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ft I Advertising Rates on Bequest. DEV0TED TO THE INTERESTS OP BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. j v VOli XXXI. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY APRlV 29, 1920. Nd 28. v Frinci'i Bicheior Tax. Tin County's Progress Depends Upon the Woaeii Tnlnk They Will lot Hm lo Pij I Judge Walter Clarke For Lady For the Forest Fires Raging. Prance has made an increase SOlltfl. , ' : f0" Legislature. The latter part of last week, .iok ...i i. it.. : i I (,,...... -i. r j t I t j . I : ni 4 a ,i :n j iu. ,i j 4 of bachelors over 80 years of age, The thrill ofljfestirs the South, who have been studying'theques- yer, who is a candidate for the est fires swept great areas of , the income tax of childless cou people, its farmers are develop- quired to pay poll tax when they public the letter she received was started on the railroad right pies who have been married for ing their crops to such an extent become voters say they will not from Judge Walter Clark. Itfol- of way near Mr. R. R. Colvard's. two years or more. The reason that cotton now yields only one- have it to pay and that the mat- lows: , supposedly by a spark from a fnr flita loirielaHari is simn)a anA fifth of itn fflrm nil till t,. its fa'tn. fovi nan Ya aaaiv nnAaratnnA aim. "f tr Dour f ian Plomonf T am nainT onnrino and within a varv easily understood; there are 1,- r'es of every kind are crowded ply by reading, the constitution, gratified to note that your friends short while had spread largely 400,000 Frenchmen dead on the &nd many are running night and The argument of the. suffragists are thinking of nominating you over the wood lands of the Wink- old battlefields of the five year's day to keep them somewhere is somewhat as follows: . for the Legislature from your lers, but, thanks to the efforts of war, and the nation in 1914 con- near the demand for their prod- Under the constitution of county. I should be glad to see a band of fire fighters, the loss, sisted of only about 40,000,000 ucts, Jts oil industry which is 1F68 there was a poll tax requir- North Carolina take this forward aside frorn the damage done to people. The most valuable con- spreading over a vast area is ed never to exceed $2 and to be step in recognition of the service standing timber and a small am . 1 1 .i . n . a.-U a. 3! 1 .1 A A 1 A I. . . . trioution mat a r rencnman can Fuuiu1b UI U1 "ever -euuiug appiieu toeuucauonaauuiesup nntn molro t hia Mnnim t n stream of wealth matahincr in nnrt. nf thA nonr' Th nnll tax UU n iMOAb w U9 T la m .- ... . - f - - - .. - ... - . . . . . - j . r I - . . . child. -' ' value the world's gold output. was authorized to be levied, how let a plausible argument is rrospeniy, rampant prospen- ever.oniy on every maie mnaoi - made out for such a tax without ,s now Beginning to mane it- tant pi tne tate over zi and un any reference to the possibility sen reit irom Virginia to Texas, der oU year oi age There was ly based upon his assertion of the nred a Darn on the rarm former of increasing the birth rate; If and a region which was once no authority to levy it on males Republican doctrine, 'an avenue ly owifed by Mr. Joseph Phipps " the theory of the income tax is poor and unable to buy much is under21 nor over 50, nor on fe- open to merit without distinc- at Foscoe, and thQ building was . . - I L I 111. ill 1 M . IU! . I . . . . .i t T . . I 1 A 1 T I- I ominri. the tinanpial burden nf now one oi tne wuria s greatest maies oi any age. mere is no au- tion 01 oirtn.' it is eauailv neces- uestroyeu. we near aiso maintninincr t, h e trnvemment. markets for everything from dia- thority therefore given to any of- sarv that we should assort the that fire went' wild from the ought to be placed mainly on monds to cook stoves, f rom auto those best able to bear it. The mobiles and motor truckstolo- except 'males between 21 and 50.' without distinction to sex.' I Highway and the , Sands section Ko coinotives. from dIows to coatlv Constitution of North Carolina. "If a woman pan maVn n. hot.fpr had a biir nroTWsition to hold the UUIVCU UlUVVO ICVUKUlOCi uuau I ' v i -- . ' I - -- " principle by exempting small in- works of art. Art. V, Sees, l and 2. The XIX legislator or a better lawyer, or Haines in check, and save much comes from all taxation, and bv This section long recognized as Amendment, when ratified, will write a better book than a man, property from destruction. n.u.. the ffrpatest undeveloned aaaetnf not affect this matter of Doll tax. she ahnmd nnt Ua harrA At onu KrauunviuK iu wuiuiiuiiv . 