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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
President Coolidge
Will Not Be Candidate

Washington, Dec. 6.-President
Coolidge tonight absolutely elimi-
mated himself from the Presidential
campaign next year.
He declared that his famous 81
do not choose" statement meant and
still means that he will not run
again.
His positive and final dec,ara ion
was made by him tonight in 50 III
to the members of the Repubnca :
national committee in the East room
of the White House.
The president eliminated himself
from further consideration as pos
sible candidate for president in
the following words:
"This is naturally the time to be
planning for the future.
"The party will soon place in
nomination its candidate to succeed
me.
"To give time for mature dlibera-
ton, l stated to the country on Au-
gust End that 1 did not choose to
run for president in 1928.
"My statement stands. No one
should be led to suppose that | have
modified it. My decision will be re-
spected. "-~'----- .--4-,a---y ---------..
After | had been eliminated, the
party began, and should vigorously
continue, the serious task of select
ing another candidate from among
the numbers of distinguished men
available"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
PRICE, OF NEW FORDS
RANGE FROM $3s5 to S610

Prices of the new Ford car, given
out in Detroit last week, show a
range of from 1885 to $3.50 for the
various types of pleasure cars and
$46O to 61O for the various truck
types.
The various types and their prices,
f. o. b. Detroit, follow:
Tudor sedan, $495.
Fordor sedan $570.
Coupe $3.50.
Phaeton 1896.
Roadster 1885.
Roadster with pickup body 1895.
Chassis 1925
Trucks: Truck and chassis $3.50.
Truck chassis with cab $545.
Truck chassis with cab and ex-
press body $500.
Truck chassis with cab and stake
body $610.
Truck chassis with cab and plat
form body $595.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
JUDGE HAYES APPOINTMENT
NOW BEFORE THE SENATE

Washington, Dec. 6.-President
Coolidge today transmitted to the
senate the nomination of johnson J..
Hayes to be Judge of the newly Gre
'ated middle district. Senator Over
man, ranking member of the judici-
ary committee, says all the informa-
ton that has come his way has been
favorable, that Mr.. Hayes is max
ing good judge and that he will
be confirmed by the senate without
delay. Similar information ema-
mates from the office of Senator
Simmons.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
MONEY AND NO
WAY TO SPEND IT
Part of Bond Forfeited by Lutte
Banner Held by Board of Educa-
tion, Which, Due to Change in
Law, Has No Legal Right to Spend

The Watauga county board of
education has $7,892.65 and doesn't
know what to do with it.
The question came up Monday at
the board meeting when Superinten-
dent Hagaman called the matter to
the boards attention. The money
was originally set aside as loan
fund to be lent to the townships for
building purposes, but, because of a
change in the state law, the town.
ships no longer have any means of
repaying the loans. Hence, since no
other provision is made for the dis
posal of the money, it is merely
drawing interest.
The fund originated in 1908 when
Luther Banner forfeited an $4,000
bond after his trial on a charge of
murder. Mr.. Hagaman who was
then in the legislature, obtained the
passage Of bill giving the money
to the school board as a loan fund.
About the same time, Captain W.
w. Lenoir willed to the school board
some land on Beech mountain Uncle
Robert Farthing, one-armed Confed-
crate veteran and school teacher,
had charge of administration of the
land, and he sold it for $3,S92.65,
which was added to the loan fund!
Because of the failure of the town.
ships to pay, the original $4,000 has
shrunk to $4,000.
The case recalled the sad story of
Lutte Banner, who was tried here in
1907 on charge of killing Cline of
Shelby. Banner, it was said, shot
Cline from within a doorway, but
he was able to prove self-defense on
the ground that Cline had threatened
him.
Banners attorneys obtained a
verdict of second degree murder,
and was released on $4,000 bond.
Shortly afterwards Banner decamp-
ed The Banner family, however,
paid the entire $4,000, so that the
bondsmen would lose nothing.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
5000 AMERICAN TO RETURN
TOPRIMITIVE LIFE IN OLD CITY

San Francisco, Dec. 2-Flve thou
sand American men, women and
children plan to move to an ancient
Egyptian city by the Nile and prove
they can live there harmoniously and
progressively without benefit OF
modern conveniences. This was the
announcement made by DR.. Spencer
Lewis, national president Of the
Rosecrucian, Order, philosophical
cult. DR.. Lewis declared plans were
being made to have the expedition
sail next year.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
GAVIN SAYS JOB SHOULD
BE GIVEN TO HIM

