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I EXODUS BEGINS " FROM FLORIDA Pulling Out in Groups for Homes They Left During Months of the Big Boom 600 LEAVE MIAMI AREA, 200 FROM MOORE HAVEN Work of Rehabilitation Well Under * Way. But Will Take Time Miami, Sept. 24.?Refugees from Miami and its environs continued to move to Jacksonville, where they entrained for the homes they left during the. long months of the big boom in Florida. .Six hundred left Palm Beach during the day and hundreds of others were preparing to get * away over the week-end. Typical of the genera 1 spirit throughout vthe storm area was that *?}: displayed hy some 200 survivors in fe the village of Moore Haven, who protested vigorously against orders of the state' health and military au tnonties requiring them to evacuate the town and remain away until sanitary conditions had been returned to something like normal. Their appeals to Governor Martin and other state officers for the rescinding of the evacuah'itn order "having failed, the refugees doggedly began the long trek through flooded street's and roads to points where steamers <n trains would L.ke them tj Sebring and other nearby towns. * Many of the refugees loaded their all upon small boats which they haulea through the water. Some were practically %mpty-handed> having lost iheir all when the town'was practically wiped out by the high winds and the deluge of water from Lake Okeechobee which descended after the protecting dykes gave way. With most of its dead located and buried, it* injured and homeless cared for. southeastern Florida tackled with renewed determination today the task of pairing ho ravacs wrought by the tropical hurricane which overwhelmed 'r ;; week ago. ) Weeks. ami in some cases, months will b required 'u restore cities and villages v hii-h stood in ihe pathvyz y 0{ the Millions <?f dbtlatp wilt :v., ] . .. stake hud municipal ofifc I;.*.- ogress eomidemv in the outcome. LAST 2C.I LF. ' VI IE HAVEN Mo ere I-Bven. Pl.-i . Sept. 21.? Homo tic That once hold out promise of High reward to Moor< Haven's i pioneers v. eve broken latje today for an identified n; riod as the rear 3lia?cl> '^'WL ^PO .. i"'vr{, trailed put following id (.Ho footsteps of tab fellow townsmen, yromeri and children", who left to find refuge else wb.ere when the st'orm arid floods of | Saturday 2am heavy hands Upon- this ? * community; The faithful 200 \vcre-i*ciuc!aiVi t6 Krli*! go. but there was no alternative. The piilitia ..feat? ordered a complete evacuation t)f Moore Jlavon, effective at Inoon wd.w but purposely delayed in order that every assistance might be rendered ihe unfortunate. Every transpoitf.tjjrn facility was taxed to its utmost *o-.make room for the exiles and their personal belongings salvaged from the wreckage wrought ?y flood and hurricane. Handicapped by several feet of water still in the streets, by inun-i . dated roadways ami hy limited boat accommodations, the progress of the j outbound movement was slow. MAY NOT REACH ENTOMBED MINERS FOR A WEEK i I .... \. j W Irouwood. Mich.. Sept. '28.?Many j achditiojpjl hours of ceaseless foil in J I the underground passageways of the G. Pabst mine will be necessary before the fate of the 43 miners imprisoned there since Friday is learned. Officials of the Oliver Iron Mining Company directing the rescue work Tefuse^l tonight to estimate the probable time when the men would be reached and one engineer said it. might take a week or ten days. Whether the men are rescued alive depends, they said, on earth conditions encountered in boring towards the eighth level of the mine, 727 feet below the surface where the men are-imprisoned. Farmers who plan to plant cloverthis fall are beginning to place their rj orders for limestone. One car was recently delivered to Alamance coun^ ty growers. A Non-Partisan Nc BOONE. I First Photos j %vo hours after the tornado bound by airplane, the iirst from Fiftk Street and Washington Ave vest across the peninsula?tropic shown in that 1^4-ton motor car's iCONFEDERATE VETS IN REUNION : \ I Grizzled Remnnntx of the Followers of Lee and Jackson Gather at Normal School j The surviving members of Cantp j Nimrod Triplet!', United Confederate i yetcran?, held their annual reunion! j on last Thursday and Friday as guests of the Appalachian State Normal School. On Friday morning, more than si Sty years after Stoneman's raid on DhOne^ and Lee's sur render at Appa'matfoX, the ?.6 old vet-( erans, in the finist of &ood rpir.'