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|v TWO BlilLDING BOOM IS FORECAST FOR AMERICA IN 1930 N?w Construction to Take Up Slack Estimated at Nine Billion Dollars. Every Part of the United States Will Benefit by Resumption of Building Activity. By CALEB JOHNSON (Special Writer for The Democrat) All *he signs point to the inauguration in 1 i'*iO of the biggest building program in the history oi thv United States. And if it turns out thai wav. it will mean greater prosperity than ever for all parts of the country. F ?i it doesn't make any different whether new building activity is concentrated in New fork Chicago. Florida or California; wherever new construction is under way all section^ benefit. Everything that goes into modern building operations comes from somewhere else. Our forefathers built with the materials ready to hand. Today there is hardly a spot in the United States where a building of even the most modest kind can bt constructed entirely "i" local materials. Building activity, therefore, means first of all more business '"or the railroads and steamship lines. Lumber from the Pacific Northwest goes into houses in Massachusetts and Virginia. Southern pine builds homes in Minnesota. Vermont marble. Indiana limestone, cement, lime, sand and gravel from every part of the country are used everywhere else. The mere transportation of building material makes or more employment and better limes. Steel is a big item in modern building. Let the bin: cities add only 5 per cent, to the number of skyscrapers and it means increased activity for the steel mills, for the iron mines, for the coal miners and the limestone quarry men. Brick, tori a-cotta. plaster, all the artificial building boards made of straw, wood-pulp, sugar cane, cornstalks and gypsum?stimulated demand for ihe&e means more work and more money in far outlying corners id' the nation. New buildings call for mOTC plumbing sup;>lim.: whic ii means greater markets for iron and steel; bras v. ami copper, renewed activity in the pi?ltev> industry. Llectrical * ijUlUIiUMl I VI lie? I'VIIHII ITg> 11 licit 11 > inoiv" wmiIv^ i'o: -v'm- vij?iicrminers. among other things. Nails and screws, hinges ;i'|ul doorknobs. plate glass? not only those wlv produce raw materials hut the factories which fabricate them and the dealers who handle Hum all benefit, wherever they may he located. by a building boom | thai may he ci ou rcd ih.ree thousand miles away. And new building means more nair.t benefitting tin- lead anil sine mines, the ihiset-d oil arowevs and many others. New buildings mean move furniture. That affects not only the great furniture manufacturing centers from Grand itapujs lo High Point, hut the makers of upholstery fabrics, er?v -if cotton, woo! and silk, the hardwood lumber producers and importers. So ' vi.-.-wod activity in budding", it is clear, means better business in lines-'which .affect almost every community. all sections, all classes of people, entirely aside from the direct increase in local, employment where the new buildings are being constructed. The nation is knit together so tightly by the slyar.ds of business ^jihat what benefits one benefits all. Next to agriculture, building is {^"America*?'greatest industry. We rebuild the whole country every forty years. That is the average life of American buildings, whether they are frame farmhouses, or great, steeb skyscrapers. Perhaps the modern sky- | scrape's may last longer thai: that, i Physically thi-y probably willy but steel buildings only twenty years old; | are being torn down in New York to make room for bigger ones, because rising taxes and land values nave i made the older ones unprofitable. Any year whe n the increase in new | buildings is not at least two and j one-halt per cenv^has f?? be conipen-1 rated for later by a higher percentage of new construction New build-' in? ha? b^en slow for a couple of yeaiss; not it is startine up at a rate : calculated to take bp the slack. The total amount of money which will be spent for new build inas in the United States in li?50 has beer, estimated by competent investigators KpTEaBfr'- ^^;0b0^ho nnn That figures out about $72.50 tor every man, woman and child in the nation. At four to a family, it means about $25 a month more money in circulation for each family, and that amount may easily make the difference between trood times and bad times. Build'-iis: normally increases everv year. There are 1.650,000 more people living: in the United States this year than there were last, n^yt year there will be another million and a half .They have to be provided with homes. New factories, stores and office buildings have tc be constructiUirvK \ i > some =c-?.s to ja?ct I6mar7; and ~hen theres the real smart omes feffi that wust act natural'/ j On Top of | i ^ r V| |1 : | M P Doherty. a Brooklyn steel ere ot ihe new Bank of Manhattan buih the VVoohv? rth lower and the money Stock Exchange is the low building ii, led to house the additional business enterprises, or the expansion of the old ones, necessary to provide this additional population with food and : clothing: and entertainment. A quari tor of a million people move even j year from the farms te the towns; | that means additional housing in the j towns. 