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painid'IFairmps' Pbinio, olveteinie August MQ - Of i- v Site ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1888 VOLUMBfrXXIII BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AUG. 31, 1922 ' NUMBER 44 t 1RY ULL i ED 1HT DAILY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMPLETES BREEDING ACHIEVEMENT. . IMPROVEMENT OF STOCK Mum Mors Than Increased Profits ' to the Dairyman, the Department Declare. ; Washington Breeding a dairy tow that will give enough milk to feed thirty children a day, more than six times the capacity of the ordinary cow, is one of the feats of the In dustry which has been accomplished by the U. 8. Department of Agricul ture and which can be done by proper feeding and selective breeding. On Its experimental farm near Beltsville, Mdi, the department has a herd at six-cows, the result of breeding work, that hare produced an average of more than 22,000 pounds of milk in Its dayB. This little herd yields enough milk to provide a quart a day for 170 children. An ordinary cow, or scrub, produc es only enough milk to feed five chil dren a quart a day, while a good cow yields enough to give 20 children a quart a day. The supercow, as the department calls her, and there are more of them In this class every year, gives enough milk so that a small herd might easily supply this quan tity to all the small children In a small town. - The improvement of dairy cows means more than Increased profits to the dairyman, the department de clares; it means cheaper and more milk, the best bone and muscle mak er for children. Good breeding and good feeding have made the differ ence. What this means Is brought out forcibly in a poster prepared by the department which Is available to all those interested In the subject. American Druggists Go To Ashevllle. Chapel i Hill. The seventy-first an nual meeting of the American Phar maceutical association will be held in Ashevllle next year, according to Pro fessor J. O. Beard, of the school of pharmacy of the university, who has Just returned from the recent meet ing of the association held in Cleve land. Ohfak ' The 700 delegates voted almost unanimously for Ashevllle after the many advantages that Ashevtlle of fers had been outlined to them. Oth er cities competing for the conven tion were Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Boston and Portland. 1 Just before the adjournment of the Cleveland meeting the delegate alantoit Thrntaaanr Hoar A na Inrnl HOC- retafVfor the 1923 meeting. He will shortly announce the exact dates for the convention. Round-uo Confidence Men. ! Denver. Colo. Police and Colorado state rangers completed the rund-up and arrest of 33 persons, alleged to have conducted confidence operations in Colorado, Florida, Cuba and other tourlrft centers. Victims are said to have been solicited in Colorado, Flor ida and' Cuba to play the market on rralna. oB stocks and Stocks and bonds, being permitted to win their initial speculations and then being defttudpl out of. heavier amounts sub jranaentlv. I The rakt followed investigations of more than a year In which authorities In other cities aided, Denver police stated. Lou Blonger, 73, of Denver, .was nHi ' uyviioiiiuv ahuiuqj .- else, to havefbeen the "president" of ' the alleged bogus stock exchange op erators. Former Kaiser to Wed. ' i Londonjr-Former Emperor William is bethothed to the widow of a Ger man aristocrat, according to a re port received by The Times. The wo man is said to be almost of royal rank and ..the mother of three chil dren. She and the children recent ly visited the former emperor at .Doom, Holland. It Is said the mar riage will, take place during the com' ins winter. Tift report adds that this is not the woman to whom the one-time emperor was reported some time ago to be betothed. ! I i Want Fire In Tamnloo's History, ! Temple. Met!b The business dls trlct neWs was swept by fire recently, Tftree pThons are Known to be dead nd twam others serumsl inlured property danflge estimated at more than live million pesos was canted . .Th orlrin of the fire is not known. CONDENSED tIEWSFROa THE OLD KORTH STATE HORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. m - New Bern. Mrs. T. W. Bickett, wife of the late ex-Governor of North Car olina, will speak in New Bern Septem ber 4 before the boys of the Hl-Y club of the local Y. M. C. A., Secretary Beemer Harrell stated. Charlotte J. Lawrence Jones, po lice court judge, has resigned from that office. His resignation la effec tive November 1. The office inter feres with his law practice, he says. Salisbury. C. W. Betts, of the Eve ning Post advertising force, is in a local hospital at the result offsetting a foot caught and badly Injured in a printing preps. Fairmont, Fairmont sold at auc tion during the week ending August 18, 927,589 pounds of tobacco for, S214,ltt.l6, making an average of $23.09. During the season up to Au