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-r+~ A Non-Partisan Newspaper VOLUME XXXVI. $ Former Banner Elk Lady is Killed in France Mr?. Sally Arnold. Meets Death in Auto Accident?W'ai Now a Res id en! of Knoxville Caen. France, Aug. 5.?Mrs. Arnold. 62 year.-- old, another of Merrill \mo !. President of th< Fidelity Tru-t Company ol Kroxvi'.'.e, Tenn. was killed in an automobile accicent a few miles from Caen yesterday. Note Mr*. Arnold was before her marriage Miss Sallie Hill, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. J. S. Hill , who lived in Boone for some time. Mr. Hill teaching here with Mr. J. F. Spainhour, now of Morganlon. Both of the pW'iti have been dead for several ytffr.v Their ast days were spent in Elk Park. Deceased is well remembered by many Boone people who will hear of her death with sorro'W. Labor Conditions Force Knitting Mills to Leave Just as wo are groins to press we learn that on account of labor conditions the stock holders in the Boone Knitting Mills have decided to move their machinery back to Hickory. The manager says that with experienced help enough to run to capacity there is no reason why the mills should not be a paying proposition here, but it seems that they are unable to procure it. Of course the town is very sorry to have this enterprise leave but the owners cannot continue i.o operate on a non- paying ? as;t. Robbers Make Raid on W. W. Mast Store Mr. \V. \V. Mast was surprised on Monday morning when opening his store to find that robbers had been then* and done their deadly work, in a way that would do credit to a professional The safe had been blown open and merchandise was scattered 1 broadcast throughout the long store room. Upon examination it was found that -omething like one hundred dr.lhad been taken from the safe together with some valuable papers, i The blood hound owned by Mr. Cole of Sherwood was sent for at once, and put on trail of the robbers which lasted only to a nearby garage. However the hound was taken by the owner to Elizabethton. Tenn, where she soon picked up the trail and ran to bay two young boys who gave their name- as John and Roosevelt Clarke of Lenoir. They were brought to Boone and lodged in jail. They told of their sister Miss Banner Clarke, who with a young man by the name os nice nau accompanien tnem across* the mountain. Hice was arrested and the young woman camelo Boone and surrendered. They were given a preliminary hearing- before Justice of the Peace Bryan yesterday and were released for lack of evidence. Mr. Mast estimates the loss in cash damage to safe and other merchandise, etc. at $500. There is no further clue as to who the guilty parties are. DR. H1NOHARA SAYS JAPS HAVE DOFFED MILITARY ATTIRE Lake Junaluska, Aug. 3.?Japan has doffed her military attire with Iptr militaristic spirit in favor of ^citizens* clothe* and a desire for universal peace; even the children have | stopped playing with toy soldiers, and trumpets and other miniature symbols of war, and young men and women have stopped singing warlike songs. This in substance, was the declara tion made to several thousand people here, by the Rev. H. Hinohara, in an address lauding the Christian religion and its contributions to Japan. One of the greatest benefits l: .;I cumu in ins jikuuji Lmuugu Christian influence, he declared, was the changed attitude of his people toward war. "Heretofore, Japanese Christians have heen persecuted when they preached the doctrine of peace but now the attitutde of the average Japanese is in favor of the spirit of peace and universal brotherhood. The recent world war was a national lesson. The Japanese, although participating in the war, were so far removed from the seat of the fighting that they were able to read the rapidly transmitted news with reasoning minds. They could find no reason to fight each other with such destruction of life and property. It left them as coo! as ice." Dr. Hitiohaia is pastor of the first Methodist Kpiscopal Church in Kobe and is in the United States for a six- months' visit. Iteto I.SO Per Year BOONE. ^ MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION CONVENED MONDAY The Watauga Ministerial Association convened Monday at 10:30 a. m. with nine preachers and ministerial students present, three members o.f the association being absent. Hie meeting Monday was ouened with de otion !? '-! hy Rev. M. Browning who is spending a vacation in Boone, af r which Col. Fred A. Olds of Raleigh, X. C. gave a must interesting and instructive "heart to heart talk" as he put it, about some things concerning the religious conditions of North Carolina. The next meeting will be held at Shulls Mills with Rev. C. G. McKaraher the first Monday in September at which time we expect to have Rev. lames 1 Vance of Nashville. Term, to speak to u.s. AH ministers who plan to go will please notify the secretary so I ca'i