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VOL. XXX.
The Uncontrollables.
; "While Virginia has a better
record for law enforcement in
some respects than our own
State, they have one custom in
that noble Commonwealth which
we trust will not appeal to the
Tar Heels and that is a practice
which seems to be becoming
comon, of 'shooting up the court'
when the decision of the judge
' and jury is not pleasing to the
defendants. The Allen clan
played that game on a large scale
'at Hillsville, and notwithstanding
' some of the Aliens came to grief
- as a result, they still have itnitat
ors. At Stanardsville, Va., last
. . March one Edgar Morris, alleged
..desperado, was fined $10 and
costs for carrying concealed wea
pons, whereupon he shot up the
courtroom," killing the magis
trate who imposed the fine.
Arraigned for this indiscretion
Morris offers infirmity of temper
' as an excuse, saying thaMie was
unaccountable for his actions- at
the time he killed the magistrate
as a result of feeling that he was
being unjustly persecuted; and it
I is stated that in support of this
gentleman's claim the records of
the War Department will be off
ered to show that Morris failed
, in the mental test for drafted
men. This evidence, if it exists,
may not be sufficient to relieve
Morris of responsibility for kill-
. ing a man whose only offense was
imposing a fine of $10 but consid
ering the disposition to let guilty
wretches escape who can establish-any
sort of claim to mental
Irresponsibility, it will not be
surprising if this Virginian gets
less than he deserves.
All of us are familiarwith indi
viduals who plead infirmity of
temper ,as an excuse for out
breaks. The absurdity of t h a t
claim is fully established by the
fact that the very folks who make
it can and do control themselves
when they, think it best for their
well-being so to do. Their out
breaks occur only when they
think they can get by with it,
when those with whom they are
in contact will stand for it. As a
matter of fact if folks generally
did not control their personal
feelings and inclinations either
as a matter of propriety or be
cause of fear of the consequenc-
: es (and the latter is often a con
trolling 'motive), society would
soon revert to the savage state.
The average man, and most of
the women, have savage instincts
in plenty and if they would t?ll
the truth they would say that
. there are numerous occasions
when they feel an almost irresis
tible impulse to turn loose and
play the savage. They don't be
canse self-control of the passions
has become inherent to some de.
gree and we practice it because
we fear results would otherwise
m ake our position in the pom m u
nity uncomfortable at the very
, ' least, and possibly endanger our
, personal safety.
All of this is preliminary to
saying that as about 90 per cent
- ol us can and do control ourselves
the other 1 per cent should not
be allowed to play the savage and
offer lack of control as an excuse
If .the proper remedies are ap
plied in such cases the uncon
. trollable gentry will suddenly
find that they have not lost pow
- er of self-control. -The States
vBle Landmark,
Sufrirestion for a Camping Trip.
- Buy a bottle of Chamberlain s
Colic anc Diarrhoea Remedy be
fore leavinar home. As a rule it
cannot be obtained when on a
hunting, fishing, or prospecting
- trip. Neither can it be obtained
while on board the cars or steam
" ehip and at such times and places
it u no, liUelv to be needed. The
THE MIXED UNIFORM.
Sergeant Battle Willurnas, of
Camp Gordon. Ga., writes the
following to the Charlotte Obser
ver that should. ben. guide for our
soldiers boys in wearing their u
niforms: "In these days of 'Hack to
Mufti' campaigns, when thous
ands of men have returned from
the service and others are still
coming, there is a growing ten
dency on the part of discharged
soldiers io w.ear the uniforn in
incorrectly, and in such a man
ner as to.be inconsistent with
the meaning and import attached
to to the uniform by the Ameri
can soldier. . . .
"Almost wherever we go, whe
ther by train or through the
country we see here and there to
a very noticable extent a mark of
olive drab mixed" with civilian
garb, perhaps the O. D. breech
es worn with a blue serge coat,
and' straw hat,- presenting as it
does a spectacle of ''part army
and some civic."- The apparently
increasing fashion of combining
the olive drab with gaudy neck.
ties and other strip-colored wear
ing apparel is to be deplored and
denounced as a transgression- on
the dignity of the uniform. Such
practice diverts from thesacred-
ness of the honor of the soldiers
who put olive drab over the top,
tending to discount the many
blood-stained olive drabs that
went down with their wearers in
the war for wordhumanity. Ev
eryone should know tnat tne
uniform is symbolical of the price
we paid ior tne worm ireeuoni,
that it was the raiment of the no
ble heroes who fell on honor's
field of battle, and thatitdeserves
the most illustrious treatment
and respect that we can bestow
upon it. . -
The wearing of the uniform is
govorned by army ' regulations,
but nevertheless many infringe
ments are made, however, there
is no civilian law to stop the prac
tice of wearing part of the u-
niform with civillian apparel.
