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VOL. XXX.
EOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY AUGUSf 7, 1919.
NO 43.
; The Anti-Liquor Laws.
Following are the main provis-
ions of the prohibition enforce
. ment law, which passed the
House of Congress last week and
is now pending in the Senate:
After January 20, 1920.
Every person permitted under
the law to have liquor in his pos
session shall report the quantity
,v and kind to the Commissioners
of Internal Revenue. (This ap
plies to chemists, physicians etc.
After February 1, 1920:
The possession of any liquor,
. other than as authorized by the
law, shall be prima facieevidence
that it is being kept for sale or
I otherwise in violation of the law.
It will not be required, however,
. to report, and it will not be ille
: . gal to have "in one's possession,
liquor in a private dwelling while
the same is occupied and used
by the possessor as his private
dwelling, and the liquor is used
for personal consumption by the
owner, his family or his guesjh.
The possessor of such liquors,
bears the burden of proof that
the liquor was acquired and is
possessed lawfully. Intoxicat
ing liquor is defined as a bever
age containing more than one
half per cent of alcohol.
Any house, boat, vehicle, or
other place where liquor is man-
factured or sold, is declared a
nuisance. No person shall man
ufacture, sell, barter, give away,
transport, import, export, deliv-
er, furnish or receive any intoxi
eating liquors.
.r Liquor for non-beverage pur
poses and wine for sacramental
use may be sold under specified
regulations. '
Denatured alcohol, medicinal
preparations (including patent
r medicines) unfit for beverage pur
poses, toilet articles, flavoringex-
i, tracts and vinegar are exempt.
Registered physicians are au
thorized to issue .prescriptions
under strict regulations for the
use of liguor in case whweit
' . - may be considered necessary as
a medicine.
r Liquor advertisements of all
. kinds are prohibited.
Sale, manufacture or distribu
tion of compounds intended for
use in the unlawful manufacture
of liquor is prohibited, together
' with sale or publication of re
ceipts for home manufacture.
Use of liquor as a beverage on
any public conveyance, train,
boat or jitney bus is prohibited.
Broad powers are given under
the search and seizure section
t j officers charged with the en
forcement of the law. They may
enter a dwelling house in which
' liquor is sold and seize it, togeth
er with implements of manufac
tuie. "Seizure of all craft or ve
hides used in the transportation
of liquoris authorized.
Enforcement of the war-time
a c t, and the const itutiona
amendment is provided for in the
measure and in prattically th
same manner.
For first offense of violators
the maximum line is $1,000 or
six monlhs imprisonment and .'or
subsequent offenses fines range
' from $200 to $2,000, or one month
to live years imprisonment.
Enforcement of both the war
lime act and the amendment is
lodced in the internal revenue
bureau and the department o:
justice.
Summer Complaint Quickly Re
lieved.
"About two years ago when
suffering from a severe attack o:
summer complaint, I took Cham
berlain's Colic' and Diarrhoea
Remedy and it relieved me almost
Instantly." writes Mrs. Henry
Jewett. Clark Mills, N. Y. This
is an excellent remedy for colic
and diarrhoea nnd should be kept
at hand by every family.
22,000 Americans Buried in One' Ceme
tery. Less than one-half of one' per
cent of the American soldiers
who died on the battle fields of
France were buried unidentified,
according to Col. Joseph S. Her
ron, of Cincinnatti, commander
of the 13,000 troops who interred
the fallen Americans and who re
turned to New York recently.
The men under Col. Herron's
command removed the dead from
the temporary graves dug for
them under fire or at night on
the field where they fell and laid
them to rest in large concentra
tion cemeteries.
Each cemetery Is surrounded
by a painted fence and the grass
on the graves is kept green and
cared for by a detachment of sol
diers left on duty as caretakers.
The largest graveyard is at Ro-
magne, where lie 22,000 Ameri
cans who died in the Argonne
and Meuse sectors, and the next
argest is at Thiacourt, where 4,-
300 soldiers who fought at St.
Mihiel and Toul are buried.
We did our work, said," Col.
Herron, "in aocordanca with
le expressed wishes of the men
of the A. E. F. The remark most
frequently heard when the busi
ness of getting killed was spoken
of was the hope that the fellow
talking 'got it' he would be bur
ied with the others of his regi
ment or division who also fell and
close to the battle or on it."
