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YOU WILL BE SATISFIED tried living withia her bordra. ' "COME AND ABIDE WITH US." that yield abundantly. A PESSIMIST IS THE MAN wh take aa appcr berth on an aeroplane and haag-a his clothes en the wrong etond for the port er to press. The clond float away so he comes to na FOR HIS NEXT JOB OF PRINTING and becomes aa OPTOMIST. Is it cloady oat your way? Volume XVII! Ipubiishkd Tuesdays and Fridays! Lenoir, N. C. Friday, April 13. 1917 PRICE: TWO CENTS A COPY No. 87 T FOOD GRQP1S urged n mm' is indicated in an article in ,tbe Washington, April ll.-Presi , 1916., Yearbook of the United dent Wilson and his cabinet at States Department of Agricul Tuesday's meeting reviewed the.ture. In this article the results many phases of war activities, !of nve years' work in an Iowa found that every step possible to community are discussed in de equip the army and navy and tail. During that period, it is turn out munitions is under way, said, the net profits to the pa wau ujc uiusu prtjhs i mg needs of the nation now are to increase the supply of . food stuffs and ocean going vessels, and raise sufficient money to nnance Americas part in -the! war and make liberal loans to the entente allies. For present activities the al lies are understood to be well supplied with munitions and to have as many mVn in the tield as they can equip, and feed under present conditions. Thrpugh a co ordination of the munitions industry in the country and the raising of a large army the( United States will be in a posi tion later to supply any need in cither tield. Members of the council of na tional defense, who are also mem bers of the cabinet, have been studying the best methods' of aiding in the defeat of Germany, and they took to the President word that the most pressing need of Europe is for food and money. President Wilson personally appealed to farmers today througti the National Agricultu ral Society to make it their pa triotic duty to increase the food supply of bhe nation, and Secre tary Lane brought forward a plan for greatly increasing the acreage uuder cultivation on public lands. Secretary McAdoo left the cabinet meeting early to appear before members of the ways and means committee of the house regarding plans for issuing bonds totaling $5,000,000,000 and treasury certificates totaling $2, 00,000,000; $3,000,000,000 of the bonds to be loaned to the entente allies. The bill for the issues will be introduced in the house today. To quickly meet the demand for ships examination was begun of the condition of the German merchant vessels in American ports, which the government plans to use. It appeared prob able that Maj. Gen. George Goe thals, builder of the Panama ca nal, would be placed in charge of the construction of the great fleet of 1,000 wooden ocean-going yessels for the shipping board Tn making exemptions from military service Congress au thorizes the draft, the govern ment will take the position that if young men work in industries producing luxuries their labor is not necessary and they will not be exempted. In spite of the break in diplo matic relations with Austria the government made no move to -wards asking Congress to de clare that a state of war exists with that country, and it was in dicated that no belligerent steps toiII ha taken unless Austria moves first. 4 IMPORTANT MEETING COUNTY FARMERS' UNION SATURDAY President H. C. Abernethy of the oounty Farmers' Union has called a meeting'for Saturday at 12:30 p. m. at the court house The meeting is a very importan one. says Mr. Abernethy, and ' every, member, possible,. should. Via nraaent v. Where indtv,idua , members are not able to attend a " nrsritative of . their local union should be sent. COMMUNITY DAIRYING BRINGS AHOUT GREAT DEVELOPMENT k W(at can be accomplished by dairying districts by community f irons of.a small creamery were increased from 2,060 in 1911 to $0,643 in 1915. For the five year, period the total net profits were in creased $32,169. Against this increase there is to be charged only the salary and ex penses of the Government tield man, amounting to $11,196. As a result, therefore, of the devel opment of the work the com munity received in the course of five years $20,973 more than it otherwise would have done. These increased prouts were obtained by ihe elimination of uqprotitable cows, the introduc tion of better bulls, more im proved feeding methods, and placing on the markets products of better quality. The growing of such feeds. as clover, alfalfa, and silage corn reduced the cost of milk production, and the herds received more adequate shelter and a better water supply in the winter, thus being enabled to give satisfactory yields of milk through a larger portion of the year. Progress in these directions is to be attributed chiefly to the nfluence of the field man among the farmers. It was under hi direction that the farmers began to give serious attention to : the problem of feeding for large and economical milk production. He also introduced the practice ot keeping