V ' - ;; ? *L ?- - - ? VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 52 News of Week in and About Blowing Rock Competitive Examination for Postmaster; Local School Will Haye First Graduating Class Blowing Rock, Feb. 8.?The civil service commission at the request of _ the postmaster general announces a competitive examination for post * master at Blowing Kock. Appliea-I f tions must be properly executed on| Form 2241, and must be on filej with the commission at Washington.: D. C-, by the close of husiness Feb-| ruary 29. 1928. The tenth grade, which will be! / the lirst graduating class from thel Blowing Kock high school, graduat-| ing as the class of 1929 provided! another grade is added next year, formed its class organization iYIon-[ day. Lueile Reid was designated temporary chairman; Bynum Crisp,| president; Pern Bobbins, vice presi-j dent; Elizabeth Sudderth, secretary I and treasuref. A committee on constitution and by-laws was appointed | with Velma Cannon, chairman. Oth | er members of the class are William Holshouser, Lucille Coffey, Christine Johnson, Corien Knight. Edna Miller, William White and Beulalt WoOten. The Tuesday Afternoon Club this week held its first social meeting with Miss Anne Greerie as hostess. A program of readings, vocal and piano music and other entertain-j ment was given by Mrs. Greene, Miss Greene, Miss Webb and Miss Holshouser. Two new members were welcomed into the club. Mrs. Stuart Cannon and Miss M libel Coffey, i N'ext week's meeting will be with Miss Holshouser. A most successful meeting, con-; ducted by Rev, E. D. Kobbins at the j Sandy Flat schoolhouse. closed Sun -1 day night, after a two-weeks' series j of twice-a-day services. The meeting throughout was marked by large attendance an an earnest spiritual atmosphere. Despite the heavy rains which have made the roads difficult, people attended from a ; ...true of ten miles, besides those) who came from lioone and other communities accessible by' the high way. Rev. Mr. Robbins will conduct services at Sandy Flat again next Sunday at 11 in the morning i and 7 in the evening. Mrs. A. M. (Titcher holds thej poultry .championship in Rlahving i Rock at the present time, her flock j of five dozen White Leghorn hens has averaged four dozen eggs dur-j ing the winter n onths, bringing an income of $40 per month, when eggs were at'their best price, with an upkeep of $18. Mrs Critcher also has a flock of young chickens which wid be marketable as broilers with m u Euui it'ume. Revivals survives at the Blowing Rock Baptist church will be^in next ! alonday night. :? N. C Greene and Harry Cooper retained Tuesday >o their homes here after several weeks in thei Davis hospital at Sfatesville. Both are steadily improvise. Mrs.. W. L. Holshouser returned! Tuesday from Hickory, where she! underwent an examination for catarrhal trouble. . ;. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Klutz announce; the arrival of a new daughter, born February 1. Miss Helen Goffey has returned to Blowing Rock after a two months' I stay in Lincnlnton. G. C. Robbins left this week forj the north. The trip is made in the' interest of his business. Mrs. Rob-j bins had as guests over the last week, end her sister, Miss Carrie Miller, j and Miss Miller's, friend, Miss Se-. horn of Lenoir. Mrs. Robbins'. mother, also of Lenoir, spent a partj of this week here. Mrs. J. H. Winkler is visiting her ^ mother at Drexel, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA PROPERTY VALUED AT MANY MILLIONS North Carolina's property, included in her education, charitable andj correctional institutions and homes,, has an aDnraised value nt* OUOD 116, according to a statement issued last Thursday by Governor A. W. McLean, as director of the. budget. The general assembly provided bonds in the sum of $24,228,500 for permanent improvements at these institutions and homes, up to and including such funds as have been allocated to them by June 30, 1927, from the bonds authorized by the 1927 session. The statement shows that the land, buildings aiid other permanent improvements at the educational institutions are assessed at a valuation of $23,918,971 and bonds allocated to them for permanent improvements amount to $15,232,500; the property valuation of the correctional and charitable institutions . total $20,440,145, with bonds for improvements amounting at $8,996,t00. ; V- ' ^ ;*; -||Bg ZATA1 A Non-Partisan Nt BOO IPWMATEVOTS I OF THE PAST WEEK j Highlight of Political Activity of i Both Major Parties Summarized From Recent News Dispatches From Over the Country , McAdoo On Warpath | The attitude of Governor Alfred ! 