?? bPtff Four Cfjc (LtLlatauga Democrat. R. C RIVERS. Editor and Owner. PUBLISHED ON THURSDAYS Subscribers wishing their addresses changed *?vill pi. use favor t:^- by giving the OLD - - well as the NEW add res& SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ?1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 Payable in Advance. Advertising K.ttes cn Application C ards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect. Obituaries etc. are charged for at the regular advertising rates. i Articles sent for publication without giving the name of the writer will not \ under any circumstance he publish I ed ' Entered at the ( to^ice at Boone I v 1 nmil vv?f>. I THURSDAY APRIL 5. 1923 j . THE BLOWING ROCK ROAD Ga : : la Gaze-tt The ( harlot*' (Joiierv calls ar- j out. . to th<- c* i lion of the Leu our Blowing Ktvk rt. . a:-i ?h: *-uromei ! Furth'-rm- ' e. Nori" < aroli* a l Pre ss A oci.r n coked to haeot in Biow :g Kock June ami f the Newspaper m- i h ve to travel all the round about way y North WilkcsHoro to go* to L owing Rock, half the D'easin. f he trip will be spoiled. The Ob ' goes on to explain that the* "wreckage" of the road between Uonoir and the Rock by the day laboring fore has become public in formation while this condition will only be temporary the enterprising people of North Wilkcsboro are uncertaking to have the editors routed through that town and over the Boone Trail Highway to Bo* re. thet : miles to Blowing Rock, the convention town. The present condition f *h? old turnpike -I due to th? srdilfcrnt system of work. I Th? eniba: k men's uivcs arc h :ngcut out ai he debris instead t be-J ing carted -- nt'mcd ?>v. r the i surf an- of t road ' ? ohliteiat. n of J tba* surface at : o e- where the work j *^pS?5tfTt r. nva\ administn ' . feed Biprhv w .i - -. ill to the stat^i J for a ' r, ' \f .-tarion being that! j the -*au w. .Id ink** a PtoljS pride j jn its -o !.. asset and ?. ainu*rcial artery, and hard - :rfar - the ro.iU\ &o that it would be dependable in all coalitions i a:, surely I t. as fcho.orb a knife had heert plunged jr. :o the hilt into the vitais. A Phmde-lphia clubman, scion of a: n distinguished family, is is.sting thej v bitter fruits of sin the. *, .lavs. Hiss t) liason with a pretty New Ycrk model I v of unknown antecedents and que>- V tionabk modes of living furnished p hi mwith many a charming hour, no doubt. But the model is dead, slain i< myseriously in s-.unc manner u r. yet tl clear to the police, and the clubman's p name has beer, blazoned n the front: d pages of newspapers fr.m one end ? of the counriw to the oth.-r, due to V the fact that, so far a known, he cl was the last man to see her alive. His f? wife, enjoy ir.g the gaieties of the p winter season at Palm Beach, has. ti been called home by the most dis- o' tress rag tidings that can '.mo to any m wife, and the clubman's horizon, late- ii lv so fair ami sunny, has become a o'erca.i with just about the darkest ai clouds that could come into the life 1 tc of a man of his station. He can o; testify, out of the depths of the men- 1 tai anguish that is his, that the wages it of sin is indeed death? not the death tl of the body, perhaps, but the stiil oi more frightful death of aii that is oj esteemed dear among men of honor, w There's a lesson in the iatest do- a velopments in the Dorothy Keenan rr. case that many men in many cities in should take deeply to heart?'tis the at old, old story of a double iife and th doubble standards and it is ending as: se all such stories have a way of ending. p< Fidelity pays, honor pays, charac- ci ter pays in many ways, over and over m again. But the tragedy of human ol life is that all too often