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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
T. H. Coffey Improving
In Statesville Hospital

Blowing Rock, Feb. 14.-Some i'm
provement was reported Tuesday
morning in the condi ion of Thomas
II. Coffey, who is seriously i'll in a
Statesville hospital. Members of
the family, however, expressed the
hope that the next news would show
that Mr.. Coffey is improving more
rapidly, and they were joined in this
hope by the many friends of the
family in Blowing Rock.
Mr.. Coffey went to Charlotte last
week on business connected with the
receivership of Mayview Manor.
While there he fell suddenly i'll and
on Saturday was removed to the
Statesville hospital.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14

Coils Moore, 17-year-old boy of
Collettsville, who formerly lived at
Aho, was buried at the latter COM
munity Sunday in the family ceme-
terry. He died of pneumonia at Col
lettsville. He was the son of Mr..
and Mrs Wiley Moore of Aho.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14

j. E. Holshouser has returned to
Blowing Rock from Chapel Hill after
having passed the state bar exami-
nation and is now ready for the prac-
-tice of law. He has not announced
his plans for opening his law office.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-14
House Bills Passed

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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Angel Gabriel Needed 600 Chickens
 For Sacrifice, Cult Head Declares

anything we wanted as soon as the book came out, for it would reveal the location of untold wealth." the oil man said. But the printing plant for which I gave money never was completed a.d the book is still in manuscript"
 After the hearing, Mrs. Weiland was released, while her mother was ordered held on F counts of grand theft.
 Mrs. Weiland also had a com plaint.
 All those GOO chickens only laid three eggs a day" she said,
 Believe Girl Died Naturally
 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rhoads, fos- ter parents of Villa Rhoads 1 6 year old priestess whose body was pre- served for four years awaiting resur- rection, were released from the city jail last night. Capt. Ray Cato, head of the homicide squad, said he could find nothing 10 contradict their story that the girl had died of an infected tooth.
 Miss Rhoads' body. preserved in ice and spices, was taken from be- meath the Rhoads home. Seven pre- served puppies in another coffin represented the seven tones of Ga briefs trumpet. which were to hail her resurrection morn, cultists said.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
To Visit Convention

Toronto, Oct. 16 Pp-A visit to the convention of the American Federation of Labor in session here was the first engagement today for J. Ramsay Macdonald, British premier.
 MT, Macdonald with his daughter Ishbel and their party arrived here yesterday from Niagara Falls for . stay of one day on their way to Ot- tawa.
 At Ottawa the prime minister ex- poets to take up with Mackenzie King, Canadian premier, discussion of the Dominion's part in the peace program which was the subject of Mr, MacDonald's talks with presi- dent Hoover.
 Mr. Macdonald. who is leader Of the British labor party planned 70 address the American labor dele gates briefly and also the Mems Canadian club Miss Macdonald accepted an invitation to speak at a luncheon Of the Womens Cana dian club.
 Gets Honorary Degree
 After ceremonies at the Uniyer- sity of Toronto which conferred an honorary degree upon Mir. MacDon- ald, he and his daughter planned to attend a reception arranged in their
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Owners of Dry Cleaning Plants
 Face Penalty Unless Licensed

proof that the safety provisions prescribed have been met. The building and fire departments, vest cd with power to enforce the law, will report to the prosecuting at torney's office, all firms which have not been licensed tomorrow night
 The Lincoln Dry Cleaning Co. plant on Lincoln street, the estab- lishment which has caused much protest, is the only one which has made application for a license to continue in business. Firms which carry on the actual cleaning opera tions on the premises and those re- ceiving wearing apparel to be cleansed elsewhere, are both re- quired to obtain licenses, the former as Class A, and the latter as Class B.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16

