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VOLUME XXXVI. j
WwS)
By Arthur Brisbane
JAMES SIMPSON'S PREDICTION.
MAN'S GREATEST WAR.
GET YOUR NONOPEANE.
^ THE QUEEN BOBS HER HAIR.
Manufacturers that produce, merchants
that distribute* and workers
that depend for employment on generally
prosperous conditions will be
interested in one paragraph of a letter
just received from Mr. Jamesi
i
Simpson, President of Marshal Field
A: Company.
Mr. Simpson, whose business far
exceeds one hundred millions a year
w rites:
"Busint'sx for the year starts off
very well v/ith u?, and the general
feeling of confidence is developing
with just enough conieniatUrn
raaWc rne feci certain that we are
entering upon a period of sound business
development and activity.**
j
Mr. Simpson's opinion docs not
merely reflect, the enormous retail
business done by Marshall Field &
Company in Chicago.
The Wholesale Department of
Marshall Field, biggest in the United ]
States, reaches into every corner of J
the country, doing business with i
thousands of merchants.
There is no better test of national
conditions than the story told on the
hooks of that gigantic firm.
The duty of each citizen is to beIfcvt
and say that prosperity is
here, that \t will remain and grow.
F and that this nation wiO realize to
the fall its extraordinary position
and opportunities among: the nations
?f the world.
We have everything that any na-'
tion could possibly ask for. The on-J
]y thing thai could injure us is lack !
of confidence.
Secretary Weeks tells the Congressional
committee that he holds no
grudge against Brigadier General
Mitchell for telling the truth, and
th?t he ha- no thought of disciplining
General Mitchell. That is welN
-come The epoie would like to think
that the truth is not kept from them
by official threats.
Science says the greatest battle
of the human race is to he against
insects and microscopic germs.
Those tiny enemies do infinitely
more harm than ever was done by
all the wild beasts and poisonous rep
tiles that men have gradually con
qaered. Insects and plant insects de- |
iitroy billions every year in crops and
forests. And germ- destroy millions
of lives.
Young men with courage and amr
bit ion TURN YOUR MINOo TOWARD
FLYING. Ex-service menthat
flew in the war, cheer up.
Henry Fold and his son are building
all metal monoplane?, and small
dirigibles, with all-metal gas contain
ers. That moans opportunity.
Be among the first to get one of
the monoplanes that will fly 140 per
hour and cany a useful load of two
thousand pound3.
Such a machine, once he knows
how to run it, should enable a young
man of the right kind to earn $100
a day. And that sum of $600 a week
would be a "useful load" to carry
home each week.
For further information write to
Henry Ford, or better still, to Edsel
Ford, Dearborn, Michigan.
Mark this prediction: Within twenty
years a million Americans that
now ride in automobiles labeled Ford
will fly in airplanes also labeled Ford
and go 100 mile? on a gallon of gasoline
and no tire wear
The Queen of Belgium bobbed hei
hair, and there is much excitement.
Kings and Queens take up new idea;
cautiously. The King of England stili
drives to the opening of Parliament
in a gilded coach drawn by six oi
k w' eight cream colored horses. And h<
wears a crown on State occasions
although everybody knows that th<
ii&ia
H.50 P.r f?- BOONE. 1
DISGRACE MAKE>1
GIRL POISON SELF
Girl Who Harf Recently Visited This
Citv y* on nil in Dwina r nnditmn
Lenoir-Blowing Rock Ro*d. Father
Refute* to Admit Her to Home.
Owing to the fact that the girl
mentioned in the following dispatch
from Lenoir to the daily papers under
date of March 17, spent some days
at the Blackburn house in Boone
where she tried to find a taker for
the child, gives the story a touch
of local interest.
Francis Mae Cock, young woman
who was found nearly dead from theji
effects of carbolic acid several days J <
ago or. the Lenoir-Blowing Hock road
is improving. according to news'
reaching here yesterday. The young
woman was found in a ditch by the
side of the road by Bob Craig of this
place. Nearby the girl was an infant
a little over a week old. nearly dead
from exposure.
