? > A Non Partisan Family N VOLUME XXXV. i mm 2300 b. c. ARE UNCOVERED ield L:mc foui and a half miles from the ziggurat. "For the first time wr have been ahlc to learn the real character of j the site and recover in good condi-1 lion some of the astonishing works of art which it conceals,"' said th j report. Uncover Earliest Graves l*P to the present two distinct part of the site have been attacked, a cemetery and a building on i which Dr. Hall worked. The graves are probably the earliest yet found in this country, dating from the fifth and early fourth millennia, B. C. and have yielded an embarrassing quantity of object*. "The people who were at least in 1 part Sumerian, were still using many htonc iniplc-mentfcy but w vm noivoj the less quit familiar with copper, | ami had developed great skill in hammering and easting the metal; but ide hy side with implements >iif fli'.it and copper we find copies of. the - one in pottery, showing that j both materials, being imported from! a distance, were sufficiently valuable to make certain people grudge] them to the dead. "Pottery i> fop the most part \ 4 wher!made, but handmade- wares had ' not wholly disappeared and painted pottery, recalling thai found in the] early strata of the ruins of Susa. was in use at the beginning of the' period, though it seems to have been ousted later by the plain types. Find Complete Skeleton "The dead were laid sometimes at full length, sometimes in the contracted position, many were in mere troughs cut iii the hard soil, some were in clay urns, oval or circular such as continued in ust throughout all Babylonian history. Most <>1' the bones had decayed away, but a few skulls and one complete skeleton have been recovered, and should bo of no small interest a .-evidence of the origin of the Sumerian race. "The building lies close to ihj* cemetery. On the tup of the mound are the scanty remains of a temple put up by Dungi, the second king of the third dynasty of Ur, who reigned about 2250 B. C. This reI placed an earlier building which stood on a terraced platform of mud brie I; about which we can only say that ii is quite probably dates to the second dvna.-ty of I'l. Entirely buried below the terrace floors lies the building which Dr. Hall first discovered. A lucky chance has brought to light ? tablet recording its foundation am we learn that it was the temple o the Goddess Xin-Khursag, set up he King A-AN-Ni Pad-Da, king of thfirst dynasty of Ur. The scribes who soon after 200 B. C., drew up a list of the king of Sumer and Akkad, have left i on record that the kings who reigr ed immediately after the flood wer those of Kish?and the years of th reigns would put Methusaleh to hi shame; then came the second dyna.< ty, that of Erech, marked by simiU incredible longevity and third froi the flood is put the first dynasty i Ur. ^. Regarded as Mythical This dynasty, like the two whi< preceded it, has commonly been r yarded as mythical. Its rulers we assigned no more than normal lengi of power, but nothing was knov of them, and they were merely nam in a list; a dead reckoning basis i le ? iewspaper Published in e M-50 Per Year BOONE, $200,000 LIQUOR CARGO JS SEIZED Harbor Police and Ru.nrutir.er En Cage in Gun Battle-?Six Men Art Captured. New York, Jan. 22.?Three thous and cases of whiskey, gin and chain pagne valued at $200,000; an ocean going tug boat valued at $50,00C and six men were seized early todaj by officers of the police boat Manhat tan after a battle in New York harbor that continued up the north riv er to the foot of Chambers Street No one was wounded in the exchange of shots. Police found that the boal vapuai a>u. 1. nan oeen capturec twice before. The pistol battle became a hand to-hand fipht after the police board ed th'* vessel, hut three men who re mained on board were overpowered Of the six or seven others who jump ed from the tup and took to then heels three were captured by offi eers who pursued them. The Manhattan hat! been patrolling the low11 end of New York hay ant had ?v*urncd to the harbor. Ofj (Governor's Island, a boat without 'iphts was discerned in the dark r.css and the ajiswer to a conunanr to heave to was a volley of shots \ -hot from a machine pun aboan tia- police boat failed to stop tin tup and both speeded throuph th< darkness up the river. The Man thr Capital pulled it; at Chamber street and her crew attempted thei1 escape. The six men were turned over t< federal authorities. No guns wen found aboard her and police believ? they were thrown overboard. The Capital No. 1 was seized abou 1M months ago when she was know as the John S. McCann. Recently stv was taken for the second time of College Point. She is an ocean-go ing craft of 15 tons. ^ the king list would put their dat somewehere about 1500 B. C. ap? Sumerian history, properly speaking could not l?e carried back much be yond 11,000 B. C. Tell-Kl-Oboid ha produced not only the oldest date* document yet known but a conteni porary record proving the real oxi.