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? OCTOBER *7. IW *' l fflEAZOUSMIDATLANTIC CENTEf B| Flierj A!?ght and Citle .Radiate; interesting Informatioj Group of Islands that Figun -So Much in Lh?- Day's New Washington. Ocu 20.?When M.s Elder tried to fly across? thi ^Atlantic and dropped Into the sej; near the Azores she failed in he - .purpose but emphasized the iacreas ing importance of the Azores as mid-Atlantic communication center says a bulletin from the Washingtoi headquarters of the National Geo graphic Society. "And within the Azores, groin Pavel is the most important .- fa mb contact, with the outside world i concerned. Sao Miguel is larger urn Augra. the capital on Terceira, i- ; ^Abetter port, than Hcrta. on Fayal. jaJSP "But Fayal is tin' comniumcatioj fiub of the Atlantic, with spoke jpgt reaching out to Europe, the tw? Americas and Africa. Or. Fayal Is land there are four cables companies two American, one Enblish and om German. There are more than 151 young 'news pushers,' as the dis operators are called. an< ^i-'.^ach group has its own mess. **Arriving: at Faval in the daytbrn One sees a ribbon of road around th< island, and the white-washed village "With a church for a pendent anion-, the ivorv bits that are strung aloaj this 35-miie ci rcular tour. Out nea seme detache drocks near the wcs end there is a lighthouse which ap .pears at first to be a minaret. Fron there to Horta. the town, is a steel dieelivity several hundred feet higl ix) that the road has to sweep up t? avoid washing itself to death in th< stealing surf. "Amid smiling seas the Azores Jrorn November to March, usual); wear a cloud blanket, so that thi fine cone of Pico. which inds Uk< Orange Pekoe but simply mean fjleak,' is hidden as an approachiri} Sphip swings to the north. Pico ha k O^separate island to itself and sinci SKPico is an active voicano this is a it .should be. S! "Twilight iiiid fallen when th. -writer's vessel finally crime alongside th.- fairy town of Horta. now madi j jttp ol" white blotches against a dan SjanHlside with electric lights hidinj ?JShe details like a nun's candles dor dfing the change of scene in Th. -Miracle.' I fort a is not rcaUy a port fjgpjince it lacks a green liglu to com ffigblcinent the fed one in the end of th< /.single breakwater. So passenger: SSSflantl niiiluuiu-h which tosses up an< gfldowii in the swell and gives the folk a thrill for their money, tag "A Portuguese, with wide-brim '* ' rr.oci fuzzy bat, V-neck white sweats Sjjhand side-burns, ran tlie launch. H< look n liking- to lis and showed u. around the town which, like a eeitcii flower, had folded it elf up witl ' "the setting of the sun. J- "Ilorta's chief claim to fame seem to he that Mark Twain and the cubh |||-companies have honored it with thcii S5j.~atter.tion. Mark said somethinf ? ahobt a tiny fort here which woult gtt .have U> be taken .back up the vol fee canic slopes in ease of war That va: fetin the days before the Azores wort Hjifthe iiiighting spot for traiisncoanii t9 flights. The fort has not growt t away. "Herts greets-, one with a mo an ; sidewalk in the Portuguese style ant many of its building? are faced wit! SSj glistening tile so that as one walk: down the street at night lie seems t, be threading his way along sonic pe culiav bathroom in an old Mogul pa! Si, aee or a Chicago boarding house grt The solid-wheeled ox-carts wet, gs parked at odd points here and .then E? and. in the night time, the only ie hicles to be bad are automobiles. "The street as we walked down it and passed so many eliurche-- (ha Hort.-i seemed to be the Bokhara o the Catholic world, was being usei for sentimental purposes, tor Horti has its mighty rehearsals of the bal cony scene from Komeo ami Juliet & The balconies are narrow ard long looking like simple bits of steel ienci hung up on display. "Our ride-burr.e.i mentor took u. to a movie theater fronted with sal moii tiles. We secured a box in thi lower of three horse-.