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VOL. XXXIX, NO. 28
O. HORSESHOf
WAS BIG SUCCESS
Postponed From I^tst Wednesday
Because of Rain, Event Wan Held
Saturday With Large Attendance
And Many Entries
Blowing Rock's annual horse show
was held last Saturday afternoon hefore
a crowd that was unexpectedly
large, considering the threatening
I -weather and the short notice. The
show was scheduled for last Wednesday
but the rainstorm made a
postponement until Saturday necessary.
F!t1? "h r> ccoc. t'fAm mont' ISO "'e of
the south took part ill the show and
competed for the cups that were donated
by summer residents.
The following prizes were award
-ed by Judge R. E. Goddard of Bowling
Green, Ky.
Ponies: first, Bumblebee, Miss
Ashland Cannon, York, S. C.; second
Trixie, Billie Harper, Hickory; third
Tommy, Miss Margaret Jones, Charlotte.
Three gaited saddle horses under
15 hands: first, Starlight, Miss Ashland
Cannon, York, S. C-; second.
Bluebird, Lee King, Camden, S. C.;
third, Kentucky Flower, Mrs. Cornelius
SomerviUe, Charlotte.
Fine harness horses: first, Richmond
Boy, W. G. Are v. Shelby; third
Bluebird, Lee King, Camden, S. C-.:
second, Kentucky Flower, \V. H. Arey,
Shelby.
Five-gaited saddle horses, 15 hand
and over: first, Bourbon Lass, Ralph
Tloey, Shelby; second, Kentucky
Babe, Mrs. D. J. Boyden, Blowing
r Rock; third. Fred* Miss Mary Cannon,
Concord.
Tbree-gaited saddle horses. 15
hands and over: first, Richmond Boy
miss v.arojyn manton, oneiuy; second,
Gray Lady, L. M. Tate, Blowing
Rock; third, Apple Blossom Miss
Mirian Cannon, Concord.
Plantation horses: first, vVhiseiburg,
David J. Craig. Statesvilie; second,
Prince, Gwyn Harper, Hickory;
third. Chief, Mrs. Sam L. Kone, of
Houston, Texas.
Fivc-gaited saddle horses ovep 15
hands: first, Radio, Lee King, Camden,
S. G.; second, Topsy, Miss Virginia
Jones, Charlotte; third, Martha
Mr. Long.
Best lady rider; Miss Mary Cannon
of Concord and C. V. Henkel.
Or. of Statesviiie; second Miss Virginia
Jones of Charlotte and Mr.
Long; third. Miss Margaret Vance
and Dr. James T. Vance of Nashville
Tenn. r
Model saddle horse: first, Bourbon
Lass, Ralph Hoey, Shelby; second,
Richmond Boy, Arey Brothers
Shelby; third. Bluebeard, Lee King,
Camden, S. C.
Three-gaited champion: first, Starlight,
Miss Ashland Cannon, York,
S. C.{ second Richmond Boy. Miss
Carolyn Blanton, Shelby; third. Blue
Bird, Lee King, Camden, S. C.
tx, :I.J ..i : n,....
x* cmiuipion. jtirsst, DUUIlion
Lass, Ralph Hoey, Shelby; second,
Radio, Miss Ashland Cannon,
York, S. C.; third, Prince, Gwyn Har
per Hickory.
Grand Champion (best horse in
show) ; "first, Bourbon Lass, Ralph
Hoey, Shelby; second, Starlight, Miss
Ashland Cannon, York, S. C.; third
Richmond Bey, Miss Carolyn Blan ton,
Shelby.
Jumps: first. Golden Chief, Jeff
Hollers, riding for Elliott Daingerfield
of New York; second, Kentucky
Flower, Gwyn Harper, Hickory; 3rd
Gray Lady, L. M. Tate, Blowing
Rock.
Among those who donated cups
were Mrs. Sanr L. Kone, Houston,
Tex; David J. Craig of Statesville;
Arey Brothers of Shelby; Green
Park Stables; T. H. Broyhil! of Lenoir;
Mrs. Joseph F. Cannon of Concord.
Ross Cannon of Salisbury and
Dr. James I. Vance of NoahviUe
Tcnn. and L. P. Ilenkel of Statesville.
Blowing Rock suffered practically
no damage front the rainstorms o!
last week, except a highway cavo-ir
near Skyland Inn. A segment reaching
almost half way across the road
gorge, but traffic was not interrnp
ted, as room for one vehicle to pas:
was left.
