1?? ADVERTISERS A? a medium through whicb lo tell your ware* The Democrat is uuextelled in country Newiaperdom. Our ?ub*cribers are reader* and Buyer*. VOLUME XXXVI. A. T. S. Has Modern Water Supply System 250,000 Gallon Tank Take* Care of all Presefl? N?d? of the School Plant Other Note*. The Appalachian Training School ha? be on entertained at chapel exercise? recently by a talk from Prof J. A. Williams on the great project at Stone Mountain in Georgia ccmmcni no orating the heroes of the Soutern confederacy Prof. Logan has be en readhig Enoch Arden in sections lor the entertainment ?>f the student bedv. Also quite a number of basket bail games have been engaged in ~tor the past few days. Both the y oung ladies and the young mens' teams went to Lenoir on Friday where the former played the team of Davenport College and the latter played the borne town team. In bofh these games the Training School teams came civ second best. In the school Gymnasium there b?*ive been several contests between the different classes and the results were various. Sonv of the enter prists of the! Training hooi begun several yearage have bc'.-i great);: enlarged and improved, sonr made entirely nt w., This . U: especially true of th?i , i walei -ysiem. liuiie a rumber ??k x&nn uv<. .t , iaucura;.ii a. small! sy stars by piping a f.w sma springs from the si<b of ITowai'dV. Knob,' which - r \i b h. purpose of the schoi lor -< oral y< . A ft w years ago tlx state appropriated funds for a tjc-w system. in constructing this system .*? number of springs wore pur-, chased on the side of Rich Mountain some* three miles distant. These were cemented so that no surface water! couhJ get into them and all were piped to a tank on the side of the moun- j tarn and from there by a large flume the water was carried to a tank of 250.GU0 gallons capacity located on i a hi ph. ridge far above the town and school. From this latter large pipe lines run throughout the schooi grounds. This plant is tcc 'he school | f alone and will furnish an ample supply of pure mountain water for the use of the school in its fullest devel opine at for years to come. /\>ro tudtc u ii ? irvvc enrwr v?fc?v <ni\c.c. LML.L.IU1U urjLii i ON AUTOMOBILES iN 1924 Thi world spent $3,300,000,000 for new motor vehicles in 1921, accord- j ing to Percy Owen, chief of the automotive division of the department of commerce. Returns fr< the department's trade agents throughout the world Indicate that during the past year there were assimilated 3,300,000 passenger cars and trucks, and 200,000 motorcycles, which total number at the very conservative figures of $1,000 average retail value for the cars and trucks, and $300 for motorcycles, enables the department to approximate the amount spent for automobiles in general. The United States now has 84 per cekt of all passenger cars, 74 per cent of all trucks and 11 per cent of all i motorcycles in the world. T i j ~Neck Broken ai 72 Kn. W. T. Wfley, ?, mt Sn Frandno, Wad ner oerfc bwkcm in rate xmaeh six weeks a*?. as seeenaty as rf by * kaa?n?an"s noese. She has recovered, to the amautmeat of the medical wortd. li&fa $1.50 Per Ye*r BOONE. 1 K K K. IN ASHE COUNTY UPHOLDS VOLSTEAD LAW Quantity of Whiskey Seixed Mem- | hers of Hooded Empire Get into ^ j Action. (Northwestern Herald) The K. K. K. ^ot into action in West Jefferson in the carlv hours! 1 of the morning Sunday to the considerable em harassment of a number of supposed bootleggers and if their first raid is to he taken a*? an index. to their future conduct bootlegging in Ashe county is destined to become' a rather hazardous vocation. About two hundred members rf the Kian in full regalia took charge of a! car which was parked on second street j and occupied by W. S. GraybeaL i They searched the car and found, three small container? of contraband spirits. Mr. Grayboal is said to have told a staightforward nnrartive Jibout bis being in the car which he said belonged to Henry Harizog. He claim ed that lie did not know there was whiskey in the car. Besides Hartzog tie said that Guy Riddle had also been in the ear. He was taken before U. S. Commissioner P T. McNeil who released him after he had given a bond of $250 for his appearance as a witness. Soon -1ft i*r this another suspicious! moV:ing car attracted the attention! iof the K'uckcr- and they ordered the: u. iror to halt. 1U* however, apparent-y was unwilling to face the white! > ? i! member- of the Invisible