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,s . . '' it:: 1. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1888 4 Vi' ' VOLUME XXXIII BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY OCT. 26, 1922 NUMBER 58 .i 4 V ' A :;-. vf'i: i"- --.-''' ; . srioaiQiiat ;'J';".r? r iff: . "f'V ' I if I I hi to:-'' r f 0. C150.000 FIRE AT CLINTON NMrly Five Hundred Bales of Cotton and Depot Go Up In umoKO. ' ;nitltnn At Ion at tlRAnnn itamaM yf$9 done by the Are which destroyed OWSLEY, OF TEXAS, UNANIMOUS i, th A. C. L. depot here. The fire orig. LY ELECTED "NATIONAL lotted on the cotton platform, which tf' rtUMAD i extended eastward from the depot - commander. ; The blase swept over the, whole plat .form containing hundreds 6fbali Of cotton in a very few moments, and ll'v Within few minutes the platform had ' . : , - uuen in, ime nest fertilizer warev tii'. house across the street was ablaze, i'?,T?V:'V deDOt wm on fire, four cars of cot Many Issues Are Tabled; Next Year's MP !l !aught' e. other bop; .convention Will be Held In iu uwuocd wort BiuomoK. I ; The lire company was prompt and did fine work, saving the western end I of. the depot, containing the business' oBices and the waiting room and the ?wu wouua up convenuoi ( passenger cars which layalongslde, h,ere' nnanlmously- elected Alvin M. Eleven freight cars fell victim to the 0w8,ey, of Texas, as Its national om-; flames, four loaded with cotton and mandep to cceed Hanford MacNlder several which had Just come in loaded of Iowa' who has 8erved for tne Pft8t j w(th goods for Clinton merchants, i year ftnd heard a lea for intern j The cab on the passenger locomo ' MnaI act,on 'ffn,ch' aordlng to its 1 tlve was burned, while the baggage 8Ponsors- th wounded men of the In. car was narrowly saved. In addition, tor-allied veterans' federation, would .. . quite m bit of lumber stacked on th brlng abwt world neace- Then- after south side of the road was burned. I the Belect,on of vice-commanders and' The Atlantic Coast Line is the great a national chaplain, the convention est loser, though D. L. Herrir- one was adJurned, and men and women of the largest buyers of cotton Tj the I trud8ed wearily out of the hall and larreat buyers of cotton on the r.Hn.'be8an making the'r way to railroad ton mft'rkfit who hnv nn hi. ftn v count, lost about 60 bales by the latest count. There were, it is estl. mated, 485 bales burned, but the loss ot alt except that of Mr. Herring falls upon the railroad, since bills of lading had been taken for the other, In eluding 55 bales of co-operative cot ' ton which were on the platform. Not only was the rapidity with which the blaze spread over the cot ton, platform a surprise, going as if it was sprinkled with powder or gaso line, but the fact '.hat these hundreds HUV UUV WO latl. 41ttb uicbu uuuuicuni of . bales ot cotton were absolutely . in ashes the next morning was anoth ef surprise to those who thought they would smoulder for days. Will 8ecure Faculty For Colleg Greensboro, r- R. p.. WilllamB, of Burlington, has been appointed by the board of education of North Carolina Methodist Protestant church as chVr- man of a committee to secure a fac ulty for the Methodist Protestant col. lege now in course ot erection at Hl"h Point. Rev. J.' F. McColloch. of th's city, is chairman bt the committee to outline courses of study. The col lege will open in the autumn of 1922. i Rev, R. M. Andrews was selected by the board as general chairman the finance committee of the college. He has been president ot the North Carolina Methodist Protestant confer ence for live years and his term of office automatically, expires at the meeting of the conference in Hender son in November, the rules of the Church limiting tenure of that offico to five years. Rutherfordton Man Wins Law Books. Rutherfordton. Attorney James L. Taylor, Jr., has received a letter from the American Law Book company, of Brooklyn, N. T., announcing that Mr. , Taylor was the winner of $500 worth of .law books, offered as a prize to the students of the law department at Wake Forest College,' making tho highest grade on the examination sub mitted by them. . Mr. Taylor was In formed that he had received 88 4-7 per cent m answering the questions, in the Legal Research Training course, the percentage being the highest achieved by any student at Wake Forest: College. Law Department " Wilson Market Pays 8lx Millions. ' - Wllsoni Nearly , six and a half mil lion dollars was paid dnt for tobacco "on the Independent warehouse floors here this season, during 44 sales, is 'the report made by H. B. Johnson, supervisor ot sales. For the week ending ' . October 12 the number ot pounds sold : were 2,913,460, which brought. 