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KEY SB END EDGAR Tl'KTS
When the pews nas dashed over
the wires to Boone on Saturday last
P that the Reverend Ed^ar Tufts of
Banner Elk had passed to his reward
a deep 2loom seemed to settle over
the entire town, and the remark was
often heard on the streets and in
the business houses: "I feel tha:. !
E have sustained a groat personal leas
in the death ??t" this good man.** Last
Sun*U> was Mr. Tufts* regular appointment.
in Boone, and on that day
he \va> laid to rest in the ceirtotciy
near the town he loved so well. Mr.
Tufts was really a very great man
in the broadest sense of the term.
He was a minister and Sunday School
worker of very marked ability, and a
ouse sii.'ji'ii; aiway^; a i>;arncr wilrout
a peer in this mountain section;
a community bui'dtr the :'ke of which
has ncv?r trodde; Wat y oga soil. Another
of his -trout; points v\as his
love for children, proven hy the fact
that at his death there were fifly':vr
1 :t!* honnless children in the
Grandfather Orphanage, being reared,
through his efforts into useful
young men and women. and in his
own honi ther* :s au adopted son,
that he earned in his arms to his
residence a mere infant, at the death
of its moth or. Some years ago Mr.
Tufts was advised hy his physician
to seek a lower altitude and he remarked
that he had rather live five
years in the mountain:, of Western
North Carolina than to live ten in
any other section he knew, and there
fore would take his chances here. He
was every man's friend and doubtdied
without an enemy. We can
only say, reverently, peace- great
peace, to our 4rue friend.
TRUE CHARITY
On Mnmi:iv vi.nim/ *> hur.l..,-ii
<Mi traveling s2j-man e?i route to J
Dope picked up some where on thoj
road., a Mrs. Spleen with her thr'e
iitti" ?-hilciron. who were tramping
the highway trying to get ha- k !..
their heiiu in Bristol. Tenn. Thcy
arrived a: the depot !ato in the evening.
I Mis Ha 1 Carrender,
stenograph* r for the Watauga Kui ' j
iture auj.i Lumber <'0, .- ? : g h?*\
were in Jbw.| povert>. being aim >st
nude, took ;h<?n to tile C'ri.tcher hotel
and hrouv l.v'd for the tttiee f lodging.
Mr ; 1 eaut, paying the I il
and through the kindr.-.-s of other
people she was sent on her way reJ^eing
Tuesday morning, with .ur.pl"
money to pay their way home- with
some to spare. Her story is indeed
heart-rending. Her former Home, she
said was in Mount Airy, X*. C.. Hut
she and her hush md had seaerated
some time since and she with the
little tots made their way back to
Bristol Later a reconciliation was
effected and she again went hack
m ?it. Airy. on:y to untS ber husband
was dead, and the remainder of the
story* so far as we know it. ended in
Boone Monday night. Our chief of
police, Mr. \V. R. Greene, within a
short while got together means sufficient
tc buy good shoes, stockings,
overalls, etc. for the children, making
them comfortable, and the needs of
the unfortunate mother were also
looked after, making again some of
God's poor happy.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER'S
PLATFORM
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The farmer is entitled to just as
good wages for his labor as others
gc,
lie is entitled to just as good returns
0:1 his capital as of hers receive.
He is entitled to just as good living
conditions for himself and family
as others enjoy.
4
Hi; children are entitled to just ,
as good educational advantages as
other children enjoy.
5
He is entitled to just as much ,
liberty of action i?i organizing for
selling his products and for regulat- ,
mg production to meet market de*
Ea m i K
rnnnfls as oth'-r classes exercise. i
C> .
