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f PAGE MX 176 World War Veterans Are Now Fcund in Leavenworth Leavenworth Ksrs. Mar. 10?At t oy of cigars can - iv the mail to | ifce United States pernu-itiary here lx was addressed t> Adrian Tayio/ ' . prisoner eerie. avJ virtuiCy pri- i ' i>te secretary to Warden Biddle. 1 Taylor nlisted :o tm -rmy when the j war starts} and fought half dozen -eclers of the front, and in five years ht hate been a nriso:there hasn't lid or- jjjpratcb en h record. He has -id veais yet to serve. The -t nder of :tn cai.e s was Lo ha Witzke. the ;. > amy spy ir. United States v. h . .. sdiitenced :< death during the v. nr. He had st: *?i? up hostility in Mexico and was considered a potential <t> namiter and a iiienae?. He escap d o: e and was regarded as extreme dangerous. death rente: -a; commuted to life m the pe :.r\ however and last No vend", r e.i:: released The alien spy free, a: : *<> his <:rci *e - : cqnaintanee with gift' Tht !? yal soldier and i:. " rrrisor. r t> ,-hind :bn sfflfcls. fa- l-.-r's pr looks the! ofticial records nd look.- the mo-: worthy of .. me y to th?> . a. y acquaint* w ith it to any . ; < harere is criri assault ai^ed woman France. Tay or's .- <>!*y is that ht heard a corartiC.-M* in a helis* one niirht. It was h ti-e not -f the h> - :?>" .it il \\a> fr? ya.'nteii -oidiers. Taylor v^ht in *fd found t we - - Jii . > strtiptr inc ' ' : he pro; .... W.. f.. .. Ut ,,;r'h VI ..A i hi I if* <1 the old man fum uhert' she had fallen < - the floor. Th- the French t idarmes rami' : rpon their testimony he was found c m : y and sentenced t.y couit mar* ;r The vic tim never identified him. i*< rhaps * he version indicated by ivv-sinstances and accented by the . t ci?rr? el. Perhaps Taylor's c - r.duet In fand since the eld t i> a pose and a fraud. Hut r a r:\-ii c url, vviifc innocence prern? ?i until jruih is provided, ther* - a; .cT a change that the findings ij .ei:i Ua-. been different. Taylor is among: ,l war-time ad' tarv rvisoncrs her* who have been **mU i at close r&ntfe by Major Jaioes H. Suinsfielci and Major F K Koss, .-cot tram Washington for the purpose-. t>ve:- at 'he disciplinary bairticks .. Kmi T.e.v. er.w .>nh there at 1st Charity's > Jr k ^ " Aixtve in i. f-: it'? h.i-yiu;. Henry J. A*i? BeloixA jutuic icudxr jur n\s pcu Call Results Wortl $80,000,000 Cost Of Work O ARK AMERICAN relief me urea. which in the past 8 yes have cost this country ns than 80 million dollars in the N East alone. worth while? This question is answered afBr aftvely. as far as the Levant is ci cerned, by a grou p of prom in Americans who during the p year have made a close study the Near Eastern situation f completed a first hand survey what the dollars contributed American charity In relief and construction in that part of wortd have accomplished. More than one million lives h been saved, according to the rr conservative estimates. But r . THE other military prisoners who face sen Cm tcnces of five years or Ior?perA. ti there arc other al' out-forgotten v\.::r unit soldiers at Atlanta 5 .!ul McXei- ! land. Wash, and Fort osit lav. X. Y. who are now be;re con.sid- ?Va . red j woi While the e remain pr; on?pa-1 boc triotic men who pot into trouble in is ; uniform?the highway.- f the earth tib are op* t-> the slacke;-.- and 1. YV | Tu W and enemy spies who ar? benefi 'he cianes v>f sweeping clemency. Not An one remains in Federal prison. 1 1 There is a life termer it: ".he pen- e:ir itentiary here who saved the life' of f Warden Bidden twn w her. ma- >r.r M.-.-i: convicts sought to strike him in; r-m behind Lei There i a t y rerA icteii of murder r.itl u struck a hoy in the dark with a 't.wn knife, apparently La a- - at, and pov : oy already had won vrosx de pa>; guerre. stic Youthfulness is a strik cha**ac- Th< :st i' i f many prisor.tr Many y in* :ie?:. their crimes *. unac-1 cod : .-mci '.odd t-io: I . - . as* dub Chi irgeiy the uca.-;! yobiaired wine ed nd cognac. the . * .tffme .-eve: tfi?