11,004,341.40, an average of 13147 per hundred, an increase in average over laBt week of $1.50 per hundred. For the season there has been sold 22,971,434 pounds tor $6,' 466.854, an average for the season Ot $28.16 per hundred pounds. - "Ten-County Fair Is a Sucess. - Klnston. The annual ten-county fair here dosed after a successful week. Officials estimated that the total attendance had been between ' 10,000 and 40,000. A rainy opening day kept the attendance from being larger and no record was established Conduct at the fair was unprecedent- . edly good, and only one arrest was Moorted on the grounds during the week;' Though ' not so large as in . one or " two ". previous ' years,' the I throngs came from a wider area this " year than ever before. Features of till fU W 4werf u mtae m-iun - Ark l hit and the BWina tnow. Mill IfflQII EllDSflVEIIIII STORMY SESSIONS ARE HELD 8an Francl,co- . . , ,N6W Orleans. The Ameriean Le. stations to catch trains back to their home communitlep. It was the legion's greatest con vention, everybody said, and the one which had accomplished most. After stormy sessions the legion reaffirmed Its position as to the so called Boldler bonus "adjusted com pensation" Is the term the legion naires prefer criticised severely Bri gadier General C. E. Sawyer, personal physician to the President ?- tabled resolutions dealing with the Volstead act, the ku klux klan and various mi nop ,89Ues- It averred again that flrr. InroraRt mi tfia nmna, ro lts first interest was the proper care for the disabled ot the war. The convention Tras attended by the noise, excitement and emotional out bursts which those who have attend ed similar gatherings in the past have learned to expect. But, all in all, the "buddies" . had a wonderfully good time, and feel that they accomplished much. Next year the convention will be held in San Francisco. Five national vice commanders were elected as follows: Edward J. Barrett, Sheboygan, Wis. Robert S. Blood, Concord, N.XH. Chiles P. Plumer, Casper, Wyo. Earle Cocke, Macon, Ga. Watson B. Miller, Washington, D. C Business In 8outh on Upgrade. .Washington, D. C "Business in the South is again on the upgrade,' 'says Fairfax Harrison, president ' ot the 8outhern Railway company, in his an nual report, which has Just been made public. "The output of the mills and facto ries has been Bteadily Increasing dur ing the past few months," the report continues. "An outstanding feature has been the operation of the cotton mills, a happy contrast with the strike-ridden cotton manufacturing centers of the East In July, 1922, according to Mm figures compiled by the United States census bureau, 96.97 per cent ot the spindles in - mills In the cotton pro ducing states were active, while tn other states the percentage, of active spindles was only 78.53. During that month the average active spindle hours in the South was 250, compar ed with 145 in other statep. In the 12 months ended July 31, 1922, the mills in the cotton producing states consumed 3,733,147 bales, which com pares with a consumption of 2,178,767 bales by mills in other states. "The more favorable conditions for the cotton manufacturing industry in the South are reflected not only -in operating statistics, but also Jn the record of new mill construction. Dur ing the same 12 months, according to the census bureau reports that there was a net Increase ot 245,831 spindles in southern mills and a net increase of only 79,627 spindles in mills in states outside of the South A survey of new mills under con Btruction or in prospect Indicates a continuation of the tendency shown by these figures. Bean Beetle Infests South. Washington. Announcement was made by the department ot agricul ture that the Mexican bean beetle, described as a rapidly increasing men ace to food plants in the South, has made its appearance In 24 counties of southern states. ' Infestations have been discovered In additional counties in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. The insect la causing heavy damage in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky, the department reports. T: .1.: Greatest Mother Summons Her Childten 'V .xV -iiT L, flrf yvt - w''a' risr-vv of)? 