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t i I.: V It,..'-" -. U' . , . VOL. XXIX. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918. NO; 43; H U U I I mm s:'..-' - y' " V A:,' Etrcqf t3 if W." The convict arises to suggest that be be allowed to fix the sen. tence. Time was when peace talk Irom Germany was mighty inter esting in America and constitu ted "big news," because it car riel the possibility, at least in the minds of the reading public, . that "might lead to negotia- ti- nsthat would bring tcin war to an end. But that time has passod. Germany a long time a- go "sinned' avvny licr day of grace." No longer h America se' ri ulv interested in anything 'G rraany has to say on the ub ject of pace or conference or ne gotiations looking toward bring, ing the war to an end. It is not peace that America wants now; it is victory first, then peace. A merica his already inv tted too much in this war to think of 'p.iace n.iiy peace except that to lr? obtained through a complete victory w would not. be getting our "money's worth " America has gone too far now to talk of pewthe time for thinking of pmce h-'is pawed. The thought uppermost in the American mind now is to victory not peace. Let ii vii victory ainl then it will be ti nt Jnough so think and talk about pwftee. Then we cah hvt pe-ce Peace worth while pp ir tb'it will eiidnre. Tlii- Jinir thu Amerienn fra me . -v - )!.. tiiw Ci -ivevrymcrtt -rh."' ."i' 4 t'li c'intry ir. tii iiivi' am serious . j.Htiin.tn o GfrmHny'a lat ent fiiggpstion, made to the Span ish government, for a peace con ference Even less is thi3 country prepared to consider seriously the terms set forth by the Ger man Government. At the best the term conld not be consider erwl by the American and Allied Governments for a moment. But Aside from that, the time has pas passed for Germany to pro pose terms of peace. The day has gone when Germany might have had a voice in naming the terms. Prussani8m should not have any part in naming the terms wheiUhe time comes for making peace. That should be the exclu sive task of the American and Al lied governments. The German Government's pa't should be to accept whatever is banded to it. The German Government long ago forfeited its riuht to have any voice in the terms upon which the war will be closed. The program now is to crush Prus sian militarism and then, and not until then, let the American and AlliM Governments gather around the conference table, a gree upon a program for all the Nations, American, Entente and Teutonic, and having agreed and framed the ' terms and treaties, band out to Germany a copy of the program she is to follow. Germany has no more right to a 'place at the council table of paace or to have any voice in the arrangement of a peace or to have any voice in the arrange- meat of a peace program than a prisoner convicted of the most d istardly and humous, crime ;ev er committed by mortal man has to take a seat with the judge on fie bench in court and take part in making up bis sentence. The Charlotte Observer. The Joy of Living. To etiio v life we must have good henlth. So. one can ivasouably hope to get much reil pleasure out of life when his bowels are cloirged a good share of the time and the poisons that should be , expelled are absorbed into the iiystem, producing headache and ' indigestion. . fw dopes of Chamberhin's Tablets will move th bnwe s. str-ngthen the diges- tiou and give'ypri a chance to re alize the real joy of living Try ft at once, c ; liryirx Astricii Bui. Paris Correspondence Associated Press. Thousands of miles from their maternal hearth, the American dead, heroes of the second battle of the Marne who have succumb e.i from grievcus wounds in Par- is hospitals, are mourned dailv by French motbersL or sisters who have felt the sorrow of the kindred of these heroes. Daily the funerals leave the city hospitals for the little ceme tery dedicated to Americans by the city of Saresnes. located on a hill to the west of Paris overlook ing the capital. Daily the Re publican guard in their pictures que and historic attire marches forth to the funeral .to bestow France's regard upon these Am ericans. American marines act as the guard of honorand though no volley is fired because it is for bidden by the French authorities, the American bugler sounds taps. A service is first held in the lit tle chapel in the hospital. Prot estant chaplains officiate over the dead of their faith and Cath olic priests over theirs. Thehos pital organization such as-can be spaivd including nurses, order lies, clerks, doctors, attend the service. The bodies are borne from the chapel to pondemus array motor trucks. As each body is brought to the oonveyHnce, the Republi can griiard and the niarinps exe cite 'present arms When all the dead have ben placed upon their military bier, the process- ion to the cemetery starts. At the head are the chaplains in mo tor cars. Then follow the motor trucks and last the guard of hon or. The coffins are draped with American flags. Each one bears two wreaths, one given by the republic of France and another by the city of Paris. Tricolor ribbons bind the wreaths. In letters of gold, the ribbons are marked "Aux Defenseurs de la Patrie." The little procession winds its way along the boulevards. The French know its significance. Without exception, as it passes, every pedestrian stops, uncovers and bows in homage to the Am- eican heroes. Reaching the summit of the bill f Suresnes, the interment of the bodies begins. A crowd of French mothers and sisters gath ers at the graves. They rever ently listen to the chaplain pro nounce the last words, and hea vy of heart, the ferl the sorrows of those thousands of miles away. Ibe American bugler tnkes bis place and slowly sounds "taps." At the final no e, the command is given and the military escort returns to its post in the city