PAGE TWO
P NEGRO THINKS HE j
PULLED DOWN CITY;
Death of Dill War-dell in San I*"ran- j
Cisco KecaiLs Mis Version of the i
lJXXi Earthquake. Saloon Argument
Basis of Belief.
The negro man who "pulled down"
the city or Sau Irrancisco unaideu
on the morning oi April lb aied
recently still marveling at the catastrophe
he caused because he didn't
know his own strength.
History recorded the disaster as
an earthquake, followed by tire."
but Hili War uell knew differently.
\ - r.t pi niccuresQUC
Wardell's death recalled among oldtimers
his story of the IJHrt? catastrophe.
Bill, a character e/en before the
great event, had had a reeky night
and on the fair April mornkig was
looking for an eye-opener to quench
the burning thirst in his throat.
Into the first barroom strobed Bill.
He didn't have any money but he was
oithcr Via Simts.ilf Ar hie rn7fM* i
would get him credit.
But the bartender was obdurate and
refused to wet. as much as the Dotcom
of the glass with gin unless Bill
Showed the color of his money.
' White man, you all better i.ix up i
that gin or I'm goinna pull down this 1
hyar bar,'* WardeU said. Even that j
threat faCed to move the barroom j
attendant. 1
So bill grasped the bar. He hutted <
and he puffed and he blew. With one}?
final mighty tug he carried out his t
threat. <
Down came the bar. the ceiling, i
the whole building. t
Dazed, awed. Bill climbed out or (
the wreckage. {
''Mah goodness, boss. I sure didn't, j
aim to get so rough," he said apol-ji
ogetically "Sakes alive. If 1 ain't; j
went and done made a mess for:<
sure." J
Outside Bill found more wreckagej <
and great confusion. Buildings tuin- f
bled. i <
"Lawdy. T didn't know mall own t
strength." he mumbled to a passing '
police officer. t
Folks tried to tell Bill an earth- ;
quake and not the tug he gave the
bar caused the disaster. But. tor 'H
years Bill remained unconvinced.
"It was the watah pipes," he ex- piained.
"They was all fastened together
ail over town. When 1 give
that jerk I musta pulled on the tau-1
ctu in me saloon oia orung aown
the whole town."
Reasons Given Why
Carolinas Voted 'Dry'
The following Universal Service
dispatch from Winston-Salem gives
some humorous reasons why the Carolinas
voted "dry" in the repeal election
of November 7th:
Now the truth may be told as to
why North and South Carolina voted
against repen I of rlao eighteenth
amendment.
It wasn't a matter of the constitution.
It was purely an economic expression
on two vital points?
1. Why must ft Carolinian pay 45
to 50 cents a drink for rye or bourbon
when lie can get corn for 5 to
10 cents.
2. Why should a Carolinian encourage
a foreign instead of a native
product ?
And the answer at the polls in the
recent election was?why?
Citizens of these two commonwealths,
noted for their democracy
and independence on the subject of;
being "dry," had heard all about the I
supposed high prices that would be!
charged for "red licker" alter the'
end of prohibition. They promptly |
"reckoned" there was no sense in!
paying such prices just to go "wet,"
when they could stay ' dry" and save
a lot of money.
Their wisdom was revealed in today's
prices for "corn" throughout
North Carolina:
Per drink?In blind pigs, speakeasies,
clubs, drugstores, restaurants,
barber shops and dark aileys, 5 to
10 cenis.
Per short pine?"bootleggers' favorite
business)--usually sold in small
flat bottles. 35 to 60 cents.
Per quart?.sold In milk bottles and
fruit jars as a rule at almost any
place except churches and private
homes, 50c to $1.
Per gallon?purchasable virtually
wherever quarts are sold, $2 to $4,
depending or. age and quality.
Price to retailers at the distilleries
ranged from $5 to $6 for five-gallon
cans.
Fifty head of young Hereford and '
Shorthorn steers paid F. W. Von Can- ;
non of Avery County .1cents a \b.
more than other farmers received for
scrub beef animals last week.
