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. r-t-l r f. f ' IE 1 ,1 3 i i 1 V M J: i7 f Advertising Ratos ou Request. VOL. XXX. An Historic Mercantile Establishment. The Saturday Blade, of the 18th of Oct. lias this write up of the rather antiquated mercantile establishment of Curtis & Far thing, at liutler, Tenn. and we publish it in full for the benefit of the many friends of the gentle men in Watauga. We are sorry that we havn't the picture of the , building used by the Ula Je at the head of the interestingstory that follows: Butler, Tenn. Sept. IS. Two 'flashy tourists sped past the quaint old structure in an up-to- the-minute yellow racer. They paused to view it, then squinted their .eyes to take another look Curiosity got the best of thein They stopped, hoppedoul, went back and entered the open door "Oh!" they ejaculated in chagrin ro me proprietor. we we thought it wasan old tavern!" But it was hone ofthee. Thesurpris ed tourists were within the old est, most widely known rural re tail stores in East Tennessee Things are not always what they seem. Despite its uncouth am delapidated appearance, its al most ridiculous behind-the-tim ers, and its peculiar type of ar chitecture, the queer-lookingstr ucture is yet one of the leading mercantile houses in Johnson county, Tenn. Such is the jwwer of a well-established firm name A little while alter the close of the Civ il War two ex -Confeder ate soldiers, Fin ley Patterson Curtis and David Jesse Farthing North Carolinians, came tb thi part of the county, built the store and established the linn of Cur tis & Farthing. During those long years the town of JJullei has grown up around it. Even un til only lif teen years ago it was the business center of the entire surrounding country. Upon the death of Mr. Farth ing, over a year ago, the firm name way changed to thalofF.P. Curtis & Sons. Fifty different young men have clerked in this store, departed for other fields, ' prospered and grown old. One is a bank president, one a jeweler, tvo or three are lawyers, son,) are merchants, others are protn . inent farmers. Merchandise from t le wholesale houses of all the bi'gest cities has rested on the shelves of this early pioneerstoie aid hundreds of thousands of dollar's worth of business has been transacted within its ven erable walls. Mr. Curtis, its present chief proprietor, is taking life easy, ami why not? His son attends to most of the business. No, he is not rich; in fact he is not a sue.; cess as a merchant. But he owns a tine farm and he is probably at this moment dreaming of the big corn crop which flaps its ripen ing blades in tholateautumnstin.i He is nearly 7'.) years old, and smokes a remarkably long-stemmed pipe three times a day, is still active enough to attend to attend to his business and tho he ha dealt with all kinds andeiass es of people, hundreds of whom have wronged anddefraudedhim, b-i is gHd enough to beljeve, af ter all, in thejnherent honesty of humanity. One can frequently hear the vain wish of old citizens that: 'Oh if I only had a penny for every dollar that hns gone in and out the doors of Curtis & Farthing's old store Fd surely Jiang up my nhovel and my hoe!" Nothing , pleases many gray-headed citi zens more, when the- name of Curtis & Farthing is mentioned than to boast: "Why, I have been )n that store many a time when I v.is just a little shaver." No, "things are not always whatj,hey seem," BOONE Eynum Holsclaw in the Lime Light. (I,onoir News-Topic.) After having escaped from the Caldwell county jail, being recap tured, tried and banished from from the county by Judge Lyon several years ago, G. 1J. Holsclaw returned here Tuesday wearing a Croix de Guerre, won in one of the most daring and brilliant ex ploits of the war and possessing ,the final patent rights on an 'in vention that may net him untold wealth. ' It has been seven years since Holsclaw was tried before Judge Lyon on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. Other charg es had been broughtagainst him. He had a bad record and a bad reputation-He had made several escajws from the Watauga coun ty jail at Boone. Judge Lyon told him that lie wanted to give him one more chance and ordered him to loave the county until he could come bade a changed man. The entry of J uege Lj on is now on record here in the clerk of the court s office. Holsclaw did