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VOLUME XXXVII. NO. 30 DIRECTORS OF NORMAL MEE1 Met at the School Last Wcdnesda; Went Over Plant; Talk By Governor Ncwland me quaret'rly meeting of th? board of directors of the Appalachiai State Normal school was hold las Wednesday. The board attended th? chapel exercises in a body, for th? first time in the history of t'he school President Dougherty intrduced mem bers of the Aboard individually to th< Ht.d5er.co and some remarks wen made by some of them. The meeting was held in the parlor of t'he new dormitory, those present being: T. H Coffey, of Blowing Rock; .1. M. Barn hardi. Lenoir; W. C. Newland. Le noir: G. H. Gaither. Hickory, aiui Miss Celeste Henkel, Statesville. The board went over the <sntir* plant and were much impressed will: what they saw. They all expressed the opinion that if the institution is 1 to meet the needs of t'he state in its work it must have much larger increase in appropriations. The mem bers of the board had dinner at the central dining hall. Governor Newland made' a speech in which he said that all the things he prophesied in 1008, at' the first commencement speech, had come true except the mountains on the campus and be says these will yet come. It wil] be remembered that Mr. Newland introduced the charter bill of This institution and engineered it through the house and senate. He hail never been on the board of trustees until appointed by Governor Morrison. * Mr. Bernhardt, chairman of the executive committee and member of the hoard of trustees since 190.:. has been most efficient and deeply int'eiested in the institution. The older members of the board gave a hearty welcome to Mr. Gaither, a new member of the board. Col. T. H. Coffev, president of the board, presided. Miss Celeste Henkel was appointed :r place of her uncle, the late C. V. Hvidcel, of Statesville, and is the first lady appointed on the board. She the county superintendent of ifdhools in Irede'l. Mr. F. C. Sande.uh'. of Charlotte, who had been . named a member of the board died be for* attending a mooting. Recent Visitor* Kvv. Mr. Smith, of Concordia Colleg' . was a recent visitor at chapel ex ere -es. On the 5th. Dr. and Mrs. Pa< ersity, who ar? -i'? ndinir some time ii? the mmm tairm. entertained the students and facr with music on the violin and flut? and several solos by Mrs. PattersovDr. Boyd, dean of MiUigan College. was arc sent on the same day. made a short talk. Mr. Riley Scoti. a pdet from Kentucky, has been av .the .Normal for some days. Rev. Jeffcoat conducted devotional sew at chapel on the fifth. Prof. Warlick, superintendent of the school at Randleman, was a recent visitor to the school. On the 6th Prof. Edgar Story, superintendent of the "Wilkesboro school and a former graduate of the high school department made a short talk. JURORS NAMED FOR FALI. TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT Th. following iist of jurors have been drawn for the fall term of Watauga superior court, which con venes on September 6th for the trial of both criminal and civil cases. Judge Henry P. Lane, of Reidsville. will preside: First Week Brown. Arlie; Carroll, C. C.: Coffey. J. F.; Coffey, J. W.; Clement, K. M.j Edminst'en Ira ; Eggers, L. E.; Farthing, C. C.; Fox, Roe; Greene, Alex. Gross B. H.; Hamilton, Walter; Haves. Grady; Hodges, J. P.; Hodges, I. G. Hodges. H. C.; Hollifield. H. C.; Jones H. S.; Lewis. .1. W.; Miller, G. B.; Phillips. Joe C.; Parker. A. T.; Reece. Spencer. South, S. S.; Shull, P. P.: Tester. L. D.; Thomas. R. A.; ** Town-end, Cicero; Taylor, C. D.; Wilson, John; Williams, Canrf?Ton; Weaver, T. A.: Winkler, Walter; Wheeler, T. M.; Ward, M. P.; Winebarger, Hosea. Second Week Ward. -J. C.; Anderson. W. R.; McNeil, Joe; Danner, J. C.; Moody. A. B.; Hodges, E. P.; Triplett, Spencer; Trivett. D. J..; M ody. L. E.; Greene, R. C.! Winebarger, Caleb; Trivett, W. F.; Greene. L. A.; Watson. T. S.; Michael. J. W.: Ahlridge. J. A.; Tayir.? M r DEATH OF MR. CORPENING Mr. Newton Corpening. of Mis souri, dropped dead July 19. His health had not been good for months but he was a very active man for his age. He was well known in North Carolina. He owned the Watauga Hotel, the first hotel ever built at Blowing Rock. He was twice married. first to a Miss Moore of Globe, who died early in life." His second I wife was Miss Gal lie Winkler, o f Bourne. She and one son survive him. ?Lenoir News-Topic. wat a An Independent Fami BOONE ?j Mexico's Church Strife . 