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VOL XXXI. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY JULY 8, 1920. " NO 38.
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Sismer it North Carolina
Ralolgh News nd Observer.
North Carolina is sought out
, by the northern tourist asaplace
to be favored in winter, so many
of the folks from farther up the
country begin to come this way
in the early fall, and the tcove
menfTs steady until late in the
spring when most of them have
gone back. .This season finds a
. larger proportion of summer vis
itors in the State than usual and
day by jday cars ae seen on the
roads going south as well as north
with license tags reading from
the various states, includingPlor
idaon the south and Michigan
and Massachusetts on the north.
North Carolina is hard to beat
in the winter season, and it is
hard to find a better summer cli
mate. But take climate, roads,
facilities of every kind, and few
States are more attractive than
North Carolina in the summer
season. We have a few hotdays,
b it the man who goes from North
Carolina to New York jr Penn
sylvania or even Washington in
midsummer and comes back af
ter a few days in the North is al
ways glad to feel the different at
mosphere about the time he hits
the south side of Virginia and
finds himself in the piney coun
try or in the Piedmont region of
his own state farther west.
We are farther south and more
nearly under the direct rays of
the sun, but we are in a less hu
mid climate than that which is
encountered farther north. Veg-
etation thrives more vigorously,
"and the country roads are more
interesting in the State than they
are in much of the north. Side
roads have less of mud and diffi
cult travel, for while in much of
the north the clay roads do not
dry up until in May and June, in
the south they dry out a month
or two sooner. Dry soil makes a
country road more passable in
the South. Detours in the south
are not so beset with mu dholes.
Then the variety of flower and
. p'ant and bird lifeandevery thing
that nature affords is greater in
the south, for it comes earlier, in
' greater abundance, in greater va
riety and stays later. Summer
i l North Carolina is' interesting
tithe tourist if he will come in
. summer, and it is infinitely inter
esting to the folks who live here,
lor it satisfies almost every rea
sonable'want
Nil Mcdel of Machine Gun Belr.gMade.
According to 'an Associated
Press dispatch from Washington
. a new-model of Machine gun, op
eratad bv centrifugal force and
using no explosive, is being se
cretly tested by army officials
arid other government experts at
the bureau of standards. The
weapon is said to have a capacity
of 11,000 shots a minute against
the 500 or 600of thepresenttype9
of explosive gun, but its muzzle
velocity is only 1,200 feet per sec
ond at 11,000 revolutions per min
. ute as compared with 2,700 feet
. of the Browning gun.
1 The great ad vantage of thecen
' trifugal gun, army experts say
; will be, in its no iselcss operation
V which should make it difficult of
location by an enemy.
-- The gun .consists "of a rotat
' ing - barrel, approximately one
half inch in diameter attached
v to moter-driven shafts, the speed
- of which is under instant control
:V By varying the speed of the dri
j vng shaft the operator controls
'. "j. the range and is able to deter
. mine the fire of the weapon by
' adjusting the feed to increase or
diminish' the number of projec
tiles inserted in the chamber in
i given period.' '; ; V '."i ..
Expeditionary Force'Shom
The story of the American Ex
peditionary Force is told In pic
tures on the walls of the National
Museum in Washington in a per
manent exhibit just opened to
lie public, says, a Washington
dispatch. Continuing the dis
patch says:
"Drawn from life in paint, pen
cil or pen and ink by American
artists commissioned and sent to
the front for that purpose, the
collection of almost 500 studies
detailing nearly every phase of
ife in the army overseas is spread
over the walls of half a dozen
great, well-lighted rooms. "It is a
tale of stirring action which they
disclose,
"Among the scenes depicted
are ruined French villages made
sacred to Americans because of
American blood freely given to
teartiiem from German hands.
here are the homely, appealing
scenes from behind thelines with
happy- go - lucky youngsters of
Pershing's division in billets mix
ing among the people of France,
le very old and the very young
people. Here and there are grim
reminders of. the great tragedy
groups of huddled dead in
wrecked enemy trenches over
which the tide of victory had
poured. Again, half glimpsed
through a. downpour of rain, a
trudging, sodden infantry col
umn is moving onward through
sea of mud as the artist saw it;
or an endless line of gun teams
ragging forward the batteries
to blast the road to triumph.