He is entitled to just as efficient i
and adaptable service from the coun- ;
try's banking and finanicai institutions
as other classes get. ]
" 1
He is entitled to taxation, tariff i
and transportation polices which will t
deal just as fairly with agricultures]
as with any other business or oc- i
cupation. ,
8
He is entitled to equal recognition ]
with othe classes in all government- ;
al bodies, boards, commissions, legis- <
laturcs, etc. i
He is entitled to a civilization, 4
culture, educational system, litera- t
ture, art, drama, etc., which will re- \
cognize, reflect, and utilize the cul- t
tural influences of country life and j
its environments in the same degree
in which present-day culture recognizes
and reflects the influences of
urban life. c
Democrat Ads Bring Results | J
.. ia.rc.;v for
WATA UC\ COUNTY
Fellow Farmers and Business men:
Some of you seem to consider
me sort of a kraut man. and possibly
I have hard*ed more of :.t than
any other man in the County. But.
as a matter ef fart, all -he kraut that
all of us ever made in one year
would not be two days work for a
kkraut factory, yet North Carolina
dosn't have a kraut factory, nor the
south but very few. A half dozen
small towns will use all the kraut
that all of us make. Then where
does North Carolina's supply of kraut
come from? From the Northern and
Middle-western states, largely. I am
satisfied that Watauga farmers have
never made live acres of cabbage in
> kraut in one year. In Sandusky
county, Ohio, where I recently went
<? study the kraut business, there
are rive factories. Each of the e use,
ally, two hundred acres of cabbage.
making a thou.-tnd a- r.-s for
the county. Now. w can grew cabbage
just as well and make just as
good kraut as they can. Win then
should we not have a kraut factory.
when our people ait the way from
Bo >ne to Wiltnicgt a are buying
. frem Vtririnia. Ohio ? r Michigan
several hundred miles away?
There are one-hundred r.nd twenty
f?ve kraut factories in the United
States, an average of two and onehalf
factories to 'he state. Why then
should North Carolina have at least
and at least supply half our own
fo ks with kraut? If all these facdo
as large a volume of busir.?
s the ones i saw. that is an
average of five hundred a< res of
eavd\aire krauted each year for each
state. -.1 ranting thai North Carolina
has an av rage population* we should
ham! e a*:* a ally he kraut from five
hundred acres.
Now we can build a small kraut
factory and cabbage ware for ap
proximately $5,000.00, forty dollareach
for one hundred and twenty
f ve fanners and business nu n. With
this i |uipment we can handle fifty
acres in kraut and fifty acres or
more in hipping chbbape. This would
ho drop in North Carolina's
bucket This wouM Ik* only twenty
Ike < ;ir~ of kraut and twenty five
cars >; cabbage, and '-oul-i go t?#
towns which our present facilities
- :io? leach. The larger factories
a a!.- : :.u can :? e: r ? in
a run about foin nunths.
' I avin; ?i'i i)U! f t\\ oJ
thousand tons. I
We shall. courses Q".' to can \
.i 1 .! : norloir of the project since
:!;< . :w;. .h-iuanri- re. nincd krai.i
:hav. ! :j 1 k km *. This s;:nn- r-'r.Mt mnv
,-fl <" - tjyi'''"- !)om<- us
marie-:. t -upphis fruits am!
\egetahh nf the uunty. as ihe kraut
; !.?-?! m t h? w inter.
W'ghin a few years wo ought to
develop a frr.de that will enable us
to grow into a big business.
H. Nea! Hlair.
TRAINING SCHOOL NF.WS
An unusual occuror.ee on Sunday
night u as a regular thunder storm,
as though it were a summer shower.
Prof. Greer, of the Training School*
and h*s family have- been sick for
the past week, but. seem to be getting
on all right at the present.
The Appalachian Training School
opened on the 3rd after the holidays,
with good prospects for a considerable
increase for the second half
year A few were hindered from coming
in at the beginning by influenza,
but r. goodly number of new ones
are in.
Boone and the county were greatly
distressed at the news of the death
of Rev. Edgar Tufts, of Banner Elk,
which occurred on Friday night. He
had been having a regular appointment
at Boone on the first Sunday
in each month. The Commercial Cub
at its regular meeting on Saturday
night passed a resolution that Secretary
be instructed to send a night
sage of sympathy to the family of
Mr. Tufts, greatly deploting as does
the Ciub the passing of this valuable
man aiul good friend to our town
and county.