as Judge Lyon bade him do. He left the county and was not heard from for a number of years. Following the outbreak of the war, when Eng land was calling on Canada to send troops to the aid of t h e mother country, Holsclaw saw the adventure in such a trip, and on Jan. 2, 1'.) IT), joined the Cana dian forces and entered the avia tion service. Ife was soon sent o- ver with his outfit and was placed in active service in.Flanders. He was in the neve,r-to-be-forgotten second battle of pres, when the Germans made their first gas at tack. Later he fonghl in the Kern mel sector, Vimy Kidge, Pass- ceeuilai-l and later on at t h e Some. Twice he was shot down by anti aircraft guns while over the German lines. Holsclaw was a machine gun- io r and observer on a plane with Cait. Wollenmin, 1J. F. C, as pi- it.. They experienced many dar ing exploits before finally being aptured while in thoSoijimearea. Tolsclaw was senttovarious Ger man prison camps and finally to a camp about 11 kilometers out of Coblenz, where laterliesuccee- led in making a daring escape ind returned to the Urit sh head quarters. Holsclaw made his get- uviiy in aGerman airplane, which v had succeeded in making his way to. t was a great fii'ht.' he aid. After reaching his own mesne turned bark over the lernian line and turned t h e i r own ammunition against them until he had exhausted the entire amount on the machine. Holsclaw is over !I0 and is of that dare-devil type that is not a- f raid of anything. People here who knew Holsdaw as a boy are not surprised at his record of aredevjltry in France. A Croix de Guerre and a rec ord of unusual exploits are not the only things Holsclaw has brought out of the war. Mon- ay in Washington, D. C. he re ceived tho final papers from the ,)a tent office givieg him absolute rights on an invention he perfec ted while in England and France. It is a cooling system forairplane and automobile motors. It is a perfect system and is of the greatest importance in the air plane industry in which the greatest trouble has been because of the lack of an adequate cooling system for trips of long duration. Holsclaw's system Avill enable an engine to run for an indefinite period, or run so long as no oth er trouble arises. It does not matter how long the engine 'runs with this new system the water in the engine will not exceed I blook heat, the inventor asserts. DEVOTED TO THK INTERESTS OV WATAUGA COUNTY, N. An Educational System that Does Not fdu:a!e. "Suppose," said Supt, Smith Hagaman at a meeting of the County board of charities and Public Welfare the other day "we undertake a realty big thing. As I go over the county I am appall- ed at the number of children who i . . . . are neglected, largely because of the ignorance of the mother, Suppose, we start an agitation for a law that will require every girl before she is allowed to mar- ry to produce a certificate show- ing that she has taken a certain prescribed cou rse in home mak ing, including the care of chil- dren." Mr. Hagaman has really point- ed out the colossal failure of our educational system. It doas not . prepare our people for life. His idea is. to give fho training in in- wt f IlK.w. n 1 11... ...I... . """"-'i. jiwm. mil, wny not also in our public schools. Some attempt at this sort of training is being made, notably in the farm- fife schools of the Stale. Nu- morons high schools, too, have courses in domestic scienc. But rarely are these courses given the prominence they deserve. At best we have but some attempt it reform where the real solution is revolution. The curriculum of our high school is an inheritance anJ s,'t tiro to the new court from the days when education llo"SL' and jail in their effort tose- for the masses was not even dreamed of. We have held to the old order, partly because our educational leaders have locked vision, and partly because Latin paradigms and Algebraic formu- the Cotton Association's conven es are very simple matters com- tiou. Butler i was recommended pared with the real problem of bylthe Department of Agrictil- living. It is time to turn our fa cos to the future. Mr. Hagaman has pointed out a problem, thy solution of which willbringanew era of happiness and prosperity toAVafauga and to North Cam. I ina. The real solution of the prob lem will require loaders with vis- urn aim Mtuum leacners. uur training schools must be born again into the new educational spirit. All this requires money, but it can be done when once we thoroughly make up our minds that children should be at least as well bred as pi!js. Mr. W. M. Moore, for 1.'