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WBBBBHSBK sn PAGE rwo N. C. RANKS FITH IN ROAD BU1LDI1 Reports Show Expenditure of 588.521 During 1025; P?isosj vania Led the Nation Washington speeia! of 0c6W to Winston-Salem Journal: With expenditures for roads totaling ; 588,511 in 1925, North Car< ranked fifth among the states pi union ih the amount expended highways during the year, accor to reports l'ron. the various high departments just compiled by United Suites bureau of pi roads. The u>cal expend dure by the s jmghxvav department in 1925 for and ' 'iu ev/T.istinotion oh the rr; ghwav systems amo cd to l 25,101. according to compilation. Thus North Card spent* a '.li.Tie ever five per con the national t-.-ai. State? spending more money read construction during the 3 than North Carolina were: Penr vania. $62,-9;. " 5 ; Now York, $ 36S.T70; Illinois. $30,3?5.988;Miohigaii $36,1 38,0.-1 9. In the south on'y Missouri % a total of $3ljT593,9-'*.7 and T< with $19,98-"),007 approached North Carolina total. North f"; Una's sister states. Virginia South Carolina spent $11,071. and >9.13?.9p,3- respectively. Of the total expenditure in natir during the year 59.6 per < was .pent for r??ad and bridge * striiction, 18.1 per cent*, for m lenance. and 3.5 per cent for m rials and equipment. Adininistra and engineering costs accounted 4.7 per cent of the total; intei and principle payments on bonds per cent, and miscellaneous exp diturcs amounted to 0.0 per cent the total. CLEAN FARM BUILDINGS ARE HARD ON Bl Raleigh. N (iv, 3.-?-Groin wee> insect pests and poultry paras hove a hard time making inro into the farmer's income when at: the djh houses' and storage bins denned and disinfected. '"1$ is always a good plan to cl ou; the granary or curii 'crili be! s\?. : ng h. ? crop.'* says Wavi< Weaver nwd t hginccf ' ' State I'.VdVgv. '"Vhtr tiv k. "that 'va-vii; and ntHp;- enemies, grapi find a v, l-iuno refuge.In , d'irtv i-oi-t'o-vv. apd i? ihtj/ffiwwii'.i' ]:a-t \ e < on. Wdtcn the . is vntpiy is ibe -1- lime to Mi needed repairs also. Hole's ad Kits aii.d rats do e insklcrabte dani lo sta!"*.*(I grain during the \yii months. 1"' pesU :.aiu to he riiosv destructive. aaimats in WOT .1 anil it fe a Kcod dan to > their holes \yith pieces of tin or. m other hard material:*' Mr. vVo.'iVv i is also an adyoeatt whitewash vii th< average Nj .. . . .... i> *? !- - - - <* varoi -'??> ;<ua?. ncrt' i.n<? j;:r Cannot afford to ' nse paint,' AW at iva.-t gi*yO t$e pm'itry hmi>o< hog pon^ a gfop'fi coating at \yr wash Evop ehe dairy stables bintijTil by i-uch ;i>; whixoAvasfi will keep >h? |i^? irjsrf-V pest.-- ap<i -~cTTii;n .\y liberal applications are made- tu Vr'XtlU /'C STcL-e.rfjinp xo ' PjftlV AVer.^cr; sp; ii.tr th mis better bras! it on as the force of the -prayer the km: id. into the bracks and c ices not usually"reached whet-bg applied With a brush. The fjtlJ is a good time Vo sti to ihe-rC money-saving jobs, st Mr. V\ eat . r KENMK WAGNER SENTENCE IS l.IFE IMPRISON Ml Meridian. Miss., Oct. .'>0.?Ki Wagner, alleged -Inyo: of five was sentVueod to life imprison* late today for the slaying two j ago of Deputy Sheriff Mclnios* /* ? ? vrrccue The somence was determine* the Jury when h? returning a ve of guilly 01 murder in -ho firsi gree ii failed to agree upon the ishment. automatically fixing penalty as life imprisonment. The verdict came after a which, starting Wednesday, hi upon the festimony of the defer and two officers. Wagner, the witness for the defense, test that he had killed the deputy sh in self defense. Prosecution j?esses declared the officers who rendered the house lodging Wa after a jail break, had >ot fired after Wagner shot down the de in attempting to escape. They that Deputy Sheriff Mcintosh b? he died had definitely identified man who shot him as Wagner. C statu wintesses told of Wagner's mission to them that he had kilJec deputy because he was forced t EARLY WINTER JOBS FOR FAMILY GARDEN Yiiore ate a few timtlj jobs in the 537 . r, ^ faio?ly ; tl will help to make it Metier vegetable producing spot j'* r'onp iv. Novembej*. r 28 S ?vember ?