men and th women do not realize the simple but O vital truths of human existence until at it is too late. i th i th FRENCH TROOPS SLAY CRIPPLE be Buer, April 1.?Twenty year old at Gerraar named Micruch is reported ne to have been shot and instantly killed Tc by the French at Recklinghausen, pr It is stated that Mieruch was an in- j th valid. i tia * 1 r, 1V K US LIGHT OR WE PERISH ' Thr tj'o nl l>uriiiiitr of the electriel lighting plant of the Xppalachianl Traininjr School which had boon fur niching Boone with lights, was not only a calamity to the > hool, but the town as well. While the wrvice, since ts inception, had been both uncertain and unsatisfactory, !t beat Egyptian darkness, in which Boone was conceived. born and reared. It has been intimated time and again tha tit is neces-ar> for a man to die in order to find ?ut just how indispensable personage he really was It hadn't occurred to us however that it was equally important for an electric lighting system to pull off the same stunt in order to i: -pire a court f the muses by numerous of our fellow citizens. Of all the cussed" out vontures ever put over Boone the NVw River Light and Power Co. headed. the list. But today w are repenting in sackcloth and ashts. We have recently Imn to the * ueral of ail our hones. On? t ul elertricj light are no more. G< where thej woodbine twinetb aril : whangdwimvoH t'i. and w?. otally un-l : W'\ are " Id how? that there! -'1*1 anything so bad but what itj f : ur electric' cht -ystoin mi": rmanentlyj epcth !' i the l?urn- j ,r of ' ; .1: : the had made! an pro - < ] for rection of an entirely new find iate plant, o iiit 11 all d< mand . wh h will he ; < :> r:f :?m : ason. Out :ilt a nun.bet of > ur -pie, (thi ot lchuie the "?1 man agetr.? 1,. . i ecome : stricken. Ti argument ha> been advanced hut if OootH' is caught about lights his sun:ir.' r it will take the town ten ear.- o recover from th criticisms -lie wi'i receive at th- hands of t.ouri>ts. and especially ti achers who may attend the summ? ; hool of the V. T. S. This is pu' imaginary, rhousaneis ?f people a. (turned e.ut if house and homo c year but .vho wil: dar to ; .. are any he less thought of bo . . -? adversity leprivi d tin m of a pi ice to Say heir heads. T?- sensible ople all the \pianation n?cessary . -aid be: Our >iant was destroyed being renared as rapidh as : .hie. The fore ng i r * ; . for ike ben lit 'it alarmist. \\ we have V( r\ respect for ti.eij feelings in the nafu r. i .<.'U>vr convince.i they are thoi iiii .ciiisl . ?! . 'link they ;:t\? allowed ihclriFolv\ - : ? become iri'y a armBlji i ot" afci; 'I'.vv citizens! h ' yelli"Give .. - 1 ght, or wo 7TTOJT ETi no; anog irerjuhsfll;sfc| : their demands. Tin want ligl ;their bi; >:?;? >? houses ami re-d-J eflfes. wrong a'nout * his J . < pt ;i Wan suggested ay! sintit i . \i. : A temporary plant b bv installed at the expense of the awn ir-nsury. This looks, to as, and ve think will in- found in th? final ?: a.ys:an expensive proposition, 'or a to v. n the . . ->f Boone t?> - ? r.d nonoy on a thing that wiil h.-e-une hsolet* in a few months, doesn't oun250.00 coming from? If evecy user if lights a- willing to pay two and one tall* times the rate that ha- been n vogue, this amount can be >uiscd. Jut no estimate has been made on low Hu'tV van be defended v; r te Kiituuis.e the service, nor can such i\ estimate he made with ai.v ceraiaiy. The gentlemen who are to un ihe tiling can't work on unet-r < ainties. They must have their pay or , 0 one will get lights. i I' ha> been are a il that th?