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VOL XXXIX, NO. 10
County Registrars
Are Appointee
Boaril of Elections in Session Her
Saturday Names Officials to
Hold June Primary
I
Th?? \V utauga county board o
lections met at the courthouse her
Saturday and set up the machiner;
ncident to the Democratic primar;
f >n June 2. Chairman Henry J. Har
din presided over the meeting, am
Alvin Hagarnan, Democratic mem
her and John W. Hodges, Republicai
member, attended.
Appointments made by the. boan
Saturday are as follows, the firs
-" iiaiucu uciug ifKiiiucrats ana tm
last Republican:
Boone township?Luther South
registrar; Horace Greer and II. L
Lyon, judges.
Bald Mountain?Willett Millei
registrar: Carter Ragan and Watt
F. Norris, judges.
Beaver Dam township?W. R
Vines, registrar; J. Grover Johnsoi
and J. S. Snyder, judges.
Blue Ridge township ? Floy<
Tate, registrar; Marion Coffey ani
T Hampton, judges.
Blowing Rock township?J. Ailoi
Gragg, registrar; Henry E. Coffe;
and Grover Robbins, judges.
Cove Creek township ? Deai
Swift, registrar; J. B. Ilorton am
Grover C. Morris. judges.
Elk township?!\ G. Carroll, rcg
islrar; Clay Hodges and C. f'. Trip
lett, judges.
Laurel Creek township?Luthe
Ward, registrar; Ed. B. Hagamai
and Will F. Winkler, judges.
Meal Gamp No, 1?Charles G
Hodges, registrar; Dell Coffey an<
Charlie Lewis, judges.
Meat Camp No. 2--L. If. React
registrar; Herman McNeil am
Wayne Miller, judges.
North Fork township Waller C
Smith. r^5?isl i-j?r P SWifi
ul Ueb\ Wilson, judges.
Shaw no chaw township Liny.
Welch, registrar; George Ouudil
i<l 11. i.. Shook, judges.
Stony Fork township?Clement D
McNeil, registrar; Henry L. Hardii
. id Jason Alorctz, judges.
Watauga tpwnsh i jv?-Mar ti n (,
Herman, registrar; Hard Thoma
and Charlie Clark, judges.
O. B. DOUGHERTY HELPED TO
EDIT DEMOCRAT IN OLD DAY:
The story which has gone thi
rounds of the state papers, writtei
Mr. Rupert Gillett in regard l<
the eavly days of The Democrat fail
id to mention the fact that D. 6
Dougherty, father of the Professor.
Dougherty of the Normal, was on<
of the original owners of the news
paper, having acted in the capacity
of Editor for several years, R. C
Rivers having been the publisher o
?aim* 110m cne beginning. Hu: ston
was related to Sir. Giilett withou
this bit. of information, and this cor
rectioh is gladly made in memory o
the gonial old gentleman who w&:
the loyal partner of the present pub
lisher in those days.
road commission buys
TWO GRADING MACHINE!
Mr. Carter Farthing, of the eoun
ty road commission, said Monday
that the commission had purchaser
two graders, which would be deliver
ed by the first* of May, and unti
their arrival, very little grading
could be done, as it would require
th?* expenditure of a considerable
amount of money to repair the ole
machines. This will not delay wort
to any great extent, as work one
county roads before the first oi
May, because of weather conditions
was expensive and unsatisfactory
However, with the arrival of the
new graders and the coming of goo<
weather, the road commission hopes
to begin considerable work on al
roads of the county.
ZIONVILLE NOTES
Zionville, April 18.-?News has
received here announcing the
birth of a daughter on April 1st to
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Farthing oi
Dockland, Ohio.
Miss Phyllis Bingham of Cove
fr/?atr ennnt tv?? noet ? ?-1
??.v V(/V?IV VI1C pool- ??CCR-C11U W1UI
Miss Ruth Greer.
She I ton Penn oi" Bristol was a
business visitor to the village Tuesday.
Mr. and Mis. Ghas. Isaacs ami
sons of Cincinnati, Ohio, have arrived
in (he village for .a few weeks'
visit.
