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, - . ,f . ; " ..,v. . asiimihms; 2s ""' .'',.r..-",r. '. V' - V . -'V- F 1 3 1) i .'! 1 Advertising Rates on Request. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OFBOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. $1.00 Per Year VOL. XXX. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C, THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 1919. NO 51. iff 4 Ministers Uutierpald. TheStatesvilleLandmarkhears that a ministers! strike has been rumored but takes no stock in the report. The Landmark very per tinently remarks, however, if ev er a strike on purely a basis of wages would be more than justi ed it would be in this instance. One of the burning shames of our day and generation is the un concern shown in the matter of adequately paying school teach ers and ministers of the gospel. Happily the worthiness of these claims is being recognized and we are beginning to pay our tea chers and- preachers almost en ough to Jive o.i. To our Avay of thinking the greatest and most self sacrific ing of all characters who have figured in the great undertaking to make the world belter have been the rural preachers of the Gospel. .Through the rain and the sleet and the snows of Win ter the circuit riders and the preachers of all denominations have traveled long and wearisome roads ufill appointments in far removed parts. They have under gone rcal hardships in living. And the pittance given them for the sustenance of family in many cases has amounted to only a few hundred dollars per year. Most of them are sadly underpaid to day. The pioneers of the back Coun try were soldicrsina great cause. They were, uncrowned heroes of their day and generation. In their homes they were forced . to stint and save and make a lean purse cover a multitude of family 'expenses. Out of a fewhtmdred dollars they received they must buy bread and meat and clothes for the wifv) and children and then pay doctor's bills - and edu cate tin; ( hildrou. . And to the wives of these God ly men must go equal c redit, for it was the mother who helped to keep expenses down by doing much of tjic drudgery herself, by darning fcnd Knitting and cutting out garments and teaching the children 'by candle light. A gvmTl company of men and women were these and worthy 'of infinitely greater appreciation than any generation has ever be stowed upon them. Some of these -days wc will all racognize a century old obligation and will make up our minds to pay these humble servants at least in small proportion to the richnoss'of the service rendered. Charlotte Observer. "Solid Ifjry" and the Cost cf Food. "Solid Ivory" was a popular expression a few years ago. The ' phrase was employed lightly and frivolously by the young and ni t so young. It was terse and pun gjnt. A stated to B "If you put ics in hot soup it will cool it." B replied "Uh!" and. looked blank. A repeated 'if you put ice in hot soup it will cool it." B still didn't gjt it. "Solid ivory!" exclaimed A in disgust and gave it up. The fa3t that ice would cool hot soup failed to' penetrate through, the. indurated niass tint constituted B's alleged brain. 'And just now there seems to be a good many millions of city folk in the B class, well-meaning and apparently intelligent men . aid women of mature years, who pr.iclaim that it costs no more to raise food today than it did in fieirjiappy far-off childhood. Country Gentlemen. FOR SALE: One good yoke oxen five vears old. Weight 2,2(X. ' "pounds. 4 Well broke. Will sell . for cash 'of on time. S. E. Gragt ; Khu!ltf MiKN. Qt ; ' ' THE WEEK. The President continued his speaking tour in the interest of the league of nations. David Lawrence, in the Greensboro-! Daily News, declares that Mr. Wilson leaves the Pacific coast triumphant. Theodore Tiller, in- the same paper, suggests that theeffectof the Presidents speech es is uncertain. Senator Hiram Johnson, who has been following the President, left his speaking tour unfinished to return to the Senate where his amendment to the constitution of the league was in danger of defeat.. The Sen ate has continued to debate the league. The chief speech of the week against it was made by Senator Reed, Democrat. A strike involving most of the iron and steel industries of the United States began on Monday of last week. By Friday over 300,000 men were outin the Pitts