w VOL. XXXIX, NO. 48 Some of the Important Events of the Past Year JANUARY XI?Thomas Hardy, famous British author, dies. 21?Col. Geo. V-'. Gotheals, buildtr of Panama canal, dies. ranrrnTJ a nV. a- iuxjk\ univ jl 8?Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh completes his 7,800-rnile good will flight over Mexico and Central America. MARCH 6?First non-stop flight from New York to Havana accomplished by Charles Levine. 13?Captain Hinchcliffc and Elsie M Ot>L QU Kr.cn? >11 f-l-J "" * * ??w..?j uiMtfueu attempted to span the Atlantic from England. 30 ?Now endurance flight record of 53 hours 30 minutes set by Geo. Haideman and Eddie Stii.son at 'Jacksonville. Fla. APRIL 5?Chauncey Pepew dies. 13?Koehl, Von Huenfeld and Fitzinaurice complete the first suc tcab'ul east west flight acrass the Atlantic. Secretary of State Kellogg begins negotiations for a treaty to outlaw war. 1G?George K. Wiikins and Lieutenant Eielson complete a 2.200milc flight over the North Pole region from Alaska. 25?Floyd Bennett, Bvrd's companion on the North Pole flight, dies of pneumonia while attempting to carry aid to the stranded Bremen flyers at Greenly Island. MAY 2-1?Dirigible Italia, with General Umberto Nobilc as commander, flies ever the North Pole. .JUNE io?.nix, r.urnurT. completes trip in plane Friendship, being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. 2-i?uc,.v.?. -ilebilp; r??eiicd from ice pack by Lieut, hin.'iv I.iuidborg, JULY 1-?General Obregor. elected president of Mexico. 1?Captain An" red l>oweiisteir> falls 01 leaps to death from private airplane over English Channel. 17?Generol Ol.regon assassinated. 21?The famous English actress Ellen -Terry dies at the age ot 80. 27?Chinese Nationalist government Tccogaiie'l by tire United \ States. ' 31?Gene Tunney retires as heavyweight champion. AUGUST 25?Commander Byrd's flagship, the City of New York, in preparation for his South Cole flight, sails for New Zealand. SEPTEMBER 13?250 die, 700,000 made home less m l'orio Kico" hurricane. OCTOBER -.!)?New York 1 r.ulccos win world series from St. bonis Cardinals. 15?-Graf Zeppelin reaches bakefil hurst, N. J., after perilous flight from Germany. S23 George Barr McCutcheon, novelist, dies 23-?Figures show -13,000,000 citizens registered to vote in presidential election. NOVEMBER J?Graf Zeppelin concludes successful return flight. ri?Herbert Hoover elected president of the United States T.-:.th record vote breaking up "solid south." 13?Disaster to Steamer Vestris off Virginia Capes results in loss of 110 lives. 19?Herbert Hoover starts on ] good will tour fiom San Pedro, Cal. I 23?Thomas Fortune Ryan, finaeier, dies. DECEMBER 3?King George V critically ill with pleurisy, oxygen is administer-! REAPPORTIONMENT BILL GETS FAVORABLE REPORT Washington, Jan. o.?North Carp?1 lina would gain one member of con-1 gress under the reapportionment bill! which was reported to the house yes-1 terday, but it would not become ef- j fcctive until 1932, even if the bill! passes this sessoin. California would gain six members, Michigan four, Ohio, three, Texas and New Jersey two, while Connecticut, Florida, Oklahoma and Washington would each gain one member along with North Carolina, according to the estimates made on the probable population of 1930. Missouri would lose two members and each of the following states would lose one member: Indiana. Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Vermont. Senator Vandenburg has i ntroduced a similar measure in the senate with the avowed object of expediting the passage of the bill. Word has come from the White House that President Coolidge wants it to go through. All Republican leaders are on record as favoring its passage, and it is expected to pass, but it will not mean another new / member for North Carolina until -after 1S32. ? A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE, ilLL LENTZ DIES j AT BLOWING ROCK Passed Away Thursday After Brief Illness; School Opened Monday With Many Pupils Absent Be tn Si cailsc ox iMseti Bir.vn.g Rock, Jan. S?Will Lcntz, I . Aged 39, a prominent citizen of | the Silver Lake community, died last I Thursday following influenza comi plications. The funeral service was : conducted Friday at the Blowing | Rock Reformed church. He is survived by his widowed mother, with. whom he made his home; one! brother, John Leutz, and three sis-j tors, Mrs. Collis Greene, Mrs. Ira; Bolick, and Mrs. Claude Shores. School Opcm The Blowing Kock school opened J Inst Monday with two teachers and j a large proportion of the pupils ab-j sent as a result