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VOL, XXVI liOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY,j6CTrl9, 191 0. 17. liny: just us lli.'v have hl,.,t for jivntiu-ifs past iiii.I Hunt-. How iniu-h iipT is this stutf of al- ACRES OF DIAMONDS. f5 filtANT II. I..VH.I.Y. r...l,iniiiiiiH'kl. on tin? bunks of the Indus m--! fairs to exist? Just us loiiir as we cr there onee lived a very weal- Jtiue to sleep anJ dream our thv and contented Persian fafm-j opportunities nwav. Al Hofed rr. iuiiiuhI Al Hafed wealthy be- ' v? life in a vain atternptto cause lie was contented ami con- , nJ diamonds. Do you suppose tented luf-nuse lie was wealthy. ; 1p would hare done this had be One day theiv visite.l this farm-jknow" ,n" llIMn Ids very dooi ,.r an aired Buddhist Priest, vho 'P l".v what he so much do told him how the world and the;"- Xo! We are a thousand things on it were created. The ; t'"'H "orse than he was, for we m-iest told him about diamonds, j know and he didn t Let us turn i-ivintr "With a sinple hand full j our toward thJiijrht of op of'these vou could buv a whole portuuity and success; for it is and with a mine vou ,Mi' u' oeveiop, ours to country. could place yourself and your children upon thrones." That nifilit Al Hafed went to bed a poorer man not that he had lost anything, but pooler because he was discontented and discontented because he thought be was poor. He lay awake all niht long studying about dia monds, and very early next mor ning he went to the priest and asked him where they might be found. I'pon receiving the desir ed information, he sold his farm. collected tlie money, and. plac-J ing his wife in the care of a neigh bor, started on his hunt. After traveling over Palestine, he went to Europe, and, at last, when his money was all spent, and he was in rags, poverty and wretched ness, he stood on the shores of that bay in Harcelonia, Spain, when a great tidal wave came rolling in between the pillars of Hercules, and the poor, suffering, afflicted man could not resist the awful temptation to to cast him self into the incoming tide, and he sank beneath its crest, never to rise in this life again. . Meanwhile, Al Ilaf.'d's success or had taken possession of the farm. He led his camel into the garden to drink, and as the ani mal put its nose ink) the water. Al 11 a fed's successor saw a curi ous flash in the sands of the shal low stream, and reaching down he piced up a stone which bad an eve of light showing all tin lwople. The Mime nv with tin- ingehoiiHi I ill.it ! lands to giwi farmer; In hIiouM know ex.-nilyi 'ams work to doall theyear what condition his farm isiu. I h round. The cropping system should know at the beginning oi ; should n such as to keep the n- the yeur just how he is going to' vailabli-labor busy on prnnta-i manage hi farm so that ut the ble 'enterprise during as many end of the year he will not only months in theyear as ossible. have a clear profit but will hav. Last, we must have co-opera-his farm in a better condition jtion and organization, for these than it was at first. Just as thejlwo go hand in hand with suc merchant fits his toek to the(-ess and prosperity. The labor needs of the people so should thejer, the engineer, the manufactur farmer put his crops to the soil, i rcr, in fact the people in almost In order to do this he should every branch of industry haveor carefullv study the soil: for bv so ! sranized. The farmers stand out co orsof the rainbow. He took the pebble into the house and laid it i on th mantle, then went awa and forgot all about the incident. A few days later, the same o 1 d priest who had told Al Hafed a bout the diamonds, came to visit his successor. He saw the flash from the mantle, and, springing forward, he exclaimed: "This is a diamond! Has Al II ofed return ed?" No, Al Hafed has not re turned, and that is not a dia mond; we round it in our gar den." "Hut it isa;1.ianioml,"said he, "1 know a diamond when 1 see it." So, together, tb'ey rush ed into the garden and there, in the white sands, they found ma ny gems more precious than the first. Thus were discovered t h e great (iolconda diamond mines, the greatest in the world. Had Al Hafed stayed at homeanddtig in his own cellar or gatfden in stead of wretchedness, poverty, starvation and death, he would have had acres of diamonds Just for a few moments let us apply this little. t ry to our