.s,! came to the auditorium with fife and j drum and entertained the .student j body assembled there from seven j statjbfs and from 17 counties of N cth ' 1 Carolina. Mr Ratr/.v Miller ih< f f< is 82 year- old. He played his fife' j when these old boys enbst.ed in IShl. i It is said that he is the only Cor.fed! eratc soldier now living v.ho can play! . this instTunihr.t. | Following are ihe names find ages' : of those attend ins- lh.. t,?:?,.? f i week: Wyatt tlayos, 84; E, J. N r j itfs, S3; H. A. Davis. 87; Jerry Me-; Greene, $3j K. M. Greer, So; Thomas i Love, SI ; ,1. V. Sims, 81; Rnpzy Mil- \ I Ier, 82; Enoch Swift, 711. and George j Roten, 75. Captain Brown of John j son county. Telvn., who is 85 years j J otd, was present* for the meeting ? . - j ? REGISTRATION KOOKS ^ % TO OPEN SATURDAY *"% v j lit- legist ration books tor the vnj rious voting precinct's in Watauga j 1 county, >vill open nex'.; Saturday,! October 2, and will remain opeil un-i r.-'r Oetpber 23rd. A list, of the >'og"! istrtirS has been published in these o. rmns. and otherwise advertised, so eVhry* */ptev in the county should: know Tvho the registrar is. Vv. Booru tO.wnship, Mr. J. D.I <?oupejlI fa the registrar, and any one j wishing to ifin t.M- can do so by ; I calling at the courthouse on Satur- i j day, October o'i- at his home resi: . dence on infervemng days. It: other | words, the book* v.vUhe open in the x | various precincts %-v.ch day from J | Saturday to October 2ii. inclusive. ] : Every citizen should see that his i I name is on the books beVdre they t close. 5 EUGENE STORY BADLY c HURT IN AUTO ACCIDEWYlv Eugene# Story, brother of Mrs. j Pearl Hartley, register of deeds, was c seriously injured in an automobile ^ accident near Lenoir last Saturday. It is stated that Mr. Story suffered a a dislocation of the shoulder, two ^ slight fractures of the skuil, and bad ^ cuts and bruises about the head and n face. It is stated that another au- ? tomobile forced Mr. Story off the, 0 road, causing his car to wreck. Mrs- Hartley stated yesterday that f Mr. Story was doing as well as could ^ be expected. He is in a hospital at r Lenoir. ]j Exercises Donald's music teacher had ad- ^ vised him to practice while on his va- ^ cation. His postcard read: "Thelre is a no .piano where we are staying, so I went and bought a mouth-organ." a ?Ltiie. tl t ' __ UGA ' ivspaper, Devoted to the E WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAJ From ^Florida Tornado QbpbM 3^B^K8oBB8H bad abated on the East co. t oi 1' lor the sioyrn and wa-'c torn districts. ? . Xo. 3. Typical overeat destruction al trees of r.-os crashi ip. to sjarth. position against A c building. Loss o COUNTY TEACHERS ' HOLD MEETING Largely Attended and Enthusiastic Session Held iu Courthouse HereLast Saturday spainhoUr new president The first meeting? of the teachers of Watauga county for this year was held in the courthouse here last Saf-^ uvdny, September 25. Pevotioral exercises were Conducted by Rev. M. B. Woosiey, pastor ot Hie Shone Methodist*, church. After a; group of songs, led by Prof. i. G. Greer. a Iring band composed o -tmii nts of Appalachian- State Nronv.;;l school, favored the ivacheis y.dl' rewvul selection.-. AT v. \V. V. Perry was elected man and Miss Eida Todd see rc t a ry. Comity Superintendent Smi'h liagaman made announcement in regapi to attendance upon teacher?' meoiinjr.