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v V lL A. ItT- AAA.. Advertising Rates on Request. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. $1.00 Per Year VOL. XXX. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY MAY 1, 1919. NO 29. , ( Why Wi Art In' Russia. Stitesville Landmark. Why are our troops in Russia? What business have we there, we are not at war with Russia? arc questions often heard in con nection with the American troops in Russia. Talking before the House of Commons in London, the British premier, Mr. Lloyd George, gave an answer to these questions that should satisfy rea sonable people. ( When the treaty of Brest-Lito-vsl has signed, Mr. Lloyd George explained, large parts of Russia had no hand in the shameful act and-wpre in revolt against the government that signed it. "They raised arms at our instigation and largely at our expense, "but that was absolutely sound milita ry policy because without those organizations theGermans would have secured all the resources which would have enabled them to break the blockade. ''Bolshevism had threatened to impress by force of arms its dom inations over those populations which had revolted against it, and it would have been an act thoroughly unworthy of any great land to say to those popula tions 'we are exceedingly obliged to you; you have served your pur pose and we need you no longer,' and have left them to the bolshe vik troops. It is our duty since we asked them to take this step t3 promise them support. We are not sending troops, because ev ery Russian thought that if Rus sia were to be redeemed she must ba redeemed by her own sons and they asked that we send arms. Our policy is to arrest the flood of the present forcible eruption of Bolshevism into allied lands and for that reason we are organ ized all the forces of all allied countries bordering on Russian territory, from the Black to the Baltic. If the bolsheviki attack any of our allies it isourbusiness to defend them. "This is our policy but we want peace in Russia. The world will not be passive as long as Russia is torn and rent by civil war. It our policy to make peace am ong the warring nations not by recognizing one party, but by in ducing them to come together with a view to setting up some authority in Russia which would be acceptable to the whole Rus sian people and that the allies could recognize as their govern' ment." He did not despair, he said, of a solution being found. In brief the foregoing means that after the bolshevists made a treaty with Germany during the warwhich was a practical sur render of Russia toGermany,the entente allies encouraged the op position in Russia to fight the agreement, which was sound mil tary policy, as it tended to pre vent Germany gettting all the ad vantage which the treaty with Russia and the practical bolshe viii surrender' would otherwise giveher. Therefore, in the gen eralplanof defeating Germany, t'ae allies not only encouraged the Russians opposing the bol shevists programme to fight, but aided and, abetted them in doing so. After the war with Germany was over the danger still existed for the anti-bolshovist in Russi ans. If left without help the bol shevists would destroy them. It would have been the basest in gratitude after encouragingthese people to fight, after using them to help defeat Germany, to leave them exposed to destruction' at , the hands of their enemies at home who want to destroy them for doing what the allies asked and encouraged themtodo. Ther lore the allies have kept troops A Proclamation by the Governor. Honor is finer than honesty as sentiment ishigher than thought. There is scant virtue in merely keeping within the law. "The (ear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in order; But where you feel your honor grip, Let that aye bo your border." In the call to buy Victory Bonds honor grips hard. To achieve the victory we' pledged our lives, our property, and our sacred ho nor. The pledge of life has been fully redeemed. The blood cost of victory was paid with solemn pride. To fail or falter in meet ing the money cost would imme diately brand us with infamy and ultimately mark us for destruc tion. Our sacred honor drives us to offer our property as freely as our soldiers offered their lives. They "fought a good fight." We must "keep the faith" or wither in fires of self -contempt: The Imperial German Govern ment asserted that a solemn obli gation was but a scrap of paper, and that government has been consigned to the scrap-heap of civilization. "God is not mock ed," and this nation will surely become as Ninevah and Tyre if we keep back the price of our re demption. , No nation can sur vive that advertises to the world that it holds money dearer than manhood, that while it was will ing to sacrifice the only son it cannot spare the firstlings of the flocks. I beseech all ministers of the Gospel and all men and women of every class and condition who have faith in the final persever ance of moral