NOVEMBER 29. 1923.
DECLARES RAC
PROVE FA!
NEW DRIVE 8N WEEVIL
Poison for Cotton Pest Will Soon
Be Both Cheap and
Plentiful
Throughout the southern cotton
fleids the villainous boll weevil may
at last begin to tremble Something
has happened which eventually, scientists
believe, will sh&ka his destructive
dominion to its foundations and
will reduce bira to an absolutely impotent
factor in cotton growing. It is
a new process, just perfected, by
which the most deadly boll weevil
weapon known to farmers, calcium
arsenate, can be produced economically
and abundantly by electrolysis.
This will make available within the
nexi lew years, researcn woriters declare.
such quantities of calcium arseBate,
at such a comparatively low cost
to the cotton grower, that the spray|
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Above?Charles Cadman, Composer
and Indian Princess Broadcasting
Concert Program. Below?An Oper
Singer In Stuaio of WGY. Schenectad)
H. Y.
lng ot cotton plants will uiquestion
ably become universal. That has
f T OT utll'l i: UPCIi i"rsoiuit, Jtl lb "
tbe one condition lacking to put the
obnoxious boll weevil under complete
control.
Experiments In the production ot
calcium arsenate electro - chemically
ware conducted tor months at the research
laboratory ot the General Electric
Company at Schenectady. N. Y.
The experiments have been conducted
by an engineer of the Alabama Power
Company, A. M. Kennedy, who first
conceived of this method of manufacturing
anti-weevil "ammunition" during
1920.
The Kennedy method of producing
the arsenate by electrolysis will, it is
asserted, cost the farmer approximately
85 per cent less than does the powder
now in use; and its prlC6. Mr.
Kennedy believes, will be stabilised
to such an extent that the psychological
effect of the present market fluctuations
will be removed
Mr. Kennedy has been proceeding
on the knowledge that the South m
well supplied with hydro-electric re
sesrees. assuring an ample supply ol
electric power for the use of the cal
atom arsenate plants which he feels
certain will come into existence wher
the sew process is pot to commercial
ELECTRICITY AND
WINTER HOLIDAYS
Winter oc the farm! The long evo
ategs are aproaching. and with them
eonie the winter holidays. First,
Thanksgiving, and following soon
afterward. Christmas and New Years;
then, in February. Lincoln's and
Washington's birthdays. Each offers
a chance to break in on the monotony
of cold weather and snow by a bappj
program of festivities in a farmstead
aclow with light and warmth
Assisting m such occasions, or
farms thaf do such things electrically
jare ingenious decorations at light
lfttie strings of electric Lights, madt
primarily for Christinas tree decora
tions. They can be used for any in
door party, however, by simply at
t&ching the ping at one end to an elec
trie light socket. Then the little col
cred lights may be strung here aac
there around the room ot laid aronnc
t hn rllnt n o tahlA
The lights consist of small Mazdi
lamps with tinted bulb*. They comi
in strings ot eight to a dozen, ant
there are extension strings wblcb cat
be Joined to the original string ti
make a longer rope of lights.
Higb grade Mazda Christmas trei
lighting sets, got ont by the Oenera
Mectric Company, operate from spe
del transformers, taking their cut
rent from the lighting circuit. The;
ess be depended npon and even if un<
of them Is broken, the rest born en Jus
the same. For Indoor parties or hnllda
celebrations tbey are Ideal becans
they give people a chance to "decc
rate with light;" and they are caps
ble of adding moch delight to an
term house gathering.
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>IO WILL i
RMERS' GUIDE
Head of Radio Corporation Outlines
Its Great Practical
Use in Farm Work.
Nearly 50.000 rural mail routes are
In operation in the United Slates, representing
a total of 1,190.000 miles and
serving 6,500,000 families, or approximately
thirty million inhabitants of
farm* and rural districts. Yet impressive
as this mail communication for
the farms of America undoubtedly is.
there is a swifter and easier method
of spreading general Intelligence to
the farina, which is more public thaa
the mails, of course, hut also vastly
more serviceable for the purpose. It
Is radio.
What radio means to the farmer,
and what it can mean to farmers who
have not yet taken advantage of It. is
briefly sketched by President James i
G. Harbord. of the Radio Corporation
of America.
"Radio," says President Harbord,
"charms the ear with strains of mu- i
sic: It saves life and property on j
stormy Beas; it annihilates distant:#
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and time?and it penetrate* the cot*
tage of the farmer aa easily aa It does
the mansion of the millionaire.
