f |l A Non-Partisan Family ^ VOLUME XXXV. Inovs iii'ins < From ll\ Interesting News Items a. Our Correspondent tions of tl Stony Fork Wo arc glad to know that Mr. I. ^S. Greene is able to be out again. ' We hope he will soon be able to atglfl tend his mill again as he sure does grind our grain to suit us. Mrs. I. M. Carlton was carried to the Wilkes Hospital Monday. Mrs. l:-:\ ...wlnmmnt .... < .. [appendicitis and gall stones. We hope she will soon recover and be home again. Mr. W. L. Greene and Mr. Joe We! born visited home folks Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Winfred Greene ha- purchased a Ford roadster. The Fords aye small hut they stand what lite big cars wont. Miss Jennie Greene and Mrs. Winnie Miller visited Miss Flora Green Saturday evening. Mr. Z. V. Greene hud company for dinner on Saturday last. Mr. Oba Shirley has moved to Mr. a B. T. Taylor's. Mr. Taylor has built him a dwelling house near his home so Mr. Shirley can help him care for his apples as it looks as if he will need quite a little help before he gets them taken care of. 1 I Mr. William Shirley has been visiting his daughter at Winston Salem for a few days. Mr. Glenn and Carl Welch took a contract for hauiing a bunch of lumber for Mr. W. H. Greene. Say old sports go slow with your !joy rides us we think tK p ice of gas is coming down. Rominger Mr. Xinevah Presnell has worked bis section of the road to the delight of the mail carrier. He sure has done A good jol). Hay ami oats are nearly all in the Stack with a bumper crop, but corn here is almost a failure We were very sorry indeed to hear of the death of Mr Polly Edniisten. Your correspondent attended the funeral and was glad to help sing the songs that her children requested to be sung and one that Mrs. Edmislen requested sung. She will be missed in our church and community. Surely no better Christian mother ever lived. Airs. Laura, wife of John McGuire is a very sick woman at this writing. Our school is progressing nicely with a large attendance. Mr. D. A. Rominger, one of our hustling merchants is hauling back to Cranberry this week Mrs. Nettie Trivett and Mrs. Julia Hicks and Miss Julia Presnell visited school Friday evening. Mr. G. A. Eumisten was in this section last week. M. P. Trivett is employed to make some seats for our school which our good teachers say are badly needed | Come on ye correspondents! 1 always read your scribblng? first. FoECoe Your correspondent has beeen away for two weeks but is back ready to tell you about Foscoe. Tha people are busy canning ber ries and other things out of their gar dens. Mr. L. L. Moody purchased a new mowing machine with which he rush ed his hay making and is now putt in* cabbage on the market by the trad load. Mr3. W. H. Byrd is doing fine worl with her canning machine. She know: bow to use it. Mr. Ronda Davis who is teaching his fil \ term of school at Zionvilh was in Foscoc Sunday, also Mr. Noal Church of Todd. We are always gla< for good boys to be in our Sunda; School. Sheriff young and wife and bab; boy of Blowing Rock came down Sui day. His sister Mrs. W. M. McCaii and her little daughter Hazel am Mrs. Walters went back with him am took in the big land sale. Mrs. Walters visited her gram daughters Mrs. Grover Robbins am Mrs, Charlie Ward. Mr. Dav.d Wyke is having a ne\ ) c Wlk Newspaper Published in c $1 50 Per Ye.r BOONE, is Reported i . j .n il i Mauiuga s Reported Each Week by s in the Several Seche County cottage put up. It will be a real nice house when finished. Mrs. Charlie Cole has a fine baby girl which she is very proud of. Mr. Fi'mor Coffey, our merchant I go I an order for ten bushels of green beans from Johnson City, the beans in that part of Tennessee having been j destroyed by insects. Miss Lillie Presneli of Cove Creek , spent last week in Foscbe. j 4Mvs Liilie Cong and Nevia Calaway just returned from a visit to Banner j Elk. Airs. Morton spent Sunday with Mrs. Henry Brinkicy. Mr. Have Wagner's daughter of Roanoke ?y visiting her uncle Mr. Jud j Wagxwr. j M :.-ses Minnie and Emma Coffey ! reports a fine time unday horseback riding and visiting old friends. Deep Gap The Community Club ice cream so cial that was held at Rock> Point school house last Saturday night was a great success even if the weather was so unfavorable. Everybody enjoyed it to the fullest extent and our good teachers were very much pleased with the beginning and staged that i hey were receiving cooperation beyond their fondest dreams. That speaks well of our community and let us not draw away from this thot that was brought before our minds. "Lots carry on" be our slogan for our club. Mr. W. A. Watson the local insurance agent for our community has written up a number of policy holders for his strong company, and if you were not one of that number he would like to write you up, as life is short at the longest and by taking j insurance you provide for yourself ! J?n?l liWixl I>nnc U. tit-parted. Mr. W. D. Lookabill is preparing; to give his nice residence on the hill a nice coat of painting and when he ; gets it 011 will show up and be as white as driven snow. The farmers ! and business men of the community 1 now have a move on which will tell as the years pass is our conjecture for awhile, if matters move on in business circles as at-present. Messrs and Mesdames J E. Luther and F". L. Wilcox and M. E. Luther and C. G. Wilcox went visiting last Sunday to Mount Zion in Wilkes roun ty. returning the same day in the ! evening. We hope they had a good I trip and enjoyed the motoring into I the "State of Wilkes.