North Carolina Newspapers

w VjQjL. XL, NO. 13 Gov. Gardner Outlines Program for the State Elizabeth City, June 13.?Publicly | acknowledging the services of the i p/<ess in obtaining enactment of the a..~*?t: u_*i* jiujii oiicin ijimoi, Lne worKmens mpensation act anil the 1929 boo) law. Governor Gardner to-| vlght called upon the members of I "the North Carolina Press Associa-1 on in their annual convention to] back him in a two-yeur program of j irther advancement. He summarized his program as follows: "First in importance for us to iehieve in the next two years is improvement in agriculture and county living; next, the bringing nearer oi the eight months school term foi every child in North Carolina; then, the development of a general inter- I 1 * t in and demand for improvement it ^ .0 the administration of local gov-1 * : nment" ] "Going along with these three I vleps; and organizally related to . em." he continued, "I would glace a further reform in our taxatoin ays j m in fact, while 1 do not rcga:d! Lucatinn rpf.nm ir? I t as some of the othei three gO&V,: i doubt that we could achieve unvj substantial progress in any one of j an without an accompanying im j [movement of our system of laxa-j n." Referring to his agricultural pro-j :::am. involving making available o the farmers ail the work of State j 'ollege, the department of agricul-I .re and similar agencies, and the I .. emotion of the use of pure seed j . '.rd purebred stock, the governor de-! tared: "There is nothing more essentia) I our eofort to maintain the stride .vhich For eight years we have set. | than .for the state to ind some way! > make farming as a business more j ..ofitable and country living morel : ractive" The eight months school term was' /-scribed as "our most urgent edu: ticnal need." The "continuing fight for and! . gainst it," the chief executive said, "has been and is today responsible j for a disturbing and almost alarming j situation in our state." "One of the disturbing accoir- < ~ paniments of-7 ??? vtiise"s?ion of I school legislation in the recent gtnj t al assembly," he ssid. "has been ? 4= e prolonged and- oftimce bitter I 4 ,+vnmrlp ? -J i I -- av?.. L-v.i v-^tnuus <111(1 CiUSS- j cr in what we may as well frankly "face arid call their effort to push c f of themselves their fair and j oper proportion o their burden of | ".heir own public schools. "This struggle to run away from r. proper opligation has come to occupy too important a place in most ] i the discussion of the improvement j oi our public schools, tit is prevent-j r.g educational development. It is; e?ii)>>ing political and sectional bit- { tern ess. Jn many other ways it is! raving a harmful and dangerous ef- ( IfcCt on this state. "1 believe that the press could j tender no finer public service during; the next two years than to educate! the people in the state to the dan- j gers inherent in this struggle, and to , show our people that no matter! which side wins, we are all losers and that our leadership must come "together in open-minded, honest, intelligent effort to arrive at an h.enuitable and fair solution of. this problem." The governor discussed county! government at length, appealing for j move efficient condpct of local af- ' fairs v 3^ ;rv'] .In urging tax reform, the chief j executive declared two objectives 5 should be sought, more complete! equalization of the burden borne by | ^dividual property owners and pre-] venting "the escape of so much of i the tangible property in this state | 7rom a share in the tax burden." i HARDWARE CONVENTION GOLF TOURNAMENT! Slowing Rock, June 15?The J r.Tulicap tournament of the hardware convention of the Carolinas | which was held on the Mayview golf j course here for the past few clays, was won by J. W. Hartsock of Richv.ond, Ye., whose score was gross S3, Handicap 12, net score 71. Mr. Hertrock received a handsome silver cup donated by Mayview Manor. Sec-i ?nd prize was awarded to J. \V. Fat-1 terson of Atlanta, Ga., who had a j press score of 90, handicap 18, net! 72. The weather was perfect for the I tournament and there were many j entries from all parts of the south. The course was in perfect condition j and ideal for play. Mayview Manor golf course has the unique reputa' ti/in Ctf lif'illcv tho hio-ltpcf crrvlf nnnrco