Radio the Farmer's Ticker
"The radio receiving set will be to
toe farmer wum liie uvkei it iw ui?
speculator la farm products. It is the
equipment which will place him on
even terms with the manipulator of
his markets.
ivaaio may pernap* ieaa 10 a solution
of many of tbe farmer's labor
problems. During harvest seasons,
i when the labor supply Is of manifest
importance to tbe farmer, broadcastr
ing might well call attention to tbe
. available laoor supply,
i "And in case of epidemics among
i farm animdis?there is nc dearth o!
I information as to the proper procedure
at such times. Tho problem la
to make such information instantly
available. The farmer who in encli po
riods of emergency must act promptly
( either has to consult a distant author
ity or wade through a maze of pamphlets?unless
he can get the informs
tion by radio. The same is true oj
l insect pests.
"The state master of a certain
grange organization whim has ovct
two hundred grange halls throughout
the state is investigating radio with
' the Idea of placing receiving sets in
1 every one of those halls. The possl
r billticft of radio broadcasting in facil
' Itating the purposes of farmers' or
I ganizations are nractlcally limitless.
Education and Entertainment
^ | t ciua)/9 lun iji rairai unciuiur.-n ui
i radio to the farmer will be in tying
' | in with the extension work of agricul
* j tnral colleges and schools. Radio woulf
* open the door of the agricultura
school to lens of thousands who would
otherwise never receive such institu
- tional instruction.
"Yet when all this has been said. 11
is found that the cultural and spirit
1 ual possibilities of broadcasting hav<
j been scarcely touched. Every higl
school and even the country schools ii
i remote districts can have the benefit
d of radio. And in the evening, after i
1 tiresome day's work, the farmer cai
! hear light opera or grand opera ai
> readily as any audience lu any cit]
of the United States."
B
1 An Appetite Booster
k Would you suppose an electric ren
tllating fan couid fan one's appetlt*
f Into a respectable glow? Weli, roc
b aider ilie olu irauitiu'a nuGut liOuSS
t wives who do their own eooking and
y lose their appetites doing it. It's th<
e stuffv, over-heated atmosphere, streak
> ed with a scramble of odore. With al
t- electTlc ventilating fan in the kitchen
jr these disappear?and the cook's appfl
tlte Increase*.
THE WATAUC A
JAMAICA ISLE OF
PHANTOM SHIPS
Buccaneers Planned Raids in
Port Royal, Which Was Wickedest
Spot on Earth.
Washington.?"The island of Jamaica
in the West Indies which, according
to newspapers, is huving its |
tariff disputes with tiie mother coun- j
try over the duties imposed ?n its <
articles of export, was in the latter i
half of Mit Seventeenth century the ?
stronghold of the Knglish buccaneers,'' i
says a bulletin based on s communion
tion by Nell ltay Clarke to the National
Geographic society.
"Morgan, the greatest and roost am
KKiiouM of the pirates. planned mom of
big expeditions in Port Koyal, which
had the reputation of being the richest
and wickedest spot on the earth.
And proud the city was of the notoriety.
Defiant, flamboyant, and unni?ash??d.
it greeted the chiefs who ieut
riotous color to ita life, emptied gold
Into its coffers, and tinged Its nighta
with drunkenness and revelry.
Tumbled Rendezvous into Sea.
"In those days Port Koyal hud a high
wall about it and wide quays, wbere|
on its habitues emptied their piecesof-eight.
Then, ns if providence were
outraged by its utter disregard of
moral laws, an earthquake on .tune 7,
1092, shook Jamaica to its foundations
and tumbled ibis den of iniquity, with
i scores of toe pirates, into the sea.
When toe water is calm the coralencrusted
ruins of the old town in ay
he seen beneath the water, even today,
and the natives still regale the visitor
with Stories of phantom Ships that are
trying to make the port.
"tine interesting relic remains, however
in Fort Charles, a still old veteran
of sun-faded bricks. Some of the
ofiheiV quarters anu a paved court, so
white That it dazzles. nre still stand
;ng. Mower gardens now encircle Its
wnl's; ?t? gun embrasures are hidden
v?y hushes; the birds haunt Its crannies,
and the li/.urds crawl lazily over Its
parapets. Horatio Nelson was stationed
at the forts in 177!' when he
was twenty-one years of ;,ae. and the
paved platform which was known af
feetlonntely as his 'quarter-deck* may
still be seen.
Town Ie Disconsolate.
