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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
ANTI-SMITH CANDIDATE
FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS

Arthur Talmadge Abernethy,
mayor of Rutherford College, and
candidate for the nomination for
congress against Congressman A. L..
Bulwinkle, running on an anti-Smith
platform, was up in Rowan county
court at Salisbury Saturday charged
with driving an automobile while un-
der the influence of liquor. He
pleaded guilty of being under the
influence of some kind of intoxi-
cants and was fined $100 and bar
red from operating a car in Rowan
county for three months.
Mr.. Abernethy stated that he had
addressed a large body of citizens in
a nearby city the night of April 2S,
before coming to Salisbury, where
he was arrested and that feeling IA
tigued he had taken some stimulant
which contained intoxicants.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
w. G. Newland Heads
A. S. N. S. Trustees
Succeeds T. H. Coffey, Resigned as
President of Board; G. P. Haga-
man Vice President

The annual meeting of the board
of trustees of the Appalachian State
Normal was held in the school office
at Boone, Friday, May II. Hon. T.
II. Coffey, president of tie board,
had recently resigned to become a
member of the board of agriculture,
and G. P. Hagaman was appointed
instead. The Hon. Hugh A. Cranor
of Wilkesboro was another new
member, succeeding Mr.. Sanders of
Charlotte, who died a year ago.
Governor W. C.. Newland was elect
ed president Of the board of trus-
tees, G. p. Hagaman, vice president,
J. M. Barnhardt, W. c. Newland, G.
P. Hagaman were elected executive
committee.
1t was in 1903 that w. C. Newland
represented Caldwell county in the
legislature. At that time he intro
duced the bill to establish this col
lege and engineered it through the
house and the senate, thus establish
ing the institution 1t is fitting now
that after twenty-five years that he
should become president OF the
board of trustees, This will be
pleasing to the institution and will
meet with public approval of the en-
tire state. We are informed that
the trustees had an all day session
on that it was harmonious from be-
ginning to end.
The vacation time at the Appa-
lachan State Normal School is taken
up with preparation for the summer
school. Applications are coming in
daily. There are only a few more
rooms in the dormitorier, h@t the
town, through the Civitan C.uJ is in
readiness to take care of all $40 @e-
sire to come.
May, 1928, high school graduates
are coming, due perhaps, to the fact
that this summer quarter is the last
opportunity in North Carolina fol
securing q certificate upon twelve
weeks summer school training. Aftel
this it viii require thirtysiX- weeks
Members of the faculty are being
! kept busy as speakers at hl%f
school commencements.
1t seems that an increasing mum
! ber of young men are making appli
/ cation for summer school work in the
Normal, due in part, perhaps to the
fact that the school has been unable
for the past two or three years tC
supply all the calls for men to serve
1 as school principals
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
NO MATERIAL CHANGES TO BE
MADE IN EQUALIZATION FUND

Very few material changes will be
made in the allotments of the sew
eral counties from the equalization
fund when the equalization board
meets in June, it was said here yes
terday by DR.. B. B. Dougherty,
member of the board and co-author
Of the bill establishing the fund.
Some changes will be made" DR..
DOugherty said, but they will not
be radical. They will be only ad-
justments Of the allotments already
made"
In regard to the operation of the
fund during its first year, DR.. Dough
erty said, The system has been very
satisfactory from all standpoints.
Gradually the people of the state are
being educated as to the real mean
ing and purpose of the fund. As
they become more familiar with its
purposes, we shall hear less COM
plant about its operation.
THE fund will operate more sat
isfactorily the longer it remains in
force, because with every meeting of
the board, some of the allotments
are readjusted. Hence, we approach
nearer to absolute fairness every
year"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
OF COUNTY
WILL MEET ON JUNE

