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;'y;r-.;-Md '-i-r"' 1 rjwMwwwMwMiMp J - ' . -(JttHe'$.V -V -- - VOL. XXYI mTAUCA COUNTYf THURSDAY, July 15, 1915; v'5 (;- m A", -'. ' CoRMp(mdinM of the Deraoorat, s c Basking in tlbecoolbreezee aod beaatifalcfjbry1 of the-Green mountainir o Verujoht' afid iiu presaeif Vith' the jrtriking similar ity A:iSoifqiy:i3i-, inatTtat:of our own une. qaal , ftcAhtrf r Ihate elected to Wfite these lines. lhave laraYision of a railroad 'i'a3inglhe"' valleys and leaping the hills of the .Bine Ridge and ending in a great web of steel at a terminal station in Boone. I come into this beauti ful lai)dtfberev nature " is- so de v lightfully vealed over jost soth an actuality as I have visualized for oujr awnorth Carolina hills. ' Leaving ,' the Grand Tenninal " Station in r New York City-in the - morning on the "Green Mountain Fyef" and arrlvg a&ancbW ter, my destination, before flight-, fall I lost none of the panorama ; that v&oM tote;yery: end in such wonderful ecenic prodigali- - ty. It is avit& of loveliness a reflection iiTthe mirrOr of the future of our own scenic Watau ga YjlkdMiy when every hill iscut through and every val- ley DnageQxojine mouuiam jurist's-mecca and educational cen-ter-:Boone. Here the steje ten , ' drils leap'a sian here they cfing uto the facTof lft "rock &liff, here they pas around the rim of a the shc3ow of a ravine" and at last emerge into a broad, fertile valley shut m by -picturesque momtaiil psdVe rlrth e si fails each day-is born the ncbes f the beautiful country it taps. These steel rails are the bloodr Tessels,OfJbrjicoTi4try Theycar- . ry food lor . tKem&tal Mdspir itual hujf.ol the.people as well , as for tfiey8icalvhunger of the peopleJhey carry hppeTknd joy and sunshine to the people. They unite cpmmunities in -the bom's of feilOwshipand love; v, . The. song the birds and the hum of machinery, the roar of the waterfld the roa? of tranlc, the bedkrty "br nature and . the beautv man's handiworks the . stolklilMtijr and the pQU8hh4Wln CP) Ml bound - into oiKit and powerful 'iin ion by teHbofiKOtst!; - When this picture shall ' have beea dttplieat' our twnen chahteakndett nhere snau m, as mere is waay, no better land for .the abode of man : 'twixt us and the Iffltfoi TJanaan. J. STEWABT USEER. . : . Kansas City, Mcr.r s r v COne of te big railroads of the country is arranging to . hold rourtoyetnTOr its 6mplby-! es. ' Tbiia feacis alf exchange to ly with great timeliness that if "safety first" is a good slogan "courtesy second' ? is just as good. We- have dealt with railroad people who were not precisely the soul of courtesy. In -fact there . seems to be something about the railroad business that rather - makes those engaged in it feel that maybe they are a little bet - tar than other folks, it is no f always that way, but it is some times tharway. , Jb or one tnmg, ; - it often happens that thereis.no "V; competition; the meH' person is - ; then at the mercy of the railroad man with whom he is dealing But when -there is competition very naturally the prospective trayeler goes to the otner. line For courtesy il something that a man has a rght ito expect -from. those with whomjiedoesbusiness. -That the i railroad heads have eeen that there is danger of their subordinates failing to show the . propef appreciation of. the pat- ronagspl tne public iss&own oy libo cuWinstance that one of the railroada has arrange to have To th Editor of tU-Jfeaomt. ' -I have peen a gbiid deal ol the North Carolina presaArtoditlon which has been in sessjon'atifon treat, two mflea away, lor thm days.' ' ; Editor HamnWr of th boro'Cottrier,wai prei(!sit and SherrjH & teincofirfcaa servin as secretary andTtreasurer. On Wednesday night the presi dent made-an address -after tie usual addresses of welcome and UOuWu.WOW ui ".moMyrpartof which should responses were -made-.Thead-T-l t. U ' A t-lT-i gfi to their families. dress of the president was along the line of building up the .State. several address&'wer' made! on-Thursday.! Editor Martin of the Lenoir ew tall onf some business features bf a" cpuntry papery Mr, Mers pf jthladen Journal made quite a hit in tell ing bow he conducted his - paper for Bladen county. He knew all the preachers, teachers, 'officers, and nearly everything in hiscoun ..3 ty. He let national is8ues,al0neja ing, smffincs. etc The editor of 1 fl n-ff. n,;M( JTJi' ZAia rZrlZV:m. W Deorie adoDtWrdown