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;'C ... i ; VOL. XXVIII. ' 'BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 16,1917. NO. 47. "'. a , , - - m ... -ft he 5 n : Wisli Im tonus to Build New Ends. If organton Dispatch Aug. 7. Yesterday afternoon a mass meeting was Jield in Morantoq, composed of representatives of the counties of Burke, McDowell, Caldwell, Yancey, Catawba, Lin coln, Avery and Watauga. The object of the meeting was to de vise means of inducing the Gov ernment to bring German prison ers of war to the mountains of western North Carolina for the purpose of giving these men em ployment while prisoners and to use them in building a system of public highways through the for ests of the Appalachian park and across the mountains. The Southern Railway has on the Blue Ridge alone seven long tunnels and many high bridges. A German sympathizer or crank with a few sticks of dynamite, could in a very short time wreck one of the tunnels or bridges which would paralyze business for weeks or even months, it is pointed out. The disastrous floods of 1916 gave some idea of what the result would be. In the event supplies or troops should have to be sent across from the west to the Atlantic coast, they would have to be nent around through Georgia or up through Virginia, even sup posing that a like fate should not put those roads out of commis ftion. In order to defend the At lantic coast troops brought from the western states would be trans ferred over this line. There are millions of feet of ripe, marketable timber on this government land which must be cut in the near future in order to give way to healthy trees. The government will be compelled to construct these roads in the near future, it is stated. Besides, these roads would be of great valua in protecting this government land against debtructive forest fires, it is said.. ' At the meeting, a permanent organization was perfected by electing J. E. Erwin chairman and A. C. Kerley oecretary. An executive committee, composed of the chairman, secretary and W. C. Ervin, was elected. Dele gates composed of good roads (tnthusiaste bf the mountain and Piedmont counties were elected to go to Washington in a body to try to induce the government to bring the German prisoners here to do this work. A resolution was unanimously adopted, . setting forth the in dorsement of a plan for placing the (interned German prisoners at work on the construction of highways in , the Appalachian mountains . in the Fodth and in the White mountains in New England. Summer Complaint. During the hot weather of the summer months some member of almost every family is likely to be troubled with some unnatural looseness of the bowels, and it is or the greatest iroportauce that this oe treated promptly, wntcb can only be dona when the mwJi ci ue is kept at hand. Mr. F. F scott, Scotayille, aew York stat, "1 first used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrobea Remedy as much as five years ago. At that 'time I bad a severe attack of summer complaint and was suffering in tense pain. One done relieved me. Other members of mv fam. ily have since used it wit h'like re sult." The Russian Cabinet resigned in a body ( the other day, and then joiaetj alt oyer again. Prob ably let loose io spit cm t h o i r hands and get a better hold. Fayeteille QbservWi ! Not Tie Hoar Fur Peacr Asheville Times. No clearer statement of the mind of those governments now engaged in the death grapple with the Imperial government of Germany can be made than that which came from the formal statement issued a few days ago by ths conference of the Allied Powers held in Paris. That con ference resolved "not to lay down arms until they have attained the end which in their eyes dom nate all others to render impos sible a return of the criminal ag gression such as that whereof the Central Powers bear the respon sibility." This is exactly the end that must be achieved or the cause for which this country has enter ed the war is lost. There can be no peace on other terms -the d is- continuance of hostilites under other circumstances would be no peace on other terms the dis continuance of hostilities under other circumstances would be but an armed truce, with every nation ready at a moment's no tice to resist an outbreak of Prus sian aggression. Senator Borah, recently in a speech iu the United States Sen ate, suggested that the time may come when a specific statement of the objects for which this coun try is fighting may become nec essary. He intimated that the time was now here. This is not a simple matter, because the lead ers cannot express in a catch phrase so gigantic' President Wilson, when he said that "the world must be made safe for de mocracy," gave the people the fundamental reason for Ameri ca's entrance into the war. The permanent preservation of free government depends upon the re sult suggested by Mr. Wilson. German autocracy talks con tinually of peace but in even- instance the German mind is thiuking of peace from the Ger man standpoint'. Berlin desires peace, as do the peopleof the Im- enal goverment, but it is a pi ace without resultant penalty to Germany. A condition which will enable the Imperial govern ment to gradually strengthen herself and make ready for an other drive is the condition de sired by the Kaiser andhis adhe rents. It is a waste of words