis-' hold up on account of strike condi- tratlon tariff bill were made by tho ' tlons. Chairman Pago has pushed the senate in the final drive to clean up f. work of getting roads under contract individual amendments. When the in anticipation oi more wiauB1,ru.tu u- shipment. Famine is nownero m took an upward jump during the control of the situation as yet, but month July, retail prices averaging a practically every bunker in the state i per pent increase, while wholesale Is being emptied faster than it is be- prices registered a gain of about tog refilled. Railroads are giving coal 3 1.3 pcr cent, as compared with June some priority over other classes of prices, the department of labor an- fMlvM. on1 mnvnmpnt In Rnmpwh.lt nnnnni xpedited. Comparison of wholesale prices In senate recessed at a late hour work'mand for contractors when other i Eastern North Carolina will proba- June with those of a year ago, indlcat- on the measure in the committee of My begin to foel tho shortage ahead ed, the department said, that the gen- the whole had been completed, of the west, where hydro-electric pow- oral price level advanced about ten with the approval of the finance er la used In most industrial work, per cent with fuel and lighting mate- committee majority and without a The railroads themselves are having rials registering an increase of 36H rou call, the senate eliminated from no difficulty in fueling themselves, pcr cent. the bill retaliatory provisions relat Movement from the mines is said to The average retail price level was ing to wood pulp and newsprint pa .be slowing up somewhat, and trans determined, the department stated, by per, which are on tho free list. Im portation is feeling the effects of the an analysis of prices charged for der the provisions the President railroad Btrike. food articles by dealers In 51 Import- WOuld have been authorized to inv Little is heard of prices In the of- ant cities, and, it was explained, tne po8e a duty of 10 pcr cont on tnose was convicted in the Guilford superior Lumbarton. The Lumberton gra niirt of RwindlinK tho Amorican Ex. d and hieh schools will open for the ohnnzn National bank hero out of ten fif term on Wednesday, sepiemver thousand dollars last April by means! 9. prof. W. B. Crumpton, Jr., will a of a forged check. perinteud the schools this year and wane DoreBt. - mru. ouure didh, prmcucsuy aa vw v of the cotton mill district of Wake, selected. Forest, was instantly killed here when she was struck by Seaboard trata No, 11 Tho train struck her about a I mile from the Wako Forest Btation .ltn t ,0ir moH nrnprnma undo and opposite the Royall cotton, mill. Diauva 6vv w.v.. r-o; -- . ........ w,, Durnatn. uocm iuuiuuuw hotu way next spring. Altogether the road program outlln ed at the work under Governor Bick ett in 1919 is now approximately hall dono. Slightly more than 2,700 miles of new roads have been built, or are under construction, or under contract In addition to this mileage the system includes" many hundreds of miles oi good roads built by counties before PUB1IC SALE OF TOWN LOTS IK BOONE. On the 4tlt day of September, H21 it being the first Monday of Suxrior Court, I will offer for been unable to find a clue as to the or of n. TirnttV four-months-old baby' left at the door sal. ton the promises four lots in of Dr. E. H; Bowling's office in. tho Oreer building. The baby is in tho local Salvation Army homo, whore it will receive temporary caro.. Greensboro. Dr. J. W. Long, presv dont of the North Carolina Medical Society, has appolntod a' committee of . 1 ... . . ... x i 1 . . . . . . ..i.in t ti, r atntn innv ftvpr tnfl fivflrem. lice of the State Coal committee. Most Quantity or eacn arucie consume .u materials imponoa irom cou..u .-. - - , .1 thlrt memberfl of the society to take fiOmtiWllUl Ut lUvl unuiOBWUo w4 1 -v dealers and large consumers have the average working man's family also dependencies and provinces which im contracts that are not yet satisfied, and It Is likely that any approval of orders will be made to apply on these contrfcts. Coal to the domestic user, the man who keeps a ton 0? bo for burning In his cook stove, Is not yet figuring In the situation. Usually he igeta no coal and will need little until winter. Cotton Advance Will. Be $50 Flat. I Fifty dollars flat will be advanced on ach bale of cotton at the time of d livery by members of the North Caro lina association, it was decided by the executive, committee, with further ad vances to be made as fast as Bales are made. The committee decided to include cotton; held over by members from last year In the same pools as new cotton. The date sot for the first do .llvery before that date, if early ma turity of crop should demand lt. ' The committee decided