Los Angeles, Oct. 16 (UP)-Part of his $40.o0O went to buy 600 sacred" chickens and q 'sacrificial" auto truck for the royal arms of the great clcven' cult. Clifford J. Dabncy testified and that was suffi- Mrs. May Otis Blackburn to jail where she was held in lieu of $l0,- 900 bond.
 At the preliminary hearing Mrs Blackburn and her daughter, Mrs Ruth WciIand. charged by Dabney with dcfrauding him of his money on a prGteXt of publishing q book that would reveal rich mines and jewels, he complained that the Angel Gabriel also had a part in the scheme.
 Gabriel Ordered Chickens
 "Thcy told me Gabriel had ordered 500 chickens and a truck sacrificed" :" he said, and l put up the money. The chickens are still running around the cult headquarters in the hills near santa Susanna and the truck is rusting on a hill top"
 Dabney, a wealthy oil operator, testified the cult pricstesses said the solar system had threatened his fam lily unless he advanced money to complete the book, "The Sixth Seal" They promised us we could have
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Jury Frees Man Who
 Bought Rum for X gents

Richmond, Va, Oct. 1G R- Judge D. Lawrence Groncr. of the United States district court, holds that a person induced to violate the national prohibition act by law en- forcement officer should not be punished.
 In his instruction to jury here yesterday in the case of 4. C. Blankcnship, Of Petersburg, Judge Groner said "A man who is q law abiding citizen and who is induced hy prohibition officers to violate the law should he acquitted The primary crime is with the officer and not with the citizen"
 Blankcnship testified that two mon whom he later learned were federal agents persuaded him 10 buy liquor for them. He was acquitted after the jury had dcliberatcd 20 minutes.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16

Owners of every dry cleaning es- tablishment in the city face the pos sibility of prosecution under the new ordinances unless they file applica- tions and procure licenses before the close of business tomorrow.
 The license application must be accompanied by proof that the es- tablishments conform to the re- quiremcnts of the new code, the legality of which. at first questioned, has been approved by the corpora tion counsel.
 It is believed that nearly all dry cleaning firms can meet the re- quirements of the law, passed last month with provision that 30 days of grace shall be allowed for en- tering of applications and listing of
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
DRIVES AUTO AT COP.
 KNOCKING HIM DOWN
Motorist Speeds Up To- ward Policeman Stand
 ing in Road

An automobile with a New York registration and carrying two young men knocked Supcrnumcrary Officer Anthony Pcchout down on North Wellington street shortly after 9:&0 o'clock last night when he tried to stop it to question the occupants. The driver according to the officers report, stecred straight at him and he was forced to grab the front part of the car in an attempt to save him. self from being struck
 The car was at the Bclvidere filling station on Stanley street when Officer PeChOut first saw it. He had gone to the station to leave his rain coat and heard the young men in- quirlng of the man in charge as 10 the location of Wellington street. They were in Q hurry to drive off when they saw the officer and he had a glimpse of a bundle of some sort wrapped in blankets in the car, which caused him to become sus- piCious.
 Going to North Wellington street, Officer PeChout was in time to See the car swinging from RoXbury road in front of the residence of Chief w. C. Hart, and when it was about 50 feet from him he stepped into the gutter and flashed his light as a signal to stop. With a burst Of speed, the car came directly at him and h. barely got out of it's path. His tlashlight banged against the left parking light on the car smashing the lens and frame, which he turned iii at headquarters with his report.
 Scrambling to his feet, Officer
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
IMPRESSIVE RITES
 FOR STUDENT NUN
Youthful POstulant Laid at Rest in Sacred Heart
 Cemetery

Tears flowed freely this morning at the obsequIes for Sister Yadwiga in the small but beautiful chapel at the Sacred Heart orphanage, where gathered the entire order of Chil- dren of Mary of the Immaculate Conception of the Sacred Heart church, members Of the Sisters of. Mercy of st. Mary's church, orphans of the Sacred Heart parish and sev- eral classes of children from the purochial school
 The remains. in a simple dress of black with a black bonnet and cape, , the only possession she had, have lain for the past two days in the chapel with sisters keeping q con- tinuous watch. They attended in groups and Chanted constant prayer for the young postulant who died Monday morning at the nuns home on Gold street, at the age of 24.
 Her dying wish. 10 be buried in the nuns plot at the Sacred Heart cemetery, along with the members Of the order who have sacrificed their lives to the work of the church and to brighten the lives of the un- fortunate orphans, was granted by the mother superior She was affili- atcd with the order since last May and it is a law of the order that the family can claim the body if the member has not taken her final Nows It was her dying wish to be among those for whom she had de- voted her life. Members of the fam lily and her mother Mrs, Apolonia Walewska of Elizabeth, N. J., wh arrived yesterday to attend the
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
F. [. KELLY RESIGNS AS CASHIER 0F BANK Will Leave City National to Join Insurance
 Firm

