North Carolina Newspapers

- fiffffil if ||^ VOLUME XLI. NO. 2 B8. Roaring" Gap Get? Large Game Preserve HEjjg More head City. July i).?Definite KSP*--' -a suranee was given today that the ftaie will establish a larsre irame |ra!| refuge in the Roaring Gap section Alleghany, Surry and Wilkes In the annual meeting of the -tate department of ronservntitvn and . vlopnient. a resolution presented tv ay Santfprd Martin of Winston-Sara, was unanimously adopted lookii : g to the immediate establishment !. of the Roaring Gap refuge. The refuge contemplated under ft';' the order of the state board today HB, includes more than ten thousand :: es surrounding Roaring Gap. ES^^Sk ' ' three counties. The direc was instructed to establish the fe nJE ---luge as soon as less than half of glgljB? a dozen land owners in the area affected. who have not yet signed ap p - ation approving it. shall forward 'ths.ir approval to the state depart, . .:t In commenting or. this refuge, OA A C >!. .1. W. Harrison, director of the Q35?S^; department. declared that nowhere BHDBHKv-. ? .\ortn ("arolina was the state re|ek|S%2ieiving quite so splendid co-opera4'or in its conservation program as \;Xf^rj-r. :in Northwestern North Carolina. Fuli'Time Wardens Raleigh. Inly Si.?Full-time game -"iiVvv.-arde?i service for caclv of the I GO conntie- of North Carolina during ^^rWr * ? entire year was provided for in r ^jjfr " budget adopted at the two day fjj&vN, meeting of the hoard of conserva"'or* and development ending today ??b5B^ 4ii -More he ad City. The new arrangement will begin August I. Under the p-an worked out and BMST presented to the board of direr'..n-. .1. W. Harrelson and state Came Warden C H. Knghuul. a saving of approximately $5U,U0(j will be aripgfc vorupitSbed in the warden scrviee and Eggr ; the same time the wardens will ' t in the field the entire year inv. (I ??:' ..?d> during the seasons for BBS ruing as heretofore. The hnSi.-d also voted to reduce gBpE the number of assistant state gaour wardens from five to three, one for ci>?h of the three geograpitieal disSSfr . .tricts <?f the states \ Assistant Director J- Hargetl ? r reported to the hoard that the anIi ticipated output of game fish from stale fish hatcheries this year ,vd! amount to approximately 3,1,000. a large per cent oX which aze being reared t<> ;? fingerjing size nursery ponds over the state. The hoard voted to prohibit the rn-ie of trot lines for taking fish in fcsSnt! waters of North Carolina and .rrko decided to allow the use of nets of certain sizes for the taking of minnows for use as bait. User of -ore than one pole in fishing in in>ei waters was made illegal by xme PASTOR S CONFERENCE The pastors' conference of the TMee Forks and Stony Fork Baptist associations will meet at Bethel C'ureh on Monday. July 15th, beginning at 10 o'clock. The secretary, R P. A. Hicks, announces the iolFtrvyirig program for the conference. Devotional service. E. J. Farthing. 1. Devotional service, E. J. Far-; '2. How to Use and Develop our j , oar.g' People?-A. J. Greene. How to Develop Better Sunday v'choo? Teachers and Officers?Roy a. poison. Dinner. 5. How* to Stimulate Better Cooperation in our Church Work, TI. M. Stvoup. o. An Outline of Work for a g New Testament Church?L. C. Wilg 7. A Report from the Pastor's I 5 ho61?E. C. Hodges. ^ X. A Report of His Trip Abroad \ . C Watts, g* i). Business. (10. Adjournment. THE WEATHER Weather Veport for week ending v'lily T: Average maximum temperature, 7:1 degrees. Average minimum temperature, '30 degrees. Average temperature. Average daily range in temperature, 11. Greatest daily range in tempera\ t.n*P 1 ft , Wlu. Average temperature at 8 a. m., Highest temperature reached. 