Pace Six
GIANT BIRDS OF THE PAST
Discoveries Have Proved That Enoemo
us Feathered Creatures Once
Existed on Earth.
In that long, narrow triangle which
forms the southern extremity of South
America, and which, since the first
visits of Magellan and other early navigators,
has been associated in the Imagination
of many persons with the
storms of Cape Horn and the mysteries |
of Terra del Fuego. geologists have1
discovered the remains of a class of I
gigantic birds which. :n many respects,
dlller from all birds that are known
ever to have existed elsewhere ttpou
the globe.
These birds, it is believed, could not
fly, and their great jaws were so like
those of souie four-footed beast that
when one of theui?an under Jawshout
21 inches in length?was exhibited
in England, many naturalists
would not admit that it had beionged i
to a bird at all. and asserted that it
must be the Jaw of some animal re- j
semblhig a gigantic sloth.
More recent discoveries, however.?
ha\e proved that ::o mistake was
made in ascribing the Jaw in question
to a bird. Specimeus of entire skulls
aim ui cuier jmns r skeletons na\f
been found Ir. Paraxon la. which show
that long before the records of human
history be^an, und possibly before
man had made his appearance on the
earth, such birds Inhabited that country.
The;,- b?. bones were proportionate
In >;/.e and strength < Ilielr Jaws,
They had but naturalists think'
that I1 *se A'lltjCs b*e those of tlie
ostrich, wore wot ise r flight, but
simply as an i-l in running.
Gigantic tlighli birds, some oven
larger pern ups ,hu- tl?o*e of isOSat
America, are kr.oun have lived i:
other parts of the world, but there
are certain ; d ari:: *?- of structure
W I ' 1 !? e\t i:,cr Pa . : ' . )
WMi.- (Si) Jl*l . 'tiers. Tills
the u , *ul.- ' < tilic interest. be
cause it is b -t-n found that ruany e.f
V.e f-?ur-f?Miied ;.ni.'>als inhabit ;nu
South Amorha In ae'lcnt tir.es were 1
CKhkc- these of tl,C other eont iUCI'IS.
S'. ej, .cries ire - f ull of mean
lug to the gee-'?gjs; wrifi is trying to
read la the records of nature the his- '
tory of the globe u< an- the ancient
lns< r pffon> on 1 hmuup renin i; s found
In the tombs and eitxes end tempos
to students ef ';ie early history of man.
Knew Hiu Bueinesa.
Waters walked down the street in the
eurli even ng. enjoying his cigar, lie
Sopped to lo?'k ut a window display.
A hand touched hliu on the shoulder.
Waters turned around quickly.
"ISegg rig your pardon, mister." It
whs a human derelict, shout to make
a "touch."
"What It?" Waters asked, not unklndiy.
t
"I'm i!ii mrtiinst It niiatur" iK<? mpn
explained. "I haven't any money. (1
Couldn't you help a fellow nut with a ,
dotiftjr?" B
"Why Uoil't you *; > to work?" Waters* r
aaked.
"There you ^ w'.th that fool quest- .
Hon i" the iirtt! exclaimed. "Mister. A
there are a hundred reasons why ' I
ain't got time to tell you my life his- .
torv hen* tonight. I'm Hroke and need \
I dollar.' I
"You ask for too much," Waters said. .
"If y< u i: .u !<>'d me you needed a quar- j
ter I inl-.ii; nave fv;t like givim it.
Tlie man hirn<>ii wid>
"It" \ 1 i!1 n't wan; to uive me ft <1 >1- *
I fir, r." he suit. "hut
d?>n:' ; > i.? ^ - any pointers on
1-. . -i'S City ar.
EQi-i't's Marvel*.
Prof. v\ . i i t '.-.'is Petri e. fio vete-an
arr'uf .>i, n-eiuriag . u 'Ancient
! '. an rkniansii ; ut ]
Kiit^ > '- < -> . >a. the ??:i.r day, '
laid - e> , '*a;?ni>ilit t's a; <1 '
W; < - ' :;tiis ; : a.' hi:-. k '
as "... ' - ?.i ,i> -b'sed i?> I furth- '
er ox a; s u- being made.