Francis c. Kelly. cashier of the City National bank, rendered his resignation to the board of directors yesterday afternoon, to take effect January 1, 1880, in order that he may enter the firm of Gordon X Kelly, in the insurance and invest ments business.
 Mr. Kelly has been cashier of the bank since it's organization in 1925. Gordon X Kelly recently incorpor- ted and has plans for expansion in the near future. Mr. Kelly will be- come president of the concern. whose members are NJ. Gordon and J. T. Kelly. the latter a son of the new member.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
BULLETS END TRYST
 OF COUPLE AT INN
East Hartford Man Kills Woman,
 Then Commits Suicide
TRAGEDY IN WALLINGF0RD
William II. Gaylord, BOoklleeper in Hartford, and Mrs. Anna Bryan Ayres, Highly Paid Advertising Expert in New Haven, Dead.

Wallingford, Oct. 16 (P}-Deaths of Mrs. Anna Bryan Ayres. fl, ad- vertising manager, and William H. Gaylord, bookkeeper of Hartford, by bullets, was summed up today by Medical Examiner Dr. J. II. Buffum, as death by mutual agreement . giving official weight to the theory that there was suicide pact. The man and woman had taken a room in a local inn late Monday.
 Mrs. Ayres had driven here from her office in New Haven in her new car and Gaylord had come down from Hartford to meet her When they were found dead in their room both were fully dressed and bulletT had even gone through their outer street garments.
 Mrs. Ayres sat in chair and Gay lords body was on the floor in front of her. Dr. Buffum said he found nothing in the notes Mrs. Ayres left to indicate that she was about to die by agreement. They indicated times set for meetings, however. Deputy Coroner Corrigan accepted the doctors version and decided an inquest was unnecessary.
 Mrs. Ayres left her office in the Berger Brothers plant Monday at o:3O D. n., or half an hour after her usual time. Her arrival here indi- cated she had come directly to the nm. In the room was a half pint bottle which had held liquor.
 Mrs. AyrcS leaves three children. Gaylord on Mondly was driven to his office by his wife.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Gets Honorary Degree
MOTHER TO BE BURIED
 BESIDE HER HERO SON
Her Wish Was to Lie Beside Her Boy Who Was Killed in
 World War

The wish Of mother 10 bo buried at the side of her son, who was kill ed in action in France during tho World War, will be gratiriod. Mrs. HroniSlawa SakowicZ. aged 65, wid- oW, who died yesterday at the home of her niece, Mrs. Amelia Karmil- oWicz Of 57 Erwin Place after pro longcd grief caused by the death of her son, will rest beside him in the family plot at the Sacred Heart cemetery.
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning at S:3O at the home of her niece, Mrs. Karmilow- icz of 57 Erwin place and at the Holy Cross church at 9 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16

Alfred F. Smith some time ago walked together in that shadow with Julius Rosenwald at their side And as far as is known, almost no one recognized them. Since then they have done it again, not once but at least three times of recent weeks probably more often. What is more they probably will be doing it ire qucntIy.
 Wall Street Gets Facts
 wall street and some other parts Of New York have built up a happy story of this association of the for mor republican president from rock ribbed Massachusetts; the former democratic governor of New York from sWoltcring Oliver street and RosenwaId, the Jewish philanthro- plSt and Chicago merchant.
 It was several weeks ago that the three were first seen together. They were at luncheon at the Bankers club. Few, if anyone outside of a handful of men who knew and still keep secret the story of what 1t is all about, recognized them.
 Twice at least since that time they have met in conference at the Bankers Trust company. They have come in from Wall street and have
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
LOVE THEFT SUIT
 DEFENDANT FREED
Southin5ton Man Liberated
 After Four Months of Litigation
LEAVES HARTFORD JAIL
Louis Sisto Martin Again Takes Poor Debtors Oath When Unable to Pay S2,0O0 Judgment Obtained By J. !. EcrruCci.
Especial tn the Herald)

