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. I' - 1 ' 1 Advertising Rates on Request DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. $1.00 Per Year rx-j II 1H III S!' - ' , " ivrk i a VOL. XXXI. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 1920. , . I One Automobile For Each Sixteen People I NOTICE. I nc rcurixo nana win mui wu. Istlng Personal Proper!) Under the Mew Act The State Tax Commission feives out the following: The revaluation act compre hends as complete listing and Valuing of personal property as bf real property. This could only be accomplish ed by removing the discrimina- ion against personal property jrought about by the undervalu ition of real property. This discrimination had reach ed the extreme point that a trus tee listed in a JNortn uaronna city, personal property yielding an income of $900 and paid more than $800 of it in State, county and city taxes. An army with banners could Jnot produce a complete listing of Innrsnnal Drooerty under such i . . P . 'unrighteous tax methods. This discrimination has been removed Real estate is listed and valued at conservative May lstcashmar ket value. "The tax rates that will apply on personal property listed Jan uary 1st will be but a small frac tion of the I9i9 rates. The revaluation act brings this measure of justice and equity to the owner of personal property and demands a full and complete disclosure in return. The same guarantee of propor tionately reduced tax rates that aDDlied to real property applies n nersonal Drooerty. That is to - f" - say that the total revenue collec ted from all property in 1920 can not exceed by more than ten per cent the total revenue collected in 1919. Pardon the reiteration, for it seems not yet fully understood that this pledge, involving the good faith and honor of the state, applies to the tax rate to be lev ted by the counties, the cities, towns and special-tax districts, as well as the State tax. News From Mable. Solomon Eggers bought Mr, the Mr. Silas M. Greene farm near Mable, and will move there in the early spring. Mr. Greene has gone to Virginia to buy him a farm. Mr. Will Robinson has return ed from Malad City, Idaho, and I hope he will remain here. He says he likes the west, but likes this country best. Rev. A. J. Greene has preach ed some excellent sermons inour church of late. He is broad in his views, and we expect him to have great success. Mr. Ed Williams, who recently purchased the J. O. Culver prop erty near Mabel, has moved to it. .We are glad to have such hustling men as he locate in our midst. Mr. Thos. Eggers. has taken work' at Butler, Tenn. Mr. Walter Combs is in from the west, after an absence f 13 years, and will spend afew weeks with relatives and friends. Last spring he had the misfortune to lose his wife who left to his care three small children. He has suc ceeded well, financially. The public school in Mabel, taught by Mr. Lloyd Isaacs and Miss Fae Greer, closed last Fri dav. The school was a very great success and the teachers are to be congratulated Mr. Charley Johnson, who has been working at Cleveland, Ohio, is visiting home folks at Mabel Mr. Jasper Thomas visited the North Fork School on Friday evening. The teacher had com menced a spelling match. Mr Thomas brought an old Blue Rack sneller. and. you bet, he had his fun plying the hard words t: the pupils, he doing the pronouncing. UD. Second Reason -The straight calendar year is the logical year Most Valuable Dog In the Whole Wftld. How would you like to have a dog which could "point" liquor? says the Greensboro Daily News. There is such a canine in Guil ford county, aecording to per sons whose veraci ty .is not to be questioned, but he is not for sale, it appears. The story is really an interest ing one. Recently Patrolman T. O. Bray went out into rural Guil ford for a bird hunt. With him was a friend and the friend's bird dog, which, as a matter of fact, had formerly been the prop erty of the officer. They wentto a section about 10 miles from Greensboro where birds were not so plentiful as they had an ticipated. While hunting on the place of One Automobile For Each Sixteen People NOTICE. i i l. iiti.j all. I PottAltna Wot a ii cm I mintv. in me unnea nm. - at BoonP. N. r. at the closo Df busi- One foreets that hardly aquar- - ,.,, ,uQf mn,..no, nf th ness Utc- JJ 1!UH: i I ,TQtV, , , . resources: ered in curious little groups to who constitute tho governing body 0v..i-driifts secured tis.50 look at the pioneer motor cars, said town was hem at tne lown nan overdrafts unsecured n.iu r . . . L.tkn rfo v nf Nnveinher. 