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VOL. XXX.VIII, NO. 1 News of a Week At Blowing Rock Bill Has Been Drafted and Sent to Representative Coffey to Extend City Limits BLAIR TO INSPECT SCHOOL SITE Will Suggest Suitable Building for Consolidated District By RUPERT G1LLETT Blowing Rock, Jan. 19?The bill to J enlarge the corporate limits of Blow^ ing Rock to include May view Park, Green IIill and other properties en-! closed by the survey of Cyrus CBabb, .consulting engineer, has been drafttfi and was forwarded last Wednesday by Mayor George M. Sudderth to Representative Thos. H. Coffey, who will introduce it in the general assembly. The town, if the bill is passed, will be bounded by the U. S. National Fn?.cf * L " | - v?r. win- ame ciiiu uy tne inns to Uh? east of the town on the other. Northwaivl, iv will extend to the Chetola estate and the Cone estate, and southward it goes to the Craig and Harper properties on the old Lenoir-Blowing Rock turnpike. The area of the town will be increased from 1.7.1 square miles to 2.1) square miles. In consulting the old town charter while preparing the admondment, M ayor Sudderth found an interesting clause empowering the council to permit the sale of wines and beers, but not of spirituous liquors. Blair to Inspect School Site .Smith Ifagaman, county superintendent of education, sent a telegram last Thursday to John J. Blair, state superintendent of school buildings, grounds ami construction, asking him to come here t<> inspect the site of the proposed Blowing Rock-Silver LukeSandy Flat consolidated school building and to offer suggestions as ho the type of school suited to the site. Mr. l>!a;i\ it is expected, will bring with him several model plans for school buildings suited to the fiveace ite in Blowing Rock. r. Robbips and Mr. Stutz of the Blowing Rock school board, were 3n conference w?th Mi\ Ifngaman Thursday in rega?d i'o tentative pin?:* f-.ji tilt buildtne: and especially coprernincs the materials. Stone, brick ami tile an* being considered,' hui which will In* vised has not been decided. Weil i'i ! > t * Plenty of Water The rear,it of the plowing; in of the Green llili well Saturday was very satisfactory, Mayor Geovgs Suddertii has announced. A iiigo flow of water was yirldod hy :1k well iivmVetliiit'cdy after the >hot of 275 pounds of dynamite. When the dynamite was disrahrged a column'of water was thrown pearly a thousand feet into the air. the reef of the drilling shed was demolished ami; two eigttt-uifcfc casing sections wave blob n from the bottom cil the well. i(fO :'eev' vieep, to the suifaee. Wiies aad cables.cwerc banging f rom the branches 01 all surrounding tree; jnfter : hot. The Green Hill weil is the thii^j iii the town's chain of wells to supply the new water system. JOHN R. JONES SWQRN IN AS SOLICITOR 17TH DISTRICT fJolm R. Jones was sworn in as solicitor of the 17th judicial district at North Wilkesboro last Saturday, takippr the oath of office before Clerk of the Superior Court W. A. Stroud.' The 17th judicial district is composed of Watauga, Wilkes, Avery, Mitchell, Alexander, Yadkin and Davie counties. Mi. Jones succeeds Johnson J. Hayes, who has held the office for twelve years. Solicitor Jones will prosecute the docket of Alexander superior court next month, which will he the first Q?ru'P hp became prosecuting attorney. * ?. CHILDREN AND *4,000 MONTH AWARDED MRS. CHAPLIN Los Angeles, Jan. 17?Judge Walter Guerin, after hearing testimony from Mrt\ Nita Grey Chaplin this -afternoon ordered that she be given custody of the two children of Charlie Chaplin and $4,000 a month for their maintenance. Mrs. Chapiin testified that her household expenses ?