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VOL. XXXIX, NO. I
Gov. McLean Logical j I
Man For President' .
i !
Democratic State Convention Unit,
for Him is Prediction; Other States I
to Line Up For Him j H
(The following: Article is by David!
P. Dellingcv of Cherry ville, who has i
been connected with the State legis-j
lature for about 20 years. He hus j
served a number of times as mem+\?
t ~ -
xjx cue House, was aucnor 01 t.ne
original compulsory attendance schiil
bill in the state, and other important P'
measures. He has devoted much t(
time to politics for 30 years and has 111
j. been considered something: of a political
prophet.)
O
Governor Angus Wilton McLean I"4
of North Carolina is the logical man
for the Democratic standard bearer 'o!
this year. No bigger or better fit- &
ted man suggested. The people of ld
the state and nation should unite on
him now and enter the fight in J*
earnest and see that he is nominated 1
at the Houston convention. The peo- u
pie will elect him in November. Gov- 0
ernor McLean is the one big man of
the nation who has done and accom- ai
plished great things in an easy, cer- 111
tain and undemonstrative manner 111
ahd without crowing over it. No J"
governor of a state has ever accom- J*
plished so much with as nearly no
friction as has Governor McLean.
North Carolina knew of bis splondid
service to the nation in the 01
World war and elected him govcr- n!
nor by an overwhelming majority.
And as governor of the state In has]
displayed his wonderful ability to] ?v
plan and execute his designs for the! ,v
benefit of all sections and interests! N
of the state. Through his business j
methods the affairs o? state have Is
been thoroughly revolutionized. P-j?
nancial affairs made easy and noj i?!
class of people hurt by excessive! c
taxes and none of the state's institu-;
tions injurd or its usefulness handiThe
greatness of our fgoverno)' ^
and the unparalleled progress of the u*
state have been nroclaimed to alii 1,1
section? of the United Stats. AH! 1l1
eyes of the nation are now upon us. ; .
The field is ripe unto the harvest.. pI
Without the sound of trumpets frfcp*1*
us in time enter the field and bring ^
in the harvest and before the year
closes North Carolina will be the J?
household word among states. Shei C1
will he known as the home of the'?)
next president j 4
In the nation Governor McLean!
nas long been known as a man ofj
keen foresight and executive abili- q
ty. He Was one of the chief sup-1 ^
porters of President Wilson and j ^
tributed in no small measure to thej jr
success of that administration. He ^
was director and managing director;
of the War Finance Corporation. (!
lfJl8-it)22. Assistant secretary of ^
the treasury of the United States in IV
charee of customs and internal reve 1
nue -during the Wilson administra-'
tion. Chairman Democratic presidentiai
coninUltee for Nuith Caro-i,
lina, 1 '.II2-191G. Member Democrat-!
ic national conimitte, 1912-102 1.'
Member selective service advisory .
committee, 1917-1918. Genera! ,
counsel in North Carolina for alien '
property custodian, 1919. Member!
American Academy of Political and !,']
Social Science- Member and ex-;
president Scottish Society of Amer-. ^
ica. i ; j
' With the national convention1
meeting in the south and such a ^
man of ability and fitness for the of-! ,(r
fice and already well known nation- er
, ally, the people of this state and oth-| j
er states should take up the cam-'
paign in earnest and see that he is!
nominated. With Governor McLean!
at the head of the ticket and a good'
man from the north or northwest as;
running mate the Democratic party; J
, can elect the ticket this fall. The i
tj south is entitled to a president. Why
* not? We have ever stood as a unit]
for the ticket and now offer a man; 1.
with no superior for the place. As-! ?
3erting air rights we believe other! w
sections of the nation will join us. | .
