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"VOLUME XXXVII. NO. lh.
NORMAL SCHOOL
VISITED BY MAN
&eKionstration School Said to Be Oi
of the Finest in South; Students
Like Mountains
Quite a number of friends ai
so-vie strangers have been receJ
/welcome visitors at the Nbrmal du
inu: the past few days. Hon. .1.
Spamhour of Morganton and .trie;
Xi- t-nd of education, and especially ii
te rested in the Normal here in
speech nt chapel exercises said th;
he hardly hoped to see the Norm,
develop as it has, and that now 1
hopes Co see it a first-class coll?{
veiy soon. Mr. Adolphus Taylor ?
~W51k.es, a former trustee of the No
rial, compared to conditions here i
* -wbat they were fifty years ago. 1
the advantage of those present. M
John C. Boyd, a banker of Charlott
plead for a closer relation beUvvec
schools and business. Dr. Roy !
Thomas, who has been a teacher <
} science at Winthrop College, Ro<
H?31. S. C., and head of the chemic;
department, expressed himself :
sr. rrised at the size and equipmci
of the Normal, and in his excellei
speech at chapel said he was greati
pleased with what he saw. Prof. V
s. Tatum, a former graduate and
graduate of the University of On
gor?. was greatly pleased at t.l
growth of his Alma Mater.
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president c
the normal, and Prof. Chapelt Wi
sou, director of the demonstratio
school, attended the recent Confe
e:;ee of Elementary Education i
Chapel Hill, in which conference
was brought out that the Norm;
3cere has this season enrolled not onl
the largest number of elemental
teachers of any summer school i
Phi State, but the largest, number i
elomentary teachers ever assemble
the State at any time, the nun
her hero being 916. Mrs. Snyde
v. > ha- beefs at the Normal f<.
several days, rclpresenting the B. I
Jo-rson PuhHsning: Company an
who made a very fine talk at chape
k; .. talk at faculty meeting' reporte
ih.-i many were sayir.g to her thi
the Normal here had not only tl;
b?M suminer school in the State ft
elementary teachers but* also the be!
demonstration school. Now if thei
r any who do not approve of th
Statement let them not "blame tl
writer nor the Normal, hut t'hose \vh
sh;> this, and if this does not eoi
vir.'ce them let them come and see ft
themselves.
The following facts may be of ii
te ?>l tthe many friends of tl
Ni'iiml. Of the twenly-eighl men
be "of the Normal faculty prope
tb*, ?c are five 15. S. graduates, twei
ty A. B's, <en have A M.? one hi
S. T. lb and one Lit. 0. In it
student body in the first summ<
sen<;(?1 these are sixty-eight count'u
in Ninth Carolina represented an
eighteen in other states, making
counties in all. Of the student bo<]
of 'did enrolled. S2S are recent hip
school graduates taking the fir:
summer school unit of work.
The students of the Normal; wit
quite a number of friends of t!
town were splendidly entertained c
Saturday night by Mrs. Bertha On
i J I - I- ?' ?
uurii, a noren soioisc oi :\ew 101
Ohv. who has quite a reputation 1
the various States as a fine sopram
and Miss Ruth Rankin, of Boon
who is one of the most tpder.tt
pianists in this section of the com
try. and ail who hear her are in
pressed with this fact as it is ivi
only the great skill that she di
plays in her performance but ti
soul that is manifest which thril
the audience.
RECITAL HAS APPRECIATIVE
AUDIENCE SATURDAY NIGH
\ s
One of the most enjoyable ente
taimrrents ever afforded the residen
of Boone was a recital given at tl
school auditorium Saturday nigk
July It. The musical was given I
4 Mrs. Bertha Orndorff, soprano, <
New York, and Miss Ruth Ranki
pianist, under the auspices of tl
Friday Afternoon Club.
Mrs. Orndorff has a light dr
matic soprano of splendid range ai
a fine resonant quality. She re
dered a varied program which ga
an opportunity to display her abili
to handle both light and heavier nui
hers in an artistic manner.