Hauil-> u: \? d us. two iu< nes w ids 1
and ' n a quarter of mi
inch thirk, lie ined, showed an
aiu;: ei" s i?in days thousain
- < . .-urs be.ore the art reading
and w r.ting. tombstone a; 'east
5.?>years ??.o both in line ami plane
was a.i to the i-7000il? ;.urt of
an inch.
Example- of hand weaving showed
thai. the ?gyprhio? 7,000 years ago
couid pro?inoe inuter.ai equal to our
&HBH^.:tijtech -e carahr'u- ? f to*lay.
A; v.'irs . 40 rhey had pragma
tJ-cal<y every tool u>ed by tuoderr carpenters.
Lives Life of Service.
The your-est daughter of Nathaniel
Hawthorne. Hose Hawthorne Lathrop,
has dedi ated her life, even the honored
nan - she bears, to become a
servant of the poor who are victims
" *? M" ?o"/.or Todflv she is
or IDCUHIUlc V
known simply as Mother Alphonaa of
the third order of St- Dominic, founder
and mother superior of St Itose'a
home. New York, and of the Rosary,
at Hawthorne. N. Y., the only free
hospitals for incurable cancer.
h ifty or sixty head cf
Cattle, Cows, and Spr
sonable price. Aii wh<
cattle at a ^ooii price
h .ARRISC
Sands, N.
In the cheerful sun parlors of the
hospitals. *n the simple gardens. or
In the beds, outcasts who were once
alone in their terror find that life still
holds some comfort and companion
ship.
Profitable United State* Islands.
Trade of the United Stares with Iti'
Insular possessions in the first quartet'
century of cur occupation totals aboul
j $5,50>.WO.OOO. against a little mor* [
than $500 000.0*i in the tweoty-flvi
years preceding our occupation. accord j
lng to the T-:.de Record >? the Ha
Uouul City bauk.
mu-m shm!
Unlike Fascinating Figure in Novels,
Traveler Says.
Almost Universal Typo Ragged Glut*
tone With a Remarkable Lack
of Romantre Trapping*.
A new light is shed on "^-called
fascinating sheiks as descr" by numerous
authors in recent uo.sl*, by
Dairy tuple Belgrave, a former member
of the frontier district.- admlnl*
tration of Egypt, in an inierestiiig article
written in the Lou n Daily
Mail.
"I have just returned t- Kngland
after spending seven year* in Egypt,
Palestine and tlie Sudan, u sheik#
are frequently found." he writes. "Dut
ii g that tone i met and w.:- v.ell at
quainted with more sheik* .ill I can
?utdly remi .l-.-r. but not -.c among
i em ,1 1 v, .is like the t.*, cal 'sheik
of tiie modern novel.
"Certainly > an- . : thorn were hand
some enough. 1 remember ? in particiilur
uii, ru i ii disti ? the
borders of Egypt a:*d the . 1. He
was us tine a man ii- I ever ha seen,
bu: he was ; :o - illy } . am} the
sheiks' of fiction are usuali faintly
tanned' and 'scarcely dm - ban- an
Italian.'
"Perhaps Mahdi Abdul N- . wh?*?a
loum* was uii oasis In the i b\an ilevert,
was hi appetirunce more the reijulred
l.ipe, but then his manners left
much to he desired, and his behavior
tt u ileal, which would cou.-;>t pruba- I
lily of the larger half of u sheep, was- 1
neither roiuuDtio nor attractive.
"In my experience the usual Arab*
ihelk was elderly, a pronoum-ed 'bearer'
and only modem; el > clean. '
"Ills surroundings, too, would ap>ear
very disappointing t* the reader
if the 'sheik' type of story One would
SljtHl wonderful camps in the desert,
nige silken-bung tents fu retailed with
irlceless rugs and siunptviui divans
leaped with futurist colore*: cushions.
"I have camped in the desert with
eal sheiks from whose wealth one
t-iMild expect every luxury, hut their
amps were very like those M the or- 1
Unary Bedouin, and one met Just us ?
n*n> objectionable insects urn to the *
cuts of the common Are ha.
"I think the nearest approach to the
ihelfc ?it" ti' iion among my acquaint
ii. ? mis ti cert.du lliissilm a very
plendid Individual wh*? called! himself
Sheik Uftssun. anil lived in Che neighborhood
c.f Shepherd's hotel. In v'hlro.