The time (when a search of the na-i ^
tion is made for the winner) the; _
place (in Houston, Texas, in the
great southland) and the man (Gov-'
ernor McLean of the biggest and "c
best) are once in a generation met.1 "
The people should now "choose to ,
make Governor Angus Wilton Mc-'
T now i? 1 OOO ?? I 3
[/jcoiuciiv ill xcr^.o. | j^T
The state convention of North' a
.Carolina should send a solid delega-j
tion for McLean. Passing the vsord
along other states will doubtless join -y
in and coming to Houston McLean
should have a strong following?
and my prediction is this will happen
and he will be nominated. Then e]
the nation will be glad.
1
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MAYOR JIMMIE WALKER TO | oi
SPEAK IN WINSTON-SALEM s<
. C(
ai
Mayor Jimrnie Walker of New w
x Yo'k City, will deliver the prin- n.
c:pnl address at the intT-c ub council
luncheon, to be hMd at the RoV <;
r* " L^e Ilo'e'. Winsteu Salem,
F~b:puary '24th.
ATAl
A Non-Partisan N
BOC
WnCALEV !
)F THE PAST WEEK
lighlights of Political Activity o
Both Major Parties (,Summarizet
From Recent News Dispatches
From Over the Country
Washington. Feb. 12.?Secretin-}
cover today became an avowee
nidi date for the Republican presi
entiai nomination and gave forma
ermission for his Ohio -supporter:
? enter his name in the Ohio pri
lary contest.
In his first campaign statement
hich took the form of a letter t<
had H. Brown, chairman of th?
hio Hoovei for president commit
jo, the secretary declared himsel:
mind to 4'carry forward principle:
r ?i>? i- ?? *-*
viiv- ivc|rui.'nv.an j/il; UV <111(1 LCI*.
reat objectives of President Cool
Ige's policies."
He indicated his intention to re
ain from personal campaigning- if
le pre-convention primaries, and t<
itain his official post at the heat
: the commercial department.
"I have received, through yoi
id others, requests from verj
any Republicans of Ohio that I per
it my name to be entered in th<
residential primaries of that state,'
le letter to Colonel Brown said
T do so," he added, laconically. "1
mil be deeply honored by what.evei
ipport the people of Ohio may de
do to give me at the Republicar
itional convention. I shall be glat
serve the American peoph
irough the Republican party in an3
ay that I can in finding construct
e solution to the many problefn<
hich confront our country.
llMy conviction that 1 should no1
rive* for the nomination, and my
diga lions as secretary of commerce
ecludes me from making any per
mat campaign, i must rely wholly
mn 01. friends i:i Ohio to conduct
and to conduct it in a fair man
iv .and with steadfast regard foi
Dpublican success in the. state ant
ition. It is my desire that expen
lure of money shall be strictly linv
&d and rigidly accounted for.
Tt. live greatest trust that can In
von by our people should come U
e, 1 should consider it my duty t-c
irry forward the principles of th<
epublican party nod the groat oli
ctives of President Coolidge's polios?all
of which liave brought tv
vr country such a high degree ol
lppiness. progress and security.'"
Linney Thinks State for Hoover
Boone special of February 12 tc
reensboro News: Prank A. Linney
ostein North Carolina Republitar
ader. Saturday reiterated his bo
;f that Herbert Hoover will carry
e party's vote for president in this
ate, regardless of what other Nor!)
srolinu Republicans have sail
>out the matter. "I don't know thai
o state delegation will go to thi
nvention instructed for Hoover,"
v. Linney said in answer to r. poinl
ank question to that effect, "bul
> will carry the Republican vote ir
c state."
When he was asked about the gos
p that he may yet be a canuide.it
r governor or lor congress. Mr.
inney looked up fioin his task ol
uning his rose bushes and replied
have already announced my re
remerit from the governor's race
id 1 never even thought of running
ir congress. I am just about as
ippy as a man can be now. I havr
> public responsibilities of anj
ly kind, I'm up here where I car
ijoy life with my rose bushes, anc
don't want to be bothered witt
ilitics."
