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VOL. XXXVIII, NO. DR. BOYER CLEARS MYSTERY OF MURDER OF JOSEPH SMITE Shelby, Feb. 18.?The veil whirl has shrouded the mysterious death oi Joseph Smith, founder of the Morrnoi church ami a candidate for the preci der.ey of the United Stales in tin year of his death, since 1841, waj brushed aside today almost 83 year: later, by Rey. H. K. Boyer, pastor oj Central Methodist church here anc prominent in state Methodist circles Dr. Boyer declared that, in 1898 he war. called to the bedside of at aged, dying man in Mt. Airy, when V the minister was serving one of Lis early charges. There, with the death angel lurk ing ne r. was unfolded the hitnertc secret tale of the slaying in Carth age, lit., of one of the country's most notorious characters. Dr. Bover, in telling of the con Cession, -aid he was prompted to dc so by a letter he received yesterday fjom J. A. Cook, of Tioga, III., who said he hail been told Dr. Foyei could supply details of tile slaying "which never had been cleared u:>. "I knew Bolton -Sightly," Dr. Buyer stated. "He was a member of my church at Mi. Airy, but I took no particular interest in him until he became ill. One day after 1 e had been ill for some time and \va; convinced he was going to die, hi told me there was something he wat ted to confess before his death. "He then told me that he and three other men killed Smith. He said that 111 or 12 men met in Carthage the night before the killing and pledged that they would neither eat nor sleep until Smith was dead. He declared that Smith at the time was n the Carthage jail and that hex and his three companions broke into the jail, planning to slay Smith in the -ell. "Bolton said that somehow Smith escaped by jumping through i window and fell to the ground from the second floor and was stun net by the fall. Bolton told me thai ho and his companions ran 'u where Smith lay on the ground und that one of the number shot him through the head and killed him. "After that Belton said he left Illinois and came to Mt. Airy, where he joined the church." Dr. Boyer said Bciton died a short while after the confession and that ht pveachv-d the funeral. AFTER ROAD FROM JEFFERSON TO TENNESSEE STATE LINE Jefferson special February ID: A laige delegation of representative Ashe county citizens has just returned from Ralegh where, after conference with highway off 'e>Is. t' y art* -w iiuinrim in..i u in <i . .... io Trade. Town., mrv he secured and improved n? a state highsvay. The route is now a county road. The delegation included (1. L. Park. \V. H. Worth, J. B. Councill and W. H. Buuguss. of Jefferson; W. L Price, A. A. Price, E. A. Ray and Lester Cox, of West Jefferson; T. K. Miller, of Laurel Springs; C- M. Donnelly, of Trade, and County Agent K. C. Turner. Jr. The group conferred with Frank Page, chairman of the State highway i'ftiYimi5?irtn: St?n:;ior P. T. McNciil lind Ri-prpscflfii't.ive W B. Au -tin, JrIn Winston-Salem they conferred with A. S. Hi'nes, highway commissioner fj.i this district. Sentiment in this section is strong for the completion of the Grassy ( r? ? k highway and the taking oyer oi this road into Tennessee by the state. If this should Le done, proponents poir.t out. this county road Would have quick connection with ; both Virginia and Tennessee not how Vy/ / * available, and considerable commercial and social benefit, is predicted under the plan. FORMER OHIO GOVERNOR DIES Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 22.?Judson Harmon, distinguished Cincinnati attorney, who for years was a picturesque figure in the political life of the state and nation, died unexpectedly at the Jewish hospital here to day. Mr. Harmon, who had been twice governor of Ohio, once attorney jrejv era! of the United States and several times a Democratic presidential possibility,. celebrated his 81st birthday about three weeks ago. Probably Mrs. Spatts: "Oh, if I were only ; man." Spatts: Huh! You'd be as crazy a T was and go marry some fool of i v.oman." 