- town t t : -:: h a plant anyway to pro- < 1 ie- aeainst ?morgencies. Wc pass hi- suggestion along to the many I owns dependent on the Southern 1 'ov.vr Company for both lights and I er. , < Lights are a good adjunct to any i jv.a but we ver.ture the assertion . lat a high tax rate will run more i eople away from Boone than the i arkness that may throw its mantel < ver Boone in tht next few months i are all of one accord when it omes to permanent improvements, i r?r our town, but when a town is too i oor to keep streets, in certain sec- s ons, in such condition that property s vvners can get to and from their domiciles exempt at ihe risk of life and. j J mh, this writer ;? not going to be : party to any project that has as its im the using of public funds for the' t mporary convenience of only a part! s t* its citizenship. in reference to the criticism expec? J d and aforementioned, we arc sflm* - le teachers will have to brush up i i their studies without the assistance c F nice little incandescent light that r ould exude about enough light tojs iuse a screech owl to think day ight he breaking. But any kicks they t lay have coming will he directed | p ; the school?not Boone. And as to r ie flood of tourists expected in this a etion during the summer, our ex- 't >rience has been with this class of v tizen that the majority of them are a ore concerned about an abundance sunshine to enable them to enjoy q e scenery of our mountain section, t f course they do a little joy riding h night, but an electric light is about b e last thing that concerns them on ti ese outings. Of course there will s. ! some who may think a certain a nount of "moonshine" absolutely E cessary for their entire comfort. > this class of tourists we can only tl omise a full moon once a month? it e rest of the time it will be in par- zi il eclipse. However, considering the m THE WaTAUGJ THE DUTIES OF A CITIZEN 1. To acquaint my#elf with those fundamental principles embodied in our constitutions and laws which ex! scctial to the preservation of our lib| erties and the promotion of good govj eminent. and to defend those princi| pies against all attacks. 2. To inform myself on all public | >ues ami ou the character record ar.d plat from of all candidates for office I and to exert actively my influence in favor of men and measures in which I I believe. 3. To vote in every election, primary and general never using my vote for personal or private ends, but only for the public good, placing the welfare of my country above that of my , party, if the interests of the two j should ever conflict. 4. To connect myself with the political party which most nearly represents my views or. public questions and to exert my influence within th* party to bring about the nomination of good men for office and the endorsement of measures for the pub-1 i i f* woal - - 5. To have the courage to perform my duties as a ? iii/.en regardless < t the effect upon m?- financially or so< ally, remembering that a cowardly citizen is as useless to his count > in time of peace a> a cowardly s d'.cr is in time of war. t>. To stand for honest election lav imnyitialiy administered. 7. To r?'?ey ali iaws whether 1 de< a then: wise or not and to uphold the edicers in the t ;iiorccrient of the la S. To make full and honest return of my property and income for taxation. y. To be ever ready to serve my country in time of war and in peace especially in such inconspicuous ca pactiies as juror and election official. 10. To acquant myself wih the functions of the various departments of my government and to spread the knowledge of the same among my fellow citizens in order that they may enjoy to the fullest extent the advanage> of fcred by the government and more fully realize the gov* rnment as a meaus of service to the people. 11. T?> encourage good men to en-! r public service atio remain therein by commending the faithful per fOld nance of their duties and by refraining from * nth m except suet, as is founded on facts. " To < k to ,M? i. _>*>?! feeliii: . .-til group.- ?>i" my follow c:tens t : ? : ; m p.;' lie ui-.: . a part \ ci i*?*ri - to exci r. c?*. rviiu'i. lis. das a;.d ?. itonal pro ,i ui:co. 1 . Not . m< of what n?> govcrmnet " (an tlo lot -no but moi about what I can do fur it. I i. i n inform my>? f with respect to tin y-toolcms which cot'!front tn> country in its foreign relations at ?! to support policies which safeguard ?t legitimate interests abroad and | which recognize the responsibilities; t the United States as a member of international society. School of Government and Citizen-' ship. College of W illiam and Mary. NATIONALIZATION OF ALL INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS PROPHESIED REV. DR. GRANT New York, April 1.-?Industrial I democracies will within a few de-| cades supplant existing political de-; mocracWs, the Rev. Dr. Percy Stick* ney Grant declared today in an Kasperscrmon. on "The Living Christ" to an audience which packed the Church of the Aseep-;;un. Th^ .vvLi iiiierai interpre-j lotion of church doctrines, voiced from the pulpit, recently coustd a controversy in religious circles to-! day refrained from raisnig theological issues and confined himself i Lo the statement of his opinions on I i 'hristian ideals and practices in and but of the church. "Nationalization of industries and easiness," said Dr. Grant, "is bound :o come about. We are going to lave a general replacing of political democracies by induatra! democracies. If I were 20 years old I should expect to see this replace-! nent realized, certainly in England vhere they are 50 years in advance >f us in liberal thinking. Eventually t will come about here." Dr. Grant denied that his views vere bolshevistic and criticized those vho, he said. mistook hi?s nlcial justice for an appeal to bel- ' ihevism. j ATTORNEY GENERAL V1S1TES * ASHEVILLE Asheville, April 1.-? Attorney Gen-, s rai Harry M. Daughtery who has * pent several weeks in Florida ni the : interest of his health arrived in Vsheville this afternoon to spend * ome time. The attorney general was ! iccompained by Moody, of the presi- * lentiai yachet. Mayflower, who antounced tonight that Mr. Daugherty J hows much improvement in health.' Mr. Daugnerty refuse to he in- J* erviewed tonight declaring that his ihysical condition would not yet perait of discussion of governmental . ffairs. He will- take a motor ride hrough the mountanis tomorrow and 1 .ill spend as much time in the open ir as possible, his physician said. uality of "moonshine"' in this secion, we will feel safe in guaranteeig all tourists that our particular v rand of "moonshine" will enable f hem not only to see the mountain " cenery at any hour of the night, but s an added attraction the "Brooklyn V oys." And those who are supposed ) know tell us that as entertainers ?. le "Brooklyn Boys" far surpass any * lountain scenery this side of Swit- ^ jrland. \ T. B. MOORE. t DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS OF NORTH CAROLINA There are perhaps very few, if any, Xorth Carolinians who can name the chief executives who have served the state. A friend furnishes The Review with the iist which mipht be clipped and filed hy the readers of this paper, especially students of the public school. It-is herewith appended: Under the Lord's Proprietors: William Drummond. 1663-67. Samuel Stephens, 1667-70. Peter Carter. 1670. Samuel Stephens, 1670-74. Peter Carter. 1674-75. John Jenkins (actinp), 1675. John Harvey, (acting:). 1675-76. Thomas Eastchurch. 1676-77. j Thomas Mill??