'i ! MhBR j f^WK:A?T CR l^1 r ? ?*? Upper, President Calies of MexI ico and "lower, Archbishop Del Rio, leaders opposed in Mexico's war of State against Catholic Church. FRANCE IS NOT FOR SALE, SAYS CLEMENCEAU Promises of Payment of War Debt ! Impossible He Tells President Paris, Aug. 8.?"Old Father Victory" again has come to the defense of France in her hour of trouble. Georges Ciemenceau. war-time premier, appealed to President Coolidge, in an open letter published today, not. to treat settlement of war debts as a | I purely commercial matter. The pro| posed Berenger-Mellon debt agree- j 111 ire -ao*!icu IU uc iiujjuHMUii; uL fulfillment and to threaten the independence of France. The spirited appeal of "The Tiger," 1 who will be 85 years old next month, came with dramatic unexpectedness ' at a moment when the French government is hesitating before taking a definite position on the ratification of the proposed agreement. Midday editions of the afternoon papers gave Che letter prominent display. Tiie Franco-American negotiations j leading to promise of payment, for- 1 m< i Premier Clemencenii declared, ] are impossible of fulfillment because 1 thy would result in a loan "with solid ' security in the shape of our territor1 ial possessions as was the case for 1 Turkey." He warned President Cool- ' :dge that France never will accept f I such a thing. 1 I "France is not. for sale?even to | her friends," he said. "Independent ! she canie to us, independent we shall leave her." President's Reply c j Plymouth. Vt., Aug. 8.?The posi- I ' tion of President Coolidge is that the * negotiations relative to the war-time \ . debt owed by France to the United I States are closed. President Coolidge was informed t tonight through press uispaicnes 011 the open letter former Premier Clem- j c enceau of France has addressed to I him on the war debts and it was in- t dicated his attitude w.as thai flie s Washington government intends to conduct its relations with the French people on all questions through their d duly constituted diplomatic authorities. 5 Any further outline of the views of i the chief executive toward the Clem- a j enceau letter waas unavailable. 1: YOUNG MAN SLAYS MOTHER t Springfield, Mass., Aug. 6.?Rich- f i arq C. Bearse, a 26-year-old me chanical engineer, slew his mother by: ( tortuous mutilations early today v during a maniacal attack that left 0 him apparently a gibbering idiot sit- ^ j ting beside the mutilated body of his'"parent with whom he had lived * alone for 14 years since she was divoiced from the treasurer of Hamp- 1 dcu county. ' V The police have been unabe to * learn what started the mutilations that* brought death from shock, but * the young man muttered rambling phrases about taking out his mother's eyes because they did not look right and of rending her body to purify her ( soul. * | r Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 8.?Five men 1 were killed when their automobile * I 1. V_. .L- i 1 l ' 1 wiis. shuck uy me west nuuna v/nio | Limited on the New York Central j railroad near Williamsville early today. The ages oi' the victims ranged from 20 to 30 years. lUGA ] ly Newspaper, Devoted to WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAB ARLIE WILLIAMS F KILLED AT VILAS Frajjcdy Occurred Saturday After- Bi noon When Cor Turns Over; Was Buried Tuesday J ? Ar'ie Williams. 