North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XIJ, NUMBER 43. I Today and Tomorrow F . Q ! Bv FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE Values A boy is worth $9,333 when he born, if his family has an income < $2,500 a year, an insurance expc calculates. That is what it woul lake, put out at interest at 3 1-2 p< cent., to rear him to the age c eighteen and produce the net incoir which he may be expected to ear from then on. It costs the averag family $7,238 to bring up a boy an put him through high school. By tl lime be is eighteen, however, he worth $28,654. again figuring h: potential earning capacity. On that basis, the male populatio y of the United States is worth one tri sion, one hundred and forty-four bi i*on dollars. vjiuomiiij*. Cheaper gasoline and a stnallc f surplus of heavy ae! oil are the rt ^Qits expected from the adoption i j this country of a new German pro* ess for adding hydrogen gas to cruel petroleum. This is one of the revc iutionary discoveries of scieno which are being made so rapidly ths 2very industry has to he Constantl on the lookout lest its whole method have to be changed overnight. Not so many years ago gasolin was a waste product. Then Daimle invetiled the gasoline engine and tha art of the petroleum suddenly be came the most useful. The Deisel er gine. which uses heavy oil fuel- ha yipt .?--t beer, sufficiently devesfope to consume anything "like the sur plus left after the gasoline has bee extracted. Defense Thirty-seven ships of war steame into New York harbor through th fpg the other morning. Overhead 16 Navy airplar.es, loosed from the dec of the airplane carrier "Saratoga, soared over the city. It was the Nnv .<-Monstration of strength, and a impressive one. Navy men do not like the prograr of reducing arniamonts. Thev wotiL like us to believe that all the rest o the world is watching: for a chanc* *?> pounce upon us and that only ai normous Navy can keep us from be nig gobbled up. One does not have to agree will their point of view, however, to ad isit that a battle fleet in the-.^nd ' soh River is a magnificent spectacl and that a flock of airplanes cai iraw everybody away from thei -desks and tools to the rooftops b xatch the show. We older folks wil rever get over our wonder at seeinj men fly. To the youngsters it is al day commonplace, Hlnergy Most people think that the brail eds as milch food as the body docs People complain of fatigue aftc menial effort. and because they fee a= lived as if they had been usin; '.heir muscle:- they think they mus have used up as much energy as i they had been working with thei: bodies. Scientists at Wosleyan Universit; 1 ave been studying the energy re auirements of bv-ain-workors for sev , ra! years, and have announced tha ail of the energy expended in a soJC hour of most incense mental effov can he replaced by eating half of ; salted peanut! Five minutes spent i: dusting a desk consumes more ener vy than an hour of hard mental worl at the desk. .Much of the so-called menta r...: - "" iiui^uc is pnvaiiai liinguc. tliC er who is tired after a day at th typewriter or pen is tired bccaus' of the physical effort of writing Many who complain of brain-fag aft er a day of business conference should rather complain of "talk fag" "The physical effort of continuou speaking is a great cnergy-consuinei as every orator and actor knows. Most often, so-called mental fa | tigue comes from the failure to elim inate wastes properly from the body The one thing the brain-worker need most is physical exercise in the ope: air. Movies Mr. Will H. Hays, president of th Motion Picture Producers and l)is tributors of America, vety courteous ly writes to me concerning a com rnent in this column a few weeks ag to the effect that the movies do no give a real picture of life, and send me a quantity of printed matter t prove that the picture men are dc ing their best to keep the movie pure. Purity is one thing and intelli gence is something else again: Yo can lay down rules which if follower will prevent the movies from givio offense even to the most prudis mind. There are no possible rules b which nennle wtn An 1 , , ...uu nui, nuun en difference between truth and fals? "hood can be prevented from putt in false ideas on the screen. The motion picture is today th most influential force in the worU because it impresses the very youn through the most effective channt for impressions, the eyes. For ths Teason, the movies are a fair targi for criticism all the time. A Clerkenwell, London, man ha invented a synthetic wood, the bas of which is cotton. The wood can b need for any purpose for which woo \ is used, and can be worked in an way in which wood is worked, and i -quite inexpensive. VATM A Non-Partisan Ne BOON! UPCHURCH OPENS CAMPAIGN WITH CHURCH SPEECHES ? Dry Crusader Spends Week-end in Boone Perte^tin* Organization for