2$ Ottauga democrat
JR. C. Rivers, Proprietor.
.Toumiur, Sept. 14, 1910.
i . GOOD BflADS.
3 .
bioce the people have seen the
TOod roads in Avery county,
j Oino of the Rood citizens of Wa-
auga have requested me to give
vj ny views as to the problem Jhat
?- i now confronting your county,
i This problew can be solved by
iny one of the following meth-
ids, viz:
) ' 1. If the county will levy a tax
c &f $20,000 a year for two years,
3 making a total of $40,000, di
vide this sum into two equal
parts and apply one half to the
Eastern section and one half to
the western end, and begin the
'work at Boone, then follow this
jwithalevy of. $10,000 a year,
on might demonstrate he ad
antages in having good roads
ndbe able to accomplish the
urpose before the road law
; would be repealed then you would
pay no interest.
i 2. If the county would levy a
tax of $10,000 a year and sup
plement this by a bond issue of
l-from $60,000 to $100,000, then
hou would be certain of a few
jgood roads before this act would
1be repealed, and by that time the
matter of road buildiug would be
settled, and if the county would
jiot take up the question of good
iiue county wouig aajust n soiar
i. . ii . . ... .
as their localities is concerned.
Jl. fir t.lm pnntifvpnnl1 linmin
Jjbond issue of $100,000, like Av-
I ferv. and with iudicious mannire-
t Jinonr. vou can build frnm mtv.
-f 1 1
jto seventy-nve nines oi well gra-
Ided roads, but the county will be
required to pay interest annually
5for a great number of years on
Ithe road bonds, and finally have
( Jto pay the principal;, but at the
wsame time you will have the ad
vantage of having the use of
Taood roads immediately after
they are completed.
Watauga County will never
phave good roads until you resort
Jto heavy tax levies or a bond is-
sue; if you have a heavy tax
levy the amount collected will
make such little 'showing that
the snecial act creatine it. will
!likely be repeulwl before you
make roads far enough to dem
onstrate the advantages to be
lobtained, but if you have the
bond issue you will get a good
road system in yunr county, aiu
y the time tho roads an) com
pleted a great majority will be
P'CJnjiled. nnd tin. matter will be
settled.'
yours truly,
' I D. Lowk.
Programme far County Farmers'! Union.
The next Countv Uuion will be
1 1 hold with Beaver Dam Local. No.
1885, on Saturday, Sept. 23, at
10, a. ra. .
1. Prayer bv the Countv Chan-
filin. E. J. Norris.
2. Address of Welcome by W,
S. Farthinir.
8. What is the Farmer' Union
- ev
doing for the members and the
people? J. J. T, Reese.
4. Dinner at 12, M.
5. Reassembled at 1, p. m.
Should we encourage the use of
any cows except, the Short Horn
or high grado oi cuttle in the
production of cheese? Henry
Farthing.
6. Soil Improvements and Ro
tation of Crops. T. 1'. Adams
and A. L. W ilson.
7. Is not co-operation the life
and strength ofevery enterprise
H. H. Green.
8. Speaking at 4, p. m. by the
president. M. H. Rorris. Subject
to be of bis own choice. Every
body invited at this hour.
After being delayed by the
great floods, we hope there will
be a full representation from the
locals aRmr the county, that we
may assemble withcheerf ul hearts
and forget our troubles.
; J. J. T.Reese.
.: J. B. Isaacs,
t1- Newton Howell, Com.
Mr. Eugene Transou, who is
the Democratic candidate for the
State Senate in this district, is a
farmer and cattle dealer. He
works on the farm early and late
and is full of energy: Transou
was reared in Ashe but moved to
Alleghany county about twenty
years ago where he has been iden
tified closely with the business.
and moral uplift of the people
ever since being a strong church
worker. The District will make
no mistake by sending to the
Senate a successful business man
like Transou.
Under the auspices of the State
Department of Agriculture, an
Institute will be held at Valle
Crucis today and one at Boone
on Saturday, Sept. 1G. At the
same time and places, Women's
Institutes will be conducted by
Mrs. G. M. Garren, of Texas, to
which all the farmers' wives and
daughters are invited. Discus
sions of live farm topics by fine
speakers will intersperse the ex
ercises. Take a day on ana at
tend at one or the other of the
appointments. E vidently it would
be time well spent.
