'v:
.ivition reciting are just now
:2ar' into evidence. ; This" is
:cause of the' fact that many
..Zj. of drugs supplied Jhem
rt for&s hatsriod as pos-
before the law went into op
ittoii''-;. These.eQred tip jup-
'tave been aboutexhausted,
the misery of human wrecks
jttaioff to Dublic notice?- Mrs.
,?m ILerbttrwhi-has
Jr a Ions time been engaged jn
A fight for the suppression of the
rug evil in New York City, makes
import through: her agent, Mr.
-rhest K. Coulter, of alarming
editions now; prevailing in the
city. In The Sun 'Mr. Coulter
im account of many people.
jzzS through depuration- bf
pscaine, heroin anil, other nar
-otfcs, "cominittmk acts of vio-
'jace and fitting the city's prisons
lad, hospitals to the rippling
jt" Mr.Coulter does not be
live the people of New York rea
9 the seriousness ;of the situa-
Uon.
"lt must be understood,"
'that these men who
rob, assault and kill to get mor
;hine or soniQ; fcimilar1 drug are
r.rane. They art the most dan
y:rous kind of hmatics' when the
giving comes, fiver them. - The
!rug means more to them than
; and they will never,; hesitate
atacriflceUvesotbers and their
xTOfito get the stuff." lhecity
i up again8tagreatproblem.'; It
estimated that in order to deal
Tith the drug cases New York
jiUJiave to spend 1100,000 on
.is inebriety farm at Warwick
Vad $175,000 on'tts city prisons.
Its trouble' in -New York, as per;
iaps in other large cities, is that
;6pCvision was madev to care
'or ft situation bound to result
rom the enforcement of the law.
Dependence was made solely on
-he hospitals, but these institu
ilons proved tofally inadequate
So handle the vast numbers of
Irug habitues
.eep such cases
Meanwhile, a trC.
ess has sprung up fc r, ?- ''
!rug cures and substtk!.
,is8 in the price of dro &
resting incidental. Thesuiif
Sorts an increase of, as much
IjOOO per cent. Opium has gone
rom $6 and 10 for, a six ounce
j:n f 135 and 155. Cocaine is
:ow bringing $22 an ounce where
. formerly cost f 3. Heroin, or
Morphine diacetyl, costs six times
vii fnrmer nriee. i Tfie rnnrnhino
lally cost 25 centstt-rCharlotte
r; )erver. ,.'r.. ' .' .' "'
It!.;-. ' " m ""'i j
It just had Jfco comfr'sooner or
8r. . Ever since ther automo
J2es began hopping abbfit. over
roads likeiriusshoppers a
!nicn between aTorand aniule
13 fjen inevitable J&'riht
iye been expected; hV heete of
Ssiple came outvictri'ousv;it
mewednesdayafteoanwben
Dr. 0. B. Nance got a .hjarry call
;zt somewhere below Canpeltind
'iaped into hisA new mabout
Ji started to answer Jt, -The
Wwhich he 6 vertooljome dis
-ce out wanted to back, across
3 road.' Dr. tectriedto4rive
uAd him but the -nrule swung
'iivoX ihe brldie, ,thef bridle
;ke, and the tqule's rear parts
it against the radiator of the
chine Dr. fiance grabbed bis
:3icme case and, hit the road
't and went on to his patient
i radiator needed about 20
;th of work, and rmule was
', hytS ? It is und?rt!x)od now
:i1U Ford has learid U dit
"": icatciweeni hog and a mule."
Federal lawregulatiihe
Sct narcotics went into efifect
il. ; The effects of the fa
onnl'-' VW - W.V!t, J J
at,.Ujflctitny nonsense except C r'
Mr. John Buff has ghtdid
clerking and )Akeii4cp; k$ cli
we Pf
onv ;openmg nu raj
pairfchop for watches, dol
such machinery out of ongsrU.
