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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
POLITICAL EVENTS
OF THE PAST WEEK
Highlights of Political Activity of
Both Major Parties Summarized
From Recent News Dispatches
From Over the Country
Hoover Against the Field

Herbert Hoover, secretary of
commerce, who entered the Ohio
presidential primary in opposition to
Senator Frank 3. Willis, Ohio's
favorite son, now virtually faces the
field in the fight for the convention
delegates there.
The Ohio primary election law
requires each candidate for district
delegate, or for delegate at large, to
state his first and second choices,
provided, however, that the name
of no candidate for president shall
be used without his written authori-
ty."
While the Willis forces claim to
have made no effort to guide the
second choices, their delegate can
didates are sure to name former
Governor Frank o. Lowden of Hi
nois, Senator Charles Curtis of Kan
sas, Senator James E. Watson of
Indiana, and in a few local cases
Colonel Charles R. Fisher of Will
mington, Ohio. Although many
Willis hackers wanted Vice Presi-
dent Dawes as second choice, he re-
fused his consent, saying he favored
Governor Lowden.
The majority of the Willis dele
gates, particularly in the rural dis
tricts, are expected to name Cover
nor Lowden, for there is consider
able sentiment in Ohio for Lowden
or Dawes on the farm relief issue. 1t
is the feeling among many Ohioans
that Vice President Dawes is ulti-
mately the man to be watched.
Charles H. Jones, secretary to
Senator Willis, declared had not Mr..
Hoover entered the Ohio primary he
would have been the second choice
of many of the Willis delegates, but
that now none of these will support
Mr.. Hoover at any time at the Kan
sas City convention.
The Ohio primary, thus, will prob
ably show not only Ohio's preference
between Senator Willis and Secre-
tary Hoover but the choice of the
state in case either Mr. Willis or
Mr.. Hoover, or both, should be elimi-
mated from the picture.
James R. Garfield, son of Presi-
dent Garfield and former secretary
of the interior, has been picked as
second choice by the Hoover faction
and has written his consent.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
How Candidates Stand on Pro-
hibition Issue

Leading candidates for the Repub-
lican and Democratic presidential
nominations, in recent statements,
have indicated their attitudes toward
prohibition as follows:
Gov. ALFRED f. SMITH
advocate nothing that will infringe
upon the provisions of the eighteenth
amendment. 1t is nevertheless a
fact that the definition of an intoXi-
eating beverage contained in the
Volstead act is not an honest or a
common sense one.
FRANK o. LOWDEN-I stand
squarely with the president in what
he said in his annual message (that
citizens ought to obey the law.
SENATOR JAMES A REED
do not think the prohibition question
ought to control in the convention.
The question is important (Mr. Reed
is an avowed wet), but it is largely
a moral one.
SENATOR CHARLES CURTIS
l. am heartily in favor of faith
fully enforcing all our laws, and |
am opposed to the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment OF the Vol
stead act.
GOV. ALBERT C. RITCHIE-
Either the Volstead law must be
changed or it must be enforced, and
l am convinced it cannot be en-
forced.
SENATOR FRANK B. WILLIS
would put forth every effort to see
to it that the eighteenth amendment
is observed, obeyed and respected
and the laws enacted hereunder en-
forced.
HERBERT HOOVER is opposed
to the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment l favor vigorous, sin
cere and efficient enforcement of
the laws and feel that whoever is
elected president must, under his
oath, pursue this course.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
News of Week in and
About Blowing Rock
High School Pupils to Present Com
edy, "Unacquainted With Work."
Saturday Night

