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BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N.? C, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918.
NO; 38.
VOL XXIX.
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THY OST SET TO HXX!
ICsrs ta It Ustti with tbt War Bi
totesC Ksrt Cart tr Figfct
Gov. Bickett. has. issued the
following: :
"To the People of N. Carolina:
"I am profoundly . convinced
that the People who do not work
or work ouly hall, time, .do not
understand "that their idleness
means death to our soldiers in
the trenched, but that is exactly
what it does mean.
-"I appeal to all eood citizens
to stop talking about idleness
and go straight to the man you
know is an idler and explain to
him in a kindly spirit that his
failure to work means prolonga
tion of the war, and this means
death to the men who fight.
"To fail to supply our soldiers
with food and clothing, muni
tlons and implements of war, is
both treason and murder, Please
go to the idle rich as well as to
the idle "poor; "Go to the. man
who drives an eight-cylinder as
well as to the man who pushes a
wheelbarrow. Neither wealth
nor social position affords anj
excuse for manslaughter, and in
this hour of the nation's peril,
idleness is manslaughter.
"If the idler will not agree to
take a iob and stay on It, then
. report that idler by name to the
county council of national de
fence. The county council is ur
ged to summon all parties com
plained of before it and explain
to them just what idleness means
to the nation at this time. Let
the council further explajn that
unless an idler goes to work it
will become the duty of the coun
cil to send his name and address
to tie Governor of the State,
who in turn will forward all such
names to the War Department
at W ashington. The name of
every idler will then be on file
with the War Department and
this list will be used as the basis
of an amendment to the draft
law empowering the local ex
emption boards to put in class 1
all able-bodied men between the
nges of 1 8 and 50 who refuse to
do regular work. There is no de
sire to conscript any man to
work for any' private individual
or corporation, but the people
of this country have made up
their minds that if a man won't
work be roust be made to fight
"I have instructed all police of
flcials to rigidly enforce the va-
arrant laws. All men, rich or
poor, black or white, who refuse
to work for five days in the week
afier having been given notice
bv the county council of national
defence, should be prosecuted for
vaerancv.
"In some cases such parties
will be able to show that techni
callv under existing laws they
ate not leeal vagrants, but are
only moral vagrants. When the
court finds this to be true, then
I nrcre the court to enter a judg
ment, and have it duly recorded,
that the court find the accused
miiltv of moral vagrancy, but
owing to the limitations of the
statue it is unable to impose
punishment. This will reach the
idle rich as well as the idle poor.
The defendants so convicted
will then have their names listed
in Washington as slackers and
traitors to dur soldiers and on
the records in the community
in which they live as moral va
Brants.
"Aerain let me urge every citi
zennotto indulge in wholesale
charges about idleness and s&
grancy, .but let him go to or
point out the indivwuai wier oi
. vagrant to the end that such
. idler or vasrant may be peisua
ded to go to work if possible,
arid if persuasion fails that he
v may be sentto the front line tren.
, ches or the county chain gang.'
LETTEI FISH FMXCE
The following is taken from a
letter received recently by. Mr.
and Mrs. p. F. Hoi ton, of Vilas,
N. C. from their son Sam, who
is now with the American Expe
ditionary Forces in France:
Dear Iloraefolks:
It began to rain
just after we had breakfast this
morning, so we- are now in" our
"Y" tent reading and writing,
waiting for the rain' to stop be
fore beginning work on the han
gar. Yesterday was a very warm
and pleasant day. The weather
here changes rather often but is
never. very cold.
1 enjoyed reading the papers
you sent. After reading them, 1
passed tbem on to some other
N. C. fellows here. I want to see
the Biblical Recorder that has
an account of the W. C. F. com
mencemcnt this spring.
1 went to town with a friend
yesterday afternoon and we went
through the chateau, an interest
ing place which has many events
of history connected with it. It
is the most curiously built place
I ever paw, reminds one of de-
scriDtions read in novels.- In it
were the dungeons where the no
bles and princesses of Brittainy
were once confined and the pla
ceaHsf torture used to force pris
oners' to make confessions. The
buildings are.cpnstructed , tower
within tower so in case of a siege
they are able to be reenforced in
the rear. They were built most
ly by the Romans before Christ
and later modified by Louis XIV
The Roman construction cnn be
recognized by the peculiar man
ner in which the stoues and mor
tar are thrown together, usually
V shaped. In one part wo went
through an underground passage
which led down to the sea, by
which they were able to obtain
supplies during a siege. In an
other place we were forced to go
on hands and knees for many
feet and finally came to a large
vault or room which was used as
a cemetery. It had a small op
ening from above, through which
water could be forced, and thus,
after partial decomposition, the
bod IPS of t he dead would be wash
ed into the sea. The reason for
this method was because the peo
pie of the chateau did not want
their enemies on the outside to
know thtt number of people killed
in their battles. In all of our
walks we were forced to use lan
terns, one lantern for every two
men, because more than two men
could not keep sight of a ligh
on account of the narrowness o
tha passage ways. It was all
I w
very wonderful and I gained lots
of information as well as- pleas
ure from the time spent in going
through.
