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w vol. xxxviu. no. Carolina Counties | Deeply in Debt Guilford Lead*- With $7, *133,043; Watauga's Indebtedness Placed at $700,582 r The average county in Nortli Carolina Has a county-wide debt o? $i--j '180,02? ajid a township and and dis-! trict debt amounting i?> $501,215,' ) leaving", When the debt of towns andi cities is excluded* the average county j ^ debt of $1,887,237, says the current! r issue of the University News Letter, j \ A study of the figures, says the j publication, reveals that 33 counties' t have a debt in excess of the- average! w.i ..~-i - ~ y- - ? "...--..it <iitu ? i a*.v> man t.ne aver-j ^ ape- Only 29 counties nave less than; n a million dollars of indebtedness. Guilford has the largest indebted-1 ness. $7,453,043, and Currituck thej . smallest. $161,665. J f The University publication places, Watauga's indebtedness at $706,- u 582, or $19.'. (? pei capita. Ashe' f county has a debt ol' $1,673.567: Avery $604,735; Caldwell, $1,073,-j 571, and Alleghany. 231,455. j ^ ' If we rank the counties on the; v basis of per capita indebtedness," j publication states,* "using estimated population for 1927; we find the medium county has a per capita debt of $00.95. Carteret has the ^ heaviest pei capita debt. $107:20-? v , < qivivalent to a mortgage of $1,000 every family in the county*" j *, Jackson, Henderson. Iredell, Mont-! * gomery, Pamlico and Brunswick to I-1 \ lcvv in the order named, each having . =i per capita debt in excess of $100. ^ V Northampton citizens are least bur- j lened by debt, the per capita in that misty freing $ J 1.20. incidentally; Northampton ranks [ near the top in school off vumk y. ; Other counties/' says the News ! Letter, umight find it advantageous to look into Northampton's methods j ' cf county ad minis t ration." Gurrttuck, Hoke, Gates. Camden, Alle- ^ ghariy and Dare counties each have j less aggregate debt than North-1 ^ impton. put not to small a per t capita debt. The annual interest charge on! * the >r *-u..' VH nil." average r.bmiiy and its special dis ^ tricfcs is $7&,635.0$?a total annual, interest charjre of $101,780.1 i>, ?s*; t liming an interest rate of 51- pi\ . i-n the flpatrhg1 ihclebtedhe?Si ! C TWO YOUTHS HELD FOR o STORE ROBBERY CHARGE ' r I It Thomas McGaff and Aithur '' Smith, giving the r aces a:- 10, and ' their home as Madison, Ky., ivcre: placed in the county jail Sunday aft-'; 1 4ci noon on a charge of ^orebreulnngj '! and larceny. The youths are al- 1 leged to have entered the store of ' Mr. A. G. Miller at Deep Gap Sun- J day afternoon and took therefrom J four pairs of pants, three caps and . half a dozen pocket ' knives. The . robbery v?a.- reported to Mr. .Millet '' anil lie overtook the ear in which the hoys were ifding between Deep J1 GjtP and North Wilfce: 001-9. drove the ear to Boone where hn secured a warrant and the hoys" were \r placed in jail in default of e 100 bond, fixed bj Magistrate Lee !" Slum. ' ^ j <1 HOUSE IS OPPOSED TO ' s MAKING TARIFF* REDUCTIONS a . n Washington. Jan. IV.?Taking an, a muuiu tnu sen are, the' c house today went or. record against u any, downward revision of the laril'f. Upon motion of the Republican lead- c er, Tilson of Connecticut, the house! voted, 182 to 1G-1 to table the Mc-! Master resolution declaring for a ' scaling down of excessive import r levies. The senate yesteiday np-; ? proved the proposal 54 u> 34. Sever, a h Democrats joined with the Republi- u cans in thp tabling of the resolution.' ? BASKET BALL GAME TONIGHT ? The Appalachian State Normal f basketball team will play two games o here this week. On Thursday night n Iliwasiee plays on the local court and Saturday night Wingate Junior; F College conies here. Both games '' promise t.o be close affairs, Games c will be called