own dear Watauga and her sister counties. Our people are dissat isfied, just as Al Hafed was. They want riches and are sur prised when told that the pros perity for which they are looking lies undeveloped at their door steps. Not willing to stay at home and help develop their own county, they sell out, go west or somewhere else, and what is the result? penniless Al Ha feds. On the other hand, those who stay ar home a re too busv doing noth ing to take advantage of the op-1 portuuity offered to them. As 1 1 look over the sun-kissed hills and j vail.'vs of oiii" irn-at mountain counties, I see diamonds of opportunity sleep give to the world; not ours to give to our children as our fa thers gave it to us, not ours to hand back to our Creator in a worse condition than we found it. We owe this great duty of im provement to our Creator, to our child remind to oui State mid na tion. Are we men enough to ful fill this duty? The European war, helped by scheming politicians and trusts, has raised the price of most of life, and we, who above all oth ers, stioulu be p routed by such a change, are the very people who a re having to help bear a great part of the burden, because we buy almost everything we use. For instance, take meat. We buy almost all our meat, yet it is a known fact that we have the best conditions for hog-raising of any counties in the State and as goou as any m me unieu States. A careful study of this in dustry shows that it is very profitable, but here we are buy ing western meat at 18 cents per pound, Thousands of bushels of apples will lie under tha trees and rot this year. These apples, if saved and properly marketed av o u 1 d mean thousands and thousands of dollars in the pockets of our farmers. Do such conditions ex- . . . ,i i - o xi rm.,-. ist in otner states.- . -o: oifre the apples are carefully packed and the farmers do not depend upon local markets and the ped dling system. Instead, their ap ples go to all parts of the coun try, and in return they bring back rich profits. We do not even make enough ra in to supply our own needs. corn, wheat, rye and oats must nearly all come from the outside. Vet we have the best grain coun ties in the State. Hundreds and thousands of pounds of flour. western corn by the thousands of bushels, rye and oats all being shipped into the best grain coun- t ies in the State. W nat does n mean? Are we progressive farm ers? No, not so long as we allow our fertil soil to remain unculu vated and buy our supplies from counties less favored than ours, not until werftukeotirown 'chaw, in'. ' not until we become export ers instead of importers will we be really progressive. A farmer must be modern if lie is successful and that is the rea son we have so very few success ful farmers in our couuties. The modern farmer uses modern nieth ods and among the first of these is modern machinery. Many of our farmers will tell you that this county is not adapted to such things but the reason they say this is because they have hever tried it. It is true that our land is sometimes rugged and in mosti cases, if the rocks were piled, the stumps and hushes irrubbed and the land cleaned up in general, you will find that the fault lies entirely itb f he farmers, ve must have system. The successful merchant, for instance, tnkea an inventory at least twice a year and he knows just how his winess stands, he knows what doing he will know when each crop can be grown successfully. He should aim to produce quality as well as quantity, for quality brings the marketlo the farmer. About one third of the land in our counties is classified as im proved land is doing absolutely nothing in the way of growing valuable crops, and that about one fifth of the area under tillage gives annual harvests worth 20 or more per acre, the crops on two fifths are worth only oer acre, and Watauira makes 4.25 per acre. When these facts are considered, the ituportaneeof a better system is recognized. This system should give more teres to crops ofhighervalueand fewer to the ones of lower value. It should not eliminate crops grown successfully, neither should it depend upon new or untrued ones. It stiouiu contain noi uiii of a doubtful nature. It should if possible offer opportunity for utilizing 100 per cent of the im proved land in crop growing and in many cases make farming prof itable -enough to justify the clear ing up or reclaiming