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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6. 195
THE COUNTY JAIL
^ 'thin the ;)ast tew weeks 11
county jaii which has iong been ina
equate to ihe needs, aas been crowd*
with as high a? hfteen i?risoners, ai
on yesterday the Democrat visit
there on busint.-s, and an appailii
sight caught ni< eye. The jailor :i
hi- good wife is ir. any way respo
si: . f-.r c r: r i - * :at? o.vst thei
as tbey art doing their part and doi:
it well. But there are a few nassi,
remarks we wish to pass to the Boa
of *' 'urty Commissioners, th* Gra
Jury ?M'\v in session and ?thvi- w
moy be interested. A model * .11
jail. as we understand it, and the o
adapted by 1 e St;.- Welfare Bo*i
consists f six cells, one for wh
men, for white women, one
colored men .tint one for colored v
men and two fo; diseased paiitf
?T?p arc suffering from contagio
Wi.a' ?rt the conditions h<?re7
the i?il at that time were tuje c
2H-:!. u't-2 black and one white;
Ucgi-.' ; r, and four white. Air .
DfcJi VVOTO'ik ?*ij* ...
.ight !"r.-jy were soper-ticd h--\V' '
both ^G| -.pen JD-mp the vame ?.
v.-hxh a:', -uv.' two
cflg or) the second j&oof. M.
tl\ ?)i onfcj p^soher was ob.-efviv! tlv
who bsme l&li \ ioeehJh we-h k<
ho?a^> bat w re nu.
to i>? x; later:- of the law and ?re r
meatc<-ra:ed irt prison with to-gro
Mr <iv.*i.'i<i Tutor, Mr, ' f oAtmisslo:
docs tjjfcis meet with your approx
frtireljf net. If :t doi -in edj
shv-uoi 1>?: taken to h'n^jr ii to ihe
tevtli : t.f ho -Stall- Hoard Vu\
Welfare. ai,u have thv prison c>
niemned. !t must' he hard to bo c
into prison, :ind this : u>: be d<
often for :omp offens*. not so s
iv?tis, but it is a thousand iime? wo
to ho forced to mingle with th
of another race through th? day. i
almost sleep \v:th lhem at n*g
Of . the prison is jurt as it v
when our present officer* w?r?
ted hj; it is up to them iu see ti
tins bh)t cn the fair name >? Wat;
gn - . . n;.: oil and ? m. i-rn nri?
provided even if a bond >sue shot
oe necessary to raise tp.- money w
which to do It. A prison is not
tei ded for punishment out is a pi;
within which to confine the .awbre.
ers, and ivcry mssoher be he \\l
01 black is entitled to \>i n-iers wh
he is ;.>-v ciau-d v.-jth peo-ph of
own race.
We hope to publish in our. n
issue the grand jury's report on \
tauga's prison conditions.
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>=" THANKS
We are very grateful for the i
ny nice compliments received
week on the improvements in
Watauga Democrat, as it now se
to be generally conceded that we
the high lights in this territory,
arc especially appreciative of Ju
Finiey's kind remarks regarding
efforts in his charge to the Gi
Jury on Monday. These thong
appreciations certainly heip us
o\er the rough places in life's r<
road. ^ _
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COOLIDGE IS CLOSE
- TO CONGRESS
New. President Hope of Republicans
~ Plays Coal Strike Situation Sage
)V Give* Gres* Surprise .
! "Washington. Sept. '' h-?President
v'oel'ijre has been in office a little
rtorc rha;. thre? weeks and he is
>0 ciadunHy b^jrinrinjr to take shape in
5 the eyes of the politicians, the press
'G i and the people. So swiftly ha< the
chancre happened tnat here three
weeks ago he was ar. accident
^ against when the rule operated that
d VJcejrpre - iden ts succeeding to the pie
s sidency are never afterward nomin?
iud. t <.iay he is the leading po>sit
bilky for the romivatu m of 11^24.
fh remarkable thing about Mr.