The Democratic convention for
Watauga county will be held in the
courthouse here on Saturday, June
8, according to the official call issu-
ed last week by j. l.. Wilson, chair
man of the county executive com
mittee
The township primaries will be
held on Saturday, May 26 at =
o'clock for the purpose of electing
delegates to the county convention.
In the event of failure to hold meet
ings in any precincts, all Democrats
from those precincts who attend the
county convention will be seated as
delegates and entitled to cast the
vote of the precinct in the conven-
ton.
The convention is to be held for
the purpose of electing delegates to
the state convention to be held at
Raleigh on Tuesday, June 12; to
choose precinct committees for such
precincts as shall fail to name such
bodies at the precinct meetings, and
to transact any and all other busi-
ness that may come before the con-
vention
Watauga county is entitled to l6
delegates and Is alternates to the
state convention to be held in Ra-
leigh, and each precinct is entitled
to one delegate to the county con-
vention for every 25 Democratic
votes cast in the last general cleo
ton.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
Campaign Expenditures

Governor Alfred f. Smith, lead
ing candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, testified
Thursday before the special senate
campaign funds committee, that he
had spent no money and made no eff
fort of any kind to further his cause.
Il haven't done a single thing about
this campaign, even in my own
state" Governor Smith told Senator
Steiwar, Republican, Oregon, and
chairman. Il promised the people
of New York when | was inaugural
ed that | would not go out of the
state but would give my time to the
affairs Of the state. And, believe me.
that takes every minute OF my
time
Smith said ne knew of no organi-
zation outside of New York state,
and that George r. Van Nance,
public service commissioner of New
York state. was in charge of that.
senator's that $103,310 had been re-
ceived by the New York organiza-
ton for the governor, and $4,000
had been expended.
Herbert Hoover, testifying before
the COmmlCLee, Salu ne nau proDdDly
spent $500 in his campaign for the
presidential nomination.
However, when James w. Wood,
former representative from Iowa,
was called before the committee he
said that at clast 1925, 200 had been
expended in behalf of the candidacy
of Mr.. Hoover for the Republican
nomination. Good, who recently was
appointed directing manager Of the
campaign of the secretary of COM
merce, testified that approximately
S115, 900 had been spent by Hoover's
national headquarters in Washington
and by organizations in II states.
Ed S. Villmoare of Kansas City,
treasurer of the campaign organiza-
ton of Senator Reed, testified that
the total receipts by his organiza-
ton had been $35, ,414, and that the
expenditures from last November
first to May 3 had been $31, 1865.
Other candidates or their campaign
managers have testified to various
sums being used in their behalf,
ranging from few dollars up.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
LAYMEN'S MEETING AT
BOONE M. E. CHURCH

Following is a program for the
laymen's meeting to be held in the
Boone Methodist church Sunday aft
ernoon, May 20, beginning at 2:3O
o'clock. While the meeting is ex-
pressly for church and charge lay
leaders from the counties of Wat
auga and Avery, all those who can
are invited to attend and hear these
important subjects discussed All
church men are invited. The program
is as follows:
2:30-Devotional by Rev. C. H.
Moser.
2:40-Purpose of the meeting, by
the chairman.
2:45-"The Methodist Layman,
by w. H. Worth.
3:0O-The lay leader at work, by
Rev. Seymour Taylor.
3:30-Reports from charges.
3:40-Importance of organized
lay-activities, by F. A. Linney
A:00-Benediction
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17

Alfred Emmanuel Smith was born
on December 80, 1873, in an old
tenement in New York City. As a
small boy, he sold newspapers. His
father died when Alfred was only
thirteen years of age, leaving the
boys mother and younger sister to
his care.
He started work in his fathers
trucking business. Later he took a
job helping one of the men who had
a stall at the Fulton Fish Market.
Still later he was a laborer in the
employ of a steam pump company:
In 1900 he married Catherine A.
Dunn, and their union has been
blessed with five children.
In 1903 he was first elected to the
New York state assembly. From
then until 1915 he served in the leg
islature for twelve successive terms.
During this time he became majority
leader in the assembly, then floor
leader of the minority, then speaker.
He served on many important COM
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17