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, for- f> iter residents of this county, now liv-; cc injc in Detroit. Mich., died Saturday! m night about two hours after being: in-J jn iu?.?a an automoUJk' wreck atJcc Vilas. According to reports the young man seems Co have lost control of the ? ;ar in sotae way while driving at a ^ moderate speed, and in an attempt to -giit the vehicle it turned over. He. e( .vas found under the car soon after ( ;he accident occurred and at* first se t was thought he was practically un-| m njured, in fact no doctor was called. ^ When death came, however, it was found that a rib had been broken and ** ;hrust through one of his longs, and ^ ikely other internal injuries hastened C( tils death. jr Mr. Williams was buried at Cbve j Creek Tuesday afternoon. cj Deceased had just returned for a visit from Michigan to his native county and was recuperating after a ^ ather serious operation. He was said t,, to have been a fine young fellow and' his death is deplored. HOWARD F. COUNCIL LAID TO I ?J REST IN HICKORY THURSDAY J p The Church of the AscensioVi. lypis-j w copal, at Hickory, was filled to over- ^ flowing at 2 o'clock Thursday after- (. noon when the funeral rites were held for Lieutenant Howard Folk Council, ,| eldest* son of Judge W. B. Council and Mrs. Council, who lost his Ife the c pre" ious Saturday in a plane accident tj at Vineyard Haven, Mass. The body reached Hickory at mid- y night Wednesday, accompanied by ^ Lieut. Commander A. C. Davis, and c was taken to the home of his par- M ents. An honorary escort of six men, y selected from the Hickory Post of the ^ American Legion, joined the funeral ^ cortege at the station and marched s beside their former comrade as he j. was taken home. Young Council was one of the most c popular of the yob rig men in Hickory G and the pallbearers that* bore the body to and from the church Thurs- n day afternoon were all former play- j mates and boyhood friends of the n young lieutenant. a A military escort from the Hickory f post of the American Legion, in which fj young Councill was identified, march. cd in measured tread as the body was tl tiikon h\ fhf* !?I-???? > < 1 - beside that of Allan Councill, the j, youngest son of Judge and Mrs. t, Council!, whose death occurred three years ago. Rev. Sam B. Stroup, past'or of Lieut. Council! through his youth and early manhood, conducted the serv- jf ice, speaking in the highest terms of the life and character of the deadly ieutenant. j ? Floral designs, sent* from many j 0, )arts of the country, hanked the al- t" ;ar at the church and covered the grave jqjiipletc-ly after the final servce at the cemetery. o; rHOUSANDS OF DEATHS FROM CHOLERA IN CHINA h' ~ tc Shanghai. Aug. 8. ? With weird eremoniais in their temples to ap- ^ tease the dragon king, the Chinese ire attempting to halt cholera which , ^ s daily causing more than 1,000 g; leaths in the native sections of oj Shanghai and in the Pootung dis- j ?v rict, across the Wangpoo river. ; jJ Foreigners, living in concession listricts of Shanghai as modern as European or American cities* have i een almost immune flom * the! *)( fcoui-ge only two of t'heir number m iftving died. j The Chinese are praying: to the | ragon king to send rain to relieve the I ni( Irought and the fierce heat that is |VJ I vying streams and parching riye'j.. ields. Their officials admit their in- ] ^ bility to cope with the disease, al-jSp hough they establishing: many J ^ lospitals and otherwise endeavoring I .)C. o relieve the sufferers of the highly j j." atal epidemic. Thousands of natives crowded the Chinese hospitals whoso facilities are ur itterjy inadequate. Only a few cases m. an be treated thousands dying: in ce iovels without medical attention. a Only narrow streets separate the ai] oreign concessions with their 20r- Cj1 00 foreigners. of whom more than 0,000 are Japanese, from the dense-j th y crowded antiquated Chinese quar- j t<> er. fb j by >AR1NG DAYLIGHT RAID AT , * NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE *? : " ~ ail Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 10.?Two t.;( taring daylight* raids' on branch lr >anks by a band of seven bandits pL jetted them $6,178, resulted in the leath of George Parker, 19." book- j.j :eeper, and serious wounding of eN "rank Gabler, fruit dealer. After rfj heir two successiui roooenes tne >andr> headed their automobile for he heart of the ci'y and tonight po- eI, :.