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VOL. XXX.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 1919.
NO 45.
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BOONE NEEDS
.good water system If we
get-any summer visitors we will
have to have some way of getting
rid 'of waste aria filth. It is no
less important to us who have to
live here. Then, too, fire cannot
be controlled without water pres
sure. A building material plant. We
ar.3 not only paying people out
side our community a fabuluous
price for what we have here at
home in the crude state, but we
are draining our county of mon
ey that we need right here to
build up our community and help
pay oil our bonds.
A brick making plant for the
same reason that we need a wood
working plant.
A tourists hotel Already and
in greater numbers later, people
with good money in their pockets
are going to give it to hotels and
boarding houses in other places
because we won't house and feed
them at a good profit.
Boarding houses, or furnished
rooms to rent. Tbi hotel is im
portant; but if the vacant rooms
all over town and out in the coun
try were thrown open at even
what we would think high rates,
people would take them gladly.
A good drug store and soda
fountain A good paying busi
ness is waiting for some one in
tin's line. Who ever heard of a
drug store failing? They all
make money, and it is permanent.
A good hardware store Some
oie will take advantage of the
opening here for a good hardware
store. Why not some of our
coiinty people?
A business men's organization
Some authorized body of busi
ness men to take hold and push
the organization and establish
ment of the above and other en
terprises. A better freight service so
that standard carloads could be
delivered here and save the pres
e n t exorbitant transportation
charges.
' 10,000 more good people to
make Boone bigger and better,
and punishment meted out to
some young thieves whoare mak
ing it risky to turn your back on
any small article of value.
German Girls Told Not to Associate With
Americans,
Posters written in Germanand
warning German girls against
associating with Americans, ap
peared recently in several places
in Coblonz, Germany, and other
towns on the Rhine, the girls be
ing urged to refrain from mak
ing the acquaintance of soldiers,
regardless of the fact that the
treaty of peace had been signed
At various times posters have
been put up threatening indis
creet girls with punishment of
one kind or another.
American officers who have in
vastigated say the Germans are
determined that girls who asso
ciat!j with the soldiers shall have
their names known to the popu
lation and that several secret so
cieties hrve been formed for that
purpose. Intelligence officers
say that on several occasions the
names of girls who are on the
records of the German police for
associating with Amcricens have
been read to the congregations
at Sunday morning church ser
vices. In other villages theprac
tice of posting the girls' names
in pvblic places was inaugurated
some time ago.
The officers assert that black
lists of the girls' names have been
prepared and are being kept for
future use, after the Americans
are gone.
Don't know how the American
soldiers feel about it, but the
folks back home generally prefer
that they leave the German lad
en atom.
Exaggerated Reports.
Statosvillc Landmark.
"An Infantry Officer," writing
to the Greensboro News concer
ning the alleged mistreatment of
military prisoners in France,
much in the papers recently,
asks:
'Did you know that "Hard-
boiled Smith, of recent Paris
'arm, No. 2 fame, because of
mistreatment of military prison
ers and about whom you com
mented quite at length editorial-
ally, was not an officer of t h e
regular army, and that the aver
age man confined to the prison
was a deserter f rom the front, a
yellow coward, a slacker and a
piker; and only out of the good
ness of heart of the court that
convicted them, they were not
shot for desertion in the face of
the enemy?"
No matter if the prisoners
were guilty of all that and more,
and were saved from death thru
sympathy, they were entitled to
humane treatment. It were bet
ter to have shot them and made
an end of them, than to have sav
ed their lives and tortured them.
But The Landmark has referred
to this to say that it has believed
all along that the stories of inhu
mane treatment of military pris
oners in Prance were much ex
aggerated. The prisoners were,
as Gen. Pershing said, the hard
est nuts in the army, and no
doubt, as an infantry officer alle
ges, some of them would -have
been shot had fhey got theeir de
serts. Having this bunch to deal.
with and having no respect for
them, some of tlie guards were
guilty of cruel treatment and
wve been punished, as the y
should have been.