at 7 o'clock p. m. t ; e Commander .John J. London, for-. t merlv of Pittsboro. N. C.. and f brother of Henry T. London, state c legislative librarian, Raleigh, uasiv been assigned to PresMent Coolidgej to be the president's naval aide ati Havana during the Pan-American! h conference. During two years of the; t Wilson administration London war.I t naval aide to President Wilson. j j Perfection ( 1 Ho: "I improved my golf game] c a hundred per cent last Sunday." ]" Bo: "But I didn't see you 011 thej Ho. "f wasn't. 1 cleaned out thej furnace and my profanity is nowj practically perfect. I p ? :c He: "They say vadio is in it3 in-1 fancy." ' r She: "Thanh the Lord it's not f MAX A Non-Partisan New. BOONE, JOVERNOR SMITH G OUTLINES VIEWS iew York Executive Tells Democratic Leaders that Parly Must Ad here to the Principles of Jefferson and Jackson W Following i> the complete text of J lovernor Alfred E. Smith's letter! *n.( end at the Jock-son D.nv. ?'? Vashington iast Thursday night: ai: "!t is a matter of deep .egret that* -'0< he; pressure of official business' us uakes it impossible for me to leave! ,n< he stale. 1 should i'ke to- join with' ^"'(i n fellow Democrats throughout thej wc ountry in celebrating the birthday; ?%v f Andrew .Jackson. I take i? that! ?lu .hen a group of Democratic leaders. rem various parts of the country voi nine together, something must nat-j ^it rally be said of interest to tile coun-j ry and to the party. j "The Democratic party deserves uccess in the nation, but, in my pinion, cannot attain it by relying wholly upon the mistakes of its po-j itical adversaries. It should in-1 e pire confidence by a constructive, JM> 'orwurd-looking platform with m romises of material .betterment for he nation. There should he noI "a resterh; no eastern, no northern, no ! P? outhern Democracy. Jeffevsonian ca >cmocracy is built upon proposals ?1' ufficiently broad and liberal to en- . ist all men who believe in th" priniples of representative government. !nVc must think nationally. r> . locai- 1n y. o? "If I may he pardoned for a defi- sr tile suggestion at thi- time. \ von- j uiv to say that the declaration of| -v arty principles might well be ten-] |a aciyely drafted at the earliest no-- f,e ible moment. I believe we havei S?1 rred in the past by waiting for the! e.,: lutional convention to Undertake the ' ntire task of preparing a platform. 11 the heat, and rush of a ronveti-' ion, the platform, when finally wrt i en is, to my way of thinking, noli co ufficientlv undersfcahdnhU* to tho: t misses of the people. There is too, |V rcat a tendency to speak "of the' ^?, vils that beset us ann to fail to suggest any specific ycnp.edy. ^Pagwl , ilatfovrps of recent years have hefrn ? 1>t. goiteral in their terms and im-l # * octant questions have been neglect-J *l d by platform builders in the spirit{ m f comproinise with the great prin-j " iples. We cannot carry water on ioth shoulders. The Democratic j f1*' arty must tall' out 10 the American j wl teople sn no uncertain terms. i W "The national committee could j by fflidcr a great service to the party | clc nd to the country as well by the J 3al orniulation far in advance of the! ational convention, of a definite; arty policy on :"mes from which j ,h> here can come during the course of hi* he convention's deliberations a plat-, pa orm upon wjhich our candidates may! afi resent their cause to the country, j cii: "It is my deep conviction tliat ourj ut< ilatform should be built by applying! Gii he fundamental principles of Joffev-! oci onian democracy unflinchingly to j ach specific problem of the day. * \y, "The greatest degree of local self-: :t)vcrnmenc \v the state?., the in mi-! iium of intri'ei'cnce by the federal | ovornmcr.l or any state with local: inbitsi and concerns o fany other! late, 'eg slaticn 