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Thursday, Nov. 1 i 1917.
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!- we nave uouceu, un uccasiuu,
j!; that there are some few young
. ladies who absolutely refuse to I
i t entertained hv anv class of in-
. I dividuals other than the human
( iuonkey. This peculiar taste, we
Jr suppose, is brought on by what
j:. is known as moukey-maniaism.
This maniaism deprives those so
j afflicted with gumption enough
n: to retire to some secluded spot
.1 when possessed with an inBane
l desire to pull off some idiotic
stunts Instead,' churches
or
. some other public place seems to
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J monkey as a place to display bis I
7j talents to the best advantage.
,j There would be no such thing as
the human monkey if some of the
2 gentler sex didn't demand some-
2 thing along the monkey line for
,T entertainment. This being so,
-t we have often wondered why
r young ladies, afflicted with the
aforesaid mania, didn't invest in
the real article. We understand
jj a very decent kind of monkey can
J .still be had for something like
J $5.00 the war so far having no
. effect on the monkey market. We
think this would be. advisable, I
mainly, because of the fact there
ICgj isn't any law against feeding the
f ( real article on sleeping powders,
' n or even using an axe on him in
case his companionship should
become tiresome. On the other
y ' hand the court might not uphold
& V aft Br.Niniinna tNtarmant oa tvi I
ever, there is almost always some
way out of adifflculty, and shou'd
some monkey-mania afflicted
young lady become tired of the
ibl companionship of some human
monkey, and having some mis-
gmngs s to theconsequencesas
nrra n a iha urtintniutnomw rt
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. Blocking jjuw ici o ur tuo iu truuuv-1
J tiou of an axe, she mieht eo to
some Keeley Institute and bor-
Jl row a little bichloride of gold.
(j ; The writer of the above few
! lines used to be a durued fool
u himself isn't burdened with anv
very great amount of surplus
! wisdom vet. but has reformed to
the extent of trying to
sensible as what light he
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act as
has at I
hand will permit.
. The greatest gift ' the Great
Giver ever bestowed on mortal
man is senso, and what we con
siuer as very sensime aavice to
inone who happen to besoiavor-
ea, is to snow meir appreciation
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Dy mauiug ic a point to try ana
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use at leust a part of it.
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Traininf Scbsel Items.
Rev. J. C. Owen, hissinger, Mr.
M. . usuorne, and Uev, M. A.
Adams attended chapel exercise
eacu day last week and Mr. Uwen
maue splendid Short talks each
' day which were greatly apprecia-
tad by the laculty and students,
. imsv. u. iv. miibuu uueuueu
cnapei service on Saturday, also
i Prof. D. a Dougherty was pros-
ent, the Superintendent being
absent The go jd professor ha 8
been takuig a much needed vaca-
4.1 i t
.uum scnoo room work, ana
,u,0 u un anuice ai
vu.uuMUfttuwwsrmuiworK.
:? The Senior Class went to Le-
noir on oaiuraay to see "The
, jinn oi a nation." iney were
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panied by Professors Hartzog
and Downum,theGradedSchool
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rroi. u. 15. uougherty accom-
; paniea ur. v. u urown ana nis
, family to Lenoir on Saturday,
ho were on their way to Wake
county to engage in school work.
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As a result of the last call by
i the local exemption . bonrd, the-day
examinations being made on
Tuesday and V ednesday of last
wees, me iuuu iiift were eeiecura (
for services in the United States
army, not exempiea or aiscuarg ,
ed: y i
waiter coffey, shulls Mills
a reek Todd, Todd
h A Andrews, noone
j s Thomas, Mabel
Henry Hagaman, watauga Falls
Joseph L Hogshead, Matney
clay Beard, vallecrueis
B R Williams, sands
smithey o watson, Triplett
c M wilson, zionville
Joseph B Burkett, sands
Asa L Heece, Reese
chushcr Hollars, shulls Mills
u e sherley, stony Fork v
m s Buragarner; sands
owyn Brown, shulls Mills
L e wilson, zionville
Munroe Harm an, valle crucis
Robert penley, zionville
o o Stephens, sands
o 8 Thomas, Mabel
Milton oreen, Blowing Rock
Thomas Kagan, zionville
cloy winkler, noone
c J story, penley .
j f wilson, zionville
vester Moody, shulls Mills
Ben Isaacs, vilas
Hardy Mcclain, Banners Elk
Frank Hollar, shulls Mills
l w stanbery, vilas
carl Horton winkler, noone
w H Benson, Triplett
w c oxen tine, shulls Mills
iven cook, vilas,
l career, zionville
BLOWING ROCK BREEZES
Rev. Edgar Tufts filled his reg
ular appointments at the "Rock
Church" last Sunday and Sun
day night. He preached an able
R.., f. a. ntn,
taketh
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Master Carl Francumisconva-
ie8C1D8 we are B,aa swte.