of influenza. R. 11. i Askew, teacher of the fifth gradei j room, had not returned from the j j eastern part of the state, where he 1 ; was called just at the end of the! ; holidays by the sudden death of his , father. Airs. Giiiett w?n kept away : j by influenza. Rfforts weie being ; made Tuesday to et substitute tpaehj ers. Classes in the high schooi meanI while were being conducted on part I lime. j : Ice Causes Auto Accidents The rain and ice storm of last! I Saturday caused three accidents on j j the roads here. The mail truck skid- j ded off the road at Green. Park just , i as it had started the run to Lenoir, and the driver had to walk back to . town to get help before he could j continue. I Your correspondent's flivver went [into a graceful tail spin on the curve i at the town limits on the Boone road carried the family in an exciti iiig backward ride down the.itnhank! ment into the creek. Aside from accelerated heartbeats on the part [of the occupants for a moment or ! two, 1:0 damage was done Two men from Marion, whose j names wore not learned, called on ; Winkler's garage for help after their l car had skidded off the road. One I of them was cut badly by windi shield glass, | Pedestrians wdre also subject t j skidding. Several took sudd'eb j soaks on the sidewalks during the ] day. Alhert S. Cooper Dead Amonir tVli* nonnvwArl during the Christma3 season, none left in its community a greater sense of loss than that of Albert Sidney Cooper, aged 81, whose funeral servi ices were held on Christmas day. j Death occurred suddenly on Decem| her 23, without illness forewarning [ its approach- This was as Mr. Coop er had always wished, that he might ; be busy to the endSurviving are the widow and one sor.e, Albert Sidney. .Jr., and two step-e.hildren. C. S. l'revotte of Blowing Rock and Mrs. A. L. Combs of Burlington. Mr. Prcvotto, Mrs. I'revcitt'-vrO: T. Miller of Blowing Rock and R. S. Call and .). T. Prevetta of North Wiikesboro, were among those whq attended the i funeral, in addition to a large eoa-1 i course of local friends and neigh-! Bmffi | Move Books for Library It is prcbahle that a thousand or j ! more volumes will he added to the Blowing Rock School and Community library through the sale of the \ school library of the Boone Fork In- j stitute. Rev. Mr. McKaraher is closing this school to move to Philadelphia, where the death of his mother and the serious illness of his | father necessitate his presence. He has offered the valuable school li- i brary to the Blowing Rock library I at a merely nominal price. Principal Madge and the librarian went to j I Shulls Mills last week and inspected j uie htrary. It was decided to buy j it, although immediate funds for the purpose are not available. Plans to j raise the money will be made at | once. Services at M. E. Church There will be preaching service at the Blowing Hock Methodist church Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. There will be no morning service. BOUNTIES BEING PAID ON HAWKS, CROWS, WILDCATS J. M. Bryan, county game warden, announces that the bounties being offered by the state department of conservation and destructive birds and animals will be paid up to and including March 31, as follows: Wildcat, $2.00; hawks, 25 cents; crows, 15 cents; kingfishers 25 cents. Bounties' have been paid on two crews and four hawks. Mr. Bryan pays the bounties direct to applicant on proof which in the case of a bird may consist of the whole bird, the head or beak thereof, and in the case of cats, the entire carcass, the head or a scalp consisting of the two cars with a connecting link of skin. No bounties will he raid withi out positive proof of the kilL wspaper, Devoted to the ! WATAUGA COUUNTY, NORTH CA Civitan Club to Hold Business Meet Tonight The monthly business meeting of the Boone Civitan Club will be held ^ at the Daniel Boone hotel this (Thursday) evening at 7:30 o'clock, 'the board of directors is asked to meet at the hotel 30 minutes before tU? ? 