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BOONE WATAUGA COUNT?, N. C, THURSDAY OCTOBER 18, 1917.
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; TheobservatioH of -the Wash
ington Administration, voiced
through Secretary of War Ba
ker, indicates the decisive as
. cendency of ,the Allied cause
through its established superior
ity. The second great offensive
movement in Flanders has taken
- on almost the .character of, a
rush by the British and French.
; Germany was never so hard
pressed as at the present mo
ment. The submarine menace
has been steadily abated and its
bases on tbe Belgian 'coast are
being threa'.ennl. There is no
Nation to go to the aid of the
Kaiser, and to even the ordinary
ron-of military students it is evi
dent that the evil day h drawing
near for Germany. All authori
ties are now united in the opin
ion that the war cannot last
; through another year.- It would
' undoubtedly be closed before the
expiration of 1917 were it possi
ble for the United States to get
there with her army before the
- coming of winter. The prolon
gation of the war until Spring
' would but be in tbe nature of a
respite for Germany, for then
would come the combined action
. by all the Allied forces, including
most important of all. the Amer-
." icon soldiers. England herself is
taking the same view now being
entertained at Washington; Up
to within a short time' ago' the
. belief appeared to be general that
Germany would fight to the last
ditch. The- changed conditions
. since the recent renewal of activi
ties along the western front have
brought about a change of view
ou that matter also. "The Ger-
' roans," it is now.declared by The
London Observer, "will not fight
to the last man, tecause they
cinnot. Their position is wor-e
' v fian is usually imagined. Their
man power, already severely tnx-
e.l and showing the approach of
deficiency, will be strained next
. year to the last degree The en-
einy is on the defensive and must
keep going back J without th
slightest hope of reversiug that
position, me Observer .. em-
... phasizps tbe fact that "no power
can come to the aid of the Cen
tral Empiivs as America came to
the aid of the Allies. Germany
and her partners are' closely be
sieged. Their own strength,
.. though still stubborn, is on the
down grade, and no accesnion of
i force can come to them from out
' .side sources. Napoleon said un
, answerably: 'An army that can
not reenforce Itselt must perish.'
. He used the remark in connection
with a small situation, but tbe
tbought applies just as well to a
larger. Before another year is
out, li ine Ames no uieir ouiy,
y the last hopes that the Germans
still cherish will be extinguished.
Their casualties will have reach
ed the unbearable ratio.' Their
economic state, it not finally in
tolerable, will be still more wret
ched. They wilt be driven from
tbe Belgian coast, and thatalone
would mean a critical change in
German psychology. The Allies'
supremacy will beequallr uprais
takable and irreversible (in the
air, oil land and at sea."
v As finally settling all doubts,
The Observer submits in evidence
that '"some 2,000,000 American
' troops, as well as dense swarms
of American airi lanes will be in
the western field a year hence
, and we are convinced that
the breaking point for German
power will have been reached
' just about 12 months from now,
- and that a right peace will be se-
' cured by the Allies just before the
.Wiuter of 1918." It appears
reasonably afej in the f light of
C the testimony, for the people o:
the United States. to begin the
regulation of their household af-
Irii Grip if Diseiplim Cuxblts 6ir-
n Navy-
Washington Dispatch. 10th.
Few dispatches since the war
began have created more inter
est at the Navy Department
than today's reports from Am
sterdam telling of a revolt in the
German navy. Officers unhesita
tingly declared that the story,
so far not con timed in omYiul
reports, was one of .the most en
couraging signs of the year for
the Allies, and probably one of
the most ominous from the Ger
man view. They point out that
while the allied powers have no
ted repeatedly recently in their
official statements that the mo
rale of the Germau troops was
declining, and observers have be
lieved that the end would come
in food and labor riots, or per
haps in a political revolt, there
has been nothing to suggest that
the iron discipline ot tbe German
military system had lost its hold
over the fighting millions in the
slightest degree.
The declining morale on. 'the
western front noted, it was said,
has stun n itself in the feeble
character pf counter-attscks, as
compared with tbe all but irre
sistable drives ot a year ago.
Assault after assault has dash
ed itself to pieces before the Brit
ish and French trenches.
The revolt in the navy, these
officers said, was a most seiious
matter for Germany. The sailors
generally have not been subject
ed to the battering of guns day
after day, month after month.
They insisted that if there is dis
content among the sailors with
their condition, it must, be even
greater in the army.
As one possible explanation of
the navy revolt, tuny pointed out
that ever since submarine war
fare was. started by the Germaos
the British have adopted the
consistent policy of suppressing
information as to the fate of sub-
marines sent to the bottom by
their patruls. The policy was a-
dopted as a deliberate method of
breaking dowu the morale of the
submarine crews. '
Crews for the U-boats are un
derstood to be drafted from the
h Lib seas fleet as needed. The
big ships are practically idle.
