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VOL XXIX.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918.
NO. 42.
J,
, littir Frca Stkastja, Fit
Mr. Editor: 1 harejust receiv
ed a package frcin home and up
on opening it, 1 found 3 or 4 cop
ies of the Democrat, and I can't
begin to tell you bow thorough
ly I enjoyed perusing its columns
and noting the different happen
ings .in the good old county of
Watauga, but what gave me es
pecial delight was the way the
good people of the county were
rallying to the War Savings
Stamps (frive and the Red Cross
In my opinion there is no great
er cause in which a person can
invest his money than in the Red
Cross. In my opinion there is no
greater cause in which a man
can invest bis money than in the
Red Cross. The work it is doing
on the -battlefields is wonderful
and it should be a pleasure to
everyone to give all they can, as
every cent goes for the preserva
tion of human - life and for the
safety and comfort of our boys
who have, answered the call of
- their country and who are bat
tling for the rights and liberty
.of all humanity.
I have tried three times to get
into the Quartermaster's Depart
ment for oversea service and
have been, turned down each
time, but if I can't go, 1 am glad
I can do a little to help those
who have gone.
A person that isn't willing to
light for his country or help those
who are fighting in these peril
ous times certainly deserves no
place in ihe country, and should
be treated with contempt by ev
ery lilerty loving citizpn.
1 am indeed sorry that the
good old. county of Ache has
within her borders, a Jew men so
ignorant and so devoid of all
sense of duty to their country,
that they have organized to try
to resist the draft law, thereby
i-asting a shadow upon the good
name of Ashe county and her
good citizens. It is to be hoped
. that the government will mete
out quick and severe punishment
to this bunch of traitors. Why
it's an inspiration to see how
fast the negroes of this state en-
iiit and how enthusiastic they
are to get a chance to go over
and administer to the murder-
. ous Hun the punishment he to
richly deserves.
We are remind! every day by
the continual flow of men and
war material up and down this
coatatidof the incessant hum
of the air ship, how very deter
mined Uncle Sara is to pay in full
tc the women and baby-killers
of Germany, the debt the world
owes her for "her, high and lofty"
ideals of Christianity and liberty
of mankind. They have proven
themselves to be more unciviliz
ed than the Han nibale.
Our little town of Sebastian,
-' with a population of about 400,
has sent one dozen boys to the
war, and we have subscribed
several hundred dollars to War
Stamps, Liberty Bonds and the
Red Cross to back up those boys.
Times are rather dull here now
but when the citrus fruit begins
to move there will be more do
ing. I think there is a Very good
crop of fruit, end buyers are al
ready here buying up the crop
at two to three dollars per field
' box on the trees.
We are having an inlet cut
throuorh from the Indian River
- CJ
to the ocean two miles from this
place which will be a great help
to the fisbine industry of the
" county.
I enclose one dollar for which
please send me the Democrat. I
can't do without it any longer.
H. E. DEAL. .
Sebastian, Fla.
FOIIYSCCEOIAXAIM
tali la is Tkira.
There is no longer doubt that
the tide of war is turning: . Amer
tea is forcing Heinie. The steady
stream of troops pouring into
France from the United States
has begun to tell. The latest
offensive of the Germans, which
is probably the greatest tbey
are capable of making, has made
less of a dent in the Allied lines
than any of its predecessors. It
has fallen far short of its object
ives. Germany may deliver another
final desperate blow after this
one. She will not if she is wise,
but there is plenty of proof that
she isn' t wise. If sbe does deliver
such another blow every day
will mean that she will deliver it
against a greater army.
America has over a million
troops now in France. What is
of more importance, America
has a thoroughly aroused coun
try at't home. We have row
reached a point where the army
h gathering in horde?, and the
ship supply is big enough to
move it across the waters as fast
as it comes to the coast. Amer
ican organization and efficiency
are beginning to make themsel
ves felt.
All signs now say that the
longer Germany keeps up the
struggle the bigger will be the
German sacrifice and the Ger
man disappointment. The more
men she throws in the final ruin
the fewer she will hare left to dis
pute the march of the triumph
ant Allies toward the. Rhine, for
there is wh-re the war should
end The treaty of peace should
be signed in Berlin with the ar
mies of the victors standing
guard over the imperial palace
and with the Krupp factory wip
ed from the face of the earth.
Germany is a country of limit
ed resources. Her G8.000.000
have been drawn upon for all
they can supply of everything.
Our country alone can contrfb
ute more fighting men than Ger
many had at the beginning, and
can increase that number by 50
per cent, and do it uow. Germa'
ny has been sacrificing her ifight
ing force. Hers is the day that
was, ours the day that is. We are
getting there. She is doing. Our
rami are tnoeMv alive. Hers are
dead or captured.