** Mr. E. W. Moretz, our local lumberman had the misfortune to get his 3awmill burned up again. Fate seems to hold a hand over Mr. Moretz as he so often has losses. "He that hath must lose" and Mr. Moretz just takes things as they come along I without a word of grief. 1 Rev. L. A. Wilson preached at tht ' Proffit Grove church on Jast Sunday Mrs. Bell Ragan of Boone visited her sister Mrs. June Miller last Sun' day. Mr. K . Coy Moretz. reai estate mar of Charlotte, spent the latter part ol ' last week with his parents Mr. ant " Mrs. Joseph Moretz and other rel 1 atives here. We are glad to have hat ' him among us and to know that h< is prospering in his business. c On last Sunday evening Mr. Grad) 5 Winebarger and Miss Pearl Mille were united in the holy bonds o f matrimony. Mr. aleb Winebarger pe ' formed the ceremony. The groom i 1 a son of Mr. Noah Winebarger am 1 i.1- L 'J - me uriae a ilaughter of Mr. Cla; ' Miller. We wish for them a long happy and prosperous life. f Miss Louisa Lookabili who ha 1 been at Hickory for the past fev 1 months spent the week end at he 1 home here. ' Messrs Albert Winebarger and Ei Lookabili left Monday for Concor i N. C. where they will act as dele i gates from Mount Zion Luther Lea We hope they will have a plea; " ant trip. timt$ ind for Boone and Wataug Wl VTA / f ? "' * " - * - i W.VUA tuum Y, NOK 1 h CA ASSEMBLY PASSES ' OVER 400 BILLS Special Session of North Carolina Lfgislatuse Adjourned Saturday' After 17 Days Many Propositions to be Voted on in November. Raleigh Aug. 23 ? Sine die ad-j journment today at noon brought | the special session of the general assembly to a close on its seventeenth! legislative day. Called into extraordinary session to act upon the report of the ship and water transportation commission and j correct errors in the sinking fundi amendment act, preparatory- to e*c | pected ratification in the November ; j election, the assembly performed the I two duties and in addition enacted | over 400 of the nearly GOO public and local hills introduced. The port and water transportation measure is accepted as the out-piece ! of legislation enacted by the session.; If the people- approve aie act in tftoj election it will supply the machinery | for inaugurating a port and water j commerce development program with an investment ot" $7000,000 in terminal facilities of deep sea and inland ports ai.d a contingent fund of $1,500,000 for the operation of the I state owned ships. Besides correcting the error in the sinking fund measure, the special session added another constitutional j aneiidmenl proposal to the three a i dopted for submission by the 1023] i legislature. It provides for an in-; j crease of per die^i for members of I the general assembly from $1 to $10.; The special session killed bills sub- j | nutting three other constitutional; ! amendments, one extending the term j of county sheriffs and coroners, the 'second nrovidintr for s? inHieisil * ?* j districting and abolishing of the roj tat ion system for judges and the J third putting a reduced tax rate on j money on deposit in banks and real-' fly montages and deeds ot' trust. A:s tike result of legslulion by the i regular session supplemented I by that of the special session the | people of North Carolina will vote j on the following proposals in the > November elections, besides expressing their choice on candidates for National, state congressional and the county offices: To inaugurate port and water transportation development program. Machinery provided by special session. To authorize an appropriation of $2,000,000 to aid World War Veterans acquire farm lands. Machinery provided by iu2d regular session. To amend the constitution so as to increase per diem of members of general assembly to $10. Submitted by special session. To amend the constitution so as! to increase per diem of members of I feneral assembly to $10. Submitted' by special session. To amend the constitution to make! inviolate the sinking fund for state: j bonds. Submitted by regular session,) I but. discovery of error in provisions! of act necessitated its repeal and enactment of a new measure by