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ITIURSD v MARCH 29. 1923
CLE AN I P D A V IN BOONE
Next V' April the -?th is;
di .. . 5' Hahn c!< an-'
His c.iil 'Cii . found on nag one
i.\ r. 1 us all ?*< ark,:: I
thi< proj spjation aniflE g|v? r tow.-:
or', thorough clwtin^ look >;g to its
heaii .*: . . lor on. ha^
l'i . T i.' : - .p v . North 4
as i y helv and eek have one of
the host towns the small tow
class let's hot do less than others
have done and are doing.
Read Mayor Habit's prdamation
and act accord in.criy.
AS TO MEDICINE MEN
We were lab' ring tinder an impression
that in Itoone there was
some ert of oni vanes to protect
us attain -* the birds that sell the '
"snake oir! hut we guess we must
bo mistaken for to Monday of this
week, a doctor f this kind stationed
himself n front of the court
house. ami after doing sonic stunts
in * he slight <?f hand line, offered for
.'wile erne ; rrtiseiall-powerful?
never faiii;-g tnaong. oil, and strang#
lo the n?Vede w ;s toe much
for hi - .. on y one trill i.
fail ef :. ma.'i hoti . am; he chut up
sho:< v l.iie the l^iople were JM\ besrHe'ali
... vl itc\yr it v.as. i
ho1;-; who pm or. the
l\ns;Mv there is. HO OVil .ir oe to
cetera worn our "but ihere
sKou'd v. for it. has i\ ?ges boon
II. U-tom '? provide for t!. .
protection of those who rofu>,c to
protect i.hem. vivos
THE TRAINING SCHOOLS.
I' was but a few w.rs ago that
the managements of *n. toncber.-'
training school in different localities
in the Stke wore coma nn-1 about
getting a sufficient number of teachers
to fii! nu vacant rc?,m. They
w ixiljd go after the teachers like merchants
after trioBt Rut vondiiior.s
have- v. n.derfuiiy ehang? d in the
re vnt pa. t. The trouble at training
sch . headquarters is * ? lind room
to aceommodate the fh.vkirg ciovm.s
of t'.-?tcl'n 1. i lias come to pass that
the tcaehi rs nei&w~ 5tTjr yv the year
to make "reservations" at the .-eh*. >1
they de-nv attend. Th ..re
conn i - ;eit l.i roam ovec the
wo !'iv i - . ?i iiiready
. ; aces, and The Ohserv e
i . . . i.- a ; m hat Proii - >r
TSJ% i'.y - - ? 1 :? ... J -
i.-> . i ll.g Mii'iucgtru wim
applications at the Appalachian
Training School. This instifchtiii is
located at. Boone, and during: its
earlier day had som what of a
struggle for recognition, but iha
teacher- going there spread the talk
about, the school and its attractions,
and for a year or so past, its capacity
has been ta>:cd. The seh.-oi is situated
in a : ou of the mountains, commanding
some of the finest scenery
in the State, and there is something
in its environment that seems to
charm and hold the teachers. Professor
Dougherty could fill an institution
twice a large as the present one,
and hy rca on of the steady pressure
fc r more room, he is going to
have doubh d-capacity plant in the
course of a few year*. The Appalachian
has developed into a State
pride.
?Charlotte Observer.
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the
stock holders of Brushy Fork Cooperative
Cheese Factory at Brushy
Fork school house April the, 7; 1 92d
at 2:00 oclock P. M. for the purpose
of Electing officers and to consider
the moving of the Factory from
where it is. to Vilas. near .T?/?!?
Smith's. Any and all stock holders
are urged to be present and have a
voice in the meeting.
This March the 24, 1923
James H. Bingham, President
A. D. Adams, Sec., 'Ires.
$2^50 FREE
To the boy or girl in Boone, over
10 years of age who gets together
on Wednesday April 4, 1923
the largest pile of rubbish from his
or her parents' premises, I will give
a prize of $2.50 in cash
E. N. HAHN, Mayor.
WHAT MERCHANTS THINK
ABOUT THE COTTON AND
TOBACCO ASSOCIATION j
Bu?nic?* Men in Many Cities And
Town* Pledge Their Cooperation.
Page the man who said it couldn't
be done Show him these endorsements
that have been published in
large advertisements in newspapers
and paid for by merchants and business
men who have seen the benefits
of co-operative marketing.
Practically every business man in
New Bern signed the following endorsement.
which was published in I
a page advertisement r The New
Kern Sun-Journal:
"We, the undersigned bankers,
merchants, and business men of the
city of New Borr. *;u Craven
County, wish to express our confidence
:n the Co-operr. :\e Marketing
Vssociation, both Cotton and
Tobacc.