! years ediior and owner of The Ijcnoir Topic and for the past several months connected with'theLe n ir News-Topi. v lias accepted a posLion with the Statesvill'e Sen tinel and will leave here the first of the week to assume" work in h s new field Before taking up tho work with the Statesville pa- pr M r. Moore sold Ins mterest m the local papor.-News-Top.c. "I Spent a $1 on Rat-Snap and Saved the Frlce of a Hog." .Tunics McCuiro, famous liojj raiser of Nmv .lerscv says, "I ml vise every fiiniii'p tnmlili'd iitli raN to ine Ktif- huaj), I neu I'VoryllniiK to jrol- rid of nils. i-.-ui ti mi 1 1 .1 '.-' ii it I . riinirt'M i:.... $i .... i... w? i lies it killed saved price of ho!'." .. KAT-SNAI' foines in cake form. Nu mixing with oilier food, cm or dos to won't touch it. Tlirco sizes. 2oc. &0c. L.. tl Sold by L L Crllchcr. Tho greatest one trouble now confronting trans Atlantic flying is from the continuous running or tne engine ana the boiling of tho water out of the radiator nf- tar the first few thousand miles, WWIi fl.n TT..1..,.1 : 41.:.. .1 mi hij iiwiniiiiw iiivunuiNi wns danger is overcome. This Cooling system is a prac- 1.11 n, iiiicu wiujuiiion in i one of tho world's greatest in- uusiries, ana uiei e is no doubt that the inventor will realize handsomely from his several years work. After securing the patents anil even, before, leaving Washington ho was offered $50,- 000 for the right to manufacture the system. IJOONE. ANT) WAT itp. C, THURSDAY OCTOBER THE WEEK. A week ago, at this writing rresKient Wilson brokedownand was forced to give up his speak ing and return to Washington We were told that there wasnoth ing alarming about his condition nd that he needed only a rat her I , prolonged rest to be himself again. Up to this lime, however there has been but little if any nnproveinent in his conditional!! there are persistent rumors of a ,J('li('f Washington that he may ni'W1' Kin be able to take so ac tiv$ a P'l''t in the affairs of the nation. . The final outcome of Hie debate on the league of nations nnil tlin treaty of peace seems as uncer tain as ever. The President'! breakdown removes him as an active factor. The effect of this is Problematical. Til. ... (....! ... .. i Miiive summon, is practically unchanged. There ywn sonie attempt at media liuu Uv the transport workers Iteration. Both the strike lea- (loi's ail(l t'"- steel companies P'laim they are satisfied with de- VG'opments in the conflict so far. There have been serious race riots at Omaha and at Elaine, Arkansas. ,At Omaha the mob attempted to lynch the mayor ('ure their negro victim. In the State Governor Bickett lu,s hicurrod considerable criti- ('isl '.V appoint ingformer Sena- tor Marion Butler, a delgate to tim' probably because he really s'"i''to know something about fie cotton situation. J '"' sanitary inspectors for the y,!lto have been appointed, spent P" - ' days in training for their luties at Raleigh and on the first began the active enforcement of a law, the passage of which, Tom Boast calls the most courageous act of a legislature that had the c0lrage to pass a do la w. The Khdenbtirs Li;ie, When one thinks of the Great War one thinks of Ukj Westei n Front, and when one thinks of the Western Front one thinks of the ;,Iliii(leiibu rg Line. The Bin- uenourg liine tvoii .-. I leC.r. man menace. It was the brist ling rampart that had to be bro ken if tho world was to be saved For months and years the existence of great N;it ifinsi dpiirn1fj-l ni...n tl,,.i,... kin,, of it, aml for niimll)s a n ( years millions of men and women wondered how it couhl be broken, won(k,lv.i w1(.,,,UM.it Cull(l be broken, and fought back- with grim determination the haunting fear that it could never be bro ken. 'IM... r 11 i in: iui jr ui i no men who oroKe il,.. 1 1: l i. . . - i- nu? 11 lime 11 Olir". 1 lO IS HIV hiro . .1 .... .1 . .. . ' "-r l.niu wVi' ('a'l hole; and the men of the Thirtieth Divis n.... , .... , , . 