Republicans to Meet at Raleigh
The Republican state executive
eeting in session in Greensboro las1
ednesday selected Raleigh as the
eeting place for their conventior
id set April 11th as the date oi
le meeting. Raleigh won ovei
reensbofo by a vote of 21 to 16
he choice of the convention citi
as only one of a number of events
the committee session, possibls
le most stirring being the brisl
lanking administered by Charles A
mas of Lineolnton to the commit
e members who had come to thr
eeting purely to talk prasidentia
ilitics, national convention dele
rtes and jobs. Mr. Jonas deliverer
rirnnni* nnnAiil -For wmA <??vT?of .-nnf
c. work designed to make the parti
servant of North Carolina and ai
cency for the good of the state.
Chairman R row n low Jackson ant
r. Jonas introduced an organize
on plan for three new committees
le on finance, one on publicity ant
le on organization of Republicai
ubs. Mrs. W. E. Kinnon o1
[ocksville, introduced two resoluj
ons calling for' a state committei
: 80 members with an equal rcpre
mtation of women on basis of fal
juality in voting and a resolutioj
;king that the chairman of th<
omen's section of the committee b<
amed one of the four delegates a
-g~ the state is to send to the na
onal convention and that in the si:
(Continued on Page Eight)
UGA
ewspaper, Devoted to the
)NE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH
: Attention, High
School Student!
t Opportunity to Win Valuable Prize
| in National and International
f, Oratorical Contest
ii ?
The white high schools of Wat
! auga county have been invited to
j participate in the fifth national am
,[ third international oratorical eonte*
j' made possible by the co-operation o
. 5 53 newspapers In the United States
j{ The North Carolina phase of th
s cont est, sponsored by The News ant
Observer of Raleigh, contemplate
the widest possible participation b;
'the various schools in county-wid
^ | elimination contests, district con
. tests in twelve districts which, large
ly, will follow the lines of congres
f sional districts, and finally a stat
- contest in Raleigh.
^ The subject for the contest is th
constitution and contestants arc lim
ited to ten-minute original oration
which must be confined in subject ti
j one of the two subjects: "The ae
, velopment of the Constitution," o
\ "The present significance of th
Constitution."
, County superintendents and prin
. cip&ls of high schools all oyer th
state have been asked to co-operat
? in making the contest a success.
Although this is the first time tha
North Carolina high schools hav
[ been permitted to enter the nations
r and international contest, a sigrna
. recognition has been given the stat
, in that the headquarters of th
I Southern Zone, in the national con
? test, has been established at Ra
r Jeigh and here the state winner
. from North Carolina. Virginia, Wes
. Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Flot
ida and Alabama will meet in a zon
I contest to select a zone contestall
' fnv fko I- - t. -1
-itv Cy w IJC tid'
, in Washington.
Thv dates for the various coa
tests are:
L High school elimination contesl
.; .March .-i0.
i District elimination contest.I
i April 20.
State contest, Raleigh, April 27.
.! Zone contest. Raleigh, May 11.
National eontcst, Washington cits
. May ilii.
i International contest, Washing
, too city, October 1.1.
There will Be no prizes in the in
. dividual school or the county-wid
. contests. Each district winner svil
, receive a year's subscription tcv th.
[ News and Observer. .
The following prizes are offerei
; by the News and Observer for thi
state finals to be held in Kaleig)
i April 27: First, $100; second. $50
, third. $25. Each of tile eigh
i participants in the national final
- will be given a free ten weeks' ton
1 of six . European countries with :
;j trip to the 1028 Olympic games a
i Amsterdam.
I' The national and international
:-j prizes arc loving cup's which will re
main the property of the winners.
; INCREASE IN COWS SHOWN
, IN STATE: HORSES DECREASl
Raleigh. Feb. 11. ? Increase:
I numbers of cows and decreased nnm
bers of horses Were reported ii
Xorth Carolina in 1927 as compare<
with figures of- 192S, Crank Parker
. state-federal statistician, said las
, night.
, Value of livestock increased near
i ly -.0 per cent in the state last year
: while valuation for the county a
r large was 10.2 per rent, figures re
i ver.leo.
