Page Two
RETAIL SALES GOOD i j,
Roroi U Bab.-on, who has recently
ln'vn checking figures on the retail
vradc of the country has today isue?J
a prelimina/y -atcment. Ac- I
cording to his analysis, retail trade F
is again back to normal. r
Some sections are till behind the J'
good years of lldy an-i 1^20,"' says
Mr. Babson. "hut ma". other sections ^
are ahead. Retail trad?* was the last j.
to feel the cTcc's of the deptesion ri
When a .dark busine- hits a section j f
the financial interests feel its first;!
the manufacturing and farming in-Is
terests feel it second; the jobbers and j l"
wholesalers feel it third; and finally!"
the retailers hear Hence, al j A
though retail trade entinues good I *
long after Wall >tna ' :s blue, it dots t
not come back again until some time r
after Wail street comes back. There ^
arc. of cour-. . few exceptions t'? s
this general rub The profits of
firm . ';ke Tiffany, t; jeweler, who J a
-ells largely t th wealthy fol- M
f(>v ' - ;o ock n:r *r movements j 11
-..I firm4
'The best retail trad# today is in} 2
the cities <. ?' 4.be'?n?t. where; ;
two year.- ;4co, rv. and fa-.tor
ivere shut df-vn, tie ; ..re nov -.ei: j
ir.g overtime. Cities ike Pitt > burgh, 5 '
which a year aco wvre working c!y'?<'
:<< r cent of their capacity. i . '
back to nearly 1 DO per -.en*. Akron, l4
which t'-ir years ago L<;d the highest j )
percent..'.ye ef are:-!; ! -> meat in the I
country, is nov; utvc: < ?sii?g for mo; j
'Detroit is again back to normal and
the V'.lann? of reiail eade in most of
these ci-b\s is equal to or greater than i
it h:e ever been. Of course, thi^
doe s not mean that profits are a j1
iarg'. . The public > showing more '
diseriminat ioii in its purchases and is
shopping ..bout moie. The volume ,
of retail business, however, is back to
normal in these citn.
"Any concern in a" industrial city [
which is not doing a normal businos
today should clean house and asccr- t
.am wherein the difficulty lie?. Cities
? ! ich u:-i .out wai - r.uran
'i ' cially favorable
. Th eretai <isof ihe?e cities
sh-'uid vie the ! bagint^s during
li:. ikey ever d???i . The etiil effits .
??i' f.i-% i.:i?rlarjii ur It this class
ati: to ro;-? althuilgh
t. jfiptev;. *.o what 1
it" vre -..i ?. -h ft
ootMl yours tif the y?4r.ffijh a itie?
t\ir: jrrav.tp^^^vil' tia-t that! :
IU- gbfeUii tvatie ??i* m?. i.-.i a -a . Mm.:
' a"k ti? -c " will lie
-.T I'Vi.V i hcs^efoijSf^'iystj,- ; >.at w* 1
w?' E*u
h _tfcv> r J 1
XV1 6 ss 1 iron ;. I i 4 ..>? HV&J
flo ' " '*
i ; 1..- . : lojjaBj hi' ig iwixati ,
up iii outside t?i?U i V' i- ;m i
not attend iij# to - > }.-, i ;
vet posted as to 'undjnv. -l':. rendition.-.
There is a 'hole ir. I??- utimm;c
' ^..nrwlu'r- and it is up :?> him '
to ism! if.
