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Putnam patriot., 1927-09-23
EAST WOODSTOCK

Nis> GCyeua and Grace Foskett arc Attending Bartlett High school in " hster
 Mr 8ad Mrs Thomas ef Hartford r5etatly saeut d few days with Mrs. Be.5e Withey
 Mrs Charles F. Banec of south Manchester is visiting Mr and Mrs. Everett r. May.
 Several from here attended tha Eastern states Exposition at spring field Mas this wgek.
 Mrs Rafas Chase has returned to HHtsaM altar spending two months vith t E ehFid and lamiIy
 Julius Miller ef Newark \ ]. a former resident uas H guest gt ttar- enea tamaH and family la,t week
 nE FfIH Cook and mother of Wor- cester Were dinner guests af Af. and Mrs. Chester r Mag Last Sunday
 Mr and Mrs Robert Jordan of Worcester spent the weekend with Mrs Myrte C Jordan and family
 Nr and Mrf Herbert May. Mir and Mrs Walter smith and two daughters of New London spent sunday with J. S May and family.
 Emil Anderson. youngest son of Manning Anderson. underwent an op- eratieu for appendicitis at the Day kimbali Hospital Tuesday.
 \ meeing of the Community Club will be held Wednesday,. the 2sih, at o'clock, standard time l. will be q reception for the teachers ef the tnwu of Woodstock and the townspeop1e are cordially invited ta attend.
 Mr. and Mrs Alfred Wethcrbee and Mrs Grace Wttherbee of East Hart ] ford motored here one day last week and, accompanied by Alan and Ethel Ipham, went un botanical eXpedl l tion to Moose Meadow Mr Wether bee k curator at Grey's Herbanium al i Harvard College
 Mrs Josephine Steere and Mrs Flora Alton havt been spending a feN aays in Hartford and Middletawn witl Mrs Cad DanieIson and Mrs Aabe fl Hit. Mrs Steere and Mrs. Alton vii leave about the first of 0rtaher t spend the winter in Denver. Colo, wit their brother. Mir Cunningham. au sister. Mrs Elsie Hunt, and other rel ativeS.
Putnam patriot., 1927-09-23
WEST THOMPS PSON

Nf. and Mir Frank 1erriek had eallefs from Webster and Putnam last sunday
 Mrs. William Flanagan is visiting her so0 and family at NeWton Mas, this week.
 E. D. Cbubbuek has left for Sterrs this week for his full college course. also his sister. Miss Emma has enter od for a two years course.
 Mrs. Prank Ramsdell and the Miss es Ramsdell, with Mrs. Mary Rams dell. called on Mrs John Carlson of Woodstock one day last week.
 MT. and Mrs Bogardus and Rebecea and Mrs. Bogardus brother Mr. Blk by and Miss Asheal of Worcester mo- tored 10 Bristol. R. l., and called on their uncle. Everett Dickson, last Sun day.
Putnam patriot., 1927-09-23

ACCURATE eyesight Is absolutely necessary to the success of the sur 'veyor and construction engineer. You seldom - si,ese professional mon without eyeglasses.
 Defective eyesight h . handicap that nobody csn sfford. And care of the eyes costs very iittiee Why neglect it1
 We specialize in the scientific examination d cyesigh,. and will con scientiously advise yo1 If you need glasses
Putnam patriot., 1927-09-23
ATTAWAUGAN

Mrs. Walter Bruce spent Monday in Grafton. Mass.
 Mrs. Johnson spent a few days last week in New York.
 Mrs. Laura Thyng spent Monday with friends in Liuwood, Mass.
 Mrs. Joseph Tatrault and daughter spent the weekend in Grosvenordale
 Miss Mildred Pechie spent the week. end with her grandmother, Mrs. liar vey
 Miss Beatrice Stone spent the week end in Putnam with Mrs. Dora Beau lieu.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Kosmaler and son motored over the Mohawk Trail at the weekend.
 Miss Della Allsrd of Moosup was a visitor Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Aubin.
 Callers at Mir and Mrs. Arthur Stones were Mrs. Rose Audette and friends of Wauregan.
 Mrs. Felix Lebeau of Warwick. R. l.. spent a few days last week with Mir. and Mrs. Julius Mason.
 MT. and Mrs. George Congdon and Mir. and Mrs. Herbert Congdon of Pomfret Landing metered to aendon, Mass, over the weekend and called on Mrs. Ida Wilbur.
Putnam patriot., 1927-09-23

