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VOLUME XXXVI
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By Arthur 3rtsb:uto
NO MORE. OBEY
NO. TO ATHEISM
RUSSIA THINKING
BEAR TOOTH NECKLACE
* ~ 'Protectant Epi.^conal ' hurch
H:n <>t Bishops definitely removed
"o'tty" from the marriage ceremony.
Ma married folks have already removed
it from the routine of daily
lift, vommon sense telling them that
if marriage is not an equal partner
shir. ,f isn't much.
The old idea about women dying
out not too soon. British husba?
i-" are no longer allowed by the
law beat their wives with a stick
"no thicker than the thumb." The
Fro h unwritten law gave fathers
aul ity over their children, according
to Westermarck, on the theory
that the child was the property of
thf mother, and the mother was the
property of the father.
1 ;*? Moors, according to the same
\Y .rmarck. (see "Origin and Dcvel
stent of Moral Ideas") believed
that old men became paints and old
wor' witches.
L each of promise cases prove that
O'd -.en become foolish and old wont*
*ave t?? be very patient.
> \'iw York City a group of foolish
:ng men seek to charter a cor-1
por; n neourage atheism, and!
"de- soy the power of church and'
clergy."
C 'to a programme, but the .idBfce
Wo: let it go through.
'ssi-a, the oth/*r h?M-V4 a
del i :.tiop >f orthodox priests and
hi- begged the Government "for!
an *. uat civil sflUu* with citizens of
th? State j
T miosis asked the light to pub.
lish .-iigious lite nature and Imve for j
tin.' children i nrif-st < ?-.f iK. <- .
Chi: h marry* th?* samo education a>
is c i '? ' n children of the peasant.-.
i he Russian Govcm merit said
NO.
Rv--ia?i women also how inteiligen<v
fightir.gr an attempt to reduce
the rriage age t'ot girls below sixtee:
teclariug that a girl ot sixteen
is - , * a baby." She is nioiv than
thai at ;t is foolish to let her marry
inger than sixteen, The right
law v ?.uId be no marriage under twen
*yThf
mother gives to the child health
strv grh p us moral character and
many oi.hei good qualities. She should
wail uiili! strength and health arc
fully developed.
A man contributes to the child's
character and intelligence, if he has
any. He should wait until both are
luiiy developed, say until thirty amorp
the mentally poorer sort; fifty
^ ?a.- Plato suggested?among the real
int* igent.
A Kyzies, in France, has been
fotird. made of teeth from the cave
bea.. a necklace 25,000 years old.
Passion for adornment is as strong,
as it ever was. Twenty-five thousand!
H year- ago cave women pulled teeth
from a dead bear to hang something
shiny around their necks. Now pearl
divers go "all naked to the hungry
sharks" to bring up more expensive
necklaces.
An estimable lady just dead in(
New York State leaves a collection'
of jewelry worth literally millions of
dollars. It couldn't make her look a
day younger or any more beautiful.
Pn? b. HMtVi ?Vw. lo/It. u'kn mvnu/I t K t.
cave bear teeth necklace, the "urge" i
was there.
Scientists investigating the alleged
transmutation of mercury into gold
hy a German chemist say the thing
has not yet been done.
Gold basis of currency will not be
threatened until some genius finds a
way to extract gold from the waters
of the ocean as they roll through the
English Channel, or out of the bay
of Fundy.
Every ton of sea water contains
fifty milligrams of gold. Not much
^ for a ton, but a good deal if you could
!1.5U Per Year BOONE,
NEWS FROM THE'
NORMAL SCHOOL
bencrsl News It?m* Gath%"-red from
The School and the Town at Larpe
Our Regular Correspondent
tn a recent basket ball game between
the young icam of the Normal
and the Mountain City team the former
won by a store of 27 to 7.
Rev. James p. Burke, orinicpal of
the Vaile Crucis School and Rev. J.
H. Griffith of Ashcville, Archdeacon
of the Episcopal Church of Western
North Carolina, came to visit the
Normal on Monday, then on Thursday
Dr. Griffith was at the chapel exercises.
conducted devotional service
and made an impressive talk to the
tudents. The Nurmai is glad to have
these good men and the\ will be welcome
at any time.
