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i ^ VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 36 S SEASON CLOSING 1 AT BLOWING ROCK: i . . i Tourists From Many Sections of j Country Highly Pleased With I Roads and Scenery CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOES GREAT WORK j New Water and Sewerage Systems j Be Ready By Next Season Blowing Rock. Sept. 20?The pres-| cm, awson JU5L cosing, has been quite a busy oik* for this popular place. Owing to the cool dry weather that prevailed in the late spring and sum-, nier, the tourist's were a little slow i coming to the mountains, but after the warmer weather and rains of i J July, the rush for cooler clime be-, gan. The hotels aud boarding houses, ^ all enjoyed absent the usual patron- ^ age, most' of them being filled to ca-, parity during the height of the sea- j sod The number of persons pass-; ing through this pari of the country j has In--: " greater than ever before, j ^ Frequently motor cars from many \ () dif ferer i states were seen on our j ^ streets az the same time. n i v..i a pleasure to talk to thesei ^ visitors and hear them go into rap -j tores over our good rpads and fine > .v scenery. They nearly aft without . Cacop we!" arouxed at the won-! dorfui beauty and attractiveness ofjr( our mountain region. Many of theni camped for days in the village and on _ the nearby- mountain Cops, while ofcj course most of them patronized the j ^ hotels and hoarding houses. They , (i( will al: become booster for this part[ w of the country, which will bear fruit! sl in the fattire. Chamber of Commerce Early in the season an active. , Chiimir:-, of Commerce was organized m U^i U:..U J -I..-:-- -J- ' rtv.v- - i- iu\^ uonc COIlSIUtM'UOle au- r i(j verusi:^ and work to make? this] cc region better known to other pares ; ^ of Che country. One of the most1 t;| beiK i' features of the orguniza- ! nj tion was t he bringing together in closer co-oper;. on the different ele-1 t,y menu- our own community. There I has p. vailed .-til season ?? most.'rn, hea'. -uV.l and co-operative spirit j y among i hi people, which is destined to bea the beautifying and ,v pronuuh i! of the attractiveness our community by sanitation and i cv elimimi io: oi unsightly buihiings, j {H fences, etc., and the planting of S}1 flowers arid shrubbery. I y; Water and Sewerage System ot The most' important project of our! Wl town is the installation of a system j of water wo-'-s and sewerage, which j ^ have been imperative needs for so jH many years. The work is progressing ? rapidly and will be in operation be-j co fore the beginning of next season, j An ample supply of the purest kind w, of water now seems assured. The ga town authorities bought the May view water and sewerage systems at the nc recent saie and the sale has been n( confirmed by the court and the sys- lo tem taken over by the town. In ad- jw dition another Well is being driven ,v, and already a good flow of water has' to been secured, which with the May-1 j0 view supply, is believed to be ample for fhc needs of the town for some j qj years to come. With these modern [ fj II ?vmc;n c.i acsui v;u, U11 upvilllliillC feeling pervades the community and Wl it is believed that Blowing I'tock is th entering upon a period of develop mcni that will surpass any previous c| years. In addition to ah ample OI -water supply we are soon to have a co modem lire fighting equipment, the order having been placed for a 'new ut modern engine, with a capacity of ^ throwing four hundred gallons of v, water per minute, equipped with sev-j era! thousand feet of standard fire; y< hose. These will be delivered in late j-n fail or by the first of the new year, and the icwn will have the benefit of! cc a long needed fire protect ion. The j c\ funds for the purchase of the firej cc engine been largely secured by|ci the work of public-spirited citizens, ft Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Panella starting cc the good work by giving a benefit rn dance in Robbins Hall early in the season, m which about $100 v/as p raised, baler the horse show netted n about $500 for the community chari- a ty fund, and we understand the pro- fc moters have decided to give a part of n this?