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PAGE TWO ? ^hv not join the rainy clay. Rememfcx months entitles you in questionable seen The VI WATAUGA CABBAG WORKING ON TH H. N. Blair is Head of the Orgaoizal ized bout 1.000.000 pounds of Ca 0 We pass along another good story from Mr. Henry Bilk in fhc Greensboro News., writlfifii during his recent sojourn in Boom : You have heard of the option co-op and the tobacco co-ops. but have you heard of the cabbage co-ops: i found ' them here today rg.mized under th? name of the Watauga Co-operative Cabbage Growing Association. They have built heiv ' he?r ow n >jujfcr> kraut factory, the only ?>?:e in North Carolina. Their product ia sold uii* der the Watauga brand and shows a piet ure of Grandfatnct Mountain on ' the can. Eighty farmer.- in the coumy last year organized the Blue Uuigo Farmer- Association for the pur? pose of selling cabotige ni ojhu:it;veiy ami of lruifefrng kraut. Each man ill vested afiO or iuor and was -ntitltd it, trade thi abbagv from out.* acre for etter. Sat invested. Approximately one hui.dr' i acre: of land were pint* in eais&tee for the as* -ov'iation aoo uom torn p<i l.ouo.?j?JO pounds of ckbbage wen- realized. Busings in on of Boone subscribed >uiiii.leiit amounts for preferred stock in the company $n bring the totai investment to $8,000. H. Neai Blair, who camo from u long lino of cabbie and kraut authorities, was made manager of the new association. In July the kiau factory was built and the association wa- functioning cicely when the season was opnede. Four hundred thousand pounds of sv.ee* graded cabbage weiw sold to Jul.hers in roe state. Is: selling to the jobber; we tried c<^ make it clear that \v? were going to give them the grade which ii.? . rdi r called for end that we we were going to reti i<? them and at regular intervals as .u->ir.*d." Mr. Blar- explained.. The remaining 8?)0. GOO pounds of the l,o00,000 raised by the members jf the association was ?n .tie into kraut and scid in bulk; that is in barrc-ls or tubs or canned. Two hundred and forty tons were canned, making 2-JG>00i) two pound cans. Sixty tons were sold in bulk. "1 venture to say thai. North Carolina alone uses ten times more kraut each year than wo can produce. We are hoping that by letting our goods advertise themselves, we will be able to increase our output from year to year/' declared Mr. Blab, parting rtf iieciivelyj on his pipe. The cabbage are delivered from the farmers' wagons into the bins on the north side of the factory ? rum me un.s rney are iu.ncu Dy a half dozer men who trim therii nicely. put them on a machine which shrcvK the core, an auger like mrangement revolving at foine 1500 revolutions .1 minute. Thev arc then thrown on a belt which a tries them to a kraut cutter,-an ingeniously arranged set of blades which shreds the cabbage into Jong strings and drops it into a box which, when full, is rolled to the pickling tank while -another i3 being filled under the cutter. The cutter never stops, Fiftirei tons of the vegetabie are hahdlec by the cutters daily. The pickling tanks are simply bij overgrown barrels, some twelve fee: across and 8 feet deep, set into till basement. Each tank will hold 21 tons and there are 10 tanks in th< factory here. "When we fill a tank wo place 1 plank head over the top with cemen blocks for weights and allow it ti stand about 60 days for Lhe pick ling pbocess," explained Mr. Blair. "But don't you add a quantity O' water?" I wanted to know. "No," he replied, smiling at m; ignorance. "Cabbage is 95 per cen S * * ? T big army of Building & Lo l i il. ? . I I r* ;r inai mis stock araws o p to $100 in cash from the I irities outside the county? fatauga E GROWERS ARE ! E CO-OP SYSTEM! lion Last Year the Association Kealih-iagc From a Field of 100 Acre*. cater in composition.*** !*fler the pickling process has been completed the kraut is taken from' the tanks ana j>arl;<"l :i tubs, bar-! eels or cans for the market. The canning process in an interes-] tmg ore. The kvan forked out oi* the tank , nut on a floor truck, and .oiled to hte canning department Here it is dumped iato a large hlliiip, cable. Steam pipes penetrating ti table neat tbc kr: ui to a ?teaminji condition. The empty cans v rtne; > rc> this table by w.a\ of a gravity, can-run from above. I ron*, this can: run they ?iv taken 1>\ a grofkg of! w omen employees wh i-ind around j , the tcible. Then job - ro fill the! cans and to pass tlfeni ?