Blowing Rock, Feb. 29-The COM
edy, "Unacquainted With Work" !"
on which pupils of the Blowing Rock
high school have been rehearsing for
two months, will be given Saturday
night in the school auditorium. The
pupils, who have been directed by
Principal A. E. Mercer, are said to
be exceptionally well prepared.
The cast is as follows: Glenn Cof-
fey as the young man unacquainted
with work; Jay Knight as the land
lord who wants his money; Bynum
Crisp as the briefless young lawyer
just admitted to the bar; Fred Spann
as the pugilistic aspirant in love with
Biddy; Villa Holshouser as the
bellhop at the "Drummer's Rest"
hotel; William White as the detect
i've; Lucy Williams as the niece of
the landlord; Elizabeth Sudderth as
Biddy the chambermaid; Lucille Reid
as the wealthy widow, aunt of the
young man unacquainted with work !;
Lucille Coffey as agent for "a
Daughter of the Gods" and Ruby
Richards as the cook.
Paul Foster will represent the
Blowing Rock high school in the
five-county defamation contest
sponsored by Prof. l. G. Greer of the
Appalachian State Normal.
Mr. John S. Williams will leave
the first of the month on his spring
work with the agricultural depart
ment, working twelve counties in
the Elkin-Asheville section. In the
fall his territory will include 25
counties in the western part of the
state.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. S. Prevette were
hosts on the eve of February % at
a small but delightful dinner party.
Pink and white hyacinths surround
ed by candles carrying out the same
colors formed centerpiece, and an
appropriate menu was selected for
the occasion. Guests included
Misses Lena Reevers and Connie
Moody and Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Gil
lett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hartley had as
guests over Sunday Mrs. Hartley's
sister and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. G. Roberts, also her sister-in-law
Mrs. Perry Neal Kerley, all of
Johnson City, Tenn. Mrs. Kerley
win join her husband on his ranch
in Wyoming in March and is an
ticipating great deal of pleasure in
the new experience of ranch life.
Miss Annie Ward is visiting rela-
tives in Lenoir.
Mr.. H. C. Hayes spent a recent
weekend with Mrs. Hayes and their
daughters in Raleigh. Both daugh-
ters are in school there.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
BROOKS, FORD PLANE
PILOT, LOST AT SEA

Sebastian, Fla, Feb. 27.-A tur-
bulent sea tonight apparently still
clutched the body of Harry Brooks,
who dived to his death off Mel
bourne, Fla, two days ago while try
ing to make aviation history in a
"flivver" plane.
Spurred to greater effort by find
ing today the wreckage of his tiny
craft where it had been tossed
ashore by the waves, seaplanes, mo-
torboats and motorcycle police re-
doubled their futile search for the
body of the resourceful chief pilot
of the Ford interests.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
New Airplane Motor
Runs Without Fuel
Electro Mechanical Devise Is Tested
Out Successfully; May Revolution
ize Air and Auto Transportation

Detroit, Feb. 25.-The Detroit
Free Press today said that an air.
plane motor operated electro mag
netically, without gasoline or other
fuel, has been tested successfully
by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and
Major Thomas G. Lanphier, flight
commander at Selfridge Field.
The motor which, the newspaper
pointed out, might revolutionize the
entire scheme of automotive power,
was the invention of Lester J. Hen
dershot of Pittsburgh, the article
said.
Col. Lindbergh, Major Lanphier
and D. Barr Peat of Pittsburgh,
business manager for the inventor,
conducted test of the motor yester-
day at Selfridge Field, and the Free
Press reported it was successful in
every respect"
No direct authority for news of
the invention was given other than
that it emanated from one of the
four men-Col. Lindbergh, Major
Lanphier, Hendershot and Peat. The
first two, reached early today, re-
fused to comment.
The Guggenheim foundation for
promotion of aeronautics, the article
said,- has arranged for an Immediate
demonstration of the motor, which is
said to be based on the principle of
electrical magnetism, as applied to
the rotary motion of the earth.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. 27.-F. w.
Hochstetter of the Hochstetter re-
search laboratories here, today de-
clared the "fuel-less" motor of Les
ter J. Henderson,, West Elizabeth,
Pa, inventor, was a generator and
not a motor at all"
Hochstetter, who said he had ne
gotiated with Hendershot on what
appeared from newspaper reports to
have been the same things he is now
trying to promote, asserted sit does
not take electricity from the air--it
gets its electricity from concealed
carbon pencil battery"
Hochstetter exhibited models of
what he claimed were early models
of the Hendershot motor, and said
the current was supplied from cells,
and in one instance from the current
in a house.
OF course, | had pencil cells in
those things" said Henderson,, 81
was experimenting with another af-
fair-an effort to take electricity
from the air And l still believe
actually did take some power from
the air. But it had no practical use.
Why, | evennated the pencil cells to
see how long they would last
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
HAMMER INTRODUCES
NEW MARRIAGE BILL