When Yon Want a
Beautiful Design of
FLOWERS
(Any Kind)
for a funeral, or flowers to
send a sick friend or for a
party, call on
Miller's Floral Shoppe ,
BOONE, N. C. )
Phone 20 48 K. Main St. ,
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On the left is Edward A. O'Nei
Bureau Federation, who announces 1
. Roosevelt '3 Agricultural Adjustment
At the right is Milo Reno, of Iowa,
all federal plans and proposals, urgin
News Items F
And The Sta
By M. K. DIIXAAGAX
(Special Writer for The Democrat)
Raleigh. X. C.?The retention of!
he Eighteenth Amendment and ot |
irohioition was favored by 293,484 j
persons who voted against holding;
inv convention to ratify the Twenty- '
first amendment., while 320,190 vot-j
?d for the convention, which was
equivalent to voting for repeal, in the
ecent election of November 6, according
to the official figures anlounccd
by the State Board of Elecions
when it met here Saturday to
:anvass the returns. The total vote:
or dry delegates to the convention,
although this convention will never be
lcla, was 300,054 and for wet delerates
115.4S2, the offciia! tabulation
shows, giving a total of 2.S62 more
**otc-s cast for delegates than were
on the question of holding the
election. The total vote cast on the
convention question was 413,674 and
:he total vote fo?- delegates 415,536.
Die total vote cast in the State in
:he presidential election in November,
L932, was over 711.000.
Merchants Name Bailey
1. M. Bailey, Raleigh attorney, formerly
a member of the State Corporation
Commission and at one. time
its chief counsel, now president ol
the newly-incorporated State Bar, has
just been appointed as chief counsel
for the North Carolina Merchants Association,
according to an announcement
by Willard D. Dowel I. executive
SAi'rnfttrvr nr riir? nsDnmcrimi
ley was elected lor this post because
of his wide knowledge and experience
in the field of utiltiy and transportation
rates.
Booze Ads Slay Not Re Circulated
Liquor advertising cannot be
brought into North Carolina in newspapers.
by mail, express, trucks or
otherwise under the State's law. At j
torney General D G. Brummitt hoidsj
in a letter to the Circulation Mana-1
ger of the New York Times. Refer- j
ring to a former ruling, Mr. Brummitt'
says: \T\
"It is the opinion of this office that
the distribution in this State, by haggage,
express, truck, airplane or other
method, of publictalons containing
liquor advertisements is unlawful."
tiS.030 Labors to Re Given Work
Sixtv-eignr thousand idle North
Carolinians are to be put to work
soon under che new Civil Works Administration,
which takes the place j
of the former Emergency Relief Ad-|
HIBRRRtioii, Mrs rnomas Q'Berry, I
State administrator, announced following'
a conference in Washington
last week. !
While details arc not complete. Mis. j
O'Berry gives assurance that US.OO'J i
men and women will be put to work
on small local projects which can be
done in a short time, nuch as repairing
public buildings, minor construction,
drainages, sanitation, building
swimming pools, parks, playgrounds j
and other like activities. No contracts!
will he given, the work being done
by day labor after approval by the |
State Board, the rate of pay being 40 j
cents an hour for common labor and
$1.10 for skilled labor for a 30-hour
week.
14 Hie in Auto Wrecks
Automobiles accidents were responsible
for 7-1 deaths in October, a3
compared with 51 in October, 1933.
and there were 33 homicides and 13
3Uicidcs, as compared with 31 homi
uttca oiju 40 suiciaes a year ago, the
State Bureau of Vital Statistics reports.
In October there were 138 violent
deaths, railroad accidents resulting
in 31, air accidents one, fires 16,;
accidental gunshot wouU?3 eight and;
drowning six. October deaths numbered
2.399, making the death rate
8.9, while live births reached 6,232,
a rate of 23.1. Cancer took the lead
among diseases, claiming 143 persons,
followed by 136 deaths from
pulmonary tuberculosis, 100 from
pneumonia and 79 from diphtheria.
Diphtheria 13 running ahead of last
year and has become a special concern
of health officers and doctors.
