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VOL. XXX.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, -THURSDAY MARCH 20, 1919.
NO. 23.
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' . rrtisct Maple Syrup u Grandfather.
. The following from the 'News
ana uoserver regarding the com-
; inenaal. manufacture of maple
- will be of interest to our readers:
The first modern equipment
for the production of maple sy
rup from the sugar maples of
. western North Carolina has re-
- cently been installed by the Lin
, villa Improvement Co., Linville,
. on the north side of Grandfather
' f Mountain.At this point, through
the efforts of Mr. W. W. Hensel,
specialist in su gar plantation ser-
" vice, this company of which Mr.
Hugh McRae of Wilmington is
. president; and his son, Capt. Nel
son McRae, is resident manager,
a small sugar maple orchard has
been equipped with modern ap
pliances, and is at the present
time making a very fine grade of
maple syrup.
; Approximately i00,000 sugar
- maples of a fine first growth are
accessible for sugar and syrup
production. These trees are at
an elevation of from 4,000 to5,000
feet above sea level, located on
Grandfather and Sugar Moun-
' tains. This elevation gives them
a long period of freezing and
thawing weather which is so ab
solutely necessary for a strong,
rich flow of sap.
If the project with the small
number of trees now being oper
ated is successful, it is the plan
of the company to develop the
whole boundary for maple sugar
' 'and syrup manufacture. Accord
' ing to Mr Hensel some of the
; trees in the orchard were tapped
on February 20 and they gave a
profuse flow of sap which was
very rich in sugar. A heavy
freeze on the succeeding night
however, retarded further tap
ping until three dayj later, when
f. 0 ni u
the remainingnumoerof 114 trees
were handled.
The company has 200 buckets
In operation, some trees having
one bucket to the tree, others
. having two buckets, and a few
of the very largestthree buckets,
In making his report Mr. Hen
eel states that if this is a good
spring season the 114 trees will
produce between 75 and 10d gal
lons of a tine standard maple sy
rup, weighing' 11 pounds to the
gallon.
The beginning which has been
made indicates that the season
will be encouraging.
. It is of interest to note that
this is the first modern equip
ment that has ever been installed
in the mountains, and probably
the first in the State or .South,
From all over the mountainsown
ers of sugar maple trees arecom
ing from many miles to see the
equipment and a number of them
have expressed their determina
tion to buy an evaporator, and
other similar equipment for op
erating "their orchards during
the future years.
A greater number of orchards
throughout the section are being
worked this season than at any
previous time. Mr. Hensel looks
for the inauguration of this work ha8 come to a place of great use
to greatly increase the output of f ulneS8( and it has oniy begun to
maple sugar and maple syrup grQw lnt0 the institution which
from western North Carolina, the promoters plan for it.
and that these forests will be con- Tn ... rwlij7,,t,ion of our dreams
served mucn more careiuuy man
xney nave uwu iu uwu "c
states that the Linville Improve
ment Company has shown remar
kable progressiveness in install
ing this equipment, and in ex-
Tiressine the determination , to
greatly enlarge it in case it sue
ceeds in the present small way.
If the entire number of maple
trees in the mountain forests are
developed, it is expected that
v North Carolina will be practically
independent of imported mapie
svruD or maple Bugar.
The New-State Highway taw
Perhaps one of the most impor-
tant act s of the North Carolina
General Assembly was the pass-
age of the Phar-Matthews Road
Law, which was enacted for the
purpose of building and main
taining a system of State high
ways, and enabling the State to
secure benefits of Federal aid
therefor.
Under this act funds collected
by the State as license tax on all
motor vehicles of all kinds shall
be set aside by the State Treas
urer as a "state highway fund"
and is to be used for the construc
tion and maintenance of the afore
said system of modern highways
which will connect the various
county seats and other principal
towns in the State. This work
including all surveys, plans spec
ifications, etc.. will be done by
the State Highway Commission.
The counties, townships, or road
districts through which thehigh
ways are built, must co-operate
to the extent of furnishing, with
out cost to the state all necessary
rights of way.
The license tax on automobiles
and other motor vehicles ranges
from $10.00 to $100.00, according
to horsepower of pleasure cars
or the carrying capacity of each
commercial truck. The tax will
be collected annually.
