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.1..' : ' r..1 , ( VOL. XXX. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, NV C, f HUftSMY , JANUARY 2 1919. NO. 12 hrssal Rss&sctsts ef tti Ctril War isitu.ms. v BTiricpjmtNs. 0i arriving at Camp Chase, we found the prison tjo be an enclos- me of several acres of land ny a , strong fence. .iuade Lxf clprabt i lumber set nip Hithviw.- in tti.tiH 1:30'. in. Mmrn W. J. tlMIII'l UW'fi II 'Kf tlilt! OlIH could not (U'hi- it vi liiut looking -t 1 i'itfl't up A pHi'tiion .ran thivugETB5enclosure-aiid the prison, was designated one awl two, " fbrait'iTinen .Mew r! a ted in no. 2 I do tiot know-! why it 'vas.prrcinged that way; there wteiielte-jfe'' 'until except Morgan'tfoicn ia no. 2 when we were there. The "barrack" as the houses wer' calkd were good enough and we were famished regular soldiers rations, which we had to cook out of doors, but we were furnished cooking ves sels to-do cooking and, washing, and plenty of wood.for the pur pose. The water was mean. It was well water and told enough, but it was a kind 01 rotten; lime stone and nearly made one sick to drink.it. "If 1$ had not been for the water and vermin one could have endured it Better. The body lice were abundant and very annoying. .. I was talking recent ly with an aid Confederate veter an about prison life, be was con fined in Point Lookout, Md. and aid he: "I am going to tell some thing that iahard 4o believe but is trae.v I 'have -actually- seen the licjStrawhng on the ground outside ibf prison barracks." "I told hhtr tt was not hard to make me befieyeitfcr I had seen the same sfct at'anip Chas. Of coursa'fti were dirty when we were put: in prison because we bad ben'liding and roughing fi wore thm 1 hree weeks, but weut to work scrubbi gaud boil ing Our clothes, but all we could do did 'not seem to lessen tin number of our daily companions Borne of the boys said they MMgbt some of tbem so large thty were branded -1. "F. W. 011 the back. 'which meant "in forth war," bu I do not vouch for th truth .tf , this ns I did not them'. We were not permitted to stay at Camp Chase quite a month but were removed to Camp Douclas.411: the reason was we wer told that the nuthimtie were aft aid that Clou. Morgan who was back in Confederate tar rirory with another command, would-' mnk anot her raid into Ouio, storm Camp those, -and liberate his old men, arm th m, and do a4ot of other damage. 1 dj not know, whether there . was any thought 111 Morgan's mind of fried an uhdertokinir. but I have always ben glad '-they thoifgh't io, for it ) rolittbly can ed them to move us to' a much better prison. In regard to Gen. Morgan's es capefrpra the pen, it was said he went to the depot, bought a tick et to Cincinnati and took a scat by the- side of a Yankee officer who was in the car. . The officer remarked to Morgan when the train wa near the prison " 1 here is whore they have the rebel Gen. Morgtfn."1 "Yes," says Morgan, . 'and 1 hope they'll keep bim t'wre.'' Gen. Morgan did no rjd into the' city but left the train at a small station, and . made his way through Ky. and . Tenn. to Confederate headquar ten, where he was placed again in command. We left Camp Chase about Aug. 20th in the afternoon and took the train for Chicago, arriving there before day the next morning. Theie wai a guard placed on each coach to see that the prisoners did not esctpecpuiingt the night I bod -ftu op'orWity to escapp, as tl e V., truo stopped for a long while tit 'f.tT.MaMtl!L According to the advertisement and the letter of the law regulat ing Huch sales,' the Watauga and Yadkin River railroad was sold at public auction at" the com. houwi in Vilkeboro, De 17th, 1918, the safe by inning at ex- GiH-dm and Melville Hawley, nHiiiw-ioiiei'H til HHie were pree in and Mr. Hawle opened the s ile by reading the notices terms of sale and the court decrees, and bidders weiv called fir. Mr. Fred t"ie!i F.-tir. of Titf'vilie, Pa. was t'htf first bidder, followed ty Mr. L. X. lwi:inii. i.tf near Madison, Wisconsin. Mr. Fair bid"1 -the highest jn the. wind-up. and pu-cha.