North Carolina Newspapers

V w VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 50 GUBERNATORIAL RACE SETS A NEW VOTING RECORI Elections Board Canvasses Heavie Primary Return*- FKi-Inokan. Man. H? Ha* Margin of 47,OC Over Liuctenanfc Governor Fountai in Contest. Jake Newell Wins Ea ily. Reynolds Lead 15,000. Raleigh, N. C.?The State Boat of Elections Friday tackled the ta.of canvassing: the heaviest vote ev< cast 171 a North Carolina primary an when the official returns :r. ai! rac; were completed late in the afternoo little fhanpo Was shown in the ??e\v paper count. More than 379,000 votes were ca: , in the three-cornered Tace for tl Democratic nomination for governo surpassing hv more than 50,000 tl previous record high in the Baile; Simmons campaign in 1930. T1 short senatorial race with 309,2S ballots came next with the long ten contest third with 365,186 votes. The official tabulation confirmc the newspaper count which gave Rol ert Reynolds. Asneville candidate, 13.000 lead for the short term nom nation and a 15,000 lead for the Ion term on the Democratic ticket. The official vote was: Short ten ?Reynolds, 156,548; Morrison 143 176; Tarn C. Bowie, 38,548; an Frank D. Grist, 31,011. Total vote 369,283. Loner term: Rfvnnlfi? i r.o Morrison, i3t>,632; Bowie, 30,414 Crist, 29,038; Arthur Simmons, 4 341. Total vote. 356,186. The official tabulation gave J. C B. Ehringhaus for the Democrat! nomination for governor a pluralit of 47,000 over Lieutenant. Governo R. T. Fountain. The official vote was: Ehringhaus 102,408; Fountain, 115,127. ami A. J Maxwell, 102,032. Neither Reynolds tior Ehringhau received a majority of the votes cas and are subject to a second primar against the runners up. Morrison already has announced 1\ will run again. In the one Republican primary, J F. Newell, a convention nominee, wa easily nominated for the senate ove George De Priest;, Shelby wet, b a vole of 22,HOC against i,S58. A. It. ..urupam, oi Hii* h.-.-.-n.? najqjr. ?mtnatjii _for?Iltia ten an governor on the Democratic tickel Hi1-: official total was 202,592 againt 66,887 for D. F. Giles and 58,155 fo D. F. Deilinger. Stacy Wade of Raleigh, was nomi nated for secretary of state ove James A. Hartness, incumbent, by vote of 178,971 against 110,308. Attorney .General Dennis G. Brum mitt was renominated on the Demo eratic ticket, polling an official pri mary vote of 224,723 against 84,88 for Peyton McSwnin, of Shelby. Baxter Durham, auditor, was re nminated with a majority over tw opponents. The vote was: Durham 162,918.; Chester O. Bell, 94,801, am ueorge H. Adams, 08,226. Stanley Winbcrne, corporatio commissioner, was renominated by vote of 189,702 against 102,708 fo E. C. Macon, and Dan C. Boney, in tjUrance commissioner, was renomina ted by a vote of 206,878 against 96 200 for D. W. Morton. The vote for the six candidates fo the Democratic nomination for com missioner of labor follows: A. L. Fletcher, 70,216; Ciarenc A. Mitcheli, 74,820; R. R. Lawrenct 60.4.73; John D. Norton, 44,349; V Henry Davis, 32,915; and B. Frit Smith, 22,178. Fletcher and Mitcheli, the two hig men, are subject to a runoff. THE WEATHER Weather report for week endin June 11, 1932, as compiled by th Co-operative Station, Appalachia State Teachers College, Boone: Average maximum temperature, 7 degrees. Average minimum temperature, 5 degrees. Average temperature, 65 degrees. Average daily range in tempers tore, 25 degrees. Greatest daily range- in tempers ture, 35 degrees; date, 5th. Average temperature at 6 p. n {time of observation) 69 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 81 date, 6th. Lowest temperature reached, 45 d< grees; date, 5th. Number inches of rainfall (inclut ing melted snow), 1.72. Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 1.6? date, 11th. Number of days with 0.01 inch c more rainfall, 3. Number of ciear days, 4. Number of cloudy days, 1. Number of partly cloudy days, 2. Direction of prevailing wind, wes Dates of fogs, 11th. Lincoln Coui ty farmers are mil ing their fertilizers at home froi materials purchased for cash. Goo results were secured from this pra< PATifcl w # m / ? ? T - ?- "P -?4. -m- 1 A Non-Partisan N boon: Fish Fry to Be Held A %. U.t.l i oA z~&v x roLvuvi y auuc All The Watauga Fishing and Hunting )Club announces today that on Friday evening, June 24th, another old-time fish fry will be held at the Rutherwood hatchery. Hand concerts, adst dresses and other entertainment teas'1 turcj have been worked out and the 1? menu will consist of fish, baked poln tatoes. corn no no ni?;kles and coffee, s" the proceeds from the small fee charged being used to promote further conservation of fish and game in d this county. 