! Horses on Tar Heel farms de
i creased from 112,000 to 105,000 las:
year, while the average value o:
each wut figured between $8,1 ti
$87.
There were 121,000 or 18,001
t nioifc milk cows in the state thai
. in the previous period, the prici
, per head showing an increase fron
[ $17 to $G2.
REVIVAL AT BLOWING ROCK
IS LARGELY ATTENDEI
' A series of meetings opened at thi
1 Blowing Rock Baptist church Mon
day evening ahci an unusually largi
and receptive audience was present
| Rev. .1. M. Page, state board evan
' gelist. of Raleigh, will assist the pas
' tor. Rev. P. A. Hicks, throughou
' the meeting, the duration of whicl
has not been announced. The hou:
' of the afternoon services has beet
'] changed to 2:30, while preaching ii
j the evening remains at 7 o'clock.
LINDBERGH RETURNS HOME
| St. Louis, Feb. 13?Flying througl
f fog and rain, Colonel Charles A
. Lindburgh completed a 1,200 mill
, non-stop flight from Havana, Cuba
. by landing safely at Lambert-St
jj Louis Field at 5:01 p. m. today. Hi
, j was in the air 15 hours and six min
,' utes. Since his departure fror
, j Washington December 13, for Mexi
tj co City, CoL Lindbergh has covere<
_; 9,000 miles on a circitous route am
. j had' visited fifteen nations and de
. pendencies in Central and Soutl
! Americs rnd the West Indies.
...
DEM
; Best Interests of North
CAROLINA, THURSDAY. PEBRU4
*;G0 TO CHURCH. "
NEXT W/A]
/
J Minister Asks People ^ Kink Ser
iously. Intelligent) v J Rcligiou
\y About Suppor Vour Churc
| by Your After z at Services
f By KEV ?. MOSER,
(Pastor Boonts^ *ethodisi Church
c Tt is not the purpose of those \vh
[1 are contributing: articles f r o i
s week to week on the subject c
y church going to assume a denuneh
q tory attitude toward those who hav
. shown an indifferent spirit with r<
ference to church going, but thes
articles, appearing from time t
e time, are intended to offer the ni
ture of an appeal?an appeal for s<
e rious thought along this line?a
_ appeal for action on the part c
a\ those who are not rigidly exact jus
0 at this point. We. who write thes
I articles, are not scorning; we ai
rj not condemning. On the other nan
pi we are appealing to you in th
| light of your own welfare, the we
,_{ fare of your community, your ?e
c' lowmen, and for the sake of Jest
e| Christ, who offered Himself a con
j plete sacrifice that men eyerywhei
t' may have such an opportunity, t
pj think seriously, intelligently and r<
I ligiously about this thing. Tt
tj j motive that actuates the writing c
01 these papers is not a selfish motivi
0I We feel that we are rendering
tJ service to the reader, especially
_| the reader is just the least bit can
6 'ess at this point. We feel, t.o<
t that we have a good subject, a sul
ject which is most vital to the we
e Fare of individuals and cornmuntie
t For the sake of men and womc
j j and hoys and girls we make this a]
peal. And for Christ's sake w
p? make this appeal. We want tl
readers of these articles to undei
;f stand that love is the great, the pr
"tr.ary motive back of these appeal
? Every one knows, we presume, tl
importance of the church of Jesi
Christ, and when I say the churi
I of Jesus Christ i mean to say tl
r I church that has Christ, as lis rente
| in tile life of a town, county, st.nl
- and nation, li would he a waste c
time to enter into a lengthy rhscu
_ sion of this matter. Minety-niue o\
e of every hundred non-church goe
i candidly confess, when they are aj
proached on the subject, that tht
are not fulfilling their duty. Tht
\ frankly toll you that they know tht
? should go to church, and assign r
^ legitimate reason for their faiiui
; to attend church, if the true reasc
t is that Jesus Ghidst is absent in tl
s heart, does it profit any man <
r woman to remain away from tl
i church for that reason? Why n<
i go to church and find Him praciot
to the soul? Men have found Hii
1 elsewhere, 'tis true, hut He dwel
- also in His Holy Temple. We go t
church to worship God. It is in tli
church that He dwells, if men ah
i . - -
I women everywhere would step gc
dig- to church for a period of thirt
7- days, the whole world would heroin
intensely alarmed. Why oven th
1 man who declares in his heart ther
- is no God, would become treriier
* ] dously alarmed and agitated an
' would want something done at onci
, To the man or woman who delibei
t r.tely stay away from God's hou:,
and at the same time assigning n
- legitimate reason for doing so, w
, wish to state that their actions ar
t not consistent with their bettor judf
- ment. They would not have a
mankind practise the same. The
- would become alarmed if such
t condition should prevail universa
f lv. Then, why will men persist i
> staying away from church? Wh
will men not go to church?