Washington, FEB. 2S.-From
North Carolina has come prospective
protection for the District of Column
bi from modernism as it relates to
matrimony A bill to prohibit COM
panionate, or trial, marriages in
the district was introduced today by
Representative William C. Hammer,
of that state, and member of the
house District of Columbia commit
tee.
In it's definition of companionate
marriages the bill distinguishes them
as marriages in which there is an
agreement at the time of hte we'd
ding that the man shall not be re-
sponsible for the support of his wife.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
KU kLUX DISROBES

Official announcement was made
last Wednesday that the ku KluX
Klan had discarded the mask as a
part of it's official regalia.
In a copyrighted statement is
sued at the organizations Washing
ton headquarters, it was asserted
that sin every Klavern throughout
the nation" klansmen tonight fore
swore the mask and made it clear
that the order has no political am
bitions for itself or for it's men,
bers." At the same time, the state
ment said that tonight's action was
in preparation for new and larger
activities in our national life"
The statement quoted an edict
from H. W. Evans, imperial wizard,
as follows:
"That on and after midnight of
February 22, year of our Lord nine
teen hundred and twenty eight, no
mask or visor shall be upon the he'll
met of the regalia of any klansman.
1t shall thereafter be unlawful for
any klansman who shall be unavoid-
ably absent from the meeting of a
khan to be held throughout the in
visible empire on 22nd day of Feb
ruary, shall as soon thereafter as
possible, attend a regular meeting
of the klan, and there become a
member of the Knights of the Great
Forest, that on and after the said
date all klansmen are forbidden to
fraternize with, or remain in klan-
nish fidelity to any who shall there
after wear upon his helmet a mask
or visor"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
Miss America Voting

Miss Mary Meekins, daughter of
Federal Judge Isaac M. Meekins,
was informed the other day that the
first district convention of North
Carolina had named her as an alter
nate to the Republican national con-
vention in Kansas City with instruc-
tions to vote for Lowden, whereupon
Miss Mary retorted, "Pll vote as
please, and if / don't vote for Low
den, what will they do about it?"
Behold Miss America in politics
1t might be possible that time will
teach the female politicians to. play
the game with hush-mouth tactics
1t might be; but time will have a
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
OYSTER SUPPER FOR
CHARITABLE PURPOSES

The American Legion Auxiliary
will give an oyster supper Friday
evening, March 2, beginning at $50
o'clock, for the benefit of the Aux
iliary and for miscellaneous chari-
table purposes. The affair will take
place in the Hahn Building where
the new Greer Cafe is soon to open.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
LOWDEN FILES AS FORMAL
CANDIDATE IN N. DAKOTA

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 2S-Former
Governor Frank o. Lowden of Illi-
nois, announced himself as a candi-
didate for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination in a personal decla-
ration filed late today with North
Dakota's secretary Of state.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Spainhours'-pages 2, 5 and s.
Boone Chevrolet Co.-page 3.
American Tobacco Co.-page 3.
w. R. Winkler & Co page 3.
R. j. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
page 6.
Watauga County Bank-page 4.
Hodges Drug Company-Page 5.
Sheriff Farthing-page 6
Mcconnell Motor Co.--page 8.
Isaacs' Dept. Store-page 8.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01
VISIT RELATIVES IN MEBANE