^nuiner passcrDy assiFieci ;>ir.
Craig: in picking: up the young woman
an ami her baby and taki?ig them to
the home of the girl's father, Bob
Cook, v. ho lived only a short distance
from the road at that point. The
father protested, but finally allowed
the haby Uy be carried into fhe
house. But under no circumstances
would he allow them to take his
daughter, nearly dead from poison,
into his home. She was then taken
to the home of a brother.
According to reports reaching here
the father of the girl made her leave
home several weeks ago when he
lamed that -he was U> become a
mother. She went to the home of
friends and remained until the child
was bom. !t ?s believed that she then
started back to implore her father'.forgiveness.
Having failed in this she
went to the home of her brother,
reports say. where she found a small
bottle of carbolic acid which she la-;
ter drank on the road. There was
only a very small amount of the"
poison in the bottle, it is said I
BEET PICKLES MAY BE
NEW WATAUGA INDUSTRY
Last year we tested out the markets!
on boot pickles and found them ready j
to buy. This year we wish to use u j
part of the vinegar we have in sto-j
rage in making these beet pickles in
a small way. We wish to find ten or
twelve farmers who will put ou? I-10
of at. ju re in beets to he used in man
ufaeturing pickles. This of course is*
still in an experimental stage and we
wish to find farmers who are willing
to help work the proposition out with
the understanding that whatever is
derived from the sale of these pickles
will go to the man who grew the beets
in proportion with his deliveries with'
the understanding too, that if the
matter proves out good that those
who helped to test the thing out will
be given an opportunity to increase
their acreage as much as they wish
before anyone else is allowed to come
in. If you are interested m the
proposition come in and we will talk;
the matter over.
JOHN B. STEELE, </? Agt..
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WHISKEY FOUND IN
IRISH SHAMROCKS j
r
According to a Boston Dispatch,
more than 1,000 packages of -ham-,
rocks intended to brighten Boston'
homes 01: St. Patrick's day. were
j ordered sent back to Ireland by rcpj
resentatives of the department of ag-,
. riculture.
The action was taken under the j
regulation which prohibits the imnAWotiftn
t-.f livw nlflntc because of '
the danger of insect pests.
| In one box inspectors found a small'
j bottle of Irish whiskey, with a note
' reading
"This will keep the shamrock fresh
I so St. Patrick said."
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Asiatic Advertiser
For Sale?A five tube radio set
i by a man with mahogany finish.?
Want ad in Clemont Neb Journal.
i
Blonde Bess Opines
"I am not a cross word puzzle
adiot, stiil the only word 1 can think
of in five letters which means 'the
li latest thing in hairucts' is 'Woman* "
I;
> crown has long been the property
r ( of the House of Commons. If CarMlyle,
creator of "Sartor Resartus/'
?j were here, he would find deep meansjing
in the Queen's bobbed hair.
ME
WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA
AFTER THE SIXTY-Ti
LEGISLATIVE G
Raleigh. March 16.?The cernmo- ;
nies marking the ciose of the General
Assembly were interesting as they
most always are. Scarcely one of the
169 men and one v.-oman who had
been here for sixty three days fight-1
ing, struggling, worrying and argu- J
ir.g on the floors of the two cham- j
bers but felt an odd tightening in the
throat when the gavels in the two
houses fell at precisely the same
moment and the General Assembly
of 1925 was declared adjourneo sine;
die at eleven thirty on Tuesday eve- j
ning March 10. The two halls of the
cmoiy an! exactly opposite WlCJi
he rotunda of the building intervening.
