I v VOL. XXXIX. NO. 25 &yv News of Week in and About Blowing Roc Annual Horse Show Will Be He August 15tli, With Prizes To I Awarded in 13 Classes; Dr. Phi lips Coming to Stringfellow Mem rial Church for Month of August ! Blowing Rock, Aug. 1.?Prizt will be awarded in thirteen classe besides the jumps, in the fifth ai nual Blowing Rock horse show hei August 15, it was announced tods by Donald J Boyden, who has chare of the show. The prizes are e: pected to draw mounts ft cm all ov< the south. In fact. managers ? fsome of the south'?; finest stabh have already made inquiries aboi entries. First, second, third and four! prizes will be awarded in the follow ing ponies: Ponies under 40 inche three-gaited saddle horses, 15 hand 2 inches and under; fine harne: horses, five-gaited saddle horses, 1 hands, 2 inches and under: plant; tion horses, five-gaited saddle horse over 15 hands, 2 inches; best lad rider, sadcidle pairs (lady and gei te'man), model saddle horses und? halter, three-gaited championshi (best in show), five-gaited chan pionship, and grand championshi open only to blue ribbon winners. The show will include also the a? ditiohal features, potato race, cha race, doughnut race, and hig jumps for all clases. A special grand stand and ridir ring will be built on the old Ma: view golf course for the show. Dr. Henry D. Phillips of Colur bia, S. C.. will arrive here next, wet to take charge of the StringfeUo Memorial Episcopal church durin the month of August. Dr. Philiii will hold services at the church cat f Sunday during the month. Re Stephen Gardner of Washington. ^ who has had charge ?f t'i church during July, will return 1 Washington next week. Ek cpB Igs Playing against a field of sixl players. Al C. UI liner of JacUsoi ville, Fla.. five times amateur chan pion of Florida, won the second hai dicap golf tournament on (Jrec Park-Norwood golf course here Sa urday with a fine 73. Mi* won als the special prize for low scores o the f>?M)-yar?l 17th hole with birdie JL Oscar Welhorn of Statcsville wo low net score with a 79 gros handicap 11, net OS. Frank Pcppt of Jacksonville, Fla., and T. \ Kirkman of High Point, tied U second iow net, the former wit gross SI), handicap 19, net 70, an the latter with gross so. handica lo, net To. In the spcciai event for ladie Mrs. Matt Wall , n II made the shot op. the ijo-yai third holt, which is surrounded li sr,ixl traps. Mr. Williamson hns been plnyin golf for the last ten years but this his first hole-in-one. fie stored 7 for the eighteen holes. The Blowing Rock Power an Light Company's entire plant hei has been sold to a firm represente l>y R. M. Mead of Cleveland, Ohii according to a deed filed in Boon with ilis. Fearl Hartley, register o deeds. The need is for the eon paiiy's property on the- Wataug river near Shulls Mills, the hydri electric plant at that point, th auxiliary station there and the othc at Blowing Rock, six miles of trap: mission line, nud all other building and vight of way easements belonc ing to the company. The terms of the sale could nc be determined from the deed. S. , Srutts, head of the Blowing Roc Company, said Mr. Mead or his vej reaenlntives were expected here th: week, and that full details could b obtained on their arrival. Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Goodman c Lenoir were the guests of Mr. an Mrs. A. M. Critcher on last Sunda and in the. afternoon were enteruxii ed on a outing at Green Falls at tli foot of Grandfather. Supper wa served picnic style, with the follow ing present: 7>1 rs. A. M. Critcher. D: and Mrs. Goodman, Mr. and Mr: /vnen mragg, misses t'.uoy, wela an Esther Diila, Mrs. Helen Cooper an several little folks, including Wandi Mori ami Jackie Gragg and I.utir Helen and Joe Cooper. Rev. C. Exeelle Rozzelle, of Chat el Hill, formerly of Charlotte, cot ducted services Sunday at the Blow ing Rock Methodist church. LIQUOR PRESCRIPTIONS EXCEED PAPER MONE Washington. July 28.?The bi reau of engraving and printing pnttjng on two shifts to supply th oopular demand for liquor present tion blanks, and is putting on r? duced time the employes who prir the nation's "aner money. The decrease in the demand fc paper money is attributed by th employes whose work is being r< duced, to the fact that the increas ing use of bank checks is cuttin down the exchange of currency. hi. .? -1 ?