* ter.ee of these shadowy kings. "To this remote antiquity belon : the rvinnriiuhie series of objects *< ' art which adorned its walls and hav fortunately survived to the preset' I day, embedded in the del ris of ;h \ fallen temple, and hermetically sea ' ed up beiow five or six feel >f th nardest mud brick I have ever ei ountored. Chief anjongst them at a number of copper reliefs of cattl The animals are represented as lyin lions, but almost in the net t > ris They are 11 inches higda and - inches in length, the bonn*.- benrc out of thin copper plates, the hea< j cast and attached to the necks, tl bodies in low relief, but the heat turned to the front, stand out i>o)dl M*riy Rich Di?coveries "Both technically and artistical i the reliefs show a degree of exct | lence which would do credit to ai age. and is quite amazing when 01 1 considers their actual date. Thou? i the metal is completely oxydized ai ' cracked into hundreds of pieces, i has been possible to remove the fi ; \ ures for the most part in good cc ! dition. These reliefs formed a trie in the facade of the temple. Anoth frieze on a rather smaller scale, w L composed of figures of men and ox * I carved in white stone and silhoutt M against a background of black pas the whole framed in copper, ^ another showed birds similarly tre ed in black and white. One part 0 the building was dec orated with c s per statutes of bulls, a little o t two feet high. One would nature suppose, that copper, imported as e had to be, from a great distan e | was a rarity in days when flints w i-s j "m common use; hut the wealth ? J metal lavished in this little tem "lis astonishing. m | "Work is still going on on 1 >fj veritable treasure house of anci | monuments, and further finds art j he expected while a great c ?h] should be learned about the s" e-?of architecture and the distribul re of armament employed under th first dynasty of Ur. But already rn a short space we have recovc es more than the most optimistic w< >n have hoped to secure in a season. * tfattgE ind for Boone and Wataug; WATAUGA COUNTY NORTH CA "WAY DOWN SOUTH" l (W. A. Watson.) f A.- my winter quarters are in ida your leaders will expect me to . follow the trend of the times and L tell them about the different towns and cities here. This article and little write-up will. he about Panama City, which is lo < d rifcht or. the Gulf of Mexico. | - This is the capitol or county seat 1 of Bay County, so it is a little mecca ' for the balance of this county, and as you all know the citizens iu the, - mecca expect, the balance of her cit- { - i/.ens to fall down and worship at i her feet?just so?this is how I find ' ' Panama City. t Panama in a way is built up by I th? general funds of Bav Countv. j . ^ ?i at the present are building stieets and roads out and all around j through the county. The most notable buildings here are the Bay County court house which is :i fine one. I believe Florida has put it over on North Carolina in their style of architecture as i heir court house looks more on ' the model of church the best I can 1 see and reason it out. The second noted building of this H place is the High School of Panama -Icity. it very beautiful indeed and ' truth. But the most famous and his-! ! torical building I have seen here v.-a: j 1 a building erected by a nephew of I "Old John Brown" of slavery andj Civil War fame. It overlooks the | " I Gulf of Mexico a.id is in good condi- j ' lion and order and seems to stand 1 s nt like the pyramids of Kgypt and '"weathers every storm as t he years I i corne and ^o. '' Another feature of this place will j i% j M>me day be the artistic home of a L> rich family who are making artifi-j j rial works of all kinds about to set | 1 off the place. 