mittees.
From 1915 to 1917 he was sheriff
of New York county. In 1917 he
was elected president of the board of
aldermen and in November 1918,
he was elected governor of the En-
pire State. He was renominated in
1920 and defeated by only $4,000
evotes, although. it was a presidential
year.
He was again nominated in 1922,
won the election by receiving l.
397, $40 votes, figure never before
attained by any candidate for state
or local office anywhere in the
United States, and has served as
governor since that time. All in all,
he was elected to the governorship
four times by the people of the
state of New York.
He is noted for his thorough un-
derstanding of the problems of gov
ernment and his consistent liberal
policy in the field of administrative
reforms.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION MET
IN STATESVILLE LAST WEEK

The Boone Baptist church was
we'll represented at the convention of
the Baptist Young Peoples Union of
the west central region of North
Carolina, which met at the First
Baptist church, Statesville, last Fri
dav evening and which continued
through Sunday morning. More
than 500 young people attended the
sessions of the convention, which
embraces that section of the state
west of High Point to Morganton,
including Mecklenburg, Rowan. Gle
veland, Iredell, Caldwell, Wilkes,
Watauga and other counties.
At the opening session Friday
evening the keynote address of the
convention was delivered by Jas. A.
Ivey of Raleigh, state secretary of
the B. Y. P. U. Other speakers
were Mrs. J. E. Lambdin of Nash
vile. Tenn; M. L. Jones of Winston
Salem; Rev. l.. B. Olive, Raleigh; !;
Rev. E. N. Gardner of Thomasville /;
Miss Winnie Rickett of Salisbury,
and Ardian Newton of Lexington.
The concluding address sunday
morning was delivered by DR.. S. H.
Templeman, pastor of Brown Memo
rial church, Winston-Salem.
Among those attending the con-
vention from the local church were
Misses Ruth Coffey, Ruth Barker,
Ruth Benfield, Ruth Cottrell, Pearl
Cook, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Y Howell,
Ralph Hagaman, Neil Hartley, Jas.
Farthing, Morris Eggers, Gordon
Winkler, Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Younce,
and Mr.. S. C. Eggers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
Notable Speakers to be Present at American
Legion Gathering Here Friday Evening

The Watauga post of the Ameri-
can Legion and the Legion Aux
iliary will entertain all eX-service
men in the COUNTY at the court
house Friday night with a pro-
gram in which some of the most
distinguished men in the state will
be speakers.
Albert L. Cox, department
commander of North Carolina,
will speak on the subject, "The
American Legion and Why Every
EX-Service Man Should Join It."
f. A. Hutchinson, state service
officer, will speak on the ex-
service mans compensation claim
and the relation of his services to
the eX-service men of Watauga
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
WORK ON CITY HALL WILL
BEGIN BY FIRST OF JUNE

Sealed bids were received Satur-
day for the construction of the new
city hall. Several local contractors
submitted figures on the job and
the accepted bid was not announced
until Tuesday. Mr.. w. H. Gragg was
awarded the contract for the sum of
$5,454. Mr.. B. H. Moody who is
regularly employed by Mr.. Gragg as
a builder will be the superintendent
of construction, while the brick
work will be sub-contracted to Nc
Ghee Brothers.
Actual construction will begin as
soon as some minor details can be
arranged, probably not later than
the first of June.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17

county.
Ward Threat of the postoffice
department at Charlotte, will
speak on the subject, War Over
There"
Col. Wade Harris, editor of the
Charlotte Observer, will speak on
subject not yet announced.
Commander L. S. Isaacs and
Adjutant j. w. Norris request that
all ex-service men in the county
be present at the meeting as they
can learn more about the legion
by hearing these addresses than
from any other source obtainable
in this county.
The lectures will be open to the
public. Music will be furnished
by the Boone Band.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
Standing of the Candidates