$200?to the fire engine fund, fi Then a dance was given at Mayv- r? iew Manor, sponsored by Mrs. . S. t Mebane and others, which netted about $1,000 for the engine fund. s In addition to these, a number of f liberal private subscriptions have j s (Continued on Page Two) NAT A A Non-Partisan Ne BOON Contributions For Florida Storm Victims At all churches" in the city ' holding services next Sunday, a ! collection will be taken for the relief of Florida sufferers. It you do not attend services on that day call at The Democrat office on Monday and bring your i contributions. We will forward it at' once. This call should ap- 1 peal to all men and women. G ye what you can; it is needed i and needed quickly. The Democrat will be pleased to receive contributions from all sections of the county, and will acknowledge same in these i columns. j IOHNSON CITY BOOSTERS HERE ibout Fifty Bu>?ne3s Men From Tennessee Spent Short Whiic: in Boone Tuesday The Johnson City Boosters, 50 r.rong, composed of business men f thai; city, arrived on schedule afci ic Daniel Roono hotel Tuesday atteroon. As they came into the city,! v.' occupants of the oars scattered J long Main street novelties, candies: nd literature galore, boosting theirilendid city. They went, directly > the hotel where a much enjoy eel spast was served. After lunch the visitor-- weru rented by a large number -of local t '/.ens ?n the spacious lobby of the. otci. A selection of nu; ic was run- j tired by the Joliiison City band, hich drew a large crowd from the rents and business houses onto the >tcl lawn. In the absence of the 1 iayor. Mr. W. TI. Gragg, president I f the Boone Chamber of Commerce,! ;ade a brief hut most lively address j. welcome which was heartily re- j t lived by the Visitors. Prof. B. B. j oughert.y was then called and pre- j, iced his remaiks by saying. '?My j j mi:; is B. B. Dougherty, the B. B. i anding for Boone Booster." Some . teerpt- of his address follows: j "A?, a North Carolinian I give the i t'imesseeans a hearty welcome to, ort'n Carolina. TchmKee; you know, j the daughter of North Carolina, i id a most beautiful daughter she is, j \e of which the Old North State ha 1 t rcr been proud, and will continue to < } proud as long as she remains the j me beautiful daughter she now is.. , [>U are flesh of our flesh, bone of I ir bone. Oh! t'hree and four times; , elcome here and now! ! \ Had you ever thought how many I ; 'T* ? 1 ' ii:gb oonnson i_?ity?iae scconu \ sat town in the world and Boone j ? best town in the world, have in j mmon ? "IV seems to be a coincident that | v are connected by the narrow- j ] mere railroad?the best narrow- | iuge in America; you have a state' ] srmal school there; we have a state ( unial school here. You have good { ads there; we have good roads , :re. You believe in progress and j : believe in progress. You have the wn o? Boone near you; we have the ' 1 hnson City near us. We are alike in the history and traditions of d ''Daniel'' himself. You have ne looking men and women there; 1 t* have handsome men and cultured ] omen here. You have a fine spirit J ere; we have a little paradise here ; -there are r.ot. any two people in this 1 ty that are hot good friends and . i good terms. Don't you want to me and live with us? ] "We. claim the honor of at least i dping to build your fine city. We ; ? there to buy and to sell. We feed i >u while you manufacture. li we ould olive all our cattle through 1 >ur town, we could pur a rniik cow every back lot, and hitch a fine, eer at the front ?ate for beef. "We I .uld serve you ten fine turkeys fori try home next Thanksgiving, and! >ukl send you enough cabbage to j hekens and eggs ail multiplied. We |' icd the city for months, and we; >uld give you enohgrh apples to : take "apple sauec' for two years. j "I hope your stay here will be leasant throughout?that your jourey elsewhere will likewise be pleasnt?that you will get back to your eautiful city in health and happiess. We wish for you and your rier.ds success and pleasure to the nd of life. A hearty welcome will wait you when you come again. *"Tt you don't come before, be! ure to be here at the judgment day. J or all the souls of the earth will; tart from here to the New Jerusa- j (Continued on Page Four) J lUGA rwspaper, Devoted to the E. WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH t HAT NOT IN RING SAYS MORRISON Former Governor Says He is Not Yet a Candidate for Senate In 1932 Former Governor Cameron Morrison stntcu in Charlotte last we'ft^ that he expeefed to be a candidate for the senate in 19-32, hut he was not now a candidate. ''I do hope to be a candidate fcr the ienatc ?.n lb..2. hut v. formal antnvintemeni that I am a candljjnte is a very different matter/; tie said. /If I ever run I will certainly not run on a platform which could be written into Jaw at* Raleigh and not at Wash i net on. "Many things can happen in sfai years to change present expectations. " 'I expect to run' and *1 ant running* are very different statements. 1 have not made the latter statement.*' A nnounccricrr. has been made that Mr. Morrison would he a euuS^atel i or The ^enat'e. A piagfiirm of is&tel progress and dev'Io'pm.?nt was, mentioned. "I hope ail this Platform will be enacted into lav long- before six years from now. but of course it will have to be done at Haleigh and not it Washington," he said; '"The United Stares senate would have nothing to do with this platform. Ip outlining the program he bciieved essential to the development and future pn ; n/wity of North Oaro1 ua Mr Morrison mentioned eight Sjs'M'tive ran his. These he is urging in talks throughout the state and spoke of at the road celebration at Franklin. They were: 1. That the state should do a generous pari? in the establishment ?:' the Smoky Mountain National Park. 2. Additional bond issue of $10,000,000 to complete the state's iiie hv. ay System. ;1. Inland navigable waterways of the eastern pa t of the state should be developed. 