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4 MAY t. 1?<Z4.
HEIRESS LOATHES '
LARGE LEGACY
lad rau Mi idrn Grows Despondent
Over Her InHeritsuce of Two Million*
of Dollar*.
Vinita. Okie, April 28?Sorrow1
of a million years- looks from the!
ejes of Maud Lee Mudd.
She is one of Oklahoma's poor rich i
Indians.
Neither gold nor the youth of her
16 years seem sufficient to assuage
the grief in ?hiv little girl's heart.
Almost with a sense of loathing
has she come to look upon the $2,000.000
fortune inherited from her
Osage and .Quawpaw ancestors. Oil
found on tribal lands brought her
wealth.
In Maud's child-like way of rea?orii)g
this bulging bank balance of
/white man's wampum is directly re,
rponsihle for all the mischief done
her since she became an heiress.
Rich she is. and envious!\ so.
"But." says Maud, "money does
no good for Indians, mister. Really
J wish i wore poor?just poor enougn
so that 1 couid play and not having
people fighting over me all the time
Maud's ease and plight are synonymous
with thousands of her race in
Oklahoma who have been made r?ch
by oil.
State court-appointed guardians
have these Indians under super-vision
Maud has bad three of these protcetors
since she became an heiress, j
William Simms, her present guar-1
dianj was .suspended from the Indian
v probate service pending investigation
of charges that he paid a formeCongressman
and lawyer SI 7,.nit) as j
a retainer fee to represent Maud in
court.
Simms has done a lot of good for |
Maud. He has had her eyes treated
for trachoma and saved the little
girl from approaching blindness.
A H* was officially reproved howev45
er. for accepting a guardianship over
bci
The Indian service maintained that
hit- act was a violation of the probate
5civice and that he should have served
gratis as Maud's protector in his
official government capacity.
There are many reason *1 why Maud
is J ir? d of wealth.
She has witnessed bitter quarrels
over control of her person and
property.
She has been the chief contention
in numerous legal battles and has
seer, hei own relatives bristle with
fight when (oiled in an aliened attorn
pi to spirit her from the state.
Sixti i n year:* ago Congress enacted
legislation transferring all jurisdirt!'
i over Indian probate courts.
dirli'':1 o?1 c Indian probate matter**
/ron* in- i eiiv r.u government to the
iota! county probate courts.
In theory, the .law as drawn was
v itiUnue (1 to make of the state tribunal
an interested corps of gov
emnui'i agents, who because they
were or lie ground would be belter
position to look alter the needs,
of tht Indians.
Thousands of Indians have been
declared incompetent and a guardian
named under the law.
Guardians in Oklahoma having Indian
wards number almost 5,000. Any
guardian may have as many as five
Indians under his custody. Not so
Jong ago there was no restriction as
to the number.
Repeated investigations, charges
of graft and open hostility between
the Federal Indian department and
*Late government have grown out of
the guardian system.
OBITUARY
This is to certify that Lloyd Milton
Norris was born Nov. 5, 1886
died March "?th, 192-1, aged 37 years
4 months.
Dec. 1-1, 1918 he united with th?
M cat Camp Baptist Church and was
baptised May !7. 1919, from whicl
time he lived a consistent Christi&r
life until death.
Dec. 14, 1910 he and Miss Man
Ijouxsa Greene were united in th<
true bonds of matrimony which ha
been proven by the home life in ou
Rroihor Norris leaves a hear
Stricken companion, father, mothe
two sisters and many other heart bri
ken friends to mourn their loss. Bu
we feel that the greatest words Bro
ther Norris ever spoke were whil
?drjgglrng underneath his caw, 44
am ready to go Lord; take me." S
while we mourn his loss we feel tha
bt* is happy in glory. The great pei
sonality of his life made him lovabl
and admirable to all who came in cor
tact with him. To know Brother Noi
lis was to love and admire him. H
was a man who had an unsurpasse
sympathy for those who had been 01
fortunate in life; none more loy.
to his pastor and church, not on]
with his presence almost every seryic
but with his substance also; it loo!
cd as if money was of little or r
value to him in supporting the cau:
of Christ. He neither spared gas m
car service in taking people to ai
k.
from church; he made* it a specialty
to carry the aged and infirm first
; d when the Kittle Ford was not loaded
to its capacity, the children and
others were heartily invited in. The
iul? Tcstam< nt he always carried
was the greatest of all books to hiin
< remember vfith kindness in
our hearts the unsurpassed hospital
itv of Brother and Sister Norris?
how that with a warm hand shake
and a hearty greeting, men. women
and children were invited into the
home, and when once there had a
deep longing to return again. It was
an inspiration to be in the presence
of Brother and Sister Norris.