A flock of hens has been provided to lay eggs so that chimpanzees brought from Africa by the Soviet for the monkey farm in the Caucasus may feel at home In their native habitat chimpanzees steal and suck eggs.
Putnam patriot., 1927-09-23

After Queen Victoria fell in love with her cousin. Prince Albert of
 -Coburg -Gotha, she realized that the task of proposing tc .g queen vas rather an appalling one Tor timid young man, She, therefore, proposed.
Putnam patriot., 1927-09-23

Only one in every twenty-five of the Parisian girls attending trade schools train to be stenographers or secre- taires. They prefer dressmaking, millinery and similar "women's work" to these 'dressed-up" jobs.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

Bucharest, Rumania, July 23.-
With the failure of Queen Marie to
obtain a place on the Rumanian re-
gency, Princess Helen, mother of the
boy king Mihai (MichaeD has sud
denly doomed into prominence. She
is given much space in the newspa-
pers, while Queen Marie is seldom
mentioned. Marie is already referred
to by Rumanians as the "dowager
queen" while Heien is called the
princess mother" Prominent Ru-
manians do not conceal their belief
that the comely daughter of the late
King Constantine of Greece, who was
deserted by her husband, former
Crown Prince Carol, will play vital
role in dynastic and state affairs OF
Rumania until her son becomes of
age, II years hence. Although there
is real affection between Dowager
Queen Marie and Princess Helen, the
latter's position as the mother of a
ruling king, observers say, will divert
the limelight on the royal stage from
Ferdinand's widow, whose influence
on the existing regency, if any, must
be exercised indirectly through her
second son, Prince Nicholas, who is a
member. Reared in the strict atmos-
phere of German and Danish court,
and inheriting much political acumen
and broad knowledge of state af-
fairs from her father, Princess Helen
is said to possess distinct ideas as to
how government should be con-
Quoted.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
MAYHEM MANOR TO
BE SOLD AUGUST n

Judge H. H. Watkins, of the Uni
ted States district court of South
Carolina, sitting at Asheville for
Judge E. Yates Webb, who is in
Europe, signed an order last Satur-
day, fixing August 27 as the date of
resale of the Mayview Manor proper
ty at Blowing Rock. The manor and
annex, along with furnishings and all
equipment, and number of lots in
Mayview park will be sold at this
time under the direction of the court
commissioners. -..=
These properties have been offer
ed for sale several times, the last sale
being held on July Is, last. Each
time the court has refused confirma-
ton of sale owing to the price
brought. The commissioners are in
hopes that the sale of August 27 will
be more successful than the previous
ones.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
ACE DEFEATS FLAMES
ON ALTITUDE FLIGHT

Washington, July 25.-Lieutenant
c. C. Champion, Jr., battled nightly
for his life thousands of feet in the
skies today with the engine of his
airplane afire, and he won.
The navy aviator, a student at the
post graduate school at Annapolis,
had gone aloft in an effort to shatter
the worlds altitude record.
He carried two paragraphs. One
was destroyed by the fire and the
other, it is thought, was slightly af-
fected by the vibration and flames.
But if the mark it showed is correct
1900 feet-Champion exceeded
by nearly 1000 feet the worlds re-
cord which France has held for two
years.
This will not be definitely known,
however, until the bureau of stand
ards has completed its inspection.
With several pistons completely
torn out of the nine-cylinder air
cooled engine, due probably to the
lack of lubricating oil, Lieut.. Cham
pion slid down from his high perch,
where the temperature was about 90
degrees below zero, and made a
forced landing in corn field on the
edge of Boiling field, where the flight
had started CAT o'clock this morn
ing. On the downward flight, he
battled with four separate fires in
his engine. His remarkable pluck
saved him.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
WAGNER CASEBE
CALLED AUG. 18TH
Witnesses Being Notified to Appear
At Wilkesboro on that Date for
Trial of Slayer of Earl Moody and
Dexter Byrd

Witnesses and others interested in
the case of H. S. Wagner, charged
with the double Staying on last Christ
mas day of Earl Moody and Dexter
Byrd, are being notified to appear at
Wilkesboro on August IS, beginning
of the second week of Wilkes county
superior court, at which time, it is
understood, the case will be called for
trial. Wagner will be tried at this
time for the Staying of Moody.
According to the Wilkes Journal,
there are about 200 criminal cases to
be tried at the August term of Wilkes
superior court, and cases growing out
of the recent failure of the Bank of
Wilkes may also abs orb some time,
but it is expected that the Wagner
case will come up Monday morning
of the second week Judge P. A. Nc
Elroy will preside.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
Lodged In Jail on
Charge of Incest
George Dollar of Vale C-ucis, Ar
rested Monday on Serious
Charge

