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vol. xxv
UOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, Jan. 29, 1911.
NO. 27.
la leisoos Wby we Should Continue tbe
Spitial School Tax for Boone District
First : We want our town to
grove, and the best inviting nssit
for any town is a pool prima ry
school Vote down that tax now
and we offer a four months hool
as against six in tht'districts out
of Boone. Tlu majority of our
town people are thos who vnuw
here to educate their children.
Will others come to a 4-monthV
school?
Second: It was generally under
stood that when the tax was first
voted that we should have n
school house. This we now have
and hare paid more than half the
debt, but owe about 500 yet. A
little more than f 1,000 has been
paid for the house and the fur
nishings. but we have borrowed
$ 300.00 of this amount and will
have'fqfpay it back out of the
general' school funds and this will
cut the school down to about
four months or less. W voted
the tax to get the school house
built, and. now do you propose
to vote out the tax before we pay
for the house? Let us be honest
and pay the school house debt
without robbing the children.
Third: Every cent of tax col
lected has been honestly applied
x t 1 1 11
Iui sciiuui purpurea uuu wvu t-.-pended.
We have had a very good
. . -1 1 1 11 A
Bcnooi anu nave a most exceueu i
building. Before the tax we had
no school house for several years.
If we had added nothing to" the
school term, the house itself is
worth all the tax we have paid.
Now we have the house and
why not keep it full of children at
least NINE months in the year.
TUe onger the school the better
tli. teacher for the same money;
vrt , -i i . i i 2. : 1
we wouiu nave uie uesi equippeu,
M the best taught, and the longest
school in the county. We all real
ize the advantage; we feel the ne
cessity pressed by every consider
ation of good to the children of
the district and for the town:
don't take fright at the tax col
lector. Fourth: Our action here will
influence other districts and tend
to accelerate or impede the move
ment in this county for bettered
ucation. If we can't afford a
special tax here with all the state
is doing for us, what district can?
Fifth: The State is annually
expending about $ 15,000.00 here
In our town. The people in this
district, I should think, handled
about $10,000.00 of this money,
that is expended here. At least
six per cent interest should be
made on it here. That would be
$600.00. Now are we going to
pocket that six hundred, that we
I get directly from the state school
or shall we show our appreciation
' lof what the state is doing by
turning about one half the profit
into a good primary school.
J Sixth: We should and do, on
'second thought, appreciate the
jAppalachian Training school, an
institution that is doing a great-
r " : er good in the state than the or-
'iginatore ever imagined in their
A - brightest dreams. It is the pride
. jbf our town, our county and our
jState. Suppose we vote down
jthe special tax in this d istrict and
i next year have a four months
pchool, and then you are elected
' to the Legislature from thiscoun
f ,ty and you are making a great
I "appeal to the Legislature for an
increased appropriation for the
I J Training School, and some im-
pertinent fellow asks you if this
( ) school is'nt located in a public
; 2 school district that voted down
I a twenty cent special school tax
1 and if your community is'nt
fighting better schools. Would
I I you answer, "we want the state
j f to help us who are unwilling to
i help ourselves?" Would you not
fj feel better if you could say, "We
(J buck up this school of higher
The Special School Tu ii Walnut Crm
District
.Mr. J. C. Mast, one of Watau
ipi most prosperous farmers;
the sole owner of the Watauga
Telephone System, therefore a
heavy tax payer, was in town
Thursday, and being a very en
thusiastic friend to the public
-hools of the county and to tho
special tax system as an auxil
iary, was very solicitous to know
what Boone district No. l,.will
do at the coming election to de
termine whether or not the spec
ial tax for the benefit of our pub
lic school shall be abolished. He
remarked that the people of No,
I could not afford to take a step
backwards, and gave this little
story, showing how well the peo
ple of Walnut Grove district like
the system. He says before their
school building was completed,
they held a school tax election,
voting upon themselves for a pe
riod of G years, 30 cents on the
$100 valuation and 90 cents on
the poll, the people voting almost
unanimously, for the tax. The
six expired; another election was
called; the same proposition sub
mitted, and barely one vote was
cast against it, and that by a
citizen who was disappointed be
cause there was not a compulso
ry attendance clause incorpora
ted in the measure. Mr. Mast
says, as a result of the special
tax they are now able to employ
two competent teachers, paythem
a comfortable salary, and their
annual school term is from seven
to eight months. He concluded
by saying, "The more experience
we have with the special tax the
better we like it." It is a fact wor
thy of note, that this school is lo
cated in one of the most thriving
sections of the county, and many
of its patrons are heavy tax pay
ers. Still they are pleased with it,
regardless of the fact that thro'
its workings thev are relieved of
many sheckles each year. .