'M /ATA A Non-Partisan Ne , ' ' I . BOON Hub Wagner Moved To Statesville Jail; 1 [ Reason For Tran?fcr of Prisoner ( j From Wilkesboro Lai.1 Friday 1 Has Not Been Announced ; Hub Wagner, slayer of Earl Moody } 5 and Dexter Byrd at Shulls Mills on [ Christmas Day, was last Friday rej moved from the Wilkesboro jail to Statesville. This makes the fourth , time Wagner ha- been moved since ! the crime was committed, first being ; taken to Greensboro, and from there ; to the -date prison at Ilaleigh. thence to Wilkesboro and now to Statesville. . ^ For what reason the last move was j >' made is not known. It is understood. . that Wagner's lawyers did not know j of it until after the transfer. Frank' J A. Linriey, of ccttnsei for the prose-j .' cution, is quoted as saying that it was ; ? probably made upon an order of: Judge Moore at the request of Solicii tor Jones. It is probable that Wag-!' , ner was removed because of the con-! ; jested condition of the Wilkesboro > jail. The law firm of Brown & Bingham \ ! has been engaged to assist the solici- j , fr,,. I7> A ? -i vw. wiVMis. t rt. ijinney 01 i Boom1, and J. Hayderi Burke, of Taylorsvile, in the prosecution of the Case. The defense will be represented by W. R. Lovill, of Boone; Johnson J. Hayes, of Greensboro, and ; Governor Will C. Newlund. of Lenoir. VEIN OF COAL FOUND IN CALDWELL COUNTY ' , Coal has been discovered in Cald- \ well t^unty. A deposit of a good I grade of coal was dug into at Granite \ ' Kails a few days ago. says the News- | Topic Discovery was made by Pink | Carter^ while digging a well for E. R. ] ! Foster on a lot in the western section | ; of Granite Falls. j At a depth of 45 feet, Mr. Carter t run into a ledge of stone. This ledge . is only a few inches thick and was | underlaid by another ledge of coal. , The coal was about three inehes thick and then another ledge of rock un- I | derlaid that. Tuesday the newspaper ineri visucu tnje roress nome, out found the well had been walled up and closed in. Samples of the coal t .ami stone taken from the ledges < j above and below the deposit of coal < had been saved by Mrs. Forest who 1 shared the samples with the newt- c paper man. 1 The discovery of this deposit of i coal at Granite Falls is the first ever j 1 found in Caldwell county, according 11 to the best information available.. s No effort was made by Mr. and Mrs. Ft rest or by Mr. Carter, who was * digging the well to follow out this ledge of coal and see if larger deposits might be found. It is possible c Wat should this be done coal in cjuan-j ^ titles sufficient for working might be. [ fontid. VALLE CRUCIS NEWS IH|jr L. Raird is spending a couple of i weeks in Lenoir at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. W. Dtila \ Mrs. J. C. Brown attended the * burial service of Mrs^ John Mays at t Shu 11? Mills c 15 Monday afternoon- \ (\ News was received in Valle Crueis r this week of the death of Mis. Jax-j t pei* Moore, of Colletsvilie on last a Sunday. | s Mis. Powers, sister of B. W. and) is R. A. Farthing, is spending a few c weeks with relatives in the valley. li Wihna. daughter of George Baird, t who has been sick for about two t weeks past, is improving slowly. s i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS c New advertisements in this issue f of The Democrat include the follow- y jing: r Spainhours, Inc. y West End Feed Company. y ine rasnion &nop. - Eggers-Ashley Company. Farmers Hardware & Suppy Co. Boone Chevrolet Company Boone Hardware Company. t ( Pastime Theater. 1 ' Boone Insurance & Realty Com- a . pany. 1 > ; ? [ The Leading Citizen "Very public spirited, is he not?" f "Oh, yes. lie is continually in a high fever because somebody else ( does not do something: about some- * thing immediately. * When a child dies in some parts of Greenland; the natives bury a live s dog with it to guide the child in the si other world, as it is claimed dogs can t find their way anywhere. UGA md wspaper, Devoted to the B< E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA COOLIDGE PAYS TRIBUTE f TO FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY Washington, F eb. 22.?In marked j contrast to the hor.