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ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK OF ASHE Burglar-Prcof Equipment Baffles Amateur Yessracn. Arrests Made in Wilkes County. Preliminary Trials Given. Jefferson.?C. L. Collins and Carl McKnjgrbr, who gave their residence as W ini ton -Salem, are jr. jail at Jefferson as a result of an attempt to rob the Bank of Ashe Tuesday ii'irhL of la>t week. The bar k robbe.y failed whsn the bi:iglar-p? oof equipment of the bank thwarted their attempt:' The Joor of the Tank was pried open, but apparently the rcdhcr-v nfter looking the irsid over, aband ?'?ed the attempt. After entering the bank tH,ey broke intu the Jefferson garage and removed a large safe and loaded it on their ear. However, in getting away, they struck a telephone pole. The ooliision knocked ivhc safe from ih~ front bmr .. . : e car on which it had b( en placed. I j the meantime the noise awakened Attorney Joseph M. Prevettc, who secured his gun a .id Shot ill their direction. Liuy abandoned the attempt to reload the saJV and drove rapidly iivay. The attempted robbery took place about 2:30 a; hi. Neighboring town auihogtie? were notified tc be 011 the lookout, but local authorities were successful in catching the two men who are charged with committing Lhfc crime. E. C. Ebhvib, Howard Morphew and F.. F. Scott located the two men in Wilkes County near Deep Ford hill, sitting *2 *h4:u- half asleep. The Ashe officers were joined by Sheriff W. B. Somers and .Jailer J. 3. Sheets who assisted in arrest b'f the two men. When found they had in ttiefr possession two hammers, a wrecking oar and other equipment. The handle of a car door was found near the telephone pole and this tallied perfectly with the missing handle of the men's car, A a hearing in Jefferson both men dei ied any part in the robbery but were reniande d to jail. Placer Gold Mining Is Revived in S. Dakota Dea<Iwt>od, S. D.?Placer gold mining. an all but forgotten industry for more than thirty years,?once mOVe ?rs^bt^a-^^iiively pnr?'m?l in the Black Announcement that national banks in Deadwood and Head, 31 P.. would purchase placer gold in amounts as small as one ounce has brought pioneer prospectors out with their pans and sluice boxes again, while bankers have dusted off their ancient*scales put tKpm on the counters. The banks are paying ounce for dust, which assays'^arWiul 75 per cent, pure gold. The first miner to take advantage of the banks' offer was Bill Ludwig who has been washing gold in various sections of the Black Hills since the original gold stampede in 187d. He brought in $35.15 worth of dust his first week of sieving. was established in 3 898 to take over the function of converting miners' gold into negotiable cash, but it bought gold only in quantities of not less than $100 worth. By the time it was closed, in 1898, placer mining had become a negligible industry in the Black Hills. In the late 70's end early 80's thousands of dollars in placer gold came into the banks each week. In the summer of 1S76 several claims in Deadwood Gulch produced an average of between 81.000 and $2,000 a day through the four-month mining season. W. II. Moore of Hurdle Mills, Person County, cleared a pasture area with fifteen goats and says there is not a bush or weed in the whole acreage now. 1 Till- 1/1 ESBSSBgaW mc M p turn oi 5 mm jam j| Watauga G< ! 7 ? ? ; Last Big Push c i' Between twelve and fifteen tho vu?/iii?i vu ii;c closing uay 01 c.ongri iwar getting out of control of liie po wi re glad when order was restored; 1 personally holding the line at a strati presents Flan Us Debts aiMi io John H, Perry, Now York newspaper owner and publisher. with properties in states throughout the nation. presents an original plan to 1 displace income, inheritance and nuisance tax. The plan is already receiving the serious consideration oi' various national and international 1 leaders. Mr. Ferry proposes that war debt i nations pay Uncle Sani what they! owe with alcoholic beverages inas-j much as they have no cash. He uro- j duces figure- which shows how the i United States would thus net four; billion dollars with which to lift tax buideas; eliminate bootlegging and its evils; release hoarded money,; restore inspect for law; and. greatly aid in restoring international trade. The Perry Plan I . - in outlining nib plan. Mr. ferry said: "I have submitted this plan as an idea for the government to obtain {sufficient revenue to u pi-1tdvi t^-uua?