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mm 1 I I 9 VOL. XXV UOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, F b. 5, 191 1. NO. 28. Ai Interests Article by Prof. 8. B. Dougherty. Unavoidably deferred from last week. i Em ICR I'mcm hat: Th State heretofore has Item sMilin;r $300,000 for the Publie Srhools, $75,000 going to the High KohooKM'reajita.nndS!UM.ooo to the ioor counties to equalize the m-hool tenn. The last Legislature pave the $75,000 to the High Schools and divided the remainder ($225,000) per capita to every county in the State. Watauga pets $1,408,45 from this fund. After this is done the law providesthat the Coun- tv Commissioners mav lew en ough tax to run the schools four months. This was done in Wa tauga, raising the tax 5 cents on the $100 valuation over last year. After all this county can parti cipate in an equalizing fund n bout $400,000 to bring t he school up to a six months term, or as near as may be. Each County Board of Education must submit a Bworn statement to the State Board of Education on the first monday in December. Then the State Board divides uptheequal izing fund, starting in the county with the shortest term and bring ing them all up equal. According to the salary list of lastyear, this fund would length en the schools about six weeks but last year in each county the salaries were raised and the com pulsory school law added a large number of teachers, bringing down ths length of term. Before December State Superintendent Joyner has no way to know what salary list in the State will be. The Board of Education in each county cannot know "'""'what a mount of money will be coming to the county until notified by the State Superintendent. Here is the trouble. Ourschools in the Western part of the State are out before many of them be gin iii the Eastern part. Since the fiolidays we have been notified that Watauga could de pend upon 22 days above the four months, but the exact am ount could not be given until February. We suggested that schools could run 5 or 5 months. Those that had 5 months can have two more days next year, those that had 5J months would have three days fewer next year, It will be noticed that the State is spending about $700,000, or one third oi the entire income for the jmblic schools. We have been greatly pleased with progress of the pub lic schools, and we congratulate the people for the good work they have done, making Watauga one 'of the foremast counties of the mountains. Respectfully, B. B. Dougherty, Co. Supt. The Catholic church recently received a bequest of $265,000 to be used in Mission work, and nowjt is announced that proba bly $100,000 of it will be spent in North Carolina to advance the Catholic Cause. Horrible Blotches of EczEMa Quickly cured by Dr. Bobson's Eczema Ointment, C. P. Caldwell, of New Orleans, states: "My doc tor advised me to try Dr. Hob- son's Eczema Salve. I used three boxes of Ointmen and three cakes of Dr. Hobson's Derma-Ze-ma soap. Today I have not a spot anywhere on my body and can say I am cured. It will do the name for vou. It's soothintr. healing, antiseptic action will rid you of all skin humors, black hpnla. nininles. Eczema blotches. red unsightly sores, and leaves your ck in clean's ,nd healthy. Get a box today. Guaranteed. All druggists 50c. or by mail. Pieiffer Chemical Co., Philadelphia orSt. Louis. v STATE AND GENERAL NEWS. Senator Simmons celebrated hwOth, birthday on the 20th, of January. Eva Booth, head of the Sulva Hon Army in this country is very HI in .New jork. , II. B. V nrnerofthe Lexington Dispatch is said to be thinking of running for Congress. President Wilson, bv executive order names Col. George Yj Goe thals, builder of the Canal, first governor of tbe Canal Zone. Mrs. Eva M. Murphy has enter ed the race for Congress as a pro gressive, in the Sixth Kansas dis trict. The chairman of the democrat ic State Com. of Col,, is a woman, Mrs. Gertrude Lee, who has. for a number of years, been active in politics. Former Senator, Shelby M. Cullom of Blinois died in Wash ington on the 28th. ult. after a short illnesss, He held public of fice for 50 years but died in very moderate circumstances. On the 28th. ult. 80.000 rounds of ammunition, which the Feder al authorities think was intended for use by revolutionists in San Domingo, was dumped into New York Harbor. Rev. H. G. Hophaver, princi pal of the School at Startown, Catawba County, was recently fined in a magistrate's court for whipping a pupil. He appealed to the Superior Court. Walter Reynolds of Winston- Salem recently attempted suicide by the laudanum route, because his lady friend refused to attend a show with himV-Pity hdid not succeed. . A flower pot fell on Thomas Mc Ward's pet corn at Charleston