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w VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 39 COUNTY CANDIDATES AT NORTH FORKTODAY County Candidate* Begin Canvass of County This Afternoon at 1 o'ClocIc CLOSES IN BOONE OCTOBER 30 Sl?eriff Received New Tax Book Yesterday Afternoon and Will Make First ountl for Taxes Candidates for the various county offices this afternoon begin the canvass of the county at North' Fork. The campaign will close atj the courthouse' in Boone on October1 30th. Sheriff Farthing was not able to annou;-,/2 his first round for the! ipurpose of collecting the 1926 taxes! lor iMe reason that the county com-j ^ missioners had refused t'o issue him' the new book untii the old had been receipted. However, yesterday aft-i errioon the sherif f made arrange- j merits satisfactory to the commis-| sioners and the new* book was issued, j On the first Monday in October, it. is understood two of the commission- I ers were in favor of following- the! custom heretofore adhered to and is- j sue the new book to the sheriff, but: it chairman of the board would not; agree- thereto. But the sheriff now is in possession of the book and will bo with the candidates at the following places for the purpose of collect- ing the taxes: North Fork, Thusday, October 14Meat Camp, Friday. October 15. Bald Mountain, Monday, October IS. Stony Fork, Tuesday, October 19. h.:K, Wednesday, October 20. Blue Ridge, Tuesday, October 21. Blowing Rock, Friday, October 22. Warauga, Monday, October 25. Shawnohaw, Tuesday, October 26. Laurel Oteek, Wednesday, October 27. i: Dam, Thursday, October 28 < ; >< Greek, Friday, October 29. Boone, Saturday, October .'to. The hour for speaking in all the townships is 1 o'clock p, m. NATION-WIDE AUDIENCE TOLD OF HISTORY OF STATE Philadelphia. Oct. IT;?Governor Angus \\\ McLean of North Carolina tonight faced a microphone in a large radio broadcasting station to tell a o'ouniTy-wide audience something of his native state which celebrated North Carolina day at the SesquiCentcnnial exposition here. The address, was broadcast lYoni uic w.nnH'i lupiners sianon, \\ ii\ : about a stone': throw from imlopen- i dome Hall and famous liberty bell- It bad lo do briefly with North ! Carolina's part in the war of the? revolution which the governor had already covered extensively in an earlier address at the exposition ground?, The address \yas followed \ by an orchestral version of the North i Carolina state anthem, "The Old i North State," presented from the] main dining room of the Bnjamin ; Franklin hotel. "North Carolina is technically the ] oldest sjate in the union by virtue ! of the ettlemonfc on Roanoke Island by Sir Walter Raleigh's colony in 1 53 l." the governor declared, adding "'it was 100 years later that the first permanent settlement came from England." JURY CAN'T AGREE IN THE DAUGHERTY-MILI.ER CASE " _4. New "York, Oct. 11.?A "hung jury" today ended the five-weeks' conspiracy trial of Harry M. Daugh*erty and Thomas W. Miller, government officials under President Warren G. Harding. The jurors had been k out for more than *>5 hours, longer Chan any other jury in the history of the Federal building. , Former Attorney General Daugh erty was the first man to De hrougnt to trial on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government he served while a member of a president's cabinet. Daugherty and Miller, former alien property custodian, were indicted for conspiring to defraud the government of their best services in permitting release in 1921 of $7,000,000 war impounded assets of the American Metal Company. The case was given to the jury at 9:48 o'clock Friday night. Saturday'failure to agree was reported, but Judge Mack insisted on further deliberations. Again yesterday the jury was told that not yet would anything but a verdict bo acceptable to the court. At 3 o'clock today, however, talesmen were called into the court room for the last time and again reported y inability to agree, whereupon they were dismissed. rATA A Non-Partisan Ni BOONE NEAR FATAL AUTO WRECK AT LOVILL C*r Plunges 1O0 Feet Down Embankment Seriously Injuring Mrs. Nancy Greer After rounding: a curve just east of T. L. Mast's store west 01 Boone, j Tuesday afternoon, a car piloted byj Mi-. John Greer, of Lexington. Kv.,. and occupied by four other passen- i gers, turned turtle down the steep! embankment for a distance of per- j haps a hundred feet, and perhaps fa- ( tally injuring Mrs. Nancy Greer, of j London, Ky. Other members of the j party were Welborn Greer, Charlie, and Mrs. Greer. Latest advices from; the bedside of Mrs. Greer are to the : effect' that she is improving and that; her husband probably sustained in-1 ternal injuries. Mrs. Greer suffered , from the loss of blood as a result of ; lacerations of the head and probably j has some broken ribs. The other! members of the party suf fered minor j cuts and bruises. Mr. Welbor/T Greer is a brother of Mr. Phillip Greer, of Zionville, audi was here on his first visit" for 28; years. The party arrived Monday: evening and was en route to Boone j when the accident occurred. The accident is attributed to the, loose stone which had recently been nlaecd on the highway, at this point. McLEAN LEADS TAR HEELS IN PHILADELPHIA PARADE Philadelphia. Oct. 12.?To the ae-' companiment of frequent aerial so- j lutes from fleets of piancs and dirigibles and amid the cheers of hun-j dreds of thousands of spectators that: lined tin* streets from Spring Garden! to the Sesqui-Centennial grounds,! North Carolinians marching in the American Legion parade: here today made a splendid showing. The Tar IIeel section was led by Governor A. W. McLean, who stepped to military medlies in sprightly fashion. Fie had just done a good bit of walking at the Sesqui grounds, where he made an official visit to the state's exhibit hut appeared fit as he took part in the long jaunt. Governor McLean was the only governor in the legion parade today who was recognized as he entered the stadium and invited to the reviewing stand with Vice President Dawes, General Pershing and others. Each member of the Tar Heel dele-j gation carried a long leaf pine sap-! lings, one of a carload sent lip from I North Carolina for the occasion. The state flag, as well as the national colors, waved aloft*. A gigantic hornet's ne.-t that rose high above the! heads of the watching crowds was: carried by the Charlotte boys who; aUb had two large banners. The' Winston-Salem buddies carried a} kirgo tobacco can, advertising a| well known brand, also a huge pack-; age of cigarettes named for a Certain animal whose long -suit is cross ieg the uCsert. NEW WORLD WAR IS PREDICTION OF DR. LIU Charlotte, Oct. 12. ?Another great] world war is likely to flash forth as ; the result of friction between foreign' powers in the East, declare.d Dr. II. ; C r-> i r u 1 - /"?x. : r*. v . 1 jIu, ui nausviv, i.uina, secre-| tary t?? the V. M. C. A. in China, who , addressed the X. TO. C. A. conferences here today. Dr. Liu does not fear a world war ! between the Chinese republic and' Occidental nations but' between thej powers now trying to control the commerce of the eastern republic, he said. ''European politicians," he declared/' "are weaving a trap to control our commerce and I fear another great world war will be the result because they cannot agree." Hatred toward England is rapidly increasing, while the young Chinese republic looks to America as her best friend. Dr. Liu said. THE NEWS OF VALLE CRUCIS Vallc Crucis, Oct. 13.?Mrs. J. L. Tester has been called to Mountain City by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. J. W. Thomas. Mr. Floyd McBride and three children passed through the valley oil Sunday afternoon on their way from Mexico to Cove Creek. Mr. McBride was accompanied by his mother and brother, of Newmarket, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Low ranee are) visiting relatives in Vaile Crucis. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mast were called to Boone Monday to see their son, Howard, who was operated on Monday night for appendicitis at . Watauga hospital. T. W. Baird returned to Wilmington last week after a vLsit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Baird. Roby Hollar is ill at his home here witn pneumonia. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born on October 1st, to Mr. and Mrs. Carnie Critcher, a son, at the home of A. P. Ward. UGA swspaper, Devoted to the I WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAI ! i "On Trial" ' L-ite picture of Aimee Semple ? McPherson, Los Angles Evangelist who is the center of dramatic i court actions. Mrs. Mcpherson claims she was abducted, but authorities seek to link her recent disappearance with Kenneth Ormiston, former radio operator in her i Angelus Temple. TEACHERS OF THE COUNTY TO MEET Program of Sessions to Be Held in, the CourtHousc Here on October 23 The teachers of t he county will j meets in the courthouse here Sat-1 urday, October 23, according to announcement by County Superintendent of Education Hagaman. The meeting will convene at 10 o'clock! in the morning with an afternoon ' session, followed by a meeting of the j! Watauga unit of the North Carolina; Education Association. The program Cor the meeting is as | ( follows: 10 a. m.?Singing led by Z. T. Greene. Devotional. Prof- W. S. Scarbor-1! ough. | 10:30. How can we interest chil-J dren in subjects for which they have a natural dislike? Chas. J. Greene , and Mrs. S. P. Hot*toil. , 11:00, What should be the teacher's attitude toward community gos-, sip relative to the school? Miss Etta i Gragg and Chas. You nee. ! j 11 :30, To what' extent does sue- ! , cessful teaching depend on discip-j line? Dr. B. B Dougherty and Bert! Faarthing. J , 12:00. Announcements by colinty superintendent: Afternoon Session j?:j 1:00, How can we overcome stub-j hornness in pupils? d. W. Byers and Mrs. Docia Greene. 