The little crowd of mothers a,nd sisters repair to their homes with thoughts of the mothers and sis ters in America. The Suresnes cemetery is the gift of the Suresnes municipality to the American array. It is beautifully situated in the midst of a cluster of trees. The walks are arranged in the form of a cross. Mrs. Burne's Letter, Here is a letter that is certain to prove of interest to people in this vicinity, as cases of this sort occur in almost every neichor hood, and people should know what to do in likeircumstances: "Savannah, Mo., 0ct.12, ' 1 6. "I used a bottle of Chamber lain's Colic and Diarrhoea Rem edy about nine years auo and it cured me of flux (dysentery.) I . had another attack of the same complaint some three or four years ago and a few dose? of this remedy cured rae I have ncora- mended Chamberlain's Colic and , Diarrhoea Remedy to dozens of i people since 1 first used." Sirftea for Siv. (Extension Farm News.) If farmers of North Carolina are to do any part in aiding the sugar shortage now confronting the country and the world in general, they must pav more at tention to the propercultivation of the sorghum plant and its uti lization to make syrup. The division of agronomy of the North Carolina Experiment Station now has a special agent, Mr. M. W. Heneel of the office of sugar plant investigations at Washington, who is now devot ing bis entire time to the produc tion of sugar plants in North Carolina. He states that sor ghum syrup is one of the best substitutes obtainable in this State, and that every county in the State can and should pro duce enough of this product to supply its own needs, if not more. It is now too late to increase the acreage for thi? year, but careful attention to cultivation, harvesting and manufacture in to syrup of that already planted will materially increase the pro duct. Careful experiments have shown that proper methods of cultivation will increase both the yield and the sugar content. Cultivation should begin as soon as the plants appear and should be frequent and thorough but shallow. The feeding roots of the sorghum are near the sur face of the soil aud are injured by deep cultivation. The plants should be thinned when about six inches high to the desired number. The number of p'ants to any given distance or row must be determined by distance between rows, the fertil ity of the soil, and, to a certain extent, by the variety of sor ghum. To secure a strong plant that will withstaud wiads, to get a 1 irge yield as well as sugar con tent, the rows should in most soils be three and a half feet a part. In this case the plants should be five or six inches apart i i the row, when planted in drills, or when planted in bills, ten to twelve inches apart, with two to four plants to the hill. The plants should be kept free from grass and weeds, especially when they are growing. The sur f ice of the soil should l e kept 1 ose by stirring as soon after each rain as th ground is suffi ciently dry. The loose soil acts as. mulch in retaining moisture, and the stirring.after rains kills tn growing weeds and grass be fore they jhave time to do any damage. . Shallow 'cultivation may be profitably continued until the plants begin to bead, provided always that care be taken not to inj ure or destroy the surface fee ing roots. .$100 REWRD $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreadful disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions re a u ires constitutional treatment, ali's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on the muscular surface? of the system thereby destroyim;; the foundation ol the diseaso, giving the patient strength by Building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors nave sc much faith in the curative pow ers of Hall's Catarrh Remedy that they offer One Hundred Dol lars for any case that it fails to cure, eend for testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO , Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all dru t, gists, 7oc. unildren Orv FOR FLETCHER'S ' QASTOPJA Tli lidius ii Frasci The American Indians in France quickly adjust themselves to con ditions Jof the country, says a dispatch from American army headquarters on the Marne. They. sooo became just juntas cunning as in their native West ern haunts. This is illustrated by an incident that occurred when the Germans were withdrawing across the Marne. Indian scouts, with Americans, were sent over the river to ascertain the Germ an movemets and other details. At one crossing three Indians improvised a raft and chained it to the north side of the Marne. They hid the raft and then star- ted on an exploring expeditior. The Germans discovered strange footprints on the river ba nk, and came upon the raft. They await ed the Indians return. But after, after reconnoitering, the Indians approached their hidden raft cau tiously, and scenting trouble made a hasty retreat. The Germans rdalized that these strange red men were nqt of their kind, and roust therefore b9 an enemy, and began firing. The Indians ran through the wods like deer, and finally struck for the water, in an endeavor to rjach the south side. These Indians reared along the river swim like Hiwaiians and are able to remain below the surface for a long time. The Ger mans saw splashee in the water and began firing. The Indiana dived and swam down stream under water. When they came to the surface for air they brought up a handful of clay, which they grabbed from the river bottom and with this they camouflaged their beads and face while on tl e surface for a brief breathing spl!. Finally the Indiana reached the south bank far below the Ger mws, the current assisting tht m very materially. Then they crawl ed back and peered through the hushes and watched the Germans eeking the bronzed figures, who apparently had been drowned. rhe Germans, thoroughy anger ed, shot