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FAGF FOUR ?i)c ?Hatauga Democrat. R. C RIVERS. Editor Owner. * g Published Every Thursday by THE RIVERS PRINTING CO. Subscribers wishing their address- : s changed will please favor us by giving the OLD as wel? as the NEW address. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Si* Months 75 Three Months 40 Payable in Advance. Ad vertiting Rates on Application Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, Obituaries, etc. are charged for at the regular advertising rates. Article* sent for publication without giving the name ot the writer will not under ati\ circumstance be publish- < ed | Entered at the postolnce at Boone | N. C as second class mail matter. Thursday December 13, 1923. More "Unemployment Insurance" A hig astern soap manufacturer > i has ;?d"pted a conn ->f ujieniploymenr j insurance. The company adds to ii- i ! profit sharing: scheme a clause that < ^guarantees full time work for not < less than forty eight hours per week in each calendar year." In other word rht* crmpai'y iiisure s its employees steady work, unusual circumstances alone excepted. It applies unemployment insurance , from within. And it adopts thi right 1 form of insurance?steady work. Hen is another example of foresight 4Uhi it is referred for consideration to manufacturer:* In ? n i: nnfi: r . 1 f - "ir.emnl? ' - merit insurance has born considered "by the legislature. State machir <cry. a state systfro <<i" employment orti- , oes and a compulsory insuranci department were *? he forced up ?n .industry aim the tax pay.v. Indus* ? '"? must employ a fair n.imber ??f men p g u . not a hoi 1 irregularly?unless hey want t<? witness proposals ii he jeeir-iaiu'*. fo! unemployment insurance bills. A Bad Place To Live If a 'city which has a largv tin loss per capita a inually was recognized as a poor place for an investment, it is probable that the city au thorities would very soon see that steps were taken to guard against! destruction by preventable fires. In 1922 the United States shows' a list of cities with a lire loss; running in excess of $3 per i apita. Many of these cities ran far in eiuo6 of the $a per capita loss each year for the full five years. Others] for one or more years out of the five., The losses ir. these cities per capita : run from over $5 to as high as 1 snd 'he average cost per family of five for fire losses in the cities list-j -*d is about $50.00 a year. For 1022 the per capita loss fort every man woman and child in the United States was $-4.75. an amountj thin far the >'?? l;*uu which; included the San Francisco conflagration. With such a rational per capita loss. a person should be careful about moving to a city with & much greater local per capita fire loss, as one j would be about moving to a city with an abnormally high tax rate. Proyrifia Reiulii From Virion In closing his address before the Public Utility Commissioners of New England and middie Atlantic states j in session in New York City Oct 13 for discussion regarding greater super-power development. Secretary of . Commerce Hoover said: "It is fitting that I should make some remark upon the remarkable progress arid ability shown by the whole electrical industry since the days of Air. Edison's initial genius. They have come to have a large vision of co-operation and service and have n a very great measure rtaiivod their responsibilities to -he pub lie. One mar* of their progress is! that despite the greatly increased cost of labor, coal and other materials, there is but little if any increase :n the cost of light and power to the consumer today over pre-war prices. Under the protection of state iregu-j latory bodies over 2,000,000 of our people have invested their savings in this industry. From an annual utility production of 4,000,000,000 kw. hr. twenty years ago we have increased to 50,000,000,000 today with an increase in consumption from 60 to 500 kw. hr. per capita. It is a magnificent achievement of the initiative and ingenuity of .these*industries, and that it has attained j such a growth under public regulation is itself proof of the ability and co-operation of our public officials. I beiieve that the same vision applied to the wider problems which spread before ^is wiii maintain the' same initiative and secure like pro-; gress in the future." 1 1 11 -- V Miss Helen Schuttz, operator ?