Sanford, Dec. 1.-The news items
appearing as a local interview in the
Greensboro Daily News of Sunday
and in other state papers bearing
Greensboro date line, stating that
Frank Linney expected to be ap-
pointed United States district attor-
ney for the middle North Carolina
district and then retire after a few
months and run for governor in case
Al Smith is the Democratic nominee
for president. has attracted much in
terest here.
Hon. E. L. Gravin Of Sanford was
unanimously indorsed for this ap-
pointment at meeting of the state
Republican executive committee held
few months ago and ne is expect
ed here to receive widespread in
dorsement of judges, lawyers, doc
tors, ministers and many other indi-
viduals. -.--,->-...-~. ,.--,.--5--.-s-. .
In the Sunday article it was sug-
gested that Mr.. Gavin might consent
to the arrangement and be made
first assistant district attorney and
upon the retirement of Mr. Linney in
a few months be appointed as his
successor. When interviewed on the
subject today Mr.. Gavin said:
Having been unanimously and of
ficially indorsed by the Republican
state executive committee for district
attorney for the middle district, |
regard this as a final binding party
mandate, that / am not at liberty to
disregard or waive by any private
arrangement or agreement and 1
have promptly declined to consider
any suggestion in this respect when
made to me.
81 consider Mr.. Linney and myself
both bund by the party's action. His
present candidacy is without party
sanction and is at variance with his
former statement that he was bona
fide candidate for judge and would
not consider or accept the district
attorneyship.
'It is not quite clear to me just
how party harmony is to be sub
served by disregarding a unanimous
party Endorsement, as is suggested to
be one reason for his candidacy"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
TAYLOR MOTOR CO. EXPECT
NEW MODEL CAR NEXT WEEK

Mr.. j. B. Taylor of the Taylor
Motor Company, local Ford dealers,
returned Tuesday night from Char
lotte, where he went to look over the
new Ford car. Mr.. Taylor said his
company would in all probability
have one of the new models for de-
monstration early next week, and
hoped to have one or more of each
model before the first of the year. 1t
is announced at the Detroit office
that the Ford Motor company will be
turning out the new Lizzie at the
rate of thousand day by the first
of January.
Friday and Saturday of last week,
full details of the car were explained
at the local agency, and several or
ders were placed for cars as soon as
they can be delivered.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
AT THE NORMAL

The recent cold spell stopped work
on the Normal power plant for a
few days, but the storm has passed
and the sun is shining beautifully,
and it looks as though the work may
be able to be resumed in short
time and pushed on to completion,
which is the desire of the school au-
thorities. This plant is intended to
be a heating and power plant COM
bined, and thus make the furnishing
of these two important elements
more economical. The plant is well
located for the purpose, being on
a lower level than any of the other
buildings and yet near so that the
extra equipment to reach the build
ings will be less costly.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
CHRISTMAS EDITION TO
BE ISSUED NEXT WEEK

With the mailing of this issue
of The Democrat it will be me-
cessary for the force to start i'm
mediately on the laying out of the
Christmas edition which is to be
issued on Wednesday afternoon OF
next week. Indications are that
more pages will be required for
the holiday advertising and fea-
ture matter than at any previous
time and the management re-
spectfully solicits the co-opera-
tion of the business men of the
city in the undertaking. Some
of the ad copy is already in the
shop and likely one section will
be printed this week. Those de-
string space will do we'll to let
their wishes be known this week,
or run the risk of being disap-
pointed. Advertising cut and
copy service will be furnished
free of charge and every reason
able assistance rendered in the
preparation of copy.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
NO CHRISTMAS MONEY FOR
COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Watauga county school teachers
are likely to be without Christmas
money, and some of them who would
like to go home for the holidays
may have TO remain in the noun
tains.
The county board of education on
Monday ordered that teachers
vouchers be not pad until the cor
rectcd report is received from Ra-
leigh. The county treasurer's fig
ures and the corrected report, it
was pointed out, must agree.
Smith Hagaman, county superin-
tendent of education, said the cor
rected report would probably be re-
ceived about January 1.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

North Cardinals road fund in
creased by almost million dollars
during November as gasoline tax
money, automobile license taxes and
title registration fees continued to
pour into the Golfers. Figures made
public last week by the state depart
ment of revenue disclosed collections
during November of $913,O51 as
against collections during November
last of $4,000. Total collections
for the five months Of the present
fiscal year are $7,345,353.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
LAST LEGION MEETING OF
YEAR FRIDAY NIGHT