One of the last acts of Con
gress, wnicu aujourneu on last
Friday, was to repeal the law
requiriring that documentary
stamps bo affixed to all notes
bonds, deeds, mortgages, etc,
and, accordingly, all Collectors
of Internal Revenue throughout
Uncle Sam's domain, were notill
ed to send in their stamps to the
Department at ashington.
Well, the fact that Main went
Republican at the State election
on Monday, is no evidence that
the Republicans will early the
State in November. The Demo
crats lost the Governor, one Sen
atorand one Congressman, by
minorities ranging from 7,000
to 11,000.
Superior court Proceedings.
The following State cases were
disposed ol in the Superior court
last week:
State ys. Joliu Wilson, affray;
nol pros with leave.
Frank l'orter, carrying con
cealed weapons, nol prost with
leave.
A. B. Bnircl and Martha Isaacs,
affray, nl pros with leave. '
Wash Hodges, retailing, gui
ty. judgment suspended on pay
nvnt of cost.
Alien .Mmton, incest, nol pros
with leave. Two cases.
II. II. Clements, injury to prop
erly. Nol pros with leave.
,). P. Pre nell, assault, nol pro
with leave.
Dock 1 lodges, assault, nol pros.
Connell Waters, affray, guilty,
fined $10.00 and cost.
Connell Waters, carrying con
cealed weapons, guilty, judgment
suspended on pnyraent of cost.
John Hodges, Joe Hodges and
Bob Honeycutt. Jury gave ver
dict of not guilty as to Joe Hod
ges in tho affray, but guilty as
to John Hodges and Heneycutt,
the lat ter fined $3 and cost, the
former being taxed with his part
of the cost.
N. G. Wheeler, corruption in
office, nol pros.
Dock Hodges, pleads guilty of
simple assault. Judgment sus
li ihle l with payment of cost.
Kdd Lw tiiul rhorloltu liee, as
sault willi ilrmiiy weapons, guil
ty, sentenced to three months
facli in county jail, with leave to
hire out for costs by Hoard of
county commisioners.
Will Wheeler, retailing guilty,
fined $2" and costs.
State vs. Arthur Oliver, man-
slaughter, gui'tv, sentenced 1o
one year on the Gaston couuty
rouds.
State vs. Joo Ward, fornica
tion and adultery, guilty, fined
$50.00 and cost.
, Arthur Dishman. false pre
tense, not guilty.
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. uiiildren Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR! A
ACia Sttitlosi-Drm-cirL
Immediately after the comple
tion of the cases which stood for.
trial on the State docket, the civ-
cases were taken up on Thurs
day afternoon, the one of the
Grandin Lumber Co. vs. William
riplett, being; first to be plac
ed on trial. The taking of evi
dence was immediately begun.
and closed at noon Tuesday,
and as this little article is put in
type, the case is being argued by
the lawyers. A big legal battle
it is, you may know, when such
great lights in the profession as
ex-Lieut. Governor W. C. New-
and, ex-Judge Councill. Capt.
Edmund Jones, Moses N. Har-
shaw, E. S. Coffey, and Frank
AiLinney are, and have been,
clashing swords for days over
the intricacies of the case. The
property involved is something
ike u0 acres of land lying in Elk
township, the same having been
sold to Messrs. Hutton & Bur-
bonny, of Hickory, and from
which some 230,000 feet of mar
ketable lumber was taken. The
Grandin people, as we under
stand it, claim both land and
timber and the suit was brought
for the recovery of the land and
pay for the timber. The Presi
dent of the company, Mr. W. H.
Grandin, of Tidiout, Penn, with
probably a score of witnesses,
has been at the Critcher hotel
since court began, he paying all
their bills and their per iiera at
night, if they desired it, and his
praises are certdinly on their
lips. And, well it may be, as this
is a step far aside from the usu
alcu8tom in this part of the
country.
Sands Sittings.
Mr. Kohn, of Columbia, S. C,
has been spending his vacation
in this community,
Messrs. J. B. Lathan and Bry
an Nesbit, of Union county, spent
the week-end with Finley Hodg
es. Mr. and Mrs. James Hodges,
of Shuns Mills, were visitor at
the home of Mrs. Hodges' pa
rents Mr, and Mrs. H. C. flodg
es, the latter part of last week.
Mr. Claude Clawson. who has
been away for the past year, re
turned home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Tugman
visited her sister, Mrs. Martha
Hodges, on Sunday.