>f the (tor) Tr*n><niirt;iti<>n Cn which runs busses in Iowa. i;s the center of a legal battle 'n which she is endeavoring to prove to the satisfaction of the state board that her service is a public convenience, within the mcnniry of the Iowa motor-carrier iaw, This i.- denied by the opposing railroads, the Chicago Great Western, < hie ago Kock Island & Pacific, Chicago and North Western, "inneapolis and St. Louis. Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern, and th*1 ^Chicago# Milwaukee and St. P311I roads. These roads are supported in their contentions by the county supervisors oi W orth. Hardin and Frank J&r. counties who also declare the heavy busses damage the highways excessh ely.% Friends oi the highway bus idea contend that the remedy for any rlamagv done roads by bus operation lies either in higher luxation of such pusses or the construction of roads able to Pear the tyaffic of heavy buss t They sav that the bus is a concenieiice. as much a necessity to the towr- served as trolley cars, and point to the fact that in the begin bug the j ail reads were against the L'staoHsbmerit of interurban trolley sc ice., bi t thai in later years :hv railroads found them of such vit . So my them of the ?un i >: ' i .1 J' :v - tm.?i . .iiiu: iij.n iliany i ii: i ~ i-ad- h?vc* built trolley iievs them* ivi'.-trictjor oi' a public utility to ( rvc private iuLore^g ha-" been so ! !"! . ?i in this country and so oitecn ?ivr:r;v iy 'boned Lt::o th?- eventual out? <-me of rhl- case sbvitwd] i.v>t he i;a?*c to predict. Natural Beauty Not to Be Marred by Commerce vera! states have passed laws prohibiting -ig'ns oit roods with the idea that the automobile carrying tourists and sight-seeing travelers is net an asset to the individual business house but to the state and that travelers should not be compelled to have their beautiful views and vistas profaned by painted boards. Speaking of this idea in Illinois Governor Small said- "Illinois has seen the logic of preserving the right of way in this respect with the result that we have hundreds of miles of drives fringed with grass, trimmed to a lawn-like nicety, and unnturred by unsightly bill boards, which art so often seen in neighboring commonwealths/' r1 aI P P At i 11 ,?* ilii-ix tnf i.f th? Illinois Department of Public Works ami Buildings, said. ''Connecticut has followed Illinois* clean highway policy, has passed a law prohibiting signs on the right of way. Minnesota has also followed suit and a law in that state effective December t, 11)23, provides for the elimination <?f advertising signs and prohibits the construction of new oneCHRISTMAS (Dr. W. Roy Butler) The robins come at early spring They build a nest and roar a brood; Cheer us with song.- during summerutnc. At autumn frost their work is* done. They leave us for a while. A babe was.born ir. Bethlehem A.most t.wo thousand years ago, iar? groped in darkness ciii th^- day t he light of hope he brought to us v* ill shine iorever and always. Santa Claus is very neai The children are picking out stock ings to hand around, Heady for Santa Claus When behind his reindeers drives ic town. \i y heart would rebound with great joy Cou-'i I but see :!>at sight again. Little -t<K*king> hanging round to h< filled. When Santa cdmes in snow or rain. Decorate U. S. Gunner for Vera Cruz Feat Washington.?President Cootldge, lit the presence of Secretary Denby, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and ranking officers of the navy, presented a Congressional Medal of Honor recently to George Bradley, chief gunner, United States navy, for meritorious service under fire on the landing of American njfvsl forces at Vers Crux In 1914. Bradley, attached to the battleship Utah ae chief gunner's mate, was In charge of the amnionic on and special details at Vers Crux. ? The watauga "BAGPIPE MONKEY IS GIVEN TO ZOO Red Howler Ape Fills Up With Air, Then Lets Out Fearful YeiL New York.?Because ? Bronx* resident with a snail apartment and scv en?l children did not care to keep a huge monkey with an uncertain temper. a long red heard, teeth like a wolfs ami a roar like thunder, the animal has been turned over to the Bronx aoo and will s *?n be exhibited there. U is a red bowler, one of the rarest of the monkey faintly. There have been two gorillas Id this country before, but no ml bowlers. In tts throat It h big air reservoir like that of a Scotch bagpipe. I* pumps itself up and then j lets fly a howl thut would sturtle the Hon house. The red flowing tnonkey was a pres ent to the too and one of the most unusual the Institution has received. Staggering under a large box. the o\jn- ' ' er breathlessly entered the office of Raymond L. L>ltnmrs. curator ??f the snake bouse. "May X present a monkey to the : zooWJ" he asTced. ' 'Certainly.