I Pi?? Two
MISSIONARY VISITS
y~|THE COUNTRY
Rev. B'aylcck Tell* of a Trip Irto
Outlying Regions of China Ar*
E?nest Appeal For More Laborer*.
jH ?
There is a far out section of our
work that my wife end seeoral of our
younjr folks ha*' ?ot vi.-?*ed. An i ak
I va.i gning into that region, -he and
Miss Lecirard "-.ante:' to so with me.
had along wEjji one of our
best Christ an women and two ovar.?
visited >ov? n different
t-\v i*.- or localitn - where we ^Mkd
Cbriatu?ns. At eu h of these places
our inie wshort ut every place
* >t had -r"od atu and the
cfow?'> S eose i each or*-:ci\
Oup place f w-r-bip, except in two
of t hv -e i :?*. - were in the homes
of Christians and of course the room
was too small for" many people to
b'. . e:i<ed. At each of these places
we ought to hate had time to spend
at feiisi week, but with a meeting
to soon begin in the city and so
many other plat es to visit we could
jstUjj no lunjrer.
in three or foH of these towns
there were enquirers a;.t! some truly
saved that ou.irhi ?(> have been baptized
before now. Some of them w
hope wili he at our meeting in the
city am! t an be baptized then. It. is
a sad fact that on notour. of workers
and other hindrances, the>e place.ha
c i:(>t been visited anything like
as 'tee as they should hare bee n. j
VVh* n v.*c nave trove too, our time has |
been ail coo -ho : with them.
To say not him? of ;*! eut. 'e ihousan?'i'!'oi:
thousands of heathen our j
i . ;i ::: -Hlj. nt tin''- in oil'l,
rooms. ive on 'Iir| tlouss,
i.; . up '.viil: dozens of things
tlm disgusting and trying on ti.?
Hi -.';. China's today is simply
mi.v-ion;.;;es who are wilKit& to count j
the cost and thus go *>uf into tno.
highways and hedge, and spend and
bt spent in his service. Christ's pro-1
grant for his servants to go out and
find his sheep?"go out and compel
them to come in that, my table may he
fu!i." Schools, hospitals, etc. will attract.
and the} may have their place
when on a right basis, t;ul to end
there U ^atal i?.? missions. I?i these
we may reach, a few and do good
votk in teaching them the Bible,
but the masse 1 the masses! V.'harfijj
about ihem? Go to thorn i>i C,?uV<t\
B- - " l.ULfJ "?7Ii!!ggW8M|
CwuTstit.-.d, nan mas-: be our waich
word and become the- outreaching ofour
very lives as missionaries. "And
1, : he Uf.'ed p from the carta'
v-III naw all 'into me." But He;
cannot v. m.-i Him until!
He oe lifted up. He wax lifted up
for otrr sir-, and we r.-joice Sr. His
t .... very K?-.t He HuU
a.!; u is- to lift \lnr\ op for thosv.
yet in darters that thaj lay gt?i I
a uiiiMp.-. and live, lie cam# ; ihe
way from His glory-* icir ed throne j
to wad is. lie. said, c on as my ;
Eg Father srr.t mo. so send 1 you. This;
Means - has . at us to them. He;
h:..-. net i:c -hem to os and iie nev-J
er win. Bit \ve are to fro and ten \
them to c imc?go into the crowded}
Market, with its din of human voices'
ar : .-si! i<-.- p than these. "Come"
?go to the miiei town by t&i hitch-*
way ?-go : the oht-of-the-wry ; own
nesthd In the cores and the hills ?
fro to t; i#?JU village high up in the
mou s :ns-go : the ior.ely cottage
^ut c;. h.iI---Ves, go! n*o! fro on
io. il wc.-.L-y with ago and our steps
B ia. t- ri Yes go <?u till we fall in our
p. Ji aiid the angdls v.aft our weary
spirits home t > rest. To do this we
must have men and women . f a vis-1
Ion?-v.'-e V- 's have count-d <-ost'
a .1 laid ail on the altar, who,
whv.'i .he :i a\ come< will not faiterTj
i- Wwi id C.re you to begin to tell:
pf whs we passed through and
by on every side, during this trip'
wh have no ray of Gospel light.