Simmons. Distributes Red Hot js Literature and Receives Collection ^ Amounting to Less Than One Dolrt lar SjJ Rev. C. A. Upchurch, supecintendent of the A nti-Saloon League for the State of North Carolina, arrived in the city Saturday for the purpose of lending his aid in the contest for the nomination of a candidate for ' the United States Senate on the Dem ocratic ticket. The dry crusader vl spoke at the Baptist Church at 11 " o'clock on Sunday morning and in the evening occupied the pulpit at . the Methodist Church, for the pur?" pose of indirectly dictating the policies of, the assembled voters in availing themselves of the privilege of the franchise. Mr. Upchurch began his address | with the statement that the Demosr cratic Party in North Carolina was 2- being "scourged." and referred to n two distinct classes calcul?ted to i" vote for a man who had thrown his le influences against prohibition. Those | who pilot Pearce-Arrow automobiles e, and the one3 who cripple ptorig the it highways in dilapidated Model T y Fords were jointly assailed as the Is wet, voters, while motorists "in between'* were characterized as "teste ing high" according to his standards r of political expediency. Then with it the application of his illustration ,of the farmer who refused to olace a i- red fox in charge of the litter of ,s small pigs, or the farm wife who opd posed giving a chicken hawk the - foreiuanship over the "biddies," he r. insisted that the dry laws should be in charge of men who were personally and politically dry, and insisted on their election to all offices from constable to President. At the close d of the speech a collection of a little e less than one dollar was taken up. 0 The address was taken as an indite rest assault on the candidacy of*J. W. ? Bailey for jhe United States Senate, v in view of the fact that the Raleigh "n candidate was an open supporter ot the full State and National Demon cratic tickets in 1928, when Former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New f York sought to be elected to the e Presidency. In view, however, of the n well known fact that Mr. Bailey had _ once occupied the position which Mr. Upchureh now holds, and that he has ^ been considered the leading crusader xor tne ary cause in North Carolina. _ before ttore were laws_and officers .! B lo curtail the liquor traffic, the cont sistency of the indirect assault was doubted. However, on Monday morning, Mr. Upc hutch wound up his visit here by. perfecting a.concise Simmons campaign organization to cover the whole county. He brought with him various and sundry literature calculated to bring about discord in the Democratic ranks and made arrange- j ments for its circulation^ He can- < vasseri the crowd in attendance at 1 commissioners' court for opinions or, j the Democratic side of the sheet, and K left \vtth his organization ready to 1 * I function under the Auspices of the ' * j Anti-Saloon League, long recognized by tho press of ? the country as a ' 1 j strong right arm of the Republican 1 L" T'orty. The Democrat is hot operated as : f a partisan newspaper, has not beer. < such for nianv vpar? will ?.v,.?** !? " be under the present ownership. This t I organ will be satisfied regardless of i : who receives the nomination next Saturday. It has not lent its support : 1 to either candidate. However, it 1 1 stands exactly where it did upon the .7 occasion of the lust Upchurch cam- ; " paign in this city. Democrats or Re- ^ . publicans either in this section will, no matter what the argument pre- > seuted, ue mighty slow ir. getting 1 e used to having political arguments 1 stirred up from the pulpits of their s churches, which they did not build I to be used for these purposes. We ' 3 have no apologies to offer for our i convictions along this line. Should i f Mr. Upchurch be criticising eandi- : ' dates of the Republican Party, the Democrat would feel impelled to take ' " issue with iiis tactics just as severe- ' " 1- He has, however, applied himself i ' strictly so far to the short-comings 1 3 of one party, just as if there were ' n not enough of wet inclinations in all 1 of them, and just as if there had never been a law in the country to ' curtail the traffic is liquor. The pro- 1 hibition laws, it would seem, are just e about as air tight as can be made. ( " millions are being appropriated for their enforcement, and the benefits, other than political, that could be de? rived from the Upchurch stumping, : '' would be compelled to be negligible. 3 Democratic and Republican parti > ? sans in Wgtauga County were doing 1 whatever work was done in prepar- i 3 ation for the primary on a friendly plane and in a manner calculated to 1 preserve the unity of both parties. 