Olenn Francum of Philadelphia
8 Qt h0Iue at 131owing Rock for
a short visit.
Dvnum Francum. who is in
camp now at Anniston. Ala..
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was married a few weeks ago to
Miss Mav Hacine.oi Wi nuncton.
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Del. He expects to suil for France
next January
When the people of Blowing
Rock learned that Gen. Persh
ing's troops had gone into the
trenches in "No Man's Land"
the young men and some of the
0uer men and hovs went ud on
i r-
a hill overlookinc the villaue fir
e(j tt gaiute with dvnainite. built
a huge bonfire and celebrated the
event in a boisterous but patriot
ic manner. There were a few
of the "fair sex" who showed
their patriotism by attending the
J celebration.
The meeting at Cool Springs
Church closed last Friday. There
were two candidates received for
baptism. The church members
were revived and much good, we
trust was accomplished.
itev.u. b Hodge, iniorms us
that h will begin a series of
meetings at Laurel Fork Church
this week. He is expecting Rev.
Mr. Watts from Alexander Co.
to assist him.
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The peo of Bjowing Rock
are expecting a series of meetings
at the Baptist Church to begin
tonight The pastor, Rev. M. A.
Adams, will be assisted by Rev,
J. C. Owen, of Ashevillo.
Mr.Thos. Robbins, of Lenoir
was in town yesterday. In fact
Mp. Robbin8 visit8 Jour town
quite frequently. There must be
Uome attraction for him in this
village, however, we are always
glad to see bim, as he is a jolly
good fellow and scatters sun
Uhine wherever he goes.
W. M. F.
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. KEY. JAKES J. L SHEIT808.
It is with feelings of the deepest
regret that we chronicle the death
of Rev. J. J. L. Sherwood,' which
occurred on Cove Creek last Sun-
afternoon. For a number
of years Rev. Mr. Sherwood has
been one of the leading figures. in
tn movement tor tne moral ana
spiritual uplift of the people of
watauga and adjoining coun
ties. ' He was a man of more than
ordinary ability as a preacher of
the gospel. His pastoral servi
ces have been in demand in this
and adjoining counties for many
jears, and all who knew him
loved and respected him. With
in the bounds of the Three Forks
Baptist Association, where the
greater part of his labors have
been performed, no minister of
the gospel stood higher in the
estimation of his brethren lhau
did Mr. Sherwood. From a hu
man standpoint. we feel inexpres
sibly sad that he has gone from
us; but iu the light of his splen
did life and his earnest endeavors
to lead others to the higher life,
we know that be has only been
called from his labors to his eter
nal reward the reward of there
deemed. He is dead, yet his in
flueuce still survives and we fully
believe that his labors and his
Godly influence speaking through
those who have bean led by him
to Christ, shall be instrumental
in leading to nobler thought and
deeper spiritual lives, many yet
unborn; and in the great judg
ment when .the final accounting
shall be rendered and the force of
our influences shall be weighed
and measured, we verily believe
that many souls shall be laid at
the Master's feet as sheaves har
vested by the labors of this noble
man.
A Horrible Trafidy in Alennder County.
A jStatesville dispatch of tie
27th says: One of the worst trag
edies in the history of this sec
tion occurred this afternoon when
Cail White, who lives some eight
mi'es north of Taylorsville, be
came violently demented and
killed his wife and two small
children. Mr. white was at the
home of his father, Mr. W. E.
White, who was a former repre
sentative in the State senate
from Alexander county, whrn
the killing occurred. n:8
brother, L. 0. White, of StateF-
ville, and another brother, Mr.
Arthur White, cashier of the
Bank at Stony Point, we're at
the spring a short distance away
when. beard a shot Going imme
diately to the house, they beheld
the situation.
.After Bhooting his wife and
then shooting two of the smaller
children, White went down the
road where he met a neighbor,
told liiln what he had done, Jand
asked that he be killed. At the
same time White made an at
tempt to strike him. A struggle
ensued, but finally the demented
man was overcome. He was plac
ed in an automobile and ta'en
to Taylorsville where he was plac
cd in jail for safe keeping.
The dmpatcb adds that White
comes from one of the best fami
lies in Alexander county.
Mrs. White is a daughter ol
Mr. Thomas S. Watson, of Vir
gil, this county, and when the
appalling news reached bim, he
left at once for the scene of the
fearful tragedy, and late Monday
night he returned home bringing
with him the ghastly remains of
his three loved ones, victims ol
an insane (?) husband and fath
er. A pitiable case it is if White
is really insane, but it he is not,
thU should be a case for Judge
Lynch, ii ever such a thing is jus
tifiable. The plea of "insanity"
to cover up crime, has become en
tirely too prevalent and it seems
that something must be done to
check it Democrat.