gust 18, 1,648,008 pounds were sold tof 1378,382.27, making an average of 822.68. Anhevlllo. A passenger arriving here reported that tlna , Memphls-to- New York train of the Southern rail way was fired, upon near Cleveland, Tenn. The passenger making the re port stated that a bullet entered the car about two Inches over his head. Smlthfield. Martin Shepherd and his son, John Shepherd, charged with the killing of James O'Neal in the up per end of Johnston county, hear Wen dell, surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Hlnton, of Middle township, and were sent to the Wayne county jail In Golds boro. Wilson. A young white man claim ing that his home is in Augusta, Ga., and that he Is a striking boiler maker from the railroad shops In Augusta, was arraigned on the charge "of retail ing whiskey, ant on his own admission he was adjudged guilty and sentenced to the roads for four months. Wadesboro. Byron Vance Henry, a former law partner of Judge Walter E. Brock, and one of the most promising attorneys of this section, suddenly passed away at the Anson sanatorium after an Illness of only four days. Ooldsboro. Sergeant R. P. Satter- field shot Private John Kannon throhgh the abdomen at Camp Bragg during a crap game In the tent of Sergeant June Smith. Kannon Is in the hospital In Fayettevllle In a se rlous condition, while Satterfleld, who was ordered turned over to the civil authorities by Adjutant General J, Van B. Meets, is out under a 81,000 bond. Durham. Col. James Marks Wil liams, Coast Artillery, UrHed States army, of 625 Perry- street, Montgom ery. Ala., hlseh a M. Wil- llam.s, and a ltii also of Montgomery, were instaiiuy killed when Southern passegner train No. 22 struck an automobile In which they were riding at a grade crossing three miles west of this city. Ooldsboro. W. B. Taylor, aged civil war veteran, who had his hand injured when he stepped on the trigger of the trap of explosives he had set to fright en away boy it who had been stealing his grapes, 1b now watching his vine yard with a double-barrel shotgun. He says this Is because he has now' dis covered that the vandals are young men and not boys. Btatesvllle. The fox hunterB of Ro wan, Wilkes and Alexander coufiUw at lotted to Jota he tot terflters of liWu In a community day p'lcnlo .to be held at Goal Springs on Wednes day. Angutft 80. Oreensboro.-'Mrs. Lou ThacKer cel ebrated her 111th birthday at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. J. M. Ed mundson, of the Proximity mill village whom she Is visiting. Rocky Mount. Charlie Rowland, the popular and hard-hitting catcher of the Tar Heels, has been sold to the Philadelphia Athletics, according to a statement made by the local baseball club. GreensbOro. Graham Nance, young white man, was- badly hurt on a street when a motorcycle he was riding col lided with an automobile driven by J. B. Ingram; He was taken to a hos pital where It is thought he will re cover. Wilmington. Jack Lewis andiBruce Griffith, attempting a trans-continental flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles, via Wilmington, Washington .and Cm- cmnatl, had a narrow escape when the airplane In which they were flylnf made a forced landing In a cotton field near Lumberton. The engine stalled at an altitude of 6,000 feet and was wreaked in landing. . Btatesvllle. Btatesvllle is to bawf another modern hospital. Tie new Snterprtse will be known as the Davis dtpftal sad 1b being promoted 0y Dr. James W. Davis, who has been arte elated weth the Carpenter-Davis Hos pital as general fargeon for the past two years. : . DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE IN NORTH CAROLINA The State Department of Agricul ture has recently issued a statisti cal chart containing a namber of maps showing the territory devot ed to various lines of agriculture, the value of each crop and the per centage of cultivated land given over to each crop. In commenting on the facts contained in this chart Mr. Parker of the department said to. a reporter for this newspaper: "When North Carolina was rank ed as the fourth state In the value of the 21 leading crops of the coun try the nation thought there was a mistake. Investigations were made and satisfactory proof was found. The idea of over one thousand car loads each . of peaches and strawberries going out from limit ed areas was but one of many of the evidences. The leader in to bacco values, high In cotton, pota toes and peanuts, offer food for thought. "This state Is often thought of as a one-crop state, so here are some facts: Corn occupies 34 per. cent of the cultivated land area; cotton, 16; wheat, 7; tobacco, 6; oats for grain, 6; hay, 7; field peas for grain 3; soybeans, 3; sweet potatoes, 1.5; Irish potatoes, 7, and sorghum cane 5 per cent of the area. Al most 60 per cent of the farms are operated by the owners. There are over 17 acres of plow land per head of work stock. This looks like di versification and a