NO. 16
LT.41.1. c. chzputh
II BUUAC, Rttftll bJUtJUM.
(From The Johnsoo City Staff.)
One 6f;the most important
achievement? accomplished in the
past twelve months is the com
pier ion of the. extension to the
East Tennes-ee and estern
North Carolina Railroad that
places Boone, Watavurc County,
N. C , prominently on the map
and opens upia territory, of ,vir
gin timber, tasth richest moun
tain farm lands and gives an out
let to the trade of ,tha,t section
Pejrnn nearly, a' War; aso .t.
Shull Mill vtbf iffM'yrjpi
half miles of foiiway were loiri in
orae mon8,twU-ia,fe.thelBce
of war conditions higb; prices of
material and thVwarcity .of. la
bor, a noteworthy acbfevement
in railway construction which re
fljcts the greatest aredit upon
the enterprise and resources of
those identified kith the: growth
and mcceM of the E. T! & W. N.
C. Railroad. '
It was a race between the Virginia-Carolina
and East Tennes
see and Western North Carolina
Railroad as torVhich should first
reach Boone.&iid the rich but on
developed country ' contiguous
War conditions put the V 4 C
out of the ninning, but the E. T.
went forwaraundaunted,sothat
today the pe pie of the thriving
little town of Boone have a .Tail
way outlet for their product,
and Johnson City i the beneflci
arv of a promising business rela
tion hitherto denied.
Boone itself ti a village of some
eight or nine hundred popula
tion, the count? 8at of Watau
ga county, 3,332 feet above sea
level. The Dearest railway point
was some thirty;; oriforty milee
dUtant andwas rgachedb.vhgh
way. In spite of the-mll way han
dicap the p ace boasts of a weal
thy citizenship who .own. .ft n e
homes, for the land rouafl
Boone is known as the richest
in the Carolina country, and
yields enormously. Ev b before
the railroad .entered 'their town
the price per ncre was f 200.00.
At this time real estate values
have increased prodigiously. The
sleekest and fattest cattle are
raised in t,his country where sue
culent blue grass grows rank,
and the many streams provid-
unlimited acres of bottom land"
farms, while potatoes cabbage
and the hardy- grains furnish
bountiful crops, i'-'.: '' ,
But the ;chW . prooi-iict of--the
country and the ridbes't are the
virgin timber boundaries, and it
was to secure this unlimited
wealth in tonnage the Eart Tenn.
& Western North Carolina Rail
road wasrbiiHt. Tlv" H luMiig
lumber interests own something
like 7,200 acres of land - in. three
different tract", uppq which it
estimated tftere are 200,000,000
feet of timber, the finest oak,
poplar, hemlock and all the dif
ferent varieties of' nierchan table
woods now in sucn, demand. In
Avery county,-'through which
the railroad runs to teach Wa
tauga county, the Lin ville Im
provement Co. owns some 16,-
000 or 17,000 acres of land.
They also have available at pres.
nt over 200.000.000 feet of
lumber which 'U untouched. ;""
Tk iiMmii oinm within niorhf
years has doubled its mileage by
taking over the- Linvilie River
Railway, the liner that extended
m I i n 1 S
iromcranoerry w rmeoia, auu
by the construction of the. line
from a point near Mon tezuma to
Sbnlls Mills; thence to", Boone,
eight aoAfloe half miles, in the
past year; At present the total
mileage it 68.
'Froms-scnic standpoint the
traveler going to Boone wil) pass
TUrDUHU cs luuuuiaiuuuo irtiun
the view ol which is unsurpassed
tm in Urns ni Askts.
(The Progressive Farmer.)
One source of plant food that
many folks fail to make use of is
in the form of leaves that' fall
from the trees and are often
burned. Thee contain consider
able quantities of plant tovd and
if raked up in piles, covered with
layers of rich earth and kept
moist during the fall and winter
the result will be an excellent
pile of manure for next spring's
crop. Many vegetables need
considerable potash, and inas
much as this is rather hjgh.pric-
ort M.n.1 jliffii'lili to m.pm in' thf
the uoi ui ( coin medial fertiliser,
ofitf Should' save eve'ry. bit that
ran be obtained from, the refuse,
about .. the '. farm, These jotted
leaves contain considerable pot
ash. Wood- asb.es, .especially
those from oak and hiekory, are
quite rich in potash, and these
should be most carefully conser
ved,;' Store them in such a wav l
uiubauey wm not. .Docome wet,
as if this is allowed, a large pro
portion of the plant food will be
lost by leaching.