1 1 ; " ~ lucuiocranip meeting. j ( The luncheon last week, the first i, for the new year, was largely attend-h ed, President G. K. Moose took oc !, casion to thank the membership of { the club for the fine co-operation , he had received during the first , half of his administration and ex- j pressed the hope that the club would , accomplish greater things during the corning year. Civitan Hahn made ' a brief report of the activities of his committee during the past two 1 weeks in giving aid to influenza sufferers. He said a survey of the , town and surrounding communities was made and aid given where , needed. Quite a sum of money was expended in this way, and the club treasury still has funds for this purpose. In this connection, the cJub gave a rising vote of appreciation to the doctors of the town, in for the service rendered during the severe; flu epidemic?going wherever their services Were called for, without consideration of remuneration. The club also extended its sympathy to Civitan T. E. Bingham and other families here in their recent bereavements, following which Dr. Will O. Gordon delivered an address on "Cynicism and Optimism," de- j daring that it is well to consider; certain characteristics which count! for nvuch in a developing future. The real problem, said the speaker, is to meet, present and future conditions with opiimisr.i arid fidelity, with enthusiasm and purpose. First, consider that in one's attitude to the days ahead, one must be optimistic instead of cynical. Cynicism has never done much good in this wyllu; No man car. practice cynicism on everybody else long before it begins to turn upon himself. The cynic is usually embittered, or at least ha3 something of the sneer in his heart, if not upon his lips. Optimism is w*jrth more than cynicism. The optimistic life is far more in demand tnan the cynical life. Cynicism is a fatal blighL It kills joy, it sape sanity, "it stops life. A man . who has become a cynic about himself is done. The cynic is a destructionist, but the optimist is a constructionist { If we are to meet the problems of | the preset.-1 and future, we must i have hearts as well as heads and be able to join hands in genuine sympathy and fellowship with the age in which we live. The value of optimism, continued i>?. GoidOii, is that it accompanies co-operation and service, and gains i inspiration. There must be the ! mwarn longing to do; the ideal must; inspire; the practical must follow. : The great incentives o the present. day opportunity will lure the noble sou! to greater eifor. IL is not simply a matter of idealism, but the ' optimist will know the object of life! and with that object his expanding! spirit will gain the goal toward which he aims. He will know just j where to go rather than blindly fo'i- i low an arbitrary and compelling! leadership. 96 Again cynicism is to he dvoadci; in that it destroys faitn in humanity: J That is why we should continually i value optimism as a great usset to j life. The optimist lias great faith! in human possibilities. Several years ' ago. Dr. Gordon related, it was my! privilege to spend a few hours as a guest in one of the southern prisons. I was permitted to interview some of the prisoners, and I found out something I had never suspected. I thought those fellows would be cynical in the extreme toward life; but no, they were the most optimistic crowd I have ever met. They had hopes, ambitions, ar.d aspirations. In spite of their handicaps they had faith in life and in humanity. Those convicts were refreshing and inspirational to me. They helped to reestablish my faith in humanity. As I came home from that prison after talking with those fellows, I found . myself singing the words of an old ; negro spiritual, "All God's Children n.i nr: ?? v.-.~ n 1 "T*X.,? , uoi wings. ics iney Uitvt:. niej i may be invisible, they may be so tightly folded you would not suspect they have wings; they may be badly i broken; but nevertheless, "All God's ( children have wings."' , Giancing at Civitan L. L. Bingham of the Boone Chevrolet Company Dr. Gordon, smilingly said: "Some years . ago I was owner of one of the origi- < nal Chevrolets; you remember some- j what of what they used to be; but . r.ow it is different. If such a marvel- , ous change can be made in an auto- . mobile, then what must be the possibilities in a man for the better?".: , Co-operation, he said, is necessary to gain the best results in anything . that pertains to life, whether it be for moral or social uplift, for indus- , l.ial or commercial progress, co-operation fortitied by optimism is essen- , tiai to r.oblc daring and real DEM< Best Intere sts of North"*\'< ROtlNA, THURSDAY, JANUARY rrjohns^wed] at leno"/ajndaii Prominent L Business Man Passes Aw Caldwell Hospital Kollowinp ,-ation . M Rich,. R. Johnson, hail" i xwner oi the ouuuc Steam Laundry 5 #nd one of the town's most popular 'business men, passed away at the Uaidweii Hospital, Lenoir, early Sonday morning, where he had underwent a major operation just a week previous, from the effects of which I Ite riever rallied to any appreciable | degree. Mr. Johnson was first known in i Watauga county when the Linville. River Railway Company was extend- j ing its lines from Pineo'.a to Shulls1 Mills, having been eployeri by the company in the capacity of paymas-' ter. Later when the road was constructed to Boone lie was made ?t?