5>r the interest ofI vfc 11, ami he' (er^Rny class or group, fjr lon-intei Terence with the internal ^ ffairi of other nations; tolerance of oil flirting opinion?these are pur rthles of faith, j "When we follow these, 5ye sueeeci. IVe should follow them now. .. "Wo should study and treat in the ight pi these principles our '"oreigr. I ' elation-, prohibition, apt icultuve, j K'' cform of its- governmental machiii-; "" ry, economic policy, conservation nd development of our public nat- 8 s ral resources and in fact any other uestiou which arises. We trill J 16 olve these specific roble'hi? rightly j rdy if we fearlessly meet them in '-? ul' reliance upon these traditions of; ''3 ur party. 1 toy one, am for thus; 1W iteelirig them without equivocation.!^'0 "The success of the Democratic! P'J iarty n the state of New York lies| Pri n the fact that it has had a clear- j C01 ut, definite platform. and from-?3 .oug Island to Lake Erie the Demo ratio party stood as one man until: Mi he people, of the state achieved the ms nil benefit of tile promises made at Mi ach of our Democratic state con- sta entions. ' ] fli; 'Indecisive declarations of poiiti- 5. al faith, uet the party r.iw here. We; W lave had sufficient oxperenee along; As hat line in the past and as a lessor. I F. roni that experience. I offer these; tei uggestions herein contained to tliej bceaders and to the rank and tile of) he party as in the interest oi" thejthi :ountry and of the part> of Jeffer-. da on and of Jackson. j sol "Sincerely yours, ! ni< "ALFRED E. SMITH." ! Al ... | ins I fo "Do you notice how fat ail the, jp horus are?" . j ,a; "Yes the manager is very ccono- j yj nical. and the fat ones get the same j di: ?ay as the thin hut fill the stage | th. letter." i hi; llill'H -? "Wtv:-v ;0V''ft'}*]* " v*v3i JGA 1 spaper, Devoted to the Be WATAUGA COUNTV. NORTH .CAR ame Preserve For ^ Watauga County"^ . 'Jy"" ate Fish and Game Commis' Wants to Lease 500 Acres fr Purpose Pri The fish and game coram: of ? .-tale is endeavoring tc e in atauga county for ter rs a itabk* tract of not le.v .m 500 res <;f land to be used as^a gamej tat pserve. j ide District Commissioner D. P. Wykej Xcd County Warden J. W. Bryan &re| ma iking out- for a suitable tract. To ^io it ;-eem? that the crest of Rich Ciu >untnin. from the gap above in one, arid reach ng westward." ?u!d be most ideal. This tract is Ian ned by a company, has the re- ter ired acreage and one of the par- h?\ s interested was heard to say it tie it Id be had under certain con- Ce1 ions. tri ' jus , I LED FOR INCEST. GUILFORD : "J FARMER, TAKES OWN LIFE j ^ ? Greensboro, Jan. 17.?The suicide! re this morning in the Guilford, v.(, unty ja:l of .John Moore, farmer, Jte, un.d over to Guilford superior j nJ art for the outraging of his two' ughters, was hailed as the best n,. .-sible solution to the revolting; cj be. The farmer) a man of 57 j tjp ars and of strong build, was a I'd at 2 a. m. talking to himself .;aJ other prisoners. At 8 this morn- *w;1 r th jailor found h.'s body liying Jnf the cell in the middle of a pool w* blood which had flown from Ul L'ered arteries and veins in the left 5 low where a gash hud bec-n made; *]vj, fcheated strokes with a safety u : zor blade. At the preliminary j ,r> ursng Moon did not take the stand 1 hi.- o\vh kehaif and had evidently! ' terlained the idea of self-destruc , p from the but. Kfwweffl iLa Ca STATE NEWS BRIEFS v The Republican state executive | l)r' nimittee will meet in Raleigh on I cr< binary Oth, for the purpose o?i n i ^?I nv * iv. win;; liic |iuiiliuu uukv'jk iuri 2S \ ; n* Clau.le Ov.ens. of Valdese was ibbed to death Saturday afternoon * his father-in-law, Gordon Bbftves, d his brother Floyd Barnes, arc * the Burke county jail, having trend eved shortly after the killing'. , ^ Ten white boys, ranging in ges (.;il >m ten tb fifteen years, charged j en housebreaking: and larceny, ire rounded up Friday afternoon [ tju StatesviUe police and gtven spe-j tjn i! quarters in ll\e iredell county , , il. awaiting admission to the Jack- ,.Q. i Training school, j " L. j tc Two unidentif ed bandits \yith he glibly ri woman companion, rob-! Pr (1 the Elon Bank and Trust com i t-.c uy ;.t Elon College, last Thursday ho -.eriuvoa and escaped with SloO .