furnish the names 10 Brother McKarahor. Lunch will be < rved after the association adjourns. F. M. HUGGINS. President. M B. WOOSLEY. Secy. COUNTY AGENT STEELE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT Owing 10 the fact that the coun-l ly commissioners have failed to make! an appropriation to cover the coun-j ly's part of the cost of carrying on j ifitfcionstration work for the coming year it is going to be necessary for me to he transferred to sumther roiin. ty Sept. 1 or the countys* appro- j priation expires at thot time It 'will | therefore be necessary for me o spend the month of August in the office making out my annual report and tabulating all the information and straightening up my files so as to leave in first class condition. This will necessitate stopping all active work other than that mentioned. 1 find that I am going to have a hard time getting away from my regular work because so many people have formed the habit of coming in with t.heir problems, and 1 have never turned anybody down when it was in my power to serve them. 1 am taking this public means of asking ail my friends and eooperators to please not call on me for any work or information during the' month. The files containing a world of valuable information on all farm production and marketing problems are open to you but so far as I am individually concerned the work has ceased and since every minute will L?e full, buth day and night, duringi his month doing work that has to be done I shall ask you to please not! expect any further help from me. Yesterday a large number of far- ] oiers asked me for information and \ requested small favors, none of which | would require much time, but all of! which would require about half dayst work. It is hard for me to deny them ! but I must do it or else leave the j nfRi'ii in ciinVi nrvnr!ifrirvn on u A' Jrl i cause criticism to arise later on. JOHN il. STEELE County Agent. HAYNF.S QUITS AS PROHI DIRECTOR SEPTEMBER 1 Washington Aug. 3.?Dry enforcement today was ordered to be taken definitely out of the hands of Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Hayr.es who after September 1, will act only in an advisory capacity to assistant secretary Andrews of the Treasury. Commissioner Blair of the Internal I Revenue Bureau who has jurisdiction ! of the prohibition unit signed the dei cree which stripped the present cm! forcemenl headquarters of its major | powers. The order which had been forecast will carry out the TreasI ury's plans for a new line up when ! the prohibition reorganization plans j to go into effect the first of next j month. Nearly all the duties of Mr. I Haynes office will deveolve upon the I 22 prohibition administrators to be | appointed and who will have head! quarteam in various sections of the country- At the prohibition offices here, where it was conceded that the Commissioner's enforcement uowers would* be taken away, it was said Mr. Haynes would find plenty of work to occupy his time. The nature of work was not disclosed. The prohibition Commissione was absent from Washington today. It I was said however that he would continue for the present to occupy the ofI fice and to co-operate with Mr. Ani drews. He is expected however to en 1 ter the Gubernatorial contest in Ohic i! as a candidate for the Republicar nomination. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAI Johnson City Assured of $7,000,000 Plant Textile Plant on Elizahethlon Pike Will Employ 15 00 Men? 10,000 When Industry is Complete (Juhnson City Chronicle.) rht yes --I the entire textile world are today turning toward the John son ("it\ Eiizabethton district as the result -t th?- announcement that the Aim r u ah-P.? mberg Company, a seventeen and one half million dollar corporation, has selected this district for th-> location of their mammoth ftay?> plant for the manufacture of art final silk. 75t<*oo inhabitants by 1(130 is the ro.-y prospect which confronts the eit irons of this city which is now n the vert-o of -?ts greatest industrial development a development which will r?val the most plowing Florida growth E -ah-thton, Johnson City's r.<-arest ghbor, will likewise magically expand as the location of the new* plant will he in Happy Valley on the Eiizahethton pike, just beyond Syeari: re Shoals, where more than ore thousand acres have been secured to take care of the huge requirement of this, groat industry. According to information received! from the New York conference, the : American-Bemberg Company will im mediately start work or the new plant and expect to have one or two units in operation within the next twelve months, employing at least 1,500 persons, while the building program calls for a continuous development until the full plant will have been erected within five years, cmploying not less than 10,000 operatives. This five yeai program will re suii :n the investment ot between $?,000,000 and $10,000,000 in this immediate district from this one source. To men behind the great enterprise are experienced in this field as the same group of industrial leaders control a vast Ravon plant in Germany vWch employs 24,000 operatives and they are now engaged in erecting plants m both France and Italy which each will require some 15,000 employees. The local plant will be the fourth in the chain controlled by the gentlemen who are. the largest manufacturers of Rayon in the world. Credit for the securing of this big enterprise is jointly due the members of the Johnson City and Elizabethton Chambers of Commerce, acting thru their representatives, Crawford Alexander of Elizabelhton and J. W. Ring of Johnson City. For almost a, week the> have been in continuous conference with the representatives of the American Romberg Company n New York and the final contracthave just been ratified, following their return home late Saturday. Since then several important matters have been completed, resulting in the release of the definite announcement this morning. The local Chamber of Commerce is thronged today vvitr. nusmess men expressing their .appreciation of the successful functioning of the Chamber. Naturally to President J. W. King goes unlimited praise for his acumen and generalship, tor to him more than anyone else, should go the credit as his was the chief responsibility and his was the untiring effort expended in the competition with other cities. Johnson City is indeed the metropolis of the Appalachians and the goal of 75.000 in 1030 is not only possible, but it is probable. BOONE BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School 10 a. m. Preaching 11 a. n\. and 8 p. m. B. Y. P. U. 7 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p. m. Church letter to the association w^ll he read at church Sunday morning. We extend a cordial welcome to all to worship with us. We hope that a great many from t-Ka s>h>u-/.h will nhtund the association which meets at Three Forks church Tuesday and Wednesday of nexl : week. Blowing Rock Baptist Church 5' Rev. W. H. Moore of Richmom ,Va.t pastor of the Bainbridpe Ave ; Baptist church will preach at Blow t injf' Rock 2nd. 3rd, 4th and 5t! -1 Sundays in this month. The time foi j the services is 11 a. m. and 8 p. m > I A cordial invitation is extended t<: " j visitors, turists as well as resident: j to attend. MOLINA. THURSDAY AUGUST 6. IS James H. Taylor Dead at Age of 99 Highly Estcemecl Veteran of the Confederacy Passes Away Sunday Afternoon. .fames Henry Taylor, a veteran of ? the Civil war. a Christian gentleman of the old school and everybody's <r friend, paused to his reward, at the | home of his son, I . Taylor, near (iU Boone, Sunday afternoon, August 2. |>v Ban. May 2a, 182(5. Mr. Taylor's bbfch hivthda\ had been eeieebrated >p. more than two months ago. His last g.( .ilness covered a period of four weeks ? Deceased i,- survived by c:gh children L. L Taylor of Watauga county, A. f. Tuvlor, Wilkes County: Attorney tTaylor, Grangeville, Idaho; Rev , i iyiyr, presrawg cider of _ North Wilkcsboro Methodist District K. A. Taylor, Watauga county; Mrs. j m J. S. Stanhury. Boone; Mrs, J. L. kr Lewis. Watauga; Mrs. Joseph War- j; din, Charlotte, two children having died in infancy. Mr. Taylor had been resident of Watauga county for .r?6 ^() years, Wilkes being \.b county of his a ativity. Mrs. Taylor has preceded him to the grave 2i? years. No bro- (j? hers or sisters survive- He leaves j in all 103 descendants, (grand chil-j iren and great grandchildren.) (.y Rev. M B. Woosley, pastor of the Boone Methodist church conducted the funeral, which was held at the Fairview church near Boone Monday afternoon. "How Firm a Foundation" t, and "Nearer My God to Thee" two favorite songs of the lamented vet- ^ eran were used, in the service. Dir. ^ J i). Rankin assisted the pastor in the service and Professor B. B. Dou- jn ghcrty made a short address extoll- r ing some of the many virtuous char- ,r( actemtics of the great and good man. p< The grave in the church cemetery nj was afterwards, a bank of lovely flow ^ eis, placed there by the throngs of friends and admirers in iMmuluiwi. and sent by those who were unable w to be present. >1 Born before the constitution of ^ the great State of North Carolina was framed, at which time there was not a railroad system in the State, .j Mr. Taylor was too lod at the beginning of the Civil war to be dratted ,t into service, but feeling it his duty to assist in the defense of the Southland, he enlisted as a volunteer ?n j g the fifty-third regiment if North Car j olma troops in Company K. which .as composed chiefly of Wilkes coun ty men. Not so long afte he went' ^ into active service a Yankee builett i known as a "minnie ball** in those t ^ j days, and weighing one ounce, tore#r ^ j ts jagged way through or.e of the | 1 rave soldier's