-. Prof. Greer ir.t reduced Miss Kpig-ht, ft ihe Demonstration school, who read an interesting paper or. the subject. "Music in the Public Schools," v*> Su'permfcchrffcnt Hagr.rnan cited a portion of thi? school Inw pef'Mpin? V(; ictuduYjg mjfeic ?r> thfe public schools tii iii-. . ' and later explained the consolidation Of schools in Watauga county. " * "The Value of a School Jiibrary/' was the theme discussed in a eery interesting and 'r-ful w&>' by Prof. J. 15. Spainhour. principal ot' ?be Boone Inch school. "** At lioon a recess of one hour was taken for dinner. The first speaker the program for'the afternoon was Mr. Millard Norris. who stressed th? worr.hwhileucss of attending teachers' meetings. Miss Annie Stnnbury followed. dis- j .us?ing Reading Circle work. She ] null as 12 ed the importance of reading! "or cultural nhd inspirational purioses as well as for learning tfctffies inch methods of teaching.. Supe^irsendent Haganum endorsed M5s# Stanbury's suggestions. Several' df^j he t'eachers expressed opposition td' [oing Reading Circle work during- the J vinter school term. "How School Spirit and School j hide May be Stiiriulated." was dis-fj ussed by Mr. A bar- Laxtoii, of )eep Gap. Mr. Dean Swift spoke in behalf of n eight months' school term and in roduced the following resolution, j ] fhich was passed: "Resolved, That j 11 the taxable property o? North Carolina shall be behind' every ehild , f the state. j j A permanent organization was ef- s ected by the election of J. E. Spain- f, our, president, and Dean Swift sec-5 \ etary. . j 1 Subscriptions to the North Caro- ' na Journal of Education Were taken.: j A committee composed of MillaVd j < forris, Mr. Tugrfttin and Miss Theo! Vateon, was named to arrange a datcj j nd program for the next meeting. [, Just before the meeting adjourned] i n offering of $19.31 was made for ', he Florida Reliei Fund. ] T'" " ' - Demc lest interests ci Northwe ^ " ' ' " : '.v?' ' tOLINA. SEPTEMBER SO, 192fi Districts id a these, photo* were no. .. .rd So. i, Miami Reach front. Iro. 2, which swept from east to ricrthNo 1, The force of the stoisn f life not yet known. DECISION REVERSED TEAPOT DOME CASE , Circuit Court Reverses District Court in Famous Oil Lease Scandal; Says Lease Was FvauduJent j j$h Louis. $fcptf 29.?The Unito<i EStates* circuit court appeals yos! i'ev : \ vc-vi'i'ittfti aP-d i emended the ! decision of the district court at Chy Wvo., upholding the Teapot r?< *h oil 1< 'obtained by Harry F. . Si) % -i? and as <iciat.cs from the ; e:ov- i r nwri, while Albert IT Fall wa; , .-? ! ;. tary the iriPeiior; The appoli. Lc court's decision ii sweep n/f effand instructs the , tow.. *- colirt* immediately to cancel ' t.hv Matnmoh Oii Company's h-aft nraj to enjoin it from fvr: ver tves<iu jrbvet nnu-m Tin- opinion was rede-ved t'v-jfi WUiiutv. Konyor.. or Fore I)od|i"e, la. presidh -'-- judgs* of the amt&Uai <. 1 court, v . ; live deens'.pK declare.-. iHc S'Pctaii i lossy have been fraudulent. Tn| h)\v< r court" i>'instructed to a sic the Mnnimolh Oil Company for ait ay> ' counting of ail oil and petroleum prod . taken" from the govern { mont\? a aval oil reserve during its ] te.n*::re. ? i . ' - ;V". DARROW THINKS DEATH IS BEST FOR IMBECILES , Denver, Colo.. Sept'. 28 ? Tht i Rocky Mountain News says that ii ; -he opinion of Clarence Dnvrov. tta j widely kno\Vii ynnunal lawyer. it : parent' may sometimes he ju. 'ified in taking: .ll| life of a mentally and 1 pliygjcal'v deficient child, i In diseasing I be case of Byron Si.-.-; V. t... -Xuoy attempted (10 kill ft If 15-y?s;: s:i.i -.i:T htU'C Sail: ;da> and th'eii ended hi? own ! Mr. Darrow upholds the fathers action. "I think Stone did right in rtempting to kill his deaf and dumb arid crippled child," Mr. p arrow said. "If the case was as bad as has been presented I believe the child r.honld have been taken out of this world long ago?early in its lift. *T am aware that in anything of cfefc* nature there is an element of ^hivnet* that a mistake Had been h?edt? and that malice could have enu\""! into the considerations as the lore-most actor in the drama s "lY^ytVuk particular instance, however, t?vvre could have been no malice hecKose father took his own life, ffe evidently was so agitated that he