Mr. James Moore sansr several so-_
Jos at chapel on Tuesday to the very
great pleasure of those present.
A snow came to this section on
tike 30th and though rather a light
one it indicated that winter i* near.
The weather ha* been cool and Cloudy
tor all the days since with considerable
rain.
Oil Tuesday Prof. J. M. (fownurtt
of the State Normal, was called to
Hanner Elk to assist in the burial
services foi Mrs. Pattie Wetmore who
died in the hospital at Banner Klk
on the night before. Shi had been
an invalid for about five years. Mrs.
Wetmore, known among her friendas
"Aunt Puttie" was the widow of
Rev. George Wetmore, an Episcopal
minister who died a number of years
<go. Many of th older people of this
county knew as he had preached in
Boom for some Mine. Mrs. Wetmore;
was a ' Banner, the daughter of ore!
of the first settlers of Banner Klk
And though the wife of an Episcopal j
minister she was a life long M -th-j
odist, devoted to her church and loved
her ministers even down *<> her
hist invalid year-- of nearly s:;. \>! I
-Hy that she was ?mong the b< s?. of
women.
The past Sunday was Parent-' :it
the Methodist Church, the week he
fore beutg ( hildi we. k and - ? :
01? Sunday the Primary I)? i.artmcii:
Ravi' some inter-sting cc-i'Mse- and
thin President Dougherty made ::
-nlendid informing and ha!pf'u! ad
dress, j i-t such a- he i accustomed
to d?>;ng. He sra\? a bncf sketch his
tory the Methodist church for
forr; years up to the prvson: time,
ar.d aoted the development. and then
spol. a most ncouraginpr way for
the wo'ik of th" present and the full
aie.
A- tiic preaching hour rhe Pastor.
R:v. \Voosiey, ya\e a rep or-. of the
work of the church f??r the past year
as it was givj-n ai the recent conference.
The re pet showed that a
t*i w over forty had been added to the
Sshurch inemb. ' sh p during he past
> ear and that the church, as it Is accustomed
to doing:, paid ail claims,
in full. The church is planning .veil>
its work for another year. Th,- hui
day School during" the past year enrolled
more than 480 pupils and paid
something over $1200. The Woman;Missionary
Society paid over $000.
and progress was shown along about I
all lines.
The good Baptist people are laying'
ti,'.;. ? ? v.
?cu vum [naitd mi rtlloiiHT
work in their church. They have made
their usual every member canvass,
and of course will do the same splendid
work that tliey are accustomed to
do. A1J the churches in town are in
the finest spirit of hauminy and
when they see the work requires it
they will unite their forces and take
up the work needed.
A suit has been brought in Washington,
I). C. to clear titlr to a strip
of land one and one-half inches wide
and one hundred and twenty feet
long. It is a portion of the farm of
Davy Burns. The White House stands
on another section of the same farm.
get it all. There are on earth about
one quintilii'tn thrde hundred and
eighty quadrillion tons of sea water,
containing about sixty-nine trillion
tons of gold. Or one hundred and
| one thousand two hundred pounds
} of solid gold for each of the one
billion five hundred million men. women
and children on earth.
If t-ach of us, owned nothing save
his share of the gold that is in the
oceans, he would be worth $48,000,Ofo.
However if any man asks you
j to invest in a plan to get gold from
j the ocean, arrest him.
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WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C
JOIN HANDS IN
PARK MOVEMENT
Stales of North Carolina and Tenne
v;* Get Together in Interest o!
Smoky Mountain National Park
Asheville, N'uvcmbcr 3.-- With thi
creation by Congress of a National
Park in the Great Smoky Mountain*
of Eastern Tennesssee and Wester?