CURE FOR DYSINTERY. .;
f ...
'While I was in Ashland, Kan
sas, a gentleman overheard me
xpeaking of Chamberlain's Colic
and Diarrhoea Remedy," - wrlteH
WilMam Whitelaw, of Des Moines
Iowar"-Hertold me in detail' dt
what it bad done for his familr.
but more especially his daughter
who was lying at the point of
death with a violent attack pf
dvsintery, and had been given
ud by nerramiiypnysician.'Sorae
o the neighbors advised him to
give Chamberlain's Colic and Di
arrhoea Remedy, 'which he did,
and fully believes that by doing
so saved the life of .hi child. Re
sfcved that he had, also :ued this
'etn- dy himself with equally grat
f.ving results." ' '.' .
by any railway fast of the Rock
tea. At Linvilleap the height
above Believe! is exactly 4,041,
the average height of some of the
mountain peaks intheAppalach.
lan range. It is near.. Lin ville
that the Little. Doe, Lin ville and
Wataaga rivers bead- Shull's
Mills is 2,000 feet above sea level
To reach Boone on the railway
one ascends over a thousand feet
to the highest point. -The road
from Montezuma winds around
the celebrated Grandfather moun
taiii peak4, and follows the beds
of swift flowing mountain stream
Different from the view from
most' railway coaoh wiudows tlie
traveler on the E. T. train U af
forded magnificent panorama vis
ions of the mouhtaiU8; he looks
out and down upon the jagged
ewarp.me.nt, the .serried .breast1
of iiiou litmus, jigged chasms,
nd the glittering streams wind
irig nt his feet "ln'st"ail if g.irg
through gorges with. their macs
es of frowning stones dripping
water, fern covered and walled in,
be is thrilled with the most mag-
niflcent view ever afforded from
a railway coach. At Lin ville Gap
the railroad is the highest above
sea level of any other cast of Col
orado.
As stated at the outset. John-
City above all other cities will be
the greatest benefitted from this
improvement,' notwithstanding
all other towns along the E. i.
W: N. C. will share in the new
ly opened wealth. Every stick
of timber will move tp and thru
Johnson City, and the mineral
wealth to be developed will later
come to this city. The possibili
ties and promise of the riches off
ered are limitless,- and it is ex-
pected that the business men of
this section will avail themselves
of the opportunity of affecting a
c'ose commercial relationship
with our new neighbors of the
mountain region.
hl.lLUlUllrllJsBc&f,
The Washington, N. C-, Daily
news of Jan. I Stb, says:
In the presence of what was
probably the largest congregat
ion ever assembled in the Metho
dist church, Rev. D. H, Tuttlelast
night delivered a sermon on the
evils of dancing which held the
closest attention of h's audience
from start to finish and which
was one of the' best sermons of
its kind that ever has been delta
ered in Washington'. . So large
was the congregation that extra
chairs in the aisles bad to be pro
vided for the late arrivals! -.
Mr. Turt le began his sermori
by ahowing to the congregation
some photographs :illutrJting
the latest dances. . .V "
; .."Look at .them? he invited.
"At first glince you; would Bup-
pose that there; was only one per
son represented, on '.this: heet.
Look close, however, and . you
wilj see tu6 headsand four. feetJ
That; proyes-that there. are really;
two persons there. That is :the.
kind of: dancing which some of
our church members are trying
to unite with their reliion.