believed st/icldR? the only way out? :hat was to</ ba?Sl "The oniv reasdff, I believe, that! ve do not eliminate the helplessly, boplcssly imbeciHicf is on account of! some idea of. the redness of ftu-, man life. We doiij'r- feel the samej relief in the sacrednes? of human ] ife when we hang a man* jiowevervj This belief, according to my vieWs^i s based largely on a soft of siiper-J, ;tition." Mr. Da crow also expressed his- ap-*i sroval of -Che dismissal of Case" here l more than a year ago in which Hazel* Blazer, 34 years old and ^hopelessly 1 crippled by paralysis. Was killed byj ier father. i \ *7- ,.*/. >CRAT st North Carolina. Great Gatheri Enthusias r "?~?;[o FOR FLORIDA RELIEF 5^7 The Democrat has received and nrvvarded to relief headquarters i the following: contributions for p { the Florida relief fund: I Watauga Teachers* Association ..$19.31 V Methodist Church 8.00 Christian Church 1.43 C. C. Adams 1.00 Mr-. K'.y.a Hodges 1.00 >V 1 River- Printing: Co fi.00 Jl'jH ! Contributed 1.00 J J j J Total ....$11.74 tThe Advent Christian arid Bap- ? tist churches took a collection on v j Sunday night for this purpose, j h ] which has beeen forwarded to Red j g Crosr. headquarters at Miami just j r i what the amounts were The Demo- I r ! crat has not been informed 5 c L ?Ji: MILLS TO OPPOSE j! SMITH IN N. YORK ;. Democrats and Republicans Name _ Candidate* fcr Governor in Empiie State ; Ne\V York. Sept. 2S?Otrde" T..? t Mills, of New York City, vigorous ; opponent' during he oast year of, Governor ?ia?ith,? policies of State | ; , administration, today was chosen liy 'the Republican state convention to 1 face the governor at the polls this, fn!:. ' --w - ^' j Seeking: re-election for United; States senator from New York a? a runniner mate of Mr. Mills, rail be i James W. W ad-worth. Jr.. an nvow'od j ', wet. Hi> nomination by an over-! : whelming" majority served to crash at* : ast for the' time hem#, opposition by ! h?- diy '.vinjK "of the party to ' 'his I viand in fw ov of modification of the : federal, pvohib ; n? la* vs. Shymonrf; '..:vn],vi. of Khcliii. was r-miaat'od ' , for lieutenant governor. AL SMITH UN ANUMOUSLY NOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS Syra. N V- ' ?A jfr.ed V. Smith, was una onulv nominated for a fourth t*. vin as rnor bv the1 New York >ta o : Hnnocratie eonve?-.! * '.ion her-, today 5; His, as.-m hu.os or t'hr state ticket I ail v. ere nominated by neck mation.! 1* ? ' : C< "uing. of Albany was nomi-j , uaiod for lieutyhont gaveand I ' Rbbei F. W/nirney, of N. a York: for; 1 ti;e l-nited States senate. ! i1 ..... ' DE)WPS?Y I. OSF.S TO TUNNEY ! IN TEN-ROUND FRACAS j Ja.yk I'uuji.s'.v. xy'lViJ fax .the pastj si>; years has held the heavyweight' ehampioOfchip of ilt World, went* to J i Vdofoat last Thursday eye id. far at ..the J hands ;?f Gene Tunney. at. op.4 of fhi ? - > u?: vijosi; i,in buildings in Phi I a-I deiphia. The fight went for the fuH-j ten rounds and Tunney was awarded! the championship on paints. flack i J tSfjUs not' at himself and was severely! WW f| fche new champion j i amid a cPiwnpouf of rain in the stadi- : . am. The former champion received i *$000,000 while Tumicy was awarded \ ?200.600 Move than >$0.1)00 fistic fat^ witnessed the fight and the gate 1 v recejpt.s were estimated at $1,700,- ? j 000. 5 ANDREWS SEEKS 13 MILLIONS ; TO PUSJ1 PROHIBITION LAW;i f 1 W;lsHingtt?i, Sept . 29.?^Thirteen i mllkon -leilars fai' the governmerit'sI dry cnfo* cemejlt fi^.ht in the nexts fiscal year will he* sotA?ht by thej treasury department. Assistant Secretary pf tj1? Tress- j ury Andrews, chief of ,enforcement work, announcedvyesterday he WOv,''d j ask the budget b.ircau to' s;?fc from, congress this amouaf, which equals , the appropriation for' the current , year. , 16 MOKE STORM VICTIMS [ Miami, Flu., Sept. 2ft.?Another ( ffim .tragedy of the sea ruis been wriiten'in <the wake of the haam'cane. t A corked bottle today found floating j in Shttayne Bay bore the laiSbnic ( nibssagtr: "September 18: ,<5ff Cuba. Sixteen men on boat