Could you come and go with us on j
Aril' ^ h trir* xrr.it -r\r. 1 a??.?
be surprised that we call and call J
again for more laborers and ask you j
to pray for them, you would cease to;
be silent, you would plead with others
you would pray as you never have.
Who will say "Here am I, send me?"
To such a one we would say here are
a thousand doors wide open for you,
but not one of which you can enter j
without a life of suffering. For the
true missionary, for God's man, there
is no place for ease here. Here a
bove all places one must be ready
to take up the Cross and suffer if
he would see fruits from his labors.
Fraternally,
?< T. JL. BLAYLOCK.
DEATH OF FINANCIER
John R. Bland, founder and presi1
dent of the United States Fidelity
and Guarantee Company, and one
of Baltimore's leading financiers,
fled Saturday evening.
LINVILLE GORGE?A STATE
PARK FOR NORTH CAROLINA
(W. W. Ashe ^
Far below, a slender thread of
sparkling. roaring water, walled in
l?v lofty sandstone cliffs which rise
from sloping.* boutdered bases, dotted
with mountain pine with nodding
tips; deep. .--ember hollows shady
with hemlock: high aboves. sentinel!.l
e, towers Table Reek, clef i;': twain
y\ some titanic swell, and Hswksbill
a tui :i.->ise haze hang;
above; ?w.v and the? heard tiu
shrill cry of a raven. This is Linvilk
i Goi-ge.
Here is a v.: :rai park w-ith -very
I dottier.r. Ml" harm: Ruggedner? jrrag
1 e'iff, canyon and scar, the romantic
harm of half-naked i ggjks part cloth*
! "r in \ runic; a f< . :bold her* and
re I'>1 i jrr r,?p <f stu*.: <!- wipdj
tor: t.v i; a U\:_ ,u a thtx\ escarp1
merit " ?.<n which droops laurel iti
i it? t-ri: i>m:i aid purp'c : a tis.urc
claimed by a chimp of mountain a ; flan:
i:;r ; flaming bain no r " ear'
: ....... t..... I. ? I. I. .. ?>
I V-. > - , >? ?. U> l>\ I ? lilV.ll I I IV .? **??'.<i
-.uahi ;u->. . er? vice- from
i which tin- service grows matching ,n
I thv v. hit'^>s of its \t rnai blooms the
patehc of snow which still linger
j huddled in the hollows from the sun.
Li? . < Roip is grand, virile, stern,
with threatening precipice and beetiiig
cldf a rock-encompassed with
lofty barriers.
\ water worn siit 20 miles long
' and a quarter of a mile deep through
a masaivo block of white, flint-like
ardstoi'o. Linvffie River, through
past aeons, has carved this narrow
, channel for itseif. temperamental
ttie river, piacid in transit through
! t1:-- hroatl quiet valley within which
1 < s it-, upper tours ; but ?>?u-e '<e!ow
ho falls which r.tark its decent to
rahe gorge, becoming tempe. jous
ml n.-.rtafcing of the wild nature of
he g< rrv Itself, fal'1 being followed
blffi -adt . *iv -1 ontii. when it
, (.Ir.-uu!lath v Mountain: its rock-cc.pned
summit eiici-'-d with a for? of
s: jcc and balsamj a rugged but limbed
a:., around Highland North,
t'ar >lina. Most of out mountains are
merely hills?-amplified, picturesque
and charming. erowsy vistas, forest
clad from vale to siuninit, with here
and ' here a mountain farm, capable
of producing timber and contributing
to the general wealth of section ffrhich
needs to develop all its resources.
There should be an extensive area;
?he possibilities of roads and trails;
rare scenery; opportunity for varid
diversion; accessibility. There should
alike he facilities for the camper, for
the casual tourist and the motorist.