The Boone Commercial Club had
o most interesting meeting on Saturday
night in the lobby of the
CrBeher Hotel in which a number
of things were discussed looking to
making Boone one of the best and
most attractive towns to be found.
Mr. Loizeaux. of Plainfield, New Jersey,
but having a lumber yard in
Boone, made a most interesting talk
on the things necessary for the building
of a good town. Mr. John Steele, J
S^inunstrator lor Watauga,!
made a good talk on the Irish po-f
Lato and cabbage crops of the county,1
in which he stated that the demand .
for seed potatoes for eastern Carolina
planting was much greater than
the supply, and that Watauga cabbage
was acknowledged everywhere:
o be the best obtainable. Mr. N. Blair
made a talk on the kraut industry j
which he is now working up. The!
electricty proposition was discussed
it some length and much interest ?
manifested. Not the least interesting'
and certainly one of the most vital
discussions was on the proposed railroad
from the state into this section,
which it is well known would be
squally as valuable to the rest of
ihe state as to this section in getting
:o them ti e products of these coun.ies
at a less cost than from other
joints.
J. M. DOWNUM.
What has become of the old-time |
iditor who once said
"The make-up man needs three
nore lines of type to fill out the \
ast form and here they are " i 1
. i. *T \? '
SECRETARY WALLACE SEES
BETTER TIMES I CR FARMERS
IN 1923
Twelve months ago most of tht
8.000.000 farmers of the United
States were starting on the Ion?: hard
climb out of the valley of economical
depression. They have not yet attained
the heights which are bathed in
the grafefut sunshine of prosperity
Some, indeed, have fallen by the way
Others are still in the valley. Never
theless as we stop a bit and lool
backward we can sec that very con
siderable ground has been pained bj
the great majority, and we can en
ter the New Year with renewed hop*
and with that courage that come:
from the realization that we are real
ly making progress.
A year ago when speaking of th*
prospects for farming in 1922 I saic
that while there was no reason t<
expect boom times for the farmei
in the near future, there was prom
..r Iv *?... e?
nu-r and for those whose business i:
largely dependent upon him. The yea
has brought fulfillment of that prom
ise. Speaking generally, times art
better, much better, than a year ago
both for agriculture and for industry
Crops have been good on the whoh
Prices of the major crops are mostly
considerably higher. While there ha;
been a corresponding advance in th<
prices of the things the farmer mus
buy, the total sum which farmers re
ecive for the crops of this year i:
greater by a billion and a half dol
lars or more than that which thei
received for their crops of last year
| This will certainly mean better time:
on the farm and farm folks will bi
able to ease up a little on the grind
"ig economy they were forced t<
practice the preceding year.
The labor costs of producing th<
crops for 1922 were stiil further red
need. There were some substantia
reductions in freight rates. Mucl
helpful legislation has been rnactec
and more will be this winter. Inleresl
rates arc lower and the credit strain:
have been eased. This has made il
possible for many farmers who wen
; rather heavily involved to refund the
obligations and get themselves ir
condition to win through.
There are still some dark spots
hi some sections weather condition:
were unfavorable and crops wer:
short, and farmers in these section:
' are having a very hard time of it
I Freight rates % are still to high es
! pecially for those who must pay foi
i a long haul to market.
p.. i > ?
an iimn out tins t:; uirgeij
due to the increase in local taxes
.over which farmers themselves musl
exercise cont rol
There has been gratifying growif
in farmers cooperative marketing as
sociations and more of them arc be
ing organized on a sound businesi
basis.
Aside from the help which has beer
given by legislation and by administ
ration activities, strong economic to:
ces are at work to restoio a mori
normal relation between agriculture
and other industries.
The peril in the agricultural depression
is more keenly realized b>
other group.-, than ever before, ant,
on every hand a sincere desire is being
evidenced-to do what can be dom
safely to help the farmer better his
condition.
Everything considered we hav<
good reason to expect stii! bettei
things lor agriculture in the yeai
1923.?11. C. Wallace, Secretary o!
Agriculture, Washington, D. 0.
