TWO
hooFer lIadsln
big straw poll
Vote Now at 559,806 for Hoover!
and 499.122 for S-tuith; Balloting i
Ahead of Expectations: No De-|
cisive Swing Either Way
Balloting in the natxonrtyidt straw
poll conducted through 2,000 country
newspapers the cyuirtry over has
to date far exceeded the expectations
at the Autocaster News Service by
which The Defeu'.iat ;s sewed apt!
throinrh which national organization
the poll is take There have been
well over a million votes tabulated.
However. It is pointed out nothing
decisive can lie ascertained. Hoover
remains consistently in the lead but
hi* advantage is slight. He has
551).SOK vnas. 8S I'mr.nnr.nl with!
499,122. Mathematically, the difference
between these two figures i
seems >;uite large, but on a percent-,
age basis the difference is snail.'
Hoover claiming >rjy 52.8 per cert
of the totai. When the first compilation
oi results was made the Rc-!
publican nominee had received 68;
per cent of the total vote. Sincej
then ius percentage has been going
down slowly, but this weeks reports;
registers him another slight gain.
The general tendency of the vote,
however, seems to be to 'eve'n up."j
Smith constantly approaching Hoovers
figure, then falling back. The
same is true of the poll being taken
by the Hearst newspapers where'
opinions of a half million voters
have been registered. Hoover has
been leading by about 10,000 votes.
The fascinating thing about all1
this is that straw votes in previous
years have shown entirely different
tendencies, the man to win being
generally away to the fore. In the
last campaign at this time the Hearst;
poll reported twice as many votes
for Coolidge as for Davis. Party
lines arc reported to be slackening
and Autoeaster predicts a very close
anil exciting battle. whereas in
1924 at this stage of the game the;
organization had definitely counted
Cooiiiige elected.
A vote being taken by the New.
York Daily News gives Smith SO,T81*
and Hoover lie,201. These votes
were taken ftoin New York state,
alone, The Yonkers (N. Y.) Her
tid giv^s Miiuh a leac! ol less than a;
thousand, while the Farm Journal, uj
national organ, gives 12,7-12 toi 1
Hoover and 11,405 to Smith.
The interesting thing , it may be' <
pointed out about the Autocaster' t
poll, the largest yet tabulated, is that; >
it is being taken through the small :
town papers ami necessarily repre-;
sents :uis! opinions.
ONLY LIVING EX-PRESIDENT I
HAPPY ON 71 ST BIRTHDAY i
: i
Washington. Sept. 15.?This is a :
bis day for a jolly big mart up ut !
Murray Bay. Quebec.
it is the birtnday ?f Will-am Howard
Tail, who has kept a cheery disposition
through four years at the
White House, other years in exacting
administrative duties shifted tog
him by the American government,!
and more year; as chief justice of!
the United State? supreme court.
tie is 71 years old today. Most of!
the .American residents at Poir.teAu-Pic,
where his summer home is
located, are congratulating him and.,
the Canadians living at the settle-:
M?rt tVi iyti-av imp iriininr
in.
The birthday always demonstrates I
the great affection in which lite
chief justice is held by his Murray
Bay friends. They have had prepay-j
td birthday cakes'ir. great profusion,j
large and small, and arranged to.
shower upon him flowers and other:
tokens of remembrance.
Members of his immediate family
?Mrs. Taft. his daughter Helen and j
her husband, his two sorts,. Robert;
and* Charles and their wives, and his;
eleven grandchildren*?Wire there tci
make the dav memorable.
i -- ?- '
Six thousand people from manyj
parts of North Carolina gathered at;
Belhaven Thursday to celebrate the:
opening of the newest link in the
inland waterway fvem Boston to
Kc-y West, Fla. The lir.k connect;
the Alligator river with the Panto
river by a 12-foof ditch 22 miles in
length. It eliminates the treacherous
waters of the Pamlico sound,
since the beginning of time feared;
by huntsmen and yachtsmen going
along the north and south inland j
route. Congressman Warren, cx-j
Congressman John H. Smail and j
Hon. Josephus Daniels were the prin-!
cipal speaker:-.