We are glad to say that one of
our oldest citizens, Mr. John Ing
ram, who is now 93years of age,
is able to visit his friends again
Our highly esteemed friend,
Mr. Lindsay Cook, left last Sun
day for Mill Creek, Ashe county,
where ho opened school Monday
We are wishing him a pleasant
and most successful school year.
Our little village is on a boom
Widening streets, building side
walks and improving generally.
Arrived at th home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Cook last week, a
baby girl.
Beaver Dan Doings.
The weather is so dry that the
farmers are getting behind with
their plowing.
The new school house at For
est is now furnished with new
patent desks. Mrs. Nora Eggers
is teaching a fine school there,
Everybody is well pleased with
her.
Mr. Millard Hagaman is right
sick at this writing. Mr. J. J. T
Reese is also right feeble, but we
hope for their speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hagaman
visited at the home of Mr. Amos
Adams, of Cove Creek last Sun
day.
Mrs. David Horton and Mrs
Enoch Swift, of Cove Creek, came
over last Sunday and organized
a Womens' Missionary Society
at Forest Grove, there being 20
members of both young and old
who joined the society. Mrs. El
lis Moody was elected president,
Mrs. H. E. Hagaman Treasurer
and Mrs. Raleigh Johnson Secre
tary. The next meeting will be
held on Saturday before the sec
ond Sundayj and more are ex
pec ted to join,. . .
Ttev. J. F. Eller was elected at
the last meeting as pastor of
Forest Grove Grove church for
the next year.
CUFclksScved
From Suffering
lira. Marjr A. IXan. Taunton, Mass
In her 87Ui year, toys: "1 thought I
was heyonc1. the reach cf medicine, but
Polo? i:idno Pi.3 hr.va trove a most
beneficial in toy case."
Mr. gam A. Hoover, ITIh Point.
N. C, v.T.tss: ':.. kidney trouble was
worso p.t r.!?M tr.d I l-id to get up
Iron flvo to ceven tlmeu. Now I do
rot liave to s't v.p at n;sht. and con
eider myself In a truly normal con
ditlun, which I tittvlbuto to Foloy Kid-
elso"1'111"' tS 1 LlV tali0a BOthln
Mrs. U. A. T.r.ants, Tlr.blnnon, Masi
says: o-jfuicd from Kidney ail
ments fjr two years. I commenced
taking l'olcy KiJiicy rilla ten months
ago, and thougli I am CI yearn of ace.
I feci like 0. 10-yoar-old Elri."
Foley Kidney Pills are tonic,
strengthening and up-building;, and
restore normal action to the kidneys
and to a dluordored and painful blad
der. They act quickly and contain
no daniieroua or harmful Urues.
NOTICE OF SALE.
By virtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain mortgage
deed executed by J. U. Hodges
and wife, Julia Hodges, on the
8th day of Jan., 1915, to J. F.
Brown, all the parties being of
the county oi Watauga, IN. v.,
said mortgage to secure the pay
ment oi the sum oi $533.ou,
which said mortgage is duly re
corded in the office of the Kegis
ter of deeds of Watauga county,
in ueed book is,- page 148, to
which record i reference ie herby
made for n full and complete and
more perfect discnption of said
ands. JNow, therefore, by virtue
of said power of sale, 1, the un
dersigned mortgagee, will on the
9th day of Oct., 1916, at 12, M;,
at the court house door in the
town of Boone, proceed to sell at
public auction tor cash in hand
the following described tract of
and lving ann being fn the coun
ty of Watauga and State of N. C.
and described as follows: Begin
ning on a dead chestnut, thence
S. 43 poles to a sugar tree, then
vv. 108 poles to a chestnut, then
about 50 poles to a large wa
ter oak, then E. 20 poles to a
small sugar tree and walnut, now
down, then N. 20polestoamoun
A- ' Tl- l- It i
tain . jmrcu, men a wesc course
with t. A. Lmney's line to
beech and sugar tree at a big
spring, then hi. with J. It. Keece
and G. A. Tate s line to a beech
near W. T. Profflt's corner, then
with W. 1. Frofflt's line to the
beginning, containing 152 acres
more or less. This Sept. 4, 1916.
J. F. BROWN, Mortagee.
LOSING MONEY.
The man who carries currency
around in his pocket to pay bills
with is apt to lose it.
Better pay by check, it wil
make you economical and meth
odical.
