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PAGE FOUK Ortic ?Hatauga Democrat. R. C. RIVERS. Editor and Owner. Published Every Thursday by THE RIVERS PRINTING CO. Subscribers wishing their addresses changed will please favor us by giving the OLD as weU as the NEW address. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year .... $1..50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 Payable in Advance P.i.. nH A; Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect. Obituaries, etc. are charged for at the regular advertising rates i Articles sent for publication without! giving the name of the writer wiH not1 under any circumstance be published Entered at the postoffice at Boone N. C. as second class mail matter. Thursday May 22. 1924. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE The public >ch??ol property in this state i? '-rivrn an assessment of $4 7. 000,000. 1 oe.jily 'he impression seems to pri ul 'hat Mecklenburgf is carrying a heavy -ehooi debt, but? t ,lt?v tb.r t# ? fi i'u:inti(>s i?r?> paying more tv. -habitant than this county pays Even '.no little far eastern county of Pasquotank ranks eleventh county ahead of Mecklenburg. We had supposed from the way that Winston -Salem is nvesting ir. pub lie schools that For > th would stand at the head of the ]ist in investment per capita, and yet Forsyth is four ru-inhers H?!ow Mecklenburg. Durham has the distinction of being tie leader .?? public sohi" I investment on' the basi?c of cost per inhabitant. Each citizen of Darhati county has $40.0s , cents assess ?i agaii s: him to the account of public ? Is. Clay count*, is a1 the foot the lass with $4 ds These fads are di-d sid through he ?<eanlu- of 'h?- ndustrious young man ilobb>, v ho makes regular con- j trihuUo!!- to t;i Ci;ivtM si;\ News l.ett? r. g. reM a !y causing people to i revise their notion- <<n existing t* 1 * conditions, tp*'for>- g ong into JG*- gen trrai disclosu.cg in North Carolina public school investments., we might mark the fact that the investment per mhab t;: in Mecklenburg C $-4 Mr Hobbs g o\vs enthusiastic over the fact that it is doubtful if any state in the union of anything like the wealth and population of North I'nriii iw: .. i I <> i ii .: . k. r .. t* public - hool property crease.- during the 'ast two d?c,ail( in 1000 when the now day in Carolina wa< just beginning to dawr. all hoi public school property was valued at around 51,000,000, or le.-s than 50 cts. per inhabitant. In 100-1 it was i c?ported at $1,008,675; in 1010 the value of school property was reported to be $5,rt63,00u: in 1915 at $10,134,000; in 1919 it $16,295,000. and ?n 1923 the total value of all -choot property was reported to be approximately $-17,000,000! It is much larger today for during the la>i year North Carolina has been spending more or. school buildings than ever before in her history. due mainly to the loans made to the State to the consolidated rural community schools. Forty seven times as much school property in the State in 1923 as in 1900?an increase of 1,600 per cent in 23 years! That is a record that any state might well be proud of! And yet the 1924 record will throw the 1923 record into the shade. It is interesting to note that since 1919 the value of school property has increased from $16,295,000 to $47,0OO,000, or an increasi of nearly 200 per cent in four years. The vaiue 01 scnooi propeny increased twice as much in the four years following 1019 as in the l.? preceding; years! There are ten counties ir North Carolina any one of which had a larger total investment *n school property in 1928 than the entire State had in 1000. Buncombe county alone had two and a half times as much school property in 1923 as the State had in 1900; Mecklenburg and Forsyth each had more than twice as much, and Durham had almost twice as much. There are nine other counties, either of which in 192.1 could almost match the total value of Slate school property in 1900. The 10 counties of the State each of which had more than a million dollars worth of school property in 1923, are in order: Buncombe, Meek lenburg, Forsyth, Guilford. Durhair Wake. Wilson, Iredell. Rockingham v?j)d New Hanover.?Charlotte Ob nerve r. WHY SCRUBS, ANYWAY? A