North Carolina us their object iv*
the two states primarily interested ir
the project. North Carolina and Ten
r.essee. have joined hands to makt
thi park a reality. During the pasi
week, the organizations which hav<
! been working seperately toward th<
same end have organized a joint torr
mittee. which will coordinate then
if forts. Col. D. C. Chapman of Knox
viile, a prime mover in the endeavoi
t ) save the Great Smokies from tn<
ravages of the loggers, has been na
meet Chairman of the Interstate Com
mittee. and State Senator Plato D
Kbbs of Asheville, Secretary. Th<
. immediate iroaii of the two
| * 'oris, the Great Smoky Mountaii
[Conservation Association of Tonne
-re. and the North Carolina Pari
Commission, is to obtain funds to pui
; chase at least a part of the area t<
! bh set aside as a nark. The jroal SI'
hv *be Interstate Executive Campaign
1 ommittee is one million dollars t<
! be raised ir# the two states. An in
tensive campaign for North Caro
unit's share is scheduled to begrii
late in Xovemboi. Tennessee's v.orl
wltl begin intensively 01: Deccmbei
Tth. Campaign oilier- have been op
Med in each state. A she vi lie is tht
base of operations in North Carolina
and headquarteis have heen esta'
i at tin radius of the Atbevilli
< iiamber ??f Commerce. A* KnoxviiU
where the Tennessee earn pa inn veil
be centered, offices have been opener
, in the headquarters of he KnoxviiU
j Automohiie Club.
The sponsors of thu movement tt
acquire the Park are speeding up thii
efforts to 4iave :t National Park ere
ated before th< mountain- in thi
proposed park area ore further de
noded of their forests. Th. timbei
::i(.'ii't'is. wmcn noiu me uuik oi mh
park lands, arc* rapidly encroaching
on the primeval forests of the Great
Smokies, regarded by botanists as < h<
most remarkable examples of fores
tat ion in the western hemisphere
Unless these sections are soon sci
aside for a Park, it is regarded a:
inevitable that the beauty of th?
mountains with their unexampled variety
of shrubs and trees will be do
spoiled by the invading loggers.
The area of the proposed park i
roughly a minimum of 1'>5,000 acres
The State of Tennessee through it:
State Legislature has authorized tin
purchase of SO.000 acres. It is ho pet
that funds will be raised in the com
ing interstate campaign to purchase
several hundred thousand acres mor<
and that the interest of the nalioi
can be roused to provide funds fo
the balance, or that Congress ma\
make appropriation for that purpose
The park area, as tentatively plan
nod is located within the confines o
Sevier, Monroe, Cooke and Bloun
Counties of Tennessee, and Swain
Graham and Haywood Counties ?>
North Carolina.
j The establishment of the Grea
I Smokies as National Park has the ap
j proval of Secretary of Interior, un
| uei whose direction the Nations
| Parks are administered. A Federa
; Park Commission, appointed by Sec
i rotary Work to select sites for a Xa
t tonal Park in the Southern Appala
chians, reported that of the section
! visited, the Great Smokies "easil
j stand first because of the height o
. mountains, depth of valleys, rugged
ness of area, and unexampled variet;
I variety of trees, shrubs and plants.'
Under an act of Congress, approve)
by President Coolidge Feb. 21. 192
! appointment of a commission \va
: authorized whose duties were to se
the boundaries of such portions of th
Great Smoky Mountains as were d?
I sirable for park purposes, to receiv
definite offers of land and monc\
and obtain options on park land:
An appropriation of $20,000 for th
work of the commission has been at
thorized, and approved by the Pro
ident and the Budget Bureau. Th
Commission which is at work i
mapping the boundaries of the pr<
| posed Great Smoky Mountains Par
J is headed by Representative H. M
: Temple of Pennsylvania, and is mad
up of four nationally known park e?
ports. Major V . A. NVeleh. Manage
of Palisades interstate park of Xt
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AROi-lNA. THURSDA^: NOVEMBER
DITCH ANDERSON '
' MEETSHiS DOOM
Notorious Gunman is Shot With Own
Weapon in Tilt With Michigan Officer.
Dying Officer Avenged.
Mu-m j. Mich., Nov. 2 --Th< in
I. cxorajblc hand of the law has cat the ?
la?t notch in the ^un of the notorious
i i George "Dutch** Anderson; and the >
- notch -taint? for Anderson himself.
i Anderson, gunman-pal of the "su
per criminal" Gerald Chapman, and
the man whose face stares from thou
t. sand* of "wanted" placards in post- ,
officii and jtiii? across the continent, <
? was dropped by a bullet from his own
i revolver, wresCed from him by Dci*
tective Charles Hammond.