-risk. The holdup o<H:urred five mib-} js before closing time. Mrs. C. ?.!. the VtMcn. the ca?hie?eiv?fs the only j ,to supaut: of {the bank at the t me. i pla ?. L. Gavin of Sanfonh was or.; ?dnesdr*y confirmed by'the-'tinite-u! b?l ites senate as district attorney for ! y middle district of North Cairo-; V>ci av to succeed Frank A. Lihney. - X; ned. At the same time i. -3. ,le.n-i r^c is was confirmed as marshal. Tj J. i n k ps of Asheviile, was hl?6 con med as district attorney tor stern district. L i i-W Bills authorizing the erertion ot'i 5.P imorials to commemorate encamp-: f5. mts of Spanish war organizations! 111 Chiehamauga and at Chattanooga - u0 .t onal Military Parks were passed '!"'J inday by the lower house of con-! f?1 ;ts. Another hill to continue os-iy.' ibiishment < ' a national military ' ? rk at Guilford Battleground w.i f" o passed. v Nine hoys, each under the age of years, are serving terms in the rth Carolina state prison, Patdor mmissioner Bridges said Sstur-j y after completing a survey of! senile prisoners at the lequest of! vetnor McLean. The governor''. ins to remove the youths f'om, !y_ son and place them on parole,in j of rrectional schools operated by tb&f bn' te. sp? I Th Managua, Nicaragua. Jan. 11.? j ijor Louis Bourne, United State-j J" iriue corps, who hopped off fromj ?J" am:. Fla., at 5:31 a. m. eastern' ndard time, today for a non-stonj j*: ght to Managua, arrived here a;j-; 32 p. m., central standard time j ith" Major Bourne, who i- from! S hevillo? X. C-, were Lieutenant J.I rlachta, of Pittsburgh. and Mss-i Sergeant B. F. Belcher, of El- ja, rtori, Ga. of With only $2,500,000 to distribute Mi s biennium, requests received to wo te for loans from the special foi tool building fund will total al- oei >?t four million do'lars, Dr. A. T. f.v len. state superintendent of public sht druetion, says. To date requests pa: r loans have come ^-oin f>2 of the ed 0 counties in th estate. Dr. Allen me id. The state board of education j he, II probably meet this week ; .> ; itributc the fund which was auarisfcd by the 192? general assem- thi st Interests of Northwes OLINA THURSDAY. JANUARY EACEMUST ! BE PRESERVED, evident Cooi:,d^c Tc'ls Pan-American Conference That Only Thru Conciliatory Methods Can All Na-: i; ?, v> a_ 1 - c r. .. ?c n?>urcu ui i uiur? ; Havana. Cuba. Jan. 10. With all j i r prestige thai the American pros-; ncy conveys to the nations of thej \v World. President Coolidge! do an appeal a: the opening ses-j n ci ho Par.-Amencan conferee today for peace and goodwill the western Hemisphere. Journeying outside of hi- home iu for the first time since he ened the White House. Mr. Ceolidge! :ed his hand :r< a sign of. admoni-1 ii and urged the delegates of 21 1 htral and South American coun-l es ;<> adopt the doctrine of ad-! ting their differences, not by re-, t -of force, but by the applican of the principles of justice and liitv. Fie wa-. acclaimed as the head of i imot powerful nation of the new rid but this speech was filled with ms of conciliation and helpful5s in which he placed the United ates as merely one country among mv seeking the way toward a iscr and more complete internanal harmony. Although the audience which limed the Cuban National theater 1 is predominantly Spanish speak- : President Coolidge frequently j is interrupted by bursts of cnt.hu- J . stic applause. This was taken up f 1 jivtancously by the vast crowd, i nch, owing to its anfamiliarity ! th the English language, had come J >!v to see, than to hear. It was in this atmosphere of a?