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VOL. XXIX.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 191&
NO. 40.:
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Til Federal Li Rtfardivf Disloyilty.
v Be it enacted b; the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That section
three of title one of the act en-
m
iUed,"An act to punish acts of
interference with the foreign re
lations, the neutrality, and the
foreign commerce of the United
States, to punisn espionage, and
better to enforce thecnrainallaw
of the United States, and for oth:
r purposes," approved June fif
teenth, nineteen ' hundred and
seventeen, be, and; the same is
hereby, amended .so as to read
as follows:
"Sec. 8. Whoever, when the
United States is at war, shall
willfully make or convey false re
ports or false etatements with
intent to interfere with the oper
ation or success of the military
or uaval forces of the United
States, or to promote the success
of its enemies, or shall willfully
make or convey false reports or
f ilse statements, or say or do
anything except by way of bona
tide and not disloyal advice to
an investor or investors, with in
. tent to obstruct the sale by the
United States of bonds or other
securities of the United States,
and whoever, when the United
States U at war, shall willfully
cause, or attempt to cause, or
incite or attempt to incite, in
subordination! disloyalty, muti
ny, or refusal of duty, in the mi
litary or naval forces of the Uni
ted States, or shall willfully ob
struct or attempt to obstruct
the recruiting or enlistment set
viceof the United States.,, and
whoever, when the United. Sf iates
iunt war, shall willfully -utter.
print, or write, or publish any
d'sloyal, profane, .scurrilous or
abusive language about the form
of government of the United
States, or the Constitution of the
Uuitecj States, or the military or
naval forces of the United States
or the flag of the United States,
O - the uniform of the Army and
Navy of the United States or any
language intended to bring the
form of government of United
States, or Constitution of the
United States or the military or
navai forces of the Uuited States,
or the flag of the Unite 1 State,
or the uniform of the Array and
. Navy of the United States into
contempt, scorn, contumei, or
disrepute, or shall willfully utter,-
print, write or publish any la!1
guage intended to incite, pt
voke or encourage resistance to
ths United states, or promote
the came of its eneraiesoaH.
wilfully displa? thezofafiy
foreign enemy, or shall wilfully
bv utterance, writing, publica
tion, or language spoken, urge
incite, or advocate any curtail
ment of production in this coun
try or anything or thing, prod
uct or products, necessary or es
. Mutial'tc th prosecution of the
war in which the United States
my be engaged, with intent bv
such curtailment to cripple or
hinder the United States in the
prosecution of ti e war, aud who
ever shall wilfully advocate, de
fend, teach or suggest the doing
of any of the acts or things in
this section enumerated, aud
whoeve. shall by word or act
support or favor the cause of any
T country witu which tholuited
States is at war or by word or
act oppose the cause of the Uni
ted States therein, shall be pun
J ished by a fine of not more than
$10,000 or imprisonment for not
more than twenty years or both:
Provided, That any employee or
official of the United States gov
ernmentwho commits any dis
loyal act or utters any unpatri-, aDa seventeen, w, ana tne Fame Dy tnem rer.urnea to tne senders
otic or disloyal language, or who ia hereby, amende 1 by adding 'under such regulations as tie
in an abusive and violent iwan- thereto the following section: Postmasl-er General may pre
ner criticises the Army or Navy ' Sec. 4. Wl en the United States scribe,
or the flag of tbe Uuited States at Wpr, the Postmaster Gcner-j An roved May 16, 1918.
Sons Obsenrttiois by Col. Harris.
UoL Wade H. Harris, editor of
the Charlotte Observer, on a re
cent visit to Blowing Rock, made
the following observation on
this end of the line:
"The famous Lenoir-Blowing
Rock turnpike is as famous as
ever. A day's ram converts it in
to 23 miles of bog, A few day's
sunshine' will convert it into a
road with the finish of trlazed
terra cotta. The trouble is that
rainy days are traditionally fre
quent in that section, and the
turnpike is oftener but two great
ruts through soft and sticky
mud-thau a highway with a pol
ished surface. .It is too bad to
say that after all these years,
this turnpike, magnificently gra
ded and carrier of an immense
vehicular traffic, still maintains
itself in the abominable condi
tion of past years. If the weath
er has been good for a few" days,
one may depend upon a good
road to Blowing Rock. But when
it grains, the road is simply an
abomination. And it is all the
more a pity when an adequate
supply of road drags we saw
but one machine, and it was rus
ty and disused, along the entire
length of the pike put into ser
vice at the proper time, would
keep the pike in respectable con
dition." "The people of Watauga, Ashe,
Alleghany, Avery, Caldwell and
Wilkes counties are to hold a
monster war service demonstra
tion at Blowing Rock at a date
to be selected in August, when
the farmers can best spare the
time from their work, and it is
going to be the talk of the state.