4 with the increasing size of the in- America, is now rapidly becom- which is purely a State regula- rate, they should be given an op- ' come. We even have a small tax m8 the greatest developed asset, tion restricted by the State con- portunity to do their best, not on j It furnishes 99 ter cent of the stitution. I lv for themaelvoa hut. fnr tha UU UOtUCIUlOl nouu uuv i . . - 1 I v ... . . vv.v v v... aii u u4- ht u..a m.j 1 country's sulnhur. without which The nrovisions as to ooll tax RtAtP i uui il biiau . no uaio icvciscui " -i . r -. i we could not have made war. It were in the constitution of 1868 women have rendered this State ount of fencing destroyed, the though a tardy recognition loss was light. Mr. Colvard lost and hope that you will not de- pulp wood to the amount of ap cline the honor. ; proximately $100. The same day, "Napoleon's power was large- a, spark from a railroad engine Dwelling end Barn Destroyed By Fire. On Friday evening last, Mr. Herbert e,pok, of the Deerfield section, lost his home and barn by fire, the entire, contents of both being destroyed with the building. We are told that some small children wp re responsible ' for the con ilagration. The family is left entirely destitute. NOTICE OF SALE. North Carolina, Wataujja County, in v the Superior Court, before theclerk. Charles H. McGinnis, Vlrgie Hod sres and husband, L. F. Hqdires, Mrs. '.-Mary McHinnls, Lillie Cor nell and husband, Eli Cornoll, - vs, P. P. M. McGinnis and wifoj F. M. McGinnis, Mc. Holler and wife Jen- ' ' nle Holler,, Northa Harman and-' husband,' E.M. Harmon, CoraChap el and husband Frank Chapel, Han nah lleffner, and husband Burton ' Heffner, Dock McGinnis and James NcGinnls. . J By virtue of an onler of the Suporior court, in the abovo entitled amfon, I will on Monday May the 3rd 1920 at 1 o'clock p. m., ell to the highest bid- . der. at the court house door in Hnmw ticer to collect poll tax on any or.e doctrine of 'art avenue to merit, steam drill on the Boone Trail Sno third cash oHav of sTin thri! : mainaer in one ana two years timo with note and approved security, tho follnwinif described tracts of land. Ad joining' the lands of G., V. Moo dy, W. C. Lyons, E M Gragg, Noah Bentley and others, and known as tho lands owned by I J McGinnis and Na omi McGinnis, at tho time of their death. Tract one: being more particularly described in deeds from W . C Lyons and wife to Naomi McGinnis dated March 1, 1W0, and recorded in the of fice of tho lU'gister of Deeds for Wa tauga county, in book 7 at page 103, and from W LTrlvott and wife to Na omi McGinnis, dated Oct 1th, 1907, and recorded in the office of the'Regis ter Deeds for, Watauga county atpago 10..- . ( Tract two, being a part of tho tract of land conveyed to I J McGinnis and wife Naomi McGinnis bv Lovd Mr. G. M. Henson, of Sher wood, was in to see us Friday. Ho had just returned from Char- lntto. whore he ha.fl nent. turn "I hope in your case that you with hia Bnn Xvno. additional tax on bachelors, we grows two-tniras oi tne worm s in wmcn mere is no requirement will accept the nomination, for who is in one of the citv hosoi- exempt part of the carried mans cotton, without which mankind that U shall be paidas aprerequi- by your service in the legislature tals recovering from an attack income. - ' ; would go unciotnea and witnout site to voting. Tne article in tne you will do much to shatter the of doublo nneumonia following However, although