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i '.V '. -Advertising Rates on Request. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. $1.00 Per Year VOL. XXXI. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6, L919. NO 4. r k CHATEAU-THIEP.A. ti ' Col. Wade H. Harris, edit r of the Charlotte Observer, now in Prance, writes tlius interestingly ( of Chateau-Thiera, vividlly re- tiemberd by many Watauga boys: J: The little French town of Cha teau Thierra, the town which fKrhich American soldiers have made forever famous in the his tory of the great war, will re mind the American very much of Nthe North Carolina town of Fay etteville, so far as topographical characteristics go. To the east it : has the same rise of hill that Fayetteville has to the, west, and with like reversal of position it has the same level stretch of i'VtH. Th.jro are the same exeen t irit.ii in direction of streets, watercourses meander here and tfiere and the river Marne flanks i the town in, the same manner -t Sm which the Cape Fear flanks . Fayetteville. As a matter of fact, were the Cape Fear a stream of T I liquid blue, it would be a fairly ,v, good match for the French river as it rolls its sluggish way from Fayetteville to Wilmington. The rivers are aboutthesameindepth and width, differingonly in color. And again, there is a striking similarity in the size of the two towns. Chatca Thierra is fifty nine miles distant from Parisaml and the military road connecting the two places is of such a fair order that an automobile m a y beat the local trains and give the fast through train a close push. ..The section of the town in which the depot is located was untouch ed by the shells of either Allies or enemy and hard by, across a broad plaza, is the typical French hotel which is doing a rush busi ness for the visitors who are now beginning to go that way. It was at this hotel that The Observer and party were 'refreshed' while waiting the arrival' of the auto mobiles that were to give them a turn over the battle fields, and it was here thatourenriosity about the famous light wines the French are known to indulge in at meals was tested out. A half bottle, or enough to fill a tumbler, is provi ded for one franc and 25 centi mes. It is of a very pale pink in color and tastes like diluted vin egar.. It is needed to the proper disposition of the meal that goes with it that consists of two thin 'slices of tomato and a string of something that was a cross be tween bacon and kippered her ring. This was followed by an ex cellently prepared fresh fish, af ter which the guests were serv ed a turn of the inevitable roast beef and califlower. Then after an unfathomable dessert, enough fruit was passed out to make a show for the chaygeofsixfranes. Very much of the debris that was piled up in the streets of the town has been removed, but the people are living amongst confu sed surroundings. In some in stances fronts which were torn away have not been replaced. The owners of such property have simply swept out and re sumed storekeepinsr or househol ding with curtained protection. Bricks recovered from the ruins are stacked up by the pavements and in alleys; roofs are temporari ly thatched and the streets are thronged with soldiers, citizens and visitors. The town hall stands afc the end of a central street backed up by the "rise'.' which ramindsone muchof Fayettevilles Haymount. In front of the hall flaws the river and across it is the bridge at which the Ameri cans turned back the Germans from their march on Paris. On one side of the bridge there was a force of 891 Americans, and crowding down upon them from Rankin Heads American Public Health So ciety. A New Orleans dispatch of the 20lh of Oct. says: Dr. W. S. Ran kin, of Raleigh, N. C, was elect ed president of the American Public Health Association at. a general session held tonight. He is North Carolina's State Health Hoard Secretary. San Francisco was chosen for the 1920 convention. the streets leading to the other end of the bridge were 10,000 German soldiers. The Ameri cans had been given orders to hold this bridge at any cost and a personal inspection of the scene will serve to show how they were able to accomplish the task. From their side of the river they were distributed among the buildings whose windows commanded the bridge from directly in front and from the north and south sides. From hundreds of these windows American machine guns spouted a withering fire on the massed German troops and precipitated the first German retreat of the war. It was perhaps the most effective ambuscade on record, the routing of the Germans and the turning of their backs per manently on Paris having been accomplished with a loss of only 17 dead Americans. The mach ine gun fire of the United States troops was point blank from three angles at an average range of 75 yards. It was here, in this res tricted t ;rritory, that a handful of American soldiers gave Ger many the licking that broke her back-bone, and that evoked from Major Dupont, on that exciting night in The Observer office when the news