-e were without a trace of their f no em. ts. w. wi mi - y Demo the Upbuilding of North' MOLINA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 12. REORGANIZATION f CO. GOVERNMENT L usinesn Managers for Count 0 vre Among Reforms Suggests ^ Commission ' ? Mo reread City, Aug. 10 ^ ie v Hiring of county governr , . under - ..v*'- m?cj na ve ueen u icd and found effective, the report' tiints out. The fiscal management and unity k ? the. official family has fallen lort in most counties, declared the >mmission, .because the officials ive little or no conception of the w >tal value of service to be rendered st id duplication of effort and a dis- si *opprtionai.c distribute n . : vca.ie. oreover, "there is a diffusion of autority, lack of conceited programs h 1* county endeavor and curtailment f< liuthcriti itf?d d'gr.ily^vhich right- ni illy belongs to the commissioners." ir ikewise, under these circumstances h< is impossible for the commission- pi s to control the budget of receipts sc id expenditures, and .delegations of ople are served as they appear di onlhly and found as appropriated as v; Ct When there is no unity of manage- pi ent in many cases, declares the com- m ission, which has investigated sysms in the majority of counties in e state, counties frequently spend ecial tax funds for general purposes id general funds for special tax pur- J. es while some counties do not even fc low how niuch it cost's to operate th eir government. It. The commission recommends that in lity in the official family in fiscal anagement may be maintained by nc ntering administrative authority in of business manager, appoint'ed by id acting for the board He may be t airman of the board or he may be e auditor; by requiring ail boards M at expend public funds to aCc'oui.i sp the board of county commissioners en r all funds received and expended; giving the commissioners authority 01 select all administrative offices, at ch as auditors, collectors of revenue m id the like; by a careful administra>n of a county budget and a ten- hi alized arcoimrim*- r?f nil fnn/tc onU srchases. , bt The commission gave Pitt, New ; t.h an over and Buncombe counties at amples of unified fiscal manage- te ent. j fo 1 lo An application of lime has apparitly controlled com root rot in a M eld in Pitt county badly infested ith the trouble last year. , Si I impotent official famit^., ith busi;ss managers, budgct'v^- purchaser agents was recom\! ied by the >mmission on county^;. ; ernment of le State Association ""of County omniissioners here tonight. The re>rt, written by Dr. E. C. Brooks, lairman of the commission appoint'i by Governor McLean at the revest of the last convention, was pre- ' tnted the county government comittce of the association by E. P. purtll, of Rocky Mount, and will be ven the fuil convention toniorrow. The report is the outgrowth of a ieling among the commissioners that >unfy government methods should be riproved. This feeling took definite >rm at the last session of the assoation and the governor was request.3 to aid by appointing a rcpresenitive commission to st'udy the mat- . M". The report, it is said wil be the asis of legislation to be presented to, le 1027 general assembly designed i > improve county government' meth-| [is. Digging thoroughly into the whole roldem of county government the c? in mission points out in its 6,000-' ord report that the greatest reform needed in the fiscal management of unties. Progress, it declares, in ? lis respect has not kept pace with he improvement in the machinery !> br rendering service either to the 0 ounty individually or to society of he county as a whole. Saying that F be "amount of service that may be endered the citizens of any county is ependent primarily upon the resour?.f . U * 1 ?- ?