The Phar-Matthews Law pro-
vids for anew State Highway Com
mission, consisting of 4 members
appointed by the governor, one
from western, one from eastern
and one from Central North Car
olina and one from the State at
large. They must be practical
business men and give their en
tire time to the work, and will re
ceive a maximum salary of $5,500
per annum Bonds, fixed and ap
proved by the governor must be
J, . . .
given 1UI uuc laiLiixui uisuiqii (,c
of their duties, All public prop
erty coming into the Jiands of the
said Commission will be account
ed for.
On or before the 10th day of
the convening of each regular
session of the General Assembly
the State Highway Commission
will be .required to make a full
detailed report of construction
and maintenance work, cost of
work, and such other data as is
of public interest. The books
and accounts of the Commission
must be audited yearly by a cer
titled public accountant designat
ed by governor.
The new highway law is in
force on March 10. Initsentir
ety it seems complete, and prac
tical in every detail, and bids fair
to mark the beginning of a new
era of progress in North Caro
lina. .,
A Tint School And Its Fouiler.
(Tho Lrnior News.)
The Topic is pleased-to learn
that the Appalachian Training
School at Boone has been well
idAil for hv the Lecrisluture.
. ffuidance o SuDt B.
n-IK.hBrtv and his brother.
, ADDalachiari Training School
f futu re development of this part
0f North Carolina-good roads,
- . shools. National Park de-
o '
velopment, etc. we see in the
Training School at Boone a most
important factor, and' this has
been made possible through the
- pnprirv and foresight of one man
- extraordinary mental force
, Quiet, modest, un
saumlriC. b. B. Dougherty will
L-kn own to Dosteritv as one of
leadiDlg educators and most
geIui citizens our State nas pro
I daced.
Student Officers Eotitled $60 Bonus.
Student officers of the student
army training corps in the vari-
ous educational institutions of the
country are entitled to the sol-
diers $(10 bonus provided in the
war revenue bill for discharged
soldiers and sailors who served
in the present war.
This information was obtained
from the war department by the
Greensboro Daily New's cortes-
londent, following inquiry from
North Carolina regarding thel
status of student army officers,
me construction placed oy the
w.ar department on the $G0 bonus
i
aw is substantially as follows:
If a young1 man had actually
been inducted into the training ly and fairly described and its
corps, prior to armistice day, true condition represented; that
Nov. 11, and had begun training I have in no case sought to" mis
at a. regularly designated college, lead the supervisor of his assist-
he is regarded as having entered
the military service of the United
States, and is entitled to $60 dis-
charge bonus.
If he had not been actually in-
ducted into the service by Nov.
ll, and his admission application
md not been passed upon by the
ocal entrance board, he is not en-
titled to the bonus.- The same
applies to enlisted men ordered
to report before,Nov. 11, but who
had not actually been taken into
t'.ie service before the armistice
i
was declared.
Officials of the war department
hold that under the terms of the
law a collegiate institution giving
instruction to young officers was
in effect a military camp and if
the prospective officer had begun
to study and drill before Nov. 11.
and had been accepted as a stud
ent officer, he comes within the
provisions of the law and is enti
tied to make application for the
$00 allowance. Landmark. ,
JUSSIA.
I had hoped the Russian mass
es would get down to tacks in
time; season after season passes
and the country's still a crime;
day by day the same old story,
till the narrative's grown hoary
how the butchers crazed and
gory wade Knee deep in blood
and slime, uoves or peace, we
say, have risen, now that we
have squelched the Hun; since
old Kaiser Bill got hisn we be
lieve the trouble s done; but in
Russia blood is tlowing, there the
ssythe of death is mowing; never
was so grim a sowing underneath
a winter sun. We can only hope
that later Russia may be safe and
sane, when the demagogue and
traitor have been rounded up and
slain; when the people get. the not
ion that there's nothing in com
motion and prescribe a deadly
potion for old Trotsky and his
t 'ain. Blood is dripping in a
drizsle all above that land of woe;
and our snow white dove's a fiz
zle while this sort of thing is so;
steps of some kind should be ta
kn to relieve that land forsaken;
how to save the Russian bacon?
rm i i t i -mtr ill
i ll oejiggerea ii i Know. wait
Mason in News and Observer.
Got Ready tor Victory Liborty Loan.
The Victory Liberty Loan cam
paign will open on April 21 and
close May 10. The loan will be
for at le ist $5,000,000,000. Notes
maturing in five years will be is
sued instead of bonds as hereto
fore. Interest rates have not
been announced, but it is thought
to be above 4' per cent.
FOR THE CHILDREN.