Miss Rankin's numbers were grei
ly enjoyed and made especially i
terestfng by her description of ea
piece. She also proved herself ,
.accomplished accompanist.
Both artists responded generous
to the enchores.
Thomas J. Harkins of Ashevil
Assistant United States Attorney, s
nouneed recently that* he had i
signed his post with the goyernmeni
One hundred whiskey stills, weig
ing altogether a little more than o
T ton were seized by raiders in a
ahout raleigh during a six-monl
period.
Wata
An Independent Fami
BOONE
BIG STEAM DISTILLERY
CAPTURED NEAR CITY
Y
' On last Thursday night Deputy
| Sheriff Perry, witinPoliceman Gross.
I John K. Brown and possibly others.
I left town for the purpose of trying j
to locate a distillery that was thought ,
. to bt operating near New River.
I about five miles from Boone in the :
u* vicinity of Raven Rock. Their search !
r_ 1 was not in vain.
p ; After climbing over rough houla,
ders and through dense underbrush.
n_ j they heard voices. They got their j
a! hearings and wore soon in sight of'
at the plant. Two men were at work j
a| I at The still and as soon as the ap-;
u. | prpaching officers wore \ discovered 1
re: they "strucji out for tall timber."
John K. singled out his man, and :
r. ' soon caught him, while the other
lv j nnide good his escape. The opcr-,
j ?ici* ?. > ii?u jusi 11iiisiico a run ami ;
r. | were refilling the big copper still, i
Ci j when the officers arrived. The still,
.njaiid worm were brought to town, the
E. j liquor poured out. and the entire ;
>f; plant destroyed.
K; Lester Carroll, who says he had j
u| | nothing whatever to do with the
is outfit, was the man caught. He was j
it . placed under bond for his appear- j
it j ance at the. next form of court ^
jv This is said to he the biggest out- 1
i". i fit of its kind seized in Watauga for;
a i many years and the officers say that, !
! from appearances, it had been oper-j
lt_. I ating on that site for some time. Just j
who is at the head of this big outfit i
it-1 i< not officially known and possibly {
j never will he.
^submarine floated back
to land of the living
^ | ' Block Island, R. I., July 0.?
| Manned by a phantom crew, the l*.
! S. Submarine S-ol was floated back
*n j to the land of the living today.
)f ; Buoyed by eight pontons the sub-I
(j marine which was sunk off Block Is-'
. I land last September with a loss of
r j thirty-three lives, rose stern first to I
^ the urfaee at 2:05 p. n?. today. By
^ o'clock all of the submarine which
tj j normally rides above the water was
I ; again in view for the firaL' time
j" | since its collision with the steamer
tt 1 City of Rome.
I As the broken bridge of the under- j
lr | sea boat cleared the surface of a j
,t I choppy sea spontaneous cheers hurst
.0 from the sailors who have worked!
C I for weeks 011 one of the greatest enJe
gineering feats ever accomplished by
10 { Che navy. As soon as the submarine
j j was brought to the surface the fu
)r i neral procession of the sailors who
! died when the S-51 sank started on
j ?ts way to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
1 i 151 miles away, at a three-knot
10 ! speed.
lr' At the head of the procession were
'' Hie tugs Sagamore and Inka towing
'" the S-51. A suhmarine himg close
| oh each side of the disabled ship
Ie | pumping air into the pontoons. At :
5!;{the rear was the mine sweeper Fal!?jcoii
and the Vestal. The other ships
'*) j of the salvage fleet trailed along hei
himt the great steel coffin believed t*o
* I hold the bodies of twenty-five of the I
j victims of the disaster.
, WORTH WHILE CLUB TO
ENTERTAIN HUSBANDS
1C;
^ j The Worth While Club will enter!
taio their husbands and friends at
i| picnic lunch in the new Daniel
. j Boone Cabin Colony Friday evening
at 7 o'clock. The repast' will be
< : spread in the new cabin recently
^ erected on the property by the promoters.
