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sab fvertising Rates on Request. . DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY.- $1.00 Per Year KOL. XXXI. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY MARCH 11, 1920. NO 21. THE REVALUATION LAW. Went Analysis Of Its Salient Features By Mr. 6. Ed Kestler, Repub lican Editor of tard. dr. G. Ed Kestler, prominent jublican editor of Concord has tten another analysis of the valuation Act, which was pub led in the Charlotte Observer aday, as follows: 'So general has boon the treat nt of my few thoughts on the v revaluation law, and, by re ist, I extend this research in ;helaw. The legislature will in. meet to fix rates and a pub- it way to bring out the saliei.t nts in the law, so it can cor b the errors and add remedial tions to it. To get an absolute ality of property is a. hard ik for property values change ;h the conditions, tlrey are af- ited by the prices of the prod a from the farms, from the h ipia.1 situations, and by the ifits the factories make on their iducts. Plenty of money ma high prices and scarcity of mey low prices. Adam Smith all the authorities prove this.. Iw tax rates stimulate the pur 5 ' - . . i I sa of rea estate ana mini ut. es discourage purchases. Th Ynsnpfts of low rutCS have Cl'O t i . fed a crreat demand for proper as has the high prices of col li, tobacco and lumber. I say !gh prices, yet North Carolina Irt is the best and cheapest dirt the states. Excepting Virgin I we have got the lowest values, real estate. South Carolina d is double in value what our rad is and and thousands are Ming out there and buying the orth Carolina farms. If I were the legislature I would amend is law by; making the state pay ine-half the cost of its adminis tration and the county the other lalf and where there are large lities I would make those cities bay the the county one-fourth of iheir cost. With the three divis- fons benefitting by-the law it is ot fair to make the county p.iy ,11 the cost. The counties also hould appoint the man to admin ister the law, always Keeping ioth parties represented, as this s local self-government and it e- irr.inn.taa the political element from the law. After thh year the Uiofr-if. annnrviflors will not be U4. IVV - - needed and they should be releas ed of duty. - ' I "Theconstitutioal limitation of 66X should be greatly reduced, os our governor recommends. "The constitution should be changed so that the income from cartain kinds of taxed property cvn be taxed. As it now is a big merchant or mill man pays a man $3,000 a year salary and he, if married, has to pay income tax on $1,000 while the owner of the store or mill may receive in divi dends $50,000 a year and yet he piys no income tax. Tins is un just, and it taxes labor and re lieves capital. "There is or should be no poli titics in taxation administration. All the people must pay taxes and in order to make this law norvpolitteal the coming legisla ture should increase the tax com mission bv one more and put a reniihliftan uDon the board and - -t------ - f make the law so that each party shill always have representation on the commission. "Another thing-tho legislature should do and tliati's to so amend that every, deed an,d mortgage should show the address of the grantor and grantee and alsx the township, ward, 6c oth Ccrlption by which any one can ea 'siiv W w thfl .orderty Tina xmnA. nin irrpnt.tv in the enforce The Humorous Mr, Hoover Mr. Herbert Hoover evidently has the saving grace of humor, the capacity to take criticism in the lighter vein. Writing to a friend who persistently . urged him to answer some of the char ges brought against him, Mr. Hoover says: "Some things that have been said of me cause me a sense of fi nancial oversight. For instance, I have made quite careful inquir- "(a) The $10,000,000 1 am said to have made in my early youth, or any respectable part of it. (b) The investments that I to have in Great Congressman Hoey Will Not Stand For TM Ripumican statt TicxeT. Re-Election, - Mr. W. T. Bost, writes to the Stating emphatically that his Greensboro Daily News a very course is not prompted by the voluminous account of the Re exigencies of the gubernatorial publican State Convention held contest, say s'theStatesville Land- in Greensboro on Wednesday Of mark. Hon. Clyde Hoey has made last week. One lady candidate the expected announcement that was placed on the ticket, and in le will not be a candidate for re- referring to the part played by election to Congress from the the ladies in the convention, Mr. ninth district. Here is the reason Bost said: as Mr. IToey gives it. "The convention made history Tf lnl iiniinn swiu.t.