- j j-iiesa without -ssy~ef- our '.present r?ai ".The cost ot our Federal Govern- j m< nt for the fiscal year einiiug June 1 100th, 10-ifl, amounts to the total of I approximately four and three-quar-l iter billions of dollars, an increase of' i Id per cent, over the preceding year, j I Of course, this paralyzes business and j ! venders the re-employment of labor! I impossible. "Foreign nations owe our govern- j ment around fifteen to eighteen b?l-j lions of dollars. They cannot pay; u.-> in cash. If they paid us in com-j modi ties, in competition with our own j [industries, it would paralyze our in-; dustries. "We can collect it in the followingj manner: For the next five years or so these foreign nations can, aud doubtless would be willing, to pay us {.wo billion dollars annually in alen-: jholie beverages?Great Britain with its whiskies, gin and ales?France ! with its champagne and wir.es?Italy with its vermouth and wines?Germany with its light wines and beers? i Spain with its sherry?Cuba with its : Baeeardi, etc.. etc. Net Profit and Effectiveness "The U. S. Government under aj dispensary system similar to the Ca-J , naclian aystem coma sell v-nese bever-; i ages at 2 1-2 times the purchase price or approximately five billions of doljlairs. The cost of transporation, in-; J surance, haulage and distribution? [would probably be around 20 per cent S or one billion dollars, leaving four j billion dollars net revenue to the U. I jS. Government, which would do the j following: 1 i iV TO SAFETY ! C I t I c or minu torSess two cents a day gladly would you pay a >stantial reward for the re'our valuable papei s if they :d to be lost or stolen. he rental of an individual ur Safe Deposit Vault Is an precaution and common is 1 ess than two cents a dav.l "" V dangerous?act today* junty Bank 1 THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?F.VI >n Capitol Front j usand Bonus veterans stormed the ess, their last big push which came lice. Bonus leaders as well as police Picture shows Police-chief Glassford :gc point. A % r. v r, . " i '? a 5 * 4 1 v > if Z* ? Displaei Taxes J Has Plan to Displace Tax W^-i JlillSiS ^Tolm H. Perr>\ nationally known nilKtiahrr nffprc 1 -1 .irioin-.l ninn ??v displace income, inheritance and nuisance tax by having European debtor nations nay us with alcoholic beverages?which Would net Uncle Sam four billion dollars. 1. Eliminate the Income, Inheritance and ''nuisance'4 taxes. 2. It would eliminate bootlegging ami the racketeering resulting therefrom. 3. It would bring out the hundreds of millions of dollars now held and hoarded by bootleggers and allied industries who have it in hiding for fear of government detection. 4. "flie elimination of these illegal profits would prevent further undermining of law and order in our national, state and city governments. 5. Greatly aid in restoring international trade. "Such a program would last until the lath AmeridiTient is repealed, and with sufficient time to allow for the proper manufacture and aging of alcoholic beverages in this country. The manufacturing of our light wines and beers need not be delayed by this program, ami the state and city would be accorded the right to impose an additional tax for the purpose of lightening state and city taxes. "Of course, this program would not apply to those state which prohibit the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages. They would be permitted to remain in the clutches of the bootlegging industry." WILEY SWIFT AND SON OPEN LAW OFFICES AT NEWLAND Hi. Wiley II. Swift and sot:, C. David Swift, have opened law offices over the Bear Trail Drug Store at Newland. Wiley H. Swift, the senior member of the firm, was for many years employed as head of the Department of Legislation of the National Child Labor Committee, New York City. C. David Swift, junior member of the firm, is a graduate in law of Duke University. The elder llr. Swift has accepted an invitation to speak upon "The Spirit of Professor James H. Swift" st a meeting to be he'd at Butler, lenn., on .nugust zr, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Watauga Academy. - -Avery Advocate. Bertie County tomato growers will ship luO cars 01 the fruit grown. under contract this season and none are violating the terms of their con-' Iract despite attractive offers from jther dealers. 