1 j1 Vicious literature had been taboo on 1 * all sides sinH r?n mihUp 1 ' been made, it is a deplorable fact. " that an outside politician should have ; y set the pot to boiling, but it is yet 1 c believed that the vote will be cast I Sati*rd?.y the be*t of g^ooH fel- J ? lowship, and that whichever of the able candidates presented are select? ed, they will have the united followb ing of their party in this county. Washington, D. C.?Motion pic^ ture attendance has doubled in the two and a half years since sound pictures first caught the public fancy, according to Dr. Franklin S. Irby, a editor of Electronics. Dr. Irby ree ports that 9,000 of America's 22,e 600 motion picture theaters had been d sound-equipped by the end of 1929, y and that the trend indicates that 75 is per cent, -of the theaters will have talkie apparatus by the end of 1930. swspaper. Devoted to the 2, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH ( Retiring President B B Mr. George P. Hagaman, retiring president of Boone Civilan Club, who is succeeded by R. D. Hodges. During Mr. Hagaman's administration the club has enjoyed a large growth, and today is considered one of the State's lives* cLoc zations. Mrs. Fulkerson Dies In Charlotte Hospital Mi's. R. D. Fulkerson. 27. died last Sunday in a Charlotte hospital following an illness which had its beginning only a few days ago. Funeral services were conducted from Willowdale Baptist Church, at Vilas, near the old home of the deceased, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock by the Rev. P. A. Hicks. Rev. A. J. Greene assisted in the services. Remains were taken to Jonesboro, Tenn., for interment. Mrs. Fulkerson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Dixgger, of Vilas, and was born and reared in this countyi She was married to Mr. R. D. Fulkerson, of Jonesboro, Tenn., June 14, 1923, and three children were born, two of whom survive. She united with the Willow dale Baptist Church in 1916 and was a faithful member until death. Mrs. Fulkerson was well known throughout this section, was a lady of rare personality and a fine Christian character. She made a host of friends wherever she went who are made sad by news of her death. Surviving are the husband; two children, Anna and Julia; father and mother: three brothers.-Pnvid, and Hal; and one sister, Mrs. W. S. Frantz. Eleven Maniacs Are at Large in Iona, Michigan lona, Mich.?Thirteen dangerous inmates of the Slate Hospital for criminal insane made a daring escane 11u 111 me insLiLULion netore daylight yesterday. Eleven of the fugitives, aimed with knives and razors, were still at large today. Two of the thirteen were recaptured within a few hours after the break on a trunk line highway. Of those still at large, four were sent to the hospital because they had oommitted murder; one charged into i courtroom with two pistols and hreatened the judge; another ran nto a downtown Detroit bank and matched $1,000, and the others were idjudged insane after committing -obberies. The escape was effecteil through i ruse from a third floor ward in which eighteen men were confined. Two guards were informed that ;ome of the men were trying to saw ;hcir way out of ? window. The guards summoned the night supervisor. When the three entered '.he ward, they were attacked and overpowered, the inmates displaying azors and knives which they had Fashioned from dining room utensils. The two guards were locked in a washroom and the thirteen men left ;be ward, taking Owen, the night supervisor with fhem. The other five nade no attempt to flee. Men from other cells which the inmates unocked also remained behind. Owen was taken through a tunnel [o the main entrance of the asylum ivhere he was released. GANGSTER GUNS BLAZE ANEW IN CHICAGO BEER WARFARE Chicago.?Machine guns, shotguns ond pistols blazed from the center to the four corners of the Chicago tree over the week-end and left the llftliop with fho foo" H 1 - J ...... ...v .cm uiai iiuu i new beer war on their hands. Eight are dead, two are dying, and four others were wounded in lesser degree. In one affray, three men were massacred and a woman and man were probably fatally shot. Five of the dead were known gangsters, two were apparently ride victims end for that reason assumed to have been gangsters, and one was a rambler. The most spectacular attair was the slaying of three gangsters early Sunday morning in a cottage at Fox Lake, north of Chicago. NEW YORK'S PEACE WAR In New York's peacetime, war there were last year 1,307 employees killed while at their work, and more than 12.000 rPPAivAtl " IV.U VI 1 LApled or disfigured them for life. The total number killed and maimed in Mew York City every year is nearly 315,000. The State of Ohio has almost tlie same numbei of deaths and injuries annually as has New York City. t i ; Best Interests of Northwes - , -- - -t. r CAROLINA, THURSDAY JUNE 5, 1930 BOONECLUBNAMES;1 NEW OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR; a K. D. Hodges Elected a* President of Civitan. G. P. Hagaman, Retiring President Offered Vote of Thanks V' for Capable Work of His Administration. Other Officers Elected at Interesting Meeting. p. Russell D. Hodges was elected president of Boone Civitan Club for the ensuing year at the regular week- 1 ly luncheon meeting held at Daniel Boone Hotel last Thursday noon. , Mr. Hodges, who since the organiza- ., tion of that body has been active in .! its work, replaces George P. Haga- . man, retiring president. One of the largest crowds ever to jn attend such a meeting of the club n was present, and much enthusiasm'r( was displayed in the balloting. Dur-1 *;'( ing the administration 01 Mr. Haga- ?