great deal has been said about pure-bred stock and their superiority over scrubs. B^ht the case has not been overstated. It may be perhaps, that some ol the herd-book promoters have claimed more for paper pedigrees than they arc worth in practical farming it n?a\ he that good grades arc jus ; as profitable at times as expens-vshow-ring individuals, but the grea , and significant differ* -ee is betwec! the good grades and the coinrnoi | scrubs. And the moment tanning passe the fro.it v stage rh? scrub become ! an incxeus&bie waste. This doctrine has been wide); urea, lied wit): referer . to beef cat tl? and hops. It is just as imp i | ant ail down the line The hen that lays -00 eggs cost hardly more for her keep than tru I one that lays forty eegs a year am ; -teals her nest to do that many.' The difference between good pedi ed com and scrub coin from th< crib is bushels an acre with th j .-ame cost of growing. The difference between the sanr kinds of seed wheat js one hundr<< j per cent in yield. Between certified and inspects ! seed potatoes and the common ston variety the same enormous discrep j ancy always prevails With onion or carrots or celery the principh holds absolutely. Why should any man, therefore tolerate nubbins, scaihons and cull: when ahigha rgeropcdcutad when a high grade pr< duct, can r?t grown at the sum*- The sea! lions, culls and scrul not only re fu.-e t;? pay, cost of production bu a hen they get to mark t they be;*, down the price on the quality good: where hope of proht lies. The one explanatio: for the exis tence of the scrub -< ub farming As long as there a?e scrub farmer.following a scrub Agriculture, there will he rub corn, scrub oats, scrub hen . scrub horses, scrub hogs and sci congressmen. Let's make it unanimous and abolish all scrubs.?Country Gentleman. BUILDING AND LOAN (Cnivc-<;ty Nov hotter. J . ?orth Carolina : - of the few Southern states in wh: building and oai ?cia!ions hi." made gratify ing progies-. This '.h- more re it .. . le i! view ?.f * fact that w 1 n ho - . it t? > .mi very few cities of even moderate size. A* cording *e tabic carra i i the Mantt facturers Record. Nor?h Carolina hat 2 i lilt: u .if.d .... association in 11*22 with a total membership <> . tit- 1 asset- ef >-1 l,398,h ' ! While the assets of ah the associa ons in the United States have doun led -incc 11*18. the assets of !\ortl Carolina associations have nearl; 1 trebled. North Carolina has more buildin; and loan associations than any othe ?i-uth??r?\ .'iiiil iinlv ia?vnn vtatA in the Union outrank us in th number of associations. Howevei due to the smailness of our town: seventeen states rank ahead of us 1 total membership and in total asset: Vet considering the fact that onl four states have a larger rural popu lation ratio, and the additional fat that our towns are small, our ran of eighth in number of association and seventeenth in membership an assets speaks well for the thrift o the small cities and towns n thi : - late. As we have said before, the build ing and Joan nlan of saving for home i? an American idea. It is I most excellent and economical mean I of laving aside for a home and ais | is an e reel lent way to save nones wmmmmmmmammmmsmmaamm J^Plly That's the Answer of customers who hare banked wit us for years given to inquirers wh purpose opening: account. Prove the answer for yourselvt by tiring: us your business. We will show you every considers tion and courtesy a banking: institi ; tion can. Small accounts just as we come as large ones. i In our Savings Department we pa i interest at 4 per cent. Opea your account with as. i ' Bank of Blowing Rock Blowing Rock, N. Ci R. D. JENNINGS^" DENTIST (Office Over Watauera County BanI : BOONE N. CAR< Patients from a distance would c 1 well to wTite and have appointmen 1 arranged beforehand. THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT??V 11 because the associations pay high (M dividends in the form of accumulated t | interest and savings arc tax exempt, n j Ami as we have said before the i same plan which is now used so extensively and successfully by city *' people can be used by the farmers *?f s N'oith Carolina as fl*e laws oi ?.ne State provide for the organization V