"During the next months local
mcrchmtls shculd m ;so. N;\
Honai !QftaauXucr.ui*ers ar>? itii aiajEj the ^
great ;>ox\or of advertising in the dis- t
SSSSm vi ihnir products. Thei^
successful department stores are also ;;
using la?"ge spa- e in the newspaper-; f
hat the :?aller retailer ha.- > .-t f:iii- s
oil to idven.si' as he should. Perhar.
t is why lie is small? one v
canno'i led. There surely is some
rea.-u;, way the people flock to one
nvev-'hat -' upj! kiss by another. Sra- j j
ristu? c. riair.iy indicate that the rea-j i
son : !o-eiy connected with the ad- c
\oy: irtg. I .et me also take this oc- 1
ension to n"r.' retailors t,? ll- tie* t
nev>r:-t>. r.- -n a dirnii; d way :ath-: 1
er thiiii ;.trvinpti.-g: to use [ '
and ??>vv Hy vo.urivances. During ;.hcj "
pas* two: a..-albs I have wipter d c 'I
|! sddtia-'.;. 1 r.t & ? jl
Jior : u ;ahy. At almost
Clos-, road is .- ante sort o? s.ign .a .
windmill or something eise sold toj)
some hank or tf&jrckunt who thought;
he had discovered a cheaper or more *
effective method of advertising than
his newspaper offered. A- .. matter
of fact he unconsciously disfigure?
the highways, endangers fi and j
makes enemies instead of frit-r.ds.
Merchandising is a profession and
should be treated in a dignified way. .
Moreover, how banks can adopt such j
cheap appearing methods of publicity
is beyond tne comprehensi n of most
businc^, men. Vet, 1 understand the
temptation, having once fallen ' for
outdoor advertising mvsolf mn??h
against. the advice of the Gundlach
Advertising agency which handles
our copy.''
Mr. Babson added a word of cheer
to those retailers who fear the chain
store. I
"Instead of worrying about chain
stores," says he, "the independent
retailer should copy* their good features
and avoid their pitfalls. The
chain stores are revolutionizing retaring.
They are introducing many
good features from which every retailer
should profit. But chain
stores have many troubles ahead, j
When their employes organize into
a labor union?as is inevitable with (
ROGRE5S OF NORTH CAROLINA1
HAS COT ALL STATES
TALKING
"Tnerc is mo uite in a!' thesej
'mtvd States which has ni l ' more;
rojrress in public health work in'
L.eut years than North Carolina,'
ut her progress antl profit has been
> lo?. which must be considered in,
dancing the account." i>- A. i.'
?uila, president, today d ired in j
s annual address to the thirteenth;
lual session of the North Carolina'
uhlic Health Association.
"Providence has so placed this J
late that its people eiijov the bc>?
limate in the world." he continued. |
We escape the rgors of st ere cold 1
nd are free from the oppr? ? ion that'
rolonged. intense hea* \i.-dts upon J
... .! ..ml (l-ir ~r?il i.ni \i>a?nne I
he temperature and distrih tion of
a'mfall enables us to fjrow .ery im
rtant grop grown in the United
:tatc-s.
"In natural water r*>w< . ve lead
:I ??:her state-- :e : f :h- M >issippi.
x et X*-v. > "} k v. - Miag
rr. Th. >^le would ? have;
, al'U :?> tor?- -head he has j
thoiU thi si t . bout river
;.-ri:>1 *.; ; : from Ih ghts of
hi An: an thv Ridge!
i.v .tii v ? - red to-;
li ' Ve x wen nd pro-!
:m \':u.is-:a\?Jc ln-caus cotnes \
ro-A the skies.
"*i his state f our "i s a .tttifrrs j
lion 1 worth}
iuet.-- irrually r.-.mi classed,
i- : dollar state. * four-;
-vir.tr above Ih *. r pow- J
oj i her Vav- ry v a:. excelled
none, nrc t .vealth.
o-'-.s health, .go< : .'<>ads, in]
",:i - of daear on. Mr cent
nire Ajijr: .. i - odr-is.k , her in
nany respects the greatest state in
ht Union. .Shi- i ;:rowin;r greater!
ind richer . r-.-had< v.: other!
rait :- in progress and prosn- r:ty.
"Today. we find Virgin i South]
Carolina. Tennessee a: i Georgiai
newspapers asking why Mot"h Caro-f
ina go- s ahead -?> much f: -r than!
;er southern sisters in heai-h, work,
dueation, in good roads and indus:rin!
development.