Bank of Blowing Rock
has a place for your account in
its books, and a check book is
ready for you. Do It Now.
DRIVING OUT CATARRH
If people knew how the pretence
of catarrh 1( constant menace,
they would have none of It It
Infeate lome part of the delicately
adjusted body and makes It useless,
thus throwing on the other organs
more than .their share of work. It
affords a carefully prepared seed
bed for the germs of colds, grip,
tuberculosis nnd pneumonia. It so
disarranges Nature's delicate plans
as to make possible asthma, hay
fever and other respiratory dis
orders. It spreads until It becomes
systemic, thus Involving many or
gans and debilitating the entire
system with serious results.
Catarrh is easily neglected, and
It rarely gets well of Itself, It
needs proper medicinal correction.
For almost half a century many
thousands have found help In Pe
ru n a, a valuable tonio with special
efficacy In catarrhal conditions.
The aim Is to clean out Waste mat
ter, to dispel the catarrhal Inflam
mation, and tone Up the whole sys
tem. Its users willingly testify
that It has done all this and even
more for catarrhal sufferers. What
It has done Is the best proof of
what It wiU do. You may rely on
In tablet form it Is pleasant to
sstlla
Tablets a r
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laxative and
liver tonic.
They have
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-.imLiica. - F. i IICHAMS, it
Automobile Passenger Service
Any time after May 1st, our passenger cars will meet pass
engers at Elk Park, N. C, or any other points on the East
. Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad for trans
portation to any points in Avery or Watauga Counties.
DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE.
Telegraph: Elk Park, N. C. Telephone: Banneri Elk, N,
We especially solicit the commercial traveler's business.
New Cars Good Drivers Reasonable Ratei
Automobile Repairing
We will maintain a public garage at llariners Elk, N. C, espec
ially equipped for repairingall makes of cars rebuil-f
ding, repainting and general overhauling.
A full line of parts for Ford Cars will be kept in stock at all
times and a special mechanic for this particular car will be
ready to serve you both day and night. State Regulated
Gasoline Station will be maintained. Polorine Oil, trans
mission oils and greases kept in stock. The famous Dia
mond Tires will be in stock for you at all times.
BANNER & RICHARDS :: :: Banners Elk, N. C
Ford Cars, Reo Car s,
Hudson Cars.
The Ford is especially recommended to the
people of Watauga County. There is no oth
er machine that will give you as much in the
mountains per dollar invested,
A Complete Line of Automobile Supplies.
I solicit your business on any of the above
lines. Please see Mr. John W. Hodges at
once and place your order for a Ford Car
with him.
RUFUS L. GWYN,
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA.
L. D. LOWE, President.
L. U. FARTHING, Cashier.
The Valle X
We solicit the accounts'of all "persons" in this new Bank, and
we will do our best to accommodate the people and render the
greatest service consistant with sound banking.
N. L. MAST, Pres.
G, P. HAGAMAN, Cash.
The Bank
"That Appreciates and Protects its Customs
Capital, Surplus, Profits and Stockholders, Liability :: :-: :: $50,000.01
It has been the policy of this bank to rend.?r the greatest service
possible to the citizens of Watauga countv. We annrwiftt thm
confidence the people have shown
ueipea u mj acuievG m uuuumsi 'ip a strong Banking institution.
With our improved equipment we are better tban ever prepard
to serve tuem.
The Watauga County Bank .
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA. ,
COMING TO TODD?
If so, don't stop until you reach our store,
where you will find a well selected stock of
General Merchandise, especially such lines as
Dry Goods. Notions, Clothing, Etc.
Which we are selling at rock-bottom prices.
We are on the market for TAN BARK, PULP
WOOD, LUMBER, Etc. We pay cash for
Chickens, Eggs, Butter and country produce.
Be sure and give us a call when here before
making your purchases, and get our prices.
KIcCUIRE BROS. & COMPANY
TODD. NORTH CA ROLIN A
Get Your Supplies
From Elkland Supply Co.
TODD, N. C.
GRAIN FLOUR PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE
Fertilizers, Etc.
THE TRADE OP ATAUGA PEOPLE INVITED
New Building near Todd Mercantile Co., Todd. N. C
, . Effective May 12, 1915 '
H. B. FERRY, Vice-President.
W. C.COPFET, Vice PratT
J. T. MILLER, lss' t Cash.
in us, ami the success thev hava