lungs. As soon as hei^j was able to leave the hospital he was 1 granted a short furlough and return- j, ; e?l home until he recovered. He went i:, back 4& the fray, and had been there j. :i very short time, when another mis- ^ : silo of the same size and kind, rent \ J( his other lung. Again he returned home, again he miraculously recovi rod. and again undaunted he return- ^ oii to the fray. This time fortune was . mere kindly and he served until the end of the conflict without further t wounns. Mr. iay:c?r ruts uiien saw , that "Yankee lead was never run to kill me," and purely fate was with o him against such overwhelming odds. tDeceased was a member of the Methodist church for seventy-nine ^ years, and always had the keenest ( ntcrest in ali affairs rending to a better and higher life. His Godly in- j fluence is reflected in the fact that ne son is Presiding Elder, a power- , fill man; and his grandson the ^ Reverend Walter A. Stanbury is the t pastor of the largest Methodist church v n the state, Edenton Street, Raleigh f Mr. Taylor was a highly cultured i hristian gentleman, a close obesrver and a great student. Always prosper- ( ous he alwavs proffered his means / '| to those in dire circumstances. His! j *' was a great and good heart, and! < ' while future generations may see the ( good things he has wrought, no one ] 1 has known of his doing anything in \ \ 1 his long span that would be termed < i meanly. His friends are numberless, ] ? for who could know ihis r.oble old ] patriarch and fail to love him? Ba- j fore he became ill, he had often re- , marked that death held no terrors for him-?merely a change from a 3 I good world, to one so much better comparison would be sacrilege. 4'He - nas fought a good fight, he has fin1 shed his course, he has kept the * faith." We shall miss him greatly, . but his works live after him and >j may the worthy examples he set be- c ~.iore a sinful worid be emulated by! j those yet unborn. wtui *25. > Ct* .iCopy METHODIST NOTES Two hu? deed and ninety six wer? ' "i t Sunday at the church foooi, and !-;rge audience v. ere >* % nt a lioth preaching services. The r:ter dot- not mean to boast ahou* *ure.-. frtit the church canooi grow thout a*tendance, the-refor figure? meat; a sign of growth. Th< church K?ols r?f the town are reporting <?d attendance which nr?ean> growth the way around. Let'- n-,r forget . ir slogan: "Boone at Sunday School try Stir-lay." The P* - siding Elder Rev. Seymour ivlor, preached to a large congre ition Sunday morning. Quite a nuzn , ;r of churchmen from other denom- ; ations were present, which fact is ?preciated. to hear the Presiding Ider. Brother Taylor nieasured } to his usual forcefulness in prenting the truth. Mr. .J. IT. Toylor. one of the besf en in this country arid who was i iowr. by everyone to be a good man ed Sir .lav and was buried Monday rtcrmior. at Fairview Methodist hutch. He left no million to give the world, but he left a good name great family, including children, arid children arid great grand-ch>!* *c- that has no equal in the knowdge of t he writer. Boon, is a popular place for prea- 1 k t. their families. I ha\ . found i \, or seven preachers of my own i nomination about hero for real rest \ i<1 -ighi seeing, and verai <<f oth h e. mi nations. I also k:n>\v of four ' fiv other Methodist preachers who ; ii! come to stay for a short while, it of my knowledge are married, 1 can t contribute their coming to , is interesting group ?>f womeii here the school. Their presence must be mtrihutcd to the people generally ?<?<! eatfs, good watt?, henniifui sce-ry. ami a good moral atmosphere? , i of which make a:* extoiieu? place >r rest. Sunday School next Sunday at 45. Be on time in order to finish ork and then attend the Watauga inday School Convention at ShulU ills. No preaching Sunday at Boone Epworth League 7.15. Wednesday prayer service and toir practice at 8 p. m. Sunday schoo lat Blowing Rock 10 m. Preaching 11a. nv and 8 p. m. RYAN COLLEGE S3 NOW THE AIM OF DAYTON Dayton, Tenn. August 1.?The full! ipport of William Jennings Bryan as pledged to the proposal that a nndamcntaiist college he built h; j ayton, F. F.. Robinson who operates : u- drug store which is the town's ivic center, said. "Mr. Bryan was to address the regressive Dayton C lub before his peaking: engagement on the court ouse lawn." Mr. Robinson said. "He ad si\c\vn the keenest interest, in the. roposdd school. "Mr. Bryan me he would ive $5,000 to build the college on Iroyies Hii:, south of town. & colege for hoys. He said he would maintain his residence here part of he year ;ind >erve as an instructor a the cei'ega with out salary. "He saw in the school a mingling f the spirit of the north and south. This is the dividing line between the wo sections, he said 'and I want due coat and gray trousers?a union f the !'. 