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UOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1917.
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THE BiG DRIVE ON ITALY.
The United Press sent the fol
lowing story from London on
Wednesday ot last week:
" One of the year's biggest drives
set in today with a carefully pre
pared, terrific Teuton attack a
gainst the Italians for which ev
ery available Austriau and Ger
man soldier, and every available
Teuton gun have been quietly
concentrated for weeks. German
direction, German men and Ger
man material are in preponder
ance. The attacking front is on
the Julien battle line and extends
from- flitch southeastward via.
the Tolmino sector to the north
ern edge of the Bainsizza plateau
a total distance of more than
thirty miles.
Berlin officially announced to
day the capture of the foremost
of the Italian positions in each
ofthese three vital sectors.
The Rome war office in its dai
ly bulletiu asserted that the blow
will find the Italians "steady and
prepared."
The immediate aim of the of
fensive is to crush in the danger
ous wedge General Candora has
driven into the Austian lines a
' wedge which for months has
threatened to separate the Aue
; trian Isonzo and Carso armies,
completely isolating the latter
and opening the way to Klagen
furt and Laibach.
But there are other motives be
hind tbissurprisecampaign, mo
tives of transcendent political
importance. Before these are
discussed, it is necessary to point
to the situation on the two other
roam ftonts, the west and east,
for the three.battle lines are to
day closely inter-dependant.
In the west the French through!
their whirlwind advance north ol
tbe Aisne yesterday, in which
they took more than 8,000 pris
oners, including 1G0 officers, om
inously extended the pistol point
of their wedge threatening Laon,
th" southern pivot of the Sieg
fried line. In the two or three
. weeks that are till left fotactive
lighting in the west, the Ger
mans hope to hold the French at
bay. But one more French blow
like that of yesterday, nccompa
nied by a final British drive in
Flinders, and this hope may be
shattered UDd incalculable disas.
ter, aggravated by the insetting
winder which they hoped would
have them, may overtake the
Teutons. In every allied quar
ter the view prevail;) that what
v the Germans consider a "sure
thing bet" is their most danger
ous military gamble of the war.
Berlin announced today a re
tirement on the wide front north
of Riga. This is an oration
which' they could well afford as
it shortens their iront materially
and the gulf of Riga is theirs, en
abling them to land an army in
the Russian rear the moment the
Muscovites threaten an attack.
From a closely protected di
plomatic source the following
outline of the central powers plan
of action was obtained tonight:
Haunted by sinister fore
thoughts of a combined Ameri
can, British and French spring
campaign in the west next year,
Germany had set her mind on
one thing the rumination
Russia. Italy worried her little,
But to meet tbe Armaceedon in
the west she rauBt have the bulk
if not all of her hutre army now
in the east. Capture of the gu
of Riga, with its tremendous mil
itary possibilities, was to be the
first step in a final onslaught on
Russia.
It was well under way when,
Austria, ever the wrecker of Hin
, denburg'a fondest;' calculations,
came along .ind'jtaked for help
: agiinU Italy.
-Food riot in Austria-llunga-'-'l.
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Some Cows ii Wataoji !
"There is one cow in Watauga
county for every inhabitaut,"
paid Mr. B. B. Dougherty, super
intendent of the Appalachian
Training School at Boone, iu
talking about tbe cattle industry
in that county when here Satur
day. Watauga people have long
since learned that there is money
in the cattle industry. However,
it was during the last year or
two that they have come to real
ize t he profits and possibilities in
cheese making, which is allied
with the cattle industry. Sixteen
car loads of cneesewul be sold
from Watauga choose factories
this year, Mr. Dougherty said.
This will bring, in round num
bers 175,000. And this is not the
end. More cheese factories are be
ing organized and established
every few months. The Lenoir
News.
The scholarly professor is a
great Watauga booster one of
the very best but in this partic
ular instance, he is in tbe wrong,
or thre is a bigerror in the num
oer oi cattle listed lor taxes on
May 1, 1917, wlich, according
to the report of the Register of
Deed 8, was only 10,825 head, in
cluding all grades. The popula
tion ot tue county is approxi
mately 15,000, and if every hoof
of cattle in the county were milk
ers, it can be readily seen that
the supply would be inadequate
to the amont of something like
one-third. The Prof, roust have
been talkiug for a pas-time and
not for publication, when he spun
this little story in the hearing of
the alert news-gathering editor
of The News. . This note only to
keep county statistics straight.
Democrat.
Certain Cure for Cronp.
Mrs. Rose Middletdn of Green
ville 111 , has brid experience in
the treatment of this disease.