Athonjfcpur pppuiafc ifcwUin
saiesmto ttErecenttferahle distant toward the Nwh
. rm uarrowt of theDafdeHes,whfl the
rw oj JE!yj8inssMps
uuuiur w uriimmeri c?cqrw&aten on,tt Asiaslfcsideof the
erai times a year.unttt thsjcru- 'lreatiiceisd
like our brothersyand they are
in reality a eonnectttg Unk;tdthas til4unched.
tween the outside worlji and.JhJtf The tfujlcs uwMttoi Officers
ttie world of our own, .r -rj
1 be old bank building used by
his Honor, the Mayor, iota may. Cre of the allied fleet and thegal
or's court and by tb$ band b6ys! Iy of .tt my 'they were
as a practice room; is .bttaar: a fcnad to fall back, k The 1 British
targed, the tom
accommoaaw. , secona. ttoryjttoa. r v ..
which trill jMfillfibc points wire selected for the
society meetings whild the lowet
floor.will be foe a'toW hall whofs'
political meetings, meetings oi
the Civic League.stewillbebild.
Mis8 EuniceacQbiapUshed
daughter of Mr, arid! Ufa. Whl
L. flolshouser.who jsjamOngour
most highly honor dtizensand
valued friends, has reimrndd fpm
college for her vacation at Jtome
ana wui do a welcome adoitioo
A. . I - ..V. ...
to the younsr oeoDle'kiociatrtha
- - w
of attractive younitirls inour
litue mountain town, most Of
them having gotten? faireduca.
coming season. Jehftve a WwJat the. extreme end of; the penin
won, ana some oi x&m, not sat-jto be consolidated.; Ahey had
isfled with less thanks best: go-l reached Krithk on the road
mg to- college ana ptpg - tnep'ijwhich runs along the peninsula
selves for life's seripui duties, trtaad over which they will loin
thejcriit be it sail, for too;
3 V VUKai owaaajiiwM ana acaac tne'tor guard
a M-l(MKIlliitKafi0Wi mthe rar? .i
K Ut; unless fancy;
WOI J; r.r " I tnelr time
peeriiu C o -Vt-i J and the
other haT cCCieni
less fafi .cxx" )Jitrs
aremtc-;J While, this was proceeding the
tiin tlr T'tgCj t ; Jrt,besi cSvering the landing
fc, atMxMs the-troops, teirtj upa bom-
C Blowing .rrt'of the forts in the Dar.
Lfl8en8e,8o-called,that"cheers
heart, opens the windows of
raind and lets the sunshine
:iVJ e; Ci theershort cut
to t-;u:X2 I chant : I
WewftirCrOKyou two
years agr;5 .rfuss to
go, or won-i r t v.
town and w)untrr
ray joy and pridt;:.
white!tires so new, buVlC
te tires so new, buV J
down and out for truVC vfN
,rv
are down i
ery way. To thee, bid ratC:
came many bumps and knocL,
for them Igrieve.. Sadly thy topV
torn,, frayed are thy seats and
worn; the.whoopiflg cough effects
thy horn, i do believe. "Thy peN
fume mils .the bwiewhfia jbd
folks choke and sneete, as we pats
by. I paid for thee a price
'twould buy a mansiontwicVnow
sverybodyjt yelling"ice" I won-
derjrhy?w.Thy mbtbrbasthepin,
even the s kid chains sib.' and woe
is ttnine. I, too. have sufSsrea
chills ague and kindred ni en-j
deavoring to pay my biilsica
tuou were mine, uone is my pan
roll now, no, more 'twould cjiok
a cowas once before, xet, if
had the, mon, so help me, John
amen, I'd buy myself acaragaint
and speed some more, Ex. h
L-ttissaidtiuiUT.BlMacsA
memory was so retentive -that
after reading a book ' once, he
could give all the feslfeat points
to it, and recite many locg pas
sages of it verbatim. . V
In the United StatescitkMthfln
was last year a bank for everv
9,iwpeupie.
a!:;
After ess f&tin in which
t an of3cW statement issued
IW!y ,have establish)
IbsvtWiii ipolr'
ninsula and advanced a consid.