* to the ex-1 iiausi? a long enclosed box heated' 1 ?\ .. perforated *4t*ani t pe. rh%- pur-' i >.o; i- is to heat th> cans and drive I ill cold air front tiem before t.hoy ski** scaled. A belt v.veyot carries j j the cans through he box and to the machine. Here the iiti: arc put on the cans; and the latter are fed mto the machine which -eal.- them at the rate of .*i0 a minute. IduO an hour. They drop from the sealing machine into large iron baskets. These are swung into a .-team pressure cooker by a hoist. Thi-; cooker takes care of 1,000 cans per hour. The cans remain in the cooker some twenty mi nut ?nd e heated t?? ? tornperature of degrees Fahrenheit. ! This l.'-iicesf ili si rays all organisms. 1'hi- ran* ar-. tRen (rem ilia nmky-r. cooled io a tank of CO III '..liter, i ii'ieleti. jwcktil in canon, anil are! j ihen ri-utiy foi shipment. weeklyTndustrial review: NORTH CAROLINA If recent primary election result ; leaches anything, it shows thai the j entiment 'he American people i? for conservative and r-oani) ideas of government and business, it should show both Republicans and Democrats alike chat the men they put ; for public oiTire should be capable of impressing the voters with the fact that they will give if elected, :. sound businesslike, administration of public affairs and curb the tendency to expat.a tile functions of the government to various fields of private industry. Ch'-rryviU^?Steel observatory toj be directed or Mount Mitchell for the use of fire warden Hamilton?Contract let for the ( construction of high school building. ] Clierryville?$159,000 street paving bonds soid. Shelby?Work commenced develop ' ing Cleveland county fair grounds. Farmers in Pamlico county recently shipped car of soy beans co-op emtively. Mount Holly?Baptists building I new- church. County Commissioners of Hertford s county to purchase 40,000 pounds of - calcium arsenate and distribute to i farmers at cost ir. fight against the 1 boll weevil. Salisbury?$300,000 additional r bonds voted to finance construction t!of high school building. Charlotte?Building permits is> sued during first five months of the 5 year total $3,500,000. Cherryville? Farmers Bank & i Trust Company moves into new $75,t' 000 home. i Thomasboro?Two room .school - building to be erected. "Murpn.v?Contracts to be let on f five road projects. B-a'ifort?Board of Education let; f contracts for school buildings ;,t t White Oak. Vtwport and Cedar Is HE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE ien r m Kb mm * an Stockholders^ . Get in ier cent compound interest Building and Loan. Keep ] . Write to the Secretary IV Building laud. Hirkory-?-Modern apparatus ordered for local fire department. Hl'iiilersoriviilp ronstrnption of i new road to city reservoir under con-J alteration. ^tatc.svjlle?Morrison Mfg. Co opens $100,000 plant for manufac-[ t ave of bank, oiice and store fixtures. Blscoe?Phoenix Utility Co. to! construct $250,000 sub-station. Hendersonville?Carolina Oil and;" Supph Company buiidtng service staj tion at Main and Seventh Street. Bessemer City?Contract awarded a! $20,000 tor addition to the high | school building. Rutherfordtcm?Rutherford county home to i e erected at co^-t of $i>0,00<! j v'karlotte?Site to be selected at for construction if automobile I .-peed way. Boom?Modern 50 loom hotel now I under construction. tt i Southern Power Cont-j pan* ru.-l'ing work on three million dollar local pov.pioject. Iiigh Point -lXigh Point. Thorn.? \ :ile and Denton Railroad idle eim . . inaiy 1. 