The club will be addressed by Prof.
B. B. Dougheny and other speakers
on subjects of local interest. Bejs
fore the meeting the club will make
a trip of inspection over the beautiful
property which is rapidly becoming
one of the show places of this section.
T '
HORTON GATHERING
Sunday June 27th the immediate
^ family of the late J. W. Horton came
it together again at the old home on
\ Cove Creek for the annual picnic din^
j nor. However the ones in whose honn
I or the affair was gotten up?namely
^,|Mr. and Mrs. Dave Council) of Lake
/ \ Worth Florida; were delayed and fail|
ed to get there. Anyway the occasion
a" j was a good one and a bountiful reld
j past enjoyed. Those present from a
11'j distance were Mrs. Zeb Buchannan
ve I and son, Ronda, and grandson of
ty | Hickory; Mr and M?*s. A. R. Barlow
<if Lenoir and Hun ic u Puiinril! uf I
Jefferson,
it'
"u SMITH LOOKED ON AS
? NEXT PRESIDENT OF U. S.
an
New York, July 6.?Governor A1
' y Smith was acclaimed as the next
President of the United States at
an Independence Day rally in Tamle,
many Hall today.
in- He was introduced on the platform I
re- by John R. Voorhis, the "grand old
t. man" of Tammany, now in his 96th
year, who is also 'chairman of the
board of elections.
no
r.d j If apsent-m; ndpdness is a sign of
:hs | genius Jhen every boy in his "teens"
j is a genius.
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lUGA
ly Newspaper, Devoted t
. WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA
WATAUGA COUNTY 5
ARE GIVEN WARM F
OF WINSTON-SALE)
1
PLANS MADE FOR BIG
PAGEANT THIS FALL
At it. meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday evening committees
were appointed to ascertain
as near as possible the feeling !
of the people relative to the big
pageant for Boone, which was
mentioned in last week's Demo- j
crat. Here's hoping that it will go
through with a bounce and that I
every detail will be worked out
| to pertection.
RALPH BINGHAM OF BOONE
RECEIVES APPOINTMENT AS
ASSISTANT U. S. ATTORNEY
Announcement has been made of J
the appointment of Mr. Ralph j
Bingham of Boone as Assistant
District Attorney to succeed Hon. j
James Hafckins of Asheville. recent- j
ly resigned. Mr. Bingham left j
yesterday for VVilkesboro where he I
will enter upon, his official duties.
The young lawyer is being con- !
gratulated over his attainment. He i
has practiced here for only a fewmonths.
previously having been in
the service of the Federal Prohibition
Department. His thorough ,
knowledge of the whiskey situa- !
tion will doubtless be of great benefit*
to him in the prosecution of
liquor cases in Federal Courts.
Mr. Bingham is a brilliant young
man and this appointment was unquestionably
a good one.
TESTS SHOW THAT MAN IS
HIMSELF HIGH IN THE AIR1
New York. July 6.?Shy hoys and
blustery boys, poets and pugilsts
alike may make good flyers hut all
win snow men- true natures at 12,000
feet and upward. This ha-.- been
shown by researches of the school of
aviation medicine. which has just
closed at Mitchell Field t'o reopen
next September at Brooks Field in ;
Texas.
rwgh altitudes which "lift the lid" ;
of civilization off the underlying na- (
Lure of man, are studied in the
school's low pressure chamber, where
aviators are artificially carried to |
the great heights while observers
breathing fresh oxygen watch their
mental and physical reaction to the
rarer, lighter air.
The discovery that the reaction is j
often that of utter removal of inhi-1
bil'ion and revelation of the true man ;
may cause young women of fashion j
;?i the future to flu their catches to j
the ceiling of the sky before asking j
them "do you love mo?"