"After the pa^t year' experience,
we ar? thor ir'r y r.. . td of the
of e -n of marethod
on<
y wfc l! ' m .e assured
in order that members may work*
> a urance thot y can do|
a?ii(t^ with 11- and 11 deliver#
i . tion and *? : - 10 their re n?
c; i v o a - .>ociation s."
A' r.- V another lorsem.
ed Wash: g
!; Nev. and iftned practically
a!i tb businc- men Washington:
"W. the und r- lt:. d bankers
and merchants, doing: asiness in
Washington and Be&ui rt County,
desire to offer our fa ios to all
members of the Cotton a I Tobacco
Growers Co-operative Associations,
and *vill give to th* members of
Use A -.-ociation the am terms we
off., r to ethers.
"We i elicvv in th? "!y selling
f products as conoi*c- i by the
Asse iatien will bring: stability toi
: mark* v. and that. !i.- farmers|
who ar di p -o ut upon i
'tie iu will benefit by tbjs. r.ew sys-I
tint ef selling.
\\ c to rv : 4 terms all
thendontracc made by members "f|
\? < can to co-op rat? l then in
dl.. advert eijjjat have been!
. . p y :< " T'>v. i , am- ag i_
: hem ! - 'ar Smith n eld, Dunn, hay<
ttoviile, Spring Hope, KB: -ton, Fromor.t
Warsawj Vvarrenton, Norlinu,
Litticto'-. \yd<n. Trcntou. Maysville,
ami Poiujp|:s"> die.
1. W. GROSS.
Tin- subject of th:s sketch uas:
born in Yadkin Co. i636Joined
tin- Laurel Springs Baptist!
riiurch Dec. -J., 1n92. Was di.stni--ad
Maich 1?'>, 11' 17. Joined Oak tir=.ve
Baptist church April 7th 1917. Where
hi? was a faithful worker in church
and Sund:i> school until his death
Dec. 12, ii-22.
Bro. Gross will i?e greatly missed
Sn the home, the church and the
comunity. He was a man loved >
ail who knew him He was always
; luuru in itix: homu> uf uic Mi'k ar.ij
in-tressed, lending a helping harjd.
Xo one in need was eve turned from |
his door empty handed. WhiV* we
mourn his we how in hamble j
submission to the will of Him who]
din tii ali things well.
Realizing that our loss is his |
eternal gain, we extend to the bereaved
family the* deepest sympathy
of our hearts.
Mrs. J. \V. Greene
P. C. WYKE j
J. C. Hudtfar.
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; The Bank a Good
Place to Go To
i
A place a man or woman is ' \ways
proud to be seen ?t A Ront a?
count always savors of success.
Open one with us. It will help your
credit and enable you to get along
in life.
With a Bank Account and a Check
Book you have all the cash you need
right with you, and the correct change
too.
All banking matters are held in the
greatest confidence here.
Bank of Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock, N. C- j
THE WaTAUC
TRY DIVORCE SOME MORE
Aithooh stabilization of divorce
nationally failed at the late cngre^-s
the cver-watchf'd woir.cn voter's an
?oing to present it for the next
sion. so the news conies out of tii
jnovth.
Little hope "f early enactment ?
uniform divorce law has been hel<
;.l and the discussit of sh< Cap
nv- bill revealed many most un
satisfactory jnd'.tioirs. It ha
been more than ! i years since th'
uniform pr > > >< *.va pro-son-ed *
the several legislatures and on
three of them have yet accepted it
Three states are therefore under
uniform law and 45 are under tr.
multiform.
When the Supreme curt of th
United States in 1906 destroyed
a decision the possibility of th
laxest and loosest state's power *.
disrupt the martial rights of oth<
states, the court did something t
make divorce less flagrant; bu
nothing was done to stabilize th
law. The national Capper bill ha
five grounds upon which divert
may be obtained. Infidelity, a!
i-nment. by \.hi. h i meant fail
to provide for <me year or m<>
phv-aal and men4a! cruelty, inci
ab ? i: anifv and the commission
t ft 1 y are those grounds. Th
M.ik - specific provision for
guarthan.-bip of children.
lhc siiiru- and greater diffit
tit seem to foi!?o. national .
vorc- legislation a: have been foe;,
i 11 child hibor Jaws, i .. the Cappt
L*i:: has rved to bi g to the X
the worst sort of evils throughout C
country I <?r one thing. 12.5 per ct.
of all the marriages in the count!