we have re- which we could not have entered constitution on suffrage is Art. age-old tradition that women are influenza. Mr. Henson said the cognised the bachelor tax in prin- tne war. it is one oi tne worm s y i, & amerent article irom tne incompetent to share m the ma- y0Ungmanhad been extremely ciple, we have never carried it to greatest sources of oil, now fast one authorizing the poll tax) and king Jof laws under which they ow but was now very much im- proved, and it now seems that he will be able to return home in the very near future. the difference great enough to amount to something. . A man with an income of $2000 a year in . t'.iia country -saves $40 a year in income tax by marrying hardly an encouraging financial proposi the logical conclusion 61 making supplanting.coal on the sea and in the amendment to Sec. 4, Art. live. on the land, it is a land rich in vi, known as tne urandiatner I have never found anvthhm l -7T mineral and agricultural poten- Clause, there Is a provision that in the constitution of North Car tialities unknown elsewhere on any one promising to vote must olina which debars, women from earth. . v have paid on the first of May pre- holding offic. There are at least All Americans may well look to viously 'his poll tax for the pre- 100 women holding office now in this marvelous store of latentand vious year, as prescribed by Art. this state, as you know, and I I ... . . . V n . 4 .1 il t T A. timi A moM-io1 mon oowoa sft nnift of ranidlv develoDinff wealth I v oec. i oi tne constitution, n I I n a 1 1 ll.l. or so for each child; but unfortu- as the greatest power in carry- win in us oe seen mat prepay nately $8 will not support one ing forward our country's migh- mentor the poll tax is not requir tiiM fnixmavMr a nW xvo.xr won tv march of Droorress. ed of every voter but only as vuitu tvt V4iv J u & J V mj j v " a o N I figure it. the married man in the Every business man in this precnoea oy uns. Arc. v , ec. TTnttAd Rtataa nata tf in ilia nanlr Cmintrr should Stuilv the Smith 1." TUTtting tO that article. it w uivcu kjwuca gevo iv in tiiv iv-v u i j tr i For that matter. o he will in from the viewpoint of his indi- win oe seen mat wnatisprescno ' l . . . i . . i. . i. m i I & I in. i. i. ,, France, even under the new lav. vidua! interest in the nation's ea is mat mates oeiween n ana ueiu wvy may hub m w hcbk. But with the enofmnuslv heavier progress,-for upon the South's snail pay tne pou tax. mere . r , - incometaxesthat France is bound resources must be built the na- Us no authority to collect poll tax Ull. JLCt S 5th deed dated-th) of De!emler UHW, and record- of Deed) Hodges and wifiy by day of De!emler ed in the otlico of Register for Watauga county in book 12 a page 2(1. This 5th day of April, 192 R. A. ApAMS, Commissioner JOIN THE NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA COL ONY WHO HAVE JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT FARMS la levy soon, a difference of 25 per cent will really amount to something:. Perhaps it will am ount to enough to test out the theory that financial considera tions dd have a material effect on vital statistics. It is a theory that is widely accepted, but no nation has as yet really put it to a test. The new French law will therefore command attention as an interesting experiment, at least; and if the first few years Indicate that it is going to work satisfactorily, the open season for bachelors will begin for the '.budget makers the world around Greensboro News. . tion's business structure. from anyone else nor to require any one else to pay poll tax. As " - to suffrage (Art. VI, Sec. 1) pro vides simply that male persons who are citizens or naturalized Don't" Tbi Nation's Population The census of 1910 made the population of continental United and over 21 shall be entitled to States 91, fl72,G6.- The Census Vote. The world 'male' in this Bureau's estimate of this popu- Lection will be stricken out by lation in 1918 was 105,253,000 and the ratification of the XIX am unofficial estimates put in atlOO,- endment." News and Observer. 