North Carolina Newspapers

; . ' ; - '!:' .:-'C; '''V''VV S. '':'SSS'rS'''i:'- 0 .-w. ;'' -v.- i ; 7'"'-.' " . i V - ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY , ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY V ESTABLISHED IN 1888 - VOLUME XXX iy BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NOBTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY NOV. 2, 1922 NUMBER 1 fj vr-,.-7 V '.,.JJ;,?;.t,ti. K.ir t. .- :sss ":..-. ss 'of 5? in PRESIDENT HARDINQ , AND C3C- RETARY WEEKS EXCHANC3 '! LETTERS. TWO KILLED IN ' MM CRASH f SESSIDI1 OF IIORIH ciui ; '! 1 - . ' EHDS POREJEH BODIES OP ERISCON AND ARM- NEXT MEETING PUACE LEFT TO pRACTICALLY NO FOREIGN-BORN STRONG CRUSHED AND WANGLED. ' THE MODERATOR AND CLERKS BUDGET CAUSES DEBATE, PEOPLE LIVE IN THE OLD NORTH STATE. M SMALL EN8U6H NOW FALL EIGHT HUNDRED FEEt Ui UNES SHOW PB06RESS POPULATIQN KEEPS GRIMING Prldant While Not Supporting In-'LO. Their Llvee In Fall at Hampton Set Apart Four Week For Study d steady Growth of Natlve-Born It a oreaeo, Will Not Favor Reduc tion of Force. Road Naval Air Station; Not . 'Stunting." Norfolk, Va. Lieutenant Edward Lwl Ericson. of New York city, and Lieutenant Rober Franklin Armstrong) of Rochester, N. Y., and Norfolk, naval aviators, wer killed Instantly when a plan crashed to earth with thorn neaf Stewardship Rev H N. Sweet J V Address the Meeting. ! Llncolnton. After a aesilon laatlni two days, during which vast tolume of business was transacted and many matters of Importance to the church considered and discussed, the Presby. terlan Synod of North Carolina ad- Marvel to Less Favored Sen tlons of Union. N. 1 hangar at the Hampton Road journed here, after delegating to the here from that jtate talks about It r, 1 . i -Washington. President Harding'! belief that the regular army at its. present strength 12,000 officers and 125,000 men Is "as small as should b contemplated unless there should ;b a decided change In military con ditions throughout the world," Is stat d in a letter to Secretary Weeks 'mad public by the war department in order to correct any misapprehension to the size of the army asked for iA budget estimates for 1923. The letter was written in reply to a communication from Secretary Weeks, September 21, explaining to the Presi dent that while estimates for 12,000 of-1 Deer and 125,000 men were being sub-' mitted, the opinion of military leaders, regular, national guard or reserve was unchanged and' that the minimum fore to carry out the national de fense act of 1920 was 13,000 officers and 150,000 men. In reply the President said that while he did not believe the govern- E? TlZZSt" i"8t!v!d iLE?t!5f the air only about ten minutes when tee to appropriate 15 per cent of the Raleigh. Special from Washington. The ar ticle in The New Yoik Time boosting North, Carolina is pat? of a volunteer campaign all over the country. In recent months everybody who come NAVAL AIRPLANES REACH WASHINGTON. Waibinzton.- The twa naval air lianas which flew from San Fran. Cisco to New Orleans for the Ameri can legion convention have arrlved at Bollng field on their return flight to tho Pacific coast. The planes which ar the first naval craft to make. the cross-continent flight will' remain here sev eral days for overhauling before resuming the trip to San Francisco. They are piloted by Naval Lieuten ants VH. Wyatt and O. T. Owen. J. W. Jackson, past president of Golden Gate post . No. 4 of the American legion, and Chief Me chanlo F. M. Llndre, of the naval air service, also were aboard. They left Pensacola Thursday and were delayed near Browton, Ala., by a forced landing. En route here they stopped at Montgomery,, Ala.; Am ericus, Ga.; Columbia, 8. C, and Fayetteville, N. C 1 Aati 4dir4 II Mtll Ant Ml II TWO WOUNDED DEPUTY SHERIFF LEWIS BLEV INS IS ONE OP THE ? KILLED. v j SHERIFF PR1TGHAR0 ESCAPE: Clash Precipitated Whan . Mltohel County Oolcers Invade Strong hold of Family. naval air station. The badly crushed bodies wer dragged from the plane's wreckage bj a doien men who witnessed the fall The shoes and leggings of one of the Ben had been unlaced and removed apparently as If he expected his plan TO DISCUSS ARMS LIMITATION i moderator and stated clerk the task wonderful growth and industrial t of selecting the next place of meeting, velopment. Its praise is being sung the members to be notified after a de by every close observer who .live ceslon has been reached. r or visits there. 