The world realiizej now thbt
Germany invited into the 'war a
nation more powerful tlai she
is, and one mat m in true Amer
ican style, to do the thing up to
a correct finish. Germany is out
numbered, outgunned, outbrain
ed and outclassed in everything.
Instead of a defensive army the
Germany army is today an ar-
my at bay. Tomorrow its situa
tion will be worse, and so it will
continue every day to the finish,
for Uncle Sam is there now with
the whip News and Observer.
The Joy of Living.
To enjoy life we must have good
health. No one can reasonably
hope to get much real pleasure
out of life when his bowels are
clogged a good share of the time
and the poisons that should be
expelled are absorbed into the
nystetn, producing headache and
indigestion. few doses
Chamberlain's Tablets will move
the bowe's, strengthen the diges
tion and give yon a chance to re
alize the real joy of living. Try
it at once.
NOTICE.
Having qualified as adminis
trator of tne e-tate of Noah I
saacs, decased, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
sail estate to come forward and
present tbem to the undersigneJ
within twelve months from this
date, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. This
the 10th day of July, 1918.
N. L. MAST, Adm'r.
I JiliriJil ;
The jig's up for the loafer, no
matter what his income is. Pres
ident Wilson is recommending
that every state legislature pass
the Maryland anti-loaflng law,
and what the President says
goes with the American people
these day?. . i
Work or fight or go to; jail, he !
says. 'I ,
The Government makes that
mandatory upon every man with
in the draft age.
Self-respect makes it mandato
ry upon every man of every age.
II, perqbauce, there are any
iilers and loafers continuing to
le id lives of useleesness in your
town despite war needs for man
power, you can do a great deal
to cause them to change their
course. You can make a com
plaint to tne sheriff or chief of
police, or any officer, charging
them with yagrancy.
If the vagrancy laws are not
being strictly and unrelentingly
enforced in your community,
yours is one of the very few plac
es in the United States wher
these laws are not enforced. Tou
can help to see that they are en-
breed. You can see that loafers
in your section get a job or go
to jail. Every loafer pnt to work
releases a man who may help on
the farm.
Farmers need hands. Soldier
must have food. Farmers can't
produce food unless tbey have
help. The loafer is aiding the
enemy whether he means to or
not. The man so dead of spirit
a? not to realize his patriotic
obligation must be forced to see
it.
Give the loafers of your town a
straight-from-tbe-shoulder un
derstanding of their alternatives.
This is no time lor words minc
ing or baby talk.
Make him go to work or go to
ail. Federal Weekly News Let
ter.
SUHiti if Military Uiit J.
It will probably be of interest
to many, in time of war, to learn
the numerical strength of the va
rious units of which our army as
a whole is composed.
According to the Army Recrui
ter, a monthly magaaine publish
e 1 by the publicity department
of the United States army and
the general recruiting service,
the names of the units and their
strengths are as follows:
An army corps is 60,000 n en.
An infantry division is 10,000
men.
An infantry brigade is 7,000
men.
A regiment of Infantry is 3,600
men.
A batallion is 1,000 men.
A company is 250 men.
A platoon is 60 men.
A corporal's squad is 11 men.
A firing squad is 20 men.
A supply train has 283 men.
A machine gun battalion 260
men.
An engineer's regiment 1,008
men.
An ambulance ompany hes
66 men.
Mrs. Burne's Letter,
Here is a letter that is certain
to prove ol interest to people in
this vicinity, as cases of thi860it
occur in almost every neighor
hood, and people should know
what to do in likejcircumstances:
"Savannah, Mo., Oct. 12, '16.
"I used a bottle of Chamber
lain's Colic and Diarrhoea Rem
edy about nine years ago and it
cured me of flux (dysentery.) 1
had another attack of the same
complaint some three or four
years ago and a few doses of this
remedy cured me. I have recom
mended Chamberlain s Colic and
Diarrhoea Remedy to dozens
people since 1 first used.''
Til Tm Utaidiiits:
A big business firm hf western
Canada has hung in a conspicu
ous place in its works the follow
ing "Ten Demandments" for the
benefit of its employees. They
are surely worth repeating;
1 . Don't lie. 1 1 wastes my time
and yours. I am sure to catch
you in the end, and that is the
wrong end.
2. Watch your work, not tl e
clock. A long days work make s
long day short, and a.shoit
" ' " i
days work ruakef my face long.
3. Give me more than lex.
pect, and I will give you more
than you, more than you expect.
I can afford to increase your pay
if you increase my profits.
4. You owe so much to 3 our
self you cannot afford to owe
anybody else. Keep out of febt
or keep out of my shop.
5. Dishonesty is never an ac
cident. Good men, like good wo
rn jn, never see temptation wl.en
t ley meet it.
6. Mind your own business,
and in time you will have a busi
ness of your own to mind.
7. ...Don't do anything here
which hurts your self-respect.
An employee who is willing to
steal for me is willing to steal
from me.
