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i 3$ v VOL XXVIII. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1917. NO. 46. 1H' t-i i. -4 S 4 f i 4 i A- III War News Cool Charlotte Observer. ' - We could never see, much to admire iu the Russian troops ex cept their numbers, and it is probable that what little admi ration we have bad for them as fighters will be a long time iu the process of restoration. But the firing squad appears to have been successful in weeding out some large part of the more un desirable element in the Russian Army, the headlong flight has been baited and it is possible that under the reorganized state of af fairs the new army may make a better account of itself and at least succeed in engaging the at tention of a material part of the German Array in the east. It i easy to imagine (what would be happening to the German Army in the west at this time, if the Russians.bad been gamely hold- ine their ground. The Uermans had been able, through the shameful conduct of the Russians to mass their guns and men on the western front, assembling in both the ereatest array of force since the war opened, and yet, in spite oi these preparations on a tremendous scale, the British and French won the most signal sue cess of the present campaign. It marked the beginning ot what gives promise of being a Waterloo ' for Germany. Some of the "abso lutely impregnible" German po sitions reported to Washington a few days ago by returned mill tary experts were captured with apparently the greatest ease and with remarkably small loss of life, while the French gained po sitions of immense strategic val ue. Towns by the score were cap tured and a small army of pris oners was sent to the rear of the Allied forces. It was altogether the most stirring war news that has come in many a day. The results of this new offensive by the British and French negative much of the sensational stuff the alarmists have been sending out and minimizes the actual neces sity for the United States pour ing thousands more soldiers into France at this tune. We were told that if this were not done the uermans would sweep over the Allies in to both London and Paris. It will be noted that in the past day'or two the press dispatches have been dated from the Brit ish Front "in France and Belgi urn." Behind this fact the Obser ver believes it can see some sig nificance. The driving back yet a little more of the German lines and their naval bases will be ex posed and that will mean trout le for the submarines of a grave character. Once the German Gov ernment is driven to an aban don men t of these bases the situ ation for -the future of the sub marine campaign will undergo an entire change and one that may prove disastrous to Germa ny. It wouid give the allies the upper band on the sea and bring Germany into a realization of the failure of its vaunted depen dence for winning the war. In the continued successes of the AI lies in the west one can afford to forget the pitiful spectacle the Russians havecutin recent weeks, Aud if the Uusmans should suc ceed in pulling themselves togeth er and once more materialize in to a factor which Germany niunt take into account, then indeed would the war news take on bout as bright an aspect as the world could hope for at this time German alleged 'impregnability does not appear to be able to halt the magnificent "inefneien cy" of the British aud French and it is - altogether probabl that we might truthfully add of the Americans.' In spite of the (act that we are told nothing WOKDERfUL HEROISM. British Airnei Maki Telliot RatJi ai Germans. Following are some extracts taken from an Associated Press Dispatch, of the 2nd, which give some idea of the part airmen are playing in the great world war: Wonderful heroism was display ed by the British airmen, who performed remarkable deeds. One typical instance will indicate the nature of the imoortant work they carried out. A British aviator crossed the Ypress sal ient just as as the infantry at tack at dawn began. For a time he patrolled the roads and ca nals, now and then running the gauntlet of enemy fireataheight of thirty feet in order to obtain information for the guidance of the infantry in their advance. During this patrol work he came to a German airdouia. Owing to the early hour only one enemy was stirring outside the shed and he passed inhisablutions on ly long enough to satisfy him self that the plane above him ev idently was one of his own. The British airman circled'low low and dropped a bomb square ly on one of the sheds. This brought numbers of Germans tumbling in a panic from the buildings. He turned bis ma chine gun on them and circling about the field, bombed two oth er sheds with disastrous effects. All the time he kept up a steady stream of machine gun fire at the Germans, a number of whom were killed or wounded. The Teutons finally got a machine gun into action against him, but be dived and at twenty feet silenced it with his own gun. Having put this gun out of action, he circled the field, firing with his machine gun through the doors of build' ings at the huddled enemy with iq. At one time nis machine ac tually touched the ground. Lea zing the airdome, the Brit ish aviator attacked two Ger man mounted officers and put them to flight. A little later he encountered a column of two hun dred troops and swept along the ine, with his gun working stead' Iy. The entire column was dis persed and fired by devious ways to cover, leaving numbers of their comrades lying in the road Two German battleships ap peared on the scene andjthe Brit on engaged them both, sending one to earth and putting the oth er to flight. He pursued the flee ing plane, but it was soon lost in the clouds.