James w. Bryan, ESQ.,, and neph-
ew, Burl Phillips, returned Tuesday
afternoon from visit to Mrs. Caro-
line Phillips at Mebane, N. c., sister
of Mr.. Bryan, and mother of Mr..
Phillips, who has been very i'll with
pneumonia following measles. They
report her condition as somewhat
improved, but still she is very sick.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-03-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
October "a Is Date Set
For Local Rs1io Finals

LIGHT young District Of Columbia
II singers-four girls and four boys.
presumably the best in the National
Capital-will face the microphone In
the studies of Radio Station WRC We'd
nesday evening, october "a. to compete
for the privilege of representing the
District in semi-finals of the Second
National Radio Addition, to be held in
New York in November.
These eight Washington finalists will
be selected by series of preliminary
eliminations. which were planned this
past week by the District of Columbia
addition committee.
Capt. William H. Santelmann, former
leader of the United States Marine
Band, who is chairman of the commit
tee. has appointed as his executive COM
nittee to include. in addition to Capt
Santelmann, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons. Mrs.
huston Thompson. Miss Helen Fetter,
Percy S. Foster and Maj. Oliver P. New
man.
All amateur singers in the District.
between ages of Is and 25, inclusive, ere
| eligible to participate in the addition
| and try for the awards offered by the
Atwater Kent Foundation, which total
$17,500 in cash and music conservatory
scholarships. They may enroll In per-
, son or by mail at District of Columbia
addition headquarters. Room 311 Albee
Building. No applications will be re-
ceived after October 10.
All preliminary elininations will be
| conducted between October 10 and Oc-
tober "a, until the eight finalists have
! been chosen. Already nearly 20 appli-
cations are in the committees hands.
The final District addition. October
"a. will be broadcast by WRC and the
Districts song championships girl and
| one boy-will be chosen by Joint vote
Of the radio audience and jury of Judges.
to be named by Capt. Santelmann. The
radio audience vote will count so per
cent and the judges vote 40 per cent.
Ralph Edmunds. manager of WRC. will
manage the District addition.
Winners of the District finals will be
awarded silver medals by the Atwater
Kent Foundation and will be it's guests
during their trip to New York for the
semi finals. at which they will compete
| with winning singers from other North
eastern States. Winners of this North
| eastern region addition will compete in
the national finals for the national
awards, highest of which is $4,000 cash.
| gold decoration and two years consery-
atory scholarship.
In addition to Capt. Santelmann.
| members of the District addition spon-
sorship committee are Justice Wendell
F. Stafford, Robert v. Fleming. Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, Rev. z. B. Phillips.
Mrs. Huston Thompson, Mai Oliver P.
Newman. Percy S. Foster, Commissioner
Clyde B. Aitchison, Capt. l.. Taylor
Branson. Dean Henry Grattan Doyle,
Miss Helen Fetter, Mrs Wilson Greene,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, Mrs.
George Gravatt, T. Arthur Smith, Theo-
dore Cannon, Edgar Priest and Mrs.
! Gertrude LYONS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16

berg, conductor of the Philharmonic
Symphony Society of New York will
conduct a performance of the work with
that orchestra Mr.. Mengleberg Just
announced his plan to perform the work
in the following cable sent to n. C.
Cox, president of the Columbia Phono-
graph Co., organizers of the Schubert
week:
II appreciate highly the symphony
by Atterberg in homage of Schubert
which won your $4,000 grand prize and
will play this work at my concerts
during Schubert week, November Is
to 25."
The work in question. by Kurt After
berg, young Swedish composer, of in
ternational reputation, which won the
prize of $4,000, was one of 500 manu-
scripts submitted in 10 zones in the
International Composers Contest. or
ganiZed In homage of Schubert. and to
encourage modern musicians to return
to melody. In addition to winning the
amount of the grand prize. Atterberg
also won the Scandinavian zone prize,
which amounted to $1,000.
Atterberg's symphony is inspired bv
love of Schubert's melodies, but is in
no way parody of Schubert's style.
AS Schubert was nineteenth century
lyrical, so Atterberg is twentieth century
lyrical.
Kurt Atterberg's symphony is now
being recorded by the Photograph Co.
and will be used widely in the cere-
monies of Schubert week. Other per-
formances of the Atterberg Symphony
are now being negotiated with the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, the De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16