special session. To amend constitution to limit the bonded indebtedness which the state may incur. Submitted by regular session. To amend the constitution to exempt from taxation mortgages and deeds of trust on homes. Submitted , by regular session and submitting act amended by special session to change I rate of interest on exempted mortgages and trust deeds from 5 1-2 per Cent to the legal rate. > On its seventeen days, the special f session enacted a considerable num! ber of measures of state-wide im_ portance and interest. It killed a i great many bills proposing other ? measure^ of equal interest. One ot* these was a local bill to exempt Bun - t\ combe county from the absentee vot.; ers law. The legislature wasn't as f hostile toward the law as public senr timent in Buncombe was represented 5 as being, the hill died in committee. 1 Among other bills that lest out j were five proposng increases in sal, ary for state officials. Another was a bill to take the power of veto over s appointments of county welfare effiv cers from Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, r state commissioner of public welfare Two repealer bills, one proposing to i strike out the foreign stock exempli tion clause of the 1923 revenue act, - and the other to repeal the "stop look and listen" law met with defeat, i- The stop law was amended howcvj er, a partial victory for the defeat a County, the Leader of T ROLJNA, THURSDAY AUGUST 28 I MOTORiS; - MAY CARRY UNCON-! COALED WEAPONS "The law pt-nr.'-t* motorists to have all the gun: tiaey want in their j automobiles providing the guns are iot concealed" said Deputy Record et John L. Pearce of Wiimhigton,; :n Ih-cu.-sing ' he -ubject. The question wa.- propoundede as J a result of many motorits making inquiries as to whether or net they would be permitted to carry pistols on motor tours throughout the State as a protection against possible hold- j ups. The deputy recorder said that just as long as the pistol or rifie is not concealed, meaning that just as long as the butt or point, of the revolver is hidden, no law is violated by rarrvinc i? ?PAnnrJ >? ??? :|~ However, he stressed the point in law thai a pistol concealed 3* a concealed weapon, statins that to lay a revolver on the automobile sept and then sit on it would be breaking the law just the same as it would be to carry the pistol in a pocket. There may not be a pot of gold at thi' end of the rainbow but there is mone> under the back yard rubbish pile for the willing gardener. , Soybeans furnish one of the best I feeds for dairy cattle, reports county agent of Randolph county. Yields of three tons of hay per acre are being secured in that county. od repealer bill. A bill authorising the sale of the state prison farm was tabled. Among important measures enacted by the special session in addition to the port bill, the sinking fund amendment act and the constitutional amendment proposal t<> increase the pay of legislators, were the fedlowing: Joint resolution rejecting the fed era) child labor amendment propo-1 sal. * Joint resolution seeking the restoration ,?f the Cape Fear and Yadkin! Valley railroad ns a continuous line. | Joint resolution asking the North' Carolina representatives in Congress J to seek early federal construction of the proposed inland canal front More; head City to the Cape Fear River. Resolution cratin ga special com-! mission to investigate and report to the next regular session a plan for! state control of commercial motorl bus lines. Appointment of a special commis-' -ion to make a survey of state pri-j -on conditions, inspect prison in other states and report \o the next session; '; plan for changes looking to improving the state's system. A series 01 local measures authorizing bond issues for counties and towns aggregating approximately $1,000,000. Appointment of a special commis >n?n to investigate and report to the] next session on a system to more | equitably distribute the burden of financing the public school system. Preventing the sale in the state of obscene literature. Protecting the public from "road hogs" by applying traffic regulations to the public highways. Protecting property along the high ways from abuse by imposing punishment for cutting tree*., destroying flowers and shrubbery and otherwise despoiling property, except by the owner of the land. Authorizing the state highway com I mission to increase the salary of chair man Frank Page to $15,000. Placing all Confederate veterans on pension rolls. Appropriating $15,000 for a North Carolina exhibit at the Southern ex| position in New York City. Appointment of a commission to j investigate the feasibility of estab! lishing a state constabulary. Authorizing the sale of paregoric, | Godfrey Cordial, aspirin, and other 1 drugs, without restriction to phar~ | maceutical establishments in about 75 of the 