burgh district. ' The conflict reaches 20 states and affects half a million workers. The strike has been marked so far by con sfderable violence and bloodshed, and promises to be a long and fiercely contested struggle. , At Albemarle, in this' state Marvin Ritch, a Chariolte lawyer and J. H. Graham, organizer ol textile workers were indicted in connection with a clash between the strikers and the authorities last week in which the sheriff and one striker were wounded, on the charge of incit ing to riot. There was evidence that ton days be fore the trouble, Ritch made a speech in which he read a chap ter from the Epistle of James and advised the workers to leave their guns at home, and use their fists and rotten eggs to prevent non-union laborers from entering f 1)3 mills. Graham, too, is said to have approved the use of eggs. Both defendants were held for the grand .jury in bonds of $1000 each. Just as the preliminary hearing was getting under way, J u d go Frank Carte r th row a bom b in the camp by declaring that it would be a great injustice to try the cases in Albemarle. Twenty-seven others who actually were present at the riot have also been indicted. A committee of the Greens bore, chamber of commerce is at tempting to solve the housing problem in that city by forming a corporation to build HO to 100 houses within a year. Influenza has again broken out in at least seven counties in the state. It is reported to be of a much milder form than last year. Diplomatic relations between Belgium and Holland have been broken, and armed conflict be twecn the two nations threatens, thus adding one more war to the twenty-twoor twenty-throe which have been in progress in Europe this summer. Chunks of Truth In This. The first question an honora ble man asks when he sees a girl flirting is whether she is a re spectable girl or not. This being the case no modest girl can af ford to indulge in this pastime among strangers. Whenthedown is brushed from the peach it's beauty is so marred that it can never be restored, and so when a girl throws lightly aside that sweet charm she becomes rather common and cheap. Flirting may seem to the giddy and thought less girl to be wonderfully amu sing, and she may even get an idea that she is quite fascinating, ot it is a degrading passtime and should be frowned upon by every young ladf who has an am bition to be a worthy and charm ing woman. W. M. If. in 'John. son County News. How Lafayette Lies In American Soli. -Toward the close of the sum mer of 1S25, writes Morris Ed mund Speare, of the Department of History of the United States Naval Academy, in telling of La fayette's last visit to the United States Naval Academy, there came the painful farewells to be made to his American friends. In Virginia he took leave of Ex Presidents. Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. Then on Septem ber 0, in commemoration of his birthday, the new President John Quincy Adams, gave a great din ner in his honor at the White House, to which many bf the dis tinguished men of the country were invited. The next day La fayette received and answered a farewell address from the Presi dent and then, followed by a pro cession of cheering thousands, he embarked, and for the last time, for his native land. The touching significance of all this journey lies in what Lafay ette now had collected and brought aboard his ship, to as sure himself that in death; as in life, he would have the comfort of being happy most in Ameri can soil. Touched by the genu ine affection and esteem with which he was held throughout this land, his thoughts must have turned often and sadly tohisown n,ow declining years. So he had gathered from some one of the battlefields upon which he had fought for American Inde pendence a dozen barrelsof eai th which he had brought aboard his ship and which he carried back with him to France. Today in the Picpus Cemetery where lie the remains of Duke Lewis, of the Genoud family, and of the Lafay- ettes, in a silent and noble place, con.