She save, " vVlien my children
Were small my son had croui
dfqnently. Ciimlerla1nV Couuh
inine lv always broku up these
attack immediately, and I wa
never wjthout it in the house. I
h ivetak'n if myself for cougbs
ind colds with good results.
ry became and are becoming
more frequent, more violent dai-
The peace movement grew
aud is growing hourly, while
the cleavage between the Ger-
mans in Austria and the other
races in the ilepsburg empire is
widening at a rate alarming to
Viena and Berlin.
Never unce Brusiloff's 1015
drive had there been such imper
ative, such pitiful need of action,
of a big, blustering military tri
urn ph. Germany had hers with
the fall of Riga and more lately
with the success in Baltic waters;
enough to compensate weaken
spirits for the reverses at
Verdon and in Flanders. Now
Austria demanded hers.
Hindenburg first refused flatly.
Promptly the controversy, orig-
inully confined to the two mili
tary high priests. "If we can't
have German troops and aminu
nition, we must have peace," was
the hint hot from tbe Danube
capital at Wilhelmstrasse. Then
began Austrian pressure in the
peace term question.' Count von
Czerin openly called Dr. Michael
is weak and vascilating. He de
manded a clear cut statement
that Germany will give up Bel
gium.
Hit in her sorest spot Germa
ny stopped, listened, and yielded
not in the peace termquestion
but in tbe matter of helping Aus-
tria in a military way. The pres
ent drive Is the result .
Two uigtiM ago, as Dr. von
Kuehlmann sped homeward from
Vienna, after aone day's s flying
visit, tp his pockets the bargain
there was uuloosed on the Tol-
The Wirli's Fnedam at Stake.
The great fact that stands out
above all the rest is that this is
a People's War, a war for free
dom and justice and self-govern
ment amongst all the nations of
the world, a war to make the
world safe for the peoples who
live upon it and have made it
their own, the German "people
themselves included; and that
with us rests the choice to break
through all these hypocrisies and
patent cheats and masksof brute
force and help set the world free,
or else stand aside and let it be
dominated a long age through
by sheer weight of arms and the
arbitrary choices of self-constitu
ted masters, by the nation which
can maintain the biggest armies
and the most irresistible arma
mentsa powpr to which the
world has afforded no parallel
and in the face of which political
freedom must witherand perish.
For us there is but one choice. 1
We have made it. Woe 10 the
man or group of men that seeks
to stand in our way in this day
of high resolution, wheu every
principle we hold dearest is to
be vindicated and made secure
for the salvation of the nations.
We are ready to plead at the bar
of hjstory, and our flag shall
wear a new luster. Once more
we shall make good with our
lives and fortunes the great faith
to which we were born, and a new
glory shall shine in the face of
our people. President Wilson.
Mrs. P. O. Stuchell Tells How
She Cured Her Son of a Cold.
''When my sou Ellis w.'ts sick
with a cold lust winter I gave
bim Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. It helped him at once and
quickly broke up his cold,"- sayB
Mr, r. U. Sluchell, Homer tity,
a. This remedy has bean in
uce for many years. Its good
qualities have been fully proven
by many thousands ol people, it
is pleasant and afe to take,
. Colored Woiai a Patriot. '
Wadesboro Ansonian; Ellen
Studivanr, a colored woman of
Wadesboro, has set a fine exam
ple. When sntwrintjons were be-
iug taken for the Red Cross, she
subscribed and paid f5. Then
she volunteered her services to
aunder shirts free for the sewing
room, and she laundered. 'Now
she subscribed for a 1 100 Liber
ty bond and she can enjoy the
sweet consciousness of having
lone her part.
For a Weak Stomach.
As a general rule all sou need
to do is to adopt a diet suited
to your age and occupation and
to keep your bowels regular.
When you feW that you have en
ten too much and when 'consti
pated, take one o' Chamberlains
Tablets,
mioo front the initial bombard
ment from the Krupps and Sho-
das, ful fling the terms of that
bargain. Austria has been won
over for another winter cam
paign and not raise the Belgian
Question again, that is, not for
the present .,
Meanwhi'e the two kaisers have
not yet returned to informal
speaking terms. Emperor Charles
indignant over Hindenburg s o
riginal turndown refused to go
to sofia for the then contempla
ted four-rulers meeting. He can
celled the vieit in- the eleventh
hour and the kaiser went alone
to see King Furdinand and the
Sultan.