Origin of Name "Dixie?
Where the Southern States and
the famous Southern song deriv
ed the title "Dixie" is told in the
history of the old "Citizens Bank
of New Orleans, which the Lon
don Financial Times gives. Prior
to the Civil War the bank, which
had power to issue paper notes,
put out several millions of dol
lars in denominations of $10 and
$20. The $10 bills were engraved
in French, with the word "Dix,"
(10) prominently featured on the
back. The bill Is became known as
Dixies this money becoming pop
ular. Louisiana became known as
the land of the Dixies, and at
last the term was so broadened
as to include all the Southern
States under the familiar "Dixie
Lund."-Ex.
John B. Greer is the newly ap
pointed post master at Moravian
Falls.
learning with the best primary
school in the county." Think
what your vote means. Misdirec
ted avarice might lead to penury.
With our public school under the
very eave of the Training School,
with first choice of all the teach
ers, there is no reason wny we
should not have the best primary
school in the county. We shouid
vote the tax, and let the State
know that we are a school com
munity. A persistent effort is be
ing made to establish a Training
schoolat Asheville. IfthisBhould
be done it means a death blow to
the Training School here, and to
take the Training School from
Boone would leave nothing here
but a vacant spot with the breath
knocked out of it.
F. A. LINNET.
Boone, N. C, Jan. 22.
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.
George F. Young, a prominent
farmer, was murdered at his home
near Laurenburg, S. C, and his
house burned to rover the crime.
On Tuesday of last week Presi
dent Wilson delivered his trust
message to Congress. It was n
message of "business, peaco and
industrial freedom."
Senator Simmons has introduc
ed a bill to appropriate $5,000
for the erection of a monument
to Nathaniel Macon, at Warren
ton. President Wilson has named
John Skeltoh Williams, of Virgin
ia, as Comptroller of Currency,
and ex-officio member of t h e
Federal Reserve Board.
Miss Helen Howard, of Mor
ganton, recently left for China,
where she goes as a Presbyterian
missionary nurse. Her work will
be in a hospital just outside the
wall of the city of SooChow.
Richard D. Langford, Vice Pres
ident and Secretary of the South
ern Railway, was found dead in
his bath room in Brooklyn; N. Y:
He was asphyxiated by gas.
Braxton B. Webb, of States
ville, has been appointed a post
office inspector, having passed
successfully the Civil service ex
amination, thereby landing the
job.
John T. Oliver, the Reidsville
editor who was defeated for the
postmastership in that town, has
been offered a field position in the
Census Bureau at $1,500 a year,
and traveling expenses when at
work out of the city.
Mrs. S. Wier Mitchell, wife of
Dr. S. Wier Mitchell who died
recently, died at her home in
Philadelphia on Thursday of last
week, of pneumonia. She was 77
years old and became ill after her
husband's death.
The Whitaker PaperCompany,
of Cincinnatti, Ohio, is to estab
lish a branch office in Chartotte.
The Western Union will estab
lish a wholesale branch in Char
lotte also for the handling of pa
per and printer's supplies.
. Al. J. Jennings, ex train rob
ber and federal prisoner, is about
to become a candidate for t h e
governship of Oklahoma. He won
the Democratie nomination for
county attorney of Oklahoma
county, Oklahoma, in 1912.
Rev. E. L. Stack,- a ' Methodist
minister, of Bynum, Chatham
county, while returning last Sun- j
day eve from an appointment,
lost control of his , flve-passenger
car, which went over an embank
ment, broke Mr. Stack's arm and
dislocated a hip. Threeotherpas
sengers were not hurt.
John Eddleman, of Hooper, Ne
braska, who has been interested
in the development of gold mines
in Yadkin county, has recently
returned from his home and open
ed up work where7 for s e v o r a 1
months, he kept hands at work
in 1910.
