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w- -wVOLUME
XL!. NUMBER 40.
Today and
Tomorrow
By FRANK I'. STOCKBRIDGE
Profits
The Ford Motor Company earned
^1,797,S61 profits in 1629. That
was the most profitable year since
192C. In 1927, when the factory was
shut down for six months while new
machinery for the production of Model
A was being: installed, the company!
lost $*12,786,727. In 1928, while the
market for Model A was being built
!up .the company lost $72,221,198.
Those are amazing figures. No less;
amazing is the ford report of cash j
on hand on December 31, 1929, to-j
Li taling $3-16,937,496. Most of this is
money on deposit, subject to check. |
For many years Henry Ford has car-1
tied a larger cash balance than any j
man in the world ever had.
Only a closed corporation like this,!
in which -*dl of the stock is owned by]
one man, his wife and his son. can!
do business on such a basis. In other |
COrimrfltlOIW cfni'lrVinlfloW dnma n/1 !
distribution of assets in dividends.
Mr. Hi&vd once told me that the reason
he bought out his other stockholders..
Senator Couzen^ and thifc
Dodge Brothers was because they |
wanted dividends, and he wanted to
use the profits to enlarge the business
and reduce the cost of production.
If he had not had such enormous
cash resources he could not:
have weathered the crisis which the
abandonment of the old Model T
caused. As it was, the loss of $115,000.000
in two years was a mere incident.
i
Crossings
Nearly half of the 30,000 annual
deaths in automobile accidents in
America occur where highways cross
railroad tracks on the same grade.
^o?v.e states have begun work nr. programs
of eliminating every grade
dossing, compelling the railroads to
nav most of the cost. The Federal
Government is taking an active part
in this movement, in the case of roads
which are built with Federal aid.
Since 1017 grade crossings
have been eliminated on Federal aid j
roads.
It is not always necessary to build
a bridge over the railroad or a subway
under it. Only 995 of these
ctossings were eliminated in that way
?the others were abolished by the j
sirrt.nlt means of relocating the high-]
way itself.
t One of the things that is going to
-^amo-nhnnt. ir. America in h highway
system in which this cause of Occident
and death will he absent.
Books
Guests-at the White House as well
as future Presidents will have plenty
of good reading matter for their
leisure hours, if any. A committee
of the American Booksellers Association
has selected a library of five
hundred volumes which has been presented
to the United States for the
WhitHouse,library.
Undoubtedlyv many additions will
lie made It) this nucleus, and some
of the books will be less read than
others, but there are many among
them which will never die. In the
list ai> such great American classics
as Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and
"Huckleberry Finn," such truly
great books as Bunyan's "Pilgrim's
Progress" and Kingsley's "Westward
Ho" as well as many of the great
histories, biographies, books of poetry
and travel, in addition to the
best of the works of the writers of
today.
Leaving out the moderns, whose
woi-K sun nas to stand tne test, ol |
time, an<l limiting it to books more
than twenty-five years old, this library
contains within itself all the
elements of a complete, well rounded
education. I can think of no
better way to bring up young folks
to a high standard of morals, honor,
courage and duty than to turn them
loose when children in the company
of the great masters of literature.
. WmI
a x ciCvision
? The other day I sat in a little
room on Bethune Street, New York,
and talked face to face with a man
in another little room on Dey Street,
three miles away. I could see him
and he could see me, as plainly as j
if \ye were in the same room. The ;
conversation was as if we Were talk- j
ing across a table?no telephone in-1
strur.ients to speak into or to hold i
to the ear.
That was the first public demon- j
stration of two-way television. It j
works. The electrical engineers who I
ovnlnined it told me that it. will work i
over ten thousand miles by radio as
easily as over those three miles bywire.
It is still very expensive to install
51T1/? TYlOin+oin " T-f will el ? '
? . *i, inn nc 1.11 111^ 111*11.
Very soon there <Slll be little rooms
in every important center cf population,
like the ones Mr. Campbell
. and I sat in, to which anybody can
SO and for a fee talk to people hundreds
of miles away, seeing them
as if face to face.
Television is another age-old dream
come true. !
DR. W. J. MILLER IS IN
LEAD OF LENOIR GOLFERS
Dr. \V. J. Miller, path a score of
170 for" 36 holes, is leading hy a wide
margin all other entrants who are
competing for the golf team to represent
Lenoir, in tournaments there.