Watauga Post, American Legion,
will hold it's last meeting of the year
Friday night at Legion Hall, at
which time activities Of the past year
will be reviewed and a program of
endeavor for the coming year out
lined.
All members of the post are
urgently requested to be present. At
tention is called to the fact that all
applications for the soldiers adjusted
compensation must be filed before
January l. Many ex-service men
have failed to make application and
it is useless after this month. Blanks
and any information desired may be
had at the Friday session.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

New York, Dec. Aiming and
agricultural states of the far west,
led by Nevada, show the greatest
per capita wealth, while the indus
trial states of the east hold the
largest total shares of the nations
resources, survey made public to-
day by the National Industrial Con-
ference Board shows Nevada with
less than $4,000 inhabitants and
with the smallest total wealth of any
state in the union, 65,00O,0O0,
holds first place with a per capita
figure of $7,299. Next is Wyoming,
South Dakota, Iowa, Oregon, Nebras-
ka, California and North Dakota in
the order named, the survey shows.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
CONLEY WOODRINC IN JAIL
ON STORE BREAKING CHARGE

Conley Woodring, who is more or
less familiarly known in superior
court circles in Watauga county,
was placed in Jail here last week on
charge of breaking into the
Moretz store on Meat Camp. 1t is
stated that he obtained several suits
of underwear, shoes and other cloth
ing. He was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Linney Greene and is in the
county bastile in default of $500
bond.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
SENATOR WILLS OF OHIO.
ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL. RACE

Washington, Dec. 6.-Senator
Wills of Ohio tossed his hat into
the presidential ring tonight imme-
diately after President Coolidge
told the Republican national COM
mitteemen that he had eliminated
himself from the 1928 presidential
situation.
This puts two ayowed candidates
in the field, the other being Senator
Curtis of Kansas.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
Mclean BEING TOUTED
FOR THE PRESIDENCY

Raleigh, Dec. 5.-"A potential
presidential candidate and most GER
tainly a potential vice-presidential
nominee" is the Characterization of
Governor Mclean included in a letter
from a Washington correspondent
to New York newspaper to capi-
tai city citizen today. n
Governor Mclean smiled when the
letter was shown him but made no
comment.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
WILKES SCHOOL WANTS NO. SO
KEPT in SHAPE THIS WINTER

Miller's Greek, Dec. 8-The school
at Miller's Greek, one of the best in
Wilkes county, is looking out for the
winter. After the snow of last week
the soft condition of the Boone
Trail Highway rendered traffic diff
cult in that neighborhood and the
school has memorialized Mr.. A. S.
Hanes to put another maintenance
force on the road this winter so as to
prvent any stalling of school buses.
A stitch in time saves nine, is the
opinion of Principal Bumgarner and
his corps of teachers
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
DOES NOT DESIRE OFFICE

The Greensboro News of Wednes-
day carries this statement from Mr..
Linney: 81 am not now and have
not been a candidate for district at
torney in the middle district of
North Carolina. have never
'swapped horses and am getting too
old to start now. Any mention of
my name in connection with the place
has been without my approval, but
know a fellow cannot always control
his more ardent supporters"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

A German court for the first time
has made a decision based on the
determination of the parenthood of a
child by blood tests. A woman in
the case was charged with perjury
for describing as the father of her
child man who denied paternity.
All three persons involved under
went blood tests by the state medical
board at Wurtemberg. The doctors
reported to the court that the man
was not the father of the child. The
woman was convicted of perjury and
sentenced to six months imprison-
ment.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
REV. r. L. ISBELL AT THE
ADVENT CHRISTIAN SUN

Rev. R l.. Isbell of Lenoir, will
occupy the pulpit at the Advent
Christian church here next Sunday
morning at IL o'clock. Mr.. Isbell
has large number of friends in the
county who will be delighted to have
the opportunity of hearing him
again.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
o. Commissioners
Cancel Bond Interest
j6, 502.47 in Interest on county's In
terest on Bonds Paid by Board
Monday

The county board of commission
ers, in session here Monday and
Tuesday, Cancelled $6,502.47 in in
terest on the county's bonds. The
figures were divided as follows:
Road and bridge bonds, S4,0S5.19;
Jail bonds, S1,OO2.5O; school bonds,
81, ,414.7S.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
Ffr1D FOURTH VICTIM OF
RECENT STORM IN STATE

Lumberton, Dec. Ga fourth VIC
tim of the storm that visited North
Carolina the past weekend was
found in Robson county, six miles
from Lumberton last ght, negro,
about 65 years old.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

The Bank of Ayden, state insti-
tuition. failed to open for bus ness
Thursday, officers announcing that
ssfro-en loans" and dwindling ac-
cour is forced the suspension.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

The best Christmas present for
the farm housewife this year would
be running water in the home, says
one farm woman.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

Preparation for a Christmas pro-
gram by the children of the Presby-
terrain Sunday school is under the di-
rection of Mrs. E. G. Underdown
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

Newton c.. Greene, member of the
town council, who has been in the
hospital at Boone for some time
suffering from an infection, is re-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

Little Ernestine June Banner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Banner, is recovering from near at
tack of pneumonia. Her small
neighbor, Gertrude Moore, also
barely escaped pneumonia.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

Cyrus c. Babb, consulting engi-
neer, has returned to his home in
Granite Falls, following the discon-
tinuance of work on the sidewalks
here.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08
slightly improving.

