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. . " . . ' Advertising Rates on Request. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. $1.00 rer Year VOL. XXX. BOOISE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C; THURSDAY JULY 21, 1919. NO 41 A Letter From tin Bovernor to Mr. Aer- Colored Farmer in Wake County is 105 War Orphans ot France Dying Irom Mai- age Citizen. nutrition and Shock. The children of France have not yet emerged from the shad ow of the war. With peace assur Years Old. My dear Mr. 'Average Citizen: St. Matthews township, Wake An intimate acquaintance with county, says the News and Ob von. extending over a number of server claims the oldest colored . years,-leadsme to write you this man in Wake county, if not the el. and a happier future opening intpnse v personal letter, l Know oldest In JNortn Carolina, and cit- ueiure uh.mii, u uucou.es mcreas tlv-t you .love the truth, that you izens of that township who know despise injustice, that you are Lien Smith, 10"), point with pride a robust champion of the 'square to his life m the community. deal. The possession by you of Len is the father of eight chil- the cardinal virtues makes North dren, forty two grandchildren, Carolina a truly great State. sixty-seven great grandchildren The most vital power of the and one great groat grandchild State is the power' (o tax, and you Up to date, the health of the five hoiim-p that this vital power generations would make a first- ahmilfl hp exercised with a full class exhibit for the State Board irnnwlodoe of the truth. You be- of Health, but Len gives all the ot tne ennuren receiving Amen liovp that from this full know- credit to "what the Lord has can aid to the. extent of 10 cents i0,i,rp nf the troth there will flow done for tne." . a day under its plan of securing v r perfect equality in taxation ingly evident that the childlife of Fin nee has suffered a shock from which it is difficult to rally; while the birth rate has dropped to 8 to each 1 ,000 population. . The Fatherless Children of France, an American organiza tion co operating with a similar one in fans or which Marshal Joffre is the head, reports that For the first time in the his tory of the State you Mr. Aver age Citizen, have it in your pow er to write the full truthand per- The old man, continues the Ob server, nas maue a crop every year except this one since he gained freedom and started to farming for himself, He has fppteuualitv in the .tax books of made a good- living and owns the State. Yeu have never been more than 400 acres of land that ...iirol nnon to do this before: in- he has divided among his chil- merican god mothers for the lit tle French war waifs, its records show an average of 700 children's deaths per month since the ar mistice. The help of the Ameri can godmothers came too late to save theirunilernourished, nerve shocked little ones. Mrs. Walter S. Brewster, of Chicago; vice-Chairman of the Fatherless Children in France, has been appointed chairman of a campaign to secure American aid for the 00,000 little war or phans whose names are on the . i ... i. una- ,w.1. von have never been per- dren in small farms and visits mitted to do this before. But the children every day. now the General Assembly has pnncted a law that places the ...fr nntii-plv in vonr hands. Chamberlains Cdlic and Diai- 11 1 l l IV I x. I v. ... 0 The new tax law is written on nm-wi nvinninlpg. The machin- This medicine alwavs wins the it pnWcpmpnt is ade- good opinion if not the praise of lts of the organization as ,...nin0n,l niMimnv ate. The law w wy ? " ' J '"-" ....... B,BU1UB I uuiv. , hmiii nniul iiFmiiho niiiiivlt' 11 ! . m i.. ...ill - iii. ti,nt u .ni la nn """"'""o' me urmisuce ien cents wiucurc ... .... if;-n ,i vicri.t, nd - --i- ' " for a child ior an entire day; ior n'c i-.i." o"' ,i fi,imn ,U vertma. Tint the State is a true recoru ana " ... . . .. 1 . i .. ..i.n.i Vf ,. a vovncrpCitizpn rests not a libel on the commonweaitn. year me uonor may seiec a cuuu the resmnsibility'of determining This knowledge will wonderfully from the- lists of the organic whether or not the wise and just strenguieu we mu.u. uuei- m ui u.... "u-i" T,nvisp of the law shall be car- people. . t , . . 2. You will know that every w Mr Awnum Citizen, you discrimination in taxation is wip i I a1 nnf nwl fKn tmt .rtiHviitl Su will receive a questionnaire ana euuuw"u;,ra; - ,..iii i,pnallp,l nn,m to swear be- carrying ins iair innui we uur V uv vwi.v- i flA mnA tn all vnn r follow- JAJiG UUU rail' w j v...- ::. ..