- iv? . !.t**?lC#?S J?V? ms ijlM t. hi. court's, '01 r to make an iir.pr* abroad ale :th the sterr.nos- of AnKncan dis- vot cipline. ! was .'lu'd .?iitnc of the prison* - are. sim-jthe p iu:rd boiled maiefac* There I ems t-? be no probahi.it> 'anket j*ia nncsty f< r all iBi.t thei a fever- Ion: hope that the visit of ih. > ? war fou department officers will ... a- some pa^ f lhe -oldiers within w; n the ij slacker.- out>ide. con hou Mil. udi.sl W omen's M iisionary So- en ciety talcoj Charge of the Church JS'J Service. *?*i nex: Sunday March ' 19?4 7 p m. the Woman's M ssion-, ?\ -oc.cty will conduct th* rvice., ' inc su eject, ci me program is ir.e > "Foip'Ui'.i Man"' a tribute r?? he fidelity :ir ii daring ? ! cur .v. ' n-OUt: ^ ministers. **<>*" There will b< -pecia i musi. . both 'he vocu! ami instrumental. \ law audience is expected, and ma everybody is welcome cro em C'lul women in Richmond < only old products t- the imoi m of ,iif > .. the i"1 !ur Saturdays duri g which see the curb market was conducted in ihe t- uruary. report Mtf Anna Lea ing Harris, heme agent. rni . giv 'Ma: ; the garden according to ot your plan. exi Millions We Abroad, IS '* f yy. ^ tOMbiB V^ISP t e rra n e< KEY TO MAP Sea Area evacuated or in process j of evacuation t Near East Relief Stations ffi f and Orphanages ~""S. Refugee Relief. x Skeleton organization for Q ; medical antrrefugee assistance | Main railway lines : ' This "M* si: 'Tfs the arras open < . prut tr. relie f in the past t_ \e j?? [ruins frzv: 7 :<? v :s well us the dvrccti. Y ; Smyrna disaster. ic?t.urc 'ii iicfiviues wmcn ; ; has attracted the widest attention cj i3 the care of the Levant's vast .. army of 01 phuns. Sixty thousa.n l 'w?n I of these waifs of war and famir of are now being sheltered, fed and jnst trained in Near East Relief or- mai phar.ages. In these youngsters.. 3a/! and others that the same organ-' pi* ization is caring for in homes and iha refugee camps. American visitors wit! see the material for leadership whi I which will eventually bring peace. my Iancl progress oul of the present' tha discord. turmoil, and suffering of pha the Near East. the Int-nry j. Alien, tormer tiovernor; anc of Kansas, spent several months woi and visited six different near east- ! thr ern countries in a thorough study | unc of relief work. ' pht ws "The principal constructive work'beii >**e in that part of the world is being tau done by Americans." he declares, at "The seed which we are sowing cor tn- j will eventually bring forth the only " on- i fruit for the salvation of a com- an ent. plicated situation. We are the one ord voice that is speaking for a SQuare are of deal. We must carry on what we cor tnd have begun for we have not reach- the of ed th?* point where we can lessen Eh by our effort. To cease now would prg re- J be to sign deliberately a, death j of the s warrant for those who not merely fro | are dependent upon us. but who erv ave are the *-eal hop * ih *u* tost n so- !> troubled ,.^rt o? ti;. the wo.'.d." doi WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV] rics in the Library for the U. S. Congress >ome of the most interesting curlies at the Library of Congress in shington are: the longest printed rk in the world and the largest L \ Ti... i_~? * ? |\ ..11 JHUVi IV<?. i av Mliaicst OOOK \ copy of the Rabaiyat of Omr.r ayam. The longest work is the Shu Chinese encyclopedia, while largest book in America is Jas. dubou's "Birds of America." rhe midget Ruaiyat is only three hts of an inch long, three eights an inch wide and one eighth of an h thick. It is claimed to be too ill to cover i girl's finger nail, iters in the book, even on the e page are so small that thby i be read only with the aid of a verful magnifying glass. Its 18 res of Japan paper are daintily hed and bound in green paper, e minuteness was made possible photographic reductions of a large iy The printing of the mammoth nose encyclopedia has been callifce greatest typographical feat in world. Three years were required print Jts 5280 volumes with its 1.000 pages. The table of contents v is 40 volumes. A copy of this ominous work printed at Shanghi given to the United States hv v'in.ior < i r'i'n.i 1P0S. Vudubon's "Birds of Vnicrica * the nt American I ook is 40 inches g. 26 inches wide and two and one rth inches thick. So large are its :es that ? n one of them a t in Key prdouced in life size. The set uprises four volumes. They are md in red horsehide and were preted to the library by Audubon in . i. THE STORY OF ONIONS fhe\ belong to the lily family. They require a soil with an abun of humuc They require a cool moist climate early growth, and hot, dr\ weai conditions while maturing. In ea>u in North Carolina they y r?c grown as a winter or spring p. In the mountains they may be v;n as a summer crop, rh" crop may be grown by three forent methods. By sowing the d directly in the field, by sowing .1 in a hotbed and transplantto the field, or by planting small <i!.