North Carolina Newspapers

\ ADVERTISERS An a medium through which to sell your wares The Democrat is unexcelled in country Newsnperdom. Our subscribers are resdru and Buyers. VOLUME XXXVI. i THs Week t-/ Ai-iliur Stii";iu>mr1. L-..-jaw: >jiiw??b^?w?ml EUGEN1STS MEAN WELL. BUT? EARTH?BIG ALMA MATER WHY THE 10 COMMANDMENTS BUT CAN YOU ENFORCE IT? : : The eugcnists in the birth control convention plan foi a better race by "artificial selection" which would ec.eun uivkirijr the right husband oft the right wife. You can do that with cows, horses etc. But with them you only breed >. body. SAmong human beings. you produce that very mysterious tr. > j *ailed a soul, and that's different. You might marry a John L. Sullivan to UypHtnia 01 a Mbhaei Angela Mov- to the Venus of Milo, ai d V' bitteiiy disappoint' <1 in results. On th? ofchi'i hale!, a tail, fierce rv?:"'!y trir:. Xaocy 11 aiiks, pcobab'Y I'DJti' to read or wiiu . matrirs r 1 local im Yr do well. a;;<i the result js Abraham Lincoln. 11? Lord seems 1 <? reserve f<>'- himself certain prol?ems Harvard v ill -;?? rid tw< ivc million dollars t?? improve the study ui ;tgjicuit'.in That's -rnsilK. Mnjjli.-h-speaking: nations study La tin and vJivek. The Lreok philosophtr? tunnel th,- KirypLar. language' h ' n>giyphi M llion* of dollars i.i. pent teaching various kinds of kjjouTodjc* used but little after the rtudcur c:r school. U is a!.out tsivu to begin studying w-rioush old M? thcr Karth. the original Mtna Mater, from which we spring, upon which we depend ah-, *-<duHdy during life, and to which wo return. In I':" is. a voting rU, fifteen years *-.hi. Irene Laurent, avifiundy <>' the ? Ifitduisn t'urie type. has produced hpw fur! for automobile engines, it is iii.al< i'tpim ; :itar and is choaner a?yv?i nu>?? i-tVuM ii' 111ri:) any substitute ?ii vT'tstviim- thu> far discovered. I events justify th? prediction of ProtVssor Hakiam thai chemistry will ?u*oi: nv.ikv sui.:u a- i :?p .?-> sawdust the gasol:ri< problem may temporal ?i) la solved b\ "su^ai 'H.\v.' Religious ior?S. convinced tJtoit public schools should include retiffious traini j in ti-? daily routine demand that iI** ten commandments i>? iv.ui to the ehiMver. ;;c leas' once week. Wouldn't "tlr. ?* t moii on the TMovnt" be better reading t o- the child t 11 than the ten commandments? )u a mhcral v*ay every '-hiId up to ten knows of '.he ten commandments i-r as many as ;; child should understand. Two 01 three of the commandments jut fortunately not accessary to the child up to fifteen. Why not leave religion to religious teachers*and public school education i<. public school teachers, and keep the two seperate, which has been the American plan thus far? . A man. just dead, aVhs at one time ^ * clergyman in the Protestant Episcopal church. Later belonged to the Greek Orthodox Church, and at the ume he died he was one of the Gray Friars in a Roman Catholic monas 1??ry. You admire such earnest seeking ^fter truth and wonder what this man of three religions learned about religion when he passed over into the other world. Did he find that only one religion officially recognized above, or is ene better than the others, or does Ti all depend on how you act toward your fellow man, the Creator of the Universe not being so much interested in what you think about Him? Definite answers would be interesting President Coolidge says the states should help the national government to enforce the dry laws. So they should, out of respect for Constitution and law. But while the necessary seventylive per cent of the states ratified th? Constitutional Amendment, nearly cne hundred per cent violate it, and their juries sympathize with the vio la tors. The question for the President ami the nation is this: How cac the uk of whiskey he stamped out? Whal i> to be do*:e to .