' We have in our town foil
1 churches. If every man and woma
* and hoy and girl living in this tow
1 would decide- at once to make it
practice of going to church ever
Sunday, our churches could cor
veniently take care of then). As i
^ is, the minster's heart and otlie
hearts who are interested, and V
, are thankful to state that there ar
' many who are, are omde to blee
, each Sunday when we are forced t
look at the empty pews, pews place
II Uir VUIlWUd 1UI III
service of worshiping: souls. To ad
t to the seriousness of it, there i
l Another Whose lieart is made to fee
f sad. Our Heavenly Father is mad
l to feci sad because of those enipt
pews.
When God. who is ever loving an
kind and merciful, ever ready to bf
stow His blessings upon human kini
thinks of the indifference of th
man of the world and the apathy o
i the church member who goes not t
- His house of worship, and then whe
t he thinks of the many blessings c
> which these are the recipients froi
His bountiful hand, we think H
c weeps. Yet He continues His Me:
- sings; yet He continues His love. Y<
a What a debt we owe! We must me<
- it sometime in the future.
ij If every soul in Boone went t
I; church every Sunday, God wou!
bless this town in more ways tha
h one. It is a rule without exceptio
that God blesses those who Horn
OCRA'
rest North Carolina
IKY 10. 1928
j News of Week in and .$(
j\ About Blowing Rock
J Policeman Story Recovering From
( injuries Sustained in Recent
Auto Accident
-.! '
Blowing; Rock Feb. 15.-?Police- j *
1 i man I. E. Story, who was painfully j 1
I injured in ah automobile accident;
last Friday, is reported to be rapidly j
I recovering from the cuts on the head roR
iojand left arm which he suffered in '"u
n j the accident. Mr. Story was taken ('a^
fj first to the Watauga hospital where au?
i- his wounds were dressed temporari- 1
o ly. and then he went to Hickory for P*11
further treatment. ta*
;e The driver of the car with which ^ ^
o Mr. Story's car collided, said that,- *)ee
i- the sun was shining in his eyes so j 1
?. that he could not see the road. i nnc
n 2nd and 3rd Grades Give Play Pos
>f The second and third grades of ^an
;t the Blowing Rock school entertain- J?^'
;e -d a large audience Saturday night ?.ve
e in the school auditorium with the
d play, "The Way to the Wishing Pro
ie Gate." Thirty pupils took part in -iu^
1- the play. The leading parts were: ws,l
I_ Blinder, .James Stutts; Brownie, tvvf
js Charles Bobbins; Leader of the not
w l X*... u,. r r..r4- i j.... P
I- >1 mm i*tvi!fpiia, liUiU ouuev j liVaUUI j
c of the Moonbeams, Grace Hartley; I'10
;o Leader of the Will-o'-thc-Wisps, j sol>
Grover Robbins; Leader of the j ^ 1
ie Frogs. Carl Walters; Leaders of the! ,<?