Xot to Molest Beer Law
Three point, two beer and wine,
while not in favor with the United
Dry Forces in the State, probably
well not be molested through their
efforts in the 1935 General Assem-'
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER
im Relief Controversies
i. President of the American Farm
he federation^ support of President
Act plan* and opposing farm strikes.
Farm Holiday President, who reject*
g continued strikes.
rom Raleigh
ite At Large
My, Calt K Burgess, head of the dry
forces:, states. Whether the group Will
hold to that statement or seek tc
make the State bone-dry alter the
November 7 vote, remains to be seen.
While not presuming to speak loi
the entire organization, Mr Burgess
expressed doubt that it would take
definite action looking toward repealing
the beer-wine law enacted in 1933.
The organization is to continue active
and seek to promote teaching temperance.
Commissions to Hold Meeting
The two textbook groups, the elementary
and the high school Commission,
recently appointed by Governor
Eliringhaus and swom in at a joint
meeting in his office Friday, will both
meet, but separately, in Raleigh next
Saturday to begin the work of canvassing
the textbook situation for the
public, schools.
At the organization meeting Fri
day Clyde Erwin, Rutherfordton, former
president of the North Carolina
Education Association, was electee
chairman of the elementary group
and Dr. N. W. Walker. Chapel Hill
was named chairman of the higt
school group. Every member narner
was present.
The State Board of Education, al
a recent meeting, voted tc give th(
two groups authority to proceed w?U
their surveys and make the reports
as required by law, by January Is!
or soon thereafter. The high schoo
group has the entire neict to cover
while the elementary group has onlj
to consider possible changed in ips
tory &htl music books, under the es
tabnsned plan of changing books ii
not more than one major and two mi
nor studies in any one year. The his
lories now in use were adopted ii
1922, 11 years ago. Any change wil
not be effective until the school yea:
IrJgainin^ ik-Xt tall. :
and Development will hold its post
poued meeting in the board's office;
Thursday at 11 o'clock, at whicJ
meeting several changes are expecte<
to be made. Chief of these is con soli
dation of the posts of Game Wardei
and Commissioner of Inland Fisher
ies, which was directed by the 199;
General Assembly, the one place t<
pay not more than $3,000 a yoai
Charles H. England has been gam
warden and J. S. Hargett has bee:
inland fisheries commissioner for th
past several years.
Director R. Bruce Etheridge, \vh
succeeded Director J. W. HafreTsoi
.rav ju luxu waa auvxccucu U_
Colonel Harrelson on the board, wii
I make his report. No appointment ha
I been made on the board to lill th
j place of Ford S. Worthy, recently ap
pointed marshal for the Eastern N
| C. Federal Court district.
I
Most of Banks Now Insured
More than 90 per cent of the- bank
operating' in North Carolina have ap
! plied for membership in the Nations
Deposit Insurance Corporation, o
will have their deposits insured au
i tomatically because cf membership ii
the Federal Preserve System or be
cause they are national banks, it wa
stated by Commissioner of Bank.
Gurney P. Hood Monday.
Of the 277 banks in the State, al
but 27 will have insured deposits, i
they meet the requirements. Probably
seven of those not yet applied havi
no deposits or such little deposits tha
the insurance is not necessary fo:
them. Commissioner Hood said. In thi
State are 36 national banks wit!
three branches and six State bankj
with seven branches which are mem
bers of the Federal Reserve System
All but 27 of the remaining 221
banks have applied for insurance ant
half of those applying have been ex
amin.ed, Mr. Hood said.
Mrs. Palmer Given Appointment
Mrs. Katherine Stcdmar. Palmer
Greensboro, daughter of the late Con
grcssman Charles M. Stedman, ant
her father's secretary, has been ap
pointed a Federal stamp deputy ant
placed in charge of a stamp offict
just created in Greensboro, Collectoi
Charle3 H. Robertson announces. Tht
office will be a convenience to manj
people wanting documentary stamps
as well as being in a city in whiet
cigars, requiring stamps, are manufactured.
