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vol! XXVIII.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 23, 1917.
NO. 48.
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Newi and Observer.
The percentage of exemptions
allowed for physical disability by
the various local boards in . the
State is causing, and rightly so,
considerable comment and ques
tioning. '
It is inconceivable that in a
State that has a population so
uniform in general characteris
tics with practically the same oc
cupations prevailing throughout
all sections, that defectives
should exist in such striking pro
portion sin one county while the
opposite situation should pre
vail in the adjoining county.
The physicians engaged in the
examinations have been chosen,
it fe presumed, because of the
fltnec88 for the work. Of course,
in the speed with which examina
tions are; conducted, errors will
creep in, but the. reexamination
system for the disqualified ought
to take care of the largest per
centage of these. It may be said
that the physicians are capable
and are s making the examina
tions satisfactory. The disquali
fications it would seem, are al
lowed on the basis of regulations
which are furnishing by the Pro
vost Marshal General. Those are
uniform and the same for all ex
amining physicians. The inter
pretation of them, however; is
left to the physicians and here is
the biggest opportunity for dis
crepancies to creep in.
Every physician who is engag
ed in the medical examination of
registrants ought to feel that his
is, peculiarly, a patriotic duty to
that all men who should be
accepted,? are accepted and all
who should be disqualified are
disqualified.
The Provost Marshal General
has caused to be prepared strict
requirements. These have been
furnished exemption boards and
from time to time notifications
of amendments have been issued.
The strict letter of those physical
requirements should be adhered
to in every case, unless waivers
are secured from the War De
partment If this is so, if the med
ical examiners, to their utmost,
hew to the line, it is not believed
that one county will escape with
ten per cent disqualifications
while another has against it a
record of fifty.
There are many reasons fo
this, but the largest is justice-
justice to the government and
justice to the registrant. Every
time a man is acccepte who
should not be, it means that this
man will be transported to camp,
kept there until examined again,
and then be turned down to be
sent back home, all at the gov
ernment's expense. Every time a
man is discharged who should
uot be, this man goes free of the
military service it should be his
pride to give while another whose
time would not have come f o r
this service is called upon to take
up arms. News and Observer.
Summer Complaint.
During the hot weather of the
summer months some member ot
almost every family is likely to
be troubled with some unnatural
looseness of the bowels, and it is
or the greatest importance tha
this be treated promptly, which
can only be done wuen tne mnii
cine is kept at band. Mr. t .
Scott, Scotsville, New York stat
"I first used Chamberlam's Colic
aud Diarrobea Remedy as much
as five years ago. At that time
I had a severe attack of summer
complaint and was suffering in
tense pain. One done relieved
me. Other members of my fam
ily have since used it w.ith like re
suits."
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASJ.O.RIA
: German Miscalculations.
When Germany started this
conflagration, her war lords cal
culated that the armies she hurl
ed across Belgium would occupy
'ana within six weeks. That was
three 'years "and more ago, and
the German armies are not now
as near Paris as they were when
topped by Joffra at the Marne.
When the offensive was launch
ed at Verdon, the war lords cal
culated that the armies under the
Crown Prince would break thru
the French lines at that point in
two months. Some of the Ger
man newspapers printed in A-
inerica contended, that after two
months had expired, the Ger
man Government had given it
self four months to go thru at
Verdon; that it had figured to
the day the time that would be
necessary and had estimated to
the pound the amount of ammu
nition that would be required to
achieve this great victory; and
hat with such ingenuity and ef
ficiency, failure was impossible.
That was a year and a half ago,
and the French stand at Verdon
ike a stone wall. Hundreds of
thousands of lives have been sac
rificed and hundreds of millions
of money have been expends iu a
utile effort to make a popular
military hero of a Prussian
princeling.
When Germany inaugurated
her ruthless submarine warfare
on February 1, the warlordscal
culated that it would etarve En
gland and France into submis
sion in ninety days. That was
more than six months ago, but
England and Frauceare not now
as hungry as Germany. England
ias auuounced that her food
supply for a year ahead is assur-
d, aud France is in as good con
dition. What these two Alliescan
not produce for themselves, the
United States will produce for
them, and it will get enough of it
to them to keep the wolf from
the door.
The Emperor of f Germany the
other day sent a message to
Prince Kupprecht of Bavarla-
ting him on checking the British
offensive. The stage has been rea
ched where the Emperor thinks
his armies in the west are doing
well when they hold their own or
prevent an Allied advance. In
the east the Austro-German ar
mies have been driving back the
confused armies of demoralized
Russia, but with Russia's rccov
ery the situation in tne e a s t
would become more serious for
the Central Powers, whose forces
on that front have been weaken
ed by the transfer of large bod
ies of German troops to the west
front to resist the Allied offens
ive.
