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1 IK-S M ..2-. :?; - ' V. XX f . .1 -,1. '"."J '7 ,' V ... 1 . . . . . . ..." r i . ' voL.xxyi tJOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915. i NO. 3& 1 - 1 I I i it rrt w '..Si',-: 'i , V,, 4 ' I,' lv.', jt' ; IKsphBKSi 5tt!nrsti r f Mr. W. W. PreBne11,;bf Hago man, furnishes us wjth the follow ing interesting account of occur rences in Boone.50 years ago and since: . ' '- Qn the 28th of March, 1865, Geueral Stoneman and his m manJ dashed into Boone and killed Jacob Councill, father of B J. Councill,1" Ephraira Norris, father of ('apt. . E. J. Norris, and. Warren Green. The wounded were Sheriff A. J. McBride, Thos: 0 Holder, W. W. Gragg, and Calvin VK Green. Pretty much au tne men ! in Boone were put under arrest, and many were taken prisoners to tamp Chaise and other north "0 era prisons, aud . the county jail the 29th of March, 1873, & the county court house waburn a J toother with all ti.e records except book E of deeds, un me 28th of January, 1886, the west end of the court house was blown out by t .ne of the worst wind and anow storms thecountv everhad. September, 1886, during court week, the Charleston earthquake shook up the people of Boone and th country, in general. - v Mr. Presnell also sends us an ancient document i tie shape o an Abstract of Taxables, issued in 1855, which would be interest--fug reading had we the space foi its publication. Iiptijt U'M) Schsal Gomatiofl 0 The following paragraph which was overlooked should have ap--peared in the ..article headed an , above in our last issue: "Let each church and Sunday ' school in Watauga county send : messengers and minutes with a full report so the statistical table in the minutes may be full and 0' complete. If arty Sunday .schooK can not send messengers, make out your minutes and mail the minutes and minute fund to J.- K Haves at Vilas. N. C, in time for the convention, ho the min utes may be completed and print ed All messengers to the con vention who receive a copy of the Democrat containing this i xo- gramme will pWse preserve the copy and bring it to the conven tion as there will not be any other prints J p i ogrH mine. L. N. PERKINS, A. L W1L-0N, J. L HAYES, Committee. Cinisfoti Sending a brigade of cooks to Europe to teach the nat ives there to eat cdtnif only renewing an experiment tf ledln times of peace, ''Corn Cake" Murphy gained im mortal note by his efforts alonjr th'is line, while Clark K. Cai r and later Maurice. Egan did mui h to give the Euiopea s a notion oi tae delights oi corn as a comesu ble. T heVeapostlesof anew ga. tronomy for tfie" peopfe of Eu roue met with theobstacle that has so far proved insuruiounta hie. Prince and peasant alike associate corn with stock feed and. therefpie decliue it, " But ijpnv js really a food for the crods in nutritive value. Itis butT little behind whole wheat flour, contaiumg within o pei cent as much curbohyd rates aud within 8 per cent as much pro tein. . Much of the food value - wheat is saei iflced in prepn ration Of flour 'O the end that oiirdain tyappetit s may.be piqued by the snowy: whiteness of t lie bread Thus, bulk for bulk, good corn bread is quite as uutriiious as is the wheaten loaf, , Many ways of c-dokingciirn are known, but the simplest are the better. ?A stu rdy rare of pioneers throve on mush and milk and com pone and hoe cake. Chili lationand luxury have led themahaliee. ...... . .. t For many years past Germany has been spending on her secret service between f 3,000,000 and $4,000,000 annually, tiat is to ' cams frob the farm' of Mrs. Sal say, about five times as1 much as lie Wise.' This large poplar has ? ranee and from 12 to 15 times as much as Great Britain. The, purpose to which theet lundsarel mainly devoted is the establish, ment and maintenance of spies at fixed posts in potentially hos tile countries, says a writer in the Atlantic. - In France, where this smothered warefare has been waged most persistently, it can best be- studied. The principle ageutsale rarely Germans. They are as a