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Mi. I I V "4 f i, Advertising Rates on Request DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. $1.00 Per Year VOL. XXXII. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY AUGUST 25, 1921. NO 44 0 9 'J 10 REMOVE TAX B PATENT MEDICINES MORE THAN SIXTY CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN REPUB fc LICAN TAX BILL, j. j I CORPORATION SIFTS EXEMPT A Principal Amendment Provides for the Creation of a Tax Invest!- , gating Commission. i lift I i Washington. Elimination of taxes on proprietary medicines was agreed upon by the House ways and means committee, which approved more than sixty changes in the Republican tax bill. The majority also approved an amendment exempting from taxation corporation donations made to charity provided they do not exceed tour per cent of the corporation's net Income. Under another change the proposed five per cent manufacturers' tax to . be substituted for the so-called lux ury and nuisance taxes would not apply on goods already contracted for. One of the principal amendments approved by the whole committee provides for creation of a tax investi gating commission which would in quire into the effect upon the federal revenues of tax exempt state and mu nicipal securities. IHIAII MIUII HAS H FEATURES A TEMPORARY AGREEMENT THAT MAY NOT BE PRESENTED TO THE SENATE AT ALL. ABSOLUTE SECRECY IS ASKED The Agreement or Proctocol Projected Will Merely Form the Basis of a Formal Treaty Hereafter. I Want Workers Against Tobacco. San Francisco. A million workers are needed to aid in the anti-tobacco educational program for the youth of America and other projects, Miss Anna A. Gordon, of Evansville, 111., national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, declared In her annual address at the opening of the forty-eighth national conven tion of the organization here. Craft Shop Rules Approved. Chicago. The United States rail road labor boird approved in effect the seven shop craft rules relating to overtime payment, as provided in the national agreement of the wartime railroad administration, but directed that the railroad need not pay over time for absolutely necessary work performed on Sunday and holidays. A REAL BUILDING III HI MORE THAN 100 NEW HOUSES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. SIDEWALK AND STREET WORK Several Small Manufacturing Plants Have Found Homes Here During the Last Twelve Months. Washington. A special agreement in the nature of a protocal will pre cede the formal negotiations of a treaty of peace with Germany. This agreement may not be sub mitted to the Senate. It will be a sort of modus vl vendi, or temporary arrangement which will permit com mercial relations with Germany to be resumed immediately and enable the President to issue his long-de layed proclamation of peace. The agreement will be brief In its character and alone general lines. It will preserve America s rights under the armistice and subsequent treaties closing the European war and will form the basis for a formal treaty eventually to be negotiated. The United States government has made a special request of the Ger man government that the exchanges with that government with respect to the agreement shall be kept abso lutely secret. The reason for the In junction of secrecy is not divulged here. Members of the senate foreign re lations committee have learned in formally of the progress of the ex changes, between the German gov ernment and our state department. League Court Will Be Organized. Geneva. Creation or the perma nent court of international justice is assured, it is announced here. The secretariat of the league", of nations has been informed that Spain and Haiti will soon deposit their ratifica tions of the agreement to establish the court, and yvhen they are received the number of nations which have de posited ratification will have reached 24, the requisite number. Hickory. With more than 100 new homes erected In Hickory during the first six months of the present year and with many others to be built be tween now and winter, Hickory is ex periencing the fastest growth in Its history. Never before, according to local people, has there been so much construction in progress here, most ol the new residences going up inside of town and the others In the suburbs There would be even more building if the banks and building and loan as sociations were able to finance all de mands. As it is between 115 and 12S new homes will be added before the end of the present year. While there has been marked con struction of residence houses, only few business buildings have been put up. A few small manufacturing plants have found homes here during the year, but no new storehouses have been erected. It the Eleventh avenue development is completed a dozen business houses will be started during the winter and early spring, it Is said There has been much sidewalk and street work done, a construction com pany being on the last lap of a con tract calling for the expenditure of $175,000. The municipal building and auditorium, the latter with a seating capacity of 1,200, will be ready within six weeks, It is expected. Curzon Has Made Best Offer. London. Lord Curzon, the secre tary for foreign aitfalrs, speaking in the House of Lords on the