The two doors were thrown
wide open, the President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House,
stood, gavels in hand, ready for the
final "drop." The reading clerks call<d
the rolls, slowly and solemnly. Die
answers of the members lined along j
each side of the aisles in two long
lines extending from the presiding |
officers' desk-; to the doors were faintly
echoed in both chambers. Simultaneously
with the response io the
last name called the tw: gavels fell 1
with a thud, the members, waked up
told one another good bye. and it
was all over for another two years,
unless an emergency shall arise
which necessitates another special
session. *
The calendars of both houses were
cleared of all important bills and
the members went home with full
assurance that they hail completed
the job. Bill- were put through with
surprising rapidity during the clos-1
jng day- of the session and slate |
officialdom is busy trying to aacer- j
tain exactly what has been done to J
them. Some of those holding major j
and others mrnot positions, are dis- [
bcnii-e-H -iiic-htb. but still in the ring. 1
ihe Stat?- and Insurance Depart- j
merl no longer exercise the privi* j
Ieg*- of collecting revenues, other-i
wise tjieir activities will be unhampered
by any act of the General As- j
sembly, barring the transfer of the
supervision of the Blue Sky Laws, |
from the Insurance Department to j
the Corporation Commission. This;
was recommended by Commissioner [
Wade early in the session and he is
shedding no tears over the passing
from his hands cf an agency which
has bred trouble from the very bo-j
ginning of its operations in the j
State.
Differences between the Senate and ]
the House of Representatives over the]
Revenue act were adjusted late Tuesj
day afternoon when the House prac-;
tical'.y capitulated to the upper;
branch of the Assembly. The two!
branches also, finally found thero-i
selves in agreement touching the pro
visions of the hill carrying appropriations
to the various state charitable
penal and educational Institutions,
but the Nettles hill providing for
increases in the pension fund for
f-> . e , *_ . .lj:
me eX-l'OniKUtr#m' RUiuicim anvi nidows
met its Waterloo in the Senate
through preliminary tactics that
were started by Burgwyn of Northampton,
who proposed a tax of or.e
cent of the hundred dollars worth
of property in lieu of the tax of one
cent on theatre tickets provided in
the Nettles bill, "Class legislation"
was the cry of the opposition to the
House bill and survivors of the "day.which
tried men's souls" will have
to struggle along ori the small pittances
which have been doled out
to them during the last biennial period.
And there is a reason. The line
is rapidly thinning, and the influence
in politics is no longer a factor
to be reckoned with. The L.egis;
lators say fine things bout his daring
and deeds of valor, but vote additional
Appropriations to institutions
the very existence of which is due
to the courageous stand of these men
! in their early manhood and through
the year* that have followed the historical
event at Appomatox.
J Repeated attempts to put through
a bill permitting State Treasurer B.
R. Lacy to retire or? half pay were
defeated in the House strictly on account
of the precedent it would set
up, and further because this General
Assemb] ymade up its mind early in
the session to cut out non-essent'als.
The time-honored custom of pa>irg
janitors, firemen, watchmen and laborers
connected with the state depart
men Is for extia service during
sessions of the previous general a*
j semblies was not observed this tim
Utettt
ROI.IMA, THURSDAY MARCH 1
HREE DAYS'
Tfcfffcryi riAT A*Tr< *>r*r?pi
IMW, SULUNS KKS I
only the Capitol telephone operat.o
and the sub-station postmaster re
ceivng a bonus at the hands of thi
Legislature, All other bonus hill
presented promptly found their wa;
to the unfavorable calendar, or t
the tabic. The table was literally lo
ded with instruments of this charac
tcr when the smoke of Lcgislativ
activities was finally cleared awaj
Employees of the genera? assembl;
itself were provided for in a genert
adjustment bil) during the early day
of the session, when the door wa
shut against those regularly emplov
ed in the various satte department
although required to perform extr
service.