>f Fairies, Alberta Greene and Pink-!
ney Gragg. !
a The play was directed by Missj ,*
if PedrSe Webb and Miss Louise Icen-j
2. hour. Music for the drills was play-! mvl
:>t ed on the piano by Miss Ethel Hoi- m:i
). i shouser. I ed,
I-i The Blowing Rock band ron e ! (,i
s# 1 several selections before the play _
n opened. !
y. The proceeds will probably be
-e used to buy books for the grades j
iei that took part.. j f *
r. I Interest in Revival "*>r
i_i Enthusiastic meetings are report-!
s. j ed at the. revival services being con- ^ 1
lo! ducted at the Baptist church by Rev. "r*s
155 j -1- M. Page of Raleigh. Services are 1
hi held twice daily, in the afternoon wa
lo and night. The school pupils are a^(
being dismissed at 2:80 every day this
week to give them an onpo- . 1
,f! tunity to attend the meeting. al"
?- S
it JUDGE COUNC1LL BEING j
re GROOMED FOR CONGRESS ! '
. lie
p. G 1
>y Watauga friends of Judge William OJ?y
B. Gouncill will be interested in the r *
iy following story, which appeared in i oio
the Charlotte Observer Sunday: t>?
*0 Hickory is stirred no little over
,n the prospect of her "grand old man," ;
ie Judge W. B. Council!, entering the : wj)
>r race for congress in the ninth con-! rx +
le gressional district. ' cat
>t The judge is advancing i:; years. w]|i
is and those who know him are buret- >||u
in. ing out with a desire to bring honor ,
Is to tiim in his old age. It is not that J '
o they like Major Btll'-vinku- and So- -j
ejlieitor Carpenter less,v but they just ljr.
d j naturally ' adore" the judge. And ^
>- friends of his aye tailing it around 1R)V
y ] that his one ambition is to go to j ^
el congress, but he has made the state-1
ej ment that he is withholding un-i
e! nouncement until more definite de-'
i-! velopment
<11 It has been recalled that Judge -j
?; J Council) declined to run off a jM?e-' ,jjei
A olid primary with Major Bulwinkle .
>, when the majov was elected for his s,v<
o' 'ust term. He ran just about 200 ! <|a,.
e! votes behind Bulwinkle in a live-' j
ei cornered race that year, but he said,! j
r.l " The Legion hoys considered that UJU
il they were entitled to a vepresenta j*jfc
v tive in congress, then, and, although yI,
a I had offered three sons to the : nine : am,
|- cause, I decided to step down in
n favor of Major Bulwinkle." !
v It was a brave act of the judge's. I tje
and his friends are urging him lo'ow]
r enter the second primary. | w()i
n Judge Council! is one of the I va|
n "grand old patriots,"- and there is ca?
a not a man in these parts more liked ajlj
y and admired. If he does decide to jav
[. enter the political field again it will ' j
It be one of the prettiest races the fV(>
r ninth district hap seen in years he- cjJU
cause. Judge Councill, who was al- 0?c]
e ways a tower of intellect and coov-i yj
, 11 J ?- ' * ? * 1
a I a^:, ii?2> inoiow Ku enou^n in nis oia
01 age to command a following wher- ^ya
d! ever he appears, bis supporters say. fro
e tioi
d RETURNS TO CHINA ser
is I pla
We are asked to announce that I frii
e Elder T, I.. Ela.vlock and the mis- joii
V sionaries associated with him have Cal
vetuvned to their station at Tai Fu,
<1 Shantung, China. All communica- HI'
tions to them should be sent to this
1.1 address.
e ]
f and reverence and love Him. We re- Edo
peat that if every soul in Boone con-, wo:
n tributed his and her share to the.hui
if worship of God, this town would be j mu
n blessed in more ways than one. Ma1' Pa;
:e terial blessings would swamp us;i 20s
spirtimual blessings would thrill us;; ten
:t and this would be a town noted for' ha<
it its prosperity and for its Godliness.! out
To every individual reading thisfor
:o article who has not been in the 1
!d be bit of going to church, to God's "*<
.n house, we ask you personalty, yv ill del
n you go in the f tore? 'l'"ei? e.vt r"u
>r Sunday?