-lint in tVin fuit mflrlfpt o irHlLXlli nimx if " value of your propeaty unit rlf TA Ttlirn' TlllH HUieniu yl'll VVUIV i.w I , . . ... . ... . Unii fut and TiMilii ma n u'nnll.hv .Alt! hd hPllfll tO VOU 10 ivuuw.ua. ' ' .1 . P l 4.1. f vr nM rnnsrience this State Willi a low ia,e m uimuiuii V IU join ii " Li . ,L,.tr. hut wanted to bus it, high rate of taxation lIVjvtwjj what would I be justihcd in pay ing for it?" and, again: wanted to sell this property ed in correspondence With it. To adopt a child or make a donation write for information to Mrs. Walter S. Brewster, Room G34, 410 S. Michigan Avenue. Chica go. As -the values go up the t.i nn'A nf tuvafinn cm flrm-n find wnen. t, h..im.bm u.H hprpnfter North Carolina will the f ' r """" - i The Patterson School is to have JI 1 A. a new dormitory ior doys, w oe known as Card Memorial . Hall. In the July issue of the Patter 4. The General Assembly has son School News the Principal "U i made a pledge not to collect, un- uev. Hugh A. uoooin, says wai not der the projioseil true valuation he hopes soon to begin laying the I r i 4.wi.itAM f .1 ,.f 4Un Hnitr Vvnitlinrf QQ .... ,i u., : tl,P u-ftv 01 prowrty, rnira ' gimiei KHinuainm ui his ikw uuiiuiiiB and on the terns that property than ten per cent in excess of the soon as they get through work- , ,.i0ia conpmllv sold in revenue collected unuer wepies- mg tne crops, aim uuus. VI llliav.loiJi'Bv"v,""' ... . m. . .!. - .u t moiiw ent taise vaiues. iiiisiucmis uun tins commuting, nuai hplipvp I could cet for it?" The answer to -these questions will point with reasonable accuracy to the fair market value of your property. This fair market val ue you must write down in your "This is made possible by a the total revenues collected uy gift of the late cnar.es uara, the State shall not be greater of Lenoir, $10,000 of which is now than ten per cent in excess of the available. Three years ago Mrs. total revenues collected under Card gave the school sh.OOO as an the present law. This most em- Easter offering in memory of her nhaticallv does not mean that no husband. This enabled us to e ft " I J . ... .-h.i.ii. pitizim wiil have to num our workshop. Mrs. Uard questionnaire, else you win cease T" , , ' , tllll(,, ' if h th 8(.hoo, . A I". .;nn anri DRV litACS 111 CNtVija v. w "-- ' to ue wr. average v.tiu . L. . , I ; ... , .i,i anmAna become Mr. Undesirable Citizen, cent oi tne amou.u.m ... p .su.ua ... . uauuwmii vvo..i. v 4!,.i !finr.n I . i Ii i , u aha vine nil mm . vaienvou Mr Average Citi- totore paiu. a I'-um. uu. ,,tl,1,uolouMMB vcenjou, mi. AvcittKe vjii.1 , , 1 1P ,...... thP truth about vour ay pay was iua.-o , ,.v. , ...-v fr... ever im.u uc.u.'-, properiy, . - - - ? - heretofore ."This building will greatly en- your neignoor , : . - This de,wds on whetlr large the capacity of the school, citizen, to ieu i .iu. . . . . . . e nnif1 his ia ....fr hnV9 r0W(i oumresent Or IlUt ll3 lie -- " i o m v- fair share of the taxes according quarters. We hope to put up tn his true worth. If he has paid building to accommodate fifty more than his fair share the in- boys. The saw mill, blacksmith J oa tn him will beloss than shim and wood shop, with all ticaoi. " - . k- if he has naid less necessary timber on the Make Good For Your Own Sake. "Simply from a businessstand- point, the man who fails to meet his obligations, particularly a public pledge, is making a ser ious mistake and is injuring his standing in a community in a way that is well nigh irreparable." Thus does Georgo W. Watts, prominent North Carolina citizen of Durham, view the appeal of the United War Work Committee for payment of Subscriptions pled ged almost a year ago. This is in contemplation of the state-wide special effort to close war welfare collections. "It is Inconceivable to me that any man, or woman who values his' self-respect or his prospects of success should be so blind as to ignore this pledge," said Mr. Watts. "It is not simply a ques tion of patriotism or honor.. It is strictly business; The person who fails to pay his debts and a subscription pledge is a$ binding as any is mortgaging his future heavily. These things are known. Dur ing the Fourth Liberty Loan cam paign it was part of the duties of the executive committee to look up the record of other public campaigns. Many North Caro Una people would be surprised to know some of the, facts gleaned about their neighbors. It is need less for me to say this semi-pub lie knowledge worked to the harm of those who were in arrears. "What is true of the Liberty Loan campaigns is true of others. this is the day of drives and we have not