1 *2id Gray.' " JURY DRAWN FOR FALL TERM SUPERIOR COURT The fall term of the Watauga Superior court will convene in Boone n Monday September 7. with Judge Stack presiding. The jurors drawn or the term are as follows: FIRST WEEK V Pnnk .T 1. r.nffpv. D. 2. Coffey. Spencer Collins, W. L. 'ox, C. F Fletcher, R. W. Farthing, Srady Greer, Gross, J. T., W. F. Uragg, Millard F. Greene. A. W. Greene, B. C. Hodges, Ed Hampton, 2. L. Jackson, H. L. Lyon, J. J. Miier, Eugene Morctz, R. I.. Moretz, Cicero Oliver, Clyde Perry, Granville Phillips, T C. Proffit. A. C. Reese, L. S. South, J. G. Story, 6. H. Shel;or, J. C. Shoemaker, H. H. Shook, T. S. Thomas, I. E. Townsend, Joe Trivet*, Warren, J. A., A. T. Watso'.:, Tom Triplet*, W. L. Welch. SECOND WEEK C. J. Farthing, H. C. Eggors, M. W. Day, P M. Williams. J. H. Brinkley, Fred Critcher, J. S. Stanubury. T. M. Isaacs. I). C. Wast. J. A. Pendley, N. G Wheeler, G. T. Cnrender. W. W. Greene. J. M May, I. W. Hatley, F. H, Holler, W. H. Sims, A. G. Mo'dz. LiGi 7 PAGES This Week NUMBER 31. JUl.A DAMAGE SUIT IS REMOVED TO IREDELL SJtatesviHe, A ig. 2.?A civil acti : >f staU1 wide i t crest, in which Dr. \V. t.)u!;i <>f Lenoir, is claiming iaroages hi -.he sunt of $25,000 from h North Carolina Optornetric Soiety, tuts been transferred for trial rom O^wd! S uperior Court to Irehli Superior rt. the purpose of er-io'. ai beiii? have th<- trial near he center ? he .-late. The camplaim arose from the ac ior or trie Aorta (Carolina Optometric society in expelling Dr. Dula from membership on the ground? of unethical adverti. i -.g. Dr. Dula alleges in the complaint that he was cited to appear befor- he society on the charge of unethical advertising, that he failed to g ' to the meeting on account of tire trouble, and hat when he an b ed he found tha* he was expelled fvmi the ore-aiiiy-a^ion,^ he complain fur.her, that when he arose in the meeting; to make a statement of his - a- of the affair, the members refused to hear him, hissing him down. DAIRY PICNIC The annua! dairy pic me will he held on Tuesday August 18. at K. i\ Ward's Dairy Darn on Brushy Fork. This barn is on the Boone Trail High way five mile- west of Boone and is therefore centrally located and easy to reach. The ham is large and well ventilated, sanitar?. and equipped eCSth drinking i ups. milking machine and Other modern dairy equipment. The program will start at 11 o'clock. dinner at one, games from two until three, and ..fur that the baseball ganu . Milking will start at and everyone will have an opportunity '<- e '- how eas- y and quickly a milking machine can handle 2 b cows. The .speakers to appear on the program vi;! appear in *n?-xt week's issue c.f The Watauga Ufemocrzt. This is the fourth of the annual riairy picnics heid in Watauga County, the first one being heid at Silverstone, the second at Beaver Dams and the third at Cove Creek School House. Thest tfcre : have been attended by large crowds and have been pleasant and instructive. Since there such a growing sentiment in favor of dairying in the county at this time it is expected that this will be the best meeting yet. JOHN K. STEELE H L. WILSON Hear I). W. Sims at the State's greatest Sunday School ShulH> Mills August 9th Bring a full basket and enjoy the day with your friends. MORRISON TO USE ANOTHER BOTTLE DEFICIT MEDICINE (Charlotte Observer) I have another bottle of medicine for the deficit crowd which will dispose of the other third in a way to make the progressive happy and I will administer it soon." said former Governor Morrison last night in commenting on the statement of State Auditor Durham which he says dis r * *1 - - : ? *1. . ~n : v?i iwt) in nit* nuv^ni tlcfu'it of 2.1,000. Mr. Morrison's statement was contained in a telegram to the 'Observer in response to a request from this paper for whatever comment he desired to make on the Durham statement. The telegram sent from lvlowing Rock where the-ex governor spent the week end. follows: "Received Anditcr Durham's state ment late this afternoon. Will not make statement tonight further than to say it completely disposes of twothirds of the horrible Morrison administration deficit, arid I have another bottle of medicine for the deficit crowd that will dispose of the ether third in a way to make the progressives happy. I will administer it soon. "CAMERON MORRISON." NORMAL STUDENTS TO JOHNSON CITY AGAIN ON MONDAY An excursion from Boone to Johnson City will be conducted by the E. T. and Western North Carolina Ry. on next Monday July 10. The train / , leaves Boone at 7:80 a. m. and 'will return about 8 p. m. The fare for the round trip is only $1.50. A gTeat many of the teachers from the Normal will go. and any others in : he community may do so if they gare j to take advantage of the low rate. Do r.ot forget the big Sunday i School Association at Shuils Mills j Saturday and Sunday August 8-9. v *"v
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