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7 - r-- -.V; :;;. ' 1 1 1 "THE SUN SHINES BRIGHTEST, AND THE GRASS GROWS GREENEST IN WATAUGA."-Moses H. Cone. . .' ; VOL. XXX. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 13, 1919. r NO. 18 TBSI IU3KE B"nEI. struction, the laying ot the keel. the lowering of the enormous beams and plates, the rattle of a thousand riveters, swarms of ar tists, artisans and' mechanics climbinsovetttlftejeeftAver at A War DofSttry. fLexlnirton Disnatch.) Pictrueapoweriuisnip, as large Durine his recent visit to Lex- Thomas Blaine. Banner was as your imagination can conceive mgton, Sergt. Grover Cleveland born m P1' N-c- on June without stretching it out of pro- Conrad related the storyof anar 10 1888 and died inaPrenchhos portion aship stalwart, massive, my doetoTheDisDatchrenorter Pltal somewhere in Prance, on majestic. In your mind watch this wnlcn was 80 ull of intere8t that Dec. 10,1918. Between thesedates ship from the days of first con- m eflort is made herewithto dm- there is a P6"0 of J6 sent it: I and six months. They mark the The door. Mr. (Tonmrl sidd wm beginning and the end of the a medium sized, ordinary looking earthly existence of an exception. French cur. He was found bv aUv Christian charactez- some American soldiers In No one that the world could ill af Man's temdanderine around, ford to lose; especially at a .time giant noneycoma, untu n your ionely( hungry and cold, with a like this. But we know that God mind's eye you can see the great broken leg. Not a very promising doeth all things well and that task completed; a flagbearingthe specimen, but, as "misery loves some day, when the mists have wora security mgoiueuiBnero company," the lonely soldiers rolled away, we will be able to floating at the bow ana anotner pitied tne p,,. st and understand why certain things emWasened Thrift at tnemasi- carried him to the first aid sta- happened, which, at the time, neaa. tion with them whereakind hear- seemed almost more than we You see this ship ather deck in ted surgeon set the broken leg. could bear. A feeling like this a great harbor with a towering He wa9 fed and for ,na probably filled the heart of every sky-line as a background; apow- kindly fashion and no dog ever one who heard that Tom Banner erf ul creation oi man duui to made a greater effort to show his had died in a hospital in France, withstand the shocks of all ages, appreciation for a kindness. and our first impulse was simp- The thundering bass of herwhis- He seemed tobenaturally adap- to mourn his death. But as tie sends vibrations througn you ted to trench life and warfare, those of us who knew him best as the roaring of a Volcano and as Whenever a drive began,hewould began to enumerate the many the huge hulk moves away, slow- become as eager and excited as fine traits in his character, anoth ly, almost inperceptably, you as tne men were and grow as fierce er light began to fall across the a small speck on its wide dock, a jittie tjger- He was of great sadness of his untimely death in feel it increasing in motion until benefit to the soldiers because of a foreign land, and we thanked it clears Into deep water and for- the fact that hecould, bv instinct. God, not for his death, butfor the ces ahead at top speed. Top speedl Imagine the inertia! There are approximately 30,. (XT ,000 bondholders in the Uni ted States Government. For a run to the gas officer and holdup large part they are investors who his nose for his own mask. The have not been accustomed to soldiers all knew it was up to Baving. The bonds they now hold them to use their masks at once. have been acquired by steady, systematic, conscientious thrift, detect danger in the air before useful life he had lived, thev were aware of them. One Very early In lile Mr. Banner special feature was his unfailing began to develop traits of charac ability for detecting gas. Just as ter that showed that he had in soon as he sniffed the first odor him the making of a christian of that deadlv rxrison. he would gentleman. He was f ond of chil tar Im IM Putin Cltar tin track to til Victory Uirty lia. .Now comes the call to all patri otic citizens to clear the track for action preparatory to the event the new Victory Loan, by re moving from their property . all Id posters and other patriotic drives" and "campaigns" which have served their purpose. The idea Is to remove these re minders of pastactivities so there. w4fi&oihins4p interfere, wjlhi thecnrectness of theappeal to be made for the new- loan. , Thous ands of old posters used In vari ous campaigns in the past three months are still visible, tattered ana discolored on buildings, in windows and on fences through" outline country. JNow is the time to get rid