Another evidence that the al-
eged complaints were not based
on actual fact is that an attempt
was made to show that at least
part of the cruel treatment was
due to the prejudice of regular
army officers against the nation
al guard. The infantry officer
quoted, shows that "Hardboiled"
Smith, convicted of cruelty to
the prisoners, was not an officer
of the regular army; and numer
ous officers officers of the nation
al guard and national army have
testified that they were associa
ted with regulaa army men and
received from them only kind
ness and consideration.
The attempts to discredit the
army have been so iiersistent
that one is forced to believe there
is an organized pui'imse to that
end; and the pity is that any re
port of this character is usually
accepted by the average reader,
because he is usually accepted
by the average reader, because
he is looking for something of
that kind.
Cove Creek Home Destroyed by Fire.
At noon fast Friday the home
of Mr. A, J. Payne, near sher
wood, this county, w"as destroy
ed by fire, but, fortunately, the
major part of the co ntents, was
saved, through the heroic efforts
of those who reached the scene
of the conflagration. The loss was
considerable, as it was only par
tially covered by insurance.
Summer Complaint in Children
There is not anything like so
many deaths from this disease
now as before Uhamberlain s Col
ic and Diarrhoea Remedy came
nto 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. C imp!) ell
of Butler, Tenn., say. "I have
used Chamberlain's Colic, Chole
ry and diarrhoea Remedy for
summer complaint in children.
It is far ahead of anything 1 have
ever used for this purpose."
Bell Opened Cell for Bride.
The New York Herald of re
cent date carried the following
story full of romance and doubt
less true to fact:
Romance rivalling the story of
"The White Sister" came tolight
yesterday when Private Joseph
Rinaldi, of the Fifth Division,
and his bride passed through the
city on the way to his home, in
Old Forge, Pa. Before Mrs. Ri
naldi met her husband she was
Sister Marie, for eighteen years
in the Convent Ecole Menagerie,
at Esch, Luxumburg.
After the Fifth Division had
participated in the St.Mihiel.the
Argonne and Meuse River offen
sives and the armistice was sign
ed, the troops were billeted in
the town of Esch.
Near the divisional quarter a-
rose the tall, gray walls of Ecole
Menagerie, housing in its many
buildings hundreds of orphans.
ven from the windows of the of
ficers' mess, it was said; the sis
ters, in pairs, could be seen mar
ching to their cells.
One night early in Juneasquad
of privates were in the kitchen,
back of the mess hall. "Look!"
exclaimed one, who had been
casually looking through the win
dow at the nightly procession in
the convent. "The mother superi
or has taken one sister out of
ine."
Private Joseph Rinaldi was
joeling potatoes and the knife
fell back into the tub.
Several days later reports from
the convent told the soldiers that
the nun taken from the line wes,
sister Marie, who had entered
the nunnery at fifteen and was
then thirty-three. It was also
said that Sister Marie had be?n
glancing at a soldier from her
cell window and that the Mother
Superior had taken her to anoth
er and more unaccessible con
vent at Luxumburg.
Almost nightly, it was noticed,
Private Rinaldi took the lorry for
Luxemburg. One night as the
mother superior thereand Sister
Marie were praying together in
the latter's cell-pleading for
strength for Sister Marie sothat
she might put the world entirely
from her-the private confront
ed them and confessed his love
for fie sister. And the nun had
no difficulty in telling the moth
er superior that she reciprocated
the soldier's affection. The moth
er superior consulted the Bish
opi who, of course, sided with
h;)r and sent Sister Marie into
solitary confinement, but not be
fore the soldier had obtained the
promise from her.
"If on the tenth day you hap
pen to bo here, and the bell in the
tower tolls at this hour, come for
your Marie, for the church will
have lost. If the bell is silent,
go away.and God bless you."-
The bell tolled at the appointed
hour and Private Rinaldi and
Sister Marie her sisterly gar
ments piled in a trunk in the
Ecole Menagerie Convent were
married by the Burgomaster.