< a good month to have the c>nerat clean-up of the garden. Burn all the diseased plants left and dira ma'KU a eoinpostTj heap or a manure pile of the refuse which 1s1 free from t*K' disease. Save the fallen leaves and for add these to the compost hVap. Plow din# the utilised portico of the garden 1W.,V ami leave the upturned soil exposed tiie -? 1 'u' freezing and thawing of whiiblic ter a,at('<'r "Thu-e are all timely suggestions date l^al help one 'n having a better road K^rden next year." says E. B. Mors?.v row. extension horticulturist. "It is unt_ also easy to add a few more vegetables. If the old asparagus beds has dina st,rved its davr a few crowns should l of ,>c sct ou? *or a new one- ^he orous one-year-old crowns are best to on use and these should be planted in Uar furrows, 8 to 12 inches deep and |Svj. covered to a depth of three or four _ , mcags. in mosr. sections oi tne state, i and ''abbage plants might* be set for on early spring r ror. Lettuce seed I vith nia>* be planted in cold fiames for! i\as "ar->* spring beading.'* the M*** Morrow states that the cold j iro- rar"eS! a"d hot beds need to be re-' art<j paired ready for early spring use. These t\vo pieces of equipment are essential for good gardening. They j the ,uc easily made and will more than j tent'- Par,y *or themselves by permitting; ,on_ the growing of vegetables out of sea-| piii- son?-? ?iv l-'RUIT GROWING PROFITABLE f^r IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA rest ' . ? \\ csterri North Carolina is one of ,cn. the best localities in the United 0? States for the production of some of t'he small fruits such as grapes, stra\vberri"s. raspberries, sour cherries and damson plums. ICS George K. Murrell. horticulturist of the Southern Railway system, reals, cently made a survey <>f conditions in r,tes this icriitory. with special reference ads to the production of grapes. He rei of nor'? that the climate, soil and topoare graphy of t'he country could hardly 1 .?? inj.; v* can Concord, Niagara, Catawba and ore - Jar varieties; He found that the i s. > ting Vineyards, produce large ,?r }-.Muiih - .,j grain.- of superior -a/Viivrhu- eontciii' and flavor and that : yielded - ith;d antial the. profit?,. s oX *1' CTpll that the vest I SM . pro paring the ianBj planting; fer- \ inke tdmhg. ru>;i\ arir.g and --.praying the j niir f'.rsi. yen.: would he about $20(1 per j ago aero, and less where the cwnov dors 1 ityr hit own work and gels port* from Ins 1 the- fund; t!u\ cost for Hwuli'/.ing, j the eul Hearing. spraying and pruning; top the second year would he about $.69 j >nie acre, and thai the annual cul- j cost' after tin second year; ol wouUi Jk? about $1 la,per acre The j nrh third year the on.v. under good j met' i'iiii'. should yi'.Hd S. 160 pounds per] an re,, wnich if so id at five cents per j and pound would yieid $-10$ per acre, ate- > -' iha? vba yard t os.t, plus Six per ini'erest for the current seaso:? P litis Tv*i sspi iirott Hi.- third uwiv "with i'rce 'an annua? prospec-tSv; profit' of $300 & per y'cri- i.crcute; tor many years, vtlio ; Au gir% ye'iiU per pcai,i?A llie price revcivm! b\ v^3?ipi rowers at Try oh, ray- this year the return wotild be ?734 vCiVg p?.*r -:t?rV.. or u not yie^d over the cost, gets tor hh third year.of $018, but such rev- higher figures require good loctii deT it is nvand and could probably hot be counted ph for a ]arge. comSvifrciai Lend production. ate* The- above figures are based on ; seiimg the grapes as they come from the vine Very much higher profits u may be obtained if . market is deENT veloped for grape pi nu fs. Mr. Murred nhowen that pounds of nnie grapes from an aero of 'and would men yield lu8 gallons of grape juice nam worth $U;5.20. and that, from the _ cars -a(. v pulp remaining, Ly the add! ' of of * c dulated water and sugar, 952 dozen two-ounce glasses of jelly, by \ $1,1 12.40. could ho made, rdii-ci makuig 'he possible grors income per de-J acre $l,a7?.fiO, the In rthcr oppun portunitv of making marmalade from Vhe J ;.( ? /?>' 'iue nfj.k^ rr.nkiii!