rule, Swiss, Belgians and Alsatians, . with a sprinkling of riupt Frenchmen. . If they are Germans, then they hasten to take out 'naturalisation papers and to make themselves, conspic uous by protestations of loyalty to the laud of their adoption. But in all cases they are instruct ed to disguise their operations inder forms ol ordinary business. They take shops, land agencies, hotels, insurance offices and so on. They follow ' their callinir ust like everybodyrelse fn the lo cality. They attract' no notice, either by having tdo much mon ey or too littlt Their businesses are soundly established and ire i keeping wit)i the; requirements of the neighborhood.' The ex panses of starting them1 are borne out of the secret service funds, and from the same source the de ficits, if any, in -the? annual bal- aice sheets are made good. The man in charge Identifies himself with the life ar6un4 him, sits on committees, makes as many riends.as DoasibleA subscribes generously to locat charities, and not infrequently gets himself elected to some minor office. vhicago Journal. . Mrs. 5 umH Jdisn . Never before in the history of Charlotte has the city been stir red so profoundly and universally as by the death of Mrs. Stone wall Jackson. She was the city's most cherished possession, and no occasion was complete with )nt her benign presence whenev. er it was practicable.' She was the living link between the pres ent and a glorious past, and around the name she bore clus tered the memory of the South's most beloved hero. Living far beyond man's allot ted span of life, she exemplified ill that was lovely in the past as well as in the present. From ear ly youth she professed the faith of our Saviour, and without wa vering she tried to wtilk in His steps. Wiiue others ere swept away by novelties in doctrines aid practice, she conformed , to the strict standards of; old, and h'wi no sympathy wfth themb.! em womanly i 'Vis'sZ: Wherever she went, , whether' Nor th or South; homage ws paid her, at flmtlbeeanse ghje bora ths name of her famous hflsband, and then because tney; ifognjied : m ber the hignest y pe of Hputhern womanhood; - vs v 5;, l..:.''-.', Amid all the honort;;hsape uiMon. her, she continued :to thei last an nldrfashioued fhristlan mother who feared . GOd, Apdno one else. Presbyterian Stadard A torpedo invented by aTJnited States naval officer carries a gun that discharges an explosive shall inside a vewel after, the torpedo has punctured its hull below, the water line, v : v chddren o these pioneers to look with disdain on corn, and prefer to secure its great health-giving properties through other me diums. . We have been tat imrour - 'corn by way of pork and beef. fcrtcs,hi Ur. Burt Bartow hM8Iiaght, t red the largest tree in -Lincoln county. A large? poplar, which shaded n)any who have gone be- fore. It was grated near the Pleasant Home chpolhouse spring. Many are familiar with the surroiindmgs and fthe. spot; where thi huge tree stood. 4 Wa gons have been hauling the cuts from this tree to town for ship ment for several days. The tree was seven feet nine iuches in di ameter widest point, and six feet and four Inches at the narrowest; 21 cuts, 31 . inches long have been hauled in. ' The total of lumber will be about 5,500 feet Much might be written about this great tree. To give an idea of its size a platform had to be provided for the workmen to stand on while sawing the cuts. To BG tit tree equal to this one means a trip to the California Exposition. -Lincoln News. Bi&t Eialu :li tki Meshes From arecentissue of the Char lotte Observer we clip the follow ing interesting information .as regards a fake healer who had been doing business in that city: Before Recorder H. C. Jones yesterday, "Doc" Turner, alias John Carpenter, was tried, on a charge of false pretense. " Jane McCollough, whose tongue had been silentthese many years, was the main prosecuting witness against Turner yesterday mom ing . The mute, through the aid o a pencil, testified that Turner had offered for the sura of $15 to restore the speech which