<1 man a number of important civic re-informs have been carried to a success- j J ful conclusion by Civitan, and an in- js creasing interest in the work has beer. j". shown by the entire membership. The club has vigorously supported |jmuhicipal officers in law enforce-1 1 ment, better sanitary conditions, im proved parking ordinances, etc., and t -.3 the effort has resulted in a spic-and- r span little city, probably second to; jJJ none in cleanliness. | f a - f ' n iiMng vote 01 ir.anKs was tfii'i- (^, | dercd Mr. Hagaman for hi = capable L leadership during the past year, and words of praise were spoken by scv- H eral members. Mr. Hodges in the opinion of clubmen is adequately fitted for the important post. He has been connected for a number of o1 years with the Taylor Motor Com- S pany and the Farmers Hardware jil Company, has a wide acquaintance, at and possesses all the necessary re- R quirements for an able executive. m Other officers elected were: VV. H. et Gragg, vice-president; A. E. South, secretary; Howard W. Mast, treas- si urer; G. P. Hagaman, trustee. The w Board of Directors is composed of it J. M. Gaither, I. G. Greer, J. B. Ha- H gnman, J. F. Moore, G. K. Moose, and ri R. F. McDadc. dj ? ? dj District Masonic Meet j'" Will Be Held Today!s District Deputy J. T. C. Wright.' oi Boone, has called a meeting of allj the officers of the Masonic Lodges jvj in his district which is l?? convene in Boone afternoon and night, Thurs- *V2 day, June 5th. The afternoon session will be held at 4 and in the evening r. I atv8 o'clock.* _ ?? These meetings are held for the ni purpose of instructing the officer.* of p the various lodges and it is hoped that a full attendance may be had ,v so that there may be a full discus- t\? sion of the problems of the frater-jj) "it- ?&/ jt? MRS. MACK REESE DEAD Mv? MvaIt O t- / ?- i ... .....v.v i,t\.yovr ui ut.ei.ii, '. rent, i <lietl Sunday evening after a pro-|j( longed illness. Funeral services werei' conducted Tuesday and interment jfn was in Hie community cemetery. j.v Mrs. Reese was a daughter of Mr. I {c and Mrs. Grant Reese and was ai(1^ | niece of Mr. .Joseph Hodges, of Ad-'ai ams. She was an admirable Jady and|ju much loved by a," her acquaintance.-. She will he sadly missed it# the com ! rnunity. js Those attending the funeral from (J( Boone were Mr. and Mrs. .lohn u, Greer, Mr. Carrol Adams. Mrs. ,Ies- aJ sie McGuire and Miss Gladys Swift. vj HAYES BROTHERS MAKE Yi LONC TRIP IN TRUCK ! Clyde and James Hayes, of Lime stone, Tenn., sons o.f Walter Hayes and grandsons of former Sheriff J. L. Hayes of Watauga, left their honie I on Friday. Mav *HV fr.r Washington, uiiving a Cncvioiet truck. On Wednesday, just six days later, they arrived at their destina- ()t tion, having: negotiated the 3,140 ^ miles without, mishap. ^*n The young gentlemen will spend * the summer in the Northwest looking t after the 1,300-acre wheat crop of their father, and are expected back in Limestone early in October. i Confederate Veterans in p' Reunion at Biloxi, Miss, te Biloxi. Miss. June- .".?Appetites ai sharpened by the gulf breezes, the I'r army of Confederate Veterans, in-reunion here, feasted at dinner on U Southern fried chicken tonight and T then were marched .from the mess tent to the big tent auditorium where the fortieth reunion formally opened. P: The main tent, large enough to ac- ic comodate a two-ring circus, was eav- bl 1*' decorated with associated flags w strung from side to side. A huge Con- nt federate flag was draped over the speakers' stand which was almost to hidden from view by flowers and Si plants. The main floor was bordered D with box seats reserved for the many es generals of the Confederacy and tl their staffs and sponsors. Back of these rose tiers of circus seats. L As the tent filled with veterans of army ana memoers o1 the Sons o? the Confederate Veterans, sponsors of the opening session, and the N women of the Southern Confederate s< Memorial Association as well as thou- e] sans of visitors, the United States d Marine Band kept music in the air. p. This band, the President's own, open- p ed the night's program with "Dixie." :s< Rear Admiral Thomas Picket Ma- j gruder, recently appointed