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* ?: VOL. XXXIX, NO. 31 Citizens Get Line on Town Fiscal Affairs At Hearing on Petition Against Bond Issue Thursday Night, City Officials Explain What Money is: 1 To Be Used For At a meeting held la3t Thursday! evening at the Peoples Bank build-j ing a petition was presented to the I city council, signed by 99 citizens of! j the town, requesting that no action) , be taken as to the issuance of the] proposed 525,000 improvement1 bonds until after the matter hadl been submitted to a vote of the tax-! payers. About 25 citizens of Boone' came with the document to find out just what the status of the town's fiscal affairs is. Mayor W. R. Gragg explained that the indebtedness which is to be paid by the new issue of bonds was incurred by the former board of aldermen and was not to be used for additional street work or any new construction of any kind. He further explained that notes on the town were out for the amount asked for in the bond issue and that further renewals were impossible. In case, he said, the proposition should be submitted to a vote and the bond issue defeated, there would be no other course than to more than! double the tax levy until the indebtedness was cleared up, but that with: the lohg term bonds, the increase in taxes would be slight. Henry J. Hardin acted as chief spokesman for the citizens ar.d many questions were propounded to the boatxl and the mayor, one of which was if the proposed city hall was to be constructed from the proceeds of the sale of bonds. The answer was emphatically no and the following detailed statement of the floating indebtedness causing the board to of icr nonas, was suomiuea oy .Mayor j Gragg: , The outstanding floating indebtedness of the town of Boone as of j May 5, 1927, estimated as follows: t Cranberry Furnace Co.,, for crushed rock, $2,500; notes for * Moretz Water system in full, $7,000; j Notes to J. A. Moretz for money ad- , vanced to extend water line to . Moiety- addition, $1,500; r.ete for f money' borrowed of Claude E. Mil-j , ler, $10,000; note to Portland Ce-1 mcnt Co., for cement on streets, | $3,000; Dixie Cuvert &. Metal Co.,j for culverts, $1,134.52; Empire Rub-i her Co., for hose, $1,20'J. Total, $26,034.52. ' In answer to another query as to the cost, of operating the municipal government for one month, the fol- t lowing expenditures, covering the * month of August, were adjudged to 5 be about the average: ' Police salary, $125.00; Chas. L. c Younce, water commissioner, salary, ' $oO.OQ; stamps, $o.OO; sign, $1.00; * attorneys' feass, $7.50; mayor's sal- c airy, $15.00; board of aldermen, sal- I ary, $1G.00; lights, $37.50; clean- c tng streets, $25.00. Total $282.00. s Two other petitions are yet in cir- I eolation about the town sekeing to ' restrain the board from selling the t bonds. However, it is the understanding at this lime that these will * bo called in and that the bonds will * be issued with the understanding t that no moneys derived therefrom shall go to any other purpose than that of paying off the floating indebtedness. ZIONVILLE NEWS NOTES Zio'nville, Sept. 11.?Mrs. \V. J. Moore of Lenoir, with her sons, Thomas and James, and grand-son, Kermit Bolide, were Sunday visitors in the village. Mrs. Roy Reece of Chucky, Tcnn., is visiting with her mother, -Mrs. Mary Younee. Mrs. Younce has been quite sick for the past few days. [ Mrs. James Lewis and small daughter of Pennsylvania are visiting Mrs. Lewis' mother, Mrs. H. A. Miller. My. and Mrs. J. C Jones and little Hope Eller spent Sunday night in Boone with relatives. i .uessrsu jcj. jcj. carry ana a. ^ressi ? were Sunday visitors in Zionville and! f Cove Creek. j i Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Snider ^nd daughters. Elsie and Hattie, spent Sunday with relatives in the village.! ' Gus Norris of Pensylvania, is| ' spending a few weeks with his fath- j ' er, S. S. Norris. ; ' "Aunt" Mollie Greer, who since; the death of her husband, has beeni1 quite sick, is little, if any improved, i t Mr. and Mrs. L. Greer were called ' to Elizabethton, Tenn., Sunday to ' see their granddaughter, little Nan- 1 cy Grindstaff, who is seriously ill. R. F. D. Carrier N. W. Thomas is off from work for his vacation now. E. H. Wilson, assistant carrier, is filling his place. : First Saleman: "Didn't the flies \ ' bother you up in your room last; 1 night?" Second Ditto: "No, I put a piece of limberger cheese in the comer and parked them there ali night" y , ^ 1 DrA MAi A Non-Partisan I*> BOONE POLITICAL EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK Highlights of Political Activity c Both Major Parties Summarize From Recent N Dispatche From Over the Country Hoover Wili Speak at Elizabethton Elizabethton, Tenn., has been s iected by Mr. Hoover for the onl speech he will make in the south. H rtrill speak at an industrial celebra :ior? there October 6. Official announcement was mad >f his intention to go into Tennes jee by the Republican national corn nittee. Elizabethton is in the ex :reme eastern section of Tennesse rear the North Carolina and Vir ?inia border lines. Hoover's choic :or his southern speech had lain be Aveeri North Carolina and Tennes ;ee. Seawell Will Launch Gubernatoria Campaign September 20 Herbert F. Seawell of Carthage candidate for governor on the Re lublican ticket, will inaugurate hi ampaign on or about September 2C iccording to announcement made b; Chairman Brownlow Jackson. The announcement was made sooi ifter the receipt of a letter from thi andidate in which it was stated tha le was rapidly recovering from hi ecent operation for appendicitis an? he relapse that followed. It was stated by Mr. Jackson tha VIr. Seawell would make an activi ind intensive campaign that will car y him into virtually every sectioi >f the state. smith to Open Campaign at Omahi i ne nrst three speeches by Cover lor Smith in his national campaign vill he in Omaha on Tuesday, Sept 8. in Oklahoma City on, Septemhc 10, and in Denver on September 22 In announcing this portion of hi tinerary, Governor Smith decline) 0 commit himself as to his where ibouts in the second week of hi our. He reaffirmed, however, hi ntention of being in Rochester, N i'., on September 30, the night be lore opening the Democratic stat convention, at which he will not onl; >e called upon to choose the nomi lees for governor and senator, bu vill, himself, make the initial speed >f the state campaign. dcNinch is Chairman of Anti-Smitl Group in State Frank R. McN'inch of Charlotb ' as named chairman of the anti imith Democrats, and Charlotte wa elected as headquarters city fo heir campaign to defeat the Demo ratio presidential nominee in Nortl Carolina at a meeting of the organi :ation committee in Raleigh Thurs lay. Other officers elected wen fugh MeKae, Wilmington, first vici hairraan; J. L. Morehead, Durham econd vice chairman; Charles H rcland, Greensboro, treasurer, an) ilrs. W. B. Lindsay, Charlotte, secre ary. H. W. Worth of Ashe county i 1 member of the central committee chich will have active direction o he campaign. G. O. P. Sesk Catholic to Win Rhode Island Washington, Sept, 8.?Herber Joover found himself enmeshed ii i heavy tangle of politii^il worrie; oday, when 'nis most vocal womai upporter. Mrs. Mabel Walker Will ibrandt, made her sectarian appea o the Methodists at Springfield )hio, last night to mass agains iovernor Smith, it projected anev he religious issue. At the same time, .Mr. Hoover w n conference with Republican lead rs from Rhode Island trying to piel he Catholic candidate for thi Jnited States senate who would d< he most political damage to Smitl his fall. They are torn between ex Congressman Ambrose Kennedy ti un against the licmocratic Senate Jerry, and Judge Felix Hebert, whi s wanted by the Rhode Island stab eadevs on the theory that he cai wing the French Catholics bacl nto line. As for Mrs. Willebrandt's late's itroke, the Hoover forces refuse t< issume the responsibility for it or ti epudiate it. The speech stirred u; nore political talk here than any de ,-elopment in the campaign in weeks The most frequent comment was t :he effect that had the situation bee: reversed and one of Govern o Smith's chief speakers had nppeale< to the Catholics to defeat Hoover, i .vould cause a terrific uproar. Virginians Deplore Church's Entry into Politics Richmond, Va., Sept. S.?In statement signed by 133 member; friends and supporters of the South ern Methodist church, residing i the Tazewell district ox the Ilolsto conference, it is charged that "fou bishops'' heading the recent dry cor ferenee at Asheville are attemptin (Continued on Page Eight) UGA lewspaper, Devoted to the . WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAR' The Crime Wave, and r How To Control It ^ Judge Finley Make* Interesting Talk i at Civitan Luncheon; Says Courts Must Have Co-operation of Citi, zens if They Are To Be Effective '* i j Judge T. B. Finley of Wilkesboro was the principal speaker at the J weekly luncheon of the Boone Civiv tan Club held at the Daniel Boone ej Hotel last Thursday. The noted t_i jurist made a most interesting talk | on citizenship. He spoke of the filling tho pitivnn AM'O" munity in upholding the law. He dei_ piored -the fact that so many of _ our citizens seek to evade jury serve ice, which is one of the essential _ parts of the judicial system. No mate ter how competent and efficient the judge and other officials are, unless . they have the sympathetic and wholehearted co-operation of the citzens generally, their efforts will not be as effective as they would be with co-operation. He gave some ?. interesting figures as to the cost of crime, which amount up to billions ? of dollars each year. He said the i, suppression of crime presented one v of the big problems of today and that upon our recognition of it and nj our ability and willingness to meet 2 the issue and solve it, depended the t welfare of the country, s One of the major objectives of j Civitan being the suppression of crime, the address of Judge Finley t was timely and most interesting to q members of the club. Mr. F. H. Coffey, one of the leadn ing citizens of Caldwell county, was a guest of the club and made a talk. Also Mr. V. D. Guirc, former may. or of Lenoir and at the present time - president of the Lenoir Kiw'anis i cluh, was present and spoke very interestingly of civic club work. The r Lenoir Kiwanis club and the Boone , Civitan club hope to arrange a joint s meeting ;n-one of the towns in the f near future. The monthly business meeting of s the club will be held this (Thursday) s evening at the Daniel Boone hotel at . 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance of . members is desired, e: y_ COUNTY DEMOCRATS WILL t MEET HERE SATURDAY ti Pursuant to a call issued by Counj ty Chairman J. L. Wilson, the J Democratic county convention, for | the purpose of nominating a county I ticket, will be held at the courthouse ej here Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. " \ The precinct meetings will be held s on Friday afternoon for the purpose r of naming delegates to the county convention. Each township is en1 titled to one delegate for each 25 votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. Unon this basis, the fnl 2 lowing is the voting strength of 2 each township in the convention: Boone, 24; Bald Mountain, 3; Blowing Rock, 8; Blue Ridge, 1; Beaver Dam, 11; Cove Creek, 13; " Elk, 1; Laurel Creek, 8; Meat Camp No. 1, 7; Meal Camp No. 2, 1; 5 North Fork, 1; Stony Fork, 5; ' Shawneehaw, 3; Watauga, 10. The Democratic state plan of organization calls for the following plan of organization in county and precinct. "Sec. 12. The unit of eounty t organization shall be the voting pre1 cinct. In each precinct there shall s be an executive committee, to roni; sist of five active Democrats, who -i shall be elected by the Democratic 1 voters at the several precinct meet, ings or primary elections or county t convention in mass, called by the i county executive committee, as hereinafter provided for the nomination s of candidates for legislative, county . and township offices. And said com-: c mittee so elected shall elect one of e its members as chairman, who shall! j! preside at all committee meetings i "Sec. 13. The chairmen of the: - several precinct committees shall! a compose the county executive com-! r mittee, which shall meet at the same! 5 time and place as the county cone: ventipri first held in each election: i year, ana eiect a cnairman 01 sata | i county committee, alio need not be: a member of the committee, and he I 11 shall preside at all meetings of =aid o! committee, and shall hold his place [ o! until his successor shall be elected, p: A majority of said precinct chair men. in person or by proxy in the i. j person of some active Democrat of o I the precinct in which an absent chairman resides, shall constitute a rj quorum. The county committee! d| may appoint a central committee of t five who shall act in its stead when I the county committee is not in sesI sion." r