VOL XXVI
. 1 ..'ii i' . . , i '-v.. t v
As Edison Siis It
The long accepted ideas of war
fare have been relegated to the
past by the struggle bet ween Ger
many and the Allies. There has
been a complete revolution in
tactics. Mechanical strategy is
sow the important factor. War
has been red uced to a science and
one of the foremost exponents
Thomas A. Edison lias been
quick to 'catch it. Mr. Edward
Marshall, a New York Times
writer, had a talk with' the in
ventor in his laboratory and
drew from tbat, genius some en
tirely new thoughts. Edison
thinks that in the changed con
ditions of warfare the untrained
soldier actually has an advant
age, lie believes too much mili
tary training not only availed
Germany nothing, but proved to
be.herhandicap. "Germany was
ready for war after the old ideas
of readiness," he says, "but her
armies never got to Paris. She
was over-ready. She was so over-
ready that she was nervous. Her
trigger-fingers became jumpy. It
was an attack of hysteria, due to
over-readiness, whiclrlunged
Europ into war." Edison's ob
servation is that it has been a
war of trench fighting and elabo
rate military training and ma
neuvers count but' little in that
kind of fighting. He thinks the
world has wasted avast amount
of money in military drill and
useless-fortifications. He is cer
tain it has been qirovetr that no
engine ot destruction or deferfse
can be so effective that the inge
nuity of desperate men cannot
devise something which will offset
it Germany's new field guns, the
secret of which had been so care
fully kept,. Fere, thfiteeusation of
'the first weeks 'of 'the war. yet
France matched them before it
was too late. In these facts he
sees reassurance for America
"We are as clever at Mechanics,"
he says, "whether they be those
of war or those of peace, as , any
people In the wofld. We gave the
world the iron-clad vessel as the
result of one emergency. We gave
the world the submarine. The
Wright; brothers perfected the
aeroplane." , The inventor says
that if any foreign power should
seriously consider an attack upon
this covmtry a hundred men of
special training quickly would be
at Work hereupon new means of
repelling the invaders, and he,
himself, would be -at it Char
lotte Observer.
MlXiCM lBtllliIKI '
There is but one trouble that
need be anticipated in the Mexi
can matter and that relates to
the capacity of intelligence of the
Mexican leaders. If they are en
dowed with a sufficient degree of
unleretanding to enable them tgi
grasp the meaning of. President
Sanson's notice, there will be do
difficulty in bringing'about a sat
isfactory adjustment of the situ
ation. Villa has already said
Carrania is to blame for it all,
and Carranza may be depended
on to place .the blame on Villa.
It is a matter for the Mexican
factions to settle among thim
v selves, and , past experience has
proved that the self-settlement
of any sorof a dispute is an al
most impossible accomplishment
Just how much pressure the Unit
ed States will have to exert in
. order to bring about the setting
up of a recognizable Government
in Mexico remains to be seen. It
is in the intellectual caliber of the
people we have io deal with that
the prohjera is found, it is pretty
mich like going up to a bunch of
cats with their tails tied together
and shouting to them to be good.
Charlotte Observer.
r In 1914 there were 149 fatal
aeroplane accidents in the world v
Whit tf niKs Praina
The entrance of Italy into the
war in Europe naturally fringe
up we question 08 to What Will
k. u i . . '
uo nie pan 01 tnat country in
giving aid ta the allies. Italy's
entrance into the conflict is to all
outward appearance caused by
the fact that it could not obtain
from Austra-Hungary conces
sions of territory it feels belongs
to it, the holding of this by the
Dual Monarchy for Years havinir
ueen a matter whiohnit hard into
Italian desires of expansion.