We were very fortunate because
a Major in the army who speaks
French perfectly, went through
at the same time and be trans
lated everything the French guide
said, so we got more than would
have been possible without him.
It will be interesting for you to
know that part of this same old
chateau is now being used for a
naval base and there are several
hundred U. S. sailors within its
walls.
I heard part of a sermon here
this morning aud it was fine.
Just bad inspection and we are
now in 'Y' tent, some playing
piano and singing, some writing,
s6me reading and others talking.
It is rest day and everybody care-
fn e and passing the time away
pleasantly. I'm going out in the
country this afternoon. Would
give much to see you all. Ex-
pect lots of mail today noon and
at least two from home. Much
love. BAM.
k Littir frta Hr. tty M. Inn Sk.
Ti tfct feUs& teaissia,
Ti Ur. A. I. Sciti if KiM
'MnfiMtn Wills.
Boone, N. C, June 12, -
Dear Mr. Smith: Ihoveyour let
ter of the tenth, in which-you
ask: "Will all the towbsbips get
their proportion, of': the bond
money as section four of the
Road Law directs! mean when
he entire $200,000 are s jld or
sooner?" The members of the
Road Commission are not par
ticularly ambitious for a term in
the penitentiary, nor are they in
the. habit of making promises
that they do not attempt to ful
fill. The two hundred thousand
dollars raised by the bond issue
will be apportioned to the sever
al townships according to law. 1
Personally, I wanted to sell
one hundred thousand, dollars
worth of bonds in February and
to begin work at several places
at the earliest possible moment.
On both of these points I was
oyerruled-r-possibly wisely. With
in a few days we shall have fifty
thousand dollars. We propose to
begin work at once On the trunk
road from east .to west the
Boone Trail Highway. We shall
build Iflrst that section of road
between Boone and Brushy Fork.
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We are beginning work on this
road because it is the one that
will benefit most people and be
cause it is the one road on which
we, can get Federal Aid Fifteen
thousand two hundred dollars
have been appropriated for . this
road.
As soon as thif work is under
On Feb. 13, 1918, the home of
Ur. Gideon Walls was visited by
death, which took away his com
panion, Mrs. Lizzie Walls, aged
57 years, 6 months and Id days.
She was the mother of seven chil
dren, five girls and. two boys. I
Not only her loved ones realize
this great loss, but the entire
community, especially the uh'iu-
b3rs of Mt. Lebanon church. Mrs.
Walls 'professed religion at an
early age and joined Brush y Fork
church; afterwards she moved
her membership for the purpose
of helping to constitute Mt. Oil
ead church, and there remained
a faithful member until Death's
summonscarae.
The trials to which humanity
are sublect were not necessary to
draw her. from her lethargy to
disclose her character. She was
always ready to speak a word of
comfort to those in distress and
ever ready to lend a helping hand
to the needy. Even in her 1 a s t
hours, when she realized death
bad set Ibis grasp oh ber, she
called her loved ones to her bid-
sideand gave them a word "of ad
monition, and vbeU the deep
sobs began to pour forth from
the lips of thosn bereaved, she J
raised her band and
than we would go. A man never
u: k rumitf sees so tar into nutnan me as
' ...... I n.L.n Ist.tlra nvnn fhn tfrrfl 1TQ f 1 . . . m - t I I A tnmsvv Am T- a
buy bonds to build their roads. e'""w am 0 the opinion tuat u ur.aar aituiuhisxb i'i'j , law
n mim wnnr n n r -i u wuum i i h i i 1 i 4 1 . 1 .
fimrcui muiuoi. '"v"' mnn pnil (1 lflVfi a lllLie IDOIt? Dii Af E . XT "
w . , 1 II lfJl in, I ,
out door exercise, cnasing auu . .
tAkinirriown escaoinff prisoners L SPeclal attention given to
fmmthecountviail. he could ea- all business entrusted to
i i i i I lTI:. ...
Jack titbits d Prisotirs. .