1 *30, How can we assist in pro-, , moling friendly co-operation l?et\vecn j tiic patrons and the school? S. F. M......... T I> nv? mil ami II. i?. miMli:. 2:00, How shall We secure the at-\ j tendance of children over I; years of age? J. P. Spainhout, Jr.. gerihrali j discussion. 2:30, Adjournment. 2:35, meeting of the Watauga unit of the North < aioiina Ptiuca-: tion Association. KAISER IS HOPING TO REGAIN HIS THRONE;, j Berlin, Oct. 12.?"The former m kaiser is the only man in the world ; who seriously cherishes the hope that , some day he will triumphantly re enter Germany and re-establish himself on the throne, from which he j ruled for thirty- years." a high official i of the Prussian government today re- < marked to a correspondent of the As- , sociated ' Press. The official v;as speaking of the llohenzollern in- \ demnity and property settlement ? agreement signed by the state and the former emperor's administrators i and now before the diet. i The reading of the compromise bill relating to this settlement raised a , great uproar in the Prussian diet to- i day, the communists assuming a 1 threatenintr attitude and denmmcimr the terms of the .settlement, which I provides for a payment to the Ho-jl henzollern family of $3,600,000,. thej ; allotment of 167,000 acres of the!, former estates and a castle at Ham- 1 burg for the ex-caiser and his wife, Princess Hermine. ORIGINAL TODD-BOONE ROUTE TO BE FOLLOWED? The following is taken from the i Twin-City Sentinel of Tuesday : "A delegation from Watauga met Mon-1 day aft.enoon with Highway Commis-i sioner Hanes in the office of the North Carolina Highway commission' for the Seventh district to ask that the road now under construction from Todd to ficone be changed to the River road route. "It was found inadvisable to do this and the road will be put through as in tbe original survey." DEMC iest Interests of Northwes lOJ.INA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER M. LUTO ACCIDENT PROVES j :ATAL TO HILL PHILLIPS Tragedy Occurred Tuesday Morning . On Highway Near Home of Jim jji Egger* on Beaver Dam i 'UNERAL YESTERDAY P. N 'ar Left Road When He Turned Wave Hand at Wife; Lived / About an Hour 1 Mr. Hill Phillips of l.orklan.l. : Ohio, who, with his wife, had for a few days been visiting his aged mother on Beaver Dam. was the victim of an automobile wreck near the home of Mr. Geo. Sherrill Tuesday morniper. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were riding down the road, and the lady wishing to j alight and go a short distance to see a friend, the car stopped, she ! alighted and Mr. Phillips con- 1 tinued his journey. Tie had only ! gone a short distance when he liinioil nnil " " "I T*'' ** -- ! wife. In .-n doing, it is thought*,, i he lost control of the car. which ~* j)lunged over the bank of the r road and crushed his body so r horribly that death followed in a very few minutes. The funerai was held and in- v torment made at F'oresl Grove church yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock; Deceased was a son of the late Henry Phillips, of Beaver Dam, and is survived by his wife and n mother. He had made his home 11 in Ohio for several years. j is : v; PRIMARY SYSTEM MAY PASS, DAWES THINKS 1 ti Philadelphia. Oct. 12.?Vice Presi- u dent Charles G. Dawes and Gen. J. i a 1. Pershing, one a crusader in the a realm of politics, the other a leader { in war, both members of the Ameri- a can Legion, greeted and addressed ^ the former members of the American ^ expeditionary forces in annual con- 1 ventiou here today. The vice president denounced in-i * difference shown by Americans to 1 the dangers that beset: the govern- 1 mem. me greatest or wnien he sani ; 1 was indifference itself. j? The general, the first to greet t*hc (: legionnaires, made a happy little 'J speech in which he said il was im- 1 portaiU to the "boys'* to see that; h their representatives in their local ' communities were "fine, upstanding:, * alert, honest* men, intelligent and ef- t fieic-nt, and not slackers or rfernn- a gogues." Vice President Dawes was an- r ptjiudtd when he declared he believed that the primary system in elections-lb *Vixild be '-largely abolished.'* d "tf we follow the theory and plari r of representative government laid s I own in our tiohstitution by provid i ing for honiination by conventions, a 1 better and niore impartial class of c candidates will result," iu said; c ? AMERICANS SEE ATROCITIES AS WUCHANG. CHINA. FALLS : ccc -YC : . v.