W. L. Scruggs of Baltimore, Md.,
is a visitor at the home ol* Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Greer for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Stephens of
Todd have moved to their home here.
Mr. Stephens' brother, W. 0. Stephens,
who has been Jiving on the
place has purchased the C. C. Ragan
farm ami moved there.
Mrs. Victoria Hodge who has been
visiting her children in Bristol for
the past few weeks, has returned to
her home here.
Airs. Thomas Duncan of Mountain
City is spending a few days in the
village.
VATA\
A N on-Partisan Ne
BO 03
, POLITICAL"EVENTS |
OF THE PAST WEEK;
Highlight* of Political Activity of J
' Both Major Parties Summarized
From Recent News Dispatches j
^ i From Over the Country
^ I Hoover Claim* 259, Lowden 135
~j Washington. April I I.?Claiming
' j that Governor Lowdeti's advocacy of|
farm rleief is giving him grovvin^j
11 strength in the east and that there j
J are now 185 delegates pledged to J
J him, Clarence F. Buck. campaign
j manager icr the former Illinois executive,
returned to the capital today
filled with optimism. Mr. Duck declared
Jiiat Lowden has as much
strength in New York as toy Republican
candid:'te and that his predic^.
tion that the latter would have a
J substantial block of delegates is true
| to a greater extent than he had;
tb night. He also cxp-v *d file'
| opinion that Gov. Lowden will not
j answer the Borah prohibition ques-f
,! tionnaire and intimated that lhc|
; Anti-Saloon league knows his eanj.
did ate as a dry.
"I firmly believe that Governor;
Lowden will be nominated at Kansas I
n City. not later than the fourth balj
lot," he said.
J Mr. Buck gave the following
! stales in which he says Lowden has
j pledged delegates: Iowa, 27; Minne1
sota. 23; Missouri, 31; North Oaro-l
lina, 11; South Carolina, 1!; North j
, Dakota, 13; South Dakota. 13; Ar-j
i Kansas, Z; Illinois, 40.
| The Washington Hoover-for-Pros-1
lj ident committee Saturday night issu-i
! ed a statement claiming 259 ogle-j
'gates to the national convention fori
I their candidate. It listed them as
j follows: Georgia, l<i; Hawaii, 2;
' I low a. 2; Kentucky, 29; Louisiana, |
x\ 12: Maine, 15; Michigan. '52; Mini
nesota, 7; Mississippi 12; Missouri.
I 12 ; Nebraska, 7; New Hampshire, j
lj 11; New Mexico, ri; New York, 17:
| North Carolina. 7 ; Philippine Is-J
j lands. 2; Rhode Island, I it; Vir-i
vginia. 15; Wisconsin, 2fc.
In addition t<> the above, the i
,.j statement said, "sixty-six delegates
s I either pledged, instructed or who
| have expressed a preference fori
; some other candidate as a first j
I choice: will vote for Mr. Hoover as j
, i soon as they are released."
* j The statement also listed 01 dele-j
I gates as having been selected in;
Illinois, 11 in Idaho, 23 in Kansas,)
! 12 in North Dakota and 11 in South;
' Carolina, but ekiimed none of these J
j I or Hoover.
;J> The Winners in Illinois
Candidates nominated for princi-;
pa) :,i'fn'cs in Illinois in "ho recent j
1 primary election:
Governor?Republican: Louis Lin-'
coin Emerson, secretary of state. j
' : Democrat: Fioyd E. Thompson,j
state supreme court justice.
Attorney general?Republican : O. j
E. Cavlstrom.
>| Democrat: Thomas J. Courtney. !
! U. S. Serial or?Republican: Otis;
] '. Glenn:
Democrat: Anton J. kernuik.
States attorney cook county (Chi- j
* cago) : Republican: John A. Swan-!
Democrat: William J. Lindsay. \
Congressman Madden was rehomi ;
! nated over his negro opponent in the!
j- Chicago distinct.