On the road to Lenoir the pavement
has cracked in several place;
but highway crews have staked of!
the dangerous places and are now a
rvorl: repairing the damages.
The rain iast week prevented th<
weekly golf tournament, but a rep
ular kickers' handicap was to bi
played Wednesday of this week. Ef
forts are being made to arrange i
tournament match with the Linvilh
players and it: now seems that thi
match will be arranged.
The Blowing Kock School situat
ion is still in the state of uncertain
ty, as the school committee is wait
ing for the county commissioners ti
approve the budget before decidinj
anything definitely. It is hoped how
ever that school can bo opened abou
the middle of September.
Social and Personal
Miss Dorothy Hayes was hostes
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SATA\
A Non-Partisan N<
BOONE.
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: DEMOCRAT AGAIN LEADS
THE WEEKLY FIELD ,
;
,
Ajain The Democrat score* a !
victory over al) the other weelsly
i newspapers of this section. In
this morning's edition is carried
the acceptance speech of Governor
Alfred E. Smith, Democratic
nominee for the presidency. Be- j
I tore the daily newspapers are de- j
, livered in the city this morning,
subscribers of The Democrat will
have read the address delivered in '
Albany by Governor Smith at 1
5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ,
In providing this super-service for
the readers of The Democrat, the
management has gone to considerable
expense, and we feel that i
no other weekly, perhaps in North
| Carolina has taken such a step to
provide the latest news for its
readers. The publishers of The
{ Democrat fee! there is nothing too
good for their subscribers.
Simmons Will Vote for
Neither of Candidates
. i Senior Senator Says He Will Not
Not Vote For Smith or Hoover;!
P^rtu t?..V I ~c
Interests
New K Aug. 2(1.?Senator F.'
i M. tviniions, who recently resigned
I as national committeeman for North!
j Caio'iir.a. will vote neither for Gov-:
ernor A1 Smith nor Herbert Hoover,!
according to a statement issued to-!
night through L. B. Human. - i:?or j
of the New Bern Times. He reiter!
atcd his former statement in which
I he declared he would give full sup|
port to the state, district and county
! Democratic tickets.
In reaching this decision, the senator
said that he reserved for himself
the right of all Democrats to
exercise their conscientious conviction
and judgment "without proscription,
coercion or restraint."
Governor Smith, he said, has de ;
Uberitoly put the party under the
| dominating control of Tammany J
fHail, big business and the predatory;
I interests as represented in both the j
Democratic and Republican parties. .1
As a resuit. he said, since the i
i Houston convention the party plat-j
! form has been repudiated, the party |
1 rebuilt, the issues refrained and1
] "forces of privilege and license now;
! are dominating and controlling its;
i national machinery." This condi-j
i tion, he said, is a betrayal or sub-,
! mergence of the major principles of;
| the Democratic party as "'heretofore j
i understood and applied."
These things, said the senator, I
have verified all his predictions and
! prophesies which he made in his
speech delivered to the United States
senate against Tammany Hal! and
Governor Smith.
Senator Simmons, in authorizing
the publication of his statement,
said he bad deferred making any official
explanation of his position at!
the request of O. M. Mull, chairman',
of the state Democratic executive I
committee, until after the acceptance
speech of the governor.
HOOVER WILL CO-OPERATE
IN FARM RELIEF PLAN
j West Branch, Iowa, Aug. 21.?:
l Speaking under a "big top" for thei
r first time Herbert Hoover tonight;
j pledged the farmers of the country j
! that if elected president he would
pall upon the leaders of agricultural j
thought to join in the search for
common ground upon which to act!
in solving what he regards as the;
greatest economic problem in Amer-|
icn.
Here, where he was Ijorn a black-;
smith's son and got a taste of gruel-'
I ling work of the fields on his Uncle
! Allen's farm, the Republican candi-j
I date specifically named a3 one of
| those whose counsel he would seek;
l his chief opponent in the struggle!
; iut Liie uresiuenuai nomination, ior-j
J mer Governor Frank O. Lowden of
.! Illinois.
;
' \VM. F. WHITING SUCCEEDS
:| HOOVER IN COMMERCE DEPT.1
!i Superior, Wis., Aug. 21.?With a!