oast of the Rocky Mountains and magnificent views of the Blue Ridge mountains are afforded from every hole, tee and fairway. Mr. George Blegg is the golf professional. Mr. B'egg is associated with the OlymPia Country Club in Florida during the winter and was formeriy iocuieu at the Golf Shop, Richmond, Va. A Non-Partisan Ne' ROOME. \ ? RI AWIMf. RAftf i J L.I UUU IllilU llW/ll i AATcn J 1 UiiLiO LWltu*j I i -n | More Than $800 in Cash and Mir- j {] chandise Taken from Stores of J 1?. C. Hayes and T, H. Coffey; v| Park Commission at Mayview (i ? h | Blowing Rock, June 10.?T>vo ] Bl6wi% Rock stores were" broken p I open Monday night by burglars who a | forced front doors with crowbars or v similar implements. From H. C. c, Hayes* store they took about $800 j ? worth of merchandise and apparent-j a I 1\ carried it off in a truck. Then j i\ i they went to T. H. Coffey's store,, I forced the door, broke open the cash it] register and took about $18 in cash. | a The checks they found they carefully stacked on top of the cash register i c before they left. " foliceman 1. E. Story had found ^ no clues to the burglars, but Tues-} I day morning: the driver of the SniiG j Kirby truck reported that at Hud- s son he had passed a truck, apparent-; ^ ly abandoned, filled with empty s boxes and cartons. It. is thought|c possible that this may be the truck 1 in which the merchandise was haul- j a ed away from Mr. Kaye.V store. blowing Rock has been busy dur-l? ing the last week entertaining visit-j ^ in?v delegations to conventions. The | ^ hardware men's convention was in n session three days, with speakres t from both the Caroling! and from ^ several other states. Among the ^ speaehes on the program Was one by Kj |;I. F. Moore of Boone. The convention came to it.-, climax c with the convention banquet in the j r dining room of Mavview Manor. Dr. j Fra/.er of Queen's College. Char-1 i lotto, was the speaker. j Between sessions the delegates en- ^ gaged in a goif tournament, in which prizes were donated by J>. J. Hoyden, manager of May view. Manor. Saturday and Sunday, members of i the North Carolina and To**noss??.? -1 Park Com mission met at May view j ' Manor with A. B. Canimercr, acting j, director 6f the national park service. . to discuss methods of condemnation j in acquiring l^r.d for the Great i ? I Smoky Mountain National Park. 1 They did not announce any decisions | Q before they JLeit Sunday afternoon \ 'I j for Ash evil le. The predicted, how-j^ i ever, that the Smoky Mountain Park? I would be one of the most popular in the country. Saturday members of the southern j division of the American Cotton j J! Waste and Lint Association were in , session at Green Park hotel, hut they] _ said they did not want any of their j proceedings published. This week, the Aipha Delta Phi, [J national council, will be in session at j May view Manor. On July 1 the I ^ Southern Association of Court Clerks will convene at the manor. W. H. Gragg, who. is going to the convention of North Carolina BuilduVg & u Loan Associations, will carry with $ him an invitation from D. J. Bovden r for the next convention to be held t in Blowing Rock. y h The annual Blowing Rock Horse j L Show this year will lie featured by! a steeplechase. A course is already j S being marked out around the regular j>* show grounds on the old Mayvicw i r golf course. It is rough going, and j.? plenty of thrills are momiserf for the ! s !^aijVc CtutCloJ ?Li? yv elf* c*o - - C' ?4d p vi<i..j. t_ From inquiries already received, it j a is indicated that some of the best! riders in the south will lake part. j * | o A jolly little folks' party was given j P by his mother. Mrs Cameron Willi j ams, for James Williams, on his sixth c birthday, Monday afternoon at the r home of his grandmother, Mrs. W- L. P Holshouser. The shady lawn, the porch and living rooms were put at i the disposal of the young folks for games. After these came the lovely birthday cake with its six candles and the ice cream that little folks; s1 believe is made especially to accom- u pany birthday cakes. The guests at! w James' pal ty were his sister. Mary j, I miicfc" -V\. illiomo hie tveoiV.o-.-_- X?i ?l and Ernest, his cousin, Howard Hoishouser, Jr., Louise Prevette. Kath- j c erine Undevdown, Kathleen Foster,, p Lena Miller Robbins. Harry Rob-1jj fchs. Allen Klutr. Robert Ward. Je-lf, rome Pewitt. Margaret Miller, .Tack! j Robbins and Havden Pitts. 