17 c?? " ? - ** ? j vj. omjin cowara prohibition erifprceI ment was directly challenged by j William G. McAdoo in a speech deI livered in Richmond last Wednesday j night, sounding a rallying cry j against the election of any wet to the presidency. Making his first public utterance! on the subject since Governor Smith's boom for the Democratic' presidential nomination assumed its I* present proposition, Mr. McAdooi I contradicted some of his old rival's recent statements. declaring the ! "liquor interests" had captured po-, I litical power both in New York and in Maryland, and argued that to ex- j | pcct prohibition enforcement from a president hostile to prohibition w'asj j "upon its face an absurdity." Hej said the issue was one that must bei fought "to a conclusion" in the campaign of 192ft. | "The supreme need is to put law j enforcement in the White House,"! i said Mr. McAdoo. "Attempt is be-j ing made to convince the country that no matter if a wet is elected president, the constitution and laws will be enforced. This is both unsound and untrue. . . . The White! House in the hands of the liquor interests would be a veritable Gibraltar of offense operations and the i doom of the ISth amendment would be written boldly upon the face of! the Constitution. The former treasury secretary, made no reference to hfs own politi-1 cal fortunes or to his previous statement that he would "stand aside" ini 1 rtoc- iJ -i , m: ma??e no personal allusions except to Governor Smith although h?- <{id link the law enforcement! situation in New York with that in | Maryland, whose governor, Albert] C. Ritchie, also is in the running lor ' the Democratic nomination. The address was delivered before a law enforcement meeting at Rich! mom! to an audience gathered from | the borderland of the dry Derao-i ! eratic south. i McAdoo "Rusty On Constitution" I "The gentleman doesn't know his | ! constitution, \Cav Governor Alfred] E. Smiths laconic comment on the! address delivered by William G. Mc-I Adoo at Richmond last Wednesday | night, in which Mr. McAdoo attack-j ed the New York governor's a 11 i -j tude oti prohibition, "h'urther than that," the governor! said, "deponent saycth nothing." ! In support of his assertion, the; omor reached across bis desk, look a copy of the constitution of '.he United States, turned to Article Six, Section Two, and read: "This constitution, and the ] laws (ff the Uiiited States which shall be marie in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, ! or which shall be made, under ; the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law \ of the land; and the judges in ] every state shall be bound thereby. Anvtbino- ir? stitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding." "That/' the governor said, facing Albany correspondents assembled at the Thursday morning press con-j ference, "disposes of Mr. McAdoo&J argument that the provisions of the Volstead act are not binding upon the state ox Now York without the additional enactment of a state prohibition enforcement law." Republican Dark Horse A new candidate for the Republican presidential nomination begins to be mentioned in Washington and talked ol more" openly and frequently, say Washington dispatches. The dark horse is Dwight W. -\lorrow, American ambassador to Mexico. Of Mr. Morrow a political writer says: "I do not know whether it is just somebody's bright idea that Mr. Morrow's extraordinary success at his diplomatic post makes him an available candidate at whom Charles D. Hi lies, New York Republican leader, will grab, or whether eastern leaders, who disperately need a candidate are seriously considering the ambassador's possibilities at a 'delegate getter. "No one else Would serve so well to hold an eastern combination of states together. Secretary Mellon is between the devil and the deep sea if he is forced to choose in the end between Mr. Hoover, whom he disapproves, and Mr. Dawes* whom President Coolidge dislikes. In Mr. Morrow he would have a candidate who would fit in with his own business man's point of view and who would be at least as much an administration candidate as Mr. Hoover, peihaps even more. (Continued on Page Eight) UGA iwspaper, Devoted to the N'f, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH McLean Raps Police foi Failure to Co-operate Governor Says Motor Vehicle Laws Are Not Being Enforced in State - , ^ ! Raleigh, Feb. 5.?Laxity on th( i part of local officers "in enforcing j the state motor vehicle laws, aripar c-ntly because they seem to feel it | is not a part of their duties, has : been the cniHP nf r>nnmlninf that have come to me recently!' said Governor McLean today, in call in# upon local authorities to en force the acts. "They seem to feel that such laws are to be enforced only by officers of the motor vehicle bureau," continued the chief executive. "This imj pression, if there is such, is entirely j erroneous, for every sheriff, deputy | sheriff, constable, rural policeman ; city policeman or other peace offtI cer is required to enforce all state j traffic laws just as diligently as he j is required to enforce laws against i murder, burglary or other crimes. Officers of the bureau devote then efforts almost entirely to runnnit! down automobile thieves and to collections of license fees and lines. Yet in this also, the local officers arc expected to see that the laws are observed. j "The state has no state eons tabu iai-y or "state police to enforce state j laws, and. under our dual form of government, it is the duty of local i officers to see