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" .iV, it si Advertising Rates on Request. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. -a $1.00 Ter Year vol, xxx. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY JULY 17, 1919. NO 40 hi i 4 km II m .v.v" ;'j f' Cur Nation Is Dry. Loyally the nation is dry. There are not adequate fac'lities as yet forthoenforeemementof the pro hibition law which the previous Congress decreed should apply during domobelizalion and which '. Congress decided to sustain, but anti prohibitionists concede that Congress will not be slow in pro viding the money and the men for thorough enforcement of the law. The fact remains that for the first time in the history of the country the manufacture andsale of intoxicating liquors are forbid den bv law in the United States. It is possible that there will.be a short period coming between the final completion of the demobiliz ation of the troops and the advent of constitutional prohibition when liquors can be sold in normally wet territory, but it will be only a short while indeed compared with the years of drouth which are in the future. The nation has gone dry. Liq uor as a .legalized proposition is no more in this country. It is a dead one. This is a condition that has been gradually approach ing, and while certain circles look on the abolition of liquors as a crave crisis in affairs, it is noth ing of the kind. The majority of liquor that has been used in the United States has not been used because men particularly cared for it, but because it was conven ient to get and the custom to use it. In the case where the habit was formed that is another mat ter. But much of the liquor trade depended on the custom of . sociability, one man drinking with another when neither one cared particularly for liquor. The man who drinks hence forth will be the man who really wants whiskey, and who con tint a way 'to get some of the small a- mount of surreptitious stuff that will be made. The big majority of men will not try, and in a short time they will have forgotten a' about liquor. The cities are the home of whis key. The city is a curious phase of human life. In the .country men nre more self-dependent. In the city where the vast limits of the country are unknown men crowd together more and depend on each other for entertainment and for a type of entertainment that is largely the artificial ex citement of contaet. At such places whiskey has been an ac tive agent. Those folks will miss whiskey more than the people of the country. It is there they are talking of substitutes.' The town man is like a baby, wanting to put into his mouth anything he gets a hold of. He will CP on loading himself with something, huthe will not worry much wheth er it is whiskey or anything else that wi'l agitate his stomach. In the prohibition States men have finished with whiskey, and tv.Au nnv little attention now ex cept to "laugh a little whoTi the ubiect is mentioned, business, has been adjusted to the better condition, and is the better font. TiiP few wet States will soon reach the same plane. All the noisy bluff that was common for tho last few months has wouin tip in the same meek docility of nbmission that followed the German thunder about the peace treaty. The storm is over. Li nuor goes except for the possible brief period between the .end of ; demobilization and the beginning f permanent 'prohibition and, relatively., that period is negligi ble. Liquor goes and we will all pee pretty soon that we are glad fit -Jfevrs ana Observer. Compulsory Attendance Law. For the information of the pub ic the following actpassed by the general assembly of 1919, 'rat ifi ed March 10, thepurposeof which is to provide for the compulsory attendance upon the public schools of children between cer tain ages as printad below. It follows: An Act to provide for the Com pulsory Attendadce Upon the .'ublic Schools of Children Be tween certain Ages. 'he General Assemby of North Carolina do enact: , Section I. Every parent, guar dian or other person in the State of North Carolina having charge or control of a child between tlte ages of eight and fourteen years shall cause each child to attend. school continuously for a p2r iod equal to the time which the pub ic school in the district in which the child resides shall be in ses sion. The principal, superinten dent, or teacher who is in cha-ge of such school shall have the right to excuse the child from '.ampo- rary attendance on account of sickness or distance of residence from the school, or other una voidable cause which doa not constitute truancy as defined by the State Board of Education. Sec. 2. Any parent, guardian, or 'other person referred to i:i section 1 of this act, violating the provisions of the