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HHP PAGE . iX TEXAS LANOMART IS SEINO RAZES 72 - Year - Old Schoolhouse Has Romant'c History. a?:-5tlll t??v?.a - -1 i u" - tfr-n sc!iih?1h?>n. '?:?? I'iimtt ?r .:! Tufts %??iueai: ? n.-i ?r!n:rj. r. - in;j a u<lmark In 1:1. St uihW" st. i: hH'is? ntwl iai !?rei?vratlon ??r tiie er^tleh of h modern ?*- I'll .>n : e i-? me sc! --. ?.: < itiNh! the last 72 Vfar*. \ hrW<''? wedding the r?l f -iruc??. * |U'- in **:r?i beet? a home, :i.s?'hoi?! I;- ?? * : It*r Mngaztre for the 0>nf.? rate arm*. imMlt* meeting place. in the ter days :? h<wrililu{ tkOWe for mlwr^iry student? I? was ?.i t n 1<)2 by the slaves of I Hprst. h Sand baron of those v - I h?n - '! hands only ru in its hi.- <! ; is now owned by Kd uard Bo- o wants to erect ? modem dwelling on the site Its lime >, k m jilts hnve withstood even an attack by the federal army, whose s.>l<Jit*rs, during the reconstruction period, ripped ?>ff its roof and all ir- 'ionrst to make platforms for their r.-nts. Erected in 1852. T?i? -as or. for the erection of the 1 ?e - the marriage of Mis-I.<?ui-e Horst, daughter of the great v < rr, nxe Kobins-'n in 1852. The bride's father owned a vast tract ?>f -and. in-mding the present unfvers.r> nei?:hv.>rhood and all north Aust extending a:"?r-?xlmately as far a- V t, street, whi h then :t fced the u4>rt rn boundary of the t-tii.-. 'hong the town itself whs ?t that r'rtse h t I1 mile away. sltm : i : [he hanks of the 0?>1< rudo. I! - 1 ired to i M In laughter a i - a wed nr ft. A<-<ording ' y-.i ' ' raavr'ujse. he 1 . it t': uR ient re wJti?*h stood until r n a> rtrtu a condition as ; - ?.! the day of its ropipletioii. Yt.e Ml??t wln-h went with 'lie house lr- ' ' ! j .?? finally all of present i>< rih Austin. Used as Powder House. In when the Yankees captorel Nrw Hriejins and (vuivestou. excite n:? :P r in high in the southern part of j? >fHte. and three fous were ere? ted? t? guard approaches to the capital city. '!*he riu k idee was then turned liito i wrier house and magazine for high explosives But when IMck T;iy Ivr with a handful of Texans defeated F.anUs and I'orter at Sahine i'ross U". ds n Apr!! of the excitement d i ok.i and the ..Id Ionise was euil' Tied of its military equipment and again mode into a sehoolhouse. Louis Horst. grandson of the elder He.rst who erected the house, and a resident of Austin at the pres??ji' time, spent his llrst school days in ?h.s old hull Refuse in Indian Attacks. For tiiitny years the seven-room rock house was a refuiro for neonlo Kvin* in the neighborhood when Indian :?t tacks were made. Numerous legends tn.ji- iTZiiiijr scalping ami Indian ettwi ties that occurred around (he old landmark are yet told. The nearest to destruction that has ever fallen to the lot of the ancient buildinft, prior to the razing now going ? n occurred during the first days of the period of reconstruction following the t'ivi! war. when Union troops were stationed in Austin to reinstate federal power and the state government. They pitched their tents on College hill, where the plant of the University of Texas stands today: hut when It rained the ground became too damp for thefr convenience. The soldiers were then ordered to make lumber floors for The tents, wood for which was to be taken from the old rock sehoolhouse. The school was broken up and every board In end on the house was tuken--rhe porch, window frames. Minds, doors, rooting, floor* and nil. Nothing was left bur thrork walls. The elder Horsf. appealed several times to the legislature for damage don:- to the hnjjftdjng by fetieral troops but indemnity was :;ev?r obtained. Milk-Burning Engine Draws Cars 20 Milei Chicago.?r>r. Herman N. Bundescn health commissioner of Chicago, ran i Train over me ko?