I"*
FIVE CENTS A COPY
LOCAL SYSTEM
Telephone Company Aborted
by Big Corporation; Exeniiive
Improvements To Be Made
dr. R. X. Pfaff of Asheville, repenting:
the Southern Bell Teleme
Company, was in Boone Tues
and closed a deal with the Watfa
Telephone Company, through
. \V. V. Farthing for the city tele>ne
system. Lb* Bell people to
e over the wires .'text Tuesday.
3 consideration is said to hftve
n $5,500.
new switchboard. lines and
?nes will he installed "as soon as is
sible and Boone will have the
ie high class of service as is enen
by the larger towns and cities
ir the country. However, the
:S outside of the town remain the
?party of the local company, and
t what kind of an exchange propdon
will be in effect between the
> concerns has not been an
triced.
dr. Farthing will likely submit a
position to the Bell company
retime soon, whereby his subibers
in the country will have
e access to the wires in the city,
wever. a station-to-station charge
1 likely be made on calls from
mo.
The outgoing system has been
ned and operated by local men for
ny year? and all things considering
served the business interests
the town admirably.
IE DESTROYS BUILDING IN
VBSENCE OF LOCAL FIREMEN
\ hoiuw occupied by Mr. Tom
ics and family, the property of
rmal, and located just south of
s.' E. S. Coffees residence, was
troyed by fire Tuesday evening
ut eight o'clock. A fire alarm
s turned in and raw recruits man?d
to get the truck on the scene
or the building was practically
nolished- A hose line was alid
>ut 800 feet from Main street
ouglt the Coffey property to the
nc of the conflagration. The inKivienced
volunteers are not to
blamed, however, for not knowing
fa hydrant located 20 yards east
where the building stood. The
rular fire department composed
a number of capable young men
the town, was disbanded a few
trs ko?>re the fire on account of
bility to come to an agreement
h. tl ; oard as to equipment, rate
speed on practice runs and beiSe
of complaints filed by citizens
o were disturbed by false alarms.
}refere, when the -Tones house
* burning the fire truck was untitled.
?he building was an old one and mm
loss to the Normal is slight,
rc-vev, ;\'i amj Mrs. .Tones are
v destitute, all their persona! of
ts having been lost.
RALYS1S STROKE. BRINGS
DEATH TO THOMAS WASON
?hpmas S. Watson of Deep Gap,
I Friday at noon at a Lenoir hosil,
never having- rallied from a
>ke of paralysis suffered twelve
s previous, while he was buying
n in the Yadkin valley,
dr. Watson was 04 years of age
I was born and spent his entire
in this section of the country.
hough not a learned man, he
assed a considerable fortune, as
tunes go in Watauga, his prinII
income having been from catAt
the time of his death he
led about 500 acres of land on
ch his home stands as well as
liable property in this city. A
able business man and a hospite
neighbor ho was widely and
orably known.
*uneral services were conducted
m the Laurel Springs Baptist
rch last Sunday afternoon at 1
lock, by Reverends L. A. Wilson,
Hodges and L. B. Murray, after
ich the body was interred in the
tson family cemetery. A choir
m the Mount Vernon congregai
had charge of the music at the
vice- Conservative estimates
ced the crowd at 2,500, many
?nds having come from the adling
counties of Wilkes, Ashe and
dwell.
CKMAN SENTENCED TO
BE HANGED IN APRIL
uos Angeles, Feb. 14.?William
ward Hickman today heard the
rds that condemned him to be
ig on April 27 for the murder and
tilation of the body of Marian
rker, 12-ycar-old school child. The
year-old kidnapper took his senice
with the same calmness that
; marked his demeanor through;
the trial. The defense motion
a new trial was denied.
The case against Hickman and
;lby TTent. 16. accused of murine
f Irv 'f-oins. druggst, on
r; ' - - -s to bo c-led
' '-morow.