871,294 for 1919. The popular belief has been that the Osus of 1920 would show at least 110, 000.000 persons. But the rate of growth of the cities counted in dicates a jwpulation of only about Tie Overall Clobs and Their Result. Although the "overall club" idea has found many foHowersin towns and cities throughout the country and some have embrac' hope that you'll come down next winter and aid in makinsr broad er and wider field for the women in Southern Ohio, all located from 15 to 20 miles from the heart, of in the -repeal of the statutes Cincinnati. New btate roads, fine public schools, churches and which have hindered women from factories, steam roads and electric cars, country noted for its fine having a fair and full opportuni- water and healthy climate, this colony is being established in and nity of using their abilities in the around Amelia, Ohio. Farms recently sold through my Amelia, public sesvice . or in whatever Ohio agency, by Frank Middler special representative there, was bought by w. W. Uhurch, James li. uaiaway, W. Church, a Mr. Gragg and several more'under contract Write or wire my agent. Frank Middler, Amelia, Ohio when you will arrive at my Cincinnati office. I am submitting a few of our many bargains which are lo cated in the above settlement.' Over 30 special bargains to choose from. Write me the kind of a farm you want, I have it at a bar gain price. Extra Special, Just Listed, loose leaf warehouse, East-end Stock, Chops And Tools Inclu- city car. to Carrel st., C. G. & P. ded. , 21a acres, level and gently Traction to Amelia. Frank Mid- rolling blue grass, limestone and dler, Amelia, O. auaiiuaoH, miwuniy pnw,iuiii pPTTTTFAUMr Throe nre. traction, 1 mile of village, a miles nvnlll,t o i J of good large town, 2a miles of ,,,, ,loito,i. tmnA , pamois Cincinnati!, O; excellent 8-room 8mall bam, well, cistern, etc ; 20 r'SGO," house, 4room tenant house, extra bearingapple trees number peach in Til rl & f ij 1 1 1 1 ill liu T 1 1 in u li ll ! iri'll l ll - . - pium cherry and pear trees, 1 " i acrenne strawberries; ra acre cm , a u Wu bUU .u...KB Ku dewberries; x re red raspber- - l.i.l.n. oiwinffu n rwl dtvitlll m.rMilr . . . ' - ' I tailing oiiii.c cviiu oiiiu.ii i uvj i, 20 acres timber- large fields of PEOPLE WITH THItff PALE BLOOD ARE LISTLESS AND WANT ' TO DO LITTLE MORE RED BLOOD CELLS NEEDED TAKE PEPTO-MANGAN, TONIC, AND SAY LET' INSTEAD OP "LET'S DON'T' 100,000,000. War conditions, and ed it ln Lexington, the general esiwcially war industries, made tendency here seems to be todis- unprecedented shirts in the pop- regard it as a means for reduc- ulation. The complete returns imr the cost of clothing. More may show results entirely differ- conservative sentiment here is tTtl 1 I . wnen normally neaitny, am bitious people begin to lack ener gy and tire easily when they areauicklv discouraged and low clover, timothy, meadows, num in vitalitv. it nsnallv menft- thoir "er acres anaiia, iu acres rye and blood has grown weak. Such people are called anemic, or run-down. Build up the are hard iayson the newspapers, f New York Sun. i, I.. . ' .1 t i 1 Tie World's Business, which was Messrs. Grady and Roby Greer needs to become rich, red blood. Red bright i concluded to print but once a. for their nne xew xuver xarin, .overaU club.. idea. might siep. repto-jyiangan nas piacea week, and everywhere the pa- the purchase price being 114,000. m-erely result in putting up fte thousands of people who needed I . recently launched in New York closed a deal last Friday with the l. .,nnw ; as a daily commercial paper, has neirs oi m tt"u agree with Gavemor Bickett that t0( last year: located on gmxl pike; teleplione and rural route; few minutes store and postoflice; 10 miles court house; 2 miles of excellent town; owner buying larger farm; sacrificing at $2000. 50 ACRES. Smooth, rich soil; 0 room cottage, good barn, out- binder, mowing machine, hay buildings, nne rruit and water at- ara Aan il in.r n ulf i ua tnp.i imiir. traction. 