85, 525- oti < tn. Lowest temperature reached, GO, on 4th. Number inches of rainfall 1.85. Greatest rainfall in 24 hours ,G0 inches, on the 1st. Number clays with .01 inch or more rainfall. 6. Number clear days, 2; partlycloudy. 5. Direction .: prevailing wind, )>ui Hi west. - - ... V->. Dates of thunderstorms, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th. I VATA\ A Non-Partisan N BOOXE. WORK PROGRESSES ON YONAHLOSSEE Grading Completed to Coffey's Gap, and Hard Surfacing is Expected to Begin in Short Time; Activities on Giceni Park Golf Course j Blowing Rock, July 10?Grading ! 01 the Yonahlossee toad has been j completed to Coffey's Gap. /our j miles west of Blowing Rock. With a j large crew of men working on the j j road, it is expected that hard surfac- j [ ing may Begin in a short time. Two steam shovels are now at j work on the road and are supple- j j men ted by a fleet of trucks and ; ; tractors and a crew of To men. It' v as said by engineers in charge that j the road would he completed some ; time late in* the fall. All traffic is being detoured by ! way '>5 Boone. Valle Crucis and! Manner Elk. Because of the torn'un. ! condition of the Yonahlcs&je road, it was said that tourist? could make j hotter time over the detour than over I [the Yonahlossee. Extraordinary playing has been | ; in evidence on tjfe Green Park | ; course during the last few pays. In! the first tournament, of the season, three men from Lexington. N. ! eamv out winners. Mr. WaLscr and; | Mr. Styers winning first place with . rr.-w scores of each. Mr. Kirk-; ; man came second with fiS, and Dan j vStubhs of Lenoir third with 70. This j I was Mr. Stubb's best card of the jseason. In the othei tournament, Harry Link and Garland Jones of Lenoir j j tied for first place with a net score j j of fi7. 'Grady Hankin of Gastonia j j was second v.-tjlh CO. and three nrea j tied for third, Dr. Shoaf of Winston-1 | Salem, C. V. Henkel of Statesviile, j and Mr. Myers4 of Gastonia, all with i .. "earns 01 iu. Mr. Lumpkin, member of the j Rjpgewood Country CI lib and ihe [Forest Lake Club of Columbia, S ( ., madcra mnshie pitch shot on the1 i fourth grecijft Tuesday morning. 1igj then proceeded to make on: eagle, one birdie and one par. The first hole-in-one of the season? r v.vidc by ~ <?L the i jTinmquana Country Club of Jack-, isonviite, Fla. He was playing with! t Mr. Nicholson of Brookline, Mass. George IUa.ir.vr. course professional, announces a handicap tournament to' last throughout, the month of An j gust. The entry fee will be with I prizes offered in golf supplies. Each player must play five rounds to esi tahtish his handicap, and then sigiii| fy his intention 01 playing for the handicap prize before he start? ;m each round. ile iijiust play each round with another entrant. The play will be for 72 boles. For sf: tournament to -be a?i^ | nounced in a short time, a cup will | be donated by L. P. He like 1 of StatesYille, and will be known as the President's Cup. The tournament j : committee working on this plan i composed of Mr. McMahan, Gordon 1 Smith, professional of the Palin.j J Beach Country Club, and Garland j Jones of Lenoir. SCK'EDULE OF SERVICES AT | BLOWINC ROCK PRESBYTERIAN j Rev. Walter K. Keys, acting pastor" ; ef-Lthe .Blowing Rock Presbyterian church, announces the foPowing | services during the months of Julyj ! and August j Sunday, July 14?Rev. A. Y. Gibson. Whiteville. N. ( . Sunday, July 21?Open. Sunday, July 28?Dr. James I. Vance, Nashville, Tcnn. Sunday. August 4?Dr. Vance. Sunday, August 11 ? Dr. Vance. ! Orphanage Sunday. . J Sunday, August IS?-Dr. Vance, i Communion Sunday. Sunday. August 25?Rev. R. A. Lapsley, Jr., T>. D., Columbia, S. C. GENERAL COX DELIGHTED WITH VISIT TO BOONE Commander Grady Forth* ng (i | the American Legion here, has reI ceived the following letter from i General Albert L. Cox. who delivered [the address at the Fourth of July 1 celebration last Thursday, j "Words fail me in an attempt to ; express the thanks and appreciation i I have for the delightful visit Mrs. i Cox and I had to" Boone. 