North Carolina Newspapers

MARCH II, 1?H I I s. C. EGCERS TELLS OF Jy| FLORIDA TRIP (Continued from page one) -anna Hotel, ore of the largest in the state. It seats eighteen hundred in the dining room at one time. It has -seven hundred servants and stands in fair view of the ocean. Leaving this place we drove about 50 miles after night landing at Hollywood at 9:30. That night as we passed over this territory the natives could be seen setting around fires in their yards. The thermometer registered 40 degrees and yet they were complaining of the ?cold. Having no means of heat in | their houses they build those outside j fires when chilly. j After a good nights rest at the Hollywood Hills Hotel we visited several points near and around Hollywood. The first was Hallondale the largest tomato market in the south. Tomatoes are shipped from there to ^11 parts of the country. Then we came to the city of Ojust, meaning plenty, and Fulford, a nice town, and out to Sunny Isles at the ocean. Between Sunny Isles and the ocean they .are making a channel so ships and boats may pass font one to the other. Thin is called Bakers Haul, named >rV ^ *-? i - ?- ?-?i?1? xur u .iua.ii dukct wnu usea to nuui the property of ptoplc from one point to the other, and it still retains the name. This channel is made by the U. S. Government. On either side of the channel are fields of beautiful flowers. Near this point and fronting on the ocean is the maknificent home of Mr. Firestone, the auto tire i il tegfe manufacturer, where he together with I ?fi Henry Ford, spend a great deal of | time. We were allowed to enter the j grounds of this home and view the building from the outside. It looks | like all that money can do has been done to this spot of earth, and I can- ; not describe its beauties and wonders. Next we visited the crowded city of Miami and Miami Beach, One of I the largest hotels in this city has a glass dome and is so arranged that it focuses the sun on the large water tank in such a way that it heats the water for the hotel, and the water is heated by this process in such suantities that they have at any time a three days supply of hot water, so in case the sun fails to shine for a day or so they have the water just the same. We also saw the Florida Lake upon which float ships of the U. S. Govern ment and numbers of boats. Here is seen the statue of Henry Flagler the first man since the days of Ponc^ do Leon to try to develop Florida. Flakier built the Florida East Coast R. R. about thirty years ago, also built the first highway through the state now known as the Dixie Highway. It is laid of brick and about 14 feet wide This road was built before the discovery of the Ojust rock. The Florida East Coast railroad was the longest gfk single track railroad in the U. S. it being a single track all the way from Jacksonville to Miami, and now due to the heavy traffic it is being double tracked and is now using the famous Ojus rock for a road bed the entire distance. One company has a contract with this road to furnish 150 cars per day at a cost of $47.50 per car. Continuing- to Star island which is artificial, and nearby is the channel in which ships come to load and un- j load its cargo and lying directly a- j cross this channel overturned on its | side, lay a large ocean steamer which j was loaded with bananas. It being so j large it had blocked the ocean and j shipping traffic for 25 days and j standing out. upon the waters as far I as you could see were ships waiting; to unload. You could see the flags of all nations floating from these ;ships. Near the docks cah be seen hte sea palm, which is different from all the other palms. A short distance from this point is the park where the late Wm. ,T. Bryan lectured on the Sunday School lessons. It is said that he never had fewer than 5,000 in feis class and crossing the Miami River we came to the home of Mr. Bryan and a fine home it is too. around which the fence is the anchor chain of the ship Dewey was on wnen he sunk it. in Manilla bay during the Spanish American war. Leaving here we took a drive down millionaire row. where land is sold bv the square foot instead of by the lot. One smal lot was shown us* which recently sold for sixty five thousand dollars. Along this row all the finest homes that money can build. They cannot be dc scribed?you would have to see them to believe it. Leaving Miami we visited Corul Gabies, a fine new devel- j opment 11 miles inland but very fine j r 4 and pretty in its appearance. As we j drove out of the city of Miami along j its narrow crowded streets we were < shown a house, the last one designed j by Sanford White before he was shot j by Harry K. Thaw. Leaving Coral Gables we came to