" Brief message o? appreciation for
11 his services as secretary of commerce!
jam] with '"best wishes" for hint in;
i: the "broader" fieid to which he has
-j been called, President Coolidge ac-j
-: cepted today the resignation of Secretary
Hoover from the cabinet. William
F. Whiting, of Holvoke, Mass.,
" an old friend of the president, was
named to head the commerce depart3
ment. '
The situational appears to sift
t down to this, that either one of the
great parties can sweep the country
if it stands shouider to shoulder ahd
s work harmoniously, and that neither
will stand and work in the manner
indicated.?Ohio State Journal.
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swspaper. Demoted to th?
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA1
poMcalevenS
ofthe past week
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Highlights of Political Activity o!
Both Major Par tie* Summarize*.
From Recent fiow* Dispatches
From Over the Country
Hoover Bandwagons Are Entered
Two large busses have been taker
from Greensboro, N. C. to Washington
where they will begin active ser
vice as twin Hoover bandwagons- Equipped
with motion pictures, loud
speakers, amplified talking machines
and a staff of high powered spellbinders,
the motor busses are being sen1
into the thick of the presidential battle,
The busses will be kent Husv mn.
stantly until election day, boosting
the cause of the republican eandiclatt
Democratic Committee Meets
Chairman 0. M. Mull of the State
Democratic Committee, has called i
meeting of the county cnairman o!
the -counties embracing the seventr
district to meet in Watlesboro Saturday
to make plans for the campaign
for the state and national tickets
Keflin Will Support Smith
News comes to the Charlotte Observer.
through its editor, Colone
Wade Harris, now in Washington
tlint Senator Thomas J. Heflin, t>l
Alabama, will vote for Governor A1
frcd E. Smith for the presidency
The fiery Alabaman, who delsveret
hiroseif of so many vitriolic attack;
on the Democratic nominee from tht
senate floor is said to have statec
that the only course now open t<
him was to support the Democrats
ticket, from Smith down. The dis
patch further stated that it was un
derstood Heflin would seek an earlj
interview with Senator F. M. Sim
mons at his home in New Bern. N
C.
Republican* to invade N. C. Homei
A vigorous campa:gr, of invading
thousands of N'orth Carolina home!
during the election campaign to in
form housekeepers and young womei
all about Herbert Hoover, is the plat
of Republican party officials. A lis
of every eligible woman voter in th<
state is being prepared with a view
to mailing out copies of the life ant
record of the republican nominee. B;
this means, the leaders hope-to carr;
the women voters from the ranks ol
Governor Smith.
Hoover Favor* Boulder Dub
Rousing reception sWel!ed into :
tumultuous ovation at Los Augele'
Friday, when southern Culifornii
sent him eastward to go into the bat
tie for the presidency. As the conili
date turned to face the turbulen
months ahead, he gave the citizen
of his adopted state the assuranoi
that he joined them in desiring th<
"greatest reservoir ar.d the highes
dam at Boulder Canyon that the en
ginecrs will recommend."
Hoover Loses Chances in Missouri
When August A. Bush of St. Lout
announced he would support Gover
nor A1 Smith, Herbert Hoover's chsi
ces of carrying- Missouri likely ended
What the Duponts are to Delawari
the Busehs are to St. Louis and lot:
more. They were at one time th<
largest ami most popular employer:
of labor in the city, and the loyalti
of the city survives. As go the Germans,
so goes St. Louis, and as goe:
St. Louis so goes the state, accord
ing to the political writers.
i r-MivrrM TO M c U7
YORK IN SIX HOUR!
A speed of 500 mites an hour a
analtitude of 12 miles, is the predic
tipn of Alien V. Roe, the first man t<
fly in England. Roe says that "avia
tion is still in its infancy." He ihei
goes on to say:
"Speed is increasing all the time
and 1 should not be surprised if \vi
do not have machines in the, air ser
vices 20 years hence that will trave
at 500 miles per hour or from Lon
don to New York in six hours.
"It is all a question af altitude
The higher we fly the faster we cat
go with a given horsepower up t.
certain limits. If we can. by enctos
ing the living quarter so that every
one can breathe comfortably in ai
atmosphere of warmed air, the alti
tude will not affect those on board.
"Already engines are being buil
to give their maximum power at 20.
000 feet, by means of supercharging
Then again, jet propulsion may b
used as a motive in yeaYs to come.
"Within the next year or two th
t r? . -n i
I tiimc v?? ciiguic aui outran yynt u
i on thi market; this will give a greal
; ev flying radius per pound of tut
. and reduce the cost of flying consic
j erably."
When it is considered that Roe i
| England's- pioneer flyer and that h
I is the designer of the "Avro'' type o
| British light .planes, it will be see
i that this statement certainly cornt
from one other than a visionary.