State owned automobiles arc i
for h season of rest. Likewise publi
owned machines in the counties. A
act of the recent session of the Ger
era! Assembly prohibits the use o
any public owned automobiles Instate
or county official and employe
for private purposes of any char&<
v -i"; forbids public officials and en
ployecs to use public owned and 01
era ted parages for repairs to pr
vate cars and makes it unlawful t
use gasoline, oil, tires and access<
ries bought with state or counyt fumi
for private automobiles; except wit
the consent of the Governor or th
Council of state, no slate departnser
institution or agency, and no cow
ty shall be allowed to pay more tha
$1500 for purchasing nn automebil
with public funds. The provisions c
the act make violation of the a mi:
demeanor punishable by jj fine <
not .'ess than $1000, or by imprisoi
ment in the discretion of the cour
The art further provides thai it sha
be the duty of every executive hea
of every department of the stal
government, and by any county ?"
by any institutioner agency of th
to have painted on every mt
tor vehicle owned by the state, c
by any county, or by any institutio
or agency of the stale, a statemer
with Setters of not less than thre
inches in height setting forth sue
ownership. The act is enforcabl
from and after its ratification.
Senator Seuweli did not get tl
desired increase in the equili'/atic
fund for public education, but ?
cured a continuance of the preset
basis for the distribution, of this fun
Under the scheme proposed mai
eounties would have lost heavily,
commission is to be named by tl
governor to fix the basis for tl
distribution of the appropriate
made available by the new nppri
priation bill which carries a prov
sion allowing $25U,000 for equiliz
tion purposes.
While the Senate declined i.o a;
prove the House bill increasing tl
number of judicial districts fro
twenty to twenty four that body d
adopt a measure authorizing tl
Governor to name special judges '
hold special terms of court whe:
congestion of dockets warrant su<
action. The traveling allowance <
judges was supplemented to the e
tent of $250 annually. The Hou
did not like the Senate bill, prefe
ring its own. but swallowed the p
on the idea that half a loaf is bett
than none. Governor McLean h:
made a plea for some plan that wou
relieve court congestion and t
members felt impelled to do sonr
thing.
The final official act of Govern
McLean during the session was t
announcements of nominations f
the State Highway Commission a:
\ f Pnsnn Roai
'IIVIIIUCI .-V w: \ a? v wv..?v The
personnel of the Highway Ooi
mission remains in tact; slight cha
ges in Prison Board and that of A
riculturv were deemed advisable
the Governor, for either personal
political reasons anil a stroke of 1
pen placed new faces in state adm
. istration circles. The Senate prom]
\y confirmed his i ecommendatio
viz: Highway Commission* Fra
Page, Chairman; W. A. Han, Tarbc
first district; W. C Wilkinson, Ch;
lotte, sixth district; A. M. Kistl
i Morgantori. ninth district. Membi
Board of Agriculture, Clarence P
fourth district; Fred P. Latham,
district; E. Grover Robertson, tei
district; Finch Whiatmore, eip]
district. The new prison board
composed of James A. Leake. Was
boro; R. M. Chatham. Eikin; E.
' White. Lumberton. Henry K. E
* fC#yn, Jackson; Ben B. Everett, F
: myra; -/. Preston Wilson Warst
9, 1925 S Cw. ?Copy
| PIANO RECITAL CROWNING
EVENT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
^ Perkap: no cvont of the current J
>cmvn \ ear nas oe?'n mere thoroughly!
enjoyed than the jo'i.t piano recital
of Miss F.na Alexander and Miss Ve-j
r ra Cook. Monday evening. March 165
i. :n the school auditorium. This rvcis
tal was significant inasmuch as it
s means graduation in high school muy
sic for those young ladies
o The stage whs most attractively
a ami artistically decorated, a gradua _
ted background of small pines former
ing a pretty setting for the many
?. j tall graceful baskets of pink and
yJ white carnations grouped here and:
d j there near the front of the stage,
si Miss Alexander wore a soft geors
gette dress of pale peach color drapi
ed front and made distinctive by a'
s wide houlder bertha of lace. Miss
a Cook'-; dress was of pink and yellow ,
changeable faille silk, trimmed with
n long floating streamers ?.?f robin's
c. ej,T Lie.
