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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
REPRESENTATIVE THOS. H.
COFFEY WARMLY RECEIVED
First Democrat to General Assembly
in 16 Years Warmly Received
at Raleigh
(L. j. Hampton in Winston-SaIem
Journal.)

O. j. Hampton in Winston-SaIem
Journal.)
Representative Tom ~Coffey, of
Watauga county, the first Democrat
elected from there in the past 16
years, was given the glad hand of
welcome by members of the ma
jority party in the lower house of the
North Carolina legislature.
Representative Coffey is a Blowing
Rock man and Democrat of influ-
ence in his section of the state. He
defeated kinsman, former Repre-
sentative Blaine Coffey, by ma
jority of 244 votes.
Representative Coffey has the dis
tinction of being an Original Nc
Lean man" and he says Governor
Mclean is making the best chief ex-
ecutive the state has ever had. "He
is just the man we needed" said
Representative Coffey, "and his ad-
ministration has been of such char
acter so far to make me prouder than
ever that | was one of his original
supporters.
Representative Coffey doesn't hest
tate to say that he is pleased with
the message delivered by Governor
Mclean Wednesday and that he can
be counted as among the administra-
tion's unwavering supporters. The
Watauga solon is a good roads en-
t'husiast and is also we'll tickled with
the state fisheries commissions work
of establishing a fish hatchery in
Watauga county. "Game S. for the
sport of our own citizens and for the
tourists who are flocking to I
Blue Ridge country in increasing
numbers, are our greatest asset" "
Representative Coffey said, "and in
my opinion the state fisheries board
did wise thing in establishing fish
hatcheries there for the propagation
of fish" Mr.. Coffey pointed out
the fact that in all of the mountain
citizenship there is only general ap-
proval of the move and not one voice
raised in criticism.
The Watauga solon is keeping his
bills in his pocket for the present
if he has any to throw into the leg
isative hopper, but he is keenly alive
to the issues of schools, taxes, roads,
etc, and may be expected to express
his sentiments by his vote when the
time comes. He is not stranger in
Raleigh nor to many in the lower
house either, so his stay here for &C
days is going to be like visit among
old friends.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
HOTBED MAKES POSSIBLE
EARLY GARDEN VEGETABLE

The seed catalogues are out in all
their glory which means that the
time for planning the year-round
garden has come.
One of the first essentials in be-
ginning the early garden is to have a
hotbed
January and February are the
months to prepare the hotbed," says
Robert Schmidt, vegetable specialist
at State College. "The hotbed does
best located in a sheltered place with
a southern exposure where it is pro-
tected from cold winds and receives
plenty of sunlight. Convenience to
both house and garden is another
matter and the soil in and around
the frame must be we'll drained"
For the average garden, hotbed
six feet long by six feet wide will be
ample and may be constructed with
out much cost. The standard glass
sash for the hotbed is three feet by
six feet and may be either purchased
or built at home, states Mr. Schmidt.
The best heating material is fresh
horse or mule manure containing
about one-third straw. This manure
is piled under shelter until it begins
to heat and is then turned two or
three times until the whole mass is
heating uniformly. Then it may be
placed in the pit. The pit should
be about "a inches deep for western
North Carolina.
Fill the pit to within four inches
of the top. Pack the manure thor
oughly and then build the frame of
one-inch boards so as to give the
regulation slope. Put four or five
inches of loamy soil over the ma
nure and when the temperature of the
manure has dropped to about S5 de-
grees, the seeds may be planted. 1t
is we'll to remember then that mois-
ture is needed for termination and
growth. Too much moisture will
cause damping off of the seedlings.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13

Last weekend another sergeant
in the World War, blew into town
with his frau" and took lodging at a
local hotel, the pair taking their meals
at a nearby cafe. To The Democrat
he represented himself as having
been sergeant in the 221st infan-
try, 42nd (Rainbow). division, and
was so severly wounded by an ex-
plosion of shell at Verdun that he
was confined in hospital a raving
maniac for seven months, and was
now drawing a bonus of $125 per
month from the government as a
slight remuneration for the fearful
injuries he received while fighting
in a foreign land for his beloved
country.
This was all paving the way for
soliciting some much-needed printing
hat was to be used in a coast-to-
coast hike that was to be made in
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
MANY CHILDREN DIE IN
MONTREAL THEATER FIRE
Rush For Exits Caused jam and
Deaths Resulted From Suf-
location