Hickory, Newton, Morganton and
Statesville this summer.
Second place is held by W. M.
k Hamby and third place by J. I^ee
* Cottrell. The tournament comes to
a close on Saturday.-?Lenoir NewsTopic.
A Non-Partisan Ne
lJUOIsi
iSWIFT ADDRESSES
SENIOR CLASS OF
THEBOONESCHOOL
j Former Wataugan Bases Talk on Inii
aginary Conversation With Boyj
hood Friend. Forty-six Students
Receive Their Diplomas. Masiej
Jean Jones Recognized as* Towr. s
Most Polite Boy or Girl.
Wiley H. Swift, acting chairman[
j of the National Child Welfare Com- j
mittee. and prominent Greensboro!
j attorney, delivered the literary ad-j
dress to the graduating class of the
Be one High School in the college auditorium
Thursday night. Using the
"Ideal Life" as a theme, the eloquent
speaker entertained perhaps the largest
audience ever to attend such an
occasion in Boone, his dissertation!
being of a unique type.
An imaginary conversation he-!
tween himself and a boyhood ac-j
quaintance on "Tater Hill," the
beautiful mountain estate of the late
Romulus Linney. overlooking Cove
Creek, the native home cf Mr. Swift,
wis the basis of the address. The
speaker stated that in that remote
section of the mountain region all
the missions; of m?_- kutp "* "?
udice, vengeance, and whatnot, were
as visible as in the more populous re- i
gions of the land. The same good was
to be found, the same bad traits were'
horn in the people, and the same
qualities guided the destinies of men
and women. From this perch on the
mountain top, the two men could
"look down on the whole world," and
could review its difficulties and hardship<
as accurately as if they had
traveled widely.
Mr. Swift then made his application:
To live the ideal life, the boy
or girl must look through the veil,
understand the shortcomings of the
human race, and make allowances for
the errors made by the other person.
Professor David Mast, principal of
the? school, itraduced the speaker.
Forty-six members of the class received
their diplomas. Previous to
the address, a program of songs was
enjoyed and a prize awarded to the
most polite boy or girl id Boone,
voted by thu town's husinosv
be Maisie Jean Jones.
Mutual Policy Holders
To Resist Assessments
More than a hundred policy holders
in the Farmers Mutual Fire Association,
northwestern division, met
in the courthouse in Boone on Monday
afternoon. The purpose of the
meeting was to decide wfiat the policy
holders should do with reference
to assessments recently made by the
association.
It was unanimously voted to resist
payment of these assessments and a
committee composed of 0. D. Taylor,
I. B. Morton. Dr. II. IV Perry, L. A.
Greene and \V. Y. Farthing", was appointed
to represent the policy holders
in all matters neeessafy in connection
with these matters.
EDGAR BROWN MAKES GOOD
RECORD AT OAK RIDGE
J- 'Edgar Brown, Jr., son of Attorney
John E. Brown ol Boom-, will
graduate from Oak Ridge Military
Academy next Wednesday." May 21.
This is young Brown's first year in
the well-known school, and his rapid
advancement is a source of great
Dleasure to Vii<? manv
is considered one of the very bright-1
est students ever to matriculate at
the institution, ho having starred in
the scientific course. He is also the
prophet of the graduating class, and
is very popular among his classmates.
Following the close of school, Edgar
will return to Boone, where die
will spend the summer with his parents,
just wc-st of town.
MARY KLUTZ SUCCUMBS AT
HOME IN BLOWING ROCK
Mary Klutz, thirteen-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Klutz,
of Blowing Rock, died Friday morning
or-pncuiv.oriia,-alter having i
very sick for about five days. She
had just graduated from the elementary
schoQl a few days before and
would have entered high school this
fall. Mary was a faithful pupil and
was popular with all her schoolmates.
As a member of the Presbyterian
Church she was a regular attendant.
The funeral was conducted Saturday
afternoon at the home by Rev. Walter
Keys, her pastor, in the presence
of a large concourse of relatives and
friends. The floral designs Were beautiful.
Her remains were interred in
the family plot in Reform Church
Cemetery near the home.
WIDOW HAS BOOZE IN CELLAR;
ASKS WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
Raleigh."?In the cellar of an un-l
named widow in Raleigh reposes 120
quarts of pre-war bottled-in-bond liquor,
and she does not know what to
do with it.