- In the meantime, a large body of Germau soldiers bad gathered around the machine which had been brought down. The Brit ish flying man came sweeping back from the mists in which he had hidden and accounted for several of their number with bis machine gun. His next objective was a troop train. He traveled along its en tire length, pumping bullets into the crowded cars. This com pletes the story of one aviator's fights for the day, but he later did valuable scouting work oyer the enemy Hues. Numerous instances are rela ted of pilots charging the anti what l'ershitig is uoing, it is probable that he has had a clos er acquaintance with the French battle fields uy. this time than the people over here have been priv ileged to know. Of one thing w are quite sure-"ginger" of some sore nas been injected lu Borne way into the allied troops, f o r the world has never seen such tremendously effective fighting as we have been reading about the past few days. Charlotte Observer. Sunday Schotl Siifiof Cutest. The Sunday School singing choirs of Wilkes, Ashe and Wa tauga counties, representing the Children' Singing Class of our ummit) Sunday school, I here by challenge any childrens' sing ing choir in the teree counties mentioned to meet our class at any half-way point where suita ble accommodations can be had, and there sing in a contest either 'or a premium or for mastery of the occasion. Conditions as fol lows: Each class shall be composed of the members of one Sunday School only. White people. Ages to range from 14 years down, and each class to consist of not ess than 24 nor more than 41 children. Sacred songsonly to be used. Any Sunday school wish ing to enter such contest, kindly address W. S. Church, Summit, N.C. Summer Complaint. During the hot weather of the summer months some member of almost every family is likely to be troubled with some unnatural ooseness of the bowels, and it is or the greatest importance that this be treated promptly, which can ODly be done when the medi cine is kept at ban.1. Mr. F. F Scott, Scotsyille, New York stat, I first used Chamberlain s Colic and Diarrohea Remedy as much a? five years ago. At that time had a severe attack or summer complaint and was suffering in tense pain. Une nose relieved me. Other memheraof my ftim ily have since used it with like re suits." Card of Thanks. We, the entire family, wish to extend our many thanks to our rinnds and neighbors for theirJ aithful and untiring help, and their many deeds of kindness shown us through the long sick ness and death of our dear hus band and father. May God's rich est blessings ever be theirs. Epsie Moketz. A Thoroifh Test One To Convince the Most Skep tical Boone Reader. The test of time is tie test that counts. Doau'g Kidney Pills have made their reputation by effective ac tion. The following case is typical. Boone residents should be con vinced. The testimony is confirmed the proof complete. Testimony like tnis cannot be ignored. H. W. Jones, revenue officer, 020 Eight Ave., Hickory. N. C sa.vs: ' was bothered by weak kidnevs for some time. I finally got Doan's Kidney Pills and they regulated the act iou of my kid neys and strengthened my entire system. ' Over three years later Mr. Jones said: 1 veu-wl Doaus Kiduey Pills whenever I have had backache or other vigna of kidnev complaint and have al ways been relieved." Price GOc. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy- get doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Jones had Foster-Millburn Co., Props., Buf- aiy, new lork. aircraft gunners and machine gun operators at a height of thirty or forty feet and silencing theguns. Pistol duels between the British aviators and the Ger man infantry were not unconv mon occurrences. In oueinstan ce a young aviator, in a burst of chivalry, deliberately stopped his machine gun when a German officer drew his pistol and began shooting at hun, and engaged the nieniy with his pistol, appur ently feeling that he had no right to take an unfair advantage of bis opponent. The aviator's pistol was sufficient, however. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OASTQRI A a Head A west Texas editor got tired of being called a "liar" because of an occasional typographical error or sligh disarrangement of the facts publishing a common place news item. In his wrath, he announced iu boldface black type as follows: A lot of people in this town fall out with theeditor and brand him as a liar when the ordinary human mistakes a life show up in a newspaper. You have a little charity and fellow feelin' for ev ery man in town butyoureditor. You claim that you want the facts, and d -d if I don't give 'em to you. Read the next issue of this sheet and you'll see some facts with the bark off. I'll admit that I've been a liar, an editori al liar, ever since I have been ed iting this sheet, but 1 have never printed a lie in these columns except to save somebody's feel ings from being hurt I'm not afraid of any of you, and I'll be dad blamed if I don't print the Uuth from now on, or until you get out of the habit of calling me a liar every time 1 make some lit tle unavoidable typographical error. Watch my smoke." Here are some paragraphs cull ed from the next issue: "John Bennin, the laziest mer chant in town, made