The writer knows that but few pcc
pie came to his home on foot that
were not carried hack to their home*
in the little Ford. The Company foi
which he worked as traveling salesman
sustained a great loss in hideath.
We realize that the loving
companion, father, mother and rela
tives and church have sustained a fa?
greater loss than his Company.
Will not the Judge of all the earth
do right? We now bow our hearts tc
Him in humble submission. The Lord
giveth and the Lord taketh away
blessed be the name of the Lord.
His Pastor and J. R. Isaacs.
Arti(icial Food is Latest Prediction
A future day when a large part o.
She world's food supply will be artificially
produced, emancipating man
from ufe dependance on the soil
was depicted in an address before t he
American Chemical Society Convention
in Washington recently by Dr
Alsburg, director of the food research
bureau ol" Lclar.d Stanford university.
IKcrc every reason t?? believe
I)r. At ivirg declared, thai the three
basic groups of food, tuffs? carbo
hydrates fat and animo a ids?can
or shortly will be produce4 by arti
ficial means. "Perhaps we shall al
ways be dependant on agriculture for
vitiminos," he said "but a system ol
agriculture relieved in anv materia
measure of the necessity of prouuc
ingj fuel foods would be an a&rricul
turc- very diti'erent from Miat of the
present."
heevyMojfi
? no* just happen. !
itcntion to walls, fun
itions.
i. Harmonious, rcstfu
i creating tluit home
lis purpose there is
iquid Satinoid.
I S lade in a variety
takes possible the tful:
C%Hanna's Liquid
Salinoid applied
to your wails will
ret' ia its b-auly
over an mutually i?H
lonP fir rind Full I r.?'
I direction; on kju
every can
Dependable Pain
II BOONE HA
BOONE.
j WHOLE BODY :
] ' IN
Morse, La.?Mrs. L. P. La
s bert, who has been a popu
r achool-teacher here for seve:
1 years, recently told a visitor
r her interesting experiences w
" CarduL
1 "Just before my . . . ca:
on, saia *irs. L-amoert, ~i woi
e ache all over. My feet, my to
1 my arms, hands, head?my wh
? body seemed to be in one aw
lt pain. I would grow so nerv<
that I could not hold a cup in ]
e hand. My husband would hi
i- to hold my coffee for me
r- drink. Last fall I was in sue]
? bad condition that I had to sp<
d about three days in bed ev<
i month. It seemed to me ths
ai was on my laat go-round."
ly Then one day, said Mrs. Li
;e bert, she happened to read ab
k-. Cardui and the experiences
to some women who had b
se helped by it "I felt that Car
,>r might help me if I tried it,"
id
FHE WATAUCA DEMOCRAT?E
Evereil Expedition Hopeful of Sue
ceu in Reaching Summit!
Ii Calcutta?''IF we don't get to th<
j lop f Everest this time ii will no
! be our fault," was the smiling assur
e ve of Gen. Bruce when he landet
i in Calcutta as the head of the nev
j expedition to climb the world's high
.; est pv ak "'I seldom felt fitter in m;
life and ad the other members of th>
i part\ appear to he lit similar condi
. tion.
ij "What we are all praying for is ;
:I late monsoon. The uuestion of whetl
> or we art* successful or not will de
pcnd largely on this, if the monsooi
> comes early our chances will be grea
ly reduced. On the other hand, if i
: keeps off till well in June, it wil
do us an infinite amount of good
A*- may be expected an excursion o
. this kind must inevitably depend 01
r lock in ' torn . but parli- uiar
. ly in the shape of propitious weath
er."
The general plans are similar t
i those of previous expeditions. Th
i start is to be made from Darjeelinjj
i Much care has been expended in th
, selection of equipment, numerous im
provements having been made on th
basis of a former experience.
"The present expedition" continue.'
the leader, "i$ intensely anxious t
, mu't the Tibetan government in e\
cry possible way. Every care will b
.J taken not to go against the least dc
i tail of its wishes. We appreciate th
[ kindly attitude of the Tibetans o
this and on oast occasion**. On th
. last trip we could not have been bet
ter treated."
il General Bruce stated that the scie
tilic work of the expedition would b
I similar to that of previous years e>
. cept that on this occasion it wa: hop
. ed to intensify observations end %,
secure a better photographic tecorc
. "We are as keen as mustard to be off
- he said, "for with all its hardship
" there is fun in it."