Smith Gets Washington
The Washington Democratic state
. convention last Friday night in - j
, . strueted its delegation to the na-j
j tional convention to cast their l ij
.j ballots as a unit for the nomination j
1; of Governor Ai Smith for president, j
Councill Will Not Run in 9th
Hickory, April 16.?W. B. Coiin-1
ill. former superior court judge j
j j who has been boomed as one of the i
I major contenders for the Democratic j
! nomination for congress in the ninth!
district, announced today that he'
J would not enter the race. He leavesj
;: the field to Representative A. L. j
' Bitlwinkle and Solicitor John G. j
' | CarpertEgr of Gastonia, and Rev '
Arthur Talmadgc Abernethy of,
Rutherwood college. "1 have beer.1
deliberate in my definite withdrawal;
from the race," Judge Couneill said,i
"because 1 felt tha t consideration;
1 j teas due those loyal friends through- ]
I out the district who have promised;
; me their support." The judge is
I advancing ifl years and he does not i
feel inclined to undertake the strain
| of a personal political campaign, he'
i said. His decision against the task'
was largely influenced by bis family;
and physicians, it was said.
Neat to Oppose Weaver in 10th
Will Ncal has filed his congres-'
| sional notice with the state board of i
! elections to oppose Congressman!
I Weaver in the June primary for:
representative from the tenth con-;
i gressional district.
I _ : !
Smith Candidacy Launched in
' New Yora
New York, April 17.?The second'
(Continued on Page Eight)
JGA
:wspaper, Devoted to the
ME. WATAUGA COUNTY, NOKTff
Seawell Is Republican \
Choice For Governor
I. G. Greer of Boone Nominated fori
Superintendent of Public Instruction;
Linney Elector al L^arge j
The North Carolina Republican)
convention which met at Raleigh:
last Wednesday, nominated Herbertf
F. Seawell of Carthage for governor,!
sent National Committeeman C. A.j
Jonas, Revenue Commissioner D. H.
Blair and former State Chairman W. |
G. Bramhain as the 4big four' toj
the Kansas City convention, adopted!
a woioiu piattorm and placed a full
ticket in the field for all state offices,
as follows:
For governor-?Herbert F. Seawell,
Carthage.
Lieutenant governor?W. H. Fisher.
Clinton.
Secretary of state?Mrs. R. J.
Tighe, Buncombe.
Attorney general?J. Ray McRary.
Lexington.
Auditor?John W. Yeager, Ca-!
tawba.
Treasurer?John H. Johnson,!
Wilkesboro. ]
Superintendent of public i list rue-j
tion?I. G. (ireor, Boone. j
Comriiissioner of revenue?Noah!
A. Pitts, Morgan ton.
Commissioner of labor and printing?I.
B. Goslen, Winston-Salem.
Insurance commissioner?A. E.
Hampton, Brevard.
Corporation commissioner?D. J.
D. Gregg. Liberty.
Commissioner of agriculture.?D.
A. Patterson. Scotland.
Justices of supreme court?T. J.
llarkins, Asheville, and Walter B.
Love. Monroe.
Presidential electors at large?
Frank A. Linney. Boone, and Geo.
E. Butler, Clinton.
VALLE CRUCIS SCHOOL NEWS
Vallc Crucis, April IK.? On the
night, of April 1 1. the Junior Aux.vl
thn IT-.K. ..I
... iiiv mult v.* woo vnuicii })??:sented
a highly instructive and en
tovtaining pageant entitled "Children
of the World," the object of
which was to stimulate interest in
missions. "Mother Church/' impersonated
by Miss Olive Smith, received
the plea for the gospel message
I through the children of. r?(/n-ChrLat'ian
countries, each child in native
costume. These pleas were supplemented
by songs and suggestions
from American children concerning
the duty of helping others to clearer
vision, while "America/' supporting
the stars and stripes, urged this
Christian nation to help extend the
rame blessing to others. Tin- stage
setting was simple but effective, and
all the effects were well planned.