\ (acting). 1677-78 I Johtl Har.v;. l'~78. John Jenkins. 1678-81Henry W'ilknisoii. 1GS1-83. Seth Southweli (Sothel,) 1683-89. Phiiip Ludwell. 1689-94. Alexander Lillington, 1691-94. I Thomas Harvey, 1694-99. Henderson W*alk?*r, 1699-1704. Robert Daniel, 1 704-05. Thomas Cary. 1705-06. William Grover (acting) 1706-07. Thomas Cary and William Grover ? ontestants. 1708-10. Edward Clyde. 1710-12. Thomas Pollock (acting) 1722. William Reed (acting* 1722-21. George Burrington, 1724-25. Kdward Mo: ley (acting* 1725. j Sir Edward Everard, 1725-29. Under the Crown: George Burrington. 1729-34. Nathaniel Rice (acting) 1734 Gabriel Johnston, 17-53-52. Mathew Rowan (acting) 1752-54. Arthur Dobbs, 1754-65. William Try en, 1765-71. James Hazel (actnig) 1771. Josiah Martin. 1771-75. Governors of the State: Richard Caswell. 1777-79. Abner Nash 1779-81 Thomas Burke. 1781-82. Alexander Martin, 1782-84. Richard Caswell, 1784-87. Samuel Johnston. 1787-89. Alexander Martin, 1789-92. Richard I). Spraight, 1792-95. Samuel Ashe, 1795-98. William R. Davie. 1798-96. Reniimnn \Villi:i?v??= James Turner. IS02-07. N athaniel Alexander, 1805-07. ? Benjamine Williams. 1807-08. i vid one. J SOS-1 0. Benjamin Smith, 1810-11. William Hawkins, 1811-11. William Miller. 181-1-17. John Blanch. 1-si 7-20. Fisnkiin. 1820-21. visl-riei Holmes 1821-21. Hate binjr? G. Burton, 1824-27. 'ame- Iredell. 1827-28. John Owen. 1828-32 Aiontford Stokes. 1SM0-32 L>j vid L. :-wam. 1832-35. Richard Ik Spraight, Jr., 1835-37. Kdvvard l| budley, 18 -7-11. John M. Morhead 1 1 15. j William A. Graham. 1815- 40. Charles Manly. 1840-51. David S. Roid. 1851-54. Warren Winslow v act tnp) 1851-55. Thomas Brugpr, 1855-oi'. John W. Ellis, 1859-61. II. T. Clark (acting), 1801-62. i'ebuloii H. Vance 1SG2-65. vV. W. Holden (prov.) 1805. Jonathan Worth, 1865-68. William B. Holden, 1868-70. Tod R. Caldwell. 1870-74. Curtis H Brogden, 1874?77 u v- -.o/. "v.-ui.iii u. v uiu c. i o i t - i n. Thomas J. Jarvis, 1X7S-85. Alfred M. Scaies, 1885-89. Thomas 14. Holt. 1891-93. Dar.iel G. Fowle, 3889-91. Elias Carr, || Daniel L. Russell, 1897-1901. C. B. Aycock, 1901-05 . R. 1!. Gleen, 1903-09. W. \V. Kitchen, 1909-13. !l Locke CraiR, 1913-17. T. W. Bickett, 1917-21. Cameron Morrison, 1921-24. jj IS JUSTICE DEAD? (Atlanta Georgian.) i [ H(jW does this sound to people [ who believe in simple justice and fair ^ dealing, and expect even government ? ,o practice those virtues: ] [ My people are homeless. They are I! iriven from place to place by the p white men on whose property they jj seek a refuge. The Washington Gov- \ irnment does not aid us. Our children 0 ire not wanted in the schools. We [j lave no medical aid for our sick. * We have no implements, nor lands, ^ !!or farming. My people are willing 0 ;o work Give us a place in the ties- q ?rt, and we will be happy. ^ The words are from the lips of a icvcntry-seven-year-oid Indian, spok- 6 ?n before a legislative committee at [j Sacramento the other day. ^ He spoke for a measure which will t* iet aside a quarter-section of land li or remnants of Piute, Digger and [[ >it. River Indians, all California <= ribcs, who are now practical wan- | lerers upon the face of the earth, vie- ft ims of "conquerors" as heartless and | inhceding as all conquerors appear p 0 have been. ^ In the fnie aspiration to make ft America worthy of the highest human [[ deals, one wonders just how our at-'? itude toward the Indians fits. b 0= 1 PLEA FOR BETTER ENGLISH j[ E The language of America is the j~ anguagc of the law and the court, E k-hich is English, until such time E s another tongue shall he accepted g i its place it will so remain. The b mguage of business may be any |j ongue, depending on locality, but E l we are to meet and overcome fj ur difficulties it must be thought ? He general intelligence of our peo- 3 Do yon take Your County Paper? * ? ? After Every Meal WMGLEYS I Top off each meal 1 I with a bit of I sweet In the form I of WRIGLEY'S. / It satisfies the -1 # sweet fooSli and S 3.ids illgesUon. 