-top the drunkenness and open drinking of bootleg whis key among school children? Prohibi tion seems to have put millions ii this nation on a whiskey drinking ba V sis. What can be done about that? tl.SO P.r Y??r SOONE. j PREPARING KOR DASH TO THE NORTH POLE j Plymouth, Poland. April 13.? } Grefcfcir Algar^on .sr.d the men who ' " ?..v.;nij'any mm on his exploraj lion trip to th<- north pule, left yes, terday on the little steamer Iceland j for Liverpool. from which place the .start i > to !>' made. The final dash to the pole is to I he made in a mail airship of the ! blimp type, and Algarsson is taking | with him th?rty tons of cylinders con' taming 50,000 cubic feet of gas for | inflating the craft, j A1gai?*ott. a young British Cuhimj hian. aid the expedition was "purely . a British show" with the idea of beat ! ing Captain Amundsen. the Norwei: gian explorer in an air race to the pole. j Lieutenant Councill Selected for the Cruise to the North Pole A number of naval offireiv have n selected to help Donah! B. Mc M\:htn. arctic explorer, in an expeditlon to the region west of the north Pole. Among the^o v.*iU he Lieut H. F. t oiinclll, so' ??f .hnlgt Vv. P. i Council! 'f Hickory, ".ho will be one of tile ?>'(* ' to pilot the expedition's i amnhi'-ian plain s. A HIGHWAY ORDINANCE Following is a law passed, by the l general assembly of North < arolinIt shs:l! b. . hiclc, engine, iwt.n *.? contrivance! whatsoever to move upon am portion of- the State Highway or the 'irid'As thereof which has a flange. ril> ??!* clamp or other object attached to its wheels or made a part thereof, anil which is likey to bruise, injure or mutilate the surface of such road or bridge, without written permission first obtained from the State Highway Commission. This section shall not he construed to prohibit tire cha ins of reasonable proportions on vehicle- when required for safety and arising from conditions tending :e. cause such vehicle to slide or skid. PRESERVING EGGS ! By preserving egg- when plentiful i and at the lowest price of the year, ito he u-od when -caret st and therefor" thi highest priced, is economy. The method of preserving eggs is cheap, simple and easy to manage | whm rlain directions are carried out. Eg.:- now are selling at 20 cents ; pei d?> : p. In November and I>ecemj her the., will probably he bringing i i". oiv and 10 cent- per dozen. To preserve cheap eggs for table use jwhen 'ggs are high and thereby cnj aiding volt to sell your fresh eggs i at the highest price without disfur lushing your table is well worth considering:. The cost o: preserving egg- in wa ; r,T g:ass amounts, to about cents per dozen.' Complete direction- fur preserving eggs may be had by applying t<> youi county agent. j Brother Stukenbrok's Appointment! Rev. K. L> Stukenbrok and wife have appointments at the following places, at which time Broth*.-1 Stwj kenhrok will preach, and Mrs Stuj keabiok wall likely have a message j for the women: Pleasant Grove April . 26. 11 a. m.; Zionviile April 20, 3 i p. m: Union Apnl 20. 7:30 p. in. Beaver Dam, Monday April 27. 11 a. m; Bethel Monday April 27. 7 *3C p. m; Antioch, Tuesday Ap ' 28th 7:30 p. m. and Middle Fork Wednesday April 20, 7:30 p. m. Mr. anci Mrs. Stukenbrok are fine Christiar workers and they will be an inspiration to these churches. Those whe live within reach of these churche; should not fail to hear Bio. Stuk. F. M. HUGGJN5 RIDDLE FORK We are having fine weather Ever] i; one seems to be busy plowing. \ Mr. John Morris and son \Villar< r|are building a nice bungalow. Mr. Clifforu Morris spent Fridaj night with Mr. Walter Woodring. Mr. John Jackson and Frank Wcoi ;, ring made a business vrip to Wilke ; county last week. I, Mr Bynum Morris of Boone spen Friday night with home folks. wr. r.n a orris ol Todd is now mo1 I ir.g back to Soda. Mr. Mariam Mille ! is doing: the hauling. t; Mi C iffo.d Norris left our com ijmvxniyt Sunday for Three Top. Mr. Willie Clawson has pone b -j Blowing- Rock to work for his brothe II Clyde - J Mr. Eugene Stephens i f- bi$s j working in his garden. UVQil WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C LEGION QUOTA IN N. C. OVER SUBSCRIBE! :\i. April 13.?North Carolini $6'?.