Ie spoke English pertectly, a ore won
It-rful Eastern rol?e> ami 1 really he
ve li? t, i ! -. 11 't ;.? Iu?ri> of
?ne of the sr??r?e* 1 road.
. "P'l', I'Ufrn-tlir.-.K'lv l':ls-till hftii <10 i
'xperiesiih- ??f the ?le->*rt ; I - was horn
n?1 hr.-<l in fain- md hi- iour*Vicn
\ r!j. ; of ? guide xvka showed t<mrsts
iNMjr.fi t * | > r. i-'.'- .00k. them
rut to -?tiio s by r.iMtni^h; :w
Hattie Fly's Death Recalled.
The iuiK'l u.oro roam:. '?. eaieee of
tint tie Ely is r *vuiled by he death lr? ,
France ??f that other American beauty j
( half a centaly ag . Mrs. Hughes
lialleti, "ciirurd" writes ;i the Philalelphta
Inquirer.
In her day and prim ; Hat lie Ely
daughter of a l'iiilaue!phi* elecgymar.,
initshone as a duzzler of iueti this
ather !Philadelphia* girl whose gran 1falher
was u Hessian officer ill tkrt*Rex
o'utibii.
Huttie Ely not only won the casml
admiration grand dakes ig*d
princes, but her intrigues, recounted
by herself in her autobiography,
reached right up to the tturone.
As a Piiilatielpliia s? : ool girl, Hattie
was a wonder. 1 know men who as
boys knew her, and they describe her
-m the most beantit'u! woman. eve.,
seen in this city.
Her extraordinary beauty ju ?de lita
one succession oi" adventures. Eh-piag
at un early age with a L.g, hand
^une railroad conductor, Hat tie
quickly discovered thai l.er l4fAtul
lace" was a fortune.
She was the sensation cf I'arla and
became the particular favorite of a
Russian grand d\:ke. Her book, written
in French, was once loaned to u>?
by Samuel Bancroft of Wilmington.
The late "Lou" Meg>*rgoe left on rec
ord a line pen picture of Hattle Ely,.
whose dazzling career was waning
wheu he began Ira as a newspaper
man.
Pure Bred Short Horn
iriging rleifers at a rea5
wish to purchase real
. Wtite or see
?i < CAK?R
Carolina
THE WATAUGA
All Ready t
We pride ourselves n the servi
and the grood values our lumber
quality and quantity in framing
and millwork.
I We also handle windows, door
ent, and sewer pipe.
We do a general rail and shi
one of the largest shippers in Jol
I down to fundamentals und cGnlji
with any in the market, you will
best. Lot it havo your oiders.
EAST MAIN AND [
Reading - Sell:
JOHNSON cm
Quotations mado promptly oil r
"tinii" f ItfTlM'OV il 4' I'llMhMd
For the last 2t> 1upek< young
women have been overworking the superlatives
in conversation. Most everything
is "wonderful" or 'awful," or
they are Just cru^y" about It. Now
it seems tbe conversational style it
<*hangiiig.
A T??i?eka g rl recently v;?:ted Kansas
City friends and a certain wedding
ca e up for discussion. The fopeka
girt asked, "\Va>i "t It an aAful'v swell
WtJ.V.Ug?"
"A 'to," said the Kansas <1ty glri,
?t was swell, but it wasn't too swell."
"Didn't t -e bride look too sweet for
anythii-g?" asked the Topeku girl.
MYe>\ said the K. C. girl, "but not
too swee'."
"Wasn't thai a lovely dress she
wore If" m.-jed the Topcka girl.
"li was a pretty dress," said the
Kansas ('It; girl "hut not too pretty,
if you know wins! 1 mean."?Topeka
I'jinltAi
F?rm Athletics.
**\Ylmt were you St collejm, "oaf
Hk?d Mr < ' tfl
Quarterbark, fatder. Ann :f I do
m it mypeif, imp of *ho l.%*t erer."
I don'r douff that what you
:i?an?Ml about c?Hrte*ba*king ^ITI be
useful to you la- afrer life, but your
education won't complete until you
era able to do teero wort with n:e an'
th' hired roan." ? BlttttHftuin Agp
Herald.