"The ar-'.ver ?ay. > \ Vie first!
iv,..nths it* 19w"2. imunities
.'ted. A*-1.000.-1 {o -. !-.<?< ] build
IV.-'ha,. Virgin a. :th Caroi.
' - ?-j :a. Vlubnn a. Teitn
. . a :
r I ; . I - at, K'd .? S .r?IM?tOO?)
iu the last 8^'o yt a?v. lh '.ite ha,if
' oniis a?} ?u?.r-yh?
nFpr? {'! ited for thtr r:nmd
..v Mffi?a vi- s . >i.:h
f J.S > ?m:u av.ii a.-t of ihe MM-t?v
* hi?>? feec.t:
i:ti. - i.ank'-OUM, arm iu-w
t M aoTir to eAg&jpr i oh -mind
Hi, Its ' Knplod, its <i :'! ami li'.iM'i.
! . atui Mr.. at a- ?uj of
nchi children a-! riir.T with
. whia:;. if : k-' i. {. 1CI'
.i phy U>\ i Wti ?t.;?ily i<>
hv a iima h itm-a'.-t? TKr \.r?
, . .. < d u\
i ; lat * oni ??f profit ami los
"Wiuh a pop.-.latino m
. I J.5 scattered over ia an-n ?>
pi. 7 Ml miles. with rage of
,740 miles, with average ? i
!y people *? the square milt
?with only 55 cities an.l towns of
nore : aai- -.500 population, and only
i - oi the.se with more thai} 25. ?;
inhabitants and r.ont above 50,000?
vi'* a rural pope hiti< n ofapprox;
nately 2;000.hd0 people. makes thi '
tare an idea! pk$%*e for people to lie.
ir.d to live out their fuU days of est>eetam;y
with as little sickness and
niFerimr a- anywher- in the wo: i.
"'Of i\> !i?o c? u -'s. 2>% have'
vhoh* time health officers, about one
bird of tin and a little loss
haii ,>!,! half of its population. The
cunt s wit h health dficers last year j
nvested more than $200.Oot) in pub-;
ic health xvjrk. examined 75,000;
diildreti for physical defects, treated
i.f.oo for dental defects 2,000 t? 1
-nedaoid op*, rat tor s; vaccinated |
-. "0 a-*.;i i diphtheria. 2*1,0 >'
. V.nst small no:: .. :V. 000 agai -i '
..eh big units?th . the intiependc..;
psrchaui \v:ii attain have a gr?.::
rt.uih:\. I however, do belicv
rat i: wcjuld bo '.vise of independent
ru-'..hunts to pet together moreiznor.g
themselves and form small
:onirc.l. P<rsonally I should not want
o struggii with one lone grocery
tore; but had just as soon have a
rroop of a dozen grocery stores.
"General business," concluded Mr.
Sabson, * is good. The Babson chart
today as H per cent above
lormal compared with 16 per cent
>elow normal a year ajro."?Greens
>ro Daily News.
50
GOOD
CIGARETTES
ioc
^ y GENUINE
bull"
T^vS? DURHAM
J,r TOBACCO
THE WATAU*
typhoid fever; approved more than
? 5,<K>0 urban and rural privies as
sanitary.
"Thes ''progressive counties arc
making investments more lasting
than their tucks and bills and which
A ill oay a profit until the end of
firm Hut all the health work of the
stat- is not being done by the 2S
counties with whole time health officers.
"L?:t us turn to the other 72 counties
in which the state board of health
has been operating through its several
branches. With a corps of nurses
dentists, specialists and lield workers.
?6,155 children wt re examined
for physical defects. 2S tonsil-adenoid
clinics were hold, 2.-!sS children sue*
.??, r?n.l 30 ICO
treated for dental defects; 73,61)2
persons vaccinated against typhoid
fever and 13,110 against diphtheria;
4,379 persons were examined in 30
venereal clinics, in the same nuni
her of counties, and 211 found infected
or about 19 per cent.