and ut ter foolishness to talk of peace when from Berlin there comes continually the news that the Imperial government is proclai ming victory and the bureau crats of the Kaiser are expecting a ''restoration of the former status." It any American desires any other course than that which means absolute overthrow of German military power before ever a conference be held toward an end of the conflict, he veribly has a wrong conception of what the future would bring forth. There can be no peace uuless autocracy be brought to its knees and made to pay the peu alty.forthe crimes of which it has been guilty daring the past three years-crimes that are still committted and without a shad ow of apology or excuse. Muscle Soreness Relieved. Unusual work, bending and uiftng oi Ktre ous exercise is a Istrin on the muscles, tby be come Bore and tiff, you are crip pled and in pain. Moan s Lini ment brings you quick relief, easy to apply, it penetrats wittout rubbing and drives out the sore ness. A clear liquid, cleaner than mupsy plasters or ointments, it does not stain the skiii or clou t he pores. Always have a bott le hsnriy tor the pains of rheuma tintn, gout, lumbago, ' grippe, bruise, stiffness, backache aud all ex teroal pain. At your drug (gist, 25c. Sii Tkoi Ti That When the people turned out and regiptered under the draft act with such unauuiity there was general applause deserved pplause for the loyalty and patriotism of the American peo pie. It seems, however, that some who registered without ob jection are like the folks who cheerfully write their names on a subscription list and then fall a- way when paying time comes Now that they must fall in for war, some of the registrants want to think the act unconstitu tional. The time for their objection as the first instance. Then the worst punishment would have been a ail sentence. Now that they are c t u a 1 1 y enrolled, resistance means death for desertion; aud some of the poor fellows who are misled will le eternally disgraced and lose their lives in addition before all of them will understand that resistance to the draft act is futile. See to it, men and brethren, that their blood is not on your hands; that neither by word nor act you counsel, direct ly or indirectly, resistance to the government in this time of war. On the contrary, every good cit izen should use his iufluenre to aid in upholding obedience to the law. Remember, too, men and breth ren, that opposition to this law means revolution at home. It means shedding of American blood by Americans; and as the Greensboro News has so well said: "All the restless aud tur bulent elemeuts, all the enemies of organized society, are looking on at this sort of thiug like hun gry jackals." They hope that in- ternal war will result, for they would revel in death and des truction here at home. States ville Landmark. Chronic Constipation. It is by no means an easy mat ter to curs this diseat-e, but it can be done in most instance by takink Uhauiberlaiu's Tablets and complying with the plain printed directions that accom pany each package. 49.5 MILES per gallon i3 th$ record of a car borrowed from an owner. to 47.5 miles on a measured Economy is not only in looking at the first cost, but in the opera tion of a motor car, 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. W. Gibbs drove a Maxwell from Jacksonville, Fla. to Miami, 376 miles in 9 hours, making better time than any recently made 22,022 Miles without One was made to jump 47 feet over a chasm with three people m it without injury to of the Pudding" is the idea, its merits. D. B. BINGHAM, Agcht BOONE GARAGE. Highway Motor Co., Distributors, N, Wilkesboro, N. C. Soldiers May Have Cbeck Given Depend ents. Provost Marshal General Crow der culls attention to the fact that no soldier will receive less than $30 per month and all clothing, food, etc., and when re quested any part or all of his monthly pay can be made paya ble to a dependent. He states that $25 per month can be given to a dependant and the soldier still have the necessary speuding change. Owing to the claim for exemp tion becoming too prevalent, special attention is called to a more rigid basis: "Section 4 of the selective ser vice act provides that those in a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for sup port which renders their exclu sion or discharge advisable may be discharged, but it does not re quire that they shall be dischar ged, but it does not require that they shall be discharged in all such cases. The discretion of lo cal boards is invoked by this provision and such boards may well take the facts above into consideration in deciding claims for discharge due to dependency with a view to determining wheth er as a matter of fact, the per son claiming such discharge will not be in as good or better posi tion to support his dependents after selection for military ser vice than he was before. If such is the case, of course, the dis. chargo should not be granted." Stomach And Liver Troubles. No end of misery and actual suffering is caused by disorders' of the stomach and liver, and may be avoided by the use of Chamberlain's tablets. Give them a trial. They only cost a quar ter. No need of trying to discuss where the Garden of Eden was located. We can make it right here in Eastern Carolina. The Greenville Reflector. FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS f0 BA6KACHI KI0NIYS AND SlADDfR Maxwell -and it wi3 a wed 29 others made from 35.6 gallon the -same day. p. m. a few days ago. J. W. crip from Hopewell, Va., to a cost of 3-10 ths cents each train has ever made. One Stopping the Motor ear or occupants. "Proof so get a Maxwell and prove Civilization Realigned. The Allies have agreed upon the terms upon which they will cease fighting, and it is a pro. gram ail loyurs of liberty and peace can subscribe to. First of all the wounds of Belgium must be salved and her national free dom restored. France, the glo rious, must then be given back the children of her bosom stolen from her by Germany forty years ago, Alsace aud Lorraine. Ger many had no right to take this territory as indemnity, for the French people bad to pay the op- presHors every cent of tribute the war cost the Prussians. Italy will have restored to her those bits of her choicest territory on the north which Austria stole from her years ago, with the offi cial sauction of Berlin. Italy ought to have this, because it belongs to her and because the people of Trentino aud Trieste are Italians by blood and at heart and will never be anything else. Russia and Prussia years ago trol the Poles under their heels of iron, but they never succeeded in crushing the love of liberty from their souls. Democratic KtiHsia stands ready to do delay ed justice. Germany is willing to grant "autonomy" for that part of Poland taken from Russia, but under Gorman domination, while holding on to Prussian Poland. Poland must be free, is the dic tum of the Allies. The bits of territory north of Greece popu lated by Greeks, shall be given to Greece once more, as well as the islands of the Mediterranean which are the homes of the Greeks largely. Crotia and Bohemia, overpowered years ago by the house of Hapsburg and Hohen zollern, must again draw the. breath of freedom. Austria and Uungary, the mongrel kingdom must be separated. Teuton and Slav will not assimilate. A thou sand years vain effort has prov en this. The Turk has no busi ness in Europe ami the world can never rest in a moment's se curity of peace until the crescent is driven back across tho Bos phorus. Constantinople is the natural getaway of the nations of Europe and it should lie inter nationalized. This is a part of the Allies' program. Thus is recounted the things for which the Allies are now pre pared to fight to a finish. Ger many dreams of an empire stret ching from the North Kea to Bagdad, cutting Europe square ly in twain and perpetuating the "divine right of kings" and rail i- tarixm. The old world can nev- er bury the sword until that vain dream is banished from the Teu ton mind. The Allies' program means that every eoplo has a right to a government of their own nationality, and it is pre pared to devise this in the name of the future peace of the world. No more peace for America until Europe's map is recast, and for that reason every citizen is inter eeted in this announced program Lexington Dispatch. Fall Term of the A. 1'. S. The 15th annual sesHion of the Appalachian TrainingSchool will begiu August Jl. Jivery effort will lie made to keep expenses low. The touch ing force is being made stronger, The'course of study is becoming more elastic, Address for cata log or other information, SECRETARY OF FACULTY. Boone, N. C. DON'T BUY a Buick or Maxwel and xject trouble. Thev are built for SERVICE. Boone Garage. PROFESSIONAL. E. Glenn Salmons, Kesident Dentist. BOONE, N. C. Office atCritcherJIIotel. OFFICE HOURS: fc 8:00 to 13 a. iu; 1:00 to 4:00 p. IU. ED7UJND JONE8 - LAWYER -LENOIR, N. C, Will Practice Regularly in the Courts oi Watvuga, 5-1 ii L. D. LOWK llauner Klk, N. C T. A. tOVK, riueoln, N. CJ LOWE & LOVE ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.J Practice in the courts of Avery and surrounding counties. Care ful attention given to allmatters of a legal nature. 7-6-12. F. A. LINNEY, -ATTORNEy AT LA W, BOONE, n. c. WilPpractice in the courts ol Watauga aud adjoining couu ties. Ml-1911. VETERINARY SURGERYi When in need of vet erinary surgery call on or write to G. H.Hayea Veterinary Svrgeon,Vi' las, N. C. 6-15-16. ;. F. Lovlll. w. R. LovU Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys ATj ; Law -BOONE, N. C Speciarattention'eiven to all, .business entrusted to tneircare. .. T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOONE . . N.C &PrnmptnttentionVivpn to ill matters of a legal nature CollectioiiH a specialtr. Ollice with Solicitor F. A. Uo- y. uey , 9. ly. pd. . OR. R, D. JENNINGS RESIDENT DENTIST I? Banners Elk, N. C. "At Boone on first Monday of every month for 4 or f da. a and every court wek. Office tt the Blackburn Hotel. DR. ALFRED tf. E?U W, RYE SPECIALIST TO SEE BETTER SEE DUU 17 Yr't Experience The Beat Equipment Obtainable. Glasses fitted exclusively MUTI1 ELCCX, LEKSiXi N. & ir TOO 10 II im 111,'LA. It'l All KICK liik WltCUfArtft KO DATES. LENSES GROUND & DUPLICATED Repair Dep't Boi 127 Charlotte, N. C .(JEWELRY door at this iihop under a positive guarantee & a material used . 551 guaranteed to be genuine. Estimate (uriilxlied on all mall orders. Balis faction guaranteed iu every reieet on all railroad watches. Office nearthe Watauga Co. Bank. , V t -.V J.W.BRYAN Graduate Jeweler and Watchmaker BOO'B,N. O. 1 '.",.r t
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