Death ov rtook Anderson Saturr
day, hut it was not until today that
he was identified. It was not a clear
- victory for the law, because Ander- j
- son, with his l?si shot, mortally j
wounded Detective Hammond, and
pi died with the blnpd of his last vie
tim oozing dito I he dirt of an ali
J icy a few feci from f.h heai. of
j- dowtitouii Muskegon.
\ Em-.i as he inv in the moivue Sat
i . urday night with his identity un-{
>1 known he was shrouded h* a ghoulish*,
l gla inor not wasted on a thug: of les1
scr record of crime. Police for sev- |
>i eral hours believed that the dead was
- Martin Durkin, Chicago's "steel vest"
- slayer.
i Identification of Anderson was
c made positive today however, when
r it was found that the finger prints
- and bertiilon measurements of the
' dead man tallied with those of Ani
t'crson. A federal operative from To
ledo who knew Anderson personally,
was expected here tonight ;o com- ,
plete the Identification.
I A box of candy, a $20 bank note,
I that was "'queer.'* an astute store?
keeper and a straight shooting detective
placed rolfs in thy tragic
> climax of Anderson':. life. It was a
strange jest of fate that Anderson, ,
who with Chapman. made a nation
' gasp four years ago with a daring
mail truck hold up in New York and
i who has bf en sought cvfspywhere by
the crack sleuths of the secret serr
viee. should die in a smalt Michigan
: City at th hands of a small city do'
tective.
- * Anderson sealed his doom late on
Saturday afternoon when In- elite rt
ed a confectionary store and pun-has
* ?m1 a box of candy. He* tendered a $20 j
' bill in payment, received his change ,
- and sauntered out. It was the same
-y procedure hi' hail followed out in i
Flint, Lansing,Saginaw and other
Michigan cities and towns during the
last months, always escaping detees
tion.
He tried the trick once too often.
I The shopkeeper, skeptical of the bills
* | -genuineness, crossed the street to a
' bank where the shopkeeper confirmed
his suspicions. He called the po1
lice and with Detective Hammond
walked into the afternoon crowds on
Western avenue.
"There's the man," he said, point
to Anderson.
1 Hammond collared Anderson and
1 started toward the police station
* j with him. When they hail gone a
1 short distance Anderson jerked away.
pulled a revolver and began to
1 fire. The first two shot?- went wild as
" Anderson went into an alley. Ham*
mend's own weapon was in its hol1
ster, buttoned beneath his coat but
' he followed his man into the alley
* in the fact of the gun fire. As he
* grabbed Anderson the latter fired,
- the bullet penetrating the detectives:
s lungs and liver.
> Mortally wounded. Hammond
1 wrestled with Anderson and jerked
"I the weapon from Anderson's band.
y\ He fired one shot. The men fell, almost
together.
^' Patrolman George Thompson, at-1
^' tracted by the shots, ran up to them, j
"Get him, he got me," Hammond!
1 gasped, whereupon Thompson fired a
e shot into Anderson's body. It was the .
'* shot fired by Hammond however that ]
killed the gunman, the bullet strik-;
* ing near the heart.
Hammond, assisted by two officers
e 1 walked to police headquarters where |
' he turned in Anderson's revolver. He'
: was then taken to a hosnital where
fi he died two hours later. He was 42.
11' years old and the father of four
?- j children.
. York and New Jersey; Harlan P.
le.Kelsey, President of the Appalachian
Mountain Club; W. C. Gregg, of the
?r j National Parks Service, and Col. G.
S. Smith of the United States Geolo- j
' + I
5. 1925. ? U. a Cop jr
CONTRACTLET FOR
COUNTY PRISON
;
W. H Grascg Successful B-dder on
New Modern, Fireproof Jail To
He Erected Early in the Year.