-ed the property for $160, 000. All efforts to find out any. thing further concerning the fu ture of the road proved unavail ing and the public will have to await further developments be fore learning what service they may expect of this road in the future Many people desire that this road may be extended to Boone and if this is done, and the road is put in good condi tion so that a regular schedule can be maintained, h will open a vast territory that has hitherto ain dormant in , many respects, or want of shipping facilities. We can only hope that this -sale will-finally result in much benefit 0 the people of Wilkes and Wa- tauga Wilkes Patriot, " a station in Indianar J3very one in ;tbe coach except myself was asleep. The g"uard, who was - pit ting near the door, was snoring continually. : I got up and walk ed out and onco thought I would tay and not go back, but I was not very well, and had not been tor several days, and the idea of going stranger in the plight 1 was in, and trying to make my way was embarrassing, and the hope of soon being exchanged and getting back to Dixie, deci ded me to remain, so I went back n the car and no one knew any thing about it We remained on the train, after arriving at tbe depot, until after day light, when tve were marched about three miles and landed in the prison known as Camp Douglass, which was an enclosure of about twen ty acres situated on the west of bike Michigan, south of and in the suburbs of the city of Chica go. 1 ue lence was an ordinary plank fence "bout Ave or six feet nigu. ana me guards walked on a beat on the inside, and a plank was nailed up on posts about two feet high and ten or fifteen feet from the fence, which was now n as the dead line, and if a prisoner was seen inside that n closure the orders were to shoot without warning. The primm was a nice, clean ground, with a row .or two of barracks on the side next to the lake, the water good and was brought in pipes from the city reservoir. The bar racks would each hold about one hundred men, and a small shack by the side of each barrack with fire place for cooking. The cook ing was done with wood, but the barracks were heated with coal stoves. There were very few pi is oners in the prison when we ar rived, and we went to work and cleaned up ourselves , and the camp and soon had everything in good shape. (To be continued.) ' Gtttha Genuine ndAvoi Vest. eonomv n Every Cake Food consemtlon In America has been the triumph of Individual deve Con to the national cans, m. mm 1 t 1 11 f tfmX V '7 2AUBei THE PROBLEM. , : ft is hardly wofth while to ex press jm patience over the slow movement of the peace problem. It is not a thing that can be dis posed of by a wave of the . hand. Just as the war involved certain fundamental and antagonistic principles that were broader than, the mere contact of Germany with other nations, so the settle ment must consider those rela tions.: When the war is whittled down:to its mo'ive it will be dis covered that it was the old strug trie between two ideals of govern ment, one the republic, the other the monarchy. Germany has been completely defeated. Mon archy is overthrown, but democ racy is not established. For de mocracy is not the end of the straggle. Monarchy waea stage of the advance from something more chaotic. Democracy is an other stage in the advance The problem that is now confronting the whole of civilization is wheth er democracy shall be a social democracy, a class democracy, or even the extreme which runs ultimately into state socialism, anarchy or any of the other brmsiof government or lack of government. It is the life-long struggle between individualism and community or state effort in some form. Iu this country we have inclin ed to individualism. We have given the individual the greatest possible rights. War came and we at Once took from the individ ual evjery right that the; govern ment wanted to appropriate. We went so far that we have shown that individualism is not capa ble of those things that must be undertaken under certain condi tions.! We have found that uni ted effort, with the suppression of the individual gets results that individualism cannot get. We may call it what we will, but it is the thing thatmen call state socialism. We shy at the name of socialism, but we practice it in