I J BRYAN RE-APPOINTED J FISH AND GAME WARDEN ,-! ? County game wardens have heeu nj appointed for the 100 counties in the r i state by the department of conserva: tion and development. J. W. Bryan g, was reappointed warden for Wat-j auga county. R. C. Franklin was | appointed warden for Avery county. DEM< Best Interests of Northwi OLINA, THUf g \Y, SEPTEMBER millf/oaseto bf/iard today ; High P Broker Scheduled To Muk ttleraent With Town in $10 Note Case; Criminal Actio jniimted I j Claude E. "Miller, High Point broker, indicted before the grand jury ; last week or. a charge of giving worthless checks, was called and ' failed to answer, whereupon a j capias instanter was issued, but be| fore the capias could be served the ; vi^ientiini appeared, ana a eonter! ence between himself, counsel and officials of the town and their attorneys. and an agreement was tenta| tively made between the parties that I the criminal action be continued. I that if Miller woujd pay the note, the ! town would take a r.on suit in the I civil case, and go before the judge | and solicitor at the next term of } Watauga superior court and ask that judgment be suspended in the ! criminal action. Mayor Gragg feels ! when the town is reimbursed in the sum of $10,000 and costs, that the ends of justice will have been met, and he has no desire to further : prosecute the defendant. Miller, through his attorneys, ask| ed that both the civil ar.d criminal I cases be continued, but Mayor W. R. ! Gragg refused, stating that he felt j Miller had had sufficient time in which to make settlement. Millers | two brothers and his father-in-law j agreed to make the note good, pro: vided the town would guarantee that the criminal case against the broker would be dropped. Of course, no one could make this guarantee, and there is where the hitch came. | However, tne prosecution promised ' nil they could for him when the ! matter comes up at the spring term i of court, provided he appears be| fore the court today and makes good I his promise to pay the note. Should I Miller fail to do this. Mayor Gragg : said he- would ask that the capias !be served, and that another Warrant, charging him with embezzlement, j would be sworn out. Mayor Gragg issued the following statement Tuesday morning, whicl clearly sets forth the present status of the case: "We agreed that if the S10.00C I was settled by Thursday that we ! would take a non-suit in the civi action, and if this is done, inas much as the criminal action is con tinued until next term of court; that ! we agreed, when the case comes up to use our influence and beg thai judgment he suspended." | Mayor Gragg has made every ef fort, during the past several weeks, to reach a settlement with Miller and, from .his conversation, it was easy to see that he has exhausted his patience, and if Miller does not appatience,, and if Miller does not come up today with sufficient currency of the realm or something just as good in the way of well secured notes, the mayor will see what can he done about it before the bar of justice. EARL ROWLAND WINS CROSS-COUNTRY MARATHON Mines Field, Los Angeles, Sept. 10.?Tired, dusty and tanned, 22 survivors of the class A derby from New York to Los Angeles swooped across the finish line here this afternoon in the greatest cross-country race of aviation history. In quick succession they flashed past the stands to the cheers of SO.OCC airminded men, women and children, the entire field in the 3.200-milc sky marathon checking in between 2:30 and 3 o'clock on the last leg of the flight. The first in was Earl Rowland's Warner motored Cessna cabin monoplane. It was followed in less than a minute by an American Moth monoplane, flqwn byRobert Dake and Ted Taney of Pittsburgh. Tex Rankin, picturesque air veteran, who started out with a black cat for a mascot and 13 for a race number, was third to breast the tape. PRESIDENT EN ROUTE BACK TO WASHINGTON Garrett, Ind.. Sept. 11?Scheduled to arrive in Washington early tomorrow morning to resume his regular executive duties in the capital after I a long vacation in Wisconsin, Presii dent Coolidge found national politics impatient to reach him before | then and today he received the first i callers since leaving the secluded , shores of the Brule river. James W. Goode, western Republican campaign manager, and Representative Xewton