5RY THURSDAY?BOON'E, N. C. ! FIRST I a | By FELIX RIES FOURTH INSTALMENT he Synopsis: Johnny Brccn, 16 years mi old, who has spent all his life nil aboard a Hudson River tugboat ply- ge: ing near Ncv: York, is tossed into cai the riser by a terrific explosion lik which sinks the tug, drowns his lo mothci the man he called fa- mn ther. Ignoiant, unschooled and fear !?il driven, he drags himself ashore. Ho I hides ;r. the friendlv darkness of a covered truck?only to be kicked 111} out at dawn?and into the midst ;in of a tough gang of boys who beat >Iii and chase him. He escapes into a ?' ? basement doorway where he hides. '.ni The next day he is rescued and ta- bu ken into the home of a Jewish family living in the rear of their see- j'n ond-hand clothing store. He works SC; in the sweatshop store?and is ho openly courted by Becka?the ro j young daughter. . . . The scene ' ?1K shifts to the home of the wealthy be Van Herns or? Fifth Avenue, -i where lives the bachelor Gilbert Van Horn?in whose life there is ha a hidden chapter. \y;i NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY \?> | Gilbert Van Horn was never mar- na jiicl ?" divorced. He never worked. j never worried so tar as the world op knew, and seldom did anything to ca |disturb the social balance of the out- *N-: el* world. Having been born into pre- ,jt pared position, he agreed with life,;,.,, and to a large extent life agreed with l(a him. Gilbert Van Horn-was - ceroid- . * red a typical Van Bibber, a creature pf utterly unknown to fact, but beloved ^ tot fiction. v'.t j Gilbert was genial. Women were j attracted to him; so general was this (jj that the effect became negligible. He (. . had good breeding and common sense j pj 'and a ceitain lack of perception. The combination saved him from be- ^ jcoming an utter loss. Had lie wished ,o Bp might have married money, but Jls ! ilte thought had never occurred to | him. The daughters of a half dozen 1 or so of the country's richest and tj. ! hardest -v.* o rk i n g plutocrats might !_ha\e accepted him, one at a time, of. j course. j These hard-working men might ^ < veu have respected him. Gilbert Van J.'. ] Horn stripped like a heavyweight and j'* ir.r.d a '.vide a< an amateur. pUgiijc't; 2 - fnrlhor^vith \ f , story ot this bachelor, prize fighc j inn ana general an iuitinr lavor tor*^ o ' fui'taiie. He was certain of a beneficent; r< providence that looks out fur gentle-: linen. To he a gentleman, as he uh-jti derstooa it, was the highest ideal of, ,v \voli. o? a gentleman. He never ret.., beyond that; it was 1 ik * many of the great fundamental things, it was sim- ni ply so, and no gentleman could question it, ami stili remain a gentleman, i His code, for in these days it was theljj, fashion to have one, included a frank j ^ understanding in advance. Whatever! hopes he raised were always doomed j g to disappointment. jtj, Gilbert had no desire to make mon- j jj jey, for the frugal habits of his father )lc ; had left the family fortune fairly ni j well recuperated. It was not a. coios- j i sal fortune, but it was ample, at i ^ least for a bachelor. His funds hadj^ j been placed in trust and this did much . n, ] to make him static. He was liberal, ! _ .1 -i.t- ? .1 ? - - /i : ; in a way, una wnen me ititnng seizeu : j-( jhim, he could be downright geuer-: lous, actually cripping himself for' i months on end to do a good turn | | for a friend. But the trustees saw j I to it that his generosity was confined j . entirely to his income. | At thirty-five Yar. Horn still bejlieved in the beneficence of his pavitieuiar fortune. He was growing sligh; tly heavy as his bent for hard exert cise slackened and his hair tinged | a , with gray. At forty doubt seized him, doubt that overtakes all men as they j approach those middle years w'heni the little question begins to be heard j L [?"What have you done, with your! ^ precious twenties and thirties?" i p What had he done? Nothing in f fact. But he did remember a lot of j ( great times, times he was fond ofip recalling when in company with that q I wit, Judge Marvin Kelly, friend of q . his father ar.d big brother to the I orphan Gilbert Van Horn. Marvin j 'Kelly, a politician, not unknown in! . Tammany Hall, a power and a phil-' osopher, smoothed over much rough ground in the mentai traii of Van Horn. Jq "Judge," he said one day as they