- 1 a- _;_.j i wSo **-- ' -l Freirziea nap june?: inai mi:. < oigjbe spent Jus second Hay in ihuj 1 p.tal l ily of t ub:., Lung before he nil: out of tile national palace th iYe.-'e'eiit Machade- to start the t?cej.-;or. to th-. theater great nvds thronged the plaza in front ' the. Cuban executive's homo, as my as could obtain places in the rrayv streets along the line of irch jostled one another for a poioa n? vantage. The more fortunate Cubans of -h itatio- had tound places in the .niter but they behaved little dif ently in their exc.lenient from : mass of the people, who fought :h other for a rlimnse of i'resint Cooliilge in the streets. President Machado introduced > America;: president, laying stress the significance of the Pan.A:lier .11 conference. Friendliness and operation, he said, were necessary the advancement o: the westerii mifnhcrc. He paid Homage to esider.t Fooiidgc as the bead of.j i great people whom Cuba had the j : not of seeing at her side in herl aggie for independence ! The president ci the United Stales j n arose amid a wage of applan ! 'deliver hi; speech. The first apins.t came jyher. he specifically ntinned the advancement of Cuba j h politically and iconomically. J ce tlio republic attained its ir.de-1 nderu e. ar.d he'held Cuba un as ail! unpk- ,t? her sister republics of j ! iiew world. Emphasizine the -Sfetual equality all the Amtipf states, he dcvprl that in th>= c r. r.c,- th allest ami the v. calces'. could i talc here y.itb rhs- sate authority ] the largest and the most owc.r ; j H The p.-ei'dent rote'U the new J phi tendency to stress the arts of | fee and declared chat the Aineri-1 1 republics never had come undei I ; delusion of military grandeui.' whore ainonir these republics had sat military establishments 'fever! j ;r. maintained for the purpose of! ; >i-r\ving or subjugating other no- , I: tYES WILL TAKE OATH ' OF OFFICE ON BIRTHDAY'- ' ludpe Johnson J. Hayes will like-i f take his oath of office as judge | ^ the middle district federal court! J next Monday when he opens. a! seial term >? court in Greensboro. j ' at d.aie is the 42nd birthday ol - 1 s jurist and is th^ughi timely j r his mends that he may assume * honored post or his natal day. j} s commission. duly signed by j indent Co'olidgre. has arrived. . J . _ - j IRS. HUBBARD SWIFT DEAD -1 At her home near Mabe:. Aunt t chel Swift died oil the morning' of , nuary 13th. She was the widow jj the. late Hubbard Swift. Hadji s. Swift lived a few weeks sheji uld have reached her eighty-1 i irth yeat. This good iady had: in a faithful Christian, for sixty- i , a years. She left evidences that i ! walked daily with the l.ord. Her|( ctor. Elder E. C. Hodges, conduct- . the funeral services and inter-- ' nt was at Union cemetery near) i - home. { i Jupiter: ''How car. he walk with >se wooden legs?" ;i j, i'luvms: "Lumbering, old deah." *, aoU-.->.s>-. - )CR A t North Carolina i;>, i!>;< i. ? - ?? Much Interest Shown In Potato Culture Mr. Costeilo D:scusses Certified Se?d Proprsition With Interest-eel Citizens "\t?u produce the potatoes: we; viII supply the- market." That was he assurance given hall a dozen; uteres ted citizens Tue day after- ! toon by Obcd CosteHo. assistant i tate botanist Mr. Costelio was! lisciiSiing ihe marketing, of certiiied seed potatoes, which he be-, ieyes, can be sold in large quantiies t?