ei.d i:i divorce. And in the first
years of this century, there have bee
1.800,OOP divorces. Which is to say
the imediate families interested i
these conditions number 5,000,000
In South t arolina there is no d;
vorce granted lor any cause what
soever. That state, therefore,
preacher-heaven. Nevada on th
other hand, seems to exist for th
purpose of swelling its temporar
population through its divorce di.
graces. Not only that, but there
never any certainty what is ti
*. at i. - f a man one* he is marri*
in thi rv. He may be d
N.?rth Carolina, unni.>
' <d in New Jersey and twice ma
i cd : i Cnnect.cut. in addition t
tin piKiiiy going to the state
pi -pp. may hav two mot hen
iii law.
ihe.-v . \o d. . have >ho\
:.i? tTT' : oi uivol
Icpjsi tf. ' - ' tl . pari
. ke hik n- tu bulling h
hrni -in a_ linst iot !>:
ju. : dor.*; c ve a da.an. i ht .
are Id .tales in wllici lilc-re is i
prohibition ; ariist the marriage ?
i'oohle-iimided persons and in son
i tin iat< > whciv J in rv is. tl
eaiii ot tl moron that he or she
.-ane. scii.Vs it There is no m
limn for tftarriage in IT states ai
12 years is the limit in many.
All ; t which explains he tiifl
culty of enacting an intelligent n
rionai law. Could anything 1
more unspeakably stupid than tl
stale statutes on th<- subject?
Greensboro Daily News.
,
LOOK
A "I" V * aa
m xuui
w i\ (Villi
T T
riAI
ires
they are so worn they
| don't protect your
wheels. Do you know
ou can get that work
done at
COFFEY'S SHOP
He says
He can do it
I guess he can
He knows how
You will find
Him just back of
Boone Produce Co.
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SWEET POTATOES FOR SALE A
80 cents PER BUSHEL. SEE B. i
i HERMAN. HUDSON, N. C. 15-;
VA DEMOCRAT
POISON WHISKEY TAKING TOLL
(Greenville (S. C.) News)
b The risk one runs in drinking bootlog
whiskey is by far too great to
take. Not a week passes but that the
f papers print accounts of death and
j biindness caused by poison sold as
whiskey. One day this week three
soldiers and one civilian employe at
s Fort Bennir.g, Ga . bought some stuff
.. that they thought was whiskey. They
drank it and the next day one soidier
and the civilian were dead, another
soldier was blind and the other one
;i seriously injured internally. It would
.. have been better had the soldiers
fallen and been blinded on the battle- |
e fields of France in the service of their i
v country than to have fallen by the I
treachery of some unscrupulous coun
0 try man who deliberately assassinated j
r them for the sake of a few sheckles. J
o In every section of the country
t people are dying almost daily from'
the effects of poison whiskey. How
long will the drin.<er> continue to
ager that the stuff i- not poison.
:r>d risk their !:vos a:- the take? And
v.- long w;5! the country rand for
izen.< ;>,*r : ?i in broad
' : iylight hy he.: <1: of r t'fin.v which
:.'?i every c \ on taking money
fr-' .i their vtcr'rn; with one harta*
hiio stahffe; tr ? t ? de::th with the
hcrTlie
situation is .trotting so onions
.it jv.eral tales have a.n .^?y- been
v- <1 t-.. lak some r.oti ol it. In
mi?: v .- : .. ?m-;c r.m; .! !.i\e is
g made attain t poi.-. no
key. In K:'.n as a nil. is ; -i*?gr to
make it mure* r to sell or .0 {five
aua/ v: intoxicants that cau: e death,
"kla'ioina has s h a law. Ir. lov-a
: senftte tas passed a nil": rucking it
.mslaughter to nil such whiskey. In
< mo a bill has been passed a -t sign:
making the furnishing of poison
- . -key second degn< ni.ir u r and
hrgan consider g a b... to make
!?::? is! ..ghter. In ' e, in. ? at ?t
iiound to be b. ;ni i:?,for? thi.gisru
utc of other sta.
Whatever may be one's attitude
ar?l prohibition, uc a- can defend
" the practice of selling whiskey which
causes death, and there is no penalty
" i too severe to inflict upon a person
11 v cted of such a practice.
^ TRUNK LINE AND \N I MPIRL
m Ho i . ?i'. viv <) \
i Ihc LlO<1 ( i the Mot: tii . A.l:i..it
ii\ .y.a tl . i h._> that
-rgvst v*il\ in KmUi Carolina is
" ; Stt, 1 o hhcoroe i the mam
<n a mm i iii< .: Mt\x trudo foUta
| f< .n he Middle jVc i to South
i.Rli 1 !(.' ! \? 115stflll-N.;.m m.s6 war : ?