its extreme fur the period of the war. : But it is a form of social isai that works for results on a big scale, but suppresses the in dividual, and we want to get back again to individualism. In Europe the Bolsheviki are t rying for a form of socialism. In Ger many socialism has beeaa dream of millions. Iu all of Europe 'so cialism in one form or another, orunrlerone name or andther; has been (raining . remarkable power. In this country the la bor movement involves one of the first demands of the socialist theory, a better condition and a more decisive voice for the work er. ..... It .is not t ie terms, of peace that the peace conference has to face. It is the disposal, of .this problem of. the individual aria the community or state. It is the time-long struggle)wbich has bro ken down the control or the mat ter over the slae, the1 monarch ovpr the subject, Ybe-barrofi Wer' his vassal, the nobility over the. surf, one man over the other ac cording to class. In each encoun ter the overload has gone down. as he will in each new encounter, as he has done in this encounter. But how to adjust conditions to establish the most of harmony that can come out of this war is the task now ahead. The indera nitv Germany is to pay is a small feature for that is a tern porary affair. It will be levied and paid and forgotton. But the relation of the German to the world is a big feature, and the relation of every other individu al to the revt, and of government to its people, will give the points that will be the issue ' - It is the most difficult paaos to reach because it, involve' t h e whole .world and goes to t h e levinci J. L Own it Iter, Scbtt Lee Owen was born in Rowan County - October 25th 1877 and lived there until be was grown. He was married Octo ber 29, 1899, to Miss Julia T. Walters, to which union six .chil dren were born,' three of whom died in infancy, and three, a boy and two girls survive. Brother Owen was converted and joined the Methodist Church in 1912, and immediately, went into the ministry, spending most j ui uis urne m erangeusuc worn. Tie was snt to the Watauga cir cuit as a: supply, January 4th, 1918, an preuched hi first ser mon January 5tb, 1918, and la bored here faithfully till death! He was,made a Master Mason in Snow fcodge No! 863, A. F. & A. 'M. August 3, 1918-. Brother Owen contracted influ enza and took his bed November the 16th, 1918. suffered patient ly for. two weeks, and died Nov ember the 30th, 1918, and w laid him to rest on. the hill which overlooks the parsonage, Decem ber the 1st, 1918. As a citizen, Brother Owen wus patriotic, loyal and true, ever ready to do all he could for the uplift of his cbuntry and to lend a helping hand to those in need of help. As a preacher he was earnest, persevering and faithful, always doing all iri bis "power to build up bis Father's Kingdom hereon earth. He was a kind and gen tie father and. a true and sympa thetic husband, and tried hard to make his home ideal. Ile lo v. ed the teachings ofJMasonry and' was a regular attendant at the meetings. The death of Mr. 0en has left a vacancy in the family, the community, the chunh aud the lodgv which can never be tilled. We wi'l miss him much, but are sure that our lo"is his eternal gain, and that he has gone to wear the crown prepared for the faithful, and to live in that Eter ual City whose maker aud build er is God. Let us, therefore, resolve to submit cheerfully to the will ol Him who knows best, and to sciive to emulate the good traits of Brother Owen's character so that we, too, in the end, may hear that ulad welcome, 'Come up higher." Respectfully submitted. D. C. Mast, J. B. HomoN, Com. CURE FOR DYSINTERY. ' While I was in Ashland, Kan sas, a gentleman overheard me speaking 01 Chamberlain's- loin and Diarrhoea Remedy," writef William Whitelaw, of pes Moiue Iowa. "'.'He told me in detail ol bat it bad done for his family, but more especially his danghtei who was lying at the point ol death with a violent attack ol dvsintery, and bad been iriven up by herfainily physician. Some 01 trie neijrnoors advised him to jfiveCliflinbHilain's Colin and Ii- arrnoea. Remedy,' which. hi did. and fully believes that by doing so saved the lif" of hi child. He staged that he had also used thir at II fit remray nimseu wnn equauy grat tying results." bottom 01 tne viral problem 0: humnn rights, notGerman rights nor restitution, nor sanctity of government, nor territorial ex tent. But because it is as Wilson has made a permanent demand, to make the world safe for de raocracy, this peace is for the fu tore, and comprehensive beyond any previous peace evet unde; taken.. Safe for democracy means everything. The outcome will be to make the world as safe f 0 r democracy as we can, and take a cbace on the rest of it.