"I Coolidge is tht swiftness and Ccr
_ j tai.vxy u :th which he ha- acted when
b* c one President - me Boston
-aid :
? j newspaper man who was familiar wiri
53 "He knows perfectly now to esth
? * a*-: the - ^sequences of what he
does."
Fhr has 'wen the outstanding trait
V | n the first three weeks.
You get the sense that he Know?
"u ; : mh:d a: the newspaper con*
u. rc::? s. fhe correspondents vtn
^ J c-eparcd for spent man \K of whon
L ;t won id be difficult t< extract infor
motion. He instantly surprise!
everyone. He talked more freel;
mora lint y than anyone t Ise who ha
r? been in the \\ hite House --nee Roose
u* -.t it. He is more informa than Mr
Hard:.-.;:. Wher-. "ho ate Presiden
a u. say the ** Presided thinks." Mi
' iidge snys simply "I think" Ml
"* Hurdi: y wa> always dicided. He wan
1 ' tvd to irive the hoy- a story and h
0 wanted to K- lisc- *.. H" was f'ur
,Ilc darner,? ally conservative and expe:
nee in office had s *en him <> cei
o* r -vmnath v with thr- nroirressive?
He iio not know where h stood.
r* M:. Cooiidge newr : under?. iii
wind :- c'var. Ht franks. v\
" v.cw pyepawd for an : .'fiend y di-.
nai 4 y. V- ' ?d a in
r*' r.n -i?np'e Worn i alio appYQptn
. i>..r . . > *. nan M r Hardin;"-'
of spehkiiit' of hmv el: i
iii -; n. !*vi !-a' h?.n ir th
. ? ! gi es ittiprerwon of i n
,?tv iirsS", ?n?i dinvtnos "na
>' Mr. Hat iinu ?i:not. He even joke
j 4. - . sp,?:i'a.i' ou?)y. When M
i . jested you felt it was * 4;
mv ehiof executive unbending. get tin
iiov i tn- level of The "hoy-.' M
iev Vo-.did: . is quite easily and un*oi
a-. <no??sly on th?. level of The "hoy-"
H'afftington was prep;.red to 1
at- disappointed in Mr. Coolidg- It ht
die bee*1 agreeably surprised, n is
i?u- lixky way *<> begin with the pubt
as* for agreeable surprises. I havt spoli
ine not expecting much. It giv<.- a nam
i r- of the agreeable surprise of the pre;
i-si wh-.n Mr. C ??.lidge first ivn-T ofl
OSe cialiy.
jr,i\ The politicians were equally agrei
rht. ably surprised. They had tr*. a,ted th
vice president coldly, ignored nm
at once movwl closer to thei
Bal than Mr. Harding: had eve! \won.
a-, shrewd senator said at the- outsi
.on man always kicks over the iadd<
ulo 011 which he has risen. Tie- Sena;
)th 1 made Mr. Harding President so Y
jj,. had < be void to the ser.a M
ice C&ffiidge ewes his presidency . . n.
ak- : b??.y, >< he vill be close ;? coi
lite I ^r- ^
ort; | Me \vt> right; Mr. Coolidgg is el<
hi- to t'ongress than Mr. Hardin]
His nearest advisers are in the tv
fXt houses. He appointed an ex-congres
ya_ man popular :n both houses a h
private secretary to establish such
nexas as no one else has ever had.
Mr. Harding he has neither irieni
nor enemies in it. He accepts it 1
ma- principle, not by favor. In thri
this \\veeks he has gained the good \\
the of the press ,of Congress and of t]
em? machine. There has net been tl
arc*-lightest hesitation or fumbling.
We \ All Washington knew when he to<
idge ] office that he would do &omethii
our I impressive, to catclt th? public e>
and j and et the politicians go hang. V
hful: remember the Bo ton police stril
ease. He evidently means to do nothi
>cky impressive hut to play the game w
I his cards very close tc his chest,
j He played the coal strike situati
safe. He calculated exactly. He kxi
ssue j he could do nothing to capitalize
*ke possibilities. That path to put
ra? favor was full of warnings. Gov
CUTT1~ nor Pinchot might perhaps act
done antj generously turned o
make chance to do so to Governor I
j chot.
it was good politics. He is a gi
politician. Not a great politician
|Yf\ he lacks imagination and boldn
VJU He is not a Roosevelt politician,
i belongs rather to the gum shoe scl
of Murray Crane in which he
reared.