of the old and make wajrfor'thenewi- any. of the old posters still up Contains appeals made by the Un ted War Work campaign which rej resented the Y. M..C. A., Y. W. & A.1, Knights of Columbus, Jei rfehWelfareLeagueWarCamp Cqntmunity Service, American Libejrty Association, and the Sal vation army. There is no ques tion jthat these organizations will be glad to have their old posters reflaoved in order that the appeal of $be next loan may have a clear trick. A few of these old posters dren, courteous to women snd true to himself, which means that to others he could not be false, He was pleasant and agreeable in They hawesot the habit, They I fore the mencould andwould.lm ietfrtn WejTTiever mediately stretch,' and .flatter He could also hear the whiz of business and social functions, shells coming throuch the air be- which means that his circle of friends wasanever-wideningone. -While approaching the years of nowlJLve someuiiJCi liiev never I mediate! v stretch, and .flatten had before. They have astake. In himself upon the ground, so flat maturity heunited with the Meth times of sudden stress they havea that he was hardly visible to the odist church at Banner Elk and tangible source of revenue. They men around him. remained a loyal member to the have learned how to save and in Duringthe terribletwodays hand end. At the same time he was an savins have driven a rivet in that to hand to hand fight at Chateau active leaderratneBunoayBcnooi wonderful, massive ship which Is Thierry, when men were stick- Christian Endeavor Society and now forging ahead at top speed. ing their bayonets into each oth- Laymen's Association of a sister Imagine the momentum of this er, slashing with swords throw church. When he left hometojoin habit of systematic saving? me eernades into the faces of the army, it was hard to know Thlnlr whut it will man to the ounh nt.hnr. annitahinfr- heafcimr which church, the Methodist or tiitinn in a. fow voura Tt. will Lnri niiinff. tha lif.t.ia Anct van in Presbyterian, felt his loss the have a direct bearins on every ac- the midst of it all. tearintt at the m08t- tlvlty. It will become ingrained legs of German soldiers, grop- In all matters thatpertained to mmi AmArin nrinrinla and it ninir an hitinor like a wild cat. law and Order and to the moral will acquire .'such headway that Mr. Conrad saidhe saw him save and civic uplift of thecommunity you will be unable to aet into ex- one American "soldier's life. A r, Banner couldalwaysbecoun travagant,. wasteful habits even German soldier was in the very ted on the right side, not only IfvnnmnMtA Tha man It, will laM. nl fhrnafinor hia hn.vnne-, intn I SO. DUt ne Was a man WnO DOU1 be a nation of savers, not onlv oi the man when the little d o'g leadership and Initiative in him monev but of the thlnsrs that horanst at his throat and hung At the first call of the govern mean monev. and before lonir we there lone enoueh for the Ameri- ment he reponded,andlaterwhen will have erected a monument to ban to make wav with the attack- he was offered an honorable . dis intr German. charge on account of his health, Another accomDlishmentof this he refused to accept it little doe was that of actine as Before leavmg lor the camps mascot for the soldiers. He he wisely fixed up his private bus a permanent and cheerful habit in America the, government .is promoting a campaign, to encour age, wise spending, intelhgem saving andsal&iiiveritiiient Tht powerful foroe 6 the 80;000,OOC I bondboldere of the country is be thrift Qiat Benjamin Franklin in his most optimistic dreams, nev er conceived. - : In order to make war taueht thrift and the practice of saving could carry Important messages iness in a way that Indicates more in 'every direction among the man anyuung i can say, trenches, scouts and, sniners. broad type of christian patriot- DurTng heavy shell fire he would ism that was in his heart After go out to the men at the very providing for his two faithful and front whenever ordered to to. devQtea auntsana ms ororoer, with important written messages through insurance policies and fastened around his neck. He I personal, enecta, ne aevisea oer n.na.rr.ai - Th rtVila. f I .,1 .Ijn l.afi. ornnnla motl af. I t&in UUXd tO 08 Converted WtO of this movement (fc to enoouraet fcer a battle and Droved himself of money oy ms personal represen Priceless value in that capacity. wwtuuuj yiwjcuo uiuvuvu His was a wonderful record. He to be paid to. the trustees of Ruth was a faithful little dog soldier, erford College as an endowment the men were all devoted to him iund; the Interest.to be applied id would have foueht for him at toward the education oi certain ny time he might , have needed young men of Avery County. A ,i,j-r.nt.finn few weeks