1919. IT. S. and Liberty Bonds WW.OO When the enterprising owners ' t Furniture and fixtures left them standing in the street, C,is J()0 Whit0 and j. M. Hodges and is not particularly surprised aldermen of the said town, and G. C. to read that the atest autotno- Robbins mayor or tne sam iown, V,ilo rfcriatrntion roturns show when and where the following pro- t ccedings were had: u averse oi uuc it m , ,. . . sixteen persons in the United u,.n1p(1 hv .Tnn white and the said Stntps. OnP wonders if. tWentV- mntmt. lminir nnt. lv tlm Mnvnr. was nonnsit suhiwt tn check n .1 . ... i Li a k - .j... s I Timn nnrtifleiitps of denosit nve or tniriy years n, in corneu ,,y ud. Cashier's checks outstanding .oiott nn win uhmiT aiaermen wai ine iouowiuL'uruuitiiicc r,.. he adonted: Total $94,102.78 tne unitea oiaies anyuung nice is necessa fopthe town Qf North Caroina( county of us wen miuyiucu wiui iuian . Blowinsr Rock to improve its said waiuuea. i, u. m. w , " ..i ...I i . " , ., I ier of the above named, bank, do sol- Furniture and fixtures lK)4.7tt All other n-al estate owned ifKUK) Duo from hanks and bankers 39, AH.i Total ' LIABILITIES . Capital stock paid in . Undivided pronts, less cur rent expenses , taxes paid mils payaoie $94,1(12. "8 20,000.00 1403.83 10,000.00 49.050.21 137.10.97 511.11 necessary for the town of Blowing Rock to improve its said ana II tne casual newspaper rea- streets by purchasinr iand and widen- swear that " the i above statement der will accept the condition as a ing tho said streets, by building re- is tru0 to tj10 i,est 0f my knowledge ti. e t : nn tma tnininL' walls, rock and concrete cul- and belief. !, n.,i -. io uQi verts, concrete bridges and grading G. M. Sudderth, Cashier - nn siii'iiu:iiiif liiu nuiu I wuun onu iw xjurnat niw;avt a rprtain Guilford farmer they proved practicable, answers in nnet1Ptiinn ond re-construction Ira C Critcher i i: 1 iL.t 4-U Ja tho nocratiuii haouiso nf rho aiw. .1 i........t.:,t .in,,io ..ml hloh. I J- SUUQeniy UOllCcU Wlau Hie uug k """'v -..v, .jj. OI mv Urin:u nuiii w uuu was evidently pointing a covey of ial requirements demanded of ways in said town with sand and grav- u:-i tio ,or.f fVTnna.h tho .. tho. aviamr. An armv test ior avi- "1C - in i ii r. i. An hluv uiilwubua vuw i v i . 1 1 3 .4. u i,.o tUnt being too narrow and oauiy oui oi rr cepted lormuia oi pointing ana u uhD, iiu ...a, u nmssa t0 d(,fray the hunters wondered why no the candidate must do aoie to th(1 eXM,nses (1f the said street improve birds arose from the tall grass, walk a straight line with his eyes racnt) to issue bonds in the sum of Fif too11,t Patlmon Rmv rWidfri closed: and one wonders if one teen Thousand Dollars (&15.000.) . . , . , : uA,.,KA.,Hiin 2. Tt is. therefore, ordered by tho J. A. Lentz, Directors. Subscribed and sworn "to boforo me. this 12th day of Jan. 1920. O. L. COFFEY, CSC Report of the condition of The Watauga County Bank at Boone. N. C. at the closo of busl- ... i i . : i. . I i in civraan Tn rfn rnn u Tno I i u i.i nv w. " - ' j .... - mat it must oe a raoun, .uu . ... . ""-h--Board that coupon bonds, in tho sum ness Dec. 31, 1919 of birds to" which the canine United States could do it without " ' , ($I5i(X)0) resc pointed, so he ad v a n c e d wabbling. Ex. in? issued by tho said town and sold tnuravrl tho snnt. npprpd into I us the lnw directs to defray tho said ATOcu anrlfmiml nnt. n riirfl. . . expenses aforesaid. .. CnmaF ni Pnrkar .. .t i.i i j.u,., i 11-4. U..4. .nllnntnn I HIV I inll J. 1 IV II1U BttlU UUUUJ UVI iv- noi a rauon, uui a iwu-KauuiijuB, , , L u. which then was duly inspected Mr. T. S. Watson,, of Virgil, " J" 1 . I... . t 11 1 T 1 .1 fnhu fiiu with twn killed a tnoroucn-oreu roiana rl, I 1 1 1 1UUUU UJ UJsU II IV T w i RESOURCES Loans and discounts