1 don't j know whc-r. either one of us have : ever enjoyed an occasion more or I been more hospitably received. We j both look forward to an opportunity' 'to return." \ i MARRIAGE REPORT FALSE ; Last week The Democrat carried' . an item as to the marriage of Miss I Ileta Hodges of Hodges Gap to Mr. ; Charles Whisnant of Morganton. ! Later reports, however, indicate that. ! the paragraph was absolutely with- j ] out foundation, the couple did not: I wed. and the publisher regrets thv incident. The item was received j j merely as a matter of news and was | published in good faith. ewspaper, Devoted to the i WATAUGA. COUNTY, NORTH CAt W. P. Pendley Dies^ {j At Blowing Rock Blowing Rock. July 10?W. P. | Pendley. one of Blowing Rock's old: est and best-loved residents, died ^ ; Friday following an illness of j [several weeks. Funeral services v/oheheld at the Baptist church Sunday ; morning at nine o'clock and burial! was at the old family homo in Cald- | 11 well county* L Mr. Pendley, "Daddy Pat." as he, 1 was affectionately called by the | c I younger generation of his family jf| and friends, wasffi^'opAederate vet1 i eran and served it the home guards ]s during the bushwhacker period. Pie 1 had lived in Blowing Rock thirty1 J f one years, and was eighty-three years j old at the time of his death. As was"! . -raTcx 01 tun? many Limes baturuay., i " everybody who knew him was hii.j ^ n iend. . J; y Funerai services were conducted a? ? the Bant:vt church with Rev. Hick$ u and Rev. Moscr both taking: part. A a most i-eautiful and profuse offering of flowers filled the church. The M flower girls included Misses Presnell; j P Edna lMillei*, Corein Knight, Kathr P crein Knight. Katherihe and Mar- " garet Sudderth. Helen. Sudderth, b i Dorothy and Polly Hayes, Lucille j n Read. Mabel Coffey and Miss Nell jCoffey of Boone. u The pall bearers were J. T. Miller, G. S. Prevettc, Francis Pat < son. F \V. L. Hblshoussr, N. C. Greene, G. ; 1 M. Sudderth, Stuart Cannon and G. S. Williams. Mr. P.endjey is survived by Mrs: '' Pendicy; two daughters, Mrs. Thus-. t 11. Coffey. Sr.. of Blowing Rock, and a Mrs. Herman Deal of Alexander county, and two grand children iv Thos. H. Coffey, Jr.. anil Miss Ellen i c Coffey, all of whom were with hirt when death came. jj,1.? ? -r-T Si Fountain is Taking ; > His Race Seriously lialeiprh. July 9.-- I-.icuter.ant Gnv- j ernor Richard T. Fountain, who j ^ comes to Raleigh every few days or. | <. business that will help hint when he |?. becomes governor, if he does, is a j? Raleigh visitor today and Mr. Foc-rf^j { tain is constrained to believe that1' i ^ nobody has the ops on him right now.' y Mr. Fountain understands thai f > elections are won on the dhv of vot- i S ing often and that any accoup.tiii.-r ; , of strength throe years ahead of the i poll is quite premature. But he ?s a \ j most studious observer of uoliUo- i anil ho has observed that his con tern-! v poraries generally have entered the j trace early and remained late. For | instance, Ayeosk got in when Cv , Watson was beats nih 1896, Glenn , i, got ready in iOOO for 1004. Kitch-! en started in 1905 for 100.S, and j y Craig began :in 1906 for iyO.s and t J 912. Bickett began in 1008 for j j. 1910 and Morrison in 1912 for 1920. s Gardner made his beginning tor i r, 1020 in 1915 and McLean fixed him- | jself tor 1924 in 1020. |e Mr. Fountain, therefore, is not j disposed; to wait until 1932 to inquire j v of J. C. C. Ehringhaus, D. G. Brummitt, Albert L. Cox and .1. W. Lai- ! t ley if they really are serious in their; j desires