** said tlie curator. "I m rhnnhfu!.' paid the visitor, depositing the box and wiping bis brow. *T was afraid yon wouldn't take It. Gift From a Sailor. "This was a gift from a relative who Is n sailor. We always thought we wanted a monkey for a t et. He said he would get us a fii one, and he brought the ?.ne in the box on a trip from South America. "It did not look to us like the kind of a monkey to play with children, because it vnm big and had savage teeth and gave such roars. We had to thank hitn for the gift, hut h^htis J een arraying with lis while the ship was In port, and we bad to have * he monkey there during that time. Ih* left recently and a- soi?n as I thought it s:ue 1 headed for the zoo with it." Curator I'itiuavs thanked the v?oo's benefwtor and went on with some writing. Some time after the visitor was gone lie took off the 11:1 of the hox. He related what followed, saving: "The monkey kepi on rising and rising. shoxvlftg a big head, then ? long beard and then a large but very emaciated body !t lcoked to me like a bad one. and I edged out of the office. I thought 1 would try to stwt right wtth If by giving it no mo banana*. i?p caiim? ohvliuiMly it had not been fed the pr??per food for some time. la Friendly With Monkty. "When I c?;i:e back and tossed ft 1 j aoine bananas It let out a fearful hutrl;? . I recognized It at once as a red howler and one of the tinea: gifts the hiui received In a I ng time We hare never had one before. I worked with it oautlonaly and found It ftftrly doolie. If bored or annoyed ft will show It* teeth In egly fashion and growl, hnt t ordinarily ka gentle and baa had some training. _ 4 a* practically starred, and I saw -t whs necessary to gire h carefnl attention and feed It op If It wae to lire, ao 1 took It koine with in*. "It behaved very well and haa been putting 00 fleet. It has made friends with a aiuall must ached monkey at my place at Searsdale. and the two are * *?x?i::!s55, out mo jittie felin* to be watched t<* prevent him from feeding green tipple* te the howler." ! To Investigate Waters of Springs in Arkanstfh Washington. A conference of lend lag member* of the medical profession ceiled t??Rc;her by the National He I MArch council at the requewt of Sec1 retarv of the Interior Work ha* unanli iaousi? adopted resolutions urging a thorough Investigation of the pfcyelo, logical action and therapeutic vain* ! of the waters of the Hot Spring* National park in Arkansas, It was enj uounced at the Department of the Interior recently. The proposed Investigation, according to the resolution* should be made for the protection of the public In the u?e of the mineral water of Hot Springs and for the information of the medical profession. Besides announcing that the clinical and laboratory facilities already available qt procurable by the government would be sufficient to conduct auch an Ini qulry tha physician? present ad the eonfereuce appointed a special committee to outline the details of the inj vestlgatloB. Escapes From Prison by Slide on Electric Wires Jefferson City, "Mo.?Sliding forty feet over slender electric wires of an Improvised roller made of a broom handle, then leaping: thirty feet from the- wall to the ground, Arthur Keoch, twenty-two of >Tew York escaped from the Missouri penitentiary here. Coards mw the convict on the roof of the shirt factory, but supposed that he was an electrician making; repairs. I The guards did not shoot as he alight! ed on the walk because they were I afraid of hitting a guard on the ; tower. Kench came to the prison from Kansas City in April, 1922. to serve ten years for robb *ry. Passed Dying Wifo. Chicago.?On his way bcssc. Bea Garber, of Chicago, passed an accident in which a woman was injured. At bou? the man eoqld net find hit wife, She died as he was on his way to a DEMOCRAT THE h RIGHT THING AT ;! THE RIGHT TIME | MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE 1 ' _ _ 11 . :i FOK MEN WHO I> VXCE r When an occasion is piled high with difficulty. we must rlee to the occasion. a ?Abraham Lincoln. s o FvONT ruin the gowns of the glria *"* with whom you dance by the mark T of your hand. In the good old days 1 3 