A friend of the widow has appealed
to an attorney for advice, that's
the way the story leaked out. She
aBiu :i nappcneo cms way:
A son of the woman sent the whisky
here to his home from, another
section of the country and then he
joined tthe army in 1917. He was
killed. The whisky has never been
disturbed.
The widow is puzzled. What
should she do with it?
The lawyer said he advised that it
was not unlawful to have the whisky
if it bore a government stamp of
pre-war days and if government officers
tould be convinted it Was
stored in her cellar before the era
| of prohibition.
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:wspaper, Devoted to the
S, WATAUUA COUNTY, NORTH G
Boone Boys Arrested
After Wreck of Hearse
The Lenoir News-Topic; gives the
following account of the accident
which, occurred near that city Sunday
in \v itich Robert and Harrison
Moretz of Boone were involved:
A hc-arse from the Moretz funeral
Home in Boone, en route to
Monroe for the body of F. M. Maltha
who was fatally injured in a grade
crossing accident neat* that place on
Saturday night, was wrecked on the
Blowing Rock Highway about three
miles from Lenoir at 10:43 Sunday
morning, causing Robert Moretz, the
driver, and his brother, Hafrison Moretz,
to land in jail, charged with
violation of the prohibition laws.
"The Moretz brothers were rounding
a curve about three miles out of
Lenoir in their hearse when they are
said to have; run over* on the leftband
side of the road and crashed
into the car of J. L. Saunders of Lenoir.
State Patrolman H. A. Greenway
and Officer Fred Dover were
called out and they placed the boys
wuvivri BiajmBg Jtxooerc witn
driving while under the influence of
liquor and reckless driving, while his
brother. Harrison, was charged with
being drunk. A small portion of liquor
was taken off the boys, it was
said.
"The hearse was rather badly damaged
and was taken to the Caldwell
Motor .Company for repairs."
(EDITOR'S NOTE?Mr. M. Aloretz
went to Lenoir late Sunday and
arranged bail for his sons, and a preliminary
hearing will be held in Lenoir
next Monday. The story of the
accident as told by them indicates
that the presence of a big highway
truck, which they were forced to pass
on the wrong side of the road, kept
then from seeing the ear into which
they collided. They are said to have
been driving moderately, and state
the accident could have been averted
had the other vehicle not been making
excess speed. When the case
comes up for trial, the defense expects
to prove that neither of the Moretz
Imvs was in toxica ted and that
they were not driving in a reckless
manner.)
Walton League Meets
At State Fish Hatchery
Daniel Boone Chapter, Izaak Walton
League, held the most interesting
meeting at the fish hatchery on Saturday
night, may 8, ever held since
the chapter was formed. Two of the
most enthusiastic members, Messrs.
Leo R. Vaughan and C. E. Smathers,
together with the good ladies ol'
the community, furnished the supper
which was enjoyed to the, limit.
oeVt*rs! guiiu tutfcs Ivclc 'muuu "uli
what the league stands for, chief
among which is the preservation of
fish and all wild life. The league
voted to request the County Commissioners
to co-operate with the State
Department, of Conservation in establishing
a fire zone for the county
and take steps to prevent firest and
employ methods to combat them after
they are started.
The next meeting will he held at
Blowing Rock, N. C., on -SaLivdav
night, May 17, at 8 o'clock. It is
hoped by officers of the league that
;.l! present members wiU be on hand
and that at least 2f> new members
can be installed on that date. There
were 40 present at the last meeting.
?Reported
Farmers to Discuss
Marketing of Wool
The State Division of Marketing
Will have a man in Boone on Saturday,
May 17, for the purpose of considering
the present wool prices and
other matters pertaining to the industry.
The division has requested
the big wool buyers to submit prices
on that day.
The wool committee of Watamvo
W. W. Mast, R. T. Greer and Arlie
Brown, will meet the representative,
on that date. The matter of marketing
the wool will be gone ipio very J
thoroughly. If any other interested
persons desire to meet with them, it
will be entirely agreeable.
The pyeccnt market, on wocl .is-un-!
usually low, and it is necessary that
everything possible be done to secure j
the best possible price. Information
will be forwarded to the wool grow-i
ers and dealers immediately after the,
meeting.
BUSINESS SCHOOL WILL BE
OPENED IN BOONE SOON
Mr. G. E. Mock, of Winston-Salem,
a representative of the Twentieth
Century System of Business
Colleges, is in Boone, making preparations
for the opening of a school
here at an early date. He has just
completed the organization of classes
at West Jefferson and Sparta, which
are now in progress.
