Jfc OTateusa Btmocrat
C. RIVERS, Editor and Proprietor
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THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ;
Thursday, Sept. 28 1922.
SOME IMPORTANT SHOP TALK
Thirty -four years ago, The
Watauga Democrat undertook
the job of keeping the county
people informed of the local
happenings, and thanks to our
kind friends we have been al
lowed to "make a living" thru
all the storms of these many
years. We have endeavored
to give yo i a good little sheet
and we evidently bave.foryour
support has been unstinted.
However as our town and
county grows, and as we hear
the call for a larger and better
local paper, it is with no little
eagerness we heed the call,
and pledge ourselves to the
carrying out on a higher plane
our dreams of all these years,
the publishing of a "real news
paper" in Boone.
Friday of last week we took
the first step by making our
initial purchase of new mater
ial and machinery, which in
cluded the latest and best Lin
otype (or type casting mach
ine) that money will buy. A
newspaper press of twice the
size and speed of the one now
used, together with folder will
be installed and with different
other labor-saving devices, we
will have a shop good enough
for any country town. The
machinery will be installed in
a new building within forty
to sixty days and we will be
ready to give you an entirely
different Democrat, twice as
big and full of everything that
will interest our people and
tend to promote the best in
terests of our town and coun
ty. Hereafter our publication
will be absolutely nonpartisan,
will cater to no particular sect
or creed, and strive to give you
everything from abroad-mind
ed viewpoint. Thus we iiope
to be able to do not a little to
ward the further development
of our wonderful town and
county.
Needless to say this venture
means the expenditure of a
considerable amount of tnon
ey. We have been asked and
almost begged by leading bus
iness men o.the town and
county to enlarge for a long
time and now that we have
heard, we ask, areyou with us?
We have staked a lot on our
scheme, but our rise or fall is
in your hands. Throw away
selfishness and all pull togeth
er to make "our paper" what
it's supposed to be, Watauga's
best asset. We're coming to
see you just as fast as we can.
We must have increased ad
vertising patronage and a big
ger circulation. Be ready to
greet us with a smile. We
know you will. Don't betray
the trust.
After due notice has been
given, both advertising and
subscription rates will be rais
ed but no one should kick, for
tney will feel they are going
to get their full money's worth
and we expect to see to it they
do.
WATAU6A FARMERS SHOULD PRODUCE
MILK IN FALL AND WINTER MONTHS
The time of year is here when
the price of cheese goes up and
the cows go dry. The time is al
so here when the makers make
ten and eleven pounds of cheese
per one hundred pounds of milk
instead of nine and one half
pounds. In May and June cheese
sold for from 15 to 18 cents per
pound. Cheese are now selling
for twenty and three quarters
cents and we are making one
more pound of cheese per hun
dred pounds of milk than we did
in May and June. What does
this mean? It means 4c more
per gallon to the farmer provid
ing the factories get the same
volume of milk that they did in
May and June. Later in the fall
or in the winter we will get a
twelve pound yield and possibly
will receive from 23 to 25 cents
per pound for cheese. This will
mean that the factories can pay
rom eight to ten cents per gal-
on for milk more than was paid
in May and June, provided they
get the same volume of milk. I
believe the cost per pound to
manufacture will be less because
the milk can be made, up only
twice each week. I believe it is
advisable and would be profitable
or the milk producers of Watau
ga to purchase some cotton seed
meal through county agent, John
B. Steele who can get it for you
direct from the factory at the
wholesale price. Feed each cow
the proper amount along with
other feeds, give them the best
care possible and produce more
milk when twelve pounds of
cheese per one hundred pounds
of milk can be made instead of
nine and one half pounds, and
when cheese will sell for 24c or
6c higher than in May and June,
also when there is a good demand
'or cheese and the cost per pound
to manufacture is less and when
your factory can pay you 18 to
20 cents per gallon for milk.
The winters in the mountains
are mild compared with the win
ters of Wisconsin. It costs 24
per cent less to produce a gallon
of milk in North Carolina than it
does in Wisconsin or Pennsylva
nia. The aveJage cow in North
Carolina gives 33 1 3 per cent
ess milk than the average cow
m Wisconsin or Pennsylvania.
What could we do in North Caro-
ina if our cows gave one third
more milk? we can get those
kinds of cows by properly feed
ing and caring for them while
we are intelligently breeding.
Wisconsin is now a great dairy
state bat it had its ups and
downs, along with low producing
cows whon it started in the dairy
business. Now we can profit
by their experience and we have
an opportunity to make the grea
ter strides in the dairy business
than was made by Wisconsin.
Any person wishing to have
their cows tubercular tested see
or write myself or John B. Steele
Boone, N. C.
H. L. WILSON.
Stockholders' Meitlng.