West Virginia and so enraged him that he seized an old musket and proceed to shoot off the com and also, of course the toe it was on. There is a movement on foot foot looking to the moving of Surry County's court house from Dobson to Mt. Airy. Prominent men in that county think that the next General Assembly will be asked to grant a vote upon the measure. By a vote of 46 to 10 the Sen ate a few days since passed the Alaska Railroad bill, which gives the President the right to pur chase or construct 1,000 miles of railway in Alaska, the cost not to exceed $40,000,000. The Pres ident is to be responsible for the selection of the route. Dispatches from points on the Pacific coast sav that Bince it was charted by the United States Government that the highest seas have been recorded within the past few days. They have hod terrible storms doing much damage to property in many places. The management of the Gran ite Quarries at Mt. Airy has ar- aneed to secure a number of Scandinavians from their, nature country, to usejth rough the conr ing summer. They have "used Ir ish and Italian labor, but with poor success. , lhey added ntty stone cutters to the force on the 28th. ' ' -.. Five of the nations invited1 to take part in the great naval pro cession that will start at Jtlamp ton Roads and cruise by way of the Panama canal to the Golden Gate, have notified the State De partment of their acceptance. They are Argentine Republic, 1 France, Germany, Great Britain ! and Portugal. It is believed that all the maritime nations of the world will be represented in the line. Co To laleiiB. febraary 13-15. I doubt whether uny meet nuc has been held in .North Carolina with such a comprehensive a n d constructive program for the general upbuilding of our State and its people. Every pat riot ie North Carolinian, and e.Ht ially every earnest church nteiiiicr. ought to try to attend." So says Governor tax ke Craig of the meeting of the North Cui olina Conference for social Ser vice to be held in Raleigh Febru ary 13th, Uth and 15th. The titel chosen by President Clarence Poeior his address, "The North Carolina of Tomorrow A Message to Commonwealth builders", indicates sharply the spirit and aims of the entire meet ing. The program then takes ur our rural and mountain prob lems; public health, education and morals; and industrial and urban problems. The speakers in clude, among the State's agricu- ralieaders, E. L. Daughtridge, J. Z.Green and W. J. Shuford; h education such names as E. K. Graham, J. Y. Joyner and W. S. Crosbv; woman's interests an represented by Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll, Mrs. John Van Landing- ham and Mrs. Anna S. Richard son, of the National Congress oi Mothers; Dr. W. S. Rankin ana Dr. L. B. McBrayer speak or. health subjects; Horace Kep- hart's subject is "The Develop aientofour Mountain People": the improvement of our cities and of industrial conditions is tc be discussed by R. D. W. Connei and J. S. CaiT, Jr.; while A. M. Scales, of Greensboro, and G. II. Hastings, of Winston-Salem, an also listed for important topics. Greatest of all will be the meet- ing on ''Ttwlmwir miu bocia; Service" participated in by Dr. V. L. Poteat, Rev. Nenl L. An derson, Rev. Plato Durham and others of this State, and by two of the greatest religious leaders in America today Dr. hhailei Matthews, of Chicago, the head of the Federal Council of t h c Churches of Christ in America, and Dr. John A. Rice, of Fort Worth, one Of the Souths fore most Methodist ministers, and Chairman of the Church and So cial Service Committee of t h t Southern Sociological Society. The King of All Laxatives. For eonstipation use Dr. Kihgs New Life Pills. Paul Mathulka.oi Buffalo, New York, savs they are king of all laxatives. They are a blessing to all my family mid 1 always keek a box at home." Gel a box and get well again. Price 25c. At Druggists or bv mail. II. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. Haiti is in a state of revolu tion, and the President, Michael Oreste, fled from the capital a few days since, .taking refuge n board the German cruiser, Vinet ta. In order to safe-guard the lives and property of Americans, the Montana has landederdeck force of 1 50 men there. The new State building in Ral eigh was opened to t he public in an informal reception on last Tuesday, the day the spring term of the Supreme Court opened The building was presented by J. A. Long Cha irman of the build Ing committee and Gov. Craig accepted it for the State. "Be still sad heart and cease re pining" about the high cost of radium. We are now assured bv Joseph M. Flannery, president of what was said to be the only con cern in the country extract ing ra dium from ore, that "radium pri ces will drop