Breakdowns or personality have j
been observed at low pressure which
have made good officers irritable ami
even violent, and turned gloomy ami (
unsociable ones smiling and talkative,
Major F. If. Poole, commandant of
the school, said today.
SEARCH BEING MADE FOR
LARGE TIMBER WOLF
Chimney Rock. July 5.?Continued
search for the lone timber wolf that
has terrorized the upper part of \
Rutherford Counts,' for several weeks j
has not yet resulted in its capture, j
and although a large number of dogs i
and hunters have given chase nearly |
every night.
Nolan McDaniel, well-known hunter
of Bill's Creek section near Chimney
Rock, reports unusually interesting!
incidents connected with the
appearance of the wolf in this vicinity.
A farmer of that region recently
lost 47 chickens in one night. (Get-1
ting dogs and hunters together. the
chase began the following night. His
reports has it that the strange visitor
kept the hounds going in a wide circle
for more than four hours. Contrary
tro the usual custom of dogs that
have treed their quarry, however. I
they returned with wagging tails and!
a rather sheepish look as the chase;
ended. This gave rise to the supposition
that the animal must he a
female wolf with her young hidden
somewhere in that vicinity.
BOARD PASSES MEASURE
The Board of Education at its!
last meeting: passed the following:: i
It is the sense of the Board of Edu- j
cation that, the six-month schools of!
the county ought not to run fater j
I Christmas, as the records covering a
long period and in almost every school
show a great falling off in attendance
when the cold weather begins, and
further, that it is unwise to teach
six days in the week (Saturday) except
in rare instances.
One of the Western States is now
using gas for capital punishmenjL
Down in Washington gas has been
the favorite form of Capital punishment
for many years.
Demc
o the Upbuilding of Noi
ROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 8,
SCHOOL CHILDREN
'ECEPTION IN CITY
M; ENJOYABLE TRIi
Thursday morning. July 1st-. s
truck loads of Watauga public scho
graduates left for Winston-Salei
This trip had been promised tho:
completing and passing the ptibi
school course this year. About 1"
passed .
When we reached the Wilkes Cou:
tv line ivr. IV.htwI fUo* U.v.i ' ? >
-*j ..... .... kvuuu UKIV n V KlIU I I ;? (
these on board. On account' of cj
trouble wo did not reach Winsto
Salem until about 7 o'clock p. r
The General M'otbrs Company. lear;
ing* of our expected arrival, had sei
two of their genial salesmen to pil
us to Forsyth County fair groun<
in North Winston where we campi
for the night. The fair groutu
management immediately sent o>
great quantities of ice, sugar, lemon
etc.. for our comfort. At 11 p. i
we each rolled ourselves in a blank
and lay down on the grass to siee
In drcier to be sure that* they d
not oversleep many of the boys ro
and packed their beds at 2:."?0 a. m
After breakfast our caravan mov<
downtown. We had not gone far b
fore we were met by our former p
ots. Forsyth County's genial, bi
heaved school superintendent, M
Cash, accompanied by newspaper i
porters.
Under the direction, of Mr. Ca.
we drove our trucks into the ci
and parked. Here we were met I
Charles E. Ader. circulation mating
of The Winston-Salem .Journal, ai
others who took charge of our coi
patty.
Here we formed in double file at
marched through many of Winsto
Salem's beautiful streets. Fui
tendent Cash and Mr. Ader led tl
procession. They took us first to tl
o'd Moravian Cemetery where tl
Mora via 11s bury their dead accordii
to the customs of their church. _J
Children are buried together, witho
regard to family; all married men
6ne group, all married women in a
Other and likewise with the umha
fied- Each grave is marked hy
tablet about fifteen inches squa
pie which is engraved the name ai
the date. The tablet lies flat on tl
grave. Many of the tablets he
dates of the 1700's. There is nbs
,lutely no difference between t
great or small, rich or poor in I
city of the dead.