Frsach havjr ia:Cape-' Kum
And moat Se.
rious attempt to fprct the Dar,
plated every obstacle in the way
of the invaders but against th
hn lost beaVilyJnthe.oiera.
landings, whidh began at day
Ught of April 2(5. At five poinU
they rer successful immediately,
bMiibsixthnear SeddulPahl
the troops were, unable to (ad
vance until the . 'evening.. .The
Auctrians and Mew Zealanders
landed on the west coast of the
UalUpoli Peninsula, directly
acpos the country from, nthe
strongly fortified narbwiii. The
oitsr Britlnh trocps dtobarked
suU end fcy the 38th: when it wa
deddad td irive the' men ?a rest
and time to enable tge positions
their comrades: from thedomin.
1 The' French took possesion 61
Cat Kum KAlnh aftpr , thav hnA
prfiviously attacked toward Yehi
Khehr to the south on the - Asi&
Minor coast
3caa preventea reimorce.
.!:rsachltTurkeyfroiD
Tyn. ,-10 4.UTH.-
IAC t sunk by the
.lCit. is believed
again tat'4d liTbig guns
across the fc Cd by
airmen. Thetrf:?Srrjrk
dS Uaidos, a tbferiElil
Narrows, whkA;latll&
ship Triumph bombard! rot
on nre; .
Theofflcial accountof.tli
mg ol the allied : troops jeet
beat out the pyerr! if
rts fwm Gwcliiit
. 7-"?:
andsof ;r:taving
" rSti Sc;lof men
l$' C$on br the
QdofrDis-
if" iwnri iift vi
Y Accbrtmgf to a compilation by
a Fans newspaper, the troojls oi
the allies In "Euriipe occupy bat
tle fronts' 1,65 miles long. In
thtwsslj the liiss extend nearly
COO miles--theFnch occupying
540 miktrf trenches, the Hritisn
aii'aCij -Ahd'ity': Belgians 17
mlles. Ineast .'the; linej of
battle extend a68 nTiles." .The
Russians faceTront 851-miles
locg, whilrthe Serbians and Mon
tenegrins ' are, fighting along a
line of 317 milesl And with the
fighting thit hasjniproress
for the past several montbsnei
ter side has been able , to draw
in its lines to any considerable
extent Nashville Christian ;Ad
vocate. . ' , , -
Aluminum . can be rolled into
sheets one two-thousandths of an
rery I mchm.lhickhetaatareAs strong
'?Mtihfoa.V:',
When Germany proclaimed a
warxonexud the British isles
and told th& trance oi the world
tdlcfoic. oqtj" our gijivemmett
wttjraa wi teutons tnai tney
would be helSvsponsible for the
lop:of AcBcan' lives, j 8om
KiBg9
American; Leon CI
thresier,;aii .drowned by the
emkuigoftb British ship Falaba.