the raft to pieces. Savi Thi Calm. Statesvllle Lindmaak. The Landmark has been asked more than once to protest a- gainst the sale of calves. The ale of young calves to the butch ers especially the shipment to the cities has become quite an industry. The objection is of course that we need, for soil im provement and fareconoraic bet terment, to build up the cattle industry in this section, and that we can never accomplish this so long as the calves are sold and shipped away. But protesting seems to do no g od. A few years ago agitation of this matter because quite ac cute and the legislature actually passed a law to prohibit the shipment or slaughter of calves under cartain ages and condi tions. The law applied only to certain counties It has prob ably been repealed, or is ignor ed, which is quite the North Car- olina custom. If we lose interest in the law we ignore it. The calf-own rs of course pro ceed on the theory that one has a right to do as he will with bis o vn. He may have legally, not always morally, and what may be lawful is not always expedi ent. Selling the calves, especially when pasture and feed is scarce, may appear t he best thing to do; for some calf-owners probly it K But as a general ecouotnic prop osition thinking people must ad- mit'thttt it is wrong; that Irr dell and the county's citizensh-'p will be greatly benefitted .if the calves generally are allow d to grow aud multiply until the It Boes Kat litbir lia. "The war ain't botherin'. me. It's none of my business. May be them Germans will sink a lot of ships but they ain't my ships, and maybe they'll bomb a few Yankee towns along the coast, Put we wou't never see any Ger mans around here. If they'll let me alone, I'm going to let them alone. No, I ain't going to buy any war stamps, I reckon." Tbse are the words of a good man honest and upright in bis little way of life. We say that of him because we know him well. He's a well.to-do farmer, whose l fe is lived far from the madden ing crowd. Indeed, he could not be more aloof and remote from this sorely troubled world of ours, if be lived on the tail of Halley's comet. He knows that he is getting four times as much for his cot ton as he got in the fall of 1914 when this world war began three times as much for his tabacco. and twice as much for his corn and wheat, poultry, eggs and butter; but be thinks these fine prices are all in the natural course of events, That the w ar we are waging against Germany has anything to do with the h:gh prices he's getting for his firm products does not occur to him for a moment. And so he is not really bother ing about this war. The fighting is too far off. He has no sons ( f draft age and he is bu re that he and his are safely beyond the reach of it. And so they are, 1-1 U9 hope eannonshells, and poi son gas considered. Not even an 80-mile gun is ever likely to de stroy his home. Nevertheless he is in the war, whether he realizes it or not. Grftting him to realize it has een our very hardest job during the drfve of National WarStamp week. News Letter. Tli Men Wba Sim Money-making is no longerthe prime concern of American busi ness. It is a question of service now, and we are all serving uu- der the same banner o f freedom and democracy. The aristocracy of the future will not be the aristocracy of birth or wealth, but of men who serve, who do things for their country and their Mlow men. The great prize to be won by men of ambition today is not money but recognition as members of the aristocracy of service; the aristocracy that is open to every man, instead oftheolddead-and-gone aristocracy that was open ta those of particular birth or great wealth. Charles Schwab. Charaterlain's Tablets. Thfse tablets are intended es pecially lor stomach tr ouble, bil iousness and constipation. If you have any trouble of this sort give them a trial and realize for yourself what a fi'st class medi cine will do for you. They only cost a quarter. NOTICE. Having qualified as adminif- trator of the estate of Noah I saacs, decased, this is to notify all persons havingclaimsngamst said estate to come forward and present them to the undersigned within twelve months from this date, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. This the 10th day of July, 1018. X. Ii. MAST, Adru'r. herds of cattle cover th hills. Education on this subject, espec ially through' the fanners' or gantzations, is the remedy. Line upon hue and precept upon pre cept is the way thew? things aie brought about. FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS PRO FESSION AL E. Glenn Salmons, Resident Dentist BOONE, Office at Critcher Hotel. OFFICE HOURS: M 9:00 to U a. m; 1:00 to 4:00 p. m, EDJTtyND JONES LAWYER LENOItt, N. C Will PrArtJrfi Rnrnlarfo in the Courts ot Wateuea: 6.1 xi L D-LOWE T. A OVK, Kntol, N. c Banner Elk, N. C. LOWE & LOVE ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.; Practice in the'eourta of Avt-rv and surrounding counties. Cere ml attention given to all cotters of a legal naturf . 7-6-12. F. At LINNEY, -ATTORNEY AT LA W, boone, y. r. . vTiirpraclicein the court o Watauga and adjoining coun ties. Ml-1911. VETERINARY SURGERY. When in need of vet erinary surgery coll on or write to G. H. Hayes Veterinary SvrgeontVi las, N. C. 6-15-16. Lovil! & Lovill -Attorneys AtJ lLaw--BOONE, N. C. Special attention given to til business entrusted to ineircare. .. , ., Lawyer BOONE, SST Prompt attention given to dl matters of a legul uaturt )llectiou a npocialty. Office with Solicitor F. A. Lio ley D,.ly. pd. DR. R, D, JE1PIIGS fcESIDENTDENTIST Banners ElkN. C. ; "At Boone on first Mondav of every month for 4 or ft davs and every court wek. Office t the Blackburn Hotel. John L.'Brown Lawyep.; .BOONE, . . . N.C. Prompt attention given to all raattersjofa legal nature. Col lections a specialty. 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