The fact that -a great stretch
of territory held by Austria
stretches down into Italy,' and
that this territory is literally
noneycomed with fortifications,
is an obstacle which - faces Italy
at the outset. Because of this
there is taken 4he viw by many
military authorities that the
fighting in the beginning will be
on Italian soil, and that first of
all Italy will have to drive the
German-Austrian armies beyond
its boundaries before it can really
take, the aggressive.' Of course
that is a matter which remains
to be seen, for nine months of
waiting by Italy has given that
country time to prepare and to
count the cost. Even' if Italy
elects to, fight for the present on
ids ironuer mis win necessitate
the throwing of a huge array to
oppose it, and the withdrawal of
German troops from the Eastern
and th4 Western theatres of war
would 'aid the Allies. If? Italy
had acted when the Russians took
Przemyel then its aid would have
been Vastly effective against Ger
many. The Germans and Austrians are
said to rather look with contempt
The events of 1848and 1866 awl
yet held in mind, for then Italy
made a poor showing in its clash
with Austria. Italy in those
years, however, is not the Italy
of day. Then it was a small
country, the northern and south
ern sections in antagonism, lack
ing in resources. IS ow it is really
a united Italy, a country ready
to move out in the methods of
modern warfare. United Italy
dates from 1870 when Rome be
came the capital. Since then there
has been steady progress, mak
ing it so that it is practically a
new nation which will enter the
war, its soldiers fired with the
flame of a hatred of the Dual
Monarchy which has broken forth
anew after years of smouldering.
So whatever the program in the
conduct of the .campaigns in
which it will engage Italy is to be
reckoned with. Its army, esti
mated at anywhere from a mil
lion to a million and a half of
nienV nVay lead to ah earlier day
.ef peacapor -there is now to be
'considered jthe matter of Hcmraa-
nia, Greece land Bulgaria throw
ing in their lot with the cause es
poused by Italy. With Italy in
the war Europe enters upon a
conflict fiercer than that which
hitherto has been making a sham
bles of it880il News&JObserver.
The newspapers of the State
are collecting a lint of the various
devices used to "blind tiger" stuff
into North Carolina. Thus far
the list shows thaUt is "seed po
taoes" for Greensboro, "crock
ery." and "wearing apparel" and
"shoes" for Washington, trunks
marked "personal baggage for
Wilmington, "apples" for Ral
eigh? The Washington News sug
gestaihat "if the blind tigers re
ally wanted to get in their ship
ments without being discovered
'that they label thpm beer and
whiskey. Newi Observer.
The: levees of the Mississippi
river are being made flood proof
by a covering of concrete.
fcOONE WATAUGA COUNTY
't. "
. A Riti from Darby to Abo
A good : many citizens of Wa
tauga county are anxious to have
a wagon road built which will
give them an outlet to. the Waj
tauga and Yadkin River Railf
road now pushing toward that
county, to tnis end a meeting
was neid in NQrth Wilkesboro
Monday to hit upon a plan by
wmcn Help qould be given to such
ata enterprise. The road which is
tp receive Immediate attention is
one from Darby, to which point
toe railroad Itf practically com.
pleted, to Aho, eleven miles away,
Three miles of this distance is in
Willses eounty, and it is estimat
ea tnat 250 will be sufficient
funds to complete tfyat part of it.
As to the remaining 8 miles, Mr.
ueo, I story, a merchant at
Aho, who was present at the
meeting, says can and will be
built by the Watauga people. A
petition for funds isbeing circu
lated and freely signed.- From
Aho to Blowing Rock is five miles
and the road is good; to Boone
is eleven miles. .
It is thought that trains will
be running to Darby by August
1. The railroad will then be con
tinued on to Rogers' Mill. This'
latter place is only 8 miles from
Boone and ten miles from Blow
ing Rock and is within two miles
of the top ot the Blue Ridcre.