1UU uldL B101 W'longs. As Gen eral Lewis, the Thirtieth's com- mander, said,in his -address at the reunion in Greenville, '"T Ilindenburg lino was broken by Uia Hickory." The only soldiers in front of the Thirtieth aVar ago todayworeGermansoldiers." TV. n. mi.:.... .1. iu uie iiiuiiein, maue up mainly ol men from the Carol inns 1 - and Tennessee, came the oppor - iiiiiLj iu wrim one oi- ine imor- ishnble chapters of history. Be cause tliey were the Iniid of men they wore they measured up to the opportunity. Not until the Great War itself has boon fdYirot ten can the faaie of the men wlio broke the lliiidiMiburg Line "tow dim. -Charleston News and Cou- rier, ivihvtv 9, 1919. Baptist 75' Million. Campaign. Bev. M. A. Adams will speal at the following places in the in terestofthe Baptist. S7r,(KX),(KK) campaign on the following men tioned dates: Gap Crock, Wednesday, Oct, 10, 11:00 a. m. Stony Forlr, Thursday, Oct. 1(5, at night. Laurel Springs, Friday, Oct, i. All day meeting. Dinner on- the grounds. Howard's Creek, Saturday, Oc tober lH.t All day meeting. Din ner on the grounds. Meat Camp, Sunday Oct. 19, 11:00 a. m. Zionville, Sunday Oct. 19, at night. union, Monday, Oct. 50, 11:00 a. m., and at night. Pleasant (J rove, Tuesday, Oct -1. All day meeting. Dinner on the grounds. Kich Mountain, Tuesday, Oct -1, at night. I'orest Grove, WedncsdayJDct 1 1 .WW tl. J1I. .Oil limber Pudge, Thursday Oct J. All day meeting. Dinner'on the grounds: Ziou Hill, Friday, October 41 I: a. in. and at night. v Mt. Gilead, Saturday Oct. 25 I a. in. and at night. Mothol, Sunday, Oct. '27. Al day rally meeting. Dinner on the grounds. Where meetings aro held al uii uiu.y win oegin ai ju:;ju, in the morning. All churches in reach of any all day meetings are especially invited to be present A 4 L..LII.-.n f ..Ml.. . . I i n?:vt-iiu ui nu; meijungs mere will be otherspeakers. Come and bring your friends. Didn't Work. While few reports have been heard from fair price commit tees, which were appointed for the purpose of finding out tlie profiteer, one does not get tin i .... . A idea Uiat nTucli was accomplish- 0 I, except possibly in a few cas es. So far as appears the com mute appointed for Iredell has done nothing. So far as appears the committee appointed for Ire dell has done nothing. The trou ble generally is probably that the com in it tees either did not have the the time or the disposi tion to lake hold of the job, j t in a big job if the work is. given the mention it should have; and it is a thankless job. One must make a sacrifice of time and get noth ing -not even thanks. If prices are cut, the dealers say ugly things about the committee and they couldn't be cut enough to please the public at least all of It was the proper method and the only method to get a square dual, but getting men fit for the job to make tho sacrifice to'perform a thankless task was too much. Iu WilmiiiLrton t, h e tomiiiniittee raised prices insome cases - an act distinctly prohib ited under the re-riilnl inii .. mi ...... tutu what the Wilmington folk said a bout it was ample. So as yet it appears individual will have 1o work out his ownsalvation. The States'viilo Landmark. Entry Notica Ni. 2543, State of North) Curolinu, Watauga v iiiii.,. nice oi emry laKcr lor said I'iMitity, llooiie CotTev locates and enters Mum one hundred aciT-s of land on ihe wu- lers of MiiiimIo ('i k in :MI. j,,,. I'ov.nshiii. HWfhjfiin.r f,n a hiniiih die -1111111 sproius an t laurel liuii, saiu ((illey's conicr and l uilliin.' Willi tin old Kryant, line (rnnv owned ! tin Uniiuliii Lumber-Co.) Uwn lumiinx ivi'li their lino Ml ,(,l,.s, tlu-n wesi with said line to a chestnut tiee in llr aid line, theiu-e i-i-in-iiri said ci i ok v a-hliiL-k i.'u:u c-iriier. th.Mi wii'i the eld iJryant lu.e to ti eucutnVr tr; e al ihe toot oi tie- rocky rid-;-, t'r-n ii. said iide u:id vanoiH tour-.es whh said floono Collev's lineto !ot'U!in Kntered ( lct.ili.-r 1. l.llil. 11. J. llAKJli, Kntiy Taker.' $1.00 Per-Year" NO 52. SHOES Ton't get rxrlied aliont elioc costs. The prom noticeii t tho effect that -'TIu.OO aud m" sheca arc iu sight in Inrgely a myth. Tlin e nhvays have boon 2e.()0 bliDi--, mul nbout one per son iu ten thtmiii-ml v.ouhl pny thla r-rlre Tlu-ie .-thvajs Ii.-n e hcen JIO.OO 1o $15.00 Klines, mid iuiuiIuts of peoplu would buy (hose :? -t - inwslbly be caust they "matched n dress" or for some other equally neprirtant reason. Thero iitwu.vs linve toven shoes for dress-up and pi reel wear, retailing from $:fiQ to .?t.").