1 The outstanding feature of the final, good old-American, stock that session was perhaps the lengthy dis. .Bettle4 the tate wnen tne country cusslon and opposition to a position ,. .., tho inh, i at to fall m the water nearby and had; of the recommendation of the perma-1 naylng a neW!c0me foreign population made ready to iumn for safetv. nent committee on stewardship, touch- tha ,fntft ha. ,t. own neo-i. I The fliers, both of whom were rw ing the budget for the comins year.'Tnere wa ft Ume wnen home-folk informal Communication Reach Unit- garaea as nrst class pilots, had themi oome w mo ipnun new w mo wefe ciamoring for gom9 0f the Intnil selves constructed, or rebuilt, th Ion that the expense budget is too; tnat were pouring into th . plane in which they took their last great, and that pastor and sessions fiortntrn and western state, but that flight. It was of the JN-4 type and a could collect the benevolent runa oi , ,i and oW cltlEen are thank- th church, ana thus eliminate tne ex- f ,r Maker tney m not get what penditur of 15,000 In salary to thsjtn ey Wed at one time. "Pure-Amer. SVnOdlOal Banaer. I W .n .in.,...i anA Mma.Amar1. mnnm i lunu, i au aiuci iwau v w v. k v v vi mvmh iu v wwt vj w"u . . . . . . A substitute recommendation was fl-' ,.., i, thfl waV outaMflra look at the State ta meet in conference in De- W8r.in. operation, land machine, and they were nuking a test of its strength. They were not "stunting," according to man at the air station who witness FIVE CENTRAL AMERICAN GOV. ERNMENTS TO SEND REP RESENTATIVES. 4 States From All Five) of th Interested Countries. Washington. Informal eommunlca- from the five Central American ! Ashevllle, N. C. Out of Baksrs- Hle, Mitchell county, at a section in the wilder part of the Blue Ridge, cut ft entirely from the outside world through lack of telephone, iiraph or railroad conectlon, comes a story of a mountain feud which, long smouVj daring, reached a climax, when conn, ty officers, headed by Sheriff olydci Pritchard Invaded the stronghold of ne family in search of blockade stillaj at the Instigation and under the direc Won of a member of th rival clan. I As a result, two are dead and two! others seriously wounded, while four men wanted on charges ranging from, simple assault to murder are at large in the wilds along the upper reaches ot Big Rock creek. Sheriff Pritchard, with a deputy, Lewis, Blevlns, left Bakejrayftle for the 'Big Rock creek section, where in formants had told th sheriff several Arriving at d th fall The plane had been in naUy adopted, instructing the commit gtate. last census peport Bnow, cwnber for diiCU8sloa of Mms llmita- ho,me ?"e.8' It resources for the comwg year, MAAt .f J J . I V. . . intre are iubhi iu rcaucnoa uejuou j : wmcn we cannot go, even in tne praise t worthy cause of economy, without de ' atroytng the excellent foundation now laid for our national defense and for feiting the accrued benefits of World . war experience." the crash came. Men who saw th fall said that th ."flippers" were out ot control. The naval board of Inquiry called to ln rtstijpt th accident had little to work upon, because the plane was so thoroughly wrecked that investigation ot causes ot the tragedy were doomed to futility. i imiiob invii.ai.iun veiacu. . as wwi a lacj couia esumate Vlt Washington. Delay on the part of nesse said the machine went into a amount and calling on the commutes on stewardship to assume the remain ing 25 per cent, but with the provision Just what the population ot the state tion projects and other matters, IndL is composed of. North Carolina has a population of iuv, uuv : o rr0 144 tho lar.ro tinmhnf that in case the committee declines to """7; ..,." " -. ttS.?W.!?!S! birth in 1920. It has 1,776,680 native one ot the three embassies in the re ceipt of formal instructions from its government to extend to tile United States an invitation to participate in the approaching conference of the al lies at Luaanne, Switzerland, to con- nose dive tor 800 feet and struck the earth with a terriffo impact, which Shattered it. Lieutenant Erlcson was in command of the squadron ot seaplanes which "attacked" ships of the Atlantic fleet aider conditions for peace in the Near -Hat month with torpedoes hurled from East, nrevented the carrying but ot the air. plans to deliver the invitation to Sec retary Hughes at the state depart ment. The British ambassador, Sir Auck land Qeddes, had received instructions from Downing street, and Count de CKtonbrun, in charge of the Preach embassy, also had heard from Quay d'Orsay. Charge Russo, however, had not heard from the Italian govern ment probably on account ot the dis turbed state of the cables from Raiy. It was th wish of the allied gov ernments that the Invitation to the Wasntncton government should be' The accident cast gloom over th air station on the eve of the big navy day celebration. Both the vie ttms were popular and recognised as lnterpld flyers. Prohibition Moves to Walt for Court. Washington. Enforcement of the national prohibition law with 'respect to foreign shipping within American territorial waters will await a final in terpretation of that section of th statute by the supreme court, it was indicated by high administration off! will stand, that is, th budget as rec ommended by the committee. Resolutions of appreciation of ths