The Prussian war lords have
made several serious miscalcula
tions, but the most serious mis
calculation they have made was
upon Germany's ability to win
the war. Bristol Herald-Courier
Muscle Soreness Relieved.
Unusual work, bending and
uiftug 01 ntreous exercise is a-
iHirin on the muscles, they be
come sore and tiff, you are crip
pled and in pain. Sloan s Lint
meut brings you quick tvllel easy
to apply, it penetrate without
rubbing and drives out the sore
ueas. A clem liquid, cleaner than
mussy plasters or nintmeuts,
does not stuin the skiu or clog
the pores. Alwaya have a bott It-
handy lor the pains of rbfuma
tism, gout, lumbago, grippe.
bruise. HtilTness, backache and
all external pain. At yourdiug
gist, 525c.
Three years of war and the ap
pcarances are good for a long
siege ahead. Pray for iieace and
plan for war. Get ready for a
hard battle and a severe strug-gle.-Asheville
Times.
Nit Si Mich Dir.
War danger and war mortality
among the men. who will go to
Europe in thejAmerican conscrip-
ted army will not be unduly hea-
in the opinion of Babson's
Statistical organization, which
has issued a statement on the
ubject, based upon the most ac-
curate information obtainable as
to mortality ratios since the war
began. The men now being draft
ed, says this statistical authori
ty, stand only one chance to
bur of seeing actual fighting,
and even if they take part in
hard fighting, statistics are in
their favor and conditions are
improving.
It is brought out that accord
ing to the most reliable statis
tics, which are difficult to obtain,
about 60 men per 1,000 are be
ing killed in the war and about
50 men per 1,000 are being
wounded. Most of the wounded
ater return to the fron t. The
normal death rate in peace times
of men within the age limits of
the soldiers now fighting is only
eight per 1,000, but that is a
yearly rate, while the figure of
00 per 1,000 covers the period of
enlistment aud in some cases is
'or a period of three years.
The Iobs of life from disease,
which has leen one of the deadly
ife-takers of other wars, is de
clared to be in large measure
eliminated.
The mortality is said to be less
today than it was at the start
of the war. Gas attacks are be
ing well handled and with rea'
sonable precautions men are not
in (very great danger from that
orm oi attack. They are expos
ed to the most danger when a
charge is made.
At other times wouuds arc
mostly in the shoulders or arms
and easily treated. Skull wounds
are rather frequent, however,
and are naturally serious. But
the amputation of limbs is less
than in previous conflicts-
Different branches of the ser
vice snow uiuerent degrees oi
mortality. In the heavy artillery
the danger is said to be about
equal to the danger of railroad
ing in .civil life, 'lLc mortality a'
inong certain classes of officers,
iucluding lieutenants, sergeants
and corporals, is found to have
been greater than among pri
vates.
"We believe," says Babson's
Statistical organization, "that
the drafted man who goes as an
ordinary soldier, takinghis judg
ment with him aud leaving his
enthusiasm at home, is not only
most effective, but is fairly sure
to return in better physical con
dition than when he left. OI
course during tne one or more
days a month that it is bis turn
to charge be is subject to great
danger, Dut tne rest oi the time
with reasonable precautions, be
is, statistically, almost as wel
off as in the streets of New York.
Stomach And Liver Troubles,
No end of misery aud 'actual
suffering is caused by disorder
of the stomach and liver, and
may be avoided by the. use
Chamberlain's tablets. Give them
a trial. They only cost a quar
ter.
Holland complains of being
beaten between the devil and the
devil and the neep blue seu, but
she can at least join in the fight
against the devil. That would be
more sensible than indulging in
useless tears over the American
embargo. Winston-Salem Jour
nal. X
Chronic Constipation.
It is by no means an easy mat
ter to cure this disease , but it
can be done in must instances by
takink Chamberlaiu's Tablets
and complying with the plain
printed airections ttmt accom
pany each package.
Will Bi A Model County Fair.
Editor Democrat: People in
terested in fairs may arouse their
curiosity and be prepared for
something unique in the County
Fair line in October, whon Cald
well county, North Carolina, at
Lenoir, opens her second county
fair. Two years ago the fi vt one
this county held, was the talk of
the country on account of the
great floods of that year sweep
ing away the crops of that coun
ty. This year it will come with
renewed vigor, and novelty. "
The premium list is a startling
innovation on the old way. Blue
ribbons and diplomas have been
eliminated from the catalogue.
n their stead the offerings are
$20 dressers, buffets and ladies'
dresning tables, $25 sideboards
and $20 sets of dining chairs, do
nated by the manufacturers of
the town; gold pieces donated by
the manufacturers of the town;
gold pieces donated by the man
ufacturers of tha town; gold pie
ces donated by the banks; with
groceries, chinaware and cash
prizes offered by the merchants.