Establishing the tre-woman office
Tt THURSDAY? ROONE, K. C.
| Lively Contest Believed
! In Store When Text
Book Body Holds Met
B M R. DUNNAGAN
Special Writer for The Democrat)
Raleigh. N. C.? A lively contest
anticipated if and when the eiemej
S tary textlrcok committee gets into ai
| tion, following the joint meeting or
j and the high school commission wi!
I Gcvcrnc.r Ehrir.gh.ius. Thursday, ;
j which time both were sworn in ar
started on their work.
The contests will doubtless be c
; all history bocks, which are up f<
I' the consideration of the elcmentar
committee and hen by the Stat
. Board of Education, but the mteref
| will likely be greater when it conn
to thoughts ct a ISforui CdTyllr.a hu
j tory, because of the increased loci
concern.
. j The history now used in elenier
! tary grides is for the S'xth grad
j only. It was written by D. H. Hi
} and has been criticized on the groun
I that it is old and hard. There i:
I uierciore, some senument tor cnang*
The U. D. C. of the State, at it
recent meeting in High Point, wea
on record as having some Nort
Carolina history courses in three, pos
sibiy four, of the elementary grades
' probably fiom four to seven, inclu
' sive. But there is something of
: dearth of material in anything ifli
paper form and brought up to date.
, However, two North Carol in his
| torier. have recently been compiled an
one has been printed. The second ma
be finished in time for consideratio
and it is possible that one or toothers
will be issued.
Already published, by the Univei
i sity Press. Chapel Hill, is the histor;
j of Professor W. C. Jackson and Ai
. j nett, both of whom were at the Worn
. i an's College of the University c
. North Carolina, Greensboro, for scv
J oral years. Dr. Jackson has recent!
.! gone to the University at Chapel Hi
_]and Mr. Arnfett has been, teachln
,' North Carolina history for sever?
.! years. Dr. Jackson has recently gon
; to the University at Chapel Hill an
; Mr. Ararat has been teaching Nort
J Carolina history for several years.
J Another, said to be Hearing compl<
I j tir.n, is one by Captain S A. Ash.
' 93-year-ohi historian and clerk of tfi
Federal Court, Raleigh. Ke has pul
[ j lished two large volumes on Nort
IJ Carolina history and is said to I
j writing one, as was the Jackson at;
Arnett book, to take the place of il
sixth grade Hill book. Also, ft. 1
W. Connor has written a histor;
1 which is said to be too old and n&;
* for the elementary grades.
y The contest over selection of the*
u Ukr.lv to SSjfi Jn.tcLtb* hael
' ground the United States and moi
general histories, air.ee there will \
the added interest of personal i'rien.
x shin and pull.
" there and the further fact th&t M
" and Mrs. Robertson have moved fro:
1 Hillsboro to Raleigh, seem to indicai
1 that the State district office will n<
r be moved to Greensboro, as has bet
contcmpla fcedi
Two Edgecombe Cour.ty far me:
s sold 58 hogs weighing 10,745 pouiu
l for $426.06 cash last week.
1
MaTlene Dietrich picks a I5ost<
2 blue-blood for her new leading ma
An interesting story about .this' clcvi
i movie star will appear in the Rail
3 more Sunday American, Issue of N
vernber 26. On sale by your favor!
g newsdealer or newsboy.
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for non-skid safety and pro tec1
tion against trouble on winter's
allppery, darker, colder roads.
3 SECOND
for greater mileage. New rubber
wc ra longer on cool roads.
' God years put on now will still
be almost new next spring.
j THIRD
l ior tow-cost economy. Moat
r Goodyears today are still lower3
priced than n year ago.
1 Good reasons, these,
3 for buying now. Why
^I not trade us your
troubles before they
Most size* ta lowfl
IT JS jT priced as a year ado
A] t/^J LnraBB thicker tread with
Fan Center Traci
^RT'^w Goodyear
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! HODGES TIRE
COMPANY
A. E. HODGES, Manager
?
I jj
^ On V^y , I!
2* ' May Phillips, o? California v, i
~sl hrr prize-winning jiritne eteer which
r- Rhe will enter in the Great Wester"
h | Livestock Show at Los Angeles. Mm
1 Mar raised her winner froao
}(j wobbly-legged calf.