Overdrafts U. H. and Liberty bonds Banking houses Furniture and fixtures fash (n vault and net amounts due from Banks,, Bankers and Trust Companies 141,171.51 $439,813.24 5412.94 4,850.00 2,140.00 1,500.00 turn per annum, payable annually A That tho mill hnnriu hf issued In gallons of perfectly good corn China hog 25 months old thatnet- denominations of One Thousand Dol- whiskey. ted B50 pounds. The nog was Mars (1,000) eaeii ana snaiiueaueanu .' i unknrl loot -nrAr on1 l,u iiavable as follows: First bond, De- Tlie larmer was present, out rircicu 1M,nre,u,uu i,v,., k .inin. snroiun fund of course he knew nothing of the far, the, largest we have heard of ' ' ' undivided profits, less cur Total ' LIABILITIES I Capital stock paid in whiskey having boen h i d d e n in the county. there. The owner of the dog might have claimed the booze, but he did not, it is stated, The officer might have seized it, but he did not, according to the re port. The three might have had a nice little argument as to di vision of the spoils, but they did not according to the available in formation. At any rate, the jug and the whiskey no longer occupy that this Why is a Headache? VARIOUS CAUSES FOU THIS COM MON AFFLICTION ANEMIA OR BLOODLESSNESS VERY COMMON CAUSE of December of each year thereafter until the entire bond issue is paid off and discharged, bonds to bear date December 1st, 1919. 5. That a tax sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of the bonds and to create a sinking fund uffii ient to discharge tho said bonds as they become due he annually levied and collected. 0. That a' statement of tho present indebtedness of the town, Incurred be fore March 1th, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventeen and tho bond ed debt outstanding to be incurred un- rent expenses k taxes naid Deposits subject to check Time certificates of deposit Savings deposits Cashiers c'ks outstanding Total 8590,081.09 $49,100.0(1 16000.00 8,060.31 212,087.42 185,634.02 52.888.22 11,117.00 $590,087.09 t in vrth January 1st is the time forevery- pHt, .i, hm,tPr.ption. isem- My to take an annual reckoning L o ,! mut. ho hnd strike a balance. Business readjusted to the total value of enterprises now conduct their both real and personal property , T Z basis. They keep their books on Personal property will be list- 'YZTfII a - Ton it erence to all reports to the Fed ,,un i,onr. eral government. It is unreas- e l hands since May 1st will be onable and illogical for the state . . T to ronu re an accounting on adiff- JIOUI.U. b"."' , , 1 . erent date. Uairfy:you build a house between No injustice is done by .. , .is..,- omn ; chance of date. . . ,., . i! ,;.f This was carefully considered Va Ue It Will Uti IIUUU tu Hl-- nan. ... T. ' u it,m,i bv the lg slat ve committees. It If you have a house destroyed oy ih k . i was consiuereu iiisii lu?ic wcht between these, dates exceeding WB1,1A'"' U . . , . Sin value it will be deducted, two particulars in which the Why the change -May 1st to change might result in inc eased ny tax upon the farmers, and both January 1st. provided against. Two good 'easons: I needs nQ t First to Give plenty oi time L1' . fohe job Plenty of time to attorney at the seat of govern- have the work done carefully and nwiit .u r ----- Lcately, and plenty of time to and will be the policy to give he "rtiuiry and investigation farmer not only a square, but a if thetaxpayer-meetingas Jrfetheir own pr0. t iat is toting square has toted runu Vare. IfaJU visions, and have more on h, d Xngivenachanco. Thoy have J-u-jW "JS, lotod square on W "Sn permitted by the 5 , - liersonal property, wniuu iuuiu- rgperty. ' L rrovisions-$300 in value. Ex- , The State doesn't tote square "P allowed $2r, with those who do tote squa emp too f unless it gives some attention to re can 1 1 hou9e ;tl,elonesbmem ; dodee even when the btate does onita. on,l thpir nmffhbors mg apparei, ueu vuvc avjutic wii vv- o secluded SPOt. Perhaps the booze PEPTO-MANGAN OVERCOMES ANE- der ordinances or other proceedings, wasn't properly appreciated and pei haps it was. Certainly the dog considers himself unappreciated. Whether he can duplicate such finds in other sections