1 Panama City is just in the making ^ as she is a new-born city struggling! for supremacy in Bay County which j ' ! believe she will obtain. Nevertheless! i all the towns around her an- moving ' right along beside her. eS This country for miles around is * j railed "Satsumaland" which means r' | it is adapted to the growing of a " j new variety of oranges called the h | Sat sum a orange?a cross of fruit : from Satsuma, Japan, which is BurI banked with the native orange, hence a new variety c?f oranges is the result ! The weather here is tempered oy gulf stream and is very much ' suitud for the Satsuma industry, but 1 listen, the weather reports all around . Florida, Georgia. South Carolina and " ! even western states went down to " i zero and some places several degrees ?! below, but they all say the Satsuma ? ? 1?t i *. U .. . ... ,.l.iwr.. Ul'UUgt'?- WllllMIHIU lliv nuuuvil ! ; 111 temperature. 1' j Of course smudge fires were kept burning in lots of large groves in or| der to defeat the frost and freezes "* j from destroying the fruit and trees. ,n My next article will be on Mel3" ville and Bay Harbor, which wil **' come out in an earlv issue of this is paper. (Note: 1 would like for a1.! pro gressive citizens of Boone to sent me scenic views and post cards o: Training School and noted places a: ^ | some of the people here want t< nc j come to the Land of the Sky in th< summer.) nd it ENOUGH CARS TO CARRY AL1 There are enough automobiles ii ijt~ ! the United Sates to carry ever; ,n" i man. woman and child at one tim< jze j With some 1 ,'1,000,000 caps regi.ler j tered. including busses and truck: j this would mean only about eigh 1 persons to eacn amu. The average price of an autc bile today?about $750?brings th te,! ownership of a car within the incom yet | of almost every family. In 192 at_ more than 2,500,000 cars were mat . ufactured and the 1023 produetio was close of 4,000,000. Januar; ?P" 1924. sees the automobile industi ver the largest in the country. l!'; ; And writes H. Clifford Brock aw * 11 i the Popular Science Monthly, thei ice' j is no such thing as the "best car t ere | the market. It is safe to say th; in i practically every 1924 model is re >Ple sonably near in value to the pri? set on it. this ent i to "I am not strong on arithmetic lea! said the cow. "but I can add to t tylc bank account of the man who ow tion me. I can subtract from the prim the pal of his mortgage. I can multif r in his chances for success. I can divi ?red his cares and worries. I can gi mid more interest to his work. I can d " count his chances for loss." a a County, the Leader of KOUNA, THURSDAY JANUARY 5 WHAT ARE FARM BOYS LEARNING IN HIGH SCHOOL Things that wiil triable* them to solve for themselves the complex problems of freight rates on farm products? Thing - that will enable them to work out their own co-operative organizations through which they may secure the advantages of pooled resources? Things that will enable them to put a quality of products on the market as will secure the highest prices and stimulate wider uses of the products? Things that will enable them to take advantage of credit facilities provided either as individuals or organizations? Things that will enable them to grow the things on their farms that they should grow because of market demand and suitability of their farms for growing the products? Things that will enable them to con rol the pests which periodically bring j ruin upon farmers in certain local 1-' tie at Things that will enable them to i vote intelligently on matters of pub-' lie social or economic concern? Things that will enable them to secur legislation in State or Nation that will protect them from unfair competition? j Things that will enable them to produce so cheaply that the public will buy hoax ly at a price that will still bring a reasonable profit? Those involve questions that the farmers of today are facing and th< f:i rm of the fuLuri* must face, i Will the future farmer trust tile generosity of other groups to solve his problems or will he study those j problems anil work out hi- own salva- j I tion": Vocational agriculture, under the best trained group of teachers working in the rural schools today, offers j I a means of studying these problems. | Are you profiting l?y it? I COVE CREEK NEWS ITEMS Miss Ethel Wilson has gone to the Johns Hopkins hospital foi X-ray examination and probably