1; takes an average of nearly i $1,501? a head, or an annual total of dose to $3,000.000.000, to house the : new pofmTatior.- of the nation and take care *?f those who move into town. For they not only have to have houses to live in. but stoles to ; buy from^ They must be provided \v ith seKdois.' hospitais. irnfirries^-iiie i aires, garages. railroad stations. ; court houses, jails, insane asylums, i buildings of every conceivable kind. Try to picture all of the different | typos of buildings in a city of nearly L'.OOO.OPo population?the -iv.e of Philadelphia, say?and you will have 1 a picture of five annual new building program of the United States. Apd all of those figures do not in ; dude repairs to old buildings, estU i : ... is U:I?I ? ?' , <??.i-ti .il mm a upixars a year. ! r.ar the/ great numhipv of buildings \ that haw to he replaced because of loss from fire and storms, another ! half billion a year. In 10211 the buildine program of : tne i.iilibhw.ys 1 t,:>S~thar?-thcte-aer-inaV \ requirements. That means that the ! shortage has to he made up in 19|f, i if possible. And economists say that, j it is not oniy possible but certain. What Holds up building is always a shortage of investment capital availj able for mortgage and building loans. The soundest of all investments, real I estate loans do not pay spectacular j interest and during the stock market ! boom literally thousands of millions which ordinarily would have gone into building were diverted into speculation. Now that flurry is over, the capital once engaged in Wall Street is available once more to finance ncT construction. pgr here's one league that does its best work on wet grounds." Mf'Which on is that?" j "The Anit-Saloon League." j i One Cumberland County farmer i v?nv<?- .r.viir nw,>..sspti. i... -c - vvx i ??* rucv me uut tnai 1 ho carries vegetables, poultry, eggs; \ or cured meats for sale. He groves | tobacco and cotton for his main cash I crops, but never fails to have money ; throughout the year. -1 I DR. CALDWELL'S THREE RULES ! il 1 I Br. Caldwell watched the result* ol constipation for 47 years, and believed that no matter how careful people are oi tuesr ne&Jtti, diet and exercise, cont stipation will occur from time to time. : Of next importance, then, is how to treat \ it when it comes. Dr. Caldwell always S was in favoT of getting as close to nature ] as possible, hence his remedy for constipation it a mild vegetable compound. It j can not narm the most delicate sysiem and is not habit forming, i The Doctor never did approve-of dras; tic physics and purees. Do did not believe I they* were good for human brings to fmt I into their system. Use Syrup Pepsin for yourself and members of tlie family in constipation.biliousness.sour ami cramjiy stomach. bad breath, no appetite, b'.ad, aches.. and to break up fever.- and colds Get a u-ttie today, at ar.y drugstore and i observe these three rules of health Keep f the head cool, the fret warm, the towels , open. For a free trial be '.vie. just write "Syrup Pcps:r:,? Dept. HE, Mi r.: cello. THE WATAUGA DKViOi RAT?EVF the World ~| 1 ictor. swinging out from the 00th story ling :n Wall Street, to look down on. center of the world. The Nrw York n the center of the picture^ 1 NEWLAND MAN PAYS TRIBUTE i TO THE LATE BEN F. ELLER To the Editor of The Democrat: The best citizens of Avery County s ;l feel that another one of the best * and most generous citizens left us when Uncle Ben Filer, as many called 's him. passed away on .January 27th. r No man vas a greater companion in j time of distress than lien Filer. His i! 'home was open -to--the public, his ta- ( j hie always bore the finest food, his ? ! i?ods were the best, and his friends were always welcome to make his ' home their ho inc. Nwl citizen lit Avery County will I he more sorely missed than Uncle Ben. .lust twenty years prior to his death. Mrs. Mattie Webb Hopkins , died; The snow was more than three I feet deep on the average, and it was a great undertaking to jtfet the re- \ mains hauled from Elk Dark to Stony EoFk. Where Mrs. Hojikins was laid to rest. Several persons were approached relative to the undertaking, ' bur aii refused to mak?