On Friday last scaled hi<j~ for the"
erection and equipping of \ he new
jail for Watauga County were opened
by the Board of County Commissioner-.
There wen lour bidders on
'construction, which means all wood i
work, brick, cement, plastering, in
fact the completed building without i
equipment. The bidders were: W. H. 1
Gragg and McGhee Brothers of Boone J
Foster & Allen of Wiikesboro and 1
Edgar Allen Foe of Lenoir. There
was no very great difference in the
bidding, all ranging rattier close together
. but Mr. W U Gragg was
the winner, his bid being $18,800
The Pauly .Jail Co. of St. Louis will
furnish and put in place the series
of ceils. P. \V. Morel?, will do the
plumbing, the heating plant goes to
F. B. Ingalls of Hickory, while our
local electricians. Avers Brothers are
?lw. ?dxk<r <v..?t run I heir
tod t?n!y being fifteen cents below
that <?f electrician Don Fu "thing oC
H < ??r:?
rhv building* is to as r arly fire- ;
proof as possible. modern in every
detail and the contract rails for the
completion thereof in ? wry particular
by the fifteenth day ?>f August 1'Jilb.
Work will not begin until -pring according
to the Chairman =?f the hoard
The funds for the purpose are div
posited in the Watauga County Bank
until needed, the interest therefrom
offsetting the interest accruing on
the bonds during: the delay. The building.
as has been stated before, will
be located to the rear of the court
houst. ami will be connected with
the "iemp'e of justice" ->y a gang
way leading from the second story to
the court room.
Mr. (ring;? thinks may do ti
excavat'ng as early in tin -pring a-4
imt Vi < mfilrir: ?1 :i"i ? !?>! rut, .1
I * * - ? ? .
up ready for quick operation when
the opportune time arrives. Grngg
i.- a real builder. Since coming?
Boone, hi has, with his crew of men.
erected as many or more houj&g. a '11\"
other man and h;t> never yet fail
pd to finish and dolivei the keys an
or he fort- the date he obligated himself
to do. \V- ean expect, without
fear of di appoint mom, a first class
job, and completion oh th< i;t: *
provided f by his bond. The huVtdiajr.
ready for occupancy will cost
more tha: S- 1.000.
gical Suiw>. The interstate eommitte<
of co-ordination consists of six
member-, ihn-c from -each state. The
Tciines.-i i delegation consists of Coi
1). C. Clioumar.. Chairman of the com
nv't' . M: > B. A. Morton and Dr.
Herbert A .ff. all of Kiioxvilic. The
North (":ir?'3ina members are State
Senator .Mark Squires of benoir, the
chairman of the North Carolina Park
Commission. Suite Senator P. D. Ebs
of Ashev-I1" . Secretary of the Committee,
and Charles A. Webb, also of
AshevilP .
Ashev iNov. 1.- -From an altitude
of 12,500 feet above the earth
Lieutenant Charles L. Williams, the
United States Army Aviator and Serjeant
Sa?a Houston, his aide, have
during; the past five weeks been engaged
in ihe gigantic task of photographing
c?vr\ square foot of th?
Great Smoky Mountain National
Park. Fiisi the airplane winged it-,
way around and above th boundaries
of the park area, while Sergeant
Houstoi . an expert airplane photogranher.
took photograph after photograph
?f the edges of th? nark demain.
Then the task of reproducing
the typography of the interior of the
f: \vn north a*'j south, while each
square mile was ?ecordei on the camera
leu.- Tl nhotograph-. hundreds
of V em, are ne.ng developed at Luujflev
Field. Vj ., : i.d when the Dark
s finally covered by th? airplane
tt developed pu tuies wi ! be so cut
and fitted t g*?" her that . great t
r oyrapbic ; ictnve of sev .-.1 "indn.i
square feet ill be pr. I et c
The job of mr.king this unique
map picture that is in par' unknown
to the eye of man is not qet completed.
At h ast nine more days of
clear wcathc r will be needed. Lieutenant
Williams, has estimated, tc
complete the interior. Favorable weather
for airplane photography in th^
Great Smokies is infrequent at thi.
time of the year. Clear, cold day*
are the h?'-t tor thi* work, for dur
NUMBER i-?