"Such contact of the sexes in
public is a positive disgrace. Any
person who can indulge In J'hat
kind of dancinff and not eive
birth, to. evil thoughts isn't . a
man; she isQyta woman. Iffan-
cing hadn't gpno past the old
square" dance I probably' would
not raise my head against it to.
day. But' the modern dance de
mands crititism and invites : de
nunciation. This 'town Wash.
ihgtbn,' or Beaufort county, or
Xorth Carolina, or the United
States or the world has no place
for the dancing' master or i the
dancing mistress.: They are en-i
gaged in an utterly useless pur
pose. , r
'Primarily, in a good many
cases, the fault lies with the par
ents. If proper parental influ
ence were used., there wculd be
much less dancing in our town.
today. If the parents', exercised
Jtheir.auibo'lty then there would
be fewer boys and girls to go
wrong in this world. '
''And yet, there are some per
sons who will stick to the theory
that there is nothing" wrong in
dancing. Go to almost any dance
and you will find a roW of chape
rone lined up against the wall.
That, for one thing, shows the
evil pf dancing. If there Is noth
ing. Wrong about dancing why
have the chaperons. . .
"Another reason for the dane
i that some rsons try . to. use
it as a method of getting 'into
society. 1, tell youhowever4 you
can, never hope i to get into- the
bast' society by heel training; it's"
yourbraiutb
you've got in your., brainand
not what you've got in youf
you vo got in your
heel,- ; '
"The dance, as all works of th
devil, changes in order to keep
up interest. I was told by a
friend .that If I mentioned ' the'
tango or the .'turkey -trottpiiiahr
I'd be cori'pfdered ont of date
They do the fox trot, the tickle
toe and the cheek-to cheek now
odays. Can you and do - you
think that there is no danger in
vouj daughter or - your sister
prancing about on a ball rpoin
floor all night long .with her
cheek laid up against the cheeks
of pther men?
" '-'The line must be drawn some
where. Y o u cannot rightfully
say that dancing belongs to the'
church. Therefore, it must be
placed outside of the church. The
Methodist church does not" con-
dole dancing, i wu i read you
statements from Baptist, Pres
byterian and. Cathode officials
-ki,K i.-s-
l-orln not muntpnnr Ko
dance of today.
''Is it a sin to dance? Yes, if
li Itinnf if "Grandaa Violet"
Sister Violet Ilodges, w hose
maiden name was Tiolet Moody;
daughter of George and Sailie
Moody, and wife of Riley Hodg
es, and familiarly known as
"Aurjt Tiolet,'! was born Febru
ary 11, 1837, and died Nov. 14,
1918, at the age of 81 years,
nine months and thre days,
She"; professed faith in Christ
and joined Cove, Creek 'Baptist
church at about the age of six
teen jeara..On January 15, '53,.
and before marriage, then ou
Deo. 24, '54, $he w as marrried to
Rifey Hodges, and June 15, '55,
she , wffa Oismissed from-. tove
Crwfe atrd in. May, '56, she join
ed the" Three Forks Baptist
Church by letter,; and remained
there untill the 2nd Saturday in
March, 85, when she joined the
Brushy Fork church by letter
froln Three Forks i church, Where
she remained and lived a, most
faithful,, consecrated christian
l.ffe,; and; flaring1 her long chris
tian pilgrimage of nearly six ty
six years, she honored the pro
fession made hi early life, by her
close attendance at church, al
ways .filling her seat when she
could. She was also full of good
works, Visiting the sick; the dis
tressed and the afflicted, lend
ing a hefping hand to the needy.
Her christian influence was strot
gly felt in her faithfulness in re
buking sin in the wayward, and
also the-gentle admonitions to
the sinner to return and be sav
ed. Perhaps a very few, :if any,
lived a more model christian life
than did Aunt Violet Hodges.
. For many mouths before her
death she was a great sufferer,
which none could have borne but
a christian with such patieni e
and without murmuring. But
she's gone on ' and we will miss
her in churchy inhome and in
community. Butfe thank t h e
Lord for Aunt Violet, for her life
and .influence iybioi still lives.
May. they be the means of lead
ing.vraany friend and relatives
o the Savior whom she loved
and served so faithfully... . '
... h M. TRIVETT, Com.