'k The fish fry held a few weeks ago }r% proved to be the most enjoyable picu xiic event thus far sponsored, and it ^ is beiieved that, the second one will >n draw an oven larger number ol s~ sportsmen, tlibii* wives and friends from Watauga as well as neighborst ing counties. * F A TTT F flimir HA uniiijCiiinun IU i BECONDUCTED AT " NO. WILKESBORO (I a Jersey Breeders to Cndtict Sale at Saturday Event. Experts from g State College to Appear on Entertaining and Informative Program at Wilkes Fair Grounds. Parade to Begin at 11 o'Clock. d . \ North Wilkesboro, N. C.?A lively program packed with interest and ,. entertainment has been announced '; for Farmers Rally D&v and Cattle '* Show here Saturday and the event will fret underway at II o'clock. , A parade will pass through town " at Jl o'clock. This will consist of the c high school band and two floats on - which the contrast between scrub and 1 purebred animals will be brought out. The crowd will follow to the fair h grounds where the program will be [ held. Dr. E. C. Brooks, president of s State College, Dean I. O. Schaub, dit rector of the School of Agricultural y Education and Extension Division, and F. H. Jeter, agricultural editor e at State college, are the speakers. H. H. Morehouse, president of the Kiwanis Club, will preside and the 3 speakers will be introduced by var rious local citizens, y There will be no charge whatever for admission to the fair grounds. ! Liirir'n^hour^-v.wl .lTln l*,v J spegkhigv -Visitors will bo permitted j."* to go tnrcugh Scdtt cneese Hiiu builcr TTiiirit iiiiiv,- r*rj ttci! iiii i? the morning and afternoon. The plant s located at the loot of Ninth Street. The afternoon will be given over to the sale of purebred Jersey hcifr err, which are being brought here " by the North Carolina Jersey BreedI ers' Association. These animals v.'ill - be sold at public auction. The Jersey - association has one sale each year - and thai sale will be held here this 1 year. The association will give a Jersey calf to some lucky person present. Following the sale a program of o entertaining events will begin under i, direction of Jvey Moore. Mr. Moore J has arranged a list of attractive prizes and there will be keen eomn petition for various prizes. Entries a will be accepted up until Saturday. : FLND DYNAMITE AT : BONUS ARMY CAMP Police and Veterans Unite in Strict e Vigilance Over Encampment of Ex-Soldiers. Around Fifteen Thousand in Washington. it _. . Washington, D. C.?The inteligence h unit of the veterans army of 12,000 seeking bonus payment united with police Monday in a strict vigilance as a small quantity of dynamite fuse and caps was uncovered in one of g the service men's camps, e J. B. Beck Jr., the bonus seekers' n national secretary, confirmed a police report on the discovery of two 7 and one-half sticks of dynamite and six caps at the Anacostia flats re2 ceiving camp. The explosives were concealed in bed ticking in an area occupied but i- a few hours before by members of the Workers Ex-Service Men's League i- a communist organization. Both the police and the veterans declined to i. say, however, whether they linked the discovery withe communist ae;|tivitie3 in the camp. The veterans declined to disclose i- the names of those who made the discovery on the grounds that they J- were members of a secret intelligence unit and the disclosure of identity >; would defeat their purpose of careful surveilance over the camps. >r The only discrepancy between the police and veterans report of the discovery concerned disposal of the explosives. Police said they had destroyed it which veterans said they t. had destroyed it and informed the police of the action. There were 12,033 registered at the encampments Monday, but pom lice estimated between 1,000 and 2,id 000 were caring for themselves in B- lodging houses in the city. rjcA ewspaper, Devoted to the E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C.| !g.o. p. convention! igoes on record for resubmission National Convention Demands Assurance of Protection for Dry States. Floor Fight Is Possible. Administration Hopes Plank Will Forestall) Activities of Repeal Faction Head'* ed by Nicholas Murray Butler. ' : . Chicago.?A carefully phrased pro-) hibition declaration, with resubmis* sion of the issue to the people as the* main theme, was nut before the Re-? ' 1 publican platform workers Tuesday*: | night by administration representa|$ [;tiyes as the basis tor settlement ott 'the wet and dry controversy. The plank, indorsing resubmission) but demanding a substitute for th<4 j eighteenth amendment to protect dry, [states in event of repeal, was put for-^. ward with some dry support to stem) the drive of eastern repeal advocates] The proposal was the result of long ?