~ - r - VATA\ A Non-Partisan N> BOOXK, ToTTticalevents m of the past week ie Highlights of Political Activity of Both Major Parties Summarized From Recent News Dispatches esl From Over the Country q.. ; Small Challenges Mouzon re j Former Representative John H. ty Small of North Carolina, who for r'c years represented the first district ?c- in congress, has issued a challenge ?r! to Bishon V n Maiiia? ? ? * ? ... Iiicei IIIIU >f j on the stump in North Carolina and 2s; discuss the Democratic ticket in the it coming: campaign. :h r Many Mentioned as Possible V- Successors to Simmons s,t About nine names have been s, j mentioned in connection with the ss national committeemanship recently 5; made vacant by the resignation of a-1 Senator F. M. Simmons. The list of Js; potential successors include Coniy j gr ess man Kerr; \V. C. Wilkinson, 2-j Charlotte; former State Senator A. F. Sams, Winston-Salem; former ip I Governor Cameron Morrison; Josephus Daniels, State Revenue ComP? missioner R. A. Doughton, J. W. Bailey Raleigh; S. C. Brawley, Dur1-! bam; J. Q. Gilkey, Durham, and ii' Will Xeal of Marion. A conference "h. is expected to be called soon by State Chairman Mull at which time ig- a member of the national committee viill be named. Moody Wins in Texss '! Dallas, Texas. July 29.?After ik more than 400,000 of the estimated w. 700,000 votes cast in yesterday's l?i state-wide Democratic primary had >S| been counted tonight by the Texas h election -jreau, it became increasv~ ingi; evident that Dan Moody, the ^ 35-year-oUl red haired chief oxecu,e tive, had won a sweeping vi< tory, :o with a run off next month necessary to determine the nominees for Uni! ted States senator and lieutenant 3r governor. 1" Moody, who clowned ".Ma" Fefgu11 son in a sensational contest two ft*! years ago, had a elear majority of 11 upwai Is of 73,000 b.vey his three t- opponents. Louis J. Ward-aw, as>?l sailed in campaign speeches by hj Moodj as running with the backing a.j of J. L. Ferguson, former governor. v; - inure than 100.000 behind, while " the ' "It- cast for \\. E. Hawkins ar.d f-1 -Mrs. Eilith Williams, both of whom !1" refused to support the Democratic "I presidential rw.tphioe, was negligible. H was to the contest for lieutenb .in: covornov, however, that many " looked f. > an expression of pro and P anti-Smith sentiment. Barrv Miller. . f Dallas, incumbent, who pleaded s>! for the "ticket, top to bottom" h throughout his campaign, held a lead of more than 63,600 over State 10 Senator Thnmfts 11. I.ove. who ?le11 dined to support Governor Smith \ and whose name as a result was left u; off the ballots in several counties. United States Senator E. B. May tiejd continued to hold the had in r- thb senatorial race over his five op? ponents, the vote in this contest standing: Mayfield, 117,356; Cont'd naily, 12.309; Owsley, 7S.0'31j fS. SEantim, 77.100; Cunningham. 10.27S; .McLemore, 7.SS8> Both Sena-, tor Mayfield- and Congressman Con>"j Sally are supporters of the national | Democratic ticket. r l? Y?7??v?C ? W *1- *'1 ' r\re:? -? (i .. v>.ol.u iu mui in Laying I I rrohibiliorv in the North I From a Washington dispatch to ,!tho Charlotte Observer, it is stated . i that ""there are various women's ', i mcveir.eius against Governor Smith in the 1101th. hut the output of press '' matter on the subject from the raf; tior.al Republican committee careful'f t ly avoids piohibition." ,l Negroes Plan to Vote for Gen. Corrv Washinton. July "29.?Dr. S. P. W. iCJ Drew, Known as the "colored Billy i1'! Sunday." and promoter of the naJ"j tior.al inter-racial independent poli s. tical party, announced here today tnat a meeting; of negroes had been I called at Philadelphia, September 3, j to ms3:e known their purpose to bolt ; the Republican party ticket and give j their reasons for doing so. Other conferences will be held in