Of the 1,089 delegates to the Re-
publican national convention, $40
actually have been selected, leaving
219 still to be chosen, says the As
sociated Press survey of the politi-
cal situation. A majority, 545, is
needed to nominate.
Of the LILO Democratic conven-
ton delegates, TIA have been desig-
mated and 326 remain to be selected.
Two-thirds, or 73313, is required
for the nomination.
The total after each candidates.
name in the following table repre-
sents delegates already selected who
are instructed, pledged or claimed
by him, and not the number cOnced-
ed to him by opponents.
In number of states claims over
lap, two or more candidates claim
ing the same delegates, and the total
of their claims in some instances eX-
ceeds the size of the entire dele
cation. The lineup:
Republican
Hoover-446, of which 1S1 are In
dispute.
Lowden-252, of which 68 are in
dispute.
Curtis-46, of which % are in dis
pute.
Norris-33, of which 16 are in
dispute.
Borah-11.
WatSOn-33.
Democrats
Smith-559 19, of which 1912 are
in dispute.
Reed-117, of which 81 are in
dispute.
Pomerene-47.
George--28.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
FINALS WILL
BEGIN SATURDAY NIGHT

The commencement exercises at
Lees-McRae Institute, Banner Elk,
will begin Saturday evening, May 19,
with the alumnae banquet, following
which James P. Gillespie of New
York city, will deliver the literary
address.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
on Sunday morning and the closing
exercises on Monday night, at which
time ten girls and one boy will
graduate from the school and three
nurses from the hospital
An unusually large number OF
visitors are expected.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
TAXES FOR 1928 MUST BE
LISTED DURING THIS MONTH

Under the provisions of the stat
utes of North Carolina, all proper
ty must be listed for taxation for
the year 1928 during the month of
May, says Henry j. Hardin, county
tax supervisor Mr.. Hardin has en-
deavored to make the listing places
in each township as convenient as
possible and insists that all proper
ty owners make out their lists as
early as possible in order that the
county expenses in this connection
may be lowered. Failure to abide
by this order will result in increased
costs to property owners.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
POLITICAL EVENTS
OF THE PAST WEEK
Highlights of Political Activity of
Both Major Parties Summarized
From Recent News Dispatches
From Over the Country

Tabulation Of the vote in the
rural sections of Indian in last
Tuesdays Indiana preferential pri-
mary, gives Senator Thomas E.
Watson "a majority of approximately
10000 over Secretary of Commerce
Hoover. Earlier returns indicated
that Hoover had carried the state,
the larger centers of population CIV
ing him a substantial lead over the
Indiana senator, but the rural dis
tricts overcame this lead with the
result that Hoover will not receive
the Hoosier states vote in the Kan
sas City convention, at least not un-
til they are released by Watson.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17

Rev. Creasey K. Proctor, pastor of
the First Methodist church of Rocky
Mount has been selected to succeed
the late R. l.. Brown as superinten-
dent of the Oxford Masonic orphan
age. The choice of DR.. Proctor was
made by the board Of trustees some
time ago, but his acceptance was
not received until last week.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
NEWS BREVITIES
OF 38 YEARS AGO
Outstanding Happenings of Boone
and Watauga County AS Chron-
icled in the Columns of the Wat
auga Democrat
May Is, 1890

Coffey Brothers have lost a flock
of sheep, numbering between 40 and
so head Has some fellow drove
them off and sold them or have
they been muttoned?
Our young and highly esteemed
young friend T. H. (Hard) Taylor,
leaves today for Honduras, C. A.
May his trip be a pleasant one and
may his voyage be safe, and pros
perity award his efforts.
The telegraph question has at last
been settled. At the meeting on last
Friday night, the enterprising citi-
Zens of Boone, with some very ac-
ceptable help from Blowing Rock,
raised the full amount required. The
line will be located this week and
will be poled and wired at once. -.
The town commissioners have
levied real estate tax in Boone
which will amount to something like
$500, to be used to improve our
streets and sidewalks.
Quite a number of Watauga's S
most intelligent young ladies are at
tending the institute.
The state teachers institute Mon
day afternoon in the courthouse
was opened by Prof. A. f. Alder
man, devotional exercises conducted
by the county superintendent, l. W.
Thomas, after which Prof. Alderman
was introduced, and explained the
object of the institute and gave an
outline of the weeks work, there
being 10 teachers present Last
night public debate was held in the
courthouse in which several gentle
men participated. The subject dis
cussed was, Resolved, That North
Carolina should have compulsory
school law" W. NJ. Francum cham
pioned the affirmative, and John H.
Bingham the negative. Messrs. D.
3. Dougherty, l. L. Council and M.
b. Blackburn were judges and rem
dered decision in favor of the af-
firmative. ]. F. Spainhour made an
T. able speech on the negative.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17