and operation of rural building and - *asso nations. Local group- ??f farmers >hou!d look into the poss' biluies of such associations for the > plan will work for them just as well ' as it works for urban dwellers. The I farmers of Ohio have been operating building and loan associations for - several years. e DOUBLE KILLING OCCURS IN NEIGHBORING COUNTY c ; 1 (Ashe Recorder.) I The report has just reached the J, office of the Recorder that a double H killing took place near Chestnut Hill - Wednesday afternoon when John s'SauSt killed his wife and then took p j his own life. As reported to the Recorder Mr. Saults returned home from West Virginia last Saturday, that he had been badly abusing his wife since his re j turn, that be had tied and whipped -j her several times. Wednesday after . noon she got away from him and t j went to the home of one of the n?*i ghhors. Sault- followed her. When ''he found her h< took a pistol and j began shooting at her. She ran thru - j the house but he followed, contmu-' ir:g to shoot until he had shot at ' j her niiM times, catching and hold' j irtg her for the last shot which pre ' : ved to be fatal. He then returned I to his home, trot another cartridge and hot himself through the toni pie. A BAD EXAMPLE Gov. Morrison should curb h;: I chauffeur or discharge him. For tl i third time, the newspapers repor. - un giio-'i natoi ial ear has been halted for vi.eatin.tr tintTie regulations. T! . tii-; time the governor handed over he pi e. The second time (at. Hills boro) he was indignant and declan . ja purpose to tight the case in court 1 .ii.i h" probably bluffed it out >| co'.ut as nothing more was heard 1*1 ' The third time the guvernoi's Dixie Theater V SATURDAY MAY 24thr "THE GRAIL' MONDA' ALL ^TAI THE VALLEY ( i. THUKSDA1 >' I JACK H GALLOI k THIS IS ONE OF THE GRE EVER PUT 0!> d WATCH THIS SP si I- I????? ;; 1 |H.!i i::n::ni jjp IP ^ r h Wiiiiir ^oes 1 / Bec? ",: I they pr< I greates I for the < ; \ and hi family I When better autos are bi t> j1 F. M. RICHARD. 1 W. H. GRAGC, Boone, N. C. ERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C j chariot bumped into another car and The governor vias invited to physical combat by the aggrieved party. Annoably settled 01: the governor's promise to pay nil damage. Gov. Morri' son has stood straight for law enforcement. His record in that rechallenges comparison. The automobile incidents may seem small bin the Governor of North Carolina houiid not allow his car to ret the example of \iolatihg the speed regu iation^. Ai best there is more thar enough of that sort of lawlessness? lawlessness that is serious enougt because of the continuing menace? (i is surprising that Gov. Morrison would be guilty of it. And it i* teport too. that the incidents mentioned are not the only times the governor's car has fractured the ^peed laws. There have been boast.4 of record runs between Raleigh nnti Charlotte, the gossips say. LETTER FROM AGED TEXAN \Y. L. Bryan Esq. hands us the following letter with the request thai it he published: Dear Mr. Bryan: I write you a few lines to state that 1 am a sor of Krvin Triplett, and was born or I Elk Creek at the mouth of Cami Branch in Watauga county, Nortl Carolina in 1872 and in 1S81 i am motht r ttanie to Texas, when the west was wild and wooly. I have visited my old home one time since leaving. This is a great country, where onci the wild cattle horses and antelopt roamed, but are seen no more. I have seen the Indians as they were when grandfather and his comrades drove them from the east across intc the Indian territory, now Oklahoma. Texas is the greatest state in the Union, yet it has its disadvantages* as well as advantages. I love old North Carolina, my native state, and will never forget where our forefathers enjoyed the free running waer from the mountain tops of those beautiful North Carolina Hills. I suppose )'01; have road of the -.treat oil boom it; Kauffman county. Tex. There have been over a half million dollars spent in and around McCoy for lease- and royalties or ami where th< e'l companies think they will Iii:?1 oil Soir.r >1" the farmer* vho own the land have leased it foi one hundred dollar^ per acre yel < lourl House ?DUSTIN FARNUM IN A big novel I" NIGHT I CAST IN )F LOST SOULS f MAY 28th OXIE IN ?1NG ACE ATF.ST WESTERN PICTURES I THE SCREEN ACE EACH WEEK viii ^Wi(ty A Buick use | rheel Brakes?