The advisability of bringing
the American dead back from
ranee was questioned today by
Baron d'Estournells de constant,
member of-the French Senate,
who sailed for France after abrief
isit to this country. Baron de
Constant, referring to the pro
posed removal of the war dead
of the allied countries said:
"1 would say 'wait.' WeFrench
have a great respect for the dead
and there is not a french mother
or father who does not look upon
the American ad in France as
their sons and their graves will
be so honored. In this time of
confusion it would not be wise
to attempt to remove the dead.
There would be terrible mistakes
made. In any event, it is wiser to
wait until times are more set
tled."
As far as war department rec
ords show, the body of only one
d jceasod member of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces, that of
jieut. Warren C. Harris, son of
3rig.-Gen. George H.Harris, has
been returned from France to
the United States. This was re
aled through publication of t
report submitted to a House war
investigating committee by Mnj.
G3n. George W. Burr, assistant
chief of staff.
The report was in answer to
quiries made of Cen. March, the
chief of staff, when he was before
the committee. At that time the
chief said the return of the bod
ies would be a violation of the
international agreement with
France, and wholly wrong.
Loss of Appetite.
As a general rule there is noth
ing serious about a loss of apa
tite, and if you skip amealoronly
eat two meals a day for a few
days you will soon have a relish
for vour meals when meal time
1- . . 1 A 1 1. i
comes. Hear in minu mai at
least five hours should always e
lapse between meals so as to give
the food ample time to digest
and the stomach a period of rest
before a second meal is taken
Then if you eat no more than you
crave and take a reasonable am
ount of outdoor exercise every
day you will not worry about
vour appetite. When the loss of
appetite is caused by constipa
tion as Is often' the case, that
should be corrected at once.
dose of Chamberlain's Tablets
will do it.
Ex-Kaiser Worried Over His Real Estate.
A correspondent of Ihe Asso
ciated Press, writing from Am
erongen, says the former Ger
man emperor has been discuss
ing his financial problems for
some time with Dr. J. Kriege,
who has been in charge of the
imperial estates and funds in
Germany since the Hohenzollern
abdication.
The ex emperor is not short
pf money, as he possessed a con
siderable amount on deposit in
Holland before war began. This
was added to appreciably while
hostilities were in progress. Dur
ing the few stirring weeks pre
ceding his abdication William and
his followers transferred fur
th3r large feutris in ready cash.
But William is troubled as to
the fate of his real estate. He
possessed no fewer than 55 cas
tles, hunting boxes and country
seats scattered over the empire.
he revenues of these proper
ties are for the present, at least,
in the hands of the new govern
ment, which hitherto has paid
from their proceeds all Herr Ho-
henzollern's bills, forwarded to
Berlin for settlement. These
accounts have been quite forwar
ded to Berlin for settlement.
hese accounts have been quite
formidable, as the imperial ref
ugee is called upon to pay for
everything he consumes, as well
as for his accommodation and the
upkeep of his suite, besides pay
ing the wages of the gardeners
and domestics of the Bentwick
estate which render him services
while wood-cutting or in the
lousehold. The expenses of the
Dutch guard of gendarmes on
duty around the castle also fall
on the Hohenzollern purse.
The German government's in
tention concerning the former
emperor's private fortune cannot
be gleaned at Amerongen. Ger
mans recently from the father-
and declare there is a great deal
of purely personal sympathy for
William among all classes, and
that it is likely he will receive a
arge portion of the value of what
le owned. They say that it is
probable that most of the castles
and country houses wifl b.? sold
and the cash result paid to Wil-
iain's account, but a number of
them may be retained as govern
ment property to be used for the
purposes of local government
headquarters. This they con
sider an equitable arrangement
which will not deprive the ex
monarch of his rights as a pri
vate citizen as, they believe,
would be the case if his property
was confiscated.
Revenue Otflce Moves.
The office of the collector of in
ternal revenue in the Western
District of North Carolina, loca
ted in Statesville, closes today.
The office merges with the office
of the Eastern District located in
Raleigh. Col. A. D Watts, for
merly collector of the office here
will enter upon his duties as sup
erviser ox revenue collections in
the Slate. The other members
of the office force here will finish
the work in the lo ;al office and go
to Raleigh. From Raleigh they
will be assigned to duties in the
main office at Raleigh or the
branch offices in the State. Two
or three parsons will probably
come to Statesville to keep open
an ornce tor the sale or revenue
stamps. Statesville Landmark
BURLESON DRUG GO.
NEWLAXD.N.C.
Drugs & Druggists Sundries
A complete line of toilet art icl b.
