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PAGE SIX Some Questions to be Answered Many voters v.-iil r?oi have tiwK- to read tn?- f?p?t of the Vat*: Ship and Wntv r Transportation Commission on thv riil to voted on Ntovemfrer ?. A Port Termina)? ami Water Trans-' portation Bv.roau has hi>yn establish"| ixt Raleigh. A rntiri of t his burwn is to givei the folks the fact : aVout Port Terr " and Water Transportation and t" : i ^ : ? E column for busy voters* The qticsti-.V!: are those asked :> ?1 debated ix the ."ov\>p,wP'.-iuid io-r'stativt sessions ijuri!'.; the iasf tvt- years and the swr; - re i propaganda. >iain W hut not entice!;. hose arc details ?t -h- Commission Kepoft and tii-* }'?. .. Hero aiv th? questiOiis that will a avered :: - : ns during the next -ix What is the Port T. rmonals hill the voters are a.-ked 'o vote for on Novc.mlxii t? Where can a cop> of the bi ho obtained? J. V hat do s the bill :<> be ratified previa What was tin? basis of the bill" . 'Ah.. .re ho state commission or Port Termonais and Water Transportation? What are their duties? What ls compensation? What money will have to spend? ; Where will he rrc y come from Hw much i r port terminals? How mut!. for state owned boats ar-d barges? 5. What is a first c ass ocean port?] &&sentia! requiveuients? ' 1 - -Lich a port possible or practi i caKc in .\dttb Carolina? How could :t rank with other ocean ports'.' 7. What is the maximum draft of coast v. isc freighters'* Of overseas! frcieh*er-;7 ? "C.id Norch Carolina 1 to <h "loo ports equal to such water : radio business? .s Will it be nece?ary for the state to and nerato boat lines? ?- Will the cc.ijitKission employ t rill1 Will th' ccHratSMVi create just one or iftyre than one port? j 11. What places wilt be selected foi port terminals? ll Will *h.- perl terminal tow ns ami cities be . :e-f 'U c. and how? "A : . ?: -t ci: ? - of North t . : na mov. th - state as the coa t citie- of ni'wr Atlantic atalc .serve those slate- ? i.'J. W ill public 1 ott terminals Luttttef i t the Tidewater region alone or wiij the entire stale be benefitted? ! !. Will state owned terminals and wai transport.ition lower freight rates in North Carolina? Haw Ihey done -a in other states'' Has any state suffered a loss by establishing term, nais? 1 A. What suites with ocean, fronts do not have port terminals? What disadvantages do such state- suffer and why? 11>. What part may the federal government be expected to have in the development of public port terminals in North Carolina? 17. it established will the po;t terminals be self supporting or not? What is th. history of such te rminals in ? her states? Id. Will it be necessary for the state to purchase or lease and operate ships, vessels and boat-.' Has it beer, necessary in other states owning port terminals? 11*. Why dot s water transp- tit ion lower freight rates? \\ hy are freight rates based on port rates? d;. Why ai;e freight rates based on port rates? SI. Why arc freight rates in North Carolina based on Norfolk and Charleston rates ' Why not on Wilmington rates* 22. What would be the effect of establiching adequate port term nais in North Carolina? 25. What is the Inland Water route in North Carolina? How far completed? if completed what would be the effect on business in the Tidewater tow*).-, and cities.' 2i. What coastwise traffic would naturally flow- into public port terminals in Nor:h Carolina and v.hy? 25. Rave the states maintaining public port terminals been benefitted by coastwise traffic and open sea trade and how? ! 1 I /' ^ {FOLKS IN OUR V!l' TOWN A ' "Lively" Place VJ * W Edward / r ^ McCiiilough ^ " i AUTOCASTF.R @1=1=1? HO} i fv TV'-1. ^ I Mil Proving her worth in a flight to the United States, ou: newest hanger at Lakehurst. N. J. Inser Marion. Ind., who now assumes c 2G. Is direct thoroughfare railway i traffic from our own state ports to the middle west necessary to lower freight rates? 27. Does North Carolina at present . njoy direct traffic with the middle west and the Lake cities? W r y not and what penalties therefore does the state pay? How will state 1 torch.a!s be direct in making traffic possible? 2S. Will water transport:!* and; I o-owiM-'i port terminal North | Carolina lower freight rate ? over hi -tat"? ff not. what oihi-r relief Ji?. 'A n-( chance ha- X arolia to -.-wcr freight rates witbc >tate! <-v ne-1 port terminals ' 10. What chance at pr has North Carolina at direct *. AiU with M iddle \\ st and ?he i iea a fa:, and equal basis .