Linville Gorge and the flunking mountains
combine all these elements of
i".tti actix t'ut'ss. They oiler to the
people of North Carolina one of the
uw opportunities to acquire a reasaablv
large area with mai>v advnn
cages. and accessible to the family of
niodegnic means which desires to
^pe.ai a week on a camping trip. This
SU&e, with its ,-C "d >. rhan pop-i
ulaliom heretofore has not fell the j,
need of prmjjrving for it. people op-j
portunities for outtioor life- ?a week |
v ten days spent, on a camping trip, j
phis Is a phase of iife SJrhich is not j
yci ui -.eh ed in the Southeast as j
it; is already in some sections.
Linviiie Gorge is a fragment from j
me Grand C anyon, out with cliffs
iverd-mt with foliage in place of gaii
by with many-colored rocks. Looking j
Wvst-A ax! from the Linviiie Mountain ,
there is a vista across the broad j
Morih Catawba Valley, with the dir.-i
tar.t Black Mountain range for a sky
line; on the other side there is a!
yawning chasm. From the ridge to the:
least o' the Gorge the outlook on the
side embraces the low mountains:
which merge into the rolling hiils of
the Piedmont: on tpe other is the1
op;":: of tae gorge, from which at
.m emerges the faint roar of the
river.
This region is the most accessible
(.utlyer c f the highest mountainjg It
. -k:rtc;l on the west by one > ail road
ar.o Marion on another is les than
an hour auto from the lower end ?i
the gorge The State Highway is even
nearer and the excellent road which
borders the Bridgewater reservlor
passes almost at the foot of Dodsoit
Mountain. Up this mountain there is
a fair road, and an auto can easily
travel the crest of tl Linviiie Mo'intain
for its entire engih is twenty
miles. By cirling the bases of Table
Rock and Hawksbili, art excellent
and high!j- scenic road can easily be
constructed along the prevailingly
flattened crest of the eastern wall,
and by crossing just above the falls
such a road would pass entirely
around the gorge.
For the purpose of recreation there
are ideal camping sites along the
crests of the flat-topped mountains,
which flank the gorge on either side
while there are many springs short
Tutt's Pills
Induce regular habit, good
digestion. Relieve the
dyspeptic and debilitated
and tone op the sys&eot
AGAINST MALARIA
THE WATAUC
I NORTH CAROLINA MAINTAINS
HER AGRICULTURAL RATING
i MS ,
(By Frank Barklc-v)
Raleigh. Ja'u .?With the 1922
crop \ieJd aggregating .n value So 12,
("oV.OOO, Xorth Carol* ja maintains
The 1922 aln? was $90,000,000
its position of fifth place among all
the states of the Union in total crop
1 value - and pushes up to fourth place J
in the total waive of twenty-* .vo of j
the lead crops, accord Jig to . ho an-,
nual crop report of Frank Parker, J
i-iatici:.n of d.c : ate Department of j
Tho 1922 value urc $90,000,000
: great*.*; ..an 11*21 when Ju* lotai
va 1 c n ; $252,370.000. Cot.on j gain
f a-: a clear fi ?1 ; nc leadi? r moiiey
with a:; aycr- uiU- v.ti'.t of
$10*12 70,000. but tobacco was a
worthy sovonti with a value of $93,003,000.
The 1022 yield of cotton
was 852.000 bales.
The 1922 value <>f other principal
crop were re polled by Mr. Parker
as follows: Sweet potatoes. $9,9 14,000;
corn, $44.IK" .000; rill hay $21,221,000;
wheat, $7,686,720; apples,
5,013.000; Irish p watoes. $4,557,000; ;
oats, $2,504,000; sorghum syrup.,
$2.352,000.
'IM. - - 'J
iik stiiic ? competitor in
the production of tobacco. Kentucky,
fell behind h. the r otal value of tobacco
crops nearly six million dollars.
TO THE PUBLIC
Owing: io the fact that the piesent
road law does not meet .the demands
??f the citizens oi Watauga county,
the County Cd^imisstoners Good
toad Com ni.-si?-1:. and the Saper.
.'is ? i t..c c:ni" y are ceiled I
iuu't b> the office ?f the Road < m:ni.
