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Established in 1888. A
VOLUME XXXIV
SAILORS TELL OF Fl
FOR LIFE WITH M
SHIP IS DESTROYED
? Crew of Tuscan Prince
Makes Way to Barren
Coast of Village Island. J
ENDURE-THE COLD
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Seattle, Wash. Feb. 17.?A story of
a long battle through thick fog and
j heavy seas that culminated in ship-;
wreck on the barren coast of Village]
Island, of a long wait in bitter cold
and driving snow before iescue finally .
came was told by survivors of thhe
wrecKea steamer (Tuscan Prince on'
board the coast guard cutter Snoho-'
mish today. Their story was flashed
into Seattle by radio as the Sno-hornish
neared the entrance of the
The strait of Juan de Fuca on her,
way to Port Angeles, where the ship-j
wrecked men were to be landed late
tonight.
The Tuscan Prince bound from
San Francisco to Seattle with a cargo
of pie iron and coke struck a
reef at Vi!iage Island near Ucluelct,
at 3 o'clock Thursday morning. At
that time, according to officers, the
reckoned position was in deep water
somewhere south of Cape Flattery.
An unknown northwesterly current
and a series of soundings which when]
applied to the chart gave a wrong
position, were blamed by them for!
the error in reckoning which resulted
in disaster.
The Tuscan Prince hove to until
daylight to make navigation less hazardous
an 1 menaced by huge seas,
struck without warning. There wasj
a bri? f call for help by radio, then !
a grer.? wave smashed over the side
and put the wireless set out of commission.
In ten minutes the vessel j
was stranded and had broken in two. i
The first wave had carried away the
propeller and rudder.
Grinding on the rocks, the steamer
crashed over a ledge and wedged J
tightly Seas broke over the decks,
carrying away the weather boats.
?fUJ - - 1 * * - -
? vaviu||i .M.uucia oraerta rocitets and
flares sent up but they were not
ser.i. One of the port boats was
launched, but it was dashed ashore
almost immediately and destroyed.
Its one occupant, a seaman, was
saved by being thrown on the beach
by th? waves.
The seaman carried the line ashore.
A heavier line dragged to a vantage
point by means of the first one, enabled
t.ho>?e who so desired to abandon
the wrecked* vessel.
The men managed to bring with
them as they left the vessel a quan- 1
tity of food and water and fires were;;
lighted and then without shelter
they prt pnred to wait f ir rescue.
Their ; 'i i prison \\?.- 100 yards;1
long, and . 0 v rds wide, bush covered.
"There were 70 li >," sail the
BlCSsiij ;?. f i hk- SilO V^aliall.
Day finally nine and at low tide
a detail went ba !' i"?? the - h*#> f * 1
more provisions. The r rations wcr
limite ! to one biscuit d two o nces
of canned meat each day. Th. suffered
badly from expo:i;sv nu* ; ey
had little clothing.
Snow was melted to furnish more i
water.
The day, they said wa.- heartbreaking.
Once as mall beat app ar ed
and the crew hoisted signals and
shouted until their voices were
hoarse, but without, avail. The boat
passed by.
Some time during that night the |
lights of v hat appeared to be a large '
ship shone through the darkness, j
Rockets and flares were sent up, but
utuni'UKii vney ourma brightly thi
ship gradually drew away and disappeared.
It was the derelict Nika, \
drifting by with flames smouldering ] 1
in its hold, the aftermath of a fire 1
that had destroyed it the day before '
off the Washington coast. 1
On Friday the men had about given 4
up hope, as the day wore on without '
sign of ship or boat. Late in the day '
a surf boat appeared. The men had i [
been seen and rescue was at hand. 5
The surf boat, from the life saving!
station at Mamftcld, and the Snoho-! J
mish, summoned by a report, tnot a ,
Japanese fisherman had sighted the
stranded vessel, had hurried up the!
coast for a point near Clo-Ose, where} 1
the 32 members of the crew of an- .
other steamer, the Santa Rita,
wrecked in the same gale that bvout
destruction to the Tuscan Prince were
likewise huddled together on the J
beach waiting for rescue.
By nrghtfal! last night 14 of the !