*k island track* rmn the Kngl-wcod station to Beverly Hill and back, about twenty miles. Qiittf to fuel rhnnks of dry milk instead o coal. When the skeptical crowd reachei the station Doctor Rundesen was a the throttle In the engine cab and F Worthmfllec, the fireman, was shove] ing chunks of dried cow's milk into th firebox. During {he entire ex peri men milk was the only thing fed to the fin The locomotive pulled a train of fh oars, carrying ninr?*than 200 passei gers. mostly children, from the Chin go Home for Friendless Children an the Chicago Orhpan asylum Water-Well Fight of Bible Times Recalle< Jerusalem.?The old quarrels ov< water wells In the riraes of Abnthan as recorded in the Bible, were recall* by :i serious quarrel which broke 01 between two Arab tribes In the neig! larhMN! of Valadsi. In a dispute over the rights to tl only water, well in the vicinity, the t* tribe* engaged In u battle which r suited In the death of one person ai the wounding of eight others. The authorities have started an i vesfip.; t v j-om a force of poll lut. ?... iAit. if' i?\v/> J. . . JAiJmSX-!. VH-::ft*?! ' T VALUABLE FIND IN DEAD SEA REtS ON Evidence of Early Civilization Discovered. St. X.ouis.?Rvideuce of the extHteiK? of * Cv.n ianiu? civilization -f tit** uriy Bronze age. Outing about the Twentieth century B. C.. has been fount) by the Xenta cxr-edition in ?i tour of th ivad pen r?*i::?'U of Palestine, I>r. Me'.vsn G. KySe. head of the party, said in u letter received hero. Doctor Kyb . who is pr?H?i -uf of Xenix seminary here, dec! a red - explorations also had tended to firm the jodcuit'Dl of earlier lave-: - uoni that the two . ;<Jes of Sodom and Gt?:u?>rr*h. which, according to giMical accounts were destroyed 1>> and ! brims? ?ne. are burled heue.uli the ( Dead ?ea beyond the power of u to discover them. Was "Pre-Moab.te.Pottery found in the graves ?pened by Arab treasure hunters in th-- r? ^ion. Doctor Kyle's letter said, shows conclusively the existence of the early Canaunite civilization. He characterize*! It as a "pre-Moabite civilization," pointing out that "Got whs the father of M??ub." "This is a necessary first link Jp the > evidence ?ve desire." the letter con tinned, "for the Bible represents Just surli a civilization as being here in the days of Sodom and G?n?orr<:h. M reover. there follows just here tie of those expressive silences in Bible hlst??rr. Believes Cit'cs Forever Lost. "The destruction f the irs? s ?-f the plain nut our that :riiiza!h?n t? suddenly and <? mnletely a:- *w? sn? ?ut a < audit*. Never aj: 'n is r ion or bin? river: or inipj* -! f :i civilization in. fids j hiht r M ' ?rd des oyed S on and t lomorrnlt This i< exuetix wk'i: out* res -che- have revealed. Fhus wlint - *en?'?M ?-n negative evidence becomes a positive evidence on the subject. The nov dvll17:i?:?-.j: that appears 5* By?*" ne. which comes more than years later.** Although suggestions have been made that divers he sent down Into the f?ead sen in recover something from the ti dt'p< hrnenth tts surface. I Me for Kyle scouts the idcn, declaring the rushing wafers of small rivers have brought down alluvial deposits that hn\e been filling the bottom of the sea. making the work "f divers exceedingly difficult. If not Impossible. Finds Original Tablets of Ten Commandments Vienna.?What are declared to be remnants of the original tablets hearIn jt the ten commandments, written by * Moses, have been deciphered by Prof. Hubert Grimm? of the University of Munaier. "I was taken out of the Nil us by the Egyptian queen," Is the sentence writ ten in old Hebrew at the head of one of the tablets, which wore found In the southwestern part of the peninsula , of Sinai by the English scholar. Flinders IVtrie The tablets contain also the names of Joseph, Menassa and Moses. In an article published in a Vienna newspaper. Professor Orltnme. who deciphered the tablets from photographs deplores the fact that so far only a portion of the tablets have been found and that no effort has been made to locate the remainder. Workmen Excavate Marble Step* of Roman The&tei Phlllppopoli*. Bulgaria. ?