a trip to Belleville yesterday. "John Coyle, our grocery man, who voted with republirans in 1S0G, and consumes more mail order whiskey than auy other member of the Baptist church in this county, is doing a poor bus iness, ins store is dirty and dus ty. It is a wonder he has any bus iness at all. "Rev. Sty preached last Sun- day.nigh t at the Ch ristian church. His sermon was punk and unin teaesting, except some stuff he quote from Bob Ingersoll, for which he failed to give Bob cred it. He also recited a tew passages from one of W illiam Elbert Mun- sey's sermons and had the gall to palm it off as his. Dave Chartier died at his Ai Editor Tells the Truth, Says Line. 49.5 MILES per gallon is the record of a car borrowed from an owner. to 47.5 miles on a measured Economy is not only in looking at the tion of a motorcar, and a Maxwell will go anywhere any car will go, and it has staying qualities too. B. F. Olive drove one from Charlotte to Boone thru mud between 11 a. m. and 8 Elms and 4 others made the Wilkesboro in a Maxwell at per mile for gas and oil. P. from Jacksonville, Fla. to making better time than any recently made 1 1 22,022 Miles without Stopping the Motor One was made to jump 47 rjeoole in it without iniurv 1 1 of the Pudding" is the idea, its merits. D. B. BINGHAM, Agent BOONE GARAGE. Highway Mptor Co., Distributor N. Wilkesboro, N. C. home two miles north of this place last Thursday night. Dock llolderness, who is an old friend of the family, attended him a few minutes before he expired. He gave it out tuat uaveaiea oi heart failure. That is a lie. Dave died from drinking too much of a very poor grade of mail order licker. This paper prints the truth: "Tom Spradlin married Miss Cordie Meador lost trades' day at the couuty seat. It isn't gen erally known, but the marriage was brought about mainly by a Remington shot gun manipula ted by the bride's father, Tom coucludin that marryin' was the healthiest thing he could do un til other arrangements could be made. "Roger Lloyd, enshier of the State bank at Willow Grove, di ed Wednesday evening and was buried Friday by the Odd Fel lows in Pleasant Mound cemete ry. He has been taking this pa per seven years and so far has not paid us one cent; we think ing that he, being a banker, would pay some time. We will sell the account for two bit' worth of fres greens. ".Married; Miss Susie Scruggs and Horace Griffin, last Satur day, at the Methodist parson age, Rev. James C. Williams off! eiatmg. Tho bride is a very ordi nary town girl who flirts with all the traveling men she meets and never helped her mother thre days all put together in her life. She is anything but a beauty resembling a gravel pit iu the face and walks like a duck. The groom is a natural-born loafer aud bum. He never did a lick of work until his step daddy run him away from home last fall. Ho went to the county seat, and just before starving to death, ac cepted a position as chamber muid in a livery stable. As soon as his mafjund out where he was she went and got him and brou't him home. He now resides at the home of his wife's father and says ho has no definite plans for the future. Susie will nave a hard row to hoe. The Dallas Pitch fork. Maxwell -and it wis a u?ed 29 others made from 35.6 gallon the same day. first cost, but in the opera' p. m. a few days ago. J. W. trip from Hopewell, Va., to a cost of 3-10 ths cents each W. Gibbs drove a Maxwel Miami, 376 miles in 9 hours, train has ever made. One feet over a chasm With three to car or occupant3. "Proof so get a Maxwell and prove ROFESSIONAL. E. Glenn Salmons, Kesident Dentist. BOONE, N. C. Office at CritcherJHotel. OFFICE HOURS: t) 0:00 to 13 a, ni; 1:00 to 4:00 p. in, ED7UJND JONES t- LAWYER LENOIR, N. (J,- W ill Practice Rexularlv in the Courts ol Watauga, 5-1 ii L. D. LOWK T. A. LOW, PiuoolK. N. OJ Burner Klk, N. C. LOWE & LOVE ATTO RNE YS-AT-LA W.J " Practice in the courts of Avery and surrounding counties. Care ful attention given to all matters of a legal nature. -G-12. F. A. LINNEY, -ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOONE, N. C, Will'practice in the courts of Watauga and adjoining coun ties. 11-1911. VETERINARY SURGERY.' When in need of vet' erinary8urgery call on or write to G. H.lHayea Veterinary SvrgeontVv las, N. C. 6-15-16. B. F. Lovill. w. R. lovll Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys At . : Law- - BOONE, N. C. Specialjattention'given to allj business entrusted to their care. . , . T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOONE, ...... . N.C lOt Prompt at tentionl-given to -til matters of a lecal nature Collections a specialty. Office with Solicitor. A. Lio oey 9, lypd. DR. R, D. JEIINIHGS RESIDENT DENTIST ? Banners Elk, N. C. " WAt Boone on first Monday of every month for 4 or 5 days anil every court week. (Juice vt the Blackburn Hotel. IDR. ALFRED W. KU P. RYE SPECIALIST ,S JO SEE BETTER Cry seeduu """""t J 17 Yei' Experianc The beat Equipment Obtainable. Glasses Fitted Exclusively MOTI1B10C1 LEK3SX, N. CJ .11 roo rot it iron PULA. il'i All Right JHBS.WAISU .PAJrllt BUS. DATES. LENSES GROUND DUPLICATED Repair Dep't. Box 127 Charlotte, N. & done at this ah op nuder a poalttve gnarauiet) & a material utkd I. guaranteed to te genuine. Eettioatea lurulehed on all mall ordera. Balis faction guaranteed lu every reapeet ou all railroad watchea, Offloe near the Watauga Co. Bank. J. W. BRYAN (jraduite Jeweler and Watchmaker BOOB,.C. t.
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