to make the first advance upon a flat rather than a percentage basis in order to facili tate the initial bookkeeping. After the coton la classed in the grading de partments in Raleigh, the grower will be notified of his grade and he will receive further advances upon the ba sil of the grade Instead of upon a flat basis. Chesley B. Howard, goneral sales manager, met with the committee and went oveT the entire plans for the aale of cotton of the association. He has established foreign and northern pntored into the determination. The largest increases were noted in the sale of granulated sugar, 7 per cent; strictly fresh eggs, 6 per cent; navy beans, five per cent; potatoes, three per cent, while increase was register ed against certain kinds of meats, cheeso, baking beans and prunes. Thirteen food Btaples decreased in prices, onions dropping 15 per cent, cabbage 10, hens 10, lambs and flour nr nthiT tax TO- taKlUK tne ZJ pruiuciB uuoiuu wi strlctlons on their exportation. In gust 30 presents may be gathered addition the President would have ad-' from the fact that the specifications aa ih. -mm,nt of thn exoort tax so .call for tho clearing of 153 acros of some action on tho proposed four-year medical school to bo established by the University of Nortn Carolina. CharlotteTh News PubliHhlng Co. the town of Uoone. These lots are locatcn on the ridge near the con i t house and nejir the center of town. If you desire to buy the cheajwst property in Boone attend this sale. A sufficient am ount of brick can be made on the premises to build a mansion. Term will be made known (in day imposed. Legion to Aid In Keeping Order. New Orleans, La. Confronted with the taBk of handling a crowd of 150,000 visitors to the American Legion Na- has Just collected an advertising bill j of Sale. This August 8, 1922. for $7.50 made in 1901, Just 21 years' land, excavations totaling l,J4,&u cu i.i. .,.,. ,1a nt onrth and rock and AO bridge on the projects will require ago October 20. Tlie bill was part of 2 328 110 pounds of structural stool. tne cobib 01 a coii..uumiu. d d. a piece oi yTvyvrij iu wo . 1 - - II .,! Forecasts Point to Good Crops. for some reason or oiaer w auwu Vnrth rarolina's corn crop. It Is to remain penaing m vu L. D. LOWE. cabbage 10, nens 10, lamos 1 ana aour conventlon. to be held here in ' ' " fa Frank parker agrtcul. recently when the owners, desiring to iJth, :crrd'g0d8 U-ol-r. Police Superintendent Guy j C ,1.11 this ' year bo make a sale of the real estate . went R. Molony Will can nis nromer iijb'o"- dliht decrease. Southern Retailers Elect Officers. Richmond, Va. An appeal to the Southern Retail Merchants' conven tion to encourage co-operative mar keting movement, discussion of sales methods and the election of officers markad the coming session of the con ference here.' The present officers were re-elected. Tor the first time in the history of the conference a woman was named on the first board of directors. She is Mrs. J. R. Council, of Durham, N. C. Resolutions were adopted urglnr 10- anires Into action. " One thousand uniformed former soldiers, Molony has announced, will' be deputized to assist his police force In regulating the large crowds that will throng the parade routfe. Tho le gionjalrea, htf aald, will serve as "provont guards" in the business dis trict during the nve days 01 mo con vention. Superintendent Molonv Is himself an active member of the American le gion and expects to participate in the sessions of the convention. During a recent visit to Kansas City ca Sg toon W investigated conditions pre cai associations w w , I... c!tT faring last years strongly ana sena a aeiesam , '.,. -..i nvontinn which It nis American legion convention. ur av auuuua vwmvu. 9 .. decided will be held here. The officers elected are: L. M. Wiggins. Hartsville, S. C, president; N. J. Parks. Parsley, VS., vice president; A. R. Cannon, Ay den N. C, vice president; W. T. Dabney. Richmond, secretary, and W. H. Sny- OopnecUons. He was optimistic over der, Charlottesville, Va., assistant see the prospects tor handling the cotton retary. A lia Maanplntlnn tn nn ptnrditlouR v Jl 60000 Lives Lost A Swatow. rhsiactlon of branch sales man- Amor. owmpw 4 He dis covered, he states, that the city and police officials have no criticism to make concerning the way in which the 150,000 visiting former service men conducted themselves. Kansas City, he learned, would welcome the oDOortunltr of having the organiza tion again choose Kansas City as their convention city. m. I a. Alain a tiA land onn TAitfin Aa kao nnn hnahola ftp 1.B26.0U0 acres. IO Clear mo wo v " - '.tin th ten vear average for the that the coats of this sale had never tuhiia th forecast of wheat I been paid. 