Chicago L*! and New York. The notice of the e- meeting says: "Negroes to bolt the \ Republican party and vote for Dr. S. 1 P. V.. Drc-w , vice presidential run1 ning mate of Gen. Jacob S. Coxey of q Ohio, inter-vacial party."' v! i-! MABEL AND BAMBOO TIE c FOR FIRST HAEF HONORS is i *-! Saturday, July 21. -was the end of j the first half of the baseball schedule 3- , in the Watauga League, and Mabel d and Hamlw.. litf,,' tV, fii-ei (J | final same between these two clubs t,j resulting in a score of 5 to 1 in favor a| of Bamboo. The tie will be played ! off in the near future. The score i in the game between Cove Creek and >-i Boone was 1 to 0 in favor of the j. former. r_j The second half opened last Sat1 nrday with Eoone handing out a 2 to ! 1 defeat to Mabel and Bamboo dej feating Cove Creek 6 to i. Y. Boone has considerably strengthened its lineup and it is expected that the final half of the season will js be more evenly divided than was the e first. The schedule for Saturday's games is as follows: Boone at Bamboo. it Cove Creek at Mabel. t ? ???????? EGGERS-WILSON e Married at some point ip Tennes> see last Monday, Miss Ina Eggers g and Mr. Luther Wilson, both of the Beaver Dam section. UGA ewspaper, Devoted to the WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CARC Religion Is Not Main Issue, Says Daniels Kaleigh Editor Thinks Other States Have Wrong Impression Regarding National Campaign; Says Hoey Made Mistake By RUPERT GIL1.ETT Blowing Rot:1*, Ju?y 2d.?"North Carolina :s not a bigoted state, but if people continue to harp on the vi omitn. s religion, other states wiii get the idea that^ this is a bigoted state/' This statement was made by Josephus Daniels, who is at May view i for a short vacation. I ''North Carolina's main objection : to Smith is his wetness and not his religion/' Mr. Daniels continued, 'i get disgusted with hearing these continuous pleas for religious tolerance, because it gives the impression elsewhere that this state is opposing Smith almost solely on the ground of : his religion. Such a conception is entirely false, but if, by some un| foreseen chance. Smith should fail to get our electoral vote, other states would he saying that North Carolina is a bigoted state. "There are. of course, some people in North Carolina who will vote agair.st Smith because of his re! ligion, but there are fewer such people in this state than there are in New York City?fewer than in Illij nois. "Clyde Hoey made this mistake in | his Shelby speech. In the main, it j was a very able speech, a very clear and concise statement of the principles at issue ir. the campaign, but he over emphasized the religious ! question, which, should have been | given the minor place it deserves. "He made another mistake in assuming that the south opposes Tarn-, many because of some graft with is wet. Surely Southern Democrats south opposes Tammany because it which it was connected in former vears. his is not the case. The * ni.t. lu mrn iroin lammany to the Philadelphia machine merely because of a record of graft somewhere in Tammany's history. If they do that, they will he going to a machine a hundred times worse than Tammany ever was. It is obvious. then, that Tammany's wetness and not its political history is the cause of the south's opposition." "But this opposition is not so' widespread as some Republicans! would have us believe," Mr. Daniels I said. "North Carolina Democrats1 are going to vote for dry Democratic congressmen, and with a dry congress. Smith has no chance whatever to modify the prohibition law. The constitution i.