Mail orut ra given prompt ath n
tion. G1VETS ATRIAL.
Government and Prices.
No recent news out of Wash
ington has been received by the
general public with more inter
est than the announcement that
President Wilson is giving "deep
and very thoughtful considera
tion" to the high, cost of living,
and all branches vt the Govern
ment that might aid in solving
the problem Tire at work. The
President and the Government
Departments have been brought
face to face with the problem by
the action of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, whoso
chief, Warren S. Stone appeared
before the President and threat
ened on the part of the engineers
that they would demand an in
crease in wages unless the Gov
ernment took action to force
down the cost of living, and by
the subsequent announcement
of William G. Tjoo, president
of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, that, iin!c.-s the Rail
road Administration had taken
action by October 1 on the de
mands of the brotherhood, that
wages of the trainmen either be
increased or the cost of living re
duced, steps looking to the en
forcement of the demands would
be taken.
Just what the President of the
Railroad Administration can do
or will do remains to be seen. To
the layman, however, it would
seem that the only practical,
course would lie in the direction
of locating illegitimate profiteer
ing and elimination thereof. It is
obvious that prices cannot bo re
duced to anything like pre-war
levels, as long as long as labor
and materials and all the factors
that enter into production contin
ue at the present high levels.
Find the profiteers and do away
with him, if he exists, would
seem to be about the best that
can be done. Probably that would
after all, afford am:nisure trf re-
ief. Charlotte Obsver.
Trust-Busting to Coma.
It begins to look as if tho job
of trust-busting undertaken by
the American people and their
Government a few years ag was
eft so incomplete, or was so large-
undone during the war, that
it will have to be tackled afresh.
Tiie 'Federal Trade Commission
finds, for example, that llio meat
ackers are steadily acquiring a
monopoly of many of the chief
ood products uf the country.
Their grip is not confined to
meats but is rapidly reaching out
ind fastening upon numerous
other products named in the re
port by means of their control of
five hundred n'fl seventy four
companies anil their interestst in
one hundred and eighty -eight
ithcrs. In response to tin; com
mission h imitmgs the piyliors
own .up to the vastnoss ol thei r
expansions, but contend that
such concentration of commsr
mereial pawer uhminates waste
of effort, saves expjiiso, makes
for greater efficiency, renders
smaller profits possible, and thus
benefits the public by providing
lower prices than can be secured
in any other way.
This is the familiar argument
of the advocatesof state socialism,
to wind) system majority senti
ment is opposed, and the pu-jkers
will hardly be able to convert the
public to such a view. If we can
not trust the Government to aJ
m'nister the food supplies of the
country, still less run we trust a
huge private combination which
has nothing in view but the
accumulation of wealth for itself.
When Congress disposes of the
pressing problems of the hour, it
is likely to be found necessary to
take up for consideration the
stern regulation of expanding
t
monopolies aim uo some more
trust busting. Winston-Salem
Journal,
Let Us Ml Get Back to Work.
Work is the world's salvation.
It has been work, yea, hard work
that, within the short space of
three centuries has made Ameri
ca the richest country on the
globe, and it will be good, honest
labor that will make the future
secure.
Bearnad M. B.iruch, chief of
the economic Section of the A-
inericau Peace Commission at
Paris, recently ued the seven
words heading this article. Mr.
Baruch, one of the foremost men,
has some excellent thoughts on
work:
"Work and hnppines will re
turn to the world. Idleness
and the world willfall apart. We
want no war between the 'haves'
and the 'have nots.' Each man
should have the reward that
comes from effort.
"Work is the cure-all for envy,
hatred, malice, avarice and gen
eral satisfaction. It is the talis-
mon for contentment, comfort,
comfort, self-respect and above
all peace. A man who really works
is too busy looking after himself
and his family to engage in bit
terness toward others. But, of
coins?, the worK must he rewar
ded so that he is better than a
slave. It must be done under
such conditions that he can keep
his head high and feel himself
the equal of all. We must erad
cato the gross disparities that
have existed." Asheboro Couri
er.
Summer Complaint in Children.
There 'is not anything like so
many 'deaths from this disease
know as before Chamberlain's Col
Lie and Diarrhoea Remedy 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 90 out of every 100 ca
ses recover. Mr. W. G. Campbell
of Butler, Tenn., say . "I have
used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholo
ry and diarrhoea Remedy f o r
summer complain in children.
It is far ahead of anything I have
ever used ror tins purpose.
York's Life Woik.