Tuscan Prince's complement of 43 of- *
fleers and men had been transferred 1
to the Snohomish. Darkness made 8
further work hazardous and the oth- ?
ers remained on their island for the 1 *
night. They were taken olT today. Ix
Then the Snohomish steamed fori
Clo-Oose where at neon the Santa) 1
Rita men were taken aboard. They T
had previously been brought out to
the cutter Algonquin from the beach '
in small boats through the surf. One 1
was badlj injured.
We're Making Progress Anyway?
> , "
\ > They've found the germ that causes
the flu? j
And now if they can only find]
the germ that causes a wife to shoot
her husband, the one that causes mo- ,
torists to run down pedestrians and
the one that causes bootleggers to i
sell their victims wood alcohol our
chance of living to be as old as
.. Methusaleh is going to be greatly im- 1
^ proved.?Ex. j
11 Mte
i Non-Partisan Family Newspaper. Dc
BOONE. V*
JRIOUS BATTLE j
AD PACIFIC WAVES
RADIO WILL BROADCAST I
STATE HIGHWAY ORDERS.
A radio receiving: station in each
district office to receive information j
and instructions from headquarters!
in Raleigh is being planned by the i
State Highway Commission it is announced.
Arrangements have been made
with the North Carolina State Col- '
lege to use its broadcasting station'
ai li o'clock each morning and
7:30 each evening to handle the
highway department's matters to engineers.
j
After making a study of the possible
use of radio in giving instruction
and other material information
to the hundreds of workers thruout.
the state, the department decided
to have the receiving station? in each
district and to urge resident engineers
everywhere to install sets so
that they may be in daily touch with
the main office.
Important information relating to
the condition of various highways
also will he broadcast for the benefit
of tourists and travellers, it was
stated. These bulletins it was indi- ,
cated, will be published in the daily
newspapers.
Officials pointed out thai North;
Carolina would be one ox the first ;
states in the Union to adopt this
method of communicating with its ,
highway department employes.
< loser cooperation and better and 1
more rapid transmission of messages ; ;
are expected to result from the pro-1
grain i< was stated while it wasj
added that later it might be possi-j
Me to establish broadcasting sta-jl
tions in most of the districts. Go '
eminent aid, it was understood, willji
be asked to carry out the plans. I t
The receiving stations are ox ?
pected to he installed in each of the
districts by March 1.
THE BILL THAT i
MADE TOWN BIGGER i
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r " ?
wui purcit uimiti ot Doonc bxUnd- ]
ed by an Act of the Legislature. \
?? HThe Bill >.< . . ~ ^ ,
The bill to make Boone* a bigger '
town which passed the General As- <
sembly last week is being reprinted *
in full so that those who are familiar t
with the landscape in this vicinity t
will know Just how much territory '
the act gives the municipality:
The General Assembly Do Enact:.1
Section 1. That the corporate lim-j i
its of the town of Boone, Watauga'?
County, North Carolina be and thejt
same are hereby extended so as to i '
include the following territory: Be-j<
ginning on top of the Lpvill Pinnacle |?
and raos thence a southern direction j <
to the I.ovilf spring on the south]
side of the highway; thence in a sou-- \
then direction to the top of the first i
ridge* J nee ip a southeastern diree-j
tion to the top of a ridge above Wal- <
' l Carp's house; thuece cant and with i
!he main top of the ridge to Ed Far- !
. h;ng*s southwestern corner, therce j
down on the same r?dge in an eastern .
direction to the Linvilla River Rail-*<
\ ay, thenec in n north direction with
an, road to the W. S. Whiting Dum- j
my line 01 'logging road, the nee in a
oi l hern direction with said Dummy ;
Line or logging road to Will Coffey's ;
house, so as to include said house.
thence ir. a northern direction to the 1
first trestle on the Dummy Line near 1
the la 1x0 trestle, thence in a western i
direction to a spring above Joe Har- <
din's house near an old building, and ?.
in a western direction to a sharp curvj
in Junaluska road near Gus Fforton's 1
thence in a western direction to the i
ginning. I a
Sec. 2. That the Aldermen of the' \
town of Boone Watauga- county and j
their successors in office are hereby j
authorized empowered and directed;
to ascertain and determine hte north 1
and south center line across said
town according to population, and toj
expend for improvements the same <
amount of money on each side of.c
>aid line. \ 1
Sec.. 3. That all laws and clauses!!