* ii'llr nrH . using the -km- I'o lo make the hightrial ! est grade of Cable vinegar, nged Mr. Muvreii railed attention to dant: some of the collateral uses might be only: made of a grape juice am: prescrvified ; plant. Raspberries produce proerifx i fusely in that territory and raspber wit ry marmalade is in active demand, sur-' Apple pectin, that can be made from gnerjthe cull apples now largely going to until, wast'e in Western North Carolina, puly! when flavored with raspberry makey said < a high-grade raspberry preserve 'fore! which may be sold at a profitable I the J price. Itherj Damson plums, which make a supad prior preserve, may profitably be 1 the | crown in this locality as may also o do j sour cherries, both of* which would _ be handled in the grape juice and THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EEJ i preserving want, thus demonstrating that, under proper inanefre tnent. .small fruits of the kinds mentioned m&y he made highly profitable products 01" Western North Carolin. 5HAK.ERS. ONCE POWERFUL IN OHIO. FADE FROM RELIGION Lebanon. Ohio. Nov. I.?Only the epilogue remains to be toid of the | story of the Shakers, one powerful | religious sect". | Less than half century ago the I Shakers owned and farmed thou! sands of acres of the best lands in Ohio. :?> well as ' i< h tracts in the ' east. Today, all their Ohio lands arc in the hands of others, and the Sbakj ers have gone. The few colonies remaining in the east, at East CanterI bury, N. H.; PittsCield. Mass.. and i West Albany and Mount Lebanon. N. i V., number but a few dwindling hun| dreds. More than a century and a half ; ago, the adherents of "Mother Ann j Lee" came to America frmo England, I and established the first colony of : shakers in New York state. Nearly a i century and a quarter ago John Mea; cham. Isaachar Bates and Benjamin 1 S. Youngs, missionaries of the new faith, came over the Alleghenies to Lebanon Ohio. wKi>r? c"1 *u" banner of the Shakers in the wilderness. Despite opposition, the new sect grew and became wealthy. The Shakers bought the best land in the region. They were sober, industrious. pious and honest. They abolished marriage and depended upon converts from ether denominations or "from the world*' fo keep up their ' membership. But they offered the convert little beyond a life of peace j and quiet. When a man and his wife joined the sect, all their materia! possessions passed into the hands of 1 m 111 *ilp I 1 i I Chevi Ite t o k h a P c T & A. QUA ;ERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. | ;h< church, ami tlir conjugal tics : \ve!re abolished. Shakers made their life almost; j monastic iu color. lake monks and inip? fhey toiled for theci church.; gave succor to the needy, and main-! J tali,<:d the relationship of brothers and sister.-. The "pooling" of lands ami all resources in the hands of the church made it communistic enterprise: There was little intellectual life, and education was riot encouraged i unt?l *he later years of the church. The Shakers believed that Adam and Eve were*'he physical progenitors of man, but that man's spiritual nature sprang from tlie mythical union of; I -Jesus and Ann Lee. But the church and communistic colonies founded on these beliefs and practices did not' prosper. There were i desertions; schisms broke out. Within i comparatively few years the mem! bership in Ohio dropped from more i than a thousand to the one lone! | Shaker still in Lebanon, and the i ; total membership in all the colonies | in America from more than G.000 to | | less than half a thousand. "Steven, dear," whispered the bur-J i glai\s bride, as he started on his j evening's work. ivy to be a little j move quiet when you come in to; night." "Soii'niy. kid." replied the fond | husband. "Did I wake youse up last ! rg'-ta?" "No. but you awoke mother. And I I don': want her running up t'o the ' ! penitentiary and complaining: to fath! cr that ' married an amateur."