aforesaid, sec tion, shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25) and upon failure or 'refusal to pay such fine the said parent, grar dian. or other nerson shall be im prisoned not exceeding o() days in the county jail. Sec. 2a. It shall be the duty of of the State Board of Education to formulate such rules and reg ulations as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this act. Said board shall prescribe what shall consti tute truancy, what causes may constitute legitimate excuses for temporary non-attendance due to physical or mental inability to at tend and under whatcircumstan- ces teachers, principals, or sup erintendents may excuse pupils for non-attendance due to imme diate demands of the farm or the home in certain seasons of the State. It shall be the duty of all school officials to carry out such instructions from the State Board of Education, and any school gffi- cial failing to carry out such iir tr uctioas shall be guilty of a mis demeanor: Provided, that section one of this act shall not be in :orce in any city or county that has a higher compulsory "attend ance law in force than that provi ded herein; but in any such case it shall be the duty of the Board of Education to invostigata the same and decide that any sr.ch law now in force has a higher compulsory attendance feature than that provided by this act: Provided that wherever any dis trict is without (fdequatc build ing or buildings for the proper enforcement of this act the coun ty boards of education maybe al lowed not more than two years from July 1, 1913, to muk;.' full and ample provisions ih every dis trict. Sec. 3. The county superinten dent of public welfare or clref school attenaance officer or ten ant officer for by law shnU inves tigate and prosecute all violations of the provisions of sectioi one of this act. Sec. I. The State Superintend ent of Public Instruction shall prepare such rules of procedure and furnish such blanks lor tea chers and other school officials a j Man lirgjd to Retain thalr War Insurance Men who "earned the right to government insurance" are urg ed by President "Wison to retain their policies permanently, con verted into such forms as they personally desire. In a wireless message from the George Wash ington .directed to the "nation's fighting forces and made public by the war risk bureau, the Pres ident said: "If it were possible, I should welcome the opportunity to spoak to each of you who, by service in the great war, earned the right to government insurance, an d urge the wisdom of continuing this unusual protection to your dependents and yourselves. "The government will trans form your policies, in whole or in p;u-t, from term insurance, ar ranged as a war measure tosuch permanent forms as you ma de sire, and I urge your acceptance of the government protection which the generous terms of these poiiciesafforded. "You have an exclusive right to this idsurance because you solved your country in its groat crisis, and I am sure that in the years to come you will consider yonr government insurance poli cy as a physical reminder that in t!io war with Germany you wore the uniform of your coun try.' IF YOU WANT AN AUTOMO bile get a Buick. A. E. Hamby, Agent for Watauga County, Boone, N. C. irav be necessa-ry for reporting each case of truency' or lack of attendance to the chief attend ance officer referred to in section three hereof. Such rules shall provide, among other things, for a 'notification in writing to the person responsible ior the non' a tendance of any child, that the ca- e is to be reported to the chief attendance office of the county unless the law is immediately complied with. County Boards n Education and governing bod ies of city schools shall have the right to appoint town or district attendance officers when deemed by tlihm necessary, to assist in carrying out the provisions of sections one, two, thre and four of this act, 4nd the rules and in structions" which may be promul gated by the State Superintend ent of public Instructions. But in every case in which it becomes necessary to prosecute for non- attendance the case shall be re ferred to the chief attendance of ficer oC the county for furtherac tion: Provided, that in towns or ci'aes having having special at tendance officers paid out of town or city funds said officers shall have fall authority to prosecute for vio'ation of this. Set!, "j. No child under the age of fourteen years shall be em- p'oyed, or permitted to work, in or about or in connection with any mill, factory, cannery, work shop, manufacturing establish monti laundry, bakery, merchan ts establishment, office, hotel, restaurant, barber shop, .boot black stand, public stable, garage place of amusement, brick yard, lumber yaid, or any