100 counties. Authorizing: acquirance of the ' state fair property by State College. ! Authorizing: insurance commission to 1 employ deputies to investigate fires in western North Carolina. Many other bills, public and legal, l of more or less general importance I and interest, were enacted. The special session cut off three I more days from the customary 20 i days with pay, but it did as much j work as possibly any special session I heretofore held. In the closing days it worked morning, afternoon and I night, a good many of the soluns putting considerably more than eight hours far their $1 per day. siorthwestern North Caiol ;t 1924 5 Ct?. aCopy T AS QflMMFR JL/i KKJ ; TERM CLOSED Appalachian Ttftiinag School H*< Had Rvcord-Brcaking Attendance. Many Visitors Items of Interest From Town at Large. Quit*- a large cumber of visitors have been at the Appalachian Training School during the past few days among them were Mr. and Mrs. Sydnor of Richmond, Virginia; Prof. L. E. Logan of Missouri who is to be a teacher in this school during the next year; Mr. Tree-man of Winston Salc-rn. representing the Modern Wod men who spent several days in town; Rev. T. L. Biaylock a native of Mitchell county and a missionary for a number of years in China, made a' very strong talk at chapel. The school | is always glad to see Capt. E. F. Lov-j ill. Chairman of the Board of Trus-j tees, who was at the school u few days since. J A base bal game between Mountain I City and Boene on the 2*"?ih result-! ed in a score of 1 to 8 in favor of1 Boone. The summer session of the Training school came to a most.successful close today. Never has the school had ' so successful a summer. During the two terms 876 were enrolled. 549 in the first term and 327 in the secmid. During the la inter; ti g his I at' ina.--Established in 1888 NUMBER 34 WILD FLOWERS NOW PROTECTED Under Act Introduced by Represent ta'.ve Coffey Roadside Flowers Must Not Be Destro\ed.?Amends Watauga County Road Law. In sending the Democrat copies of local billy passed at the special session of the Legislature our Representative says: "I wish to make this statement in explanation of the amendment to the Vi.oU 1-? i* ; ?c?" u i> inserting a new section between sections seven and eight being sectio: 7 (??. making it a misdemeanor and fine for the failure of the County Commissioners or the Road Supervisor to fail to put into effect ar.y >ection of the road law of one thousand nice hundred and twenty-three. 1 want to call the attention of the people to two bids that were pa.-sed at the regular session that will mean a saving of several thousand '1 -liars in taxes and that is the bill abolishing the Treasurer's oflico and a biil placing the sheriff on a salary. I call the attention of the people to these law- in order that they may know, if they are lepealed later, they will know who did it. I take this method of expressing inv gratitude to the people of Watauga County for what they have done for me in the pi. ? and assuring them that I have done the best 1 could in rendering service to the people of my county. "BLA1XK COFFFY." A bill to be entitled an act to preserve the fiower&, plants, shrubs and trees Along the county and slate highways in Watauga, Caldwell and a e . r??cry counties. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section i. That it shall be unlawful for any person to break, destroy, uproot or carry away any flowers, plants, shrubs or trees in Watauga, Caldwell or Avery Counties without first obtaining the written permission from a highway patrolman, county road supervisor or the owner of the land op which said flowers, plants, shrubs and trees are growing. .Section 2. That the State and county patrolmen, road supervisors and road authorities in and for the aforesaid counties shall have posted conspicuously along the State and CO Unix Highways, notices containing the provisions of this act, together with the penalty provided. Section That any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. Section 4. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Section 5. That this act. snail be in force from and after its ratification. A bill to bs entitled an act to amend chapter 309, public lav* one thousand nine hundred and twenty three relating to the construction, improvement and maintenance oh the public roads of Watauga County. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That chapter 309 of the Public Local Laws of one thousand nine hundred twenty three be, and the same is hereby, amending by inserting after Sec. 7 and before Sec. 8 as a new section the following: "Sec. 7-a. The violation of any provision of this act or the failure to perform any provision of this act by the county commissioners or by the county road supervisor, where such performance is required shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction.