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THURSDAY. MAY !0, 1923
A NEW SECRET ORDER
Boone has the distinction of being
the fourth town in the United States
to organize a "Society of Yellow
Dogs," the other three being Washington,
D. C.. Grove City. Pa., and
Salt Lake City. Chief Cur H. L.
Wilson introduced the order, and the
charter members are our leading 1
citizens . Since the initial meeting,
worthless, mangy, mongrels, have
flocked in from the byways by the
scores, seeking rather a panacea for
their many ills th;: na chase loir the
prowling lom-a-. and ha?e scj- riingly
:?ecn in;"t iC.?ied unto t; the
friendly pack and raised from their
flea-bitten state, to perfect contentment
as nice, clean little Yellow
Dogs.
On Tuesday night the Curs gathered
in the court house and received
some twelve or fifteen into the local
Kennel, and still applications are
pouring in. for among the unlearned
of our canine tribe the suffering is
gr?'?t, and the cries for mange salve
are falling upon considerate ears.
Some of those who have been contented
I i sut~ r the tortucs of the
mongrel, and who arc still roanrng
the plains, hunt lug in packs, having
never learn to gnaw in harnvmv. I
7 " i Jl
the bone of happiness, haw been in- i
dined to criticise the order, perhaps (
bccauve the name do< Vt sound .
high, but aii are at least taking note .
of the mushroom growth of the. mam- ?
moth pack.
After all the name should imply ]
nothing of harm to the Kennel, for j
have you ever found a friend more
faithful or more concerned for your .
wellbeing than a common little Yei- ,
low Dog?. j
THAT COURT HOUSE FENCE
Fellow townsmen, what has become
of the proposition in which the
County Commissioners, (much to
their credit) took stock, to place a
neat fence around the Public
Square? Surely it has been overlooked
,as cows are still allowed to
graze at will on the pretty grass
around tnc County house. The Democrat
hardly thinks there is another
Public Square in North Carolina that
is used for pasture. True, it is rather
tempting, as the growth is luxuriant,
and pastures short, but that is no
excuse. We certainly ought to have
winrr- *
....... iu cuunty priae tnau to I
allow these conditions to longer exist.
We, as citizens, might evenually get
used to it, but what do you suppose
visitors to our town think when they
see cattle sheltering against the
wallj of the court house? Tne commissioners
will be in session again
Monday, and we do hope that immediate
slops will be taken to remedy
this >vil. We can testi^v to the 1 \
fact lhat "coping .v milk cow :n town
is ratne a costly business, bu?. 01 dc*r
the State and . nicipal !;-u?. w.
have no . ght to pastuie them on the
#omniD"g.
FRIENDSHIP
Dr W. R. Butler
Don't be an iceberg.
It produces Chills and aches,
Warm blood must circulate the body
To make the heart pulsate.
Out on life's boundless ocean,
Cultivate Love and Friendship in the
heart,
Let kind words from the fountain
flow.
The Birds will sing the sweetest songs
When dying by out doors.
Money brings us comfort, *
Happiness is a priceless thing, I
Money cannot buy it.
Love and Friendship
Are a link in the chain.
I had rather be a sentinel
Over th esilent throng, j
Perhaps I could hear no voices
Of those who loved me first t
As I patrol from stone to stone.
Than dwell in the first mansions,
Or among people, when Love .
And Friendship flown. J
THE TOWN ELECTION
At: the municipal election held here
Ml Tuesday, the following officers
were elected for the next two years.
Mr. E. N. Hahn was elected mayor,
to succeed himself, as were Dr. Mc G.
Anders and Mr. J. Frank Moore, for
commissioners. Mr. T. B. Moore being
the only new member elected
commissioner. Before the primary
Mr. A. E. South, a valuable member
of the old board of commissioners,
withdrew, giving as his reason that
he positively could r.ot fill the position
longer, for the lack of time, as
the business was increasing in magnitude
all the while. The town is to
be congratulated upon the selection
of these gentlemen, as they are
among our best business men, possessing
al! the qualifications that go to
make up good concientious and efficient
officers There being but one
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uvnvi in inc nciu. me ?"JIV ?? ?? Ilgnt.
less, perhaps, than one half the qualified
voters casted their ballots. Now.
let every citizen of the town get
equally behind the officers- in their
efforts to make Boone a better town
i:, which to live. Without the full
support of the people, their work will
he badly handicapped.
They are not elected from any
single faction, hence, every citizen
within our borders should feel equally
interested. Boost! Don't Knock!
Throw down your hammer and get a
horn!
A WORLD WAR REACTION
(Greensboro News)
An analysis of population changes
shown by the 1920 census has been
lublished by the Census department,
vhich concludes that the tendency
>f the American people to concenrate
in cities was stimulated by the
var, and this, economically cor.sid red
is regarded as the most importmd
development indicated by the
'ourtenlh century.
The violence radiating from the
tloody fields of France reached every
emote village, disturbed the quiet
low of life in countless rural com11
unities where a regular routine had
illcd for crnrw?rntir\nc WilKont
\xiraordinary stimulus those who
vreak away from the environment in
rfcich they were born are small minority
who depart from type. They
lo not fit; the friction consequent
upon that fact develops imagination;
hey remove to another neighborhood
ir to a far state, or to another counry.
A succession of years of adversity.
with scant return for toil, a
meager food supply, wil* uproot a
large number Such force operated
for d< ades to populate the west at
[he expense of the south. The
thoughts of the people were all of
agriculture, and even those of more
adventurous spirit, able to uproot
themselves and seek fortune in
strange places, expected to find it in
the soil, rather than in the activities
ttf cities.
All the problems that are associat
I with immigration are due- to the
fact that the men and women who
ttave come to this country from Europe
are of peculiar temperament and
imposition. They left an environment
where the daily customs of lift
political relationships, industrial proi\-.-es,
had been fixed for centuries,
fielding but slowly to the. forces of
volution. It required an unusual
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ua .imidviuai, a mnrivea uepanire
from type, even to consider at r
ously breaking away in the first
dace; and after the actual transla
.ion to a foreign environment, the
taction to a severance of these anient
ties produces an individual
vholly different from the majority.
There was already a marked trend
>f the farm population to the towns
ind cities, but the great majority
itill found themselves in harmony
vith the conditions into which they
vere born, when the selective draft
eached out and commanded The
lower of the young manhood. These
vere sent across the ocean, or into
iistant camps. The call of high
vages for war work, only less powerful,
removed thousands of others
o the cities. And thus the fabric of
igricultural America was disturbed
o its very foundations, ned ideas,
lew horizons, were forced to the atention
of hundreds of thousands. It
s impossible that so v??t- ?
working in such effective manner
should fail to affect profoundly the
ndustrial and political structure of
he nation, for all time to come. But
n any event, the absorption into the
:ities from the farms was destined
o continue until the point of saturaion
shall have been reached; probibly
the war merely hastened, by
;ome decades, the time when that
mint shall b ereached.
WATCH REPAIRING
Done under a positive guarantee,
ew elry repaired, Estimates furnshed
on all mail orders, Satisfacion
guaranteed.
Office west of Blackburn Hotel
I. W. BRYAN, Jeweler
THE WATAUC
INFORMATION ABOUT LISTING
TAXES?ACERAGE IN EACH
CROP NECESSARY
The outstanding new addition to
North Carolina's agricultural prop
rtss is the annual form census. Although
begun on a voluntary basis
oni\ five years ago, it aiTorded a 70
;n.*r cent degree of completeness ie
suits last year and better is expected
this year.|
1 be skepticism at first, by far .?er
and ethers Hit . rested, has pi veil .*ay
to strong endorsement by Countx
Commissioners, Cooperative Marketing,
Farm Bureaus, Extension Servi
c* . rankers an-; progressive farmers
The voluntary" overwhelming revi'twas
responsible for the law beinp
passed requiring this throughout the
tax listers.
''hose in charge of this, both local!y
ami in the Department of Agri
culture, claim that the present dliT:.
.1? , < nn f kn nirt i if tha
I themselves. Although we own on?
or more farms, the tax listers find
that our confidential knowledge of
this non-taxable faim work is sadly
lacking.
It is definitely proven in all com
menial industries that failure would
' v* certain if planned as the farmers
do their p'antings. Only an inventus
or audit can show what we ar%
doing. The best sellers and loose,
may be found, especially if records
of ales anil purchases are maintained.
Mr. County Tax Supervisor.
requests that each farm owner
make a list of his own and his tenants
crop acreages, etc., and carry
with him when he lists his taxes. This
will be for the separate Farm Census
list which has nothing to do with
taxes.
The Farm Census this year needs
the following information of each
farm owner including his tenants:
Acres owned cultivated, lying-out,
improved pastures, and timber, which
are an essential basis for the crops.
The acres of each crop grown even
to the 1-10 acre field crops; each
kind of hay to be harvested this year;
the number of bearing fruit trees;
tons fertilizers and manure for this
year; number jof sows, ewe sheep,
milk cows (milking age); work stock
and hens are called for.
Even if our farmers did nothing
more than prepare such a list each
year for their own information, it
Uoiilii r.rnvi wov-v \fo 1 k!.? T? V. ?
, M.ua.nv. * v nave
it by counties will be more so, when
used and protected as it is. If we
Goods ii
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WE SPECIALIZE
STOCK COMPLET1
FLY TIME IS H
OF THESE COLD I
WE HAV EALL W
I WIRE, BLACK A
SCREEN DOORS, A
GARDEN AND F
RAKES, MATTOQ
CAR-LOAD OF I
CAR-LOAD OF
MENT &C.
CORN PLANTEF
TOO.
DONT BE AFRA
FOR ANYTHING Y
IF WE HAVEN'T
GET IT IF POSS1BL
THANK YOU
COME
Boone H
Boone, Noi
;a democrat
j SOME FACTS AND FIGURES FOR
THOSE INTERESTED IN
MILK PRODUCTION
BT L. N. Perkins.
Lust fall the Three Forks Cheese
j factory had to close on account of
the stockholders claiming they could
| not afford to furnish milk at the
j prices paid. Suppose we figure on
' this a little and ascertain the fact;?
i about it.
.j A common dairy cow ought to give
1 h.oc gallons of milk per day for
six months in the year. That is an
average of that amount fo rthe year
I for good cows will produce milk ten
months in the year if treated right,
j Well, three gallons of milk per day
I for six months in the year would
amount to five hundred and forty
gallons, and that amount of milk at
12 cents per gallon would total
. $64 KO more money than the cow
would bring if she were sold at public
auction.
Suppose then you keep your milk
; and churn it and make butter, it
takes on an average of three gallons
of whole milk to make one pound of
utter. So out of your hundred and
ty gallons of milk you would get
hundred and eighty pounds of
tter, and that amount of batter at
i the prices paid by State Agents last
dimmer at the A. T. S. for country
: butter (20 cents per pound), would
total $26.00, counting nothing for
: he labor of churning and liking caie "
I of the butter. The managers of the
cheese factory figure that they will
be able to pay 12 cents p:-r gallon fcr
milk this year an I take the mil* from
the homes of the producers, prov idc-J
the people will m.ke an ePort tc aid
all they can in this enterprise It
looks to me like would be to the
interest of all co t erned for all who
can to rally to nt, support of the
aciory, keep it coiug. thereby make
:>i tpy for themselves and build up a
go* u home industry.
A COSTLY MISTAKE
"What ruined your bu. Ir.cs.,? '
"Advertising."
MHuw?'
!"I let it all be done by my competitors."?Associated
Advertising.
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are to succeed, this work is invalu.
able as an aid in economic production
j and marketing.
Help the listers by bringing prepared
lists of the dbove information.
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The New Chevrolet
WE HAVE A CAR LOAD OF
CHEVROLET CARS COMING.
WE BELIEVE THE NEW
MODEL CHEVROLET IS THE
BEST CAR ON THE MARKET
FOR TFIF !\/T/^Mirv
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CALL AND LET US EXPLAIN
OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN.
The Boone Garage
WALTER JOHNSON, Manaser- .
\ I I / blttfTto flKht with \
EL. V I the elements. Nature \
?"f | L ha-F no favorites lr. the \
) I f&tjSs? wear and tear cf time. \
'7f! \ weather and chcmfinK 1
paint alone can furnish I
th^ necessary pro tec- J
Wisdom Dictates:?
I.^Af^NAS, | Paint Your Property
Right now "Saving the SurPSfi'
-i?3 face" means more to you than ,
It flTriever. Pi-operty values are high,
repairs and replacements costly.
Keep your property well pre~***1""?*
Tal**^ served by painting it with
HANNA S GREEN SEAL
The "Made ? Wear" Paint
It resists the destructive forces of extreme
weather, both hot and cold. This makes its use more
an investment than an expense. It looks best; it j
lasts longest. Formula on every package.
Sold by
BOONE HARDWARE COMPANY
| Look what's 8
| Happening! 1
Our entire force busy all the time. Why? f|j
I Two reasons: da
I FIRST?We have the material at attractive ?|
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p prices. ? g
i SECOND-A regular building boom is on. g 1
Study your requirements and get in the I
| swing with the rest. af
I If it's anything to build or repair a house, 1
we have it. ' sj
COME AND SEE US. |j
Watauga Fur. & Lumber CoJ