basis for the high rank In crops." July's Fire Loss is 1128,147. With the exception of June's low record of 1105,000, the State's total fire loss of $128,147 in July is tho lowest since accurate statistics have been kept by the North Carolina In surance department, according to Stacy W. Wade, insurance commls" sioner. The loss for July, 1921, was 8512,775. Not a single fire was re ported on July 4. Pressing clubs as fire harbors, for several months have been dimin ishing and they entirely disappeared for Jirty, as do electric irons. Serious damage by fire was done one mddern residence by an .electric hair curler. The lady laid ,lt on the bed after using it and neglected to turn the current off. A big office building 'was seriously threatened by a fire set by a smoker lying on a lounge in an ante-room. Another careless smoker caused a $10,500 fire in one city. Boys and matchos set a $10,000 church on fire and hot ashes caused a $5,500 damage to an apart ment and store building. In one city one man was killed and three resi dences burned cr damaged by too high voltage of an electric wiro. Causes of fires set forth in the re port are: Sparks on- shingle roofs and defective flues, 28; unknown, 10; carelessness and gasoline ignition, 5 each; oil stove explosion and expos ure, 4 each; defective wiring, smok ing, lightning, and carelessness with electricity and incendiary, 3 each; burning trash, lamp explosion, 2 each, and hot ashes, 1. The following towns reporting that there was no Are or no damago dur ing the month of July are recorded on the department's honor roll for tho month: New Bern, High Point, Sails bury, Btatesvllle, Mt. Olive, Clinton, Pinehurst, Rutherfordton, LaOrange, Washington, Roanoke Rapids, Forest City, Reldsvllle, Rockingham, Concord, Bethel, Chutonla, Southern Pines, M'ofehead City, Benson, Waynesvllle, Wake Forest, Ashe CoaAty, Tyroll County, RutherfQrd County. During the month there wore ten singly fires, with damage of $5,000 and over, aggregating $96,300, at the following points: Winston-Salem, Creamery, ' $10,000; Wlnston-salem, store and apartment, $6,600; Rocky Mount, store, $6,700; Roxboro, rolling mill and market, $18, 000; Fayettevllle, garago and supplies, $11,000; Fayettevillo, ice plant, $20, 000; Henderson, roller mill, $5,000; Denton, residence, $9,000; Hydo coun ty, gasoline freight boat, $5,000; Meck lenburg county, barn and machinery, etc., $6,000. The complication of property dam aged or destroyed during the month follows. Dwellings, 49; stores, 13; garages 7; autos and trucks, 7; factories, 5; three each of stores and apartments, out houses and barns, 2 each. Asks ministers to Investigate. Ministers of North Carolina are ask ed to Inform themselves concerning the cooperative movement of the cot ton growers and to give their support, m- a letter sent out by the North (Car ollna Cotton Growers' Co-operative as sociation the oast wedl. The letter Is being sent to a thous and ministers in the cotton belt, to- , gether with a booklet givtng foil de- . tails as the operation of the asso- elation of 27,000 cotton erdwers. BONUS BILL GETS LITTLE Mill IS SIDETRACKED WHILE SENATE DISCUSSES THE STRIKES AND THE NEWBERRY CASE. HEFL1N FAVORS ITS PASSAGE Senator Underwood, In Brief Debate, Voices Opposition to the Bonus Increase. Washington The soldiers' bonus bill received but little attention In the senate, as it was submerged under the discussions of the coal and rail strikes and the Newberry case, with tho re sult that the leaders do not now an ticipate Its passage for several days. In the brief debate, Senator Under wood of Alabama, the democrat! leader, voiced his opposition to the measure, with Senator Heflln, demo crat, of the same s'tato, vigorously urging its passage. Senator Underwood declared the measure was not an adjusted compen sation bill; that it had been properly named by the public a bonus bill. "You cannot measure service to country In dollars," declared tho mi nority leader. "If you aro to measure service in that way, then $G25 Is an absurd proposition. Tho payment of a dollar a day will not adjust that great debt a generous people must al ways owe to the gallant men who car ried the flag in time of war.". Senator Underwood argued that if a bonuo was to be voted congress should provide the funds through tax ation on this generation and not post pone payment of the billions to a time when the veterans themselves would be called upon to bear most of the burden. He said the men who got money through the war should help to pay the bonus if one was to be given Sounding a warning against piling up a hugo debt against the future, Senator Underwood declared that should an emergency arise during that time, this debt might prove a hand! cap not alone by man-power and In dustrlal capacity of a country, but by financial resources. Senator Hoflin, supporting the bill declared that those opposing the bo nus had not made a "peep" when con