that both their local | laws and those of the state are en ' forced, just' its it. is the duty of loj cal officers to see that the prohiI bition laws are enforced. The fact j that there are federal officers seek| itig to enforce the federal prohibition laws does not relieve local of! ficers from diligence in enforcing | the state liquor laws. I "The automobile laws are more i recent enactments and therefore, I probably not well known to citizen* ! generally. though every officer I should make it a point to acquaint j himself with what is required ot ! him as soon as he takes the oath ol i office. These laws are based on I common sense and reason, seeking to | promote the best interests of the [ public generally. | "A heavy penalty is provided Cot | the driver who is responsible for an j accident and who drives on* without i stopping to give aid to any one who j may have been injured as a result," the governor pointed out "Such I drivers are referred to as. 'hit-andrun* drivers, and when thc\ are apprehended it goes hard with them. I "The law requires every vehicle traveling on the highways at night to have a light of some kind, even the horse-drawn vehicles. Automobile headlights are required to be examined at intervals, and while there is no penalty provided for fail are to do so, such neglect is taken into consideration in case of accident. Two lights are required or: the front of automobiles and one on the rear, all regulations seeking to make the highways safer for oeonruintc nf anfnm..K;i. - - ??? , ... da wtaii us pedestrians. "A driver is not permitted to stop his car on the pavement of a highs way, being required to drive to tne side before stopping in order to prevent possible injury to his car or person and any that may pass. ' Reckless driving or driving at such a high speed as to endanger life, limb or property of any person, is, of course, prohibited. Motorists are required to be carefui in passing other vehicles, particularly on curves and al crests of hills, for obvious reasons. ."Local Officers are required under the iaw to see that all automobiles carry the proper licenses. This is an important part of their duty. They are nrged not only to co-operate with motor vehicle bureau officers, but to use their best efforts to see that owners of automobiles comply with the license regulations. "Chapter 110, Section 22, Consolidated Statutes, 1027, provides that any such officers 'who shall neglect or refuse to carry out duties imposed by this chapter shall be liable on his official bond for such neglect or refusal as provided by law in such cases.' "As governor of North Carolina I desire to urge upon such officers the importance of seeing that the motor vehicle laws are observed, as a means of reducing the number of deaths and accidents on our highU'flWC T faol *- ' ,M' . bimi. jsreater iiiugence on the part of the officers we have is more important than the creation of new officers. With due diligence and faithfulness. I fee! that the criticisms for failure to enforce laws will be fewer and that we can materially reduce the rates of death and injuries from automobile accidents." Buying Trouble "Men are so hard to buy for," complained the sweet young thing. "Yes," signed the spinster of forty-three, "and I hope you'll never learn how hard it is to get a man to buy for."?Boston Transcript. ; iwreafe. i -L* DEM< Best Interests of Northwe: CARC * A. THURSDAY. FEBRUAR" 7/ TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY ~" i ccv. P. A. Hides, Pastor of Boonej Baptist Church. Gives Reasonsj For Attending Divine Services Regula ly 'Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as j the manner of some is."?He- j brew 10:23. The Church of Jesus Christ is aj divine institution and is the most powerful institution in the hvorld for the uplifting and redeeming of the human family. Its value to the individual, to the community, to the state, to the nation and the world is inestimable. Wherever the church has thrown out the -life line and flashed forth the Gospel light, it has meant the turning upside down of society and the construction of a higher and better social order. In view of these facts, let us consider three reasons why we should go to church. 1 1 W.- 4-- -1 * I , I? V Cin/UIM go w courtn to -j worship God. Man has a religious I nature and must worship something. >! Heathens worship sun, moon, stars, . j and various images. Then it* there is a God who made the heavens and the earth and created man in His own image and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, we should I come to His house* to worship and adore Him. The writer in the text observed the apostasy in church attendance, so he admonished the Hebrew Chris-, , tians not to forsake the assembling j of themselves together the more to worship and exhort each other as they saw the day approaching. The i psalmist said: { T was glad when they said to me,; let us go into the house of the Lord.' Again he says: "One thing , 1 desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; thai 1 may dwell in the ,! house of the Lord all the days of my ] lite, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in His temple." i Many of our church members on i the Lord's day. instead of coming to . the Lord's house to worship are going to and fro. up and down, across the country *in automobiles; seeking , pleasure, and Worshipping the God : of pleasure! Ask tW.m why they were not at chuich and many will saj-: "Weil, 1 can worship God at j homeT* That is very true, but we . vento: to Say that there are very ! few who have family worship, who I neglect God's house and. desecrate ! His day of worship. 