Empire and stopped an the gu^ instead., After riddling the fleeing* car With lead the Kiansmen took up the pursuit. The fleeing cai however seems to have boor, the speedier of the two and the jfjansinen lost sight of t he j fleeing car but soon overtook it again at which time it was stopped and I one of the occupants was seen get ting into the car The car again fled and was pursued by the Kluxers down j the Orion road near the home of C. I ('. Green when it was overtaken in somewhat dilapidated condition. Two [ tires were flat and a bullet had putii turcd the gasoline tank. A ?e*roi i waled nothing barred by the Vol; stead Act, but the Kiansmen were not I satisfied and as it was near daylight j I they returned to West Jefferson got | Mayor Allen. Policeman Woodie and | United States Commissioner McNeil, j and returned to the place where the. i car was seen to slop. A short search . neatly hidden under the road. I No arrests have been made but it' I is rumored that the Ktansmen have the names of three men who were, [with the cai when raptured or seen J t<> leave it. and their arrest is daily expected. ; I ED. COFFEY MEETS INSTANT DEATH AT MUI.LINS, W VA. i Ot? last Friday a telegram brought the sad news to Charlie Coffey and I family that his son Ed. was killed I at Mullinsv W. Va. while loading logs on a log train. While attempting to i fasten the boom chains the logs rollj ed off the car, catching him, breaking his neck, and crushing his head. His brother, Parker Coffey, who was working on a nearby job, acI coinpanied the body which reached Foseoe on the late train Sunday evening. Remains were buried at the Phillips grave yard, the Rev. S. E. Gragg conducting the funeral services. Many relatives and friends from all over the county beautifully doeai-'Ha/I Ik.. /?.?<-? .nUk v> 1 unu btiv hi a?r mm aim flowers. Ed was a young man in the bloom of life, who always met out with a smile and a kind word. Ho made friends instead of enemies. HANDICRAFT WOOD NOVES.TY ! SHOP HAS PROMISING FUTURE i Under the name of the Handicraft Wood Novelty Shop, one of our most unique business establishments is eonducted by Messrs. D. B. Bingham and David F. Greene of the firm of Greene & Bingham. Souvenirs, such as candlesticks, Toothpick holuers, napkin rings moonshine stills, bearing the name of any resort" ir, burned ietetrs are utriii^ iim'.i- in LjuaziiJi.it">. itllU I a specialty salesman is turning in or. I dorr, with regularity. These article.j made of rustic rhododendron, black : walnut, and other native woods, art greatly in demand at all mountair resorts during the summer season and with the superiority ol' their pr< duct over that manufactured in th< north, and low prices, owing to th< proximity of suitable timber, make the outlook for the local firm ver; bright. : WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAR OUR WEEKLY 1 OF LEGISLA' (By M. L. Shipmnn.) Raleigh, Feb. 10?Angus Wilton McLean's first victory as governor was scored during the week and his position as the real leader of the state considerably strengthened there j by; Josiah W. Bailey, sometime can- I didate for governor issued a statement decrying what he termed ex- j travagances in the operation of the ' state's affairs; Former Governor)j Cameron Morrison appeared before I the finance committees to defend his! ti accrual system of financing the state; i n expenses of legislative committees | ti was made public; the bus bill get p by the Senate and went to he House ti with the prediction that its passage t< is assured; the supreme court- told j ti the legislators thai they had no power! ii to create special judges to relieve] S court congestion and the House Committce on courts and dudicta! District announced the purpose <j? rc ?!isvric? - h ing the Stale with a hill creating l> seven additional judicial districts; v these were the High spots of the leg-, is islatiyo week which whs ntor prolif- n ic of result- than any thus fa; in,/ 19515. J A Tain Bowie, artlctrf hard surface^ ? :ti:t<l- proponent, ; huwed him.- -f to.^ h. a good politician as ho is a friend; t! pooil toads 'Jam saw tha tlhe cur-, * :i- .. 