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i. Sell 9 Advertising Rates on Request. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. $1.00 Per Year VOL. XXXI. BOONE WATAUGAiCOUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY JULY l,s 1920. NO 37. 'National Highway System Following are eighteen reasons for a national system of roads, as given by a North Carolina good i roads advocate: First Strengthens the com mon defense by construction of a second line of transportation; which will furnish the nation with highways into all centers of pro duction and encircling the United States. Second Stimulates interstate commerce by linking up connec tad highways which will make possible travel between states over highways -of a uniformly durable type of construction. Third Waste eliminated by a decrease in highway transporta tion costs. On the basis of the report made by the joint con gressional committee in 1912, it is conservatively estimated that at least $500,000,000 can be saved annually through the decrease in transportation costs. Increased real estate valuations will add billions of dollars to the potential wealth of the nation. Fourth Decreased costs of food and other products to the consumer. Government statis- ! tics show that the cost of every ' . pound of produce is increasedbe- cause higher charges always ex r , v 1st with poor roads. . Fifth Increased production which always follows as the far mer's marketing range Is widen ed Sixth-Unification of govern ment highway activities with a consequent elimination of dupli cation of effort. Seventh Great facilities for the use of the postal service in its rural delivery and its direct routes from the farm to the con sumer. - Eighth Release of state funds for use in the improvement of state highways together with re lease of county funds for use in the construction of county high ways with a consequent building up of feeders to the main nation al system. Ninth Concentration of ' gov ernment funds upon roads of more than local importance with a view of establishing communi cation between the chief centers of agricultural and other indus trial centers of production. Tenth Insurance prov i d e d against loss of government funds for highway construction by es tablishing a permanent system of maintenance which will lower reconstruction charges. Twelfth Concentration of gov ernment funds upon roads of a durable type which implies con struction of highways which will meet the probable future traffic needs as, well as those of today and further will make nil year highway travel possible: ; Thirteenth Equitable distri button of the cost of construction among all the beneficiaries, that is, among all the citizens of the United States. Fourteenth-Recognitionofthe major importance of highway con structibn.as a national govern ment task through the appoint ment of a commission directed to adopt a definite system and to build to it. Fifteenth Stimulation of tra velto the recreational areas of ; the. United States as part of the movement to "SeeAmericaFir9t, with its possibilities as a guide to . settlement of the undeveloped areas of the United States. ? Sixteenth Educational value ' of government construction as a standard to be. emulated, by local communities. ' " lr ..' Seventsenth-Rejtef of states ' " from burden of maintenance o: Ah&rffes now imDosed wherever , ; Federal, aid funds are employed nterestlng Veteran of the Civil War Vis its In Boone This week we had a call from a Mr. H. J. Gorham, now an in mate of the old Soldiers Home at Johnson City, Tennessee, who by accident was here 56 years"ago. He and a command had been cap' tured in Virginia in one of the battles of Fredericksburg, and made their escape by jumping from the train near Greensboro, North Carolina, and made their way up the . country by way of old Wilkesboro, traveling mostly by night, until they struck a big aid from Yadkin County, North Carolina, making their way to East Tennessee in order to get through the lines in EastTennes- see following the course of the Yadkin River and Lewis Fork Creek, and on to Deep Gap of Blue Ridge, and then along the ridge to Bill Cook's, and there made headquarters for some days, waiting for matters to set tle down and for the big raid to get out of the way they having met trouble with theConfederate home guards and while trying to get out from Cook's settlement they were captured and brought to Boone and kept awhile. The two U. S. captive friends were tied together with several other prisoners who had been captured at or near the same time, with a bed cord which was cut in pieces to suit the occasion ropes being scarce in that day ropes were made by hand in Watauga county of toe thread. The writer happened to be present and witnessed the tying of the men on that occasion. Mr. Gorham called on me at my home and spent a little while and took dinner with me and talked inter- estingly about the fJeriences he had in the war ana other mat ters. I must say I enjoyed the old gentleman's stay and talk and would be glad to see him again. He told me that his command had baen dead for several years. One thrilling experience at Freder icksburg, Va, he told me of was that he barely escaped by stoop ing his head to the ground and a shell passed over, just missing him and stuck in the mud behind him and did not explode. I am sorry to say he is right much disabled in his hips and legs by having been a railroad en gineer for a number of years af ter returning from his ..term in prison life, which he said was hard, although he did not com plain. . WL. BRYAN. Boone, N. C. June 17, 1920. BI6 PROFIT III