Jim: "When she gave you a kit
did you pay it hack?"
oni: "No. I wanted to keep it, s
I ran away."
DEM<
; Best Interests of Northwc
iOI-INA. -DAY, AUGUST 23.
Gf/ ?rnor A1 Smit
i ? ,
.\ o Jampaign in A
jivinj is the tail test of Gov-;
' i Alfred E. Smith's address ac1
t C^r.rWfl! tlta ni)?(innf->?;.. ??.-v*oIiv?:V"<e-*.
! for the presidency as delivered at;
i Albany, yesterday afternoon at G:30
.i o'clock:
. Upon the steps of this capitol
,| vhere 25 years ape I first tame into
[: the service cf the state, i receive my!
.1 party's summons to lead it ir. the na.j
feoii. Witfcip. this building, I learned
.' the principles, the purposes ami the
functions of government and tr
. i know that the greatest privilege tha.
, car. come to any mar. is to give hint
self to a notion which has reared
! hir.i and raised him from obscurity
to be a contender for the highest of'
t'ice ir. the gift of its people.
* Here I confirmed ray faith in the
,! principles of vhe Democratic party so!
eloquently defined by Woodrow \Vil-|
sor : "First, the people at the source!
, and their interests and desires as!
: the text of laws and institutions. |
Second, individual liberty as the ot:
jective of all law." With a gratitude:
too strong for words and with hum-1
I lie reliance upon the aid of Divine *
' i iovidence. I accept your summons
1 to the wider field of action.
; Govern men tsbo-ild he construct-'
"jive, not destructive; progressive, not
j reactionary. I am entirely unwilling
! to accept the old order of things as
, th< best unless and until ! become;
j! convinced that it cannot 'no made
i hotter.
i Tl. ~r n :? r- .
~ It is pur new world theory that
government exists for the people as
. against the old world conception that
_: the people exist for the government.
A sharp line separates those who believe
that a:t elect class should he the
special object of the government's
, cfoncern and those who Jffeiievv that
r the government is the agent and serj
vant of the people who create it.
Dominant in the Republican party to.
day is the element which proclaims
J and executes the political theories
ij against which the party liberals like
,I Roosevelt and La Foiletle and their
J party insurgents have rebelled. This
U reactionary element seeks to vindiI
cate the theory of benevolent oligar.
eby. It assumes that a material
r prosperity, the very existence of
which is challenged, is an excuse for
political inequality. It makes ve
concern of the government, not peot
pie, but material things.
Reaction vi. Progresaiveiam
j I have fought this spirit in my
; own state. I have had to tight it
J and to beat it. in order to place upon
J the statute hooks every one of the
_j progressive, humane laws for whoso
| j enactment I assumed responsibility
j j in my legislative and executive cnreer.
I shall know how to fight it in
.j the nation.
I It is a fallacy that there is incon
sistency between progressive measures
protecting the rights of the peo5|
pie, including the poor and the weak-,
.j and a just regard for the rights of
ij legitimate business, great or small.
. Therefore, while I emphasize my be>1
lief that legitimate business prnj|
motes the national welfare, let me
5; warn the forces of corruption and
3i favoritism, that Democratic victory
j means that they will he relegated to
- the rear and the front seats will .he
5j occupied by the friends of equal op
. i portunity.
Taking the Issue To the People
Likewise government policy should
spring from the deliberate action of
5 an informed electorate. Of all men.
I have reason to believe that the
t! people can and do grasp the pro'o-j
lems of the government. Against the
> j opposition of the self-seeker and
-j the partisan, again and again, I have
t - seen legislation won by the pressu re
j of popular demand, exerted after the
j people had had an honest, frank and
-(complete explanation of the issues.
-1 Great questions of finance, the is!I
suance of millions of dollars of bonds
-j for public projects, the complete reconstruction
of the machinery of tiie
'state government, the institution of
t j an executive budget, these are but a
0; few" of the complicated questions
- j which I have taken to the electorate.
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- r.very craEfen nas iaus tcai ue:i m*=
1; nature of the business i-. l-.aad and
-j appreciated that the state's business
j is-his business.
Reviving National ideal?