From a military standpoint,
the Teutons hope to tee t h e i
drive against Italy's acknowl
edged lack ol munitions and
coal. England and France, how
ever,, have been sending great
stores of both, in addition to
considerable force of men and
I large squadrons ol aircraft.
Work on Watatiia Roads After March I.
1 h i coming of early spring will
see tbe first jiermaoent road work
in Watauga county. Construc
tion work will begin about March
1, Mr. W. W. Stringfellow, chair-
man of the Watauga road com-
mittee, said when here Friday.
"The road bonds voted on ear
ly in the summer cannot be is
sued and Bold until after the De
cember meeting of the county
commissioners," Mr. Stringfellow
said. "At this t.im it will be
winter and the road commission
is of the opinion that it will be
best to hold up the work until
the onmiinor of snrinir. which will
be about March 1. Then we will
begin active work."
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Mr. aud Mrs. Stringfellow have
cloned their summer homp. Che-
tola, and left on the noon train
Thursday for New York, where
they will spend two months. Then
they will go to Birmingham, Ala.,
where they will remain during
January and February, return-
ing to Blowing Rock the first of
March. Leuoir News.
h uij wasHington.
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Washington City went dry on
Nov. 1, under the Shepherd law.
A few years age and such a thing
would have been deemed as prac-
tically out of the range of possi-
bility,
One of the first lessons driven
home by the war was the necessi
ty of putting a crimp in the op
eration of John Barleycorn. In
every nation at war restrictions
against liquor were very greatly
strengthened. In the U. S. this
movement fitted in with a senti-
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ment that was already growing
powerful and that was giadualy
procuring prohibition for the
whole country. But the impetus wore than you should and will
k i..ia.1..af ,u;.,i, nJleel l lie need of Chamberlain'
l ivu l' T LUC uauikCl vi uuun tin
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brought in strong relief by war
einands was most powerful and
accelerated the movement verily
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The meinpins commercial Ap
peal calculates that seventy five
million of the hundred million
people of the tinted State are
prohibitionists. That is not too
iberal an estimate we feel sure.
Wherever prohibition is tried, it
sticks. It reduces crime and con
serves health, wealth and moral
ity. It gainB new friends iu large
numbers every day. i
The niacins: ot the capital in
hed iv column is au important
event in the history of the move-
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meni ior prouioiiiou. iews auu
. 1 I'll- T
Observer.
Mrs. Bickett. wife of the Gov-
ernor, says: rnewomeu ol worth
f'n.rnlinn in.ii ilmiv thnmmlvPH
without murmur aud complaint,
or the blood of the sixties flow
in their veins, aud to do or deny
ior those we love in our heritage.
The artistic task before us is to
cut the feed of the men without
their finding it out, and so cam
ouflage our dishes that the
"lords of the earth" will smack
their lips over a sirloin steak
while tuey are annihilating a
bricket; will prize corn, fritters
above Wannel cakep; scorn' oys-
ters for salsify and glory in pound
cake guiltless of bntter and eggs.
Grinding Days at Cheto
Mill.
Begmning Sept. 12, grinding
days at Chetola Mill, Blowing
Rock, N. (., willbeevery Wednes
day and Saturday. Particular
attention will be given to ma-
king first cIhss rye and buck
wheat flour. '
WILL KNIGHT, Miller.
KODAK FILMS developed free
Pnuted for 3. i aud 5 cents each.
25 years' experience.
Dnnwick Photo Studio.
Lenoir, North Carolina.
MY CAR.
I used to have, in other times,
a roll of greenbacks handy; I al
ways could dig up the dimes to
buy the kids some candy. And
when my wife reared up and cried
"I have to have a bonnet," 1
stripped an X off and replied,
"Go blow yourself doggone it"
But now I never have a plunk
for anything we're needing; my
money goes for costly junk to
keep my auto Bpeedinir. But
yesterday I soaked the lyre that
I bo long have hammered, that 1
might buy a rubber tire for which
the olf wheel clamored. W e re
out of Hour, we're outotcoal, my
wife is in a panic, because she
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flies me use my roll to payabum
mechanic. I need a haircut and
a shave, I need a shirt and col
lar, but how the dickens can I
Uave when spam plugs cost a
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dollar? The kids have reached
H evil pas, they need new shoes
and raiment; alas, the man who
sells me gus-demands an early
payment. My auto takes my
every red, and chugs with fiend-
iuli lniiirlitoi" 'twill koonmnhrnlrp
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uU i ain Uottji and forty yettP8
thereafter. And when 1 quiflifes
griefs and pains, I can't afford a
casket; they'll have to rake up
my remains and plant me in a
basket. Walt Mason in News
aud Observer,
Au Old Mtin's Stomach.