j were in the library swoking and talk- ^ ing, "a distant connection of mine: ^ has died, out in Kentucky, a Lam- ? bert: Hosea Lambert. He leaves a j TJ; i daughter Josephine. I'm thinking of;"' ! having her on here. She's my nearest [ p ' relative, so far as i know," he added, j '1 looking out of the window. "How old?" Jurige Kelly was prac-l . tical. "About twelve." j "H'm, safe enough?for a few j ? rears." j ri i Josephine arrived in New York, a; j little girl with a sash and veTy long, jlegs who rolled a hoop. It was an| other milestone in the life of Gilbert iVan Horn. Aunt Wen, or Mrs. An-: ^ jthony Wentworth, a decayed lady of quality, to describe her in formula.! accompanied Josephine and remained j in the Van Horn home. There was' no oneslin.i ahour. her remaining, and i Sv Gilbert, when he came to consider the matter, was glad enough to have O ! jCriP AT , jiBis?!?& ? ?N ENBERG 11 S!-1 r thtiv. Certainly many matters |* ist arise in the life of a yeungj 1 requiring the instruction of a!" ntlewoman. This profound thought | me to him quite as a shock. He i '* ed to have Josephine moimcU liked !fc have her climb on his knee and! ike much ox him. It was the first' ;f honest affection Gilbert Van I* rri had ever known. I Having done with the Van Horn!1 rh let us step back t or a lew years j1. d review the incident that has been | srhlty touched upon: the incident |* the river and of the hoy. horn to ' * name of Breeh, or the river, j J t actually begot en by Van Horn. It was in the summer of 188$ that c great internal and hushed-iitf'; uidal of the Hail eti-Van Horn * usehoxd had its beginning at the, unity place iri Astoria, in that fine . msion overlooking Hell (late. Gil-:' rt, home following ids junior year, college, was being sheltered fconi , e vile contacts? of the city and the j lints of Brevoort Van Horn. Heb is studious, but not so much of;, oks as of nature. Mrs. Hallett Van; >rri?s maid, a comely, lively girli, mod Harriet, the most satisfactory! 1. ... At , . A* IT U...I i ' ..ItllUI UVII .HI > ..II 11U11I IlClU I. l v'l joyed. stumbled upon Gilbert, at : in his mother'? boudoir, reading clc Garter. Mrs. Van Horn was in i! city shopping. The fact that the lid had stepped from a luxurious j th may have added somewhat to ] c nbtor.ishracnt nf the yeimg man. >r the first time he was aware of e fact that female proportions , ire actual. Very early the next year a conlion of extraordinary difficulty he- , rat manifest. Harriet, to be quite j ain, was in a family way, a decidly annoying situation in view of e fact that she alone seemed able , do Mrs. Hallett-Van Horn's hairj3 it should be done. At once suspicion hovered about r. house. Harriet would not confess e name of the culprit- Harriet supped. if the truth were known, that c would be imprisoned for life- i Then the eager flicker ?-f suspi-j i?n hovefed about the house. It: sied, ;n turn, on every male. Even iles. the page, was under suspi"Nu^uiaViit, it was not him.'* Sopatiently absolved them, one1 ; one it daily, hourly inquis'-, tin. 'The butler, old Simmons? Lord,' > ma'am. Not him, oh, no no!" Could it l?o an immaculate concepon? Mrs. Hallett-Yar. Horn almost ished her faith was strong enough , believe if. hnt no. n miracle of, iat sort might happen to her., hut; >t t?> that girl. A month of utter torture followed.he situation became worse. Her isband, Brevoort Van Horn, must ; the guilty party. He simply must.: The storming between Lida andj revort grew so intense that even | ie servants were wrought up. Mrs.! aiett-Van Horn became hysterical,' . the point of speaking before Simons. "Bcggin' your pardon, Mr. Var. orn," Simmons lingered outside the j Dor as Brevoort left his wife's apart- j ent. "May I speak, sir?" "By all means. Simmons. Who in -11 did it?" "I hope you will pardon my preimpiioii, aii." "Simmons, spill it. Was it the par-; (Please turn to page eight.) I REPORT OP THE PEOPLES iNDL t Boone, North Carolina, to the Co Business on the 30th RESOl oans and Discounts 11 Other Stocks and Bonds umiturc and Fixtures ash in Vault and Amts. Due from A] hecks for Clearing and Transit Itei a.