0 Pleasure and | I benefit combined. p ri S. C. BUFF ORPHINGTON EGGS t< $1.00 per lit by JP. F. Cook's strain. Write or Phone FINLEY P. HODGES * 3-22-tc Sands, N. C FOR SALE Pure Bred Spotted Polan China Pigs. March delivery. \V. E. SHIPLEV, Wallace, Va. I" ^ I WHITK LEGHORNS?30G, 312, and " ^ 17-326 egg blood 10c per egg by mail, 7c at home. Chicks 15c. Mrs. T. t P. Adams, Sherwood,, N. C. Sweet Clover and Honey r is Sweet clover seed and pure honey ti (comb and extracted) direct from pro | ducing point at lowest possible price, i Quality Guaranteed. Write for prices l and circulars. JOHN A. SHEENAN. J R. D. No. 4. Falmouth, Ky. ? Personal Property Sale As executor of the will of the late ! Miss Susan Farthing of Sweet Water! i will on Wednesday April 18, .sell at the residence of the deceased, all her household and kitchen furniture al! 'lie items being too numerous to nt i o only a few \\ 11 be nam- ? ed: A number of sheets, coverlets, counterpanes-', towels, pillow slips, P etc., ail home woven and made from flax rowr on *\\ aiauga soil. Many oi the pier. are almost a century old <-?.:ulition.? nu\or having ? iu . : ii-yd. also aviTy unique line of *1 tabi- ware, much of it having been 1 handed down by her grandmother, I .uiivs ousie uemgr so years old. A number of old fashioned bedsteads and furnishings will also be put on sale. COME. W. V. FARTHING. Kx. R. D. JENNINGS DENTIST Offices at Boone and Newland Boone?First 15 days of each monti ! ? Newland?Last 10 days of each montl J* Write or phone to Boone or * Newland for appointments < ril^vhiT^plbriE i Rnilrl nil ^ ^F'JLJL 1 Vacant L< I fr-* shl pa I aj I Bear in mind that a vac inocme?in fact it is an? ^ lect and erect a house ar =n! if; Let us show you. i fi i j For instance if you o' | pay taxes and get nothir 1 Why not improve you i] j _ _ 11 j_. cvuug a uesiraoie nome | some family who appre !? of an up-to-date dwellin ? receive a splendid incon 1 NOW IS THE TIME 1 Watauga Fur. g APRIL 5. 1929 rhe Bank a Good Place to Go To A place a man or woman is always roud to be seen at. A Bank Acjunt always savors of success, pen one with us. It will help your redit and enable you to get along i life. With a Bank Account and a Check iook you have ail the cash you need ght with you, and the correct change >o. Ail banking matter's are held in the reatest confidence here. Bank of Blowing Rock Blowing Rock, N. C. WEET POTATOES FOR SALE AT 0 cents PER BUSHEL. SEE B. F. ERMAN. HUDSON, N. C. 15-3t WATCH REPAIRING Done under a positive guarantee. e\v elry repaired. Estimate? furn;hed on all mail orders, Satisfaeon guaranteed. Office west of Blackburn Ifotel . W. BRYAN, Jeweler C. B. KRARFOOTA rcliitcct BRISTOL, VA-TENX. Registered Architect in North Carolina Schools, llanks and I'ublic Buildings 10-12-2 NOTICE ICS FOR SALE? ice cr write O. E HAMPTON lowing Rock, N. C. ?4l p. risurance Fire, Life and Casualty ? All new business and expiring policies promptly attended to. Adjustment* promptly made. GEORGE F. BLAIR BLOWING ROCK, N. C. (Office in Poit office Bldff) ( DB PRINTING OF THE BETTER CIND. RIVERS PRINTING CO. WE ADMIT WE KNOW HOW'' that | HI jg ant lot produces no ^ expense. We say, seid derive an income, g H a tvn a vacant lot you jgf tg in return. ir communitv bv pr. for yourself or for |j| sciates the comforts* ^ tg. Besides you will S le. : TO GET BUSY P i Lumber Cojv