I ???
I .4 Flighty Young Man
Pa, ihi youngcM 'ni rani in the
transcontinental air races from New
York to Los Angeles. . .
THIS WEEK
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
IF WAR VANISHED
PAIN AND SUFFERING
ABOLISHING POVERTY
PADLOCKS FOR HOMES?
I Ib?*t pack outfeviac war is signed,
and for the present, nations
seem to take it seriously.
Snppoc-e "he improbable should
! happen. and al! '.ations suddenly
] abandon war. What would happen?
! Earth's population has been regui
lated by war, disease and inluine.
Machinery and better government,
have practically eliminated famine.
Science has almost eliminated the
; o'ajrues that tilled wholesale. Xo
| more "Black Death." W it'n war
Soil!}; km: would prevent growth
of population greater than the earth
could sustain?
Divine Wisdom, ruling the earth,
is probably able to solve that problem
as it has taken care of others,
including the most difficult, how to
keep populations growing in spite of
war. plague and famine.
The Rev. Dr. Aucr. who teaches
philosophy at Tufts College, says
men should not seek to avoid pain
ant! suffering but to understand
both.
Thar, is better than the old theory
that God actually wanted men to
suffer.
When anaesthetics were first used
the clergy of Britain denounced them
as interfering with God's wishes.
God wishes us to suffer when we
have our legs cut off. ant! men most
not interfere with His plans by using
chloroform, thus cheating the
Lord, said the preachers.
An ingenious doctor answered, to;
the confusion of clergymen, quoting
the book of Genesis, asserting that
the Lord was the one to use anaesthetics
when He "caused a deep sleep
to fail upon Adam" before removing
or.o of Adam's ribs to make Eye.
Men should understand pain and
suffering, of course, as the reverendi
philosopher Auer says. But they
should also concentrate on eliminating
both by scientific means, and especially
by abolishing poverty.
The best thing in Herbert Hoov-j
L'l's speech if siereritmiee the beef
?V ? 1
thing said by any presidential otn:lidale
since Liflccin. was his Etatolient
expressing tht hops that by
riving every man a job. well paid.'
joverty may be mads :o disappear.
in Minnesota prohibition official?
threaten to padlock wet homes.
Quite n surprise for the Minnesota
ploughman homeward plodding
tis weary way. or children from the'
lublic schools to find the front anil
uck door padlocked, and be com-1
polled to sleep in the garage.
One way to kill a thing is to itiake
it ridiculous.
Seven thousand miles happens to
be the- distance in straight line,
across the Pacific ocean. Planes
able !to make that trip ought to interest
us.
But tee haven't any air ministry.-:
Our government doesn't yet veaib.ej
that airplanes really exist. This na-.
tion. richest in the world, depends;
tin private individuals to develop the;
airplane We may pay for that some
day and be compelled to call on
British airplanes to help us as wehad
to call on British ships to help
us in the big war.
What we tire saving cow on airplanes
may cost us a thousand dpi?
iars tor rvn<? saivia una riot
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| LONG
FARM
| AT 6 PER CE:
J Semi-annual partial repaynn
i Put your farm on a business ba
? LOAN running; ir
|? Clean up?Paint up?Mt
5 a healthier 1
5 Loans made promptly on impro
i Paying off Existing Inde
Tj a - -fi 1"? 1 - *
tr raymeiii 01 ?>ajance 01 i
i Improving Soil, Purchas<
5 Purchase of Fertilizer a
jj| Remodeling Farm Bui'di
I New Barns. Dwellings,
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THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVI
^cmP5ey Becomes Ac/or j
i:iCk iiinl"
Taylor), as they appeared starring in
the new play on Broadway called |
"The Big Eight."