of the country may be adebatableques- tion, but in this day of aridity the dog in question may become one of the most popular mem bers of society in Guilford county- MIA AND TENDS TO PREVENT HEADACHES Watauga Boy Opens Business at Moun tain City, Tennessee. When one has an occasional headache it is usually duetosome transient or passing cause, such as indigestion, eye-strain, over tiredness, etc. When, however, one suffers from frequentperiod- ic headaches there is always some special reason for it. Among the I most common of such reasons is Anpmiaor Bloodlessness. This State of North Carolina, county of Watauga. I, G. P.Hagaman Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and be lief. G. P. Hagaman, Cashier. Correct Attest: N. L. Mst W. C. COFFEY F. A. Ijnney, Directors. Siiliiprilinr1 and nwnpn if) lif'fnre mo. uun i ..." "."ft". I " - 1 i ii, ..nnfiinir nvi.liislvr mis join uay m Jan. ivoj. passed, taken, or pending, exclusive n r t'nwwwv f s P of debt incurred, or to be incurred, in anticipation of the collection of the Ifcport of the condition of taxes herein anticipaU-d, of tlu sale of m mm m the bonds and the assessed valuation , ,, i f ,i. ,!,,, ,,P,w.nil. t" mowing iwck in ine iaio oi worui of the property for the three prctoul- . .. . ... . . tmHl imr vnnrs. siibieet to taxation by thr municipality, the said three years be ing the fiscal years in which taxes were last levied, ho filed with the Board and sworn to by tho Treasurer of the said town. 7. That tho form of the bond shall be a coupon bond, signed by the May or of said town and tho Secretary thereof, and sealed with the corporate seal of the said town, tho coupons to be signed by the Mayor of tho said Carolina, at tho close of business, Dec. a y 1U10: RESOURCES Loans and discounts $1.12,012.71 Overdrafts 344.27 C. S. and ll!erty bonds 4ir0.00 War Savings Stamps ll8.7.- May view Construction Co. 750.00. Banking bouse 27M)0 Furniture and fixtures 1298.00 All other real estate owned l'JO.IU Cash in vault and net amis lue from hanks, bankers & trust companies 59,477.47 Cash iU'ins held over 24 hours condition is especially frequent nmnnir trirls n.nrl Vfllini? WfimM . am""!) II"' - m " IK! Slgnt'U uy. MIU "1 viiu V.USI1 lU'lliH I1UIU UVI Mr. Fred Wilson, son OI Mr. tnQse wnose occupations or town, the bonds and coupons to bo In Lost check account Prank Wilson, of Vilas, tells The , . . . , . hereafter bo deter- - ...V n..of thaf ha nnu nf hN nn" " I' " " .. . " , . . I nu inrlnors. The one important no y uo uo.ru or A.uern.an , UAniuTiEs Cie, IIUU UUUbliei uivi unci , nni v -. tnurn ,,' ,. , . i ... JL' Kln0 in Mountain Loaaifv in snrh rnsPS is to build sttlU t0.Wn- .. ... r(P' al lJ1ld ,n IJCU wuca ... vww.v , - O. Tllttt an 11.40 LCaBll'.V ill ouvii vuiivu i. - u fin... .,.,, I nmlinnnmi u HI 111 . i 1 1 tv r i i o. xnuii uk nan uiuiuuiiw ""n i rturuiu IUI1U Ut.v, Tenn., m ine very neui iu- UD the auantity ana quality oiine fnun offlint wniii thirtv davs after its LUndivldecl nrofits l(;ss cur- ... - - - - uurnu wi'v w V I " tnrp. trrocenes to be nanulea ex: , i Tt,T ui.i r,Wo . . .. ,..., i,uo f, r ent expensns & tax pal ent expenses k tax paid :r.::. i 4..., u.. ufiQ i0 wetlK a,,u ""j- " """" " : Hiiis Kvai.ia Ciusiveiy wnu- ntA uamn u PYPPl.t.innnllv its submission to tho votors of the ; rr " ,,,,. , WU- ter on tneO. lntenas wopeii uii . . n : U,.id mwn shall he filed in the mean- rirn f....tifleitfls of dm.oit a general line, the stock to cost valuaoie ror tn.s purpose. m- - gaU board as' provided cashiers checks outstanding iwuie B"' '" bv law. Tml Mll.KHUM i - 1 i n h iit Inn ann lira I . i . l 1. 1 1 .11., I . I " - k f, hirr .hmW I,pp in ltlG y , u . Passod in r0,?ular mWllng by Unanf; State of North Carolina, county of h.ti-io for him Ahunuant sucess in i:iti u,wi:., ,..u;u i ii... . . m ... ..isfv. -w. inose VlUll IILjIB uuurca wuivii his new venture. . . ... ...ml. $20l,76i.09 $1,(XK1.( 2.S00.UO 4,170.72 10,000,000 112,180.1)0 08,0811.64 ' 828.13 would therefore have lesstaxable body. ' It improves tho appetite property May 1st than January imparts color to the face, and re Passod in regular mwllng byunana- carrv nutrition to all parti of the town on the lith day of Novemhi r iuiu the above named uanK, ao soiemiy 1 t .miun swear that the above statement is true Mr. L. CRISP JOE WHITE T UnnnM fVimmiaalnnnnS. . lil J 4. 