as com I n mander of the New Orleans naval h base, was the principal speaker. Ih In the afternoon many veterans j joined the automobile parade to the in formal opening of the lvg Biloxi |s bridge, dedicated to the men and jti women who served in the World War. in fc North Carolina Fennesseeans Fined For Breaking Shrubbe c "J A party of five Elizabeth! * enn.. people, enjoying; last Sun 1 and around Blowing Reck, w r res ted by Chief of Police G ? tory of that city en a charge of ti * ass, tried in Mayor G. C. Robb >urt, and fined $8 each. The trr^ ass took place on the summer estate f E. H. WilJi&mston, of Burlington, le TeHnesseeans hiring entered the remises, broken loads of rhododenron for the decoration of their car ailed up shrubbery and otherwise ^facing- the property. Mayor Robbins stated that this is nlv one of many cases which have een brought into his court during ic year for trespass. He explainer mt many of the summer homes ir is town are so located in the natural ilderness of rhododendron and lountain ivy that strangers hardly ?alize that they are on private prop pty before the depredation has beer >mmitted. "However/' he continued, we have a State law in North Carona which prohibits the breaking of lrubbery or flowers within 200 feet f a highway and. if this statute was rictly enforced, municipal officers 1 this section would be entirely reeved of such cases." The Blowing Rock Mayor offer? ib saggfesrmh that. a(i highways lead ig into the mountains should be larked by signboards explaining- the w, thereby protecting the beauty ot le landscape as well as those who re unaware of the statute. ENRY GREER DIES AT HOME NEAR MABEL, Mr. Henry Greer, near SO years r age, of Mabel, died at his home unday morning, after a protracted Iness. The funeral was conducted Union Church Monday by the ev. Wellington Swift, and the retains wore buried in the church ccinory. Mr. Greer was one of the very ibstantial citizens of his section, and ill be missed sorely in the communy in which he was born and reured. e is survived by his widow, also pe in years, two sons, Messrs. Anew and Charles Greer, and one lughter, Mrs. Henry Norris, who v numbered among our best citimship. UFCIDE BY STARVATION NEARS END AT DANVILLE. VIRGINIA Danville, Va.. June I-?J. W. Das, Ct?-year-oJd farmer of near here, owly dying from seil-imposed starition in a determination to die, is )w bedridden and sq weak that he innot talk above a whisper. Ho is parted icr^nave Teemy stated this nrrinu" "M.i ~ ? -11 1 Itiuc Will Dti Up on rid ay, basing this calculation on terature he had read in which it as stated that the limit of human ulurancc without food is 2G days, avis is greatly emaciated hut <*eenr show no weakness in his mental ^termination to die. The aged man has been removed pm his lonely home to that of Mrs. isephine Miller a neighbor, to whose andchitd lie has become greatly aticned,^having left his farm in his ill. He appears rational and refuses ? eat, as he lias done since May 12, jspite persistent efforts by doctors id neighbors to save him. However, ? stil) drinks water and litis may jstpone his end. Davis has told a doctor that he too old to work and that he has illiyed "alV those dear to hiiii and is^ no desire to live, choosing staivion as the method rather than by dent means. He possesses a revoln but is reported to have stated lat to shoot himself would be morly wrong. BOONE (Charlotte Observer) Talking ali'"'*- yaj ?.n .tuuub gitnia .'H (jiipUIU.tlOTl e are not to overlook the capital Watauga County, which is Boone -well-paved, hiight-faced and a towr. ' thoroughly "citified" appearance.? hich in ten years has grown up from e low in the hundreds to a comirtahle place in the over a thousand wns. Boone's development is due large measure to the progressive drit of its people, who have (levelled talent in both industry and immerce and not the least item in oniotion of its growth is the Appachian institution established there r the Dougherty brothers and fosred into a commanding position nong the educational institutions of ic land N1TF.D PRESBYTERIANS VOTE O MERGE WITH OTHER BODIES Des Moines, Iowa.?The United resbyterian Church of North Amera, in seventy-second annual assemv here, Saturday voted to merge ith five other Presbyterian denomiitions. The churches with which it voted consolidate are the Northern and outhern Presbyterian churches, the utch and German Reformed churchV.and the Presbyterian Church of le United States. AWRENCE LOVE, OF NEAR BOONE, VICTIM OF EPILEPSY uw re nee j,uvt, sou of Mi. and irs. David Love, of the laurel Fork ;ction, who has been suffering with pilepsy from boyhood, was found ead in the bed at the home of his arents Sunday morning, and he suposition was that he had been dead sveral hours. Lawrence was a hard worker, 3 .an of fine moral character and was ighly respected by those wno knew