- too hard to amend for any one man to have much influence in thai way. The man is not yet horn who wiil see the eighteenth amendment taVen from the constitution. M'hen thai amend-i mint disappears, negroes will be re-| turned to slavery. | Regarding Mrs. Kentian's predicI tion that Hoover would get the North Carolina electoral vote. Mr. j | Daniels said, "I don't think Mrs.; Ivennan knows much about it. \Yc; have a normal majority of 75,000 or more in this state. T do not believe that enough voters can be turned to | the Republican party to overcome ; tnai majority. j "Moreover, hot a!! the people who] ; say they are not going to vote for i Smith will vote for Hoover. They i will simply not vote at all for the presidential candidate. But they will | vote for dry congressmen and makeSmith's alleged wetness wholly innocuous. -In that way, we can elect a man of tine abilities in governmental science and at tile same time make his wetness harmless. The principles of the Democratic- party are too big: to be deserted for iittle issues." i . j Hoey Answers Daniels i Shell- July 28.?Clyde R. Hoey.' in his opening campaign speech here explained rhe rudiments of the: Catholic faith and the falsity of a) purported Knights of Columbus) oath, being scattered, not to make religion a major issue in the Demo-, era tic campaign, but to offset propaganda, oral and written, a.u! much of it false, that has been broadcast over the rural ami textile sections of i Carolina, he explained here today in answering a criticism made by Joi scphus Daniels. i Following the Hoey speech, Mr.: Daniels gave out a statement at ; Blowing Reel: saying that Hoey made a mistake in "his ?v,l? | by bringing in the religious issue. "which should be given the minor; ] place it deserves." "I read the comment of my good : friend Honorable Josephus Daniels, on that portion of my speech dealing ; with Governor Smith's religious' ! views," "stated Mr. Hoey. My purI pose in discussing frankly this phase, i of the question was to answer the' | objections which have been voiced in! ! newspaper articles and in circulars' ' distributed generally throughout! j Piedmont North Carolina. "These circulars contain this; | Knights of Columbus oath forgery j and other similar matter calculated: j to inflame the minds of the people; i and I felt that this should be exposed land its falsity established. I"I fear that Mr. Daniels underestimates the extent of this propaganda which is being fostered ! through Republican agencies." 1- That religious propaganda broad-j ! cast in heavily populated textile sec-! j tions of the state has proven injuvi-' ous is generallv admitted by Demo| purporting to "be' ex-priests or exj (Continued on Page Eight) PEM< F r nterests of Northwes >LIAA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2. 19 S. S. CONVENTION 1 MEETS Al!G. 9-10, Noted Sunday School Workers Will Be Heard When County Organization Convenes at Mt. Vernon Next Thursday and 1-riday Indications point to a record- 3 breaking attendance at the annual i Watauga County Sunday School con- t vention which is to be held Thurs- ( day and Friday. August 9 and 10. at ] the Mount Vernon Baptist church. \ five miles oa.-t of Boone. The open- 1 ing sessi will he held at S o'clock 4 Thursday night, August <3. According to announcement made c by officers of the organization, the t program has been prepared with the 't idea of having "a convention for tne \ discussion of practical Sunday school plans and problems." the plan being } to have something in the convention % that will help workers in all depart- a ments of the Sunday school. L Among the prominent speakers on [ the program will be Miss Daisy Magee, Raleigh, children's division su- ? perintendent of the North CarolinaI J Sunday School Association, and Mis- x Freda Bose, Louisville, K\'.. for the , past four years educational directo*- : of the New Orleans. La., council of religious education. During the con- ^ vertion these workers will discus- 5 v.nious nhases of Sunday scho.- \ v.ork. ( As has been previously announced, a peifuant will be presented to the1 ( Sunday school havi. in the conven- . tion the largest number of represeb-j 1 tativc>, 1G years of age and over,j based on the number of miles from | j that particular church to the church to the church which the convention is held. The contest is open to all Sunday schools in the county, except ( the Sunday school with which the convention is held and others within i one mile. The \ enriant will be pre- j sonted at the close of the session. , Friday afternoon. } Program The progiam for the convention! h- as follows: 1 Thursday Night Devotional, E. N. Hahn. Meeting the Needs of the Child, Miss Daisy Ma gee. i Song; < Record of attendance. ? Youth and the Church. Miss Freda ! Bose. Announcements. Friday Morning, 10:20 rt?