of Minnesota head of the Republican campaigr speakers' bureau, took the opportu irity of an hour's stop of the presidential special in Chicago to con fee with the chief executive. Las; week he sought to induce Mr. Cool idge to deliver speeches for the Re i publican ticket in the campaign. DCRA est North Carolina 13, 1928 Home-Coming in Three T Forks Association Executive Committee Prepares Pro-1 gram for Occasion To Be Held in All Baptist Churches of Associa- Cc tion on September 30 < The executive committee of the! Three Forks Baptist association has i arranged the following suggestive; program for the home-coming to be j ^ held in the churches of the associa-i ... ; lion on Sunday, September 30th. j JjJ; The superintendent of the Sunday ^ school with a local committee will as1 sign the speakers for the various subjects, except the or.e at 11, ' o'clock. Pastors not living in the as-j sociation are incited to attend one ' of their churches. The committee cr) asks the churches to adjust the pro- j ^ i gram to suit the local conditions.! The tentative program follows: ' 1. Old-time songs. j jQ 2. Sunday school. I 3. Reading the history of the lo-1 J t cal church. ! a(> 4. Sermon or speech: The New ^ Testament Church. j 5. Dinner served on the ground ^ i or in the homes. j 6. Old-time song?. i ^ 7. Roll-call of present members. 8. Recognition of former mem bers. ; g", 9. Telling of religious exptrien-. j( ces by oldest members. ; ^ 10. High peak: in our church life- ! th 11. Men and women who have ^ j meant much to the church. I 12. How to improve < r church ^ service. 13. How to make our church I ' PO i,iiiuie.u?^?^?>. " I . i 14. \\ hai my church means to 1 me. 15. New problems in our church. 10. Elements of growth in Tl) church members. 17. Causes of backsliding. All churches are asked to send a . ! report of the home-coming meeting , to A. J. Greene, secretary. Boone. j ^ TWO MEN AND 35 GALLONS j ly OF LIQUOR TAJCEN FRIDAY) EI j o r ii Perhaps the largest amount ofi "'evei1 seized"" on the' High-j ee ways out of Boone by county offi- Co I cials was taken last Friday evening! f0 ? when a posse headed by Deputy I Ca [ Sheriff Harmon, assisted by Deputy . Frank Welch, swooped down on a | or .| car occupied by Paul Hawkins and! .George Miller of Elizabethton, i co I Tenn., at a point on the Boone Trail j ! near Lax on postoffice and brought tii I in 35 gallons of whiskey and its I . owners. The offenders were lodged tii in jail and given a hearing Saturday! before Justice Hahn, who required a1 er . $1,000 bond. Complaint was made! . as to the size of the bond and the j matter was referred to Judge Finley I an who upheld the decision of SquireHahn's court. The bond has noti jn yet been arranged. ! Sheriff Farthing and Policeman' co j Garland had been on the track of! the automobile, a Chrysler roadster,! fa for several weeks, having received I information as to .the bootlegging! j,v proclivities of the young men from; police officials of Bristol and John- m( son City. The trips through Boone; cr I were made regularly during the sum i mir, it seems, but the driver always; m, j managed to evade arrest. Chief j j Garland as well as the sheriff had the number and description of the; car and had endeavored to stop it; jv on its return into Tennessee, but | pa without results. It was finally found that the rum-runners were on their j TO, return going off the Boone Trail' pr below Boone, by way of H. N. Blair's i to the Blowing Rock road, thence \ ca ; to Blowing Rock and over the Yonj ahlossee home. The ear was seen in ; town Friday headed in the direction of Wilkes and the officers went j farther down the road and waited. They did not wait long, however, un- j . j til their vigil wasTewarded. The li-; lt!: : quor car was driven from the road A1 ; when it got in close touch with the. PB j officers and the capture was made. Wl i According to the story told by the! sc prisoners, the car had been mnkinc th | regular trips, but during the sum- j^ ; mer had been in charge of different ?; drivers. The whiskey was being car- er i ried in seven five-gallon containers. . al : ea REPUBLICAN CONVENTION be TO MEET SATURDAY. 29TH JI ?? : lit Chairman W. H. Gragg has issued il a call for the Republican county to ' | convention which will be held on j ; Saturday, September 29th, just two i weeks after the Democrats have '. named their slate of county cau'di-: : I dates. The various township pri-1 \ I i maries will be held on Friday, the j sc ! 