'Diaio, . w w - - . . . n A it n irn Iniflontaa K SOS OIlO DllsneiS I UiniBWluu. rtu ciwimu " or less than half of the state's food a $20,000 road bond Iflsue in Britts requirements, although lt Is an in- towsnip, KODeson couwy, u uu oo o .ant rtvop lout rears i onrea bt me wwuuijr iuuiid.uuj. . i!" The elattloo will be held at an ewrty from the present conditions, forecast STtelby. - The lawanw ciud w a croD of over 11,000,000 bales, at launched a movement to toprove tne v . I a. t. f t.-U MMfknAl turn 73 per cent of a full crop normal con- DaBooan yarn i mo i6 " t, hnii w0vii han done verv blocks from the court sQuare, and con- little damago as yet, but this is only vart It Into a general playground for the first part of his working season, grown-ups as well as cniiareu. Less than half of our cotton area is new ueru w. u. hum, yet infested and only a few counties enforcement officer, announced the nr. Tho BtatA condition of canture of a solid copper 250-gallon 'm o0nt hnnt the same as for distilling plant and 200 gallons of tho past two years for cotton, with tho corn whiskey on the Perry farm up acreage much more than last year Brtce's creek, about ten miles from YKJWli an avaraerA condition of 82 1 New Bern. per cent of a full crop, the probable Wadosboro. - The unusually cool r.ii.i m ho 9AMA0A. The na- weather of the past few days is tlonAl condition Is almost seven per (nought by armrc to be conducive cent less, but our yield Is much less to the operations of the bol weetl nir aora than the national average. The weevil Is supposed to be h ndered a-- Two Youno Women Drowned, Richmond. Va. Miss Anne Boiling i mS S raSloTn tycoon of August 2 Is oonseftaUvely Weirtherell. 17. daughter of Mr. and re T. "rr Ltim ai ea obo. a renresentatlve Mrs. John W. Weatherell, of Rich- SLaSTlL'Ml K SS3 of tU ; isolated Pre., learned In a od Her companion. Mtes Page ES3n?0 laSosd a special vlstt to tte strlokon-area. The storm Be, ot CafoUne county. Virginia, ' w oae cd the worst diaasterl which , drowned at Waverly Deftch, ns iattendtoi tDe mpetlng ot baa visited mis part, of the globe. The prederlAsburg. Va.. according to news f-pose neauaus; w "l ,mn will run Into many tivA hera hv relatives. A third Xum aiflCUwve aojDam v. rr-1 ---. i " "T . -1 4-a loetn vf. n. b"""""! " . . mmkm -J. t ta oiria alone sanronng a nh o tiw,w. ( oaeo. rsiniu ma tufaime ttraa iMrtmiBlr nvfurca a wlmmmt in shallow water in tho storm, which almost obittorat-. when luddonly they stepped into cd the native section ot Swatow. I deep channel. 21. Rclllason, dt wnobshoro; view- pWldetit H W. Christian, ot , Man- tmw; B. w. Paicoro, Raisign,"ana (he executive association. Cotton Staole Will Be Graded, An expert English eotton gradet hu been emoloyed by Oottoral Mana ecr fJ. B. Blalock. ot the North Caro lina Cotton Growers' Co-operative a no elation. This expert will devote his time largoly to what the cotton buyers call -stapling.1 by-warm, dry weather and to become more active In cool, wei weaiuer, Thar seem to be Increasing every where and to be spreading over all aocttons ot the county with remarn able rapidity. Rooky Mount. Work on the Main afroet beautifying and Improvement program which was adopted by the Whiia It In cencraHv known that board of aldermen some time ago onttnti hrinn a much hli.h- DrtKresslng as rapllly as possible or price than that ordinarily grown to since a gang ot workmen began pre r-v rfHnn n u not so wider llminary step! towards laying the un i. ht thn fitrfronrfi In Of lenrthl deraround cable tor the White Way t otnio in a I rotton la lust as In the business section early this :imrtnt as the Erode. I week, NOTICE OF ADUINISTRATION. Having qualified as Adminis trator of the estate of James W. Vines, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to pre sent tho same for payment with- n twelve months from the date f this notice, or it will be plead n bar of their recovery, and all lersons indebted to said estate vvill please malce payment of tho.. ame immediately. This July 20, 1U22. W. R. VINES, Administiator. NOTICE OF ADMINISTIUTIOI. Having qualified us Adminis trator of the estateof B. C. Greea leceated, this is to notify all per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present the same for payment within twelve months from the date of this notice, or it will be plead la - oar of their rr-covery.andall per sons indebted to said estate will , please make immediate payment of the same. This Aug. 10, 1922. W. 6HERW00D, w Adm. B. C. GreeD, Deceased. FOR SALE. I am offering for . sale a beauliful plot of Jand y with bold spring on same, lo-"-l. cated within half mile of Train- : ing School, and just off the ' Boone Trail Highway. An Meal location. See D. E. Harttey, Boone, N.C... 20,458 - ':: ' f(j;v'