->vv?t-irmnt K T Hui-vicnn 1 The Sunday School Organized for j Service, Miss" Freda Bcse. Business: Reports of county and i township officers; appoinntent of!' committees; record of attendance: j j A Great Work in a Great State.' : Miss Daisy Magee. j i Offering for support of county; and state Sunday Ssehool associa- ? lions. Announcements. Dinner at the church. Everybody invited to come and bring a basket. ] Friday Afternoon, 2 O'clock Dev >tional, I. G, Greer. i ^ Tht Use of the Picture in Teach-j i ing. Miss Daisy Ma gee. Song. Worshin m the Sunday School, j Miss Freda Bose. Questions and Discussion. Onpor-' i umity Tor the presentation and dis- , cussion of special Sunday sch.oi problems. 1 Business: Reports of committees and elect ion of officers; plucV ?f next meeting: presentation of at-, i tendance pennant. Friday Nisht 8 O'clock Devotional, I. G. Greer. Preparing and Telling a Story, < Sor.g. Our Task as Sunday School Work- ; ers. .Miss Daisy Magee. i Adjourn. i SOMETHING NEW IN THE CULT: V ATI ON OF POT ATOES \ Proi. W. L. Winkler oi Boone and ' Blowing Rock R. F. D.. while in town Tuesday morning- was asked by a , representative of The Democrat about the i.umber of guests in his popular home. His reply was: "We, < are full up." He was asked about ' his crops and he replied, " We have never had better." Then, as if a new thought had struck him. he said. , "Let me tell you something new in | potato raising. Last fall, early in November, 1 found I had quite a iot , of fine but small seed potatoes left , on my hands, and the- idea occurred 1 to me to plant them. Accordingly' t soon had one of my men plowing J up a rich plot of ground. It wapiti in fine shape and furrowed off , deeply. The potato s vcrc dropped: ' without cutting ar.fi ccvercd deep ". with a furrjrag plow- The- were a i little late coic-iug up i:i the spring' but when they did make their ap-^ pearance they were far in advance < of the earliest crops planted in my neighborhood. "They were nippeu by frost, but it did not seem to retard their, , growth but 'itt'e. They were eulti- ( vated as early as the season would: , allow, and 1 have never raised a j more satisfactory crop, coming in, . N as it did, when our people were buy-: ] ing their early potatoes from ship-! , pers in Eastern Carolina. The vines | j have long since been dead, and the 1 , yield of large-meaily 'spuds' is abun-; j dant. "For size and quality they far ex-' j eeed anything raised on my farm: this year." : ' This from one of our thoughtful. experimental farmers might really revolutionize potato growing in Wat- j attga.j which hiis this year become! , one' of the county's largest staple' , crops. ! ; )CRA it North Carolina 2S E. Miller Becomes Further Involved "ligh Point Broker Charced Hire With Misappropriation of Funds, is Charged by Greensboro Man With Embezzlement High Point. July 2*5.?Claude EV diiicr, local broker, today was faeng another charge of embezzlement, his iatest chaige being filed by harles Morrison of Greensboro, who! Jilieges tr.at Miller got $f>2p.7o from lim, a check given for that amount eing returned by the bank, marked 'insufficient funds ' A v. arrant churning Miller with nibezzkment was seived on him at he Guilford General hospital, where te has been z patient for some time. >y Deputy Sheriff Gray. A few reeks ag-.