DEBT COMMISSION
WANTS "SQUARE DEAL*
By the Associated Press.?Negotions
between the United States and
Great Britain debt funding commission
opened today with a declarator
from Stanley Baldwin, chancellor oi
the exchequer, that all his government
wanted was a "square deal,'
in the settlement of the British w??
debt of $4,000,000,000. He asserted
that the mission was not here "to
ask for favors, or to impose on generosity.''
He said what was desired was
"a fair business settlement that would
secure for America the repayment
of the last cent which the United
States had loaned to Great Britian,
their associates during the war."
He warned that the British have
regard for the present heavy burden
of taxation on its people, its commitments
in costly mandates and othei
circumstances and that they must
consider carefully the terms of liquidation
of debts, lest annual obligations
be assumed which it might be
impossible to meet in years of bad
trade and falling off of revenues.
rusnfenGnfenlanfinfenfe^
BOONE DRl
The REX
j^Qj Dealer
P FOR
It has been proven many tii
|jji business men than we, that a
ye as we are running, cannot be
a cash basis. We must take a<
ed 6s ior cash and to do so we
bgj chandise when it is sold. A
j=|S; lent without security. We ap
[[jys and loyal support *we are re<
ye friends and it is our earnest d
1^5 sible way not inconsistent with
Our terms are cash, not
?3nl to make them so; we hove no
EjO] and frankly a recognized busi
adopt by the very nature of ou
. , -rvftcn.'.T
COVE CREEK. ITEMS
The epidemic of flu which has been
* racing in this section is gradually ,
I dying out, very few cases having been
I reported during the past week.
I At this writing, Mr. Sol Adams.
- who has been a very sick man, is imi
proved slightly.
Mr. John Horton has just return.
ed from an extended tour of inspec!
tion in Gaston county. He reports a
i most enjoyable trip and says his pros-jpects
in that direction seem exceeding
r I Iv bright. We are behind you John,
- j and wish you well.
? Sunday night there was a fierce
5 j hail storm in this section. It seems
- that several of our popular young:
men did not enjoy it as well as they
? might have,
1 The heating plant for our new i
> i school building has arrived and we
r hope to have it installed during the
- week- After this is done the building :
- will be practically finished.
s TheCoveCreek High School which;
r has been postponed twice on account'
of the flu epidemic, will reopen on;
? Monday January 15. We shall be comfortably
located in the new building:
thanks to the untiring efforts of all
e who were connected with its consfcruc;
tion.
5 There will be an addition to our
? faculty, already numbering eight tea-1
t! chers. Miss Ruth Rhodes of Lincoln- j
_jton, N. C. will have charge of the
t' department of music.
!i
. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
FLOOD THE UNIVERSITY
? Chapel Hill?The flood of students;
. from the High Schools of North Car-;
} olina is threatening to swamp the i
University and colleges of the state.
? A.t the University there are 23111
_ more students than a year ago and j
1 137 more than two years ago. The
x most conservative estimates place the
j total attendance two years hence at
t 2,500. The chances are that it will
< be even greater than that.
I E. C. Brooks state superintendent
; of public instruction told the execu;
live committee ol the Trustees the
j other day that the number of graduates
from North Carolina High
Schools next June was expecte dto be
s 5000. More than half of these are
? ambitious to go on from high school
5 to college, and the higher institutions
. are hard put to it to find room for
. them.
Hi'" f-.- ?
the chief feature of the two year}
- building program which the Univer- j
5 sity Trust e is are asking the legisla-l
l ture to provide for. They are needed
to take cart of the students that are
i sure Jo ? fi n in within the next two
_ years. If they are not built there;
_ will either be unhealthy crowding ov
s applicants will have to be turned away.
i Another item on the program is
- a woman's building. This was pror
posed Jo the 11)21 Legislature but
the decision was to postpone it.
COI.. WATTS CAN NOW COLLECT
The decision of the United States
I Supreme Court sustaining the constitutionality
of the North Carolina
> revenue law, better known as the
* Revaluation Act, brings to a close
the biggest tax controversy in the
i hi^ory of the state. Four of the larr
gest railroads in the south were ar:
rayed on one side and the State Tax
r Commissioner of the other.