Later another ceremony was per
formed by Chaplain Anderson, of
the Fifth Division, with Private
Edward Mesino of Brest the
couple joined sixty others.
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 ncaltn 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.
Kentucky Man About 130 Years Old.
The oldest person in the world
is believed to have boon found on
Greasy Crock, Leslie county, Ky.
and the National Geographic So
ciety has been requested to make
an investigation to determine
whether he is really the most an
cient living human.
The man is John Shell, and ac
cjrding to all records thus" far
found, he is 130 or 131 years old.
He can remember things that
Happened 11"j years ago.
He lives in a little cabin 20
miles from Hyden, county seat
of Leslie, far back in the moun
tains, many miles from a rail
road. "Uncle Henry" Chappell, a
neighbor, who is more than 70
years old and one the most relia
ble citizens in the community,
says Shell was an old man as far
back as he can remember, and
fiat he has a tax 1 icket showing
payment of an assessment by
S'lell in 1 (), when Shell would
have been 21 years old to have
been liable for taxes.
Mr. Shell's oldest children are
about 00 years old and helms sev
eral great-great grandchildren.
He has nine children living while
no effort has been made to count
the grandchildren, greatgrand
children, and other descendants,
although the total it is said would
reach nearly 2(X).
His sight is as good today as
ever, it is said, and his greatest
pleasure is to have the "boys"
come in for old-time shooting
matches, in which he generally
beats present-day marksman
ship, even though he uses his
old-time rillle. lie came to Ken
tucky when this section was a
wilderness, following t' j hunt
ing trails blazed only a few years
previously by Daniel Hoono, and
Shell himself was a noted hunter
and pioneer.
He attributes his long and vig
orous me to Jus outdoor living
and to his never-failing templ
ate habits. In his use of tobacco
ind liquor and in eating he has
ilways been careful never to in
dulge to excess.
In later years a fourth set of
teeth has m ado its appearance.
Mr. Shell is light, wiry built and
when he has occasion to do so,
le mounts his horse and rides 20
miles into Hyden and back the
ame day without evidence of un
usual fatigue.
Mr. Shell helped clear eastern
Kentucky from Indians, there
still having been a few tribes
when he arrived, and was proba
bly the lirst white man to settle
n ljoslie county, lie lives near
the home lie picked out m o r e
than 100 years ago.
Well Improved Carter County Farm for
Sale on Easy Terms.
clit buy novel irom the under
signed owner a 1"I acre farm en tin
State Lino Highway one anil u luilf
miles from Eliabothton, Tenn. with
reasonalile cash payment anil on long
and easy payments for the bulano of
purchase priee.
Ml of farm is high ebiss red lime
stone land, !t t ui-res of whirl) Is in
clover and grass. Good crop of wheat
and oat just taken oil'. Nice corn
crop on land at this tim". 50 acres of
this land has been well limed. Im
proveinents consist of new cottagt
house and .small Imrn, and place i
watered hy same spring as supplies
Elixaliothton. This land, will grow
blue grass, clover, corn, hay or any
thing you want to plant on it, and you
can buy at the right price.
J. M. LACY
Eli.abethton, Tenn.
Mules For Sale.
I have for sale, 4 pairs of fine
young mules, ranging in age
from one to live years old. None
better in the county. If on the
market for good stock. See me
J.F..BAIRD,
Valle Crucis, N. C.
The Cost of Typhoid.
Figures compiled by the state
board of health predict that dur
ing the month of July typhoid
fever will cost approximately one
million dollars in this State. This
is based on the loss from illness
alone and does not take into con-
ideration the economic loss aris
ing from the deaths that will re-
ult from this preventable di
sease. Reports irom ausections
how that the disease was on an
increase during the first IT) days
f this month. On the loth the
total reached 332. With the same
ncrease during the remainder of
he month the total will approxi
mately bo 1,(XK) cases,,
Typhoid fever is a preventable
sease. It can be prevented as
as been demonstrated time and
time again, aril it seems especi-
illy pathetic that the inconven
ience, loss, suffering and sorrow
that follows in the steps of this
disease should be allowed, when
with so little effort on our part
c can practically wipe it from
xistence.