The North Carolina supreme
court last Wednesday ordered new
trial for Larry Newsome, Wayne
county negro, convicted of murder
ing 14-year-old Beulah Tedder, and
sentenced by Judge Grady to die in
the electric chair. 1t will be remem-
bered that this case was tried on
Sunday, because of the intense feel
ing in Wayne county against the ne
gro.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
Simmons For Hull

Senator F. M. Simmons, boss of
the North Carolina Democratic Or
ganization announces that he will
support Representative Cordell Hull
of Tennessee for the nomination for
the presidency.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
70 More for Smith

Michigan's thirty votes in the
Democratic national convention at
Houston last Wednesday were pledg-
ed TO Governor Al. Smith as long
as his name is before the conven-
tom
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17

L. R. Gibson, former chief of po-
lice of High Point, who resigned un-
der fire several weeks ago, was
found dead beside his automobile in
that city Sunday morning. His death
was attributed to heart failure.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17
Utah and Nevada For Smith

BY unanimous vote the Nevada
democratic state convention Friday
endorsed the candidacy of Governor
Alfred F. Smith for the Democratic
nomination for president, Utah
also will cast seven of its eight
votes for the New York governor.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17

Coffey Brothers have lost a flock
of sheep, numbering between 40 and
SO head. Has some fellow drove
them off and sold them or have
they been muttoned?
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Continued on Page Eight
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levied real estate tax in Boone
which will amount to something like
$500, to be used to improve our
streets and sidewalks.
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-17

Quite a number of Watauga's
most intelligent young ladies are at
tending the institute.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
NOTICE

All persons in the quarantined Dis.
tricts, wishing to hunt, with dogs
during the coming hunting season
which opens on November 18th, 1928
may do so; but are hereby warned
that dogs must be carried home al
the close of each day and confined
on the owners premises and not al
lowed to run at large.
BY ORDER OF
The State Board of Health.
The Board of Fish and Game
Commissioners,
The State Board of Agricul-
ture.
Dated Oct, 81, 1928. n2-4t
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
PUBLIC SALE
Friday. November 80, 1928,

Commencing at 10 o'clock.
On west side of road leading from
Wesley Church to Seaford, known as
the John Allen farm.
LIVE STOCK
Eleven cows, all close springers. 7O1
chickens. 2 black mares, and years
old, full sisters. 1 mule. hogs.
Lot of corn and fodder in shock. Lot
corn in crib. IS bushels wheat, 100
bushels soy beans, so bushels rye.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
Caterpillar tractor disc and plows 1
horse cart and harness. Two horse
riding plOw, two-horse rake, 2 sixty
tooth harrows, three-horse drill, Farm
ers Favorite; 1 two-horse seed drill, 1
corn planter, transplanter, 1-horse
weeder. 2 riding cultivators, walking
cultivators, / two-way plow, 2 moving
machines, 1 corn shelter, 1 two-horse
roller, 1 one-horse dearborn, two
horse dear born, manure spreader, 1
tomato rack, 1 hay rack, 1 set platform
scales, 1 feed crusher, two horse
walking plow, 1 two-horse Acme har-
row, Blizzard ensilage cutter, two
horse wagons, Fordson tractor, plows
and discs.
TERMS. CASH.
INGRAM & O'NEIL
J. Stevens, Auctioneer. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY

At my home, one half mile west of
du Pont Road. opposite town of Frank
ford, on