PAGE o?IX
A REAI. MAN
As a tinkling symbol or as sounding
bras;, is tho man who iJrofesses
unaccompanied by th>. real works,
as shown by his act- along life's
journey, In J. \V. Norton of Vilas,
who passed away on tfctt 1 h day
of Veb. ! '-?. we find what should
be te rmed the man of real Christian
ndoavors as evidenced by what he
did fcf w. n.L.d h?m f. ...? x-.-.fU
down to his last. His whose life- without
any pro tens ions or upon
the bouse tops, the good things tie
did. but mostly done 1'fflL.Jumi'tgly
without any pretension* whatever,
was spent not foi hino t nothwith-tnndintr
a man possessed of a vast
amount of b-iih real and personal -ffe.-ts,
both for those who were ir
greater need -hen himself. His was
vri- a home tor the homeless, his
. i for the hungry and his cloth-j
fig for the naked.
He possess* u nothing that had a
preference to that of the wants of'
the disti*' ->ed and needy. Although
?mr bleak, cold winters, accompanied
' y sjn.w, haii r irv and the strongest
of gales. with temperatures down to
: :? ro. meant oth:ng as a barrier to
Jinn when others needed relief, for
as the writer well recall-, while a
chool boy about ferry > ears ago.
with shoe:;, socks, lu and clothes
rone too heavy to b:ae< against the
Intei-e cold of the very dead <?f win fift
that this man just a- trciv as
Santa Clau< made his v *,? all
'he home: of aj the children of the
earth, so he would i e en with his
four horse vvairon coming down from
his farm at the base of the Rich
Mountain u :rh around two cords of
the- very best wood available for the
relief <-kI o?mfort of scares of my
cla-s 'rates andn
class and iditmn life, -.vhih y> >r
after year attending school at old
<>\, ris \cadomy, to. ihcr "Ath
n.-i of 'A .it a;:-.-;. Count y" and I nv&ht
say this mouiitaiii'nis .section
of our state. This he kept op fori
; - a>s without any n waul whatever
oxcer? that vtfftieh was lu n g laid '.})
in that honi" of the S..u! where r.ei'her
moths rnr rus; dotb oottupt or
:hu . cs break in and steal, to which
as \vc aiv lead to hrl:cv.- sincerely,!
ia'.cwitL' his i'.fe for the past forty',
.years and studying; ?t as we have,!
went when :? took itr,. flight from
the vddr't^ncpu lit in v hu h it had ve- j
.?*cd l".>y 7^ years, pert'oririiv. As;
miss or here >?: this earth. Die Sth j
ver>: of the 5th ihiint??- of Amos
pit- <nt a V' ,\ prottj piov v.those
who belie v as 1 do?1 hope
v> ho : ;;>i this may read u. Not-J
wit hst anding hi- holding and extra- j
tfprdiuury fini* .it*Jgmcu! ? thev was j
iy that of a stooping tree, a riif;or j
a cave o? the most humble log hut '
in the most remote section of th.)
country, if honest, aiul wnh p-'dS-r
amis arid conduct wa< ever held in i
man. by season 01* bis cireuraisfances
lr. life. He was a true lover ? ;* his
fellow man, at. :.?ii?ii>vr of all the
Virtues it tak - make a true loyal
nobk : ?! tij.; ci: i:-.ei?. A lit"- welt
spc-u: i:i .-an vine. ? ut the gSplden Rui-j
a- was his, :V pi < ' ,-;:Me to t3iat of
weajir.y a crown. or eos.Nessiy.jr ;|j?!3
the -uw-i of Peru, oi the goHj jf
(jph:r, or trie rubies ef: t;he m-i
31ix ir.U ytoom was like unto >:
i i s... > . eisnptt plain,
so mich fovma.u y and dignity fou: ;
at the burial of those t:i so-cni r.;
higher eh -:* life, but the Mason
it ?rdo.r in its most serious aid;
hriet* man.!!' :. "Old time religion is
good enough for r.io; it makes me;
love ? ..?qdy and its good enough
for iiie" was his* ideal!: May it
cor/iniemoraud by us and may the.
good old song never die, for when we
have ils real spirit '"We know \\
have it because it make- us love everybody
and it should be good c v
o'jgo for us, f'oace to his ashes .