Montreal, Quebec, Jan. 9.-More
day by fire panic in the Laurier
Palace movie theater in the east end.
Most of the victims were children
who had made up the bulk of the Sun
day maintee audience. Few were in
jured by the comparatively trivial
fire but caught in stricken
jams about the exits, many were suf-
focated.
So tightly wedged were the bodies
that rescue squads of ficemen were
unable to gain entrance.
The fire started under the floor of
the balcony and the cry Of a boy who
noticed it caused stampede at the
doors. The theater has a seating ca
pacity of 1,100 persons and it was
filled with the usual large Sunday
afternoon audience. The fire itself
did little damage and was soon un-
der control.
Each little victim was examined
and those who showed signs of life
were carried into nearby stores, pri-
vate dwellings and the police and
fire stations. The majority of the
victims were found to have died of
All ambulances were
summoned from the hospitals and
many private practitioners worked on
the sufferers in the freezing cold
without coats or hats
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
THERMOMETER REACHED
ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT

Watauga has gotten her part of the
snow storm, to a depth of at least
ten inches, is now on the ground.
Snow began falling Monday and con-
tinued through Tuesday. Tuesday
night The temperature took a plunge
downward to zero or below, but to-
day Wednesday, is clear and the
snow is beginning to melt in places.
The snow storm was general in
North Carolina, ranging from a
depth of IL inches at Greensboro, to
a light fall at Gastonia, and the
white mantle extends in spots from
Virginia as far south as Waycross,
Ca, on the wings of the coolest
weather of the winter for some
places Alabama, Kentucky and
Tennessee also were visited by the
faky precipitation, with the a ten
inch fall at Bristol.
Florida did not entirely escape the
cold spell, subnormal temperatures
being at Jacksonville, Miami and
Tampa. Asheville was the coolest
spot in the south Monday with a
temperature of 20 degrees.
The weather bureau this morning
forecasts a rising temperature with
probable rains the latter part of the
week
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB

The Friday Afternoon Club was
delightfully."- entertained on January
7th by Mrs. o. L. Hardin at her
home on Water street. Bright bells
at the windows suggested the ringing
in" of the new year. After a pleasant
time of sewing, the following short
program, prepared by the hostess,
was rendered.:
Two piano solos, "Plantation Melo-
dies" and "Star of the East" by Mrs.
F. A. Linney
Vocal duet, Loves Old Sweet
Song" Miss Annie Stanbury and Mrs.
A. E. South.
Reading, "The New Year" Mrs. j.
D. Rankin.
The president, Mrs. Rankin, read a
letter of thanks from the Grandfath-
er Orphanage for the box of Christ
mas gifts sent 20 that institution by
club members.
A rhyming contest was next hearth
ly entered into, each writing a verse
using the words New Year. The fol-
lowing verse composed by Mrs. B. j.
Council, was voted the best and a
dainty calendar was presented to her
by the hostess:
NEW YEAR
Now is the time to be happy and gay,
Ever be ready for work or for play.
While the year is new
You should try to be, too.
Every day you should apply
AS if it were JOY to try.
Rich with pleasures for our friends,
Safe and happy to the end.
The guests were invited into the
dining room, where the tables were
lovely with red candles and flowers.
The places were found by clever
cards bearing resolutions, which each
guest read aloud. Mrs. Hardin served
a tempting two-course luncheon.
Those other than club members en-
joying Mrs. Hardin's hospitality were
Mrs. James Rivers, of Winston-Sa-
lem, and Mrs. Wilson of New York,
guest of Mrs. Harry Wilson.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. F. A. Linney on January 21.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
GOVERNOR SUBMITS BUDGET
MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE
Recommends Appropriations Totaling
$29,S1O,164 for Operation of
Government and Institutions