to tenant the big house on 1 ^ North Blount street. Mr. Fountain is j v very serious. And he sees piles of ! u people who feel as he does abuot it. _ __ : PATHFINDER REACK'ES SPAIN " Santander, Spain, July 9.?Roger Q. Williams ard Captain Lewis Yan-; eey, forced down today after a . f, transatlantic air voyage of 3,400> }>, miles from Old Orchard, Ale., slept 2: on their laurels here tonight before jj completing'"their, flight toKoine V.?ig > Cj morrow morning in their airplane Pathfinder. f( Want of gasoline forced them down as night was falling over tl k northern Spanish coast, not far from i ]j, the spot where their French comr a ties of the Yellow Bird had been ir obliged to land. They did not seen. fatigued when the Associated Pres. rc .correspondent found them drinking a hi glass of whiskey with Governor Gen era! Saliquet. K Williams and Yancey said they had 0j realized a few hour after leaving C( Om Orchard they could not reach ? Rome when they met head winds. j l; COOKE-WINKLER j Married on Monday evening at the Methodist church in Mountain City, ai Tenr... Miss Hazel Cooke and Mr. aj Cloy Winkler of Boone, the Rev.; 4 Byrd performing the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert y&oVc and has for some ai time been in charge 01 the Queen c\ Annis Beauty parlor. She is talent- ki ed and popular. The groom is a y? son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Winkler, j b< a native of this city and one of her1 di most enterprising young men. He holds a position as engineer with theioi state highway commission and is in ' charge of the grading being done on! "1 No. 60 west of Boone. yi The young couple "will shortlyjdi make their home~ in tne nowm 1 ir apartments. | p< DE?/ X Best Interests thwe lOLl.NA, THURSO. A* 11, 1V2 iTATE HIGHWAY : PATROLMEN HERE f fhree Motorcycle Officers Came to 0 Boone Tuesday Afternoon and Let .j Wednesday Morning; Many Motorists Cited for Law Violation* Vi Three motorcycle officers. mem- s ers of the newly formed State pia- h roi, suent Tuesday night in tmpue.' j "hey are now making rather- gdh-Jp ral tour of the seventh i ighway i j,j istri ' in which their duties are as-1 igned. and lei. yesterday niarning, f; or North Wilkesboro via West Jefr ;i arson. S1 While here numerous violations of he automobile law were cited, mo- :s, ovists were warned of the penalty off i\ perilling cars with defective lights, ^ rakes, etc.. and were given forms J r pon which to furnish proof within j 1 given length of time >f the cprrec-j-c ion of the trouble. Several cars j p en- being operated with out license lates and were cans* . bi stored j v\ ending the purchase of license. Pa- f rclman Fountain^ ut Winstor.-Sn j tl ;ni, a member of the party, who will f lake headquarters at Elkui. stat <1 j f? hat provided warnings were heeded, j d . was not the honey of the patrol to ! ake action. but that unless license j b iaUs were promptly secured; \var- [tS ants wouiii be issued and the vio- t? Uors prosecuted; According-vto Mr. i f. onn'ame, irregularities arc pi*eva- j s 2nt throughout the district, but that <? he patrol expected to legalize the 11 .utomobile t rat fit as rapidly as pos h ihle. '"It's a lug jo:)/' he said, "but ' \ fa expect to produce results suffi-|t ient to justify the next, legislature j n increasing the personnel of the; Intro!