The state is upheld in all of its
contentions. The railroads must pay
the full amount of taxes, franchise
and all, assessed against them. The
large loads affected are the Atlantic
' Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Southern
and Norfolk Southern. One
' small line, the Atlantic and Yadkin
River, is also vitally concerned in
the matter.
While this case has served to settle
some of the fundamental principles
of taxation, and intricate questions
ol law, the people of North Carolina |
are mainly interested in the fact that j |
| the decision of the Supreme Court
' "brings home the bacon." The decision
means that Colonel Watts, State
Tax Commissioner can now proceed
to collect $420,204.14. This amount
represents franchise tax for two
years on a disputed total of $68,361,555
of assessed valuation over
and above the valuation admitted by
the railroad companies. The Tax Com
missioner announces that to this amount
interest and penalty will be ad- j
ded. Each county, municipality and
tax district through which the roads i
jBBanlanlarl^^
Ci COMPANY
.ALL Store jp
s in Drugs jfS
r AQU 5nl
v_w X (77=3 1
nes by men who are much better SQ]
small retail drug business, such |
successfully operated, except on {Uc?
d vantage of every discount allow- QJcj
i must have the cash for our mer- gn]
book account represents money hnl
preciate deeply the co-operation ?8
reiving from our customers and
esire to serve them in every pos- (Or?
sound business principles. jypjj
because we desire arbitrarily 3fj]
choice in the matter. It is simply bnl
iness principle we are forced to gQ
ir business. qjfS
THE NEWSPAPERS SUPREME
The New York Sun's financial tie- *
nartment announces that Vivaudou
Iiic.. has become the exclusive selling
agent for the product of the
Mineralava Company for the next
twenty one years. The Sur. Says:!
"'Jrder this contract the M.neia'avaj
Company agrees to spend a minimum
of $1.000.OOP a year in advertising.
The Vivaudou Company is reported
to have earned upward of ? ' a share
on its 300,000 shares of stock last i
year, and company officials express:
confidence that 1023 will show an j
increase in earnings from the regu-!
lar business as compared with 1022. j
In addition it is estimated the new;
vviataci wui auu in v?rimiK> ??> niutn
as $3.00 a share on Vivauduu stock , '
which was today selling in new high j
ground, above 16" ! !
The attractive value of newspaper!
advertising space was never mere 1 1
forcibly illustrated than in the un-j;
usual success won by Mineralava
Beauty Clay which has just enter-;
ed into a contract agreeing to spend
$1,000 000 a year in advertising
through a i**riod of the next twenty-one
years. Much of the success won
by Mineralava has been due to newspaper
advertising, and the greater
portion of the large expenditure contracted
for. will be deVoted to the
newspapers of this country. The Mineralava
Companv has recently made
exhaustive tests of advertising in the
leading newspapr rs of twelve cities'
as a result of which they have determined
that they will get quicker
and better returns# from newspaper
campaigns in the cities and towns (
than would be possible through any
other mediums.
NO COAL STRIKE
COMING THIS SPRING
Assuranse that there would be:
no coal strike next spring was ex- j
pressed by Frank Farington, presi-1
dent of the Illinois Mine Workers, I
in a telerrmm SjifnrHiiv r.? T??n Vnv I
president of the West Frankfort sub-;
district of the union.
Mr. Farrington's telegram stated
that while the conference of operators
and union officials failed in
Chicago, he had every reason to believe
that agreements satisfactory to
the miners would be reached at further
conferences and advised the miners
to remain "calsn." There is no
cause for alarm as p. result of the;
failure of tin' Chicago conference
the telegram added, and indications
an that a favorable agreement may
he reached at the forthcoming con-{
ference in New York.
run will also derive a revenue on the
latter amount based on the rate prevailing
the local community.
