/ A Non-Partisan Newspaper VOLUME xxxvi. i LENOIR IS TO HAVE" NEW CHAIN STORE Carolina Wholesale Corporation Will Open Branch There. Many Carolina Town* to Get Store* Lenoir. June 30th.?The Carolina Wholesale Corporator, with an au thorized capital ctock of $250,000, has just been organized here and has purchased the business of the Turner - Rabb company, wholesale grocers, effective July 1st. With the organization of this new cdncern, V.. 1 - L - I ^ p.an.- no?f aiso ueen maoe ior esiaolis'ning a chain of retail grocery stothrougout this section of the s*tate. The chain of stores will be known as the Carolina Stores, and will be supplied by Carolina Wholesale corporation. L> W. Turner is the moving spirit in this new corporation. The new wholesale house is to begin business with $60,000 capita! stock paid in. Immediately upon taking over this wholesale business of the Turncr-Rahb company it will he changed to a cash and carry basis,! giving the cutomers a price advantage j for his part in the service. There'will be no deliveries, and no salesmen, j curtailing this expense. J. F. Cooke, for a numebr of years with the Tur-; ner-Rabb company, will he in charge of the new wholesale unrohiMico Irt establishing the chain of cash] grocery stores, Mr. Turner says that stores will be opened in from ten to > twelve towns in this section within a few weeks, or us soon as possible, j Buildings have been leased, or prop-; erty has been bought and buildings' are under construction at the present time in the following places: Lenoir .Morganton, Granite Falls, Boone and Blowing Rock, Taylorsville and Storey Point. Other towns will he added just as soon as plans can be worked out. Mr. Turner plans; to make this' chain of groc* **y stores a real North I Carolina enterprise, ? credit not only to Lenoir and this section, but to ^ the Old North State. He says that he! will be able to compete in prices and service with all similar chain stores now in operation. The incorporators are D. W. Tur-| nei, Lenoir; C. A. Spencer, Morgan-, tori, and J. F. Cook, .1 R. Tolbert and Dorothy A. Hall, of Lenoir. Mr. Turner, who is actively making the arrangements for the transfer of the Turr.er-Rabb company, and for the opening of the new chain of stores, left Monday for eastern citic to purchase equipment. WEBSTER DAVIS UNIMPROVED Mr. Webster Davis, who was run down by an aut nearly two weeks ape, was taken home from the hospital Monday, and seemed to be petti np on well until Wednesday morning when he suffered a relapse. Today as we close our forms, he lies in a slate of coma and death is expected hourly. Mr. Davis is well along in years and it seems that his fraii body is unable to withstand the injuries. | SOUTHEASTERN LAND AUCTION * COMPANY TO SELL TOWN LOTS The Southeastern Land Auctior Company, of Asheville has securer a lease or. the J. S. Stanbury prop erty and now engineers are husih engaged in cutting this valuable lane into city lots, laying off streets, etc. preparatory to the big sale which i scheduled for the 11th of July. This addition means another ste] in the development 01 i^ast coons and if the Suddreth Twin Auctioneer fail to get the price, something ha gone wrong with real estate in thi section. Let everyone remember th date and the fact that this propei ty lies just opposite the Appalachia State Normal School?an ideal loci tiun for a home. OUR MISSING-WORD CONTEST No winners of the weekly Missini Word Contest can he named this we? due to the fact that practically evei one of the answers came in right closing time. Even more interest thi th^fman&gement . contemplated. h been shown in this unique advert ing campaign. But friends, try get y j To the management of the Dem- * nerar. Saturday provides a two-fold i cause for ceebration. It was on j tht irini'i rv* l ^ si : years ago that we made our debut in journalistic circles. Ii j h.'ivl previously been our intention to observe our anniversary by issuing a 2 1 page edition, but finding this next to impossible at this time, we hope our good patrons and friends will he satisfied with knowing that on that day we will la> aside our pencils, wash off some of the freshest ink, and enjoy a little period of inactivity. From "a wide place in the road" where rabbit hunting was good ainong the blackberry briars, we have watched Boone grow into the hustling little city of today, and we like to think perhaps we have contributed something to her prog: s. Our efforts have been appreciated to the extent that we have been able to keep step with the march of progress, and with each year enjoy a greater degree of prosperity. On this occasion we thank those who have contrib- ! uted so liberally during the past ! year to our material welfare. ! CHAPLIN, OF MOVIE FAME. IS PROUD FATHER Los Angeles, June 28.? (A. P.)