fVOL XXXIX, NO. 11 THANKSGIVING PROCLAIMED BY GOVERNOR A. W. McLEAN J To the People of North Carolina- 5 Whereas, tbc spirit of true prati-J tudc is a virtue that ought always to] be fostered and encouraged; and. Whereas, ai! good and perfect gifts of this life, as well as hope forj the life to come, are direct benefactions of a kind providence, .\Mw, therefore, I, Angus W. McLean, Governor of North Carolina.! happy to follow a custom that has! been perpetuated since this nationj of ours established its independence, do hereby proclaim and set aside! Thursday, November 29 th. as; Thanksgiving Day, and call upon j the people of the state to observe it' by suspending ail unnecessary ac- j tivities and by giving public expression to the gratitude that is ?> their J hearts for all the blessings enjoyed; during the past year. We, as a people, have much for which to be thankful. DifficultiesI ?< have been experienced, to be sure,! as will ever be th^- case until com-, plete harmony has been established! Detwoen me creator and the crea-i lure and between man and. man everywhere; but our blessings have j far outnumbered our handicaps, and] we have abundant cause for genuine; gratitude. We have continued to go forwar d We have utilized our natural resources to meet our spiritual needs j and to fulfill our human, obligations. Ke!ig?on and science have contributed to the necessities of the soul and body: humanity, as a whole, has' been privileged to attain higher' levels of service. l For these and all other hies -:v. . ^ too numerous to mention. I urge our, jf people to offer sincere and hearty, thanks to Almighty Clod on the day appointed. Whether our prayers of thanks giving shall ascend from around the! humble fireside or be wafted to', heaven on the strains cf Cathedroi music is of little consequence, so J long as they come from hearts thai, are moved by the spirit of true": j? ra lit udo. it is highly desirable that our people shall use this occasion i?'?> pendent upon the bounty of those! who have enjoyed a greater degree} of prosperity. Freely we Have rc-j reived, freely let us give. Thus we, will not only be doing thai whirl: is well pleasing in the sight of Goii,i hut wilt artiuire a broader sense of spiritual satisfaction. it: conclusion, I further urge that! our people, remembering ail of us-i are, it; the final analysis, dependent upon the great Control Source of: supply, forget their individual dii'-j v- feivr.cea and unite in gratitude :r ? God for the abiding things of life. ul the same time seeltirS' Divine} guidance for the future. [tone in tiie city of Raleigh, this 12th day of November, in xbc year, of our Loid one thousand nine hum; dred nail twenty eight, and in the.! one hundred and fifty-third year of: our American independence. ANGUS \V. McLEAN, Governor.; MR. HAGAMAN SEES MANY CHANGES IN THE COUNTYj As I go over the county 1 observe ; changes from year t;> year in many ] things. Our county iias almost j gone out of the wheat growing busi itcss as it once did. This is, no j doubt, as it should lio. The corn: crop this year i: one of the poorest ! i have ever seen?the storm almost ! destroyed it. A large per cent, of the; corn will be a very ucor quality. The meadows are thickly studded ; with haystacks and r.ot enough good: cattle and sheep to consume it. The county is turning largely to trucking?cabbage, potatoes and : other crops. This is, 110 doubt, as; rit should be, provided the farmers! will not become discouraged and j quit, when some product happens to j he low in price this or some other , year. The man who succeeds in: any business is the man who keeps; >' everlastingly at it, and more espe- : cinlly the farmer. If the price is; low this year it is no indication that it will be next year. Keep on plant- \ ng cabbage and .. potatoes. Cab-1 bage is good this year; potatoes not so good. This may be reversed next! year Good roads are revolutionizing j this whole county. We have now j about 65 miles of good roads?some of these ought to be made better, and no doubt will be right soon. : The next greatest need is Ihe im- i Portance of the other roods of tUo1 county, and i know this is a difficult task with the limitc-d moans of; the county. This matter demands the serious) and immediate consideration of the officials and