- co ated to a few members of the French aristocracy, General Lafayette, the citizen of two countries, lies buried in Ameri can soil. There are few indeed to whm this fact is generally known. It is nowhere mentioned in his bi ography nor in the counties lives written ujnn him by both Frenchmen and our own coun trymen. The fact, howerer, is made authentic by one of Lafay- ett's contemporaries. Baron Thi'e- bault, in his live-volume memoirs published in Paris for the first time in 1905, by Fernand Calm- etts. This is a work apparently unknown to Americans." Baron Thiebault was the. son of Dieu-, donno Thiebault, a distinguished Frenchman of letters of the eigh teenth century. In referring to Lafayette's death it is interesting to note that this life-long adherent of Napoleon appeared to have little sympathy with Lafayette's care ful preparations to bo buried in American earth, since he con cludes his account of the matter with tle words: "What a bizarre idea this was for a man to re main in France and yet choose to be intered in the soil of Amer ica!" Bizarre indeed this may have appeared to this soldier of the empire. To us ig this year 1919 what an exquisitetribute was this paid to our laud by the knight of two continents who fought only for human liberty! "I Spent a $1 on Rat-Snap and Saved the Price of a Hog." James MeGuFre, famous hog raiser of Now .Terser savs. "I advise every farmer "troubled with ruU la use Rat Snap. Tried everything to get 1 Id of raw. Spent l nf lint-snap, f igured rats it killed saved price of hog." RAT-SNAP comes in cake form. No riiixinfr with other food, CAt or dogS won't touch It. ibnw sizes, z&o, 00c, tl . Sold by L L Crltcher. Tubercular Soldiers Training for Vocation. The announcement is made from Washington that discharg ed soldiers suffering from tuber culosis are placed in training by the Federal board for vocational education under the same condi tions that men with other handi caps ars; some with support du ring training, others without sup port, and a few while they are still in the army hospitals. The establishment, of the medical sta tus of the tuberculous soldier is a consideration in his eligibility for training. The medical officer must pronounce his .ca.se appa rently cured, arrested, or appa rently so, before he is recommen ded for training. Quiescent ca ses of . tuburculous, having had negative sputum for a period of at least two months, must be specially recommended by the district medical officer and du ring the course must remain 'un der expert medical supervision. If the soldier has still an active form of the disease and is receiv ing hospital treatment, he may bo given training only upon the endorsement of the hospital au thorities, who shall approve the nature of the coiue provided. Correspondence, courses along. the lines of the previous exp 'ri- nces are frequently desired by hospital patients. Men whu.se ca ses are active, but who refuse 1o take hospital treatment are con sidered by the board as negligi ble for training at the time but their cases will be considered when they are physically able to undertakes the work. . County Health Work h Her!!) Carolina. One of the most interesting and instructive bulletins recent ly, 'issued by tiie State Board of Health is the report of of Dr. B. Washburn, Director of. the Bu reau vf. County Health Work. Du ring the year KUm the Bureau co-operated with nine counties in health work: Davidson, Forsyth, Lenoir, Nash, Northampton, Pitt, Robeson, Bovvan, and Wilson. One notable result of the work in these counties is the progress made toward eradicating typhoid fever. During the years '1417, the yearly average of deaths from typoid hi the nine counties was lit) ami thi! average death rate per 100. Wr was In V.KH the year I'JIS the tola", number of deaths was '2 and the average death rate 7 .K Two counties, Davidson and Northampton, did hot have a single death. I: addi ton, ',?.'.) cliiidren were given free dental treatment. (100 wen.1 operated on for diseased tonsils and adnoids, 2,rr..s cases of hook worm were treated, (,1S!) sanita ry (1 wets were built. Thee are but a few interesting facts con tained in the bulletin of ;' 2 pa ges. These counties, of course, have whole-time health officers. The Stale helps start the work by furnishing the Director and paying half I he expenses. On the first day of October 'JO inspectors representing the State Board of health will begin the in spection of theprivicM of the State. Every privy that does not conform to the requirements of the State Board of Health will be labeled 'Unsanitary Privy Unlaw ful to Use. State Board of Health." If you live within three hundred yards of your nearest neighbor, it's time to get busy. "It Kust Have Been Dead at Least Six Months But Didn't Smell." "Saw a 4i ur vat in niLrc.lhu.loi ril writos Mrs Joanuy, "and rtmiht '.T.c cttKH oi jiiu-.