111 An allegorical concept of the Red Cross as a peace-time ideal is em ployed by the American Red Cross in a new and striking poster for its Annual Red Cross Roll Call. Spread out before the heroic size figure is the outline of the Ueited States with a Red Cross superimposed upon it while round its borders are sketched scenes depicting the chief activities of the Ited CrosH today Rervice to disabled relief and promotion of the public Lawrence Wilbur, h New York artist tlU)rry during tt tnrollment of the RED GROSS PUTS UP S9J39.872 Year's Budget Stresses Relief and services at Home and Overseas. MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID Cver $3,000,000 Allotted to the Disabled Foreign Work Lessens. Washington. Expenditures totaling $9,739,872,17 for carrying through Its program of services and relief during h fWn! mn. In TTnlto,! Rfntn.' and overseas are authorized in the x,w ,v, a. ....., ima . fectlve July 1, 1922. This total Is $2,- 735,975 less than the expenditures for the last fiscal year, "when disburse ments reached $12,475,847.09, It Is an nounced at National Headquarters In t statement emphasizing the necessity of continued support of the organiza tion by enrollment during the. annual Roll Cal(; November 11-Novemher 30 inclusive. This total for the budget is exclusive of the large financial op erations of the 3,300 active Red Cross Chapters, which, It Is. estimated, will more than double tho total. War Veterans Have First Call First call on Red Cross funds Is for the disabled ex-service men, of whom 27,487 were receiving treatment from the Government on June 1 lust. This work for veterans and their families in a wide variety of service that the Government is not authorized to ren der and for which It has neither ' funds nor facilities bus the call on $3,030,092.90 during the current year, or about $300,000 more than was ex pended last year for soldier service. Adding the funds disbursed in .this humanitarian work of physical recon ttitution following the World War ly the Chapters throughout the country will approximate a, total for the cur rent year approaching $10,000,000. This work, In the opinion of the Sur geon General's office, will not reach its peak before 1920. Through its Chapters the American Red Cross Is equipped to find the in dividual ex-service man,' help him' in Ms problems and difficulties, provide immediately for his necessities, and open the way for him to the Govern ment 'Compensation and aid to which he entitled. sjhft, extension of this 5' veterans of the World War, disaster health. The poster is the work of and will be displayed throughout the Red Cross membership for 1WB. , work to the families of such men proves to them that the Red Cross litis lost none of Its sympathy nor will to service mnnlfested in wartime. Sim llurly the service goes out to the men still in the Army ond Navy, 11,087 ot whom were under treatment In Gov ernuicnt hospitals on June 1, 1922. ' Greater Domestic Program This year after five years of con st motive effort during the war and cfter the armistice brings with It a cri'uter responsibility for domestic service to the American Red Cross. The budget for foreign operations, however, totals $3,404,000, but of this amount $1,834,000 Is for medical re lief and hospital supplies for Russia which is a part of the gift made by the American Red Cross in 15)21 to the Russian famine relief work of the American Relief Administration pro- ,am- 'l no cnua neaun service rnu "1 continues, moreover and $W, IS appropnaieil Ir IU1 WUIK UH I taken in 1920 Other Items in the ' stringeniiy aiminisnea ioreign pro gram Include $200,000 to support the League of Red Cross Societies, 000 for nurses' training schools- lnsti tuted by the Red Cress abroad, and (000,000 for liquidation of the general Red Cross foreign relief program. Prepared for Emergencies For disaster relief the Red Cross .pt HSwi S7M0O0. and for emer- has set aside $750,000, and tor emer gencies In Chapter work $500,000 to be available for domestic, Insular and foreign demands. This is more than $395,000 above last year's expen ditures. For service and assistance to tho 3,300 Chapters and their branches $1,293,000 is provided by the Kutlonul organization. Other budget Items of