George Dollar, %, resident of the
Vale Crucis section, is being held in
the county Jail in default of thou
sand dollar bond for alleged immoral
relations with thirteen-year-old sis
ter. The girl was placed under the
care of the county welfare officer by
Clerk of the Court South, until next
term of Watauga superior court, the
defendant having waived the right to
preliminary hearing.
The warrant was sworn out by one
Sherman Bentley of Vale Crucis.
Bentley claims to have been an eye
witness to the alleged crime, which
he says was perpetrated Saturday.
Part of his statements can be cor
roborated, but it is thought on the
whole that his evidence may be taken
rather lightly.
A physician made examination of
the little girl and it is understood he
pronounced her chaste; however she
has made confessions to improper
conduct to some of the county Of
ficials. The Dollars come from a
very illiterate family and seem in
clined to grasp at any kind of story
calculated to get the case settled.
Citizens of Vale Crucis had not
suspicioned that condition like this
existed between the two, however,
there had been little talk by soma
one calculated to link together Ii
names of the man and an older SIS
ter in criminal way.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
Club Members Plan
To Beautify Cemetery
Play Be Given Tomorrow Night for
Purpose of Raising Funds for
Worthy Cause

Tomorrow evening the ladies of the
Worth While Club will present the
second local talent play of the sea-
son. The title of the drama is "Mrs.
and Mr.. Polly Tickk" and is given un-
der the supervision of the Wayne P.
Sewell Producing Company, of At
lanta, and under the personal direc-
ton of Miss Hazel Phillips, who has
been here working up the cast for
several days.
The money derived from these per-
formances supplements a savings de-
posit of the club and when enough
has been secured will be used in a
lump to improve and beautify the
cemetery in the eastern part of town.
No more needed improvement could
be made at the present time and the
club members respectfully ask for
the cooperation of the people as no
money is being asked except for
civic betterment.
The business men of the town
have contributed advertisements
enough to make possible a half page
ad in this paper which will also give
an idea of the entertainment tomor-
row evening.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
FLOYD WARD TO OCCUPY NEW
BUILDING AT ELIZABETHTON

The following from the Elizabeth
ton (Tenn.) Star, will be of interest
locally:
J. Frank Spires announced at his
office Monday that construction work
was ready to be started on new
milk depot and pasteurizing plant at
the intersection of Elk avenue and
"E" street. The building which was
planned by Mr.. Spires will occupy
the triangular lot at that location
fronting SO feet on E street and 80
feet on Elk avenue. Construction
will be of brick and stone, one story
high and work will be carried out on
daily basis by Walter Grindstaff.
Mr.. Spires stated that the building
would be occupied by Mr.. Floyd Ward
and associates. Mr.. Ward is from
Boone, N. C. Aside from pasteuriz-
ing milk and maintaining a before
breakfast delivery service the new
company will manufacture and sell
ice cream. The estimated cost of the
structure with equipment is some
where in the neighborhood of S10,-
900.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
NEGRO CONVICT SHOT IN
MAKING ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
By RUPERT GILLETT

Blowing Rock, July 27-Elmo
Stewart, negro convict at work on
Highway No. II just below here,
made break for liberty early Thurs
day morning as the convicts were
being taken to work, but he was
halted by charge of buckshot from
a guards gun.
Stewart broke from the ranks,
clambered up the bank, and was
making for the laurel thicket when
the guard shot.
"You got me-" shrieked Stewart.
"You're dern right l got you," the
guard replied.
The buckshot took effect in St:w-
arts leg, but DR.. R. X. Bingham of
Boone, who was called to attend him,
said the negro was not seriously
wounded.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

distant sky suddenly redden in warn
ing. He must return to his people.
He proved adanant to her pleading,
her opportunities not to leave her
But duty's call was to him paramount
event to his love for the beautiful
maiden; and in desperation he leap
ed from the towering rock to the
abyss below.
In frenzy of fear and love she
prayed to the Great Spirit and to the
wind to blow him back to her, and
while on bended knee with arms out
stretched, to receive him, a gust OF
wind blew him back. She would have
had it so, even though she could have
foreseen the tragedy that followed
for the chieftain father returned fol-
his daughter to find her, not with {
despised paleface, but one even more
detested-a Cherokee. In anger he
drove a knife into the stranger ane
as he died for love, SO did the lovel!
maiden who plunged Ger waterfall
and died meath the spray.
Such is the legend as told in tn,
story and it is said that BLOWN,
Rock was named to commemorate tht
tragic ending of this Indian low,
story.
Knoxville, Tenn, July %, 1927.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
Rapid City, S. D., July 22.-Sel