I Riverside and Arch Creek, so named from a natural arch which spans the creek, oyer which the traffic goes. We failed to mention the New River which is said to be the narrowest and the deepest known. Putting both conditions together it is deeper than it is wide?it' is said that in places the bottom has never been found. Indians claim it sprung up over night. After having lunch at'the Hollywood Hills Hotel we were? taken to view the Hollywood new development which is the most wonderful achievement in the length of time on record. Here the Hollywood Co. bough 13,000 acres of land?a large part of it a swamp, forty eight months ago. Today they have a wonderful city with miles of concrete sidewalks, boulevards and highways.-They have built " and are building fine schools, churches, hospitals and hotels. The new Hollywood hills hotel was completed and opened for use in 17 weeks? they working three eight hour shifts 1 in 24 hours, thus making it possible. ^ They have several miles of canals large enough for water transporta- I | tion. They have some very fine far- C ! ming lands as w ell as a city in the confer of the beautiful new city of ( Hollywood is what is ealle dthe Har- . ding Circle, so named for President '1 Harding who visited this place on his 1 las ttrip to the South, each circle made of concrete inside the larger T? circle and surrounded and decorated ^ I ai_ . * ?-? - * wim me American nag. it is a beau- i tiful sight. At Hollywood beach?a 1 part of the city?stands a new hotel which cost three million dollars. It is near the ocean edge, has five hun- 1 dred outside rooms, ail viewing the ^ water. I might say here that the rate ^ at this hotel is from twenty to forty \ dollars per day. The writer was able to stay there two hours from It to 11 j a. m. Near this hotel is the finest! I bathing casino on the coast?thor- j j oughly modern and near here is the j place where they take the dare devil \ I leap from 25 to 100 feet into the j I water. Aiong this beach is a 30 foot ; cement walk four miles long, and on this sidewalk and facing the ocean! I they will sell you a lot 50x100 feet j I for from sixty to a hundred thousand dollars. Also near the center of the city is a lake, known as Salt Lake, Near here we took a boat for a two _ hour ride on the water. Near where we took the boat a bridge crosses the canal and this bridge automatically lifts itself to let the boats pass. : After being on the boat for some i time we came to Lake Mabel, which is about one mile wide and has an outlet to the "sea, which is nearby, and here is where the Hollywood Co. plans to build a deep sea harbor at a cost of $15,000,000, which when it is completed will accommodate the largest ships afloat. This will relieve tlu^ harbor congestion at Miami. After another delicious dinner at the mil.. -? I ken back to the beach whore we again | viewed the new three million dollar \ hotel. This is the finest finished and furnished building I have ever seen. The furnishings for the lobby alone cost $175,000.00. Then we went out t to the beach to a tent where the fn- J mous Caesar LaMunaca was giving music with his 35 piece band. lie is ' said to be the second best musical director in the world?then back to our hotel for the night. Next morning t immediately after breakfast we were] r addressed by the Hon. Geo. Henry [ ? Bradford, he at one time being one of President Wilson's Peace Commission. The Dr. Is a very interesting talker. After this fine lectune on ^ Florida we started on our return, i I most of the way on the same road over which we went, passing Palm 'Beach, Stuart, Ft. Pierce, Cocoa. Vc- '' ro, New Smyrna on the Halifax river, * with the moss laden trees a beautiful j * sight to behold, then to St. Augustine where we visited the old Fort, being allowed to go inside and see the an- a cic.nt relics of warfare, the old dun- * goon prison with its rock construe- *_ tion underground, and as dark as J midnight.. 1 imagined I heard the prisoners in agony even though it has been near to three hundred years ago ' The entire building, walls, roof and uii am 01 soiiii ? Sj aiUI OL L,u iiiiwai.i ?' workmanship, the rocks being: in dif-1 s fercnt sizes of blocks but fitted to- fc gether skillfully. We also saw the old Spanish gat$ to the city. It still stands ir. its original form, although the wall that surrounded the city has c been moved away and too we saw i the oid market place where negroes ^ were sold during slavery. A We also saw the sulphur well which affords a large amount of water par day. I might say we could smell this r water as well as see it. The odor of J sulphur is strong from the water. ( From here we went to Jacksonville t a very fines city and crowded