-i That direct contact with the peo:_ !
pie I promise to continue in this
e: campaign and. if I aim elected, in the
! conduct of the nation's affairs; I
0; shall thereby strive to make the na<?!
tion's policy the true reflection of
the nation's ideals. Because I bedjlieve
in the idealism of the party of
I-j Jefferson, Cleveland and Wilson, my
j administration will he rooted in libers
i ty under the law; liberty that mans
e j freedom to the individual to follow
f his own wili so long as he does not
n harm his neighbor; the same high
- mora! purpose in our conduct r.s a
nation that actuates the conduct oi
i the God-fearing man and woman
Sjtnat equality of opportunity which
; iays the foundation for wholesome
o' family life and opens up the out
l look for the betterment of the live;
DCRA
sst North Carolina
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... T
h Defines Position
eceptance Speech
w yjc children.
Party Responsibility 1
j
In the rugged honesty ot Grover j
Cleveland there originated one of !
our party's greatest principles: "Public
office is a public trust." That [
principle now takes on new meaning.
Political parties are the vehicle
for carrying out the popular will.
We place responsibility upon the
party The Republican party today
lands responsible for the widespread
dishonesty that has honeycombed its
dministration.
During the last presidential cam- :
paign the Republic^ managers were
partially successful 5n leading the
American people to believe that these |
sins should be charged against the |
individual rather than against the
party. The question of personal j
guilt has now been thoroughly dis- 1
posed of and in its place, challeng- ;
ing the wisdom and good judgment
of the American people, is the un- j
questioned evidence of party guilt.
The Democratic party asks the |
electorate to withdraw their conft- j
der.ee from the Republican party and I
re ose it with the Democratic party ;
. lodged to continue those standards [
>! unblemished integrity which char- :
aolerized every act of the admipisn
?. ion of Wood row Wilson.
A Constructive Campaign
But I would not rest our claim for
the confidence of the American poo- '
pie clone upon the mi-deeds of the '
opposite party. Our, must be u
constructive campaign.
False Prosperity and
Unemployment
The Republican party builds its j
ease upon a myth. We are told that
only under the benevolent administration
cf that party can the' country
enjoy prosperity. When four
million men, desirous to work and ;
support their families, arc unable to |
secure employment there is very lit- i
; -c ,.?
..v >11 viiu J.' iv. I, u It" VTA. ptUOpTliyjf *-t? |
! attract them and the millions de- i
i pendent upon thom.
In the year 1326, the latest fi;
gurcs available show that l-20th ol j
I per cent of the 430,000 corpora. |
i tton3 in this country yarned 40 per
, cent of their profits; 40 percent of j
:'ut; cor[ orations actually loat. money;
1-4 of 1 percent of there corpora- i
inns e3vr.ed two-thirds of the profits :
f all of them. Specific industries j
ire wholly prostrate and there is !
widespread business difficulty aud
iiscoutent among the individual business
men of the countvy.
Prosperity to the extent that we :
are it is unduly concentrated and
is not equitably touched the lives of I
ho farmer, the wage earner and the
dividual business man. The claim
* governmental economy is as baseas
as tho claims that general busioss
prosperity exists and that it
an exist only under Republican j
Jnnmstrution. ?
allure To Consolidate By Reorgani- I
ration Of The federal Government
When the Republican party cam* j
j into power in 1921 it definitely pro- I
raised reorganization of the mach- '
iusry of government, and abolition ;
or consolidation of unnecessary and ;
overlapping agencies. A committee !
was appointed. A representative et i
tho President acted as Chairman, it '
prepared a plan of reorganization.
The plan was filed in the archives;
Tt stili remains there. After seven
years of Republican control the struc- i
turc of government is worse than it (
was in 1921. It is fully as bad as j
the system which existed in New j
York State before we secuved by con- '
j auvu.iL'uai amendment tne legisia- !
i tion which consolidated more than I
one hundred offices, commissions and-j
boards into eighteen coordinated de- j
partments, each responsible to the 1
Governor. In contrast with this, the j
Republican party in control at Wash- j
ington when faced with the alterna- ;
tire of loss of patronage for the j
faithful or more efficient and economical
management of the government
permitted the old order to continue
for the benefit of the patronage \
ackers.
Increased Federal
Appropriations
j
The appropriations for independ- :
ent bureaus and offices not respon- |
sible to any cabinet officer increased .
from $3,400,000 in lSjl to $103.- ;
; 000,000 in 1921, and to $355,000,000
1 in 1928. No wonder that a cabinet I
j officer of the Republican President of
I 1921 said "if you could visualize the '
I government as a business or admin|
istraiive unit, you would see something
like one of chose grotesque
; spectacles of a big oyster shell to !