1 '2b resumes operation. in ?nsl>??i<> S.t.e seUvicjd at Gi< n j ..no Gaston streets for new city "u:< I adding lo cost 1*2,500. |OIL 1-ORTUNtS WON FROM SMALL LOAN| 1 Oklahoma City, .luiie IJ4. ? Liki? aib oaks from little acorns grow, su .lo largo fortunes sometimes spring I from Ji'.all capital in the oii fields | of the southwest. Several years go, when '"wild c*t-| ters" were punching holes >n OkJa! iu uiu with varied luck. ?v\ ex Texas cow puncher^ borrowed a -mall amount of money from their : parents and sank a drill in the pctro-S Ivum bearing sand. The result was a "btvike"?the I I historic Glenn pool -anti the cow-| punchers K. A. Chapman and Uob-1 ? MeParland, were started onj j heir way to riches and to become j nil magnates. fhe other day Chapman's father died, and an appraisal shows he left i an estate valued a. five million dol-j ia?>. most i?f winch came T.o him as! a result of the little loan by which j the first big oil well was made pos-1 The father, P. A. Chapman, resided at VVnxahaeliie, Te.\.u>. and mo.-* of his estate Is in Texas, hut Oklahoma has just collected $12,500 inheritance tax on the basis that ?700,000 of the Chapman estate is in t :at state. His estate, however is >uiall iu comparison with th.v_ of the two cow punchers;, whwse properties are valued a.: ogppro.vi ir.ately .$50,000,000 ?-all made from the little loan negotiated many years ago. On Saturday June 21, the longest ' day in the year Mr. A. G. Miller, the j hustling young merchant of this place ! pulled off the greatest sale that ever j happened in this vicinity. Mr. I. L. Lanier & Son of Hickory j promoted and advanced this move! ment by many beautiful banners attractive house pennants and displays which was marked down to rock-ribbed prices of which was so low that even a town store could .rfbt compete with the price cards that were dangling tight before one's eyes of first class merchandise. Even groceries were put on the j bargain list and sugar sold as low as 7 1-2 cents per pound. The store was overwhelmed with bargain hunters that were not disappointed for the sale was carried out to the letter of everything that was advertised at bargain prices. Mr. Miller's big sale is the talk of the people everywhere. "How does he do it?" is heard from all. Mr. Miller is to be congratulated i UDon the success whicn he so richly deserves and we hope he will duplii cate this sale some time again very soon. VV. A. WATSON. RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C AUGA BUILDIN IS NO the habit of laying aside i . and is exempt from. all k four money at home. Builc [r. W. H. Gragg, for forth' and Los I )a\ iclson Issued Every Week, by the please and t OUR JULY CLEARANCE SALE v Wc have just finished going over ^ our itocl: and found over $3,000 worth of Merchandise in Odds and Ends and Broken Lots, which we are ^ going to close out during this oale at 1 almost your own pticc. This stocl< of Merchandise includes Men's Ladies and Children* Oxfords of all descriptions, Men's Dress Shirts, Mens' , and Ladies Underwear, Men's and Boys* Suits and Pants, M^ns' and Boys' flats and Caps, Mens' Lad'ct'! and Children* Hosiery, a few thousand yards of Dress Goods of all dc-' ?i ripKtons, and hundreds of other articles. Must of these goods are high class Merchandise, hut as they are all in broken lots we have decided to get thrm out of the way, and no sacrifice will be too great to clear the in out. Conversation in a Drug Store tUu-totncr: "Give me a tablet." bruKfsriiit: "What kind of a tablet .'* customer: "A yellow one." Druggist: "But what i.* the nmtu-i will, you?" Customer: "1 want to write a letter/' I CLEARANCE SALF. OF SHOES We have a groat number of odds I ar.d ends in show which we are going to dispose of during the July Clearance Sale. Only a few of these, shoes are samples most of them are regular goods of the famous Buster Brown, Craddock Terry, Endh.ott Johnson. God man and Star brand makes. These shoes will he displayed j on racks and tables and marked in plain figures. Lot. 1. Shoes and Oxfords, value SALE OF CtTY PROPERTY FOR " TAXES The following persons will take notice that I. D. W. \yooten. tax collector for the town of Blowing Rock will sell at tne court house door in Boone. North Carolina on July 7,, J924, li a. m. the real estate of thej persons below named to satisfy tax es due said town of Blowing: R<?ck for rhe year 1923 and for the cost: j A. S. Aoemethy, 1922 $12.25 T. H. Coffey admr. of Dr. Brooks, ..1922 18.00 J. M. Foster, bal, 192;A 7 Mrs. Wade Harris. 1923 8.