The Twentieth Century System of
Colleges give a complete secretarial
course, including shorthand, typewriting,
bookkeeping, rapid calculating,
with business English, business
correspondence and general office
practice. Students are also afforded
lectures on banking, financing, mer
chandising and marketing.
Mr. Mock comes to the town highly
rproTr.r.u-iiueu, and the system he
represents has been widely acclaimed
for its thoroughness. He ;s accompanied
by Mrs. Mock and small son.
MAJS1E JEAN JONES WINNER
OF FIVE DOLLARS IN GOLD
The $5 gold piece offered by Professor
and Mrs. J. A. Williams for
the most polite girl or boy in Boone
was won by Maisie Jean Jones.
The presentation was made last
week on the evening of the graduation
of the senior class, Boone High
School.
Best Interests of Northv
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AR0L1NA, THURSDAY MAY 15,
"MONROE MALTBA
| KILLED AS TRAIN
| CRASHES INTO CA!
' George CottreU, formerly , of Boon
Sustains Injuries Which M;
Prove Fatal. Accident Occu
Near Monroe. Funeral Rites f<
Mr. Maltba Held Monday. Buri
in Hines Graveyard.
F. Monroe Maltha, aged 12, proir
n ell I resident of Boone, died in
hospital in Monroe Saturday mi
night, as a result of injuries su
tallied about three hours earlier
i the night, when the ear in which 1
and George Gottrell, a former cit
zen of this city, but lately of Va
mead, was struck by a fast freigl
train at Bakers, five miles from Moi
roe- Both were in an unconscioi
condition after being taken to tl
hospital and letters in Maltha's poci
ets were the only means of identii
cation. The death of Mr. Maltha r
|.-sujl(*o noin a Daclly crushed sku
Mr. Cottreli, who is the son of A1
and Mrs. J. Hill Cottrell, sustain*
concussion of the brain, cuts aboi
the head and a fracture of one le
however, latest reports are to the e
feet that although his condition
still regarded as extremely critics
there is a chance for his recovery.
Mr. Maltha, accompanied by Go
trell. was en route to Southei
Pines, where he had been employe
during the past winter, when the a
eident occurred. According to wi
Messes, he had passed an autoniobi
near the rail: oad crossing, and
box car on a siding, further obscure
the onrushing train. The train w;
said to have been making a speed <
oerhaps 40 miles an hour at the tin
of the impact and the big sedan wit
its occupants was carried 250 yar<
on The pilot of the locomotive. Tl
car was demolished.
The remains of Mr. Maltha wei
brought to Boone Sunday evenin;
-and?funeral services-were conduct?
Monday afternoon from Oak Gro\
Baptist Church, one mile west of tl
city. Revs. Sebastian and Hicks wei
in charge of the services, followin
which members of the Masonic fr;
teniity interred the body in the Him
graveyard.
Mr. Maltha was born and rearc
three miles from Boone a member <
one of the best families of this se
iton, and for the past several yea;
had lived in this city, where he ha
been engaged in different husinei
enterprises. At the time of his deat
he >vas engaged in the operational
the Boone Planing Mills, which i
had under an extended lease. He wi
an industrious and valuable citize
j and was favorably known over~til
i section.
Surviving are a widow and tw
children. Misses Valle and Dare; tl
mother, Mrs. Wilson Maltha, c
Shulls Mills'; one sister, Mrs. Fro
Winkler of Shulls Mills; four broil
ors, Russell and Java of Valle Cri
e\$t Linney of Lineolnton, and Run
of Black Earth, Wis.
M-o T D k
I itA10I JL OIU iJCdLll L/IC8
After a Long Illnes
Mrs. Thomas Beach, 2(5 years oh
<iied at her home in Boone Thursda
evening:, following: an illness eoverin
a period of many months. Funon
services were conducted from th
Baptist Church at Mountain City o
Friday afternoon by the Rev. Browi
pastor. Interment was in the ceiin
i tery in that town. A number o
j friends of the deceased lady* froi
, this community attended the itinera
Mrs. Beach was the daughter o
| the late Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shup<
j and was a natice of Johnson Count:
I Tenn. For the past several year:
| however, she has made her home i
! Boone, where she had a wide circl
j of friends.
