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VOL XXVI
UOOJffi), XTATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1915.
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Cbarlotto Obtemr " '
Governor Craig's mesage to
the Legislature is a voluminous
document, but one entirely in
keeping with the importance of
the matter with which it deals.
Tiw infissage'starts but' with a
little sermon to the farmer on
the disability of raising o t he r
things than cotton, reviews the
flne cidition of State affairs and
the "satisfactory adjustment of
the freight rate question, and
then' takes up matters concern
ing -the administrative depart
ments, The chief of the issues is
that of revenue and taxation,
and with no beating around the
bush the Governor comes to the
main trouble which is the fail
ure in the system of listing and
g assessing taxes. His remedy is
the clothing of the Tax Commis
sion with power to enforce a just
and equitable return of all taxa
ble property To an honest re
turn , and a,, fair assessment, he
. would have the State funds put
out at interest for the bringing
in of additional reverinei . The
State-wide primary law comes in
rfor endorsement, as under the
yyy democratic plailorra. The Go v
I . jh-or believes the State Insurance
gyl; JDepartment shouid be given ad
400y ;'(fltitional power by way of getting
lllv tetter fesuKs ' in he shape of
;iBiore uniformity : in -rates. He
tiiinkff the cause o! good roads
0 5iay"be best advanced by the ere
'itioiiir State" highway Cora
'jI; Ipission, and he wantfrijetterpro
cfy,;; lection lrom forest fires. The re
:'A'':f:v'port on the State prison is jnere-
y -tf-.'Nummary . of fine' results
mgp,odjniagement.- Govern
OrCraig'g1Ve voice to his dis
pleasij re ati which he considers in
terference with the management
of the.. convicts ..by - the prison
board; thus referring to.the mat
ter 6t taking convicts for work
tn the railroads. He gives hisen-
'Vlorsement to the State Board of
' Health for excellent accomplish
tnento. In the matter of child la-
or he is general,' rather than
peciflc He would have the law
rbra'ehildren "of tender years"
V.vm laoor in me uiuis, uu jip
.V. VVItM UWIV IIUU.VU MM.W v a
factory work at night under any
circumstances. He would have
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the west equipped as the east
With a training school. All of this
character of recommendation
was expected. But the Governor
ftH iinvo nrnman harrori frnm
haM Buctrested two entirely new
. . , DO -
; departures. He would have all
P 'r yi:' ne tate institutions, except the
t'-v, vl "if penitent iai1' for which exception
fc'. gives no explanation put un-
Vder the management of a central
board. If. that .is not done he
would have all these institutions
make monthly or weekly reports
: as the Governor might direct,
; pretty (finch after the manner of
tho call on the National banks
for statements by the Treasury
Department. The second depart
ure he recommends is that the
State comes under a primary la w,
the Governor be given power , to
appoint all- the administrative
officers of the State "except those
! named in the Constitution." The
t " Governqf maintains iri support
- of the exemption of . the officials
" from the operations of the pri
mry law -that "their appoint
" ' ment by the Governor would unl
i : fy theqgw-wstm and: hi
fi crease the efficiency, of the Gov-
' . : ernment" This would ho doubt
be a Very desirable privilege for
the Governor of the State, but
If y depriving the peoplefrom voting"
; . v for any, particijlaTfT6ffice or set
' - . of officers might have a tenden-
cy to weaken the effect of the pro
; ; . posed Statewide primary law at
A;:;;-the very stafj; , If the Observer
' - understand) the demand of a
& if State-wide primary, it contem
plates no Peter-afiPahl busi
ness
Charity tndCbtldrtn. ;
Heretofore 6ur women.hav de
pended on cards for their amuse
ment, mainly Jn our large cities,
but their influence hair reached
put to tie sner communitieB
and "bridge" has Define
even - in towns " that have' no
streets, but' content themselves
with country! roads, and poor
ones at 'that, for their boule
vards. There-seems tabea; per
feet crate the questiQn of
cards that is- sweeping ail over
the country, and it ia bight time
thaat something is done to item
the tide. Now playing cards is ei
ther right or wrong. Our church
oe all along have .maintained It
is wrong. It creates au appetite
for the game. Bridgorwhistmay
not be harmful but neither is one
drink of liquor or even two or
three a week, i the drinker would
stop at that; ut the . o'ecasioon
al dram .creates, the appetite
which finally jeadl to drunken
ness.' It is sd we take it. with
cards, There 'is a fascination a-
doui tne game that leads one in
to the habit. The so-called inno-
centgames are, but the stepping
stones that lead to poker and
all forms of gambliniB. Our lead-r
ing society people wiil not agree
with us but we are-not making
this appeal to jtheoL '.They are.
impervidus"to reason on this
matter. They have acquired the
habit and they are no longer
open toconvertion Our church.