\vhile living with her husband were $3,000 a month exclusive of rent. She had asked *or a month. f ATA A Non-Partisan iN BOO COFFEY J-AND5 ON SEVEN COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE r* We?tern Carolina Scions Serving or Many Important Committee# Representative Thus. H. Coffey, ol Watauga county, has been placed or seven committees of t'he house by Speaker Fountain. They arc: Privileges and elections, congressional districts. immigration, fish and fisheries; counties, cities and towns; pensions, and finance. Committee appointments for othei western representatives follow: W. H. Austin, A-he county? Courts and judicial districts, deaf and dumb, fish and fisheries, judiciary number 2, public and private laws J finance and education. John H. Tipton, Republican, Mitchell county?Agriculture, engrossing bills, game, and health. P. E. Brown, Republican, Wilkes county?Election laws, senatorial districts, enrolled bills game, revision oi laws, counties, cities and towns; mines and mining, and appropriations. Ed. S. Loven, Democrat, Avery county ? Agriculture, immigration, claims, enrolled bills, journal, insane asylum, mines and mining. Mark Squires, Democrat, Caldwell ?Chairman of committee on trustees of State College; member of committees on corporations, salaries and fee-, printing, judiciary number 2, insurance and finance. TEN MEMBERS OF HOODED BAND GET ROAD SENTENCES New Bern, Jan. 11.?Road sentences for ten defendants and fines for the remaining two alleged members of the Grand Tiger Klan were imposed today in superior court bv Judge E. K. Cranmcr. Prosecuting and defense attorneys' and oyer 600 citizens of the county petitioned the court to have mercy on the 12 men who yesterday pleaded guilty to assault with deadly weapons on the Mcllwnnti family near Bel lair during October when members of the kino in hooded and robed disguise, fired at* the Mclhveon home in an attempt to kidnap and beat Ray Mcllwean. Clayton Cox, who turned state's evidence the day after the event, was let off with a $250 fine and was placed under $500 bond for good behavior during the next two years. Clarence Wood, the second defendant to coVsfe s Was fined and placed under $500 bond for good behavior for two years. 1 hroughout the trial the judge was severe in his verbal attacks on the klac. Jl know of nothing more dastardly then this lawless effort of these hooded men fo try to regulate the affairs of the community,'* he a d ''Only cowards disguise themselves. The organi station' should have been called a db&Tace skunk kian. II should be broken at once, for it has no nlace in civilized government" BLOWING ROCK IMPROVEMENT COMPANY BUYS LARGE TRACT , A PfMl estate mm: that rahv mean much to the development r?f Blowing Ro-.k as a summer icsoit, was consummated last week when a deed to ::S1 acres of land in Green Park anil May nor was filed in the office of the register of deeds here by the mowing Rock Improvement* Company, the register of deeds here. The land is a part of the May view. Park property and was sold at' auction last August for approximately $95,000, the sale having recently been confirmed by the district court of thewestern district of North Carolina. The Blowing Rock Improvement Company, recently j organi7.ed in Statesville, and composed of Leading business men of Blowing Rock, Lenoir and Statesville, announced that it intends to develop the property as ia high grade summer residential section,. with modern improvements? grade streets, sidewalks, a scenic | lake, all centering on the champion ship golf course, which is now under construction. "MA" FERGUSON GRANTS 3,597 PARDONS AND PAROLES Austin, Texas., Jan. IS.?Proclamations filed in the secretary ol state's office showed todav ihnt nor ing the last four days she was governor, Miriam A. Fergnson grantee approximately 30-i clemency acts boosting her total for two years t< approximately 3,507. For the pasl few day.