of good lands now: in woods and thus make the farms large enough for improved tillage. The system should allow not only the man but the work ani mals kept on the farm to do moie days of profit-bearing work per year than at present, lnis, as you know, is one of the w o r s t faults of our mountain farmers. The average Watauga farmer does not work more than from sixty-five to seventy-five days out of each year and the average one great brotherhood of practi cally unorganized men, and it is time for them to do something. When I say organization I mean organization ql the proper kind, the kind that will put the farm ers in co-operation with each oth er; the kind that will enable ev ery farmer to market his prod ucts at the best prices, and buy his necessities at the lowest pri ces. The farmers of Watauga county need the kind of organi zation that will make them con sider the needs of the county and bring them in closer harmony with eu'h other, for at the pres ent every fanner is against his neighbor and, indirectly against his county. Co-operation and or ganization would cause them to work together to the one great end of bringing prosperity to themselves and their county. I5y failing to develop our splen did prospects we are not only fail ing to realize any profits from our soil, but we are losing that which we can never regain our fat are citizens the young men and women of our counties. Hun dreds of them are leaving us ev ery year. We cannot blame them forgoing away for there is noth ing for them to do here. The Young man or woman with an i- deal in life must have a chance to develop that ideal. Can it be ac complished in such alifelesscoun ty as ours, with no attractions, no industry, bad churches and worse schools? Only our beau ft nil scenery is left to call forth rhe best that is within them, and that, by itselt, is a miglity poor all. We must wake up tor we are losing master minds, the very I'.ANK .STATEMENT. Following is n rcjKHt of llie oei. ilittou of the bank of lllowiu K"tk at tiiAiii Hock in the stale of Xortli Carolina, at the clo-e of busi ness Oct. 30th, 1914: RESOrKCES: Loans and discounts 44.5 67 Overdrafts secured 661 9S. Overdrafts unsecured 1 12.54 Kankjng house and lot -i5 Furniture and fixtures 1 ,263 20. Due from b'ks rpA b'kr9 13,782 97. Gold coin '.545. Silver coin, including all mi. nor con currency S55-33-National bank notes and other U. S. notes 1.S00.00 Total 67,106.74 LIABILITIES Capitd stock $ 1 2ooo.oo. Surplus fnd 500 00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 2,134.93 Time certificates of deposit 25 003 52 Deposits subject to check 27 396 S4 Cashier s c ks outstanding 71.45 Total I 67,106.74 State of North Carolina, Watauga county, s s ; I. (J. M. audderth, Cashier or the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the nbovr statement is true to the best, of my knowledge mcl belief U. M. SrmiKRTH, Cashier. Correct Attest: V. L. Holshous. er, W. C. Lentz J. A. Lentz, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th. dav of Nov. 1914. .1. II. GREEN, J. P, It OFESSIONAL. J .?. tU-her Jol.u H. Hiiiitdaiu Fletcher & Bingham. ATTORNEYS' AT LAW, boone, - - North ca no. Will practice lu tb court 11 of W tauga and adjoiuibg eouDtiet. Car fol and prompt attention giran la all matter entrusted to u. 1 ISO. 13 Dr. G. M. Peavler, Treat! Disease of tb Eye, Ear Nose and Throat BRISTOL. TENN. 1 15 '14 ly. BANK REPORT. Following ?s the report of tlie er u dition of Valle Crucia Bank at Valle Crueis; in the state of North Carolina at tlie close of business Oct, 31, 1914. RESOURCES: TiOans and discounts $15,724 2 Overdraft Unsecured 143.51 Banking House 1,341. 04 Furniture and Fixture 878,05 Due from bunks and bank'rs 7,694,01 Cash Items KS5 78 (iol.1 coin 12250 Silver coin, including all mi nor coin currency National bank notes and oth er U. S. notes T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOONE N.C 1 Prompt attention -given to all matters of a legal nature Collections a specialty. Office with Solicitor F. A. Llo. ney 129, ly. pd. Silas M. Greene, JEWELER Mabel, N. C. All kinds of repair work done under a positive guar, antee. When in need of any thing in my line give me a call and get honest work at honest prices. Watch Rpaihinu A Specialty g VETERINARY SURGERY. 