Importance In the domestic program include $200, 000 for assistance to other organiza tions und education Institutions for training Red Cross nurses and work ers; $190,000 for Roll Call assistance furnished to Chapters; $100,000 for unforeseen contingencies. Of the total budget less than $u00, 000 Is allotted for management In the Nutlonal organization. No cash esti mate, of course, Is possible to weigh he value. of the service by volunteers In the Chapters. THE RED CROSS SUPPLEMENTS . GOVERNMENT SERVICE BY MEETING THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL EX-SERVICE MAN. THIS WORK CANNOT GO ON UNLESS YOU SUPPORT IT WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP DOLLAR. ".. PAY UP TODAY- fiEALTH OFFICERS PLAN ASSOCIATION HOPES TO PROLONG THE EXPECTAMCY OF LIFE. ' I N THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS Association Fixes Extension of Twenty Years as Its Goal at the Next Convention. Cleveland, Ohio. Efforts of. the American Public Health Association to prolong the expectancy of lite which now prevails throughout the United States at least' 20 years within the next 50 years, will be set as the foal of the association in a resolution sere. . The resolution stated: "We, the1 health officers of our communities, are confident that there is nothing im practicable or extravagant in tho, pro posal we make that many nations may attain such knowledge of the laws ot health appropriate to each age and oc eupatlon to such climate and race," that this may be accomplished. me resolution was passed as a essage to th epublic." It was pointed out that within, the 75 years the average duration ot human life has been extended by not than 15 yean in many of the great nations ot the world and that tains in length of life have been greater In the past twenty years than in the previous 60." The Improvement in the prospect ot long life is not only continuing but at an accelerated rate, the resolution sail. "Nor is there reason to fbubt that certainty of still further great additions to the expected span of life may be expected , for those peoples who read aright during the next 50 years. It la the opinion of the American Public Health association that the maximum lifo expectation Is far from naving neen attained even. with no further additions to our knowledge ot the causes and means of preventing disease." . A single standard ot medical quail flcations .support of vivisection, health Instruction In public schools and a standard public health course for medical schools were among the questions on which the association took a stand in resolutions adopted Regarding vivisection, the assocla tlon recorded its "conviction that ex periments on living animals have proved ot utmost service to public health in the past and, therefore, to civilization and are indispensable to future progress. Another resolution urges the appointment of a committ tee ot ten to "study the Incidence and mortality of pneumonia and means for the prevention and control of this disease." ' Officers elected included Dr, C. E. Lory, ot Richmond, Va president and Dr. Roger I. Lee, ot Harvard, medical school treasurer. A. W. Hedrich, of New York, was re-elected executive secretary. Debt Funding Is Delayed. Washington. The fall of the Lloyd lr. wl S teBUon of officials here, both govern- mental and diplomatic, although no di- rect immediate effect of the change In the British ministry further than add! tional delay in the British debt fund Ing negotiations was expected to be ap parent In relations between the Unit ed States and Great Britain. The London cabinet crisis is full ot possible future complications for all other governments, Including the United States, however, and a clear understanding of what Is ahead, de pended very largely on the program Bade by Premier Designate Bonar Law in his attempt to form a new cabinet. The immediate result of the crisis already felt in Washington is the postponement ot the coming to this country of the British- debt com mission headed by Sir Robert Heme, chancellor of the exchequer In the Lloyd Oeorge government. Sir Rob ert waa to hare sailed tor the United States a week ago, accompanied by Montague Norman, . director of the Bank of England, but the cabinet crisis waa then impending and departure was delayed on that account Slight Decline In Retail Food Costs. Washington. Retail food costs tor the average