im. He is survived by the widow (for leriy Miss Clo Hodges) and fivi mall children, who are left to figh fie battle or life alone under verj dversc evrcu.n:stances. ' $1.50 PER YEAR _ THREE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS WILL CROSS WATAUGA Unofficial Information Comes to Lorr cal Organization to the Effect > j Three Federal Highways Have Seen Approved Which Will Tra>1 verse Thi* County. Numbers Not . Assigned. ! Mr. Grover C. Bobbins, of BlowingRock, secretary to the Western North | Carolina Park to Park Highway Asr sociation, has received information to I the effect that three Federal high' ways are to be designated for North Carolina, all of which will traverse sections of Watauga County. The news come? to Mr. Bobbins through ! John D. Waldvop, State highway engineer, who has recently returned * from Washington where he went in :; the interest of these nroieets. The ' text of the letter is as follows: ! ] "I am glad to advise that my recent trip to Washington was suei| cessful and that I secured approval ] for several additional U. S. highways in North Carolina. These highways ;; are as follows: I "From Twin Oaks, near Sparta, to ! lngalis, via Blowing Rock and Boone. From Greensboro to Boone via. J Winston-Salem and North Wilkesb'oro. "From Bristol to Columbia, S. C., via Boone, Blowing Rock, Lenoir, Hickory, Newton and Gastonia. "I have not received official notij fication of this- nor the U. S. number ; that will be assigned to them." Last year the local organization | was formed with the expressed pur| pose of fostering a movement to des, ignnte these highways as Federal ; thoroughfares. A hoard of directors was appointed consisting of members from each of the towns directly affected and the secretary's office has been functioning right along. It is felt that, the enterprise of the organization has been largely responsible for the endorsement of the highway projects. Frost in Watauga Does Great Damage to Crops On Sunday morning, June 1, Wait auga and contiguous counties were visited uy a frost that played havoc with the growing crops in some sections. As usual, it was quite freakish. For instance, the gardens and truck ~ parches- iti Uiu^rctvsf slightly hurt, while within a mile out, the potato crops that, the evening before were most promising, were only a blackened mass of withered vines. Mr. J. M. Movetz. of Boone, plowed out the major part <?f his field and planted it io early corn, while others will, possibly, plant their potato lands i to cabbage This condition does not exist generally, as much of the crop ? got through unscathed, the most hurt being done along New River. Not much of the upland crop was hurt seriously. Through the western part of the county the damage was rather light. It seems thai both Ashe and Avery counties were harder hit than Watauga. j WILKES POPULATION REDUCED : BY FEDERAL COURT SESSION Worth Wilkesboro.?The Mat term of Federal Court, after ten days of rapid grind, called it a day Wednesday afternoon and adjourned. Perhaps no Federal session in recent years has witnessed such rapid-fire disposition of liquor cases and other violations. Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of Greensboro, tramped right heavily on the gas, having due regard, of course, for the curves in the legal road and the result is that the docket has been cleared of a great many pestering cases. It. is a good thing, too. that the census enumerators got in their work before this session of Judge Hayes' court, because he has caused a transfer of a right sizeable slice of the citizenship of this and adjoining counties to Chiliicothe and Atlanta, RALEIGH SCHOOL NAME IS CHANGED TO 'FRED A. OLDS" Raleigh.?Thousands of North Carolina school children know Col. Fred | A. Olds, ot Raleigh, as a ftiend for his services acting as guide in the Tar Heel capital city and beginning next fall one ot' the city schools of Raleigh will be knov.n as the "Fred A. Olds School." For years Colonel Olds, custodian 1 of the Statg hall of history, has directed thousands of school children annually on tours of Raleigh. He has described points of interest in the r*o nit'il } - ? * ' * ?K.w. Auvi im-rouucea tne cnildren to governors and other State officers as the years have passed. "HEAVIEST DOOR" INSTALLED What is believed to be the heaviest door in the world has been installed 1 before a van!" in a hanlr in Rerlin. : Germany. It weighs 5 tons and with i its metal and concrete foundation the entire entrance totals nearly 400 s tons. The door is three feet nine inches I thick and seven feet eigh? inches in diameter. It is of solid steel, and is i two and one half times as thick as 5 the armor on t.he largest battleship r of the World War. Cleveland County cotton growers report the best stand they iiave had t in several years. The com is also up to a good stand and is growing nicely.