-imqi, Di-oite ll up into small oiwes. .Last week while moving we eumo across - the dead -rut. Must have uecn dead .six month, didn't smell. Kat-Hnon is' wonderful" Three sizes 25c, 50e, l. hold and fcuaian tccd by L L CrilcUcr, Give the Honors to Doughboys. Claude Kitchen has increased his popularity with the soldiers by blocking the efforts of Con gross to present General Porsh ing with a $10,000 sword. He contended that Pershing had al ready been sufficiently 'honored, and that the country, if it wish ed to shower more honors upon its war heroes should give them to the men; who, after all, Avon the war. Pershing has made a great rec ord as a military leader, butsince modern warfare has reached a scientific basis, the initiative, in dividuality, and ability of men like Lee, Jackson and Grant is not required of a commander-in- hief. Surrounded by authori ties in every known method of warfare, and masters of strategy it was well-nigh impossible for General Pershing to make a wrong decision. Since this is true it can readily be seen that the brawn courage and endur ance of the men was all that was necessary to bring a campaign to a successful conclusion. TUnt. Americans were of this kind ac counted for our victory. American artilleryir.en made a wonderful showing; so did the ptviation corps, the S. 0. .S. and every other department of war activity; but soldiers' unite in giv ing the doughboy, the lad who went "over the top" who met. the enemy face to face in hand to hand engagements, credit for winning the war. These are the men to be honored more than Ge.ieral Pershing. The Monroe Journal. Report of the condition of THE BANK OF ROCK atlllowintf Unci; in the Slate ofNoith ( arolina.. ut the clo.je of business, Sept. 11, isj'.l: in:iiouuei:s Loans imd discounts S121.t7il.22 Deinnnd Loans 2,400.11(1 uveruniOs I . S. iiiiu iilR'rty bonds ;ts.riO.Ki nr Savings Stumps l.j(i.()7 J .iinkina- bouse 27r.tl.Of1 Kariiiture and fixtures r.W.oe All other rent estate owned Hill 'U ('ash in vault and net anils dim from hanks, hankers & trust companies i.'l ST I S4 Cash items held over 24 hours 4H.4!' Iiooiie ForK Lumber co UI.7.IK) Lost check account 11. Id Total 6177,517.110 I.IAHILITIKS Capital Sleek paid in Surplus fund I'ndivided profits less cur cut expenses & tax paid Hills payable Deposits subject tu check Time certificates of deposit Cashiers chirks outstanding SSlfi.OOO.OI' 2,i"oo.no 2.::o5.5: ln,omi,iHn i).l,iilo.2,1 51,411.42 i;tiio.(iii Total 177 )17.!Ki State of North 'arolina, count v o! Watanga. 1, .1. T, Miller, cashier ol the above named bank, do solemlx sA-ear Unit the above statement is true to the In st tf my knowledge and be lief. J. T. Millkk, Cashier. Correct Httosl: .1. A.' LjiT,' Will Lknt. TV H. COI'TIOY Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me, fiis 22th day of Sept 1010. Ceo. F. Ulaik, Notary Public. - Notice of Administration. Having qualified "as Adminis tratrix of the estate of H. C. Phil lips, deceased, late of the county of Watauga and State of North Carolina, this is to notify all ior sons having claims against the ex tate of the said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned at Kecse, N. C, on or before the 25th day of Sept. 11)20, or thisno tico will be pleaded in barof their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make im mediate payment. This Septem ber "-T), 11)11). SARAH A. PHILLIPS, Administratrix of H. C. Phillips, deceased'. FOR KENT: The Greene home with tivc acres of land suroun ding it. If Interested call on me with good reference. Mattie J. Greene, Boone, N. C. Report of the condition of - The Watauga County Bank at l'.oone, N. ('. attho close, of busi ness Sept. 12, KKSOUKC12S: ' Loans and discounts $414.277. Os Overdrafts secured 2:il.'t.sil Overdrafts I'usecured 2171. I'M '. S. and Litan-ty Bonds lH,(i.")0.i)i Ranking house. 2740.00 Furniture and fixtures l.VM.OO t ush in vault and net amounts due from Hanks, Bankers and Trust Companion ' 84,40'VH Cash items held over 21 h'rs 2042.1.) Total J.r2H,i:.".!)4 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 4!,loo.no Mil-plus Mind 12,l7..00 I'ndivided nrolits. less enr. rent expenses , taxes paid R,0ss.7rt i Jeposijs subject to check 24.J,!NI!1. 7 1 Time certillcaUvs of deuosit 1.1H.74.".!)