At last the news has been her
aided throughout the world that
our contingent of 'soldiers in
France are now facing the ene
my in the trenches, and that 'no
man's land,' before the fir ingline
of the Germans, is being invaded
by American soldiers.
Personal Property Saje.
We will on ttie 6th day 'of' 'No
vember. 1917 at our residence 1
mile west of Boone, offer lot sakfl
at public auction the following
i-ersonal property: One eood 18
months old colt; two milk cows
that will.give milk all winter; I
some farn tools; a lot of feed i
stuff, such as fodder, hay and
straw; our entire corn crop; afew
bushels of wheat and buckwheat;
about 50 bushels of Irish pota
toes; a few gallons of good cane
molasses; also our entire house
hold and kitchen furniture and
other things too tedious to men
tion. We will also offer at pri
vate sale at any time o;ie Wil
liams grist mill; one 6 horse pow
er gasoline engine and full equip
ments, all in flrstclass condition.
Sale to begin at 10 a. m. Terms
made known on day of sale.
This October 15th, 1917.
D.N.TR1VETT
C. G. TR1VETT.
AN AVALANCHE OF MONEY
bothers many a man when hie
bills begiu to turn into cash. For
safety, ease in disbursement, and
gaining almost instant credit in
the business world, he should at
once turn the sum into a bank.
Open an account and begin to
do all his bill-paying by check.
It is the simplest and most accu
rate way of keeping posted, as
every stub is a positive receipt
that said bills are paid. There
are manifold advantages attach
ed to this bank method of doing
business that never fail in advan
cing a man on the road to sue-
:css.
Bank of Blowing Rock
BLOWING ROCK, N. C.
offers Its unexcelled service..
Quality Printing
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
turned out promptljumd satis
faction guaranteed or no pay.
WATAUGA PRINTING COMPANY
BOONE, N.O.
FOR DRUGS
-OR-
Anything Pharmaceutical
'Phone or write -
BALLEWS CASH PHARMACY, LENOIR, N. C.
"The store with a pedigree and
a reputation."
Equipped tgth the most com
plete line and greatest va
riety of drug merchan
diseto be found be
tween Charlotte and
Asheville.
Give Us Your Patronage.
Rubbing Eases Pain
Rubbing sends the liniment
tingling through the flesh and
quickly slops pain. Demand
liniment that you can rub with.
The beit rubbing liniment U
MUSTAIl
CooJ for tht Allmenli qf
Hones, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Qoodfor so ur own Acha,
Pains, RhRURiUm, Sprains,
' Cuts, Burns, Etc -' '
23c50c$l 1.11DW
Coming To Town?
If so. vou are invited to
Cause 1 nave in Store lor VOU
your needs may be. Remember. I want your trade, and
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trying w meru i, uy giving yyu
Your Moneys Worth v
in every transaction. My stock of dry goods, shoes, gent's
furnishings, etc. is neat, catchy, and "up-to-the-minute.
Don't listen to what others say, but come and see for your
self. I know I can save you some money, and am pre
pared to prove it. Fresh Groceries always on hand. Will
buy what you have to sell, and sell you what you have
to buy.
Yours for trade,,
J. S-WINKLE E
An Open Letter
TO THE PUBLIC:
I am now better prepared, regardless of the extrem
ely high prices that are prevailing throughout the country
to furnish you more genuine, money-saving . bargains in
anything you want in merchandise than ever before. This
is not written as a "space filler" but for the benefit, of
those who are anxious to get goods .
t At A Living Price
In Clothing I am carrying probably the best stock in
the county, can fit men of all sizes, and at prices that will
fit the pocket book as well. Just a look at my stock will
convince you of this. Many beautiful suits going at, and "
in some instances below what the same suits- would cost
today, wholesale.
Big Stock of Shoes
Yes, the biggest to be found in this section. As my
customers know, I carry the
going just as low, or a little
elsewhere. Investigate, if you have not bought your fall
and winter footwear. They are still advancine on the
market. I am also prepared to fill your every want in
dry goods, notions, gents' furnishings, etc.," Big stock
of shelf and heavy hardware
I am headquarters for all
Feed stuffs, flour, meal and a full line of groceries always
on hand. Come in and take advantage of the bargains I
am offering. Most Respectfully,
M. B. BLACKBURN
liOONE, NORTH CAROLINA.
Chattanooga Plows.
Disc Plows, Bottom Plows,
Hill Side Plows, and
Subsoil Plows.
We Have
Tlje CHATTANOOGA is especially design
ed for this mountain country. - Just the
thing for your fall plowing. Buy your plow
now, and let it be a Chattanooga.
Get The Best
BERNHARDT -SEAGLE CO
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
LENOIR,
call.at my place. ;vWhy? :Be-
in mercnanuise, ,wimmvw
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best in shoes, and they are
lower than you can get them
always on hand.
kinds farming implements
Them All.
HARDWARE AND FURNITURE
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