MILK AND BUTTER Snail Investment Brings Big Return-Mr. Weaver's Plan Is Simple. "I bought-a package of Dr. Le Gear s stock t'owders from my local dealer and after feeding it to my Jersey Cow, she increased from 6 quarts to 12quartsofmiIk per day, and after continuing the powders for 30 days longer she increased in butter fat from five pounds to iu pounds per week and at the end of 5 months she was making 12 pounds of butter fat per week." L. B; Weaver, Grand Rapids, Mich. . Mr.. Weaver followed advice of Dr. LeGear, and is money ahead. You can get the same results. Get Dr. LeGear's Stock Powders from your dealer, feed it to your horses, milk cows: seeers, hogs, ond sheep as directed. Satisfac tion or money bacft. Dr. If. "D LeGear Med. Co., St. Louis, Mo. and at. times constituting a ser ious burden upon the state. Eighteenth Strengthening of spirit of nationalism through clos er communication between 'the people? of the several statesV - Turning to the Church (Oharlotte Review.) Men in political life are turn ing to the church as never before. The first thing the average can didate does is to announce that li6 is a member of such and such a church, and then. begin a sys tematic lining up of the preach ers, or all Wiat will espouse his cause and make a campaign, a drive" if you please for church membership. We have always labored under the impression that the church of God was to save mens souls and get them into heaven and not into political oflice. Being a member of a church these days don't mean anything especially to the average citizen. He belongs because its popular or because its the thing to doand the mere fact that a man is an officer in the church is no criter ion that he will make a good pub ic official. All things being equal we had rather take our chances with a man who attends church regularly; but to boast of it for political preferment well, w e prefer to watch those gentlemen.- William, former emperor of Germany, had some such combi nation as that: "Me und Gott" and the combination didn't work so well. We've noticed that the saints are the ones most worried about getting to heaven and those who are first to say they are un worthy. The Making of Man This is no child's play. It calls for wisdom, love, strength and infinite patience; and our God provides all in infinite measure, and we must learn to co-operate with Him. A silk hat, a dress coat, creased trousers and pat ent leather will never make a man, even if we throw in a Rolls Ryce and a million dollar bank roll. And Ph.D.'s and LL.D's and D.D's and all the earned ard unearned honors of our schools cannot make a man. Love is the first essential and Gol sees to that by letting the mothers mon opolize the child during its early years. Mental development and quickness of perception are nec essary, and the schools and the college of experience provide these. Sympathy and gentle ness are parts of the manhood, and so God sets us in families, and the home ties help to make us stronger and better men. And we need patience and the heaven W vision, and so God lets the winds blow and the tempest roai through human life, and out of the storm He develops strength, and through the rifts in theclouds He flashes the stars of heaven, God's anvils ring loudly, the ham iners beat heavily, but He isforg ing men. Christian Guardian. 80 Divorce Cases In One Count) "At a recent term of civil court in Gaston County," says theAsh boro Courier, "there were 80 di vorce cases on docket. A few years ago such a thing would have been almost unbelievable in North Carolina. The number of divorce cases throughout the state is growing with alarming rapidity. "This is a matter that deserves the serious consideration of our people. There is danger of this evil undermining the foundation of our civilization the American home. . It is liable to destroy the fabrjc and fiber of our being." WANTED-MEN QR WOMEN TO tatio orders among friends a id nei ghbors for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, full lino , for men, women children. Eliminates darning. We pay 50c. aa hojr spare time or 124 a week for full time. Experience ua . necessary. " Wrlt3 International : Stocking Mills, Norrlstown, Pa. mfl , - Resolutions of Respect At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Watauga County Bank, held in the bunk building on June 8, 1920, the following res olutions were adopted: Whereas, W. O. Coffey, who died March 8, 1920, has been the honored Vice-President of this institution since its organization, Now therefore be. it resolved, that in the death of Mr. Coffey, The Watauga County Bank has suffered a distinct loss, the coun ty a noble, upright citizen and the family a faithful husband and father. 2. That we offer to his friends and business associates this sim ple tribute to his memory. 5. That we extend to the be reaved family our sincerest sym pathies. 