< the town of Boone >ralight action against Miller. He vas at the time released under bond md Deputy Sheriff Gray required m additional $10,000 '.n the latest rase. Morrison charges, according to the itory told Deputy Gray, that some ime ago he negotiated a loan from ;hc company with which Miller is onnected for the sum of $1,825.70 Is said Miller took the check to him it Greensboro, telling him that the rompany required him (Miller) to er the check indorsed and then take t back to his office so that record ?f it might be made on his books. Morrison according- to Deputy Gray, said he indorsed the check md let Miller take it back tj make he record he claimed was necessary. Miller told him he would return it he following day. But several days >assed. Morrison said, c.r.d wired Miller for k money. T ? hanged messages for three- ? . according to the story, and fina l;, hi er sent $ 1,00b. saying the remair.i c>825.70 would be forwarded the folowing day. When finally the check .vas sent it was returned by I he; uink. Morrison said. 3R. CLARKE HEARD BY LOCAL ClVl'l AN CLUB "Foia Square Aivu-ricaiusm" was ihn Kobb-I'j >f 51 ? ??* * -'o . - *- r-.rsA-i ?.\w iress delivered before t:.. Civitan rlub at its weekly iuneh'-on at tfei Daniel Boone hotel last Thursday by Dr. Clarke of Xevv \ ork and the University ol the South, Sewanee, IVnn. Dr. Clarke is field representative of the Episcopal chtsrch in the United States, and has lectured in ever y s. .te fin the Union ami in foreign lands. Hi | led to with the greate. J d all agreed that no more tr.ceresving or helpful taik had ever been listened to by members of the Civitan club. Rev. Dr. Will O. Gordon, pastorj L?f the Cove Creek Baptist church, was also a guest of the club ami made ;> very brief talk. President Moose announced that be had received a letter from the president of the Carolina Association of Civitan Clubs* suggesting inteivclub meetings in the Carolin&s, The Boone club u paired with Salisbury and a date for the joint meet iiijLT, eitiiot here, Salisbury or sonic! ntcvmoikate point. v.-jiV be arranged: in the niav future. The idea of l.ee inter club meetings is to bviuir about' a closet eo-op ratlrr biit>V,e*i^i he g-aniy,aii< of the state. Committees Various club c .mmittees for the rear were announced by President1 \ loose as i'silows: Membership J. F. Moore, chairman ; 1G1 M.: Jritc'tcr, Claude Muscr. Fellowship Claude Moser, chairman; A. V. dowel], Russell Hodgds, !. B. Haganan. \V. R. Winkler, Tracy Count-ill, id Quails. Public Affairs E. X. Hahn. chairman; P. A.J dicks, L. S. Isaacs, S. C. Eggcrs, M. IV. Beach, T. B. Moore. L. L. Bing-i am. Finance \Y. H. Gragg. chairman; G. P.i dagamar.. D. -J. Cottrell. Entertainment 1. G. Grccr, J. P. Burke. J. B. iteele. J. A. Sproles, W. E. Comer. I. A. Yount. Joe Gaithcr. Constitution and Bylaws Ed Bingham, J. L Quails, W. C Ireer. Miscellaneous G. 1'. Hagaman. chaitman, W. 11. iragg. M. P Critcher, Charlie Eire. J. B. Taylor. Officers of the club are; G E. lioose, president; Gordon Winkler, ice president; A. E. South, seers-' ary; Leo. B. Vaughn, treasure. me come. 01 ci-vectcrs i? composed )f R F. McDade, J. F. Moove. Claude 'tloser. Russell Kodges, HowardIrlast. UDEON BIBLES WILL BE PLACED IN DANIEL BOONE I Next Sunday afternono at 4 feloek at the Boone Methodist rhtirch a special Gideon mass meetr.g will be held to which the public is nvited. At this time the Bibles vhich will be placed in the Daniel Soone hotel rooms will he dedicated o the end that they may be a com'ort and inspiration to The guests "ho should read them. A special. urogram has been arranged for the' netting which is given under the ruspioes of the Watauga Ministerial Association. The meeting is purely', nterdennniinational and all are. lrgod to attend. 1 Tom: "If you won't marry me I'll' :ommit suicide." May: "Well, clear rut. 1 won't have you hanging' iround here." rJfo. M.O-. .vA( lT FIVE CENTS A COPY OUTLOOK BRIGHT SAYS HOUGHTON While Here Last Week, Eighth District Congressman Said He Expects to Carry Every County in the District by an Increased Majority By RUPERT GULLETT "When November conies. you won't be able to get a Republican to bet an even dollar that they will cany a single district in North Carolina." Those were the words used by Representative K. L. Doughton here last week when he was asked for a vwiiiincii- uh osr.Btor mioses prediction that Mr. Dough tori would be defeated. "The Republicans always have the stale carried in -July and August," Mr. Doughtop continued, "and sometimes as late as September, but their confidence decreases rapidly after that, and by November they are not making any predictions at all The process has been the same in ali of the nine elections 1 have gone through and won." "I believe, after such a record, I am in a position to .speak with autohrity on this subject.. Of course, there is a possibility that we would lose if we neglected the situation, !