With the. continued aid of t.hoJ
rjtate it is only a matter of time",
it seems, until the cherished hope
of Watauga cSunty will be real
ized m the proud possession of a
railroad. Wilkes Patriot. V I
Tki Newist Skia Gini
A resident of the lower East
SidAOnAmwl T.h Annr nt hit. flat
muu, l -J! "r
man with'' a medical odor who
said he represented the Board of
Health. The flat dweller was
commanded to remove' part, of
his clothing and lie on the bed,
his back uppermost, his face in
the pillow and submit to a phys
ical examination. -
The medical man, in pursuance
of his duty, annotated the Da-
tient's back with a greasy prep
aration calculated to bring the
physical defects to the surface,
and commanded the patient 'to
lie quite still until the ointment
dried. When his patience would
endure' no longer the patient
rolled over, the grease still not
dried. The medical man was
gone and so was the little wad of
bills that the East Side man had
worn next to his skin.
Last night thepolice arrested
Joseph Krowl, 20, of 1336 For
tieth street, Brooklyn, and charg
es him with being the bogus raed-
1CAJ man in tins little scenario,
which has been played with profit
in Cft least 15 homes in the East
Side below Fourteenth street.
krowl is' at police headquarters
charged with grand larceny.
The police say he has a record,
that he is No. 20,112 in the
"Rogues' Gallery and that he has
been to Sing Sing.
Jacob Fein; 69 Eld ridge street,
id to be the father of Dopey
mnyK the gangster, says the
edical person got $38 from his
trousers when the 'scene was en
acted in his home. Annie Ruben
fyld, 91 Willet street, says she
missed f4 after the examination
Herman Godel, 65 Avenue D, says
when be decided the ointment on
his back would never dry $70 was
jtone from his trousers.
Abraham Dutch, 96 Goefck
street, lost $100. The next dav
Dutch got this letter:
"I Herewith return $80 of your
mpney. .It is of no use to me.
The other $20 will follow. DOC
TOR." ' The $100 Dutch had treasured
in his wallet wbagood and lawful
money,
brand new stage money.-N,Y.,
oun. ,
THURSDAY, Jtae 10, 1915.
Wilting for tho Facts
" It is to be hoped that an exam
ination of the hull of the Ameri
can steamship Nebraskan will
show that the vessel struck a
drifting mine. This is a dubious
time for another Gulflight inci
dent v-
It is difficult to believe that, in
view of the situation between the
United States and Germany since
the sinking of the Lusitania, the
German Government would have
authorizedits submarine Com
manders to attack American
ships.. It is Equally difficult -to
beheva that a German Command
er would have made an attack on
this own responsibility.
Bucn action in such circumstan
ces would be little less than an
act of war. No conciliatory reply
that the German Foreign Office
could make to President Wilson's
rhoie would balance a deliberate
attack upon a ship flying the
American flag, at a time when
the W governments were en-
flea voringjo arrive at a friendly
and honorable understanding in
respect to submarine warfare.
It is to the credit of the Ameri
can people that there is no great
public excitement over the Ne.
braskan affair, and that there is
a-general disposition to give Ger
many the benefit of every doubt
Un'tjJ the essential facts can be
established. American restraint.
however, does -not mean Ameri
can, indifference; for if it is proved
that theTsebraskan is a victim of
a German- torpedo it will be im-
possible'to "reconcile that action
with' aiiy expressed desire from
Berlin for acontinuation of friend
ly;1 relations with the United
Stitesi-N; Y. World. - VS
' Hart to too Wadding Bells I .
Now. comes lovely, love-laden
June the month of blushing
brides and well, the bridgrooras
are usually still more crimson of
ace, unless they are chalk-white
with fear.
"In the spring a young manOs"
you know the rest and in June
he most often gets his ideal or
whatever you may call her. Why
the poet should have limited
to. the mere masculine is not quite
clear, unless h meant to infer
that a young girl's "fancy" turn
ed seriously in the same direction
all through the year.
But let the scoffers scoff. How
ever comical love's young dream
may seem at times to the old
stets, it is,'after all, the sweetest
and the realest' thing in life, and
the most appealing. It is the
one real glimpse of Heaven that.
we poor earthworms get here be
low, and poor indeed is he or she
who has never known its joy.