1 Ic The Blowing Rock Exchange open-11( ed as usual on June 15, but not in ^ the usual quarters adjoining the Hob Nob Tea Room, as the building ~ formerly housing the exchange is B now' in use as the N^w Watauga inn. j fc The present quarters of the exc'na- jo j are the Reeves drug store building,; o j adjoining the Reeves horsemen Main o street. i i> c j n Miss Anne Ward, daughter of Mrs. j s' I Edward Ward of Blowing Rock, and j 5 Mr. James Dudley Council!, Jr., of;p Boone, were married quietly in | f Mountain City. Tenn.. on the,even-jj ing of June 13. They were accom- n panicd there by Mrs. Ralph Ricketts 1 b i of Wir.stor.-Salcm, the h-'He's ?;?- 11 , tcr, Mrs. J. A. Panella of Blowing | p . i JGA wspaper, Devoted to the YATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C. Virplane Crashes at Blowin? Roek Blowing Rock. June 19.?The liss Carolina, biplane Xo. 4309 of he Dixie Airways, Inc., was forced own here Tuesday afternoon and rashed into the trees -n front of I re en Park hotel, but no one was art. The motor went dead while the lane was flyin?r over the village, nd the pilot attempted to leach the oil course to make a landing, but ould not hold the plane up that far. tecause of the wires and trees round the hotel, he could not reach he lawn in front of the building. One wing of the ship was smashed, he landing gear was badly damaged, nd the propeller v.a> broken. POKESMEN FOR TWO NATIONS LEAD FOR WORLD PEACE London, June IS.?The chosen pokesmen of two peoples, those of treat Britain and the United States, imultaneously topight made official alls for world peace in which these wo nations should be an example nd encouragement for other najpns. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonld delivered his pronouncement to tvf V>?< t'oi-ii-Q r - - - ..... I.UV. . 7t/OOIV"IUUUI.Il| cot land. United State.* Ambassaov Charles G. Dawes made his laid en public speech in that capacic at the Pilgrims' 'dinner in Lonon. In a message from the premier ead at the Pilgrims" dinner he said hat the two English speaking counties desire no alliance '"either of ommon offense or of future deense." They only want mutual good *ilI which will he an example and ncouragement for other nations to ome into the "same companionhip:" "Moreover," said his message," we re placed in an extraordinarv,' po6iion in that our coming together in o way means we are leaving someody else out. ft is a great world rhpefcus to get side by side which otii America and ourselves are feeing." The prime minister found no reat issue with the United States, uic rather similarity to neglected oads between two men "with a lightly rough .surface v.ndL rcintc rVcrgrrtWth, but with men deter mi nd to smooth them out." General Dawes declared that an arly agreement oh naval reduction t of outstanding importance at the resent time. "My theme," he said, is what method of procedure had est be adopted between the nations ?a step so important to the peace f the world and the happiness heroftet of mankind." 4URSING CAREER OFFERED HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Washington, June 19.?There is rjrent" need for 50 student nurses at It. Elizabeth hospital. Washington, ). 0. Applicants must, show that hey have completed at least two ears of high school, must be in good ealth. and must have reached their 8th But n?t their 30 th birthday. The training school for nurses at L Elizabeth hospital offers a threecar course leading to a diploma in ursing. Student nurses are paid 288 per annum with quarters, subistence, laundry, and medical attenion. Those who complete the course re automatically promoted I-.' hv rade of nurse at $1,620 per annum, iirther promotion depends upon the ccurrence of vacancies and thei.gmloye's efficiency. Those interested should communiate at once with the civil set vice epresentativev St. Elizabeths Hosital, Washington, D. C. 4 GASTONIA STRIKERS HELD FOR GRAND JURY Charlotte, June 18.?Fourteen trikcrs, strike sympathizers and nion leaders charged with murder 'ere denied writs of habeas corpus ? Mecklenburg superior court today y -Judge Harding and ordered held ithout bail for the grand jury. The harges grew from the slaying of 0. . Aderholt, Gastonia chief of poce. in a clash with strikers at Gas2ni?. headquarters of the National 'extile Workers union on Jur.