Special inducements are given the
young pcoplo in all exhibits, and
particular encouragement is giv
en the cotton mill communities.
A high standard is pledged, and
the exclusion of all fakirs, lie-
igious services, and prayer meet
ings, will be features ot this fair,
as they were in the first one, and
it would astonish the natives
uow many people attended these
aurvinua I lia I 11 III U'l I I niintv
Fair this year will be the model
. V, V. MW VH.U v.. wvu I
county fair of the State. It will
set a new pace in fairs.
J. A. Roiuxson.
Battery E.
As many Watauga boys are in
Co. E., encamped at Lenoir, the
following from-the Lenoir Topic
will be of interest to our people:
Recruits are still coming in and
the enrollment now numbers 15(i.
The uniforms are expected to
day. 190 steel cots and 300 U. S.
army blankets have come in and
the boys are being quartered up
stairs in the Henkel building.
The boys are having a good
49.5 MILES
per gallon i3 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
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 eras and oil. P.
from Jacksonville, Fla. to Miami, 376 miles in 9 hours,
making better time than any
recently made
22.022 Milps without Stnnnitiff tlm Motor
7
One was made to jump 47
people in it without injury
oi uie ruuuing is me iaea,
its merits.
D. B. BINGHAM, Agent
B00NE GARAGE.
Highway Motor Co., Distributors. N: Wilkesboro, N. C.
Poor Germany.
Old Kaiser Bill is bad enough;
you must admit it's pretty tough
to have a King like that; a man
so arrogant and vain, with ego
tism so insane his head outgrows
his hat. It must be tough to
have a King who always says a
crazy thing when wisdom's in re
quest, who was, before he took
the lance and started trespassing
in France, the universal jest. But
Kaiser Bill, with all his sins,- his
withered arm and shriveled shins,
has points one may admire; his
heart is uot entirely stone, and
people say they've heard him
groan o'er all this blood aud fire.
The load he carries is so great
he'll sink beneath it soon or late,
and he will cash his string; then,
if the Hohenzollern line be not
uprooted, stalk and vine, the
Kron Prinz will be King. The
Kron Prinz with tiie weazel fare,
the runt of a decaying race, the
war's prize also ran! When he is and surrounding count ies. Care
monarch Germans will with vear- fuJ attention given to all matters
ning think of Kaiser Bill, who is
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at least a man. Poor Germany!
To look ahead and think that
when your Wilheliu's dead, this
Prinz will be on deck! It will be
punishment severe for all the woe
you're causing here, the ruin aud
the wreck. Walt Mason.
The man who is eag6r to get
the most for his money may not
care whether he gets the best or
not New Bernian.
't,me. ftM are weu c,a IOH
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by the officers who are doing all
they can to mak their military
life pleusant as well as profita
ble Only one member of the bat
tery is sick and he is being cared
tor in the hospital here at the
exjiense of the government.
Capt. Williams docs not think
the battery will be called to I
Greenville, S. C, before the 25th,
possibly later,
German spies are working in
the United States, declares the
German Minister at Mexico City.
Hope they report the loyalty of
the American people. Hender-
sonville Hustler.
Maxwell -and it was a used
29 others made from 35.6
gallon the same day.
first cost, but in the opera-
qualities too.
d. m. a few days ago. J. W.
trip from Hopewell, Va., to
a cost of 3-10 ths cents each
W. Gibbs drove a Maxwell
train has ever made. One
ri o
feet over a chasm with three
to car or occupants. "Proof
so gee a maxweu anu pruve
PROFESSIONAL. .
. Glenn Salmons,
Resident Dentist.
BOONE, N. C.
Offiqp atCritcherIotel.
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- LAWYER
LENOIR, N. C,-
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of W atauga,
6-1 ii
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Banner Kilt, N. C.
T. A. tOVK,
Plncoln, N. C
LOWE & LOVE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.!
Practice in the courts of Avery
of a legal nature.
7-G-12.
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C,
Will'practice in the courts of
Watauga and adjoining coun-
ties.
6-11-1911.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
When in need of vet
erinary surgery call on
or write to G. H.t Hayes'
Veterinary Svrgeon, Vi
las, N. C. 6-15-16.
B. F. Lovill. W. R. LovU
Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys Atj : Law
-BOONE, N. C
Special'attention'given to
all!, business entrusted to
their care; . . ,
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
BOONE !- . N.C
Prompt attentionVgiven to
ill matters of a legal nature
Collections a specialty.
Office with Solicitor V. A. Li
Uey
9, ly. pd
DR, R. D, JENNINGS
RESIDENT DENTIST
?Bannicrs Elk, N. C.
ISTAfc Boone on first Monday
it uun.tr mnntli Vjtw A sw Ft Hand
and every court week. Office vt
tn Blackburn Hotel.
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EYE SPECIALIST
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