af laws in conflict with this act arejj;
Hereby repealed. j t
Sec. That this act shall be in j f
force and effect from and after its f
ratification.
a
TRIPLE WEDDING AT SOLDIERS a
HOME 1
BILOXI. MISS. The Jefferson Da 1
irii Soldiers' Home at Beauvoir, near v
leor was in gala attire tonight, pre- t
aaratory for one of the greatest ev- c
nts in its history tomorrow ? e
hree Confederate Veterans the youn- 0
test 79 years of age and three widows
?f Confederate veterans the young- ^
est 72, will be marreied at a triple s
wedding ceremony. v
Four couples were to have been a
married but one of the brides to be c
was called away by the illness of n:
son, and the luckless prospective J F
bridegroom will be forced to assume {
:he role of spectator instead of oc- *
;upying one eighth of the center ofj^
the stage. I ^
UNCONVINCED |l
Bishop Bloomficld confesses that' .
is a county curate he thought very j ^
highly of a sermoYi he had preach-1 *
2d on "Atheism'' and was so impru- J
lent as to ask a farmer with whom *
he had walked from church how it ?
struck him. "Well si^* he replied,
'for all you did say, and no doubt
It was very clever, I still believe t
there is a God." ?Boston Christian ^
Register. s
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voted to the Best Interests of Be
r AT AUG A COUNTY, NORTH. CAl
WIPE OUT KUKLUX
SAYS THOS. EDISON
ON 79TH BIRTHDAY
7HOS A. EDISON PASSES ANO
THER MILESTONE
Electrical Wizard Starts on first Lap
Towards his 77th Birthday.
West Orange, N. J. Feb. 15.?
Thomas Alvah Edison, electrical wizard.
started on his first lap towards
his 77th birthday Monday by receiving
hundreds of messages of con
gratulations from all parts of th*
I ??*... * - ?* - '
^ nucu utaics ?uu t'men^ining several
guests at his home and answering
questions of newspaper men or
domestic and world altnirs.
Briefly the famous inventor think*
the navy is a "closed corporation,"
the Ku KIux Klan should be wined
out. the British debt refunding
scheme is all right; the French arc
right in occupying the Ruhr, the Gi>r
n:;r: . are bad losers and the British
good sport* : Con - isn't a fake, and
seems to be in earnest.; booze will
net b a critical issue at any time;
and America should be sola r; the
newspapers print too much scandal
and "politicians makek suckers out ol
the pub]i.- hersbusine: condition?
are shaping nicety; college men don't
know what's going on; r.ev.-papei
men "would have to hi- a bunch ol
nuts" to understand what his "conriwinces'
aie all abor t; ln?" American'
girl is fine?none better," and the
helicopter is good in the Held of invention.
Mr. Edison also wants the world to
know that he likes the movies pretty
well. When the newspapermen were
Hearing the end of their interrogations
the inventor gave them a point r
on how to spend their time.
'If you want to spend your time
valuably, why don't you write about
.vhat's being done for the sick. Gr-t
i story about the Rockefeller institute.
Learn who is effecting cures
md let the people know about it,"
Mr. Edison awoke early this mornng,
arranging his program for the
lay. and at noon he took up that part
>f his birthday program which he
ikes best?shaking hands with the
nen who aided and encouraged him
luring . the daya when.be waa .jmperimenting
with his inventions.
These old friends came from all nnrts
>f the country. They banded together
years ago, calling themselves
die "Edison pioneers" and resolved
.0 make a reunion each year of the
chief's" birthday.
Lately, according to bis associates,
le has developed a desire to leave
lis laboratory and question persons
seeking jobs in his facories, something
he never did in former days.
The inventor insists that everyone
seeking employment should submit to
hucstioning concerning his or her
jun. ideations for the work desired.
It was this which prompted iiim to
irepare the famous questionairre
.vhieh he hands to ail job seekers.
nf Mr. Eili-cin say the
inly charges time is making in hi:,
s an increased whitening ot the hr. r
He continued steadfastly to lvfra
prom arranging hi-, hours j i slee;
,ng 01 eating according to the divisat^
if light ana darkness, ilunger ai.-i
fatigue do not annoy him when Injives
himself to a problem.