Southington. Oct 1G-Aftcr four months of litigation in an effort 10 free himself from the Hartford county jail where he was iucarccr- ated 10 satisfy a judgment for $2,- 600 secured against him by James I. FerrucCi of Bridgeport, formerly of Southington, on a charge of alienation of the affections of Fer rucci's wife, Louis Sisto Martin was released yesterday afternoon at , o'clock.
 The case was one of the most un- usual in the legal annals of Hart ford county Martin was one Of four defendants against whom Fer rucci had brought suit in the alcnQ- tiOn case. Martins case was heard In the superior court in Hartford and a judgment was rendered against him for $2,OO0. The case of one of the three other defcnI- ants Was settled out of court while those of two others are still pend ing. Martin could not satisfy the judgment and at the insistoncc of the plaintiff, through Attorney Nor ris Wilder of Moriden, Martin Was placed in Hartford county jail
 Martin retained Attorney j. Rob ert Lacey of Southington to act for him and the attorneys entrance tu- to the case signallcd the start of q bitter controversy between the two attorneys, Wilder and Lacey.
 Martin Out and In Again
 Martin was jailed on August 15 and on August 19 he took the poor debtors oath at the jail before At torney William Hagearty of New Britain acting as justice of the peace. He was released but Attor- hey Wilder immediately took m appeal from the act releasing Mar tin from confinement.
 The hearing was held before Judge Allyn Brown in superior court ill September and after a day Of arguing. Judge Brown decreed that the appeal was sustained and Martin Was again placed in jail. He was returned 10 the institution on
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Secretary Tells Sen- ate Lobbying Commit. tee of "EducationaP Work Carried on In Washington Denies; Tariff Target.
Press Releases" Sent Out Regularly to Papers Congressmen on Mailing List Also-Eyanson and. Hubbard Scheduled to
 : Appear in Inquiry

Washington, Oct 16 tP-An an- nual expenditure of $7O,00O by the United States Beet Sugar association with headquarters in Washington was listed today before the senate lobby committee by II. 4. Austin, secretary and treasurer of the organ- ization.
 Appearing as a witness at the committees second day of inquiry into reports of efforts to influence congress in drafting the tariff bill, ho testified that during the first nine months of this year the association had expended approximately S56,00G and that of this much had been con- trlhutod to publications and pam- phtetS relating 10 sugar production.
 Purpose Not Just Tarin
 Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon- tana, asked if the real purpose" of the publications was not to spread the idea of a high tariff but Austin insisted this was "only incidental"
 The witness also said number of press releases" had been sent to Washington newspaper correspond- cnts and 10 newspapers throughout the country.
 It was estimated by Austin that 90 per cent of the sugar production in the country was represented in the association.
 Before turning to the sugar tariff lobby, the committee recalled Fred cricll l.. Koch. tariff commission ex- | pert, to ask if the pottery industry 1 had protested his testimony at Q se- ! cret hearing of the republican mem- ! bers of the house ways and means committee when that group was framing the tariff bill. Koch said he understood William Burgess, tariff adviser of the United States Pottery association, had done so but this questioning was not pursued at any length, the committee calling Austin shortly after it met.
 Employed No Reporters
 Austin testified he did not em- ploy any newspaper writers 10 pre- pare the press releases" most of. which he believed went into the waste baskets.
 T think it's all bunk 10 try and get things like that in the paper,' he said with a smile.
 He said he had been with the sugar association since 1911 and that two clerks and $. II. Love, of Salt Lake City, who is president, were the only others on the payroll. 1 The witness gave his salary as SS,O0O and Loves as S5,0O0.
 Asked about his duties Austin. i after an exchange with Chairman Caraway, testified he prepared sta tistical data on sugar production
 