an operation. She was accompanied by Mis-ses Hattie and Ruth Bingham. Messrs Carl Henson and L. A. Hays; of Kingsport, were visitors here for a few days last week. Mr. Walter Bingham has been siek for sevei 1 days and is still unimprovbdanjiMmm Several of the students ??f the High School attended the basket ball game in Be one on Friday night between the Appalachian Training School and Crossnore. The equipment for steam heat is now being installed in the Cove Creek Baptist Church. The building is exI' i^ected to be ready for use in a short while. j Work is progressing nicely n R. L. Marshall, principal, announce; a' The boy lives five miles from th a school and has walked the distanc ce twice daily or more than one-ha the distance around the world, : quest of knowledge. He has made good record, rarely missing a class he The home agents on the staff i ci- the state College and Department < >lY Agriculture carried out a progra de of organized work in 936 commur v'c ties, they visited 11,387 homes, h; is- 43,319 people to call on them in t office during the past year. lit 0JCT T _ ?1 . xi . 1 l rfortnwestern iNortn. ^aroJi '4, 1924. 5 Cls. aCopy PRIZES CLASSED AS LOTTERY BY A fTORNEY GENERAL Then hat- been so much discussion rcionLy :n rcgutd to the limits tot which -i business man t say go in of faring: prizes to his customers that | w? pn> the following from the Statesvilu Daily along to the merchants and others who by chance might b< interested. The Greensboro Merchants* Association asked Attorney General Manning "What law, if any, prevent a merchant from giving a coupon or ticket voth each purchase which entitles him to a chance on a prize to be given away to the holder of the winnir.fr number at the close of the period of time," and "If the payment of S2~? license fee in accordance with section 53, revenue act of 1923, exempts him from prosecution?" In j answer to this according to a dispatch from Greensboro to the Charlotte Observer, Judge Manning wrote: "The scheme outlined in your letter is plainly a lottery and all lotteries are forbidden by criminal law - of the State. Xo license tax could legitimate this project." This opinion of Attorney General Manning ought to be of interest in every town in the State. Statesvilh ; included, where this plan has been I used. It is believed that in most J cases where merchants have used i this method of increasing their sales they were ignorant uf :ts being a vi-! elation of the law. An impression l a been that tic. method was not a J violation of the law but that to ad-j vertisc the fact in a newspaper or; in any other medium circulating through the mails was a violation of the Federal law. Recently there have he 'n so many merchants resorting to this scheme that merchants! associations and others have been j looking: into the legality of it. Judgei Manning's opinion to the Greensboro Association leaves no doubt, as to what he thinks. LENOIR-HICKORY CONCRETE ROAD IN NEXT LETTING Lenoir News-Topic. The contract for building the hard surfaced road between Lenoir and the Catawba county line will be let Thursday January :>1, according to announcement given out Friday by the state highway commission. The contract for this time will be for 11? i ' miles terminating at the Catawba river. This is the road for which Caldi well count\ has provided a bond is-j : sue of $500,000. In providing this j fund in an effort to secure building | of this road at an early date the loi : road ot: . lals have the understandJ ir?? that it is to be of the best type ! <>: hard surface now being put down ' the State. The type of road is asphalt with concrete base. Some question about the location : of i he road ha come up since high] way engineers made the survey in the fall. The survey favored at. that : time followed the old road very closely from Lenoir to a point about three miles south of Granite Falls. From the Philadelphia school house, , below Granite Falls the new survey led to the right of the present road { and followed an easy grade to thr Catawba River. The river was cross . ed at a point just below cliffs. Fron I that point the new survey kd bad - into the present road in the edge ot Hickory. NATIONAL WEALTH HAS DOUBLED IN TEN YEARS ^ "The doleful chorus of Broadway' ? big hot-. . and restaurants will una I wer the question of prohibition's sue cess or failure." Bishop Thomas Nich ; otoson el New York, President of th sj Anti-Saioon League of America dt dared in addressing it^ annual cor v vontion. i, Citing the prosperity of hanks, lit 0 ] insurance companies and the dccreas ,o I in unemployment in answer to th f. question "is prohibition a failure? s. ; Bishop Nicholson declared that "? ' - - " ' ?