Editor Democrat : A young col
lege student once applied to a
western farmer for employment
as a farm laborer, and claimed
that h had carefully studied ag
riculture, and had s u fli c i e n t
kuowledge to do some scientific
farraiug; The farmer said he was
in need of some skilled laborers,
but particularly desired the ser
vices of a shepherd boy to at
teud his sheep, but the work re
quired some one who could move
with celerity as some of t h e
sheep were very wild and hard
to pen. The boy replied: "I won
first prize in college foot racing,
and believe I can give satisfac
tion in any work where great
speed is. required." The farmer
said, "1 will take you a few days
on trial; you can hang your coat
upon the rack and go out in the
field and bring up the sheep, as I
pen them overnight." Theyoung
man, according to orders, mov
ed out acrose the field with the
eoeed of a motor cycle and in a
few hours returned, and said" to
his employer; ' I have them alhn
the pen'" The farmer asked him
if the sheep appeared very wild,
aud if they were hard to pen
"No." suhl the vouna man. "the
PRO FESSIONAL
E. Glenn Salmons,
Resident Dentist.
B00NE.N.U .
Office at Critcher Hotel.
OFFICE HOURS: -0:00
to '12 a. m; 1:00 to 4:00 p. n,v
ED7TUND JONES "
r-LAWYER
LEN01U, N. C,-
Will Prwtifip Itfmilnrlv in
the Courts ot W atug&.
I. D. LOWE . ' . T. A OVK. .
Banner Elk, N". C' Pineola, N. C
LOfE & LOVE
lATTOUNEYS-AT-LAW
Practicrt in thftVnnrfii nf Avpmr
and surrobnding counties. Care-
iui attention given to au matters
oi a legal nature.
7-6-12. i. .
F. 'AaXiNWEV,. .1
-ATTUKNEYATLAW,-
BOONK, N. C.
Will practice in the couile o
1 K Ml.piOUWUp IU IUB UUUI IP U
ereaved, sue; yoUDg 0nes gave me no trouble, Watauga, and adjoining coun-
said, ' Fare- bub three oI the iambs made it a tieg , ..
me,' then bit 0tepesting for me." The fax" j.iii9 ;. . r
not-, homitifnl is. j ... it-
well. Don't weep for
death came in his most beautiful mer ,1 .y0u aresurely mis-
form. He laid down his Iron akeD ahout there being lambs
sceptorand borrowed the garblQmonK the flock, as this is au-
of gentle sleep, and his cold hand tlimn nd we onlv laise lambs
f ill as Tgently and warm as the ! here in tne Bpt.m,r geasoii." The
hand of friendship. U,oy replied: "If you don't believe
Let one of our 10 yea ones oe mfl f.ome ,H,f uere to theueuand
AO OUVU WJ lUH VI A lO UUU I i I 1
wv. Tamrfiftdvtoftsk for the taken away and memory recalls r wiU 8U0W you the lambs." Up
Bn1 nf mom honda and to bpe-in a tnousana sayings io regret. ; on arriving at the sueep pen tte
b 09m,,uin oo r,noAf!nohia The irrave cannot niaetue wnue 0u Lirmer discovered that the
j- i: fnco of the one who sleeps, ine ..r.nnn- man hnii rnnrrnt three
on omer roHus. i uiu uuw uis- j u. - - 0-
cussing with the citizens of a cer- comn and he mound are cruel jack rabbits and had them snug-
tain out vincr township an an to uCJ ,y nouseu wuu vuc m:rF.
From information obtained m
a recent issue of The Democrat, 1
VETERINARY SURGERY.
When inneed qf 'vet'
. erinary surgery call on
or mite to G. H. Hayes
Veterinary Svrgeon, Vi-
las, N. C. 6-15-16.
Ifi. F. Lovill. W ' R. l.ovU
Lovill & Lovill
1 hovn't, fha taunt, idnn. nf civ
" . . . o i . . . . . .
tnnnthi.flirhf.-aihfW I um as never oeiore-wnat it is to
on the Commission or off of it- love and be loved, and what it w
until every dollar of the twohun- to injure the feeling of the be-
dred thousand is spent on a sys- iovea.
tern of roads that will be ust to Aiusr vuo uvVm wuiw w .... uD.
every township in the county. " loved sister we feel as Heartn lias
Provision was made at the last no icoiuppnutiuK
meeting of the Commission for ge the severity of our loss.
the llittle bridge of which you omn ine prewuuBuiueam tuir
i is a consolation, n our uvea txrv
. Spent ior uuriii.
silv outrun a jack rabbit.
rL T. WATSON.
Waynosburg, Ky.
their care.
in this matter and for ycur let
ter, I re nain
Very siucerely,
HOY M. BROWN.
Tbiuk it not unkind when sor
rows befall thee: it is all for the
.SI 00 REWRD S100.