We next visited the ohl Salem C?
lege, old church and many other a
cient buildings of this old Moravi;
settlement. From here we went
the great' factories of the R. !. Re
nahls Tobacco Company. Throuj
the kimlness of Mr. Beach of o
town and Mr. Martin, editor of Tl
Journal, we were granted permits
go through these factories, which hi
been wired us before leaving Boone
The company placed at our servi
thr oe men who showed us throuj
the lactones. We were all much i
rerested in seeing the great facto
where cigarettes are made. Ever
th'ng is done by machinery frc
rolling, counting, wrapping, affixii
the government stamp, placing in c;
tons and in large boxes and scalir
It :s wonderful to >oe there huislre
of machines doing all this work mo
dexteriously than human hands rou
ever do it.
The factory turns out hundreds
thousands of these cigarettes ea
dav-?enough to make a whole tra
load.
After seeing many other sights
this city we returned to our true
where a Winston Journal phorogyap
er was waiting for a picture of t
company. In a few moments, at tl
instance of Mr. Ader, Superintendc*
Cash and others, a great quantity
brick ice cream was distributed to t
children. After this was eaten W
F. J. Lipford. president of the \Vi
ston-Salem Power Company furnish]
an abundance of ice water, and
cap the climax ordered a whole tiu
load of the biggest and finest wau
melons you ever saw?ol. fully
thousand pounds?these he order
placed in t: e different trucks whi
kept the children eating .ill the w:
home, with a number lef* over.
We r.ll came away feeling we h;
had a ::rrat t.me in Winston-Salei
everyherly e .?1 i niing, *' \V vr v= y t :
Winston- j ;i folk*- nice to us?" V
arrived r 8?.ci?v at- S o'clock. We a
sure that rl. s \\a- not only a ti
of great .e - ? - ? r ' the childn
but one ? much value.
SMITH HAGAMAN,
Cunty Superintendei
HAIR BOBBING SPREADS
Bucharest, July 6.?AH Bumarri
s< |ge women are bobbingshingling
their hair and even Que
Marie is being urged t'o follow tht
example.
She would like to do so, but t
king refuses to allow her to clip h
beautiful chestnut-brown tresses,
th eground that it would ill becoi
one who has to wear a crown. T
queen, however, has allowed her
dies in waiting and her daughters
fall in with the prevalent fashi
if they so desire. %
)CRA1
rthwest North Carolina.
1S>26
NORMAL STUDENTS HAVING
LOTS OF FUN IN MOUNTAINS
????
^ On the basis of the old adage, "A'l
i work and no play makes Jack a dul!
boy." the Appalachian State Normal
has arranged many interesting and
^ instructive recreational features for
? i the summer school folks. Each Sat*1
urday evening a delightful program
* ' | is arranged for in the auditorium.
}?. I On last Saturday evening the Boone i
'J | Colored Quartet and Dr. \V. N. John-!
ISOn delightfully entertained the students.
Mr. W. Powell Hale has been
. present this week. He has been r41
| ccivod most enthusiastically. An opn
I erettu will be given June 2(J.
n* i Excursions have been taken to
Gandiathcr Mountain. Bhiwing Rock.
Howard's Knob, etc. On Monday a
. great number of the student body,
^ and teacher went to Johnson City,
' Tenn., over the scenic line of the!
^ E. T. and W. N. C. Railway.
It will no dubt be of interest t'o i
l>" the people throughout the State to
41* know '.hat the Appalachian State
e Normal has set up t'he following funcV,
tions as its goal of endeavor:
ld 1. To knotv tb:.t chUdr.w. .... ?!i
g? . ~ " ' "lv vl"
lzcns in embryo.
2. To encourage studious and investigating
habits.
.. 3. To give the sciericd of teachK
inK-'
^ 1. To give the art of teaching.
5. To develop a judgment as to
dress, where and wit'n whom to be.