-eback courier B \\*ho carried news of the election of America's first president, a radio hookup that reached across the continent and the seas was used today ! by President Coolidge in leading the nation in tribute to George Washington. The president, in a speech de- d livcred with ceremonies of state be-; d fore a joint session of the congress,' r: formally initiated arrangements for o the celebration of the 200th anni-1 c< versary of Washington's birth to be ! m held in the national capital in 1032. ! r< Portraying the father of his coun-! sj tr\ as a "builder?a creator." Mv. j b Coo'idge said Wa hington "had a na- | f lional mind.'* j q "Washington has come to perspnl-ja fy the American republic," he con-. tinued. "He presided over the con- g volition that framed our constitution. e The weight of his great name was the deciding factor in securing its 4 n adoption by the states. These re-; c, -ults could never have been secured p had it not been recognized that he ! 0 would to the first president." Sneaking in the house chamber. Mr. Coolidge read his address from a black pocket note book which lay be- j, fore him on a desk. He was accord- ^ ed close attention but received no ^ applause until near the end when he j, said: ' j c "We have seen many soldiers who . Q pave left, behind them little but memory of their confucls. But among nil I he victors the power to establish \ ^ among a great people a form of self- ^ government which the test of experience has hown will endure was ^ bestowed upon Washington, and -j Washington alone. Many others have ^ been able to destroy. He was able lo construct. That he had around ^ him many great minds does not de- ^ tract from his glory. His was the , spirit without which there would iave been no independence, no union, 1 10 constitution, and no republic." j LA FOLLETTE OPPOSES A COOLIDGE CANDIDACY " fi Washington, Feb. 22.?A resolu-; n don to have the senate in effect, de- G iare against another term for Presi- 1 f< lent Coolidge was offered by Sena- ai or LaFollette. Republican* of Wis- ^ onsiu. today on the anniversary of in he birth of George Washington. The !J| nsurgent leader said he would ask or action at the earliest opportunity md that it was his purpose to force enators to go on record. b *EV. STANBURY DEPLORES IV ACTION ON DIVORCE BILL 0; M Raleigh. Feb. 21.?Rev. W. A. itanbury in bis Sunday sermon in (?. Ldenton Street Methodist church de lored roeent state legislative action ?. dverse to the marriage-divorce bills, he Kluttz b5-hour a week working 11 ensure, and the anti-evolution billDEATH OF MISS B1.ACK j h<\ Miss Margaret Black, for years an v ' ntnat.e of the coiinty home, died here Friday night and was buried he following day. She was a won- yd lerful character in many ways. J? icr body was so twisted, and draw n Ifj hat one knee rested 011 her chest, nd in fact all her limbs were in Such .Jo hape as 10 render them practically to tseless. Darings all the years at the dr oanty home when not in bed she ived ui a wheelbarrow, as it fit her v.ir.ted body better than anything hat could be contrived, and. she said he rested more comfortably in it. j ^ ler mind was clear and she read *1' liiiie a lot, especially in her wellirorn Bible. She was bright, cheerul, never bewailing her afflictions. ^ i former keeper of the home re- th, narked to The Democrat: "Margaret th Slack was one of the best women 1 w< lave ever known." i or GOV. PEAY IMPROVING wi ? w: Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 28.?Gover-'th tor Austin Pcay, who has been very <>u 11 with pneumonia, continues to Readily improve, according to latest th julletins from the governor's sick sp com. In I He Knew Better "You have to help yourself before;.^ ithers will help you," said the uplift-' ^ ;r. j "Applesauce," retorted the former j burglar who was frying to start on a j new life, "i got five years in the; pen for believing that bunk."