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the Brushy Fork
Cooperative cheese factory at
a r
Brusny Forte scnool nouse on
Monday night, Oct. 9, 1922, at
seven o'clock. There is some im
portant business that will come
op for consideration, and al
stock-holders are especially urg
ed to be present.
J as. H. Bingham. Pres
A. D. Adams, Sec. 9-27 2tp,
FOR SALE: Purebred 0. I. C
pigs, and cresses for porkers
Pedigree furnished with all
breeding stock sold. Call or
phone Finley P. Hodges, Sands
N.C. 9-21. 8tp,
WANTED: To trade one horse
for yoke of work cattle. See or
' write Finley P. Hodges, Sands
N. U. 9-21, 3tp
Putt's Pills
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FARM NOTES.
The potato show puton atNew-
land last Friday and Saturday
by the Mouuntain Seed Potato
Growers Association proved to
be a very enjoyable and profita
ble occasion to those attending.
The Watauga member of the As
sociation demonstrated that they
could deliver the goods by brin
ging back most of the prizes.
Their winnings were:
H. F. Greer, first prize; best
half bushel; Dr. F. M. Greer, sec
ond prize, best half bushel; H. F.
Greer, first prize, bet individual
potato: Solomon Eggers, first
prize, best peck; H. F. Greer, sec
ond prize, best peck; J. M. Greer
first prize, best hill of potatoes
J. M. Greer, second prize, hill of
potatoes; H. F. Greer, third prize
hill of potatoes; G. W. Egaers,
first prize, largest potato true to
type; Solomon Eggers, second
prize, large potato, true ts type.
That doesn't look a bit bad for
Watauga considering that Avery
has 100 members and Watauga
only five.
We are now making up our list
of seed potato growers for next
year. All those wish to join the
Associations should give their
names to me, or some member
at once, as arrangements will
have to be made at once for your
seed. You will have no more op
portunity to get them after cold
weather sets in.
If you want to get in on the car
of coton seed meal, or if you
want picric acid to blow your
stumps, see me at once.
JOHN B. STEEL, Co. Agent.
FOOD'S PLANTS III
P
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ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADS
iN CONFERENCE Tt
STAIN COM-
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INDUSTRIAL STRIKE IS OVEB
Will Rtpoi or Ariny Trhop..i..
Washington The old army trans
ports, Sheridan, Logan, Beaufort and
Crook, all dating back to Spanish war
days and employed more reeently in
the regular transport line to Manila,
are to be sold at auction October 1
The first three will he sold at Sal
Francisco and the Crook at Norfolk.
Secretary Weeks explained that the
coat of maintenance of the Tenets
la the transport service had rim to
I a point where It was no-longer a mat.
ter of economy to keep them ia tper-
atlen.
Carolina Issues New Publication.
Chapel Hill. A real students' pub
lication, the Carolina Boll Weevil, is
going to take the place of the ill-fated
Tar Baby, the prlvatelg-owned maga
sine which was mistakenly supposed
by many to be a university public
tlon.
The Boll Weevil will make its first
appearance Tuesday, September 26,
according to the announcement of the
students who are founding it, Mar
shall Y. Cooper, of Henderson: L. J.
Bredle, ef New Haven, Conn., and
Jaeflc iJoyner, of Garysburg.
COMING . . ,1
DR. A. W. DULA
Eye Specialist
Newland, Monday Oct. 2nd
Plumtree, Tuesday Oct. 3rd
Spruce Pine, Wednesday
Oct. 4th.
Elk Park, Thursday Oct 5th
Banner Elk, Friday Oct. 6th
.
SUSSES FITTBI EICUSIVELT
Dr.4U.Dula
Factories Start on Capaolty Produo
tien, Trying to Catch. U WMb
Accumulates! Order,
Detroit, Mick. Henry ford's "l
tustrlal strike" has corns to an en.
At midnight the groat automobile;
plants in the Detroit district, employ
(ng upward of 70,000 men, and which
closed for an Indefinite period as the
manufacturer's protest against. what
he termed "excessive" coal prices,
igain was the sceao of Industrial ac
tivity. The order for the reopening of tao
plants came from Edsel Ford, son of
the manufacturer and president of tho
ford Motor company, who made sr.
rangements to obtain coal during a
long conference la Cincinnati with M
mine operators. The reopening or
ler was approved by Henry Ford and
official announcement given to tho
'thousand of Ford workers throughout
Ike country who daily, since the shut
town, have scanned the newspaper
leadlines In their eagerness to learn
when their wages would start again.
Idsel Ford, in his telegram, cop
ies of which were dispatched to every
Ford assembling plant In the country,
said the interstate commerce commis
sion's latest order permitting the flow
tt fuel to automobile plants, previous
ly put in the non-essential class, made
tt possible to obtain a sufficient saf
ely of the class of coal required to
operate the Ford enterprise.