: i .i thai there* i jivi'h v ejjgRire- of
.op d re < at her very
10 . a: .mp.t. that C presently
? mo ' the Swit ! ia. >\ ok Ameo
" .i ami . New England of the
: i-atli."
Mr. Howie I i to sp;-\k three
.is to eonviiii.T the Legislature
K:, that there was sonn thuig in his
dream of railroads and empire in
j Nurthwv:: North Carolina. lL t t
:l" dalnT i.ak< more than thirty minutes
10 tor him to get a unanimous verdict
1Cjin his favor from the men of \V:ni
sten-Sale.m.
I lie consitlerods the trunkline rail?
| road assured. The State has ten mil-i
lior. dollars available tor its construc]tion,
he says. Under the Howie Aa
J the State can build the main trunk-J
i line without the asd of private capital.
Its completion would give Cin:
einnati its nearest route to the sta
| northwest section, through WnistonSalem
and i'k- heart o? North Car<
olina. And that would be the line,
thinks the- "Lion" 01 the aioutains,~j
over which the freight wcjuid pass
oetwven the Middle West and South
i America.
i And thus does this new enterprise,
when iinterpreted by its progenitor,
become suddenly transformed before
our eyes from a local and State
and interstate commercial achievement
into a national and interna-)
tional project of gigantic proporj
tions.
No wonder Mr. Bowie put his bill
through the Legislature. The wonder
i is that Virginia and Synth Carlina
and Ohio and Tennessee and other
States did not send delegations to
Raleigh to fight by the side of the
; "Lion of the Mountains.*' With the
1 vision he has of his dreams possibilities
and with hrs ability to paint
> the picture for others to see, the
"Lion of the Mountains" might not
have put his bill through Congress,
but he would have given the oppoai:
tion a run for its monev.
j As for the empire?it is Northwest
I North Carolina. Its area is 1,584
square miles. Its population is 76,,
000. The value of its taxable prop
erty is sixty-six millin dollars. This
territory, geographically, comineri
ciaily and socially belongs to Winston-Salem.
The "Lion of the Mountains"
is as sure of that fact as he
is that the new trunkline is going
to be buiit by the state of North Carolina.
There is no other section in all
America that has the natural advantages
possessed by Northwest
North Carolina. In no other part
of America is such vegetation fund
at such an altitude as in Wilkes and
1 Ashe and Alleghany and Watauga.
In no othe^ section of the country
are men making a living a tsuch an
altitude. Its climate is unsurpassed,
its water pwer is virtually unlimited
and its natural resources have as yet
scarcely been touched by civilization.
That is why Winston-Salem is
ready to agree with Mr. Bowie that
^ the building of these new railroads
_ and highways is gonig to make NorthT
west North Carolina "the Switzert>\!
land of America and the New Eng3t
I land of the South."
'
MARCH 2?. 1923
'WHITE LILLY
and
Blue Ribbon Flour
stand at the Head when you are looking for
the BEST.
THESE ARE OUR LEADERS
S. C. Eggers & Co.
l ?-*
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Grass Seed, Seed Oats,
; Feeds and Grain
; I
j ,1
We have just opened up in the store building
where the Watauga County Bank is now
iocated possibly one of the largest and best
lines of Flour Feeds, and Seed Grain in this
section of the country.
FARMERS?IT WILL BE T OYOUR ADVANTAGE
T BUY YOUR GRASS SEED
AND SEED OATS NOW
WE HAVE LARGE STOCKS OF THE
BEST QUALITY OF BOTH
AND THEY ARE SOLD UNDER A POSITIVE
GUARANTEE
We sell both wholesale and Retail
SEE US BEFORE BUYING
L_
S. C. Eggers & Company
?
Build on that I
cp ^LQJ.
1 Vacant Lot |
m i?
i if
m gj
^ Bear in mind that a vacant lot produces no if
^ ... it
inocme?in fact it is an expense. We say, se- (Eg
lUc! U*
s lect and erect a house and derive an income. ^
r| - iF'i
?g Let us show you. st
9 i
For instance if you own a vacant lot you g|
pay taxes and get nothing in return.
r; ; Why not improve your community by er- [p?
ecting a desirable home for yourself or for
jfe some family who appreciates the comforts ^
ah of an up-to-date dwelling. Besides you will lg
pi receive a splendid income. ^
1 NOW IS THE TIME TO GET BUSY
j Watauga Fur. & Lumber Co. |