automatically, per- hans to $80,000.00 a cram." PThere is said to be enough rad in m ore in Colorado to supply the earth five times over. Wilkes Patriot. A Tribute of love. The D -ath Angel ha again viv itel the little village of Silver - MoiM-aud claimed as his victim the wife of Mr. T. E. Smith. The niueral srviivs was conducted !y her pastor. thellev.J. I. Ili.k. man. and her bodv was laid to rest in th.ifamilv grave vard to iwait the resurrection morn. hik her spirit, we believe, is busking in the sun-light of God's tenia 1 bliss. Ieceased was a daughter of Mr. John I. W'ilkerson, and was married to Mr. C. E. Smitliat the lge of IS years, to which union vas born on.. child. Little Karl, .low 21 months old. She was lov- id by all who knew her, and leaves nid leaves behind to mourn her loss a father and husband, one diiw, five sisters, two brothers md a host of friend. We have the great consolation that while ve can never swdcnrChina again in this life, but by the help ol'God vecan nmt her in the great b ond, where we have everv rea son to believe she is enjoying the reward of the righteous. 'Sad is the hour of parting, lere she will come no more, still we may hoiie'to meet her safe on the golden shore, sweetly she sleep in Jesus, sever to wake or weep; JearCluud, behold your loved one sleeps her last long' sleep." We extend to the grief-stricken lusband our deepest sympathy. Ones who loved her. Srsnc Fostkh. ' Xaxxii: Smith. FEEL MISERABLE? Out of sorts, depressed, pain in Che back, --Elect lie Bitters renews rour'heaUh andstrength. A guar uiteed liver and kidney remedy. Money back if not satisfied, 'it ompletelv cured Robert Mad son L1 11 j T ft 1 -w . )i esi liurungton, town, who suffered from verulent liver trou ble for eight months. Aftor four loctors had given him up he took Electric Bitters and is now a well man. Get a bottle todav:. it will .lo the same for you. Keep in the house for all liver and kidnevcom daints. Perfectly safe and depeu lable. Its results will surprise vou. ;.Oc. and .ftl.'H. K. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Lrfuis. Little Acts Tell. A man's life in his family, with his wife, with his children, with his mother, with his neighbors, is not made up 'of grand-s tand plays and defiance of the ele ments and all that sort of thing; it is made up of a series of little ids, and these little acts and lit tle self restraints are what go to make up the man's character. Prof. AVilliamll. Talt. A WINTER COI'GIf. A stubborn, annoying, depress ing cough hangs on, racks' the bodv, weakens t he lungs, and rf tea leads to serious results. The lirst dose of Dr. King's New Dis covery gives relief. Henry D. San ders, of Cavendish, Vt., was threa tened with consumption alter having pneumonia, lie writes: "Dr. King's New Disco verv ought to be in every family; it is cer tainly the best oi a 11 medicines for couglis, colds or lung trouble." Good for children's coughs, Mon ey back if not satisfied. Price 50c. and .$ 1. At nlf druggists. II. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or Sr. Louis. k A boy named Kannew was ar . . . . rested in Ark. lor throw ing at a streetcar. We his ma to "pad die her own Kannew." Notice of Administration. Having qualified as Administrator of H B Aldridge, deceased, late of Wa tauga count), North Carolina, this is tonotiiy art persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or (before the 5th day of Febiuary, 1915, or this liotice will be plead iu bar of their recovery. AU persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This Feb. 5, 1014. JOHN L. FOX, Administrator. E. S. COY FEY, Attorney. Too Old to Recoup His loss. Fort Pei.tii.el- i Mr Johnson Elliot, who livesj on t'lar creek, just over th Mc Dowell line, attained the age of loo years last August. Until last week, when fiiv destroyed his humble home, he had lived in a !: oibin built by his own hands I .vo,,rs a-- inisom man naa ! '""en sj ving lit t le by little until his accumulation of gold and sil ver amounted to about $3,000, 000 whfch he had secreted about his dwelling; and although the cabin doors were minus locks, his money remained safe until the (lames last week consumed his home and its contents all but $425, This amount being hid in the bed, did not melt on account of the roof falling in on it and partly smothering the flames. Mr. Elliot had been advised a bout a month ago to deposit the money for safe keeping. Quite a sore loss in such extreme old age; but as we cannot take our gold with us, possibly this loss will not be as hard on him as it might have been to some one much younger. Mral: If you have money lorded away about your home, s-ou had better deposit it at once in some good bank, three of which vve have in this county. There