- . Hankow. China. Oct. 1J.?-Arr.cri- : tans in Wuchang wore unwilling eyewitnesses of airoc'uivs that rivalled even the historic brutalities ,>i* the > early day Chinese conquerors, when L'hal city was captured by Cantonese troops invading the Yangtze provin-j res of Central CMrra, according to j w advices received here late today. j 11 Upon e.ntry of the victorious forces w Into Wuchang, the advices stabeid,; ? many Americans there witnessed a|t< wholesale slaughtering of the North-If c-m Chinese defenders, scores of s whom were shot and bayoneted by if the Cantonese right* in the foreign j n section of the city. Many mora were killed when theyj \ were found masquerading as patients! in the American Missionary Hospital.! The Southerners are in full cozit-oJ; of Wuchang and are continuing enla masse their march toward Kiangsil f province. < a c Philadelphia, Oct. 11?A. slim, dark % haired girl from North Carolina? Mivc Alii*^ nf WirclAn_5a'?.? *1 overseas nursing veteran?appeared jh today as a candidate for national! z vice commander of the American j Legion. Miss Gray was said to be R the first woman to aspire to so itn-j porta nt an office in the legion. She j served eight month* in base hospital] No. 09 in Franco and on hei return s< entered child welfare work for the le- o gion. She is the daughter of a Win- h ston-Salem physician. i> Burley Kluttz, 23, and his brother, Ray Kluttz, were killed lust t Thursday when the side of a a rock quarry caved in on them at;t Faith, about seven miles from Salis-I bury. The men were working in a] pit about 30 feet deep when the walls ; J mem i/entain an n avalanche of &ixt and stones. j C )CRA ?t North Carolina. ????? 19>? Speaks Here Today Hon. Josephus Daniels, editor of j he Raleigh News and Observer, md secretary of the navy daring , he World War, will speak at the PIrt house here this afternoon at l| oVtocfc. Mr. Daniels i.- a very ! speaker, and the puLik is jted to hear him. ttVlVAL AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH iftll Continue Through Sunday With Services Held Twice Daily; Interest Increases The Series of evangelistic servn os t the Baptist church continues with lerensing :n to rest. Rev. J. C. Caii.i'pe - doing some excellent preaching, 'erviees arc held in the afternoon nd night each day. Last Sunday he?o were three services?al 11 a. a., 3 and 7:30 p. m., the one in the fiernoon being especially for women nd girls. Mr. Canipe's sermon in he morning was one of unusual force nd power on the text. '*On This Lock W>ll I Build My Church." ioine of his main points were that he church will stand in spite of all its ritics and enemies. Christ, the 'ounder of the Church, and He founied uo other institution, and lie is he Head of the Church. The church s His representative in the wor'd nd is responsible for the work of the htireh. Wrong in Phe church uiemcrs injures the entire church, "he church is responsible for the eath.cn and that all can ludn bv !*iir :itr of their means, and here he Lre-.sed very strongly and logic-silly i thing. The tjjugspon might4 vvcil be sked and considered as to who is hie to, give a sa ne, sensible, iogical bason why he should not tithe. Of coarse, be continued. i; is not 11 be denied fhat the church is not oiug: ail that it should do and as up ti'y .1- m; it should, but olio perc.n i- just as much responsible for id:- work not being- done as another, .-er the erivUs Jay .aside their criti isu?. end help push on the work. The hureh has st upd and crown ajS hroinrh the aires m spitf of enties mi opposei>? and the church will rruntph in the end. The services will continue through Sunday with two services- daily at : fa and 7 .->0 p. m. JEGRO IS LYNCHED BY A TENNESSEE MOB tfnnLin,-\''!.f<. V >- t\.,- ?? *' 1 yvt. i/?i> oru as received here today of the lynehig of Herb Beit, negro, by a mob hich last night took him from the lover, jail. Bell was hanged o the limb of a tree and then shot ull of holes. Bell was on trial for laying Rufus Joyner, 35 years old, at 'arkectown. Term., last Sunday ight. WESTERN M. E. CONFERENCE AT GASTONtA OCTOBER 20 Gastbnia will he* host to the 37th nnual session of the Western North "arolina Conference which convenes t* the Main Street church in that ity or: October 20. with Bishop E. D. louzoo presiding. This will he the third time that the Western North Carolina conference as met in Gast'onia since its organiation in 1?90. IETURNS AFTER 5 YEARS TO SHOOT WIFE AND 2 SONS Tarboro. N. C., Oct. 12.?After a eparation of five years, A. H. Smith, f Tarboro, returned to his wife's t >mr? ilorn ennf f?./A *1..... -.v.