Rapid City, S. D., July 22.-Sen-
ator Smoot, of Utah, one of the ad-
ministration leaders, came to ths
summer White House yesterday to
renew his appeal to President Cool
idge for special session of congress
in the fall. A recommendation made
by Secretary Hoover that the fed
eral government give immediate re-
lief in the Mississippi flood situation
makes the special session imperative
in the opinion of Senator Smoot. In
order to give this relief and to get
government finances on a better basis
the Utah senator believed the ad-
ministration would do we'll to have
congress meet early and pass the de-
ficiency appropriation bill which was
lost in the senate filibuster at the
close of the last session. That bill
carries large amount of funds to
meet emergency expenses of the
government and these funds, he
thinks, would be needed if immediate
relief was to be extended to the flood
area.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
4,559 PUPILS REGISTERED
IN WATAUGA'S SCHOOLS

The total enrolment in the Wat
auga county free schools up to last
Saturday was 4,501 whites and So
negroes out of scholastic census of
4,S41 whites and 55 colored, accord
ing to Superintendent Smith Haga-
man.
Of these, 525 we're high school pd-
pills and 1876 elsnertary pupils.
The free sch9o's opened on July
II to permit those children wnc at
tend the six-mont IS schools to finish
the term by Christmas, before the
roads get so bad as to make trans
portation difficult.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

of Greenwich.
R. M. Collins and E. M. Collins
of Greensboro, were two others who
spent the weekend at the Manor.
Mrs. Sidney Allen, Mrs. George
Brandt of Greensboro, Mrs Harris
McCurry of Miami, Mrs. Edgar Eng
strom of Los Angeles, and Miss Marie
Brandt of Greensboro, were also
weekend guests at the Manor.
Other arties registered from Knox
vile, Richmond, Norfolk, Savannah,
Columbia and other cities throughout
the south.
A Charlott2 party at Green Park
was made up of DR.. W. W. Aber-
nethy, winner of the golf tournament
R. H. Cotton and o. NJ. Abernethy.
A large Winston-Salem party al
the same hotel was composed of Miss
Odessa Hart, Miss Sudie Byerly, Mrs
Ben V. Matthews, ]. H. Mcfarland
and C. C. Hughes.
= Another Charlotte party was com
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Draper
Mrs. Shields and Norman Draper.
Mr.. end Mrs. Conner M. Story an
nounce the birth of an eight-poun,
son Saturday night.
Billy Coffey, young son of Mr.. an,
Mrs. George Coffey, has been i'll o
pneumonia for several days.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

The third handicap golf tourna-
ment on the Green Park-Norwood
course here was won Sunday by DR..
Wallace W. Abernethy of Charlotte,
with a gross score of rs, less a han
dicap of 8, making net score of 66.
This is the best score made so far in
any of the tournaments. J. Wagner
of Statesville, who won the second
tournament, came off second best this
time with gross of IA, handicap 5,
and net SO.
J. w. Ballinger of Hickory and
Givens Harper of Hickory, tied for
third place. The formers gross score
was 7S, handicap s, net 20. Mr.. Har-
pcr's gross was SO, handicap Is, net
20.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

With a good road all the way from
Lenoir to Blowing Rock, weekend
visitors here increased strikingly Sat
urday and Sunday. Nearly all of the
hotels were filled, and many of the
rooming houses had all their rooms
taken.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Sloan and Mr.
and Mrs. w. R. Dalton formed par.
ty of four over the weekend at May
view Manor.
One of the largest parties of tht
weekend which enjoyed Saturday
nights dance at the Manor was com
posed of Mrs. Louis M. Grant o.
Greenwich, Conn, Miss Jessie L
Marley, Miss Elizabeth Grant o
Yonkers, N. Y, Miss Alice Grant
! Barrett Grant and Madame Epcie, al
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

The Blowing Rock telephone ex-
change had handled 43 long distance
calls at 9 p. M, on the first full day
of operation Wednesday. Only thir-
teen telephones had been installed
that day, most of them in business
houses.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

The fifty girls at Camp Alloh-Wes-
Tee, conducted by Miss Mary kath-
crime Thompson of Charlotte, went
on a hike to Boone Tuesday. Mon
day they hiked to Twin Peaks, near
here. Thursday night the girls will
be presented by Miss Thompson in
an amateur play, as the closing event
of the first term of the camp. The
second term will begin August Z,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