Surviving, besides a husband, ai
two children, J. W., and Thomas, J:
JOHN CRITCHER DIES AT
MORAVIAN FALLS HOM
North Wilkesboro.?John C. Cri
| her, of Moravian Falls, died sue
rucnly lost x nursday uftcmoon
. 'clock, from heart failure. He ha
| been working near his home and ha
i started toward the highwav. leadin
by the house, when he was seen t
fall. When help reached him he ws
dead. Funeral services were conduc
ed at the Baptist Church at Mori
vian Falls Saturday morning at 1
o'clock.
Mr.-Critcher was a well known ci
izen of Wilkes, where he made h
home for the past 25 years. He ws
born in Watauga County. 57 yeai
ago. He is survived by his wife, Mr
Rosa Crouch Critcher. and by for
sons, A. N. Critcher. publisher of tY
. Wilkes Patriot, of North Wilkesborc
Iawrence G. Critcher of Atlanta, Ga
| a brother. G. A. Critcher, of State
ville, and a sister, Mrs. Elrod. c
Hickory.
MISS PEARL BINGHAM WILL
SPEND SUMMER IN EUROP
Miss Pearl Bingharn, daughter <
the late Dr. E. F. Bingham, who h;
j been teaehir.c in Kovo?nT>a n -
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School at Johnson City for the pa
two years, will sail on May 24th fro
New York on an Italian liner for N
'p'.es, Italy. Miss Bingham goes i
a private instructor for the childre
of Captain and Mrs. Jack Bennet
of Washington, and will stay on tl
Continent until early September. Tl
Bennetts are taking along their pi
vate automobile, and the party w
tour Italy. Switzerland. Prance, Ge
many and othev European countri
before their return.
Miss Bingham is now in Washin
ton, where final preparations for tl
extended tour arc being made.
k'est North Carolina
11130.
Dr. B. B. Dougherty
Visits in Iredell Countj
(Siatesville Landmark)
y Di. H. B. Dougherty, president o
,1 the Appalachian State College a
Boone, spent Friday in Iredell visit
J ing some of the countv schools.
<*> The A ppalachian State College i
*>" this year turning out 13 graduates ii
ri the four year course, this being thi
or first graduating class since the insti
a' i tuiioi. was made a standard coliegf
! l\v the last General Assembly ol th<
i State. The class of li&G includes 7n-J
graduates in the two-year course, ii
a 1 addition to the 13 graduates *?i th<
ii- | four-year course.
s-; Dr. Dougherty stated that then
in were 10 students at Boone last yea
:e from Iredell County, the total numi
;i- bev of lSf>8 students having enrolled
il- in both the regular courses and th<
lit summer term during the past year
a- Other interesting figures concernas
ling the school were that the studen
pe body last year included 323 fresh
k- men, 258 sophomores and t>2 mem
i- bers of the junior class. Sixtv-toui
c-r out of the one hundred counties ii
I!. North Carolina were represented ii
jr. j the student body, and twelve state!
;d I besides North Carolina.
?t j nr R R u;,. u?4-u
_ ^ auu I11Q> I'lUUI
g, i ur, the late D. D. Dougherty, were
f- founders of the institution at Boom
is which has now taken a position Witt
d. the group of the largest schools oi
North Carolina. Under the persona
t- team work of the Dougherty Broth
rn'?'i's, the institution came up from i
?d three-grade private school, starting
e- in 1899, to a standard college ii
1929. The institution was taken ovei
le by the State in 190,3, was made :
a State normal school in 1921. and Wa?
elevated to its present high stand
*s ing last year.
Will Face Three
Criminal Charges
e Walter Price, resident of the Silveinstone
section of the county was
cj lodged in the county bast lie Monday
<e night, the warrants for his delivery
ie having charged him with forgery,
0 selling whisky and resisting an of.??
ficer. Deputy Sheriff H. A. Ilagaman
wo.ln 4 1... ' L -
>mi oitcab, uuiii^ HcgoinJS!
nanied by Deputies Lee Must, and
I Granville Nonis.
,,1 Sheriff Hagaman recatyetl that
,fj Price had been arrested twice preCJ
viously, hut had managed to make
rsl his escape from the law each time.
Local officers, he said, had been (litiS
igently searching for hint for the pasi
1, twelve months.