production records for each cow and eliminating al animals that reacted to the tub erculin test. The expense of raising calves was reduced by shifting them earlier from whole milk milk to skim . milk. The miming was done under more sanitary conditions and the milk and cream treated with greater care, in this way this way toe quality of the butter was im proved and the better product brought better prices. Wfth these better prices the farmers had more money with which to improve their business. In this connection it is noteworthy that during the five-year period cov ered !by the article mentioned the number of silos in the com munity was increased from to 44. In conclusion the article points out that, while the financial gain from the work is the easiest to measure, .it was by no means the only or even the most important part of the total , results from this experiment in community, development in dairying. The Improvement in the social con ditions and in the living cond tions in the farmhouses is not to be ignored, although it is very difficult to measure it. MISS COFFEY ENTERTAINS SOME FRIENDS AT CARDS Monday evening at her home at Fairfield Miss Ethel Coffey entertained a number of friends at a card party. . After an hour of enjoyment at the card tables delightful refreshments were served. Those enjoying Miss Coffey's hospitality were Misses Annie and Estelle Blackwel Alice Courtney, Mary Willie Ivey, Margaret Merpney, and Wallace Lindsay, Franklin Day Tan Sant,; Atherton Saff ord, Walter Lenoir, Qarland Jones Frnk. R,, guttle, Eugene Poe and Ira Tnttle, GRINnFITHFR WM OR UllilHUJ IIM1LII ULUIIUII I Ull WIS UNO TOURISTS BY E. MUHRAY BRUNER Tourists, both by word and pen, have praised the natural beauties and matchless climate of Western North Carolina throughout the length and breadth of our country, north, south-east and west. At all the great gathering places or tourist Meccas throughout the world our mountain region is named in praise as one of America's most popular playgrounds so that more and more world travelers are inspired to visit our land, and thus there is formed an ever- engthening chain of admiring riends who gladly spread our ame. It should be borne in mind, however, that we owe our world enown almost entirely to the nterprise of two or three com- parativ ly small sections, the people of which are endowed with great imagination, clear ness of vision, confidence in themselves and the possibilities of their country, and with unu sual initiative. . These Sections have not become more famdus than others of Western North Carolina because of being more favored by nature, for in fact the,y cannot justly lay claim ,tp greater or more varied natural beauties or to any advantage in climate. Their success has been won oy tneir earnest lapors, coupled with the ability to per ceive and grasp their opportuni ties. There should be no feel ing of jealousy toward them on the part of other sections which have not made such progress, but, on the other hand, there should be a friendly feeling of pride in their accomplishment and an unbounded confidence in what every other favored section of. our great "wonderland" can do. The eyes of the nation and of the world have been turned upon our mountain land through the paitial development of a few small sections. The trails of the tourists lead our way, so that we do not have to go dut and fight the battles of winning this tour ist trade, buj, have only to divert or extend it into sections othe than those to which it is now di rected. This should and can be done without, any ,4dea of injury to others, but with the broad vision of unlimited enlargement Every new sectjon which is de veloped, made accessible and ad vertised to the world adds to the fame of the entire. region and is an invitation to increased num bers oi visitors. The possibm ties for the. development of ou mountain wd .as ,a great public playground, , e ver. beckoning J and inviting people from every where to come and taste of its joys and charms, are limited only by the vision and enter prise cff the people who possess it and call it their own. The land, however, will not develop or open itself up, nor will it. ad vertise its own attractions to the world. We who with so , great pride call it our Own must do that. Nature has done her part and it is now left with us wheth er or not we will do ours. That we can do our part and abun dantly succeed therein has been proven beyond all doubt by what has already been attained by a few of our neighboring, sections It does not require any extraor dinary foresight or perspective of vision for one to come into the realisation. thh Jto tjmountain seotion of this State has one of IDA GARDNER Who will sing at the opera house Monday night under the uspices of the Lenoir Phono raph Shop. She will sing side by side with Mr. Edison's Re Creationof her voice. ts very greatest possibilities in the extensive and almost unlim ited development into a great re sort region of world-wide re nown. If thp limited develop ment of a very few sections