"Atone point the artist caught
and held for his countrymen the
breathless tensity of a forestout-
post, peering thru the leafy
screen of his covert toward the
enemy lines, his rifle hngged close
with his fingers clinched about
le trigger; at another a slash of
ght from a half-opened door has
painted on the screen of night
just a hint of a column, tramping
on toward battle, just a young
face or two in the line, weary,
dirty, but with jaws grim ..set
with purpose. Again it is a hos
pital that has gripped the artists
imagination, a twisted writhing
form under the tumbled blanket
with agony in every line, and
over it the steady-eyed surgeon
or the merciful figure of an army
nurse.
In rooms around the picture
display are shown all the count
ess things with which the army
and the navy dealt in war; the
guns, the bombs, the uniforms
of ally and enemy alike, captured
weapon and German war gear of
many kinds. These form a strik
ing setting for the epic tale'of
war artists have pictured, proba
bly the only such record ever as
sembled for it began with the ar
my and runs on to the departure
of the homeward transports at
the close."
Good Work Being DOne by Prohibition
Agents.
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Mr. David Wboton, recently ap
pointed Federal Prohibition A
gent, who will work in conjunc
tion witb twelve other agents
will work in this division, compri
sing twenty-seven counties, tells
The Democrat that, during his
first month's work he had, With
some local help, destroyed six i
licit distilleries in Wilkes and
Caldwell counties. In one in
stance sixty gallons of whiskey
was seized. Wooton is a tireless
worker at whatever he under
takes, and, judging from t h
splendid start he has made in his
new field of labor, the moonstin
ers in this part of the division
A are destined to live bard.
fiBuy at Home"
' (Sraithfiold Herald.) ,
Catalogues have a peculiar fas
cination for people about, to pur
chase any article from a yard of
lace to a sewingraachine or piano.
The picture presents such attrac
tive clothes, furniture, etc., with
not a blemish visible; the low
priced article compares so favor
ably with the ".more expensive
when seen in the book; the seams
of a garment appears so neatly
finished in the catalogue; the oak
table has such a massive expen
sive look when viewed on the
printed page that the temptation
proves 4oo great not to satisfy
curiosity. But oftentimes the
tale is different when the goods
....
arrive. However, rather th a n
take the trouble to send them
back, one puts up with them.
There are several reasons why
it is a good thing to patronize
home dealers. In the first place
it is just as cheap. If you do not
believe it read the ads in this is
sue and become convinced. In
most cases if one figures the pos
tage, express, the fact that some
hings come ''knocked down,"
the delay in receiving the order,
and the possibilities of its not
suiting when it does arrive, it
will' be found cheaper to "buy
at home."
Then again, if purchases are
made in the store, one has the
privilege of selection. And who
does not enjoy exercising nis
judgment in picking out things?
Everyone has this right if he r
buys at home."
Another consideration in home
patronage is the fact that the
money stays in circulation in the
home community. The tnore
business a firm has the better
able it will be to satisfy the wants
of its customers. If one -would
elp not only the merchants but
would also help himself "buy at
home."
Lastly, it is not much of an ad
vertisement of a town if its-citi
zens send to mail order houses or
other places for their merchan
dise. Smithfield has the best ad
vantage, when it comes to trad
ing in any commodity of any
town of its size in the State in
fact better than, many larger
towns. Whether hardware, dry
goods, clothing, groceriesorwhat
not, it can be bought in Smith-
field., The merchants here have
it, and if all the people would
adopt as a slogan. "Buy atHome"1
the section from from which
Smithfield draws its legitimate
trade would have increased fa
cilities for buying and selling. "
Against Consemtlon it Expensi of Wo
nanly Modesty.
Howard Figg, assistant to At
torney General Palmer, in charge
of the campaign to reduce prices,
has told the representatives of
the National Garment Retailer's
Association that the conserva
tion of cloth at the expense of
womanly modesty will not bo in
dorfeed b the government.
Theretailers presented for Mr,
Figg's inspection three living
models dressed in knee-length
cowns designed as the txtreme
in womens' wear for next fall
Mr. Figg declined to indicate
what he considered a proper
length for skirts, but declared
after viewing the extreme styles
that skirts should-at least come
below the waist. ' ' ,
The retailers aproved Mr
FiggVsuggestion that coming
styles should be changed as little
as possible so that women might
get the full wear out of . their
clothes and not be compelled to
refill their wardrobes f requpntly
because of the different modee.
Landmark ' . ..