This hits the railroads affected
pretty hard, but the state and counties
and cities and towns and local'
tax school districts need the money |
If an injustice has been done the rail'
roads they have their remedy ir. the i
General Assembly of North Carolina J
now in session. If they were satisfied
of the justice of their cause,
they would have fared better had
Ihey gone to the Legislature in the
first place instead of the Federal
Courts and finally to the United
Qluf?o ?- "
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lem Journal.
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|UE 53 f&flSsKSI
n
p PEOPLE demand qui
terial the same as the
inS Buy where you can ge
iiij,' and the kind of lumbe
Db
an
?
^ DEMAND is growing
.11- -
|p uie oesi, even though
|h higher, people have foi
H be considered first.
a
In!
I QUALITY is a part o
instance our No. 2 sid
have the same grade,
knots, air dried, and i
p well as price?Ours is \
s has a few tight knots, a
g tiful ob. Which woulc
| house? Isn't quality a
1
S Think it over. .
1 Watauga Fur..
'I1' -i
JANUARY It, 1923
BEARS AS SLEDGE DOGS
lo*el Experiment Sets Alaska Trader*
All Ajog.
In Alaska they are talking: of what
nay materialize into one of the most
nleresting experiments ever attetrped
in the north country. The Alas! x
;ur trader would train the polar bear
o pull his sledge.
It was the representative of a
arge fur company who first conceited
the scheme, Stratford F. Corn-it
writes in Popular Mechanics.
Mushing: alone the northernmost rim
>f the continent in search of furs,
tie was surprised to come upon an
Eskimo boy with a small sledgfe pulled
by two polar cubs. Both boras had
been in harness for some time were
fairly well broken anil showed no
signs of viciousness or stubbornness.
While the Eskimo, is by necessity
too busy with hunting and fishing to
attempt traming the bear in a serious
way, the manager of the fur company
referred to, sees actual possibilities
in the idea for his kind of
work. Polar bears? naturally swift
capable of runing long distances
without tiring and strong enough to
pull heavy !or.ds?would make the
most powerful sledge teams in the
T\f? flf fho ?iwiiK mifht eflR?
ily pull a load that the dogs could
not budge and with six of thorn in
harness, furs or other commodities
could be transported in loads now
unthinkable.
There should be little trouble with
a team well trained?ami ther* is
much to be gained, not only in
heavier loads but in speed. While
the Eskimo dog usually averages
anywhere from 20 to 40 miles per
day the bear under the same conditions
is capable of doing 100 miles or
more. Even Peary, who if anyone
knew how to get the best from his
dogs, never expected to make more
than 50 miles a day consistently.
The polar bear can travel twice that
distance and do it day in and day
out.
On the march, large quantities of
food, seal, fish and birds would have
to be carried for the team?a much
larger quantity than the dogs would
consume, but even allowing for this
extra weight the bear would be a
far better transport animal than the
best of dogs.
This one fact is a great advantage,
and it may be that, what is now a
sport in a small section of Alaska
will in time become a common practice
all through the Arctics.
WOULD I ' L"? MA \V HO
BUYS LIQUOR AS WELL
4
Asserting he \vn. "merely applying
the good old American doctrine of
'equal rights to all and sj ecial privileges
to none,* Representative Upshaw.
democrat of (ieorgia. introduced
in the house today a bill mak
ing illicit whisky tmrhcnsci liable
ti? the same penalties inflicted upon
bootleggers.
Upshaw, author of .sensational
charges that high government officials
vested with the duties of law
enforcement, were consistent violators
of the Volstead act. said he desired
to make legal the "moral crime'
of whiskey by putting him in jail
with the seller.
Upshaw's bill would grant immunity
to illicit whiskey purchasers who
offered to testify against the vendors.
ility in building^ma- |j|
y uo in other things.
t the lengths, grades, fP
r you want.
stronger each day for J
the price be much p
ind that quality must jyj|
s
il
f the price. Take for || 1
ing. One dealer may jiP
yet it is full of loose J v
s cheap in quality as g
thro ?ughly kiln dried p 1
ind will makp a !??"- ^
1 you want for your ?| 9*
part of the price? |jp j
1 J
& Lumber Co. I v
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