*? 7. Bail for eight otheT prisoners harged with secret assault with injnt to kill was fixed at $750 each, 'one had made bail late today. lock, and Mrs. Wm. Winkler of ioone. Mr. Councill is the son of ne of the most prominent families f Boone and Mrs. Councill was ore ne of the most popular and attractre girls of Blowing Hock. On Wednesday evening a miscellaneous hower was given in her honor by Its. Henry Conrad, at which were resent a large number of friends rom both Boone and Blowing Rock; Ir. and Mrs. Councill have not anounced their plans for the future, at will ultimately make their home Ronr.e where Mr. Councill is em'loved. HHE * : Best Interests of North^j AR0L1NA. THURSDAY, JUN> DRAFT PROGL . I FOR 4TH OF JU? ?# - Plans Practically Complete for Celebration; Main Address by Gen Albert V.. Cox; Field Sports* Ban* Concerts and Dance Features The program committee appointet to lay out the order of events :o the Fourth of JuK ceh bration hen has practically competed its dutie; and only two or three of the lessei details have been left open until th< next meeting- of the committes witl the Legion Friday night. At thi, time the program is to be finalb adopt ed. The telebrat'.on v. ill get unde way at 10 a. m.. when a parade wil be formed at the Sprinkle Oil Com pany's filling station, composed o ex-service men. Ladies' Auxiliary | mind ami floats provided by bust | nes? houses and organizations. Th: i parade will proceed to the Americai ! Legion Park where an address o }v.'eicome is to he delivered by Pos i Commander H. G. Farthing am ' Mayor K. S. Swift. Following this [at 1 1 ..'JO. General Albert L. Cox o Raleigh is scheduled to deliver thi | principal address of the occasion. At 1:00 p. m.. dinner is to In served in the park, present plan: calling for the preparation of abou 200 plates of barbecue, this to In supplemented by basket dinner: which housewives of the county an j to furnish for the occasion. 2 HO p. in.-, field sports, potato am j sack races, greased pig contest, 101 j yard dash and other sports. 1:00 p. m.. baseball game, Wes i Jefferson vs. Boone. 7:01) p. m.. band conceyt in frc?n iof courthouse. At p. m.. either a display of fire works or a boxing boul 'will tv* ; staged, while, beginning m 10 p. nr. 1 a dance, either at the Critchei bote or on the street, will finish the pro j gram of the day. ROM1NGER DOTS n.imiager. ..June...lib;?Dewey R? imager and family visited relative on Rush Branch last Sunday. T uwing co luc-iTCcr?t-hcaCy mire our roads are in almost impass&hl condition. It seems that our pleac j ings for some work on them is or j tirely- ignored. We must .pay ou ' road taxes and \vt? believe we ar | entitled to some work oh our road tin this immediate sectkm. j Ralph Tuttle and iUmim Trivet | of Vilas were guests at the home o , M. P. Trivett last Sunday night. A. T. Watson and M. P. Trivet teport a fine fox chase last Frida night. Mr. a?id Mrs. George Trivett vis j ited Walter Harmon last Saturday. Dr. J. W. Gove was here last Sat uruay vaccinating folks for diph theria and typhoid fever. Irish potatoes are looking fine i this locality. We can grc.w as fin potatoes and cabbage for market a any place in the county. My! ho\ |we do need a road! We are goini j to keep everlastingly contending ?o | some work on roads in this section j Come across, bovs. and help us; th ; time will come when you will b j glad to get our help. 1 The mait carrier reports the roa? j from Rominger i;> Beech Creek al lirinst ni?u.c<ahie. cove creek: news notes Sugar Grove. June IS.?31 r. E. F | Sherwood and family have movet ? into the Conley Glenn home 01 I Brushy Fork. Mr. Glenn has gom j to Charlotte : > look after his prop erty there. Miw? Will?? R.M-t i.--*v erine Pater son and Marth Fuller o Greer.shoro and Miss Estelle Fu!le of Chapel Hill were week-end gupt [of Mrs. S. F. Horton. j Mr. H. E. Deal has taken a posi tion as salesman for the Home Com : fort rar.se. | Miss Jennie Mast. who has bt-ei ! teaching: in Wiaston-Saiem for th< past year is home for the summc months. Quite a number of teachers of th? community are attending suir.me school at the Nor.