-hoes atoun, which the town was arranged. I ? the social strata maintained tlrt-i PL-same relative positions at home tha Ofehev do in the theater, then the Hor ' ti palaees would be down near thSks sea and the iowber and more, grim; Sj members oi society up near the lav: line above the main part of thi 5s town. Eg "From June to September thsB whole island of Faya! is marked ou $r. with biue and white hydrange: iy ncdgcs and is one of the lovelies 5 spots on earth, with sometime e smoking Pico 'Fnjiyamaing' in th< background. "The Azores are certainly the re i suit of tremendous volcanic erup I tons that have continued to change r their physical aspect ever since thei 5 discovery in the fifteenth century i On every hand are evidences of for t mer upheavals, from the gray iav. 1 stones that are used in the construe tion of houses and the building o roads to the underlying streaks o ashes that are visible in places when the surface soil has washed away and the many cup-shaped crater ani beautiful lakes on the tops of <:h< mountains. "Violent earthquakes have (lis iA turbed the Azores during the cen ! About V our Health >1 !; t TEKNGS YOU SHOULD KNOW b Bv John Joseph Guinea, M. D. ? 1 ' i t: *, V ANTS INFORMATION \ )' - " Bj A mueh-appreciatec reauer :t\ i j F'reepiirt. Texas, asks: "Can you. oi'jr I' any of the other doctors let! me j where 1 can obtain the BUG remedy j I j for tuberculosis'.'" She give? her | " i reasons for making the request, and i " M encloses a newspaper clipping as ai r' basis for her inquiry. ' [ have never heard of this treat-. ~~ x nient?which is not strange, corisiu ? ering the hundreds of theories tried . x out annuaiiy. in our struggle- with - this seemingly uncouquerjfble enemy. The clipping states that tb.c p vaccine hud beer, used in the Pasteur : Institute for about thirteen years; s then i would write to the Pasteur i;:1 stitute for definite information i In the meantime, there are procedures of undoubted value in tu:i berpuloW of adults which are not s out of our reach; the patient should j reside in a feu'- or sleep'nir porch. _ where outdoor air i- available at all . hours, ff the casr. is at ai! ad, vaneed, enforced rest ir, bed is im) perative. with ali the sui.iiifht pos.! sibie. Feed to the limit of soierance i! with milk, cream, egg? and even fat; ! meats. There is no known successe tul medicinal treatment, although, . i ouite a few remedies are heinfiF as _ | any good physiciar. v. i\\ vetify. r! I have a neighbor of sixty, who ha:-, i used the open-air and diet, method r! for years?has had "T-B" abou: ; \ forty years; he attends to his bust-: I'.ess now. every day of the week. At ,1 times, he has been stricken with \ , I hemorrhages?the end seemed near. r; i c j t? turids since their discovery. The an-' ij nals of the island vie with those oi ;i Italy in graphic accounts of the: t- ever-interesting and terrible volcanic I phenomena. Cities were buried,! mountains disappeared and sent their s' ashes to unbelievable distances; isr iands hundrus of feet high suddenly; ^ appeared and a? suddenly disappear> ed, and flames of fire illuminated s whole islands ahd their interveai :ig i waters."' REPORT OF COND BANK OF BLO -I at Blowing: Rock. <r, the State of Nmrtl ! October, It), IPtlT. .1 kr. mil k , Loan:; and Dmcouiics Demand !.oan j Overdrafts, -ecuresi ami unsecured . 1 All other stocks. tioiui and mortgage- ( * Banking house, $2,750; furniture nad Ail other real estate owned _ Cash in vauit and net amounts due fr< Trust Companies ~ Cash Items held over 2t hour. Cheeks for Clearing i . 1 TOTAL - . , LI A BILL j Capital Stock paid in ' Suiplus fund J Undivided Profit?, less current expense; Bills payable .. .. ' Deposit.-: subject to check. Individual ~ Time Certificates- of Deposit, due in ic * Cashier'.- checks outstanding . " Time Certificates of Deposit, due or. or 1 TOTAL j STATE Of NORTH CAROLINA?Cou L J. T. Miller, Cashier of the aboc ' i that the above statement is true to the 1 Subscribed. :irfd sworn to before rn J. H C of S Vj. Gram* t jT GOMME ? No Mafter what your burinca? regardless of weather or road coni dition*?if you need %-toii trans* ( portation, a Graham Brothers Commercial Car will serve you faithfully and economically. t Somewhere?probably in your own 1 neighborhood?transportation problems similar to yours have been solved. 