Mrs. j. P. near Morgan
ton, N. c., has been the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. d. P. Coffey of Blow
ing Rock.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

A man named Hoke did not wait
on the usual process of Pasteur ex-
animation when he was bitten by a
dog here. Ed Starnes killed the dog,
and Hoke started at once with its
head to Raleigh to have it examined.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

H. c. Hayes, who suffered Sc
we're heart and stomach attack last
week, was back at business this week
appearantly as hearty as ever, the
for few days he was seriously ill
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-12-08

Harry Cooper, who was injured in
an accident last week, is not doing
so well, according to reports from
the Watauga Hospital. At one time
last week it was feared that it would
be necessary to take him to States
vile for treatment.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12
MILW. WILL RUN
SPECIAL SLEEPERS
TO CHAMP FIGHT

The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway announce that special
sleeping cars will be operated from
Butte to Chicago for the accommoda-
ton of fans who wish to attend the
Dempsey-Tunney championship fight
to be held in Chicago September %.
The special sleepers will be run on
a schedule convenient for those at
tending the fight from this territory,
and it is said that if sufficient inter-
est is shown, arrangements will be
made for a special train over the
Milwaukee for the transportation of
fans from Missoula, Deer Lodge,
Butte, Anaconda, Bozeman, Helena
and other points.
The date set for the battle makes
it possible for those attending from
this territory to take advantage of
the lower summer excursion rates in
effect on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12

me to beat it. So he starts the car"
"Did you say anything to him?"
81 told him, I say, you better go
back and see whether or not we can
do anything So he says, No. You
rum He told me to beat it,"
did you have any liquor with you
that evening in the CARP"
"No," replied Joseph. "The only
liquor / had was what he gave me at
the house. Yes, I had a little more
he had a teakettle full there at his
house. He took it to the mechanic
and the mechanic took it back to the
garage"
Questioned about the speed of the
car when Wade was hit, Joseph re-
piled:
81 do not think you could get 10
miles an hour, the speed of it. The
a was really so old you could not
go fast. Just one speed. There was
no gas feed at the foot at all. To
start the a you had to pull the chok-
er down. You could not get no speed
at all out of the car. I do not really
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12
Direct MARKETING OF wheat DOESN'T
ALWAYS Bring Highest Cash RETURNS

While the direct marketing of wheat
has become a common practice of
Montana farmers, studies by the Mon
Agricultural Experiment station show
that this practice does not always
bring the highest financial returns.
Results obtained by 80 farmers who
shipped direct in 1925 and 1926 show
from Is cents per bushel loss to II
cents per bushel gain below or above
the price that would have been re-
ceived at their local elevator.
"The most important factor in
the successful marketing of wheat,
whether it is sold to the local elevator
or shipped direct to terminal markets,
is a knowledge of the quality of the
wheat and of the market systems and
prices" says Ed Bell, who is conduct
ing the studies for the experiment
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12
WILLIAM WADE
KILLED
MONDAY EVENING
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ed it was being driven at the time of
the accident by a man whom he did
not know. On Tuesday, however, he
confessed that his companion was
Joseph, and the negro was arrested
Tuesday afternoon.
Both Deny Responsibility
An inquest was called by Coroner
H. F. West for $3.50 O'Clock Wednes-
day morning at the court house.
Hoell and Joseph gave Numerically
opposing testimony, the former de-
claring that he had not been drink
ing and that Joseph was driving the
car. while the latter admitted that
both he and HoeTl had had several
drinks and that the white man was
driving when the accident occurred.
A number of witnesses also testified,
and at the conclusion of the hearing
the jury returned a verdict holding
both Hoell and Joseph criminally re-
spOnsible for Wade's death.
Tuesday afternoon the two prison
ers were arraigned in Justice w. H.
Axtell's court, Judge B. B. Law of
the district court being out of town.
Through their counsel, Attorney
Frank M. Gray, they entered pleas
of not guilty and Justice Axtell fixed
bail in the sum of $4,000 each. In