ifffw3!2hfv5 system under the leadership of itorJLr; .uim. T,ir money on his laborwithout shar The Association claims tobave . ... v i-n th At.in h Mw uain n o,' . . ... ... .. naxr niivht Mioa M na I . n n f I 1 Rmih Siirhf Sib viand MaimI I . . J . . .T? r vino moHA nnit'A an innwuiinVi IUr IUOW UUIW ,UL HllCimiiUK I lier whole drss was of North Car. ' ohna products. A delegation of forty South Carolina editors came from Chick Springs and joined, the meeting at noon on Thursday. ' State Superintendent' Joynerl made a strong plea for te aid of the Press in advancing the moon ight schools. : The , Association accepted his challenge heartily. Prof. Bronson, of the Univefi sity, told of the extension Work.' be editor of the Charleston x 8. i; News 'and Courier in . a' talk said that the University of South Carolinahad copied the plan from Wn'fK Pa wiHnn. a nA hnrA im. nrove the conditions in their State. ' ' r OnFridav92 went on an ex. cursion to Mount Mitchell. A nmherroftd mn fmm hem to near the top, a distance of about VII milPfl ' " - . 7 Saturday a picnic dinner was Driven bare! Several atirrinff ad. ' - - " flrpssfis were made. Mr. K. ll. Alexander tpld of the wonderful place Black Mountain would be. u ow ,. w. bit. that this would be "the re- stored religious center 4t i ie - -i-x wasspread. A"BrunswickStew" with 24 ingredients was served, Many other things were done a -aiA ha. t ran nn tiaot a. au o vuw uv. uvM 011 W P . RriffAn rrf tK Nwe r j . t r " i- m.' Tit i?n(.m,!M u;0. Harris, of the Charlotte Observer.l are "among some of the active members that I recall. Black Mountain, N. C, JQly 5. JL1 ilrft:uts vrt n . umt tn the Dnich West Indict 'for two Yn.i n.W:mi; tn send aletter there, but it is pleas- ant to know that Uncle Sam hasw,f "T71!"'"1 f made all the necessary arrangeJ- i 11 . v menta N Y World" An adult 'man weighs, on the i ' i'i "courtesy meetings.' CoTtesy is a splendid invest men t News and Observer. ?. : r.U. 8. Attornev General Thomas W.iGregory has lately, returned frob a visit to the Federal prison fa 'Atlanta. Be pectedthe pfijKn from the'robf to the lowest ctJUpald midnight visits to the inr;rr; watched them at recre- ,46 work, at their meals and st during a quit Sunday.1 ; e went back to Washington witb the conviction that sOmfe wayshould be found by which Federal . prisoners ' might: earn go to their families. great trouble with, the uicnuii mjBi&m, oaiu vuc nuiut nevi General "is that the. families of prisoners. often suffer more pnspners to work: making some thing for the Federal government which will not enter mto compe- tition with free labor we can then giv0 the families some of their earpmgs. , This system has been and proved successful in T . .... . T mm AtwInAnlltt 4-s nunJii rl I ...7 . . Attorney uenerai uregory xnat movement for greater considera- MOies. It is not right for the Sta or for the general govern- towork aconvict and make rdtobaunjast and the pres- lent! system is certainly character. Ivtaruikinri. ' . I I r-h approval by Attorney Gen-1 maI nimmrvnf t.hA nlflnnf irivinff r j ' I O O I ' ' I dorsement for this theory from an j exalted, source, and should hasten the day when this right- eous practice obtains in every State and Federal prison. It is nothing more than justice. News UD8erver' In the United States and Can ada, according to an estimate in Ths Wall. Street Journal, 100,. 000 men are working every day in tihe wefk turning out shells. Working at his best one skilled h00011 make but one 8ne11 tt Idav. Cansdnji factories are now oov. uuiaaian xacxones are no w ,,U41"K vuw w,UOWUiU& 'v AAA t-ll -1 1 J i yw sneus, snrapnei aoa uijgu ei- plosives, per day, and every ef. tort is being made .to bring the Dominion's productive rate to 50.0W stells daily, If prouc I uvu iu wo uuiwu uaiA70 uc cove ma at 60,oousnells a day-it w iprooaDiy mgner-w, wo u ia mMn 4-taf fiillslAA AAA maT on F""1"" 1UJ p.v,ww m .c W employed ob ttws'side oi tne ntic in .the 'manufacture of UKiftg. This does not include load- N- Agato.foreveryionrifle cartridges made, 25,000 menob- tAln hill 1 0.linnr dav'a work, wthata considerable' total oi employment must be added for l0W eQa OI ine ousine88. inaD mucn ior mis Biae oi w - l . . . AtttntlC Uermany IS DUSyiaiSO. It is said the KroDrjsi?orjeratinff i with a Dreaeni nrce oi no.wu men. while those familiar with W -material business estU P4 variousljHhat . any where from 800,000 to 