Kress was voting millions for the set Moment of claims of war contractors He charged that "war profiteers" were flKhting the bill "to the death" and that tho "Interests" were filling the newspapers with the greatest propa ganda against the measure that had been attempted since war days. Asserting that hundreds of tbous ands of former service men were now without jobs, Senator Heflin do clarod that there could be no talk, about "cheapening" a man's patriot Ism when hunger demanded that he "get something to eat and a place to sleep." ' Secretary Hughes Sails for Brazil. . New York. Charles Evans Hughes secretary of state, sailed on the Pan America to return the visit to Brazil which Emperor Dom Pedro made te the United States In 1876 and to visit the Brazilian centennial exposition. "I am eupoelaly honored by the op portunity at this time to return, on IWuilf of President Harding, the visit which the liberal and hlgh-mlndee Empvror Dom Pedro paid us at the time of the centennial celebration in 1876," Bald Mr. Hughes. "The present occasion Is a most auspicious one tot reviving memories of tho past and for expressing anew our feelings of es teem and friendship for the Brazilian people." . Central American Parley Proposed. San Salvador. A Central American conference to be participated in by Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Salvador, is planned for next December. . The agenta Is of wide soope, some -oLthe subjects to como up being plana for arbitration of all disputes arising iamong the countries Involved, the unt .flcatlon of moneys throughout Central America, a customs union with a stan dardUed tariff, and better arrange ments for exchange of Central Ameri can products. Two Airmen Killed In Accident. RlveTBide, Oaltf. Lieutenant Reeves of San Dtogo was fnatantly killed and Clarwwe Williams Often, his median ician, waa fatally Injured when their anoy airplane was caught in an all potae! while flying at Elslnore, neat here, and plunged Into Lake Elslnofs in a nose diva, -L n id si PROMISES SAFETY SET UP BY HIGHWAY COMMI3- 8I0N ON CARY ROAD CROSS ING AS DEMONSTRATION. CONTRACTS FOR ONE HUNDRED Lights Will be Furnished by Highway Lighthouse Company of Elizabeth, N. J., Without Cose. Raleigh. A tew road signal which gives all the promise of making grade crossing as safe as grade crossing can be made, and furnishes .an automatic signal which demands attention at danger ous curves has. been erected by the State Highway Commission at the rallroad,cro8sing on the Cary-road and giving an effective demonstration. The lights, one', hundred of which the State Highway Commission has contracted for far delivery during the year, are manufactured by the High way Lighthouse Company of Elizabeth, N. J., and aro to be furnished to the state without cost, tlio right being re served by tho Lighthouse company to place advertising on, two sides of tho tower. In the event tho commis sion wishes to have-the lights only, they may bo purchased at. tho rate of $250 per station. Commissioner Pago has no present idea of buying what he can get without cost. The tower, standing ten foot or more bfeslde the road, Is mounted by a large globe which flashes a red danger signal which may be soen n half a mile from the point. The flash is commanding and tho . acetylene equipment requires recharging only once in nine months. This; also, Is done by the manufapturing concern without cost to tho state. At crossings on the Cary road, au tomoblles approached the light with caution, and many drivers stopped to read its caution. In the daytime' tho light continues to burn, and tho face of the tower gives tho' road number and serves as a mile post furnishing information on distances to points on the road, while Its advertising speaks for itself. Contracts have already been sign ed for one hundred of tho lights. The highway commission, however, Is anx lous to have more of them. Road men and autoniohilists have pronounced the tower a success as a road warn ing. The establishment of tho towers will be In accordance with the direc tion of the highway commission, at places designated.. Like Farmers For Husbands. , When asked the question, "Dox yod want your daughter to. marry a farm erT" sixty-one out of sixty-four farm women answer "Yes," and they bach up their answers with some poi(fectly good roasons. They do not think of themselves as , poor, hard working drudges, lonely and isolated and witi, no social life to break the monotony of their existence. On tho contrary; they seem perfectly satisfied and arc contented with their lot as farmers' wives. They find Joy, happinesB and contentment on the farm and In the hemes and have such hope In the fu ture that they want their daughters to become farmers' wives. Crops Doing Well In West Counties. Reins occurred In nearly all parts of tho state, followed by fair and raich cooler weather near tho close et the week. The rainfall was heavy te excessive locally In