Explaining the Constitution
The Constitutional League of
America proposes to put a copy
of the Constitution of the United
States withexplanatory comment
into every home in this country,
to translate it into not less than
sixteen of the foreign languages
spoken and read by the alien pop
ulation and to prepare an educa
tional film course dealing with
the great document for presenta
tion in the. sixteen thousand or
more motion picture houses of
this country. Whether the Con
stitution can be presented and
explained on the screen in the
necessarily brief and popular
manner is open to question, but
to put a copy of it with explana
tory comment Into every home
would be both practical and high-
useful. The explanatory re
marks will be a very important
feature, for some points consid
erable explanation would be de
sirable.
For example, why does Article
give the States representation
in Congress based on the whole
free population and three-fifths
of the slave population?' Why
does Article Iv, section 2, pro
vide that slaves escaping from one
state Into another shall be deliv
ered up to those proving their
claim of ownership? The answer
is that When the Federal Consti
tution was adopted in 1787 sla-
Lvery existed in all or practically
all of the thirteen States and
therefore all the States agreed
to these provisions; that, though
the Northern States gradually a-
bolished slavery within their lim
its, it remained a national and le
gal institution, provided for and
protected by the Constitution it
self until it was abolished by the
adoption of the Thirteenth amend
ment in 1805 after the war be
tween the North and South had
been fought to a conclusion.
These facts of history are not
very clearly understood by many
native Americans in these times,
to say nothing of the foreign
born.' The Constitution in its o
riginal form Invites much expla
nation. Winston Journal.
A Beautiful Wedding. ,
On last Wednesday evening,
June 30; a beautiful wedding oc
curred at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Hampton, of Blowing
Rock, R. F. D., when their cily
daughter, Miss Geneva, was hap
pily married toMr. Charles G.
Rogers. . The wedding was a qui
et affnir, with only near relatives
and a few intimate friends pres
ent. The house was beautifully
decorated with graen and white.
When everything was ready si
lence filled the room andthechar
ming brides maid and flower
girl in their dainty white voile-
Miss Nellie Benson and little
Miss Helen Benson proceeded
to the altar under the bridalarch
which was beautifully arranged
of white hyacinths and ever
greens. Then followed the char
ming bride in her wh ite silk gcor
gette and bridal veil with a wealth
of orange blossoms. The bride
was followed by the groom and
Rev. D. M. Whoelor, who pro
nounced the words that made
tliem man and wife.
After the ceremony, and every
one seemed to be happy, a lemo
nade course was served, and then
the guests were marched into
the dining rojm where a sump
tuoas supper was greatly enjoy
el by all.
Thi brile is a well known
young lady and has always been
faithful in her SunCay School
and church work and has a great
host of friends. Mr. Rogers is a
returned soldier who done, nisi
Lit for bis country and is attend
The Drift Eiaders.
The country generally had al
most forgotten the draft evaders,
the men who went in hiding in
hiding in 1917-13 when Uncle
Sam was calling to the colors.
But Uncle Sam hasn't forgotten
nor forgiven those who failed to
heed his call in the hour of the
country's need. He has their
names and their numbers, which
will stand for all time as a record
of infamy a "damned spot"
that will not "out"' but will taint
innocent, unborn generations.
Of the 24,000,000 war-time reg
istrants 489,003 were originally
reported as draft.evaders. This
list has been gradually reduced
to 173,000 names and these will
soon be published. The list is
now being arranged in alphabet
ical order for each of the 4,058
draft districts where deserters
are reported. Foreign-born per
sons and negroes, it is stated,
comprise the great majority of
draft-evaders. Georgia has the
largest number of jiaines of . any
Southern State and 90 jier cent
of the Georgia list is said to be
colored. It will be admitted that
there are mitigating and extenu
ating circumstances in connec
tion with draft evasion on. the
part of 'the foreign-born and the
colored race, although theoffence
can neither, be excused nor over-
ooked. It is some comfort, there-
ore to find that the greater ma
jority of the offenders are in a
class who cannot be expected to
measure up to the standard of
patriotism that is usually and
rightfully expected to measure
up to the standard of patriotism
that is naturally and rightfully
expected of the native-born
vhites; and this very fact will
make the offenders of the latter
class the more conspicuous and
their offense the more glaring.
Statesville Landmark.