es, especially1! those that have
a large contingent of prominent
i uuug piyyu in Hieiimemoer
ship, are . silent ' pthe?8ubiect.;
The pastors are either discouri
aged or afraid, and,.have ceased
to a large extiBnt to preach on
the danger of petting the habit.
iNow those churcbet ought to' do
one of two things, they ought to
lift the ban from card playing,
and let their young, people in
this fonn of amusement, or else
they ought to enforce their rules
and put a stop to the practice,
and the latter is the step they
ought to take. Card playing is
wrong. If christians are to avoid
the very appearance of evil they
must keep away from the card
table. We have noticed this:
Those, who. are fasdrfatearwith
cards are not fascinated with the
work of the church. They cannot
be devotees of cards and at the
same time consecrated servants
of the Lord Jesus Christ. The
two things will not mix. The.ele-
ments are so different they can
not dwell in one and the same
person. Another thing: We are
sorry for a.conipan of young
people who are Wm&rfally im
poverished7as to be dependent
on cards for theirentertainment;
and we beg our young friends
who honor us by reading this pa
per, to cultivate those graces of
head and heart that make one
independent of a form of enter
tainment that furnishes the prin
cipal amusement for the. brothel.
Themost skillful players are not
the society people but the black
legs. -
Dwrsjj in ras Sfvul toil.
There are many . people who
hnve a distress in tne stomarp
Kf t4r meals.clt j due to indigwi
t ion and faHiIv remedied Uv ta
king on of Cha inbtrlam's Tab'
let alter meals ,. Mm. Henry
PadghaVi,- Victor, N. Y.'. writes:
"For some tim I was troubled
with headache and distress in mv
ftomat b after eating, also nith
ronstioation. ASout six months
ago I lgan to take Clanter
lain's'Tabiets.N They regolatfd
the Hctioq-of my bdwt'ls and the
headache nnd other annoyance
ceasei! in a short time." Obtain
al5e everywhere. ".'
uhildrexx Ory
FflB FLFTCHFR'f
ASTORIA
Here are the views of three very
important men on prosperity
Thomas JL Edison, who after the
burning o a $20,000,000 plant
ie not diauragedi Jtiag'K- H.r
Gary chairman of the board of
directorsjpf the Bteel Trust,;.and
iamee JParrell, president of it
and executive of 150,000 work-
era. ......... ..
This ia what Mr. Edisou had
to sayvabout - worry in connec
tion with- the business condi
tion's: : :; ' ' .-'
"When any one talks about
worry he; might apply my new
standard of worry. Just think of
the kaiser, now on the defensive
with nearly 900 miles of battie
front, all told, on the east and
west . Why the -average man's
worries sink, into Insignificance
compared to this Another stan
dard of distress is Belgiumlit
tle, gritty Belgium! .
"It has surprised me to see how
Americans have become w e a k-
kneed over this war. They seem
to be gtricken with a sort of cora-
inerial paralysis. They want to
get'out and da something; ' how
is the opportune time. Why, you
can- : put a building up today
cheaper than you could before
the war and yet many of our sup
posed goo J business men will
wait until the war is over, as a
sign of prosperity and pay more
for the building. The wise man
will prepare now for the boom in
trade that we' will soon experi
ence and which will 'be tremen
dous after the war." .
do notexpeckrapid, but do
expect steadily sustained im
provements during 1915. " Mr.
Farrell of the Steel Trust, told a
Pittsburg audience. He insisted
that a-period of renewed pros
perity was about to begin. Inas
much as the steel business as the
steel business has been for years
a barometer of general business,
the statement of Mr. Farrell was
considered of much importance.
"This country should be pros
perous all the time," was the o
pinion of . Mr. Gary. There
should be plenty of work for all
who deserve work. Neither the
capitalist nor tho poor man, the
employer nor the employee has
good reason for discouragement
in this country. It is to be regret
ted that there are so many idle
men at the present time, and ev
ery reasonable effort should bj
given them to find employment
I have great hopes that the num
ber of unemployed in -this coun
try will grow less and less, not
withstanding it may be expected
as a consequence of the war, im
migration will iucrease. The op
portunity, of theUuited States
for success in every direction are
very great and never were,better.
"It remains with us to take ad
vantage of these circumstantes.
We should become and remain
the leading nation of the world,
financially,- industriously and
commercially; and, with t h ia
foundation, there should be no
limit to our prosperity, our in
fluence, our material and moral
strength' and growth, or our
happiness. "Dispatch.
Hopeless Lung Trouble Cured.
Many recoveries from 1 u n k
trouble Mre due to Dr.. Bell's
Pine-Tar-Hone. It strengthens
the lungs, checks the cough and
gives relief at once Mr. W. S
Wilkins, Gats. N. C, writes: "1
uaedDr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Ronev
in a tW unven up as hopeless
ahd tt effected a prmditeut cure.