John B. Gill, of Statesville.has
been appointed Clerk of the Fed
eral Conrt at Statesville, Salis
bury and Charlotte, to succeed
Col. H. C. Cowles, deceased. Mr.
Gill was Col. Cowles' deputy. Mr
Millikan has also appointed Mr.
Gill's daughter, Miss Ruth, depu
ty under her father. ;
Judge G. B. Gerald, an officer
of the Confederate army and a
great duelist, in the days of du
els, died at Waco, Texas, on the
21st, at the age of 77 years. He
requested that bis body be burn
ed and the ashef t scattered on the
Gulf of Mexico by a grandson.
In 1897 Gerald killed J. W. Har
ris, managing editor of the Wa
co Times-Heralcl and his brother
W. A. Harris, inj-a duel,
f
Thecitj of Ituleigh has defeat
ed a bond issue of $50.000 f o r
schools.
The two principal buildinrs f
Oak Ilidre Iiistitute.nearOnvns
boro, were destroyed by fire on
the 17th.
A Farm School for Mifkleii
burg county will U? located nt
I'meville. that town having giv
en $2;,ooo.
Mrs. Alice ( Hay, widow of the
late General Ray, died at her
home in Asheville a few days
since.
Congressman Webb has recom
mended Hamilton Erwin for post
master at Morganton to succeed
Charles F. McKesson.
New York City employs about
110,000 jiersons, and every one
of them is protected under a cn
sion system, says the Herald.
A passenger train on the Atlan
tic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad
was wrecked near Davidson on
Monday night of hist .week. Fire
man A. H. Wilson, of Charlotte,
was killed, and Engineer J. E.
Curlee, also of Charlotte, was
scalded so fearfully that he died
in a few hours. No one else was
hurt. It has been 30 years since
any one was killed on an A. T.
& 0. train until this.
The four men, Dr. Howard
A. Kelley, of Baltimore, Dr. Rob
ert Abbe and Dr. Gailord, of New
York, and Dr. C. F. Burnham, of
Johns Hopkins University, who
have devoted years to the study
ol cancer, have agreed that radi
um is a cure for that terrible dis
ease. They say that the crying
need of their work is more radi
uni, of which it isestimated, there
is loss than two grams in re
duced form in the United States.
Stomach Tjtorm.ES Disappear
Stomach, liver and kidney trou
bles, weak nerves, lame back and
female ills disappear when Elec
tric Bitters are used. Thousands
of women would not be without
a bottle in their home. Eliza Pool
of Depew, Okla., writes: "Electric
Bitters raised me from a bed of
sickness and suffering and has
done me a world of good. I wish
every suffering woman could use
this excellent remedy and find out
as I did, just how good it is." As
it has helped thousands of others
it surelv will do the same for you.
Everv bottle guaranteed, 50c and
$1.00. At nil druggists. II. E.
Bucklen & C o. Plula. and St. Lou
is.
.BANK STATEMENT.
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Following is a report of the con-
Jition of the hank of Blowing Rock
at mofl'ing Kock in the state ot
North Carolina, at the close of busi
ness Jan. 13, 1914:
niisoutCES:
Loans and discounts 3,940-94-
Overdrafts secured 99 25.
Overdrafts unsecured 79 .09.
Banking house 3.000.00
Furniture and fixtures 1,200.
All other estate owned 500.00
Due from b'ks and b'krs 1 2,853.7s.
Hold coin ' i575
Silver coin, including all mi
nor coin currency 1. lot 99.
National bank notes and
other U. S. notes 4,200.00
Total 54.483 55
LIABILITIES
Capital stock 1 .75--
Surpfus fund 500 00
Undivided profits less current
expenses and taxes paid 1 26 98.
Dividends unpaid 705.00.
Time certificates of deposit 15,306 09
Deposits subject to check 26 04921
Cashier's c'ks outstanding 45-27-
Total f54.4ba.55.
State of North Carolina, Watauga
county, ss: 1, O. M. audderth,
Cashier of the above named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my
knowledge t nd belief
G. M. Si ddeiith, Cashier.
Correct Attest: W. L. Holshous.
er, W. C. Lentz, J. L). Brown,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to beiore
me this 21st. day of Jan. 1914.