Neither does the arrny endeavor
to go out after the man who has
been discharged, but even not
withstanding the vfactlhat the
army has no recourse the men
well know that they were expect
ed to honor and respect the uni
form that was given them at the
time of their separation from the
service and not wear it as a mixed
suit of clothes, for then it loses
its dignity and becomes more or
ss a mere piece of cloth.
The uniform should be worn
as a whole or not at all. There is
no real excuse for mixing the
khaki witk-civilian clothes, and
as for that matter they won't mix
in the eves of the soldier Of
nonrse there are varied excuses
given for this very prevalent a
buse, chiefly of which are that
they were unable to get a full
sunnlv of mufti" apparel at
A- ir y - -
once after leaving the service,
and in some instances no doubt
this would be a truthful answer,
but why not wear all of the uni
form until able to secure a com
plete suit of civilian clothes?"
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, '
T.nens Countv. ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the nrm oi r . j. enc
nev & Co., doing business in tho city
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid
and that said firm will pay the sum ol
rw Hundred Dollars for each ander-
cry ease of Catarrh that cannot he cur
ed ItV the use of Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine, FRANK .r. CHKNKY. ,
Sworn to before me and subscriled
in niv presenee,'tliis 15th of December,
A. D. itl. A. W. GLMSON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
- Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Wood
on the mucous surfaces of tho system.
Send for testimonials, free.- -
F. J. Choney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 73c. -
Hall's Family pills for.cou3'Juatiou.
6l)ONE WATAUGA COUNTY,
Memories of Jonah and the Whale.
An Albermarle special to the
Winston-Salem Journal, gives ' a
humorous story of a colored par
son's sad experience on the Ches
apeake Hay and in the North. It
is as follows:
If all colored people who are
contemplating migrating to the
north could experience what Rev.
Bill Parks saw a few weeks ago
the migration would promptly
cease. Rev. Hill is a preacher of
Albermarle, with a voice for song
that would, with the p'roper trai
ning, put a Carusp in aback num
ber list as a singer. He had been
regarded by Albermarle people
as "a good, respectabje darkey"
up to about six weeks ago. How
ever, like many of Adam's race,
Rev. Bill strayed off after false
gods about the time ''a young
man's fancy lightly turns to
love," and lea chocolate colored
sister alienate her affections.
This caused trouble with his wife
and, although a "professed pro
fessed proclaimer of the sacred
truth," he allowed his domestic
troubles to get into such a des
perate condition that he wasforc-
ed t ) resort to violence in order-,
h? says, to keep his wife under
proper discipline. This brought
the minister into Judge Brown's
court about six or eight weeks
ago. The result was that the col
ored brotjier made up his mind to
go no'th and leave his wife and
babies in the hands of a kind
he"arted providence.
As'luck would have it, Bill was
on the steam boat that was burn
ed and went down in'thevChesa-
peake Bay and he sawa number
of colored as well as white peo
ple drowned, Rev. Bill in relating
the story of the disaster said.
"When de cap'n said git in deiife
boats, I sho thought o' Jonah an'
de whale, and when you axes who
got busy J's done tellin' yo' it
wasshome. I tried to jump into
dcrlife boat but I missed it and
landed right inter de sea, an' yo'
know de fus' thing I thought was
dat I sho' would be swollowed up
by some kind o' monster."
He was saved from the whale's
belly though and went his way
to Buffalo. Asked what he thou
ght of the north," Buffalo, Phila
delphia and other cities, Rev. Bill
said:
"Them northern cities am sho!
full o' wickedness, day desecrates
de Sabbath, day holds yo' up an'
takes yo' money an' all yeu' got,
an' if you got nothin' dey kills
yo' case yo' aint. Yes,. I sho has
seen dewager of sin since I left
of No'th Ca'lina, an' I'se come
back home ten stay. ' I'd ruther
be here wid my wife an' Babies.
I says I's gwine back south." .
Rev. Bill has seen his satisfac
tion of the uorth.
About Rheumatism.
People are learning that it is
only a waste of time and money
to take medicine internally for
chronic or muscular rneumausm
and about ninety-nine out of a'
hundred cases are one or theoth
er of these varieties. All that is
really nreessary to afford relief is
to apply Chamberlain's Liniment
freely. Try it. It costs but ducper
bottle Large size 00 cents.
.You can" do some tilings next
week, but some you cannot.
So don't wait, act now!
Insure your house before it
burns.
Insure your health before you
get sick.
Insure your life Before you die
for the it is everlastingly too
late. . -
I sell the best policies at uni
versal rates.
. 'GEO. F. BLAIR,
Blowing Rock, N. C;
N. C, THURSDAY JUNE
Women And Reform In Dress And Movies.