-il tion agent here, assuming his duties in February of 1919. This position! he held to the satisfaction of ail > eonrprned for several years, when! relations were severed with the rail- 1 road company and he formed a \ partnership with Mr. Dempscy IVii- j cox in the Boone Steam Laundry, i He was actively engaged ic the management. of the business until only a few days before his death. Mr. Johnsor. was ever active in civic affairs, a community booster, honorable and courteous in business transactions and the town feels a i i-i- '- -II Snbnnct mad HI iiiuraui. Remains wore taken to Knoxville,1 Tenn., Monday where interment was made in his native city. Two brothers and one sister, residents of that city, survive. $100,000,000 WORTH CANADIAN BOOZE SMUGGLED INTO U. S. Toronto.. Or. 1.. .[nri. A-y-rlista patch to The Glebe today front Ottawa says: "One hundred million dollars worth of alcoholic beverages has been smuggled from Canada to the United States since the anti-smuggling treaty between the- two countries was signed less than five years ago. The illicit traffic has steadily increased until this year it has exceeded 550,000,000." . : The dispatch, gives the following table of exports of Canadian alcoholic beverages by recent fiscal years: Year Total To U. S. 1921 $14,854,175 5 8,71-1,709 1925 .... 10,225.533 11,610,169 1920 .... 21,207,777 17,207,777 1927 24,838,053 2?,1G2,370 1928 27.237,137 24.132,188 INFLUENZA SITUATION HERE IS IMPROVING The influenza situation seems to he rather improved in ihis community. For the first time since the epiKllfirftii nVi'iewoone o"o .. " I"'1"'ing a decrease in the number of new calls. Pneumonia contracted from flu is described by doctors as the most severe on record, it having been practically IGt> per venl'lliu;). The schools are now open, the Pas time Theater reopened Saturday night and reports are move hopeful. Scattering reports, however, from the country districts would indicate that the situation is little, if any, improvtd + BENJAMIN DUKE PASSES Benjamin N. Duke, who rose from a buy peddler of tobacco to a place among the pioneers of big business, died at his Fifth Avenue mansion, New York, Tuesday after a long illness. He was in his V! th year. Behind he left a fortune of some sixty millions of dollars acquired mostly through the tobacco and electric power industries. A special train carried the remains to Duke University where it .wilt tie in state at the institution which is said to have benefitted by his donations to the amount of a million dollars. Funeral SCTTJCca \viil be tieiu til Mcmuunt Chapel, Durham, this morning and interment in the family mausoleum, Maplewood cemetery. achievement. If you have ever played football on the gridiron, you know the real value of co-operation and optimism. All of us who for the moment are in line, are there to bend our backs and take our scars that the backfield may come through and carry the ball a little nearer to the goal. Dr. Gordon paid a fine tribute to this mountain country and it? people. "What marvelous possibilities are here for development. No man living in this fine, healthful, inspiring surroundings cam live here long and remain a cynic; here is an atroos-1 pheie of optimism. Here is promise! of real progress. Therefore let us remember these three essential characteristics as we make the ascending effort to reach the goal, blend them deep into our being. Optimism, co-operation and faith in humanity. Give the best you have, and the best will come back to you." ist North Carolina 10, 1929 John W. Hodges Is New Mayor of Boone Ex-Sheriff John \V. Hodges was elected mayor of Boone at a meeting of the board of aldermen last Thursday night to fill out the unexpired term of the late Mayor W. It. Gragg. Several citizens appeared before the council to urge the appointment of the former sheriff, but several ballots were taken before, the board agreed upon him. Others Tv-v-?, iwi ,_uiv;iuucu 0. xn. MOreiZ, I Loo B. Vaughn, Dr. B. B. Dougherty, Hill Hagaman. Smith Hagaman and Dr. J. B. Hagaman. The council also elected P. C. Wyke as policeman to succeed Caleb Garland, resigned. Mr. Wyke, however, has declined to accept, and up to this time no one has been named for the place. QUESTION MARK LANDS AFTER 150 HOURS IN AIR Los Angeles, Gal., Jan. 7?The army's endurance flight plane, the Question Mark, glided to a perfect landing at 2:07 o'clock this afternoon after a recorvl smashing flight of 150 hours. 