|u|: we are not going to neglect it. 1 am in constant touch with the political leaders of the state, and particularly with those in my own district. add I find them this year more enthusiastic than they have been in years. Ail of 'hem are v."< '-king hard, and that means that the Republicans will not carry a congressional district in the entire state, "This summer I have visited all the nine counties in my district and have come in contact with people in ail walks of life in those nties. ! ion. these close pbservatiens I can say ihat the Republicans \yiil not carry a county in my district?not even Wat uiga.'' When :t was pointed out to Mr. Douchum tha mauv He n.biican itnoc-rs, imbtirinig Mrs. W. E. ilennai., nation:.; coniniitticwoman, were pointing to the hoav.v Re pub* .VUII tui^ Hi HUiill WillUlllia !l> i'. -O and Claiming a similar large vate ri.it, year. Mr. Doughton said: "What or it? They didn't carry the state in 1m20. That was a year of genera! dissatisfaction and reacj tire; from ti e war. *pd (. heavy vote nap tn be ^vpecteu. But you will notice "chat when unusual situations bring but heavy votes. Democrats vote heavily as weii as Republicans, and tin usual balance is maintained. "Mrs. KonnanV argumeilt that if !ht I!. publicans had voted as heavily in 1936 as in 1 U'l" ?ohns>n J. Hay. .- would have been elected to the senate does not hold. The same iiyr.i.therieal situation that might have caused a heavy Republican vote in that year would have caused a nr.ipoitioiiaiiy heavy Democratic vote, wit!: the result tnai the Democrats v.ouh'. have itusted the state its usual. "hit , n if. as Mrs. Konhaii says, i nct-lViu.ihs of those who cast Republican ballots ir. lt'tiO were horn Demoe: nts, yoi. cai-.'t compare a year like 1920 w'iti Tim people of Xorth Carolina are satisfied with Democratic state officers, and tbey are not going to change. The few times that liorcihlicatrs have been in control of state offices they have made ;. complete failure. Our state ticket this year is uiiosuaiiy popular, and it has z report! of! fine administration behind it. "On the whole. I sen no reason to become panicky because the Repuh near.s are loUov,uy their unusual gistom of carry: eg the state in Jnly and August instead of in November HIGH POINT BROKER TO EE TRIED AUG. 4 Gland E. Miller, High Print broker who ivparrested sonu tiniv ago by the town of Boone en a charge of having appropriated to his own use the Stra'i of Sle.OOO of locrd municipal to litis, will be given a preliminary hearing baloi-o Edwin .N. Halm, justice of the peace, on Saturday, August 4th, according to arrangements made public by -A. Y, Howell, city oiivV.. The date for the trial w.-.s set as soon as was possible for the defendant to appear, he hating beer, confined in a High Point hospital sines the action was brought against him. According to air. Howell, various loans had been negotiated by ihe city through Miller covering a period of about two yeais, and up until this time, the dealings with him had been altogether satisfactory. It is understood that a definite date will soon he set for a hearing before the state insurance commission, at r>Vl firvio if ie ovnnntnrl .. ....... ?i IO iWIJiCl will be barred from again operating as a broker in this state. Mr. Howell states that after having made investigations, Mr. Miller is solvent and there is no likelihood that the town will lose the amount of the note, the proceeds of which Miller is alleged to have embezzled. LOVE-HODGES Married, last Saturday evening, at Mountain City, Term.. Miss MariUa i.cve, daughter of Mr. and Mr3. Dave I.ove of Vilas, and Mr. Dock Hodpes, son of Mrs. Larkin Hodges of Pop'.ar Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges will reside at the old homestead on Poplar .Grove. __ __ ........... . ..