Believing that it is the most
active above its eyes of any organ
ization in North Carolina, we al
ways watch with interest the
sessions of the State Federation
of Woman's Clubs. And its dis
cussions this week are indicative
of continued habits of mental hon
esty. The Federation not try
ing, as so many associations of
men and women try, to impress
the world with the Federation's
ability to furnish salvation for all
concerned and unconcerned right
hot off the bat: it is. playing on its
own side of the fence, nor seek-f
ing to overturn in entirety the
present social or political order.
To uphold American institut
ions, the North Carolina .Federa
tion will, with the National Fed
eration, seek to Americanize the
women of the country. And if
anybody should ask you, there's
quite a bit of Americanization to
be done in North Carolina, for
the very reason that to more than
one member of the State Federa
tion, we suspect the Government
at Washington stands for that
collection of individuals who so
far have failed to make payment
for grandfather's cotton burned
by Sherman.
. But getting right down to tacks
a.t home, the .women are talking
of dress and moving picture re
form. And only women should
be and will be allowed to reform
le dress of themselves and their
sisters. If the club women of
North Carolina want to reform
dress, hereabouts, they can do it
quite easily by signing the pledge
to forswear ultra styles and liv
ing up to it.
The same thing goes twice for
moving pictures. When the wo
menfolk get tired "of "vamps"
and sex problems on the screen
and stop shoving money in at the
box office, the movies will become
safe for our small fry. Censor
ship of the sort that would result
n women getting up and leaving
a theater in the midst of an inde
cent picture and telling the man
ager of the show why they were
eaving would do more than the
creation of a board of male or
mixed censors.
But we have no doubt that the
State Federation has thought
of something of the sort, for its
members are among the most
practical of the thinkers of North
Carolina. Raleigh Times.
The Finished Treaty.
It was entirely proper that all
the Allied Nations interested
should have been' given full op
portunity to discuss the pi oposed
answer to the German counter
proposad answer to the German
counter proposal, that the treaty
in its final shape would represent
to the fullest degree the inter
ests of each . country, and while
the discussion has taken a broad
scope and all matters in contro
versy have had a thorough thresh
ing out, the document emerges
very largely in its original shape
One valuable end has been gain
ed. Occasion for future quareling
has been reduced to a minimum,,
mutual agreement having been
established on all the disputed
points. The time has not beer
wasted by any means. Practical
ly no concession has been made
to Germany. In submitting the
answer of refusal, the Allied offi
ciais i-nargea witn tne duty may
make verbal explanation of cer
tain features of the terms to the
Germans, but the discussion wil
end with that. The German Gov
man government win . be given
five nights in which to sleep ovei
the matter, and by Wednesday
the Treaty will have been remov
e"d from the realm 'of controver
y. Charlotte Observer. ;
19, r 1919.
Ford and Lee..
Henry Ford has. sent word to
lobert E. Lee, a young farm boy
iving near Jonesboro, ancey
otmty, that he will send the boy
i Ford car, as a result of a witty
remark the boy is said to. have
made when the Ford party pass
ed there last year en route to
Asheville. According to th sto-
Mr. Ford went over where
boy was sawing wood, and
tlie
asking to help him, remarked1
'Do you know that you are saw
ing flood with Henry Ford?" To
which to the boy replied asquick
as a flash: ' Do you know that
ou are sawing wood with Robert
1. Lee?" Ford, it is stated,- told
the members of his party,., who
was John Burroughs, the great
naturalist, Thomas Edison and H.
irestohe, that he had never
heard such a splendid comeback
and he was so impressed that he
ssnt the boy a ford car, new and
fully equipped. The Ford party
spent the night on the Le farm
near Jonesboro, and Ford also
assisted in many chores around
the house. Morganton News-
Herald.
ormer Gennan Emperor Becomes Less In
visible. It is as well to keep, advised as
to how it goes" with the former
Kaiser. A dispatch from Anier-
mgen states that since he has
been acquainted with the peace
terms he has become even more
invisibh? to the outer world. The
only possibility of catching a
glimpse of him is when he crosses
the drawbridge twice daily, going
) and returning from his log
sawing in tho-garden of the cas
tle, and then he is only within
sight for about four seconds.
Replying to a repeated request
for a declaration, the former em
psror seat the following word:
"Tell the Associated Press that
my attitude is unchanged."
The messenger, General von
Este.noff, gave tlae correspondent
no hope that anything was likely
to be given out for publication.
It is virtually impossible to glean
anything regarding the former
emperor's life or plans, as every
body in the castle-is under strict
orders to maintain silence. -
NOTICE.