before his death he Mr. Conrad was seriously woun stnt a check through the Y. M. led and taken to a distant hospi tal. He did not hear' from the doe for several months. Just be fore leaving France for - America ie happened to meet some, men wee to be seen on commercial Dill poaras, tnougn tnese were removed as soon as the campaign waaover and the space used for otheradvertising.. Thereare, how ever, thousands of posters scat tered in various places, and it is the; desire of the. War, Loan Or co-operate in removing these as quickly as possible. Within a short time the posters for -the new loan will be issued and be ready for distribution. Tit Staff's Fitaa Ti thi rmnrs if ffatasft Cistf. Now that the dog has been care Now that We have the railroad fully buried underneath an aval- to Boone, so that products, diff- anche of rhetoric, it may not be erent kinds of amusements etc. amiss to remember that the mere may be brought in, a real county absence of dogs on the farm does fair is the next and most import not necessarily mean that sheep tant thing for us. ; will grow and thrive like weeds. We have been classed as "back As a matter of fact, the rearing numbers", 'po mountain whites' of sheep profitably entails a num- and such long enough. Let's ber of very, essential elements, wake up! We raise the finest Ih the first place, one must have cattle, horses,heep and hogs of a pretty good practical idea of any county logyy the' babita, likes and dislikes, their pleasures women are noted for their splen and their needs. Unlike a goat, did handwork. In the pastry a sheep cannot be turned into the line they have' the world: beaten, thicket and expected jto become Let's give them a chance' to show rolling fat feeding upon cockle- what they can do. : ; burs and pine needles.' He must I want to help organize each have grass and thereby hangs a township so that we may begin tale. at once to arranee to arrow some- A good section of North Caro- thing for the Watauga County Una has never studied very deep- Fair. If Interested write me at once to Boone, N. C. and I will try to ly the science of grassology. Grass on a lot of farms simply happens just like the change of help get things in line. Yours truly,' W. L. WINKLER. Boone, N. C. the moon, election day and the measles. It has been demon strated, however, that North Car olina soil, in most sections of. the State, is susceptible to success ful growth of many kinds of grasses. Where one kind flour ishes in one section, another kind is more suitable to another sec tion. The sheep crops his break fast close to the ground. If left constantly on one grass plot the sheep will remain, but the grass will not, for he cuts his meals so closely that the burning sun bakes and destroys - the grass root. r : . ' ' There is unquestionably money in sheep.if the sheep are handled Aftniit. the sheen hnsinpss. and if I r x 3 . i ii n he '.first of all provides feed for ana wnen me ena came his sheep out of the soil without he Beemed to have no dread. but 1 j i.t ; it., r ii r. inainv K i a I pasaeu over ui nver in uie iuu . the psblto.to eontiane to boy Wai Saving Stamps and Liberty Bont to help the government meet, itt war expenses, and at the samt time to encourage the establish mentoi1 -sind economic pro gram of thrift -among the people in order to- make the most of 'the eraef prosperity that wttt follow pefmane&t peaoel- WhenA thrift Is popMlrised and becomes a hap ,py every 4fty naUonal habit, ' wt will established a national family. ertaWtar. that, .will : apbk Mvks if Sinici. As the soldiers come back it will be interesting to distinguish the meaning of the various chev rons which they wear upon their sleeves. We subjoin a list: A single red chevron signifies discharged with honor, A single blue chevron signifies less ihan six months's service a- broad. . A single gold chevran for each wound received in service is worn on the fore armof the right sleeve. A single gold chavron for each complete six months' service a' broad is worn on the forearm of left sleeve. . A single whitechevron foreach complete six months' service in the United States is worn on the forearm of left sleeve. There is generally amereques tion of opportunity, not of willing ness or ability, between these ser vice marks. Often the man who woyld gladly have served abroad has been retained in this country simply because he he has shown superior ability and therefore was better , qualified to instruct oth ers, i.. The man wno displays any one of the chevrons above des cribed has done his full duty by bis country and is worthy of hon or. Ex. Timis C. Prisaill. ' Brother T. C. Preanell who has passed to his reward, was born. May 25, 1859, and died Aug. 10, 1918, aged 59 years, 2 months