--- r v?? mv- tuuiii-) ana mc ousiness f lethods and practices employed," the eport point's out that many North R larolina counties have fallen short in Q heir services because of defective J ystems of government rather than 1 ck of resources. There are seven functions that ;3 very county must safeguard if itv I perations are to be successful, de- t. tared the report. They are: (1) 1 laintaining unity in the official h amily of a county in fiscal manage- g \Lrt; (2) preserving the toxahles of county; (3) collecting the revenue ;3 airly and justiy; (1) safeguarding t ic revenue through proper account- l lg; (5) safeguarding the expendi- y ares through budget control and a 0 Mitral purchasing agent; (G) protect- c lg t'he physical property of the coiinv*, and (7) providing properly the t. dministration c?f justice. s, In rounding its report the com- p lission presents these functions of ;; ic county giving the defect's which ivariably appear where they are not r| roperly safeguarded and offers sug- jy est ions for safeguarding them. .The 0 iggestions are taken frtijm a number , f enunti^-a wtm*. Mw,,. i i. < CRAT west North Carolina. 11)26 Second Race in 1 exas 9 ^Nnl Attorney Gent ral Dan Mbwjy j above) and Governor Miriam A. 'erguson, who are to enter a second rimary on August 28, for he gov-1 mors hip of the Lone Star St'atv. , "ERGUSON AND MOODY TO HAVE SECOND* PRIMARY ! Dallas, Texas.. Aug-. i?.?The battle! or the Democratic nomination fori ;overnor of Texas is to be fought all ver again between Governor Miriam L Ferguson and Attorney General >an Moody. In the midst* of threats of court ction to disqualify Moody, the )emocratic state executive commitee today certified the names of Mrs. 'erguson and Moody Co go on the j allot for the run-off primary Au:ust 28th. The committee refused to consider] i petition read by A. L. Curtis, of jelton, Texas, who appeared as at orncy for Mrs. Ferguson, asking Chat loody be disqualified on the ground f alleged irregularities in campaign dmributions. Moody in a heated speech denounc- j d the petition as a <locument "preented for a sinister political purose" and declared i * to be "t'aise lid without foundation." The commitVeV action certifying lie names of Mrs Ferguson and j loody came af ? aa rifttiVosirl I f the duly primnVy. by a su.hr i :>mnv;;c whi?T showed .'hat Moody' iok-d 1.770 vce- of h::\ g a mn?rii\ ? v-r i\;l candidates. IAD CORSETS WITH BOTTLES OF BOOZE FOR STAYS Atinnta. Ga., Aug:. 6.?Corsets ! ifh pint bottles of corn liquor as' ays constitute the latest booze j ongg'ing wrinkle encountered by' 7y it a . - . Co Vc.ajnt go Information to this effect' has been ! rought to Atlanta by Louis H. Craw- | Yrd, United States marshal for the ' Hem district of Georgia follow- J ig his return f rom Savannah, where; j conferred with Ml O. Dunning,! rohibition co-ordinator for the: Yutheast. The unique liquor carriers were j scovered at a picnic given by Sauinah negroes, Crawford said. The >rsets. each of which contained 12 :nt_bottIes, were worn by women errvmakers at the festival. wrirrc / ?rr i/n * " Valle Crucis, Aug. 10.?The Rev. j P. Burke was away for three or I mr days last week on account of: e illness and death of his brother, , P. Burke, of Salisbury, who died Asheville. -Miss Mary Newman, of Chatra?cga, Term., is a visitor at the home ! Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shuli. C. R. rij^lips. of Chicago. -111 . - wa's j 1 recent visitor in the valley, iliss Beatrice Shull arrived on , onday from New York City, to t end a month or more with hor par- ; is, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shull. Rev. Dr. Phillips, rector of Trinity . lurch,' Columbia, S. C-. will preach i Holy Cross Church next Sunday i ornrng. Rev. and Mrs. J. Harding Hughes < ive returned to their summer home Vaalle Crucis. Mrs. Hughes has j en visiting in HendeTsonvilie for i o n-jcl t An a uttL Mis? Florence Landis, a former acher at the Valle Crucis School v Girls, is visiting Miss Susie Tavr. Rev. A. A. Racr, who was on the : efhodist circuit twenty-six years i :o, preached in Valle Crucis last mday aftefnoon. FIVE CENTS A COPY NO RAILROAD FOR LOST PROVINrF<s Interstate Commerce Comraiitsioii Rejects Proposal for Building . Bowie Line The f/iiio^ing dispatch from Raieigh jund t date of August 0, will be read with interest in this section of the state"The proposal that the state of North Carolina build a stai.e-ow ued r.ulro-.Mi r.et\\ een a point in Western Nerth Carolina and a point in Cast