- 1 1 . L- 1. le Climax it an. in?- nauunm weaun 11. e just about doubled in ten years an If the major part of the increase hi in been during the past five years, a Senator Fess of Ohio, told tl league that bootleggers in the n; tiona! capital where laws are mac should be "drastically dealt with i>f adding that "the situation marks tl of immediate duty of Congress." m li- The home agents report that ad a direct result of work done wi he young people 20 boys and 5."> gii entered college last year. at na.-Established in 1 888 NUMBER 3. rriis from the ~ tr aining school Items of Interest Gathered From The School and the Town at Large. Boone is again m the grip of frigid temp ratuje. The mercury has stood sit four or trior*? below zero, and the mountain forsts are clothed in the marveiously beautiful, concealed moisture, a thine of never wearying delight. Dr. Fredrick D. Losov. Shakesperean reader and lecturer of NewYork was with the town and the Training School the past week for the filth annual series of lectures, appearing in four numbers: An Interpretation and leading of Othello; The Unity and Solidarity of Humanity; showing from biology, socialogy commerce and civics that the nation is not simph an organization, out al.-o in the truest sense an organism in which each community and each individual has a necessary place: and ?: t- i ? m ?tv> * fTgWj i> .hiuii); uiuuj;i'iiui lecture on the beauty and moral qua! ity of language Developing Wordsworth* ^ idea that language is the incarnation of thought, the speaker said "Lang tin tatY of thought." Tie convincingly presented the idea that profanity is not simply a moral but also our intellect ua! problem: profanity reveals intellectual poverty Friday evening there was a double header basket ball gam*?Mountain to 33 in favor of the home team; New land v->. lioone Public School? 23 to 2b in favor of the visiting team. t our correspondent has been sick in bed foi some days, but is up again It is almost worth being sick to see how kind and considerate folks are. So hen's sincere appreciation for eigjl kindness. A thought a word, a deed so kind Just how worth while they make the days, They lure new courage to the soui And clear the stones from roughened a ay.-. J. IS DOWNTJM. WITH THE. LOCAL | CHURCHES METHODIST CHURCH Minuay okwiw (nu?m.t?y ?t It? ?ni. J. B. Steele Superintendent We I begin on time and pu;f on time- Last Sunday vu had a great .school but I we expect a better one. Preaching at iln. m. and 7 p. m | by the pastor. Heir- those services j :o start on time. I Epworth League at p. m. Wednesday prayer service at 7 p. | m. A welcome is extended tv? all. ! Watauga Pastorale Church Directory Holy Communion. Saturudv 2 p. m. Light brigade, Mrs. Perry Towrs| sendl Superintendent. 3 p. m. Woman Missionary Soeity, Mrs. W. P. Town| sml. president. Sunday School 9:45 a. . jm. E. A. Townsend. Superintendent. 11 a. m. morning worship, Rev. H. , W. Jeffcoat, pastor. J Mt. Pleasant, 10 a m. Sunday ,! School, .Jacob Burkett, Supt. Luther . League 2:.??0 p. m. Light Brigade or? ?' Friday afu-ruoon at - p. m. at the parsonage. Mt. Zior? Jo a. in. Sunday School Wm. Winebarg\: Superintendent. 11 a. in. I iLeague, Ed Lookabill, President, sj Gract?Boom'?Sunday School lb . a. m d:15 Luther League. The pub - lie is cordially invited to these seri-i vices. e j AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH j. j Sunday School 10 a. m. W. Tt Gragg, Sr.pe rir.tendenX. e Preaching J1 a. m. and 7 p. m. ^ B. V. P. I . at 0 p. vn. Prayer service and ehoii practice 7 p. m. Wednesday. Subject of sermon Sunday morning "Coveteousness." , Next Sunday rs also the tame tor iu . . our quarterly communion. You are extended a cordial invitation to attend these services. F. M. Huggins lost a bunch of keys I with name attached on a metal plate He would appreciate getting: them. le Forty-eight club encampments and club ralies were held by farm as and home agents in 31 counties last th year. There were 2.819 girls, 1,628 rls boys and 5,617 visitors present on j these occasions. I