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ISOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N G, THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 1918.
NO. 18.
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TKE lAILIDW BONDS.
Had tkt Act lartoriziDf Beans Tranship
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,' la order that the voters of
' Boone Township may fully un
derstand the provisions of . the
' ' act under .which the bonds are
voted for the Linville River Rail
way, we print below such por-
. tions of the act as are of most in
terest to the voters of the town
ship. - .
- Section one of the act provides
that we may vote bonds bearing
5 pef cent interest. Section two
provides for the manner in which
the election ie to beheld, and sec
tion three provides for the kind
of bonds and the ' time of pay.
ment, and the payment of t h e
bonds is to. be as, follows: $3.
000 on the, first day of May,
1937, and three thousand do 1
.lars each j eat thereafter until
paid. Section 4 of the act follows
in fuii: . "
Sec. 4. All the county taxes
which shall be levied and collected
upon the property and franchise
of the Linville River Railway Com
pany' in Said county shall be ap
plied to the payment of the inter,
est on the said bonds-to the a
mount of said interest so long as
the same shall accrue, and the ex
cess of said taxes, if any, shall be
applied to the payment of the
principal of the said bonds, and
the excess may be used to create
. a sinking fund for. that purpose;
when the said bonds are paid the
said taxes to be applied to the
general county purposes.
This section, as you see, pro
vides that all the county taxes
paid by the railroad in the coun
ty shall be used for the payment
of the interest and principal of
the bonds. If the Corporation
assesses this rail road at the same
rate that it assesses the East
Tennessee' and Western North
Carolina from the -State line to
Cranberry, the taxes will pay.the
. iu erest on the bonds and the
. principal. That road is assessed
to pay $157-00 taxes per mile:
At the same rate the 14 miles ot
road in this county would pay
$2,198.00 in taxes. Take from
this tha State taxes of 27& cents
and you have $008.00 State tax
es, which would leave to apply
on the principal and interest of
the bonds, $1,590.00. The inter
est on the bonds will be $1,350,
so you see the Railroad Compa
ny's taxes will pay the inteiest
and leave a sink in r fuud to pay
on tho principal. Mr Whiting,
in order to Jget the timber from
llowards Creek, timber that he
. has purchased, will have to build
16 miles of tram road and this
the county assessors will have a
right to assess. This ougiit to be
assessed at not less than $2,000
per mila. It will be necessary to
locate an extract plant here and
a veueering plant, and Mr. Whi
ting is at work on this proposi-
. lion now.
' It is necessary for him to have
these two plants here to manu
facture his. own products. This
will not only furnish a market for
all the extract wood but will add
. $150,000.00 in property on the
tax books, and this at $1.00 on
the $100.00 will mean $1500.00
more taxes for the county of
which Boone Township will get
its proportional part. The Cor
poration Commission does not
j assess a new railroad at its full
value for three years after the
road is completed, but tbe new
industries in sight will more
than make up this deficiency.
The Railroad Company has a
greed to take the bonds and the
bonds are to be delivered to it
when the railroad is completed
to Boone.' .Yf- V ,
Sec. 11. Wheti the said bonds
are sold the proceeds derived
from the sale thereof shall be de-
pVsited with the Watauga Coun
ty Bank to be held in trust bv the
said bank unlil satisfactory evi
dence is produced of the comple
tion ol tbe said railroad to Boone,
whereupon, the said money, shall
be delivered to the president of
the said Linville River Railway
Company. If the said company
agreta to take the said' bonds
together with the coupons, shall
be so deposited t with the said
bank and delivered to . the said
company upon satisfactory proof
of the completion of the said rail
road to the said town of Boone,
N. C. That when the said bonds
are issued they, with the saidcou
pons attached, shaHbenumbered
and a record kept by the officers
issuing them, showing the num
bers, amounts and dates of ma
turity of the same respectively.
; Sec. 14. That the said' Lin
ville Biver Railway Company
shall commence the construction
of the said railroad from Shull's
Mills to Boone within six months
after the said bonds herein pro
vided for have been voted by said
township and complete the same
within twelve months after the
said election to entitle it to tbe
8'iid subscription or donation,
and its failure to so commence
and complete the said road Bhall
forfeit its rights to tbe said a
mount votKl. v '
So that the Railroad Company
must complete the road to Boone
in 12 months from February 12,
1918, and if it fails to complete
it within that tune, it does not
eet the bonds. The Railroad
Company has also made a de
posit of $3,000 in the Watauga
County Bank that is to be for
feited to the township, to be
used on the public roads ot the
township if we vote the bonds
and it fails to complete the. road
to Boone within 15 months from
the date of the election. If we
vote tbe bonds and the railroad
fails to come to Boone in 12
months, it gets no bonds, and if
it fails to get here in 15 months,
we
get the $5,000.00. This
make the road absolutely cer
tain. No other railroad com
pany has ever been willing to
put up a forfait to guarantee the
road and this is our only chance
to get a road until after the war
ends. Vote for the bouds.