thinking men of the " county. SMITH HAG AM AN j "What time is it??I'm invited to' the show, and my watch isn't going." "Why wasn't it invited?" /A TP A i fjtVX-Qk! A Non-Partisan Ne" BOONE, V. Funeral of Mrs, Bronson Held at Blowing Rock Blowing Rod- ,. Nov. 21,?I>e-. laycd report is made of funeral s.erv ices held 111 Blowing] Rock on Nov. 7 ! foi Mrs. Milton Brbnson> whose death occurred in Southern Pines; the preceding day, toBowing an ill ness of several days. Mrs. orotis.on was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.1 .John Knight of Blowing Rock, who, with their daughter, Coreiu Knight were with her at the time of he1. | death. Funeral services were conducted at the Baptist church, Rev. Hicks, I the pastor, and Rev, Moser, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Burial was in the Blowing Rock cemetery- Surviving are Mr. and Mrs. Knight, one sister, Coi'eln Knight, and two bro? hoi's. Frank Knight of Patterson and Fred Austin of Chailoite, both of whom Were here for the funeral services. Mr. and Mrs. Branson had gone to Souther*. Pines for the winter from their home 111 New Hampshire, Mr. Bronson's native state, where they nan oeen living since their marriage here two years ago last Easter. Revival services began Sunday ; night, with a good attendance, at the Blowing Rock Baptist church Rev. P. A. Hicks, the pastor con- j ducted the opening services; but an 1 assisting minister arrived for the; services oh Monday e ve hi A successful series of revival! services closed Sunday afternoon at the Sandy Flat Baptist church, with baptismal services for the six addi- 1 lions to the congregation. The Services were cord acted b,v the pastor, Rev; E. l>. Bobbins, Rev. \V. Payne, A revival also began on Sunday afternoon at the Cool Springs ti t church near here, and will con tinge through this week, and prob- , ably longer, in charge of the pastor.; Rev; E. C. Hodges. Miss Wylmath Brads haw spent the weekend with Her parents, Mr. and Mrs; J. A'. Byadshaw. They also had j as guests of last weekend Mrs.. Arliej Brown and Miss Emily Miller of . Laxon. 1 JOHN ERALY, FAMOUS LEPER. PRONOUNCED "RECOVERED4* -i? ( Washington, Nov. IS?The United ; States public health service today } announced John Early, 51-yoar-oId j v North ?'*:tiolina mountaineer, whose I many escapes from l0|?e?' Colonies cause d consternation among health : officials, had "recovered" ffom lep- , rosy, ; , j "in ^ciont.'he parlance his leprosy ; = if. arrested," raid a statement issued i j "by the health &ervic modern i , inedieit.fc," and credited the incuii- ; iaiue.er's "eccentricities" with bav , iiig contributed much to tho passaged , of the Jaw placing lepers under care ; of tho public health service anil to ; awakening public 'interest in the v leprosy "problem ill this country. ! 1 Early, who once resisted with a j rifle eiforts to confine him in the ; T national leper home at Carv>!le, I.a.. , where he recovered, v. ill return this i t month to his heme in the mountains 1 ; near Try on, N. C., free tifom the | disease hut carrying its scare. ; c Early's recovery was brought 1 ( about by the injection of Chaul-ji moogva oil. Up until a year ago i these injections caused excruciating i t pain to the patient for several hours: hut a nesv method of administration : by mixing a harmless anesthetic with ' each dose was developed and Early. : along w ith the other patients at j CaivilJe, welcomed the improved;; method. 'i Early shocked the national capi- t tal in when ho registered at a) i iKiwiiiown hotel -following* an escape j 1 ironi Catville. Again in 1027, he hid himself at his North Carolina:! home and resisted efforts to capture! t him until he surrendered May 4, 1927, to the federal authorities, and j r returned to the leper home, where he I ; subsequently submitted to treat-is nient- j j THANKSGIVING SERVICE j j AT COVE CREEK BAPTIST) ] There will be held on Thanks- i giving morning, Thursday, Noveiu- i , fcery 29 at 11 o'clock in the Cove!] Creek Baptist church a Thanksgiving ; service, at which time Dr. Will Got- < don will deliver a Thanksgiving ser- , mon, tlie subject of which will be, j ''Some Special Reasons Why We Are Obliged to tie Thankful." A , free v. ill offering will be taken for j , the Baptist Orphanage ai Thomas-; viHe. ! , i The St. Petersburg (Fla.i Times.; Sunday said in a special dispatch i from Palo Alto, Calif., that Herbert tloover is expected to spend his vacation in St. Petersburg. Three of j; the most beautiful homes in the eitv 1 have been otfwd to the president- j elect and his family together with i art entire wing of the Royal hotel. j 1 JGM J wspaper, Devot ? to the C "ATAL'GA COUNTY. KTH CAROL U.RSDE-E Miss Lucy Morei.z (above! daughter BOVI1 fI. ie yjtiu identified \*Uk every P'.i.ise i. it -. l-arly history, and received She cj oniwendation of his sucw :e limine serVeit tor Ur. y.a.v.. \v lined i!