Miss Ruthann C. G lough, head of
this branch of the Junior Auxiliary,
planned and managed the whole affair.
assisted by Miss Gudhoim, Miss
Edwards, Miss Ricaud and Miss Far- ,
mer of the faculty, and by the chtldrei\.
A special invitation to be
present was extended to the Missionary
Society of the Valle Cruris
Methodist church and was accepted/
many of the members being present.
The pageant was witnessed by a
iarge audience and surrounding corn-1
munities. |
The girls of the school are la-,
mentirig the fact that continued
rair.s have spoiled their pians for a!
long hike and picnic and a trip to.|
Blowing Rock. It is hoped, however, |
that these arc merely deferred ur.-l
til there are longer periods of sun-i
shine. |
The members of the faculty were |
called upon to exercise their sense I
of humor and good nature when they
recently witnessed a burlesque faculty
meeting given by members of
the Mary Horner Literary Society in
which said teachers had an opportunity
to see some of their little man
ncrisms and peculiarities held up for
public inspection. The part of the
principal, Miss Isabel Graves, was
enacted by Evdvn Stowe in a manner
which brought down the house;
Mnrjorie Deal (who took part in the
recent oratorical contest at Boone)
represented the Kev. James P. Burke
in a rather irreverend manner that
convulsed those present; other members
of the cast gave effective impersonations.
Valle Crucis is feeling much elated
over its triumph in the recent
oratorical contest, Marie Stevenson
ot'Florida, winning the five dollar
gold piece given for the best oration
by a girl. Marie is only 14 years
old. and more than held her own
against many far older. Marjorie
Deal of Georgia, whose showing reflected
great credit on the school.',
is fifteen, and. rfi?l wfd.il fk.-,*- .
. ..... u./ .tcu vnui. uuiiv
are convinced that it' a second prize
had been given she would have carried
it off.
Holy Cross church was made
beautiful Easter Day by masses of
illies coming all the way from Bermuii:
These arrived in perfect
condition and filled the building
with their fragrance. "In the beauty
of the lilies Christ was born be-i
yond the sea." was their silent mes-J
sage.
The Easter services were well at-1
tended, some sixty persons receiving]
the Holy Communion at the ti:30 a. I
BEM(
st Interests of Northwes
ROUKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19,
WATAUGA OF ?
THE LONG AGO,
Happening! of the Town and County '
Thirty-five to Thirty-nine Years!
Ago as Chronicled in the Columns
of the Watauga Democrat
^
September 5, 1889 ^
; . The board of education was in J ^
session Monday and Tuesday, butt *
j most of the time was occupied in .
t.he appointment of school commitI
tees and hearing: petitions and re;
quests for transfers. If was decided i ?
I to hold no county institute this year. 11
I Agreed to allow zhe treasurer two
I per cent for handing the school *
; funds. The legislature cut down his _
! commission from three, to two per v
! cent and gave to the county board, f
I the power to reduce it sail lower. 11
| but our board decided to make > o
j further reductions. The clerk of rhe
| superior court reported 3255 fines
! from last term of court. He report- J1
ed $10 from the spring term, mak- v
ing nearly $300 for the school fund.-.. 1
The gross school funds for this year a
will be about $4,000. We think v
think there will he. 70 or 75 cents *
per capita. The large districts will J
got more this year, as most of the
school funds will be apportioned per J"
capita. The board will meet in call
session the first Monday in October
to apportion. Committees will '
please make their census returns at c
once. ^
t: V V t
We noticed in the Bar last week ^
three bright, good looking young! *
men who are aspirants for legal | *
honors, and will apply for licenses in |
September. These young men are '
of this county and their names are:
J. Ci Fletcher, A. J. Fletcher and K.
Spencer Blackburn. \Vc extend to 1
these young gentlemen our best I ?
wishes for their success.
* J <
W. t". and Mrs. Coffey with Miss:
Mairc/io 5IV.~. i\n ? vicif -.? J ??' !<. I i
WHkcsboro.