-, ^?vv urn .luiio viicy aieropted to block his entrance, forced is way into her room and shot her. Smith is in jail awaiting: an invesigation of the case while Mrs. Smith nd her sons are in a critical condiion at a Greensboro hospital. Superior court will convene ir efferson next' Monday for the trial f criminal cases. Judge J. M >glesby will preside. T FIVE CENTS A COPY CAROLINA'S PART ' IN INDEPENDENCE ' Spontaneous Acts *jf Her PeopleWere Ingredients Out oi Which a Nation Wai Constructed WAS NORTH CAROLINA DAY Governor Angus W. McLean Spoke at the Sesqui-Centemiiai Exposition Monday Following is the address in full of Governor Anfrus W. McLean, delivered Monday, North Carolina Day. nt the Sosqui-Centennial exposition at Philadelphia, upon the subject?, "North Carolina's Part if? fndepen"For nearly three years prior to t*ho consummation of the event, the people of North Carolina had been preparing themselves by common thought and action for partieination i j ?:.- - ? , in ifiiai, uutfMVf epocn in the* history | of peoples whicli hai! its beginning in 1 the Declaration of Independence of jJr'y 4. L77f."The di.tinctive geographic and economic conditions existing in Colonial North Carolina accentuated the individualistic liberty-loving characteristic of the self-sustaining inhabitant* and guaranteed their stubborn resistance to what they regarded as excessive government from any outi l ie source. From the Stamp Act of i !7d "; irti! the outbreak of the Rovoi iucoih North Carolina reflected her opposition to British policy and her hampionship of the American cause jv all the current forms of demonsta: lion--meetings of protest and rcsistr: anee. committees of corresp'mulenee, j participation in the Continental Coni gross, committees of safety, tion-imi porl'ant resolves, the revolutionary .exercise of the functions of gbvern! numt, expulsion of the royal governor and an enthusiastic rally to the cause of Boston .is the cause of all. "As early as the year 17*73* they had observed in the differences between the mother country au?? the | American colonies portents which j counstded. united action in a common | cause. We thus find the general as1 somhly of: 17.73, appointing in Novera' I be?- of that year, a committee of ; I correspondence. When the port of i Boston was closed hv th?? .-r.-?n-r* ;*? I June, 1774. North Carolina shared 1 fully in the general resentment; and i we find Parke,- Quince sailing from Wilmington with a ship >A' provisions. ; while New Bern and the Albemarle I section dispatched another vessel as a gift to the protesting-colonists. "In order to> send delegates to the j Continental Congress the committee of correspondence in June, 1774, dei i.erinin.ed upon the American precedent of a convention of the people of the colony. On July 21st. the people of the Wilnupgton district met and hjepointed a conmdtlee to call for an elef-.tVon of delegates by 'every oouyuv. In a little more than one month, on August 25; 177 1, this cijh vent ton was an c.c&;i:;plish'&l fact, in session aiENew Befrr "This convention was not only; the first represeniativ body elected by the peopl .* of an\ Joiw mits'ide -mrl independently 1 Luted au:*horUy of. the erowh. but it was the first i-xpiv \v~ of organized defiance aii'i resistance to oppressive VIMimposed by Kng! land"iiv. action mciud'M provision for j a CimrraUee to be elected in each county, afterwards called the committee of safety. It brought forth 1 the declaration that after January all ' important tea and manufactures from I Great. Britain should cease. It, auj iliocized its delegates to the contii nonfat congress to enter into agreej merits with the delegates of other ! colonies. It authorized its chairman. Colonel Harvey, to issue a call for another convention when necessary. "The next few months furnished abundant* evidence that the convention had hr-.en truly representative of the popular will and sentiment. The counties promptly organized the committees of safety which had been provided tor. Ancient Kdenton held a Tea Party such as afterwards was so celebiated when staged in Boston, with the exception that the North Carolinians who engaged in the act: of protest did not attempt, even slightly, to disguise themselves. At Wilmington ladies in procession burned their tea in protest, while tha men of New Hanover and Brunswick counties busied themselves prophetically with the formation of military companies and their organization into regiments. In February. 1775, Col. Harvey issued the call for the election of delegates to a second convention. "Meanwhile the Royal Governor 1 Alexander Martin had seen the trend of popular sentimont and was moving tc crash it by sending British officers to organize the Loyalists in the 1 interior and to procure their arming. ' "On April 3, 1775, the general as(Continued on Page Three) _ '--vT-iS
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