2Sth at which time delegates will be: : ramed to the county convention on ] , the basis of one for each 25 votes . i i cast in the last election. ' w '1 -t is not yet known if any speaker' - from outside will address the Republican gathering, in view of the fact 5,1 -j that the campaign speeches are be l ing handled this year by a central el - committee, which may or may not di -j furnish the local committee with a [ state campaigner. T. T FIVE CENTS A COPY ML CASES BEIN(T HEARD THIS WEEK nrt Will Probably Complete it* Work This Afternoon; Compromise Reached in Brown Case Against Four Lenoir Boys Indications arc that the rather avy civil Calendar of Watauga perior court will he cleared away is afternoon, ending the business the fall term, which started Mony of last week. The state docket is finished last Friday, the most imrtant case to he disposed of at e "last being that against four Leir boys. Coy Shoinaker. Arno Sefest, James Nelson and Earl Smith, arged with driving a car while indicated and sasault with a deadly >apon as a result of which Mrs. hn K. Brown was seriously inred. A civil su was also being ought agianst the defendants. Both time? -> ? - ..tic ujd|j<jotu oa <u "Cfi'j same ne, the hoy? pleading guilty to th charges. The court placed em under an 18 months suspended ntence and prohibited them from crating an automobile for 12 >r?ths. Tlie civil action was comomised, the plaintiff receiving .500 and three-fourth of the hosr.ai bill incurred as a result of l*s. Brown's injuries. Judge Harwood is holding court is week, -Judge Finley requesting lief because of an impending civil tion in which Mrs. Finley is inrested. Following is a list of cases disced of since the time of going to ess last Wednesday afternoon: Ado Oliver, larceny, continued. M. M. Woodruff, iiquor. pleads ilty to possession and trausportg and sentenced to serve 00 days jailCharlie Cole, larceny, nol pros th leave. \V. H. Brock, failure to pay board 11. continued. Theo Kerhoule, assault with deadweapon, continued. Charles Walser, liquor, six months i the roads. York Triyett, liqugr and carrying: ncealed weapon, 10 mons on the ncealed weapon, 10 months on the r possession and three months for rTying- concealed weapon. Spencer May, iiquor, four months i the roads. Claude E. Miller, had check, ntinued. C. S. Prevette, bad check, con.ued. Clarence Cannon, forgery, contued. E<! Atwood and Nila Trivett, forgy, not guilty. Dave Guy, forgery, 15 months in ite prison. Notice of appeal given id bond placed at ?1,300. Spencer May, forgery, 10 months state prison. Henry Younce, false pretense, ntinued. E. V. Ballou, bad check, called and iled, capias. Odus Watson, liquor, continued grand jury. Burette Presnell, larceny of autoobile, guilty; sent to asylum for iminal insane at Raleigh. Stokes Williams, liquor. three >nths in tbe county jai'. TV.,,.,- ? v. ii? c~~ j ?-<"?t vi?juuiu, gauiu. ug, l1"3U 0 and costs. Aaron Robbins, assault with deadweapon, judgment suspended upon yment of costs. Chas Wilson, abandonment, guilty, ist pay wife $200 and pay costs of osecution. B. C. Watson, bad check, two ses, six months in each case. 1GH SCHOOL HAS LARGE ATTENDANCE AT OPENING The Boone high school started on , regular term Tuesday morning th Professor E. L. Ball as princi1. During the day 207 students ire registered for the regular high hool work and indications are that e total number will easily reach e 250 mark. There are a number students in town who expect to ter the classes at a later date id these are urged to enroll at the .rliest possible time. Other memo's of the faculty for the year are: iss Grace Graybeal, Mrs. J. A. Wiltms, Miss Nell Coffey. Mr. and rs. Hewitt, with one vacancy yet be filled. COVE CREEK NEWS NOTES Sugar Grove, Sept. 10.?Rev. R. Taylor was a visitor at Cove Creek hool chapel Wednesday morning. Mr. James M. Horton returned >me from Cleveland Thursday. He ill reenter Wake Forest college this eek. Miss Vergie Reeves is visiting her ster, Mrs. Will Payne. Miss Blanche Horton has accept1 a position as public school music rector in the Kinston city schools. Work on the residence of Mr. D. . Brown is going forward rapidly.
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