hospitality extended to the members of the synod and visiting church peo ple of the citizens of Llncolnton were adopted. Emphasizing the fact that "the Church of God has a mission In the world" and that Christian men and wo men have got to lead young people to understand what this mission is, Rev. Henry H. Sweets, D. D., of Louisville, Ky., secretary of the executive com mittee of Christian education and min isterial relief of the general assembly ' of the church, made an address In which he emphasized all of the causes of th assembly. Reports submitted Included that of th committee on bills and overtures and that of the committee on women's work. Rev. F. O. Bell submitted the report of regents of Barium Springs Orphans' Home. Pastors of the North Carolina Syn- .... ....... . 1 OlDOWl od are expected to set asiae iour wwh te d th her good old New in next reoruary ana ur , England ,tate8 are polluted with tor whites and 763,407 old-time negroes. That Is a fine foundation for a south ern state.-. ' The state shows a steady, healthy In creaBe ever since the Civil War. The increase for 1910 to 1920 was 16.0 per cent. For 1900 to 1910 it was 16.5 and for 1890 to 1900 it was 17.1. The last census shows that the foreign-born white had a shade the bet ter of the native whites in gains. Here are the percentage of gains of popula tion between 1910 and 1920: Foreign-born whites, 19.6; native white, 18.9, and egro 9.4. It will take l a long time for the foreigner to make a showing in the state. cat early acceptance of the invita tions and appointment of five delega tion. There is no doubt that Secre tary Hughes' action, taken a it was, virtually at the request of the five gov ernments, has been received In Central America with gratification. Formal a- t osptano In som; ases may bfolay 4 ed through the necessity of obtaining approval of either cabinet or congress. Th American invitation occupied l attention in Pan-American diplomatic circles to tho exclusion of other topics. Both among the diplomats and in gov ernment circles the feeling prevails that a step has been taken which may bring results of afar-reaching nature with respect to International relations in the entire w stern hemisphere. Whether tho Central American Con ference will prove a stepping stone to Oarfleld and Arthur, told Sheriff Pritchard they could bring him three stills within an hour. The sheriff agreed to wait, and a few minutes at ter the departure of the two Hughes, he heard shots from the direction where Deputy Sheriff Lewis Blevlns had been waiting on his horse tor the -return of (he sheriff. Hurrying to th Scene, Pritchard found Blevlns dead, and the two Hughes with a man nam ed Henry Troutman, in an automobile. Oarfleld Hughes, according to the sher iff handed over his pistol and said he had killed Blevlns. I As the eherlff was in th act of dis arming the two other occupants ot the automobile, Deputy Sheriff Wheel r Melton, a relation ot Blevens, in company with Will Byrd, rode up on horses. Arthur Hughes, 1q the act of handing his pistol to the sheriff, in . stead turned the gun on Melton, and shot him three times through the right lUUBiaUU BL cials. This interpretation is expected study 01 stewarasnip ana iarcn 10 u . .. . N y k connectiCut, presented Jointly through thejr dlplo by government officers late next month been set aside for the.Bvery-Member, Ma.Bacnu86tts and Rhode Island have matlc representatives here, but it was decided that th diplomats would wait overntgkt for the missing Instructions from Rome. ' It is the understanding of the three embassies, however, that the desire of their home governments In this instance would permit ot no great delay in the matter of press or in December. Decision of the executive depart ment to withhold enforcement of the law as construed by Attorney General Daugherty, in his opinion ot October 6, was formally communicated to As- campaign ot the church in the ' re port of the stewardship committee of the North Carolina Synod of which Dr. J. H. Henderllte is chairman. The report showed progress In all lines of the work ot promoting stew- sociat Justice Brandies ot the su ardship and pointed out that the com- preme court, who, subsequently refus- mittee on authorisation of the synod subsequent treatment of aG Pan- I i A m oalMM MAl.1nM In n fmllsk mrfV l. T 111... ,.. 