/' a ; n Jury Finds King Guilty of First Degree Murder ? I Chester, S. C., July P.?A jury in -s fene'ral session court late today j jonnd R&fe King, "7. charged withj laying his wife, guilty of first de- * free murder. The defendant, a 1 he nib or of a wealthy ami prominent 1 ;amUy, accepted the verdict smiling- v y uh-cl guv*: notice of appeal. Judge^jg r. K. Henry, presiding. announced?" ie would hear arguments on a motion }i or a new trial tomorrow morning, 1 ind if the hew trial should be tie ; lied, pass sentence at that time. 1 Three ballots were taken by the ^ ury. After a discussion of the case dl agreed he was guilty but eiglitf* oted for a first degree yeydict and 1 our for a jjgcoad degveo verdict- The?? pcoml ballot hod 10 for fiist degree ' nil t\vo for so.on.i. On the third allot it was unanimous. The decision wa? reached at ap- " noximataly (> o'clock, and at (5:0a 1 he knock came oh the jury, ?yjdge; L lenrv e.ifew minutes before had ! tarted home and had to he called ' ack. The court waited inui! <5 2a * or Miles Wood, court stenograph- : r, who had gone home. The verdict was handed in an en- i elope to the clerk of vohvt who ? ead it, There was no domonstra- j I ion in the crowded court roohi.j ling's face did not change and he *? ad on it a stiained smie as he con-: ersed with his attorneys a few nun tes at,M . j The motion for a new trial was, -Thdi. F.. ^Dcw, of the c efense counsel, on behalf of King. Irs. King, French teacher, in the j* haron, S. C.. high school, \yais.j fund dead in an outhouse near her ome at Sharon the night of January ^ 0 last. Her husband, who had been j ^ 1 reported to neighbors tha? she had died to itsrarii- from school. >arch was started, and the body ' .and. P, It was at first believed that Mrs. L , ing had committed suicide but So- rj. citor T. Lylo Glenn, now united tates district judge, asked th:;r. the ". iquest be postponed until he ..could .tend. At the inquest neighbors _ Id of seeing blood in the King )ine and blood spotted clothing said! j belong to King Was produced.I ing- was ordered held on a charge e? f murder but on a writ of habeas; a>rpus was ordered released on; w 3,000 bond. He Was free oiv 'bond j tc n.til the trial started. p! The trial started on Monday July | p Taking: of evidence was ended! a lortiy before noon Saturday and j "^uments lasted until .3 o'clock this i tl Eternoon. The jury got the cast atj^o :06 p. m. ii R Cool?The angry grocer ran c< round the counter and seized the 11< jstomci by the arm. "Do you > , now, madam," he blurted, "thafi Dur dog has eaten a pound of my , sst fresh country butter? I saw him ! :> >i a second ago!" :U The customer relieved the grocer' n C her arm and regarded him coldly, j t] '"I Hid nnT l-nmv it " cKo i-nnKn/l *i but if you are quite sure it was p pur best butter, and that it really F id come from the country, I don'c c iniK mere is much reason iv -suy u pse it will do him any harm.'' ; w ""BP- a. st North Carolina 'if''''' t-Lb. Meteorite t alis Ncsa Riudlcs Fork; Mr. It. A. Greene of the Riddles *ork section was in town yesterday xliibitinjr a meteorite which fell 'uesday on the old Blackburn place n his community. The formation eitfhed seven pounds and fell with uch force that it buried itself in ard packed ground. Two sons of be Tumor saw it tail and vpfeti ickou up was still hot. The cor.truction of the meteorite is similar :> fine-grained srranite and the sur- : uce was black and pitted from the J] itense heat t?> which it had been i ub.jectoii. Mr. Green say.- ho was vio'rkirsg j ante distance i.om the pi ace where tie discovery was made and first! card a sound as 11 an airplane was | lying from the east. The noise tilled the Laurel Ridge and an exlosion was heard as if several sticks f dynamite had hoen exploded. Tt ' as in Mr. Green's judgment fully j ive minutes after the detonation hat the meteorite xpSs seen to faU J rom tiie west into the field. Then!, allowed a series of rumbling's as of is la nt thunder. The noise created by Hie meteoric ody was heard throughout li:is sec j ion and Speculation had been rife as i its cause, until the fragment was ! ound. Rumors ait- heard on the trcets to the effect mat a portion f the foreign matter