?Birth of a (i 1 pounds son to Mrs. Lita Gray Chaplin, wife of the film comedian. Charles Spencer Chaplin, was announced by spokesmen for the actor here today. Tk?.. u;?u :?j iu llir ntxtry, ? IIIMl illIlVCU at the Chaplin mansion in Beverly Hills at 6:10 o'clock this morning, would be named Charles Spencer Chaplin. Chaplin married Lita Grey, then his leading woman, in the little Mexican town of Kmpalme last November 25th. Secrecy surrounded the comedian's wedding plans and excited unusual public interest in the nuptials. Besides Chaplin, Mrs. Lillian Spicer mother of Mrs. Chaplin, and Mr. and Mrs. William Curry, her grandparents, kept vigil at the Chaplir home last night. Mr. Curry said the SHEPHERD IS FREED BY CHICAGO, ILLING Chicago. June 27.?William Dar | ling Shepherd was found not guiltj i last night of using typhoid germ: to kill William Nelson McClintock his millionaire foster son .after th< jury had deliberated five hours ant I 40 minutes. ! - . | witnin a nan nour he was free< I from jail, where he has been sinc< 1 March 13 on his personal bond o j $5,000. A charge of slaving Mrs j Emma Nelson McClintock, Williams J mother, will be made against him. Although members of the jur; would not divulge how they reache final agreement when they re porte at 10:15 o'clock it was said six bai lots had been taken the vote fror the first standing at 11 to 1 for at quittnl. The jurors said they had collective oath not to reveal whs went on in the room even to thei own families. The verdict was regarded by She] herd's attorneys as ending all poss bility of further criminal procce< ings against him. It gave him th presumptive ownership of the M 1 Clintock estate, left him in MeCSii i tock's will, pending final action in -j suit to break the will started I i nine cousins of the dead youth. - J Despite tlie jury finding Judf t j Harry Olson, Municipal court chi< f justice and instigator of the inve tigation of McCiintock's death, w p continue to probe and prosecute, ^ htat is possible lie said. During tl trial Judge Olson expressed ke disapproval of. the efforts of t date's attorney and reiterated 1 criticism when informed of the a quital. r A burst of cheers caiufc from 1 e crowded court room when the v? diet was announced and a bro smile was on the face of the accus< d Shepherd and his attorneys, Willis id Scott Steward and W. VV. O'Brn shook hands and thanked e^ich jui ROL.1NA. THURSDAY JUL.Y 2, 1925 nies to The I ghway Work! Hoar it. ye denizens of the high hills and low vales; hear it. ail ye good citizens of Tennessee and North Carolina; hear it, ye hordes of tourists and th?- traveling public generally! that a great harrier, and menace to travel, the link of road on the Boone! Trail between Trade and Shouns, j Teiui., has been assaulted by a crew of workers, under the eye of an experienced road supervisor sent out by [ the Tennessee Road Commission who! says they are on the job until the { road is completed. They are equipped with shovel, drilis, etc., and v/ili | push the work just as rapidly as the rugged country through which it Iraverses will permit. Talk of news, real news, news that the citizens of many tates will be ihteested in, this is it. Hurrah for Tennessee! She has been a little slow, but at last has come to the bat with the determination to play a winning game in road construction, on thk. the most important iap in two states. MILLER BOY DIES FOLLOWING A VERY SERIOUS OPERATION The Miller boy, son of Mr. Jont Miller, of Howard's Creek, who underwent an operation at Watauga Hospital early in the week, died in 1 that institution yesterday afternoon. The operation was ?o locked bowels and was made as a last result, the i surgeons having hut little hope of his recovery. The hotly was taken to his home : for burial. SPECIAL NOTICE Ex-Sheriff C. M. Critcher will be J at the Court House in Boone on next I Monday for the purpose of collecting [ taxes for the year of 1924. He urj ges those who have failed to make i payment to see him on this date. ? motion picture comedian paced the ; floor, nibbled his finger naiis and ex? hihited other signs of nervousness ! common to expectant fathers and when he was given his first view of j the infant exclaimed: "It looks like I me." vj "Lita also said she thought it looklied like him," Curry added. OF MURDER CHARGE IS JURY NOW FREE ? r man as he filed from the box after r the six week's triai. 