A small blaze around defective
flue in the summer home here of C.
C. Laughner of st. Petersburg, Fla,
called out the Blowing Rock fire
truck for the first time this summer.
The blaze was quickly extinguished
after doing damage estimated at
$1OO.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

Daily bus service between johnson
City, Tenn, and Blowing Rock was
started this week. The bus arrives
here just before noon each day and
departs for johnson City at p. m.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28
NEWS OF WEEK
ATBLQ NGROCK
DR.. Vance Heard by Throng at Pres
byterian Church; To Stage Benefit
Fiddlers' Contest; New Telephone
Line Has Good Business
BY RUPERT GILLETT

Blowing Rock, July 27.-"It is
difficult to make an infidel of a
mountaineer, because he has so many
voices around him speaking of the in
finite" said DR.. James l. Vance of
Nashville, Tenn, Sunday in a SER
mon before summer audience that
packed Rumple Memorial Presbyter-
ian church to the doors.
"Climb to the top of Grandfather
Mountain" he continued, land look
at the succession of blue peaks until
they disappear in the dim distance,
and you will understand the spiritu-
al appeal of the mountains; you will
understand why mountains play such
an important part in Biblical htera-
ture, and why the old Israelites went
for inspiration to the tops Of tall
mountains"
DIR. Vance, whose sermons here
during the summer always draw
large crowds, will preach again next
Sunday.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

B. K. jenkins of Blowing Rock,
was on a tour of Western North Car
olina this week seeking entries to the
fiddlers' convention whcih will be
held here August and 6 under the
auspices of the Blowing Rock fire de-
partment.
Mr.. jenkins will visit all of the ia
nous dancers, bands and fiddlers in
this part of the state in an effort to
gather here the greatest assembly of
musicians ever to take part in such
an event in North Carolina.
Fiddling John Carson, champion of
the South, will conduct the conven-
tion. and he will be seconded by Dud
Vance, champion of East Tennessee.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-07-28

Continued on Page Five)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09

Within five minutes of that last
ballot, County Auditor Harry
Dunn said: "That leaves me
here"
And Dodson said: I'm going to
stick to the gravel business"
Stacks election is considered by
observers the end of the Dodson
regime, which has been prominent
in both the city hall and the
Courthouse since the first of the
year.
1t is believed there will be gen.
eral trend back to Coffin at the
Courthouse. 1t will depend on
what board members Slack ap-
points for the two years, before 1t
can be determiner just how Dod-
son will line up at the city hall.
Democratic politicians. however,
are not so sure that Dodson Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
REED LOSER IN
BALLOT FIGHT
Court Rules Vote Case Up
to Congress.

BIZ Cnfted Press
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.-The
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals today upheld Federal Judge
Thompson in his dismissal of the
suit of the Reed senatorial elections
investigating committee. The COM
mittee sought ruling on the status
of Senate standing committees,
after adjournment of the Congress
creatinog, them.
The opinion, concurred in by Fed
eral Judges Burlington. Wooley, and
Davis, held, with the lower Fed
eral court, that the statuts of Senate
committees was without the juris-
diction of Federal courts and o
question for determination by the
Senate itself.
The case, which through six
months evolved from suit by the
Reed committee to seize the ballot
boxes of Delaware county in its
investigation of the election of Will
liam S. Ware to the Senate last No
vember, developed into a battle for
court affirmation Of the committees
legal existence.
The commissioners and election
officials refused to surrender the
ballots, attacking the authority of
the Reed committee to demand
them, on the ground that the COM
mittee had ceased to exist with adj
journment of the Forty Ninth Con-
greSs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
WASHINGTON WONDERS WHAT
BIG BILL MEANS BY TRIP

him, and talks him up" His aids
and lieutenants among them hover
about, and dash here and there,
faithfully, to answer his every whim.
They all wear official badges car
rying the slogan America First"
and sailor and policemen quartet
keep this slogan continually in the
air with a song about America
First, Last and Always"
Fear 1928 Hello"
Thompson has become person.
age here. Crowds gather in the
caucus room to get glimpse OF
him. One women took two small
children to the caucus room Thurs
day, expecting big Bill" to appear.
She sat around for two hours, and
then left.
Certain Republicans, it is known,
are shaking their heads, puzzled.
They wonder just how often they
may hear that familiar Hello,
Bill" at the convention next June.