fell near 1 odd in Ashe county, which was per-: aps ton IVc-t in diameter, hut The . lemoerat has 1 ?een unable to verify i lie 111. In accordance with the request of . number of citizens attracted by his incident. The Democrat adds a ut o> Uviormation as to the ph? lonienon: The luminous meteors, which avej ilso known as shooting or tailing tars have their place in the upper >arts of the atmosphere and it. is j telieved that a ring of them revolves iroiuul the siiit and that each year he earth's o?jut cuts through the; mg. Owing UV their origin from j vithout they should probably; belory*} rb astienoni^l Tic are those whkj.} ive followed hy the failing of atones; :o the earth, and the circumstances j tceftnpaiiyihg the fa!! are rnleraKly | ihifopni. A ball of fire crosses the Iky so bright as to be visible in day- j inn? and bright enough to light the ntiro landscape if it appears m tight. It traverses the sky and as a :eiieral rule fini?hi|S i;> Coin-se wAthn a few seconds. It suddenly goes ut, cither with or without an appar- j nt bursting into nieces and after a hurt period a loud detonation is eard throughout the region. Somest;w ir, foisi;;!, 3on;c-| iines several, while the numbers ave been known to run into the hotirands. Tee metev^rs;come, at all! ea:a >ns, all hoiirr and in all regiors f the earth. The region of meteor , aths is said to range from 40 to SO dies above the surface of the earth,r ut the stone-furnishing meteor omes much lower. The stones, or .eteorjtes vary in weight from a e\v ounces to scvera! hundred ounds. one having fell upon the | i i.V*v ? -3 L.j.o y^hiiik. N,j.,-tyv (>uuiu:s. i?i' 1 896 a meter exploded above the it.v or -Madrid and although in day- i? mve ^TC5:.Ti^1?l was daicliii^v It er-! ! lodcd at a height >!' ah ut fifteen nk-s and the detonation was so I remendous that it was heard and I emors felt over a radius of more! i lanj 50 miles. As a general vg?e,! i ewevev, the friction encountered' 1 hen the particles of matter or me- ? eorites enter fife earth's aim >shere the liiction is so great that i icy become incandt scent and arc ? eneraliy completely disintegrated. i hose found are always made up of j" instances known teres Iri ally and > on and nickel are often included in ft loir cohifxisitioTi. "* ' i NEW ENDURANCE RECORD : Culver City. Cab. July 9.?Two ; ] >mmercial aviators. L. W. M endedj * nd R. B. Reinhart. set a new { orlhs endurance flight record here j^ >day with their single motored Sfegg .? 3 :1 ka>?; A-xusciEay auu tut 1 tinuen to i < ilot the ship with no indication of; * iandinjr. ; At 2:30 p. nt. (Pacific coast time) ! ley bettered by an hour the record 11 f 174 hours and 59 seconds estab-j* shed last Saturday at Cleveland by i ^ oy L. Mitchell and Byron K. New-it )mb. When they took off the avia-|j >rs panned to fly at least 20011 duis oi tin til they were forced uown. j i L.IKES DEMOCRAT SERVICE Ij The Democrat is in receipt of a j rtter from Mrs. P. S. Shearer, sec-; atary of the Alpha Delta Pi Soroiv in which she encloses check for j ne publication of four daily newsapers for the recent convention at' flowing Rock. The national exe-! utive adds: "We wish to express ui appreciation for t??c- j ork done on the daily." l1 riTTrfi i r!AT>V ? r 1 > C. W?