values to enlist in the great Victory Campaign to the end that our national honor may be redeemed and our desti ny secured. Done at our City of Raleigh, this the" 3rd day of April, in the year of qur Lord one thousand nin hundred and nineteen, and in the one hundred and forty third year of our American In dependence. T. W. BICKETT, Governor. By the Governor: . Sanfohd Martin, Private Secretary. As An American, Your country is still protect-; ing your rights, your liberties, your welfare. Still making it pos sible for you to live as an Ameri can. As an American you will al ways receive protection. The government realizes its duty to you and needs no urging in the performance of this duty. As an American you should not fail to realize and appreciate what your government is to you, You should be awake to its pres ent situation. You should know why billions of dollars are, need ed. As an Ameaican you should render the same help to the gov ernment that it rendered to you And as the government is con stantly ready to protect you re gardless of the number of call you should be ready and eager to respond to its present appeal the Victory Liberty Loan. in' Russia to help these people stand off the bolshevists. The al lies have no purpose of armed in tervention in Russia. They want to take their troops out of that country and will do so as soon as they can ease out without deser ting those who have -claims on them. To this end, they are trying to Datch up affairs in Russia to stop the bolshevists extermina ting the anti-bolshevists, with the idea that by and by Russians who want peace and an opportu nity to earn a living, will evolve' a stable government. ba Tunnel Method of Keeping Sweet Po. tatoes. Mr. G. M. Goforth, of Lenoir, who, for a number of years, was farm demonstrator for Caldwell county, was in town last week, and gave us the following from lis pen, that will be of interest to many of our farmers: In the summer of 1885 I dug the first tunnel in Caldwell coun ty. My neighbors seeing me dig ging asked me what I was doing. told them I was digging a tun nel for keeping sweet potatoes. I did not know that I was doing something that was worth hun dreds of dollars to myself and thousands of dclla-s to the farm ers of Caldwell county. Farmers came from the country around, and some from South Carolina. to see my tunnel. Almost every farmer in Cald well now has his potato tunnel and of course they have spread over a much larger territory. The information I am giving in this article will be worth thousands of dollars to the farmers who read it. Location, etc: Select the stee pest 'place you can find so that when you tunnel the dirt will be deep enough to form a natural shelter, though if you have not such a place you can'make a shel ter over the tunnel, as many have done in this county. Mr. Dock lartley, near Lenoir, has a ce ment tunnel that is worth hun dreds of dollars to him, he tells me. prefer a tunnel on a south ern exposure, though this is not essential, as mine opens on the west. Dig as narrow as you can, just so that a farmer's wheelbar row will pass up in it, the nar rower the tunnel the more self- supporting it is. Dig sidetunnels to store the patatoes in. These hould be four feet wide-on each side of main tunnel, not allowing two to face each other; have asol- d bank opposite the mouth of each side tunnel to make it self supporting. Before storing the potatoes, burn sulphurinthe tun nel freely, also after you have all the potatoes in. This will disin fect the tunnel and kill any fun gus on the potatoes. Green ap pies and cabbage heads cut up and smoked with sulphur will keep if put in jars without being sealed air-tight. Dig potatoes, or rather plow them .up with a two-horse plow when the ground is as dry as pos sible, preferably before the vines are killed by frost. Dig in the morning and let them sun all you can in order to get them stored in afternoon of same day. Pick the potatoes up in lard tubs, sep arating the large from the small also take out the cut ones for hog feed. Have as many tubs as you can haul on wagon without emp tying until you get them in the tunnel, only handling one time, and as carefully as you Would eggs. After you have the pota toes in tunnel, as I said before, burn some sulphur in tunnel , al so sprinkle air slack lime freely over the potatoes after they are stored. I can keep the cut pota toes by smoking them with sul phur and then dust them with lime. Surely anyone could keep the potatoes not cut or bruised For the first three weeks after storing keep the tunnel door open on dry days and closed at night ad on wet daysj then close tight except ventilator at top of door, s omething like ten inches square, If a very small tunnel, this need not be so large. Do not bother any more about ventilation unless in zero weather you might close up partly untila raise in tempera- , ture. Any one wanting more in Forget What You Hare Done. Uncle Sam is no more able to pay his present debts with