> eastern Carolina growers, le has been in the county for sev- j . ;rai days going- over the situation vith farmers and interested citizens. , Mr. Costello told his hearers that! iVatauga county can produce t\iier , jotatoes than Maine or Canada, and hat they can he shipped to eastern { , \*orth Carolina or Florida at a rheaper price than those sections ire now paying, and at a better )rofit to the grower. One of the >roblem faced by the farmers in he county this year will be secur ng sufficient seed to supply the iemand, ii being estimated that here are probably not more than l.noo bushels of certified seed avail-j lble. But this problem can be solv?d. Mr. Costello .-aid, by importing sufficient seed to supply the denand. The assistant state botanist bc-! lieves that with proper ; election of H?ed, culture and storag facilities. Watauga county in the next few years can develop a very fitablc business in the production ><;' : ified seed potatoes. Watauga ' d iiaye been tried out in the eastern part of the state and have proven: iiighh ..uccssfoi; the only trouble has been supplying them in sufficient quantity to interest the large r rower-. Mr. Costello will be in the county ugaih about the first <<f March and will remain here until the crop is planted, giving aid and assistance, wherever needed. Fine interest iiC being shown in the undertaking, ami it is safe to predict, that Watauga thi.- year, will produce muie ''spuds" than any tinm in Her history. EAST TENNESSEE DEFEATS NORMAL, SCORE 23 TO 34 T;W. 1 - The East Tennessee Teachers, College -young man's team defeated1 the Appalachian State Normal hei'.ci Monday night, in a hard fought basketball game. The finai score was S,4 to 2i?- The first half of the game was played or fairly even terms, the locals having a two-point lead at the end of the period. In the second haif the visitors displayed a fast attack which, coupled with their m good defensive work. soon gave them a lead which the Normal team could ni l overtake. Captain Dyer and G our ley were oo a on fAt|ie offen-j .-.v for Teimesso' . bile Painter and? Humphries playet well at' guard. O. j ilimon and IVrkw.- accounted for ment of the poio: . scored by the Normal. The lineup and .-core: LVonBHl C-0) \ ..-rtor:- I '!) Phillip v 1) Dyer t! ">) Perkins (8) Mooney t'i K. ilinson (l) Tihwrnan (2) C. Rinscm (10) Painter (3) Canipe Humphreys Substitute.-:'. Normal. Walters (1. Baker (?) East Tent). T. riolleg-e. Gouxiey (10). Ret'ereo. Williford. Davidson. JENKINS NAMES MIDDLE DISTRICT DEPUTY MARSHAL Mocksviile. -Jan. IT?It was" hear. 1: teho today that Marshal Jenkins of; he middle federal district has for-j yarded the commission of deputyu tiarshal to Deuty Sheriff Cbal Miller p >i Davie county, the appointment >elng the rir.-t to be made by the. lew United States marshal. It is understood that Miss Mar-' *aret Brock. Farmington young-' voman. whose efficiency rank has >een iveogn.^ed by the- United States authorities, is to be the only >he of Conner District Axtorney! "rank A. Kinney's force who will be etained by District Attorney Gavin vhfcn he takes over the office to vhieh he has recently ben appoinid PRESIDENT COOL.1DGE AGAIN ON AMERICAN SOIL The President's Train, on rouU o Washington. Jan. 17.?With the; :heers of Havana still fresh in his nemory, President Coclidge was 10 me Ward bound tonight 0$. a sched-! lie calling for his arrival in Washr.gton early Thursday. He landed in Key West from the! :ruiser Memphis early this after-' loon and after an automobile tour >f the little island city, boarded his pe.cial train for the -10-hour run to Washington. With his were Mrs. Coolideo. Secrotaiy and. Mrs. Kel-. 'ogg and Secretary anil Mrs. Wilbur.t "I presume your daughter's education was quite extensive/' No. expensive." ? X PROSPECTS GOOD FOR SHIRT PLANT New Verve Manufacturer Coej Over Local Sirua?JOP With Busijicsr. Man; W II Submit Ptropoy.iilon ir. Near Future; The Is q\v Yorker \vh - was her-, week looking i'?v a location for a sk-L factory. was very highly pleased with Boi ii every respect. He located a building, very much to hi.