Mr. Stevens has a foundation of] ]
the new jail laid. He is now ready 1
for the brick muiiuns. *
* ' * *"
Roby Fletcher, Boone Deal and
several others who went west last 1
spring, have returned to their homes
on Cove Creek. They report the
west is not the place they were look
ing fo?
Hon I. 1,. Greene . writes his *
friends that he will soon return to
Watauga and that his health has
been very bad since he left.
* V A I
T. A. Critcher will give tree top
any person who will build a good I >
hoarding house, a one-acre lot at.! <
Cook's Gap. Nice situation, beau- ? \
tiful sccrierv and healtbv locality. ^
i The sixth annual session of the f
Watauga Sunday School convention | t
will convene at Hopewell church, | ?
Friday, September lb\ IfiSO. Follow-J
lowing will take part in the program:?'
Major H. Bingham, Rev. George Ds-1 *
borne, Man lev B. Blackburn; \V. It. |
I Loviil. 1). F. Mast, J. B. Milk-: . Rev.: -J
j 'J. J. Henley, Mrs. L. 8. Henley an i
! Mrs. Ada Hon ton. i ,
! " * - h
j. Dr. Jeff B. t-ouncill and Miss; r
Annie Bingham returned to Salis? s
bury Sunday. Dr. Jeff has mnnv;
friends in Watauga who are always t
glad to see hint. Miss Annie is an L
accomplished young lady and has|
left many new-made friends in thej
mountains. j 11
m. celebration. The children's flow- '
er service, held in the afternoon. *
drew out a large crowd. Here the ('
children presented their mite boxes "
containing their caster offerings for 0
missions, and placed a small bunch ''
of flowers in a wooden cross pro- "
vided for the purpose, until the ^
whole cross was transformed into a
floral one; it was then placed on thej P
altar, while the congregation sang' ''
appropriate Easter hymns. Some five >
children and infants were baptized, i ii
Miss Letitia liicaud, of the facul-le
ty; Nannie Tester, a day pupil, and 1 :V
Edith Arthur, a boarding pupil and a
one of the year's prospective gradu- d
ates, will present the Holy Cross e
church school offering at. Hickory U
for the purpose of having the vari- d
ous church schools present the united "
thank offering of the Morganton si
convocation. n
On April gSth the Vouiie- Pennies'.^
Service League will give a vaude-jji
ville performance in the dining room , a:
of the school, the proceeds of which i si
entertainment will be given toward j a
hymn boards for the church. j d
On May 13th, the sixth and seven-1 i:
th grades will present a play entitled! 0
"The Rescue of the Princess Win-1 n
some." the proceeds to be devoted to! ii
giving the pupils an all-day trip tolw
Lcr.oir. j T
The library of the school is to re- j i'i
ccive a gift of $300 for new books, i p
Though there there are some 1,500 on
volumes available now. these acces-j R
sions are much needed and will he i r:
gratefully received. j v
)CRA
t North Carolina
1928
ifonahlossee Read Will rj
Become Federal Hi way
pacifications Call for Road Thirty
Feet Wide From Blowing Rock
to Avery County Line | S
By RUP.KRT GILLETT
Blowing Rock, April is.?The)
'onahlossce Road, famed scenic!
ighway of the Crane!father section?
rom here to Linville, is being sur-1 ^
eyed according to specifications for! '
"ederal highways, with a view to itsj s
eeoming ;? Federal highway some- 11
ime in the future, according to fngineers
111 charge of the surveyne
. . v,
These specifications call for a I ^
oad thirty feet wide from here to i
he Avery county line, and 2<i feet 5
ride from there to Linville. The j1
urveyors have already run their; ^
ines half Way from here to Grand-! j
atlier Mountain.
It has become known here that Ihe
Hack Bear Trail Association will j ^
tlempt to have that national highray
made a federal road when ail;
he links are completed. The Yon- j
.halossee Rc.a<i will be one of the
nost important of these links, as it
irovides the finest scenery of the en- ^
ire route and is itself the original: \
Hack Bear Trail, the name Y nah- ^
osscc being the Cherokee word for
Frail of the Bear.