was coming in on the wire, that "the Germans are going back home." For miles around Chateau Thierra the positions of tire. Am erican troops have been, marked in permanent manner, so that the position of each regiment is easily located, and of the (W A mericans now here awaiting or ders to come home, are corps of engineers and draftsmen making maps for the use of the United Slates Government. Within the immediate battle area are half a dozen towns that were pounded into ruins by artillery fire from both . Allied and German guns, and in each town are squads of German prisoners engaged in cleaning up the ruins. They are required to cord up every bit of debris, while out over the battle fields other squads of Germans are at work salvaging war ma terial. All along the roads shells are stacked like so many cords of wood and over each stack is post ed a warning notice to the public to I iave a care. In spite of these warnings every once in a while a rash individual whose curiosity was stronger than his sense of safety, is blown to bits by pick ing up a live shell. In going ov er lKisitions occupied oy uer- mans and which have not yet been "scrapped" by the salvage corps, one may see a gas mask or discarded helmet, lying as the Germans lefttit, safe from moles tation because of the well under stood fact that under it may be lifrking a deadly charge. These are nevr picked up until after a snot has been fired into them "These Rats Wouldn't Eat My Best Grain," bats Fred Lamb. Ics hard lo keep rats out of a feed store. Tried tor years. A aeighbor ing store sold me some Hat Snap. It worked wonders. Gathered up dead rats every morning, bought mora Hat Snap. Haven't a rat now. They wouldn't eat my best grain when 1 threw Hat Snap around." 3 sizes, .25 ftOc, $1.00 Sold and guaranteed by L. U C'ritcuer. Cur Two Autocracies. R"cent events tend to prove the charge that some of the labor leaders in this country desire a new autocracy tending towards Bolshevism. Those who are en tirely in sympathy with organr,: ized labor, but who at the same time believe in the fundamental principles of democratic govern ment, cannot fail to harbor grave fears for the future, if the more domineering of these labor chief tains do not change their atti tude and methods. They are too impatient and overbearing. It is too soon to forget, howev er, mat tins new autocracy was called into being by an old autoc racy, that of capital an old an tocraacy now much weakened through Government trust bust ing but powerful and determin ed. Paraphrasing the words of Mercutio, ' the' suffering public may well cry a plague on both of your autocracies. The public has a right to de mand concession and compro mise from both these autocracies that have just faced each other in battle array in the Industrial Conference, and the President spoke in the name of the right of public when from hissick bed he earnestly asked that there be no adjournment until both parties had ':exhausted resourcefulness and patience in an effort to come to some common agreement." In part the President wrote further: ' Must suspicion and hatred and force rule us incivil life? Are our industrial leaders and our industrial workers to live togeth er without iaitn in each other, constantly struggling for advan tage over each other, doing naught but what is compelled?" The President intimated that both labor and capital are arro gant, which is triiQ, and that both must yield in some measure; otherwise it will be necessary to "confess that there is no method to be found for carrying on in dustry except in the spirit and with the very method of war." What was the answer to this solemn and timely exhortation from the head of the Nation on his sick bed? In spite of thePres- ident's appeal labor withdrew from the Conference, after fail ing to secure agreement to one of its demands. . To the reflecting and unpreju diced observer it is unite clear that labor is also in need of gov eminent regulation. The new aii tocracy would receive .much ben- e it from a similar chastening tit that which was visited upon tht- old. Winston -Salem Journal. Home Wanted for Fourteen Year-old Boy. The boy is without a home; is merely going from place to place. He is not, I believe, a really bad boy, but he is in danger of be oming a delinque.it. There is no place in any State institution o pen for him. I have been unable to place him in a private institu tion. I sh-viM like to find a home that wou!-i !e willing to take him I believe a little patience wil make a u.:eful man of the boy. If you are willing to tako the boy and give lim a dunce, write me If you ar i lining for a servant, don't wricj. ROY M. BROWN, Acting County Superintendent of Public Welfare. Will Yon Spend 50c oa Rat-Snap to Save $100? One ,rA)e pkir can kill 50 rnts. The average rat will rob you of $10 a year in feed, cnic'Ks, anu properly aestrue tion. Hat Snap is deadly to rat- Ciemates alter killing, waves no sn ell. Comes in cakes. HaW w ill uas up meat, ifrain, choose to feast on Rat-Snap. Thn e slzw, 2iv, fir c $1. Sold and guaianteed by L. Crltchcr. Taxes !n Watauga Couiiy-1913. Mil. KniToit: Now that the tax es for the year 1919 are die a 'id the Sheriff has begun to call on the people for the same, it might be worth while to give a bit of in formation regarding it, which we will do, byyourkindnesstlirough the columns of vour naner. v A I - - - The total amount of property isted in the county for taxation including corporations, is $15,7 is,. 