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ffl n ml HI VOL XXIX. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY , AUGUST 29, 1918. NO. 47. 1- likirt L H:itycatt Writis. Following i9 letter froni R. L. Honeycutt, of Battery E, 113 F. A. Id France to his mother, which will be of interest to Bob's .many friends in Watauga: . My Dear Mother: As this is Sunday and I have ajlittle leisure time, thought about the best -way I could spend it would be to write home. I hope this finds you well. I never Mt better in my life, and the nearer we get to Benin, the more anxious we are to fight. We are-a very busy bunch of fellows now. The lon ger we are in the army the more we learn. But you don't have to teach things to the Dixie boys very long, to have them learn it, especially anything about tight ing. for we all have inherited the courage of our forefathers, we have not lost any one out of our battery since we started over. . We sure have enjoyed life since we have been in France and Eng land. We will get more educa tion out of this trip than we ev er could get out of books in fif ty years. They have some very beautiful farms and cities over here, and also some good look ing young ladies, but as soon as an American girl passes you can eoon see that she is not a local product. We sure would like to be home these pretty July days. But as you know the kaiser's heart is like an abcess full of dir ty rotten stuff and our artillery is going to open it up for him. We are doing our work as fast and good as we can now, for in a few days we will be pratieing on real Huns instead of mum mies. - Well mother 1 guess you have been reading how our boys have been hitting the line, and believe! me we will continue to do so un til we will bare tho Huns down to where little Belgium can han die tbem, and as long as old Battery E tights they will find me still tacking on horse shoes. Whan our boys are marching thru Berlin with the Kaiser's head on a pole, then you can look for me home. I must close for this time; will write more later, and don't for get to pay for our army, for there are none of us perfect, so good bye for this time. As ever your faithful son, ; ROBERT L. HONEYCUTT The Joy of Living. To enjoy life we must have good health. No one can reasonably hope to get much retl pleasure out of life when his bowels are cloorged a good share of the tim and the poisons that should be expelled are absorbed into the nys'em, producing headache and indigestion. few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets will move the bowe s, strengthen the diges tion and give you a chance tore aliw the real joy of living. Try it at once. Too "Skiaflinty." Last ,1 une a well known man living a few miles trom Wades bo ro, after urgent solicitation, agreed to buy $30 worth of War Savings Stamps. In July he went to the bank to buy his stamps but wante'd to buy them at the June price, and when he found that he could not do this he refused to buy at all. The difference amounted to six cents This man a Bhort while previous ly had sold timber for several thousand dollars, it bringing considerably more than the whole place had cost him. He is in good circumstances and well able to buy $1,000 worth of stamps, and it is to be hoped t hat be will later do so. These facts' and the nan's name are known to many people. This newspaper hopes that it will not lie necessary to give publicity to another instance of fiis kind in Anion. Wadesboro Messenger. Now U Tb Tint Tt Hit Haritst At lost. Now is the time for the people at home to hit hardest if the en emyatthe front is t& be kept running till the Rhine is crossed and complete victory is won. General March says that America must speed up instead of let up in its war records if the Allied Ar. raiee are expected to continue their advances at the front. "Do not let the recent successes made by the Allies create too sanguine hopes and cause the letting up on war efforts," says General March. "This is no time to stop to indulge in hopes and to waste time arguing as to when the war will be over, or the kind of peace it will bring. The thing to do now," he says, "is to put the maximum punch into every A merican effort." That America shall speed up at a greater rate than she has yet done is now deemed necessary not only that the Allied Armies shall continue to fight victorious. ly, but that the German Army shall be completely disillusioned, that is, that the fighting men of Germany shall know the stuff that American soldiers are made of and the kind of fighting they can do. The German people are ust beginning to know that they have been deceived by their lead ers and that America is in the war to win. When they shall know this in full, the best part of Germany's fighting strength per morale will be gone and the greatest barrier to Berlin will be broken down. Americans should see that the German people shall know their strength and purpose in winning the war os pQon as ossible. They can do this bv every man standing