^ (?. To develop a jmigmen; a?
what to sav, where, and to whom
^ t? -ay it. "
7. To recognize the tax payer as
. a potent factor in our educational
id .
system.
n | S. To teach economy and habits
| of industry and thrift.
ft. To impress the importance oi
!,~j health habits.
, 10. To inspire one with willingness
be 11?
, 1 11. To train for tactfuluess and
adaptability.
i i2- To emphasize the importance
1 ! of team work and full co-optation
with local, count'v, and State authorn?
j It ICS.
Id. To emphasize the idea that
character and service are the high
ideals of life.
^ 11. To lead people t?> see that it
^ is what we are, not what we teach,
^ that count's.
DEEP GAP NEWS NOTES
.u i The land sale here on the 5th
lk'! i.K)?.nr 1 n.,,... n i
^ success, if it had not* been for local
' thunder showers which hit t'to section
hard. Alter several hours the
^ sale was resumed and about $2,000
worth of property was sold. This part
\ that was sold was only -? beginning:
of lot's I lueprinted and laid but 10V
Z = ??
^ Some < ' the people will build
j homes in re on the lots purchased at
Jan eur.y date. *>e.p Clap will grow
j is the slogan. So lets march on with
cf high ba mors.
Mr. J. F. Welch deputy sheriff
n' here, land a car with tjfleoii gallons
I ^ of whiskey recently. The car had
- been over in the "State of Wilkes"
,m I and was loaded' up with the "fire
,l? what" when Mr. Welch, through a
II | con federate, got his hum tier and was
'Y' ; on the lookout for the vendor when
! he came through. Mr. Welch gave
j^'jhmi a merry chase in another car
i and eaiight up with the car when
the driver of the fire wagon leaped
| from the car which was still runL'h
; ning, striking against the barbed wire
''M fence with much force. The whiskey
man got away, hut he lost his
:.. I j M " *
in ??nioivc>- mra car. ;ur. weien is on
ks the job and if you boys do not want
h- to grot caught you had better stay
he within the limits of the hone dryhe
law.
iit Mr. Charles H. Cowles of "Wilkesof
boro was at the land sale held here,
he He says that he will soon put his
Lr. estate of over eighteen hundred acres
n- of land for sale in sub-divided farm
eu tracts. He thinks this land should
to bring about $40 per acre. This land
ck lies from Hopkins and northwest
sr- toward the Bowie section. If is vira
gin laud that should be put into
ed cultivation. Farmers now will have
ch a chance to own land of their own.
ay I There are lots of people who do not
own land who will jump, at this ofK.1
| fer11.,
r.> KIWANIS ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC
HELD IN NORTH WILKESBORO
re - ^
j. The Kiwanie Orthopaedic Clinic for
cp the examination and treatment of
crippler., held in the Commercial
Club rooms at North Wilkesboro each
it. month, will hold Its next" meeting: on
Saturday, July 10.
This notice is given in order that
the cripples in this community may
an attend this clinic,
or
e.n Should an executive carry his
'n stenographer on business trips, asks
a business men's magazine. Not* il
she weighs more than one hundred
ier and twenty pounds,
on
A Chicago citizen has applied tc
hc the municipality for a job as nighl
watchman. He says he has to wall
to all night with the baby anyhow; s<
on he might as well have pay and <
regular route.
II FIVE
CENTS A COPY
TODD HAS FATAL
SHOOTING AFFAIR
Ntfal Wagner Killed Following Argument
With Joe Stnn&berry;
Both Good Citizens
On Ia>t Thursday afternoon the
! little town of Todd, on the Asfce1
Walaujsu line, was startled by ah unfortunate
hooting affray, as a n
-illlt of ivhTrfh .???? df
<>J un* i/ai?(vi|>ailo
is deau and the otiier is in the
WVlkeshpro jail. The ro^". as we
get it is thai there v.as some misun
I derstanding between Mr. Need Wagner
and Joe Stansberry. both re.-j.
dents of the village. On tin- fatal
afternoon Wagner went t?> the Stuns
berry mill in an attempt to get the
, matter adjusted A dispute arose
followed by blows, ending in Starrs berry
drawing a gun and firing three
! balls into the body of Wagner. A
; local physician was called in and
| found that one ball had entered the
i shoulder and the back and one the
I abdomen". His condition being serious,
I he w;i' taken to the hospital in Nort h
! Wilkesboro where he died the followi
ing day.