The Latest Out
An elderly lady entered a shop,
arid asked to be shown some table.-'
cloths.
The salesman brought some, but
nothing seemed to suit her. "Haven't
you anything- new?" she asked. The
perspiring shopman brought another
I ? = 1 ?. .1 - - ? ,?? , i "-I
fiit; ami sum.
"These are the newest pattern,
madam. You will notice the edge
runs right around the border and
the center is in the middle."
"Dear me, so it does. I will take j
half a doen of those," said the
lady.
Knew What He Was Talking About j
The Wife: "Hubby, what kept you J
out so late last night?"
Hubby: "I (hie) been, out with a
chiffonier.*'
The Wife: "Chiffonier? Why you'
don't know what you're talking
about. A chiffonier is a swell little
dresser."
Hubby: "Yes, that's her."
No more anxiety. No more danger.
No more doubt. Use FLY-TOX.
then you may be sure your garments
will retain their original beauty ar-i
perfection?tree from ravages
moths. FLY-TOX kills moths, eggs,'
larvae. Spray thoroughly blankets,
carpets, rugs, clothing, furs and
woolens. INSIST on FLY-TOX.
FLY-TOX is the scientific insecticide
developed at Mellon Institute of In-,
dustria; Research by Rex Fellowship.
Simple instructions on each
bottle for killing ALL household insects.
FLY-TOX is safe, stainless,
fragrant, sure. Every bottle guar
anteod.?adv..
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE
By virtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain mortgage
deed executed to W. W. Beach and
wife, M. (.', Beach, by J. C. Triplet!
ami Wife. Ella Triplett. dated January
10, 1021. recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds for Wat-;
auca county in Book 1. page 107, to
secure the payment of the sum of|
SJOo.0,0, and defaut having been1
made in the payntenLs as provided in
said mortgage. I will, on Monday,
.the 15th day of October. 1928, at i ^
the courthouse door of Watauga ?
county between the hours of 10 a. 1
m. and 2 p. m., to satisfy said mort- J
cage, interest and co.-t, sell to the
highest bidder for cash the following J
described real estate, to-wii: ,
First Tract: Beginning on a spruce
pine on the branch near the upper J
er.d of Cayis clearing and runs west ,
9-1 poles to a white pine; thence ?
snu'h 85 poles to a slake; thence J
east 94 poles to a stake; thence
north poles to the beginning, eon- 1
taining 50 acres, more or less.
Second Tract; Beginning on a
poplar and runs west 55 poles to aj]
stake in the old line near a maple'J
LXifUCC MlUUl Willi reDlPV S OKI |
line < n ttip of the ridge; thence east
55 poles to a large spruce pine near J
the bank of the branch; thence north!3
to the beginning; containing 25 i
acres, more or less.
This September 12, 1928. i?
\V. \Y. BEACH. Mortgagee. 1*
Brown Bingham, Attvs. J
20 " 4t .
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TERM fj
LOANS j!
11 j1
NT INTEREST 5 i
nt of Principal with interest |j|i
:sis with funds from a FARM 11;]
om 20 to 33 years I: j
ike the Farm a Home for Ij i
lappier family ' J i
ved farm lands for: ! ]
btedness ?| ]
Purchase Money on Farm Lands j1
a of Livestock "!
nd Farm Implements J?
ings. Painting, etc. i '
renant Dwellings, etc. 5
LARGER PROFITS !|
10 are our local representative??
ou need funds ?J
HI AM, Boone, N. C.
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Land Bank of Raleigh I
;n, N. c. j
!RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
Q.
^coring thelti
?because of 1
Thrilling Performa
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after month th
Better Chevro
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The 4-ior.r S/--?c combination o
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The Imperial jn r r Its beautiful bodi
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Utility Truck . 320 in colors that r
(.chassis Only) motle for smarti
Light Delivery 375 vidualitv?are fa
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All prices f. o. b. Flint /* I i r i
Michigan Held or low-price*
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