she had lost This seems to have been in pro per ratio to Turner's sliding scale of prices for the restoring ot any faculty, based upon his alleged power as a "divine" healer. As a custodian of any especial celes tial secrets, the ''Doc" assuredly fails to measure up to the popu lar demand with regard to phy sical characteristics. A bead shaped after the similitude of a Zeppelin; eyes crowding one an other too close for comfort,, a complexion which is guaranteed not t run, and ears which sit out from his cranium at right angles, the "divine" healer is as queer a looking specimen asever brought up by deep-sea fishermen. A pair of enormous gold-riramed specta cles,, the outward and visible sign of his miraculous powers completed the defendant's un- anny physiogoray. Sixteen i-years ago. last Sep- tembef," whispered De t e c t i v e BraMey reiiiiin¢ly, "I caught something tfiat looked just, li e that, but 1 cut the line and let it SO , 'Before Magistrate Alexander yesterday; Turner was held for the higher court under a similar charge. Henry Harris, a blind negro of Crab Orchard Township," appeared as a prosecuting wit ness against the fakir. Harris stated that for the sum of $40 the Jdivine" healer had offered an Iron-bound contract to restore his sight. Af terdiscovering that the afflicted one was not in pos session of so much coin, the heal er descended to a hieasley five, which was paid by Harris for the promised cure. A rag wrapped about the patient's head, with three brass rings Bewn upon it, was shown as the medium with which Turner proposed to effect the transformation; Within the magic , rag Was. enclosed the $5. After a number of incantations and, mysterious passes! the wit ness testified that the healer re placed the rag, minus the money, and disappeared. V The cure has 'not yet taken place. - V L ismTTR WTCST TL A NT) CIO.' . CO o Hi la iH H 03 O & d M W H W n H o C o C d c o o c o Q M Hi o En Ph O 5 4) 3 1 3 O (0 ' C O 1 H JPQ O o a d; . o o I an t ! . T'. P SI S b 0 S-s 5 m a S o 5 0 a to grill's t $ S i- 0 O an- fell ' 23 " S 2 5: 7 ea ca -o m MM tr .'2 g 8 8 3 M . ail 0 8' 4& 5 a -2 fess-ional. U . Phytician AndSurgtoa. f boone,kc. Qflto. oyw Wink ) Plun Ctatnl or w? . ) WlQklMt. All Calls Promptly wUd. ' ( Ufflee boon, to 11, . m. S to. p. a Dr. G; M. Peavler, TrwUplDNUMOttbt Eye, Ear Hose and Throat BRISTOL TENN.; 1 is '14 17, T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOONE, . - ... . n.C Promptnttentlon-irifen to nil matters of a legal nature Collections a specialty. Office with Solicitor F. A. Lin ney ' 1-29 ly. nd. Silas M. Greene, JEWELER Mabel, IN. C. All kinds oIkrfpnir work done under a poMittte guar antee. When in need of any thing in my line give me a call and get honest work at honest prices. Watch Rpaikino A Spbcliltye VETERINARY SURGERY, ;i bav beeo putting mucn atudf jn thia tubJiMt; bar rolred my iiploma, and am oow well eqalpped for th practise of Veterlt ary 8ar &rj in. all itp braoohet, aud au tb uly oim iu tb oouuty. all 00 or ddnM ua af Vila N. . R. P. I). I . Q. B. HAYK8, Vtriuarv Sorrtoa. H7-'U. E.S. COFFEY. -A'LWRkhl A'J LAW,-. -BOONE, N. 0. Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. CsT Abstracting titles aud. oiifiction ot cluiits a xpecifil 57. M-'ll. Dr. Nat. T.Dulaner - SPECIALIST - TB, BAR; HOSB. THROAT ABO CHBIT BTKS BXAMIMBD TOtl '. OLAHSBI FOURTH STREET Eristol, Tcnn.-Va. EDMUND JONES i LAYBU i liBNOIU, N. C rfitf Practice Regularly in 6.IV11. ; U:D.L0B T. A. LOVt, r kit, 5. C. , &iliww, y. 6. t rE& LOVE ATTjb E YS-AT LA W. Practice in the courts of Avery and surrounding countieri. Care- mi attention given to all matters of a legal nature. r-tt-U " . F. A. LINNEY -ATTORNKY ATLAW,- BOONE, N. C. ' Will practice in the courts of ' che 13tb Judicial DiRtrict is all naatters of a civil nature. kll-1911. a. p. lotiii. " ... w. r. tovni Ldvill & Loviir ATTORNEYS At Law- BOONE, N. C- Special attention given to ill business entrusted to cheircare. i'A'H ',!''' ;',;V;';'"-::: 1.1 1 1 '-j;. p::
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