Vaccination will give immunity
from the disease from two to four
ears. This is not mere "dope"
andedoutby the State Board
f Health. It has been tried in
very county in this State, and
ways following the vaccination
there has been the decreases in
the disease. Typhoid fever is
radically unknown in the army
where every man is required to
take the t reatment.
North Carolina is fast learning
the lesson of the cost of typhoid,
and the remedy, but it is costing
great loss both in life and mon
f for the people to really under-
tand the seriousness of the mat
ter, and the simplicity of itserad-
ication. Concord Times.
The Dance Described.
We looked in upon the danceat
uiuina (at Wiightsville Beach),
riven "complimentary" to the
'ross Association. No immodest
Dicing is allowed there, we tin-
rstaud, but when an 1H-your
ild youth rests his cheek against
hat of an equally youthful part
ner, presses lier breast against
lis, interweaves his legs back
ind forth between hers and vice-
rsa well that kind of dancing
is just as much a compliment"
us fethe Democrat desires of the
cind. But, mind you, there were
ouples upon the floor that dune
d more decently and also more
gracefully. It seemed to boa case
it choose your own style to hug.
nd then' were all degrees after
i hand lightly laid upon the back
with the young lady's face and
ody several inches from thoseof
tier partner to the style describ
ed above, with an occasional
.xtra touch to that. I Jut how
loes a mother know what style
ler daughter or her daughter's
lartner will prefer? Somebody's
laughters certainly chose or ai
med the closer embrace. Hut
may he Hesh and blood are not
leirs to the old passions; yet
somehow we think they are. O.
I. Peterson, in Clinton Demo
crat.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
North Carolina Watauga County. In
the Superior court, before the clerk.
I. h. Bingham and wife Millie Bing
ham, .las. II. liingham, V. II. Bing-
iiim ami wile liessie Inngliam, Veria
Haves and hushund (irudv llaye
Minnie IVesnell and husband Vani5
I'resnoll, Coy liingham, Halph King
lianij Mary liingham. iluth Bingham,
Albert liingham and I'.liiot Bingham,
the last three named by their next
riend John E. Brown against Paul
Madron, Kutli .Madron, Horace Mad
ron and Ethel Madron.
The defendants in the above entitled
action will take notice that on the 'Si
day of July liM'.l, u summon in said
action was Issued by ). 1 Coffey,
Clerk of the Superior Court for Wa
tauga County, the plaintiffs asking
for the sale of land for partition, in
Watauga county, North Carolina, in
which defendants have an Interest,
which summons Is returnable on the
-''III clay ol August The defen
dants will also lake notice that they
are required to appear and answer or
demur to the petition of the plaintiffs
at the time and place named for the
return of the summons, or the relief
di manded will bo granted. This 23rd
dav of July ltd!).
O. L. COFFEY, C. S. C.
NOTICE.