-Archeoio gists are startled t?y the discovery ol what Is evidently a Reman uruphltbea i j ter In the city square, Djumaia. m&d? j by workmen here the other day. The workmen were digging found* tlons for a new structure wheu. foul motors below the surface of the square they came upon a flight of marbh l i gtalrrf of mass!re construction and stir ! face worn smooth by the tread of manj . j feet. This city contains some remnrhabh historic structure* dating hack to Ro man and pre-Roman timet*. Amom these memorials of the past Is a eft] ; vail, which runs over the brow of oo< of the seven bills on which, like Homi the city. named for Philip of Macedoti la built. ? 1 Fruit Flie? Tell Growth 1 of Human Populatioi , Philadelphia. ? Science la expei! mentine with colonies of fruit files t , j obtain data concerning the world' future growth of population. Dr. Raj ANNOUNCEMENT *' To the Republian voters of Watai e jra county: , X hereby announce my candidac ,j j for Register, of Deeds of Wataus I County, subject to the will of tl Republican convention to be held Boone, N. C. on Monday June . I 1924. 3 B. F. COOK. * * "' Boone. NL C. June 9, 192-4 n. d ANNOUNCEMENT at To my friends and voters: h- To my friends and voters of Wata ga County: < le i I hereby announce myself cam date for the office of County Co: missioner subject to the action | the Republican convention. B_ Very i-espeetfn"--, ce W. H. BYRD. MB WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVI momi fvarT of Johns Hopkins itniv<T sity >:> <! the H&oo&l ue^Sg of tfc" American Philosophical society. "In our iavtiitisatioD of the curveof-population growth/ Doctor Pearl said. "colonies of the fruit fly Have been carefuUv s'udlod. With these the wboie course of population growthand decay nan he carried out in the laboratory in a few months under conditions ??f precise observation. Such populations follow the same law of growth as do human populations.*' Lays Double-Yolk Eggs Princeton, Minn. ? An occasional double-,T?dk egg means nothing t?> A. N. Davis, i local resident. Re tms been showing his friends .t box o?" j trier eggs, i fee averagi length is :? Ilttl* iu<*n- than three Inches and ti'i' cir cnmferen ?* six and one-half incheand p.icb egg contains a d-iuhli yolk Mr. D?v,s has one hen in his thai rejcv >ri> every day "ays a doubte-yolk n;*. Bathing Suit and Silk Stockings His Only Gift Batesville* Ark.?A pair of silk stockings and a bathing suit was all that Rudy Byrd. a twenty-two-year-old student of the Little Rock College of ! Pharmacy, contributed to the support of his wife during fhe!r five months of married life, according to testimony giveu in the courts here by his fatherin-law during Byrd's trial on the charge of wife abandonment A Jury found him guilty of the charge and as sensed o fine of $100. After their marriage Byrd traveled around a great deal while Mrs. Byrd remained with her parents. Byrd, according to the testimony of his wife, finally did not return from his travels and abandoned his vife entirely. Has Bible Dictionary Over 125 Years Old (Vision, Tenn. ? Da? iel Fyfe of Covington is the possessor of a Bible dictionary ilor is more ;b in 125 years old. The book is in r perfect state of preservation ami bus been in the posR^-sion of the Fyfe family for more j than H>0 years. Fyfe. who is eighty-eight years old, was n bookbinder when n young roan In Scotland and seventy years ago he 1 rebound the hook, using calfskin. It Is used almost every week for Bible students of the home for reference work and probably has been handled more than any other book lo the United States. The Bargain of Your Life Ky. Farm for Sale 64 acres of good land for sa)e. | :l miles from town, nine month.! school per year, good stores, flout mills, etc. 50 acres cleared in rrass ! and cultivation, balance in timber i Jo of bottom land, will grow | 50 00 bushels of corn fo*- any i -oason. 