4, n,)tlta nrn.J I. . ..U . nnA- h n,nV BlttO UOIUIO IUO aucnu vuuiu AU 111 Un 11 M LIU & UIO unuio n uivu yvy lb .UD paiu, Uiu.i rooi vyvu nv.i. ulation the census bureau has drawn of the Central American delegations a map to show the various percentages when they gather - in Washington la of foreign born. A white surface shows December. "less than one per cent." North Caro- From tBt American vUwnoInt the Una's surface Is as white as snow, and , forthcoming conferenc 1 expected to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis- naTe immediate and decisive reaction slsslppi, Tennessee and Arkansas toward the solution ot many vexing problems now troubling the relations of the Central American group Salva dor, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costarica. There Is no question that the Washington administration seized eagerly upon the formal sug gestion that reached It from Central American capitals Indicating, the de sire of those governments that the United States Sponsor a Central from 25 to35 per cent foreign born, Business men, politicians and tour ists alike praise North Carolina for her sturdy population, her wonderful growth since the Civil War and her present prosperous condition. North Carolina's population has totlon and It was understood the Brit- ed to grant various steamship lines now In session here has engaged J. B. j more than doubled since the ClTttJar, '0 Ish and French officials would present the invitation to Secretary Hughe even though the Italian communication bad not been received at that time. : It Is understood the three embassies, which have kept in cloae touch with nolicies of the Washington govern ment believe that an unqualified ac chambers, wsb understood to have ceptance ot the invitation cannot be agreed with counsel lor tne govern expected. At the same time, however, ment and the steamship lines that the " they are said to hold that the presen decision to withhold enforcement had tatlon Is necessary to give this go removed any necessity for a legal stay ernment an opportunity to participate 'through a writ ot supersedeas, which In the Joint consultations ot the allies had been requested by the lines and upon losses growing out ot the war. a stay against tne enforcement 01 spuunan to uevoie ni iuu ume w Federal Judge Hand's decision at New the work. York dismissing their application for -. Other reports presented showed a permanent injunction restraining progress In all lines ot the church's federal agents from applying the Vol. activities and Dr. W. B. Hill's report stead act on woman's work showed an Increase Justice Brandies, who was sitting In In membership which now number S14 auxiliaries In this synod with a total enrollment of 12,616 whose contribu tion tor th last fiscal year totaled $198,117. Ho: Boy Get Cooking Prize, Fayetteville. Having solved the acquiesced in by the department ot mysteries ot crops and livestock, trvin justice. The decision as to the enforce- Elite, 16-year-old farmer youth ot this r..ih r.uim rffioUi Mat. mat was incoroorated in a formal or. conntr .' donned an apron and, with Winston-Salem, N. C The Virginia der Issued by Secretary Mellon to the true Tar Heel spirit, invaded th lair Freight Claim conference, including customs officers and prohibition agents of the so-called "fair sex," the kit freight claim officials in North and which was drafted after Mr. Mellon chen. South Carolina, Virginia and West Vir. had conferred at length with Attorney As a result, Irvln captured four blue ainia. Maryland and Pennsylvania, met General Daugherty. ! riblftms and several red ones in the her and adjourned after consideration 1 1 cpunty nome uemwinsirmuwu cujiuuo of plans for reducing freight, claims Textile Exposition Brought to Close, held In connection with the Cape Fear ; V ajtd thereby offering greater protection Greenville, S. C With an attend- fair here. A .hitmeni .. - . 1 ance of over 8,000. th last day, th m the canning exhibits the lad took . A Cooperation from th public was fifth Southern Textile Exposition cam first honors with his pears, string mphBlad and a uniform method was to an end, the total attendance dur beans, baby beet and flgs. 4 V jHamtauid tar handllM excess and In the shew being estimated at ap- - n ! tray freight Other point discussed proximately 25,000. . Give Pictures to University, iwere thefts from cars ot special com Exhibitors and visitors have united. Chapel HU1. Captain A. O. Clement 'traction, cooperation with speala) in declaring that the exposition has ot Goldsboro has presented ot the uni Her population1 In 1850 was 869,039; in 1870 it was 1071.361. Later census reports will show that North Carolina has a sprinkling ot first-class citizens born in New Eng land and other northern states. Thousands of them have moved south to grow up with the cotton mill in dustry, and are making excellent clt izens. In the resort regions many peo ple seeking health or quiet have built homes. These native Americans are of the old stock that first made the country great, In addition many foreigners of the hieher and better type hav moved Into the state and become ciuisns The bad element has remained away. A study of the foreign-born Increase shows that there is nothing t be feared. A handful of undesirables may have gone in, but the others will leaven the whole, More Road Contracts Let Seventy-two miles of road and two large bridges were added to the lists of nroiects under construction