An in vestigation of this incident
baabeen'co tasted but a report
has not been made and it is not
known what - the i government's
course wjll bel; In the, meantime
Uerman aircraft dropped bombs
on tne Araerjisan. steamer tiish
ing, in the North sea.- No lives
were lost but Germany will prob
ably be asked -to- explain about
cnac-owncsomes tne report oi
the sinking : of the A m e r i c a n
steamer Gulfliht by German sub-
fli died of .tbl shock and two
-weiurors piinerew jumpea over
v ic: i : '
board and were drowned. The
multiplication o theseiincidents
would indicate that Germany
wants to provoke us.-Statesville
Landmark,: ,:; v ::
. When trvin Cobb was a renort-
etiirwer York he Interviewed
Jack Johnson,ioan after the last
Jeffries fight, says the ; Kansas
City Star. He handled the big
cinder humorously, A few days
aterne received tnwietteroi pro
test from a netrro, citizen of
Brooklyn: . ; ;
"Mr Cobb, your slanderous
statements in regards tot our fel-
ow Afro-American, Mr. John Ar
thur Johnson, - Esq.) has come
under myattentiftnirsma41y
permit me to say. that we take
exception to any such; attitude
on the part of any newspaper or
printed matter whatsoever. -
"You say certain unnice things
as , regards Mr. J ohnson's per
sonal' appearance, especiallyhjs
ace, which you give us to under
stand is funny, and his general
body, which you signify as being
lumbering: All that isridifulous,
for Mr. Johnson was never a lum
berman in his life. V . ,
"As for you; Mr. Cobb,' all I
Knva aov ia Via 4 T 1rnrtxr nrKA
yoiire; and'what you are,' anal
what kind of a; looking prson
you are and lehlne take this op
portunity right here to say that
ydu, are no Lillian Russell'
rferMlNK STATEMENT, C
IT: .iwti'g is the report of the
I the Watauea Uountv
CskM fioone, N. in the State
o-XJlt,', Carolios, at the close of
business My:J, 1915 1 ,
hssourcbs,:
Loans and discounts $180,179.90
Overdrafts 55.98
fanking hotrge , 3,900.00
urhiture artoVfixtures r " 1,000.00
Due from banks and ban
.:'keii ';; ; ; 11,235.93
Gold coin, . ' 3,019.50
Silver coin, including all
minor coin currency 1,753.56
National bank notes and
1 other U. S. notes" 2,446.00
Total...:;..........,........ $211,689.87
' -; LIABILITIES '-
Capital stock J. ;I $16,800.00
Surplus fu .v 5 ; i 1340.00
Undivided profits, less cur. v
rent expenses and tax paid 4,851.15
Bills payable '-' ' 15,000.00
Time certificates of dep ; 95,799. S9
Deposits subject to check , 64 p4.38
Cashier's c'ks. Outstanding 1,694.75
Towi.;j.;.........;....;... ; fan 689.87
State of North Carolina, Watauga
county, xss: I, G. P. Hagaman
XSesjittr of the fbqye named, Dank,
do 'solemnly swear: v the above
statement is jrueW the best of m
knowledge and belief.
4 r .0, P. Haqauan, Cashier.
Correct-Attest; " ,
;N.:L'MA8iv ; ) - c'. :'
L. A. Gbeene Directors.
' B. B. PocghertyJ ; ' ;
- Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 8th day of May, 1015.
W. D. Farjhino, C. 8.
-The monotony of thetilkabou
war orders placed in this country
has been broken. 1 During thepasr
week twei orders were placed that
break all; records in either pe
or war.1 The American Lrjcomc
we woryc s securea an uncan
lable order from the British
eminent for the' manmaotut -.dl
5,000,000 shrapnel shells. ; Th
cost for some ; of these shells i
$U each: while for the smaller
SDeiu tne price is f 12.00. ihe
whole of the contract amounts to
$66,250,000. (The second; con!
tract was for rifles by the French
Go vernment and was given to the
westinghbuse Co m p a n y; The
amount, of this contract is $50,-
000,000.' It is believed that the
contracting firms are good for a
profit of 20 per cent, all of which
money will be sent here to stay.
Whether the war is soon conclud
ed, or whether itlastsalongtlme,
the contracts will be filled for, as-
stated, they cannot be cancelled.
The rifle supplied the French
Government are to cost $27.50
each. - The contracting firms will
distribute the orders amongoth-
er manufacturing companies in
the North and New England.
Charlotte Observer.
Jont. H. Brown, son of Richard
and Polly Brown, was born De
cember 11, 1844, and died No
vember 15, 1914. He was the
second son of six . brothers and
three sisters. He was married to
Susan Norris, ; November 39th,
1865. To this union was born
five children, three girls and two
boys, four of which survive him.