14 acres of blue grass, lr: | acres of timothy meadow. Balance in ' cultivation. Well watered with runj? water the year round. CM orchard of well selected fruit Improvement! Cottage house of C, room? an 1 porthes smoke hen and wood house tobacco barn 40 x -5C feet, stock bari . x 4i) ietu jou can i ouna tin buildings for $*i,000 Mr Farmer, thi. is good lard and I will refund youi exoc-n.se money here ard back if yoi r sav 1 am misrepresenting. Ownei very old, don't know wha '9 his farm is worth. For quick sale $3,000. $2,000 down, balance eas; ? terms. Call on or write C. S. Guinn Way nesbnrg, Ky. 6-5-2 ';i Be Sure 8 C Wfien you ar getti paintcd.it is important two essentials for cvet good surface and reliaf tl . i- m xju, i ne nme spent in 1 paring the surface to :y I many times over in ti ra can be expected f ro:n t fl conditions. Manna's Gx S CL //diaa'j Green 5?a/ Paint Jl^j answers every ViTO? per pas?the For- TJtjjl mulu is on ike postage. J: fonts pjj test and wears ^ Dependable fain m, 1 BOONE H; ?' BOONE. RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N C ?1 111 i1 To Spur Inventive Genius of Country CTWoajco.?Offers totaling more thau \ ' - - . | ' I??r I1U1V BDU tu?nret?-^?-- ; |!ng ideas nnd inventions now being , sought by mattef; cturers wen* ani noun?-ed by H. II. Windsor of Chicago, 1 of Popular Mechanics Magazine. 3 \! ng the man; problems Co he. < solved are .? plan "f traffic regulation i j f-.r the larger clte>. a new musical in-[ , i str itjicnt f?<r. orchestral use. a way of! ?.i _iiig luuilicr waste nod an etch-J , ;pl process The awards range In j J . mourns from SlOM to several thou sv.:A, tl?e closing date being May 1 , r. > was pointed out In tie* industrial award plan iti which these offers were list?ii that many of the greatest Inven-; 1 tions Imve been the work of men hav-j ; in;. little or no technical knowledge,' ; of -hid. Pel I Miiim-. 4><*odyear and; J scores of others are examples. 'i rip'-e ?- -iii? ? r*>ns through | the oMsiP'iig of eh ser ?> operation !?erw. n ':M*?urer> ?n i inventors, j Mr. Windsor explained that it was hope! that the awards would result in much good to the general public in the wa> of better products and lower cost*; and that they would arouse and prop-, erly direct the latent hiventlve ability i of the nation. I i Home Comfort Washingj Machines I will be in Watauga again forj two or three weeks taking order* forj the 'I me Comfort Washing Machine} and nee i have been hsre for a I few il i.vs ! find that every owner foj this machine to be perfectly sa<: fied J and they vay they would not doi wit) k.i it. M\ aim is * ? ?ee chat j : e?v owner of this machi.n g.'tsi . i deal and when in n?" d of re-1 pair.- ee C Cook. Bnor.i. N. C-j j and he will adjust it. T. G. GRKKXE. j FREE MOVING PICTURES AT THE RURAL SCHOOLS Dairy Speaker* Wli Be Present Th.will he a series of free mov! ing picture shows on dairy subjects \ Y \ : v jy That'3 the Answer of customers who hare banked with i us tor years given to inquirers who . purpose opening an account ' Prove the answer for yourselves | by giving us your business. We will show you every considers , tion and courtesy a banking institu\ tion can. Small accounts just as wel' come as large ones. r In ?ur Savings Department we pay i interest at 4 per cent. Opcr. your account with as. t! Bank of Blowing Rock Blowing Rock, N. C. c! ? iiwijumin t,id%TPr,,iWp^liirlvgMi'CWiTrfi'y'W 1 This 2mm/ 1 ing ready tohuve your house to remember that there are B y perfect job of pointing? a I )le paint. thoroughly cleaning and prebe painted will be repaid ic added years of wear that 2 i paint applied under proper ten S.al Faint goes furthest. ' (?, ifhtn it's rims ySESSSi ' j is think ?