Irish ne gotiations, said the government had offered all that could be given with out compromising the safety of the realm, the sovereignty of the crown and the dignity of the empire. V, Gold Secured From Russia. Constantinople. dtusslaa bolshevik gold valued at $1,000,000 has arrived here during the past fortnight as a result of trade exchanges. Of this amount $600,000 -worth was brought by the United SVates destroyer Over ton from Batusn for the American Trade corporation. Bryan Suggested as Delegate. Montgomery, Ala. A movement has been inaugurated here by friends of Williams Jenning?. Bryan to request President Hardinj to name Mr. Bryan as one of the members of the Ameri can commission to sit at the Inter national cputertence on disarmament. Crjts Senate Appropriation. i Washington. By a vote erf 28 to 22 the Sf nate adopted an amendment tc tha federal road bill reducing from $100,000,000 to $75,000000 the amount available for construction in the next yeajr. : First Bale "Brought 19 Cents. ; Charleston, a. C. A bid of. 19 cents bought at auction the first bale oi this season's rtitton arriving here. It was tent from' Allendale. Notice by British Government. Washington. Formal notice that it cannot recognize jurisdiction of the United States over the high seas be yond the three mile limit fixed by in ternational law for many years, has been served by the British govern ment in connection with the seizure 1J miles off the Long Island coast of the British schooner Marshall, re ported to have been laden with liquor. Bond Issue Being Discussed. Winston-Salem. The aldermen are considering the qmstlon of calling an election to vote on the question of a million dollar bor.d issue tor school purposes. Before calling It, existing conditions will be submitted to the citizens through tho press. The prop, osltion provides for three new school buildings for white nupils and addi tions to present building, as well com pletion of plans for n big central scbocl building tor colored children aad additions to all colored school buildings. Fayetteville. It is settled that Fay- etteville is to exist under a real "blue regime. It having been reported to an adjourned meeting of the board aldermen, attended by large delega tions for and against the Sunday clos ins law. that the Kennedy amendment to the Sunday statue had really been passed by the legislature It was an nounced by Mayor E. R. MacKelthan that the law will be enforced rigo rously. Money For Financing Exports. Washington. An application for an advance of $5,000,000 to the Citizens and Southern Bank of Savannah, Ga for financing exports was approved by the war finance corporation at its last meeting. Winston-Salem. Evangelist McLen don, who closed a four weeks' meeting at North Wllkesboro, received a purse of $5,000. In addition $3,600 was raised for expenses. Hundreds made profe sion of religion and thousands church members were rclalmed. Many llpced hlockaders destroyed their stills, following their conversion. Concord. Edgar Wallace, legisla tive representative of the American Federation of Labor, with headquar ters in Washington, arrived in Con cord for the purpose of milking a care ful and full Investigation of th strike situation here, and also for the pur pose of lending his good offices toward settling the strike. Money for Road Building. Washington The Federal aid road bill, appre.pri.tt ting $75,000,000 for con struction, one-third of which would be immediately, available, was passed by the, senate Chemical Sc toedule Is Revised. ' Washington. Railroads must share with the farmers and omers the bur den of the pres nt economic situa tion by reducing freight rates on chemicals, Secreti "7 Wallace said. Half Million Fire Loss. Kansas City, Mo. Damage esti mated at approximately $500,000 was caused have when thn large plant of the Ko'.'.ey Milling company, located In an east aids industrial district, was desimyed by fire. Capture of General Navarro. Madrid. According to advices from Melilla General Navarro, head of the column which has been surrounded by the Moors on Mount Arrulta, Is a prisoner in the home of the Arab chief of the Beni Chelatki. Secretary of Merch Association. Richmond, Va. A. L- M: Wiggins, of Hartsvllle, S. C, was elected t0 weeeed Murray 8. teKinley, also ol Hartsville, as preside. of the South era Retail Merchants' association at the closing of its ann ual convention here. Anti-Beer Bill in Trouble. Washington Back in the home of its friends, the Willis-Campbell anti beer bill ran: into unexpected trouble In the house, with little prospect now ot Its final enactment prior to the recess of congress. Remiaflon of China's Debt. Washington. The bill of Senator Lodge ot Massachusetts for remission of further payments by China to the Unite J Ccates under the Boxer rebe' lion indemnity treaty was passed Greensboro. At the closing session ot the fifth congress ot the Southern Tariff association, resolutions urging a "fair" tariff on southern products and a continuation of the dve embargo, were unanimously adopted, andia com mittee to carry these resolutions to congress was authorized. Raleigh. Whiskey still holds high place as a cause of law violation in Raleigh, according to reports of the police department, and while there has been a reduction In the percentage