-w1 tn ma .roetniula.ir in Virincriiicr tn n. nrps. that the fact that I lived in Clove- ent issue the women voters of ana i regret mat so lar i can j... 1 l.t H.wP I li fn wlina Knn f.farorl Mromon not find lilllU Willing itUU tllilt UUllCi Ui. U1J iwi dm vaiouiii.. un.v.. ..v...w fellow county men were holding delegates' voting on minor propo- public offices would be made the sals sent a thrill into the conven basis of a ticht aaainst me. but tion which in its platform had ex- iraA onl tanHpfl t.hft nrivilftcrps of crovern- whilo nino of th ton fonnt.ips in ment to all Qualified people. Hut aui oui'iMu ii-- ..Ul Knknn t o Mum Katfln fihnrno Britain. ingly fin my favor, yet the fight was placed on the state ticket as Like the negro porter who in Mecklenburg succeededed in state superintendent of public in- w w.-uB x a..i, oimmt. in thf .trnftHnn. t.hn hie? invention grateful for the compliment. T tltitDliifi CJUll U OUIIUUJUU 1U UUWW wv - o . county in favor of Mecklenburg could not contain itself. It wept sorry that these sums ao not " I I 1 A. 1.1. J mint nl having the candidate for Con- and it howled." T , Z 1 gress that it seriously The following ticket was nom- for children s relief, threatened a division in the Dem- ed without a dissenting vote: I have also given deep consul- ocratic party in that county, and Governor-John J. Parker, of nation to the other items men- I fear has left the party there in Monroe. ,.',. , , Vf n i. va; Am i a uniisn Huujeuu anunwholesomecondition. Meek- ' L,,, T i t lenburg is the most populous Lieutenant-Governor-I. B.Tuc- evr iur suu" 'WJ"' in fi, A.int st.h'th wr fWhiWlk 8 "P? No. Um generations of . - . - .i c cu-i Tmi nersecutad Quaker ancestors any diminishing of the majority Jackson, of Hendersonville. in that county would bo unfortu- Treasurer J. J. Jenkins, Si nate for the party in the district, ler City. ' "Unquestionably I could be re- Auditor-J. Ed. Mendenhall, nominated and re-elected, but I of Asheboro. am unwilling to be the occasion Superintendent of Public In for any division in the Democrat- struction Mrs. Mary S. Sharpe, ic party in Mecklenburg, or to be of Greensboro. a further stumbling block in the Commissioner of Agriculture way of any Mecklenburg Demc- French Draper. Commissioner of Labor and Printing J. F. Barrett, Ashe ville. Commissioner of Insurance G. W. Stanton, Wilson. , Corporation Commissioner (to be tilled.) Attorney General Herbert P. THEY'VE FIXED PAUL. T1t4 Amiable Dr. Johnson, of Charity and Children, who does not take kindly to woman suf frage, is disturbed about the women speaking in the churches. He says: It is a grave question that con fronts us as to what we are go ing to do with Paul. If we dis credit any of his writings, do we not discredit all? If we refuse to accept one of his injunction and claim that it is notinspired.down goes the whole body of what this great apostle to the Gentiles has left on record. Thereupon Greensboro News about "teetotally mint" the doc tor with the following observa Charity and Children knows, of course, but for the benefit of an v of our readers who ma v not be well instructed in Biblical lore, let us explain that Paul is the man who wrote, "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for the stomach's sake." He also wrote "Let your wo men keep silence in the church "My Work! Mj Work! I Must 6et Back To My Work. As she lay dying in a Red Cross hospital in France, Miss Jane A. Delano, an American nurse whoso life had been given to heroic work said: "My work! my work! I must get back to my work!" Every man has a work to do which is as solemn a duty as was this work of this nurse, who was literally giving her life for others. The world is suffering for a thousand things, for food, for clothing, for cars and locomotives and many other things, but the thing which it most needs next to religion is a new conception of and a new consecration to work, not merely because it needs en larged production, but because, to an infinitely greater extent than it-needs food or clothing, . it needs a rebirth of character. Without consecration to work there can be no upbuilding, of character. Without a deeper realization of man's responsibility to God and man to work with wholehearted- erat, and I shall not permit any ambition of mine to interfere with the' fullest nartv harmony. With no divisions in the party -any) Democrat can be elected this year by. the normal Democratic majority, because it is a regular oloption when the voters will be going to the polls anywhere to Saawell, Carthage. vote for all county, State and na tional