2. We ought to go to church to receive instruction. When there is I some!n:na* wrong with our physical! bodies we ge to the best physician | in town at once. and consult him j and pay him without hesitation for his Instruction. lii business we seek the advice and instruction ol* experts. When we q$L into trouble we go at ohoe to our attorney for 1 'ins t,ruction. The church. I.- the pi aye tc? coniej" for spiritual instruction. Reli&iou} is; the miuisicr's specialty. It is hisj : business to sthidy r.ho Bible and the j henvts ot the people, and to lead' \ those that are sin-sick and wahtlef-j < ir.u in darkness to the Lamb < ;' God I that takerh away the sin of the. world. We ought to go to ehurcli to,! 1 ! help maintain it. We live iri an aj^Oj I when many unkind things are being said about the church. It has niany : enemies who would destroy its peace i j and harmony and pull down every a I steeple, and close, every door and j break down every altar. But Jesusi i that it was built upon a rock and < that the gates ot hell should not pre- 1 vail against it. So may we he true I and lpval to us sevvices. f We ought tc maintain the church \ because it is the place where the t Word of God is preached, the Power \ j of God is felt, the Spirit of God is i j made manifest, the Love of God is s revealed. It is the earthly home of : I the soul, the altar of ?vm- HovntiAn i the hearth of our faith, the center > of our affections and the foretaste of heaven. W e have united with it "I in solemn covenant, y.ledging ourselves to attend its services, to pray' for its members, to give to its sup- | port and to obey its laws. It claims j 1 the first place in our hearts, the i highest place in our minds, the prin- c cipal place in our activities, and its f unity, peace and progress concern \ our lives' to come. We have solemnly promised, in r the sight of God and man, to ad- 1 vance its interests by our faithful1 s attendance, by reading the Holy s Bible, by never neglecting its or- t dinances. by contributing to its support, by meeting with our fellow t members, hy watching over their < welfare, r.nd by joining with them 1 in prayer and praise and service; s may we renew this promise today before God our Father, and Christ, i our Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit, I our Sanctifier. j 1 Son: "Mother, who put the statute: 1 1 under the Idlchen rink?" i : Mother: "Sash, sonny, that's the! t plumber." i % 3CRA st North Carolina V 9, 1928 Groundhog Gets Good \ Peep At His Shadow If There Is Anything to Old Superstition, Next Forty Days Will Be Rough ' Believe that old groundhog story lor not as you please, which is to the effect that if the old boy sees his shadow on February 2, the weather; for the ensuing six weeks is going to , be rough and rougher. Some folks around these parts take a lot of' stock in it and others do not. But if there is anything to it, then when he came out last. Thursday morning he swiftly crawled back into his hole and probably pulled the hole in on; top of him. because the sun rose ^ lirUshti -inr) i'?r)u ?<( ?.<- - o? ? --*v ?*y uvbiiiio.^ J. the groundhog, had not the slightest difficulty in seeing something of his likeness. Legend and tradition about 0 groundhog day which is also Candle- (] njas Day. is interesting. Leaving , out the porker business. February "2 t is supposed to determine the follow- a ing weather: i There is a Scotch proverb about ' it: "If Candlemas Dav be fair and clear, thereTi be two winters in figejs year." However, regardless of how widely the belief is held, weather statis- j tics show that there is no .hing to it. In one recent year, Cainoemas Day was clear in the east and c.o, dy in j the west, but winter lasted ... re *' than six weeks later throughout ;no c country. A study has also been v made oyer a period of 15 years. Of; ttw. -V i.i I t been cold, only four actually were; 1 and only two of the six that should '' have been cold were really warm. The groundhog himself does not * thank those who wished on him the c job of making had weather guesses. 1 * He didn't ask for it in the first * place. 11 was transferred to his;* chunky shoulders by the early set.- v tiers in this country, who couldn't1 find any European hedgehogs hereto take the blame for stormy weath- ! ev in mid-Mav sifftfj * tio.