by the state highway commission when bids were opened tor ten projects, and a million and i halt more ot th state's fifty-million dollar bond issue was ob- agents to prevent freight claims and been the best ever held here, and th verslty sixteen pictures, done in color , ugated for construction. Elimination ot freight overcharges and work of preparing tor the next expo- by himself, showing the most impor-l included in th list of projects (undercharges. - sltlon, to be held In the tall ot 1924. tant episodes In the early settlement , nnmia-a renresented at the meet, is already under way. Already three of Roanoke Island. They art given B-V , jng-irewth Norfolk and Western, th blocks of spaces ot 25 each, and In in memory ot his father, Samuel Wil-';-vV hfMiv Brnithnrn. Southern. Winston- addition 175 other spaces, had been son Clement, - ' - V - mm flnnthhound. Merchant and told for the 1924 exposition, according Photographs mad for th state de-! commission. It went to th Union Pair tr) win. Trifcinortation company, ths to statement made by W. G. Sirrlne, pirtment ot education's historical film , i&r company, of Philadelphia, at the ciMMpeak and Ohio, - Pennsylvania president of the Textile HaU corpora- , form the basis of Captain Clmnt' remarkably low prlc of $24,698 per -"S: and WestMajriteni- ft a stretch of road between Goldsboro and Warsaw, 28.75 miles In length and the longest single stretch ot road yet let to contract by tne highway tion. -S-'-r- ?', iy,& x -.t'-;ltila. r. a total hid of $708.S11.10. S:. J : South Carolfink. tjj Pritchard said Melton and Byrd fled, and in the excitement Troutman es caped. Garfield and Arthur Hughes were taken to their home and placed under guard. . , Navy Requirements Under Discussion. Washington. Requirements of the navy for the coming fiscal year were discussed with President Harding try Secretary Denby and Director Lord ot the budget bureau. Comment as to conclusions reached at the conference, however, was withheld. On his return to the navy depart ment Mr. Denby Immediately went into conference with his departmental ad- American conference, 'where formula I vlsers and representatives ot the bud- for peace and adjustment of all Ccn-1 get bureau, who have been handling tral American problems might be ar rived at Lacking some such step. It is an open secret that Washington officials have been gravely concerned naval estimates. Nothing definite could be learned as to the specific points ot discussion, although It is un- derstood that estimates tor cectau lest serious disturbances arise In Cen-1 types of construction, particularly tos tral America. Cotton Ginned For the Year. Washington. Cotton ginned prior to October 18 amounted to 6.696,034 run ning bales, counting 128,487 round bales as half bales and including 8,- 891 balea of American-Egyptian and submarines and sub-chasers n coni formlty with agreements reached at the Washington arms limitation con ference, which have gone over. The) Item Involving funds for the naval re serve also Is said to have been a sub ject ot discussion. ' Navy department and budget bureau officials, it appeared, are deadlocked 2,153 bales ot sea Island, the census I, certa,n ,tem8 ,n tne departmental bureau announced In its third ginning report of the season. Glnnlngs prior to October 18 last year amounted to 5,497,364 running bales, counting 98,460 round bales as half bales and including 7,530 bales of American-Egyptian and 1,339 bales of sea island. To that date in uzo gin nines wer 5,754,682 running bales, counting 140,099 round bales as naif bales, and including 14,312 hale ot American-Egyptian and 324. hale ot Sea Island, Olnnlngs prior to October II. this year and lost year by states wer: Alabama, 608,732 and 427,011 Arizona, 10.238 and 8,671. Arkansas, 649,630 and 467.951. California, 4.722 and S.92I. Florida, 18,563 and 8,187. Georgia. 568,917 and 336.630. Louisiana, 275,995 and 194,981. ' Mississippi. 686,625 and 610,671. Missouri. 62.921 and 40,462. North Carolina. 448 019 and 443,857, UKianoma. 870 and W estimates, which are subject to revis ion by the bureau before they are, transmitted to congress, and it waa said Secretary Denby intended to re sume discussion during the next tew. days. j Transmission Line Over Statta. ; Charlotte, N. C. Unofficially esti mated to cost more than $2,000,000 and. to have a total length ot more than 200 miles, completion ot a new high tension transmission line In North Carolina and South Carolina Is being rapidly pushed, and th installation ot two new hydro-electric plants ar onder contemplation by th Southern Power company, according to an an nouncement ot officials. TJnnninr from Lookont ceneratinc - taiiou, wen oi tjuucmuio, " tine under construction, officials said; m mhthm in m tnm hidm i m inn m-r - aaotner lmponaxi uu ,.wu from Great ran, s. c mw ,wr hydro-electric plant u una er Bey to Nwm. S. Ctt"- "