of whiskey cases since March, twenty bIx per cent of the arrests in July were due to whiskey or its complications. Trustee's Report. In transmitting to His Excel- eney, Cameron Morrison, Gov- eraor of North Carolina, the re port of B. B. Dougherty, Supt. of the A. T. 8., Capt. E. F. Lov- 1, Chairman of the Board of 'rustees, says: ;A "As Chairman of the Board of ' r u s t e e s of the Appalachian 'raining School, I herewith hand to you the report of Superinten dent Dougherty, covering the eighteen years of the existence of the sehool. Heretofore reports liave been made to the Governor and the Legislature. We are now mssing through a transition pe riod, and this report is intended to show in a nut shell the things accomplished by us since our or ganization. "You will observe our first ap propriation for buildings was on- y $1,500, and this was condi tioned upon us raising a like a mount. The total amount appro priated for the plant is $72,500 We have raised thousands of dol ars from the people and have used some of the improvement fund, according to law, in the development of such a valuable plant. Superintendent Dougher ty s report gives an inventory of what we have. "The maintenance and imprve ment fund for eighteen years a mounts to 201,333.33 an aver age of but little over $11,000 per year. With this small income we have maintained the school, tea ching more'ihan 400 students- counting the summer schools- each year. We have sent teachers into almost every county in North Carolina. "As it will be seen, the State could sell its pjanthereand make a big profit. But this, after all, is not the question it is the migh ty uplift among the people, seen and felt throughout the moun tain country. To the improvement in the homes, in the public schools, In the churches, we point as the crowning efforts of our strug gles hero for our people. "Thomas Jefferson dreamed o a republic where there were none very rich and none very poor Surely ho would be pleased wit this part of North Carolina. Here almost every man, by his f ruga habits, owns his own home, and is king around his own fireside. Among these mighty mountains, whose summits look down into the chambers of the setting sun, live a noble people, brave and happy. These mountain counties have heretofore been neglected by the State. "I thank God we are standing in the morning light of abetter day. With the railroads coming into this' section, the building of well-graded roads, soon to be lard-surfaced, tho planting here of this line and deservedly popu lar institution will make this, "The Lost Province," one of the most attractive sections of the commonwealth. Condition of Cotton Improved. Washington. Under the influence : "nearly normal" temperatures, cot ton improved slightly in the cetnrai and eastern sections ot the belt dur ing the past week. Food Agreement Reached. Washington. Complete agreement on the question ot food relief tor Rus sia has been reached at Riga, Secre tary Hoover announced. Britalns to Fight Moors. London. Publication here of news that the Spanish consulate was en rolling recruits to fight again the re bellious tribesmen In Morocco result ed In a rush of the former British sol diers to the consulate. Retail Food Prices Higher. Washington. Retail food prices in creased 2.7 per cent in July over June prices, while the prices of wholesale frodstuffi advanced 1.5 per cent ana wholesale farm products 1.75 par cent, the department of labor nnnyunc d. FARM FOR SALE IN SEQUATCHIE . VAL LEY, TEMESSEE. -Two hundred and forty (240) a- cres, about 100 cleared, all level bottom land la high state of cul tivation, balance in fairly good timber easily accessible for wor king. There is on ftifann;ne of the finest and beat ,nomettiy where in the op nine room Ordered to Increase Rates. Washington. Railroads of Tennes- see were oruerea Dy me uuemuue commerce commlHslon to increase by October 13 the freight rates within that Btate on stone and gravel for road building material, to the level in ef fect in Interstate traffic. Suit Goes to Federal Court. Charleston. The BUlt of Ger E. Mew against the American Railway Expreir tompany for damages of ISO, 000, has been transferred to the ted- court from the state court. house, al most - ney , atone founv dation with largtf ictye basement and lire place and running, water in it. Running water In hpoie and barn piped from 'fine mountain spring; a very nice; finely equip? ped dairvi birri wlti completa dairying outfit, including, large power churn, separator, Interna tional gas engine, gristmill, corn crusher in fact a complete out fit with running water all ' thru the barn. A very fine vineyafd and good orchard," peaches, ar plea and pears. This is one a uj ong tne finest homes and place to live in East Tennessee. Uoe naif mile to station, school and church, ;.nd three and one-half miles from Dunlap, the seat of Sequatchie county, will sell this farm, together with the equip ment mentioned, for $1 1,000 on good terms. The improvement alone are wor'h the price asked. If interested kindly write me at Dunlap, Tenn. AMGH M. WAGNER. Dig Sale OF DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. SALE STARTS SEPTEMBER 10th, 1921 AND LaSTS ten days Henderson. A big supply of toxin antloxln for diphtheria has been order ed by the county health department from the State Laboratory preparatory for beginning a campaign against that disease in this county before the school opens next fall. Farmer Suffers Heavy Loss. Snencer. A large barn of Job Hnnberry, near South river, was struck by lightning and burned with a loss of several thousand dollars. Be sides the valuable building 10 bales ot cotton. 