Rev. W. M. Cannon.
The subject of this little memo
rial!!, who was born near Blow
ing Bock, N. C died Nov. 27,
aged 57 years. In the year 1870
his father, Alfred Cannon, mov
ed to the western part of Watau
ga county. In 1877 He was mar
ried to Miss Elizabeth, daughter
of Rev. Baizilla Met" Me. When
nineteen years old William saw
his lost condition, and commit
ted his soul into Lis Redeemer'
hands and was baptized into the
membership of Beech Mountain
church bv Rev. Leonard Buch
anan..
After some years Bro. Cannon
had an impression to preach the
Gospel. Tbe church gave him the
privilege, and he made such a
good impression that it called
lor bis ordination about the
year 1893. The presbytery was
Elders D. C. Herman, A. J
Harmon and J. L. Younce.
He contracted pneumonia, and
thomrht from the beginning that
h would not recover, telliner his
wife how to arrance his busi
npsH. He leaves a wife and eight
children, five daughters and three
kdiis and a host of frfands to
mourn his loss. He and I labor
ed tonei her a great deal before
left Watauga, and, I trust, wei
instrumental in leading many
souls to Christ.
J. L. YOUiNCE.
Franklin, N. C.
unildren dry
FOR FLETCHER'S
OA ST OR! A
IEV. JAXEJ J. L'SBERWCTIO.
Rev. J. J. L. Sherwood ' was
born in Smith countv, Va., Feb.
7, 1843; professed faith in Christ
and joined Friendship ; Baptist
church in 1859, and was licenced
to preach the Gospel by tbe same
church Feb. 5, 1864, the same be
ing signed by David Kitzmilleras
moderator of the church. He was
ordained to tbe full work of the
ministry by Young's Chapel Bap
tist church, Qrayson county Va.,
Aprili 14, 1867, Reys. W. C.
Parks, J. S. Forister and T. J.
J6nes acting as Presbytery.
He became active as a preach
er immediately after bis ordina
tion, faithfully performing bis
duties as such in Washington
and Qrayson counties. Va-, from
1867 until 1882, when he mov
ed to Trade, Tenn.; where he .liv
ed about 18 months, when he
moved 'to Watauga county in
1883 i settling near Sherwood,
N. C, where he died Oct. 28.
." He served many churches from
here to Mountain City and But
ter, Tenn., 'and to Globe and oth
er places in Caldwell county, N
C , making the trips across the
Bjue Ridge on horse back aud
buggy. He has been beard to say
that he had ridden horse back
when the stirrups have frozen
fast to his feet and had to be
knocked loose by some one.
He served his day and genera
tion for more tban 50 years, as
an active pastor. Hundreds, and
even.. thousands have professed
aith in Christ under the in flu
ence oi nis preacmng ana nave
been baptized by him, having
aptized more than 3,500 peo
ple.
He was married to Miss Sarah
Ann Y'oung, of Grayson county,
Va., on May 7, 1867. To this un
ion was born 11 'children, eight
boys and three girls, nines of
hom survive him, two boys
baving died when small, uneson,
lev. A. C. Sherwood, now of
Ben ton ville, S. C, is following in
tbe footsteps of bis father,, as a
minister of the Gospel, and fx
one of the leading Baptist prea
chers of the St.it". .
For more than 30 years Bro
Sherwood was deprived of the
companionship of his wife, her
health making it necessary
or her to be kept iu the State
Hospital at Morganton, N C.
where she died Oct. 10, 1917,
and was brought home aud lai i
b rest iu the family cemetery on
Oct, 12, 1917.
During all these years of be
reavement and loneliness, Bro.
Sherwood was never heard to
murmur or complain, firmly be
ievipg in the doctrine of Rom
ans 8:28. And we know that all
things work together for good
to them that love God, to them
wno are tbe caned according to
his Durnose. He requested at
the funeral of his wife that his
pastor should preach hisfuneral
rom this scripture, wbicn was
done bv Rev. M. A. Adams Oct.