Sometimes thedream fades into
a drab reality, or worse. Its ec
tasy is at best but.. transient.
Men find they have not married
the angels they supposed, and
brides soon discover that their
liege lords are not the noble su
per-men they thought them.
But love, albeit sane and less
idyllic, persists in a vast majori
ty of American homes, and love
is the greatgst tact in numan ex
istence tne greatest giicvoucn
saf?d to man from high. Heaven
Let the wedding bells ring out
Baltimore Sun.
AuPralinioam"Koto
It is suggested in some quarters
that criticism ot the German note
should be suspended because it is
avowedly only a preliminary an
swer to the American demand for
disavowal and reparation, de
signed to elicit and establish a
basis of factifor a future conclu
sive reply. It is quite true that
tne merman note is aennueiy ae
dared to be merelv oreliminarv.
but this point immediately raises
i 1 m i A i ji
the Question of why it took the
to prepare apurely tentativeiand hazardous proposition.-
'communication. wasn. star. .
SALE OF REAL ESTATE FOX TAXES
At 1 o'clock on Monday, July
5, 1915 at the court house door
in Boone, N. C, I will seJlat pub
lic outcry to the highest bidder
for cash, pursuant to the laws of
7 .l o l: ll J.I 1 J. !
iurm iuruuuu, uu iim ittuus iu
Watauga county on which taxes
for the years 1913 and 191 have
not-been paid, a list of; which
lands to be sold and the amount
of taxes due' thereon, with costs
added, as required by Sec.' 2883,
Kevisai iyua, is as ioiiows :
' Bajld Mountain Township
For 1018 : ;
winebarger, w T. 5 acres $3.61
clawsn,ow,17, " t 1.68
Beaver Dam Towmsaip, for 19181
Miller, E B, 164 acres $43.85
Blowing Rock'Towns&ip,
FoU913 and 1914
carthim, ej, 10 acres $18,95
Dancy, L b, 1 lot' ( 2.95
Emereoh, Mrs c, 1 lot 2.95
Martin, Mrs w a, 1 lot 8.95
Moffltt, oeo, 8 acres 4.95
stringfellow, j N, 1 lot 2.95
summerill, Dr D P, 1 lot 4.95
walls clay Mrs, 1 lot , 8.45
Boone Township, for 1913-'14
Brown, l a, 1 1-4-acres 1.23
Bentley, o B, 67 acres $1.75
call, jb, 1 acre 1.45
Davis, w L, Miller, w s, 1 lot 1.20
oreene corpening, 22 acres 3.20
Hortdn, H w, 2 1-2 acres 2.95
Hodges & BOlsclaw, 3-4 acre 1.50
Hagaman, J R, 100 acres 8.45
Harrison, c 1, 1-4 acre ' 4.48
Herron, w t, 68 acres ,! 4.70
Hartzog, w o, 12 acres, back
of John stanberry's (16.35
Minton, e o, 2 lots - ' 2.10
Maltby, j E, 1 lot , 10.85.