Too much care cannot be exer
cised in selecting a cough, medi
cine for children. It should be
pleasant to take, contain no harm
ful drug and most enectual in
curing their coughs and colds.
Long experience has taught that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
meets these conditions, it is a
favorite with many mothers.
The New Tax System.
When the people begin making
return of their taxable property
on the first Monday in May they
will be sending it in for assess
ment at full valuatio. This is best
explained in the oath which has
been prescribed for the proper
ty owner to, take on having sign
ed his listing blanks. He must
swear, or he may aflirm, that, to
the best of his -know ledge aridbe-
lief, "foregoing statement con-
tains a true, full and correct list
of all property owned by mo on
me nrst aay or jviay. iyiy, or
which I am authorized or requir
ed to list as agent for another;
that such property has been ful
ant os to tho entire quantity, qual
ity or value of the property; that
I have, to the best of my know
ledge and judgement, valued the
said property at its true and ac-
tual value on the first day of May
iiy, oy wnicn i mean the price
that could have been obtained for
said property at private or volun
tary sale for cash, and not the
price which might be realized at
a forced or auction sale." But
while this full-value assessment
is to be made the coming May,
the tax is not to be levied, and
collected under the new system
until the following year. The a
mount that may be levied and col
lected in that year is restricted.
There can be no increase in reve
nue from the general property
tax above 10 per cent over that
levied and collected in 1919. The
tax rates of the State are to be
revised at a special session of the
Legislature, to be held in the
Summer of 1920. The increase
being limited, in any event to not
more than 10 per cent over the a
mount collected in 1919, it is ar
gued by the farmers of the law
that this would not be as large as
has been generally the result of
the quadrenial assessment under
the old plan. Charlotte Obser
ver. iau Flesh Sold to Starvio Populace.
Reports that have come to the
U. S. Department of State, tell of
chaotic conditions existing in
Russia. One reiiort sayshuman
flesh has been sold to the famine
stricken population of . Moscow
by Chinese soldiers.
Both Moscow and Petrograd
are reported without fuel of any
kind. Coal, kerosene, wood
and,
and
gnsoline are not available,
for this reason the sewerage and
water system of Petrograd may
cease operation soon.
Advices indicate desertion of
the streets of Petrograd, with
:he exception of civilians begging
fjr bread. The deaths in jthe
ity are 4,000 daily.
Conditions in Moscow are some
better. The only foou available
is sold by peasants at. excessive
.
prices. The stores remaining
apenare permitted to sell food
on the card system only
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION.
There are people who never
have a movement without it is
produced by a cathartic. Most
it them have brought that condi
tion on themselves by the use of
mineral waters and strong cath
artics that take too much water
out of the system and aggrevate
the disease they are meant to re
lieve. A mild laxative tonic like
Chamberlain's Tablets affords
gentle movement of the bowels
that you hardly realize has been
produced by! a medicine, and their
use is not so likely to be followed
by constipation,
.Electric lamps, Westinghoose
electric irons, and double sockets
at J. S. Winkler's. ad-4t
Battery E On Way Home.
Battery E, 113th F. A., com
posed of Caldwell and Watauga
boys, sailed from Brest, France
for New York on March 5th. The
boys will be mustered out of the
service at Camp Jackson, Colum
bia, S. C. some date early in Ap
ril. The 113th field artillery
with 48 officers and 1,408 men is
due to land in New York to-day.
The 113th sailed on the Santa
Teresia.
Aged Admiral Retires From Service.
Rear Admiral Nathaniel R.
Usher, retires from active service
April?, reaching the age limit of
64 years. He has. been in active
service nearly w years. Admi-Man
ral Usher is a graduate from the
Annapolis JNaval Training school
and for a number of years was
commander of the battle ship
Michigan. He will return to his
home in Potsdam, N. Y. at that
time. ' i
British Navy Holds Bif Record.
From August 1914 to March 2,
1919, the British Navy is report
ed to have transported more than
26,500,000 soldiers and others
connected with the conduct of
the war. In addition to these,
nearly 200,000 prisoners, 2,250,-
000 animals, 500,000 vehicles, 48,-
000,000 tons of military stores,
and 5,000,000 tons of live stores
have been transported.
Changes in Civil Service Comnissioo
President Wilson has made
known his determination to reor
ganize the Civil Service Commis
sion by asking for the resigna
tion qf two members, Herman
W. Craven and Charles M. Gallo
way. The new commissioners
Martin A. Morrison' of Indiana
and George R. Wales of Vermont,
aldwell County Bay Decorated For
Bravery.