Governor Bickett, Dr.Cy Thomp
son, maybe Senators Overman
ami Simmons and Judge Pritch-'
ard are to be there, and reports
from the meeting will give the
country a better appreciation of
the war sentiment prevailing in
the.se mountain counties."
"When one wants to hear poli
tics discussed, let him go to the
mountains. The people up that
way are born politicians. One
thing The. Observer learned is
that Congressman Dough ton is
going to have mighty little trou
ble in defeating his opponent,
M.R'JUnney, it id said, u iu fact
not running agaiusfi Doughton
with auy expectation of being
elected. He simply wunU to hold
his hand in with Republican Na
tional Committee for personal
preferment in case the Republi
can party hhould ever again gtt
in power."
shall at once be dismissed from
the service Any such employee
shall be at once dismissed from
the service. Any -ueh employee
shall be dismissed by tho head of
the department in which the em
ployee may be engaged, and anv
such official shall be dismissed
by the authority having power
to appoint a saccessor to the
dismissed official."
Sec. 2. That section one of Ti
tie ah ana an ouier provisions
of the Act entitled "An Act to
punish acts of interference with
the foreign relations, the ueu
trality and the foreign
commerce of the United States;
to punish espionage, and better
to enforce the criminal laws of
the United States, and for other
purposes," approval June fif
teenth, nineteen hundred and
seventeen, which apply to section
three of Title 1 thereof shall ap
ply with equal force and iffect
to said section three as amended.
Title XII of the said act of
- June fltent nineteen bundnd
Y01 Sheotd lenefflkir
That this country is at war.
That our soldiers need woolen
clothing and there is a world
sh'ortage of 54,000,000 sheep.
That there has been a decline
of 12 per cent in the sheep indus
try in the United States since
1900,
That there has been a decline
of 30 per cent in the sheep indus
try of our farming sections since
1900.
That the sheep population of
the United States to Jay is ap
proximately 32,000,000, whi'e
our grazing areas will maintain
150,000,000 head.
That the war ba brought
meatless days which the growing
ot sheep by farmers can help to
overcome.
That the placing of soldiers in
the field who must have woolen
clothing means an excessive de
mand for wool in the face of a
decreasing sheep population.
That it takes the wool from 20
sheep to furnish a soldier at the
front with necessary woolen gar
ments. That North Carolina has only
200,000 sheep, and therefore,
from this standpoint, could only
place ten thousand soldiers in
the field
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That the one chief reason for
the decline in the sheep industry
in North Carolina is due to the
worthless reaming dog.
fhat the county demonstra
tion agents of this State, wl 0
are the spokesmen for the farm
era in their county, state that
75 percent of the reasons why
s'leep are not grown is because
of tbe uncontrolled dog.
That ii 40 sheep were grown on
every other farm in North Caro
ina.'the State would produce
4,000,000 head instead of 200,.
000 head.
That we should pay tribute t(
an industry which could be made
to bring a return of $20,000,000
annually, and not toaniudustr
which demoralizes this possibil
ity.
That sheep furnish food, cloth
ing, and valuable soil fertility.
That worthless roaaiing dogs
coutract and spread rabies, kill
and niaitn sheep, spread hog
cholera, are a menace to poultry
aud turkey industries, and are
parasites to food conservation.
That the North Carolina Sheep
Breeders' and Wool Growers' As
sociatioa needs your moral and
fiaancjAl support to help loster
the sneep industry and contro
the otLer ravagos mentioned
above.
You can get in touch with this
organization at West Raleigh
N. C.
Lame Shoulder.
This ailment is usually caused
by rheumatism of the. muscle
All that is needed is absolute rest
and a few applications of Cham
berlain Liuimeut. 1 ry it.
al may upon evidence satisfac
tory to him that any person
concern is using the mails in vio
lation of auy of the provisions
of this Act, instruct the post
master at any post office at
which mail is received addressed
to such person or concern to re
turn to the postmaster at tbe
office at which they were origi
nally maile l all letters or other
matter so addressed, with tl
words "Mail to this address un
deliverable under Espionage Act
plainly written or stamped upon
J tbe outside thereof and all sue
letters or other matterso return
ed to such rostraasters shall be
OUR LIBERTY MOTOR.