25 ITlilo.1 nf flinHntmti .V.. , nll l.li. I I A k..!U UIOK I IUIe n Kg - - ------ UA mamlin,r wnnhl -nme far nju uuim- onH manure sDreader. i) ows and near scnooi and store; include 2 a i er and it contains exactly the ele- harrows of all descriDtions: eive horses, 2 cows, farm implements i 1 1 r- fii rf v t. iui icn if i iilwi - 1 i .- - njin . - tion of the population here must wear overalls at daily work, and now seems to be to' No 6otd Mine. Contrary togeneral belief, these Unt from those already recorded. tnat the weRring of : old clothes r?lood and you bu,ld uPthe health wheat, balance blue grass spring fed pasture; include 20 head cat tle, 40 head sheep, 2 young mares number of hogs, -sows, 15 tons of hay, 100 bushels rye, corn, etc. and 'the liberal use 'of patching and spirits. Pepto-Mangan is a ments which poor, , pale blood immediate possession; owner non feed; $0000, one half down. resident and will sell for the ,,,W RiU Aff?.ir.R White Kn-lnt, blood means rosy cheeks, V01 tWSST bacco land; on good pike.2Xu.iles Byes, a clear brain, a firm t- " vauviivuii i-rut mii n uiiiK. norcnes. nnuu l nera that ire.v iroinir are findinar The Greers own an adjacent it a source of constant anxiety farm, and tne two taKen togetn to keen on hand a sufficient sup- er, constitutes, possibly, the best y ply of print paper to insure reg- single farm holding in the coun- nlar publication, it is trutniuuy remarked by the Charleston News and Courier that "there never a particularly hard time on the ': was . a time' when publishing a publishers of country papers newspaper: was as expensive a and thepeople may yet be brought Drotjositlbrf'as 'it is today, or into realization of the fact that when there were so many haz- any sort of a home paper they ' ards to overcome.". The Binning- ny be given is worth the $2.w ham Ledger is but one of many generally charged for it, and a- kn..A xf ,nnn ohio tn twiiit tne riiparwHii Dartrain me ru- ' r. ' v. 1 " : .ft' ' l.tl i I .. 1 1.a..aaUa1i1 'mam aAMimA ... ITKaW ness. 58 ACRES Rich cellar, huge barn and oulbldjis.; limestone, land Is level and gently rolling; cost of an article that is a neces- building up in the- full-blooded, well drained soil; good ;. 6-room limestone, bluegrass -and alfalfa i ri energetic, vigorous class. It house, cellar, large barn, garage, soil; excellent water, wells, cis 8.y w UioUj -A.UBW other buildincs: orchard, exceU- tern, snrinir and van A r.roelr. viiuufjvo , vijvy . u a uvu u ntwi" I ' - , , " a - -.-w-w F ent water; 2j acres oiuegrass, zv neauniuiiy located tn afineneigh Dispatch. 'let's tude to a "let's go" attitude, Re- A GOOD MOTOR CAR (mind com menaea by pnysicians for we said a good one) makes ten thirty years and sold all over the miles seem like two, saves time world. that you need to spend in your to widen your acquaintance, liquid and tablet form. Both con brings you new opportunities, taini the same medicinal ingredl allows the family pleasures enta. they need and ar,e entitled t o, Buy Pepto-Mangan at y o u r and l makes life drnggistV..Be sure the name Mtn.afford it. Hiffhwav -Motor ' Gude 8 ,s on hev package. rvi TWlora , In Antomnhilea Without UUde s" It is not Pert. acres clover, balance timothy, borhood, with pleasantsurround-, . etc.; include 2 young horses, 6 ings, near traction and railrtiad, cows, sows, 100 chickens, com- good schools and churches; a$10-- nlete t.et farmintr imolements. 000 farm nrlced for a ouick salo Pepto-Mangan Is sold in both fee(J; owner retiring; $0,800; edge at $7500; 3000 down. Never off- good village on county piKe, a erea ior saie Deiore. Taxe ittist- miles of large, good town; 22 mi. end cars, Cincinnati, to Carrcl-st Cincinnatti; if you want good to- station; C. G. & P. to Amelia, ' O. bacco land see this. 6 milesof new Frank Middler, Amelia, Ohio. WILLI AM; :0;t WU JQ$M x'. 52 Wlgllns Block, 7 B IVth Street, Fountain .8qoare: ll! I I 1VH la- 3. f , 1 :
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