He ha? gathered in the press. C
gress and the regular machine. T1
remains the progresive rump. I
the hardest part of hi3 job. He
not given a sign. What 3b<git
disaffected west. People predict '
he will be a hard boiled conserva
having calculated accurately tl.a
does not pay to be all things tc
men. Will fce suipjris9 the world ;
THE WATAUGA D
too? t
There is the case of the political 1
prisoners. When ho took office those i
who were interested isj amnesty thr*w i
up their hands. Here was soroeU. ng >
| as hard and. immovable as old Flymonth
llock. He talked to S#n;?*.or|
Pepper. fcrho believes in free spot h.:
Whether because of this or because i
: he believes in the tenets of the F ?son
tea party, renouncing as he ri >es
the 4*te" in tenets so as to rhyme w n
the a m tea oarty, he made an pr.ouncement
which led to the Ih -. f
ihat he would release the political
So 1 ask again, how about the- progressives?
Will he be hard boiled
CULLING THE POULTRY FLO- K
Some Pertinent Facts by a Prsct al
Pcaltryman en How to Ditting. W
Good Fowls
Extension Farm News.
Mar.j farmers are "aware that :
have boarders in their poultry flo
In tact her - are kept that do not y
a sufficient number of eggs to pay
the feed they consume yet seme g: v
^ers do not know how to di sting . -h.
these fowls f?om the good produo rs.
With a little care ful study of v h
hen a growers can learn to pick out 'i
, the lay ers and the non-layers ar.d ::sj
pose of the latter. Just now is a"? .it |
the "best season of the year to anderj
take this task as most of the hens
k. are slacking up in egg production.
The following are some of '.he i
point which are used to determine'
which are- 'he good and which are
t the poor Ifiyvrs:
. i As a general rule a poor lave is
' ' ....
. ' H[C Uiili Ul'tup ; u Uiv.w Ml ^nvu 1 ;
I j leather- early in the sea-on and *. kc
, a ung lime to get a new eoa: f
j. s feat hi r-. However this rule is nofallible,
as the writer has kn :u
one hens that molted early yet
ed by *he trapm t method ti
xceilent producers.
Another general rale is that v
, .wis \vit*, yellow beaks and legs
.. iaying h. avhy the yellow color or
no nt . fade cor.-idtrably and i. irt.
' 'y 'n vhi .? . In a few cases it.-li.
. ion will r.ot hold tvue, but *h
; a i\ v xceprions th - general *1
e i a ill hold good.
How to Tell the Good Layer
i The ; -od i;rv< i can be picked ul
,s in n>n it\ different ways. In the
, ; ace she i- a worker. She is off he
I roost early and about the last
to turn in at night. She has a :.ice
r | le.iiid head ,a bright eyt and a 1 ak
not toe long. Her toenails are l .lher
short from .scratching for food
u. Her feathers are rather dull look
iS ::a_ in appearance. and after she ha:
r? -ivin'r {,\r m.ino time* i econii
j/> ' ragged looking. She l:u*s well up in
it. to * he late summer before beginnutf
L u? molt or shod her feathers and
^ vvi>?-n she does start molting -he fin
i>r.e:: it up in as short time as possible
and even while molting will lay
e_ a few eggs. As soon as she gets hei
le new coat of feathers she starts layiv
irg again, and if properly fed. will
m I lay through the fall, winter, and uf
A into late summer.
tt The Body Shape is Important
i The next and most important pioinl
e is the study of the body shape .vhich
i? is the foundation foregg prod :vtion.