? Savings deposits 4.'(,22.j.;iS Cashiers e'ks outstanding 12.2IH.oo Total $.ri28,irj.H4 Stale of North Carolina, county ef Watauga. I, G. 1 Hagaman, Cash ier of the abovo named bank, do sol emnly swear that the above statement is tine to the best of my knowledge and belief. 0. P. IlAQAMAN, Cashier. Correct- Attest: N. L. Mast W. C. Coitky L. A. Giikkne, .Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me. this -24th day of Sept. 1!U9. U. L. COFFKY, C S C NOTICK OF SALR. Under and by virtue of an order ( 'lie superior court of Wataugacounly .Norm i arolina. tnaue in the spec in I proceeding entitled Smith Haganiau, Administrator vs Roy Reese and wile fulia l,eese,'nin residents, MaeRce-.e iMiiiity w imams and wife liruce Wil liams, whose maiden name was Rruee uvse. Asa Reose, all of full aw, aiid I .ewis Reese, age 1S years and Ueiui U,-ee whose age is lfl years and v h are represented by their guardian ail litem, the same being No , upon. he special proceeding docket of said ourl, the undersigned commissioner, will en the sixth day of Oct. it li-ii:; !,he lirst Monday thereof, H)li), at as uearly 12 o'clock in. as possible and I'or Uim between the hours of 10 oclocl; ;' . m. and 2 oclock p. iu. at the coin-!, house door in Watauga county North Carolina, offer for sale to the'highesl, udder on six months time, approved security four eertuii)traets of land, lying and being in Reaver Dam town ship. Watauga county und slate cf North Carolina. First tract begins on a chestnut corner of the heir of, Thomas . I. Farthing and runs cast t;o poks to a chestnut oak, then norlli 102 poles to three red oaks, then east ' poles to a chestnut, then north oo poles to a red oak, then cast 00 poh s to a maple, then north 200 poles to a stulic in the state lino, then west with the stale lino 170 polos to a stake in I lie stale line, thence to the beginning and contains 150 acres more or less. . Second tract lyi.ig and being in th.' siiine town'ihip (-runty and state and u! joining the lands of C. S. Farthing heirs and Jas. Cable,' heirs eta), and iiegins on a chestnut corner of Tliom as FHrthing's heirs and runs eastwiih i 'able'. s line .10 poles to a maple, Ca ble's corner, then north with Calde's line. 115 poles to a Spanish oak, Cables corner, then cast with Cable's line -10 poles to a sarvis iree, Cable's corner, 'hen west 5 poles to a spruce, pine, ihen north with Daniel's line K51 polo '.') a slake in the state line, then south V? degrees west witli the state line 72 poles to a stake, then south vith Greene's line 21X1 poles to the Im-jj in ning and contains 120 acres more or es. Third tract lying and being the ;ame township, county and stale ef die former two tracts and begins on n 'ed oak and runs north 31 degives w V) poles to a stake and chest mil poin ters, then north 1-2 degrees east '.'2 poles to a chestnut corner to Ward i5irs in the state line, then with the Hate line to H. H. Farthing's corner, .lien with his line cast 1)2 poles to u stnke and pointers, then south 45 dc ririM w lb) poles to the beginning find ontuins 25 1-2 acres more or h-vs. Al i't a one half undivided Interest in the ("Hewing described land lying and H'ing In same tewnshlp, county and it a'e ol the aforesaid tracts of land -vhich Is designated and known as the Tlioina Love Tract, and licing sit e -iU' between the. Locust Gap and leak ers Gap of the Stone Mountain, and adjoining Ihe lands of Roah Greene md Jesse Huffman et al, ond bound d as follows, to wit: Rcginning on a chestnut in the state lino and runs east 100 poles to a stake, then north . )S poles to a stake, then west 10 poles ,o a chestnut in the state line, then with the state line to tlu begirnin ,' anil contains 25 acres more or less. This September 1, lllll. SMITH if AGAMAN, Commissioner; Mrs. Keacii Tells Hoi She Got to Knovr Rat-Snap. "Have .always feared rats; lately no ticed many on my farm. A neighbor sai.l he just got rid of droves with Rut Snap. This started me thinking. Tried Itai-Suap myself. It killed 17 and Uansl the rest away. Rat-Snap conu's in tlwee sizes. 25c, i)0c, $1. Sold arid guaranteed by L L Critcher. FOll SALE: As the season is aow over at Mowing Rock, wo -.' have for immediate ale 10 or UV choice milk cows;. Green Park ' HitelCo. ' 1 . . 1 V 'V. 1 K I '.I! i I I 1 -i :i i i :. I? r.' Sir- iv- I I
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