"The town now standing on the old
site is respectable, faded and ill neon
Rotate. On the fences and bushes. Id
melancholy ugliness. the commonplace
Inhabitants dry the fishing nets by
means of which they eke ovt their e*
Istence.
SERVICE
i
BE'
"There was once a
his name was AH Ben
"Many buyers came
the merchants in the
though that little was
"Once late at night
cretly to him, saying,
you might make many
"And Ben Sahrab i
ter than riches and S
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Like the ancient Pc
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DEMOCRAT
"The pirate*, with the two htse*.
Tomi?H an<1 Port Royal, for operation?,
took toll of *?l the island* and land*
along the Caribbean.
"Arross the magnificent harbor from
C??rt Royal lies Klrtgsjon. the capital
of Jamaica and one of the most important
ports In the West Indies. Ita
foundations w??re laid by l*?r* Royal
survivors.
"Though only 2 per cent of King
slon*s rO.OOO people are white, no small
body of citizens of any city has shewn I
moro courage. energy and deTPrroinatfon
during the hurricanes and earthquakes
which have time and again literally
destroyed Its very foundations.
Hardly had its charred rain^ cooled
after the violent earthquake and fire
In 1007 before the survivors were busy
building, between the palm-fringed
shore and the bine hills beyond, a
clean, regularly lald-oot town to take
the place of the one which Nature had
just destroyed.**
Bride, Forced to Sleep
Alone, Obtains Divorce
Lynn. Mass.?Judge Alden P. White
of the Salem Probate court recently
granted a divorce to Mrs. Frank L.
St rut hers. from her husband. a
wealthy broker, because the latter's
mother refused to allow her son to
sleep with hi? bride on their honeymoon.
The night she wag married
the plaintiff testified her mother-Inlnw
stopped them on their way tc bed.
"Frank has always slept on this
tloor near me since he was a child."
<he cried. "and hp mustn't sleen near
| yon."
I During thp elghTr-en day? she re1
malned at toe Struthers home, the
bride testified, she passed a honeyj
rnnon Rhine In a dismal attic room.
Purloin U. S. Letters
Carrying Dollar Bills
Bucharest.?Complaints of the hanj
tiling of foreign mail, particularly that
coming from the T'nited States, have
resulted in action being taken hy the
: international Postal union. T'nles*
1 there fs improvement. the anion says.
Rumania may have to withdraw.
One cause of trotihle has been the
habit of Americans, when writing to
friends in Rumania, of enclosing cur
rone' Mall sorters know this, and
many an American letter has been pur'
lotnen.
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Hall9s Catarrh
| Medicine
1 rid your system of Catarrh or Dcafnesi
J caused by Catarrh.
Sold by dmgguts for orrr 40 >mti
1 F. J. CHENEY fit CO.. Toledo, Ohio
ITER THAN RIC
rug-maker of Persia noted for the 1
Sahrab.
and waited for him, knowing that hi
market place despised the poor weavi
of the finest quality,
as he bent lovingly over his loom, t
'Why do you waste so much time o>
and sell to us at a great profit?'
answered with the wisdom of Solomo
ervice is above silver or gold. I am
'
ajSzff
ursian our pride of product is greater
;nder is likewise more pleasing than :
i Printing C<
.RS FOR PARTICULAF
\
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED
OF TRUST
Under and by virtue of the power j
of sale contained In a certain deed ^
of Trust executed by Coy Ramans c
and wife Bessie Ragans. J. 1 Ragan
and wife Hannah Ragans to Tilman
Adams arid wife Verta Adams and h
W. F. Sherwood, Trustee for said h
Tiiman Adams and wife Verta Ad- *
ums on the 20th day of October 1020 '
to secure the payment of ?1500.00
with interest thereon at the rate of A
\K per cent from the date of same
until paid, and default having been
made in the payments of the interest !*
and principal of said notes secured p
by said trust deed, (the said notes e
subject to a credit of $-15.00 and (
I $10.00) the undersigned will sell at j|
public auction to the highest bidder s
for ca.-h at the court house door in s
Boone, North Carolina
on Monday December 10, 1923 ,
between the hours of 10 a. m. and j:
2 p. m. the following described lands v
Beginning: on a chestnut tree on r
la ridge and runs north 5 1-2 poles V
I to -i chestnut oak, thence north 80 1
degrees east 82 poles to a cucumber c
on top of a ridge thence S 45 de- .
cn-i-ix: ! * 1 r> nnloc I / > 5? email citi^nr tn>o
bush in a hollow, thence E IV poles j
to a stake in the road, thence S 89 ?