1. A siate owned and managed system of terminals and ports should he established on the coast and at the head of navigable waters 5. A modern and up-to-date culture of seafood waterways of the east should be inaugurated. 6. The agricultural department of the st'ate should be greatly enlarged. 7. Sectional federations for farmmers should he organized throughout he siate. 8. Modern and up-to-date market rig facilities lor rami produces other :hari :?*nt^n<and tobacco should be provided. "I do not talk personal politics.' nut of course I have been making Democratic speeches as has been my' labit for years I take pride in the I tact that I have made more Demo-' :ratic speech* s than any living man ind expect to continue making them j is long as I live, in or out of office," i ic said. j SOND OF MRS HALL IS RAISED TO $40,000 Somerville, N. J., Sept. 17.?The j four defendants indicted for the j murders four years ago of the Rev. | Edward Wheeler Hall and his choir j iriger, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, pleaded j not guilty late today in supreme | ourt. The bail of Mrs. Frances Stevens i Hall, widow, who has been at' liberty j u $15,000, was ordered increased to j $10,000 and she was released when I that was furnished. Henry and Willie Stevens, her j brothers, and Henry De La B. Car- j pendei. her cousin, were remanded j to jail without bail. Setting of the date for the hearing | of the trial of the accused was post-: poned until after next Thursday.! when Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson will petition the supreme court in Trenton for authority to summons a itirv from another cour. iy. The state considered the status of Mrs. Hall differing from that of the other defendants, Mr. Simpson revealed at the end of the hearing:, when the question of her bail was brought up. 'The bail the lady gave ended when the grand jury returned the indictments against her." the prosecutor told the court. "The state, however. has evidence not disclosed to he grand jury which places the lay in a position different from that of the other defendants. I. therefore, suggest $25,000 on. each indictment." Demc Best Interests of Northwe .AilO' iX.V THURSDAY. SEPT. ?}. 1 HA VOC WROUGHT ! FLORIDA STORM ; Know Death List Yesterday Morning ' Passed 400 Mark, and Still Growinr-. ? PROPERTY DAMAf flAY REACH ? LF BILLION Miami and Other A-jj. r.s Are Almost En t i r e Iyt~j?' , {royed I ? i Miami. Pla.. ffi'.':-;. 21.?A* least I 100 dead; 3 f>0J||||orc missrr.g; 5.0-nY J injured and homeless?this j v.'as * he tonight of human : life and suffering in cifies and io\yhs ! a mg Floricla*.-; -Southeastern coast in j'l the tropical hurricane of last SaturI day and Saturday night. A; Miami the deatji total increased 'M-aync Bay gave up more of itsi l/dead. Authorities -aid the list proby would roach 250. although it around 200 tonight. Hospitals, and ;Ae11 Cro<-s av-ons hevo. treated ! thaa .000 iaiurcd durim** tho 1 ' lr.ar. of them only slightly} > hul; Hollywood tiie list of known] ; dead was 32 with, possibly eight other} es to hi hYp Light in and with 70 i - listi i a missing E udier re|. ports had included many Co the ubs-j -i <r as definitely dead and the i.'oiai I ! bad been announced as To known j dtad- It is believed fr&w thai many : j of those missing; fled into the inter-: ; iox when the fjj-st hurricane ap- j \ v.ached and while many possibly peri -hedv it is regarded as more i i likely Chat they were only injured. , There were about 250 injured list'pdj at Hollywood today and slightly over 200 of hem were definitely located! and treated. Fort Lauderdale's death list* re-: j mained at 11 during the day but the list of seriously injured increased to! i 3j0 as ?he m},erior sections were ached anil the victims brought in.. ' Of the s.criouslv injured probably a ; sve-rfr wjhdl not survive. There are | >0(i others less seriously hurt in the Foil Lauderdale. Flora ruin and . Pro-', n neighborhood, i Reports front other localities indi! eh ted little change in the death list : with the exception of Dnnia and ; Davie, both of which reported scv-j era! additional homos had been lo- j eated hut CO did not he removed until i high waters receded and broken trees were removed and tangled underb'ru?h was cut away. The injur ?d from these sections continued to in- i crease. The threat of sickness and possible epidemic which threatened yesterday as the resut of lack of sanitary j