(j'.tia! rvi,i to hi.- so ah
JOT IN If. FriKGHA >1. j
J. W. THOMAS
At he r.d of mat shot! hou
deatr sirik toe blow hat hurries}
bin: the stajge of fiction .? hi.c:
long dark ro- ur c nlace. if no
escape from death, for ere long iih<
scythe of time clips the stiver coi I
and '.vp ;.re ail gore- to The laud <>f.
our fathers. Al! go. The tv. :.
the wise, the reverend head, fails beneath
the stroke of his mighty blow
Such has been man in every stage1
of the world and so are we today.;
(V uhe bank of the Watauga RiveBrother
J. W. Thomas was born Mar
5, 1 . ?"> died Dee 14, 1923 aged b8,
year- 1* months and i> days. He was!
laid to rest in the St. John's cemetery
by the members of hi? lodge. Hi? life
was spent on the farm where he was
brought up and was a peaceable and
quiet citizen arid will be greatly miss
ed in his neighborhood. He was a
leader in the church to which he belonged
and was always present at}
the services taking an active part in
the same. He was a kind husband, an
affectionate father, and he leaves to
mourn his departure a wife and six
children, five girls and one boy. and
???'?~??.? 11
' h Icige number of friends. Brother
Thomas was a pood mason and ?
ip.' - ( of Smiav Lodge No. Su?
Grove. !fe was initiated Dev. 1,
iin?a ra -t'H -at!. _ ?, t > >.;. lie
' va> not .- o wvH ver^'d in " r tual
rn j. bet he put into practice
r.'. -Via some. and ever bloom ? virtue<?
gentle ehurities and noble dseds
Mewfnro be it re soiv '1.
1st. Ira" we humbh k
iedgc the hand of our heavenly father
in guiding the destinies of man.
Tb a< a ledge we eki r;.sfc his
naCTiiory by wear*>?g the usual badge
of mourning for 30 days.
3. To the surviving friends and
v o offer our love and sympathy
1 That a copy >>f the v rcsoluTiof
- i- spread upon the m?. Acs of
.he lodge.
, b. A copy seti! to the bereaved
' ianiih and a copy to the Watauga
| Democrat for pabiieatio!*
M SJ.IULL. Committee.
Dee. :17. 1923.
FINLEY PATTERSON MASI
On a high hi!) just back ?f his
{tome and birth place overlooking the
beautiful vallev of Cove Creek, where
the first rays of the morning .^ur. ntelt
away the dews, and where the last
rays of the setting sun cast heir
shadow >. we lain to rest with M.? oMc
honors, one of Watauga's olde.-t and
noted citizens. Brother D. P. Mast,
to await the resurrection. For more
than four score and ten years he lived
on the farm where he first sue the
light "in a house by the side ??:* the
road, when he wa a friend to man"
.te wa.- the youngest and last member
of a family of 1$ children, s. vyr.
girls and mm boys. Thcj all d to
a good "Id age and were raited fcr
their ur egrity and imlustr.'-a- habits..
Btother Mast was pos i' ... the
;? Mi the county Re was
initiated into Watauga l7odg< No.
"i Sept. Jl, lSdP. passe(t en Oct.
IS?9. raised Jan. Ill, 1S70. He
iyas therefor*! a mason for > ears.
M. a- also chart*"- nu nv, r of
Sr.?.w Lodge No. ?63 and served as
i tj&isurer for S"v v-tir-. It v. ;- ery
apprupriate that the month: - took
ear in th.> 'wautifu' cercnto .< - at
the grave and rt-Lffpous ser.iec-.- were
...... .... . ... ?> . --
M.HH .1 i<x 111-' jWlll-: I . IX.? ? ?* ;MU1
iirolhi - Mast has gone from tho
waVks < f TRi-r. we kail know him no
mojv here. hut his life, his acts of
warliiuhis splendid measure ef
h:?- uii-r, shity over burnish the mem
ctHos cf those vvhe know him. We
will iJo well t<? cherish the memory of
this ma?i who came and wont before
u> as o a* of nature's noblemen. L;1
as live in the hop?- that we will meet
again, with the assurance that sometime.
i v. in the wisdom of
God. iV.clc Fin vviil arise and meet
his friends and So.\?<! .ins. He was
March 30; ! v '-. died Jan. 12,
102-1 aged .'1 years, a months and
12 days. lie joined the Baoiist church
March 30. I SSI and iived a conseerati
christian liiY. As ;? citizen he
was tv M in high esteem He served as
:. -?' i t-; during ;h? wai between the
at c-s H was married to Rhoda
Smith in IS 06, and * ? them wree
' cho?i: ? ? , j :n,y.; and four
. o\\ i.a: are iivir-g. b the
a h? vvat r. kind husb .: and fath
s a- 1 ?! he v cat's n IsseJ.