mon ey you lent in previous loans than he was able to meet a prevailing situation on the battlefront in France with men who had al ready given their lives in previ ous drives. Forget what you have done. When the American soldier was called upon for another attack he didn't think of what he had done, but of what he had to do. The American citizen is called up on now to prove himself worthy of what the boys did in France. Even when victory was remote the men on the battlefields went on with enthusiasm. The people at home were equally enthusias tic in contributing funds although they did not know how many more times they would be called upon. Victory was their objec tive. They were as determined to reach it as were the American soldiers. How much more enthusiastic should the nation be over this present drive the Victory Lib erty Loan drive. The objective has been reached sooner than expected. This is the last Lib erty Loan. The American army didn't fight and fall back. It kept go ing ahead. The American peo ple are not going to fall back ei ther. They are going further ahead this time than ever bafore WHAT'S THE REASON? MANY BOONE PEOPLE IN POOK HEALTH WITHOUT KNOWING THE CAUSE. There are scores of people who drag out a miserable existence without realizing the cause, of their suffering. Day after day they are racked with backache and headache; suffer from ner vousness, dizziness, weakness, languor and dopression. Perhaps the kidneys have fallen behind in their work of filtering the blood and that may be the root of the trouble. Look to your kidneys assiftthem in their work give them the held they need. You can use no more hiehlv recco mended remedy than Doan'sKid ney Pills. Below is a grateful testimony irom a sunerer in this locality: N. G. Deal, wood worker, Hick ory, M. U., says: I suffered a lot from kidney trouble. My back was lame and sore and I had to stop work. At night I was rest less and sometimes had to walk the floor. Doan's Kidney Pill's gave me prompt relief, removing the pain in my back and making me feel better in every way. Price 60c, at all dealers. Dont simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Deal had. ros-ter-Milburn Co., Mfgrs. Buffalo, N, Y. formation, is invited to call and see me or write me at Lenoir, in closing postage for reply. My tunnel is 75 feet long with U side tunnels, in all about 215 feet of tunnel, enough room to store 1 ,000 bushels and a good part of the vines if dug before frost. "Early Irish potatoes are hard to keep, but if dug as soon as the vines die and spread out in a tun nel and a little air-slacked lime sprinkled over them they wil feep perfectly till fall; then they should be taken out and stored somewhere else, as they will get too warm and sprout. A deep tunnel is also too v warm for Ap plesought not to be more than ten feet from the door. For Ir ish potatoes and apples a tunne should not be dug far bade into ground and should have ventila tion." Children Cry; FOR FLETCHER'S C ASTORIA Obituary. Mrs. Susan LouizaNorris, wife of Rev. John Norris of Boone, N. C. was born Jan. 7, 1830 and died Jan. 11, 1919. She professed faith in Christ and joined Meat Camp Baptist Church in. Sept. 966 and in March 1885 moved r lotter to Howard's Creek Baptist Church and later on mov ed away and united with Bethel Baptist Church Jan. 1892, and moved her letter back to How ard's Creek Church in May 1918, where she lived a devoted mem ber till her death. 1 She was the mother of five children, three of whom preceded her to the spirit and. Sister Norris was afflict ed for man years but bore her sufferingwith christian fortitude. She was ever ready to assist the sick and comfort the distressed and wielded a great influence for good over all she knew. She will be missed in her community as a neighbor and friend and in our church as a loyal christian sis ter and in her home as a loving mother and companion. She is gone from among us but not for gotten. She is dead yet she iveth. May the God of comfort bind up the wounded hearts of the dear companion and sons, and many sorrowing friends. And we as a church pray God's blessings on the bereaved fam ily. Let us not mourn but be ready to meet 'her in the sweet bye and bye. E. J. Nokkis Iua Bkown Committee. W. C. Norris J Answer the Appeal. The Hun is still watching" is the warning on one of the post ers for the Victory Liberty Loan, r i and show him we're in Earnest" is its appeal. This warning is a fact that ev ery American should bear in mind now. Each individual should bear in mind now. Each individu al should assume as much re sponsibility as he can bear in the way of a liberal subscription to the present loan. It is the only way the job can be finished in the proper way. ' If Germany inwatchingshould notice the slightest lagging of the American peopleduring this cam paign, it is bound to arouse in her a certain amount of hope. There must be no lagging. Answer vhe appeal. i "Show the Hun we're in earnest',' by blinding the watching eyes with another victory. 