?Cin- ,v cinnati Enquirer. Sixty-two per cent oi Canadian ' cj families -own their own homes-. ci hiA ii; V J.' ' >: .te ralritff} DEMC ist Interests of Northwes ROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 'Jews of a Week ?TI$* At Blowing Rq ? ad Weather Interferes With * j&* i on the Streets and Wat&?grc5 j ? System ; MilBy j< By RUPERT GIU.KT5- ' > , Plowing Rock, Fob. j^BHKrhe It f^trth municipal wr-ll, no\?- i)eing. ] rilled in Green Pork, had reached a < epth of 4 5 feet when the* torrential nj tins of Friday and the snowstorm i Saturday and Sunday raused a i essation of the work. Rob Greene, lanager of the water work?; said that | sck was encountered ut n depth of j. x feet and that the drillers* have j een working in solid rock ever since. Considering these difficulties. Mr. ; reene said, the work is progressing', s rapidly as could bo expected. The well will be drilled until a' ; ood flow of water is had. This is ' x pee ted t<? be reached at '100 feet. Ditching for the Green Park conecticti with the town mains has been oinpleted under the direction of ounciiman N. C. Greene, and laying f the six-inch main has l^een started. ; Remodeling Cottage Sidney Blackmer, motion picture ctor of Salisbury and New York, is aviiYg his summer cottage here comloteiy remodeled and enlarged at a j ,.f U?- ?j* t AflA 1 OAA i?J>L wi utiwct-n fliiwu aiiu ?9)UVU. ' !. G. EMlts, the contractor, said the ottage is being: practically made ver. Work on Side Streets Halted Grading: of the side streets in !lowing: Rock was almost completed hen the inclement weather of last eek-end put a stop to the work. , 'raffic over the soft earth after the now thawed, however, almost undid , le work of the graders. A. M. Critcher has finished the ridge across Middle E^ork of New iver at Chestnut Lane and is now ngnged in improving the lane itself nd making of it a town street. Wants Additional Information The Southeastern Underwriters' ssociation, which recently cent u jprescntative here to inspect the fire ghting facilities with a view to veiling the town, has asked Mayor . eorge M. Sudderth for additional injrmation on the fire department nd water supply. Mayor Sudderth , lid lie believed that with this data its hands, the association would lise the town from fourth to third t ass. Werner Roast , Miss Marjorie Coffey and Mrs. x ?e Panella were hostesses at. a ; finer roast Thursday night at \ evil's Gate. The guests were Mes- | urtcs Cannon and Cooper, and c isses Mabel Coffey. Carrie Miller, i nn Ward, Lucy Williams and Velmu ( ^nnon; Joe Panelia. Dewey Story, ? enry Conrad, Bynum Crisp, Harry , joper, Stuart Cannon and George e >bl>ins. ;l Personal Mention ? Lee Crnp was taken ill last Satur- j i.v and remains ill at his home. Ho id* a slight stroke of paralysis, hich. was induced by a hemorrhage the brain. I I In spite ?^f snow and rain, the j >ung people of Blowing Hock en- t yed a lively dance at the Town v ill Saturday eight. t Mr. and Mis. Harry Cooper, Mis. ' f e Paneila and Miss Ann Ward went v Lenoir Thursday. They made the (] ive to Lenoir in 45 minutes. ; THE WEATHER j r The beautiful February weather j at we have been and are having: i 11, has caused much comment, many y claring they have never experieisc- \ anything like it in Watauga. But v r. J. C. Ray tells The Democrat c at 49 years ago, this February? j en we usually had real winter iather?the peach trees were in full ?, i>om in February, there being only t. ie light Vkiff of snow during the < nter. He said the weather was so f arm during February of thai year i at Irish potatoes in the hills grew j j it. and when they were taken from j e ground, he distinctly remembers ? at he found a quantity of new j ^ iuds in the hill, many <if thent as: rgo as hen cgg<. j ( Mr. J. R. Hagaman says that 30 < mrs ago. the poach tree- bloomed! < March and that year the crop in ratauga was superabundant. Mr. Kufus Greene says that we all >rget too quickly; that in 1921, only tree yearns aero, we had jusi as fine . * February as this, and that March',, a extremely cold. Boys played marbles even in the rrjy days of the Indian mound btiildrs. 