*h Virginia? 11. Is ? possible for '' '1A mils to pay the interest and sinkAc.: funo charge- on p w iminal i>onds? What is the cxpei ace of oi he I states? *j. One.- th? terminals arc :>hcd how will further expansion and im pro vein cs be provided for? LL Why have boat lines oeen established and then failed to operate j ai a jvufit . > ?. Why does the northeastern part f oar stat" fail to receive the adantag. s ?f Norfolk rates? 35. Will the advantages of water transportation show in a fairer rat" of freight in any other respect than i a shorter rail haul"' .'16. Will towns closer to Norfolk i than t;> Wilmington be directly benej rtted or will they receive only the indirect benefit of increasing prosj perity in North Carolina? 37. Would the passage of the proposed bill aid river traffic? 38. Provided the bill were passed v oubl North Carolina posts be as eiofe and as cheap to middle western producers as other Atlantic ports? 39. Why does not the interstate Commerce Commission lower freight rates as conditions now stand? 40. It' water competition is estab; lished, will rates have to be lowered or can the Interstate Commerce Commission still discriminate against North Carolina? Tells Old History of the Deep Gap (\V. A. Watson.) We want to relate a true life sto! ry that is connected with this section ] which happened in the life time of .Solomon Greene, one of the pioneers who first settled in this country over one hundred years ago. I One beautiful day when the sun vas shining bright Mr Greene bid his wife adieu and shouldered his gun I for his usual hunt as was the custom I in his day and time, and as he was making his way acros sthe long mea dows he spied something which he thought was some sort of w ild game m the distance. The intrepid hunter ? DOWN \ ( NO LATER LINOV I- STOQE *' 'CAUSE wt DON'T TEN A WANNA BE j .OCX / \ UATE / r n'4'l Jm THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?I __ across the Atlantic, from Germany Zeppelin Z R 3 is at home in a t shows Oapt. Geo. W. Steele, from ommand. 3 ?: pioneer crept s?yty onward toward the object which was not plainly n view as the meadow grass held the object from his keen eye. To save his life he could not tell what the object was, Vit had come to the conclusion that i? was some kind of wild gam? lying in wait for it- prey, and as the tail grass was slowly waving to and fro he had made up hi- mind to try h: > gun on it, which meant in those days an untimely death to v ne animal that should be a victim at his hands. Bui irst.'ijct which the old pioneers i - t'l.-n of hi.- day hua, toid him -ioVvJv b- tore tic fatal shot was ':> yd. He had already raised his gun and hii.l trb; on ?! object, and ;?s some tiny hands ami fingers tossed the gre.s.s .-owi\ ui and tro and with the -till small \ i?o ??: conscience he j heard ?.h md fts it a child was crying w?. h faintly resounded to his J ears Could he be mistaken or was his shaking conscience failing him was the pir/.fclo, hut he decided not ' to be too hasty and blot out the iifo i ; own child whit h like Moses wa hidden away for some reason lie knew not. ! So he proceeded toward the c/o. e? t wit h mow ami steady pace and found i: sure itoujgh to be a smail child like Biichae! weeping for hia ! mother instead >1 Kachael weeping j lor her child. This endyd the hunt foi the day a- Mr. Greene quickly picked the child t tin ;n*.d w;i-, liki- Rsihe Ivlit h >i\ n honii | rur. in returning to hir. log cabin J xvhich now stands in Deep Gap to ! this day, with his prize, which was ! something bigger to him than tny ; game thai he had ever the fortune j ! o siay ? At this humble home the child was j quickly dressed and nourished which I meant life, while a few moments be fore the hunger and thirst had about snuffed out life, let alone the dangerous gun which was in the hand* of a man with a benevolent heart determined to rid the premises of wilt I animals w hich were so prevalent ir i hi.- day and time. Mr Greene was again puzzled ti know for what cause the little chile ; had been hidden away in the tai 1 meadow grass, but he got to think | ing. as all great hunters and pio j neers think, and it came to his mine that a covered wagon had passed a 1 an hour previous, so he decided t< that its mother might have been ii that wagon, so he quickly set out ei a mission to restore the child to it mother if possible and find a clev that would unravel the hidden niys tery. About live miles distant on thi. side of Laurel Spur he overtook tn< v.