G-t a bottle, of Dr. Bell's . Pine
Taj- Honey. If yourcoiiKh is dry
and hacking, let it trickle down
the throat, tou will surely tret re
iefc Only 23c at your druggiist.
"Tell me not in mournful num
bers, will your snores disturb my
Blumbera?"
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
8TATE NEWS
Alfred Henry Iewis a nevf spa-
per man and author died at his
home m,e w. York city a few days
Two thousand bushels of corn
remain unharvested. within two
miles of Wilksboro 'says the Hus
tler. Recently invented shackles, for
convicts permit a man to walk
as usual but lock should he bend
his knees to run. V ,(
Billy Sunday the evangelist o-
pened a meeting in Philadelphia
last week. The first service, there
50,000 in the congregation.
. Miss Grace Headly Dodge who
died in N. .Y. Dec. 27th last gave
1 1,200,000 to public and relig
ious institutions.
Thos. A. Edison says that
there will be a biir '-boom" in
trade after the war is over, and
that the wise nian will prepare
for it now.
James A. FerriU executive over
150,000 workers says that he
expects a steady and rapid im
provement throughout the year
1915.
Sec. , R. W. D. Conner of the
of the State Historical Commiss
ion has in his office at Raleigh a
largo sketch of a monument to
the N. C. troops to be erected on
the battle field of Gettysburg.
The Saturday Blade published
in Chicago beginning with the
new year, cut out all whiskey ad
vertising from ltscolumns, which
will entail an annual loss of 50,-
000 to the publishers.
Judge. Gary chairman of the
board of .directors of the steel
trust says that neither the em
ployer or the employee has good
reason for discouragement in this
country.
The House of Representatives
by a vote of 204 to 174 has re
fused to submit to the states an
amendment to the Federal Con
stitution to enfranchise women.
The Regal Marble Co. of Ashe-
ville ras offered marble sufficient
to rebuild the monument recent
ly destroyed on the summit of
Mt. Mitchell. . The students of
Weaver College at Weaverville
have offered to do the work, saj s
the Charlotte Observer.
Booker T, Washington the ne-
gm educator says that from rec
ords kept at' Tusgiigee Institute
that during the year 1914, 52
persons were lynched in the U. S.
Of this number 49' were colored
and three were white.
Match producing in Germany
has almost stopped, on account
of the war. It will be remember
ed that Germany is ' one of the
greatest. match producing coun
tries on earth. It is said that
they are so scarce that an En
glish officer paid $3.00 for a sin
gle match.
The Gist ol It.
Last December I ha I a very
bad cold and' waa nearly 'down
sick fa bed. 1 bought two bottles
of Chamberlain's Coujrh Remedy
and it wa only a very ff w days
until i was completely restored
to health," writ-s O. J. Metcalf,
Weatlierliy, Mo. "If you would
d tht vilni'. of .t'lis remedy,
sk ouh who has used it. 06tain
ble every hre'
If it were not for the spur of
necessity, we know of a few men
who would gladly join the work-
less throng.
Quit going around with a chip
on your shoulder-
. Ohildreix' Ory
- ; FOR f LETCHER'S
C ASTORIA
Mr .,...- . jl.. . - .
TktfcrESt
Lexington Diapttcb.
In his own forceful style, Irvin
8. Cobb, of the Saturday evening
Post writing in the Red Crow
Magazine for January, tells of the
misery he saw during his recent
trip in the European war zone.
Speakingpf those made homeless
and destitute by the war, he says
in part:
"I saw them trarapingalmless
ly along wind-swept, rain-washed
roads, fleeing from buttling and
devastated villages.1 I saw them
sleeping upon the miry earth with
no cover and' no snelter. I saw
them herded together in the
towns and cities from which
many of them ultimately fled, ex
1st ing God alone knows how.
1 saw thera-ragged, furtive scare
crows prowling in the shattered
ruins of their houses, seeking sal
vage where there was no salvage
to be found. I saw them living
living like the beasts of the field,
upon such things as the beasts
of the field would reject. I saw
them standing in long lines wait
ing for their part of the dole of
charity which already was near
ly exhausted. I saw their towns
when hardly one stone stood up
on another. I saw their aban
doned farm lands where the
harvests rotted in the. furrows
and the fruit hung mildewed and
and ungathered upon the trees.
1 saw their cities where trade was
dead and credit was a thing that
no longer existed. I saw them
staggering along from weariness
and the weakness of hunger. I
saw all these sights repeated and
multiplied infinitely yes, and
magnified, too but not oncedid
I see a man or woman or even a
child that wept or cried out."