"Thev approved 60,-400 privies a
sanitary. and seweragt sys ?
. for several tta.es with a popu
lr.t'.o* of mo! J iiif. i ,000 have been
at i> <? t d; more than I.oou.ooo piece?
f ivrature v.ere n-... cl i rom on
.1.. ti >.5S natal case.j
he i 2 l>ai?v - regfeti red.
?itM> iI"* ? GUI:* a v.ti; whole tir...
eaftfc officer a tad : 'hjs.- w ithout,
in .he *:? ' . .1 <?i. *ance, ;n oui
-v it onward progress, v.. will sei
a hoJe tin; :: ai: h officer >n even
county in the state, county hospitals
o> !.< pita! !! a gr . of count u*;
and a n ;I ' .i ce.lii.ge. We will set
ai births ;.i . i by physicians, a.
they should ' e. We will >ee cancel
and pordio renal diseases, which art
new on the increase, begin to decline
We will see the #1)0,060 persons in
fee ted with malaria and hookworm:
diminished to a ;ew hundred, and ?
i much largt r numoer of the state's
population suffering with impair
I nients of varying degrees, gradual
iy get under treatment.
"We will see the 63,500 white am
about the am-- number of collorec
' enants and croppers begin to risi
it to farm owners. The 1,380.0(
i landless .sou Is will seek homt s on thi
; 1 nn.000 vacant lot- and .ho 22,000.
' of farm land. Thro
; will j*: ht: 'o tK ! <-. :< what Sold
nv.>r. ca!U;d . . 'I. and understand
i".l apply . farm production
farm cooperative markci'iur am
tarir v. i .. in u. . ra?: reae/mg fcha
a: .-i - ' :i _ -: ided i:
' : .u, r. ill';a : U a -i ilOlhc
t : lit iiu i.-." h rtcd.?
. By . vi t'r.
A1 rm BAFT! r CHURCH
t. \ 1 1:" r i d valu
? . . . hu. a- ai tht
; cam-it i ..? !n.-i iv/o Sundays
1 We appreciate his help.
'J i f Sunday S booi numbered 281
1 last Sunday. Let u: make i: 2.W
v .* Si. no ay. A number hav
intu town during the winl*
1 who haw net jrolton started y
i We live you a hearty invitation ti
attend. We are triad to have visl
tors, and new comers to attend.
The amount has not boon reached
The carpet will cost about $350
Some have pledged but have not pair
You are asked to uo so just a:
soon as possible. SO THAT THr
OKDKR may be place*! for the cur
We are plannim* tn havo r. j*rca
. ! lit the ! fth Sunday u
Blowing: Rock next Saturday air.
Suiuiav. We hope all Who are 02
1 he program will bo present. \\ t
hope also that many others will at
tend.
Pr.?\? r lias Seer. xturui<:
up again with increased interest
Come out <>n Tuesday night-.
Church Covenant mid Declaration
.1 ? air a which were adopted by th<
.ra. : (> .}? ivd to o< pa; .?
. . form has been printed aw
clie.re is ohe for every rnemi.er of thi
cru.ivh.
F. M. HIGGIWS. Pr. or
|f "Built
iD
jj "T USED Cardvi for years
q * and it did roe more goo.
than any medicine I eve
m used," writes Mrs. M. C
_ C 1 T
Q I\agjuaic, Ul I UU lUWbUil
g Okla. "I used to suffer witi
| womanly trouble that weak
g ened me until I was a men
| shadow, nervous, and couk
| not sleep. I did not feel lik<
g I could live.
Q "It seemed that nothini
O helped me till I heard o
D Cardui and began tp use it 1
? CAF
The Won
Ipnnnnnnnnnpj]
CA DEMOCRAT
THE RESORT BUSINESS
The Ashcvillo Citizen savs the
:ourtsts an; coming. "The spring
J e*?: en in the mountains has had
: ?: thousand visiting celebrations.**
i -..ys that pap?.r, ''taking into account
j o; \y those who caret across the hills
I ??> rail. Other thousands came by
aut??mobitc."