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
FATHER MAY RECOVER;
 DAUGHTER IS JAILED
Girl of 16 Shoots Rockville Man-Claims He Was
 Abusive

Rockville, Oct. 16 P(-Stove Ge- rich, 5S, head of a family of 12 children, was in Rockville hospital today in critical condition from two bullet wounds in the head inflicted by his Is year old daughter, Jea- nette GeriCh. The hospital morning bulletin of the mans condition gave no forecast of the outcome. This noon the opinion was given that he man would probably recover.
 The daughter, Jeanette, was taken to city court this morning and as the evidence was to the ef feet that Gerich probably would not die, the girl was held in s7,0oo bonds for the Holland superior court on the charge of assault with intent to kill
 She will be lodged in jail for the present, although it is thought rela tires or welfare organizations may arrange for her release on bond, owing to her youth.
 To Police Captain Stephen J. To- bin, Jeanette said after her arrest during the night, that her father had been abusive in his treatment of her and her brothers and she had found a gun in the pantry and used it, firing five shots at her father, who was asleep in a chair by the kitchen stove. The girl was taken to the station house She was perfectly calm. She has been em- ployed in the local mill of the United States Envelope company.
 She said she found a gun in the pantry, took it upstairs, loaded it, and, coming down to the kitchen, fired five times at her father, all at close range. The gun was of .32 calbre.
 Two younger brothers were play Ing cards in the same room. Other members of the family were in the house.
 The two bullets entered above and in front of the right ear, one went into the skull but this wound is hardly likely to be fatal and the other bullet which stopped at the side of the neck inflicted a second ary wound only.
 The family home is on a small farm and in it live Gerich, his wife
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
MACDONALD PAYS
 VISIT ID MEETING
 OF LABOR LEADERS
Delegates Form Lane to Greet English Premier at Toronto
 Convention Hall
THUNDER0US WELCOME
 ACCORDED ENGLISHMAN

President Green Declares Sympa-
 thies of Workers With Prime Min
 iStcr In Efforts to Promote Peace
 -Gucst Lauds Organized Labor
 as Great Force For Good
 Throughout World.
 Toronto, Ont, Oct. 1G tR)-Down a human lane of applauding and cheering delegates. Ramsay Mac Donald today entered the conven- ton hall of the American Fcdera- ton of Labor
 Accompanied by his daughter Ishbcl and escorted by q commit tee of labor leaders, the premier of Great Britain and the leader of Ensland's labor party received thunderous welcome as he entered the hall and mounted the platform to he greeted by William Green, federation president.
 Halted by Cheers
 No more warm hearted recep- ton has come to him than you give here" President Green started his address of welcome, but he was halted by a storm of applause. Con- tinuing, he hailed the visit of the premier as "an unique occasion" and said that labor's sympathios were with Mir. MacDonald's efforts to mobilize the agencies of peace"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Especial to the Herald)

Wallingford, Oct. 16-Satisfied that the man who was responsible for the death of Mrs. Anna Bryan Ayres, 41, of 21 Smith street, West Haven, in a room at the St. George Inn early yesterday morning, had taken his own life, Dr. John II. Buifum, local medical examiner, stated today that there would be no COroner'S inquest. According to the theory of the affair held by the medical examiner, Mrs. Ayres was shot to death by William II. Gay lord, 46, a bookkeeper of 904 Burn side avenue, East Hartford, who then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.
 Tragedy Revealed Late Yesterday
 The tragedy was discovered by Robert Hyatt, manager of the inn, yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The couple had checked in at the inn Monday night, registering under the names of MT. and Mrs. w. s. Gray of New Haven. Neither of them was seen again and no sounds were heard from their room.
 Sensing that something was amiss Manager Hyatt during the day made repeated efforts to arouse them. and when in the late afternoon he re- ceived no answer to his pounding on the door, he broke into the room.
 Mrs. Ayres' body was found in an upright position in a chair. She had bullet hole in her right temple. Powder marks about her face show ed that the shot which took her life
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