with resorC people. After dinner at G p. m. c we boarded the train for our respective homes. Our party disbanded .as j we told some new made friends good j, bye. I might add that there is about as much said in Florida about western North Carolina as there is about j Florida. The people are coming to these mountains as never before. We left quite a lot of advertising on Boone and Watauga County. t * Respectfully, S. C. EGGERS i NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE SALE f FOR TAXES | ) North Carolina Watauga County Town of Blowing Rock ! '<** tU,. nnvnnon C AnllA..f;nn- *U.. i v! WIV Ui X-UIICtlUI^ HIV I taxes for the town of Blowing Rock ' j I will sell the following real estate i at the court house door at Boone, I North Carolina on Monday April 5, j J 926, between the hours of 10 a. m.and 4 p. m. S. S. Bowden, one town lot for' i taxes 1924, amount $8.25 Geo. F. Blair, two town lots, taxes 1924, amount $18.87. J. M. Foster, two town lots, taxes1 1924, amount 14.75 J. R. Foster, two town lots, taxes 1924, amount $16.90. C. G. Ward, one town lot, taxes for 1924, balance, amount $5.46. Mack Hartley one town lot, taxes1921 to 1924 amount $15.00 This March 1. 1926. i > D. W. WOOTEN, Town tax collector for Blowing Rock Hmm : THE WAfXUa DEMOCRAT?1 THE RECORD (James Monroe Downum) iVhat shall the final record be kVhen we our Lord and Judge shall see? n school, in lifey along the way )ur course we're marking day by day )ur every thought and word and deed Vi e lvcord parts that we should heed j Those build amid surrounding strife j The walls that make our sum of life Vhere'er we go, whatever we do Vill test our ken of wisdom true; ir hearts speak out in deed and word The message which our soul hath stirred. ^he visions that have moved our soui Vill urge us to our final goal. Vhate'er this goal of good or ill Vill be that chosen by our will. The BULL'S EYE "Editor and Qenera/Manager WILL ROGERS ' \ Another "Bull" Durham adycr- || I tisementbv Will Roger*, Zicgicld jl I Follies anil screen star, and lead- ,1 | ing American humorist. More II V^^^coming^VVatcl^o^hcm^^^^* w T m " N evvs I aken trom ; the Daily Papers A headline in the paper says "In lieir war China won't fight on ainy days." They don't mind geting shot, but they won't get wet. e * Imagine a sign as you start to cnrr China: "RAIN. NO WAR TODAY." If that was thecustom n this country, we could prevent ' ill wars by announcing that all the ightjng must be done in Portland, Oregon. f ? Another paper asks, "W here does i Florida Real Estate man go in he summer?" He goes to Caliortiia to his all-the-year-round j lomc. * * * A newspaper asks "Why does a i President of a concern always talk it the Company's banquets?" It's | in Incentive to the workers, who | ay, "If that's all he knows I may te President some dav." . . ; g| Another pnper suggests, "The heapest way to enforce Prohibition j s to have everyone that drinks vatched." Who is going to do the watching? ^ 3 ^ An article in a Business Man's nagazine inquires. "What business n this country has the largest turniver?" Cucumbers for supper have he largest turnover, with Fords a lose second. - ^ ^ The Congressional Record speafcng editorially, says, 44 4 Bull' Duri.am is the best Tobacco that ever ntered these Stately Halls." P.S. There will be another piece in his paper soon. "Watch for it. Durham Guaranteed by J^l jkvjbrieaA^ c/tf&xcccf^i INCORfORATiO 111 Fifth Avcquci New York XT icy '.VERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C PIGEON TRAINING IS NOW COMING TO FRONT Army Fosters Development of High-Class Birds. j San Francisco.?Training of carrier j ?ige??iis, which until recently in the Vest was almost- exclusively an army I peace-time purshit to thicken the com1 hat forces* most dependable means of , : < oitMiiunication on shell-rocketl battle- | I Ileitis, has claimed a position of popu- ! 'arity as a civilian sport along the j Pacific coast. Fostered ami encouraged by army i and reserve circles, pigeon flying has mown in favor until the number of j dribs existing and the membership en ^ gaged In this pastime presage rivalry with Atlantic seahoar?l, enthusiasts for npremncy. An affection for rhe delicately bred birds. gained in war time by tlieir effectiveness us a means of liaison, has been turned into ?n appreciation of rhelr sporting possibilities. The fiyJng courses rhut have been mapped and used in pigeon racing along the fringed borders of the Pacific offer, because of varying climatic conditions, .is difficult tests for bird stamina and rroinirg efficacy as can be found. Pass All Barrier* In competitions from Salem. One., to Oakland. Cal., the tiuy racers pass through the chilled air stratus above