Pinchurst and Southern Pines rej
t? rt that thirty thousand visitors
*a? tv turned away during the past
m'jisoii for lack of accomodations.
Entertaining tourists is one of the
dgbusinesses of the world and is
growing yearly. Southern resorts
ami North Carolina resorts especialv.
are becoming more and more pop;
ar and do an increasing amount of
it mess each year.
, ! Thi'SP ri'^nrtv: hrinr* :i troin# mlniK
mount of money into the South. And
i-les we are making new friends in
section of the country all the
time. Surely no tourist in his righ..
: can stay a winter, a spring or
rimer in the South without going
i thinking more of U?i section
t > pvoph* ! ::; ?? !U. thought beh<
came.
: 1 f. . ey the tourics leave
th-.-m. -.onn. idea of its voiauiv
. ba g.tined from the thru res g.ve;j
th? A me near. E -pi ess Com
. i ! Knows pretty well howvisitors
go and eotr.e i.s: thi.:y
and has a nretty g??ou line
at l hey rpend. It says thai
: ican traveiors loft something
j ivvo hundred million dollars in
sj Europe last. year. It is calculated
*i that the ten million people who vh>:t
j Atlantic City a t year spent a.'
much as that city alone, and that, the
.! wii:i or visitors to Florida spent ai
J . three hundred million dollar:
J v that State.
There is no liner resort country ir
- the world than the mountains <?]
\\\ stern and Northwestern Nortt
' Carolina in spring and summer anc.
! frill. And the future of these sec
* ; ?ns arc. big with promise of inoreas
,-g prosperity every year as mun
~ arid more tourists learn of their won
. ?<< "ul advantages. Then i on-- rea
. ;. why it is going to nay N??t i!i Car
u establish li.sli hatch*-ries ii
, of.r nbunfains ur.ti stock. :..i ou
l| mountain strcafii's with g<iin- fi.-h
li .\ is cai< iat.vd to at!' a : to r
M than good tislun ..? b.i
~j ..? >alem Journal
j .?( ' "?N PROVKS I-LK OI
RUM 15 YERY Wl-T ISLE
I N Yon : 1:>. A
i . \ in. .... - : u! iV.jin N t-v
-j oix ^ay.m over thi isles o
i? : Ktitn. it returned tonight siin ?ssfu
.! . < iftfies officially chart.-:red o:
j I no r - V h<?r . Ill mil 's .a
I j of Ambrose channel.
\\ iron Tin As.^> dated Pi\ -> su-c a
! inonl'.s ... o ! r:. reported < x*veiisi\
liquor smuggling off Highlands, fede
ral prohibition officials were incline*
t to scoff at tin- presence of seiiahl
- liquor fleets. Today, however, Palm
er GanfieM, new federal prohibitioi
director for Mew York decided to gc
lirs lhami information and took ;
i baud of newspaper men with hi):
; down the harbor on ihe coast guar*
* cutter Manhattan. Although he di<
-j noi M*e u crop 01 liquor, ne returnei
j convinced there was plenty under tni
: k h.-itrhos of 'the fctcign craft i idinj
t at anchor aut?idf the three mile limit
i Car.held critically inspected th<
j fleet, which had shrunk from seven
teen vessels to six; declined an invi
tali on to hoard the flagship Istar, wa
; *%sassed" by one of her officers. an<
1 on the way home frankly denounce*
the r??m craft ;is ocean bu./ard
plucking at the heart of the nation
, He held the fleet accountable for th<
smuggling ashore of 100,000 case
f of liquor a year and declared thai t?
i combat the smugglers it was ahso
lately necessary lo have a water pa
trol supplemented by a .suil v.hn
land force.