MRS. SUSAN MOODY, 87,
is CLAIMED BY DEATH
jfe Mrs. Suaaa Mo.-.-ly, 87, relict-of
the last Mr. George Moody, of Bea-G
ver Dam, died at the home of her
le onlv sister, Mrs. Hiram Dougherty,
in Boone, last Thursday morning.
I(j The funeral was conducted Friday
1_l at the Boone Baptist Church by the
x_I Rev. P. A. Hix, and the remains were
,sj carried to Cove ( reek for burial,
j Mrs. Moody, who before her marriagc
was Miss Susan Hayes, is one
i of the last scions of a highly-resjicct|
ed Watauga family, and was, \ve art
| told, before old age claimed her, out
S! of her sections roost charitable and
Christian-hearted ladies, and died as
d., she had lived, a loyai Christian, de>
spite the fact that she, in her adg|
vanced years, had been redi:ce<l to
il almost poverty. However, she was
ie! being cared for in the mix* o-??hw
n manner when she died by near relal,
tives and the only sister, who minfctered
to hfefi last wants,
if Indeed, another real lady of the
? old school has fallen, and her kindly
1. face and acts will be greatly missed
if i by many.
|
ft i BALTIMORRE INVESTIGATING
5. | COMPANY SEEKS H. H. COOK
n 1 :
e Mr- H. C. Haves, of Blowing Kock,
is in receipt of a letter from the Atc
lantic Investigating Company, Haitimore,
Md., seeking the address oi
H. H. Cook. A part of the nyssivc
follows:
? "We are endeavoring to learn the
present address of H. H. Cook, who,
r- ^'e understand, is in your city. This
investigation is in reference to an
o esuxte. Will yon kindly giv^ lis- any
d information you may have concernd
ing this individual, and oblige."
^ Mr. Hayes knows nothing of Mr.
0 Cook, and has turned the questional
naire over to The Democrat. Anyone
having information as to his
t_ whereabouts will please communicate
0 with this office.
t- BANNER ELK HIGH SCHOOL
is WILL CLOSE ON MAY 26
18 ?"?7
? .-is mis is mi nrst year lor Leess.
McRae as a junior college, there will
ir be no college class to graduate, but
ie the senior class of the high school.
5; with an enrolment of thirty-two. will
be graduated on Monday evening,
s- May 26. when Mr. J. Fred Johnson.
>f of Kingspo-rt, Tenn., will deliver the
commencement address. Class night
i exercises will be held on Saturday,
the 24th, and the baccalaureate ser?
mon will be preached on Sunday morning,
in the Banner Elk Presbyterian
. Church, hy the Rev. Richard Orme
Flinn, D. P.. of Atlanta, Ga.
is
le
Sl RENO'S SHOWS COMING
a- Jesse "feaxter, advance agent foi
as the Reno Shows was in the city yes
in terday advertising for the vaudeville
.t, troupe which has become so populai
ie throughout this section, since its in
je itial visit several years ago. Mr. Bax i
ter says the show this year is up tc
ill its usual high standard, that the besl
r- of the old actors have been retainer
es and new ones added. A large ehorui
of beautiful girls is with the show
g- this season. The show will have 1
ie full weeks run here, beginning ncxi
Monday.
r
^? ?~ ? ^
^ 50 PER YEAR
(BUSINESS A?N TO'
CELEBRAliWITH
j STATE COLLEGE
^ Practical!*- All the Stores of City Will
Close Tomorrow for Hour and a
^ Half and Visit at Teacliers College
Commencement, Where First Class
Comoletes Standard Course, and
Dr. A. T. Allen Will Speak.
ii 7?r?
Mere than fifty business nouses of
J this city will close theii doors xomc.rM
row at 10:30 a. m.. and remain
J closed until the noon hour in order
|j that the managers and employees
1 may be privileged to attend the comj
mencement exercises at the Appala*
chian State ^Teachers College. At that
time J)r. A. T. Allen, State Superin'
temlent. will address the first class
\_ \ ever to be given degrees at the col'
I lege, and it is in honor of the close
" | of the first year of the local inst""!
let ion as a standard four-year colI
lege, that the business houses will
II close their doors. A written agree1
! mor.t was passed around the town
5;and unanimously endorsed, the capitOn
of which follows:
" "In order to show our gratiUicie
[ and appreciation for the estabbsn-I
morL 'in/I ? - '' fij ' " *
uliu vtc vciu(jni?fnt oi a. OIUU! UOl1
j lege in our town, we the Undersigned
\ \ business men of the town of Boone,
1 agree that on the first commencement
anniversary of this college,
* which is to be Held oh Friday. May
r 115. 19.30, we will eiich close our place
1 of business from 10:30 a. ni. to 12
m.. and attend the exercises to lie
1 held in the college auditorium duivng
' the above hour.''