} luse J >vide the J\\ t safetv M1} ? 1 * jff\ 1 ,'(' ! 3 i'l |[f!S lilt Buick Will Build Then 5, 6?cB?r Elk, N. C. Chat. E. GREEN, Bakersville, N. C ! they !urvn'* struck oil. They arf ! drilling in -ever hundred fwt of my j I store mow at u depth of twenty-five [ | hundred fee-, if they get oil I will J I be a rich man. and if they fail i will] ?I have made some money any way.; wvi>. ;ur. nrynn. i o?ms i kijow wnpin | lei you remember me or not- I was in Boone 17 years ago. I would be1 I glad to see you again. George Triplet! stopped with you last year Have this letter published in your county , paper. I Yours as ever. I. TRiri.F.TT ESTATE OF GENERAL CARR IS HELD AT $300,000.00 Durham. May 21.?The will of the late General Julian S. Corr was til i ed for probation with the clerk of Superior court here this afternoon, invo'vinc the disposition of an es-. tale valued at $250,000 to $"100,O0? H ts two sons, Claiborne Carr and i Ai i in Carr get one half of the estate, grand children and Thomas M Gorman, his secretary, the other! half, including holdings in Texas,! and Oklahoma. The western prop- j irtii> will go to the University of , .Wvth Carolina, Trinity College, I)ur I.am public library, old ladies, home, and '-durational institutions in China established by the General. Numerous smaller bequests were I made, fits stenographer gets $500 i and a number of servant? $200 eaA. I A' >re time General Carr was re- i pu '(i to be the wealthiest man in North Carolina. Ail his life he gave generously to educational and re- j ligioiis institutions. ?DR. ALFRED W. DULfl W BYB SPECK A 1.181 \ ,*affl58^ T O SEE BE ITER I S*?s* SEE DUlft 17 Year's Exper.encr B , The Best Equipment Obtainable j? I Glasses Fitted Exclusively ^ MARTIN BLOCK, LENOIR. K ti _lf 5011 got It from I'l t.A. li > ,\ 11 KirUu I WAtlH 1 Al-LUKUK UATr >. A. I Wnov^I "Save the Surface I his is the slogan facturers of favorabl States. Our line of paints having the best paint had from the fact pe dependable are the li Come in and let u painting your home. We have just unlc Wire Goods and can s you may want, or nee rabbit fence in 4 and Barbed wire at $3 lasts. Stoves and Ran Wagon Tire^Rod Iroi ing, Uaisy Churns, z you need every day. Our line of builder: at all times in fact ter assortment of He the country. Why send away fr you need when you always as cheap, que Let's make this th community. Slogan: Watch Boor Nissen Wagons, Oliv ' Deerinj BOONE HARDV MAY 22, 1924 ? | If You Want tt? Have Friendt Don't contradict people even you are sure you are unless * so nr. principle of character is in* volveii Don't he inquisitive about the affairs of even your most intimate friend. Don't undre rate anything hera use you don't possess it. Don't conclude that you have never had any opportunities in life. Don't believe everybody else is happier than you. Don't believe ail the evil you hear. Don't repeat gossip even if it does interest a crowd. Don't jeer at anyone's religious beliefs. Loan: to hide your aches and pains 'inder a pleasant srrile. Few care whether you have the earacheheadache or rheumatism. Learn to attend to your own business?very important point.?Detroit Yout.k Men. jpm SjaChew il after iffiSrt | every meal I > ] H sllinulato f &Y I appetite and | V (fc * gi>! al*'s dlocstlon. i I It makes your - v | t<K>d do you more Wn '.'Wtost-t! good. Note how It relieves that slully feeling alter hearty eating. isp g-f. mat Up! and You Save All" of all the paint manue repute in the United is complete and we are business we have ever ople have learned how mes we carry. s discuss the matter of >aded another car of ;erve you with anything d. Plnty of poultry and ^ 5 feet heights. t Tk i ?i-:i ~ ^ JJCI 5JJUU1 Willie It iges. Harness, Wagons, n, Lime, Cement, Roofmd many other things s' hardware is complete you will not find a betirdware in this part of om home tor the goods can get them here and ility considered. ie banner year for our le and Watauga grow. er Chilled Plows, and * ? Mowers VARE COMPANY . I
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