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c Diary Says Drunken
Soldier Set Fire to
ti Columbia During War
y
n Columbia, S. C.?A fuse lighted Dy
? a drunken soldier of General William
T. Sherman's army caused tUe conflagration
which nearly destroyed Uoy
lunibia during the War Between the
States, it has just been disclosed here
"jby the diary of a Union army ser-(
lfi.geant. The diary account declares that
" Union soldiers who were occupying
>' the town indulged in an orgy of drun"
kenness as the flames spread, and
S! (hat tha nien stopped all errorts toj
111 prevent the spread of the flames.
c Columbians have received from vv.
d E. Risedorph, St. Paul, Minn., a diary
11 written by his father, the late John
Risedorph. The elder Mlnnesotan scrved
as a .sergeant with Company K,
four Minnesota volunteer mlantry,
0; and was with the forces occupying
Columbia. Declaring that he was in
-1 a "sanitary storeroom" just betorc
ie tlie fire started, the sergeant wrote
" in his diary that s. "drunker, soldier
lighted a ruse which set papers on
> fire ana quickly ignited loose guny.
powder from which t hold the city of
d Columbia was burned."
His account continues. ") made my
>e escape te the ;icor by the aid ol an
axe. The fire companies thrued out,
"e! but the soldiers rendered them help'a
less by cutting the hose or turning
d- them on the firemen.
"Excitement was increased every
- minute as fiery whislcty ivao turned1
nl down thirsty throats. Vengeance was
[0 sworn against the mother ot saces^
sion. . . As the flames of tire and
,n whiskey increased, the ravaging and j
desolating hand of war was extended!
to Drive.to dwell'nee "
r3 The diary says that a general of- j
ls ficer who attempted to halt plundering
was knocked down and had to
_ call upon another general tor aid.
>n General Sherman, the commander-inn.
;i- "NERVES INTERFERE!
El mmansm
A FELLOW IN MY LINE CANT i
I HAVE jIGGLY'NERVES.
| NEEDING A MILDER CIGARETTE,
I SWITCHED TO CAME
CAMEL'S COSTt
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vn IjUJVY rv rvct
SPEC
BEGINNING NOVEIV
TINUING THROUGH
we will che
VALVES, CARBURE
I IGNITION POIN
BATTERY I
with <
STROMBEKG MOTOK SCOPE T
ING EQUIPMENT, all for only
Brendeli's
BOONE, NORTF
NOVEMJ3EH 25, 1333
:b,ief, waa forced to move bis headronrters
and ordered out a battery
x> quell the rioters. But the artillerynm
were tahl Ihstt "if one gun f
ircl the gunn will be spiked and the
pinners bayoneted/'
FARM QUESTION
Question: When should young males
50 put. in the mating pens?
Answer: In floes uiatings it 13 usually
safest to put the maies in about
en days to two weeks before the eggs
ire to be saved for hatching. For
x\st results it is often, necessary to
rave an extra round of nialC3 to use
ater. Where there are as many as
orty hens three male birds snould
je used. Two of these should be
lennc.l with the third being rotated
laity. Two moles will do nicely with
'5 females and a single male mating
vith 12 females is ideal. Before peuling
be. sure the birds are weii maured
and of good type.
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TUEMGELVES.
Why
Liqujd Laxatives
Do You No Harm
The dose ol a liquid laxative can be
measured. The action can be con
erotica. 11 iom?s no habit; you need
not take a "double dose" a day or
two later. Nor will a mild liquid
laxative irritate the kidneys.
The right liquid laxative will bring
a perfect movement, and with no
discomfort at the time, or afterward.
The wrong cathartic may keep
you constipated as long as you keep
on using it!
An approved liquid laxative (one
which is most widely used for both
adults and children) is syrup pepsin.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
prescription, and is perfectly safe. Its
laxa-v:; action is ba on ?
a natural laxative. The bowels will
no? become dependent on this form
of help, as they do in the case of
cathartics containing mineral drugs.
Ask your druggist for Dr. CaldwellY
Syrup Pepsin. Member N. H. A.
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