seen the last one. The United War Work Campaign committees are keeping close tab on its subscriptions and its rec ords, like those of other cam paigns, have not been destroyed but will be available for years to conle. "Siich information does not have to" be published to be come general knowledge. Every business man knows how swiftly and easily it is carried about and how just such things as this may make or mar a man's success for life: If I had a friend who had been so unwise not to speaic ot other considerations as to 'renig' on war pledge, I should advise him to make good for his own sake." zen, property, because when the books show truly what the prop ert.y of Mr.' Average Citizen is WJrth, this evidence will clearly and conclusively show what the property of Mr. Undesirable Cit izen is worth. The local and dis trict assessors, when they come t) fix the value of property, will ba governed by the sworn testi mony of Mr. Average Citizen. And when you, Mr. Average Citizen, tell the unvarnished t.-uth about your property, that truth will wipe out every dis crimination and every inequality in taxation in North Carolina. True values are always equal values,-but the greatest expert can not eaualizeaserWsof falsehoods. When all the property in the State shall be placed on the books at its fair market value", many benefits will accrue to you, Mr. Average Citizen. 1 . You will have the great sat isfaction of knowing that therec ten per cent farm than his fair share, the increase will enable us to build at mini n to him will be more than ten mum cost. np-cent "In behalf of the Church ami F . HI l . . T il 1. X f Pn.J n v... k Avprncrp i mzp.n. will Npnnn i maun xuia. uam ivi 1UU, iUll A-W-0w ' at once perceive the essential jus- the magnificent gift and its wise tice in thus equalizing the public jy .directed purpose. Her strong burden. I call on you to lend your enaorsement is an ncourage vigorous support, nrst. ment mB to preM forward."- attempt by the General Assem Wv to build up a taxation system in North Carolina grounueo on . Summer Complaint Quickly Ke perfect truth ana peneciju.ur. . ,ieved Bysodoingyou w iui- -. - .About hv0 years ago when tically demonstrate . that it is attack of r.rnfitAble in monejr and. in mor- ainnmpr com nlaint. I took Cham- well as to an in hm-inin's Colic and Diarrhoea UntfiiRl to tell tie trum uuu HemeuyH..uKicircwM. dividual w v ,ofl,i,. w,.ifp Mrs. Henry Lenoir News. Spirit of Loyalty. A member of Congress from New England undertook to raise a sum of money for the Salvation Army- home service campaign fund, and in order to collect as much money as possible wrote letters to appeal to his wealthiest constituents. From one of them one of theni he received the fol lowing letterDespite the pessi mistic tone of the letter the wri ter enclosed a check for $250: -"I have your letter requesting a donation for what you consider very worthy cause. I flatter myself that I have a spirit of loy alty and generosity. I have con tributed to each and every object that has been presented to me, but I have to decline helpingyour cause for the folowing reasons: I have been held up, held down, mdbagged, walked on, set on, rolled over, flattened out and squeezed, first by the IT. S. Gov nment for the Federal war tax. the excess profit tax, the Liberty loan bonds and the bonds and the bonds of matrimony: in New Jer sey for the state tax,, the high way tax, the income tax, the auto tax, and syntox, and every socie ty and organization the inventive iniud of men can invent to ex tract what you may not possess, from the society of John the Bap tist, the G, A. 11., the women's relief corps, the men's relief, the stomach relief, the wifeless, the husbandless, the childless, the conscienceless, the Navy .League. the Red Cross, the gveen cross, the double cross and every other cross of all colors. One of my mills burned down, the hen house and board walk blew away, and, because I -will not sell all that I have and go beg, borrow' or steal I have been cussed and discussed, ooycotteu, and talked to, talked about, lied to and lied about, held up, hung up and robbed and nearly ruined, and t he only reason I am clinging to life is to life is to see what in hell is coming next, Gettysburg Times. A Remarkable Record. More than 93 per cent of the 2,000,000 officers and men of the army who have been demobilized since the signing of . the armis tice were discharged with aclean bill of health, according to an an nouncement from the office of the surgeon general of the army. Six per cent of the men were re ported to the