1 again pt him in the matter -t i of the ^5^0,000 bond iswue for . a?!s. Governor McLean came out. in i< his second m-ssage and said twenty h millions for r aads lb millions for the next two years, with i.e ..Hi., from gaa and licenses audi, county and federal aid bringing it to j " approximately thirty two millions!11 would carry the program along and 9 at the same time NOT endanger the j v state's credit. Me pointed to the de- r ficit of nine and a half millions by}* a u no so. next and asked for com- 11 mon sense in legislation, in order j f that the whole future of road build- ' ' ing might not be endangered. The c logic of the governors stand was, ' >.... r ... *?. - 13 "--'I. ' n?u mncci iui i iu_- ouwii-nvani group * and when Frank Pago bucked up Mr. 1 McLean's argument, the larger bond i issue advocates saw that they would 1 have to overcome not only those who j 1 believe McLean has the right idea, * but also those?and their number is legion?who have implicit confidence , ! in Frank Page as the builder of the 1 roads, said confidence having been I gained by the splendid methods he {1 has used during the five years of j 1 building the state's roads. Mr. Bowie ' saw the opposition growing and he j 1 capitulated rather than go down to ' what wouid have beer, almost certain defeat. Mr. McLean won his victory and Bowie failed to lose any of the 1 prestige which he has gained as one J of the strong figures of the General ,; Assembly. !; Former Governor Morrison presented his side of the deficit issue, made a speech that will long be remember- j ed for its eloquence and its unusual ': ly kindly treatment of his political! opponents, was given respectful at-! tenlicn by a large crowd and leitj the matter with the finance commit-; j tees, who it is believed, will go ahead j i and carrv out thc*ir original intention*; I -----? 1 ! of recognizing a deficit to exist and | arrange for amortizing if The chief; argument against Mr. Morrison was! ; that his administration is over. Mr. j McLean nov. is governor, wants to) j figure on the cash basis, has pre-1 ' rented in cogent, terms his executive1 I budget system for balancing the state ! financial books, and is entitled to hisi i turn at the bat without any sideline! 'coaching by Mr. Morrison. The for-' ' mer governor was received by a| ! plainly hostile crowd that gave him credit for an excellent speech which ! though he seerns to think so, has Not misjudged his administration and , which is willing to concede his right , to criticize in a constructive manner s but not to dictate to the McLean ad j ministration. The next result of the I Morrison speech will probably be nil -j and if he keeps at the issue some! i part of his own following undoubted-j ly will drift away. The sentiment here ? seerns to be that he should close hit i' mouth and stop interpreting the dif, feronces of opinion on State policies i as personal attacks upon himself. 1 Josiah Wiliiarn Bailey issued - statement charging various kinds o 3 extravagances against the state gov 1 ernmont. Undoubtedly many of thRaleigh lawyer's contentions wer OL1NA. THURSDAY FEBRUARY RESUME TIVE EVENTS OF LOCAL INTEREST Senator Brown A bill to be entitled afo act incorporating the Daniel Boone High School in Watauga county. Senator Brown?An act to reetUblish the office of county treas urcr m Watauga County. rue and there aro many improveie?its to be made In the adminisfcral(in of M' 1 1 _ ........... Ilii.-" romised, if the executive budget sys?tn i.- passed to give his personal atphtion to elimination of waste and tic people seem to have confidence 1 him to carry oni; his promises, onis? of the folks are saying that 11". Bailey should have given the new overnor a vh surice to tblike good on is pledges before launching his roadside. Others take the opposite iev it.nd appear to feel that now - the opptf^titTie ' hne to bring the jyatters mentioned in the BaUby slate . "i: <; the at tioi\ >f ?n- General .sscmbly and the )?oh)ie. Still anolbr school of observer:; say there is aste in departmental operations but hat Mr. Bailey confined himself to riticism and did not offer sugjgos ;ons of correcting measures. It is further suggested that the Ra?igh lawyer saw the title drifting i the direction of economy and waned to get aboard the band wagon; hat a conference with Governor Mc .can on the subject and an offer to Hp solve the problems of the administration, would have been a ourse for Mr. Bailey to follow which rould have earned him a wid e commendation. The charge of extiavn:ane-e has b<H?n u-kutl.or Hr. Bailey was the proper one to ntvce it is quite beside the question n the opinion of quite a large group >i htizens and legislators. Corrective neasures are thought to bo in order md genera! charger, may