> or .vet-. The transplanting will e the largest yield, hut because the labor cost.:; it is impractical repl for small areas or for local11 Spent loted Tour Btack Sm C TMeSokC ?py0*"*0"* o??? Vl A OCAf.iAJtA C ?-! * Ot^a. ?*i?J r\. OWMKfGT V. o**MUkim ' "*"^3*^_^^85sfc?38^ arabia ;f?.>>i )f ihr W~jr East Relief, tchere irs. . Irr.itci indicate the ri*ui of ez Jr. ij flight of Turkey's Greek and roorge M. Reynol-ls. chairrxiaa orj tiie Hoard ot Directors of the tjr.enta! and Conimci'civ.l Bank J;1* ha Chicago, the largest tfc&xicial ,na itution west ot New York. | cor fees a sinniar statement. He lis! s:- yoi The greatest work, however, is , t which is t?? ing accomplished rel h the children. Americans no- tht ere are doing any work thai. in las judgement can compare with pa t in the Near East Relief or- a mages. These youngsters will be isi. future leaders among the men ed I women of that part of the, m? rid. Give those boys and girfc> re* ee or Tour years of experience sic ler American teachers in or- ' epi mage schools, where they are ! coi ng as carefully and diligently w? ght its children in our schools i?ui home, and they will soon bene s-df-supporting. *ca Such work in the only hope in ha otherwise hopeless situation. If Ner and progress and prosperity s?p< to be brought out of the dis- Sd and hate and ignorance of Co present, the work of the Near I>r st Relief must go on. I ap- Yc lined the work rrbt with the eye au the maudlin Wiitiinontaliet K?i* - ' m the point r?f vi? w of an Am- Fli r^an business T ii <* h -i: r?v- ,?*c?vV- ?fiat aevnts in Beirut to esT&bliaii ohioi- CI ERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N C. | ities where labor is cheap. Careful preparation of the land j | and intensive cultivation arc the sue- i >ful ways of culture. Americas Industries L'ghten House- ! work. "After one look into the American i kitchen, with all its conveniences and ' It-vices to save time and work, its! Marvelous buttons that one has but t press to work wonders, its equipent to make everything: quick corn; ' table and easy, i understood Amrica for the first time. * Mrs. John Adams of London. Dear 'adv. the American kitchen - the result of electric power, gas: and telephone development, the grea- j est labor savers the world has today. ENDURING SUCCESS \nnic S. Bowie. Blowing Rock, N. C. The heads that lead to this pinnacle are many; But the guide-posts are all the same, i >u ascent is steep and hard There art no royal roads to fame. V\ iih the various talents must be t.he talents Of perseverance, ambition and the faith in the cause; Safeguarded by the motto "Watch and Pray;" Walking within God's and nature's laws. The Best Things Are Oft the Rarest r r one faithful friend there is dozens that sneer i one happy laugh there is many .1 fear, ; < r one night of joy there's weeks of regret, l-. oh dollar squandered wc seldom forget. Then don't spend your pennies on nonsense or trash. There's no telling when with misforiure you'll clash? i : .uw. you will find out when you are all out of cash. That for one day of turkey, there are six days of hash ?Selected. i Fourth Class Postmaster Examination fhe United States Civil Service l ? oimnlssion has announced an exatn ition to he held at West Jefferson IN C. on April 1. 1924 as a result 1 which it is expected to make ccri tit.ition to fill a contemplated vacancy in the position of fourth class | postmaster at Brown wood, N. C. ! ists Find I jfT, ^^LCaspian /RUSSIA k \ MLMlVJMaAApa f* Tinia ""0*1 AAAAAT f J>_\. | s ^ukiaCM S ^ PF.RSlA KEY TO MAP a &JC*&mttung. Sfiora.tLntg. Carp?wtry. t/rSrorrA/'^. * D fc*^'awi Tailoring Weaving a Laces. Cm(*\Viifnes. ID**1*11'" D /?U03 ? Pctte-'y ? Agrnu.'tvre. 7pys Hospital Lmbmq SftiptKHtdirnj s Commercial Training m Apprentice ( or* ^ hmu <> btokP+dug Phntuty wort* $80,000,000 /iu.