500,000 men mast be engaged in Oermany in making shells, guns and cartrid- gee, if the Empire's production is keeping up with her expenditure - a 1 a 1 i i.l wdi material in the war. And fa but J?m m the tre mendous contract of keeping ;the European armies supplied; with averatre. about 140 pounds 6 ounces. Out of this weight his I bonee, numbering .240, account llofabout 14 pounds r A ; - In the New York Fire DeDart- Imeni's annual report Commis- sioner Adamson pictures" the an nual loss by fire inthe.United States. - "The buildings "consumed, if placed in lots of 05-foot frontage, would line both' sides of a street extending from New York to Chi cago," writes Mr. Adamson. "A person -journeying along this street of desotetion would pass in every thousand ;feet a . rain from which .ar.woundedjperson - I ?JrtT was taken. At everF.three-quar- was taken. At every.three-q ters of a mile be would.encounter vuo kuauvu ivuuuuR U4 a uuuiau beimr. - 1 ". :::'Jh i The. Fire reventton iBurea -it; lege of examining alt' the 'deadly I'bombs found in New York. Last year 141 Black Band bombs were alalyzed. All bombs found in the city by police orotherper sons are reported .to the Fire De- partraent, and an inspector front fuQ Rnivlo n, pu,; tMaa ia aa rt mnlra a nflnnut nnnn oil L.:.L r . sucn oojects. the a ire prevention Bureais sale WW the use of explosives throughout the city, as increased quantities of dynamite are being used in various construction works. New York Tribune. Wts Kst i Betstifel Vosu Eve, our first raother.'raustnot have .been a beautiful woman. wnnld have filonftd with tha devil ' i . left Adam stranded and alone a. widow man. and the hiinmn . ' . IJ .lL 1. X That Garden of Eden episode is the only time that a woman gave, a willing ear to the devil, that a divorce suit or a murder didn'tffollow. And bad Eve been ajJtiiimer such as the latter day chorus girl Adam might have killed the devil and then we would have been free of all this sin which smears itself upon the papers .we read now-a-days. Butit seems that Eve was not a good lopker and yet she wore the ballet girl s costume and Adam remained-and reared his farai,yan.d V 06 could back today arid look it Q1 come Qver no dottbt'he would'-be- heartily ashamed of it! Everything, . Fine Year fw Irish Potatoes There has been much more Ir ish potatoes raised in this county and the very finest this year, than ever before, possibly, in the history of the county, and there is practically no market for them. Those who have only raised some eight or ten barrels, are retailing them and realizing about 75 cts. per bushel for them, while some are nousingtneir cnpuii Jaj that they are going to feed them to w nogs, as wn there are thousands of barre s of F" - a 1U wuDi.uomoWiiu6 I .lL it . i c 11! L.i.i wimwe nupeoi gviuuS uetiei prices a little later on. Golds- uuiu ivwuiu. Hard tl Lot GO We would like to get rid of Hu erta but don't know how. We are m the same fix as a man who caueht a bear and wanted to turn it loose. If he had loosed nj8 hold on the bear it would . . . . .... have gotten him, so he called lus- tUy for his friends to help him let eo thebear. We are holding on to Huerta for fear he will make more irouoieiornBu we turn mm loose. Yet we surely don't want the old Indian.-WUmington Star. The Victoria cross of England was first instituted on January . 29, 1856. At 1 o'clock on Monday, Ang 2, 1915. at the court bouse door in Boone, N. C.,I witI sell at pub lic putcry, to. the highest bidder for cash, pursuant to the lawf of North Carolina, aH the lands in Watauga county on which taxes for;tbe years 1913 and 19H have not.been paid, & list of which lands to be sold, and the-amouht of taxes due thereon, with costs added, as required by Sec. 288d, Revisal 1905, is as follows Beaveb Dam township, 1914 juwoervr. x.i acres , f.oo Borton A Banner80 acres .65 Maine H U Mfl K 11 Worth C0.U35 acres : 10.95 U LAtREL Cheek Township Flinery Mining Co., No. acres - not given'. ' ' ' 20.95 JSLUI JUDGE TOWNSHIP Asniey, r acres i;f3 Bernhardt; J. M., 105 acres 805 Benson, J. P., 20 acres 2.31 Grandin, W. J., & Bart, 900 acres . , 40.55 Harrison, S. L,50 acres 1.96 Stewart. Mrs. R R. 175 acres - . 4.4Q . Elk Township, 1914 Carlton, C. C, 23 acres 1.37 Greer, Sarah, 23 acres 1.25 Miller, E, B., 13 acres , 1.21 Randall, W. W.,76 acres 4.55 Wheeling, Selina, 23 acres 1 2.28 Wilson, W. L., 122 acres 16.89 Winebarger, Miles, 4 acres . 