They have done little, since the
North Sea fUht, but to steam
out to target practice behind
mine-protected zones. For the
men (of the ships there has been
little but the deadly routine of
this business, varied only, by
calls. for duty, and probably
dt-utb on the submarine.
Ank Anyone Who Has Used It,
Thee are families who always
aim to keep a bottle oil nainber
luin'it folic and Diarrhoea Keiu
edy in the hou-e for use in caseii
:s needed, and find that it is not
only a uoud 111 vestment lut sa
ves tbein no eud ol suffering. As
to its reliability: ask auy one
who has used it.. . ,
fairs on a basis of one year more,
at the furthest!, of thenar. v Odr
own opinion is that within- less
than a year the people of this
country will begin to note the
disappearance one by one of evi
dences of the war tax the stamp
taxes being first to go, as was
the case following the Spanish
American war and others being
eliminated as necessity for their
collection passes away. The En
ropean war situation now justi
fies the people i n beginning to
make arrangements for a read
justment to peace conditions.
year at best would be but a short
time to wait.Miarlotie Obser
ver." ' """" 1 " '
Children Cry-
, FOR FLETCHER'S .
OA SCORIA
THE LIBERTY LOAN.
Tsar Dollars Cannot Be Ncitral.
You must be either for or a
gainst the soldier boys now mar
ching to the trenches in France.
You must be either for or against
your country. There is no hall
way statiou; no betwixt or be
tween. Your dollar cannot be neutral.
Ducle Sam needs your financial
assistance. American success in
this war depends upon our send
ing an army fully equipped, effi
ciently trained, amply supplied
with every requisite of the field.
Every link in the military chain
must be strong. We dare not
take.chancea. .
Germany's tremendous aggres
siveness in this conflict has been
made possible only by the high
est efficiency in every detail. The
Germans were prepared at every
point when they loosed the dogs
of war and sent them hurtling
through Belgium on the way to
Paris.
Let's not send to France the
pride of America's young man
hoodthe boys for whom in any
other emergency would make any
sacrifice, any whit less prepared.
Take care of your loyalty to
the army, and your Royalty to
your country will take care of it
self.
There are numerous ways of
serving the Kaiser. And withhol
ding your support from the boys
ne have sent, and will yet send
to the front, the boys whom the
world at large is watching close
ly and expectantly is by no raoaus
the least of these.
You would bitterly and in-
stantly resent any other charge
of disloyafty to your couutry.
Probably you haven't considered
this phase of the situation, but
calmly think it over for a mo
ment, and you will get tbe poiut.
You cannot afford, even uncon
sciously, to leave open this wte
loop hole for questi n.
It will be far cheaper and more
self-satisfying to buy a Liberty
Bond.
The Cashier of tbe Watauga
tounty lianK mi! receive your
subscription and charge you
nothing for his trouble. See him
at once, buy a Bond, and there
by do your bitiu the great strug
gle now on.
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tism, gout, . lumbago, grippe,
bruissx, stiffness, tiackane and
all external pain. Atyoordrug
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LENOIR, : : : : : : : NORTH CAROLINA.
Would like to have an active agent or two in Watauga
County v,(;, r;; ;, '
Town and County.
Buy a Liberty Loan Bond at
the Watauga Couuty Bank.
Mrs. F. A. Linney, returned
last Friday from a visit of some
days to relatives in Tayloi sville.
The freeze on last Friday
morning was tbe hardest of the
season, and some fruit was prob
ably ruiued.
Buy a liberty Loan Bond at
the Watauga County Bank. The
denominates are Fifty's, One
hundreds, and Five hundreds'.
Chestnuts are now ripe. The
quality of the beautiful brown
nuts is fine, but the yi ld is not
so abuudant as ordinarily,
As letter i postage, by order
of Postmaster General Burleson,
will be advance to three cents on
Nov. 2, we advise all those who
arejJuus, to send it in before
the advance comes in. Hurry up!
Mr. J. II. Hardin, one of our
best near-town farmers, threshed
from one field, 345 bushels of
buckwheat, and immediately see
ded the same ground, well fert i
lized, to rye. The crop of bui k
wheat in the county has been
very fine indeed.
The electric lighting system
oi the town is very far from sat
isfactory just now, low water be
iug the cause assigned for the
short hours. of fervice. These
nights are rathsr loiuj to be for
ced to retire early, espcially'for
the busy man who is engaged
from early morn till night.