- liking1, and other things being equal. it is a safe bet -hat Boone will get the plant; He had Bristol and Johnson City marked on his itinerary, but from Boone he went Erectly back to Xew York. The plant from the first will give employment to from 60 to To ladies, in the manufacture of three grades of fine shirts. The town wili be asked for some concessions, which will doubtless be worked out when ho returns. WATA UGAN SAT CARSONNEWMAN COLLEGE, TENN. Aler.ti'bh has been made ir this paper = :" the uuusually iarge number ?>f Wataugam* at Korea College this year. Carson-Newman, the Baptir: Co < dlege at Jefferson City, Tenn.. ah-o has a good representation from Watauga. Mr. Ralph Sp;?ir.boin\ who has 'neon a student at Bo? tie. graduated there at Christ !ii;in Mi- Elsie Farthing of Boone, and M ss Grace Ilurst of Cove Creek are there now; and four others will be leaving for that institution within the next week. They are c Miss Gladys Sjwifi arid Charles Farthing- of Boone and Misses Annie .Mae ami \ era Sherwood of Cove Crock. Mention may also bo made* of Miss Matt'o Taylor. who. although the mils from Alleghany county, has been ih student at the Normal for several years. Among the number wlv have graduated at < arson-Newman in past years are Professor- B. I>, and D. D. Dougherty. Miss Annie Doyghc-vty and Mr. Graydou Fggen., who is now professor of French a: the Appalachian Slate NormalALAMANCE MAN SHOT AS ilL PUACHASED -THEATRE TICKET Burlington. Ian. 17?O. S. Robertson of. Aiamancacounty, is dead and George Holmes is in jail as the result of a shooting affair staged abau tahte o'clock tonight in front of vt?ng. Lyric theatre hers. According to witnesses. Robertson had just purchased a ticket for the second ;-ho\v. at the theatre ana as he 'eft the window was shot by Holmes, one nistut bullet entering the temple. Holmes gave himself up immediately and uas placed in jnil. ti was said ill feeling had existed between the two for some cimc l.llt ii:sV ubvi i ul- 'C..iK K.v,i; not toon mack- phbiic ;.V | r js FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING FftKiUving ? the projna'r. of U?e Fifui Siin.Iuv w.c-etaig wliich IkV at the Boone B.iprBr. church Jar.uary 2Sth sum! Saturday?~2 P. M. bevqtionaV. 'ondticred fry Bedford Greens.? : Or ^an'i./ati o n. ..." g$ ' . ~i | f j@s?g? i Spi:aalit\: What is it* Smith. I Hairamar.; How may , it^ mainiar.i\\. Farthing. Books and periodicals helpfdj'vto preachers, A J. Greene. Saturday 6:30 P. M. Devotional exercises, conducted liv-K. C. Hodges. A discussion or. preaching: > (1) From the standpoint of a layman; \V. F. Sherwood. <2) from a?the -taud point of a preacher, L. C. WilTfSiSisjj^feil e M - '/fn e- r Sunday 1U A. M. Sunday school. conducted by Iocs' officers ami tahelier-. 11 o'clock ?Sermon by R. C. E'lggorx Sunday?1-.30 P. M. Devociona' and song - service. lea by I. G. Greer. y Church discipline: (1 ? What is it? E. 0. Farthing: 13} How should it ho Uiiir.inigtomi'.' I.. A. Wil-orW. Y. Perry, chairman of tap pro- / gram committee, asks that every ehitrch worker_in the association take a part "n the ilispussions and therebv make the program inrerostir,s-' isip n BYRO BREAKS SILENCE After dodging newaphper vicwers for three months. Commander Richard E. Byrd has broken the rile nee relative to his Antarctic expedition plans, announcing that he would leave New York September 10. He experts to he absent until :?j". June. 11*30. when he wtU return with information about the field of ice around the South Pole as large as the United States and Mexico combined. Fifty or sixty men will accompany him but only four will attempt the final 1,000 miles, a trip by airplane over the pole similar to the one he made across the North Pole region a few years ago. ?
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