* the Dip. But j when Unele Ben heard of the err- v announces, he voluntarily sent his ' son Charlie with a good heavy team I S to breast the blizzard from Elk Pavk I Oi r ? - - -- lu oi-jTiy rorK. wnen I'lH'K1 HenfB was asked what his bill was t"<u the fi our -da w tr *? v-bis -N ot i one cent." IJnclo Hen Eller, while a man of ; limited education, was a real judpe ! i>J* the human heart, arid while he had his faults, as we all have, his : life was filled with deeds of kindness. Friends, let's remember hi I widow and children, and be as kind ' to them as he was to the unfortunate during his lifetime. There is so much I had in the best of us. and so much II I good in the worst of us; until it be hooves none of us to attempt to degrade the rest of us. THOMAS \\ HOPKINS. N'ewland, N. C. ; .February bth, 1030. "Wlitn in .Roma did you do as the' Romans do?" "No; my wife was with me." VIRGINIA FARMS For Sale in the Shenandoah Valley Level, Smooth, Blue-grass Stock, J Dairy, Grain, Orchards. Poultry } Farms, Filling Stations and Flour Mills good Home Markets and j near Large Cities. i 157 acre?. splendid 7-room resi- j | denee. large new hank barn, new ten ! i emt-nt house and barn, ail needed j gSIarm building?; -3O-acre bearing or-i - chard; fruit netted $4,750 past two i yoai .s; well watered, fenced and tin?- i d: one mile railroad town? | j $16,000. 200-acre dairy farm, level and smooth, two houses- one and other) 5 r bom's; hew dairy barn, silo and j milk hv>u?e. cost $3,500. An abundance fruit, water and t mber. thre * miles this city-? $6,000. 153 acres, new 6-room stone resij dence, barn and usual buildings; 12 acres timber, 30 acre? creek bottom blue-grass'with running water; three ! springs on farm, 400 bearing froit (tees, 40 acies wheat included if sold at once; one mile highway. 5 miles j this city?$5,000. 100 Acre?, fertile, smooth and level. new 6-room residence, large barn. ! large family orchard, 8 acres timber, j well fenced and watered, half mile | large school; f; miles city ever good' i road?$4,000. 50-aere poultry and truck farm, I goes . room gonee, Pam. poultry nrid ' hog houses, school, churches, store I and mill at farm; 7 miles this city ! over solid road?$2,500. Our taxes are low. our highways huilt and paid lor. If you want to live where farming DOES pay. investigate these farms. Write for details, tell me your wants?come and see for yourself. W. T. BIRMINGHAM 35 West Water Street t WINCHESTER. VIRGINIA 2-6-! c ! | " :iiV THURSDAY? BOONE, N. C. Church Announcements ADVENT CHURCH SUNDAY Sunday School. It) o'clock a. in. Reaching services, 11:00 a. nr. ?erhron by Clayton B. Millet : subcct. "The Deadly Danger of Driftng." BOONE BAPTIST RSV. P. A. HIX. Pastor Sunday school 9:45 a. m., J. T. C. Vright, superintendent. Preaching it 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. B. V. P. U.'s ? p. nr. Mid-week prayer service ?n Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m. LUTHERAN CHURCHES St. Marks, Bailey's Camp Preaching service every first Sunlay at 11 a. m.; Sunday School ev>r\ Sunday at 9.45 a. v.*. : Miss Syn;hea Moretr. acting superintedent. Grace?Boone Preaching service every second and fourth Sunday at 1 1 a. in., and vessel's every first and third Sun da > at r p. nr. Sunday Schcool every Sunlav at 9:45 a. nr.: Professor George .. Sawyer, superintendent. Holy Community, Clark's Creek Preaching service every third Sunlay at 11a. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9:45 a. m.; Cicero Town|;end, superintendent. Banner Elk Prearhintr service every fourth Sunday at p. m. To all these services, we most corlially invite the public. J. A. YOUNT, Pastor. WATAUGA CHARGE !?.?.> . ovK\jrr?Ass. jfastor Hanson's Chapel? Second a n d fourth Sundays. 11 a. m. first Sunind third Sundays 7 p. m. Sunday, School at 9:45, J. B. Horton. superintendent. Epwdvth League, (? p. m. Valle Crucis?Preaching e v cry first and Third Sunday at 1 1 a. 111. Sunday School 10 a. m.. I. M. Shull, upei intendent. Epworth League cv-] rv Wednesday night. Blowing Rock Preaching every ?ef?Sn8 and Fourth Sunday. 7:.'>0 p.; n. Mahel?Preaching every Seconds ind Fourth Sunday at ? p. in. Sunlay School 10 a. m., Mr. Moretz, su-; jerinti ridenfc. Salem- -Preaching every First and Third Sunday, ' > p. m. METHODS ST CHURCH 1 ?K. O. L (HANDLER. Pastor Sunday School. 9:45 a. nr., I. D. tankin. Superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. nr. and 7 p. in.'j tv !)i*. ("handler. Kpworth League. li:15 p. m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at ' p. ni. k=?gg ? .' ffgHB"-' ' i Choir practice on Friday. 