8. It is none of my businef s
iv hat you do at night. But if dis
sipation affects what you do
next .day, and you do half as
much as I demand, you'll last
half as long as you hoped.
9. Don't tell me what I'd like
tojhear, but what 1 ought to
hear. I don't want a valet to my
vanity, but one for my dollars.
10. Don't kick if I kick. If
you re wortn while keeping, i
don't waste time cuttting specks
out of rotten apples.
SLACKERS.
The "men are driven forth to
work, to keep the pulleys hum
ming, and any chap who tries to
shirk will surely get what's com
ing. The lad who used to bask
all day, is busy as a gopher; in
times like these it doesn't pay ti
nhow up as a loafer, Male idlers
fin J their day is o'er, if they've o
kick Jthey can it; the man who
has no useful chore must hunt
another planet. But bow about
the dame serene, tnrougn me s
idly ambling, who burns up tubs
of gasoline in vain and foolish
rambling? Her thoughts are still
of tritlincr tinners, of laces and of
collars, of blondined hair and
diamond rings, and shoes at
twentv dollars. She thiuks the
war a horrid bore to which
kings are addicte l; her heart of
celluloid is sore, the sugar is re
stricted. She sees her loyal sis
ters strain and toil in useful ser
vice; and sights like thin give her
a rain, they make her tired and
nervous, un, let s dragoon tne
stall-fed dames, say to them,
"Vork or perish," and drag
them from the silly games that
they ignobly cherish. If Jack
m ist use his strength and skill
t) help preserve the nation, it's
only fair that Sim er Jill should
work out her salvation. Walt
Mason in News and Observe r.
Lame Shoulder.
This ailment is usually caused
by rheumatism of tne muscles.
All that in needed isabsoluten st
anj a few applications of Cham-
. berlain's Liniment. Try it,
Chamberlain's Tablets.
Thpse tablets are intended es
pecially lor stomach trouble, bil
iousness an i constipation.
you have any troub'e of tms soi t
give them a trial and realize for
vourself what a fi-st class modi-
of cine will do for you. They only
cost a quarter.
Fna "tonkin it Frtai."
Mr. Caleb Winebarger of Sands,
has received the following letter
from his son Walter, who is now
with the American Exyeditiona
ry Forces in Fi ance.
Dear Father:- I take great
pleasure in writing you all a few
lines today, and truly hope they
will find you all well. l am well
and getting along just fine.
This is a beautiful country over
her, but England is by far the
co.u.utr 1 ,nave eve'
amn W o a fa in a (rnnH PAmn A.nrl
seen. We are in a good camp and
are faring well. We have plenty
to eat and have good clothes to
wear. We havn't done much for
the past month. All the boys
feem to be in the best of spirits
all the time. 1 don't believe that
that the 117th would care to go
into battle tomorrow. I can say
that Battery E has got one of
as good captains as is in France.
He is a real military man; knows
his business and all the boys
like him. 1 hope we can keep him
until the war is over. His name
is Clayton and he is from Char
lotte.
Tell mother I will write her
soon. We haven't received any
mail since we 1' ft South Caroli
na. So good bye. Answer soon.
Your son,
W. W. WINEBARGER.
Battery E, 113th F. A., A. E. F.
France.
Our Tcnjues is War Tines.
Let us take heed to our ways
that we sin not with our tongue.
These are exciting times, and it is
easy to say things which had
best be left unsaid. We must be
patient with one another. A thou
sand vexing and tangled ques
tions will come up fordicussior,
and all of us cununot possibly
think alike. The only sensible
thing for us is to do bur own
thinking, and let everybody elsp
lo his without pouncing on him
and cudgeling him because he
djes not happen to agree with
us. Blessed is the man who gets
hrough this war without need
lessly woundiug acquaintances
and friends by the cruel strokes
of an unruly tougun. There will
be enough wreckage at the close
of the war without our adding to
it a ma3s of ruined friendships
Let us do our utmost to main
taiu a cordial fellowship with our
fellow Christians whose opiuions
are farthest from our own, and
by our extraordinary 6eli con
trol, refrain from saying thing
of which we shall be ashamed
when the world is calm again
The world is torn by many de
mons and we canuot afford to
increase the fever and distrac
t on by our impatient temper or
our bitter tongue. Dr. Charle
& Jefferson, in Watchman-Ex
amiuer.
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The readers of this paper wil
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Hali's Catarrh Medicine is taker
internally and acts through thi;
blood on the muscular surface?
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that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any oae that it fails to
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Office at Critcher Hotel.
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6.1 ii ,
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and surrounding counties.. Care-
tui attention given to all matters
of a legal nature.
7-6-12.
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-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Willjwactice in the courts o
Watauga and adjoining coun
ties.
8-11-1911.
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Wheninneed of vet
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or write to G, H. Hay (3
Veterinary Svrgeon,Vi
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-BOONE, N. C
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uey
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and every court week. Office t
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