(0U quota of the American !*c gion*> $5.000,000 endowment fliu has been oversubscribed in evcrj o\vi: thai bas finished it:, campaign 'according to figures received in Ra Usigh, and today, which marks th? beginui: g of t he wvck m-t apart foi the campaign in th? slate, gets u ?\m start. 0' r nor McLean has issued ; pi".- .mation making this Auteri'.ar lege week. The iast town whicl mo; thai' met us expectation was Lumberton . Governor's home. It wa< i over the quota neai the end of thi week ami had a liberal overplus Govern* n McLean has given th niovt men* bis heartiest endorsement. ! YOUTHFUL SUICIDE LEAVES Fin ORE PHANTASIES of YOUTh 1 huago. April 11. Robert !Yc-> t >' y ar.> olti. Xo*-ih\vestei r i n vi -.tudcnl. and son of u weal: th\ ' l'ark family. iii.lal what hi cam : red a life of failures, with ; >( death in Lake Michigan y< tei ?J A >u... ' wound fit the head auc a brii f case <>f diarii strappi'd t? hiin hi.} > oighed -Sown with throe : .. pii res <?? iron w < he com ; h. - i > tin- youth appai exit S\ drcv. from sei f-confessed philosophy? "V ! you get To the eod of yti'.n I rojM . \ w .i kn. a ar.d hang your i'i ('oroiieth and physicians describe* Jin dmrie- n - amazingly frank i\ v .< '.1' [,- of the phantasies of a >r.<? licr.M youth. The doctors found Vragiv story in the lad-s confessions of hp struggle against an incurable diabetic col.ditto!) and ill his co.. rqtleM ;tb and- : arid indulgence of things whirl :i rigorous diet forbade him. While a student at Northwester* and for a short lime previously at ih; University of Illinois he hsi , -offered almost continuously ft on |'l- disease his parents said. In a note to his parents which h> I 'eft i?i his room in Evanston. voum Preston \\ rot< : ''Dear Folks: I'm sorry I'm causir.j I you all this trouble, but you ar ! wrking for im good and 1 ant too 1 am only sorry that 1 rob 1:1 not sh?*v , m\ appreciation for what you wtr doing for me; for I do appreciate ii I've thought it all out, ami am no acting; on iht .spur of the moment Pleaso let the matter drop as sow; as possible by knowing that I am a last contented." The vouth's father, \V. Ii Presto is district manager for thn, Cbrtua-1 Silk Company. IN HONOR OF CEN I ENNAR1AN One hundred years ago last Tues day Mr. A. I*. Wilson of Hodon, fir saw the light of day, and in common , oration of that event, his loved one near relatives and close friends spre an elaborate and most enjoyable lui cheort at the home of Mr. J. Cr Green, his son-in-law, en New Rive The attendance was large. sever: bounties being represented. The Re' ; i Watts, pastor of Three Forks churc ; who acted a.- master of ccremonie : made an address which was muc enjoyed by al1 present. He was fo II lowed by Professor 1. G. Greer, Re ' L. C. Wilson and others.in short hi .| appropriate talks. . . 'r.L i ' . ,? . Is i no aay v.*:is ,aea? ana Mr. wiisc i | was moved out to the long table i . his wheeled chair, and seemed happ v' as a boy as: he shook hands and coi s versed with many of the older pe? pie in the county. Mr. Fiitiey Giec > who is one year Mr. Wilson's senio failed to be present, as did Mr. da ! Taylor of Boone, who is now 99 yea old, both on account of not feelir strong enough for the strain th. r* such an occasion would natural bring about. The oldest man presei * was Mr. Wash Norris of Meat Can who is now 94. The Confederate dru corps, consisting of Messrs Loren; j Miller, 84, Enoch Swift, 78, and Ge s Roten, whose age we do not knee was present and dispensed musict patriotic airs?for the occasion. Mr. Wilson was a brave Confe v erate soldier, until he was wound* r in the hand, after which he join* the home guard, and served as su< until the close of the Civil War. I ^ has been a resident of this secti o r ?Watauga?since it was founded 1849, and has always been an u y :ight, honorable and respected ci j zen. AROL1NA. THURSDAY APRIL 16. 