North Carolina Watauga County, in
tne superior iJourt, before the clerk
Charles Ki Vannoy and wifo Winnie'
Vannoy; Uusscl K Vannoy, Flor
ence Vannoy and Dale Vunnoy, the
last three by their next friend, Ida
Vannoy vs. John A Vannoy and
wife F.lnia Vannoy, .lames F Van
noy and wife Mamie Vannoy. Wiley
C Vannoy and wife Josic Vannoy,
Tell H. Vannoy, and wife. Tate Van
noy, Hoyt.L Vannoy and Larrie
Vannoy.
The defendants ahnvo named will take
notice that a speiial proceeding entit
led as above has leon commenced in
he Superior Court of'Watauira coun
ty, North Carolina for tho purpose of
partitioning real estate in Watauga
snunty, North Carolina and the said
lefendnnt will further take notice that
;hey are required to appear at the of
:lce of the Clerk of the Supurlor court
for Watauga Cuity on the :M);h day
nf June Hiltl at the court house of said
ounty, in Boone, North Carolina and
answer or demur to the petition in
aid action or the plaintiffs will apply
',0 the court for the relief demanded in
said iH'titlon. This 24th day of May
O. L. COFFEY,
Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Notice Is hereby iriven that the un
icrsigncd have qualified us adminis
trator of D. F. baird, deceased nnd
all persons having claims against said
estate are hereby noli tied to present
'Jui same, duly authenticated to. the
undersigned within 12 months from
the date hereof or this notice will be
ilt;ud ft) bar of their m-ovcry. ' All
persons indebted to said estate are
aotiueu to maKe iiumeuiato payment.
, May 1C, 11)19. :
.T. C. 11A1UD
D. C. MAST, Administrators. '
BIRCH OIlL.
We" want pure Oil of Birch at
$4.00 per pound.
, R..T. GREER & CO.
Marion, Va. . , '
NO 36
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR STREET
" IMPROVEMENT. '
Be it remembered that a meet
ing of the commissioners of the
town of Boone was held on the
seventh day of June, having been
adjourned on June the second to :
meet on said date, when and
where were present I. G. .Greer ,
M. B. Blackburn, and F. A. Lin
ney, commissioner's, and T. &.:
Moore, mayor, when and where
the following proceedings were
had. - .
It was moved by M. B. Black
burn, seconded by I. G. Greer,
said motion being put by the
mayor and carried by. a unani
mous vote of the commissioners
that the following ordinance be
adopted: ,
1. That it is necessary for the
town of Boone to' construct con-;
crete sidewalks in. the said town
and to construct and 'maintain
a macadamized street throughthe
said town and on the streets lead
ing to the depot, and to build
bridges, and that it is necessary
to defray the expenses of said
street improvement to v,lssue '
bonds in the sum of $10,000,00,
$3,000.00 of which to be issued
for sidewalk improvement, $1,
000.00 for bridges, the remainder
for macademizing the streets.
2. it is therefore ordered by
the board that coupon bonds in
the sum of $10,000.00 be issued
by the said town and sold as the
law directs to defray the said ex
penses aforesaid.
X That the said bonds bear a
rate of interest, not exceeding
six per centem per annum. .
4. That the said bonds be is
sued in denominations of $1,000
each and shall be due and" paya
ble as. follows:
The first bond on June the 1st,
I92l., and the remaining bonds
payable one each year thereafter
on said date, until the ten bonds
HrePaid off and discharged
That a tax sufficient to pro
vide for the payment of the prin
ciple and interest fit the bonds be
annually levied and collected. . .
(. That a statement of the
present indebtedness of the town
and the assessed valuation of the
property, subject to taxation by
by the municipality for the three
fiscal years in which taxes were
last levied, be filed with board
and sworn to by the treasurer of
the town.
7. That the form of the bond
shall be determined by the board
at a future meeting; but the said
bond shall be a coupon bond,
signed by the mayor of said town
and the secretary thereof and
sealed with the corporate seal of
the said town; the coupons to be
signed by the mayor fcf the town.
8. This ordinance shall take
effect upon its passage. Passed
in regular meeting by a unani
mous vote of the commissioners
on this the seventh day of - June,
1919.
T. B. Moore, Mayor!
M. B. Blackburn,
F. A. Linney, '
I. G. Greer.
Commissioners.
The foregoing ordinance was
passed on the seventh day of
June, 1919, and it was first pub
lished on the 12 day of June 1919.
Any action or proceeding ques
tioning the validity of said ordi
nance must be commenced -within
thirty days after its last pub
lication. . -
F. A. Linney, Clerk.
It is moved and carried that
the treasurer of the town be au-"
thorized to borrow the sum of $1
00.1.00 to be used on street work
at a rate of interest not exceed
ing six per cent and to be paya-:
ble in twelve months out of thtf"
funds derived from the ' bond
sale. ' -
T. B. Moore, Mayor.
F. A. Linney, ;
, , M. B. Blackburn, .
. I. G. Greer,-
Commissioners,
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