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m- continued, "for I had been si
lar fering with similar troubles
ral those mentioned there. I fc
of heard of Cardui all my life a
ith I knew many women who si
they had been helped by it. 1
me very next day I began to take
itld "Very soon after, I began
es, notice my improvement I k<
ole on till I felt like a differ)
ful woman. I gained in weight fr
>us 98 pounds to 115 and felt bet
my than I had in years. I took
ive bottles right along and found
to a splendid tonic. My suffer
h a was partly due to a run-do
md condition and the Cardui stir
err Lated my appetite and helped
it I to gain the strength I need
... I take a bottle every r
im- and then, even now, just a:
out tonic to keep up my streng
of but I am in better health tl
een I have been in for years."
dui All druggists tell Cardui. '
she it i
VERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C
j
Moths Easy to Mislead With IntiU- "I
tion Camphor
E- i*n. Germany. Millions of cam
pkor or moth bails rolling about the*
1 earth today are not true camphor ->
*1 sphere- at all. according to .German' ^
1 dentists who were responsible for !i
k' the production of a synthetic pro- e
" duct which has served vriows kinds of w
C experts including the well known _
e mot h.
Most of the real camphor comes!
from camphor trees growing on the ;
I jungled mountain slopes of the inter-'
h i ior of the island of Kormoso, off the :
" China coast. Synthetic camphor is as,
II j good for the moths, it is contended by
t the chemists as the real thing, but j
t not quite so beneficial it is admitted
. for "colds in the head."
' j
^ Laurcntic'* Sunken Treasure is Rapidly
Being Salvaged
London.?There are now only 154
l" i?ars of gold worth $1,200,000 on the
wreck of the Laurentic which was
? sunk during the war, and the salvage
e -hip racer will shortly endeavor to
' recover this, said Commander Da-j
L' mant in the course of a lecture at
" the Institution of Mechanical Kngie
leers.
Four boxes of gold weighing 110
lbs each were recovered in such short
? ime when the work started that ;t
seemed as if operations would be
c finished in a week. A fierce gale
sprang up, however, and the wreck
e collapsed, making salvage work very
n idiiiicult. Of the o.211 bars which went
e i down with t he ship 3.0o7 have been
" recovered during operations extendj
ing over six summers at. a cost of two
"land one half per cent.
Crops Raised in 1923 t.
.1 ;; Worth Twelve Billion
J I Washington. t*rops raised *
?*! iand live stork produced on
J American fanes lust year were y
,s worth *12.2<U .<?">< ion. the De I!
part mem of Agr-ulture report j
II si This was S'.Min.fHMi.ono I!
" ihan in 1922. The total includes
| *9.OftH,O0O.0tM? for crops and *<?. II
M ** for uniniHl itnulocis. "*
loss StiO.OtMl.iHiO. the value of II
| ' | r'ops fed to live stock *"
! The wheat crop was worth
\\ $726.* *N 1,000 us compared with " |
is? !.iw ??.iKk> in 1922 and
* | KMi.tMHt in 19V.' J
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TICKLING THROAT
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Kindliest Man Alivr" Now Becomes ^
British Hangman and
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M* ;-< he>ter Engiam! -\Vi am Wil?
of Ardwick, near h? re. why is de- (
ribed by his wife a- "the kindlh-st
tar. alive'" is t?> be the nev public
xeciitioner t<> succeed John Eilis, l,n! r
ho recently retired. "He
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Silvertowns are buil
highest standard of t
not down to a pric
they cost no more tJ
cords
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buy a shoddy job ot panic
Painting, Pape. Hangir
Decoratii
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Boone, N. C . Tel
Bargains
ffering the entire stock of (
dise of the Boone Grocery
i bulk or at retail in the builc
cupied by the Ellis Dept
rhis line consists of Groceri
hoes etc.
IOES AND SLIPPERS W1
SOLD AT BILL COST
o
J. S. Winkler
T rustee
PAGE THREE
*H - is a native of Manchester,
has heen assistant hangman for
it\ years. Wlu o he h not en?i
lis|>at'.,hin|f criminals to
?; ?>m ht works a- an engraver,
i- u v .?;M nev< r jjuess my huju
l na> a hangman," his wife said.
- ' h?- kindliest man alive.**
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General
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