1! SPECIAL TERM WATAUGA SU. > PERIOR COURT t Owing to the con^.?tc(i condition' - of the civil docket in Watauga county 1 the Governor of the state has grant' ed a special term for civil cases on. 1 y begiflaio^ on Monday June 15th - and iastirv as Seng as nec**ssar} to dear the docket. Judge Harding w-'ID 1 pr-. side at, the special term. FORD'S AIR SERVICE i WILL BE PERMANENT i Detroit. Mich., April 12. -Commer-j - rial aviation on a time schedule! s basis between Chicago and Detroit! commenced today in the flight of the Fold airplane "Maiden Dearborn" be tweon the two cities. The big siiver-hued plane -oared av.ay from the Ford air uprt at Dear-' born at b:2-l a. in. today, landed in ('hieajr'. three hours later and came I! v.ing. ack at " ; it; a r.rr: time. | having accomplished the trip both: _ ways in virtual!\ the same time, two -I hours and 50 minutes. 1'iie fa C st train time is five hours ?I and 25 minute. i U ! ;:i r:?'d a thousand pound- of ' frt ijrh.t 'i i* - westward flight and a! i :.iie less - : ts letuni. Th? weight i"i i . ;in v ? and u;i. !' 'iii- hrout ilthe torn; weight of the load carried at. the t;.ii close to 1.11(> pounds >'h< pr writ plane will niak? the, trip ? ?i alternating days, Etbul Ford' . annoum ? <i. daily flights awading the - completion of a -i.-tc ? ship. i will; he a -ervier for the Ford pinr.t.- only! 1 the younger Ford emphasized. the' . company having no Intention of on to ring T.la- mail or frnight fields as ; general carrying organization. "The Chicago-Dot roil line will he hu experiment for i time." Mr. Ford declared. "We arc not saying it is a j success. Krentuaa> w hop' to link the larger of tlit Ford plants with i the Dearborn plants by dally aivpla ? t,: servii r This i'.u lrdo the plants at 1 St. Paid. St. Louis, and Iron Mouii ^ lain, in addition to the one at Chica! ft?-r In spit- of his statement that the rI iiue opened today was experimental Mr. Ford also announced that t ho r < 'hieago-Detroit service was perma,? Kent.. CAN'T FIND COUNTRY THAT WILL ADMIT HIM '* Washington April Id.?Prince Zer ddscheic, ?vif rtyled Kmir of Kurde11 >tan. who has been shunted hack and " forth iu.'V'USS the Atlantic between the !'niu-:d States and Great Britain, int.con given permission to remain in ' this country for a wook to give the I steamship company that brought him here r?n opportunity ?? t"<: d :? country that will admit hint. Zcrdesehf-no. v 1 c now is ;.i the i Ellis Island Immigration Station, ap-' s- plied t?? permanent admission to this a. country after Great Bnjaii. refused i- to allow him to land there after his s, deportation from the United States.; d However, department official!; declinv til to reconsider their previous depor-j it lation order. d ^ RECOVERS HIS MEMORY h, AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS hi Los Angeles, April 14.?With a Gj twice broken thread of his memory v. ] mended ajrr.;r. so as to connect him' ; with event? of a quarter of a century | ago, Abnre i\ Bartlett, former New ?n York prv>duce merchant, boarded a m train here yesterday with a son he y had neither seen not remembered in i- many years, to claim in the eastern o-1 city an estate that had long awaited i. mm. r. > About 25 years ago Bartlett s.] came to Southern California with his rsi wife and three sons. The shock of ig> her death in a railroad accident short at; ly after their arrival, unbalanced ly Bartlett's mind and he was placed in ritja private sanitarium. Many years laip! ter, after the outbreak of the war, m ! he was pronounced cured and left the lit sanatorium just in time to learn that o. two of his boys, then grown men, >v. had been killed in battle. The shock > ? broke him; robbed him of memory.! He wandered from place to place,1 d- Riverside, San Diego. Los Angeles, ?d San Bamardino?and finally found ?ri work in peace on a ranch near Fresno, rh There it was that a private detective ; le found him arid reconstructed for him >n. bit by bit his shattered recollection in by relating to him the events of his p- early life. Yesterday the detective, ti- P. W. Mohan, saw Bartlett and his ; son depart for the east. i i ttrarf r ' Ny ?25 5 Ct*. aCvpy news items from the vaule crucis school m'y Judge Harding \i sited the school and made a very helpful talk *?t the ?ov.g service h:>ur on Sunday evening. The new ice cream parlor which is being erected on the -chool property is nearly completed. The ground piar. for tie* new church has been submitted by Mr. .Mack.ii. the arch'tec? ' ! vuild bg c?'iiimi1.tee. A good supply of st'?ne < n hand and it i- hoped that the building will be under constuetion soon. Services were conducted at the cha pel "f the Holy Cross during Holy ? eeK. Faster day at the school was approjo at? iy observol. The day was begun by ari early celebration of the Holy ( mo union at t>:30 in the Chape! of Holy Cross. At o'clock there was Sunday School. followed by nuaaiv.g prayer a sermon, and another celebration of the !v Coihmunion. A v.cr servi e l'or i.. cbldren was h i at 3;!1" n. ?. Th- S,?nd:?\ Schoo asses f< mi of march I on: rh? church Flare er- hcaiveir the :.a:v of each of (he -even ci&s . w carried i- >i. After tl - he..: entered ih chu; ch, several. : it a: < i ynm v '< : 1 luring the ' j f these hyr h class ill urn vci i up t?? lit- 1 and n!ai ed inuMtoj of r :n a w ooden rros- ;hai had. b - placed 1 r that . 11, >. < . By fch< d<le of the cvti wa - a basket into which t! < m- tnhers of the Sunday School place-! ante. containing their Cinten offer* ny>. SKjgE Immediately after the flower s rviei there was a baptistival ervice a 1 which twelv? children ,\ . v pre ent< f r baptism. The day w as et??- d v. <?ng sol vice. The attendance it ail ?>f these service.- was very gratifying indeed. Among the Hasten visitors were bidg Schenk ami Solicitor firaves. The faculty luncheons that arc prepared ea h yea. by lh.- Deities.ic Science e!:i -vs of the high school he ffai Tuesday. A community social gathcftSig rook place in th< school dining room Mumday night. Ucfesr.ment.>> were sc-ve<w by tlie cooking department. Every one prevent seemed io have a good time. NITRATE IN A NEW YORK ORCHARD Ar. a!', v > appea np "n, the Ontario (' i nty N. Y. Farm and Home lie re a u New December 1921, under the caption. "Nitrate of Soda Was Valuable to this Orchard*' is the story of an apph < - or chard, belonging to the Rtdmar. Drathers of Hall. The iare about -i" years old at.d foi 15 years had not set one <. >,: crop, although each spring \n?-> blossomed profusely. For the past five years Mr. Redman had given tile or* hard extra attention, be practiced ?' an cultivation, sprayed thoroughly and one winter temoved a large run* ? r of ruit spurs, hoping to stre : hei the rtmaindtr. Y'o crop re.^.i 'e l however. During the winter of 1923, a Cornell Sp? suggested to Mr Redman. the possibility that the difficulty might be due to a lack of sufficient available : /. rogen at blossoming time to set tlu :. :it. Accor.linitrate of soda. o to ? pounds p? tree, was applied May 12th. one week after the delayed dor man spray had been made 1* was scattered nerously under the trees to the fui spread of the branches. The orchard had been left in sod and enough untreated trees were left to afford .? comparison with those receiving nitrate. The results obtained were as follows: 1bt average yield of 16 tree? with nitrat was 13 bushels against an average of one bushel from each of 27 tri-t - without nitrate. In almost all sections of the coun try* where there is any fruit growr there are run down orchards that ear be made profitable by pruning, spray ing and fertilization. As an example of what car. he accomplished alert* me unes ?i orchard improvement a recent report of the York Countj Farm Bureau, New York, is of inter est. In 14 demonstrations, applica tions of 4S*'\ pounds of nitvhte of so da pei tree increased the yield o fruit 0.61* barrels per tree. The valu< of this i> rease was $2.47 and th< cost of the fertilizer was 21 cents leaving: an averagre increased net va lue of $2 2ti per tree. THIS WEEK" b; Brisbane, worW ? bigheat Jilarie^ editor is a feat are we carry, bandied hitherto by only tb? metropolitan Dailies. Read th?9 column weekly. J Nl'kliKK lb. Touch of Mystery in Capture of Rum Ship New York April l4-?Untie Sao?V rum ch;. i today added $250 000 to the vjih;. of recent liquor sei.!?