->urs of work in Washington and: was unofficially reported to be ac-^ ceptable to President Hoover, who. I has thrown his influence against the. \ outright repeal campaign. Atmosphere Tense MflvorfE pIacc +v? evn ? ? V....v?w klivtc ?? C?3 Oil a I J. V/JLl tenseness as the carefully selected . members of the. resolutions commit- . tee met late in the day with Jamesi j R. Garfield of Ohio, the chairman; I to meet the prohibition issue. Sensing a losing fight in the committee, the wets promptly arranged to pool their influence behind a comi minority report demanding repeal. They will put that report be^ fore the convention for a vote and an open battle on the floor. A last-minute objection by some? spokesman of the prohibitionists in-: terruptcd progress with the resubmission plank, but negotiations developed that the differences were not soj great as to forbid ultimate agreement.; The main differences?and it was put up to the committee for settlement?rested on whether the prohibition queston should be submitted to' state conventions or to state legislatures. The drys demanded the latter. Besides the prohibition controversy, the multitude of other issues facing the resolutions committee dwarfed appreciably. A bundle of hand-fash-, ined Hoover planks on farm relief, . the tariff, foreign affairs and the i economic nroblem were smoothedjJ ... . . over ror vy i??au cabinet members. : ^ . p ? " i WllaCdr_ ' t - . ? .. i*A- . K& . CU ? J * V. Vk.iu.1 l'?? kj -jgy ^ ? the "toughest job" faced by republican platform workers in this century. ? < Senator Bailev Favors Slashes in Salaries! Washington.?Senator Bailey Saturday announced he would vote for the 10 per cent, cut in all civilian government salaries and defended the proposal in the Senate. r I The North Carolina Democrat read t a magazine article showing the re- | duetion in the- cost of living. Senator Bailey gained the floor after Senator Oridie, Republican, Ne- 1 vada, opened debate on the $283,- f 000,000 national economy bill by as-is sailing the proposed 10 per cent, cut' in salaries. Oddie contended it would set a had c example for private industry, lead to ' a lower standard of living and "throw i more fear into the hearts of the peo- f pie at a time when they should have , hne in their hearts." He added that if a cut be made ' it should be confined to the larger ] salaries as nronosed bv Senator .Tohn (son, Republics*!, California,' whose " I amendment would exempt salaries of , $2,500 and under. Harris Store Moves < Into Postoffice Block J Harris Brothers Department Store, 1 which is now known as the Harris- J Gaither Store, has moved from the Jones building across the street next door to the postoffice, in the quarters formerly used by the Isaacs dry goods establishment. The building has , been completely refinished throughlout, new merchandise has been stocked, and no more attractive establishment may be found in this section. I Messrs. Conley Harris and Orrin | Gaither are the owners of the estab- ] lishment, the Boone branch of the j Harris Brothers Store having been ( largely liquidated in a big sales event ( Tiiet onrinnr , &. i FORMER RESIDENT HERE ' Mr. Cicero Blankenship of John- j son City, Tenn., spent a few hours t mingling with friends on the streets j of Boone Wednesday. Mr. Blanken- 1 ship served as deputy sheriff neTe j more than twenty years ago under < Sheriff John W. Hodges, and was the t keeper of the county jail. Since leaving Boone he has been engaged in c the grocery business in the Tennes- I see town and has succeeded. He tells i of the death of Mrs. Blankenship, c which occurred more than a year ago. ( i~' , -v F) i? r\| ( Best Interests of Northwe ROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1C, 193 A Gold Rush of t f* ?<a. ri- * ' t* ^L- " *.. *" Scene ca the South Platte River, insi expert placer miners teach the unempl< gravel of the river bed. They can get 1 Harmony Pre 9> Delegates G O. P. Speaker Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa who delivered the keynote address t.L T>.V^;ID: AT_.; i av.vuc ivc.|iuuwLciu .xitiiunu) v_?onven- ^ tton, now being held in Chicago, j [iS'MfW UA JUiMTIU! *1, JLJU.BJ iMJTMSl. ... Is A BVWI* TICFT1 FOR ; ?jl mr.r T X. a*JZJjLr i V? kc TAYKS ON !i!l v 7 : XitilXOJ V/l 1 1 3 < 1 Jheriff'i Office Says that Extension of Time Did Not firing Forth Expected Revenues. States that Furlhf?r T.pniAnrv >? I ?