snow-capped mountains; through fogs . and mists; through both rare and j heavy atmosphere and, at the finish, i through the hot, usually dry air above j he San .Tompun valley of California, j Under these severe conditions the j birds cannot make the time registered j In eastern contests nor fly continuous- [ ly throughout the day, as do the east- ! ;*rn pigeons. Hut the contests develop , a hardiness and a fortitude that wlil ; prove of inestimable value, army idcb i ' olievo, if tlieir use should ever again I he required in warfare. Late next June most of the clubs of :he West will unite for flights from Pncalello. Idaho, to Oakland, and from ; Salem to Oakland. Front 70b to 1,000 birds likely will bo entered. Signal corps pigooneering at present. besides encouraging civilian interest. is directing efforts toward the better training of night-flying birds; j breeding of those aide to fly HVeetive!y through fog and at high, mountain altitudes, and to inter! si and flights vltere a prarthal peace-time u<e for j the birds prevails. Cnl. ArUmr S. Cowhn of the Ninth eorps area headquarter:; believes thai , experimental work started in Fantvina and carried on extensively at Ross siehl. Cnl.. and a! Honolulu vvill give itie United Stares a vastly superior bird equipment. Though the pigeon was recognized as military adjunct as early as the ; fifth Hgyptlan dynasty aiwVut Jt.Odd R ' America's onlraine into the war fount! this Count iy. lie said, the onl;. ?ne of the great powers vt'-tm:lly with iiiil trained pigeons, flerinany had an cMident and well-established service wldrh was used h> all amis ami was effective in getting messages from in | telligenve operatives in Kuulunri t?? the war department at Berlin. Bird ! Last Resort. American army officers learned that the artillery barrages played havoc with telephone and radio systems and ? that when advanced or deitx-hed units j found themselves far ffaun friendly . Hues and the need was urgent to no tify headquarters. that the pigeon was | the must trustworthy messenger. It : could mount rapidly. quickly getting ahove artillery fire and cms clouds, and. dying at express train speed, seldom failed to deliver. When every other method of com niunieitlion had failed, the bird, nine Hmwi out <*r ? ?- f - ukoII^II , sometimes exhibiting a heroism thai won \Var deparliii^feiicotnmwioiiiinn. Million Monuments Set Canada Land Tracts Ottawa. Cm. -Over l.OtMUNMi moriuniems have been erected in marking the corners of the JOO.'VHi.imhi acre tract constituting the surveyed portion of the western provinces of Can ada, T. S. Nash told the annual meet ing of the dominion land suryeybj\s [ here, reporting on rhe monumental sur vey in the prairie provinces. "Of the monuments only GO.dOO are the modern standard survey posts i adopted in UtUv' Mr. Nash said. "Canadians are too preoccupied to ' take an interest in the boundary j marks that determine the Hurts <fr their lands. In Manitoba, where the j original survey was marked by wood on post-< 45 to ,50 years ago. a large ; j>ercentn;re of the corner# art- sthvnd;. lost; iiestoratlon surveys must lVe j carried i?itt extensively In rhe next few | years, for If (he number of lo-^j eor- \ ners increases, the t;?sk of rfstor.tliw will ultimately become economically iinpra ctbcable. : Smyrna to Rise From Ashes as Modern City! Smyrna. Turkey.?Smyrna Is at last I to rise from its ashes. After endless delays the Angora government has approved plans for the reconstruction of the great Anatolian port which was laul waste In September. 1!?22. Out of the present l'onipeiiar.-Mke ruins will rise modem parks, public squares. amusement centers. business b wildings, dwelling houses, theaters stores anil warehouses. Since the groat lire which followed Mustaplia Rental's *wift entry into the city, not a brh'k has heen lahl l?y the T?tks. In the devastated metropolis * Twins Not Duplicates $ * Always, Prof. Holds * * Seattle.?Working on the by- * * jMiithesis thai twins i:n> in* di ^ * vided Into iwo classifications * ? ?lissin?H^r twins and duplicate ^ V ?wins- Stevenson Siuilh. pro * jj: lessor of psycl.ofogv of tlie *"n'? * * ersity of Washington. Is e\- * * amitiing 100 pair ihjs year. He s; * is undertaking lo determine in * * witat degree they are Uixshui- * * !ar both mentally and phys- * * it-ally. * * The custom of dressing twins ^ * alike. Professor Smith ev * * plained. tends almost irresist- ^ | * ibly to the belief that the chll- * * dren are alike. Parents find. ^ | * however. If they clothe their * * paired offspring differently. In- * i + dlvldtiallsm of personality Is * f .lllliv:. .1 J ? ..