40 minutes and 15 seconds. The shin flew continuously for more than six days and nights following its takeoff at Metropolitan Airport here new year's morning at. 7 :2G o'clock. The end of one of the greatest flights in all aviation history came after a crew of five weary men had fought constanly against time and motors which piled trouble in a heap Upon them an hour before the landing. Thirty hours before, their work seemed near an end when the i motors balked, but the trouble ciear| ed away and the flight went on as though in protest to the great strain (placed upon them, the motors finally stuttered, one went 4er cent of | the student body back in the class rooms. Principal E. L. Ball of the high school was at his desk as were all other members of the faculty on the j onenintr day. A rather close check i up of i \g attendance revealed the J fact that 77 per cent of the students | were present. j In the Demonstration school Miss I Ethel BoachcUe was *>? only instructor who was not in line of duty, she jbeing delayed in Greensboro on account of the illness of her sister. | frof. Chap^ell Wilson, the principal, says about 75 per cent of the stuI dents were on hand. I A. H. GRAHAM IS NAMED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE In the Democratic caucus held in Raleigh Tuesday, A. H. Graham of , Orange came to be named speaker of the house, the honor beL g unanimously bestowed and all other offi{cials save sergeant at arms won i -without contest. S . vcuty-seven Democrats; an:wer1 ed the roil call and Judge Frank Winston of Bertie, acting as chairj rntm. proclaimed a quorum. Speaker ; Graham acknowledged thehoavn be. stewed upon him in a brief speech, following which Alex Lassiter was elected principal clerk without opposition, The same thing happened to : John D. Berry of Wake for reading i clerk and the same to Miss Rosa B. j Mund of Cabarrus for engrossing clerk. After a brief contest, Dr. C. ! M. Kigg.ins of Anson was named as sergeant at arms, id joi JV A. L:sk j being elected without dissent as is | assistant. | Without a single contest the senlate named its slate as follows: Thos. L. Johnson of Robeson. president pro lent; Leroy Martin of Yadkin, ! principal clerk; Ncedbam Mangum of Wake for reading clerk; Rev. A. Corey of Martin for engrossing clerk; O. IV Slmll of Harnett for ' sergeant at arms and F.xum T. Lewis of Nash for assistant sergeant at arms. John S. Williams of Watauga ' had been a candidate for this posi' tion. Republicans in their joint caucus named Guy Weaver of Yadkin, senate minority leader end Representative HandiffiSS Tiao.sylvania as house minority leader. The joint caucus I ending, the separate hous.es named their functionaries. Nevertheless and notwithstanding it is reported the ; house loader is most likely to be Turner Grant and the senate spokesman Carter Williams. ERRORS IN COUNTY EXHIBIT Two errcs which occurred in the ; county exhibit in the issue of The HDemocrat of December 27th have caused considerable comment on the i part of many taxpayers. The first of the items which was put in type ! exactly as per the copy furnished the publisher was "S. B. Howard, ! serving county home. $623.18." Mr. ' TJ^ -l t-_ -i - ; n? iu uac noniing to C.o with the i county home, but received $623.18 jfor surveying the county line be tween Watauga and Caldwell as di: reeted by the legislature ol 1925. In | August, the exhibit relates, A. E. ! South received $775.00 for services as county accountant and juvenile judge. This should have been $75, the doubled numeral having slipped by the proofreader. MELON TO SUCCEED SELF Washington, Jan. 8.?One cabinet appointment is considered settled. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon lunched with President-elect Koover today and spent an hour and a half with him. The deduction is that unless Mellon was going to continue as secretary he would not have spent so l much time with the incomnie nresi dent, when the ordinary periods for these conferences was only 15 minutes. Mr. Mellon slipped out at a rear entrance to avoid questioning. Hoover indicated long since he hoped | Mellon would stay and Mellon havI ir.g let it be known he likes the job, it is deemed certain there will be | r.o change a? to the treasury. When a Winstonville woman was told in Winston county court to repeat what she said to her landlord when he asked for the rent, she asked: "Arc you going to clear the court first?"