Ji. L*. g&aff
Me Up" I
~i a
strengthened rae and, as 'twas q
1 recommended to do, it regur
lated and built me up till 1 "J
, was like another woman." O
If you are weak, run-down
. and feel that you need a tonic, H;
i take cardui, the woman's
. tonic, the tonic about which
, you have always heard, the
tonic that helps weak women
1 regain their strength.
6 Cardui acts on the womanly
system and helps relieve pain
y and discomfort due to female
* ailments.
1 Try Cardui, today, for your
t trouble.
IDUI
ian's Tonic
iqBbnnnpgnano
THE FIRST BATTLE
*Bv Dr W. R Butter)
IJ&v'a first battle that is fought,
T?k '"j-bc in mother's arms;
It is a battle of true love,
A: ' dot s very little harm.
It begin- ai weaning time,
\Vh' n the babe must cease to nurse j
An awful crying: noise we hear.
But mother can stand such fuss.
It fights and scratches, bites and
claws.
Until the buttons are torn from mother's
clothes.
She spanks and laughs until tears
come in mother's eyes;
And wit ha sugar teat.
Life's first battle is compromised.
Life's second battle that is fought j
Is with mother and Father's hearThe
time has come to say good bye 1 (
And bid adieu to the old home spot 1 <
Tl:t fnt - . " ith quiveriap Up*
TaU* hi- son by the hand. i
Advi- r ;ir? i" ho brave and pood.
;\ ' ::m!j a nook man.
|
i iHolr i ,vs to the pate.
' Em? ' ?-s him iti hc-i ami?;
' l iV*' ; ii?' ! '
in f: >: r r.: cJll'i K
| 'iI vjIs live forever in his mind.
| \ never forsake
j Ti e < h he? roam'a;, n any coon?
t.t: or v m? :
j H;eb . a-, iipht.
| Or o' . . r. kin "v-vith crime.
io the Stock li
Watauga \i
11
v
I
1 he Annual Mee?
u .1 n~r and Loan A:
s
. c cu >. rouse n E
. i'.lay f;rs*. lis
e pu . c cc e e
!
J ck u ng yfu- and any
y.. ope y come be
?.? ? ' - io
a . et y important r
. equested to be presei
i
WATAUGA BUiLDINS?
j D. J. Cottrell, President.
BOON]
i
JI See what 1
,11 ?j
iBHinn ?> beautiful, smc
41?andthat'sju!
going to refinisl
work, floors and
ml You'll be just t
|| when you use P
Lac and see tl
ffil works on worn s
Pee Gee Re-Ntt-i
natural wood and
while, gold and sil
/Ql Boone Har
APRIL 26, 1923
"Efc'oVvd.v.d, A
^p.<?-|st
I Ke Bank a Good
Place to Go To
A place a man or woman is always ,
3roud to be seen at. A Bank Acruunt
always savors of success. ?
>pen one with u: It will h* :,p your
: red it * t :cJ .enable y u to net aionp
n life.
With a I*;ii ' \( ?> ami a Check.
y->.: iiuvc ; : J. you : vd
v*?th y .'!* d it.' r ?: cha:tgc
A:! tsi.it A U: ' '.d i < i^C
LTCatf i 111 tCank
or Blowing Rock
Blowing K k N C.
? " "~ ,rw*" "
ioI<i<?rs of \iV
. & L. Ass"ti:
ring of the Watauga
isolation will be bera
iocne, lb C., on Tuec-3,
at !0 o'clo k P. M.
*_ r' ?" -*
t nj oitt-oc,.: roi ?;< e
?the. '-usinesj tial
;to\ e U e meeting. This
neetirig and you a: _
it.
i, LOAN ASSOGiAflGN
H. H. Grcene.Sftt'yTrfaj
Z, N. C.
J
Ik I!
?enulac" \
those steps?
iark?and such ^
X)th finish.
stthcstart. I'm
i all the wood1
furniture." ^HII
is enthusiastic
eeGee Re-Nu- UfJ
*>e wonders it
urfaces. Kjd
Lac comes in 20
enamel colors,
'vcr; 25c and up,
dware Co.