5 Mrs. Julia Shop held, his wife, was , not in the court room. She waited * with friends at a down town hotel, 1 where she was joined by Shepherd his brother, J. Henry Shepherd, o1 i Little Rock, Arkansas and Roben 0 1 Stoll, his former law partner, f They planned a triumphant returr i.l to the home in Kenihvorth, a subert i* where they lived with young: McClin took after the death of his mother sixteen years ago. Both said they weri too pleased to have anything to say ^ "The state made a good fight am lost," said Robert E. Crowe, state4: attorney, and leader of the prosecu rion. "The verdict speaks tor itself.' a Attorney Stewart, who argue* it throughout the trial that his chen ir was the victim of a plot said he wa sorry the jury was not allowed 44t > voi^e its vedict against those wh _ plotted against Shepherd. But the vei j. diet is in reality a finding of guilt fo ie, the plotters. It is another proof o c the sanctity of the jury system." ii a Indianapolis, Indiana, June 27.? >y Mr? Murt'ho IJ I..- T ^u...i_w<, kjuv.jJiivm 1..IJUCII, ( years old. was joyous today over tb ?e acquital at Chicago of her son Wn fcf D. Shepherd, of Chicago, of murdei ;s- ing William McClintock, millionaii hi orphan. Mrs. Ha yd en, a devout member < he I the Spiritualist church said that f< many days she had received mess he | ges from the spirit world assurir ris; her that her son would he freed ar lC~ she expressed gratification over tl confirmation of the message she d h* clared had come to her. i Benjamin Hay den, her husban aft also a member of the spiritual! w- church, said that only two days aj ?m a message had been received from n'! Shepherd spirit who signed hims< y-1 Benjamin Harrison. 3 Ct?. ?Copy Students From Normal J> Visit In Johnson Citv ( : it Between throe and four hundred students and members of the faculty * oi the Appalachian State Normal School, from Boone, N. C., reached Johnson City about noon Monday, on ihe'r annual excursion from Boone. The party arrived on a special train I over the Kast Tennessee and West- 1 err; Not i Carolina rail toad, arrang- < ing to spend the day in and around > -Johnson City. t Through advance a arrangements, tr.e hundreds of students were fur- ' flished dinner at the various res- ( tau rants and hotel dining: rooms in the city, the afternoon program in- 1 eludeti visits to the Tenn. State Nor- ' ma! school grounds, the national san- 1 a tori urn, and shopping tours in the business districts. The trip to the Sanatorium was taken in special 1 street tars. The party is headed by Prof. Chap it Wilson, dean of the institution. and is accompanied by members i of the school from North Caroiina 1 and adjoining states. This is another of the excursion picnics to Johnson City, which has become an annual l event for the school, another being J i planned for later in the summer term. | The six weeks term is about to ciose, land the other excursion is planned for about the middle of August, at the close of the twelve weeks' term. ?Johnson City Chronicle. THREE NEGROES SENTENCED TO DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR Winston-Salem, June 2S.?As far i as the present term of Superior court is concerned, the fate of three negroes was - lied Saturdn.v morn.nj when I they were sentence*! hy Judge Them-1 as J. Shaw to be electrocuted. this?| j brings to a conciusio.. ; . . k given J over umos; entirety to th trials of ?' ?*? three muldi rers Krne Key and John Wesley Dawson, South Carolina negroes who i mufrieml .1. fi. Vaughn, a grocer of I the eastern section of the city and who were found guilty of murder in ' the first degree Thursday, were first sentenced, the date for their electrocution being set foi August 29. Fred Jones was next otdered to stand up and the words were pronounced that fixed his doom for the murder of James Monroe King on the Kith of, this month, the date named being September -4th. The two first negroes received the veridct calmly without any show . whatever of emotion and had the. fatal words of the court had to deal with persons with whom the dolendi ants were not even acquainted they could not have made less impress.; ion. Jones, However, was extremely t; nervous and his hands and face con[ tinually twitched as the judge ad' ili-.. .-...I kin. Thlc Kn _ hui>n lii< Ho. meaner during the entire trial and officers surrounding him at no time t would have been surprised for him to have made a break for the door. i > mr. frank south dies after a brief illness Mr. Frank South, a prominent citizen of Trade, Tenn., Route 1, died j at his home last Saturday, and inters ment was made in the Thomas grave yard Sunday in the presence of a . large concourse of people, his relatives ho . Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Eggers, Mr. A. K. South and others attending: * the funeral. s Mr. South was a real citizen, and ? beloved and honored by those who ? knew him best. He made r. success. financially, having accumulated con1 siderablc property, and died at peace ^ with all mankind. triplett news items 7 Mr. Midas Wheeler was a pleasant le visitor at Mr. C. T. Simmons' Sun i. day. r- Several people of this community -e attended preaching at Hock View Church Sunday. >f Messrs Theodore and Walter Wat >r son wen visiting in this community a- Saturday and Sunday, ig There was a birthday dinner a id Revr M. L). Miller's Wednesday. Som ie of his children and grandchildrei e- were present. The dinner was fin and all the guests enjoyed ;t. d. There was a box supper at Moun ist* Ephriam school house Saturday nigh ?o There being only eight boxes th a amount raised was $13.40. It wou! ilf appear that the people were not mut interested. Eight Pages This Week NUMBER 26 SANTA BARBARA IS SHAKEN BY QUAKE Citizens of C;ty by the Sea Start at Oner fo Rebuild. Second Time City is Shaken Sant;? Barbara, Calif., Jun 22? L'bis city b ythe sea, which early this norning staggered under the blows >f a rending earthquake, tonight surveyed its great losses and began fighing back. No community ever took and ab iorbed punish ment with more- stoi:ism and calm. Blue jackets of the naval military and itional guardsmen paraded the heart of the business district, but never at any time had there been the least sign of disorder. Xo frenzy, no rushing about marked this disaster. The dead were cllected as quickly as possible, numbering Upwards or a dozen bodies. Close to a score of injured were cared for. and even as the ambulances moved off to the hospital, there followed in their wake trucks loaded with battered bricks and twisted steel The work of cleaning up had begun. The handling of the sudden emergency should i t have been more efficient if tt had been a motion picture scene planned weeks in advance. The main street of the city. State Street, wa> a picture of calm ruin almost from end to en. Not ail of its business buildings were demolished but what had suffered damage and many were twisted and smashed beyond repair. The imposing facade f the county bank appeared from the front as beautiful in its simplicity as ever, but down one side ran a jagged crack, like ? lightning streuk, throu?,v the concrete. The San Marcos, a stately four story, cjass A. structure of the newest type just completed, occupied principally by business men, seemed from the southern and esatern ends of its "L" to be untouched. But its other elevations lay flat. The Santa Bar Bara mission, which fell in an earthquake during- the early eighties, again was partly wrecked today. Its pair of massive towers were piles of crumble*! debris. The telephone company's building has fur walls still standing by virtue of half a score of props made from telephone poles. Inside the Arlington, a hostelry known to the travelers of two hemispheres, a pistare of absolute destruction presents itself. The center dome crashed with fjpie first trembler, carrying with it rooms in both diverging wings. The remainder fo the building is ripped and torn in a number of places. Manager Richmond says it is a complete loss. One newspaper, The News, is homeless, its city desk and editorial staff functioning from the civic square and its issues coming from the press of a sister publication at Ventura, 28 miles distant. The morning paper, th Press, has its plant intact, but lacks the power to turn its cog wheels. Two distinct sounds, not loud, but persistent, stand out wherever one walks in the stricken area; the tuir.b1 ling of bricks and mortar and wreckers removing dangerous walls, and the hammers of builders rushing up temporary structures. Throughout the residential section, particularly in the east side, the smaller frame houses in many cases were knocked askew by the trembler, some with fronts fallen out, chimneys and gables; gone and yards flooded by the broken water mains. * I/awn room is almost at premium from Santa Barbara residents tonight who are shunning the confinement of their walls. The shock was too recent and fresh in their minds. From fashionable hotels and apartments guests tied in the early morn. jing, clad as they had jumped or had - been thrown from their beds. Many i- r ii? _ v i ] never went oacs ior meir ueioujj' J ings. For 40 miles both ways up and I | down the coast its telephone and tel- i - i eerraph wires were whipped back and | > ! forth on thei poles by the shocks, and ; became so badiy tangled that it will t! take many hours work to pat them c into commission again. i e Two Brooklyn policemen find a man's clothing and shoes in an aid t j wagon. Sniffing suicide they get it two bloodhounds to lead them to the e mystery. The bloodhounds take the d cop.- to a swamp in which they sink h to theii necks, and that was that. Every dog has his day. t r