Dr. J. C. and Mrs. Farthing,
of Butler, Tenn., were visitors in
the village last week on their re
turn from Caldwell county where
they took in the fair and spent a
little while with the Dr's. broth
er, Mr. A. C. Farthing, at the
Mart in House. For a nice courte
sy extended by the popular den
tist, The Democrat thanks him.
W. B. Austin, of Ashe coun
ty, well known in W atauga, who
graduated last year at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, has
landed at CampJackson, Colum
bia, S. C. In ordering The Demo
crat to his address, Bill remark
ed that he had already seen sev
eral of our boys, who npparenily,
seem to be well satisfied. He adds
that he has not yet looked a
round enouffh to know just how
he will liEe.
'
Mr. Tarks Gwaltney, a form
er student of the A. T. S., from
Burke county, was in the villagu
flast week circulating among his
friends and former school mates.
He volunteered in the U. S. Na
vy, (coast artillery) early in Ju
ly,' and saw service in the ship
yards at Norfolk for orue time,
but as that branch of the ser
vice became over-rrowded, he is
now enjoying an indefinite 'fur
lough, subject, of course, to re
call at any time.
which is as low as the lowest.
strength are the two main
Watufa's Taxabli Property.
Editor Democrat: Believing
that a great many of your read
ers and citizens of the county
would bo interested in knowing
something more about our prop
erty valuations, tax assessments
etc., I am submitting you here
with for publication, a brief sum
mary of same, based on tbe 1917
tux returns, and arranged by me
in the Abstract of Listed Taxa
bles on file in my office.
203142 acres of land,
valued at' if 1,479.509.00
379 town lots 130,561.00
Total 11,010,070.00
PERSONAL PUOPEHTY.
2255 Horses $158,455.00
550 Mules 42,715.00
17 Jacks & Jennets 480.00
10,825 Cattle' 245,130.00
3890 Hogs 17.760.00
6397 Sheep 25,862 00
48 Goats 69.00
85 Dogs - 478.00
b arming Utensils 35,952.00
Wagons and other
Vehicles 26,345.00
Office Furniture 1,687.00
Tools of Mechanics, 2,759.00
Household furniture,
musical instruments 86,207.00
Libraries, etc., 3 072.00
Money on band 37,337.00
Solvent Credits, 313,076.00
Shares oi Corpora
tion Stock, 1,691.00
Autos, Bicycles, etc., 8,130.00
Seines, Nets & Boats 799.00
Jewelry, Goods, Wares
and Merchandise 90,804.00
Total valuation...l,t01,820.00
Total valuation real and perso
nal property 2,7 U.8D0.00
Value of property listed by Cor
porationx, aHHeHsed by State tax
( Join mission, iuclud ing excess and
bank stock iao,153.0U
Grand Total,
all property $2,854,04 -1.00
Total number polls 1821
This is a gain of $104,753.00
over the 11)16 assessment.
The taxVate for the year 1917,
is 1 on the hundred dollars
worth of real and personal prop
erty, and $2.45 on the poll. This
brings in a total tax for all pur
poses of $32 624.30, allotted to
the different divisions as follows:
State tax $ 7,730.13
School tax ' 13,545.96
County Tax, 8,494.17
County Road tax 2,854.04
Total tax as above...$32,624.30
Respectfully,
W. R. GRAGG, '
Register of Deeds
As a result of a small blaze in
the boiler room of the big Whi
ting plant at Shulls Mills a few
days ago, tbe manufacture of
lumber was temporarily inter
fered with, but the damage wan
soon repaired and the massive
machinery again pnt in aetion.
Mr. Richard Green, of Cook's
Gap, has sold his valuable prop
erty there to Mr. Thomas L.
Dar, and will, owing to rapidly
decling health, move to thebome
of his son, Mr. II. 0. Green, at
Glade Valley, Alleghany county
Mr. Grei'ii is one of our most sub
stantial citizeus, and we are sor
ry that health conditions of him
and bis wife make It necessary
for tbem to leave their native
county.
Mrs. Alex, iilatkburu, of
Todd, after a most delightful
visit of two weeks to the home of
her sister, Mrs. Geo. H. Church,
in Htatesville, returned last week.
She says that her sister and her
beloved husband, tbe Rev. Geo
Chucb, who is well remembered
by oui people, are not in the
best of health, but that the min
ister is st ill able to fill bis pulpit
in the Bapist church of that
town, of which he is pastor. It is
their hope to be able to visit in
Wataaga and Ashe soma time
next year. '
PROFESSIONAL.
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Resident Dentist.
BOONE, N. V.
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BOONE, ... N.C.
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