Tennessee, was rejected today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The proposed road is known as the "Tarn Bowie railroad," for the man who has sponsored the idea. Mr. Bowie had in mind connecting: three "lost* provinces" with the rest of the state. The proposal was to build a road along- one of three routes. Two of the routes proposed would extend from North Wilkesboro to Mountain City. Tenn., while the other would have covered a route between Doughton and Mountain City. The "Lost Prvinces" are the counties of Ashe. Watauga and Alleghany, which have for years been isolated from the remainder of the state by mountains. While the proposal was rejected, the action of the commission was without prejudice to the re-sub mission of the proposition. The commission doubted that the S10,000,000 proposed to be spent would be sufficient to construct, equip and operate such a road; and it suggested that a single route be selected. The state proposal was that the road be built from the proceeds of the sale of $10,000,000 of state bonds, the road to be constructed by the Appalachian and Western North Carolina Railroad Company, to he organized for the purpose. The dista nee from Doughton to Mountain City, Tenn., was placed at SO miles and the cost of construction was estimated at $9,4 70,000. The distance of the second route, from Wilkesboro to Mountain City, is placed at 08 miles; the cost of con struction is estimated at $7,430,000. The third route, which uses the terminals at North Wilkesboro anad vi. ? ?? ...uuiiu?ii viv.v, auu wiiuhi utkc in I more Lerritory, covers u distance of | S 1 miles'; the cost of construction of t'his route was estimated at $8,845,000. The proposal included, as an auxiliary project, the construction of 23 miles from North Wilkesboro to Taylorsville connecting: there with a branch of the Southern railway. FUNERAL OF T. F. COOFEY LAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON On last Wednesday afternoon, in the beautiful cemetery at Manning; S. C., in the presence of a vast cnoourso of friends from that city and surrounding- country. all that was mortal of our departed friend, T. Fin Coffey, was consigned to the tomb beside his four little children who preceded him to the land "beyond the river." The funeral services wore short but most impressive. Mr. Coffey was an active member of the Bap- * tist chuich, always in the fore front when the church of his choice had problems to solve He was chairman h ' o d ? 4.S;U or.s at ' ;e time of his death, and had been for several years. The pallbearers and others offiei atmg m me burial were business men of the eir.y, with whom deceased was closely identified for the past quarter of a century. Fin Coffey numbered his friends in Watauga by his acquaintances, arid it seemed that he could have claimed the same in the Palmetto State. His praises as a good citizen, loving husband, indulgent father and, above ail, a high-toned Christian gentleman, were sounded from the lips of those with whom you got in conversation. Truly a good man has gone to his reward. Those attending the funeral from Boone returned Thursday afternoon :?t *5:30 o'clock. WANTS STATE TO TAKE OVER ANOTHER HIGHWAY Jefferson, Aug. 10.?A large number of citizens of Ashe county, accompanied by a delegation from Johnson county. Tennessee, went to Roaring Cap Saturday afternoon, where they met Highway Commissioner A. S. Hanes, of the seventh district, to present to him a request that, the county highway from Jefferson to the Ten SeSSee- nne near trade oe taken over tor maintenance by the state highway commission. Commissioner Hanes took the position that the full limit allowance of 5,200 miles has already been assumed by the commission, following the map made by the general assembly. In his opinion, however, the next legislature will increa e the mileage on the map to 8,000 miles. And he assured the delegation that if this were done, he would recommend that this road be placed on ths map and taken over for maintenance.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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