^on sure enough and in this wagoj was a young woman who sure enougl was a young woman who at fiist de nied the hidden truth and said tha i she was not the mother of the htddei child, but by careful well aimed ques jtions that followed she admitted tin truth and told in plain words tha / there goes \ i pop's wipe" im \ i "to see him - } \ Guess They're / \ goin1 out J v "to-scther / !c''' EVERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C ; >b? was th* mother of tin* chikt. I t.is < nd> the mystery of tin chile? j --at was hidden tu the fca! r.;eu?low j :?ss and shows the spirit of the? i : ies in kt-piny with the eiay when j the ftwdy pioi.- ers and hunter: who I i v -.a! when the gateway to Watauga i-k. :: and rema its a re to tku \ a! Deep Gap. ? j\ we nan t.nt money ano power .ii our hands we would erect a nionlent in memory of this noble and "uevolent man whieh made history n eommeudatioii and memory of this deed which will go out to all ;ht people as long as the .silent ag"s roll onward. I'n- mo.-t beaut if\il part of the story we have held back fer trie conelusion, so we will not hold yen iu u>pense but proceed to tell you ;t. The child that was restored to his mother wa called Solomon Meadows ?oj lived to a ripe old a^e. and when became a man visited M?. Greene the man wap saved his life rrorn the nr.witions whieh included disaster, lunger, thirst and co!d which meant little soul snuffed out of existence n account of a mother debased with ;:ikindne>s and tender lov* which she should have shown to a '*hild that ould not hojp itself. The reminds u> of the 1:f* story of Di li \V. Hooper, ex*goveriior of Ten /go who was found on the stops i it home whose family name was ' Hooper, which was bestowed on the ! iittle child which was found on the u ps of the homt Hon. Ben W. Hoo! : reached the governor's chair in : hat state. but we do not know any*.hi.-.jr further of what distinction Solemn Meadows reached and what becamc of him. but we do know that he j : .-id the honor of being called Sol, ? :;ion Meadows which linked hini to the man v.ho made the hidden discovi ery and carried the original name of his birth place, because he was i . .1 in a meaoow land ready to perish and blast in the strong sun that wafted over his unclothed frail soul ai d body i THE SMART DRESSY f EFFECT THAT YOU WANT I Is huilt irfc every "Shield Brand Suit from start to jjj finish. The good looks, J goo,! fit or?d guaranteed J j wearing qt? hues ore the result T carefully selected pat- I terns and f ibries expertly ill tailored to produce the qua!- j ity you will find wherever ill I you f.nd that "Srueld Brand" ||j ; j UM . I 1 !? Let ii? how you the new lijjl |J| cattern* and styles Vt'e Jl| Bj! can pit-ace you if you Will || ^ It! fi it? the opportunity. " 1^ . ^ ^ 1 f Sir i : T. HILL FARTHING '! s Bcor.e, N. C. I. j IIIHI? ' H11HIIH. HIH11|^ t U IM^t IIUUIH S Don! forget that the poultry neec 1 green feed all winter long, cautio * workers of the State College. t i Growing a legume crop this wint< - will protect the soil and add idtroge ? say Agronomy workers of the Sta1 t College Extension division. f HAV ? ? % t - OCTOBER 23.1924 1 ^ Ct 'Xi ^ ' " ' '^~ * civ '': pt- l'Jv prepared to ?I V J-??. relieve Infants m \ A *4Aj ! arms and Children all \_J / ages of Constipation, >1 ^ Flatulency, Wind Colic rV~^-n arul Diarrhea; allaying Fevcrishness arising therefrom, and. by regulating the Stomach and Dowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving natural sleep. To avoid imitation*, always look for the sii^natiirc of Ahs lntely Harmless - No Opiate. Physicians everywhere recommend it* 272 _ Democrat Advertising Pays 1 *repare \ our Roofs * The season is fast closing in and before you realize it King Winter I will have full sway. Why not prepare all your buildings for the rain slow and sleet that is sure to come. We have roll roofing of all kinds at attractive prices, also it is necessary to heat your home to a comfortable degree and our line of hea ters is complete. % We will have a shipment of Hea trolas, the inside and ornamental furnace for heating your entire home at an economical operating cost of fuel, in a few days, and will be glad to show you and tell you about it. ! Dont forget us when in need of anything in the hardware line. 1 BOONE HARDWARE CO. * "The Friendly Store" n . \ IS ( YP^ \AJP YYIL 1 "N ^?v ' i E A \ curly = WE ARE | p ) \ \ going to j ' i?r ^ ^A^Ng?At^^ ; |
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