men used to wear white gloves at ; 0 dances and this solved the problem. If 0 your hands are moist he careful ^ enough to place a handkerchief in your t hand to prevent Its touching the fab- r ric of the gown, though this should f be done without ostentation and with- c out Dennittlng the handkerchief to be ! ^ too apparent. P^n t forget that It 1* your duty to j L see that the girl whom you are escort- i Ing at a dance has "her dances taken, j You -"an do this by introducing her to j any men you know or by seeking in- J4 troducttons yourself to other men In : ( order that you can present them to her. ! f Don't forget to remember your duty as guest if It is a dance given in a ' private house. To do this you should j make sure to ask your hostess or mem- 1 hers of her fatuity for dances, and If 1 p there are house, guests for the occa- j s sion to pay especial attention, particu- ] a larly when they are not so vivacious ' or animated as to win instant popu- 1 larltv. J Don't, under nnv circumstances fall 1 ! to claim n dance that has been prom- , isedfoyouby any of the young women j present. Tf you find that you must < leave earlier than you had expected, t be sure and srek out the \oi:rg worn- t en whom you must disappoint and make your excuse. If you are post- ' tlvelv unable to find ihein before leav- ' \ ing, go to your hostess or one of the * haperones and request her to make ; llie explanation to the young women j , in question. Don't under any circumstances crlt- < Iclse the dancing ?>f your partner or 1 in any way attract attention to her j ! awkwardness. .^<n though she is a ; niMst '"n ex pert dancer. If her fnliure ro keep step js so potent as to re- j quire comment assume the bhu'he your- j r"' 1 Don't sujrg?st rf<s< onilnuing the I <ian<p. n*!: inivi' uiai iu in?- yunin woman with whom you are dancing. If you. ppfhancp. have .1 straini*i1 ankle and find yourself re.ilTv unable to dance, explain this to the young woman with whom you hnve engaged the dance, and offer to release her fr?.ni the engagement If she wishes, ! assuring her at the same time that yen would he chanued to chat \dlth I be>- during the dance If she will he \ so kind to you. . (fck 19/3. bv MO'lnr* Symllcal*.) 1 ?o Few Can Stand Alone. The greatest tnHn living may stand In need of the meanest, as much at the meanest doea of him.?-Fuller. Bandits Take Tombstone Weighing Over Half Ton Winchester. Va.?Tha wave of banditry that has had the local police force guesting for the last two weak* ; seemed to hare reached its climax I when Funk a Hon reported to the r*> I , ?tr uw men oc m ihr^p (omrnionf it f their place of business. alruost within ' tho shadow of the entrance of Mount : Hehroa rfratJfry. t The toiototoDt tutri been sold to ?. | customer in Frederick connty, and had ; been bstndsouDalj carved and litter ad Whan employees wont to th? show : rooirjh to set the atone It could not ha found. The stone weighed mere than 1 half a ton. I , e Bll The ( i -- " ? ?? " 1,1 ? ]l Every sermon dslii revival campaign he v? the issue following its Billy Sunday's thril the manner in which 1 specially constructed l? The fact that the C plete report of the sei In addition to the piece of news developi large corps of reporte Press service. Featurei page second to ncne is J SPECIAL RA I FOR THE 6 W ! * % . ? ?-1-? NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS S? aled proposals will bo receive! y the town of Boone, North Carolina t roou January V, 1924, for the pur ha>e of $15,000 0 per cent Stive mprovert?nt bonds, dated .Tanuar , 1924, maturing: ?1,000 each yeat 927 to \94l, both inclusive, in de orm nations of ?1.000 each, *nteres ay ble semi annuftily. and both th r.Mcipal and interest payable in Net rork. iA'jral proceeding.* And preparation mo sale of the bonds under th upervision of Bruce Craven, Esq. i Trinity, North Carolina. Bidders must deposit with th treasurer before making their bid eertified check drawn to the orde f the Treasurer upon an incorporat d bank or trust company, or a sur >: money for or in an amount equs ) 2 per centum cf the face amount o In- ond* bid for, to secure the run ticipolity against any ioss resultin rom the failure of' the bidder t ... '... .u ..t u;.. v.;.. "HI! n?: Ul Ilia Ull laid bonds will be awarded to th lighest bidder at not less than pai inless nil bids are rejected. J. F. MOORE, Clerk. ORDINANCE Be it ordained by the board c own commissioners of Boone, Nor. 