-News andObeerver. i-'-i MRS. MATT RANSOM. The Charlotte Observer pays the following tribute to the late Mrs. Matt. V. Ransom, whose death occured. in Hickory Thurs day of last week.' , 1 Mrs. Martha Exum . Ransom was a woman whose life was as sociated with some of the most stirrrtng historical events of the country. She was married to Mutt V. Ransom eight years be fore the outbreak-of .the Civu War anJ ber hneband upon a career which was to write his name among the notable gen erals of the Confederate Array, 8he was later to feel pride in his public career at Washington, where he was sent during Recon struction days to represent bis State in the Uuited States Sen ate, aud where he made a brill iant record of 24 rear's pervk'i. Later she. accompanied Senator Rausom to' Mexico, where he ser ved iwo .vtars us Minister. Thru these experiences she became fa miliar with court life, and being- endowed with a keen intellect and a fine store of native wit, she improved her opportune! .s, for obtaining - intimate knowl edge of the public men and wo men of her time. Her mind wag a well-spring of historical ineidemt, and possessing the gilt of an en tertaining narrator, she ever proved a most delightful conver sationalist. It was the privilege of many public men of the State and seekers alter historical facts, to make pilgrimages to the home of Mrs. Ransom, and they were invariably given, profitable ; 'and instructive entertainment. Her memory was undimraed by the encroachment of age, and to the last of her 88 years shecpuld dis cuss the social and historical in cidents with the utmost clear ness of expression. She was the person ilieation of gentleness and refinement, and she may truly be written iuto history as, one of the great women of the state'. ' ' . A BILL-IOCS ATTACK. Wbf-n you have a bilious at tack your liver fdiU to perform its functions. Youbecome consti pated. The food you eatflrmentu in your stomach instead of diges- amg. Tnis inflames the stomach and causes nausea, vomiting and a terrible headache Take three of Chamberlain's Tublets. They will tone up. your liver, clean utji vour stomach and you will soon be as well as ever. They only cost a quarter. Good will rules toe new world ai feet governed the old world. Through shoring food America helps make tlie whole world kin. Food control made sufficiency from shortage, kept the rein on food prices, gave the nation's full stiength exer cise. Starvation by Germaur challenged all the world; food conservation In America answered the challenge. I DR. ALFRED 7. CULA YB SPBC1AUST yTO SEE BETTER cLfy SEE DUU The Hest Equipment Obtainable. Glasses ruted bxclusively UARTIH BLOCK, LENOIR, M. & 11 yon sot it iron dila. wt n wmt. LENSES GROUND A DUPLICATED Repair Dep't Box 127 Charlotte, N. C PROFES SI0 NAL E. Glenu Salmons, Kesidejit Dentist" 7" BOONN.C.,';, ; Office atCritcher Hotel. OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 to 19 a. ni; 1:00 to 4KJ0 p. m, EmWND JONES -LENOIK, N. C- Will Practice Regularly in tho Courts oi H atPppa, l"u t. D. 10WE T.'A "cVK, BonnwElk, Ptpmita, K. C LOWE & LOVE lATTOltXHYS-AT-LAW.; Pro ice iu the courti ol A vry and surround in g counrjos. 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Office wiit f.ovill & I.vill, ' t done At th It shop nnder a pottlttvs tQfctAI-iSjl QMd U f aawntssd to be genuine. KstlumK-s arnished on all iiikI I orders. Sr.it faction KQArauteed Id erery respect ouall railroad wfttehes. Office nesrtb WatMgft Con Bank. Orad 1 -vie. Jew tier nd Vataamak BOJWB.N.O. -T, - A 68 D 0 ON U G H T VP I n T fM&&m& t
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