candidates. gain, every neea snouia oe reg istered before it is valid and should state the exact amount SuDreme Court Justices T.T. Hicks, Henderson; J. E. Alexan der, Winston-Salem. . State Chairman F. A. Linney, of Boone, who was not able, to attend the convention, being ill paid under the deed. The custom with influenza, was unanimously of selling a $10,000 piece of prop- elected for anoh?r term. orty for $10.00 and other valua ble consideration is intolerable and tends to injury in the admin istration of the law, and if there really other consideration it should first be appraised and put in the deed at its real cash value in money, m transiers auiuiig relatives this should be required also. "Again, every holder of notes, bond stock certificates and other evidences of concealed wealth ihould bo made to register them if their valueisover$100,asdeeds, mortgages -Resolutions of Respect Whereas, the eye of our Loving Heavenly Father, who knoweth what things are. best, has seen fit to remove from bur lodge, Broth er F. P. McGuire. He was a charter member of 'Bald Moun tain Rebekah Lodge No. 126, and in losing him, we lose one of our most loved anddevoted members. Therefore be it resolved: 1. That while we greatly miss Brother McGuire that we bowin would rise in their graves at such a discovery. They should re main quiet, however, for no Cali fornian could live three months in London climate and become a British citizen if he knew it. One thing that reassures me that this did not happen without my know ledge is that the British refused to allow me to come into their is land during the war without an American passport. Also, I feel that my accent was disinfected of any English, French, Chinese Russian or other taints by my presence jn the United States a portion of every calendar year of mv life, excent three even in cluding the five in which the Uni ted States has exercised its right to draft my services, a good por tion abroad. "(b) Did I ever rent a 'resi dence' abroad? I plead guilty of this crime, but m mi,igation I do appeal to the feelings of fathers who object to hotel life for babies and children. "(c) What about the political 1 inch where I was supposed to nave entered upon a dreadful conspiracy against the weal of the American people? My real l distress in this matter is not to prove an alibi or even to complain that my name was not even men tioned, as the guests assert, .but it is that I was not eoa invited, and therefore lost an excellent lunch. "(d) I plead guilty to the crim inal charge of pursuing my en . . .... I .hi. i j? ii. .. ..: r es; for it is not permitted unto ness, wun joy jur m pimau ut them to speak; but they are cotr.- working, with the thrill or crea- manded to be under obedience, tive work, whether one be snoo- as also sayeth the law." tag a horse, planting a crop, bun dle to think about it, what is dinSa locomotive or cooking a fllmvitv And Children coin to do meal- the,,e can be 110 morai at" with Paul? We must confess that vancement we haven't an idea That should hold the'doctor for awhile. It was all right from the prohibitionists standpoint which was the standpoint of Dr. Johnson to reverse Paul on the Into every work one must throw his whole life or else bo a failure. Knowing that the needs of the world are as creat as were its wine and water injunction; but Leads when this nurse gave her the . doctor forcot temporarily that, according to his own logic one of Paul's' injunctions having been ignored, down goes the whole body." The water drink ers having destroyed Paul's doc Millions Need Pepto-Mangan IN MANY HOMES BETTEH HEALTH IS SIMPLY A MATTER OP BETTEH BLOOD PEPTO-MANSAM IMPROVES BLOOD COMPOSED OF APPROVED 2ID0D- MAKINQ ELEMENTS PUT UP IN LIQUID AND TABLET FORM and trust deeds are humble submission to the will of gmeenng profession m foreign now registered. "This should apply to person al and corporate property alike. Tnis Uw should make it impossi ble for any onefto conceal any Will 1 must be so low thateveryone will be delighted with it. "Now, the next issue . that ap nrwls most strongly to the tax- that the money should home and pay taxes on it '"(e) 1 1 gather also that is nv;r al turpitude on my part to have managed large enterprises. The our all-wise Father who knoweth parts again and again. I have a nml iWt.h nil t.hinors well. fervent h one' however, that this 2. That we extend to the be- new t!o;trine of criminality will reaved widow and rtlvtives of not deter our criminality will not Brother McGuire, our deepest deter our citizens from extend , ,.k ,nna oil sympathy, and commend them to ing. American professions and ... 