The document bears signatures as
' follows: Watauga Motor Company,
Boone Feed Company, Boone Hardware
Company, Watauga Democrat,
R. S. Swift and Company, Pastime
, Theatre. Boone Clothing Store. \V. L.
Cook, J. I). Horton, High Land Furniture
Company, John W. Hodges,
Cash Wholesale Grocery, Woodcraft
\ Novelty Company, City Flour and
; Fueil v-ompany, ^Boono Drug Company,
Davidson Department Store,
Spainhoursh JI & E. Store, .1. L.
Quails; Ashley Shoe Store, Carolina
Stole No. 25. Farmers Hardware &.
Supply Company. Tom Thumb Goif
i Course. J, B. Dick & Company, Harj
ris Brothers Dcnnftihent Store. Mo
retz Motor Company, Central Tire
Company, Boone Qhcvroltt Company,
Standard Oil Company. City Meat
Market, Issauts Department Store, .1.
M. Moretz, W ill C. walker, P -I. Cottrell,
Floy CottrelJ, W. 11. Jones Shoe
Shop. S. A. Morris, W. S. Goodnight,
Hodges Drug Company, ,T, B. ffaga1
man, M. D., W. U. Loyil), Sheriff
lKnHhi.m VO-* -
?nwiu^'a \ craniy ttanK.
] Peoples Dank & Trust Company.
It is expected that the iarRe.sl
! crowds will attend this year's com|
mencement in the history of the
i school. Large numbers of former students
and other friends of the instii
tution from this and other states will
lie present for the exercises.
Pennsylvania!! Named
For Supreme Bench
j Washington.-?President Hoover on
I Friday afternoon nominated Owen J.
j Roberts of Philadelphia, special gov1
eminent counsel in the oil scandal
j prosecutions, for the Supreme Court
in place of the rejected Judge Pair-.
! ker of North Carolina. Save, for a
short-lived flurry of dry disapproval
| of the nominee, the Senate received
< the name with general satisfaction
! and every sign of early eonfirma1
tion.
Republican liberals, like Borah and
! \T. - -
j xvorrjs, wno led the "fight against
Chief Justice' Hughes, then against
Parker, hailed the new choice of the
President as a victory, hot because
Roberts is a liberal, but because he
is looked upon in the Senate as an
eminent lawyer of distinction and
ability, with a record of long, unusually
successful service at the bar,
seldom as a champion of the corpoj
rate client.
j Roberts has never lost a case be|
fore the United States Supreme
} Court where he has appeared often.
! His nomination was sent in by the
| President after a talir;^*| Robei^'J!
Tat the white House last night.
For six years Roberts has given
a large share of his time to the oil
prosecutions ? incidentally without
fee so far?and his success, though
j he lost the criminal cases against
t Sinclair and Doheny, in recovering
} the naval oil reserves worth hundreds
of millions, and in convicting Albert
! B. Fall, has won him favor with most
I of the Senate, notably Senatoi* Walsh
J of Montana, the principal investiga|
tor of the oil scandals.
I As the third judicial district represented
on the court, the choice of
Roberts fits the Hoover idea of wft
graphic representation, no", that the
Senate has rejected Parker from the
fourth circuit. Roberts is a Republican.
who has fought the Vare machine
in Philadelphia as well as the Mellon
grip in Pittsburgh. Even so. Senator
Reed of Pennsylvania extolled Roberts
as "one of the greatest lawyers
in America at the present time," and
, predicted his confirmation without
trouble."
MICHAEL?WATSON
The folio v. i n g announcement,
which is of much interest in this sec- >
tion. has been received by friends of
. the popular couple in this commun,
ity:
"Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Michael an.
nounee the marriage ol" their daugh.!
tcr. Lois Standford, to Mr. Walter
, F. Watson on Wednesday, the sev;
enth of May. one thousand nine huni
dred and thirty, Ruthervvood, North
j Carolina."
After having enjoyed a visit to
, Washington, D. C., the newly-weds
t are making their home near Rutherwcod.