n The program throughout showed
i- evidences of skill, pra<rtiec and finif
ish on the part of the youthful per
a formers, and splendid supervision on
>s the part of Miss Lib ion Rouse, Su -
periniciident of the Music Dcpnrxt
meat
>- Th< numbers vv?-r< varied and
i-c. and the pi-.igvam well haloj
arced I ; the pre>
g^am:
I- a I ( >J V ra Cook;
h J Sonata D (Hayun) Ena Alexander;
,v SoiJie. .i-tto (Bach) Butterfly (Merit
ikcl) Vera Cook; Norwegian Bridal
l- Proei- ion (Grieg) Etta Alexander
?i and \ ra Cook; Serenade (Liehish)
? Ena Alexander; To a Wild Rose (Mr
>f Dowel), l*i Autorooe (.McDowell > Ve
ra Cook; Impromptu (Milo Deyo).
?f The Nymph (Schubert.) Ena A 'exan t
der; Country Dance (Nt-vin; Ve?a
t. t ook and Ena Alexander,
il Miss Alexandei played Haydn's
d Sonata i). with force and understante
ding, her rendition of Schubert's Im
u promptu also deserves mention. Miss
e j Cook was at her best in "Butterfly"
>- by Merkel, and McDowell's "to a
iv . Wild Rose" which .she played with
n rare sweetness and charm. Kevin's
it Country Dance was indeed a wise
e! choice for the closing number, leav h
i ing in the memory of the audience
le | the happy lilting air of this quaint
| melody.
ie; The ushers for this recital were
n j Phil Mast, lna Prevette, Lucy More*,*
fc- j Gordon Winkler, Frank Winkler.
id WHERE NORTH CAROLINA'S
ly COLLEGE GRADUATES GO
A
to! More than three fourths of the
if* ; gradu;it? front Colfc&es in North
?n Carolina became school teachers and
i>- leach in rural high schools. in
l- ; of 5 J>0 college graduates 1140 v/ent
a- into rural high schools and 20i went
I into c'.ty high schools. In the past
p-jthe suu aiid the manner in which
le; they wen1 taught in rural schools
m differed --n little large number of
id r schools i which vocatior.fi 1 agrioulle
ture is aught and other schools with
to > courses in one or more branches of
re agriculture ubjects, the rural pupils
:h arc being given training more nearly
of suited t> fitting them to the lives
x- they are t > live than ever before ?n
se the hist*. of Education in North
r- Carolina
ill
er
a(j Not Counting the Tip
^ Slu held his hand
And he did tidget.
She manicured at
10 cents a diget
or
he
or and John M. Brewer, Wake Forest,
ad Thi- nrivi'.eore hitherto exercised hv
d- the Board of Agriculture in naming
tn" oil inspectors and appointees of like
in" rank wa.s eliminated by a "bill giving
?* the Commissioner the right to perky
forn this erviee. The bill goe?
orJa step further and by giving the bcai3
Ms j 0f department more general su
pervi if.n of matters entrusted to his
P*" care.
ns? Mem be is of county boards of ed
ucation were selected in the usua
>ro|way and additional justices of thi
ar- peace for a number of counties wen
' included in an omnibus bill. The lis
srs : appended may be of interest:
oe.! Justices of the Peace, Wataug;
lst j County: Bald Mountain, C. H Mc
ith j Glamrnej y; Cove Creek, Ed. Penneli
ttth?.Tohn E. Combs; Meat Camp Jarnc
i*j w. Wall; Stony Fork, R. L. Wagnei
sles; Henry Hardin; Blowing Rock. T. h
A. Coon.
ur-j Bvml of Education: W. F Shei
*al-) wood. D. D. Dougherty, B. T Tay
iw; j Um ( 2 years. >
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"THIS WEEK"
by Britb&n?, vrorld'f hiyhnt
>alftri?<i editor i* a feature we
carry, bondJed hitherto by only
the metropolitan Dailvea.