Recommendation that the general
assembly appropriate total of $780,
810,1 for all the operations of the
state government and institutions
during the fiscal years beginning
'Jnly l, 1927 and ending June 80,
1929, was made by Governor Nc
Lean in his budget message presented
to the legislature last Friday.
This total is an increase of slight
iy more than $5,000,O00 over the ex-
penditures of the biennium of 1926
1927. The total for the biennium
ending next June is $24,72O,49O, in
Guiding actual expenditures for the
fiscal year ending last June 80 and
estimates for the current fiscal year.
The governor, however, recon-
mended no increase in taxes, with the
exception of slight boosts in the fran
chise and privilege levies. These in
creases were recommended for the
purpose of increasing the school
equalization fund from $1,500,000
to $2.500,000 year and the Con-
federate pension fund from $1,O00,-
600 to $1,200,000.
The governor recommended in the
budget message that the maintenance
fund for the Appalachian State Nor
NAL be increased from $47,5O0 to
$4,000 for the 1929 and $68,000
for 1929 and 100000 for perma-
nent improvements. The Normal had
requested an appropriation of $780,
900 annually for maintenance.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13

Charlotte, Jan. 10.-To send pris-
oners to the chaingangs only to fall
down and worship them in a wave OF
mollycoddling sentimentality is
against the rule of the common sense
and is a fad that must fade before
the power of cold reason, Judge I.
B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro, de-
clared at the opening of Mecklenburg
superior court here today when he
charged the new grand jury. Judge
Finley's plea was that prisoners be
subject to proper treatment in the
light of common sense, not harsh nor
sentimental References by the judge
to undue sentimentality as to pris-
oners was made in connection with
a declaration that American forces
of law and order are struggling with
wave of crime and violence such as
the country has never before seen
He urged that the jury and all good
citizens lend their influence to al
movements tending to restore re
spect for law.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
BROOKSIDE DOTS

Brookside, Jan. 12.-Mr. and Mrs.
Walter z. Watson and two children
spent the holidays with home folks at
Brookside. Mr. Watson served four
years in the 29tn infantry, machine
gun company, Canal Zone, Panama.
For the past four years he has been
employed with the Dodge Motor Com
pany, Detroit, Mich, but is now on
C2o pcLce force in thai city.
lr and Mrs. Joe Blackburn, of
Chicago, spent the holidays with Mr..
Blackburn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. c..
M. Blackburn.
Mrs. Walter G. Cook, of Todd,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. M.
Blackburn, has for number of
~ been suffering with a serious
attack of inflammatory rheumatism,
.a,e5t reports are that her con-
ai..on is considered hopeless by her
attending physician.
Russell Norris, son of Z. c. Norris,
was hurt one day last week by fly
ing strip of lumber at a saw mill. He
was taken to the hospital for treat
ment.
2. T. Watson closed writing
school at Deep Gap last Thursday,
and began a term of ten days at Mt.
Ephriam consolidated school on Mon
day, January 10.
Misses Gladys and Geraldine Fry,
Mabel and Thelma johnson spent the
holidays with home folks, returning
last week to their school at Konna-
rock, Va.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
AT NORMAL
SCHOOL SATURDAY P. M.

H. N. Wheeler will deliver an il
lustrated lecture on the conservation
of forests and wild life at the Nor
NAL school on Saturday night, Janu-
airy Is, at o'clock. The lecture
will be free to the students and the
public who care to attend.
Mr.. Wheeler has toured the Uni
ted States giving his lectures on con-
servation, and the lecture is said to
be very interesting. He comes here
under the auspices of the North
Carolina state forest service.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
LITTLE SMITH MCCONNELL
DIED FRIDAY MORNING

Little Smith, the two-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Mcconnell, aft
cr an illness of more than two weeks
with pneumonia, died at 6 o'clock
Friday morning. The funeral was
conducted from the Baptist church
Saturday afternoon, Rev. M. B.
Woosley conducting the services. The
little body was laid to rest in the
city cemetery, beneath wealth of
flowers. The parents have the deep
est sympathy of al, in this their great
bereavement
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
SENATOR McNEILL OFFERS
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT BILL