As we grow older and less ac
five. IfHH nnd leH4 fond is ri-nuir
Lj to meet the demands of our
bodies. II too much is haSit-
Uhlly taken, the stomach will re-
,,e- nnrn a rear8 ine
auvnncHd oge 01 no or w, vou
w,u Hud that he is h light eater,
3e a9 cureful as you will, bow.
ever, you Hill occasionally eai
n t i i . . . . , .
Puhlofj rn nnriunr. Mm HiunrrffM
Thean tal,It9 do unt olltair;
Ppp8in, but Htrengthon the stom-
ach and enable it to perforin its
functions uaturallv. They also
cause a gentle m ivement o( tbe
bowels.
Dr. O. L, Hollar
HICKORY, N. C.
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Bpeuialatteution given to
DM ETC FIs Ulan, FIsHire.
I IUUU Ulcers, Pluritut our
od. No cutting, no coufiwent, no
iain. , it-20 in
lennessec farm for dae.
Ona-tmif mil fmm Ri.rW frn
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taming 177 ai r. s, 4r acres river
bottom in first-class btate of cul
tivation. The botrom land will
uivxliictt from 40 to 7.1 bushels of
corn per acre and 15 to 20 bush-
els ol wneat. i lie upiana win pro
dlice from JO
to 50 bushels ol
corn, 40 acres oenig new itna,
having been tended one and two
years. The farm h alj cleared ex
cept about 8 acres. This is a bar
gain tor any one wanting a tarm
at a medium price where they can
educate their cmidreu cneapiy.
riiere are two nine roos. schools
here, and Butler is a thrifty little
town of 1,000. On this farm are
two sets of buildings one resi
dence costing f 3,000; another
good, five-room dwelling, out
houses ol an Kinds caa De easi
ly divided into two farmB prop
Urty abundantly watered by wells
springs and the Watauga river,
Will feed and graze 7o head of
cattle. Come at once, as this of-
f. r of sale will hold good for on
ally two weeks
H. M. WAGNER.
Butler, Tenn.; Oct. 24. 2t.
FOR SALE: A good farm of 175
acres, one mile from Todd, N
C. Good 8-rooni house in good
rennir. Good orchards aud out
buildings. Water iu house. If
interested call on or write W.
8. Miller, Todd, N. C. -27 4.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CAS.TORI A
PR 0FESSI0N4L,
. Glenn Salmons,
Resident Dentist. : .
BOONE, N. C. tp
Offiafat CritcherJIIotel. ;ij
OFFICE HOURS: u,
9:00 to 13 a. iu; 1:00 to 4:00 p. m.
EDMUND JONES i
LAWYER
LENOIR, N. C,
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of W atauga,
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L. D- IOWK T. A. LOVK,
Banner KU, N. C Pincola, N. 0
LOWE & LOVE .
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Practice in the courts of Avery
and surrounding counties. Cui e
ful attention given to all matters
of a legal nature.
7-0-12.
- F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LA W,
HOONE, N. c.
Will practice in the courts
Watauga and adjoining coun
ties. 3-11-1011.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
When inneed of vet
erimry 8urgery'call on
or write to G. H. Hayes
Veterinary Svrgeon, Vi
las, N. C. 6-15-16.
8. F. Lovill. W. B. Lovll
Lovill & Lovill.
-r Attorneys AtLLaw
-B00NE, N. VC.-;H
Special attention given to
all business entrusted to
their care. ..
T. E. Bingham, .
Lawyer,
BOONE, ... - . N.C
ir Prompt a ttentioq .given' to
II matters of a legal nature
Collections a specialty.
Office with Solicitor.F. A.; Lite
ney
9, lypd.
OR,' R, D, JENNINGS
k RESIDENTJDENTISr
nnBANNER8;ELK,lN.;C. JS
iWAt Boone on first Monday
of every mouth fof 4 or 5 daj s
and every court wek. Office t
the liiackburn Hotel.
John E. Brown
Lawyer.
BOONE, . . . N.C.
Prompt attentionfgivento all
matters of a legal nature.
Co!.
lections a specialty,
Office with
Lovill &Lovill.
VMTCH and
.fcJEWELKV
doncatthla shop
under a positive
guarantee A a
material used U
guaranteed to be genuine. Eetltnatee
furulnhed ou all mall order. Bat la
faction guaranteed In every reapee
ou all railroad watchee. OrSce near the
Watauga Co. Bank. ' ,
J. W. BRYAN
Graduate Jeweler and Wateh iCak
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