< - ij, th- Mty. with J.ht c.tp'.niv ot * he t wo-u\a. --d British $J>-ton auxiliary schoor.e! Madeline Adams. 20 n U - off th( aft. There v. :. < me mystery tbout ih* ?.?' "itr- f 'i-' rini iittie craf* vhu-h had in her 1 1 3,700 ta of assorted liquor-, including chatr.na>r??> in addition to 100 barrel:; of alcohol on her deck? Captain .Jacobs com mandant of tin New York division of the con i iid. assured qu">Con, ers that th* hooner was taken 2t? miles off K, Island. but the fact that the coast guard cutter Seminole spent \'2 h?". ir. the chase lent color to reports that the pursuit look the speedy gov* mmert boat from 1 oO to 500 mil' s out to sea and :hat a nutniher of shot< wore laid across the fugitive's bow the capture % i1m::de Into > rday and the Madelira Adam ght v. a- anchored off I tin statu*. f libeity- a -?.a : guard prize. '':.p:a:? .1a?--.bs fetid two of t h '."i < :) '% ciov. had -ought to bribe ib" \ i?'V ? f * hf government"- inn", cbasoi C to tako 11 whiskey 1 la.-t Saturday. The | governei pr?*'. r;dcd to : < v i j tO 1- |>? Mil < Mtig&if- .l.lCObs Infrod. at. i the on*raka:i(i < the boat's decks, only to discharge the cargo i* the United States bavee "'lice al li Hatter} and place the :wti lin'ii under arresi. It v.;i> then that < >.|.tai;. .faoob? -aid b.- broadcast orders to all his i-baseo1 t "i;"t the Madeline Adamif you have t?? i ha--. hei to tin Brit:-b three-iriib- limit. The Scni i?\.ie was tb? first io sight the Made?i j it Adam? ??n mm ryw. ThN was early yesli rd-y The ' base began. Reports of su^bUtMit occurences ,h> not agree. i'apta!> Jacobs sling that the cha < r.evei g?vt very fai ?df the coast. He admitted how| ever that the Semuicd* wa- 1 :l hours : i ; i h.e job J The $?50,000 vfiluatio' put upon ' i he |4nzv';j cargo brings to, value of Contraband Intexscantv taken in thi* v.cinitv bv the Government in th* nasi feui day t?. almost $ 1.000.OIK) \ I.npJor- found ii: .. cache near Mkm; tank Point last Saturday and Sunday were valued at $500,000, boot loggers' w ludesaie prices. BEECH CREEK LOCALS Rev. Palmer who has been confined to his room for a long time was able to he taken out t* Sunday Schel . Sunday evening the joy and sur prist1 of his friend- We hope h?- ratty continue to improve and can come out and help us move in our Sunday School. Mr. -J. VV. Harmar was a pleas;)nt visitor at his sons VV. S. Hurmai 's Sunday. The aped father is very fee hie. Wesley J. PresneP. and Beatrice Cannon were married Saturday. We wish them much joj. Mr. Geo. M Harman purchased a new truck last week tor the purpose of hauling: produce this summer. According: to a letter received by I W. M. Harman last week his son Ed. Harman has joined the army and , wiil go to the Hiwaaian Islands. Mr. and Mrs Fred Palmer of Shu Us Mills sper.t tht week end with ' relatives and friends here. - Dr W J. Love was railed Saturday to see the little son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Reese, who was very ill. mf.thod:st notes | The revival will continue to the *: last of the week. Attendance has been good, and many have reconseki crated then lives to the work of ! Christian service, while others have accepted Christ ^ enty-four haw i joined the Methodist church during ? the meeting by profession or letter. Rev. Mr. Allen can not be with us * Sunday but the usual service will be r held at the 11 o'clock hour. There , will be no evening service. Sunday r School at 9:45. 250 were present last -i Sunday at Sunday School. -j A number of churc h members - have not attended our meeting at t, all. but we ?\pect them to come be* fore the revival ends. fi Next week the revival at Blowing ,i Rock will be in session and we hope to have a good meeting. All are inj vit.ed to attend.