(By Theo. N. Knftppen, in N. Y.
Tribune.)
Dayton, O.-We were darting
through space at 130 miles per
hour when we drove through a
fle?y cloud six thousand ket a
bovo Dayton. I didn't know it
then, but Howard Rinehart told
me so afterward.
That cloud was a symbol
In Washington the day before
an aeronautical "authority" had
called me aside to give me grave
counsel in this manner: "Don't
t them fool you. I have reason
to believe that no liberty motor
has ever been in the air yet."
hen he told me how no good
aviation motor could be made
by machine processes, lu the
presence of authority lwasdumb
The thunderous buzz of the
nighty motor that was now
projecting us through the air
at a rate at which few men had
ever flown before was the answer.
We are shooting through the
cloud of ignorance regarding tbe
Liberty motor. The reticence ot
the Signal Corps, the vocal abili-
les of the enemies of the mot r
and the well known difficulties
hat have been encountered in
t9 production have created a
generally believed legend of t he
ailure of the Liberty motor.
Seeing is believing. The legend
was being demolished at better
han two miles a minute.
The motor that was develop
lg this speed was just plain
Packard production Liberty mo
tor No. 533, Three or four weeks
ago it was a pile of about 3,000
parts. These' parts had been
qaickly put together at, Detroit,
ushed to Dayton, placed in a
De Haviland 4 and now the
omposite was climbing the stairs
)f the skies faster than the finest
handmade motor the wouderfel
uachinists of France, Englar.d
aud Italy have ever produced.
An J they, said it couldn't be
done. .
The wiseacres have been telling
he public that after all the Lib-
trty motor would not develop
speed, that it is only a mediocre
creation at best, but here we are
hooting through the blue in a
two-seater faster than any Oer
man ace ha ever spjd horizon
tally in a single s.-ater and faster
than auy of the Allud fighters
have ever flown in uctii.n-
The enormous power of t h e
Liberty motor in proportion to
tts weight has given us a two
leattr that can outrun and out
fight the very pursuit machines
for our failure to develop which
there has been so much criticism
This is auother chapter of the
legend that has enshrouded the
Liberty motor. It is the most
powerful flying motor the wotld
uas yet developed. It can climb
with unprecedented rapidity in
the right sort of 'plane, and it
m overhaul or run away from
a y en 'ui. It gives a two-seater
'plane every advantage ovtr a
single seater except in the mat
ter of quick manoeuverability.
But greater thau its merits as
a motor iu the manner of its pro
duction bv machines. It there
tore .solves the problem of sup
ply. The time is comparatively
uear at hdud wheu the six facto
ries that are now at work 011
will be aole to turn it out at the
rate of 500 a day or 12,5(
mouth. It took many.vearsto
Jevtlop quantity protection of
automobiles. The task of attain
i ig quantity production of Lib
erty motors has leen performed
iu les than a year.
Perhaps it might have been
iione sooner. It was belie veutuat
it ct uld be bo dpne. The disap
pointment about the Liberty
uotor is neither ia the motor
tior iu the actual $me it has ta
ken to attain production, but
only in the failure of fact to ful
fill the prophecy. We have done
wonderfully, but not so wonder
fully as we foretold. Cast the air
crafters into outer darkness if
you will for their shortcomings
as prophets, but give them just
reward of praise for the actual
achievement.
As we rushed through the air
behind the machine-made, quan
tity production motor wo pass
ed over the great Day ton Wright
f ictory, where they are making
plane by quantity production
methods to match the machiie
made products.
What the prophets wrote has
jen fulfilled.
Their chronology was poor,
but their vision was clear.
Mis. Burue's Letter,
Here is a letter that is certain
to prove ol interest to people in
this vicinity, as cases of this sort
occur in almost every neighor-
hood, and people should know
what to do ia likecircumstances:
"Savannah, Mo., Oct.12, '10.
''I used a bottle of Chamber-
ain's Colic and Diarrhoea Rem
edy about nine years ago and it
cured me of flux (dysentery.) I
bad another attack 01 the same
omplaint some three or four
years
ago and a few doses of this
y cured me. I have recora-
remeay curea me. mave recora-
mended uiamoeriain s uoiic and
Diarrhoea Remedy to dozens of
people since 1 flrjt used.