-?c?z to continue, not lor 40 days, i n ut for the rest of the year. There lJ > also :: su?8rstilion. ihe origin pjj which is unknown, that November I a 11 has a similar influence. As thej s: .veather is on that day. so, it is said J "? vili be the Following" winter. ' The absurdity ?!" these ideas is' al minted out by Dr. W. J. Humphreys J S* >f the United Suites weather bureau.! f the supni'sition were true and' Cf November 21 is clear, the rest of the| vinter, including St. Paul's day, vould he fair. And since St. Paul's lay necessarily would be clear, the u" 'est of the year will be also, the icxt November 21 along with it. And ;o around the cvcle. If these super-j ^ citions were correct, men could sing: c! vivh truth. "' ( ain't gonna rain no! st ndro I** j h; THOMASVILLF. POLICEMAN ' IS KILLED BY NEGRO' 11 : ir Thomas ville. N. Feb. fi ?Po-jM iceman Reddiek was instantly kill-1 ? ;d and Detective .1. D. Morgan re- 1 reived three bullet wounds tonight! vom an unidentified negro they 1 V vcre attempting to arrest. me- slayer, aescnnea by eye-wtticsses of the shooting as a bier, yelok negro, escaped on foot but atj || i late hour tonight, was being pur-; ' ued by a posse estimated at morel han 1,000 persons. ! d. As the news of the slaying spread,, w he posse of man-hunters gathered, ft juickly, coming from High Point,; ft fexington and surrounding country- j p. .ide and bringing their guns along,: T The slaying occurred at 7 o'clock j ti vhen the two.officers approached 1; he automobile in which the negro lad driven to town. He opened fire I 01 m them, the first bullet entering ti iteddiek's heart and killing him in-: dr itantly. Morgan was shot three ti rimes in his leg, arm and side, "the ft icgvo jumped from the ear and fled, oi - ' . ''; R-'-v I T FT.'E CENTS A COPY MiNTY'S OLDEST CITIZEN PASSES -ong Career' of Mr. Albert. Wilson Came to Close Sunday Evening: When Hi Answered Final Cal': Was Confederate Soldier Mr. Albert Wilson, aged 102, the d/iest Confederate veteran of whom ve have record in North Carolina, md one of her very oldest citizens, ogardiess of military service. died Sunday evening at his home three idles east of Boone, following an liness of several weeks* duration. Although blind, 'deaf anil palsid. his nind remained active after his more h;ui a pent.upv ?.f h?. tave lived, Mr. Wilson would have bserved his li)3rd birthday anniersary early in April. Deceased had soor. the major part if the history of America as an inIcpcndeht nation and had witnessed ts industrial growth from the time lie first locomotive was put in opertion on the old Baltimore and Ohio tailway, he being a little snore than ive years old at that time. At a birthday dinner given in honI of Mr. Wilson last year, many tones were told of the exploits of 'umnany b, '?7?h North Carolina inantry, in which organization Mr. Vilson ranked as first sergeant, i'ales were told of the regiment's laptism of tire at New Bern, of how t joined Jackson .11 the Shenandoah .nil participated in its first major ngagemont at Fianover courthouse, .hero it drove the ononis front the icid and forced him to seek protei:ion in tin* wopds under the protecion of his own batteries. Then folowed closely Mechanicsville. Gabies' 1 ill and brazier's farm, where onimander Cahrles (' Lee was killd in action. With Lieutenant Col. iarbev :is their new commander, hey went to Malvern Hi!! where hey forced Me CI? la 11 back to Ilarrs.>>j's landing nad checked Pope at da)* Run. Tin feasting' of Mr. Wilson's regi jXOTjTj on napiuRMi rcucrai rations ift.er having existed for a week or. :reen corn. wa.j another int'-Testing fcorv. The 37th was one unit of itfckson's "foot caMalry" in the lank movement i<> Pope's rear, throughout the strenuous march the niv food they had was the corn they ilucked from the fields they passed. At Manassas Jumtgin they ehargd Taylor's New Jersey brigade, oiced it across Bull Run and anriilattkl it. fJ.ere they were able to uppiy themselves with n grqat store f ex( client rations. Jackson led his gallants in so lany victories that he vya's idolized y all his troops, ffen e it was not trange that Albert Wilson's voice "oulii break and he was moveil to Nivs when speaking of il:e Wilder-, ess. As Jackson led the southern niiy on the famous flank movement round Hooker's, army 'n broad day- .yjSBK ght. the men fell again the. thrill t" certain victory and scarcely nimdd the barrage from 43 "pieces o? mm tttilery conrnntrutcd or. the 37r.h. 'he of)tile continued until after iRht. Jackson ordered a certain Md kept clear ami that. 110 one lould be allov. ed to pass. Stuntly fterwartls, he returned alonff the H tme load and was shot to iieat.h i tr Itii; VVel-o ing wounded a short distance ^ .vay, heard the shot that killed his I eneral. Then followed the heart-breaking { impaigit at Gettysburg, the terrible ays before I'etersburgh and finally JaSfS ir two days, February 15 and 16, >r the purpose of assisting lax ayers in preparing their returns, his service will be free. The reirns must he filed before- March . 2 5 or suffer a penalty. A penalty of not more than $10,- toSS.'4 30 or imprisonment for not more inn one year, or both, and in adtion, 25 per cent of the amount of :e tax. is imposed by the statute 5?& >r wdful failure to make a return ".'jffiyn