?; j Legion Monthly. j | Customer: "1 was told to buy eith- j j or a casserole or a camisole and 1 ; can't remember which." ! Clerk: "Ah! Is the chicken dead or alive?" for Econor 1 s I | I & ^| 'if? : r-r - >:-h*A w S ' ' 5 rolet Close World Pre Chevrolet is the only lowSpriced < ffeiing closed bodies by Fisiivi?. nowledged everywhere to represent t .ighest order of beauty, luxury, saf< nd value. On the leading cars in eve rice class the Fisher emblem is ; epted as a hallmark of distinctio ouringjor Roadster $510, Coupe or Coach moll doum payment and convenient term & B. CHEVI BOO LIT Y A START MOVEMENT i j TO SURFACE ROAD | Plan to Asls the Highway Commij.! sion to Improve YonaMo^see Blowing Rock to Linville The Lenoir News-Topic of last I Thursday says: The proposition of j widening and hard-surfacing the Yon- j ahiossce road from Blowing Rock to | Linville was discussed here Monday j by Hugh McRac, of Wilmington, and a committee of the Lenoir Chamber] of Commerce. Mr. McRae is Che ma- j jority stockholder in the Linville Im- \ provement Company, owners of the [ Eseeola Inn at Linville. He has forj many years taken an active interest i in the improvement of the roads and j highways in Avery^ Caldwell, Wat- j auga and other surrounding counties. The members of the committee who j met with Mr. McRae were P. H. Cof-! fey. president Lenoir Chamber of ' Commerce; Mark Squires, W. J. Le-j uoir and Chas. M. Sturkey, secretary. | Mr. MacRae discussed the proposi- 1 tion of getting behind a movement to ' bring before the State highway com- I mission the advantages of making the : Yonahlossee a hard-surface highway j >u as to make it a connecting link ; between Johnson City. Tenn.. and : Blowing Hock, Lenoir. Hickory and Charlotte. With the permanent im- j proveir.ent ot' this road a new short : route would be opened up for travel , leading: from the central states to the southeast. There is a great'Seed fori such a route at present, and should j it be built the increasing travel dur- ! ing the coming months and years i would turn thousands of tourists through Lenoir and other points it would touch. Blowing Rock is interested in the j plan, and T. H. Coffey and others! there have given their assurance that j tical Transportation wtfm is mm uagMt?maMmmmsnist+sKmx?Mimn*MBBnm?ntitt* The Ixmdcnij $765 (?. c id Bodies mdes no :ar Lustrous Duco in beautifi 2C- colors assures the permanen external beauts-. Upholstery, ,, ioning, hardware and appo: all contribute to thcirunchallc ^ ?a value that is making the ,c' Chevrolet in Chevrolet histoi n. popular ever offered. $645^Scdan $735. A11 Prices /. o- b. Fli s~ Ask about our 6% Purchase Cert ROLET COW NE, N. C. T LOW . ....... NOVEMBER 4. 1926 they will do everything possible t?> further the plan. The local commit- ^ fee has taken the matter up with the Hickory Chamber of Commerce and a joint meet!up of the two bodies v.*iJ5 be held in the near future to discuss the importance of the matter. FIND DEPOSIT OF CYANITE IN NORTH C AROLINA An official report o t'he reported tind of deposits of cyanite near Burnsville in Yancey county, is in course of preparation and any statement on the matter will have to be made by Major Wade H. Phillips, director of the department of cor serration and development. This statement was made last week by former State Geologist Jasper A. Stuckny in confirming reports that he had discussed the possibilities of deposits of the minerals with J. A. Pollard, owner of the land in which, the deposits are said to bo located. Dr. Stuckey said he visited the property with Mr. Pollard and located what appeared to be cyanite deposits. He added that he told Mr. Pollard the land appeared to contain several million cubic feet of rock with cvanite do_r?sai><= U.-? mated would range from five to> thirty per cent* but that the- practical value of the deposits depended on ( "whether i hey can h" concentrated and also test out satisfactorily-'' Dr. Stuckoy said tha? he d;d not believe it proper to discuss he mat- A ter as what he had discovered wou-d be reported to Major Phillips whe would be the proper person to issue a statement on the matter. Major Phillips who would he the proper person to issue a statement on the matter. Cyanitc. Dr. Stuokey explained, is a comparatively rare substance used for its refractory qualities particularly in electrical insulations. I wb. Flint, Mich.) by Fisher Finer! il, modish ce of their trim, cushintments? mged value smoothest ry the most nU'Michigtm ipcau Ploa. IPANY COST < i
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