In chickens we must go below the
o- feathers because the plumage chanii
j gos the apparent shape of the car!
cass.
js! The farmer should study his hens
g. for a goo back. This should be levo|
el and wide ail the way back, a narrow
pinch back will indicate a pool
is ;<;ytr. The hen shoulu also have depth
a' >f body which denotes capacity. The
; depth of body is ascertained by measis
| uring with the hand between the end
>n of the breast bone, commonly called
ee; the "keel" and the pelvic bones, th<
ill I bones just at the sternum. These art
ne j sometimes called the lay bones. Th<
hegreater the sapee between these tw<
j points viz: the keel and pelvics, th<
r?k , oetter capacity a hen has to consume
ng | food and manufacture it into eggs
(., j Next we come to the pelvic or la;
\ e | bones. These bones in a good laye
Wrights
Tike it borne to
e'r-'Fi^ th?kidsef"
"ave * Packet '
i" I T?ur pocket for as
ever-ready treat.
uod ! A delicious eontoer"r
i tioB ??d aa ?id l?
, d"
S-,( i
Lii ?5Cak-f. ..~-r , J&ili i
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EMOCRAT
should wide apart, and the boms I'm
themselves of thin texture. If formed let
thick and course and the end.* sonic- niu
times turn inward rather apruptly it the
denotes a very poor capacity for de- wit
livery. Some hens will show excellent An
measurements or capacity between frc
the keei and lay bones which denotes hir
cavity, but the spread or space be- ah]
twecn the lay bones wil be so narrow ha<
that the capacity to deiver the eggs) dir
will be very poor and very often!
when such is the case the egg will i
be absorbed bv the body and the hen!
becomes very fat. or sluggisb and
lazy. Hence you will often see a hen
with a red comb, nice rich looking: ^
plumage, long toe nails, never seem- ro
ing to work or hustle but acting like on
she was on dress parade. If you have Pa
any such in your fldck dispose of
them at once as they will not pay ~
for their keep.
Use Early HatcTed Pullet*
Let me urge you at this time tkeep
no pullets for breeders for your
fall and winter layers unless they
were hatched < arly last #spring and
have not been stunted in growth.
These make the best layers and the;r
offsprings will be large.
I find a number of counties where ;
pure bred fowls have been raised
t 11nr nit
LUMMi Y1U1>M
The man who carries
c.urrencv around in his
pocket to pav'bills with is
apt to lose it.
Better pay by check.
It will make you economical
and methodical.
I Bank of Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock, N. C.
has a place for your accounts
on its books and a
check book is ready for
you. DO IT NOW.
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customers of B
have recently op
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(tauga i^oumy D
this your headqi
A good word fi
be greatly appr<
ATLANT1
W! L. Norman,
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SEPTEMBER 6, 1923
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m eggs laid by fail hatched pal-; done littler advert'*?*!*?, ieaving thif~
stbat many of the chickens are i matter to local dea'ers. If? is said i-c f
<b smaller in size and weight that have realized the mirtakc of such acy
a?x almost bantams compared tion, however and the reorganization
h the standard for such a breed, of the advertising department foliowd
when the farmer raises broilers ed.
*ra such undersized parents it costs, li Henry Ford is willing to spend
n more to get them to a market- $$7.lK?0.0t>U on an advertising camle
weight than if the parent bird ? paign tbere should be no question
J not been stunted.??. G. War- about the "alue of a Jvertising. For
i, Assistant in Poultry Extension. several years the Ford dealers in all
parts of the world have been selling
?7.000.000 FOR ADVERTISING KortL? fasU.r thun ,hty e<mM be man.
' , ^ . . | ufactured. The capacity of the plant
Announcement has just been made , , ,
,. .. . , ... has been increased manv times, yet
at Menrv rord has reorganized his , , * .,
rtisinc department op-, ha, aPP tn? demand * than the suppriated
S7.ooo.C0G to be spent at! P<T- And yet Mr. Ford realizes that
ce in a nat.on.d advertising cam- I the S7.000.000 he wi? spend sdver- . i
. . kie !-?' inth ami ur-juuets will r
iK". L'uri'jK iuc pa>i several years ? ,
e manufatunr of Kord ear., lit. I l>c money well spent.?Concord Timw
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