'V;- 5' )CRA1 t North Carolina. 21, 1927 ^OUNG NED JOHNSON p DIED FRIDAY MORNING j After an illness covering about two \ months, Ned Johnson, the 18-year-old- Majc on of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. John-; >on, died c.t the home of his par-1 ?nU in. Boone last Friday n\orr ing. 1 The remains vv.-io interred near the j ^ dd home on Cove Creek Saturday, j'l?l?i& following funeral services at thej srati Cove Creek Baptist church Sunday!the morning. weet The young man war, working on ' wide the highway and from a slight abra- j don or one of his fingers, blood * ^he poison set up which baffled the skill I jf the best physicians Everything j oc'ml possible was done for his relief but! it availed nothing. The funeral arid aria burial were attended by a large ?'f a' L!oncotfrse of relatives and friends. mat< ty-fi SMOKY MOUNTAIN PARK the BILL PASSES 3RD READING !,ou ! \V Raleigh, Feb. 22.?The Great j bill Stpoky Mountains National Park bili, j ho una which passed the senate last week, t ores went through the third reading in j A: the house today by a favorable vote j taini of 90 to 10. | scho The bill authorizes the acquisition | Teal by North Carolina of half the acre- | get age of the proposed national park 'ary site, for which bonds amounting to i mitti $2,000,000 will bo issued- The other i A half of the park acreage is to be .tc-. also quired by the state of Tennessee. J of t J 1 A BELSER TO SUCCEDD JUDCE assei GRADY AS GRAND DRAGON ion i Tl Raleigh, Feb. 22.?Morgan Belaer, j A1 of Washington, I). C., will assume the j Tl office grand dragon of the realm Tl of North Carolina, K. K. K., Satur ; t ons day. Judge Henry A. Grady, of Clin- j Tl ton. resigned grand dragon, an-j 'H nounces in his last official commu- Tl nieaiion to j|H exalted cyclpps, terrors Si and kifltismcn of the realm. XI LZNNEY OR HAYES? Tl lish Approval by the house of re pre- whic sentatives of the Bulwinkle bill es- j t-ioii: tablishing a third federal judicial dis- j ^ trict, means the appointment of ofth- \ A er Johmon J. Hayes or Frank A. j T Lijmey to the bench to preside pvorj the courts in the district, prominent Republicans hero state, says a; ^ Greensboro special of Tuesday to'lhro: ibe-Winston-Salem Journal. \ hefo In case of. the appointment of eith- I bills }i\ it is regarded as alnios-t certain I lean hut tireenshoro will have an J mom iclive resident federal judge, recall-, Morn iier the day.-, when Judge James K. j 'loyd was in fcis prime as > lie first1 T> :itir.en of the city. At the time of align he last session of the criminal court j last : lere. Mr Linncy, present district at- t'r orncy. expressed his decision to j the s njiko his home here. He is a resir-j \i lent cf Boone. Mr. Ifaye.- is already acts i resident of Oreensbhro. 'He recent-j Ai y joined the law firm of Brooks,; auga Jarfccr and Smith and is now a very ictive membre of it under the title ^ if Brooks, Parker. Smith and Hayes. It was called to attention that federal Judge I. M. Mcekins and ' y r. J. Parker were both elevated to! heir posts following: vigorous but . paste msuccessfui campaigtis for the gov- ^ rnorship. Mr. Hayes made a-great ighf against Senator Overman last j car 'vnne mv. i.mney was tne can- *- ' lidate of his party for governor sex- sv N ral years ago. <0/n In addition to Messrs. Hayes and Thv:r Jnney, the following- have also been bill t mentioned in connection with the from udgeship: A. H. Price of Salisbury, wlucl T. F. Seawell of Carthage, and A. A. prop* V'hitener of Hickory. But it is be- mice icvcd, however, that the real fight time vill be between Hayes and Linney. Should the latter be named, two new OTTt listrict attorneys will be appointed. The middle district, created by the dll, is compo.