- clerks were employed nighi i and day in writing the proclamations 1 .. HI J UGA ewspaper, Devoted to the I NE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH ( . Amos Hampton Meets Tragic. Death at Mill j Head Crushed by Overshot Wheel When Ice Was Cut From One Side tj Mr. Amos Hampton was instantly ', killed last Thursday while cutting ice ! fron; the overshot wheel at the '! Hampton and Harrison mill in the 1 Bamboo section. Just how the acci' dent occurred is not known, as no one was with him at the time of his - death. Mr. Hampton had cut* the wheel loose and in some way. when j it stared to revolve, lost his footing ! and fell into the wheel, his head bej ing caught between an arm of the 1 wheel and the foundation on which 'j the wheel rested. His wife had left j the mil! a few minutes before the j accident and did not know of it until children coming home from j -chool discovered that something was i wrong anil raised the alarm. Life was j extinct when aid reached him. j Mr. Hampton was 40 years old, and ; is survived by his parents, Mr. an^ Mrs. Jordan Hampton, wife and five children and eleven brothers and sisters.. Interment was at the Hampton ; graveyard. Mr. Hampton was a leader in his j community, a prominent* member of ! the Baptist church, and a singing master. He was esteemed by all who ' knew him and his tragic death is 1 greatly deplored. ! "JNCLE MARSH" GREER j ANSWERS FINAL ROLL CALL i | At Grace hospital, Banner Elk, last j Sunday morning, Mr. Marshal Greerjof Sugar Grove R. F. D.. quietly and peacefully crossed the '"great divide" after an earthly pilgrimage of something more than 76 years. Mr. Greer was a most remarkable man in many ways. He was born and lived his long life in Watauga, the laud I he loved, but had traveled around ' riuite a lot. He was a Confederate : soldier and did service as such (throughout the entire four years of j the War Between the States. H' imning to bis native county he settled down a- many ti ragged sol dier did- to try as best he could to ! overcome the ravages of war. No j mar. ever made a braver soldier, or (more loyal citizen than did Mr. ! Greer. He raised a large family, .-r s;.. ?.?r.e .i j over the western stal'es, two or more j of them being present at the funeral j Tuesday. Hi.- eldest daughter was married to Mr. J L. Glenn, of the | W'ataugn section, where he has made I his home for many years, j Since his death we have heard if j remarked by several of his friends, lhat "Marsh Greer was never heard lo \itf:ed ;a harsh 01* unkind word about any living man." Something Aery unusual. \ Mr. Greer, despite his great age, vus almost a- ' tivc is a boy, ami jit wa'i, nothing uhtis.ua) "i#r him to (lake long hikes, preferring to walk father than ride. Sunday, a week ago he walked the major part of the way to the hospital, his son-in-law, Sheriff L. M. Farthing, taking hint the remainder of the way. His hair was still almost as black as a raven's | wing and his step had almost the elacity c? his boyhood. A brave soldier, a good neighbor, j a splendid citizen, and above all, a devoted Christian gentleman, has parsed to his reward. "Peace to his ashes. The funeral was conducted atj AnCioch church Tuesday aUemoon. j DEFAULTING TREASURER OF MISSION BOARD GETS 20 YEARS | Richmond, Va., Jan. 17.?Twenty years in the state penitentiary was the sentence given George N. Sunders, defaulting treasurer of the for-1 eign mission board of the Southern j Baptist convention by Judge W. K? | Mathews in hustings court here to uay.: oniiuers p:?anto guuiy w indictments at the February term of court, commonwealth's attorney said following the sentence. 