-h *-fr-X * V. ***#*****-*--?K. ****?? | Fish Fossils Yield Ichthyol in Texas Dallas, Texas.?Fossilised remains ??f prehistoric Ash, from whl--li is pro- j ntceu tne strange chemical called Ichthyol. ar? to supply Texas with an | ultra-modern Industry. j In what Is believed to be an ancient J M-enri bed. pushed to the surface by -.reological action, near Burnet In west j Texas, has been discovered a purtieu larly shale from which ichthyol Is ex- j i racted. This substance Is a fossil j Huh oil used in medicine, especially in i ointments and in treatment of skin j diseases. An ichthyol corporation bus been or- ! .ranlzed and has leased 9O0 acres i near Burnet. The chemical ha* sold . as high as a pound. New Type of Light Rays Is Discovered l.ftnjpn.'?The discovery of a uew ;ypc of rays suppled "> lie between the ultra-violet and M-rays, is an? muiiu'cd by <* E. Wyiui Williams of die University of North Wales at , Bangor. It is said tin* new ruys pen- ! trate the air for several Inches, but j :<re stopped by all solids, even by cold ' leaf. while X-rays can penetrate a ' half inch of lead and the recently discovered Millikan rays puss through six f*et of lead. Rlamev Sinn# Hmndi; Old Owner Dies Blarney. Ireland. The Blarney -tone has changed owners. Sir <*oorj?e < olthursl. who had owned the famous oJri Blarney easlte for many deeades. is dead, and his elder son. wlo? now becomes Sir (ieorge, has taken over llie hislorie ruin. The new owner, a keen sportsman, will make his home on his an rest rii I property. Elastic Dresses Foil Ban on Short S'tirts Athens, tireere. ? K I a s t I e dresses are belli}* worn here, to foil the authorities, who have banned simrl skirls. The elasiir dress reaches i?? l he knees ordinarily. Bill a vropm wearing: ii may. by an ingenious system, lengthen the skin to Iter ankles in an ffts'an' i ? vj - 'jUN M ^ a! |S^r There they are?c One, two, three, to Any month you wan Feed any one cow here'. Ce-re-a-lia Swee weeks, according to Keep a record on the we furnish you. If s give more or richei show more profit, w your money. And be and me, the cow that on Ce-re-a-lia Sweets s. c PACE THREE BOONE BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School 10 a. m. Public worship 11 a. m. and 7:30 {p. m. U. V. P. U. 6 p. m. 2X-1 were present in Sunday school last Sunday For the first time since : the contest began the adult men* class ran ahead of the women. We ! are glad to see the nterest rising iit 1 the Sunday School. Come out Sunday j for the Sunday School and for woj*j ship. The pastor brings a message of vital interest to young and old. The Sunday Icrvbol social and oyi ster sunper at the church Sunday i night were enjoyed. W ail who attended There were 170 odd present notwithstanding the extremely cold weather. The circles of the Womans Missionary Society meet Monday at 2:30 p. m. at the following homes: Circle no. 1, Mrs. Milton Greer. Circle No. 2 Mrs. I). J. Cottrell. Circle No. of" I Mrs. R. M. Greene. | Cancer Did Not Kill Napoleon, Says Physician Leeds, England. Napoleon th? Great did not <Ji?* ??f cancer, declared Sir Berkeley Moyniluin. a well-known j surgeon of Leeds, sulnressint; the Leeds Luncheon ?-hih. "1 have had the opportuiiitv of ~xaiuiiiiuy the \isrera of Napoleon and . found thai \ hert* *vas absolutely no i truce of Min-cr." In- said. Sir Berkeley. >j?eakin?; of the increase in cancer ?>*" tin- lomrue. ittUS^d chiefly by smoking, said: "At present women are almost exempt. but I think ihey have a future 1 in thai direction, in view of tin* rapid spread of the sniokinc habit among ?ir!s. their mothers and their aunts." j SAVE -with SAFETY DRUGSTORE HOW IS YOUR APPETITE? There is no need, even if you have .. ..,.01 1 l:-1 ?i* V > .i *\mu vu uignciiiiii cactarrn lo lose your desire to eat. Cherry Bark Cough Syrup will loosen the phlegm and break up and yet it will the stomach. It does not contain alcohol or narcotics and therefore is not harmful to any member of the family. Laxative Aspirin Cold Tablets free you from the feverishness and headaches that accompany so many colds. They also give tone to the stomach. Sold only at the Roxali Stove. I BOONE DRUG CO M? Stare - - ' m rxrrwn mqn Tut:5. ws-f) ihl'3 f f-'i sM 1 2 3 4 5 (51 1 8 9 10 II 12 ul I I IS IS 17 18 19 20 I I 22 23 24 25 2G 271 I I PSO | I Feed ur Weeks Our Risk Oil lit em! the tuxedo ur weeks, i.ine of feeds t to Start. Ce-re-?-li? Smt;i Tuxpdo Dairy tl'OlU your TuxeiloCbop . ? L-" .. Tuxedo Hoc Ration ts for four Tu^oSfsrtin4 directions. F<*d i. j Tuxedo Chick nillK Chart Tuxedo Buttermilk he doesn't s,k"" ?wloc milk, or toledo TuxcdoScrutch C 1-1 recum Tuxedo Ei;gLnaih tween vou TS*r.do ? Fattenrr, etc. M falls down is ready for the butc1 . Eggers & Co., k>one, N. C. e-re-a-lia I Sweets I B*':. _ f. .V , - - g; . S3 ? .1