-ed of the following Ot' ouiities: Alamance, Alleghany. Ashe, er an 'al-arrus. Caswell, Chatham. David- convi on, Davie. Forsyth,, Guilford, Hoke, walls -ee, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, arriv Wson. Randolph, Richmond, Rock- in cc ngham. Rcwnri, Stanly, Stokes, Tero< JlijVryi Watauga. Wilkes and Yad-jcapts b?. \ . xvour Courts will be held in the middle atton listrict at Rockingham. Winston- \r\ th Salem. Greensboro, Wilkosboro .and j rriso Salisbury. - the ] __ ? I scapt Glory's Graveyard ^ Office Boy: ."My brother has a ^'nic rold bfedaiwor running five mile? an' *mPb >he for ten miles; a silver medal forj'^01"0 .wimming; two cups for wrestling, j it,' badges for boxing an' rowing'."! Ft "He must be a wonderful athlete." j sian "He's no athlete at all. He keeps! have a pawnshop." ' j his t t' '!p', ,!OCXs**;v \;o&j. ;. flpfjffjgj?y w FIVE CENTS A COPY >gress of the General Assembly ?rity of Important Legislation To Be Acted Upon; Three Local Measure* Pasv House ith only 12 working: days ieft the lature on Monday began consulon of major legislative work for session. During the first seven ; of the ' -^"'i only one statebill of special interest enacted law is the provision for changing date for the automobile license so plates will be bought in De>er lather than in June. Litomohiie owners will pay for the ge in the license year to the tunc bout $100,000, which it was esti*d, this change would cost. T we live cents extra will be added to half-year license which will be rbt next June. hile this is the main state-wide that has been ratified; both e.- have disposed of other rneasby killing them, monp major casualties are the atnent clause in the comulsory ol law, urged by the Parent her association, which failed to by the house, and the constahulaw. which was killed in comCe. number of minor measures have g|ne into oblivion through one hese elites. moing- the major measures the mbly has before it for eonsideraduring the next two weeks are: ic Australian ballot measure. II educational measures, ic county government bi'ls. ie proposed amendments to the titution. le general appropriation bills le revenue bill. r le $30,000,000 road bond bill, ate-wido regulation of traffic, lie omnibus bill appropriating itv school funds. tie governor's proposal to estaba radio broadcasting station h is included in the appropria3 bill. orkmen"; compensation act. U fisheries bills, he machinery bill. 3fc?tiy conservation bills, nith-lfargott highway billost of these measures have been hcil out in committees ami some re the house. The last ??f the recommended by Governor Mrfor reform of county govern: was introduced in the house day. le following bills relative :<? Watcounty were passed by the house week: phi bit throwing of sawdust in streams of Watauga, uend 1923, 1924 and 1925 vo.id of Watauga county, ithori/.e r, bookkeeper for Wat-1 county. nate bill 45, increy.- Lvtr; the sucour: judges and solic-toisv 20 each to 27 each, failed in i sou-a: Thursday night. T.'o vote 10 for iv> GS against. The bill d the st sate by a vote i f 34 o rtment of a statewide game vitii 20 ({..renting ft pro the ma . of S3, passed the house on sday. At the same session a 0 prohibit state hank examiners borrowing moi.ey irom banks 1 they examine, and defeated the >sp' to make compulsory Attendthrough four grades and the from 14 to 16 yeai-s. J WOOD AGAIN IN STATE PENITENTIARY _____ to Wood, habitual prison break|H Mf.rth -1. ... V?.U.UJO C muM eiuMye ct, once again is within the of the state prison at Raleigh, ing there Tuesday afternoon iv.pony with two officers, from Haute, Indiana, where lie was ired after he had been seriously kded by a. storekeeper whom he upted t:? job. Wood was placed ic safe-keeping:- section of th* n, the best equipped portion of penitentiary for preventing es~ ocd thus begins for the fourth service of n 30-year sonter.ee seel for the ilnyiuc of a Greenspawnbroker. blowing* a nervous shock, a Paritnrncri olr.c ali over. Phydcians been unable to restore him to vaiural color. - - * *ifjk ??>- 1 ^r,*'v\tj- '
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