-h Items (Items Held Over 21 Hou ther Real Estate ? ther Assets TOTAL LIABIL lpital Stock Paid In ndiviued Profits (Net Amount) ther Deposits Subject to Check rshier's Checks Outstanding atauga Building and Loan Associat me Certificates of Deposit (Due on ivings Deposits (Due on of After 30 dust rial Certificates of Deposit-;t-j dustrial MontV.ly Payment Cards ills Payable ther Liabili'ics no Banks TOTAL PATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Cou Avery Y. Howell, Cashier, Sarah man, Director of the Peoples Indus! fore me this day, and, being duly .sv regoing report is true to the best of AV SA1 SlU . era to and subscribed before me thi: (SEAL) (My commissk I JULY 28, 1982 rr^-r^rr-,- 7 ?: ; ? r.1 ~ BLOWING ROCK BREEZES : Love <: ? i.t Wedneraiay in Jitle Switzerland. J| Hugh Williams of Chicago is suc-n ling his vacation with his mother, Irs. John Williams. Miss Mary Payne left Friday to lay two weeks at Charlotte and .lyrtle Beach. Mrs. Horace Johnson and son, Paid. of Charlotte, have leased a cotage here for the remainder of the eason. Osborne Bethea of Cleveland, O.. j>ent last v.cek here with Mrs. Bear a. Miss Dorothy Suuueith oi Gharotte is spending two weeks with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sudderth. Mr. and .Mrs. Lloyd Tate motored o Asheville Tuesday. They were ac r.niuanied lv their guests. Miss \ru?>gu3, of Augusta. Ga.f and Miss Mice Wheeler of Southern Pines. Grant Webb of Pineola has accepted a position hei ?j with the Craig Grocery Company. A seven and a half-pound son, ? Enemas Eugene, was born to Mr. 2 d Mrs. G Jorge Rabbins on Friday 1 Homing. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Striugfcliow xnd Mi s Pern Bobbins spent Wednesday 1:1 Concord Miss France; White more of Reicls- . iile is visiting Mrs. Ode!). Deal. J Mr. and Mrs. Tarn Berkshire were | guests of Mr. and Mrs. David \\ ooten Friday and Saturday. She!ton Love and Miss Burton ".oil | the pool tournament Saturday right, defeating William Holshouser and Muriel MarShburn. A lot of excitement was created Sunday noon when the awning of the Sudderth quick lunch stand on Main Street caught fire. It was exLinguislicd before the fire truck arrived. Bass Brothers of Edgecombe County have secured a pure-bred Shorthorn bull from the United States Department, of Agriculture farm at Boltsville, Mil., to he used in starting a herd of beef cat lie. Five Halifax County farmers recently sold 25,000 pounds of homegrown crimson clover seed at a good price. j NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of the. author ily conferred by deed of '.rust executed by .f. F. Ilarkleroad and wife. Lizzie Ilarkleroad. dated the 1st day of January. 1929. and recorded in Book 1.9. I'apcc 150-152. in the affile of the Register of Dec-ds for WaUiuy.. C..0t y, J of fcrsr.r, Fr Ow ens, S ui mil lined T riisiee, will, at 12 SllUil -Oil II . 'MmcJ pilyj ^? .TJLIS.: . 1 I i Tyniuji i . ~~ ~ TTITM'T'-' ? J Friday. Auousi 26th. 1932 at the Court House tloor of Watauga County ir. Boone, North Carolina, sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder, the following land, to-wit: BEGINNING on a oak Clyde Green jsoiithiYest comer obd pun* south f>6 degrees west 9$ feet to a stake in the Highway; thence north 4 degrees east 207 feet to a stone; thence north 86 degrees east 98 feet to a stone; thence south 4 degrees west 207 feet to the beginning, ami being a part of the land conveyed to J. F. Harkleroad by J. F. Hardin and wife, by deed dated the 8th day of April. 1928, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Watauga County in Book 34 of Deeds at page. 90. This sale is made on account of default in payment of the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust. A ten per cent. (10 pet.) cash deposit will he required of the highest hirtrlnv <1+ tk-? P?1A This the 19th dav of Juiv, 1932. JEFFERSON E. OWENS, 7-2S-!t Substituted Trustee. CONDITION OF ISTRIAL BANK mmissioner of Banks at the Close of Day of June, 1932: JRCES $139,178.51 2G8.00 3,579.00 pproved Depository Banks 2,201.40 as 694.26 its) 51.50 9.593.95 1.295.80 , -? -&S*- - - - SI 50,922.4 2 rITIES $ 25,000.00 2,156.19 9,584.38 610.75 ion 150.67 or After 30 Days) 14,686.87 Days) 9,741.76 48.165.97 J,81S.?i> 42,377.49 2,250.00 349.60 $156,922.42 nty of Watauga: G. Wagner, Director and Smith Ha .rial Bank, each personally appeared corn, each for himself, says thnt the his knowledge and belief. ERY Y. HOWELL, Cashier RAH G. WAGNER, Director ITH HAGAMAN, Director. s the 16th day of July, 1932. G. i>. BK1NKLEY. Notary 1'UDIic. m expires May 8, 1933)
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