Senator P. T. McNeill on Tuesday
introduced statewide Australian
ballot bill. The bill, very volumin-
Gus one, goes in detailed manner in
to the Australian system of voting.
1t would throw around the voting
booths the we'll known advantages of
privacy for voters. It'would set up
a ballot system, which would mean
the printing of all tickets on the same
sheet and allow for voting the
traight ticket or the process Of
scratching.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13

Raleigh, Jan. 10-Violent deaths
in North Carolina continue to de-
cline. There were only 16 fatalities
in the state during the past week as
compared with the usual 25 reported
for an average week of 1926. Half
of these fatalities-seven-was caus-
ed by automobiles. Five were listed
as homicides. Two engineers were
killed in railroad accident near
Winston-Salem. One woman was
burned to death and a man was kill
ed at sawmill.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
21 PERSONS REPORTED KILLED
IN OLIC-MEXICAN CLASH

Mexico City, Jan. 11-Special dis
patches from Guadalajara state that
81 persons have been killed and 10
wounded in clash between Catholics
and the municipal authorities in the
town of Cocula in the state of
Jalisco.
The mayor of Cocula and the local
deputy, Sostenes Castillo, were among
those killed.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
TRIVETT REPLIES

Editor Democrat:
In last weeks paper E. Y. Edmin-
stem made it appear that l had writ
ten falsehood in regard to our
school. Now, l. ask that all who are
concerned investigate the matter for
themselves. Not by asking me nor
Edminsten, but by visiting our dis
trict and talking with our best citi-
zens. Also bear in mind that good
number of patrons did not and would
not sign his article in last weeks
paper.
I made my correction for what
had written because l did not in
tend to hurt anyone by telling the
truth, and felt that | should have
kept silent.
M. P. TRIVETT.
Rominger, N. c.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13

Snow which started falling early
Sunday night covered the western
part of the state with a heavy white
blanket. Snow is also reported to
have fallen as far east as Wilson.
This is the first real snowfall of the
winter throughout the mountain sec
ton.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13
Rominger, N. c.

Fiancees are required by law to re-
turn the ring when they break the
engagement, under ruling of the
Virginia court of appeals.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13

China has mountain of alum
l 900 feet high.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-01-13

Continued on Page Two)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-29
Is the Navy Over Differed?

Secretary Wilbur has acted wisely in sidestepplng
the issues raised by Rear Admiral Thomas p.
Magruder's criticisms of the Navy choosing instead
to call the daughty officer to produce his plans for
a reorganization.
However, the Magruder incident is far from closed
Chairman Butler of the House naval affairs COM
mittee, and other members of Congress have signi-
fed desire to hear more, and almost certainly the
rear admiral will be invited to appear before that body
with some of Rear Admirals criticisms" this
newspaper remarked the other day. I'VE can not
entirely agree" We will now try to be more specific
despite admiration for his courageous action in
risking public censure to accomplish something which
he feels would be for the good of the Navy
The admiral charges that the Navy is over-
ofhcered. No doubt this is true But there are only
two ways to maintain the national defense and one
is to keep the Army and Navy constantly on a war
footing, both to officers and men, while the other
is to maintain skeleton organization of enlisted men,
but fully oficered and capable of being expanded to
strength on short notice.
The United States more or less follows the latter
plan Hence the disproportiorAte number of naval
officers and the ridicuously small commands which
admrals have under them. It takes but
few weeks months to make fairly good soldier
sailor, but it requires years to create really
capable officer, one who not only knows how to lead
but how to safeguard the lives of his men as we'll
The United States has engaged in a major war
average of once every twenty-five years since
independence. This should make us think twice
before junkng vast numbers of trained officers send
ing them back to civil life whence we have no ade-
quate system for recalling them for annual training
Rear Admiral Magruder cites the 1925 fleet
maneuvers in Panama Bay another example of
over-oficering. After the sham battles were over,
two admirals, two vice admiras and eleven rear ad-
had taught. That in his opinion, seemed too many.
But what Army and Navy maneuvers? They
are tests OF battle theories tests carried out under
conditions Stimulating nearly as possible They
are to officers what actual laboratory work is to stu
dents of chemistry and physics. That being the case
it would seem to us that every officer not otherwise
engaged should be present at and participate in the
maneuvers.
1t is not enough to say that there are so many
officers each one can have but very small command
whereas in war he would have much larger one
That undoubtedly is true. But 1t is also true that
student in chemistry first learns how to mix in
greoient to produce guano in test tube before a
manufacturer employs him to produce the stuff by
the ton.
We hesitate to take issue with the rear admiral
his criticisms are sound. We do So however in the
same constructive spirit he himself has shown and
fer the good of national defense
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-29