^1Mrs. Luther M. Bingham wa: operated on for tonsilitis at Grae< hospital. Banner Elk. last week. Miss Rebecca Taylor who has beei attending Elon College is with he parents. Rev. R. A. Taylor and Mrs Taylor of Amantha for the summe vacation. Dean Mc 15ride and John Churcl of the Cove Creek high school, nr taking training at the summer camp for boys provided hy the awu>. Mr.' W. V. Perry is conducting i i summer school at Cove Creek fo , those who are behind in their regula high school work. Mr. Teachev, district supervisor o vocational agriculture, was in U? community last week. He Inspectei the school plant and is highly in fa vor of establishing a course in agri culture nere next year., ..-".IMBM , S ?. y; r I f Worth Carolina j Must List Taxes Before Julv First 'I _ ?? " .. I xua oupermsor u^m > narair {announces in The Democrat this week that although taxes are requir" j cd to he listed during the month of I j May, he has arranged to extend the time limit t<> the first of July, flowi fcver after this time a penalty will J be added for failure t" list. Mr. 'j Hardin is very anxious that the tax1 ' payers of the county co-operate and save the additional cost. a ' ' NORTH CAROLINA NOW HAS 1,685 MILES OF HIGHWAYS 1 ; y North Carolina, with 1,685.4 miles ' j of completed highways on which fedj eral aid was received, now has under ^ construction and approved for consist ruction 86 additional new miles on "; which has been allotted $975,120.20, 1 | according to a report of the bureau of public roads of the department of agriculture, us (if April 30, 1929. i.ms state nas slightly more than ' | 2 per cent, or approximately one^ j lerty-sixth of the 77. ill miles in j | the United States built with federal 11 aid. The estimated tost of North Oa'm' lina highways now under construc? tion with federal aid is $1,725,523, of which the federal aid alloment is * I $862,701, as compared with total > cost of $220,023,192 in the nation, SI of which the federal government is ' j paying $80.107,221. North Carolina * ; has 76 miles of initial aid road under construction as compared with 7,707.3 miles in the nation, and 11.2 * j miles which are being raised to a 1 higher type surface than when built j with federal aid. * j Federal aid roads approved for construction in North Carolina will ' 'cost $237,6713. of which the federal aid allotment is $112,358. This is for "lone 11-mile stretch. '' Federal aid funds still available * i for North Carolina in highway con' j struct ion amount to $1,950,861, as compared with $70,267,292 avail; able for all the states. BIBLE PRESENTED TO COVE CREEK CHURCH Lust Sunday morning at che i 1 o'clock service, in the present s of a '4 large c-??v?K?i:gation, the Royal Am . bassadors of Cove Greek Bantid church presented the church with a J beautiful pulpit Bible. The pvesom Station was made by James Mc Bride e Jr.. with very fitting words, anci ! D. V H or ton, olio of the sonioi j deacons, received the Bible for the | Til rch. i in.' u i v?i : 11pi caaiv t' (>ui i of the service Suinlay. The Snow Lodgs? of the Masonic fraternity * was well represented, and Or. Gordon preached a Masonic sermon, in which ; he gave a history of the ail? in the life of man and its ,)lae j and purpose in Masonry. He also toiu : what the Bible Means and usage ot the square and compass in Masonry. 1 | The message was welt received and " i made a profound impression 01; all J present.. Dr. Gordon showed that v ' true idasomy.is a builder of spiritual ' "M faith, moral culture and practical 1 patriotism, and its value lies in the making of better men. and the e building of a noble national life. It e i was a treat for all who love the j i gentle craft. I CONFEDERATE PENSIONERS [RECEIVE SEMI ANNUAL CHECKS j Chocks totalinfr S4,"2:!7.50 for I Confederate soldiers and widow's of j soldiers were received Saturday by ^ A. E. South, clerk of the court, and 'e are now being distributed to the 15 soldiers and ;J0 widows of soldiers in the county. The soldiers receive $182.50 semi-annually and the wid?. ows $50 each. During the last two r months three soldiers and one widow , : have been added to the pension roll, * | these being W. R. Spainhour, i Lemuel Greene and Wm. M. Millsaps _ ! and Mrs. Polly Billings. Four soldiers, IVm. Hodges, Wm. ! Holler, .las. C. Arrant and Albert c j P. Wilson, have died during the past | two years. During that time two j widows have also answered the final ,, call, Mrs. Martha A. Cole and Mrs. r j Elizabeth Dyer. i Soldiers and widows who have not L [yet" received their checks, arc asked . to call at the clerk's office, or au" j thorize some one to receive checks L for them. r , JUDGMENTS RENDERED IN r BAILEY BROTHERS CAAXQ t Cases against Bailey BHMB e Winston-Salem tobacco s ers, charging that stock 1* waujaQ cere was a were disposed of iaWtjuK r court last wegK^wMM i turning judgment? Vflgg ejordered ?S?