The great inventor attributes Bis
iinaiiiig posv r of physical emiuranc
:o the fact that his life had been a! -.lately
free frm dissipation of an/
ti id. It is a source of much* prith
lirfchday anniversaries that his pveonged
labors have never been buov
n on \?x> '
ilant.
At his home in Llewellyn Park Mi.
Edison's birthday was observed very
auietly. His desk was piled high
with greetings from all parts of the
yorld.
MR. AND KRS McDOUGAL JENTAIN
YOUNGER PEOPLE
Saturday evening February 1T
rowd of young folks were deligh
fully entertained at the b-. ..utlf
tome of Mr. and Mrs. H. II. ?.iclb?.
:al. The living room was ne r
rlier and to add to its lovcii.te&s
rrcat tire buined in the wide oh
'ash toned fireplace.
After playing a numhei of gattu
ind listening to some delightful m
ie with Miss Hazel Carriger at th?
iano, and James Dula at the Edisor.,
he hostess brought in some weincr
rbich they proceeded to toast <>.\
he glowing coais. Different kinds jfj
andy was also served during rise;
veiling, and never was a repast more,
njoyed than this one.
Late in t.hn ir?<? tT/we? twU,
vauti;
dottrel 1 and Baxter Linney rendered !
ome beautiful selections of rcusk
irhich were greatly enjoyed by all J
ifter which each girl received a sma.';
orn cob pipe as a souvenir, and!
ach boy a lovely little pink powd :
>uf f.
All too soon the young people
bund htey must disperse before th.
lock announced Sunday morning ?'
hey reluctantly departed each one
leclaring they had never enjeyt 1
hemselves bette r.
Those present wcgfr- Misses hi* i?
3ottre!l, Kula Hodges, Ruth Benr.eo
vellie Ccffey, Hazel Carriger, t?
Messrs Baxter Linney, Dslia.
rell, James Dula, Byron .
ind Hubert Coffey.
Trust men, and they will be true
o you; treat them gently and they
eill show themselves great.?Emer?n.
tone, and Watauga County, "the L.ea<
ROLINA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY
MANY ARRESTS
UNDER DRY LAW
Second Drive for Rum Hounds in the
City of Washington Nets More
than Eighty Offenders . .
Revenue Agent as Detective
in City
. Man Who Had Previously Led the
..Local Police in Successful Raid
. , .Again Spots the Hooch. 1
Washington Feb. 17. ? Through
the magic strains of "when Johnny
Com?< .Marching Home Again" from
the --rings of a violin in the hands
i of .1 L. Asher, Washington's versatile
revenue agent who for a week
: has been assaying the role of a mod
ern pied piper of Hamlin, more than
! eighty aileged bootleggers have been
r uncovered recently and were arres.
ted t -ay after raids conducted sim.
ultttneously in every section of the
i capita! More than fifty-six individI
ua: mids were conducted netting in
] &&di; -n to the pri oners 3,000 gal.
U liquor of all sorts.
i s- hing his disguise from Ashcart
driver and coal deliverer by
if which he recently collec?
! vidences for more than sixty
r;c.i:- netting as many arrests. Asher
. la t week donned the shabby but
gey viotfaes of a wandering minstrel
. .-ek,:te 1 a harp playing companion
i ft' . the detective squad, George
. Bam i and from their limited as.
sortmen! of old time melodies pl&.v ed
their way into the hearts of
, W.ishingtcnians and onto the trails
of bootleg whiskey
Whiskey and Wine
A .tore room full of pint bottles
. a.id demijohns of whiskey and wines
collected by the minstrel revenue
agents was sorted last night by
prohibition chiefs and police and,
; orders given the raiders for their,
. drive today.
V!1 afternoon the patrol wagons;
ran hurridly between the fast travelling
squads of raiders in the vari-1
cus police precincts, carrying pris-1
oners to the station houses, while1
government trucks hauled in the.
gallons of confiscated liquors.
At cnc cf the busiest station j
houses during athe afternoon stood i
\tsl:vY" ?Trnfr Khnv<*n wmf well -drawn !
cu, an apparcnviy neutral oniooKer, I
calmly identifying the prisoners, noli
one of whom to all outward appear-J
ances recognized him whatever.