Dexter. All hopq gonfe." \ I *" 7 rr^ 7' ????? FIVE CENTS A COPY - ? -- ng of Road ts in Wilkes ne Hundrde Watauga. Citizens Attend Meeting in North Wilkesboro Thursday in Interest of Completion of Boone Trail Highway. IANES SAYS PROJECT WILL COST ABOUT $2.5OOrO0O /ill Depend on Action of Next General Assembly. Approximately J 00 "VVnl i igans cnt down to North Wi!l;e:hoio last hursday to join hands v-:th renre- .fi gfitatives of other counties in Northrest North Carolina in the movement j secure the paving of Highway No. 0?the Boone Trail?from Yadkin* ilie to the Tennessee line.. The lass meeting was hold at he fair round and about sever, hundred nen and women interested in the novement were present. That the itizens attending the mass meeting ue in earnest* was shown by the maninious adoption of resolutions \sking the state highway co n mission o do the work as soon n$ possible md askinj^for a bond issues by the lex- general assembly sufficient to .ompletc the present' state system of liglm ays. !'Vvco:wr>rt;ou alsv authorized the ntmehr bt ten men vu he seed fi-om each county on the Boone from Guilford to tbc Tennessee { m , o' consider ways and means and ict as a permanent committee to further the project of paving No. >0. The committee will be announced later. " .?^*"rV Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkjif, l ^rsvth and Guilford counties were represented. Tennessee and Virginia also had road enthusiast there. Watauga won the attendance banner, having exactly one hurulred citizens there. P. \Y\ Eshelman. president of the North Wdkesboro Kiwunis called Uk r.bhveptibji to order . and Rev. Douglas b. Rights; of Whiston3a!mi, led in prayer, following tvftivb a , vrmnncm organization was effected by r.He oiccrlon of Hcnvy Reniods '.? ? chairman aid W. T. tjitcbr and Bici W ii!lam s as secretaries. KarI Poser, noted sin-to of Charlotte, rendered two popular sgm r.ceomhiifiibd bv Mrs. t". S. ->ivk on the phthb. T' i/ivd The t';r-.-t speaker prt^eni^d was Editor S:?: Vt'ovd Martin. of the Winsto^Salem Journal, whom Chairman Reynolds termed the- /consist ent friend of Northwestern Carolina/* Mr. Marvin stressed the importance ;>!' Highway No. <ii), ;uul sai.i lljat "ao hr.vo stood or. thii mal> long enough; it is now time to go' to work on tiu; mup,'.' Ho dpclaTOj that tho road program i'.t '-"no orate is jant now well undoi way and rrtadfc an eloquent pica for "the map'1 a.? originally outlined from eounvyseat to county---. at. declaring ix& provisions as inviolate as fhese ^eirirr ' cftlicfl in the rami statutes adopted by the general assembly. For more tfear. five years Mr. Martin with pen and Voice has been forcibly" avovating highways opening up the Provinces,'" and bifj.. hearer* showed their deep tipprecia~ fion for this brilliant fcerviee in the applause when he closed his address. Mr. -John M. Brown, president of the Winston-Salem Automobile Club, Spoke briefly of the importance of the highway from a torurist point of ... view. K. E> Shore, of Winston-SalerrV vvas the next .speaker, pledging the support of the state's i&rgest city 11 the move to pave one of the chief lighways leading into that city. C. M. Ketchum, of Greensboro, told of the work of North Carolin&s, Inc., and said his city endorsed the arojeot of paving the Boone Trail. D. M. Reece, of Yadkinville, spoke , for Yadkin county, and urged that the highway be pushed to early cohiple1.1 phi Mr. Reece is one of the original good roads boosters in his county and While he is getting too old to wield pick and shovel, he was hot willing to let up'until improved high' va>'s penetrate every section the tote.- He said that the progress now v iftder way in North Carolina will not ;UVp> until Anglo-Saxon blood is friVetf Out and Bolshevism reigns sa> rente. * r1 J. Gordon Hackett, spokesman for* he Wilkes contingent, said that in .845'the citizens of northwest Nortty3arolina, southwestern Virginia and iastern Tennessee named a comrais(Continued on Page Seven)
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