8H8.00. There are also 1 9 19 noils isted for taxation. Taking those g ii res as a foundation from which to compute, we not the following items of taxes: State purposes general, ijil.W.l.oN State pensions 1,7(H').H State school taxes n,97.n otal state taxes $I7,9:i:i. so 19,17-1.70 S7,si:!.iii . 1LVJ9:). 19 :,i77.:ia County school taxes For county taxes: General loads, for interest, etc County Homo 'otal County taxes &:,(). 7:2 iailroad bonds, (Uoone township) l,92:i 17 'otal tax paid by coun ty as shown from ab stract i;:.22o.:!9 The lax rate, on the hundred dollars worth of real and perso nal property in each instance, is as follows: State purposes .") General county purposes .19 County Home .!." Road purposes, interest, etc..2s'ii or schools (to state) )r schools, (county) 'otal tax levy in county $1.4:i To the above is added 25 cents for railroad bonds in Hoone town ship, and 20 cents special school tax in Boone District No. 1. The 1H49 polls mentioned above are included in above figures but the poll tax is divided us follows: or school purposes $2.')D General county purposes .H 'or state purposes ' .12 or road purposes .Ki 'otal levy on each poll n!.90 This does not include 7: cents on each poll in l!oone for railroad bonds and (10 cents on each (Mill payable in the special school tax district No. 1, Uoono township. Hoping that this will be worth something to the tax payers of the county in ascertaining to what purposes their tax money is applied, I ntn Cordially yours, W. R. GIIAGG, Register of Deeds. Mis' Big Prf. Spinners can pay 7.) cents per pound for good middling cotton and make a good m- h"t at the prices, they are cl.irging for yarn, says tin; Monroe Journal, so a prominent yo.ing knitting mill man of the western part ol the state, said Ibis morning. He said that he was poying $2 poi inund for "rj-ply yarn which is made out of an inch and a nuar ter staple and cost about 4') cts. per pound to spin. Figuring these imitations on 51.") ceat cotton it can be readily seen fiat the cost of the raw product aid the man ufacturing of yarn is SO cents per pound, whereas the spinners are selling it at S?2, making a profit o W.M. uy paying o cents per pound for raw cotton the yarn would return the mills a profit of 80 cents per pound, which is sufficient profit for any product, The manufacturer, however made, it plain that these prices applied to' the best Vrades ol yarn. Some mills manufacture coarse grade of material that sells in the knitting mills for Si. 50 a lioiind. This same man told about some buyers purchas ing North Carolina cotton and shipping it to North Georgia, Watauga's New Methodist Preachers. The Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Ch u rch South, which met lust week in Greensboro, gave to this County new corps of preachers. The new Presiding Elder , is cev. W. k I'oovy. He is a grad ate of-Emory and Henry College. r a few years after he left col- ego he did school work; he was pastor of Chestnut Street Church at Asheville for four years; and k; comes to his present work af ter four years as pastor of Hre ard church. He has the reputa tion of having been uniformly md notably successful in every thing he has undertaken. It is roiMU'tod that he would like to ome to Hoone to live. Rev. J. R. Walker succeeds u'V. IL. Ij. 1 owell on the Hoone Circuit. Mr. Walker is a native f South Carolina and a graduate f WolTord College. He came to the W. N. 0. Conference four years ago to became President of Weaver College. Two years ago le was transferred to Ruther ford College as teacher and finan- ial agent, and was placed in harge of a campaign to raise a building fund of $ 25,000. He rais d 55I,(XX). On the Watauga Circuit, Rev. W. Honnott is succeeded by iev. .J. r. Morris. Mr. Morris was educated at Rutherford Col lege, lie studied law, practiced a whiie, represented Polk county in the legislature. Since he en tered the ministry he has work- d at Hakersville four years, on the Marion circuit one year and at Spruce Pine two years. He comes from the last named place to Watauga. He is a kinsman of Atty. F. A. Linney, of Hoone. Mr. Powell succeeds Mr. Poo- vey at Hrevard, and Mr. Bennett takes Mr. Walker's placeat Ruth erford College. A Tribute to Water. In view of our experience dur ing the past throe months, says the Winston-Salem Journal, it seems particularly fitting to pub lish this toast by "Joe" Cannon, oriner speaker of the House of lepresentatives. While t he sen tinient contained therein is prob- ibly shared by most of us, there ire few, if any, who could ex press it so beautiCully and with such a depth of poetic feeling: Mr. Toastmaster, ladies and gentlemen, you have asked