Their fingers worn by their eff-J
orts on the violin and harp, Asher j
ind Bauer in their quest for evi-j
donee later switched to a grind
organ and monkey arrangement.!
Again they went into other sections!
:?s hucksters the wagons making it
more convenient to carry their ever'
increasing stock of evidence while
labbage and potatoes covered the1,
whiskey and wine most convenient-;
i 'y* . i
Collects Much Evidence
I In his new garb Asher went se\ -,
I ral times oversame route beravelled
recently in collecting evi-;
itnee for the raids a week ago.
j iir- uisvrjijise however was complete
: and in several instances he obtain ?:d
evidence from alleged bootleg Vers
arrested! at that time.
Asher who com. to Wii^irr.; on,:
was unknown among the i ncu 1 ?
^ orid here until new- of his . 011ncction
with recent g.'gantic series
uI raids! Since police have been1
kept busy side tracking agents of'
oootleggers attempting to "get a line|
on Asher."
i Asher tells Af ???n* ^ :
. " ^ 3 ?o in
ins wanderings last week of tnej
bootleggers discussing in his pres-- [
once 4*this Hellcat Asher" police arc:
guarding birti closely and it is thout
he will be-sent- to another section of'
the country now.
j Lieutenant O. T. Davis and
1 vV^.-hingtor. Prohibition chief I In by
j directed the raids. Mart than i
i police and twenty revenue a. *nt-;
| took part in the clean up. le ?ing;
i i eadqiiailerr ir. twelve automol lej>. .
HEAVY MACHINERY
ARRIVES
The lu-avv f.iarb '- > for the new |
I p'ant af tin* Wrtia'iga Vurnitur. and :
j Lumber Corn pnry 'timet: last week!
; and ia now in place. but the owner- :
decided there were other p; -1
j ccs they w. re -.n need of. and on i
Monday mon.ir.sr -Mr. W. 11. Gragg
and the company1 machinist Mr. J. S.
i Barlow left l'or Cincinnati, where
j they wili purc'iu.e the remainder of!
the needed machinery for the large
nlanr
ROMANCE ENDS WITH MARR1- >
AGE ON RHINE
COBLENZ Ecb. IS.?Miss Ianthc 1
| Virginia Stone, daughter of Colonel'David
L. Sion^. . rican Ambassa-'
dor on the Rni.v.iar.c commission j
j and Lieutenant Mark A. Devine of \
; the cavalry of San Francisco were;
; manied here la. t night Che wedding;
!w*s the culmination a romance!
! began uo years ago when the.
! 3 inatcnant w ent .o the rescue of Miss
j Stone when she w:;s thrown from heri
i horse. Lieutenant Define is a crack-;
horseman and the of many i
.prize* at exhibitions that have beer,
hold in the Rhi . !- ';?! while the Am-;
j erican trops were kie.
I Farmers to the number cf 5,629
were induced to secure and plant
178,830 bushels of improved seeds
last year by farm agents of the extension
service.
Jer of Northwestern Carolina."
22. 1923
! BOWIE RAILROAD Ml
SECOND READIiNI
DECISIVE VOTE
Last minute news as the
tell of the passage of the
reading with a vote of 65
Vote Followed two hour Speech in a;
Four Hour Session.
IS GREETED BY APPLAUSE
. . RaV-ih Feb. 19 Calling the last
name on the roll at eight minutes
I till midnight the house of represeo-? 1
tatives tonight passed on the second
reading of the Bowie bill for the Redemption
of the Lost Provinces by a ;
vote of 61 to 43.
The vote came after Representa- . ?
tive Bowie of Ashe County, author
i of the measure, had spoken in its .
| behalf for nearly two hours, and the
' result was greeted with a burst of applause
from the floor of the house and
from the galleries
The bill occupied the major portion 1
of u ( i;r house session of the house
while on the other side cf the ancient;
cop*t?-l the senate passed on third
reading of the bill* which proposed
?- riicndmtntt to the constitution to 1
limit the bonded indebtedness of the
, state to five per cent of the taxable .
valuation of property, and making
any sinking fund law passed at this j
i session irrepeabl
Bowie S'.irs House j t
i ?-vsacTfiEttUVC I50W1C started thf ' I
, lower branch with an impassioned t
i plea in behalf cf the people of
Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga coun-j
ties, who, he said, were without ade-,:
3uate means of transportation, who i
esired to get their crops to North.!