-io;=-. / :<?r fhe ptirnuao of ?lis
cussing a.id drilling a toad bill to
r t < out rayu -matlVe ;:t I'a! gl;.
2 ho are in*. r d in
'bet rua;.s ; . .ca. to mee' ' itn
IT. ,ee X
' o fcrihg fri a river he
." s> i would be unsurpassed. There
till lurk a be:...- ; an .k . i-nial
1 phea.- :iit dr.... ar the berry thickets
the trrke.v ' till haunts the ehest
id v th a lit tie projection
they would wonderfully ina-.
. Deer and perhaps * ! <. tier
.i!id heaver might be introduced. Raid
l eagles haw : ? k'lled lure and the
! v ide-wir.gcil osproy often soars above
I TKu , . .* '
jnur.l' i furnish pnrivaiieci breeding
! places for game. the overflow <?i*
places for game, the ove flow of
which would in part replciysh out- j
side areas whore it could be hi-tilcd
Sonic <if the most inaccessible hoi
lows could be set aside where timid
game might find refuge and breed un- I
disturbed by fires, dogs, or by us
most dangerous foes, men.
The State of New York has purchased
and set aside as state parkes
for the use of the people more than
two million acres in the Adirondack '
and Oatskiil reserves and in the AM
leghany State Park. It is due to the
workers of the rapid growing towns
of North Carolina that a beginning
be made in this respect.
The ownership by the State of this
land of almost negligible value for '
the production of timber should bt?
IRrjfcd by those who wish to see the ;
State owj some of its choisest bits j
of natural scenery; by those interest- j
ed in the public ownership of a tract
with unsurpassed recreational advan- '
tages; by sportsmen desirous of the
establishment of breeding places for
ihc- almost vanished game; by those
who cater to the tourist since, if
rendered approachable, there will be
added another attraction to "The i
Land of theSky.'"
Report of the
THE PEOPLES BANK
| at Boone in the State of North Car<
I ember 29, 1922.
RESOU1
! Loans and discounts
| Demand Loans
| Overdrafts,^secured, $302.00; misccurei
1 AH other Stocks, Bonds, and Mortgag
| Banking house, Furniture, and Fixture
; AH other r. ,?1 estate owned,
| Cash in vault and net amounts due l
Trust Companies
Cash Items j?eld over 24 hours
Total,
v LIABILJ
Surplus Funds,
: Undivided Profits, less current expense
i Bills Payable, . .
! Bills Payable, Federal Reserve Bank,
! ucposits suDject to cnecK,
I Time Certificates of Deposit, Due in i
I Cashier's Checks outstanding,
Time Certificates of Deposit, Due on
Savings Deposits, : .
Domestic and Foreign Acceptances, .
Total,
State of North Carolina:?County of
I, Avery Y Howell, Cashier of the
swear that the>above statement is trc
beleif.
CORRECT ATTEST:
M. P.
R C
DIRECT C
Subscribed and sworn to before me, t
January, 1923,
A. W. SMVTH,
Clerk Superior Com
LA DEMOCRAT
LOUIS PASTEUR ?
W ednesday, the 27th of December,
is the 100 anniversary of the birth
of Louis Pasteur. On the long roll of <
scholars and workers in science who, p
during: the 10th century, made such e
extraordinary additions to mail's u
knowledge of nature, and to his con- 1;
trol over it. Pasteur's name is one 3
of the most disluiigruished. When he f
began his work, oven the most learn- g
ed im-. had july the dimmest ideas
Kid r.\ . v < aa. es of such common ?
natural processes of fermentation and
pl Xo ore knew what in- b
fee: on or contagion was, or how to h
cori-ii! I'tddemic diseases. Xo enc tl
that it was possible to pro- a
i.vi won ads against infection or ?y t<
i::. . means to render mankind tl,
immune to some of the most n?v a
; L-ricu. and surely fatal diseases. All C
our knowledge of those important g
subjects comes from Pasteur's dis-; "
coveries or from experiments based i ir
on them. S.inu' of that knowledge is j _
now -i? general and concerned with - ~~
matters of such every-day experience
! : :.v t. do not realize how recently j n<
;t. was gained and how rema-kablo! k
was the intellectual triumph that gave j s
lit to us. llO
Pasteur was forty years old wnen [U
he proved tc the world that fruit S
juices are turned into wine or vine- s
gar and that sweet m?Jk is turned in- IL;
to sour milk ly the presence and (y
growth in the liquid of bacteria, j =
*vhich h had learned hew to ideal ify.