1 So< n after the tragedy. Stansberry
| was arrested but released on bond,
; but v hen Wagner died he was taken
to Wi!kesborp jail.
T! tragedy is to be deplored as
' both of the participant's were con j
sidei ed good citizens. Their ages
i werf cihout the same. -Jo years. Both
havi families.
MRS. .!. C 5HULL DIES AT
SHULLS MILES HOME
iV rs. Jam:-.- Shull of Shulls
A!Ills, 7 1 years of age, died on Wed
ne.Mtay. June MO, at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. C. II. Ritz, at Eliza
i betl ton, Tenn., paralysis being the
1 cause of her almost sudden death.
i * rs. miuii was Dorn and reared in
; Watauga. a daughter of the last Mr.
IJacl Mast of Sugar X5rove, and h?*r
euti v life has been spent' Here. She
j was a lovable character and was held
in h gb, esteem in her community, as
! well as by all who knew her thrnairh;
out the county. She is suvived by
| three children. Mr>. C. H. Hit?, of
| Elizabethtou. Tenn.. Mrs. <\ W.
; Clarke of Cleveland, O.. and Mr.
i Hoby Shu 11 of Shul! Mills.
Funeral and burial took place near
the old horn#; aV Shulls \I ill.-, I V*v.
j S. E. f Jragg conducting the services.
OLD NEGRO LEADING THE LIFE
OF A SAVAGE IS DISCOVERED
Raleigh, July 7.?Cutting their way
: through scrub growth ami trees, welfare
workers a few days ago pen-*
trated an unfrequented neck of the
woods almost within a stone's throw
of State College and found a man
whom they claim has been living in
| a state of savagery for the pa>! two
years
A box of a structure, slightly larg!
or than a great dilapidated crate,
1 lacking flooring, minus any suggestion
of windows other than rotted
| openings through which" rain and sleet
had beaten, and leaning as though
; at any moment it might collapse,
j marked his home. Beneath the brush
mty teet away and on lower ground,
i a muddy stream of water wormed
its way through the dense oyerj
growth.
The man himself, an old negro,
; as grizzled and brawny in his black
i ness as a savage, and practically helpless,
stretched himself on prickly
boughs under the brush, his head sup
ported by a small cut of ancient
: log.
Lieutenant Lawrence A. Oxley,
( negro leader under the State Board
j of Public Welfare, removed the old
' man to a local hospital, where he will
be treated for a complication of diseases
and the infirmities of old age.
Attention of the lieutenant to the
case was brought by a negro man
j living in a mile of the woodland,
j who on rare occasions had seen the
old man. He reported that the old
negro had lived there, he thought, for
about two years, although he had seldom
seen him The old mar., he said,
j secluded himself and only occasionally
at night crept from his wilderness
home toward civilization for food
which people in that vicinity would
leave out for him.
Although the old man did not remember
his name, it is thought to
he Sid no v .Toffi'ioc Mo , ru-ioo
be about eighty years of age.
FRENCH POSTPONE DOTY TRIAL
Beirut, Syria, July 7.-?The trial
of Bennett J. Doty of Memphis, Tenn.
imprisoned here for desertion from
the Foreign Legion, has been postponed
indefinitely. The date of the
trial had been fixed originally for
July 7th. It is announced in au?
thoritatlve circles that Doty's case is
I less grave than at first believed. A
new version of his story has been
given out, that he was taken prisoner
> by the Druse tribesmen while absent
L without leave.
) Onion is a new color for dress
i goods. It is said to be a very strong
fabric.