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*>AGE TWO | Grief and joy ' % IL gjg<! TY " ' A c ' cui ' c l ] > r- a nv. al, v * y ; of "Ba ' J- : from : ! a fin d $"-.u00 for * to ohnerve ir..;r.l: y i a!--- ' - si Octroi . a great t ? : bratiun for Ty Cobb, markinp \u 20 year.- there valf : yrr die ga- -- ever pr<?.i_ Prr-c:.r> ;.rri < .?.-h -nounttRg to ' .v WILL DREDGE FOR SUNKEN CIT Duowich, Off England, Lost Und Wave* 1,000 "V ear* Ago May Subject for Investigation. Dur.wich. England. September 7 They are talking about dredgi; the sea to find the lost city of L)u wich. Somewhere beneath the nor sea waves that dimple so innocent these calm late summer days lies t shining cobbled lanes, the ancient g bled houses and til the pompous pa opiy that made Dunwieh the fairs city on the northeast coast a the sand years ago. About the time king \lfred w learning his alphabet. Dunwich?y< pronounce it Dunnage?came into fame as a fishing village noted f it? huge catches oi cKceutional st. and herring. It grew a good tow:-, cell a:e*l fot its mer tun i. of various sorts; fine ambev foil! on the beach and polished bri iarrt boat. :?? carr> trie fibber merchu princes.; i.taffs bought from tar aw; to ciotin; the merchant princes* wiv I^atr became the sea town of tl ea-r Angiia archbishop with a w< flung monastery -and a Knight i\'i pi.11 flanking it palace. Glittering cavak-ad< : rod*: i the steep cliff streets \\; : kin came foi penn.-m.ce at the icnnasle o for carousii: at a local baton's ir?a ailiTi And then the ocean turned trait Why the currents .should hav. chau cd after >o n^uny cent uric.- ... sow thing v~c- rhe egt^ogist .will t* ex pi a to you tn leavr.ed treatises Cut nnyone aloeg the Suffolk ? oa.-: w give? y ?u tn? rid rason. The uovn was cursed, and no w dc-;. ; haalrag up tl on< day -.he Dunwicii fishers i ro ?ed a mermsn?the itsasc : : raermad?entangled among th gieai ing herring. Mc rmor. and menuai frequented ra&sc chores much in o days, and th.? e along the Sulfa coa.it <pokc ex eel! enr English. T mermen bagged his captor.- -o .him frec*.. Not they, Instea handed hhn over to the local .uiv lent for a modern dime mu.-cuir.; r baron aforesaid. The baron gave t merman a room in a towei h big bowl of -ait water to splash * ourid in. and fed him ?mv fis Though he did not like it much L merman made no great objection u ti! the baron took him to church a then insisted or. his joining ir? fam prayers. The merman protested. ' wa-n't built for kneeling, having long fish tail and no ssemhianee legs. He clid not want his soul save indeed, he boasted that he had : any soul. The baron argued, a one thing led to another until i merman cursed the ba-on. the m< sion. the 1 el of .-alt water, the c of Bunwiofe?anil le ;>ed out of ; window into the shimmering sea. Almoost at once it ceased to shi mer. A storm arose, which eat in half the cliff and carried naif 1 town into the depths of the oce; From that date on, storm.- have be en on the cliff till now beneath I North Sea, lie sixteen churches. I bishop's palace,, most of the mon tery and all the glory that was D\ wich. Until a year ago. the gagged c AMERICA SPENDS THREE BILLIONS ON VAC A TONS Washington, Sept. 7.? America's vacation dutng 1925, drawing now to a '.do.--.', has cost ab.- i* three bilion d '.Iai -. That in round tigurcaos the bt-s* avail a We measure ol the flood of mor^y that has been t red out by noliday throngs ifering the summer .vt seaside. mountain r.ad ether vacation resorts. It stard-, perhaps as record spending for the annual va niUoit. Approximately Co ; persons believed bav< average f a fortnight ofi to p. .y. The number is larger this year than usual b*> uuse the country has been singularly free of strikes and : iustriai strife 'ttid almost every! ?!\ who wants to ' w ork has had a job To tb < general rule, the farmer long P.. i- as ar exception; anyhow, from the nature of ( his work, summer is r;..t h;> vacation time. The estimate of 30,' CiOO vaca ionists allows for t\v? persons out of very three gair.tr - employed is shown by census bur- u -timates. I* does not consider th rental vaationist ??f the nior. .. i ? ass who - from Maine to 1 . with the a ? . No line is p . - t for mea-urir.g tneir outlay for ho'idayar. iv:i.::iaas snow or ' " fflontrtiv reports to the intcr.-t.M commerce irenission a passer l traffic this -umrner considerably aho.?- the averngi. The transcontii ' movement has been particu!av'\ heavy and r illinan reservations har-i *< get except far in advance. ' lernia and i great national parks welcomed th.s year, it is believed Irom this show far greater hoiidav ds than ever before. Summer records go: ally have never had a more prospt: ; season. lT id >ervali.)iis have lit impossible I during August at sevcra. f the more p pular Atlantic coast n-si rts, except ?r tt the great hotels which eater more be -.he tourist than the tw<?-week's vacation spender. M? . o.n resorts have shared with the seaside in tht - -Mendings that the annua. - a cation ol r?g ! Sam's home a: ?i field forces nth ^ eer of the last stately church hung over the cliffs edge. Itt is gone now l~ i?? tumbled fragment < strewn across 1 ~ the sands. Of the i>ig mctropoiij with its- crowded streets, there re mains only a bit of monaster;* wall with a uoiate-t Goetbic gate of su as :H'"np beauty, an ancient grayeyarc m ??: the height, fast dropping into the waves, and half a dozen houses, eave dens in honeysucke, dreaming of thi ite oast. i:y " ^?fTinTriiinMwrmmMTiiMnro y, If you wa I Buy Sell 0 Any kind of town 'P Q J. N. DAVIDSON lior MMMM8Willi mill i Ill j Day bv Das f J J In Evf 11 ds w W e are trying to sei and better i ;et trc We handle only rn?. h. | ommend and that me a nice modern home. tr?h. We believe in build and country, and any % lems that we can he ] let us know. We invit; our stock as to qualit; buy. The records sho\ ^ ed the material for i ne per cent of the home; past few years. Does .f ,L. I. ' 1 1 "i me togicai place to m-i Y( red 'he an. atthe | t WATAUGA FURN by W. R. Gragg, or THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ? have cost the Nation about $15,000.