be reduced o more concrete instances before the ession ends. The budget system pro>osed by Governor McLean would, t is believed, prevent unnecessary 'xpenditares for operating expenses the future and place the fiscal af*airs oi the state on a strictly busi:ess basis. A mild sensation in administration ind legislative circles followed the .lublicaticn on Friday, of the cost ?f legislative commissions during the jast two years, the sum total amouning to $ 158,0f>-3.08. vi::: Lost Provinces Railroad Commission $49,' 19.04; Price Water House Commission $39,657.62; Legislative Examining Commission 17,671,98 Ship ind Water Transportat ion Cothmiss.on $16,820.47; Land Tcnacy Commission $7,383.56; Sanatorium Inves Lgating Commission $6,038.75; Com mission for re-indexing the Consolidated Statutes. $5,951.67; State Prison investigating Commission, 198.1-1 Budget Commission $3,748.71 National Park Commission $1,865.14. To the total cost ot the commiss ions to the state, according to the calculators, should be added the expenses oi a special session of the Sonera) Assembly last summer whicl las not yet been worked out. How ?ver the lid is on now and Governoi VIcLean has set himself to the fcasi actually getting the State's ex penditures back in line with its hith erto deficit revenues, or ascertain ing" the reason why it cannot be doni The decision of the Supreme Cour that the legislature has no legal righ to create special judges to relievi court congestion, it is believed, wil bring about the creation of addition al judicial districts Already a bil has been offered in the house in creasing the number from twent; to twenty-seven. This means the ere ation of seven regular judges by th authority of the legislature. Th C? .?_ .1. I oup' eine L-UUXl ;> uetisuui ??ast' on the fact that the Legislature ha no right to amend the constitutior The constitution provides that emei gency judges are those who have beeretired hut can be called back t preside over* special courts-to reliev congestion. The Legislature had cor sidered creating 'special judges t care for emergencies, but the men bers came face to face with the Coi (Continued on page three) 12, I92S. 5 Ct?, a Copy Robbers Loot T. L. i Mast Store Last Night Fifleei. Huudred or More Dollar? > Worth of High Grade Merchandise Hauled Away by Bold Burglars. Mr T L. Mast of Lovili, three j miles west of Boone was in to see, ! \ the Democrat today as th?- forms! 1 I were going to press and tell* us the J 1 story of the burglarizing of his store | ' last, night. This is the -ceond affair} I : of this kind happening fifteen miles!1 ! apar* on the Boone Trail, the first < } of which Mr A. G. Miller's at Deep 1 I Gap, wes chronicled in these columns 1 | a week ago. ! The robbery undoubtedly occurred : while Mr. Mast and family were at-. < tending the revival services at the ; Willowtfale church, entrance being ' J. i... i?v ureuaiu^ some SQUiJ! win-, dows to an extent where a door could ' ho opened. Mr. Mast know nothing < of his loss until eight o'clock this " morning, going directly honuj wnen 1 returning from the church. Alt the items taken were 31 suits ol men's clothing, * or In fine 1 ladies' ->ats, men's and adie> sv < tors. Fountain pens, pistol ear-ridges T2 gauge shot gun. The exact extent may hoi be known until ' > ": i< v u conr1 ic? of the ' taken, oi Lue most * ho doubt ( -M ies that F rom d a . . i exami clothing hit\ wer, Mr. Mu-t ..y> th?? loss ; ea i\ fifteen n-i 1- ii dollars. the linian being ha ed on wholesale , prices of the goods. Mr. Mast has offered a reward of j , $100 i' another column of this paper { for information that will lead to the | arrest <>f the criminals. Mr. Miller' . who>? .-lock Was ransacked last wetk , has offered one hundred dolla: It. i , is confidently believed that ih same j parties committed both crimes, as 1 they art practically identical in na- ( 'tare. ?, No very satisfactory clue has de j veloped thus fur. A car with four men , ' as occupant? stepped for some time , ' at the store of Mr. Clyde Mast fur- , . ther down the roed, and refused to j iweal their identity. A car was seen . at about eleven oVlock headed toj ward Johnson City, stuck in the* mud, the ocuppants of which said they were residents of Raleigh. Again we would in^rst that business men of Boone and Watauga county look well to their property for a while | at "least. There has been almost an epidemic of this sort of thing, and it is a duty wo owe io each other as j weli as ourselves to help in any way i we can in apprehending or killing a j few of these raiders JURORS DRAWN FOR THE SPRING TERM SUPERIOR COURT Following is the list of jurors ' drawn for the spring tern, of Superior Court, which will convene on Monday March 23, with Judge Har-; ding presiding. FIRST WEEK j T C. Band, Alex Baird, Ira Brown , I. A. Bumgarner, S. C. Carroll. J. j M. Cornell. T. A Cox, 'ft P. Coffey, j I A. E. Ellison, D. H. Eggers, Chas A. I Ureer, N. M. ureen. 