and 15 days. He professed faith in Christ and joined the Baptist Church in May 1885; and for 33 y ear she honored that profession trying to follow in the footsteps' of bis, Lojd and Master, and al-. though ,the Church sustains a ' loss, no.doubt her loss is his et ernal gain, and in his last sick-. he was very, patient and e running the risk profits in purchased feed. Too many men have attended live stock meetings, became obsess ed with the idea of live sock cul ture, sunk a lot of money in bloo ded catle. then settled down to buying feed for same, with thefi nal result that mostof the money moving was settling on the wrong side of the ledger. In the absence of natural grass of a sufficient luxuriance, silos and lagumes stand as becoming sentinels to the prospective livestock breed er. It has been proven that our soil, when properly treated thru a number of years, will produce any sort of forage crop or grass triumph of a living faith and pass ed into the Paradise of God to rest till the great judgment day. And may we all like Bro. Pres nell be prepared to meet death when it comes. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yeasayeththe spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them." Respectfully submitted. L. M. TRIVETT, Com. Diifird Spiildii. Saturday, Feb. 1, 1919, the Death Angel visited the home of Up and Mm ft W Rnn.ii Id in cr desired, but simply shooting the and claimed their little daughter, dogs off the premises will not re- Danford. who was one of the move the last obstacle from the path to wealth thru sheepv The dog law is all right, no doubt. It Is true that for many brightest and most loyal mem bers of our little society, "Busy Bees." She was loved by all who knew her. Her public school and C. A. headquarters for the work at Banner Elk. No wonder is it then, when we see these rays of beautiful light when it knecke VisiialissUMnieBtefttumioilhU Whs 'eta rstetf thewatait; rw (rfC otWvert 80, from Wsownontfit and inquired falling across his sad death that sbeat huii. .They. reported that we grieve that he died, but that ie was still on duty at the front I we rejoice that he was permitted only believe mm Aj iiMa iXK inMAwmn(Aa m t-OnnawNa v 1 French.- ' - ' " I Bnor w" OBU that the world Is better because . If you are an investor in , this, he lived and that heaven has one freat craft you have an interest I m0re redeemed soul In it because a the eitesteoonpmic organj jijfl died.: i nation the world baa vtst lsawpij One by one as the Banner Elk years worthless dogs have made Sunday School teacher speaks of savage ravages upon tne hocks oi her M an jdeal uttlepupil. It was sheep in the state, ana immense her dehght to show kindness to loss has been sustained. Curbing hor friend8 She was a bright ordestroyingtheworthlesshound christian and a faithful attendant is a measure of patentgood sense. at Sundav 8Chool. Danford was And yet it Is well enou gh to re- ten Vears of &ee. member that the dog family, like We extend our deepest'sympa t ie human family, is divided into to tne famiiy and loved one9 boys come back from the camps and from overseas, they bring joy and gladness to our hearts; we love to see their ruddy cheeks and to sit at their feet and have them tell us of their experience. But all the while our thoughts keep going across the waters to a little mound in France that marks the sleeping place of one who will never comb back. - As the moist ure gathers over our eyes,' we brush it away ' and say: "Thy will, Oh Lord, be done." . I . Edgar Tufts, Banner Elk, N. C. two classes good dogs and bad dogs. A sorry man has often been honored by the friendship of a good dog, and many times, too, a sorry dog has been protected by a good man. Instead of goingblindfolded in to the extermination of the canine family, good, bad and indifferent it is well enough to strike a sen sible medium and throw about the worthy dog such protection as he needs, while at the same time making the world safe from the pestilence of the worthless cur. Aitnougn tne writer nas not studied the final bill, itis pre sumed from a general review Mrs. Stedman, for "The Busy Bees." '' (Spurgeon.) . The objects of our care are not far to seek. They are at our gates; widows worn down with labor; a brave man fighting a des perate but losing game with fate; children of poverty, neglected, surrounded by temptation. maineth still to the dog whose habits are good and whose repu tation is immaculate. . By all means let's grow more sheep, but hot venture Into the sheep business with our eyes that the sheep has 'been left on ?ww yeip the map, while "life, liberty and ing phantom of the worthless the pursuit of happiness"; re- hound. 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