Executive offices of this concern,
that slnee the shut-down have been the
scene of almost feverish activity la
the effort to solve the company's coal
problems, saw the setting In motion of
machinery for the reopening In a tew
minutes after the president's mes
sage was received. It was announced
that the late night shift of workers
should report at midnight and that
sneceeding shifts should resume tho
nsual routine. The Ford company, It
was announced, will start on a ca
pacity production scheduls In an ef
fort to catch up on accumulated or-dsn.
Big Haul of Mullets.
New Bern. The fishery of William
B. Blades, ef this city, is working at
foil capacity to take care of 11,000
pounds of mullets taken la a single
haul Just outside of Morehead City.
This Is counted among the biggest
catehes ia many years, but it is not
considered entirely unusual with the
weather condition as it has been for
several days.
sn
W. A. Thomas
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Every piece of work guar
anteed to give satisfaction.
Nothing but the finest of
repairs kept in stock. No
job too small to appreciate.
Try my work once and
you will come again.
Have just put in a nice
line of( fancy and staple
groceries, always kept
in variety, and Freshness
is our motto.
W. A. Thomas
Opposlti New Bank Building
NC.
New Bonus Bill Introduced.
Weshlnetonf Senator Bursum, of
Mew Mexico, Introduced in the senate
another soldiers' bonus bill defined in
Ms title at the "veterans' fund and
adjusted compensation act."
The measures would provide for the
payments of $20 tor each month of
service together with the return of
all compulsory allotments made by
service men and payments on account
if government insurance between
April 5, 1917, and July, 1919.
No provision Is made for financing
tho bonus.
Where the amount due a veteran
IM not exceed $50, it would be paid
la full on October 1, 1923. In all other
eases 50 per cent would be paid Oc
tober 1, 1923, and the remainder oa
October 1, 1926, together with, inter
est at 4 per cent.
The obligations given by the gov
ernment on unpaid sums could not
be used as security for loans except
under regulations prescribed by the
secretaries of war and the navy.
Net Considering Part In Conference.
Washington. Suggestions In press
dispatches that Great Britain would
welcome the presence of the United
States in the forthcoming conference
oa the prohlosa of the Dardanelles.
fought the statement from adminis
tration officials that possible American
particlpaftan Is being given no con
sideration in Washington.
Blnce the United States, without
having been consulted, was named la
the treaty of Sevres, as one of the na
tions to share la the International ad
ministration of the Dardanelles, sug
gestions for Amerlean participation la
the proposed peace conference with
the Angora government are not unex
pected. It was emphasised, kowever,
that what7r Interest - the United
States may have in the ultimate dis
position of the problem Is confined to
the necessary free passage for Ameri
can ships through these waters be as
sured. Thus far no ofllcial suggestion
that this government participate In
the conference has reached Washing
ton.
Rear Admiral Bristol at Constanti
nople reported that his efforts to ar
rive at a Joint plan for relief for all
refugees at Smyrna with the British,
Italian and French high commission
ers bad been deyaled.
To Preserve Farewell Message,
Sacramento, Calif. The State In
Austria! Accident Commission has
been instructed to cut away and pre
serve that portion of the stone In the
mine drift on which William Fessell
burned with his lamp the only message
left by the 4? miners who were vlo-
time of the tragedy at the Argonaut
mine. Clarence Jarvls, a member of
the state board of control, said the
tone would be kept by the state.
The words written oa tho stons,
Jams said, were:
"Qu had. Three o'clock."
Announcing....
the Purchase ol
a New and Bet
ter line of Shoes
o
Wc have secured the exclusive
sale in this territory on thefamous
Godman Shoes, and one shipment
has arrived. Ask anyone, even
other shoe people, if this is not the
best line of shoes for the money
made in America; olid leather,
and the price is lower.
Our fall and winter line of blan
kets, comforts, hose, scarfs, head
wear, etc. is beginning to arrive.
The quality is good, . the price low.
Remember we carry a good sup
ply of groceries, shoes, clothing,
hats and caps, dry goods, notions,
furniture and rugs.
Give us your trade
Wc appreciate it.
Watauga Supply Co.
N. L. Mast, Pres. G. P. Hagaman, Cashier.
W. D. Fakthing, Ass'U Cas'iler
Miss Pearl Hodges, Bookkeeper. Austin E. South, Telle
The Watauga County Bank
BOONE, N. C.
Capital - - - $50,000
Surplus - $25,000
Resources over half million
Oldest and strongest bank in this part of the State.
ItVe solicit your business.
4 per cent interest on savings accounts,
compounded quarterly.
mm
Vulcan Plows
On account of getting my plows in too late for
much of the spring trade, I am going
to sacrifice profit
and sell them to the farmers who need a real good
level land and hillside turning plow. I also sell the
Lynchburg and Chattanooga Plows-
I keep good stock of repairs on hand at all times
and what I haven't got I will get at once.
Remember I sell the Majestic Range and all who
know it, want it. I will sell on the installmentplan
J. La QuaOD