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