BOY DiES AS
AL IO TURNS
Roo*eveh Stursrilix, HigKvray Employee
of Hodges Gap Killtd Near
VVinikon-Salesn.
Wins! on-Salem Journal.
Roosevelt .SturgiHe, about
^1 . employe of the state highway
commission and a resident *>i Boon;j
was instantly killed yesterday afternoon
about six o'clock when a car
in which he was riding with H. M.
Pbarringtan. turned over, pimung
him underneath and crushing hi.i
skuil. The ear had turned out of the
| road to aiiow a carload of r.egroeto
pass and the rear pur I of the
car driven by Pharringioa st.yutk the
rear of :? car driven by the negroes
Neither car was be ntr driven at a
rapid rate it was said.
Sturgille and Pharringtor. both re
r>iwv in ill. - i il\ illlU OH
ithc* road between YadfcinvilW and
Winston-Sidcm which is u <u\v under
' construction. They wp:-c returning
from their work and when they reached
Pact own the car wa:at
a rate of ?;peed not in excess of
. 25 miles per hour, according to Phar
i rington. An automobile in which aev-*|
oral ncg' were riding, was approaching
tn. highway from ? side
road and was* nearly on the read
when Pharringtop arrived oti tn ?
scone. PlianingMti en: to one siti
to allow the negroes to pas- but apparently
did not cut quite enough
for the .car of their uir struck the
rear of his, causing the car to swerve
Hefore he could get the roadster into
the fond ?t tui oed ove.-. causing
.Siurgilh's death ami spraining Pharrington'.
left wrist nnd bruising his
body.
rh* huiiy was brought t<? \\ in.Xon
by Vogkrs aftei they had rurhtd an
ambulance to rh?- scene o.ily to find
I that the young man had <i a <i while
i: was ii? route.
Sh riff McCr .?ry J;?ft for lb scene *
'.ho aceiactii shortly alitor the :v w;.
reached thy city to invent igate and
place the Idanu* where it should ha
nlacrd. !!< found that it was an ?na?
?idab!o accident and cxunoiaWd
Ph&i rington of all biamc.
.oca! undertaker-. Ko'-y & K'au.s
arrived in Boom- last night with th?*
remain.-* of young Sturgrilh Interment
will be from th. home near
Ho-.'gt s Cap this morning at ten o'clock
I >ei oa. d was well and favorably
known throughout this section
v-here lie has worked until recently,
when ho wa: transferred down state.
His death coin. - as a shock to his
many friends hero, who knew him
a good and honest worker, clean
i?: hi:- habits, and an all round good
feliow.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank each and every
one for the kindness shown to us
i during the sickness, death and burial
of our two dear children. Ma\ God's
tichest blessings be with you all is
our prayer.
Mr. and Mrs. S. I). Greene.
i
ing: more temperate weather clouds
! form in the pockets of the mountains
i and the absence .?l" clouds and of
; smoke is lH.-ce vvy foi the best resuits.
It is possible by means o?
intricate photogruphi* devices to pellet
rate tht* haze thv.t is so common
to the mountain area. I.ieut Williams
has found that the most favorable
time of day to obtain pictures is between
9:30 a. 111. and 1:30 p. m. central
standard time.
Both Lieut. Williams, who pilots
the plane, and Sergeant Houston the
photographer, wear parachutes strap
pod to their backs while in the air.
Ic has not yet been necessary for
them to resort to these extreme devices.
but once when flying high over
one of the sharp and heavily timbered
mountains, the fuel supply was
suddenly cut off, and the engine
stalled, .lust when the pilot was about
, lu tuv tumiuiiiiu iu itfstp, iiic enpine
started.
The low temperature? found in the
high altitudes from* which the photo:
graphs are taken requires the airmen
to wear fur lined coats. One day this
fall it became so bitterly cold that
th?* oil spattering from the engine
? spattering: from the enjoin froze on
Sergeant Houston's camera.
Lieut. Williams was assigned to the
ta^fc of mapping the boundaries of
1 the Great Smoky Mountains* National
Park. ?