4.U 4.- tL " ' 1 at If not in debt their taxable stores neaun anu sireuswi to tuc G c rqbbins, Mayor. wealth would be the same in ei- body generally. After a short The foregoing ordinance was pass- ther case, as if property were Courui-.uB. r"dwa7flrsIpublishedonthelstday sola beiore iviay ist, tney woum auca ",iu. ... i ..vj - ot Janul 'are totine square . The State intends to tote square all the way through, and t .'' some time and thought, and some - time ana thought will be given . to each county to locating the tax dodgers, to see that they bear their part. .. May 1st listing permits no time for this sort of inquiry be jore the tax books must be mad nary MS). agricultu ml imnlements. tools of niechan ics and libraries and scientific in atrnments. The most important difficulty was the fact that farmers would have on January 1st farm pro ducts raised for market that would ordinarily be marketed oy May 1st. If in debt the proceeds of the sale of such products would be applied to their debtsandthey ... .. - . V swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and be lief. J. T. Miller, Cashier. ' Correct-attest: J. A. Lentz Will Lentz T. H. Coffey Directors. ..: i. .. J .1 ... MA havp pither the monev or some severity, and finally disappear, if Any action or proceeding question- U:iis i2th day of Jan. 14)20. nave eiun-i uuc muuy " I . . . . ,t ....is.iim. rt il,o caM nvA innnrn v n..,n xro., o,,ui; equivalent in taxable prorty. they are dye to Anemia, repto- $s' af- ' This di.iiculty was met by per- Mangan may oe nau eitjier in n- ter its first publication. That tho amount of bonds to ho Is- Tnittinr, inflphtirlnpss to be set quid or tablet form, aspreferred. sued and now pending before tho board mitting inaeotedness to oe m.t h - ' 'aniran . North Carolina Watauga County, of aldermen for street Improvement, off against the value of cotton to- When buying fepto-Aiangan oe n U)wn ))f mowin;, purchasing of land for widening the haoro and other farm products, sure tne name uiiae s isonuit? personally apueareu uiam .uD ... rews, uynu n wucrew u u oaqco anu otuer mi ux iuuuuo, d . G c wob),ins, who Is Treasurer culverts. retalnW walls, cU Is fifuen n ohimtrft in warehouses, in the paCKage. vyimoui, uuues 11 is r. ... niowin!, n,,ck. North Loiisnnd dollars: that the assessed . hona nf oommission merchants, not Pepto-Mangan. t,adv) Carolina, who being duly sworn, says value of tho.propcrty in the town for hands OI commission raeronarna, uui i t, vronl totul indehk-dness of ho year M0 was H54745.00; that the or agents in or out of the' btate, or in the hands of original pro or 111 wic iiuiiua ul uiftiiii iv. 1 . debt ducers, and held temporarily for FOR SALE: Reefer's More Fgg bw!n pttld. t,4.i ' Tonic. Makes hens lay. The tn- That the total ass 1 .1 L. est thinz on the market today BOWitnrespect to tnese pro- ranteed lf not enti. Anftn the nroducinir tax paver I, -.tnt. ,;n u Uv.wv - .---- o. - - is oatiaiawtviij iuuuij nni uc i lists only his net worth, and gets funded at once. Onedollara pack and gives a perfectly good, hon- age. Lambuth Bogle. Rural Hall, oat aniinra lpal. ':' IN. v nronprtv in the town for percentage, which the not increase to u mndo hears tn atid assessed valua tion, is 1U per cent, that tho conteni- latH tar liiffv' will derive Kiifllclent mi . a.. . 4 .. 1 nA.mHBn4 nnlnartnn 4Tf I r J . n U 4 vtvr-i r Bll 11 V-w property subject to taxes by tho. mu- and create a sinKing fund for the dis .1 (n tVili.K tavoil WirO ln.Mt, lh lata . .v that the present totul indebtedness of Hie town oi mowing ivkk is iiuwuuj!, no bonds having been issued by the dents contracteu inai levied' and collected is as follow: 1910: 1017: 1918: H54745.O0 155028.00 153000.00 O f? RORnTNfi. Troamirop Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 1st day of Deeemotr 1019. ' , , J. T. MILLER, Notary Public. ... . . 1 ! '. 1. lS'(?...UV.T!J v.'
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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