J. II. GREEN, J. P,
Resolutions of Respect
T. Adam Critcher, the subject
of this sketch, was born August
7. 144, and died Dec. 22, 1913,
Brother Critcher was made a
Master Mason in Watauga Lodge
No. 273, more than 30yearsngo
and lived a consistent member of
the s iiiie throughout the remain
der ol his life. He wasalsoamem
Iier of Three Folks Baptist church
and lived an exemplary chris
tian life. Hs was one of a well-
known and highly respected
family, and throughout his life
was regarded as one among the
best of Watauga's citizens. He is
survived by several children and
grand-children, having been mar
ried twice.
Whereas, it has pleased Almigh
ty God to remove from our midst
Brother T. Adam Critcher. There
fore be it resolved by Watauga
Lodge, 273, A. F. & A. M.:
1. That in the death of Brother
Critcher our lodge has lost one of
its most faithful members, the
church a consecrated and devo
ted christian worker, thecommu
nity a kind and obliging neigh
bor and the family a devoted fa
ther. 2nd. That we humbly bow in
submission to the will of Him
who worketh all things for good
to them that love Him, and com
mend the bereaved family and
sorrowing friends to Ilim whose
faithful follower brother Critcher
had been for so many years.
3rd. That we wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty
days.
4th. That a copy of these res
olutions be spread upon the min
utes of our Lodge, a copy sent to
The A atauga Democrat with a
request to publish and copy fur
nished the bereaved family.
W. R. Graoo, )
W. I). Farthino, Com.
R. C. Rivers, J
BLAIR HOTEL.
BOCNE, NORTH CAROLINA.
Family And Tourist Hotel.
Open all the Year.
TERMS REASONABLE.
REDUCED RATES TO PERMA
RENT BOARDERS.
GEO. F. BLAIR, Prop.
J. (5. Fletcher John H. Bingham
Fletcher & Bingham.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BOONE, NORTH CARO.
Will pract ice in the 'courts of Wa
tauga and adjoining counties. Care
ful and prompt attention given to
all matters entrusted to na,
11 20. 13.
GEORGE CLOVE,
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING.
SAG IX AW, N. C.
Computations, Estimates,
Maps, Plans, Blue, Black &
brown Prints.
Lumber for Sale!
We now have our steam saw
mill located about one mue
above Winkler's mill, andean
till bills on short notice. Lum
ber delivered if wanted.
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We Are Ready.
No matter what hour you
want something to eat we
are ready to serve you. We
are open seven days m the
week. Don't hesitate to give
us a call satisfaction guaran
teed. Yours truly.
Little Gem Cafe.
PROFESSIONAL.
Dr. G. M. Pcavlcr,
Treat! Di ol the
Eye, Ear Nose and Throat
BRISTOL TEXX..
1 18 'I iy.Z
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
BOOXE, X.C
Prompt attention given to
all marters of a legal nature
Collection a specialty.
Office with Solicitor F. A. Lin.
ney
1-29 ly. pd.
T.'A. Love, JamksC. Clink
LOVE & CLINE,
Attorney s-at-Law
NEWLAND, - - N.C
Will practice regularly in the coun
tieiof Avery and all adjoining couu
ties.
The'collectlou of claims a specialty.
3 27-'13 1 yr.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
I have been putting much study
on this subject; have received my
ilploma, and am now well equipped
for the practice of Veterinary 8ur
ery in all Its branches, and am the
only one in the county, all on or
aldrens me at Vilas, N. . R. F. D. 1.
G. H. HATES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
H7-'ll.
Dr. . m. MADRON
- DENTIST. .
Sugar Grove, North Carolina,
IAIl work done under jruar,.
antee, and best material used.
t.l3-'ll.
E, S. Mill
ATlORbiEl A 1 LAW
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
ill matters of a legal nature.
t& Abstracting titles and
iouection of claims a special
l-l-'ll.
Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney
SPECIALIST
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EDMUND JONES
LAW YEIt
LENOIR, N. C,
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
6-1 '11.
L, D. LOWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
lWill practice in the courts
Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
jounties. 7 6.' 1 1
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
boone, n. c .
Will practice in the court 8 of
the 13th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
6-11-1911. -
E. F. Lovill. W. R. Lovlll
Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C
Special attention given to
all business entrusted to
! their care. .'. .. .. ,
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