bureau of war risk insurance for disabilities and one per cent were held on account of communicable diseases, under development or othpj ms. That record is one ofVhich the army medical authorities may well feel proud and may be considered .clear refutation of charges that those authorities failed to render effective service. Who is there who does not know of scores of young men who have returned to civilian pursuits , in greatly improved health as, a re sult of their military life? Of course not all of the excellence of health conditions is to be attribu ted to the army doctors, for the mode of living itself was conduc ive to robust health if one could escape without wounds. Men who donned the uniform as anae mic specimens of humanity were 1 ransformed into vigorous, health ful fellows, while, on the other hand there seem to have been very few cases in which the health of the soldiers was poorer at discharge than induction, ex cept, of course, cases in which the men were the victims of bul-, lets, gas andkindred instruments f warfare. It is undeniably true that in the early days of the war the loss of life in some of the American cantonments from pneumonia and meningitis epedemics was appallingly great, due partly to the inadequacy of medical provi sion at that time. But finally a remarkably effective medical or ganization was developed and the figures themselves stand as the most convincing proof of this fact. Greensboro News. shamo the devil Sincerely yours. T.W.BICKETT, instantly,' Jewett, Clark Mills, N. Y. This Is an excellent remedy for colic and diarrhoea and should be kept at hand by every lamiiy. . Lenoir Pastors Oppose Dancing. In The Lenoir News-Topic of ast Friday, the six pastors ol the various churches or tne town, gave their views on dancing, which we publish below. "We, the pastors of Lenoir, are grieved to learn of the outbreak of dancing among some of our young people, and, being thor oughly convinced of the evils in and dangerous tendencies of the modern dance, out of our pasto ral solicitude for the protection and well being of the highest in terest of our yonng men and wo men, boys and girls, do hereby urge the parents of the town to exert their parental and godly in fluence to discourage and discon tinue this practice, warning them of the extreme danger of ,t h e modern dance. , "We also beg our young people to seek their pleasures in practi ces less dangerous to morals and more in keeping with Christian ideals as recognized by the best people'of every community. It is not a matter of small import that Christian ministers, almost with out exception, together with the very best people oievery commu nity, disapprove the modern dance. Just at this time, when Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh and other cities of the State are ta king a definite st and against the dance, why should we not do likewise. Lutheran Church Dedicate! The Lutheran church of Gap Creek are to be congratulated on the completion of their attractive little church, which was dedica ted on Sunday, July 13. At 1 1. a. m., the congregation assembled outside of the church ior the lay ing of the cornerstone Holy Trin ity Lutheran Church. Within the stone were placed a copy of the Bible complete; a copy of our Church Book; The Initial Issue of The Lutheran, and a copy of the bylaws and constitution of the congregation. The dedicato ry sermon was preached by Kev J. Yoiint. father'of the pastor. A class of four was confirmed and the lord's Supper administered Everybody is cordially invited to worship with us regularly. D. S. YOUNT, Pastor. You can do some things 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 then it is everlastingly tco late. I )ell the best policies at uni versal rates. GEO. F. BLAIIl, Blowing Kock, N. C. Summer Complaint in Children There is not anything like so many deaths from this disease now as beforeChamberlain's Cul ic and Diarrhoea Kemedy came into sueh general use. When this remedy is given with castor oil as directed and proper care is taken as to diet, it is safe to say that fully 93 out of every 100 ca ses recover. Mr. W. G. Carnpball of Butler, Tenn., says. "1 have used Chamberlain's Colic, Chole ry and diarrhoea Ramedy for summer complaint in children. It is far ahead of anything 1 have ever used for this purpose." "As pastors we do not wish to deprive ou r young people of- any innocent pleasures, but, on tl.e contrary, we encourage these, and hold ourselves in readiness to assist them in planning frr such social gathering." 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