Suite Johann Strauss Blue Danube
Waltz. the overture to Wagner S
'Tannhauser' and Beethoven's C Minor
Symphony
The concerts by the newly formed
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, with
its fine material were of great artistic
and educational value. Willem van
Hoogstraten. Albert Coates. and Ber-
nardina Molinari were the three effici-
ent conductors who deserve special
commentator for interpreting tive
we'll chosen programs containing many
novelties in a mastery manner.
Having read a great deal lately
anent conductorless orchestras. I am
wildly reminded of the palmy days OF
Orchestra in The o1s when he toured
ganization and gave Beethoven and
Brahms concerts. 1t was the best
drilled orchestra I ever listened to. Won
Buelow played the two piano concertos
by Brahms and the Emperor and G
major concertos by Beethoven. There
was no conductor for the orchestral &C.
compartments of those works. which
were played in f1awless manner. Such
an achievement only can be accom-
plished Wy intensive drilling at the re-
hearsals by such disciplinarian as Won
Buelow At the Beethoven concerts he
took daring liberties and startled the
musical world with his interpretations
of that masters symphonies. At those
concerts he introduced for the first time
works written by his protege. Richard
Strauss, who was then unknown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
Jazz Leaders Announce
New Dances This Season

r TNDER the leadership of John
- Peaches" Mclaughlin and Pea
nuts" Callahan, who are known to the
dancing set of Washington as "the
BEST" the youthful army of terpsichore
will march into the bathrooms this year
armed with three new dances.
There are two distinctive sets OF
local dancers. Those who frequent the
public halls and continually originate
dances and the members OF the elite,
whose steps seem never to change.
If some member of the elite visited
a public hall he probably would be
bafied at the steps. for the dances
are decidedly different: different as to
time. steps and movement. In COM
pairing the beauty of the dancing OF
the two specific sets one can easily
decide that the honors go to the elite
But for originality. pep and color the
others have 1t by far.
The old. smooth steps known. TO
dancers years ago are still prevalent
at the embassy balls and other similar
ceremonies. One couldn't possibly pic
tlre on Ambassador arduously perform
ing the varsity drag, nor could one
imagine Peaches" or any OF his crew
Of originators quietly soaring into the
butterfly waltz
At the present time the popular
dances in the latter set are the finale
hop, the varsity drag. the sway fox trot
and the collegiate waltz.
At the Swanee this year a new policy
has been inaugurated Every week
new orchestra will make its appearance
at the establishment. At the opening
the Ted Weems Orchestra will play.
Amateur jazz orchestras, which nave
been playing at the various Summer
resorts, are returning after successlui
season. Most of them will disband to
form other orchestrss during the cold
months. for seldom does resort mu-
stefan" stew with his band upon Its
return to the city.
A music store on on F street corner
is the general meeting place OF the
amateur musicians. They lolter arou
for hours. tuning up their lnstru-
Notwithstanding new Jazz breaks on
the piano and mountaineering 1or
UNIQUE runs" on the photograph rec
ords. There are those who come IN
search of musicians. and are promptly
supplied. This condition will prevail
for month or so and then they Will
get regular berths at the Winter dane
ing establishments.
Numerous, SnappV new REPRESENTATIONS
are on the market for the beginning
of the season. Soon these popular Sc
lections will be heard as played by
more than 500 amateur musical aggre-
cations in the city. Newly originated
tempcs for the fox trot and hop-t1me
dances will tend to change the local
steps to some extent. Those dances
which fail to agree with the tempos
probably will be cast away. They may
be picked up at later season. when
the agreeing time returns with certain
popularized songs. G. w.