1.1 eo. l'- ureer | A. II. Hodges, G. L. Hodges, Hampton ' J. T., Wade H. MeGhee, Will Moody - J. J. Mast. L. W. Miller, V. L. Mo-. ?! retz, E. M. Presnell, J. H. Robinson. 11 W. B. Reese, M. C. Romingrr, G. W. -! Rowe, F M. Shoie, J. L. Tatum, C. : j C. Tripbtt, Don Thomas. B. T. Tayi lor, P. C. Wyke, Robert Walser, J. - W. Ward, J. Y. Walker, .J. E. Watson SECOND WEEK Jas. T. Gross, R. A. Adams. .1. H. .? Brinkley, G. C. Ward, B. F. Miller, t! Stacy Ford. .1- M. Campbell, J. C. t[Sheri!l, G H. Norris, W. P. Greene, e j Rufus M. Ward, W. H. Mast, J. C. lj Wilson, R. A. Wellborn, Larkin Wat-json, Lee Canender, Coffey, O. J.. 1'. John Fox. J-1 CHILDREN MAKE PROGRESS IN ART OF PENMANSHIP n o e Mr. Tavlor Watson who has been d I conducting a school of writing at the d Chestnut Grove School, by request t. of the children sends the Democrat - several samples of penmanship from n various students. The results are exo tra good. One 10 year old girl has e developed into a splendid scribe, and i- all the other efforts are most credio table. Those sending these little slips )- were: Rubie Byers. Jessie Wilson, t- June Greene, Gladys Greene, Sidney Wilson. Mac Brown, Henry Miller, Hubert Morris, Ella Bryan, Ida Lewis Sherman Bryan. "THIS WEEK" by Brisbane, world's highest salaried editor is e. feature we ?.arry, handled hitherto by only the metropolitan Dailies. Read this coiutno weekly. NUMBER SIX Daniel Boone Hotel To be Opened May 1 0 Libert Pick & Company Awarded Contract for Complete F-uroiahi?g Work >< betas; Ruthed. Last Saturday was the day set a:>art for the reception of bids by the building- committee of the Dar.iel Boone Hotel Company, lor fumishnp> and kitchen equipment for the building, which it is intended, shall >e completed in the next 60 days. Competitive, bidders were present from Chicago,, St. Louis. Cincinatti, Snoxville, Columbia and Charlotte. Mr. Coyle, Manager of the Vance at >tat.esvilU\ who has leased the property for a p ?tf.d of five years, was a!so here assisting the committee and i number of the directors were in session with them in making thn nnr. base. The Albert. Pick Company of 1'hicago was the successful bwlder. iml are to furnish everything from casement to attic that shouid go in,o . lnoder? hotel, of which is apposed to be in place hv April 15. vhen the management will take marge. Work is going forward rapidly and vorything nossibie is being clone to iavc th?: bunding in readiness for he ii bir.-i uic iiine. which Mr. Coyle mtioun e on Friday May "? \DVENT CHRISTIAN CHL1 :CH ORGANIZES ShMDAV SCHOOL February th. the Advent Chris :ian churcr organir.eel a Sunday School in the court house with a nice lumber pr- sent. Each Sunday at 1U fclock will be the Sunday School loin there and everyone is extended ? cordial invitation to come. What'v* your religious inclinations are you are welcomed and asked to feel that it is your Sunday School. V/ivi Slilliii-: i- min ninn' I imp in at the court house and help js have a profitable hour. The Wednesday night prayer service will be continued as usual at the episcopal church. Come and be with us. METHODIST CHURCH ? Sunday School at 10 a. m. A city wide campaign is on Help start the campaign by attending a Sunday School somewhere Sunday. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. in. by the pastor. Epworth League at 6:15, Howard Bingham, leader. A school for Sunday School teachers will begin Sunday afternoon at >i o'clock and last through Wednesday night. After Sunday courser will be offered each night. The community is invited. Dabbled in Wheat IMrs. S. C. Durand, "dirt fartr.tr'* end dairywoman of Illinois, has made a killing in wheat, cleaning up nearly a million dollars, accord* rag to authoritive reports She admits "dabbling in the market a bit" ! and says:?"Wheat is lilcelv to reach $2.23. and I shouldn't l>? at all surpnr-ed if 1* wer * to % ' r0. I

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