(X) for the past ten years. Out- shoes retailing at $3.00 to ?10.000 before the war, now sell al $i.00 to $15.00, clio lug aa advance Id lirlce of $2.00 to 53.00 per pair. We, as leaders in our line, hare always carried soce of the newest nnd best shoeo for these who want ,he latest thing in style and, of course, inerc-unudipo of this kind costs more . thau plain s;nple goods. These shoes . Interest nu n r.ud women who like to went "exclusive" Btyles and can af ford It. There nhvnrr, have been work shoes $3.00 it- Jf.-i.DO tor hard wear. There always have been boys' nud girls' Bhors at similar w-iees. The shoes of Oils kind which re sold before tho Avar at $3.00 to $5.00 were sold during tho war at from $1.00 to $7.00 and are being sold now at $1.50 to $S.0O. The advance In the price of our shoes In four years averages about $2.00 to $3.00 per pair. Now, these are the facts about our shoos, nud It luuks different from the Motion which Is being so largely handed around the country about "$25.00 shoos " The jibove minted prices show tho advances which have been necessary ' in our shoes, due to increasing coat (with which everybody Is familiar) of hides, loatlur, materials nnd labor, plus tho Intelligent and efficient 8er Tlces we render our customers. Don't be talked Into pnylng any fancy or ridiculous prices for your foot-wear. Advances there are and advances there will be legitimate and necessary, but nothing like the extra vagent stiiti n nts frequently made about "$23.00 slioi s" need five you a moment's concern. And now a word of advice. Don't speculate in shoes. Don't buy any more than you need. Meanhur. don't ., hoard shoes, aa some people aro doing; If you buy a pair of shoes suited to your needs and lake good care of them nud hnvo them reimheil when they need repulring-keep them well half. ' eoled nnd well lieeled-you can save a lot of money on your footwear. This Is Intended to give you a nlnJn Statement about shoes, in eontrnrtlrt. tlon to the wild and extravagant rumors so preslBtently p u b 1 1 a b d iiiiuiifeuuui iiiu cyuuiry. W. F. SHERWOOD, Sherwood, N. C. NOTH'K OK NALK. I'nder and hv virtue of n nwl..n lb" siijierior court of Wuiaua county nude in th.j snecial proceed inp-i enti tled, M. A. C'hurcli, Administratix, of the estate of .1. H. j Church, deceas ed and widow of hjin also, VS Walter Ih nry, Krank and Jesse Church mi nors, the sumo being No , upon tin! special nriK-eedimrs docket i.f ntfl wiiirt, tlie undersigned commissioner win on tne iiitn day of November 1010 at 12 o'clock m. at tho court house door in Watauga County, North Car olina, oiler for sale to the hiuhest bidder for cash that certain tract of an i i.vinir anil heimr n Wninm.-n 'oinity, North ( 'arolinn. nili..i.,i., the lands of llenrv i.tit nnd (.ii,.i.r and more particularly described as unions, io wu: negiiming on a white walnut on the bank of Watauga Uiv- r at us mourn oT a ditch rh..im " hu roh's corner, und runs S 5H l-Lrie. 'ices V -ns -.iny the putiiic, road at II'-s aud Mime course continued in all Kit pules Jn a stake In an old road, then with said road the b illowiti'i- course niui distances; south 11 1-2 di" x os f, ,i poles then .S Hi defrrces nest 2 poles then S :!5 doifrees oust Al no. then mirth rj decrees ea -t 0 polos then soul.li 14 ji.-les llien south 10 clojirees a -a f' poles to a sta(o in sa id road me pole wc.-t of a poplar Wado Wa"- uer s corner, then south SI dei;reos W wiili said Wagner's line 52 poles to a ouDio cnosiiiiit nenry i utesand Way tier s ivirner, then norlli .id ileyrees w villi Vatos line o poles to a birch and mail poplar then N HI degrees west illi the oust side of the Haul ltond !-'l poles to a small Ikms-Ii, near thn road and a branch, then down and with thn branch norih II degrees east 22 poles, neu norm in uogre.-s r, is ilos, tlii'ii i"i lh 27 d- groes east 2') Doles then N 15 degrees ea st 21) p-iles then north .'( : di'gi-oos east cro-isinrf tho road 8 po. then 1.1 degiees hosl to a snruea bin i stum)) on the tunic ol the brunch Wol- r La ird s corner, then north 70 de lves east with sail Biird's lino 5'J poi -s to a roeH on the hank of W a- au'ra Kn-er, then S SI degrees east reivral course v.it'i said river. 71 in to the beginning and contains. SO ami one fourth acres njire or lesi. TIJi, no s n tiay oi iH'tober iyrt. i. C. BA1HD, Commissi jner. - ti ';5 i : 'i DHL
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