1.68 This the 3d day of -July, 1915. E. R. Eqqers, . va Exheriff. FARM FOB SALE This farm contains lao acres, is located 6 . miles southeast oi the progressive little town of Butler, which puts it in good reach of this spleudid market,, and Watauga Academy, the best school ia this end of the State. This land is practically all cleared, onlv about 1U acres in woods. This farm is in a good state of cultivation and has the largest portion set to grass, it is an ideal grazing farm and produces well when cultivated. About 40 acres of this land can be plowed with level land plow.and worked over with all farm machinery, has a nice 5-room cottage house prac tically new, with fairly good barn, and all necessary outbuildings, also one 3-room tenant building, has' a nret-class running spring convenient to house, an extra good garuen, and a splendid you)ig orchard, as well as manyl collection oi claims a special old bearing trras. . Farm isweUly, fenced with wire on locust posts. If vou are looking for a real es tatetjareain you can notanora to Overlook this proposition Will sell on reasonabletermsand can. eive possession this fall. Price only $35.00 per acre ' For further particulars, call "on ; or write, w. jukeece. 7-8-15 Butler, Tenn.- For Sale A'farm of 65 acres, level and rolling, on county road two and one-hall miles oi railroad station, 50 acres cleared, 150 acres in first cIhssi timber, one-half mile to store and postofflce, on telephone line ! liood orcnard, spnng, and never failing water for stock, cot tage 'house 01 5 rooms, tenant house, a barns and all necessary outbuildings. Red clay land and bargain ior f i,uu on easy terms. Remember 1 have 200 other farms for sale, ranging fromj$500to$2,500each. Come antfsurrounding counties. Care and see our country while the wrttention given to all matters cropsaregrowing. They talkfor of aiegal nature; tnemseives. wnieior pneense, it is free. RoyIL. Johnson, ' n. r' Farm Broker Science Hill, Ky. im THIS wo offer one nnndrea dollars .n wav L for aav oaM of catarrh that oa not be oared by Hall'i Catarrh Onrc F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O . We. the anderaiffUAd. have known F. J. Cheney for the last W years and believe him perfeotly honorable Id all basinees transactions and flnannially able to carry out any obllgatlona made by nls nrm. National Bask Of Ooxmbrcs Toledo, Ox HaU's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally acting directly upon the. blood and maooas sarfaoes ol the' system. Testimonials sent tree. Price 75 ots per bottle. Sold by all Draff Mtt. Take Halls Family Pills for consti pation. Ofiee OTi Wtok . Fattoa Outftfet : Ofiet honrt, f tb 11, a. uuf tpt6;Ji - v nj- ri . t ni-.iiiti'.'-' fV. M. r$mT?j ; ; TmuUmumiAiU tKK ESTltflSS r J TlT! ' 'BEffiTOlXTTOf, H'14 ly," 4 " m ' t in- ' t ; n n .mi nj: i T.f Bingbsa, IBOONE," - T . . . . N-C Prompt attention .given to all matters of a legal natnrt Collections a specialty.' Office wtbSolidtof F. A, Uiu ney Silas M. Greeny JEWELER Mabel, hJc.:- " . ' . All kinds of repair work done under a' positive 'goar antee. When in need bf - any 7 thing in my line give me a : call and get honest work at honest prices. Watch Rpairino A Specialty VETERINARY SURGElfY; IhaTB been patting Bach utady on thl eabject; hare melyed t; my diploma, and am now wellieqolpped .' . for the practice of Veterinary 8ar, . . fery In all He branchet, and ant the only one in the county, all on or addreu me at Vilat, N. . B. T. D.l . -. G. H. HATES, 1' Veterinary Surgeon . J-n-'ll. E, S. COFFEY. -ATlORftEl A 2 LAWt- Boone, n. c- Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature." tZT Abstracting titles and. . 1111. Dr. Nat. T.Dulaney - SPECIALIST - - ITS, kab; SOBI, THROAT kVV OUST '', XTBS BXAKIirXO 0A eLAS8 FOURTH STREET Bristol. Tcnn.-VsC . EDMUND JOKES LAWYER LENOIR, N. C, Will Practice Regularly in mo Courts oi natupat 16-1 'i i. I. D.LOWK T. A. UVS, PlneoU, K. C BuntrSlk, N.C. X)WE & LOVE ATT0RNEY8-AT-LAW. ' TMLnfiv in t,h Artnrfa nf Atrorv - a 10 FA. LINNEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOONE, N. C. Will practice in the courts ol the 13th Judicial District in all matters of a civil nature. 6-11-1911. " F.LotIII. v 1 w. B.LoyUl Lovill & liovill" -Attorneys ; At Law . ; BOONE, N. Cr- Special attention niven all taneqa 5 ntrut Hi V -.9 4- ':.'.i-tf?',";".-4 '.';.T-'''''"'M'
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