will accept any man Non the theory that moth
ing can be said against him.
The people and the State demand some one
for whom something can be said, man who
is known for his hatred of all the enemies of
representative government, and of such char
acter and courage to command respect. They
want men, not mice.
Could it be expected that the Democratic
politicians would adopt any different tactics ?
Has not that party in this Stale demon
strated that its candidates in the past have
been chosen with fine zeal to ges pussy
footers who will not offend and who will invite
no opposition from those who. have sh own
themselves to be the enemies of real gov I'm
ment and the traditions of American institu-
tons?
If there was ever time when the primary
was needed to protect both parties from being
kidnapped and ravaged by super government, it
is right now.
The people, when they know the truth, can
be depended upon to protect themselves
The demand Of the hour is for men who
are not afraid, mer who dare challenge the
enemies of constitutional government, men who
will challenge the power of organized fanati-
cism and bigotry and greed in an unholy al
lance
Indiana is still able to rule itself. Its
citizenship can still be trusted
What is happening is that a lot of sinners
are at the mournerIs bench asking forgiveness,
and are still slyly winking at the devil as they
pretend to pray.
The real cleanup is coming from the peo-
ple who are learning fast Just what the ballot
means and who will no longT be deluded
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-29
Required New Continent

Modern republicanism, of which
the Constitution is obviously the
great gospel, required a new con-
tinent for its birthplace, required
that men be free from the re-
straint of custom and tradition,
that they go back to the primitive
where they could rid themselves of
the Stag of civilization and reshape
their political faith from the
ground up.
When our forefathers came to
America, they brought with them
the English law-cant and ritual
ism on the one hand, rights and
liberties on the other-but the
type of life they we're compelled to
lead soon separated the wheat
from the chaff. \
Aristocracy never took root
amnog them, but the ballot box
did. The town meeting, and all
that it stood for, grew, while bar
onet, knight and country squire
faded out Of the picture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-29
Thumb-NniI
Sketches

Are there still any unsophisticated
girls left? There are! One of them
boarded train at small town in
Illinois on her way to Cincinnati not
long ago. She squeezed herself into
her corner and tried to remember
everything she had been told about
changing trains in Indianapolis.
After a while well-dresSed young
man boarded the train. There were
some old ladies and some plain
ladies with whom he might have sat.
There were even some men sprawled
over two seats on. whom he might
have intruded. But-well-he sat
beside the young girl.
Before long he had picked an ac-
quaintance with her; had bought
fruit and candy for her; had con-
WINGED her that she was the very
type of old-fashioned girl for whom
his heart was yearning; and had
persuaded her to stop over between
trains at Indianapolis and take thu
midnight train to Cincinnati so
that she might meet and dine with
his mother
What she didn't know was that
there was not only no mother in
the off1ng-but that there was no
midnight train to Cincinnati.
However, the Travellers Aid Soci-
ETY. worker knew it. A fellow pass
enger was kind enough to report the
Irritation to the worker and at the
latter's approach to the couple, the
nice young man took to his heels.
This story would undoubtedly have
ended in wretchedness but for the
Travellers Aid Society supported by
YOUR COMMUNITY FUND