family during September, the department ot labor reported, were approximately one .per cent lower than during August, The conclusion was based on reports ot prices gather ed at retail markets in 51 important cities, representing nearly all sec tions of the United SUtea. v ' , 7 CiSMll CHURCH QGRM.1 HOLDS CUtiVtlllll DELEGATES FROM ALL PARTS' OF U. 8. AND CANADA CONVENE AT BURLINGTON. BIG DELEGATION FROM WEST It Is Estimated That Four Hundred Delegates and Minister Were Pres ent for the Convention. Burlington. The American Chris tian convention, the general body of the Christian denomination, convened in the Burlington Christian Church here. This body represents the entire; Christian denomination from Texas into Canada, and delegates from all parts of the Unltid States and sec tions of Canada are- in attendance. This is the second time the Ameri can Christian convention has met in the South, the first being twenty years ago when the convention went to Nor folk, Va. A spoc'al train from Cin cinnati arrived here bringing a larpe delegation' from Ue northwest. It is estimated that there will be 400 del egates and ministers present tor the convention. The Burlington Christian Church, where the convention is meeting, the Rev. O. O. Lankford, local pastor, has made elaborate preparations for the convention. Many of the delegates have never before been below the Ma son and Dixon line, and the local con gregation have made every possible effort in planning for their entertain ment and comfort and to show them the true meaning of "southern hospi tality" at Its best. The people ol the city of Burlington, too. are hr'Tg in every way they can to welcome the visitors, and hundreds of automobiles carry the sign, "A. C. C. Delegate Ride Free," on ttnir windshields. At the church the la-lies have arranged the class rooms and the auditorium of the church, placing potted plants and cut flowers In every conceivable nooi and corner, and the convention floor is Indeed a place of beauty. Dlscuss Project to Tunnel Cape Fear. Wilmington. Although all plans submitted so far toward bridging the Capo' Fear river at some downtown section of Wilmlnrton have met with great deal of disapproval from the ahtpping interests and others who claim that a bridge would be a se rious drawback to the harbor, the citl. sens of the town are united when dis cussion comes up regarding the con struction of a tunnal under the river . So far this discussion has taken no concrete form but several civic or ganizations of the city are making in vestigations concrrnlng the matter, and It Is hoped bv advocates of the tunnel that the master will be br i'it before the commissioners of New II in over and Brunswick counties at an early date. If the tunnel under the river l constructed in Wilmington, and It now looks favorable, it will be one of tho similar few tunnels in the world, possibly the most outstanding one being that constructed by William. O. McAdoo at New York. I Lumpkin1 to Head Klwanls. Ashevllle. Selection ' of Wfl- mington as the pb.ee for the district convention of 1923 and the election of Alva Lumpkfen, prominent attorney, of Columbia, S. C, as district gover nor, succeeding W. B. Merrlmon, of Greensboro, N. C, were the features of the closing exercises of the district convention of JCiwanls Clubs of tho Carolinas. - It was formally decided at the ses sion to make the conventions annual Instead of semi-annual and the 1923 session will probably be held during the month of August. R. H. McDonald, of Columbia, 8. C was elected as district secretary and treasurer, and the new officers will take office on . January 1, 192). Western N. C. Conference Meets, i Monroe. The leading feature of the opening session of the Western North. varuiiua cuuierauia urns wu uio win sacramental service, the whole con ference taking part The reports ot the eleven presiding elders revealed the fact that' during the year there had been something like ten thousand who made profession cf faith, within the bounds of the conference and that there had been a net gain of more than five thousand In the membership of the churches. The reports of these leaders also indicate that many new houses of worship have been erected and parsonage Ibullt -during the year. ; There baa been a large advance la the finance ! the church.',-.'- t 4 - - -lis;,. e
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