Lieutenant Andrew L. Nelson
of Lenoir, N. C. has been award-
eTthe Criox de Guerre by the
rench army for exceptional
bravery and heroism displayed
in action near Bussy farm, Cham
pagne Sector, Sept. 29, 1918.
With disregard of personal dan
ger Lieut. Nelson showed great
devotion to duty by collecting
scattered units of his company
in the face of direct artillery and
machine gun fire.
Report of tho condition of
THE BANK OF BIO WIG ROCK
at Blowing Rock In the State of North
Carolina, at the close of business,
March 4, lur.i:
RESOURCES
fjoans and discounts
$116,514.04
Overdrafts unsecured
534.59
0. S. and liberty bonds
1300.00
War Savings Stamps
Hankinif bouse
2750.00
Furniture and nxtures 1208.00
All other real estate owned 190.34
Due from national bangs 0054.92
Cash items held over 24 hour3 8.17
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nor coin currency nw.oo
National bank notes lOio.oo
UUilV WUUVMMW til TV
. Total
$143,177.94
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in $16,000.00
Surplus fund 2,i00.00
Undivided profits less cur-
cnt expenses A tax paul &o.4M
Bills payable 15,000,000
Deposits subject to check 45,907.43
Time certificates of deposit 52,491.55
Cashiers checks outstanding 10,720.47
Total $143,177.94
State of North Carolina, county of
Watamra. 1, J. T, Miller, cashier of
the .above named bank, do solemly
swear tnat tho above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and be
lief.
J. T. Miller, Cashier.
Correct-attst:
J." A. Lentz
Will Lentz
' T. H. COFFIV
Directors,
Subscribed ml sworn to before me,
mis lZt.i day ot March mi).
J. H. Green, J. T.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
The government of India re
ports that deaths from influenza
during the year of 1918 totaled
5,000,000.
The frontier between German-
Austria and Czecho-Slovakia was
reoiened Sunday, the 9th and
trains are again crossing the fron
tier. Tho mercantile fleet now in
German harbors, to be surren
dered to the entente allies is con
siderably more than 2,000,OCO
tons.
A loan of 5,000,000 has been
granted by the United States
Treasury. This raises Ruman
credits to 15,000,000, and
those for all the allies to $8,841,
657,000,
Art treasures taken from
France by the Germans are be
ing restored to their owners. 10
car loads of paintings and other
priceless treasures recently ar
rived at Valenciennes.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
has been appointed to succeed
Sir William Robertson as com
mander in chief of the home for
ces, uen. Robertson, is to be
commander of the army of the
Rhine.
Camp Greene was not turned
over to the owners of the camp.
site on March 15 as was was for
merly indicated.
It will be some
the troops are
time before all
moved.
It is announced that France
spent 26,000,000 francs for shells
and projectiles during the war,
and 1.500.000.000 francs were
spent for extra material for ar
tillery use.
Capt. Erskine E. Boyce, of Gas-'
tenia, N. C. and officer of 113th
field artillery, has been awarded
the distinguished service cross .
for bravery on the battle fields of
France.
Strike outbreaks in Berlin
which have been attributed to
bolskevik propaganda, are due to
lack of food says a Copenhagan
dispatch. It also states that the
reports of bloodshed in Berlin
have been greatly exaggerated.
A car load of whiskey was re
cently captured in Durham, N.
C. It was billed as hay and con
signed to an eastern North Caro
lina town from Baltimore. The
car contained 480 quarts of whis
key and ten tons of hay.
It is made public by Director
General Dinsmore that the . Uni
ted States Employment Service
will be reduced W) per cent on
March 22nd, and the number of
employment offices will be chan-
ged from 750 to
56. This step'
was made necessary because of
the failurn of Cnncrrps.a tnnrrviHn
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day and a hole 200 feet long and
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u ieeo aeep wasnea out. ine
new power house below the dam
was overflowed, and the machin
ery in the first floor is thought to
be greatly -damaged. No dam
age was done by the water in the
valley below.
Plans have been disclosed by
snipping ooara ior ine es-
taoiisnmeni intne near iuture oi
regular freight and passenger
and
steamship service between the
United States and South and Cen
tral America. Twenty-two 12,
000 ton vessels will be used, and
weekly trips will be made to the
ports of these countries, Accom
modations on these ships will be
as fine as any trans-Atlantic Li
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