<XH). That sum represents salaries paid employees en annual leave. Near, ail federal employees have had :? vacation, a refreshing contrast to recent years when the stress of po-*war adjustment has held thousands 1;? th<.:r desks without the customary summer relief. Free tourists camps throughout the east have been overflowing in almost every instance, this summer to an extent never before attained. A few years ago ?h< oou to spare at icarly all t tneia. Now thi-- rule appears to favor line formation or applicarts. More p* rsons have i&?ed on the open road in 1925 than ever before. At: average estimate of the spending-; of each vacationist during his ime off in summer has been placed, for litis correspondent, at approximate $100 by welfare workers here. Such an estimate is hard to make they admit, but rhe figures arrived at is considered ultra-conservative. Assuming tha< it. applies to the 20,000.OOn vacation sis. the total spending-; run to $o.000.000,000 This figure is checked looslcy by v-timated totals of sums paid wage earners and salaried workers annually throughout the United State.-. Various economists have placed this annual stmt at from $00,000,000*000 to $75,000,000,000. If the average 1 vacationist spent only his two-weeks RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT Whereas it has pleased Almighty J God to remove from our midst our ! beloved brother E. S. Coffey. A tru? : member of the Order of Eastern Star | a faithful Christian, a loving husband and father. Therefore he it resolved: 1. That Daniel Boone Chapter 47 O. E. S., has lost a faithful and true i member. That we bow in humble subiiussi< n to Him that doeth all things well * That we follow his faithfu | teachings as to a Christian life. i. That we as an order sincerely * sympathize with the bereaved wife a i children and relatives, and commend them to a just God that doett ; all things well and who can comfort , broken hearts when all earthly heif i fails. s f>. That a copy of these resolu tions he spread on the minute book: , of the order, and a copy sent to thi - bereaved family, and a copy to Th? 1 Watauga Democrat with a request t. * publish. MRS. HESSIK M. LINNEY MRS. LUCY j. GREENE A. E. SOUTH, Committee nt to r Exchange Real Estate or Farms ee ? Phone 19 , I I rv WAY J ve the people better n our line of ide iterial that we can react the requirements of ing and aiding our city of your building prob3 you in do not fail to i a close comparison of y and price before you v that we have furnishmore than ninety five i in this section for the this not convince you 1 -v ouy .J >urs to serve, ITURE & LBR. CO. Genera] Manager. -? VERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. < | pay the vacation spcndings would run more than $2,00,000,000. When the vacation spendinga are added the fortunes spent weekly by the American people lor sports and m other forms of p'ay. including theatres and motion pictures, the cost ipH ~~ - . /// y j* \ \ Ln diiii i wBff Qy i gy to High 25 years of an requirements o making manufi cesses more cert ing a higher quality?25 year ing adherence to pledge,'"Most IV! Inr"?cnmmnri^ record of service Firestone fa grown from a s approximately ' to mammoth p floor area of ov from a capital of 3 $50,000,000?frc sales volume 01 over $100,000,0( short period of i > AMERICANS SHOULD of play this summer has run to sums. ded t which cannot even he estimated. pants The development of the idea, that) pleas; everyone need? a vacation once a of in< j yea! has given employment to bun-; wholl; deeds of thousands of persons who' ago w ?cater to vacation needs and has fo?:n-i f P \i ? \ ^ Bringing rtfr* New Wea / dandling your 3^1 money calkr z- ban 0%T^P'; service. t ^S|ep3?^ We can and "wiH you (hw kind of jc Open JourAccc ~ Tf^ Here Tod. a ^e<~ ? iiga County E Boone, IN. C. 25 Years of ?ervic( way Transpoi ticipating the This Firestor f motorists? only have been tcturing pro- furnishing the ain?produc- outstanding v; standard of consequently, sofunswerv- ance of qualit; the Firestone prices, tiles per Doles Firestone's If you would to car owners. more of th^ WO] ask your Fires clones have sencj yOU an mall building 75 x 150 feet With today'! Hants having crude rubber a er 60 acres? materials, Fire: >50,000 to over tunity to serve 1 >m an annual never better, di f $100,000 to volume and sp! )0?all in the ges in buying, n 15 years. and distributior \7. Ralph Winkler PRODUCE THEIR OWN RUBBE SEPTFMBER 10, 1925 ;reat manufacturing and other * for suppyiBg paraphernalia for ue parks and resorts?a phase Just rial lite that was ai?nost y lacking some 25 or 30 years hen few persons took vacations, :v3~a Ill ~ . in 1 1th g I ci*op ;v* for * "'' Mng ''-*: -,'' t -r 0ive rvice. <unt y tank I 1 9 2 5 i rtation ie record could made through f public with dues and is, your assury and lowest like to know riderful record, tone dealer to istrated folder. 3 high cost of nd other raw stone's opporthe public was le to its great scial advantaoanufacturing i. V. 3 ) r ....
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