V In- mari.\ fiends arid relatives.
This was evidon. e i hy -he large
>.{ of fri \A> Who liitiu- to pay
the .r-1 t ribulo of osuect to t his
. piendid me who wn everybody's
friend. Therefore in vitw of the ab
facts,
Resolved, first. Thu . humbly
-uhrnit to the v.ili ef our Heavenly
Vat her, trusting Him to lead us on. ;
2n.l. Tha: we tender to the bereaved
tarnilx our love and sympathy
admoi each one ?<? strive to i
!k- ready cor the coming of the Sor. i
f Goo. 'Watch therefore and be ye j
-adv.'
d '1 tirrf chc mevnht-r.s of rhis'
Lodge wear the usual badge of
mourrcng for 30 days in honor of
memory.
i b That i "opy of the< resolutions
be spread upon the minutes of
the Lodge, a copy sent the famiiy
and ;? copy published i . ti e Watauga
D^rbocrat.
M. SHULL. CommiTtedy
I; n. 2<?. 1921.
HEW TO THE LINE AND LET THE
CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY
MAY
Mr. Editor: [
V, i{ you a.low nr.e a few words in
your valuable paper, concerning our
much talked of good roads and our
taxes and how they should be kept
up. Of course all are bound to admit
that our loads have beou kept up by
free labor from the ages of 18 to 45,
on top of that we had to go several
miles when it was necessary to huild
a new road.
Of course for the last few years
we will admit that the travel had
become so great they could not be
kept up by free labor so we had to
"cuss" out our free labor law and
have a taxation law put on us, but
undei ail oi my 27 years admiriistra
ri V DEMOCRAT?F.Vj
t " i . i k. \v a t.u!, to receive
aiaiN ot cld'.K) per year to teli
v. tr. ;v.c what to do, and
V?.ea. a v. r.der my
v* v. ? worked alike
under out pce.-eixfc !? :? I am .11 favo
t ; a muti ir ?i .ar\ or v,ag
hut von may ..nder-mrui that. 1 d$|
oppose taking 5? 150.0 a \ car out <1
. oiiiy tell the- other men 10 do the
work, arid ho will then wr.te the eh k
: to pay yo L'vit oh my, ho v.* do yon!
1 get tha johV Our rovsls get in >ucl j
? it conaon ( at you can ha rd ly get
over them. You will have to go ami
j report ihem up to a man out of yoci
I settlement who don't know the con|
ditko:i of yo.ii road until some one
i i h:m word, Now wool dit not
. or much better to pay a man $4.00 i
| a day to take six or eight nu n when |
I it became necessary fpt him to work
our. a four or five mile road, nr.d j
! his hands reasonable wages and the i
| overseer stay with them and make aj
hi*nd also himself, for I am -are he I
, ought to make his money by the
brew, and not aitogvtb-!
or by the ofiice ho holds over the !
i other fellow. Now we have a road j
connecting with the state highwayat
the bridge, up Mutton Creek to j
Bamboo, a distance ef 2 miles, then j
io Blowing Rock and to Klk. This !
road for the first two and a naif
miles has enough cor- and trucks to 1
pay over $200 car tag tax, and ontop ,
of that when the weath* r will permit ;
there is art average of six to eight
thousand feet of lumber goes out ov-!
r t every day, and what ha our
par* of the tiixt loo., toward# the!
upkeep of if. s,n t we had ii worked j
last summer will -ay that only v o
day- I cist fall out >tdc ol w)u?i 1 have i
i'.jri' ??ys*l' an.! ffiWo Iv.o day- were
pet In hv m-u from !Li\vard> CrecK
.. rni'es oi'f. foi which iI to<'k ihem
;i!uui! th'ret hour to c oin*' and go. j
Nfou w ! < ?> ' interested in od
!??: ,i . (idivt : OU thilik it woalii hi
best to put :m i: ever small sections:
road. r:;?! over 0 miles at the most
convenient place U> them, and let
;hem lain it up 'iifu| it washe- ,e?l
in had condition. I will say
.si?' prevention n; time on oar road
vvoaie have . $.~u \*o\v cd'titv fro
labor again. ! ! card a man sa\ he f
, was in favor ?f ?ix day> free ikhor
i put back on men from 20 to t?0 year*
j of aye. W'rat would that he at >2.fni
: pel day? SI "? to he i-tirp 1 for :k
:ii" imposed to that. If you war; to)
put anything on the young men put
ib'iu: $-1.0(1 load pott tax on l hem
ami let them work it out on the roads ,
or -e pay it in cash, and then l? i
vf\ \ boost his good road.-. and
enionts. ! v .li guarantee if you
on some of your roads work-1
ttad of a? the couri K<n. in
f <?-o^ \'tr.itinA what * it.
vthv man he.; Id do. v?- woUftl have
rr.f-. I- _v;<?u lOitUS. OCICCT SVlueiYK'V.. r
i: i v. iihoul a doubt, better friends
lb pec.fully.
v. b\ v Tt ' <L j
\u \. c.