$0* Lentz Bros. & Co. 1923 ....103.80 j Mrs. Ed Mellon, 1923 1.21 j George Hansom, admr. Esther . . .. j Ransom 32.00 j C. G. Ward, bal. 1923 6.841 Service Garage, 1223 10.00 Elizabeth Anderson* 1923 75 Miss Ila Alexander, 1923 80 llr UJ ? ' 1 O'TQ t\ flft Mrs. Dr. Hutledge, 1923 6.20 This June 12, 1924. I). W. WOOTEN, Town Tax Collector. 6-12-3c Hall's Catarrh Medicine ' Treatment, both j local and internal, and hxs beer, successful in the treatment of Catarrh for over forty yean. Sold by all druggist?. F. J. CHENEY &. CO, Toledo, Ohio G & LOAN AS! W OPS a delnite amount of mon< inds of taxes. One dolla I Watauga County! Why er information. in Asso< Dept. St Sf Davidson Department Si ;nterlain our friend^ and ip to $4.50 choice al 98c to $1.^8. Lot 2. Shoes and Oxfords value t?p o $6.00. Choice $2.48 to $5.48. \ Lot 3. High Grade Shoes and Cxfords. Value up to $8.00. Choice 3.^5 o $4.95. Tv his wealth he spmit his health at ! i hen with might and muin, Ht *i?l around and spent his - th, 'i o his bruith again. CLKARaNCE sale of shirts We ave selected over 200 'Men's Dress Miiiti in Good Color* and designs which we will divide into two lots, to close them out al prices never heard of before. Lot 1. A variety of Shirts, valitp $1 to $1.50. Choice 5Sc Lot 2. Shirts, value up to $2.00, Choice 98c. The average woman has a vocabulary of S00 words. It is a small >tock, but ihink of the turnover. WORK SHIRTS?EXTRA HEAVY A work shirt made of fadeiesi chambrsy, two targe pockets, extra i itched, reinforced seams, square cut '^il, large roomy sleeves end body in all sires and at only 79c. The price is less than many mer chants pay wholesale for the saro? shirts. This Will End the Argument "Did you ever see a big man conic from Watauga County?" "No. They all stay there." , Clearance Sale of Pants and Suits' Men's Suits, value up to $30 choici tfjraxnB^ Si For All Ig "\A7"E have used Black BH 11 nrannht ovs?r* sine, It we have had a faro uy and that jvae shortl; after 1874," saya Mr. E A. Branstetter, of S ( James, Mo. "It is my firs remedy when any of u gets sick. . . . We a 3 Black-Draught for torpii liver and stomach cere plaints. "When I get sluggisl and don't feel so good, take Black-Draught?an you have to show me tha there is a better medicin if in Not Die BLACK-! Vegetable JUNE 26. 1924. I inn IIII mill t SOCiATION EN "" .1 II I I III I I II I each month for a r a month . for 78 r invest your money B M fl ciation ore News 4 tore with the hope it will ' customers. $20.00. j Men s Suits, $22.50 value, choice at I $1695. i i Men's Suits, $20.00 value, choice for j $13.95. | Men's Suits $17.50 value, choice $11.95. A small lot if men'* Suits at $10.00 A lot of Men's Work Pants, $1.75 value, choice $1.15. Kxt'aordinary value* in mcms and4 Bnv s f)> rs Pants. f . .Silence is Gold?when you got paid for it. j CLEARANCE OF REMNANTS ? Wc have too many short length* of dret* good* in our store to suit us. We are determines! to clore them out during our July Clearance Sale at unbelievably low price*. One reason why some modern girls I do not wear rubber heels "Matches do not strike on rubber. I High Grade Men'* $2.20 Blue De? cira overalls only- $1.50. i i ? Mil one can insult me but a gen' tletoan and he will NOT. There is positively no comparison between wine and women; wine improves with age. Don't trail t oattend our July Clear; unce Sale beginning July 1. ! Our advice after two months of experience, is to always take a cold ? hath with hot water. i ' MIUIJMI -IWIImm ifiiiiMiiiitwwrm the Family | - in Missouri. I think it is S A e fine for indigestion or for H | . headache. It is a splendid u family remedy. My wife a ; uses it for any stomach H _ ;t i _ J* ai... .1 ft ' ailment, inciyesiion ana I - biliousness. We never let B , t the house be without it if ? s I know it. We also jive it B : 0 to the children for chil- | 1 dren's complaints, oolds or | i i- fever." Keep a package of Black- , a Draught in the house for ; B I all the family. , ; B d Your daolcr wflS mu a . wjiuaaj.-th oiLckaaw tdfluUniaf ? " ive a1 the Mtf&b^eiae peck- J H ? agM. If ? A'ljtf. , MS, rr$ r*? |H DRAUGHT : Uver MedlcUie ,W|S*; * 4
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