A BILLIOUS ATTACK,
When', you have "a bilious at
tack your liver fails to perform
us luncnoDs. iou pecome consti
pated, The food youieatfirment
in your stomach instead of diges-
aiug. 1 bis inflames the stomach
and causes naneea, vormtingand.
a terrible headache. Take three
of Chamberlain's Tablets. Thev
rtill tone unyour liver, clean Kit
your stomach and you will soon
be-as well as ever.. They only cosl
a quarter.
ryou want to be- the besf Chris
, Nq -t m flr
2,r K5- 1 ? 00-cflre-
The above are sonitvof tho mor
important points which Mr. Tur
tle brought iu his remarks It
was a Strong sermon from begin
pintoeud. He weu ton to show
that many persons might not de
rive evil: effects .from the dance
but that their example induced
others to dance and might lead
them into evil ways. , He quoted
the words of 'Paul;.. "If eating
meat shall cause my brother to
onena inen win i eat no more
meat as long as the world stand
eth," and urged the same spirit
among tLe people of today. It
was not what might be termed a
' sensational sermon." Mr. Tut
tie don't resort to any Billy Sun
day tecticts,: but he stated his
facts in a clear and forceful man
ner and in Buch a way that there
can be no doubt but that his
word mado a big impression up-
I on bis lu arersj Scores of persons
the congregation crowded a
boUt the P?H at thCOncloton
of the service to personally con-!
gratulalo him on hU sermon.
GeraiflYS Sacrifice Ti Aairicf.
When the German superman
went to war withjthe world and
invited the United States to
come in by sinking the Lusita
nia and later by submarine work,
he had but little idea that he was
giving this Yankee land the grea
test impetus it has ever received.
But look at some of the figures
and then put in half an hour in
the job of prophesying.
. .In 1913note theso figures.ior
they . are impressive the three
great exporting nations bf.tbe
world where Great Britain, Ger
many and the United' States, in
the order named,- and so close
together that the foremost was
oot ten pr cent ahoiul of the
third. The exports were respec
ively $ 2,550,000,000, ?2,403,
000,000,, 2)329")000,000, Ger
many being the middle member
and the United States thiru;
They followed eaoh other in tLe
ralfo of 23, 24 and 25, which . is
a' mighty close chas - :
Germany was growing at. an
astonishing gait. Her commerce
was reaching all over tire world.
She had a fine commercial navy.
Of the foreign commerce that en
tered and t-leare I at the United
States ports Germany caried al
most identically the tonnage
that our own ships carried. Ger
many curried as inu'.-h of our for
eign commerce as we carried. She
carried her own commerce and
the commerce for. other coun
tries that she traded with.
Today Germany has no export
trade. She has no ships to carry
any that sue might build up,
She has no foreign relations to
suppy her with raw material.
She has slain her indatiai woik-
ers. She has an absolute wreck
as far as enterinz the woild com
mercial field again is concerned
Germany has thrown away her
place in manufacture and trade
With her are Austria and all Mid
die Europe, and she has all but
slaughtered Belgium, France and
and the neutral nations. She has
thrown to the United States her
own expert trade, . her field oi
carrying on the seas, and jf this
country is alert Germany can
never recover what she has forc
ed upon us. The United States
is the only nation in the world
ready to take up the big trade.
Germany' has thrown away
Great Britain is loaded as heav
ily as she can carry. It. is up to
us to build the ships, ;,f ail them,
supply the wprld with the goods;
that Germany has bean supply
ing before the war, and to stand
in the first place in. the: market
of the .world, far in the lead .of
everything Besides that we mut
take on tie commerce and the
carrying busiues of some of thoe
smaller countries, i hat Gdrraai-y
has demolished. . Gerruauy bus
given the Uuitud. States the
greatest commercial lift that any
nation ever had. r. The Uuited
States will be the busy sector of
the wor'd for years and on the
biggest and most active sea In
News and Observer.
NOTH.'B.
Having qualified at administrate r
of the estate ef R. M, Phillips, deo'd.
late of Wataaga county, N. 0., tblsls
to Dotlly all panoDi havloj; claims
agalost the estats of said deceased to
exhibit them to the underslfrued at
r-'auds within twelve ui nths from
date of puhlicatioD, or this, notice
will be pleaded la bar of their re cot
ery. All persons indebted to raid es
tate will ntke immediate payment,
This 22nd of January 1019.
II. H. tf ORRIS.
. Adin'r of R M Phillips, deceased.
6ttht GanuineYxiCl
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Resident Dentist.
BOONE, N;C. -Office
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