Moody, o w, 5 acres 2.11
Maltby, R l, oy acres o.oo
Moore, Mrs E H, 1 3-4 acres 2.70
Michael. Miss carrie. 2 lots 1 95
Norris, J H, 83 acres 12.56
Ray, jr, Hot 1.45
Reitzel, Mary o, 1 lot . 1.45
Reynolds, a d, 5 acres 5.35
stmson, F B, 50 acres' V" 2.45
winkles,1 w iH8 acres 17.70
crimes, jack, 6 acres .au
Horton. cline. 1 lot . . 3.92
Hagler, h h, 2 lots i 1.75
Horton, June, 1 lot i.i i
Lenoir, jerry, 1 lot 2:15
shearrer, Bob, 1 lot ', 7.50
shearrer, jack, 20 acres ; 1.95
Williams, Bev, 1 lot 1 1.85
Bue Ridge Township, 1913-'14
Benson, j p, 20 acres 1.63
craig, ii l, 11U acres o.o
Hawkins, john, 221 acres lu.w
Hampton, Jessie Ay 74 acres 7.07
Harrison, Nathan, 65 acres 8.95
Hill, J H, 2 acres 1.20
Long, u,w, 218 acres 21.88
pendley, J R, 137 acres 4.01
shore, c m, 5 acres 1.30
shore, william, 12 acres 1 .13
Cove Creek Township, 1913-'14
navis, Mrs L N, Jr, 36 1-2
f acres r o.oy
Effcers. Riley, 2 acres 2.48
icenhour, win, 2 acres 1.35
Ballew, oeo, 2lJ acres ia.ii
cline, Maggie, 4 3-4 acres 1.70
Eggers, clarence, 10 acres 1.79
oreene, Mrs L L, 3 acres j I.-70
Miller, e B, 215 acres 1 16.95
Miller. L E.-16 acres I 2.85
Norns, Richard c, 2d acres i.ov
pennell. L d, 13 1-2 acres
Mitchell, johii. 17 acres , 2.18
Shawi?eehaw Township 1913-14
Hubbard, a l, 48 acres i 5.50
worfev. 8 p. 227 . , 124.95
This isuonlv a part of tiie land
that will be advertised, the re
mainder will be advertised as
soon as list can be obtained irom
deputies.
This 28th day of May, 1915.
E. R. Eggers,
Ex.8heriff.
A Razardoas Prasssitli
contemplation of the job of
taking the Dardanelles, The Ob-
RAftmr fwverai weeKsatro exuress-
ed the belief that it would'te an
unfinished task when peace shall
have been concluded. Great Bri
tain has so far found it only a
trap for the Navy. To enter
18
to be sunk. Five battleships
the Majestic, Goliath, Triiimph,
Irresistible and Ocean-have gone
to the bottom in addition to ves
sels of smallerconsequence. It is
evident that dependence will be
had largely to land" operations
for the conquest ot.this difficult
unanoioe uDserver,
NO. 45.
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Physician And Surgeon.
BOONE, N. C. 1
Office oyer Wink )
ler'i Store. )
Pbone Central or
WlaUen.
All Calli Promptly attended.
Office hour; 9 to 11, a. m. 8 to 6, p. m
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Treat! Diaeaiet of the
Eye, Ear Nose and Throat
BRISTOL TENN.,
115'ttly,
T. . Bingham,
Lawyer
BOONE, ' n.C
10 Prompt attention .given to
nil matters of a legal nature
Collections a specialty.
Office with Solicitor F. A. Lin
ney
1-29, ly. pd, '
Silas M. Greene, :
JEWELER
Mabel, N.C. - -All
kinds of repair work '
done under a positive guar
anteej When in need of any
thing in my line give me' a i
call and get honest work at
honest prices.
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VETERINARY SURGERY.
I bare been putting1 much atadr
on thli lubject; have reoelyed my
diploma, and am now well eqnlpid '
torthepraotloe of Veterinary 8f
tery in all Iti bratiebe, and am the ; '
addreM toe atVrhe, N.". S. F. D.l .
O. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
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-ATlORhEl A1LAW,-
BOONE, N.C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
US' Abstracting titles and
souection ol claims a special
M-'ll.
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EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LENOIR, N. C,- v
r Will Practice Regularly in
we Courts ot Watauga,
6.1 n.
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Burner Elk, N. C; 8uln-,'K. C
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ATTORNEYS-AT.LAW.
Practice in the courts of jAvery
and surrounding counties. Care
ful attention given to all matters
of a legal nature.
7-6-12. ,
P. A. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts ol
the 13th Judicial District fift
maTrcers oi a civu uuluid.
6-11-1911.
B.T. LotIII. W,R.Lot111
Lovill & Loyill
-Attorneys 'At LW
-BOONE, N. C
Special attention given to
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