places, caus ing some damage In portions of the central and eastern districts but main ly In the central. section. Seven In ches of rain fell at Salisbury within 24 hours while two and a half Inches occurred at Raleigh within two hours. Progress of cotton for the week varies from Jtoor to good, reports from the west being favorable, and there has been considerable weevil damage in the south In spite erf vigorous efforts to check the troublo. Nearly all crops are doing well in the western coun ties while progress In tho east Is only fair. There was, however, consider able more sunshine than during tho preceding wsek. The weather at the close ot the Week was favorable for paUbiff fodder aftd saving forafe, but was too oool ft tender plants, espee HJTy late ootton, temperatures over portions ot the iftate being olose ts the low rssord for this time In August WaVkf Nme Phsrmacfst on Btfard. :A movement to get a pharmacist on the state board of health has been launched by the State Pharmaceuti cal aaiopiatlon. Looking on pharma cy as one ot the tpost important afe des ot medical Work, . druggists ,want : represSBtrflottj: o mypomffl Hickory Barium Springs orphanage Will be the rallying point of the Presbyterian womn of North Caro - U&a on October 6, following the meet Ifig ef the synodical auxiliary in Char lotte, October S and 4, Mas. BL 7. Raid, of Lenoir, the president has announc ed. Greensboro. Greensboro college, in stitution for young women supported by the "Methodists of North Carolina, will opon for the first semester of the seventy-fifth annual session September An enrollment of mors than 400 is expected by Rev. S. B. Tsrrentiie, ta president of the college. .J Charleston Yard Will Be Cloaed. 1 Washington, r- Acting Secretary Roosevelt set the date for the final closing of the Charleston (S. C.) navy yards for next November 1. It had been expected the yard would be closed about September 1, orders hav. lng been Issued that It should be clos ed as soon as possible. In an order signed by Colonel Roosei velt, he said the department's decis ion to close the yard remains "un changed" and the conditions which necessitated this action have in no way been altered. Demand for Cotton in Germany Pool) Washington. Gorman demand for American cotton during the next six months will amount to not more than half tho quantity consumed . during tho past six months, according to a report to tho commerce department. General money tightness and the continued declines of the mark, Mr. Herring said, has put the German cot ton Industry irt n particularly serioui condition, so that it must either great y. increase Its capital or obtain for clgn credits, if present production la to cont inue. Unemployment Still Heavy. Conditions resulting from the rail way strike still hold the throttle on the employment situation in North Carolina, according to reports coming to M. L. Shipman, director of the Em ployment Service In the State from local directors in six cities. There is a surplus of clerical labor and skilled labor gonerally, the .re. ports Indlcoto, but in somo localities common labor may be placed readily. For stenographers there is a steady demand. State Agents Inspect Potato Houses. Ooldsboro (Special). L. H. Nelson, assistant state horticulturist of the state department of agriculture, with Thomas Norwood, secretary of the Eastern Carolina Potato Growers' as sociation, inspected local potato hous es under construction,' and Mr. Nelson stated that he found work satisfactory, In ever) respect and about two week 1 - l . 1 J.. luwna I ucneuuie. ne in on su ,u1 3 neoUsM "or ot the eastern part of th i will go as far west Wadesboro, visiting towns where farmers haven't signed up. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons -having claims a gainst the firm of Carroll & Trip lott, of Triplutt, N. C, will exhib it them to the undersigned, sur viving partner, within 12 months of the date of this notice, or said notice will bo plead in bar of their recovery. This the 21stday f August, 1022. s214tp. C. C. TRIPLETT. R. D. JENNINGS ' DENTIST OKKK'K.S: HH)NK AND NEWI.AND. Iloniio-First l"i days of each month New land Lust 10 days of each month Write or iliotie nio to Boone or Ncwl and for appointment. New Leferer Nitro Special only $29.00 O. K.'ed and purchased In Quantities by the U. s, we ell finished, lng the price, to shoot right stand as much as the most expensive gun. Most durable lock ever put In a o"i urn MCK fired over 77,000 time. Every tun prooftested with an ex treme load. 1 standardized gun built on in 20. aa. IB I 18. oa. 28 in., and 19.na. 98 and SO in. with 14ln. stock and about i In, droo. A Lefever won the world's ahamoionshlD at the oivmole namea In London. Le fever has stood for service and durability for, over 60 yra. . WRITE FOR CATALOGUE lefmr Arw Ca lex k, Itiaca, 11. rr vtit.. wavy Vf Vt -."V v fix I y "; Q In
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