% .'v--n ,icuatii>ti of 20,000 Christian or- 1 Armenian Populations since the ibans brought out of Turkey lowing Hi*- Smyrna disaster so >tured the imagination of Wilrri It. D&nforth. a prominent nnfao(nr.'P r?f Sit I v?..ic > ... i ">... ltributed $5,000 towards cstabting industries that would give jthful artisans employment. \morioan methods of distributing' let to adult rcfogees by making m perform some labor bringing Ting good to the community and yiTig them in food has also ised interest among the tourAll of them were impressby the constructive aecomplish iits of the relief dollar. The ;ults obtained by American phyians and nurses in stamping out idexnics under almost impossible riditions is another aspect of the rk which has aroused the admiron of those who have seen it. Among other prominent Amerins, besides those mentioned, who ve endorsed the work, of the ar East Relief after personal inaction are Senator King, of T'tah. nator l^idd of Norlh Dakota, ngressman PYear of W iseonsin. John Plnley, editor Of the New >rk Times. Alice Hegan Rice, the thor. Oliver J. Sands, president The American National Bank, of hfnon'1. Va W~nt- t rk. :?.nd W i . >f '.liMIiOuW tutch South. AND HE DID "Dost thou take this woman to be thy wedded wife?"' asked the old minister. "Dost thou propose to keep her in adversity or prosperity? Wilt thou care for her. protect her and Jove her? Wilt thou slave all the| days of thy life to buy her clothing j and food and amusement and comfort ( **l wilt, responded the groom faintly a: he toppied o\ r into amis of liit* best man.?American Legion Weekly Th? made by women on the j curb market at Wadesboro daring on?- week amounted to about as much . as the county pays towards the sal- ! arc ot home agent. Club girls now make nice hats! under the direction of their home1 demonstration agents. At one school the girl.-> made finished hats valued I at $?.' (or a total cost of $30. 'PI,-.-- f - 1 - * 1 i iat? if l UJII /.*' I ?" JUSl as thi're arc scrub cattle arid the only advantage is a cheap purchase price ay agronomy workers of the State O':iege. Let Us I i that no wis the time I your requirements in b for the coming season. SPRING WILL S< and all indications poi of building i Bear us in mind wh< WITH WHICH TO because we carry a cc prices ar We shall be glad to she at any time you pi \Y/? 1v t cv-iulc j will LI vvi 11 do all in c merit it tutu Watch this space f WATAUGA FURNT! by W R. Gragg. C NORTH WILK.ESBOI SALEM . North Wilkesboro Phone 84 Lv N Wilkaboro Ar. W- Salem 1 8:00 a. m. 10:30 a. m. 10:30 a. m.* 1:00 p. m.* 12:30 p. in. 3:00 p. m. 2:00 p. m. 4:30 p. m. 4:00 p. ip.s i 6:30 p m." * Daily Exee NORTH W1LKESBC JITN Lv N Wilkxboro Ar. Boone 6:30 a. m. 8:30 a. m. 1:00 p. m. 3:00 p. rn. Schedule Effective T. C. CAD | Phone 84 N? MARCH 13. 1924. V Prune the orchard before growth starts, caution horticultural workers of the State College. Subscribe For Your County Paper Coughs aimoy^^ unnecessarily Check those violent coughing spells that bring upon you unfavorable attention. Dr. King's New Discovery stops coughing quickly by gently stimulating the mucous rr.rmtini rwj In ?}** #?? .,(T ,.Lwmn?<* ? v.- 1W I'MW" VU secretions. It has a pleasant taste. All druggists. i? dr. king's NF.W DISCOVERY ell You to begin to ascertain uilding and repairing don be here nt to a large volume operations. ?n you need anything BUILD A HOUSE >mplete line and our e right. >w you over our stock and name ices. : U V auc in me }Jtl3L itIIU >ur power to in the re. rom time to time ttJRE & LBR. CO. General Manager. ( , *0 AND WINSTON HTNEY Winston-Salem Phone 29 ,v. W-Salein Ar N Wilksboro 3:45 a. m. 6:00 a. m. 8:00 a. m. 10:30 a. m. 10:30 a. m.* 1:00 p: m.* 1:30 p. m. 4:00 p. m.* 4:00 p. m.~*| "?:30 p. m.' pt Sunday )RO AND BOONE pv Lv. Boone Ar N Wilk*boro 9:30 n. rn. 11-30 ?. ?. 4:00 p. in. 6:00 p. m. ^ : March 1, 1 924 'DILI.. Mr?r. orth Wilkesboro, N C ? r rf
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