2 Everywhere leaders in every line of business have staked their reputation for fast, dependable service on Graham Brothers %-ton Com* merciat Cars?4722 fleets in daily e operation. You Otwc it to Yourself to know the facts before buying. McC-ONNELL IV f BOONE; 1 Graham E Sold and Scry. flfVft V T A sss TRU< [ HE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E o douot of the diagnosis at ail. A ,'onrierfu! demonstration of what a:i be uor.e with absolute rest and ceding?measure:- that should not e neglected in serious disease from his cause. I do not blame any paier.t for trying anything new?proided always that it be absolutely armless, both physically and Snaniaily. There are thieves who would ob the seriously ill. Fair Enough Teacher: Ar.d now, children, give te the definition of a husband. Tommy: It's something no resectable family should be without. SAVE -with SAFETY latfltyoura/f DRUGSTORE Gauzets, The Perfect Sanitary Napkins that prevent any i rriation. The uiiderlayer protects the iothing". tore and more women are demar.dig gauzets because of the proteeio?? and comfort49" Box of one dozen BOONE DRUG CO. tho 3ksaH -few* BOONE. N. C. ITiON OK THE WING ROCK t Carolina, at the closo of business CE$ $180,288.18 . . ...... o.175.00 ...... 151. r. 0 May view Con. Co.) 1,500.00 fixtures, $2080.20 5.430.20 8,877.25 >n\ Banks. Bankers and 14,802.20 350.23 _ ?<- - -tv?o.ov> 5215,28102 riES $ 10,000.00 13,500-00 s and taxes. pa:d 4,105.50 - IV,000.00 V-- 95,003.OS ?S than 0 daw_ 11,2.15.51 682.27 after 80 days 27,680.40 - ?215,281.02 nty of Watauga, Oct. 10, 1927. e named Bank, do solemnly sweatiest of mv knowledge and belief. J. T.. MILLER, Cashier, e, this 2ist day of October. 1927. . GREEN, Justice of the Peace, orrect ?Attest: T. K. COFFEY, SMITH HAG AlvlAN. Directors. xWce: r a ^4 Ton f Brothers kcial car, *6 TU. ouss* fl[ taaocntorr IOTOR CO. M. C. Brothers niWJF* dL^ Buxicbv Track Divi. WEVCP&^?e VERY THCaSOAY?SOONE. K. C. Dee rd i}J.!Vi"Go'*i>'ess, Have yvu been in ait j j accident"" ! "Do you e*ro?nrii*r that play of| mine ^ p,r^r2.c?'j other i I night'.'" ! "Yei.*' I "Well. they called foe the ae.oorj at the end, end unfortunately J j 'didn't realize hew, nuicfe they;wanted I me." I THINK.? 4 j Mjwe Money? ; | In this week's -svjse of The Demo-1 icrat the Watauga County Bank U j starting a Thrift Campaign in thiss community. They have iliifeeh farj I their trade mark a squirrel. Fig ib.yir? | slogan they will use the words:] j THINK. HAVE MONEY. Tbis trade j i mark ami slogan are 'Veil cti0efi. j I Our country is afflicted by ox- j : travagance and wild-cat speculation.; ; We will all be better off if we cut j j off extcavasrar.cp aijttj cut our hi tin or' at get-rich-quick scheme*. ft> trustj and feci that, the Watauga County j Sank will ha. c the co-operation of the entire community in this cam; paign of thrift ar.d in keeping cur i no net at home t> sustain artti ,de vclop our Hot as Industries. This j paper 1- with this movement good I and strong. : %'V j THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN rrs THE MAN BEHIND the gun who raaK-ts it formidable; and it's the met', behind a Bank who -take it coneerva1 rive. in ;,i. , i .nine.-.- transactions th..- Bank seek? not popularity to- :tseif. but ,-afety for it.- depositor?. We seek to he accommodating?wo are| always courteous?but the I mainien. r.i a ? our standards. ,-.f oi,iSSr..otUm ... i * 444,4 a:?f|s -v;?a us the, tirsi eon- | i sideratiou. i It" you admire standards of conseivatt-m. may we be ravorec with l your business and honored by n ;>er?ohui call? Bank of Blowing Rock Blowing Rock. N'. C. mmmmmrnvm**,** ' i i ' **'"' i j exf ! 'in ti popu brarw j n Vara billio . ?w, ?./. a^oJd. Toteas Co?W, Wiaitoo-Solem, N. C. 1 ? hrm Cold wea little effed gine perf( with gaso is made r year'roan Ana A a a ? STAN JL gaso: jtsaHi Made in the Ca.ro I i ATTENTION, Ml "NOW IS THE 1 TO LIME YOU Wo. aro operating the Lime Pho Johnson County, Tennessee, and are eustomeiss pulverized lime phosphate and 100-pound basts from our liins a MR. J.;M. MORETZ is our local may he seen at bis store in Boone, sired information. We have now pientv of lime 01 your truck while the road? are good. BRISTOL QUARRU P. O. 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