1 The entire amount of the dofalcar tion of the former treasurer, over a ' period of seven years, was $1 Oil,000A CORRECTION I Mr. C. F. Dixon is manager of me City Market and not Mr. L. T. Tatum ' as was stated in the paper last week. * When the new equipment and bakery 1 is installed in new quarters, the busit ru ss will be owned and operated by * Messrs. T a turn and Dixon. DEMC Best Interests of Northwest JAKOUNA, THURSDAY. .JANUARY 2 ! $2,000,000 Concern To 1 Develop Shatley Springs I * Jfe 1 I Radium Springj^, jrporahon of America Wi'^ evelop Ashe Court roperty ;/ j The devel^' ^inr, of Shatley r j springs in /W county, the only j active radii* ring known ?n Amer* . ica. is no f -; v ' _>r a dream, according . to a story. ^pliphed last week in the ' ; Wilkes It is stated that 232 J* acres of isad, including the- famous ' | spring, has been conveyed to the r ; Radium Springs Corporation of I j America, a two-million dollar concern I ' incorporated under the laws of the * state of Maryland. t It is stated that plans for a 50- S room sanatorium have been completed by architects and work on Hie c buildings and grounds is to begin in 1 , ihe near future. It is planned to I construct at once a road connecting 1 with the Sparta-Jefferson highway, p The plans call for the construction of a golf course, tennis courts and oth- r er out-door amusement features. The 3 entire properly will he beautified r. and highly developed. i p A contract has already been j p agreed upon between the Radium 1 n Springs Corporation of America and : the Southern Producing Corporation for the production of moving pictures, a on the property. The first picture ? to be produced is to be Thomas Dixon's book, "Facing South." h Some of the leading men of the ft state and nation arc included among 1; the directors. .Judge Charles L. Guy, s, supreme court justice of New York b pity, :s president; Arthur L. Band- s ler, one of the largest black diamond p dealers in the world is secretary. The board of. directors include .J. Gordon o Hackett, of North Wilkesboro; Thos. ^ Dixon, one of the nation's most dis- |, languished authors; W. A. McNeil, of Nprth Wilkesboro; William A. White, l New York bond and mortgage hrok- c er, and Judge Thos B. Kinlev, of c North Wilkesboro. T T. Cole, of Nov.- York City, the .. chi< f pi propter, was in North Wilkes- :x l.oro during the week, and states that f offices, will be opened in North Wilkodioro and Winston-Salem. The t executive offices are at 1 157 Broad- ; way, New York City. GEORGE BRYAN DEAD Now. reached Boone Tuesday aft- ' crnoori of the death at the .State hos pital in Morgan tot) of George A. Bryan, son of W. L. Bryan, Eso , of ti this city. The remains were, brought v to Boone Wednesday for interment. .. which will be in the family cemetery h overlooking the Green Heig'nts seetion. ? Mr. Bryan v taken tc the ho-- r pitai a lu'tle more than a year ago \ suffering from mental derangement, " together with other physical aikdier.fk: ? and bis comliUor. gradually grew Air. Bryan had spent the major x past i;? his fifty-three year.-: of life t in Boone* where he first aw the light \ of day. - Foi many years lie was a ( valued employe of the \Vatnuga County Bank. held various positions v in local mercantile establishments, J and before going to the hospital was ^ one of the moving factors in the Wat- I auga Insurance Company. He was a business man of extraordinary n ability and his services were always c in demand, when hie physical condition would allow bis employment. An expert bookkeeper and accountant he handled many positions of trust- ? Mr. Bryrn was a polished, gentile, a good-hearted, educated fellow and well liked by all his acquaintances. 5 I many of whom hear of his death with e a great deal of sorrow. The deceased is survived by his <] father, two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Fletch- t .in ami \T ro f%e\'ra Ciiiinrill f, nH ii"A ! brothers, Messrs. B. R. Bryan, of j ! Boone, and James A. Bryan, of Ed-'t nionton, Alta-Canada. t , : - ; DOOR CLOSED TO TURKEY j t Washington, Jan. 18.?After sev-! t crai weeks ol" inlermittent discussion c the senate late today rejected the r Lausanne treaty to re-establish rliplo-;\ matic and commercial relations with Turkey. I 'ftL - . -n e -> ' , a-im5 vow:, oir xor ravuication to ;>-! < against, or six less than the necessary c two-thirds, plowed the Republicans t solid lor the treaty and the Demo- 1 ' crats standing as a unit in opposition. < I ? Jack London wrote 1,500 words a day. every day. seven days a week. ! ; 3G5 days a year. < ' ' " ' )CRA North Carolina. 