it is safe from fire, flood or bur ilars, so far as you are concern d. The Bank is responsible to vou for you i1 deposits. Better at tend to this at once lest you meet with the same fate that has overtaken theccntenarian named ibove. Democrat. A cheap reputation soon wears out. FINE STOCK FOR SAE. -On Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1914, at my home on Meat Camp, I will offer for sale to the highest bid der the followinglivestock: Four nice, blooded heifers, two extra good milk cows, three head of horse stock one mare and two (illies all first class. Terms of tale, ( months time with note and approved security. This Jan. 22, 1014. W. W. BLACKBURN. Sands, R. F. B-. NOTICE OP SALE. Under the power of gale contained in a inortak'e dued executed on Aug. "ith, l!)()l, by Daniel V. Yates to J. 13. (inmnley to secure notes to the am onnt of jtaiKi which mortgage in rogU Ured in theofll.'.e of HegUter of deed of Watauga co. N. C. in Book J page JUO wo will, at the court house dooi in the town of Boone. oni6 February 1914 sell to t lie highest bidder for cash tie following described lands, eituati iu Watauga county, N. C. on Beecn Mountain and known as the Georgt irrimsley and Win. A. (irunsley lande lieing tlie liud conveyed by deed from J. !. Hmnnleyand wifeandAuu Uriu) -ley tosaiil lianiel V. Yules, and for i more definite description reference s made to snid deed 'outaiulng lvO a rivn, more or les to mitisly a balance f &l due on said notes aud foi costs of sale. This Jan. 11), 1UU. S W.CULVfilt, NKLLIK WKU-BORJJ, Assignees of Mortgagee. . NOTICE OF SUMMONS. North Carolina, Watauga County, In the superior court before the clerk Polly Farmer aud husband William Firmer, vs .lulia Swift, Louisa Swift, James Thompson, BinaThoiu pson Robert Thompson, Joe Tboinp son Annie walker aud husband tiro ver 8allie May, Margaret L. Hensoo and husband Geo Heuson, Ross Thompson. J. W. Stephens and wife Isabella Stephens. The defendant Anu Walker and hu band Urover Walkeraud JamesTomp sou aud wife Lillin TiiompsoD, Julia SHift aud Loi isa Swift above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commence in the superior court of Watauga county be fore the clerk thereof for the purpose of selliugtliat tract of land in Watau ga co. Cove ci-eeK sowusnip, Known as the J. w, stepuens home place, containing forty acr s more or less. for partition of the said lands among the tenants in common, and the said defendants will turtlier take notice that they are required to appear be fore the clerk of the so peiior court of Watauga comity at his office on the 26 dty of Feb. 1H14 at the hour of ten o'clock and answer or demur to the jietition in s iii action, or the petitio ners will apply to the court for there lief demanded in said complaint. Ihis iJan. 7, 1914. W. D. FARTHING, C. F. C. PR 0FESSI0NAL. )r Q Peavler, : Tivati 11mim o the Eye, Ear Nose and Throat BRISTOL TEW.. 1 15 '14 ly T. E. Bingham, : Lawyer ' B00XE, ... 1 . . N.c Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature Collections a specialty. Office with Solicitor F. A. Lin ny 1-29. ly. pd. T.'A. Love, James C.Cuxk LOVE & CLINE, Attorneys-at-Law NEWLAND, - - N.C. Will practice regularly in (be cona tlesof Avery and all adjoining couu tie. . The collection of claims a specialty. 2 27.'13 1 yr. VETERINARY SURGERY. I have bqen putting much study in this iubject; have received my liploma, and am now well equipped for the practioe of Veterinary Nur fery In all Iti branches, and am the nly one In the county, all on er iddress me at Vilas, N. . It. P. D. 1. O. H. HAYES, Veterinary Surgeon. M7-'ll. Dr. . M. MADRON. - DENTIST. : Sugar Grove, North Carolino, All work doue under guar antee, and best material used. U3-'ll. E. S. COFFElf. -ATlORNEi Al LAW,- BOONE, N. 0. Prompt attention given to ill matters of a legal nature. Stiff' Abstracting titles and 'Oitection oi claims a special l-l'll. Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney - SPECIALIST - HTK, BAR; NOSE, THROAT AND CHEST ETK8 EXAMINED FOR GLASSES FOURTH STREET Eristol, Tenn.-Va. EDMUND JONES LAWYEll -LEN01K, N. (- W ill Practice Regular!) in 'he Courts of Wuleugu, 6-1 Mi. " L, I). IjOWK, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Banner Elk, X. C. Practice in the courts of A verv and surrounding counties. Care- ul attention given to all matters of a legal nature. 7-6-12. F. A. LINNEY, -ATTORNEY AT LAY- BOONF, N. C. Will practice in the courts of ohe 13th Judicial District in all matters of a civil nature. 6-11-1911. i . E. F. Lovill. W. R.Lovlll Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys At Law -B00NE, N. C- Special attention given to all business entrusted to their care. .. .. ..
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