MAKING MOTC
BROAD RIB1
N?w NovbIuk Unit*, With Ne?t
on Road.?Already in.
the Unit<
v mm
' I
Parabolic f?eat Highway Lighting
L' mt.
Heavily traveled highways throughout
the United States will be almost
perrecuy iignteu oetore many year:
have passed, judging from the ear popularity
of a new type of highway
lighting unit brought out within the
last two years by the General Electric
Company. This is known ae tne
Kovalux parabolic nest type, of unit,
so-called from the arrangement of a
series of reflectors grouped about the
lamp.
These reflectors are arranged one
within another, resembling a nest
and their usefulness lies in the fact
that they catch between them all the
rays from the electric lamp, throwing
these rays directly upon the road
Practically none of the light strayi
off into the surrounding fields; more
over, there is no glare.
Although the lamps used in thesi
units are only 250 candlepower, th<
volume of light delivered from th<
reflectors upon the road Is equivalen
I to nearly 4.000 candlepower.
I Motorists and all who travel upoi
the country highways at night haw
found from experience that thes4
lights are IdeaL They give a continv
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DEMOCRAT
o Ship You
ce we are able to render buyers,
offers. We are leaders in both
sheeting, siding, ceiling, finish
s, builders* hardware, lime, cempping
business and are rated as
mson City. When you get right
iare our lumber, point for point,
find it will measure up with the
n
HVISION STREETS
s Lumber Co.
f, TENNESSEE
quest.
_
Qaaoline From German Coal.
Germany ltns discovered hew gaso- '
lino i??ey bp produced from onl. Er- ;
peritnents have been 8DCces?f\!l at
Mannheim. with a plant capable of
dealing with 00 tons per day. The
conversion of coal info petroleum is
achieved by :titreducing hydrogen Into
j; - c tl, thus completely changing its
chemical character and converting
?it>< . j).-r cent into a ligoid similar
to fUtl oil. This oil Is transformed ;
into ght oils and gasoline, the latter
totaling about 4f> per cent -'f the volume
of the fuel eU treated, here being
also an equal percentage * I 'iesel,
engine oil.
Wanted Up-to Date Santa
After seeing Santa ?*latis. his *ieigh '
*nd reindeer, at one >f the large com-1
rimtilty treev. Betty Ann turned away I
and said:
-Mother, vhy dnesrft Santa Ci*o?
-ell those oM reindeers and boy oj
?*a rT*
Dancing Made Easy.
On Willie's return from his ffrwfcj
' dan? snj lesson, his Aunt Amelia lr> I
quired, "Well, Willie. ho*v did you Ultr
your dhnrlDK leaden ?" "Oh-," he replied,
"lt'a eery; all y?ro have r? do 1a tort
around and keep wlplny y?ar feet."
>K HIGHWAYS'
iCfNS OF LIGHT i
Reflectors,. Fucnr Light Entirely i
Use in Maay Place* in
id States*.
?% y
?. S
5&?. - ~*8Pew-WI
liwampscott .Mass.) -fighwa. Lighted
With Novakx Units
i cus illumination of the road, and ^trt
1-een considered a factor ia making
night travel safer wherever Mey have
, been installed.
Where They Are in Use
Eariy installations were made on
the raradtae road, at Sw&mpscott,
Mass., ard in the willago of Cclonie,
>1. Y-. on the highway between Albany
and Schenectady.
Detroit has installed them npon
aan> of the highways leading into
the city tbrcng'u the subcrbs and the
surrounding country. The Lincoln
Highway Association has adopted
1 them for lighting the ideal section of
the famous national turnpike, this section
now being built in Lake County,
Indiana, and a South American metropolis.
Santiago, capital of Chile,
has placed an order for 150 of the
units for lighting the suburban roads
approaching a park.
In Florida, a much-traveled pleaa,
ore highway, the causeway between
i Miami and Miami Beach, is to be
ugnieu wiui u mifco uuiuuer 01 iccbw
i units.