messenger of delivery service, exceptin eas es and under regulations pre scribed by the commission here iimfior created: Provided, the emnloyment in this section enu merated sh;dl not be construed to iiHludo bonafide boys' and girls' canning clubs recognized by the Agricultural Department of this Siate; f.nd such canning dubs are hereby expressly ex empted from the provisions of this act. Rodney Paul Williams. We are called upon to make the sad announcement of the visit of the monster death, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. PaulM. Williams of Shulls Mills . F. D. in the loss of their sweet littleson, Rod ney Paul, whose death occurred on June 28th. The little fellow had beena suf ferer of the dreaded disease, ileocolitis, for three weeks, but wihstcod the intense suffering with patience until he fell asleep to await the resurrection morn. All that loving hands could do for hjm was of no avail. Rodney was born July 12, 191") aged 3 years, U months, Hi days. H3was the pride and pleasure of the home as he was older than the little baby brother who is now very ill. He called himself "ma ma's little lamb" and was always with her wherever she went. He was a very bright little boy and had many friends as the flowers on the mound which covers him indicated. . He was laid to rest on the hill overlooking his home to awaitthe last trump for when the trump shall sound the dead in Christ s'lall rise first. Let ns say to the fond parents with Jer. 31:1G "Refrain thy voice from weeping and thine eyes from tears, for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and he shall come again from the land of the enemy." RoJncy sleeps but not forever, Dust to dust return again; Loved ones weep, but Christ our Sa .vior Conies to earth over death to reign. When the trump shall shake the. heu vens And the "rave shall opened lie, Thrones and kingdoms shall be riven When they see him in the sky. The redeemed shall come to ion, With joy and everlasting praise; When they see Judah's mighty Lion Come to earth the dead to raise. A FRIEND. Three Great Men. Wood row. Wilson is the biggest t i i i TT' man in the worm touay. ms greatness comes not so much rom his big brain, his superb intellect and his magnificent edu cation as it does from his charac ter, his goodness and his adher-' ance to truth. He is full of the milk of human kindness. He loves mankind. Hi heart goes out in pity, sympathy and loving help to the bereaved, suffering peoples of the earth. . He derives his greatness not alone from he reditary strength but from hard individual effort; but the best he has to offer has come from the training given'him in the home by a Christian mother and a Christian father. While I was in England, people with whom I talked about such things told Jme that Lloyd George is a devout Christian and holds family pray ers; so Lloyd, George will do to trust. The people of France al most worship the grand old man, Clcmanceau. They say he is good true, honest, brainy a devqut Christian, in whom his worst po- iHi-.il mifiiiins havp the irreatest confidence. He can weld together all factions and all parties. So the Peace Conference has been in the safest hands possible, notwith standing all mistakes and crili- isisms. Capt. Stewart in letter from France to Monroe Journal. )o Your Best. Everyone sho'Ud do all lie can to provide for his family and in order to' do this he mustkeep his physical system in the best con- , dition possible. No one can rea- sonably hope to domuch when ho is half sick a good share of the time. If you are constipated, bill ions or troubled with indgestion,' get a package of Chamberlain's Tablets and follow the plain prin ted directions, and you will soon be feeling all right and able to do a day's work. Blowing Rock And Old Traditions. The Observer's letter from Boone yesterday gave informat iou that this metropolis of the mountains is undergoing trans mogritication, in that it is laying cement paving, putting up a "white way" system,- building bungalows and cutting up other city didos. Maybe the infection will some day reach Blowing Rock, the more widely-known neighbor of the county seat, and Col. Tom Coffey be relieved of the ib of lighting the lone street lamp that hangs from a structure about the middle of the town that Miss Bessie Wilson. The subject of this skeich was born Oct. 21, 1890, and died March ", 1919. She professed firth in Christ at about lo years of age and joined the Baptist church. Nor':h Carolina. La'er on she "moved her membership to Pleasant Grove church, where slid lived a devoted member un tilherdea'h. In the bloom of her young wo manhood she became afflicted, and "or a number of years was a great sufferer, yet the sunshiny disposition by which she was known, never faded.