>05. Dr. .Vi. 1Keslbr has J f; ioCth the t ifioiont superintendent, j.? [Tie institution hiis taken front rank Vc i: the new itlca of mothers aid, in SH lie perlectior. of which the v.-hoiuj if nethods of orphanage adminsstra-: v; ion have \ioe:i enhanced in value'fit ip.d sorvioe. ! %v This is the final action on the j hange of name subject to the ap-j c irova! of the state of North Caro-; tl ina, since the institution is regit-j it arly incorporated under the laws of; ?i he .date. \ 11 ? ; ; vi i'AR HEEL MOTORISTS SPEND ; si BIG SUM TO RUN AUTOS j u | ii Msrth Carolina last year spent a; d nininnoi) of ? 100,000,0011 in the : f, tperation of auloinobiles, according i u o figures given on: by Ooleraan TV. 'toberts, >icc president of the Caro- < ina Motor Club. J h "Statistics compiled by the Atneri- j a an Automobile association indicates ] b hat the average motorist spent ti >229 in 1927 for operation and. v maintenance, excluding depreciation j 11 md garage charges," Mr. Roberts j "y ;aid. "This was divided into four j S irincipal items as follows: Replace-: pent parts and supplies, $41: tires h ior replaceinenl, $10; fuels and \\ u'ori cants, $101, and labor, $47. t] "At the end of the year there w'cre c 130,499 automobiles registered in d Vorth Carolina. Thus, using the na-: C :ional average of $229 per cav the j h :osl of operation reaches the stag- j u Turing total of $98,584,271. These F igurcs are conservative and the ac- o :ual cost of operation of Tarhelia' s notor vehicles probably was in ex- i t ess of 100 million noilurv." j n Ton f operation of the average car. in- ? timing every item ol expense, the ' inures fSSffw. The range of opera-! sion costs is from 7.0S cents per' mile for a light four-cylinder tonrir.g car to 11.73 cents per mile for; f i light six-cylinder coach?and av-: i: irage cost of 10 cents per mile. J a ! t "What tvould you give for a voice i c ike mine?" "Chloroform." i v ? -J.test Interests of Northwe |~7"-'H~ ?'^z.?z^zz ?; INA, TI:UKi>i 'AY. NOVEMBER 22 "lLECT a^Bafe. " |g|$j||j H?K?I' *1 *?3? _ ; ''"'I ;V Mr. ;;: (i MVS, -I. M. Ain't*-. ?>! liara AiiUfei^on Davis, of I-Ucanui, dinu: v. ill 1 nl.uv ?n Duecmhev iix^S=^?s. j CAT'i ..RED FAMILIES UNTI ED AT I'ER VE5TR1S WRECK Xc.v York. Xr-v. 17.-?The detailed .oiy i'f ihe iinkiioi of Uie Ycstris as hoii:i; *>vrittpii oi* the official i oyeihnii'lli records yesterday, as! lore of the shijw of the rescue : cot ciiilio in port with living ami j sat!. Scattered faiiiiliwt'i'O reunited, : nd survivor!! -.v. to foam! by joyous j ihiiivoa am! friends; 'i.11 in other; jailers or.i;; sorrow prevailed, as' :! houses v. ere '.aid tn.n for iuen.tif'- ; ition or as oilni.tiv sirip'K their | iivj-tsttveiy, lit an w i r to an tins queries "f those vejdr.g soniy j ord ; f trie lO'.rcriorttci. At the end ui the day r.H toe res Je fleet l ed . eeehe;] (lo, r or was itsr if, ant! fhe latest count of &??:<), ho had - : i.-e-d and who wore lost. , riled in improve .the .of 114 end. Thirteon btttiies VxWo brought ) Hew fork or, the destroyer Shaw, i ieanwhiie. the Uatlles.hin Wyoming i ldut;hod on toward Hampton Roads it.i nine si.ryiybrs unii the French inker Myriam reached Brooklyn J ith 57 living. Throughout the day mora details. ; the disaster, thr.'. sent the liner to' ic bottom 250 miles tiff ilampton1 bads .Monday afternoon. eanie from ! uvivors. One r;oy?. told by Have! ottee. a tireman or. the .Veslris, dated how the "black gang" of the; oke hole, stayed at their furnaces ntil water, that first had started to our through an open port coal. nor, virtually ergulfed them and ; r.aJiy sent them climbing up a lad-' bit to the "listing deck of the ship. ; This account was added to stories ; f shifting' cargo, weak bulkheads; (efficient launching of lifeboats: ud delay in calling tor help. Com-"ined, each feature went to make tip le tragic talfe of the short-lived oynge for ?2S perrons?129 of . leni passengers?