<^10 rt. \j\.?A *. BIG CELEBRATION HAPPY OCCASION Unusually Large Crowds Gather in Boone for 4th of July-?General Albert L. Cox of Raleigh Delivers Address of the Day. A crowd variously estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000 people came to Boone last Thursday to join bands with Watauga Post American Legion in thi'ii ofiVvM'Afft cinr.. * Independence Day celebration in the history of the niorthwest. The highways were jammed for miles around with the holiday crowds and several hundred came on a special excursion train from Johnson City. Ten p. The day's festivities got under way at 10 o'clock when a colorful parade, let: by soldiers of three wars. Was formed in the western limits of the town, taking a roundabout course through the city to the American Legion Park, where the addresses were to be delivered and the dinner served, Business houses and various organizations were represented by moie than fifty floats, each inger.iosly constructed and vicing with the others in originality of design. When the procession arrived aL the Legion Park, short addresses of wetcome Were delivered by Post Commander Hv Grady Farthing and Mayor VC. S. Swift, following which Rev. ('. II. Moscr of the Boone Methodist church, himself a Legionnaire. in a masterful manner introduced General Albert L. Cox, who made the address of the day. The speaker was already known in Watauga county, most of Watauga's soldiery having: serveS under his commam! on the fields of I1'ranee, and a touching. tribute was paid to thle memory of Grady Barnes, young Boone recruit, who was the first Wataugan to fall on the field of hattide. He referred U> the recent passing of i'rof. D. D. Dougherty in a sorrowful, vein, describing him as a a en hero of peace time service, also recalled the unselfish service Tendered the state and community: , by the !ate lamented Frank A. Lin-, ney. General Con related the history of the nation from the Revolutionary days to the present time, and urged upon his hearers a program of preparedness to the extent of protection, g and extolled the ideals \v h i c \ sponsored the organization of the American Legion. Formed in. Paris soon after the cessation of hostilities, General Cox averred, the Legion was. resuertf ully dedicated to and orphans?) of -he slain Hoopers, to maimed ami wounded ,01111 ados, ant! to the (ampa^ii fur invmiotimr pen:e through judicious preparedness. Ho emphasize.) the fact that the I.oerifm is not ?r: niarily concerned with the affairs of ^ political life. Ho endorsed a services act which would include the entire citizenship and eliminate the necessity for another selective draft. This was General Cox's hrst visit to Boone, and the throngs which came to hear him were loud in their praise of the forcefulness of his deliverv. Mrs. Cox accompanied her BooneBSatL the previous aftejjgoon and they returned to Ra~ ioigh Friday. Following: the address, dinner was served in the park under the direction of the Women's Auxiliary, the proceeds going to help defray the ixpenses of the celebration. Jn the afU-snoon a; heavy shov.ci slightly interfered with a baseball Same which was being played beween Boone and West Jefferson, following which various field sports vere eVijoyed. A considerable crowd went at 4 pcltki: to. the oki Muster Field .vhevc an array i>f mer. beyond fifty fears of age participated in an oldimc shooting march; There were i number of entrants and the arms used were the muzzle-loading rifles >f a generation ago. The event was promoted largely in honor of "Uncle Lige" Norris, venerable Confederate soldier and the oldest man on the ground. Mr. Norris is known as one :>f the most expert riflemen in this :ountry but owing to the overcast skies, the light was poor and he failed to score, although he drove two mullets close to the center. First and second prizes, however, went to his in-other and son, Silas and Jack Norris, respectively. Third and fourth honors were claimed by Z. T. Watson and a Mr. Mahala. So much interest was aroused by the event thaV tentative plans are being made to promote a second match to be held under more favorable circumstances. "The Air Legion," an appropriate film, ran continuously at the Pastime Theatre during the day and was largely attended. The merry~ . . J; (Continued on Page Eight) 1