The readers of this paper will
ha nlpnspd to learn that there is
at least one dreadful disease that
Rpinnpft has been able to cure in
all its stages and tbatiscatarrb
Forgot What He Needed.
From the Republican, Mt Gil
ia1, Ohio. The editor bad an in
teresting experience some time
ago, when a young genueman
came to this office and asKea tor
a rnnv of the Morrow Uou utv Re
publican. He scrutinized it care
it iwi vuv v'- -- I il j
M that .t U aent God call. 00'
those Whom he loyeth, and why m couwtitutional treatment.
should tie n?t claim uwownjew- nn's Catarrh Medicine is taker
ola ti Rhine in His own house, al- intprnnllp and acts tbrouch thi
though our own be made dreary, blood on the muscular surface?
Eespectfullyx submitted
J. A. Bl'MGAHXER,
Phepe Bumuarneu.
T.E. Bingham,
Lawyer
BOONE, ..... . N.n
Prompt attention" given to
ill matters of a letial nature
'ollections a spccialtf.
Office with Solicitor F. A. Liu-
ley
9, ly. pd.
adv
UlUBCUiai BUI IttUCT I
of the system thereby destroyinf. flD H II. IFlJNIflflS
jn 01 tne aiseasu. wir- w
RESIDENT DENTIST
ithe foundation
Try This For Sour Stomach.
Eat slowlv. masticate your
giving the patient strength by
buildine up the constitution and
nasistinj? nature in doiuc i t
work. The proprietors have e:
mnnh fnith in the curative pow-
tllUVU - w "
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em ot Han s latarru imjiiibo
Banners Elk, N. C.
"At, Koona on first. Mnndnv
of every month for 4 or 5 days
and every court wek. Office t
fiublican. tie scrutiuizea u care- aat siowiy. iimstiuniw juui ers oi nou lawnu unuwj uuucvwv wuimt
ully when a copy was handed food thoroughly. Eat but littir , that they offer One Hundred Dol- the Blackburn Hotel
him and tbensaid:'NowIkuow.' meat bud none at all at suppee. jars for any case that it fails to j
"What is it vou are looking for," 11 you are still troubled with a
we enquired. "My wne sent me sour stoniHcu ib uu ui vuui
after a bottle of Chamberlain's berlain'sTablets before goinn to
Pouch Kemed.v. and I foreot the tied. Adv.
o . . , . i'
name. 1 went to several stores
J 1.1.. -.1 L. M M IM An AMAMtttkltlV
S Ik.ll. a Malt DTPArtr
111 tUf VU ouch rivepw ii i i ii
chamberlain's. I'll try again, I . ' v rr
and I'll never tco home without Jobn RobertBoni containing seventy
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, five acres near Bands post office In
T'u- DonM .in nrMim onrraoai i WktmivA. Minniv. i ermH oi rnie iriv-
to the proprietors of stores that on application to the undersigned
choir nnt thlr nlnrkii. and never J"n."18. . . .
let them substitute. Customers
lnon taith in stoees where eubsti-
tutins; is permitted, to sap noth
ing nf the injustice to makers of
good goods and the disappoint
ment ot customers, aav.
Send for testimonials.
Address F.J. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all dru r
gists, 75c.
Pf.TFYSfl2n,'0LATlVI
OH SIOH4CH l.UVM fli "'"
B. R. BROWN, Adm r.
For a Bad Cold.
Take Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. It has stood the test of
time and can be depended upon
Bod Taste to Your Mouth.
Wlipn vou have a bad taste in
vour mouth vou mav know thit
vour diffes'inn is faulty. A dose
of rhHtnlier am s TtfDWs win u-
puhIIv correct tie disorder. Tbey
alo nnuce a geutle movrmrnt of
the bowels You will fine this to
he one ol the bet medkices you
have ever become acquainted
with. Adv.
Sapolio doing its work. Scouring
tor unarme urps recruivs.
Join Now!
SMCN klOMAirt
SOS CA
APPLY AT ANY
POST OFFICE
for
SERVICE UNDER THIS CMILCM
1 tf 1 fJBBWM
John L. Brown
Lawyer.
BOONE, . . N.C.
Prompt attention given to all
mattere'ofa legal nature. Col
lections a specialty. Office with
Lovill A Lov ill.
VMTCH Ann
eJEWELny
done at this shop
under a positive '
ruarame? ft a
material ased (
trnkranteed to be eonntne. Estimates
famished on all iomII orders. Satis
'acticu guaranteed in t-very respect
n all rail road watches. Office near the
Watauga Co. Bank.
J.W.M.Y-AN
bOOWE.N. C.
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