drainage and sewage methods was dis-! sipaicd toduy by the arrival of addi-i tional relief trains bearing: necessary j medicines, anti-toxins and hadvi-j need chlorine, lime and formaldyhyde. Relief trains brought today not | only medicines bat clothing and food,1 land arrived almost hourly, passenger; 1 and freight trains giving way to them. , i Persons who yesterday were wander- : I ing through the Wreckage clad in pa- ] jamas, bathing suits, hath robes or! j overcoats, today were outfitted com-1 | foiiably. I The plea at all of the devastated j towns was that medicines and money I he sent in preference 10 bulky heavy i objects, heavy clothes or perishables. The West Palm Beach chapter of the | American Legion obtained issuance of j an order from civil and military au| ihbrities to stcrl all automobiles or traffic of any kind moving south from I West Palm Bench into the hurricane iren. As a reshlt* scores of anxious | relatives and friends eh route to the I wrecked cities have been stopped and: i held here. I ' i j ! p the devastated area where the' i waters nave receded, millions of fish I ! were '.eft to.flop about a b:i then die. j . j Counties thdusand^ of crab? and f;d; dlers swarm| over the land in search; I of the watering: places from which they were so rudely swept last week. j ' S Other animal dead add to the picture j j 'and make it most attractive for ' | birds of prey circling: numbers over-^ j head. From Deerfiold south, the coast < continues an appalling- scene of; desolation and tragedy. Despite the attempas today by brave-hearted residents to bring some semblance of order out of chaos the picture has changed little. Hardly a house of any description remained standing' and those that did showed well the' force of the winds and rain. Palms,' j pines, telephone poles, gateways and . jgarages were all dumped together (Continued 011 Page Four) j >CRA1 st North Carolina. 926 Off To Road Meeting In Wilkesboro Today Fifty to seventy-five automobiles from this section are exto be in Wilkeshuro this afternoon to attend The meeting of delegation.- iToni various adjacent counties held in die UK- rest of paving Highuay Oii, the Boone 'ftail. from Vadkirsyille to "'.Vm s Several car-: are ni.-o expected from Mo\uita:v City fiud Bristol. Team Variovi> coirt.-les along the route of the lh-?? o Trail v i'i ? . : r pre-reT'-cd a id thy met. hut v. .11 likely have iroiiie; i iiii'iiiice with the idghwa-. cdtr.ipdsSjon as tu 'he improve men; of this -important thoroughfare. LINNEY PRAISES SHARPE'S WORK District Attorney Says Dry Official Has Pl.t C?rk in Western Carciina Defense of the pyohibmcjii administration of Ben < . pharne. eighth distriet dry chit \ wa made* ;si Charlotte last Tiv.ir-day i-y brank A. i.inncy. of litToffi, Ih-i'-f,-; Scutes district attorney. in an in* ei. view with .:u" ' men.' Mr Lumey declared . provc-'mcnt in the control of the liquor industry in \yestcrn North Carolina had bee ft; outstanding during the pad six years and added that the major portion of the credit W^is doe Mr. Sharpe The Charlotte Ohserver of last Friday quoted Mr. Linney a. follows: "Of course. T am willing to concede thai ihe weakening of the forces under Mr. ShaipoV direction was an encouragement to the bootieir^ers in the western pari of North Carolina and elsewhere in the district to be. inn.- boider. but i think the forces at his disposal done quite well ana p.-aii s?iey* .ire. very efficient*, j v "It is my opinion that most of the liquot in the western pari of the statv is brought in by* runners from the coast. (>? course iHt-re is probably some liqnor-making in almost all the counties of western Noi*th Carolina. hut i> i> so inconsiderable as compared with what has been the condition in the past that' there is no denying the imjhovemqnt has been remarkable. "1 think the improvement' in conditions is due to two things, the j growth of strong sentiment against j it and the activity of Mr. Sharpe's j forces. ''Formerly, distillers flourished: everywhere in the mountain country because public opinion did not frown i on the practice. Now, public opin-. ion irowns on the manufacture of liquor and the handling of liquor in i any form, with the result* that the 1 bootlegger is regarded as much an enemy of society in the western part ] of the state as he is anywhere in the] world. "There may be much clamor about, the failure of t'he prohibition laws to r prohibit, but 1 believe I know differently. One great criterion that comes! to my mind is the fact that there is : practically no public .drunkenness! now throughout the western part ofj this state. 1 can well recall, as can I others, that it used to be quite the common thing that there would be three or four fights at public gatherings due to liquor "Now I very seldom see anyone in public under the influence of intoxicants. The change is really re11V vtfiVllp :>?