Qua son died : In infancy. He
joined Meat Campllaptist cnaf&
September 8, 1865, and lived a
member of same until March 1st,
1884, when he moved to Three
Forks church and, remained a
consistent member till the death
angel came to bear his spirit to
its etarnal rest which remains for
the people of God. Bro. Brown
had lived so that his life was an
epistle, -and was known by all
who knew him as a faithful Chris
tian and agood citizen, neighbor,
and devoted father.- We feel we
have lost a noble man, one who
ever stood for the welfare-of his
npmeanacnurcu ananiscpnnuy,
and while we feel this loss we hope
he realizes the gain of his eternal
crown. . ; ,
L. A. Wilson,
J. H. Greece,
,E. J. Nobbis,
, , Committee.
A woman missionary in Chhla
was taking tea with a mandarines
eight wives, says The Southern!
vpman's Magasme. The Chi-
nese ladies examined her clothing,
her hair, he teeth, and so on, but
her feet especially amazed them.
"Why,' cried vpne, "you can
walk and run as well as a man,"
"Yes, to be sure," said the mis-
1 . ..
sionary. ; ;
"Can you ride a horse and swim
too?" ;
i
MYes."i
"Then you must be as strong
as a man!" . - i
"lam.1'
"And you wouldn't let a man
beat you noteyen if he was your
husband would you?" -
"Indeed, I wouldn't," the mis
sionary, said.
The mandarin's eight wives
ooked at one another, nodded
their . heads. : Then .the oldest
said, softly: . 1
"Mow 1 understand why tne
foreign devil never has more than
one wife. He is afraid." 1 r.
Every 25 hours there is poured
into the Harlem River 99.000.
OOO galldhs of New York City's
sewerese; in 10 xue xvoixn raver
132.000.000 callont and into thai
last River 234,000,000 gallons.
:.r ".j-r ' :.rr-rr: r ;
PBOPESSIOHAt'.
wfcje ooari, I to u, t, ml I to C pi
,"r.:;, Tmtapliessts of the
&3jEi;Klii;jtlf:f
BRISTOL. TENN.,
BOONE, -; - - ' . N. C
P6mpii attention isrifW tr
all matters of a legal natnrt'
Collections a snecialtv. ;
OfjjcV with Solicitor P. A. lLin.'
IW47. pd. s
Silos SL Greene,
JEWELER.
All kinds of (repair work
done under a positive 'guar
antee. When in need of ah
tbingiomy line glveOntja
call and get honest work kt :
honest prices, ; v -.f.
Watch Rpimmo A : 8PEotitr
ki I i 4
VETERINARY SURG:
9 hftve btea patting math
on this snbjeot; bare NedtM
diplom, and md now wall qi
(or tbeprMtlM of VeUriotrr
Mr
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Bar.
Unr Jn all iM brtMfaeS) s4 .4q w
aiy'bns tn the oounty. all o.ot
s ddjn me at Tllai, N. '. B. t. b.l .
i . w
,V. U. UAXKB, I
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: Ait'
rton.
WT-'U. ...
E. S. COFFEY. 5
-ATlOMEtArLAW,-Prompt
attention given to
ill matters of a legal nature.
C3" Abstracting titles and
iomction ot claims a special
ll-'ll.
Dr. Nat. T.Dulancjr
- SPECIALIST -
its, kab; vosi, throat avd CHSST
TBS BXAMIVin VOR
OLASSSS
, f OUltXH STREET
' Bristol. Tcni-Va. 5
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
S-LENOIH. N. n.-
f , . ...
Will Practice Regularly in
'he Coarts of Watt vpa ,
6.1 '11.
Ih d. lows
BMtnrllk, N.C
T. A. LOV.
StClnaw, M. C.
LOVE & LOVE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Practice in the courts ofTAvery
and surrounding counties Care
ful attention given to all matters
of a legaf nature. , ,
P. A. LINNEY, -
-ATTORNEY AT LA
BOONE, N.C. . -v (
Will practice in the courts of
the 13th J udicial District in all
oiatters of a civil nature. , v.-
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B.7.
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Attorneys ; At Law--Specialtttcitfcx
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