A iittie later he showed that the t
putrefa< t:pa in food is also owing | qj
t<? one* .-rial action. Lord Lister's d:s-j*~,
roveiy of antisepsis, which has done ^
so much to advance modern surgery !jy
was l?u i d on Pasteur's explanation ; (y
of what cau.es a sevdic condition.
Stii! later the great French chemist 2
rhowed that various diseases of ?r.en
and i?-.: ..-is are caused by bacterial {Lf
nfecl: . an." he worked out :: moih- Sj
? < i i : v 'venting such disease; 1 . ,J.
ill at .. r ihe subject with a culture
ei I ndir?g germ that, by ?tr fd
.fici:.; means, had been deprived ef: jjthei
-letu; most famous eu-' 3
. . -va. .-- iating . ?f
n>cm phobia am! diseove-- jO
ing a retentive crou merit for that : ndrjwniW
d case. is only the u\Uh lei
to say that, we owe all th" suhs? .,uvni [p
ailvjit. ,-s :ii the coiwroi and t ur <?l 11!
germ disea>es. as v.el: as the mcr .1 rj
'dch:e\: ne: ts of astSscpiic surg ry jS
lo the' genius ;.r;i ihe labors of !. ?.
Pas eur j|b
He va one ?. the mosl *ren,.io J jy,
and sweei-natured of men. and one ' c=l
of the nu?st devoted and industrial \ J^ij
workers in science. His many pupils [i;
< j|j
f i !
"AIN'T NO USE, BILE. M
IT'S BURGULAR PROOF." JJi
21
A repository in which you have jL1]
youi money deposited, and maybe fdj
your valuables stored, should be fgj
strong enough to resist the attacks
of the burglar. Entrust them to us. y
TheJ* will he absolutely safe. With [y|
an account opened v ith us you can jy*
pay by cheek, thereby insuring: ac-j?<
curacy and system in your methods (jhf
of keeping: accounts. There is no lUj
prreater convenience and safe-guard ? Qjt
for handling money than? j jyj
A BANK ACCOUNT j
" i&
Hank of Blnwinor Rnrlr
Blowing Rock, N. C. j ?
condition of |
& TRUST COMPANY!
alii.a, at the 'close of business Dee:?'
r.S:
jar.:::::::::::::::
(. $259.00 -> 561.00
i- 1,500.00;
s 2,636.5! i
2,029.76
rem Banks, Bankers and
... 11,026.24
900.00
. . 147.514.35
ITIES:
20,000.00
2.O00.00
IS and taxes paid, 1,572.68
v 11,000.00
16,116.96
43,572.61
Less Than 30 Days 4,800.00
103.85
or alter 30 days 42,612.56
5,235.69
500 00
147,514.35
Watauga, 1923
above named bank do solemnly
le to the best of my knowledge and
Avery Y. Howell, Cachier.
Critcher, ~
Rivers.
)RS
his 10 day of
.
MM S'' USERKIH|||
JANUARY U, lt?
WO TO BE EXECUTED BY
^ ^^ MEANS^^OF ^TH^GA^
I'u.ivict'.'d viRGni?A s
M \ UMj a tt jflK|
ri??vint? pupils who stood roi'r.d h in: nA>T:9iCANT?WA(COCaB^L^^2^?| J
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H. H. GREENE, Secy.
Line of Groceries
was never more complete than at this time.
Everything fresh and of the best quality. I
cater especially to the business of the discriminating
people.?"If its to eat I have it."
WATCH REPAIRING
In connection with my grocery business
I operate a modern watch and jewelry repairing
place, and render the best of service
in this line. Nothing but good material used
and work done under guarantee. I also carry
a most complete line of good jewelry- at
all times.
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