In this connection, it is being ru- ^
norcd here that certain influential n'
itizens are promoting plan which
rill make available to the publi<
he beautiful Meliae cstttLe the! j
dot of Grandfather Mountain. :i I j
hat this estate, if the plan goc- ^
;hrought will become a pari of a ^
Creat park system running from the Shenandoah
to the Great Smoky
r'ark.
Siii facing of the Youahlossec. it is.; .
wderstuod here, >vill be started as >
>oon as possible after the surveying r
completed. The only other un- V
completed link of the Black Bean
irail in North Carolina, -state highvay
No, <'>'! is ramdly being finish
".! between Todd and Boone. The
;t.<>am shovel work has all boon lm|
shetl to whore the road joins No.
50, two miles east cf Boone. When |
;hese two roads are finished, North
Carolina's section of the St. LawrsYice-fco-Miami
highway will have
)eeii completed. ,V;
; (
.STATE NEWS BRIEFS
The North Cavolina State Dental j ti
society, of which Dr. E. 1?. Howie of
Raleigh is president, and composed j o
vf about a Oil dentists, was in session c
? Charlotte Monday and Tuesday, ; i
A hoy, a cigarette and a match I ^
ye re responsible cor flames that se-'
ioasly bvtrhccl four children and en
langere'ri the lives of Aid others jit i:g
die Pink Hill school noav Kinston, J
>atm\!av night as they were dressing o
v.'r a school play. A spark ignited
?ne child's costume and spread toj A
hrei othersl Prompt Work of adult .'1
iverted a disaster. i
' ?
The interstate commerce comniis-! h
ion <>f Saturday turned down the o
ilea of the Piedmont and Northern
ailway for permission to extend its a
from Spartanburg to Gastonia v
ind fiom Charlotte to Wihstoh-Sdem.
The commission held that pub- u
io convenience and necessity had, I
lot been shown to require the con- { 6
truction by the P. & N. of the ex- <1
elision, it is expected that the elec- a
vie railroad will carry the case i>- b
he United Suites supreme court.
North Carolina'a insurance depart-; J*;
aental bulletin shows for 1927 a 5
ire loss of $f?S8,719 in the cities of - ^
iurlington, Statesville. Elizabeth ^
/itv, Kinston, Greenville and Shely,
and the population or the eight M
; 98,5b7. There were 210 fires: ?
a using this damage in these eight ?
ities. But for the state at large; !<
sth 2,Moo fives, there was a loss of
a,7-11,027 in a population of 2,- a
90,000, ;i record which shows ini-1 c
rovement but by no moans approx- -y
nate perfection.
; H]
"Al Smith, if nominated will be , n
eked by at least 40 electoral votes,: xv
ven if one concludes to him every ! ti
tat-e that could possibly be imagined ; L1
s voting for a wet Tammany candia$e}"
said F. Scott MeBryde. gen-, t,
ral superintendent of the Anti-Sa-t h
>on league of America, in an ad- tl
ress at Winston-Salem Sunday \
Smith's weakness is that he is tj
Lrong in Republican states that can
ot possibly be carried by him be- g
a use of the large Republican ma-1 hi
>rity ami he is weak in states such? \
s Indiana. Kentucky, Ohio, Teimes-j v
?e, Colorado and Oklahoma, where h
Democratic victory would he \Y
oubtful. While the wets have gone, a
jfto states like South Dakota arid j v,
iklahoma and by the use of Tamlany
methods coerced delegates
ito voting for Smith they cannot
in popular votes by such tactics.'^'
he Tammany Tiger is trying to
;>\ve A1 Smith on the Democratic>a
irty by the same false arguments']
3 those used by the New York wet
lepuhlicans to force Nicholas Mur-'
ay Butler on the Kansas City con-' n
en Hon." j ti
T
Fr.'E CENTS A COPY
filTMoRTroit
FAX PAYMENTS
hcrifl Musi Furnish Commissioners
With List of AJ! Unpaid Taxes
on Firtt Monday ir. May, and Sale
Will Be Ordered Thereafter
Taxpayers have i&ss than two
ceks in which to pay their Ifi&T
ixes before beincr advertised. The
lat.ute provides that tax collectors
tust furnish the board of county
dminissioners with lists of unpaid
ixes on the first Monday in May
nd thai the property must be ad
Sncisea ior iour weeJcs and sold on
ie tirst Monday in June.