7 p. m. j ... ; ,, ~zr: - ?? ?? r: 'jss REAL QUALITY SS AT BETTER HUU Born and bred in Piedmon We, as your own home organizat You are not violating anybody's GROCERY, and in addition you SALM< MILK Carnation or Pet T*L Large 10c; Smalt 5c. I I W na COCOA an OUR MOTHER'S Large 2-lb. can 27c. PAMDDCII'e iUHIVII ULLL O PEAS, Glyndon Bran TOMATOES, No. 2 CORN, Robinson's Ci OCTAGON SOAP, ( OCTAGON POWDE VISIT OUR MAR SALAD ORES MAYONNAISE, Geil WAMPOLES Cod Li CHOICEST OF FRF PINTO BEANS, 3 lb MATCHES, 3 large b CAROLINA S THREE STORES IN WATAUG r~ ? Uncle Si Tinklepaugb says Ruth McCormick can go to the Senate if ; she v. ants to. lot a!', ho cares, but it seems to him there's 'nough old] women there now. Golden Sundae Put in a saucepan one-half cup orange ju"CP; one tablespoon lemon juice, three-fourths cup sugar arid few grains salt and boil five minutes. Cool and add pulp of one orange cut in small pieces, one tablespoon maraschino cherries cut in small pieces and one tablespoon marl asehino syrup. Serve over vanilla ice cream. RUPTURE SHIELD EXPERT COMING TO HICKORY, N. C. ON Thursday, February 27 AT THE HICKORY HOTEL FROM 10 A. M. TO 4 P. M. EVENINGS BY TELEPHONE APPOINTMENT ONLY ONE DAY ONLY NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTATION Mr. C. F. Redlich. the successful exncrl. savs: The "Perfect Retention Shields' hold the rupture perfectly, no matter | what position the body assumes or how heavy a weight you lift. They give instant relief, contract the opening in a remarkably short time and strengthen the weak tissues (the real cause of rupture) so that they frequently recover their previous natural retaining power, needing no furth er outside support. Stomach trouble, backache and constipation often caused by Rupture promptly disappear. Truly remarkable and prompt results have been obtained not only with recent and not fully developed ruptures but also with oiu, long ncg lected ones. Ingenious, recently perfected devices are now holding ruptures firmly which heretofore never had been retained. N'o elastic belts nor filthy legstraps are used. | I guarantee the durability of my I absolutely sweat ami moisture proof. I sanitary appliances. Seventy-five per cent, ol ruptured j children recover completely through expert mechanical treatment accord. ! injr to statistics. Do n??t waste your money 0:1 wide | iy advertise^ mail order conti-options. I Voir c.umot fit yourself. C. F. REDLICH, Rupture Appli- | ancc Expert. Home office, 535 Bos- I ton Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota, j t North Carolina, we know the whims :ion, are prepared to serve you with rei CODE OF ETHICS when you trade will SAVE MORE. And we stand re HkJ| A Car of Gold Alaska just in. T KRAUT iat health food ? made estern North Parnlina f? live cabbage, the sweet< d best on earth? TWO LARGE CANS 25c QnilD cans wUUl assorted .... id, they are good, No. 2 ca Virginia, 3 cans for . . . . rushed, sweet and tender, > cakes for '.R, 2 packages for KET FOR REAL QUAL1 inilip Salad Bowl, a r< tOlllU dressing?pint F&nd's or Wright's, 3 oz. ; ver Oil, per bottle HITS AND VEGETABL s 25c MORTON' ?>xes. ,10c Daniel Boo jtores for carolin A COUNTY TWO IN BOON FEURUAKY I. Y- I. ^ LOST 68 POUNDS DURING TROUBLE "I honestly believe Saigon saved my life. I had to resign from the Abbeville Police Dep? hetause? 1 was down and out physicallly. My weight dropped from 207 pounds 139- I was sent home from duty iyJ mA m JOSEPH N. HYDER several times, and spent four week? in a hospital. My diigestion was so had that absolutely nothing agreed with me. I had to take a handful of salts every night for constipation. I had awful pains in my head and back. I had my teeth extracted, my eyes examined, and took one treatment after another but never did get oetier until i got hold of Sarggh. Five bottles made me feel like a new man from head to foot. I've gained 13 pounds already and haven't a sign of my former troubles left. My friends are amazed at the change in me, and as long as 1 live PIT heverFfp stop praising this wonderful mcii: cine."?Joseph N. Hyder, (?J Oue\berland Ave., Ashoville. Boon? hrug Company. Agents ? Advertisement. The new "babv" automobiles promised for nnvt .umiiH'i' will !>.? mti: five feet from the ground with Lht top up. it is reported. Not low' e i i ough. What this country needs is :i ear that can run under a ten-ton truck that is hogging the road. ? ?I ^ CAROL1NAS fJSH^ HOME OWNED STORES 11 and fancies of Carolina People. I I al honest in quality merchandise, at CAROLINA'S OWN CHAIN ady to prove that statement Standard -45 |C! j| ail can . | ^ BROADCAST Pure Potted Meats 6 cans for 25c I H> ?m || sst 11 BROADCAST Pure Vienna Sausage 3 cans for 25c 55c | n 10c ll 25c I " No. 2 can 10c 25c j: - I TY FIRST M?AT t 25c iar 10c I 75c I ES AT ALL TIMFS I S SALT, 3 pkgs 2k, j. tie COFFFE, lb 29c I A PEOPLE E?ONE IN BLOWING ROCK I
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