Having done his part to crush
Prussianiam and to "make the
world safe for democracy" and
in doing so having won the title
of the 'greatest hero of the world
war," Sergoan Alvin York has
decided to devote his life to se
curing for the younger men and
women of the ruraj and moun
tain section of Tennessee what it
seems was defied him, through
some circumstances orother- an
education. It is reported in e dis
patch from Pall Mall.Tenn., that
it !s proposed to estabish the
"Vorh Univerity" and in order
to secure funds for this work
Sergeant York will make a tour
of. the principal cities of the coun
try, delivering, a lecture on his
life and his part in tin? war.
Charlotte Observer.
You can do some things
next
week, but some you cannot.
So don't wait, at 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 sell the best polici.)3 at un!
versal rates.
GEO. F. BLAIR,
Blowing Rock, N. C.
Mules For Galct
I have for sale 4 pairs of fine
young mules, ranging in age
from one to five years old. None
better in the county. If on the
market for good stock. See me.
J. F. BAIRD,
Valle Crucis, N. C.
EDISON RE-CREATIONS FOR AUGUST
OUT.
On the August list of RE-CRE
ATIONS for the New Edison,
Carolina Lazzari, leading contral
to of the Metropolitan Oiera
Company, sings two old favorites
"Oh Promise Me" from Robin
Mood and the "Sweetest Story .
Ever Told." Alice Verlet, the
Belgian Song Bird, sings two se-
ctions especially adapted toner
marvelously flexible, limpid voice!
Ai Toreador" and the "Waits
Song" from Romeo and Juliet.
The celebrated "Bread of An-
els" from Messe Solennelle is
sung by Jacques Urlus and "Oh
Joy! He's Saved" from the ope
ra of II Trovatore is rendered by
Mar ie Rappold and Taurino Par
vis. "No Longer am I Annetta"
is sung by. Frieda Hempel Mid
there is n tenor and bassbartone
duet "Lost, Proscrib'd" taken
from the opera Martha.
The remarkable girl whistler,
Sibyl Sanderson Fagau, who has
elevated the art of whistling from
a childhood accomplishment to
the realm of pure music, gives us
the "Little Whistler" and. the
"Simplicity Intermezzo." Thero
are two charming ballads Wish
ing That Dreams Would Come
True" sung by Edward Allen,
and "Won't You Come Back to
Me," a soprano solo by Leola Lu-
cey.
Then We Girls Quartet give
"The Glowworm," an old favor
ite, in a particularly artistic and
apieuling way and the Homestead
Trio of female voices sinar the
charming "Dusky Lullaby" by
Gilborto. Arrnand Vecsc.v and
his Hungarian Orchestra have
rendered the "Rocoeo"-Intermez-
'.o and a serenade in B Flat Mi
nor" composed by Rachmaninoff.
the great Russian pianist, who is
regarded by musical critics as
the greatest musician in the
world. There nre two religious
numbers, a selection from St.
John, the hymn 'PreclousName,'
the "Twenty-third Psalm" and
"He Leadrth Me," rendered by
the Rev. William H. Morgan, I).
1). and the celebrated Calvary
Choir.
Two darky songs that you will
like are "Ev'rybody Calls Me Ho
ney "and the "Waltz Alabam',"
which is described as a darky
waltz dream. There aro four
rattling ginid dance numbers
"Jazz de Luxe-Fox Trot," "Sen
sation Jazz One-Step," "Djer-kUs
Waltz" and-a Fox Trot, "Egypt
land," which are all the rage on
Broadway. Two of the latest ne
gro songs, "Nigger Blues" and
"Satun I'm here" are typical of
the popular stylo of syncopated
composition. The New York Mil
itary Bane gives two selections,
"Boy and the Birds," a charac
teristic band number which in
troduces several novelties of in
strumentation thatare very effec
tive; and "Sliding Sid" an amu
sing composition which brings
out the astonishing possibility of
Ihe slide trombone.
Altogether, thislistof RE-CREATIONS
is remarkably well bal
anced and will appeal to people
who love music if every kind,
from the latest Broadway Jazz to
the imperishable arias from the
grand operas. All these may be
heard at the Variety Store, Boone
N. C. Adv.
Oo You Want to Buy or Sell Propirlj?
If so, list it with us. We are In
position to lind what you need.
We bring the seller and buyer
together. See us and list your
wants with us:
Blowing Rock Realty Co.
I G3o. P. Blair. H. C. Martin.
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