'isi,a-.i fua ..it J the care of our Father who is business any where in the world Will pay ue " tMt nf o1t flmOB rUov n,tt.nvs hi-ini? ' something UUIU W w inui v w. " . " J . " ' n . c 3. That Bald. Mountain Rebe kah Lodge no. 126 be draped in mourning for thirty years. 4. That a copy of these reso- payersistnatinen.on . of be economically expendea ur fae gent labor to theranksof managemefft once collected, inese " f. . . ' . fch. the wU however, probably not be mijht, in time be given power to " ' .. crushed from the hearts ot the tua ffrnonflitiire of North Carolina Udd enow, tne Amerltan boy even by this on IWI I'lVM lit I I , . ft 1 1 " imn"" " 1 -xxj i ... n Tiam wo r ami tho acihai i u i nublic monies and see that none wub 8ia8 I. ...ncfQ,i This shou d not be ..vH--. 13 naoiA-u. - I , ..UlloUnl donetnougn u o ., M McGuffiE is given me puw . k - Salue Graham own, board or until every couniv jENNffi Todd Ray is allowed to elect its own board. This, if done, should not remedial lines from such, facts way embarrass or utwu.ii. - that come under their official du usurp the constitutional rB r,.Pr.M?fl,tlve of the , county I Cotri ties. There should always be . - V A 1 .1 ami icivb-...- -y entire harmony ociween nmros commissioners but should i on y w the tor pe3pla aid them in the science of county - JB ; Entry Kotlse No. 2548, SUtt'n nf North ( 'urollnn. Watiiiicra county, office of entry taker lor said county. H. W. Ifresnell locates and enters acres of land, more or less, ontlip wa ters of Laurel Oeok, in Laurel Creek township. Hejfinninjf on tlio E 1 1 c Presncll Grant corner and runs cast 10 polos to a stake, thuncc south with x lirnneh 2.1 noles to a stake, thonw west 30 poles to a stuke, Uienco norUi to Vie lM'flnnlnjr. . Eutore4 February 1!, 1020. ' , , Entry Taker, Are you tired and weak and 'blue?" Do you say to yourself, 'What's the use of living? What do I get out of life, dragging through this drab existence in this unhappy way?" You don't feel well and you don't know why you have so lit tie energy to do anything, and you get all tired out before it is done. There are millions in bu sy America that have such feel ings now and then, and they are to be pitied. But there Is help. Unless some serious malady is at the bottom of their trouble, a few weeks of Pepto-Mangan will work a wonderful change. Pepto-Man gan puts new vigor in the blood, and the blood is the life-Iluid. With plenty of rich, red blood coursing through one's body one is pretty likely to feel good and vigorous and be strong and look hearty. Go to your druggist and ask for "Gude's Pepto-Mangan." Be DO YOU CARRY A BALANCE IN BANK? Do you recolve interest that balance? If not, why not? : on sure to say "Glide's." If Gudes is not on the package it is not Pepto-Mangan. It is put up in both liquid and tablet form. Tell the druggist which you prefer. There is no difference in medi;: ual value. ;,' , Adf.'V We pay 2 per cent on month- ; ly balances rn your check- ing accounts. , ., We pay 4 per cent on certifi cates of deposit, withdraw able without notice - We pay 5 pr cent on Sav ings Deposits. ." i Do not accept 1"" elsewhere: ' Coite in and open un aecouut.; ' The m il is perfccMy sate , Send y oi r det oits by mail. THE BKK OF B1G3E BAWKiW AXD TOOSlV-,1 'coapoATio:W" ' life to serve others, the slacker in work, the shirker, the time server, the indifferent and indo lent are sinning against their own rlinrnntfr nrrninttt, t.lioil r.hariMV rine that one should take "a lit- forming influence upoff their tie wine for thy stomach's sake," chil(r0 acainst nll humanity, with that blow they also set aside . w . , his injunction against the ladies and against Almighty God, who speaking in the churches. You is our supreme example" as a need not longer worry about Paul worker. Dr. Johnson. ou ve helped to Work then WQ must if we woui j put into the discard the very in b fa t t h t junction about which you are con- , cerned. -The Landmark. iunwu.u.w. if we would not, looking deep, in to our souls, see that there is a weakness there which tends to ward ultimate moral decay. Work is Hesven's great law and our supremest privilege. In deed, in all the work we do that is honest and honorable we are co workers with God. With God as his partner are we willing to be a slacker and a shirker? That question every man rich r poor, employer of employe, old r young, must honestly face qow, or in an agony of shame face it on the great Judgment Day. , Let lis glorify work as a privi lege as well as a duty; as a bless- ing, not as a curse. wanuiaciu rers Record. irovsr.um?uii vj - " "
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