- She was lo-ed rnd admired by all who knew her. She was a real speci men of young womanhood; a sweet and gentle, spirit. It is so hard to understand, why such fond hopes as linger about such aIpreciou,s ?ife is blighted so soon. Several months have pass ed since her death, but to her de voted and loving parents, broth ers and sisters, who never tired in tender and loving care for her, tlM dark hour is still with them. But she is up yonder where all is love no sorrow, sin and death. One eternal day with one eternal Don't Quit READING NEWSPAPERS NOW Just because the war is . over, or been use you may be busy with rais ing a new crop, is no reason why ymi should cease to keep up with the yre.il proniems iaeinjf me wonu and the I'nited States. Tin period of readjustment is at hand. New conditions are coming to pass and nw issues must be met. You must read a daily newspaper to keep informed and to know what is happening anu now decisions on important matters are readied. The man who is informed Is the man who nill keep ahead. w lien you rcnu a uauy newspap er, read the best. Wo believe that we are (riving ou the rreate-it value for your money when vou subscribe for the Greens boro tlaily News. Largest market report. Wash inirion and Haleigh bureaus. David Lawrence articles. Lon don Times cable service. Snecial Snndav features includ- inr comics, special section and magazine features. You get a new Euroean map with 15 months subscription. Writii for sainnle com. Sub scription price: Daily, J5 pryear Daily and Minitay i. Greensboro Daily News (1HKKNSU0R0, N. C. somewhat resembles the Bible'Y,n" She now sings as it were description or the affair upon which Haman made expiation. But the day we know is far dis tant when Blowing Rock wil- make "boast" of paved streets, for then a glory of the town would have disappeared. One pleasant occupation always provided for the visitors is the flopping down on some wayside bench or chair and shaking the sand from the shoo. What would life amount to in Blowing Rock if that enter taining diversion should be with drawn from the people? Why, lots of folks would get mad, say it is not the same old Blowing Hock, af all, and swear never to (,-o back there again. P'ar be tin; day when the municipality of Blowing Rock may be seized with a determination to citify the place, to a profanation of the sanctity of primeval conditions. Charlotte Observer. a new sung the praises of Him who bought her with His own precious blood. Yes, our loss is only her eternal gain as the fact expressed in the following lines: "When we've been Ihyo ten thousand years Brhht shining as the sun; We've no less days to sin1' God's praise Than when wt first begun." "Farewell we meet no more On this side heaven. The. parting stone is o'er T(i5 last sad look is given. "Farewell my soul will weep, While memory lives: From wounds thai sink so deep No caJily hand ielievesv Farewell oh may wt meet In heaven above, And there in union sweet, Sing of a Savior's love:" UC. WILSON. Sutf'iestion for a Cam Ding Trip Buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic anc. Diarrhoea llemody be fore leaving home. As a rule it Te'iir Wpnlr Xtmnafh Ka a rrdrtnvttl vnlr) nil i.n nnn1 Inonmtt. 1 .j I Ll i -l-hlin fin n. to do is to adopt e diet suited to hunting, fishing, of prospecting j - a I . r.v:tu - : l t. -. - LV-. :,w..-J yoarageanu oucupunoa ana lOitn,) Life Was a Misery Mrs. ,F. M. Jonw, o! Palmer, Okla., writes t "From the time I en tered into womanhood . . . I looked with dread from one month to the next I suffered with my back and bearing-down pain, until life to me waf a misery. I would think I could not endure the pain any longer, and I . gradually- got worse. , Nothing seemed to help n:i until, one day, . l decided to TAKE keen-vour bowels recular. W'hpn - " you feel that you hove eaten too much and when constipated, take , one of Chamberiain'a Tablets, NYorhfr rnn it, Iih obtained while on board the ciirs or steam ship and at such tiiniw and places it is not likely to bo needed. The safe way to have it with you. The Woman's Tonic "I took four botfles," Mrs. Jones goes on to say, "and was not only greatly relieved, but can truthfully say that 1 have not a pain. . . "It has now been two years Since 1 tookCardui, and I am stilt in good health. . . I would ad vise any woman or girt to use Cardui who is t sufferer from any female trouble." ' If yousufferpain caused from womanly trouble, or if you feel the need of a good strengthening tonic to build up yourruu-dowa system, take the advice .of Mrs. Jones. TryCar duf. It helped her. We believe It will help yott. AD Druggists m i i t.. 'yl? Ik Mi m III .m .11 J -v. s i .i f ih si to i VK m l '4.' . hi- i Mi 5 4 ml MM M" A b iyl'!.;;i;'y-!'i,'.,:i'"",i