\\ iio left New; ork Ma. urelay for Barbados and outh America. Stories of two men will never he onrrl. Pun' WtlltQw C ovntt v!io? 4 'ith his ship and never will answer] he criticism against him and his j rejv for their work in meeting the j isaster. Neither will Michael J.! I'Loughlin, radio operator, ever tell i ow and why he stayed at his keys? ntil he was unable to save himself, j lit this devotion to the radioman's! ode v-:' the sea bias been an out- , landing tale of heroism, in the eii- j ire account of the wreck, and his ; ame will he inscribed on the mono-! lent in Batter; Park, erected to -:be .cmory of wire "less men who have kept the record nisu'iicd." OLDFIELD t>EAX> Repvesenb-itive \V>ihom A. O Ideal of Arkansas, ?emocvatie whin j a the ho!J -:e, died Monday, following serious operation. Roht. L. Dough-. on is mentioned as the probable sac-! essor of Mr. Oldfield as the party j hip. 3CRA sf: North Carolina . 1928 Dr. Vines to Conduct Revival Services Here Rev. Win. y;. Vines, D. D., of th< Southern Baptist home mLssir-ix board, ami one of 'the ablest, cHvH&sj ;n the southern church, will begin a Aries of meetings at the Baptist. church hc?~e Sunday, Dec 2. I'repara-; to the b$gln>iing of the ?? rvieey j Rev. P. A. Hick?, pastor of the : church, has arranged lor cottagej prayer meeting? to be held throughout next week A combination prayer and Thanksgiving offering will be taken for the orphanage. Prof. i. G. Greer! ". ill he the speaker at this service, j Prayer services ai the following, homes will be conducted by th . c s named: Friday, November 23 I'a. 1.. Payne s home; leaders, G., P. Magaman and vV. D. Farthing- j John Greer's home; leaders, Mrs. D. D. Dougherty and Mrs. I. G. Greer. Dr. J. M. Hodges* home; leaders. W. P.. Gragg and A. Y. Howell; Wednesday, Nov. 28 * *.? juaver service at trie cnuvcn. E. G. Far tiling's home; leaders. Smith Hagaman arict I. T. C Wright. . | \\\ C. G'reer's home; leaders. Mrs. ( Dr.) Tripieit and Mrs. .1. L. Quails. | Mis. James Lyons home; leader, Y. C. Howell and D. J. Cottrcil. The local c?..K n". tkir, e ...... 444 CI44.1 ;iTOino:i lilt lai/ie frequently than heretofore for many \ jars. This means that the Republican party will play a greater part in writing the total record of the general assembly of luiLO than it has in many previous assemblies and will have to b-ar a proportionately great< : measure of the responsibility for the record made. Looking over the list of newly elected members oi the next Ic-Ris dure. too, one is impressed by the prep mderaiieo of new names and a th of names heretofore famuiai is. iegisla,ti\v circles. Nevertheless there are number that stand -ml a; one scans thf list. In the iate Ite* is found the familiar ;.i:r:ie of W. f;Sl. Parson, of Louisbuvg. and the names of Lawrence, o? Htii phreesbpfo; Whedbee, of liurtl>>i'd. 55. II- Ilobbs, of Clinton; Mi C. 11. McK.otJhan, of Faycttsvi#Jv-; T. Johnson, of Lumberton, who served as : eeivtavy of l.lie Democratic state executive eooitr.it-toe during the recur,t campaign; "JL A?. Rrought.oij, of Raleigh; R. W* ,vcot?. of iire.v River: C. Brav/Iey, df pUrhanV; Thomas J? Cold oi Guilford: Walter Clark, of Meekler.l.nrg; H. S. \\R>:uble of Vvinston :i.. :;i. ahd A. K. Whits of GasiOizlixJ ' In '-he house the following names have a familiar soimd; i>r. ... E, Mart. Wad'sboro; David T. Vance, A very ; Judge Vraheis D. W inston, \Vjndsov.; CarjArtd $,M L -myev, Onld vvelh O. M Mull, CU-volu'.-.tj, chair imn (f Mic :-i mo; ioiic i iii1 oxecu;ico < >. K. Vv'iilfoir.son, t'pjjur.i'rua: iJ. BtiKU-rMgf!, Dare; A. H. T'.vvijun, Uaviiison; A. I". Gismt, I1;'.vie; Ur. I.. ?>.v.\ l>n,iiio; R. At. ( ,.n, E'oirsyth; i'. V. Jtnnco-li, Jr., i:vco"v|'tfe; .Vmr.i&n "A. Boron, Guilfovil; j. M.-Kuy ! >!.!. HaiviicU; D. .-.'.vVt; lWa- lw*-- i>r of -. volution f:\i.cj l-Veii !. Sutton, f&guir; W. E. Ai.-i.) ?! " . x?i I.. 11-.ore; Fred W. Uargett. .jr., On.Dow; A. H. Graham, Orange; M. W. . Nash. Richmond: A. White, Robeson; J. Shew nod Upehui cit, Wake; R, C. Hirers, Watauga; Charles H. Cov;i<-a. Wilkes, former congressman, )? .