30, 1917.
Bro. Sherwood was a faithfu
student all his life, rew nen
have ever lived in Watauga Co.
who were more conversant with
profane or sacred history than
he. He was a profound student
of the Bible, having read
through 85 times . besides his
topical reading. It was bis dai
ly companion wherever he went.
He took it as the supreme au
ttiority on faith and practice
Three Forks Association has
never had any more fearless and
able expounder of the doctrines
of the Bible than Bro. Sherwood.
He was an orator of unusual
ability, always speaking with
earnestness and power. Socially
be had few superiors ever having
ready a great source of informa
tion to draw from. He was fond
ItttirFrom Camp Sevier.
VDear Editor: Permit tne, in a
brief, form, to express myself on
the ' prevailing conditions at
Camp Sevier. The drilling of the
then has been somewhat retard
ed for the last month on . ac
count of tbe contiuued inclemen
encyof the weather. However,
the men have not suffered or
been uncomfortable on account
of the weather. The tents are
flqored and boxed up the sides
three feet. Each tent is provided
with a stove that burns either
wood or coal. With the excep
tion -of two or three days coal
has been available. Wood plenti
ful. Every soldier is provided
with a pair of heavy shoes, yarn
socks, winter underwear, a wool
en unuorm and a warm over
coat. . .
Schools are the order of the
day at present. The boys are
studying the different kinds of
guns, the make of them and how
they are used; also the bayonet
aud the use of gas masks is be
ing emphasized. ' The men who
have never learned to read and
write,, are being taught. It is
amazing whut a fellow can do
when he has to.
As to amusement, there is plen
ty of it. No soldier needs to be
lonely. The little station of Par
is, located right in the Camp,
furnishes two theatres, movies,
and other pastimes. The Y. M.
C. A. is a .wonder. The city of
Greenville welcomes the boys in
uniforms. The churches, have
tbrown open their doors and pro
vided rest rooms where one may
go and read aud write to bis
heart's content, material fur
nished. Nor are the social fea
tures neglected.
Necessarily among so many
men there will be some sickness,
but as a whole there is no more
lealthy people than the soldiers.
Svery man has gained from ton
o twenty pounds. My' weight
was one hundred and thirty-four
when I came here. It is now one
hundred sixty and still climbing.
We are here for a purpose. Un
til that purpose is attained, we
will never lay down pur arms or
quit our post of duty.
Sincerely,
DEAN SWIFF.
Camp Sevier, Gieenville, S. C.
Soir 10 Cents I Pounl-Fiyi
to Tea
Pounds to Castomar.
State Food Administrator Hen
ry A. Page, announces the fol-
owiug regulations with regard
to the letuil price of sugar:
"The maximum retail price al
lowed on sugar from this date is
10 cents a pound. Retail mer
chants who have purchased su
gar on such a basis that they
have not a reasonable profit
within thiH price may appeal to
tbe food administration, 6tating
cost price in detail, but none of
those shall sell above ten cents a
pound unless they have tbe spe
ciflc written permission of t h e
food administration.
"Uuti lurther notice 6Ugar
inuct not be sold to city or town
consumers in quantities in ex
cess of five pounds nor to consu
mers in tbe rural districts in
excess of ten pounds "
of fun and. was a good story
teller.
He lived a r.fe of raitn and we
beleive he is at rest, as Rev. pays
"Blessed are the d ad that die in
the Lord from hence forth. Yea
saith the Spirit, that they may
rest from their labors; aud their
works do follow them."
Approved by Cove Creek Bap
tist Church Jan. 19, 1918, of
which Bro. Sherwood was a faith
ful member from 1883 until he
died.
W.Y.PERRY.
Important to Snjar Tree Owners.
Mr. Editor: Since we are be
ing scourged by war and its ef
fects, we are beginning to realize
more fully than ever before that
we have been walking over and
around things that we could eas
ily convert to our practical use,
if necessity forced us to doit. It
has been truthfully said, "Ne
cessity is th mother of inven.
tion." It can as easily be Baid
that "necessity is the mother of
production." .
The scarcity of sugar and sy
rup of all kinds has been tbe
greatest in the history of our
country. Thousands of people
are today sufferiug for the neces
sary elements tbe sweets satisfy
in their bodies and would, if they
had tho opportunity we moun
tain people have in the sugar
maple, produce a sufficiency for
their own consumption, if not a
surplus loruiuer.