Carolina markets, and who were en-,t
titled to redemption at the hands of j I
I the legislature by that body provid- j i
ling means by which a trunk line of'
railroad could be established. i i
He cited the history ?>t che course'I
of civilisation from earliest times,
to the present day, touched upon the | A
early railroad building in ihe state,1,;
jtold of how the people in the west t
nad^ralhtu to help the4 residents of t
the eastern section tc obtain harbor J
facilities and railroad transportation ?
in time past and pleaded that help,;
on his measure should now be rcn- 1
dered in justice to the people in the 1
west. 33 ; i
Mr. Bowie told how distance from' c
the middle west could he cut down I
by the proposed rail route, said
freight rates would he lowered, and r
urged the entire support of the i
house in accomplishing this aim. ; s
Amendment < K.ille4 C
His speech met vie a little debate 1
at its close So jeva: members qucs- 1
tioned him on Vechnicilira.es. Repre- 1
sentativr t o o i v atawha offered a
an am. . make. thi State's
Siuctv i: >:?.np iii 1.11c piuywvU Sioirt a
line hi cent in. t . . of 11' and
Rf;. . . # v iov;?i ad of fVar-net i
o.A. V ' SillenSi:-. ' ;V-..
a! :cts ; i .. bill to any jotht
r . 13" v. Rotb ?m- i
viulows u- : voi. ,1 down i -efore
una: ac .1 0:1 I it* bill was taken.
The m< .... re \\ .. conic before the
house thiru leading mhu>:ro\v.
' INF LUENCE WITH ,
AMERICA" SAYS ;
LLOYD GEORGE
1
London Feb. 11*?termer Prime
.Minister Lloyd George today during; 1
debate in The house of commons today,
do bared the French action in c
the Ruhr was a repetition of the *
psychological blunder the Germans ..
made ;:i I'.il l. Fit- asserted that it
was es, ntiai that America should ?_
paiticinati in the solution. r
ii.- v tend that wbat really mat- j
tared :" i4> get America in with or 3
without the League of Nations action f
He die not. believe that France, bow- r
ever ?- vm?L could refuse ar. offer .
made .y two of iiie poYVci'.S ; g
on en 1 that had saved her from be- t
ir?tr iw i n position Ge rmany was cc- \
cupying tooay. t
1 at 'he Government," con- i
elude M ?\ Lloyd George, "to take 5
the u a rive first by approaching the .
Oniud States and then with 1 here ^
apprc .1. hing France. Then 1 believe (
th?t l,..t Vv lA(r.?Krr ?.31 -U1- .
. v? ^JTO.vi -> m ui: U UiC lO s
surmount the difficulty." ^
in the course of his speech the ^
former premier said it was impossi-i 3
ble for the reparations and restora-' 0
ti??n program to succeed without Am-, s
erica. The Americans, he commen- v
ted, had the world's gold locked in. t
their chests., and were suffering from ]
indigestion ami surfeit. They had a s
normal responsibility he contended \
They had shared in the war and help- j z
ed to break up Germany. Their pres- \ r
ident had signed the peace treaty and ;
although the senate had rejected it, o
that action was not on the ground V
of reparations, but because it was :
unable to accept the league of na- ?
iitr.s. !
The Americans had morally accep- ] <
.cd the whole position he argued. ? i
County agents in North Carolina'
conducted 23,165 crop demonstrations
on 70,973 acres last year.
Farmers in 275 communities bought .?
cooperatively 15,703 tons of fertili- <
zer at a cost of $1,225,199.00 there- 1
by saving $59,818.00 according to <
reports from county agents. i
Published Weekly
NUMBER 17
iASUKE PASSED
iLN THE HOUSE BY
OF 61 AND 43
forms go to the presses
Bowie Measure on third
to 48.
HUNCH WARNS
THE HUSBAND
Former Patient at Oieen Had Hunch
to Look Under Wife's Bed Finds
Instrument.;, of Death.