-fr . FIVE CENTS A COPY i man hacked to i death with axe '! ~ j Dewey Ward ii in Jatl Charged With j Murder of Ralph Egger* Sunday I Morning ir Beaver Dam Section; j Claim* Self-Defense J j Dewev Ward, young: white man ; of the lower Beaver Dam section of j WatSuga county, is in the county jail ! after having made a confession before a coroner's jury a- to the fata! . chopping of Ralph Eggrs, 25, with la two-MadeU axe on Sunday ?r?orning labour 10*.:>0 o'clock. The killing ocJcurred in a remote section of the Beaver Dam country and there being no eye-witnesses to the tragedy, the self-confessed slayer was not ai rested until late Sunday niSht. when County Coroner J. B. Hagaman and J Deputy Sheriff P. C. Wyke, arrived j on the scene and a jury was sum j iir.Kicu. The tragedy occurred at the home of Ward on a homestead belonging to Eggers, where the latter and his j family had gone for the week-end ] for the purpose of picking cherries. I According to the testimony submit' ted by the widow of the slain man,. | both the young men had been drink? i ihg rather heavily before the alte* cation. Following a suggestion of her husband, the two started with . baskets to pick cherries from a nearby tree, which stood behind a wood! shed. Within a short space of time : Mrs. Kggers* small child came run I ning with the information that Ward was chopping her father with an axe. The former then came from j behind the woodshed carrying the. bloody weapon and when inquiries ; were made by Mrs. Eggers, Ward Is said to have- made some such reply as, "I {Hive, clone what I've done and it's done." Mrs. Eggers started for help and when neighbors arrived, it was found that Eggers had likely died almost instantly. The coro neb's examination revealed that the axe had literally been buried twice in the left side of the body iust helov. the heart and one similar blow I had been dealt just above the left 1 hip. Ward in the meantime remained i at home, and is alleged to have cirI { culated the report that Eggers met his death when he fell frorr. thi " cherry tree upon the 'intornerf axe. ' ! However, when the three yawning gashes were revealed, he realized II the futility of hi* story, and within ; a few minutes made a plea of self defense. Aecordir.ir to hi* r-nnfAuinn th?> i trouble started wh-n Eggers cursed j him because he didn't secure whiskey for him on the foregoing afternoon. He alleged that Eggors struck the first blow, thai he first had the axe, and that he (Ward) wrested the j implement from his antagonist b?! fore the fatal blows were dealt. The :1 slayer received no noticeable injurj ies. - Following the inquest a jut? containing about a half gallon of whiskey was found hidden in the edge of the wo ds near-the home. A 1 pair of steel knocks were also found : near the scene of the conflict. No stories ave told of any ill feeli ings having s existed^ between the ' two men in the past, and aside from the fact that they were drinking, no ; reason has been advanced as to why | they should have been engaged in an i affray. : Funeral services for Mr. Eggers .were to nave yeenvneiu -.tuci .tc Bethel Baptist church Monday. Sur| riving are a widow and three small children. Ward Is married and has one ! child. " vf > ; " S1LVERSTONE NOTES Zionvi!U- R. K. 0., Juno IS,?Mr. i Larkin Pennoli and Miss Lor.es Isaacs wore niavrieil a few days ago. Also on June ;t. Mr. Ray Pardue and Miss Edna Cook of Silverstone were quietly married at. Trade* i ; Tenn. Mr. Albert Wilson is right aick. ^ Mr. Leander Wilson is very eieii, , 'AffiaW ! having been confined to his rowaXqgr afemaHB several days. The Union clt^^jaw^Bnj ! at his home Sunday H i ssTig^ several numbers frw.jtrh.jK ' Grove churck.if^Mgggg