<? Have Been Prepared and Publication Will Be Made Next Month. Sheriff L. M. Farthing made anjourvcemont Wednesday to the effect hat the lands of all delinquent tax>eyer3 will be advertised for sale beginning with the issue of the local pa)er under date of July 7th, and bids till be received for the properties iffected on Monday, August 1st. This final pronouncement comes tfter an extension of thirty days had >een granted, during which period t was asked that the taxpayers co>perate to an extent which would vindicate the officials in their action, vhich was taken solely for the mir )ose of allowing: the hard-pressed i and owners a breathing spell. How- 1 >vp?v Sheriff Farthing says that- a 1 .pirit of co-operation has been large- 1 y absent, that collections have shown 3 10 improvement, and that drastic i neasures must be resorted to in or- 1 ler that the necessary funds for the l conduct of the county government : nay be procured. 1 DONPHILLIPSIS i SERIOUSLY HURT: iVatauga Man Severely Burned When House If. Razed by Flame* in , California City. Wat Kindling Fire With Oil. Don H. Phillips, son of J. R. Phil- ' in. of Sugar Grove, and former 3oone newspaper man, is in a Fort Iro nrrv Polifnrnio Vnanllnl ? ? v ? ?b&, v? " . . ........ un iccciVlllK reatment for serious burns received ; in the 4th, when he attempted to dndle a fire with kerosene. Keports ' :oming here indicate that the can ' :ontaining the inflammable fluid ex)loded, the house was ignited, burned 1 o the ground, and it was considered 1 >urely a matter of luck that Mr. Phil- 1 ips was able to extricate himself 1 rom the nueriiu. Mrs. riuiuyn arid ither members of the family were ibsent at the time. . Information is that the injuries re- ] leived are not necessarily critical and ;he patient is showing satisfactory mprovement. Mr. Phillips has been ' >n the staff of a newspaper in the < California city for several years. i ">CR^ st North Carolina o Jie Unemployed de the city limits of Denver, where pyed how to wash gold out of the rom $1 to $2 a day aiid sometimes ivails When Are Selected A large and enthusiastic group ol Democrats representative of the fourteen townships of the county, gath sred in the courthouse last Saturday afternoon, transacted organizatior business, listened to a fiery address by Senator W. K. LoviU. arid namec delegates to the State Convention svhich meets in Raleigh today. The meeting was called to ordei l>y J. L. Wilson, chairman of the :ounty executive committee, and G VI. Sudderth acted in the capacity oi chairman while C. G. Hodges served is secretary. Upon motion of John f. Bingham the following were named is a committee to select delegates and ilternates to the convention: H. B. Perry, Smith McRride, Dick Hollar, Tom Coffey Jr., and Walter Moretz. During the period in which the comnittee members were conferring, Senitor Lovill drew round after round )f applause from the partisans, as he scored the Hoover administration for 'aillire to carry out campaign prom ses, and alleged that the Republican >arty. through the iniquitous Hawley>moot tariff act had done more than my other apenry in ihrnw the enunti*\ he party~ i'n _power with si lis oi both unissiun and commission, and prelicleu the eioctiovi of a Democratic President by an overwhelming majorty in the fall election. J. L. Wilson was re-elected as chairman, and Miss Eula Carroll, rice-chairman. There was no evidence ?f disagreement throughout Lite moping, individual candidacies were ignored, and while a slate of delegates was drafted, it was resolved .hat all Watauga Democrats who :ared to go to Raleigh, would be inducted in the delegation. There were 10 instructions, but it is said that he cvcrwhe!m:r.g" major!ty who will :ast Watauga's vote at the State powwow are in favor of the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Presidency. Watauga County is entitled to 21 votes in the State con mention, and there were 42 delegates and alternates chosen, as follows. Bald Mountain: W Millar \V N. Howell; Blowing Rock: Thomas Coffey Sr., R. T. Greer, Wade Brown Ellc-n Coffey; Beaver Dam: Carte) Farthing, Don Hagaman. Clyde Per ry, John Ward, Ora Farthing; Boone [J. B. Perry, Bran tie v Duncan, Fran! Wilier, R C Riyers, T. L. Mast; Blu< Ridge: Floyd Tate; Cove Creek: Marj Harris, John Combs, Sain Horton Wrs. H. E. Deal, Mrs. J. S. McBride \]k: Eula Carroll; Laurel Creek:Dave Wast, Howard Walker, Mrs. Clyde Wast; Meat Camp: Mrs. Sam Norris Synum Gross. C. G. Hodges; Meat Damp No. 2: Herman McNeil; North Fork: Walter South; Shawneehaw Jessie Mac Triplett; Stony Fork: Hement McNeil, Ora Brown ; Wataura: D. P. Wykc, E. B. Fox. A BIRTHDAY DINNER A birthday dinner was enjoyed at he home or.Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cub er, Lyur.chhuig, Va., on Sunday, Fune 12th, honoring Mrs. Culler's nother, Mrs. J. R. Isaacs, and daughter, Mrs. Charlie Brittain. Mr. and Mrs. J. E- Isaacs and Mr. md Mrs. Charlie Brittain motored rom Morganton, N. C, to Lynchburg, v*a., just in time for the delightfu >ccasion, which was set in honor oi hem. Those present besides the honoi quests were: Mr. and Mrs. G. F Isaacs and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. E Parsons and son, Grant, Mr. and Mrs 3. J. Grogan and family, and Mr rem Culler. After dinner there were severa longs sung in which each one took a Dart. The day was enjoyed by all. The new milk plant at North (Vilkesboro is paying about $125 a lay to farmers of the section for surdIus milk delivered. lHT L? $1.50 PER YEAB SHOTS FIRED AT DEPUTY'S HOME; DOG FINDS STILL Bombardment of Fred Edmisten Home by Moonshiners Gives Hound Lead to Distillery. Windows Broken and Shot* Ranv<>d in Direction of Officer's Bed. Operators of Illicit Plant Make Good Their Escape. Deputy Sheriff Fred Edmisten of the Matney community was awakened from sleep at 4 o'clock Thursday morning by the sound of musketry and the accompanying crash of broken window panes in his home, the shots fired rsn,j2d uncomfortably in the direction af the bed in which the officer was reclining. The attackers beat a hasty retreat, and Mr. Edmisten forthwith secured the services of Mr. William Cole and his bloodhounds, who struck a fresh trail in the bordering brush, and some time later arrived at a forty-gallon distillery running full blast and hidden away in a remote section of the Beech Mountain. Just before the chase ended, however, three shots were fired from a nearby peak, which, it is supposed, was a danger signal; at any rate, the operators had escaped. Only a small quantity of whiskey had come from the worm when the plant was [ seized. The distillery was located within r a short distance of a home, which ? was found to be deserted. Informa3 tion is, however, that prospects are 1 good for apprehension of the violaf tors. Deputy Ednjisten is supposed to - have antagonized the moonshiners . when he recently niade some aiiesta in connection with the thefts of poul try in that section. FLAMES DESTROY NEW GROSS HOME I Residence of Boone Citizen Burned Monday Night. Origin of Fire Not Known. No Insurance Coverage. Little Saved. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Gross, located one mile west , of Boone on Highway 60 was burned f j to the ground at the midnight hour Jiuujiuay* oniy-une aniaii trunk Having [[been saved from the doomed striic~j ture.?jrhe-mgmijsa^ "txierfam^- ^ | the "" 1 liifi? | nited. and the flames had made con| siderable headway before an alarm ] could be sounded. When the local fire j company arrived on the scene there | was no hope for the building. So far jas cniild ho learned there is no in' Eiirnnc'j coverage and the origin of the blaze is not definitely known. The residence was an eight-room frame structure, practically new, having been occupied only a few months. The building alone, it is stated, would have been valued at more than $2,500. Strange Minerals Are Found Near Zionville ' i Mr. D. M. Wilson of Zionville was . in town Monday, and brought with him another box of specimens taben from the hill near his home?several of them being most peculiar forma nous, a group of Knoxvilie geolo' gists recently visited the workings, examined the vein, and offered the owner a mm! SUIT! Tor mineral rights " on the property, hut as yet it has not been ascertained just what the * values are that "lie in the ore. Since discovering the vein several 1 weeks ago. Mr. Wilson has expended ! considerable effort and money in un, covering the rock strata, which goes directly under a high hiil at the back of his home. A black slate covers , the vein, and underneath this slate is a layer of ore, or something, that . shines when it is uncovered like bars of new metal. Seeping through the structure is a slimy substance which smells strongly of petroleum, and it is claimed that gas has been seen emanating from the opening, and tbat rumblings as of far-off thunder have been heard at different times by . workeis. ' Mr. Wilson is highly optimistic over his discovery, and has sent several j samples away for assay. He confidently believes thai. Jrlotl'jer Enltll uaS given up a secret which will mean much to his community. Visitors are welcome to call at the Wilson home and view the strange formation. More than 800 Now Enrolled at College Information from the Appalachian oiaie leachers College *??.u?5u.y afternoon indicates that more than i 815 students have been registered for the first si* weeks of the snmmer school period, and some few continue ! to register from day to day. This, i it is stated, sets a new high record for number enrolled since the institution became an accredited college.