<! ic Him ?olo?t?K- 1 K?, lieve. (o the abrupt and complete, hangc to sentiment with regard to'! it*. ? "There may be urban centers in! i'ome parts of the state where the ! public cares iittle one way or nn-j other about prohibition, and to read ! serine of the larger daily papers in | Liu country one might get the idea . that prohibition was breaking down, i Such, in my opinion, is far from thej fact and especially is a fact in west-. ern North Carolina. "Most of the liquor drinking in? western North Carolina, in my opiu- \ ion, is done by the higher grades of! society and the smart young people,; or young people who Vhink it is! smart to drink. Many' of them are ? in the younger social set Drinking is going out of style, I think, with the masses of common people, who after all are the hope of sciety. and I think it will get out entirely." Jjjilli FIVE CENTS A COPY FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE COUNTY Audit For Fiscal Year Ended July 30, Shows County to Be in Good Shape NO SETTLEMENT VET WITH FORMER SHERIFFS Assessed Valuation of Property in County Placed a* $8,8'J2.S05 An audit of the finai: eir.i >rfairs "i t he county covering the - year 1. i-925-.iurie Ii' j ". has it s: V-en Tr.r.yle' by U. Eni'hiect .Smith .-YiirHf Cmpany, public actio an ran tat. This concern auditoil the books of the :*our*y last vc:ii\ cnv< t period T" f > .v end ; ha: ynopsos i which was pu?> : The Demoore! on August ">. last. The audit' for lest yea- is not as voli ninous * a s the previous one, cbyj evirie; only One year, while the pceI villus one covered more ban four years, and is devoted almost nllrely statistics, comment:* at- g very brief, A!m ,i the only thing whirl: sheets w r(- the disapproval <?t i'h - auditor ;!} ? :netho.| of collecting taxes? . \vh n due, ietrir:?. unpaid i&xes main on :a.v hook:: for Aevera' years.. T! - audit - d'vnied" in to eleven e: ions- A B. and so on Section a- cnjiipri.- u- the .adbstraet' of the tax levy for 192r>-26, which shows a ! total levy on property, poll and dogs of > 1 To. 1U7.54; The assessed valuation of real property in t'he Mi-iy is placed at $8>4 82.805; It ; further shows that the!- are 1.901 j pel) tax payers in the county and the ! dog 'ftx for the period covered is i placed at $i.2."l. .Section I? of the aud't. eaUu attention 'f wha' In terms "the very I serious condition of affairs which exi islS in connection with settlements with shn iflT. There does not appear ; to have been un> final- settlement 1 with any shio/lti hi rec.^^t yealsA' $ The previous audit shoved Sheriff the county :SP..:s. on which Mr. Yonng is ci\ iitad wivr. a payment of $>1,000 and i ? release of ie'airss^ him st ill due the county oh June 30, 1020, the sum of 451.01. The old audit showed Sheriff C. M. (Titchor due a hnlnace of $1,020.01 on the 1023 tax book, on which he has been credited with releases since June 30, 1025 amounting b? $222.17, leaving a balance due for that year of $1.404.74. That audit also showed I Mr. Critcher due $01,?33.6*1 on the I tax books tor 1924; on which he has been credited with $30,748.89, leaving him still indebted to the county on June 30, $25,08 1.77. Exhibit B-5, shows net accourita,bility fo the 1.925 tax book as charged up to Sheriff Farthing as $104.120,28, on which he has paid $75,232.10. leaving a balance of $38,8$7.88 due on June 30, last. In this connection the auditor says: "Mo insolvent lists or land sales have beeii turned in by Sheriff Farthing. When such lists are turned in and land sales held, the balance due as shown above will be reduced."* The auditor calls attention to the necessity of having to borrow money; to meet expenses on account ol -he large sums uncollected by the various sheriffs. He notes in this connection that the school fund paid out in interest on borrowed money and warrant carried by the banks of $6,135.67. which, he say?-, is almost 8 cents on the $100 property valuation of the county. School Funds Xo audit was made of the s? hool funds. Anon;ion is called, however, to out standing short-term notes of $75,000 and warrant: outstanding on dune 30. of M9.121.70. a total of > 124,121.70. The bal.t tices due the school fund by the various Vreusurrs is appro::;mate y .? 15,000 and 7:> the sheriffs about. $70,000. Jf % Clerk s Office ? J **\'ve made no audit of the office 1/ of the clerk of superior court,'* says F the auditor* *4but in checking fines, forfeitures and penalties paid i\> the | treasurer, we found the records of 1 .;vl the clerk in excellent shape-and en- f t lirely adequate." Financial Records The financial records of the ooun- |H ty consisted of the record of claiir?3 flj issued for rhe general fund, a list of H| I warrants issued by rhe hoard of edu- *** * cation and two books kept by the treasurer, Mr. Greer, all of which are (Continued on Page Two)
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