D J ?L ? ?
j comniw w wy.
NUMBER tl
TENN. WILL BUILD
THE 8-MILE LLNK
Senator Bts'fer Han Anuroucr ?roue
Communion that Boone TmiS Will
Be Counrttrd With Tfnnmre for
All-Year Travel Thio Seneon
Mr. H W. Horloct of Miami, Fla.
and Boone-. N. C. in writing to the
Democrat * nvloses a letter recently
received frozn Senator E. E Butler
of Johnson ( ountv. Tenn . which
speaks for itself.
Mr. H W Morton,
Miami. Florida.
Dear Sir:
.lust :a "E tr?if.
and in reply to tame I am glad
to ??y that 1 am just in from
a trip with our Highway Commission
through East-Tern and
from Mountain City by Trade
into North Carolina by Boone,
Winston-batam, Charlotte and
Ashcville.
I have the assurance from the
Commissioner that he will put
this link in traveling condition
(all kinds of weather) this rummer.
1 am now pleased with the
situation and hope to see work
sturlrd soon.
Very truly.
E. E. BUTLER
Mr. lli r' :i says "with the read
from Mountain City to Tmde built
1 can Ma- a solid si: am of travel
i from both north and south poi'ngr
both ways. There is no reason why
it could not be made the principal
route for millions of peopie from
the central northwest to the southoast
I meet- people every
day who would like to take that
route back to their northern homes
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FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING
tc be held with Watauga Baptist
Church March 28, beginning at 2:00
p. m.
Devotional. Rev. L. H. Greene.
How to secure Sunday School Ai
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tcnuaiivr. t. ? ?> . %t. v uva
Rev. W. D. Ash;ey, L. M. Hodges.
How to secure church attendance
Ulaint Coffey, N. L. Harrison. Henry
Storie.
| 7:30 p. m. Sermon, tt? v. i). M.
Wheeler.
Sunday School 10 a m.
Sunday School address, IVof. h.
' B. Dougherty.
Sermon Rev. J. A Hampton.
Dinner?Noon
1 p. ?r. Round table discussion.
B V WILCOX
T C. HODGES
/.. T. GREENE,
Committer.
j BOONE'S OLDEST LANDMARK
IS BEING TORN AWAY
I The little brick house on Main St.
! the home of the Democrat for 3d
| years, is being torn down, as the ur
: imposing structure became an obst.
, cle in the path of progress of the
I hustling, busy, building town,
j The house we art* told by Mr. W.
t L. Bryan was built by Messrs J. O
; McGhee and Bart Woods in the year
j 1855. Mr. Benjamin Council! having
it erected fo: his son Mr J. C. Coun
; oil). Mr. Bryan -avs he made the
mortar for plastering the building,
the owner Mr. doe Council) putting
it im Mr. t'.ram-ill went west mar
ricd, later came back, and be and
his family occupied the home for a
number of years. Mrs. Council! and
the two boys went back to Texas, but
f the husband and father remained here
until his death 30 years or more ago
. This is the same house thai one of
: North Carolina's most distinguished
editors once referred to as "the
| house Daniel Boone built.*'
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I1 SOUVENIR POST CAR RATE
TO BE 2 CENTS THIS SEASON
Anticipating much larger use of
- the one cent postal cards by business
i firms for advertising purposes, inj
stead of private mailing curds, the
? postoffice department had given the
t public printer orders for millions of
these cards,
a The new postal law increases tbe
- rate on souvenir and all other private
mailing cards from one to two cents
s' beginning April 13. Information rea\
chitig posta; officials is that many
\ business firms who heretofore have
made their own private mailing cards
- will buy one-cent postals, print their
-: advertising thereon, and thus escape
the increased postal rate.
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