Be it remembered that a meeting' of
the commissioners of tho town of
Boone was held on tho 4th day of
August lill'.f, when and where were
present I. G. Greer, M. 13. Blackburn
and t'. A. Linney, commissioners and
T. U. Moore, Mayor, when and where
tho following: proceedings were had:
That petitions having- been filed
with the clerk asking for street Im
provements to bo mada b,r local as
sessments, to wit: asking that a sido
walk of concrete bo constructed along
the South sido of King Street from
Blackburn's property beginning at
the branch, west of said property, and
continuing to the Baptist church,
thence on the east side of the street
leading from Said church to L L
Critcher's storo pussing to tho east
side of said store to the public school
house lot; and on the North sido of
King street from the east corner of
the court house lot to the west corner
of Dr. J. W. Jones' lot; and on east
.side of tho street from King Street to
the depot, and on south side of the
street from King Street to the town
limit at Dr. Bingham's, and tho said
petition further showing that tho ab
utting property owners desired that
the town pay for one half the cost of
the snid side walk construction and
tho property owners one half tho cost
thereof and the clerk having Investi
gated the sufficiency of the said peti
tion and the extent of tho property ef
fected thereby, and having submitted
the same to tho said commissioners,
who find, First, that the said petition
is Millicicnt; Second, that the said pe
tition is signed by more than a ma
jority in number of tho owners of all
the lineal reel or frontago of tlm land
abutting upon tho streets proposed to
be improved;
Therefore be it resolved by the board
of commissioners of the town of Boone
that concrete sido walks bo construc
ted along the streets as abovo set
forth according to the plans and sjiec
ilicalions set forth by our engineer
that tlu said walks lie built on a four
inch rock base, and from four to six
feet wide, and that tho work be done
by conlractlinder the supervision of
our engineer, and that tho town pay
for one half of tho cost of construc
tion and that tho abutting land own
ers be, and are hereby assessed one
half of the eost thereof, tho said
assessment to be made out when tho
work is completed, as provided by
law.
Be it further resolved that coupon
bonds in I lie sum of live thousand dol
lars be issued by the said commission
er lor the town of Boone and sold as
the law directs to defray tho said ex
pense incurred by tho said town in
building the said side walks, and that
said bonds bear a rate of interest not
exceeding six per centum, per annum.
2. That tho said bonds lift issued In
denominations of $1, IKK). 00 each and
due and payable as follows. First
bond payable Jan. 1, HMO and one
bond of one thousand dollars each
year on Jan. 1 until the year Il).'l5.
it. That a tax sulllcicnt to pay the
interest and to provide for a sinking
fund be annually levied and collected.
4. Tnat a statement of tho present
indebtedness of tho town and tho as
sessed valuation of tho property sub
ject to taxation by tho municipality
for the throe fisnal years In which tax
es were last lovicd, he tiled with the
board and sworn to by tho treasurer
of the town.
5. That the bond shall ho a cou
pon bond, each in the sum of ono
thousand dollars, signed by the may
or of the said town and the secretary
thereof, and sealed with tho corpo
rate seal thereof; tho coupons to be
signed by the mayor.
This ordinance shall take effect up
on its nassage. msseu in regular
meeting by a ununimous vote of the
commissioners on this 4th day of Aug
ust iia
F. A. L1NNKV,
M. B. BLACKBURN
I. G. GREEK
Commissioners.
T. K. MOORE, Mayor.
The commissioner having let tho
contract for the building of tho ,said
side walks, iteiore saio 01 saiu oonas
and it being necessary to borrow mon
ey tor said work until said bonds are
sold, tin; treasurer is directed and em
powered to borrow an amount not ext
reeding 1.000.hj for said work, for b0
days or longer if nrcessaryf not ex
ceeding (SO days from the Watauga
County Bank or elsewhere and have
the town's note executed therefor. On
motion it is ordered by the board that
a concrete culvert be constructed by
our contractor across the street at tho
branch near the depot, and ihat the
work be done according to tho plans
mid suocilioations of our engineer and
under his supervision. It is further
ordered, on motion, that the work on
thi! side walks begin at tho branch
west of Blackbnrns on tho south side
of King Street.
It is further ordered on motion that
the county teams ho employed and the
county work fore bo employed to
do the grading on the streets and sido
walks at such platvs as the engineer v
may direct. That a roi-K culvert ue
constructed acrosm the street at tho
branch below the jail and that said
street be graded by the county road
force, if it can lie employed.
It is further ordered on motion that
a ponv el the resolution aoove sei oui
be published in the Watauga lrr?
crat for 30 days. On motion tin irr
lng adjourned. This Aug. 4, 1'JlSt" ,
F. A. LINNEY. V ,
M. V. BLACKBURN '
I. G. GREER,
Comml'sioners. .,
T. B. MOORE, Mayor.
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