poles crossing said road to a stake
on top of a ridge on the south bank
of the road, thence S RG degrees W
6 poles aiong th- ridge to a -take j
ihi old saw mil! setting, then S
crossing a branch 9 4-5 poles to a
i k'v . thence N 86 degrees E 8
! 1
i ;; to a small beech, thence S 40
! no i to a beech in Da\ id Adams* line
j thence 8 77 degrees west '.7 poles to
J< '!? tnnt bv the side of the road
| thence N 72 degrees \v 19 poles t??
a stake, thence \V 52 poles to a
lyi whence X M degrt vs 17 120 pe
to a cucumber, I. S. Lewis corner, !
thence W to the beginning, containing
t>s acres more or ?e s Adjoining
the lends of ("has. L. Lewis
an other Sard s ;le will b" made
i to satisfy said I rust deed with costs
.i d expanses < f sale. This X\>v. 8tn.
1923:
W. F. SHERWOOD, Trustee.
R. D. JENNINGS
DENTIST
Office at Blacburn Hotel
BOONE N. CARO
Patients frcm a distance would dwell
to write and have appointment
| arranged beforehand,
SATISFACTION
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HES
leauty of his work, and
I
is rups were pood; while
ir who had little to sell,
hese merchants came serer
each small rup when
n: 4 A pood name is betcontent.'
"
than our pride of profit,
silver or pold.
ompany
l PEOPLE
FINE PRINTING
PACE SEVEN
NOTICE
Under and by virtue of a certain
lort^age deed executed by Joseph
t. Morphew to the undersigned mart
a tree on November 10- *922 to sr_
are the payment of the sum of $400
nd default having beer, made in the
a) roent of the same, I p3] sell the
ereafter described real estate to the
ighest bidder for cash at the courts
ouse door in Boone, Watauga Coun
y. N. C. en Saturday the 15th day
f Dec. 1923 at 11a. m., same being
tie third Saturday in said month to
atisfy said debt and costs of sale.
i description of the real estate beng
as follows:
Beginning on a cucumbre stump
i the S. S. Vounce old line and runs
n east course with the branch 15
io]es to a stake in said branch and
on er to Hobert Soutn. then a north '
ourse with said Hobert South line
bout 25 poles to a stake in the pubic
road and corner to said Hobert
louth land, then a west course with
aid about 33 poles to a stake in
aid road, then a south course 2 poles
o a -dake, then a west course 1 pole
o a stake, then a north course 2
?o!es to a stake in the road then a
rest course 5 poles to a stake in said
I'oad and G. C. Greer's line, then a
outh course with G. C. Greer's and
D. Miller's lines 34 poles to the
beginning, containing 7 acres more
>r less.
Said mortgage is registered in book
4Z" of mortgages page 180. Deed in
;ee simple will be executed to the
purchaser 011 payment of purchase
rice.
This November 10th, 1923.
ROBY TRIVETTE.
Mortgagee.
MGTiC E OF SALE OF LAND FOR
TAXES
For t ie pui pooc of colle ting the
laxes for the years 1921 and 1922.
{ vvil' o:; Monday December 3, 1323
:tt the hour of one octocl: p. m. at
the court house door >f Watauga
County, sell L<> the highest biddei
i r -i: til*- fojov. !ig described tracts
uf land:
Beaver Dam Township
Hunt Dayton, for the years 1921
ml 1922, 10 acres $1 01
Johnson ee, lor the year-- 1921 and
1922, i * acre- . 5.31
Mr.y Albert, for the year* 1921 and
: 922. 2-1 acres 13.95
A. c. Williams for the year- 1V21 &
1922 S3 acre:i 45.12
iday A. J. for the year 1922 22 acn s
2.31
je tor. Thos. N. foi the years 1 ' lit*
1921, 1922. 73 acres 55
North Fork Township
Haker & Co., for 1919, 1920, 1921,
;iud 1922. (?0 acres 16,85
Elk Knob Copper Co.. for the years
1 *'20. 1921, and 1922. 110 a. .28.49
Kay & Potter, for the years 1920,
1921, 75 acres 5.16
Sarah Ellison, guardian for the yrs.
of 1921-1922, 51 acres 17.44
Potter, C. S. for the years 1921 and
1922. 210 acres 61.60
Sutherland A. J. for 1921-1922, 1 b
acres 15.03
This the 3rd day of November,
1923.
J. E. YOUNG, Sheriff.
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