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 effectual in curing their coughs and colds. Long experience has taught that Chamberlain s Cough Remedy meets these conditions. It is favorite with many mothers. You can do some things next week, but some you cannot. So don't wait, act now! i Insure your house before, it burns. Insure your health before you get sick. Insure your life before you die for then it is everlastingly too late. I sell the best policies at uni versal rates. GEO. F. BLAIR, Blowing Rock, N. C. c CHRONIC CONSTIPATION. There are people who never have a movement without it is produced by a cathr.rtic. Most of 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'3 Tablets affords a igentle 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. NOTICE. ' By virtue of the power vested In me by reason of a certain real estate mortgage executed to me on the 20th day of May 1918, by J. R. Swift and wife Minnie Swift and Jacob Norris and wife Nancy Norris of Wataua jga gls- (Jo. N (J, ana said mortgage is regi: tered in Book U of deeds In the regis ter's office of Watauga county on p. 358, 1 will on Monday May 5th, 1019 at the court house door in Watauga county, between the hours of lOoclock , a m and 2 o'clock p m sell to the high est bidder for cash to satisfy said Be cured indebtedness of 1200.00 and the interest on the same, "with costs of sale the following described piece or par cel oi land, viz: ikying ana being in the county of Watauga and state of North Carolina, Cove Creek township and begins on a double chestnnt on a ridire and runs S 85d. E with Ham Thomas line 17 poles to a stakecornrr to Warrens, then N Zld. W with said line 37 po to a small buckeye at the branch, the Jones corner, now War- rens, then E with same line 13 poles to an lronwood, then N crossing the branch 11 1-2 p. to a large buckeye on the bank, then N 40 d W 22 poles to a stake, then in o l-z poles to a stake on top of the ridge then 8 6ttd. W along tho top of the ridge 45 poles to or near a small sarvis corner then S20d. cross ing a branch 51 no to a stake on top of a ridge then N 57d. 18 poles to the beginning and contains 15 acres more or less, and mako a good and sulnclent title to the surchascr, so as to divest all titles In me vestodby rea son said mortgage. For a complete description reference Is hereby made to the recoras referred to. This March 27, 1019. ! J. L. THOMAS, Mortgagee. NOTICE TO DEFENDANT. North Carolina, Watauga County, Ronda D. Horton vs. Mary Horton. The defendant in the above entitled ac tion, Mary Horton, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Watauga county by the plaintiff Ronda D. Horton for the purpose of having the bonds of matrimony here tofore existing between said plaintiff and defendant declared void and for the purpose of securing a divorce from said defendant a vinculo matrimonii the defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the court house in Boone, North Carolina on the first Monday In September 1919 it being the first day of September 1919 and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff of the relief therein S rayed for will be granted. This 8th ay of April 1919. O. L. COFFEY, Clerk of the Superior Court. JOHN E. BROWN, att'y for plaintiff. NOTICE OF LAND SALE. Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Watauga coun ty made in the special proceeding en titled W. W. Stringfeliow vs.N Helen Weedon, the undersigned commission er i-ill, on Monday May 5. 1919 at 11 o'clock a. m. at the courthouse door In Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash that certain tract of land lying and being in Blowing Rock township, Watauga County, North Carolina, and bounded a.iollows: Be ginning on a stone on Lookout Street McDowells corner and runs in a south erly direction with said lino 150 leet to a lettT "M" on a rock; then in an easterly direction 50 feet to a stone, then in a northerly direction 150 feet to a stone In Lookout Street; then in a westerly direction 50 feet to the begin ning. Tl:c said lot being known at lot no. 1, at Fair View, together with the right to us water out of the well on lot No. 2. This March 22, 1!)1U. JOHN E. BROWN, Commissioner Tennessee Farms for Sale. No. 1. 128 acres, 40 acres level and in high state of cultivation; some timber, clover, wheat and pasture. This, farm can be bought for $10,000.00 if sold at once, uooa terms; gooa out buildings and small house. No. 2. 40 acres in Sullivan Co. Tenn., will make a beautiful home In high state of cultivation. 15 acres in wheat, to purchaser; 9 acres for corn, balance in clover, some fire wood. Well watered by creek and spring. This is one of the best small farms, in the coun ty and can be bought on good terms if taken at once. Several other good farms and town property for sale. - Write or come and see for yourself. C. O. GHERWOOD Watauga Valloy, Tenn. I i i t. . ' V. '.'-Si.
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