0. 1927 :herokee lumber company SOLD AT WILMINGTON, DEL. i )cfunct Concern Bid In for $601,000' by the Tr?-County Lumber Company According: to a Wilmington dis;* ?atch to the Asheville -Times of anuary 11, assets of the bankrupt "herokee Lumher Company, which Delude* the big lumber plant at j '.hulls Mill.-, were soUl by order of he referee appointed by the United iVtxtcs district court at Wihrirgton, )el., Monday. The purchase*- was loward Sutherland, alien pnsieity usi ?r 1:.-T:. u'pu: :tVr the T y Lumber Company. The price v a;-, j G01,500. The Boone's Fork Manufacturing' ompany was organized in September.: ; 92.1r, i: a merger of fr.e Boone's; 'cik Lumber Company, the Boone's ork-Boech MouPtab: L.umbci Com-; any. the Cherokee Timber Company i u the I-'Iizr.bttM'm Flooring Com-j any. \V. S. WLiiting, of Shu lis' Ols, was one of the organizers anil! ; principal share-bolder in the cor (oration, which ;s said to have owned i properties ihchid'-hg lauds a.id equip-? nent worth considerably more tha" million cio'lurs The total of creditors? claims; gainst/ the ccmpariy are said to abrogate more than $700,000. The plants included in th- ->le are j seated at Murphy and Shu-b M'lls. ! inionp the other assets sold tree and valuable timber holdings pnie owned outright' and some held , y lease; plant equipment. rolling I took, fixtures, furniture and sup- : lies. The Cherokee Company was a re-j inanimation of the Boone's Fork Manufacturing Company formed following bankruptcy proceedings j gainst the latter concern th April. 922. Involuntary bankruptcy pro- j codings were brought against the ' Iherokee company. Mr. Sutherland, who bid the property in for the Tri-Oounly firm was t one time a United States senator rom West Virginia. Just what disposal will be made of he plant at ShulK Mill< i-s **?\t tvc p? n--ont thne. THRIFT WEEK REGAN MONDAY The? 22lst anniversary of Renjeridn Vanklin'- birthdjty Monday marked lib ooenbyf of the tenth nnnuiij Na-> anal Thrift Wee?; The "apostle of hrift" bad hot * vi channels thiWgh ;h?oh to dvsomimdo bis ideals on yvir:.^ Ths week I hoy are hoi no;, ivadcfu tvd l?y radio, platform; pcreitV nacreants aiv.l contest to ! vo' v coioec of \m& land. It is the j impose of the camwmsn to teach1 he nrinoiriles of thrift to every1 r?y woman arid child in the TJni od States. The nnstoff.K*e denartmtw.! rind the tfvfiigs division of iho Ivcasury d.o cr- moat are ajnong the 47 oi^or/h-. *ons shjwortin# the movement. > ! ?ch p sponsored lyv the Young" AT n*> vhristinn Association. Fifty life insurance companies ; kith branches in 135 cities, affiliated . ill the National Association of Life? Iiidevwvitor? have formed a thrift! ommission to formulate the thrift; ncai. i hp tiuutri ^vricei > uiy j noting- two national v-say and slogan ; nnte>ts, AT THF. CHURCHES SUNDAY j There was. no preaching service at | he Baptist church last Sunday on j iccount of the fact that the church j ins not yet secured a pastor; hut the I Jundny school, B. Y, P. U. and other xercises were held. At the Methodist church the Sup-1 lay 3thoo! and Epworth League held | heir regular exercises ind an Inter-i nediate Epworth League was. 01- j ranized at night. Rev. Woosley reached two interesting sermons at he rooming and evening services. Sunday school was held at the Lube ran. Advent Christian and the j "Jhiixiian churches. There was no j reaching at the Advent Christian j hurch because of the extended ill-: ?ess of the pastor. Eld. R. N. Bald- j cin. I A plane capable of carrying a ton i if lobsters will carry such a cargo j >f crustaceans