Most interesting of any installations
; yet made, however. Is the plan of the
5 town of Amherst, N. Y., near Buffalo,
; to light every mile of roadway within
. its limits with Novalux highway units,
i This will require between 1,000 and
- 1,500 of the units, and the work will
not be completed for a year or two.
j A total of 100 miles of roadway will
i be illuminated. This will make Aro9
herst undoubtedly the best lighted
t township in the United States. Two
hundred of the units are already bei
ing put In, along the main motor tura
pike that run, through tha town, and
tho re?t will bo tuppUed aa callod
- far.
COUNTY AGENT NOTES
j I have for distribution a number c
J bulletins on "Feeding Beef Cattle,
by R. S. Curtis. Mr. Curtis has bee
i carrying o nbeef feeding experimei
\ tal work for the last ten years. If
conclusion will doubtless be wort
I close study by the man who is fee<
irg beef animals.
Soy beans should be one of tli
big crops in Watauga County. Th
; vines make the best of hay; the grai
furnishes one of the best foundatior
tor profitable pork; production; th
i vines, when turned under as gree
I manure, will equal the application c
| a heavy coat of stable manure,
j am getting up an order of soy bea
j seed, if you are interested see m
j and Saturday or Monday morning.
All members of the Potato ass<
j ciation who have not gotten thei
seed potatoes should be sure to g<
I them durine Fehmorw ?- ?
i Saturday or Monday.
LONG
FARM
1" The Mortg;
Corn<
Farm Owners o
Can Secu
Eas;
lilROI
ATLANTIC JOINT
of RAI
ORGANIZED AND OPISRATI
OF THK U. f
Loans made on 33*y?
,
Interest rate 6 per ct
No bonus, no commit
tions, no red tape.
Loans made direct t
Loans made and moi
sentatives in your c<
PROMPT APPR.A
"We Make the loan
FOR APPLICATIONS At
C/
John E. Brown, Boone, ]
1
IJohn Bingham, Boone, N
Lovill & Loviil, Boone, N
Peoples Bank & Trust C<
Watauga County Bank,
U3SHC MHHFMII 1IM1 II III \i A3?a
Who's Yoi
JUST THE SAME
put out good clothii
so there are good gi
And after all is nosupply
more impor
necessity oi life;>
GOOD Wholesome
while cheap shoddy
sickness and disease
NOTHING leaves r
xv?v i
VTV1J Llllllg. VY Uil I I
AND after all is n<
your Grocer" and i
portance than "Vi
clothing?
IF your watch is out
line of repair parts a
Jewelry in great var;
W. A. 1
"If It's To E
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IrtACCH g. 1923 '
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^ 1
| NOTICE
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pf i Notice is hereby given to the creditors
of the Cove CjM'k Co-operative
it, Store that on Jao ary 15th 1921,
i-. I). C. Mast and Mr U C. Mast sold
is their entire interest i?. /Aid store to
h Havid P. Mast. That o:i or about
1- June the 20th 1922. through the directors
of the Cove Creek Co-oporaie
i tive store, 1 Vivid i* Mast sold his
te entire interest in said store to J. B.
n Morton. J. J. Mast. John II. Hingis
ham and A. C. Mast doing business
te under the firm name of A. C. Mast
n and Company. They to pay any and
>f? all debts of the Cove Creek Co-operI
ative store and all debts due same
n to be paid to A. C. Mast and Comie
pan/.
This January 27th 1923.
D. C. MAST,
ir MRS. D. C. MAST.
!t! DAVID P. MAST.
y 4t-i4-p
TERM
LOANS
age That Never
2S Due '
f Watauga County
re Loans on
y Payment
JGH THE
STOCK LAND BANK 1
.E1GIH
XC UNDER THE SUPERVISION jj
GOVERNMENT
ir Amortization plan.
nt payable semi-annually,
ssions, no stock subscripo
borrowers. I
ley paid through our reprejunty.
lISALS NO DELAYS
You Keep Your Home"
JD FURTHER PARTICULARS
LLL ON
B
I
)mpany, Boc.no, N. C.
Boone, N. C. H
ir Grocer?
?
, as some haberdashers
ng and others better,
ccers an i better ones.
: the item of your food
tant than of any other
Eats means good health
groceries tend to invite
ny store but the best of
ieep any other kind.
>t the question "Who's
its answer of more imHhere
do you buy your
of kilter I can fix it. Full
ind all work guaranteed
ieties.
t
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THOMAS
..-it?I Have It"