back of the Government, a solid front, until the war is over. To All Notaries Public and Justices ot the Peace of North Carolina: Gentlemen: During the last few days there have come to the Governor's office complaints that notaries public and justices of the peace are charging regis trants fees for preparing aflida- its, and tukiug acknowledge ment of the Fame. This custom is iy no means general for the ivat majority of notaries and magistrates are assisting the registrants without an v compen sation whatever. I earnestl v do sire every notary public and jus tice of the peace in the State of North Carolina to decline to r e- ceive any fees for work done for registrants or soldier, 'ihef-e men are giving everything for their country, and those of us who are not called upon or are not in a position to make the supreme sacrifice, hhould wituess our devotion to the cause bv helping in every way possible the men who ore giving their all. I know that our notaries and magistrates are patriotic men, and I am sure that when their attention is called to this mat ter they will gladly respond to this appeal. , Sincerely yours, T. W. B1CKETT, Governor. Mrs. Burne's Letter, , Here is a letter that is certain to Drove ol iuterest to DeoDle in this vicinity, as cases of this sort occur in almost every neighor hooil, and people should know wnat to ao in iike;circumstances "Savannah, Mo.,Oct.12,'16 "I used a bottle of Chamber Iain's Colic and Diarrhoea Rem edy about nine years ago and it cured me oi nux (dj'6eutery.) I 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 of people since 1 firat used." WHAT FOR? Newt and Oli.-ryer. Before the war Germany had a merchant fleet of about five, and a half million tons, of wbicu more than half has been destroyed or taken, while the ships still held up in neutral harbors leave Ger many with about a third of her merchant navy that shelhadfour years ago. To be ready to start anew Ger man ship yards are said to be building several big vessels am ounting to about a million tons. This would give her about half the capacity she had on the eve of her commercial suicide. But naturally the world, except Ger many, wilj wonder what she is building the new ships for. Not ti sail to the United State. When peace is declared this country will have on its list of regis trants every man between 18 and 45 years old. How miny c f them will buy German goods or make things to sell to Germany? How many of the women repre sented by families of which these men are members will buy Ger man stuff? How many English will buy German stuff? How many Cana dians, Australians. Chinese, Ja panese, South Americans, unless in Mexico? What will Germany cirry in her ships? Where will she get anything to carry? Where will she find a market for any thing she has to sell, or a nnrt friendly enough in which to lam!? When will a German ship be safe to tie up in New York harbor or Baltimore, or Norfolk? Peace may say that Germany mav have reciprocal rights of some sort in the United States, but what dock uear men who have been in German prisons, or gass ed by German armies, or injured by German fl ight fulness, will be a safe place for such a ship to lie alongside? Germany has angered the civ ilized world. If she thinks she is oininc back after this saturna lia of frightfulness to sit in tlif riendly commercial couueils of those she is doii g her utmost to alienate she gives further evi dence of her arch-stupidity. The world has no confidence in the German nnd will have no tolera tion for him. He may build ships, but who will sail in a Ger man ship if any other ship i- available? Then Germany miirht figure if she had as much sense as a man w ith a wooden head that the ships America is build ing will sail in a trail that is friendly, and be suiled by men who are goiug to hustle for busi ness for their own country. Ger many is going to find a lot of predicaments that her good sword will not get her out ot, although it got her into them. .$100 REWRO $100. The readers of this paper w ill be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreadfuldiseasethat science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions re quires constitutional treatment. Hali's Catarrh Medicine is taker internally and acts through the. blood on the muscular surfaces of the system thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing i t e work. The proprietors have ec 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. Send for testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. Ohio. Sold by all dru gists, 75c. Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA The Soldier's Cbioco. One of the foremost physicians of the United States says tLat the so'dier has 190 chances of long life to 100 chances of long life to 100 chances the man in civil life has. The reason is that the soldier i cared for by skilled surgeons and not allowed to take any risks except those of batt'e and camp life, white the civilian is beset on all 6ides by innumer able dancers that hurrv mortals home. Even tuberculosis is less III the French arm? now than be- in fi,. , I., .,i fore the war, owing largely to the rigid care that is thrown a. bout every man. Typhoid fever has been cut down to less than three mild cases in a hundred thousand. Lockjaw, once the scourge of the army hospital, has practical!, disappeared smallpox h unknown, dysentery, and near ly all the maladies that get the civilian, are conquered. Wounds are amenable to the modern style of treatment. Arms and legs ate not cut off now as they were in all previous wars. Thev are sa ved. Hospital surgery tackles anything, and with surprising success. The folks at home who see the boys come back from the front remark the physical im provement in nearly every man who went to the army. The change is a revelation. News & Observer. FREEDOM. Here we are free to come and g), and do all kinds of knitting, and w hile we lay no statutes low, our course is right and fitting. I pack my grip and journey forth, on impulso or suggestion; and if I journey south or north, no guy has right to 'question. And every time 1 tour the earth where- e'rl may determine, I thank the gods who ruled my birth, that I am not u German. I'd hate to have a course laid down by some tin-horn official, to tremble at a kaiser's frown, rebuking and ju dicial. I'd hate to come when princes call, and go when they demand it; that sort of thing would stir my gall methinks I couldn't stand it. ll'Mt we are fiee to live our lives, with no a vener neari' g; we run up hills and beat our wives, amino one's interfering. No cheap policeman comes along and puts me in the cooler, because in some immor tal song I ridicule h ruler. My little home my castle is, where rythmic storms are brewing; no punk inspector thrusts his phis inside to see what's doing. But. if the kaiser comes to reign, from o'er the Prussian border, I will not dare to chant a strain with out a written order. Walt Ma sou, in News and Observer. Hurt His Own Cause. Mr. Winkler, the Hepublkan candidate for the state senate, came down from Boone nith Mr. Linney and made a shoit talk before the convention. If he keeps up the tone of his remarks theie w ill be no need for Mr. Lov i.l to conduct any campaign, as the concensus of opinion was tl at Winkler hurt his own cause more, ifopnpil. I , I DR. ALFRED W. DULA P RYE SPECIALIST SjO SEE BETTER ry seeduu ji 17 Yeats Experience The beat Equipment Obtainable. WAIfiS ' Glasses Pitted exclusively f MARTIN BLOCK, LENOIR. N. CJ If yon tot It from DULA. It's All Rltfbt. I WAICB. PAPER KOtt. tlATES. . LENSES GROUND & DUPLICATED Repair Dep't. Doz 127 Charlotte, N. C. fOLEYSOMOlAWM roi. Stomach .Tuovui.antf.fe'tf'ne&rioit TO MY MOTHER. The following beautiful lines were composed by Sergeant Bernard Hodg eg. now with the American Ei peril, tiouary Forces in France and tent to bis mother. Mrs. B. J. Hodges, of Ad ams, which we take pleasure In pub lishingr. 'Tbo your brow is wrinkled, mother, And your hair Is flecked with gray, I am growing fonder, mother, Ol your swee fat every day. In your eyes 1 eee the love light That no earthly clttuds can dim And I know, my darling mother J is a ugiK that burns within fgfiKSS ZT' "" How you tauirht m lewohe; mother With your voice bo sweet and low. Youthful days brought me sorrow nut ynu cuasecl thein far awar. For you know, my gentle mother, How to turn the night to day. In those hours when sad affliction Pressed ity way upon my heart By your f aith in Bod. my mother, Came life's richer part. Fiends I have, but none like mother, She is more tnw all to me, For her love 1 11 ne r repay, now or in eternity. When 1 left you, oh, my mother, For tne battle over here, I'll remember, deadest mother, All your tender care, When my country's foes es are van quished, And the din of war is o'er, I I come back to you best af mothers, To love you, to care for you. and to leave yoa never more. I am well and gettind on all right, with nothing much to worry about. On Sundays I sometimes get a little lonely when I think of the places 1 could go If I were back there. We are haying lovely weather here. I guess you all are having fine weath er and are busy taking care of the farm products. Qee, but I would like to be there to help awhtte. But as there is a fair sized pond between here and there, I guesj I will wait awhile about, going. I am sending my sheep skin home for you to keep for me. Put it with the other, as I want to have it fram ed some time. Denr mother, I hope you are well and thinking of me only as being all right, having a fairly good time and coming back to you soon. Write when you can. Your loving son, Serfe-eaut B. A. HODGES. CONFIRMED TESTIMONY. The Kind Boone Readers funuot Doubt. Poun's Kidney Pills have stood i he te.t. The test of time-tho hardest test of nil. Thousands gratefully testify. To quick relief to lasting re suits. Uoiue readers can no longer doubt the evidence. 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