Sheriff Farthing' stated Monday
lOvning that about $105.000 in
ixes are still due. but of course
rat amount wjfi be considerably rcuced
bv the next first Monday.
The county commissioners have
o alternative in the matter of orering
the sale. The law is manda>ry
and must be complied with.
Section I of Chapter 21M Public
aws of North Carolina, 1027 sesion,
says:
"Sec. C . . Fie (the- sheriff)
hall on thfe first Monday iu May reort
in full all uncollected taxes for
he current yean, and the county
ommissioners shall thereupon order
ale of all land for taxes where the
txes have not been paid to be made
n the first Monday in June" . . .
Section (i of the same chantei
vovides: "'On the first Monday in
lily the sheriff or other tax col;acting
officer shall make a full and
pm oleic sett lenient with the county
or ail taxes due the county or its
pecial subdivisions/'
Sec. i< of the law provides: "Any
omity commissioner who shall vote
0 deliver tip? tax list ar.il receipt
odki to any sheriff or ta>: collector
01 the succeeding yciiv. when settieiient
has not been made as herein
irovided of. the taxes i >r the preions
year, shall be ?r.dividuall\ bale
for the amount of taxes due by
he riff or tax co'lhcvdiv^
lOV. SMITH RECEIVES GREAT
WELCOME !N WEST CAROLINA
Ashevilljs April lib'-Governor Al
Smith of New York came to North
Carolina today to take a vacation v
nit he brought with him an old
ubdy smile and a brown derby that
mint to more than a few rounds
inch the golf courses of thir> vicinity.
The smile may be simply the habit
if years ami again it may have avisii
fi-pin the warmth of the reception
hut. was his at every town between
Salisbury and here. For it was a
ronderfui welcome for a man com- .
ng into the enemy's country. From
arly dawii at Salisbury where there
cere a faithful few to greet him to
he full daylight of Bill more plaza
I'ith its thousands. North Carolina
?wined to have turned out to greet
presidential tour. It was enough
o make A; smile and smile he did,
cit.Ii all the contagiousness that. has
eon his since he became the idol
f New York.
Bui the brown derby was deiioer
tely chosen. With the bright sunny
reather and the anticipation of
port to come Smith might well have
;orn a pearl grey hat or a light felt,
tut instead he selected the brown
erby and at Bi It mo re he told his uuiencc
why: "Well, so I wouldn't disppoint
you, I brought along my
t own derby/' Those were the words
ith which he opened his talk at
.iltmore plaza. Later there may be
hose who will say they were the
eynote pi his address. At any rate,
acation or no vacation. Governor
mith is here to win that, part of the
:>uth which did not line the Sopthrn
railway tracks this morning as
's special car passed through the
oothills of North Carolina.
The governor hardly converted
ny "immortals'" this morning by
ie talk he made at Biltmore. Aparontly
the governor didn't come
>uth to talk, and if talk he must.
pparent.lv he was determined to say
othing he did this morning, but
ith that he spoke in a manner, at activo
and entirely apart from the
sual run of political gossip
First, he explained that he had
aveled little during his long and
usy career, largely on account of
ie strenuous position as governor.
Iter talking a few minutes about
ie governor's job, he told how he
ad been impressed by the welcome
iven him and by the concrete roads
u had seen through his car window,
nd then he ended. *'1 am satisfied
m gomg 10 enjoy mysell while I'm
ere. I'm pleased and happy to be
i your midst. You have given me
great welcome. I hope to meet
nil all personally before I leave."
She: What do you suppose I did
hen father tola me you were here?
He: Oh. I suppose vov? colored up
bit.
She: Sir!
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Paris designers declare dresses
iust cover the knees now. The
-nth sometimes hurts.
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