three times a day from ; .he headwaters of the Gulf of California to Los Angeles and San Dieto. The jaguar, which has the usual loudness of eats for fish, is r.ri expert fisherman. w-WiawsaiagwH jCK^SffinS ' tW v .V; iVjfOajj|fc'j ,y^-f>K.; T ?VE CENTS A COPY Local Post American Legion Elects Officers I L. S. Isaacs Was Elected Post Commander at Meeting Held Last Thursday Night BANQUET BE HELP FEB. 4TH Vigorous Membership Campaign To Be Launched Lloyd S. Isaacs, i *<:?I merchant, was elected pop} commander of Post No, 130, American Legion, at u largely attended and m* cresting meeting held in the ha!? in the old Watauga County Bank Building last Thursday night. Other officers elected to serve wiVh. Mr. Isaacs are as follows: B: Kelly Osborn, vice commander. Charles L. .Stevenson, adjutant Edgar B. Hardin, sergeant-at'-arms. Scott Swift, finance officer. .{. Wilson Norris, historian. John E. Combs. chap:ain. W. E. Comer, service officer. Dr. J. B. flaganran. contact offi cer. The meetiiig was presided over by Charles S VoungS. retiring: vice commander. During" the meeting, the veteran?7 state loan fund was discussed and its benefits to ex-service men taking advantage thereof was stressed. Yearly for next- year were re7need from $2 50 to $2.00, and plans were discussed for a banquet to be eld oh Saturday, February 4th, at which time plans for a vvrorou- campaign for member? will be discussed. Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary will be invited to defend the banquet. The veterans' insurance compensation came in for discussion at the meeting Thursday night, but no definite action was taken pending action by congress on legislation now up in that body. Commande r Isaac.- has written to Sie adjutant general of North Carolina for a complete roster of the men who volunteered or were drafted in to the service during the World War .from Watauga county. At present 'the list in the r.nnils of the legion here numbers 102 When the roster \ t*afo|A7?d ?i wilt be kept as a permanent record in the archives of the THE NEWS OF TRIPl_ETT Gorresuj&denoe of TJie Democrat. Triplett. Jan. 18.?The Kverurn-cn v v si'W'ii' a I Mi. Ephrram B a litis!. church, with C. C. Triplet i. as superintendent, is prmrressiajt nicely. East Sunday the superintend* , treated the 8unheitni class to it box ^ ; of randy. which v-as greatly enjoyed by the little childrcn. Mr. S. E. Phillips. local Tuniberouiii, :? bpsrae.-s trip to Ashevijlp last; week. Mr B. T. Watson's wrstir.fi school with 40 mi nils /enrolled >s pn.^p essin^ nicelyj;':.;-, Mr. Watson hayiiifT tauyht ?;o.tv C5 -?go. tVryyonv.e.. people arc dev^lcpiTip; a system of 'spU?mi:d handwriting. Mrs? Hati'fjfly-. >vho had a very serious attack of typhoid, is now slowly regaining her health. Mrs. C. C.'% Tripiett has: been very sick for the past week, and it is hoped rhat she may soon be up again. Mr. John Johnson who has been confined in a hospital at OteeriJ N. C., for more than a year, \yas notified last week of the death of his child, and was able to attend its burial. 1|?3 Mr. C. A. Ray, noted fox hunter of Deep Gap, has been making some ?h?hdrd music along the face of the mountain for tlie past few weeks. What has become of Sd. Stokes and Harrison Baker? Mr. N. G. Wheeler, with others, made a successful raid on an illicit distillery one night last week. COMMITTEE FAVORS NEW FEDERAL DISTRICT FOR STATE Washington special of January 18 \o Winston-Salem Jooir.nl: 'Creation of a third Federal judicial dis-Crict in North Carolina reached its final stage today when the house judiciary committee voted to report I iNe Overman bill favorably to the house. Only passage by the house and con- > 1 currenee by the senate in minor ; amendments remains l*o complete the 1 creation of the proposed middle dis- j trick | The color of apples depends upor. 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