CAVES
V: Editor: tViio c&n study .be
physica: googrnphy ct the Bible and ;
o^ecme intc!\sti d with the ca\e(
: nected with some of the most
events of ancient history?'
In the limestone district of Judea ?*\?-r\
fcili ainl vaviiie is pierced with
them, some \f ry large and of curious
lormatib'n.
Al'ter the destruction of Sodnm
and Gomorrah. Lot dwelt in a cave
at Zoar. Abraham and his wife are
buried in the cave of Mavhpelah near
li?i ten. Joshua smote the five kmjrs
a:.d ordered their tmdfes eniom: ; ?I
in the cave of Makkedah. Dav 1
|w:..- airaiti !' A clash kmg of Cain,
| ' - <! t?. ; ra'-'fc AdUiiam. i.
1 o. a. ; th? euv< Eogyddi 'vnere Saul;
\Xii\l his three thousand men went to
| >. :k I>-tviu upon the rocks of the
?at . When Jefcbol vsiU < i
j Ahah cn". off the prophets of .ho
[Lord. Obad.'ah bid one hundred of!
I thorn ir> caves and fed them on oread
rind water. Elijah was in a cave
' when he heard the "still .-.mail
I Voice oi God:3" b;?'/nrii< u-:>? ..t
I i; a cave or sepulchre when our liord
i c orhmanded him to come forth." The
; bocly of our Savior v a? laid in Jo!
-eph's new* torn I which had been m v
j e< :;t ;n a rock.
I i ancient tirnc^ these caves wen
! rsed for temporary dwelling places
| and for tombs.
Z. T. WATSON.
I Brookside, N. C.
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County Paper.
R. D. JENNINGS
DENTIST
Office at Blacburn Hotel
BOONE N. CARO
Patients from a distance would d>
well to write and have appointment
arranged beforehand,
I
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j Uncommon
I Sense KJMN MAKE |
B =~~"? ?=|
"M Ol" AM) STAKT" ME:
uu'?iin?^i 1*11 f locomotive eng
** oeer is known on the railroad a
a ?;*.?p and srurl" oiau. He c?u us
the brake and tlie throttle, but h
d*?esn*t know how to take care of hi
engine.
The "step and start*' nam Id neve
given a good locomotive or an Iij
port ant train. Life and property ar
too valuable to be entrusted to Igiic
ranee.
To run a locomotive a man need no
have a technical education or kno^
hov. to build one. But he must ha\
a good understanding of the princlpl
of st^am power, of the mechanism o
the a.'r brake And he must, if he i
?? '.! ITI> an 11, mmvr iiO'.v i%j cure l?i
his engine so that. w hile It Is in hi
Charge. it will b? most efficient.
Kverv human bejng lives and move
In a machine fa*- more complicatethan
the most modern locomotive. An
ninety nine men out of a ltundre
know do more shout thia machin
than the "stop and start" engine*
knows about his locomotive.
It is no wonder that so many hurnai
lo? motives spend so much time In th
hospital repair shop, or break dowi
and become worthless long hefor
they should
How it is constructed, bow it shouli
be operated, what kind of fuel an
how much of It is required for tb
best results?all these are profoun
mysteries, even to men who can cor
Jug:;te I.atin verbs or know the name
of tiie Houuiii emperors iu thel
crtier
It Is- natural to desire long life. 1
Is p aiP to look forward to i
"green old age."
lint these can he strained only b:
men wiio know enough about thei
bodily machinery ?? take cure of I
pn-p(" >- and to keep it up to the worl
It i* -tiled upon to do.
U - not ceeessnry or possible to
everybody to study medicine Bu
every man can, with little tioubt
learn something more than how t
gntri and how to siop his own ina
chine
He an learn how to feed it, how t<
exor. it. how t?> tel when some
tiling - working wrong, and when tt
call jr. the doctor, who is the technics
engineer of the human railroad
1 men wouid !o that there wouli
he less work s fhe hosnitaW?