The horrors of war as portray
ed by Mr. Cobb are enough to
startle a hardened criminal. He
tells of seeing soldiers in tatters
and streams of wounded pouring
back from the front endlessly. It
is a strictly neutral word picture
he paints in the interest of hu
manity in the future. The title
of the article is 'The War Blight.'
Constipation and Indigestion.
I have used ChamberlainV
fablets aud must say they are
tbe best I ever used for consti
pation and indirection. My wil
also uned thtm for indigestion
nnd they did her g(od," writes
tlueeneS. Knicbt, Wilmiugton,
S. C. Obtainable everywhere.
The man who has been stung
once can usually appreciate loy
alty when he finds it.
BANK REPORT.
Following Ib the report of the ecn
ditiouof ValleCrucU Bank at Valle
Oruols; In the state of orth Carolina
at the close of business Dee, 81, 1914,
RESOURCES:
Loan and diicounts $15,938 8?
Overdrafts Secured 800.00
Overdrafts Uuseoured 97.20
Banking- House i.mi m
Furniture and Fixtures 978,04
Due from btinka and bauk'rs 6,418,55
Cash Items JJ
(iold eoia . W.00
Silver coin, including ail mi
nor ooin currency
National bank notes and oth
er U.S. notes
260.88
809,00
Total:.....- .W5W?i5
LIABILITIES: . A
Capita! stock paid In
Bills Pa vable !
fime oertitloates of dfsposit
8,800
1.100
2.84C90
11,1830
Deposits ,ujeot to eieeK
Cashier's ch'ks outstainding 91 7o
Aoorued in.irH due depositors U28
ToUl '. 25,790.18
State or North CaroUna, County of
Watauga s. T, L. M. Farthing, eash
ler of the above named bank, do sol
emnly swear I that the above state
ment is true to the best of my know
ledge and belief.
L. M. FA.RTHINO, Cashier.
Correct A Meat: 1
W. P. Pawtbiso
W. F, lkLltK,
H. B. PbrrX,
JXIreetort.
Subscribed And awont to before me
this 11 day jl Jan. ttUu
PR OFESSIONAL
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J .0. Flttoher Johu lb ElnfbMi :
Fletcher &flihjam,
: : ATTcSETS Att LA W.V , -BOONE;
w NdBTH CARO,'
Will priotlM Ini tb courts W W i'
Uuf ao4 sdjouiint wiaBtfcs. CsW
ral and prompt attention firm to -all
fcatUn atretfea tons, .-.:
t no. tp ,.
Dr.G;M.PeavIer,
Traats Dlasamof tht . -:
Eye, Ear (lose and Threat
BRISTOL. ,TENN., ;.s-l
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T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
B00NE, . .. . . N.C
Prompt attention giten to
all matters of a legal nature
Collections a special t jr. .
Office with Solicitor F. A. Lfa.
ney
1-29, ly. pd
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Silas M. Greeiie,
JEWELER
Mabel, N. C. !
All kinds of repair work
done under a positive guar
antee. When in need of any ,
tbinginmy line give me a
call and get honest work at
honest prices.
Watch Rpairinq A Specialtyr
VETERINARY SURGERY. '
"I bare been patting math study .
on this itibjeet; have reeelyed my
Jlploma,. and am now well aquippied
for the practice of . Ytflnary 8ir '
ery in all its branches, and am tbe .
jnly one In the oounty. all on or '
Addreai me at Vllaa, N. . R. F. D.l . ,
O.H.HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
vvtm.
E. S. COFFEY.
-ATlOltoEl Al LAWt-
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt ftttentioD given to
all matters of a legal nature.
Abstract in ff titles and
ioiidction ol claims a special
ll-'ll.
Dr. Nat. T, Dulaney-
- SPECIALIST -
CTI, IAR; tfOSB, THROAT AD CHKIT
BTgS BXAKIirKD VOR
eLASSSS
FOURTH STREET
Eristol, Tenn.-Va.
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER --LENOIR,
N. (),-
Will Practice Regularly in
)he Courts ot Wat Ufa,
6.1 n.
L.D.IMB,
ATTORNEyjAT LAW.' '
Banner Elk, N. C.
Practice in the court o! Avery.
and surrounding counties. Cars,
ful attention green to all matters
of a legal nature. '
7-6-12.
P. A. LINNEY, r
-attornky at law,- f
BOONE, N.C.
Will practice in the courts o' V
the 13th Judicial District In all
matters of a civil nature.
8-11-1911.'.. v '
B. F. Lovlll. W R. LoUI
, Lovill& Lovill
-Attorneys At: Uw-
-BOONE, : & ;:Gg
Special attention jpven H
all business ;, eatrctcd ' J
to. mast,, p. ; hbir care.
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