! which in the course of years, hig '
?na irregular masses of barnacles
j have attached themselves without !
i ?ymmetry or relevancy." And the :
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States said in its annual report j
this year: "No progress has been
i made on the plan of reorganization ;
; of the government's departments as
; advocated by the Chamber." The \
: administration spokesman answers j
i i only: "We have given an economical :
,' administration," and that has been J
repeated so often that some people
. begin to believe it without t.io
' slightest proof. I assort that thera
' is no proof,
' J
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FIVE CENTS A COPY
FROGRESSOFTHE
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Present Term Opened With Largest
Attendance of Any Y sar in History
of County: Last Session's Statistics
Sent to Raleigh
County Superintendent Hagaman
tells The Democrat that the schools
are opening with the best attendance
ever, and if not broken into by
epidemics, will no doubt, make the
best average in the bistort of the
county.
The number of parents who consider
it an invasion of their right;; to
be required to keep their children
in school are growing gloriously
few. It has been necessary ir. only
one instance, so far. to prosecute in
the courts for non-attendance.
The board of education has bought
only one school truck this year. The
truck will carry fifty students and
will be crowded. A new but nae
has been established to accommodate
all the high school student; of Meet
("amp township an da part of Bald
mountain township, and on the saute
trip will convey Tugman school to
Green Vallc-v and a part of Maple
Springs school to Boone. This one
school truck will accommodate in
nil abc it seventy pupils.
Superintendent Hngaman bus forwarded
to the state superintendent
his annual statistical report; of the
schools of Watauga county for the
year closing .Inno 80, last. The following
are some of the figures:
School census- white, ovSSJ; colored.
53. Enrolled, white, 4,562;
colored, 37. Average attendance,
3,401. The number enrolled in the
different grades are as follows: First,
11)63; second, 583; third. 559;
fourth, 511; fifth, 468; sixth, 448;
seventh, 358: eighth, 218; ninth,
170; tenth, 111; eleventh, 73.
Total enrollment in high schools,
573. The high school enrollment 13
years ago was 50. The school term
in the county now averages 183 days.
Number schools taught: One-teacher,
23; two-teacher, 20; three-teacher,
o; more than three, 5. There were
54 men and fil women who taught
last year. There were 3S>1 children
tronsnofted en school trucks.
Value of school property, $275,800.
Of this afnour.t. $58,800 waa
added in new buildings during the
year.
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
TO MEET AT COVE CREEK
On next Monday morning August
27th at 10 o'clock the Watauga Ministerial
Association will meet at the
Cove Creek baptist church and be
the guests for dinner which will be
served by the ladies of the church.
.All ministers and their wives are
expected and invitations have been
sent out and a real happy time is
promised the ministers and their
wives. It will be an occasion of good
wholesome pleasure.
DAMAGE TO HIGHWAYS
IN STATE $300,000
Raleigh', Aug. 21.?Damage to
slate highways in the western part of
North Carolina from heavy rains and
swollen streams last week was estimated
at $300,001) today by State
Highway Commissioner Frank Page.
All roads are open with the exception
of a short link between Woodrow
and Waynesville. he said. Where
slides or washouts occurred, new
roads have been cut and will be
used until the sections of highways
can be repaired.
ALL WERE NOT DRINKING
Mrs. David Secrets of Lenoir sends
the following to the News-Topic in
regard to the injuries sustained by
Mrs. John K. Brown a week ago
when she was struck by a ear occupied
by four Lenoir boys:
The report in Monday's News-Topic
was u mistake. The bovs were not
all drinking as Mr. Secrets went to
Boone Monday evening and talked to
the officers and said the officers told
him that neither Arnold Secrets, the
Nelson boy or Coy Shoemake were
drinking. The News-Topic also says
they ran into several persons standing
by the roadside. The officers told
Arnold's father they did not run over
but one woman, and also said she ::
would get ail right if nothing else
did not take place. Also the NewsTopic
states that (here had been another
wreck and one man had been
injured and he was among the three
struck by the Ler.oir boys. This was
a mistake, as the officer told Arnolds
father they did not run over only the
woman, as there were three men in
the road and the boys were trying to v,
prevent hitting them. It was foggy
and as the woman was just out on 5
the other side of the road probably
the boys did not see her. The one %
driving was not drinking. The officer
stated if either one of the three .'jig
was he could not teli it and did not
find any in the car.
Please change this mistake as the
truth is bad enough.