>\ : are the "sh' iv<" for human locc
i;i?.:ivcs and the doctors would Aft
time to enrn more jibout preventtv
medicine, which Is' the most linportan
branch of medical s.-ienoe.
t<J' by .l"hn K;?kp )
0HC? JS ENOUGH
x * ? p
x jrSa. '
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fi-9^ fSj^T
u
A Budding Socialist.
"How awfully greedy you are!" sal
one little girl to another. "You too
the biggest apple from the bask<
just as 1 whs going to take It ruyaelf
?Jxxag<.
fr ti
| MEN YOU MAY MARRY
J By E. R. PEYSER
Hat a man like this proposed
* to you
g Symptoms: Short, rosy, fat,
beak nose. Publish head. vicars
2 cute little cutaways?usually a
red aeckth tod tight little highi
cut vest Awfully Inipertani
J little chap, hustles and fusses
i about like a humble bee. doing
| nothing whatever except trip
i ping up folk. People like him.
J but son.*- efficiency engineer
i should limit his motions He's
i no spender, no earner. He titJ
lips. about the place like o
i Robin red breast, helping (?) in
the kitchen?giving useless ini
formation about how not to dust
' or how to make waffles his way.
i Tie is g->od nutured, but he'll
J want to run the flat.
IN FACT
* (Yn hiniaolf ?- -
I ?o ft mur uhi lor
all nis tat.
J <T? Prescription for his wife:
^ Quern it a bit in the
i home.
Have a rapid-fire gun nest in
a the kitchen.
Bar hiro from all household
a maneuvers.
Absorb this:
l INTERESTS MAKE THE
MAN.
I i jP5 by McClore Newspaper Syndicate )
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OBJTUAP.Y
! Dear Editor: Will you allow ir.c i
j pace in your p .per for a fev. para-1
! .raphs in regard to ruy brother's j
Irath"
fan. we received the message i
j| 'earing ihe " v. > that Aichurd I.eni-i
Isaacs wa.-. dead.
S* i c * * I instantly wnilc . p .
I rating a c-'al machine.
1* Irs. Ali d Isaacs of Vilas, N. C.
" ' \\ lufrr n W <*nunlv nr. 1
^ ~ ?
larch I:'. J.883, 41 years and ten j
months
He had oeen a coal miner for the
20 years xdA was living1 at La-1
, robe. Pa. It i- sad to think he!
! was killed out I have no doubt about i
J in. lie <- safe in the arms of Je-[
! ... Ke had such a beautiful smile J
j nis fare, j et looked like he wan-)
| ted tc >;> ir. to us. His oldest boy J
1 it-,: ?a led up higher one year
ig.?. !1 prayed fro God to
| ,skv him from this sinful world. He
; was a member of the Presbyterian
church, a dear lover of music. His;
favorite songs were "Life's Railway!
5 :<> Heaven" and the "Uncloudy Day"
^ He l< av? to mourn his death wife !
. rd .-ix chiidr t 3 brothers and 4 <is-I
a
g ers. At! were present except fatner
r and molhci We were all heart brok i
it.. God mercy sent an angel to!
u .dieve u.- from care for he km w thej
gt? r ?,.\v was far more than;
o v. could ' . Sister A.ddie was by
9 the cask't wecpin. God saved her
^ >oul. Her tears were all wiped away.
^ W-ver ; v. . i . so happy, such a beau g
tiful look her face, Just praised
d God right on. God spoke to her to
i- grieve no more, brother's at rest.
a We canine understand why these
r ;\vo dear >n? were taken from us
in such a short time but we know
* aM f<>: the best, as God doeth
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j ning March the first.
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FEBRUARY 21, 192*
all things well, and someday when
the mist has rolled away we will be
able to understand why certain things
happened.
Interment was made- in Latrobe
cemetery by Moose and Eagle brothers.
The flowers were beautiful. As
the brothers may visit lis they brin"
joy and gladness to our hearts but
aT the while our thoughts keep going
to a little mound in Pennsylvania that
marks the sleeping place of ore who
will never come back. May our great
consolation be the hope of meeting
dear brother in heaven. As tni mist
gathers over our eves, we brush it
away and say "Thy will, oh Lord,
de done."
11 is sisbt;.
MARY ISAACS MILLER.
T* . *
nxasperatmg
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OT only you?but all those
around von ire annoyed by
the constant hacking of a persistent
cough. I>r. King's New Discovery
breaks coughs quickly by
stimulating the mucous membranes
to throw off the clogging secretions.
Has a pleasant taste. At all
druggists.
Dr. KING'S NEW DISCO VER Y
Be prepared for the future and pro
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while you are living W. A. Watson.
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