me to respond to the toast, 'Water' the purest and best of all the things that God created. I want to say to you that I have seem it glisten in tiny tear drops on tlie sleep, ing lids of infancy, I havt seen it trickle down the blushing hooks of youth, and go in rush ing torrents down the wrinkled chocks of ago. I have seen it in tiny dew drops on the blades of grass like diamonds when th morning sun bursts in resplen dent glory e'er the eastern' hills 1 have seen it in the rushing riv er rippling over pebbly bottoms roaring over precipitous tails in its mad rush to join the mighty Father of Waters. And I have seen it in the mighty ocean on whose broad bosom float the' bat tie fleets of all nations and the commerce of the world, but, la dies and gentlemen, I want to say to you now. that as a bever age it is a damn failure." where it was re-billed as locn cotton, bringing from a cent h two cents per pound more than it sold for in this State. It begins to appear that Miv Wanamaker is cprrec in his position that the mills can pay more for cotton without increasing the cost of manufactured goods to the con sumer, and Union county farm ers. should by all means join the great ffght for justice to the producer. C. C. Miller Still in Military Senlci. The following paragraph is from 'Observations from Paris,' by Col. Wado H. Harris, Editor of the Charlotte Observer: Strolling about the streets or oungyig in hotel lobbies are numbers of American soldiers and officers, eating their hearts out for the orders that will bring them back to America. Bvchance he Observer ran up against one man from Camp Greene in the lierson of Capt. C. F. Hoganfrom Portland, Oregon. He is now le last of the North western boys in France, the entire con tingent, except himself, having departed the previous week. Most of tho soldiers now here are New Yorkers and New En- landers and every mother's son ' them keeps his face set to ard home. Among them is a one worth Carolina boy u. U. Miller, detained for work in the Quartermaster's-Departmen t . le called at the hotel just to see folks from home and to get some word of what was going on." ' C.C. Miller, of Meat Camp, this county, was just finishing his course at the University of North Carolina, where he had made a record second to that of no other man who has gone to that insti tution from Warauga, when the war came. He was among the first to volunteer for the officers' training camps. Here's hoping that he may soon return. North Carolina needs all of her young men of the Miller type. 'OR SALE: THE BEST GRASS farm, in Avery county, contain ing 215 acres, practically all cleared and in a high state of cultivation. Over one hundred acres of rich, level land. Pro duced over 75 tons of hay this season and should produce 125 tons next season. Pastured 300 sheep and over 50 head of cat tle and horses this season. Is close to church and school, good roads and neighborhood. Excellent fences, barn, etc." Price SI 2.(XX). Terms reasona ble. Address J. M. Phillips, In galls, N. C. 925 3t. NOTICK OK ADMINISTRATION. Ilavm' (iiinlilicd as administrator of the estarc of I. J. McGinnlftideceas- (1, this is to notify all persons liav- ' i-liiiins iiL'iiinst said estate to pre sent, tlirm to the undersigned adminis trator en or before the lifth day cf August 1!-fl or this notice will lo ile:i(icd in bur of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estuto will please come forward and make imme diate settlement. This Auif. 25, 1019. H. A. ADAMH, Adm'r of I. .1. Mc(iinnis, deceased. T. K. UINGIIAM, Attorney. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. North Carolina, Watauga County. Having (inaiilied as administrator of the estate of Chas. P. Todd, deceas d, late of Watauga County, North Carolina, tins is to notify all nersons having claims against Nuid estate to xliilut them iH'lorn tho undersigned at Todd, N. C. 011 or before the 18th day of Oetolier 1020, or thl notice will he pleaded in liar of their recov- y. All persons indebted to Bald es tate vull please make immediate pay ment. This IHth day of October 11)19. .1 KN NIK TODD KAY. Administratrix of C. l TodV. dee'd. V. K. Ill NO HAM, Attorney. Notice Of Administration. The undersigned having been op- nointcd and duly qualilled as adraiu Istrators of tho estate of Thomas llinglinm, deceased, all person hav ing claims against said estate are not ified to exhibit them on or before the 25th day of July. 1920, or this notice will Im plead In bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 25th day of July, 1919. J. H. Bingham, W. H. Bingham. Administrators of Thomas Bingham. deceased. Junes Stuckf Says, "Bit Cost Me $125 tor Plumbing Bills." "We couldnt tell what was clogging up our toilet and drains. We had to tear, up floor, pipes, etc., found a rat nest in basement. They had choktd the pies with refuse. The plumber's bill was $125. Rat Snap cleaned the rodent out." Three sizes, 23c, 60c, H Sold and guaranteed by L. L. Critch '"! '.., i i 'ji; ' '' ' ' K '.V - .1 .. " '.S.
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