/ paintnflg&TflS}' <nr-tkink af jinnno. Remstnksr Jj# jfajE/ffi the famaus Gretn T "J Ssal? -far Jo yanrt Iks stanJnrd. t Since 1888 VRDWARE CO., given af potato widely dntnbnted ?: over the county next week. Thzee ? - els will be furnished for these meet ? ings by Lhe U. S. Dairy Division, I Vhey are Tai! of Two Bulls, 2 Manufacture of Swiss Cheese in Atnerica, Milk and Honey. Thes' reels are full of information inspiration' Ft.n ;n/1 vvTii uivo tho olrlor ru-<>- !" pie food fo; thought and the chil-j iron maay good laughs. The Appalachian Training School is furnishing the pictur t machine' 1 and the Boone Garage will furnish electric *igh?- with one of the small Homolit plant*. In addition to the picture show there will he speeches * by Mr i K. McLean of WafihiiDg* o?.. I). < and Mr. J. A. Arey of Raleigh. X. ('. Both of those met; have beer. i;. the county before and. ? Ask Youi Whatever your fi large or small: w tion that's puzzlir i->axikvui I UI I UO dU having. Every day it is ox vise with our dep regarding the dh money and the vv of investments w notice of these pi Let us also have t assisting you. Call in today. The Peopk Trust C I Sour Creai I ; ? We are in the markt cream. We pay cash e tablishing crea mbuyii ga County, if you wa come from your farm Charlie 1 ester, Watau undersigned. CATAWBA CF HICKORY, N? WHOLE BODY S i IN 0 Morse, I A.--Mrs. L. P. Lambert, who has been a popular schooi-teacher here for several years, recently told a visitor oi her interesting experiences with CarduL -jus; beiora my . . . esm? | or," said Mrs. Lambert, "I woulo j ache all over. My feet, my toes, I my arms, hands, head?my whole ! body seemed to be in one awful pain. 1 would grow so nervouf that I could not hold a cup in my hand. My husband would hav? to hold my coffee for me tc drink. Last fall I was in such i bad condition that T had to spent about three days in bed everj month. It seemed to me that J was ou my last go-round." Then one day, said Mrs. Lam bert, she happened to read abou' Carrt ii and the experiences 01 some women who had beei helped by it. **I felt that Cardu might help me if I tried it," sh( I JUNE S, 13X4. a ^ * natty of the farmers have heard them peak and will look forward with rreat pleasure to th?- opportunity of te&ring them again. The meeting? scheduled for : Hackett. Monday dune 9tl?. Cove Creek Tuesday June 10th. Beaver Dam Wednesday .June 11. SHverstone Thursday June 12th. Booue. Friday June 13th. Rulhcrwood Saturday June 14th. All these meetings will be in the vcn.';.?. at 8:00 ami everybody is uviteti to romc and bring the children aiul their neighbor, it is hoped hat everyone will be on time a? the Mftures wsli be given first. Ne charges will be made and no rolled ion? taken. JOHN y STEELE, County Agent. I r Banker j , ' nancial problems hatever the ques>g you?ask your cice for it's worth .ir pleasure to ad- . ositovs and friend sposition of their isclom and fallacy hich come to the eople. he opportunity of * )s Bank & | ? .S ' - f :rvw r\o TF / vxu|ya)ixjr ii ii '""i'H" 11 1 11 ; m Wanted i it at all times for sour ach week arid are esnig stations in Wataunt to increase the insell cream. Write Mr. ga Palls, N. C. or the * LEAMERY CO. 3RTH CARO. t I ? i i t EEMEB ! NE AWFUL PAIN continued, "for I had been suffering with similar troubles to 1 those mentioned there. I had! : heard of C&rdui all my life and ! I knew many wqmen who said they bad been helped by it The t very next day I began to take it. i "Very soon after, I began to j , notice my improvement. I kept j sjoe till I felt like a different! I woman. I gained in weight from L i 98 pounds to 115 and felt better ' than I had in years. I took iix i bottles right along and found k > a splendid tonic. My suffering i was partly due to a run-down; I condition and the Cardui stimu-; r lated my appetite and helped me j 1 to gain the strength I needed. ... I taka a bot.5& every nowj - and then, even now, just as a t tonic to keep up my strength, f but I am in better health than ? I have been in for years." i All druggists sen Cardui. Try i it. IN
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