'a roli na: Section 1. That the negotiable eni ion bonds of the town of Boon* Corth Carolina be issued in the ma? mum principal amount of .$15,(10 or the purpose of improving th treets and sidewalks of the town. Section2. Thai a tax sufficient t lay the principal and interest of th aid bonds a- same fall due. shall b mnually levied and oollccted. Section 3. That a statement of ir iebtedness of said town has bee iled with the Clerk and is open t lublic inspection. Section 4. That this ordinance at horizing bonds for improvement hall take effect thirty days after th lat?* the first publication then ?f. unless in the meantime, a pet ion for its submission to the voter hall b?- filed under said act and i ;uch ov< *it. : shall take effect whe iDprovcd by th?> voters of the Mui cina; ty .;t an election as provide n said Act. The foregoing ordinance was pas d on the "lid day of December 192: ind was first published ->i> the 121 ley of December 11*23. Any actic ?i proceeding ouestioning the valj? ty of said Ordinance must he con neneec within thirty days after i irst imbrication. J. F. JIOORE. Clerk. THE GREENSBC A live, progressive, independe ?dissemination of the world's of the day editorially; preien unbiased, in any controversy the state's welfar^p aad progres A rapidly growing circulate reading and thinking pubfic. paper. After a trial subscripts without it. Sample copies oa re< Six mouths, daily and Sunday Six months, dailv onflv THE GREENSB( GREENSBORO, XY SUN IN Iharolette OS Si* Week* for SI rered by the world'* greatest evao) rill open in Charlotte December 3C delivery. ling piiraMolofy, bis striking: gestui the sermons ere received by the t ibernacle, will be duly recorded by )bserver is a morning; paper will en rvices than any other Charlotte ne complete Billy Sunday reports, the ag rn North and South Caroline, tl rs, and the world news gleaned fi i, comics, special articles o? genen i the south, make up a paper that i rE OF $1.00 TO NEV TELEK.3 IF SENT IN BE DECEMBER 13. 1923T 7 4 Says an exchange: One of the hardest nuts to crack is to explain - to a high school student what the * Democrat and Republican parties * j stand for just now. *| Subscribe For Your ? County Paper " MORTGAGE SAUE I NORTH CAROLINA ?' W ATAUGA COUNTY * p By virtue of the power of sale _ contained in a certain mortgage deed t n executed to the undersigned by J. * A. Miller and wife S. J. Miller on | the -1th day of September. 1922, to g secure the payment of $150 with ino terest on the same. I will on Monday January 7f 1924 0 between the hours of 11 a. m, and ' j 2 p. m. at the court holism dwi i? Boone. N. C., to satisfy said mort gage, interest and costs, sell to tho ^ highest bidder for cash, the followw ing described rea! estate to wit: I Adjoining ih? I&ttds of W. W. Hamp* ' ; Ion BEGINNING on.- a chestnut and ^ () white pine, runs ncrth west direction e j 25 poles, more or less to a hickory ? | in the gap o? the ridge. thence north ? East C? pole.? to ti Spanish oak, thence j north ."0 decrees East 25 poles to a Mack gum, thence east 20 poles to two hickorys, thence north 20 de" grees east 12 poles to a chestnut oak thence east 52 poles to a rock beti ween two branches, thence south 20 degrees east 12 poles to a hickory, lC thence east 10 poles more or iess to a conditional line between Enoch Min rs ton and Thomas Miller, thence with ' said conditional line 100 poles, more ^ or iess to a chestnut, thence north ?>3 degrees west 10 poles more or less to a white oak, thence north 14 poles to a poplar, thence a south diJ; rection 75 poles more or less to the m beginning, containing 40 acres, more :i- or less 11 This the 6th lay of December '23* ts W. G. WILCOX. Mortgagee. >RO DAILY NEWS * "? ??iijr new?paper wun ? purpose news; discuuioa of vital questions tatioc of the facts all of them, involving the people's rights and w. on indicates the approval of the YOU need this great daily news- ^ :a you wiH wonder how you done quest. *4.50 o en "*" l )RO DAILY NEWS NORTH CAROLINA " DAY bserver Celi?t during the fix weeks' K will be printed- in full in ? res sad platform Antics and iioutandi who will jam the an Observer staff reporter, able it to giro a move com wspaper ? Obserrter will tarry every fie local news handled by a- 0 rom t complete Associated il interest and an editorial is more than desirable. V SUBSCRIBERS FORE DEC. 2<kh. ' ? -I ? H uucsMM mi?
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