4. -. That three copies of these resolutions be made, one to be filed with the recordsof this bank and spread on its minutes, one urnished to the family of Mr. Coffey and the other copy sent to the Watauga Democrat with request to publish. This 8th day of J une 1920. N. L Mast, President L. A. Guken, Vice President B. 11. DoriiiiKUTY T. P. Adams J,. W. Hokton J. H. Mast F. A. LlNXEY Directors Information Free, Insurance Cheap! If you want either, see, write, or call Geo. F. Blair, the insurance agent Office in Bank Building, Blowing Rock, N. C. 3-25-"20 1 Read this by the Edison Laboratories, and come in to hear the phonograph which stands behind it.1 . An Invitation to Talking-Machine fc' Manufacturers "We are informed that the rep resentatives of one oi more talk- ing-machine manufacturer have Stated, on several occasions, that 1 they are able to distinguish be-. rween a singer's voice, or instru mentalist's performance, and the New Edison's RE-CREATION of such voice or performance.' "We hereby invite responsible representatives of any reputable talking-machine manufacturer to permit themselves to be blind folded, and to listen to such a "comparison, in the presence of Judges of their own choosing, in dicating to the fudges when they think they era listening to the artist, and when to the New Edison. There is only one con dition attached, and that is that the representatives of the talking-machine company, and the judges selected by them, shall sign a written statement, setting forth, in full detail, the results of the test," "The test will be made with an Official Laboratory Model, taken - from stock, such as can be bought in any Edison dealer's store, (signed) THOMAS A. EDISON. Inc. "Exiles" New York long has boasted that more Irishmen live in that city than in Dublin. Norfolk is bragging on the fact that more North Carolinians live there than in Raleigh, the Tar Heel capital. The recent census shows some 31, (XX) North Carolinians living in Norfolk, while the total popula tion of Raleigh is under '25,000. It is probable that some of the citizens of Raleigh were not born there. It is probable that 27 per cent of the papulation of Peters burg is from North Carolina, which is about the percentage of the population of Norfolk that came originally from the North State. There is no doubt that if the sons and daughters of North Carolinians v;ho came to Peters burg to live be included the per centage of our population of Tar Heel blood is fully as great as Norfolk's. And it's "mighty"! fine blood. It may be doubted whether the people of any two states of the union are quite so homogenous as are those of Vir ginia and North Carolina. Tar Ileelsjhemselves insist they are quite different from Virginians, but we have not been able to dis cover tho difference. The Ports mouth Star. For Register. To the citizens and voters of Watauga County: I hereby an nounce myself a candidate for Register subject to the decision of the coming Republican Pri mary. Yours truly, Adv. "" R M. Harmon'. challenge Tar Heel We have it in our store the Ufhcial Laboratory Model specified in the challenge. Read the "Invitation to Talking-Machine Manu facturers." It's printed here, just as the Edison Laboratories sent it out. Mzsm . TieWW EDISON "Tki Phtnwph with a Sml" The Official Laboratory Model has proved its Realism in 4000 Comparison Tests, made before 3,500,000 people all over the United States and Canada. For instance, in Los Angeles recently, an audience of 1,500 people was unable to tell the difference between the living voice of Miss Marie Morrisey, world-famous contralto, and its Re-Creation by the New Edison. There's a way for you to test the wonderful Realism claimed for the Official Laboratory Model in this sweeping challenge. We give Mr. Edison's Realism Test Come in and let us give it toyou. The price of the new Edison has advanced less than 1 5 since August 1,1914. Mr. Edison has absorbed the bulk of the increased cost -of material, skilled labor, and taxes. He is de termined to keep the New Edison within the reach of everyone. But conditions may force a price-advance. Buy your New Edison now! Our Budget Plan makes it easy. It is system applied to spending. Ask about it. GREENE & BINGHAM Ma NOTICE OK EXECUTION SALE. North Carolina, Watauga County, in the Supt'rior Court. St. Lewis trim med Hat Co. vs D. F. Main. By virtue of an execution directed to the undersigned from the Superior Court of Wutaujra County in the a hove entitled uetion. 1 will on Mon day, the .'.tli day of July, l'J2i, at one oYloel l M., at the court liousedoor of said county, sell to the hijrhest lid dep for cash to sutisfy said execution, ail the riyht title and interest which the said J). F. Main, defendant has in th following desirihed real estate, to wit: j inland heing in North Fork' Township, adjoining the lands of H. It. South and others, and iieginniny on a staku in Main's line: then with said line tit a liig rock near the publu; road, J. S. Trivett's line: then with said line to the.pulilic road; then with said road to a hirch: then with tho original line to a hornbeam: then up the ridire to a beech stump: then with said line various courses to the B. H. South line: then with said line to tins beiriuninr. For more complete des cription of same see deed from M. A. Main and wife to Eli South. This tho 5ih duv of June 1UJ0. J. E. YOUNG, Sheriff. Drs. Wakefield Coming. Dr. W. II. Wakefield, and Dr. Har ry A. Wakefield, both of Charlotte, will lie at Blowing Hock on Saturday July liij.li; shulls Mills on Monday; July l-Mi: at Sugar Grove on Thurs day, July l"th, and at Boone on Fri day and' Saturday, July Kith and 17th. The doctors limit their practice to the medical and surgical treat ment of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases and fitting glasses. They will hp prepared to remove tonsils and ndnoids. Ask your family physician about consulting the Doctors. NOTICE. The undersigned having quali lied as administrator of the es tate of John W. Maine dec. all persons having claims against the said estate will present same within 12 months from the date hereof or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All per sons owing said estate settle the same at once. This May 22nd, 1920. R. F. Miller, Administrator. if Mm : - ' ' - V" l;t' : ' 7f
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