Off to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Mrs.-Gurdie Barnes, daughter
rof Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hodges, of
Adam, who is suffering with a
cancerous growth in her mouth,
eft Sunday, accompanied by her
father, for Baltimore, Md. where
she entered Johns Hopkins Hos
pital and will take treatment
and undergo, another operation,
one having been performed at
the Banner Elk Hwpital soma
six weeks ago, which, at first,
was thought to be a success. She
is the motner or a tiny oaoe,
which, we suppose was taken to
the hospital, her father saying on
Friday that theic intentions then
were to 'a'ce it.
POULTRY PROFITS ,
DEPEND ON
HEALTHY CHICKS.
Mr. Williams, a very success
ful Oklahoma Poultry Raisos, re
cently said to Dr. LeGear: "Since
I have been using your Poultry
Prescription, not only have I cut
down chick loss, but I find that
my pullets lay a month ox two
earlier. ' A few pennies wisely
siKJnt in feeding Dr. LeGear's
Poultry Prescription to Baby
Chicks insures rapid develop
ment and early fall and winter
laying. Get a package from your
dealer. Satisfaction or money
back Dr. L. D. LeGear Med. Co.
St. Louis, Mo.
ing a government school at Cook
ville, Tenn. The happy coupl?
will leave, aftar a vacation of two
weeks, whera the young soldier
intends to finish bis course' of
school work. We indeed regret
to see the popular young people
go from amon us. Our best
wishes follow them.
One Present.
Simplified Spelling.
i You rememberthe fad of a few
years ago for simplified spelling?
There was some reason for the
reform, for we have some words
that are not half spelled, and we
have many others spelled exact
ly alike that have entirely differ
ent meanings. The Literary Di
gest . and a few other standard -publications
undertook to pump
life into the crusade and even yet
persist in spelling through 'thru'
but nobody else follows their ex
ample. So mighty a man as Pres
ident Roosevelt joined the move
ment for more sensible spelling,
but it was no go. So far the wri
ter clings to the old forms, and .
use in some cases twice as many
letters as are necessary in spell
ing some words. We are puzzled
to know how some of the compli
cated spelling we have ever got a
start. For instance; the guy, who
ever he was who spelled tizic,
"phthisic," should have been
locked up for lunacy. But there
it stands just as we find it in the
good oldblueback ajdelusionand .
a snare for Captains jof spelling
bees, and a perpetual chance for
the sharp boy at the foot of the
class on Friday evening. Wed
nesday is another word, the spell
ing of which violates every rule
of common sense. What busi
ness in the world has the letter
g in diaphragm? Enuff has more
sense in it than enough. But
the more excellent way has been
rejected. If the time will ever .
come when we will throw away
the superfluous letters we use in
our complicated spelling, it has
not yet arrived. Perhaps as we
grow wiser public sentiment will
in some future day demand that
we quit wasting space and time
in filling our writing with useless ,
etters which only clumber the
ground, and add neither strength
nor beauty to the language.
Charity and Children.
6is Spouting From Ground
Gas is spouting from a thous
and different crevices within a
radius of two miles of the Con
stantine well of the Constantino
Oil and Refining Co. of Tulsa, Ok- ;
ahoma, in Union county, Arkan
sas, and it is feared that it the
wild gas is not eliminated, it may
rasultin the destruction of the
Oonstantine well and ite proper- ,
ties. Parts of the field adjoining .
the Constantlne are on fire, The .
widespread of gas is believed to
be due to the capping of the Con- t
stantine well two weeks ago. Af
ter the well had spoutedout $125- -
000 worth of gas, it was capped
and then almost Immediately gas
began spouting from any num
ber of crevices within a radius of
one half-mile of the well and con
tinued, to spread. Gas experts
declare that the Constantlne area
is undoubtedly one of the most
valuable gas fields in the world,
but they fear that the whole area
may be destroyed or may prove
worthless., as a result of wild gas
escaping, aco r e s or tanner
have abandoned their homes and
lied to places of safety. Union
county authorities have thrown
a cordon of guards around the
danger zone, but this is insuffi
cient to preventhundredsof spec-
tators from coming to the well
jut of curiosity. Capping the
well seems to have no effect on ' ;.
the escaping gas. - Officials of tho -company
say that possibly tho
only remedy will be to drill d or ,
10 different gas wells in thatareo. '
It is estimated that mora than
$300,000 worth of gas has thus v -
far been destroyed as a result of
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