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uur mend, Mr. J. u. uorton oi
Elkiu, N. C. has been writing
personal letters . to ind 1 viduale
nnri finpn lattura nf instruction
to your paper, without hardly
receiving a response. Now this
is carelessness on the part of
those of ub wno own tbe sugar
maple trees. If we could only
that tbe manufacturing of
maple sugar and syrup is one of
our leading northern industries,
we would then awake to the fact
that we are the losers.
We are arranging to have a I
can inoeuug ui an wuu are in (.ci ¬
ii a! r ..ii u
ested in this industry, the first
Monday in February at Boone,
N. C. Let every one who has
trees and can muster up a pot
or boiler in which to make su
gar and syrup, meet with us on
the above named date (11 a. m.)
at the court house and discuss
tho matter in full.
W. L. WINKLER.
Shu'ls Mills, N. C
Honey and syrups instead of
susiar will make victory just as
sweet and bring it much sooner.
Buckwheat cakes should taste
better this winter when cooked
over a wood flso.
Little bits of bacon,
Little grains of wheat,
Gives a soldier's body
Energy aud heat.
It was Napoleon, one of the
world's irtvatent irenerals, who
said that an army fought upon
its stomach. Will you by ruth
less disregard and waste of food
render our army and those of the
Allies inefficient.
'Tell me what you eat and I
will tell yo'u what you are," was
once merely a clever phrase in
vented to prove some one's set
theorv. Now t is an internation-
al !war-axiuua. If you "eat for
victory" then you are practicing
the better patriotism. If not,
then it does not matter much
what colors you we ar your pa
triotism will only be button
deep.
' Chamberlain's Tablets.
Chamberlain'H Tablets are in.
tended fHttwinlly for stomach
troubles, biliousness and consti-
Dution. and have in.-t with niucb
miiTHKH in the treatment of those
disuses. People who have suf
tered for years with stomach
troutileand and have ben un
able to obtain any peruiHuent re
lief. bHve been coroplHeiy cured
bV theuBBOltliefetabletc uain
berlahVs 'fublets are aln of
71-ext valui for biliousness. Cou-
-ttmatinti roav be permanently
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.Mired by tHkmir tbaiunerpun s
Tablets and observing the plain
printed directions oneach bottle
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASIO Rl A
PR 0PESSI0N A L.
E. Glenn Salmons,
Hesident Dentist.
BOONE, N. C. - :
Office at Critcher Hotel. :
OFFICE HOURS: '
9:00 to 13 a. iu; 1:00 to 4:00 p. m, j
EWUND
JONES
LENOIK, N. C,-
W ill Practice Reeularlv in !
tbe Courts of W atpuxa, .
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L. D.LOWE
T.'A . OVK,
Pineoht, H. 0
Burner Klk, N. C.
LOWE & LOVE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W.
Practice in the pourta of Avpi v
m& surrounding counties. Cuie-
ful attention giyeu to all matters
pi a legal nature.
7 - 6 - 12.
P. A. L1NNEY,
'-ATTORNET AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C. '
Willpractice in the courts o
Watauga aud adjoining coun-
ties.
6-11-1911.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
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When in'jieed of vet
erinartfsurgerycall on
or write to G. H. Hayes
Veterinary Svrgeon, Vi
las, N.C. 6-15-16.
F. Lovlll. W. U. Lovll
Lovill & Lovill
Attorneys AtJ;Law--B00NE,
N. C- '
Special attention given to
all business entrusted to
their Care.
t
T. E. Btnghani,
Lawyer
f300NE, N.C
" Prompt attention -given to
it . u t .
marters oi a k-uai nature
Collection a specialty.
Otllce with Solicitor F. A.. Lid
uey
0, ly. pd.
DR. R, D, JENNINGS
RESIDENT DENTIST
Bankehs Elk, N. C.
At Boone on first Mondoy
of every month for 4
or 5 (lavs
and every court wek.
Office t
tne Blackburn Hotel
John L. Brown
Lawyer.
BOONE, . . . N.C.
Prompt attention givenito all
matters of a legal nature. Col
lections a specialty. Office with
Lovill & Lovill,
CSESSSSBOKl
VfATCK AND
.eJEWELKY
doncatjhli shop
under a positive
Koaraotee & a
material used U
guaranteed to be senulne. Evtimatai
furnished on all idhII orders. Balis.
WJ.SB
Watauga Co. Bank.
J. W. BUY AN ;
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