275.04 1,022 farm team works even less than life of ourcountiestootherstates. fi,i l the states where vou will Better farms will not. only stop tin. In the states wnuejouw t wjn bri to UH betteI. find the prosperous farmers up- better ieople from oth- on investigation you will "ni eJ. soi-tions. better homes, better that both men and horses work schools, railroads and good from 275 to 300 days of each roads, and prosperity and hap- year. While it is not yet possible pyiess. for us to that here, we should, at C'I AMnr.Kb.viN's Tablets. least, do much more than we are m(,(Jieine inten(1efl e8 doing at the present, and it we I)Qei.llly or stounch trouhl.-s. expect prosperity we must do it. tiliousues- an I donstipation. It The secret of success lies in is meeting with much success nnd keenin"' all the tilablo land busy rapidly gainmg in favor and pop o-rowing valuable crops, and hav- marity. Obtainable everywhere. Total S27,406.21 LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid in 8,685 Bills Payablo 2.500 Time certificates of desDOsit 5.810.59 Deposits suliject to cheek 10,411 38 Cashier's ch'ks outstanding 09.24 Total ,27,406.21 State of North Carolina, County of Watauga s. I, L. M. Farthing, cash ier of tlie above named bank, do sol emnly swear that the above state nient is true to the best of uiy know ledge and belief. L. M. FARTHING, Cashier. Correct Attest: VV. J. Wagner, W. F. w 1NKLKR, H B. PmtAY, Directors. Snb'eribed and sworn to before me this 12 day of Nov. 1914, w. a. iuaoi, iM. r. The Butler Drug Store NEW AND IT-TO-DATH Prescriptions Filled Headquarters for the best Stationery and Candies; ' Toilet Articles and Rubber Goods Mail us Your Orders. : The Best and latest fountain drinks. Call on us at the old Tost. Office Building. E. S. STALLINGS, Manager Monuments, Tablets & Headstones. ft ALL SIZES, SHAPES AND COLORS, IN The latest reports shows that the wpman suffrge amendment was adopted in Montana. How to Phevkst Ukogo. It my be a Burpris-e to you to leain that in many cases croup can be prevented. Mrs. II. M. Johns, Elida, Ohio, relateB her experience as follows: ''My little boy is subject to croup. During the pn8t winter I kept a bottle of Chain berlaiu's Cough Remedy in tbehouse, and wheu he began bavins: thaf; croupy cough I would give him on or two doses of it and it would brel the at tack. I like it better for children than any other cough medicine because children take it willing ly, and it is safe and reliable," Obtainable everywhere Some times it looks like it is the average man's ambition to get rich enough to retire a n d have adisease. Galveston News. ","t"r,l-, w nn,l whatnot to buy, He, , , . n-. diamonds-yes,- "fZ TV.,, rwds of the '. MOUmam vnty, 1 Ilia UlS Biota Marble and Granite of tlfe very best ma terial. PRICES RE RIGHT, come and see our work, or write us for Prices and Designs. yoursvery truly, MOUNTAIN CITY MABBLEI10MPANY "I have been putting much study on this subject; have received uiy dlploiua, and am now well equipped for the practice of Veterinary 8ar gery in all lt branched, and am the only one in the county, all ou or addrem me at Vilas, N. . R. F. D.l . Q. H. HAYES, Veterinary Surgeon. 5-17-'ll. E. s. coffey! -AT10IMEZ AT. LAW,- CONE, N. C. Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. BSF Abstracting titles and nonaction ot claims a special l-l-'ll. Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney SPECIALIST BIB, KAR; NOSK, THROAT AND CHKST KTKS KXAMIXKD FOR U LASSKS FOURTH STREET Eristol, Tenn.-Va. EDMUND JONES LAWYER -LENOIK, N. (',- Will Practice Regularly in the Courts ot W ateuga, VL Mi. I, I). LOWE, ATTORN EYIAT LAW. Banner Elk, N. C. Practice in the courts of very and surrounding counties. Care- ful attention given to all matters of a legal nature. 7-6-12. F. A. LINNEY, ; -ATTORNEY AT LAVV,- BOONE, N. C. Will practice in the courts of the 13th Judicial District in all matters of a civil nature. 1-111911. Tennessee B.WVAKK OF CHKAl' ScnSTITl-TES. In theet days ol keen competi tion it is important! hat the pub lie should see that they get Chum berlaiu's Cmigh remedy aud not take stibst tun-a sold forthesake ol extra profit. Chamberlains Cough Remedy has stood t h e 1 est aud been approved for more than forty yeurB, OUainale everywhere, E. F. Lovill. W. R. Lovlll Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys At Law -BOONE, N. C Special attention given to all business entrusted to hteircare. , , V. .
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