FARNERS ARE URGED TO
SAVE ALLJIHT POSSBLE
RaUIh. SUtt Food Administrator
Henry A. Page la urglnc tha faxmara
of North Carolina to exercua cara
during tb.a sraaaat barrattlnc laaaon
to tha and that no whaat ahall ba
left In tha flalda, around atuapa, aaar
dltcbea and oi tha adgaa of tha flalda
-wbora a binder aomatanei laavaa a
mall Quantity uncut. It may oftan
happen that such wheat -will not finan
cially pay the labor require to hamst
It but thla wheat is naadad to feed
hungry man and iromea and every
farmer la urged to use tha utmost pre
caution In saving ovary stalk of
wheat possible.
Tho Joy of Liviug.
To enjoy life we must have good
leulth. Noone can reasonably
nope to get much real pleasure
)iitotlite when hu Downs are
?lozged a good share of the tiiu
mil tne poisona that ruouIu he
spoiled are absorbed into the
ystem, producing headache and
indigestion. A few dOies ol
Chamberlain's TablBts will move
the buwe'a, Ptr- ngthen the diges
tion and give you a chance tore-
ilizo the real joy of liviug. Try
it at once.
.$100 REMD $100.
The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreadfuldiseasethat
science ha been able to cure in
ill itB stages and that is catarrh
'atarrh bing greatly influenced
by constitutional conditions re'
quires constitutional treatment
Uali'a Catarrh Medicine is taker
internally and acts through the
blood on the muscular surface?
of the system thereby destroying
the foundation of the diseaso.
giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it 6
work. The proprietors have so
much faith in the curative pow-
li if, Ha 8 nata rh ,ReiDnd?r
UJUl Ull'-l UHCIIUNUICU 1UI'
lars for any case that it fails to
cure. Sen I for testimonial?.
Address F. J. TI1ENEY& CO.,
Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druj
gists, 7oc.
Chamberlain's Tablets.
Hu so tartlets are mteud d es
pecially lor stomach tiouble, bil-
iousnews and ronstipatior. If
you have any trouble of this sort
give them a trial ana realize tor
vourselt what a n st class medi
cine will do for you. They only
cost a quarter.
fOLEY KIDNEY PIUS
(r4Ci :amit aa; iuiqm
PR O PE 33(0 -MAlf
E. Glenn Salmons,
Resident Dentist
BOONE, N,C.
Office at Critcher Hotel. .
OFFICE HOURS:
9:00 to 1 a. ni; 1:00 to 4KXr p. m.
EriTfJUND JONES
LAWYER
-LENOIK, N.C,-. "
WWPt&ctice Regnlarlf in
the Courts ot W'utpvfia,
6-1 ii
L. D- LOWS
Banner Elk, X. C.
t. 1 OVK,
Pineol, H. c
LOWE & LOVE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.:
Practice in the'eourts of Avery
and surrounding counties. Care-
nil attention given to all matters
01 a legal nature.
7-6-12.
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEy AT LAW,
BOONE, n. c.
Willjpracticein the courts o
Watauga and adjoining coun.
Mar
fije8
1-11-1911.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
Wheninneed of Ivet'
erinary surgery call on
or write to G. H. Hayes
Veterinary Svrgeon, , Vi
las, N. C. 6-15-16. '
e..f.:lovi:i. W.iK.U oill
Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys AtJ;Law-
. -B00NE N.
Special attention riven to
all business entrusted , to
tieircarp. , ,
T. E, Bingham,
Lawyer
UOONE, - N.c
rioinpt attention given to
ii .
ni manors oi a leeui nature
'ollectioiiM a specialty.
Office with Solicitor F. A.JLic
ay
9,Jly. pd.
DR. R, D, JENNINGS
RESIDENT DENTIST
Banners Elk.JN. C. S
At Boone on first Mondav
of every month for 4 or 5 dvs
and every court week. Uftice. Bt
tha Blackburn Ilotel.
John L. Brown
Lawyer.
BOONE, ... . N.JC,
Prompfattention given to all
raitters'ofa legal nature. Coi-
le.'tions a specialty. Office with
L 3vUl & jLovUl.
MATCH AND
JEWELRY
lone at this shop
lader a positive
;arinie' ft u
material used !
;uarantpd to be genuine. Ertimati
urn I shed on all uiA.il ord.-r Satis
action jruarantped tn every ri-ct
ou all rai' road watch en. OOospenrtbo ,
Watauga Co. Bank.
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LOOSE, N. O.
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