Asheville. Feb. 1 ?Le\ i Earnest
of I' ? x. a. a ran
ji the W*:ihi V.'ar vv.*\ at pre- it
patie .. ih ; . -r;s . ?spital
had a vision of ;k?. .r piracy to
briny about his death ai.d ;k ... - p[>i;
it looked under his wife > d and
found a lett from Uj-.urk ii. Gish
Av.alea, ~A. C . containing a ;?>wder
rive her husband according: to stute.vhich
the writer told Mr- E/r.e.-t to
lients of postal authorities who investigated
the case a.- reported by
Ernest and today caused the arrest
>f Gash on a charm of sendfiag poi ' n
through the mails with in'ent to
r.iil.
Fme i vas a patient at Given,
n?.-p;tal. r ar here until September
12. Ib22. and ji was during his stay
.here that Mrs Ernest and Gash arc
uleged to have become acquainted.
The note introduced in the preiiuinaiy
hearing h.l<ro United Sines
Commissioner Vonno Gudger here
.odayand alleged to have been writen
by Gash, reads:
"Clara, my plan was to give him
vn?s poison tnat 1 sent and told
rou to when he bat! a bud spell of
isthma, then we could live happy the
balance of life and people would
hink he died with asthma. Darling,
>urn this up the monv i t you read
t if you love me."
Gash was bound over under a
$2,000 bond to the next term of
Jnitcd States district court.
The arrest was made by Claud
/. Brown, postal inspector who with
tostal inspector Keyes _ of Chattan?oga,
Tcnn., bandied the invostigaion.
C. C. Demaife<>, city bacteriolorist,
c-f Asheville. who analyzed the
towder contained in the package alcged
to have been found under Mrs.
Ernest's bed sfttted at the preliminary
hearing that he found it to be bihlorido
of mercu.y, a quantity, in
lis opinion, nurticiont to kill.
A letter, alleged to have been
eceived by Gash yesterday mornng
was read at the bearing by Inpeetor
Brown, was in terms of enlearment
Another letter alleged to
lave been written in October by Mrs
Ernest to Gash forbid him to write
ter again and stated he had "caused
tnough trouble/'
Gash was reloastd under bond furr;jh*4
nished by His father and stoutly
nair.tair.s his innocence.
ITEMS FROM THE
TRAINING SCHOOL
(Too late for last issue)
President Dougherty of the Trailing
School left on the 12th for Rai iirh
to look a:\nr S/wU
'-is
At this writing: Prof. Rankin is seik
vith influenza hut it is hoped he will
>e out in a few days.
Several1 new students entered at the
>eg;nnir.g of the spring term.
i he Boone Chans' -or of Commerce
?n the evening: of the loth enjoy
i a luncheon at the? Critcher Hotel.
\ large number of ladies and out of
own friends were present as invited
Mr. Cha? E. Brading Chairtv.vfi
of the Chamber of Commerce of
iohnson City was present as a specially
invited guest. Prof. i. G. Greer
?f-the Training School acted as toast
: aster. Mr. Van Doozer on the viola
with Mrs. A. E. South at the pimo
gave inosi exceiienl music for
he occasion. The following made
hree minute speeches; Prof. J. M.
)owr.um on Cleaning and Beautify ng
Boone; Mi-s.-rs \\ . R. Gragg and
Z. H. Hahn representing the Baptist
id Methodist Sunday Schools reflectively:
Professor Smith Hagaman
bounty Superintendent of Public Intruction
spoke on the general inter
sts of our county friends; Hon. E.
S. Coffey was speaker for goovi roads
Ir. Brading delivered the address
if the evening-, which was full of
parkle, wit and sense; The Chamber
/as delighted to have him as well as
he other guests present. At the close
Ion. F. A. Linney in his usual happy
tyle delivered to Mr. Brading a large
Yatauga Cheese to be presented to
he Johnson City Chamber of Comnerce.
It was a delightful occasion
iTtd ail were pleased to have invited
:uests present. At the close a comnittee.
was appointed consisting of
drs. E. S. Coffey, Mrs. McG. Anders
diss Pearl Hodges, Mrs. Smith Haginian,
ar.d Messrs Johnson, A. E.
South, and J. M. Downum to suggest
dans for making Boone a place of
*eautv. i
J. M. DOWNUM.
Twenty eight hog feeding demondrations
with 34S hogs are being conlucted
by County agent Dukes of
Robinson County. He will have four
;ooperative carlot shipments to make
in March.