300 bushels of wheat and .lev eral hundred bushels of corn were burned, with a large amount of feed stuff, machinery and other property By quick work after the blaze started the horses, cattle and livestock were saved. The loss falls heavy on Mr. Hunberry as he carried but little insurance. Tomb of Napoleon Neglected. London. Napoleon's original tomb on St. Helena Island has fallen into a sad state ot disrepair since the body ws "amoved in state to the Invalides in Paris 81 years ago, according' to a letter received by Sir Lees Knowles, a former cabinet minister, from a re cent visitor to that remote island. Llovd Georae Stands by Japan. London. Prime Minister Lloyd George, in a statement in the House nt Pnmmnns. concernlne the recent conference of Imperial premiers, said the conference had recognized unani mously that Japan had loyally ob served the alliance with Great Britain during the war. Schooner Captain is Jailed. Atlantic City. N. J. Capt. Joseph A. Roy, master of the llbeleti schooner Pnromoke. who was arrestee nere on rharees of smuggling liquor into this .... Una sent to the county jail at Camdan. We will offer for sale our entire stock of goods at your price, not ours. We will sell you shoes worth $15 for 8.25; shoes worth $3.50 at $5.00; children's shoes from 50 cents to $2.15; will sell you cloth worth 25 to $1.10 per yard for 10 to 45 cents. Will sel vou all 0 i sheeting at 35 cents per yard. We haven't space to enumerate all of the bargains but have a 85000 stork to pick from, so come before others tret the articles you want. We will pay the lop price for all your produce, eggs 25 cents, but ter 20 cents, chickens to the top market. TKRMS-A11 goods will be sold for cash, and everyone buying as much as $10.00 worth of goods will bo given 5 pounds of sugar. Everyone due us will take not ice then, for we must (11pc1. so wc will be able to meet our obli gations. So come and settle and buy some goods at a low price. SALE STARTS SEPTEMBER 10, 1921, AND LASTS - TILL SEPTEMBER 20, l'.)21-10 days to give our friends somoreal bar gains. Come, spend the night if you will; it wont cost you rmy thing. . Bring your friends aaid we will have a good tirrje. IKE LITTLE FARM FCP SALE SUT LER, TEKNESSEE. Twenty foui and one-fourth (24) acres, within half a mile of the school at Butler, Tennessee. Fourteen acres level, balance good upland, all cleared and in a high state of cultivation. Seven- room new bungalow residence and largo new barn and other outbuildings. The buildings a- loneon this place would C,o at more than one-half the wfflonnt asked for the farm. Every one in this country knows about But- v ler beihg one of the finest little mountain towns anywhere in the country aud known everywhere as the.bcst school town jn East Tennessee, I will for immjMrffle acceptance take $l,25Upn good terms for the place. This is cer tainly a bargain for some one, so don't delay investigate this prop osition. 8 25 3tc. HUGH M. WAGNER. Dunlap, Tenn. G. M WATSON & SON RUTHERWOOD, N. C MulU AGE SALE OF LAND. I'mW and by vivtuc of a powfr of sale contai ;cd in a ccruiu mortgage tloed execut -d by J. V. Hodgos to the nndorsifc-nH mortgagee, G. A. Hodj?. cs. on th 31st day of March, W29, which said mortgage is recorded in tf oflico of tho Ilofflstor ot Deids of Watauga county in Book U ol morta .,., oa page 496, oa th 'Wth day f Juno, 1920. to secure the payment ot tho sum of five thousand dollars cr sh, which is evidenced by two i.romi-ory i otos ror mo sum oi 2,Mi each, toy her with interest on tho samo from Ma.vh J4, lv), and that, whereas, thcro now l-em&iob due nd navulilo.on said noteite sum of 2,990.1)0 and interest on the samo I'vom 'his date, and default bavin? S'.ui mad-vintlu; psyracnt of said notos acco:'(insr .to the terms and. con- itions u tixprcsscd in saia mortgage, now, therefore I will proceed to sell he flowing iloseribod lands at pub- iiuoti -u at'th'.' court house door in the town of lioo.io, N. C, beweenthe hoursif 10, a. ni.. and 3, p. m., oa the 20tlr day oi Wept., 1920, said lands being bounded aaid described as fol lows: Lyic? in lioone townsein, Wa tauga cou.ty, and known as the G. A. H'jdkos ltoii coiUminf 10U aorc more or ioV &ncl Contains tho same land ana r-is ci) same ca;u ana oe cription as thojdfied from G. A. Itod- fes, and wifoiully, to J. Y. Hodjfos, duU'd Mnvb'31, 1950, and is for the purchase money fr said laid. Tbj dcel abovo rjfor.vd to contained four tracts luc wete allVontalned in ona deed, und & m-rtjrae is loKmdi to contuin ana'' to coverall said tracts. And for a move particular descnp tionf sai:' 'amis reference i Uoiv by ruadti lo Uie re.:ora.i or jsai-j mw . ' j nn. i . gage hcrcia ho. ore mcnitpuea. aui 18th day otAugiwt. 1921. G. A. UOyGES, Mortgajfce. W. R. LOiVILUtAMy. Dr. Spaas' infirmary FOR EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT OVER HICKORY DRUO CO. HICKORY, N. C.
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