which is almost insignificant in comparison with the develop ment of the whole region under a comprehensive scheme has al ready resulted in the advertising of our mountain land to the world what may not be expected when we all do our part? How are we to make our land accessible to all so that the flow of the great stream of tourists may be diverted to it? We have only to follow the . example of our neighboring sections who created this stream of tourists. The first and most important part we must play in public ac tion is the provision of an ade quate system of roads and high ways to join with and complete the systems built and being con structed by our neighbors. If this is done private enterprise will follow in the development of many other needed projects such as the construction of ho tels, lodging houses, parks, play grounds, etc. Caldwell county now has its opportunity to share in the de velopment of one of the largest and most attractive sections of our mountain land, namely, ine great Grandfather mountain re gion. This development is al ready started and has met with signal success, but it is only, in its infancy. This region is be ing made accessible from trie west side of the Blue Ridge both by railroad and by the construe tion fit splendid highways. It is therefore incumbent upon us to provide the highways from this side in order to give us our just share, both in the development and the eniovment of the resrion The Federal government is in vesting its funds in the purchase of lands in this region for the establishment of a national for est which will be maintained for all time, and year by year wil be more and mpre developed for tbe public, good and as a play ground open to all who may come. The iqrests wm pe. pro tected from fire and from the abusi ve practice of wastef ulllum bering. Game and fish will be provided and. guarded when proper local co-operation is se cured, and trails, roads and tele phones will be constructed. The extent of these developments will of course be largely depend ent upon local demands and .the co-operation of neighboring com munities, Can Caldwell county afford to let tbia QarjortunAty for joo-oper ative development pass? SbaU it be announced to the world that our citizenship has measf ured up to expectations and proven it has abundance of vis ion, foresight, s.'lf confidence auu initiative, or snail it oe pro- j claimed that the forces of prog-; Newton. April 10. -There was ress fell victims to greater forces! a joint meeting of the county commanded by fear, hesitation, j commissioners of Catawba, Ire indifference and prejudice? Of- j dell and Caldwell in Newton yes ten in the lives of individuals' trday to receive bids for the and sometimes in the experi- j Horseford. Lookout and Buffalo ences of communities there are three courses open to choice two extremes and a middle course. Usually in such circum stances the middle course is hosen. With respect to the question of good roads, however, uch is not the case, for the choice Hps only between two courses. Either we must align ourselves on the side of enlight nment and progress or we must make common cause with the forces that are headed backward. We cannot stand still, no matter how much we may desire to do o. because our position is a rel itive one not an absolute one. Our position is determined by our relation to our neighbors. If our neighbors go forward and we do not keep pace with them we are necessarily forced back ward and assume a lower posi tion in the scale of progress radically all our neighbors have already determined to go forward and are now busily en gaged in their advance. The few who have not already taken action are preparing to do so at once, vvith us, therefore, the problem of good roads resolves itself into a question of self- preservation, and it is therefore incumbent upon us to take such action as will enable us to hold our own and maintain at least our present position in the scale of progress. Can we have so little pride or be so indifferent to our own late as to make our county the one dark spot on the map of progress through the de liberate vote of our citizenship? Surely it behooves every citizen of the county to do his duty, by himself, his family, his neighbor and the future welfare of his county. Surely it behooves ev ery man of influence to see that he exerts every means at his command to act generously and help his neighbor to see the situ ation in its true light. There is not a citizen in the county whose time is so valuable that he can not afford to give generously of his time and efforts to the win ning of this cause. Surely no citizen who realizes the stakes at issue can refase to throw him self unreservedly into the fight to put his county forward in the scale of progress. WANTS CONFEDERATE STAMP DYE MADE BY MAJOR HARPER Major Harper is just in receipt of a letter from Mr. W. S. Baer, of Baltimore, asking for infor m ation concerning an old Con federate postage stamp die which w3. made in 1861. , The die was made by Major Harper in Sep tember of that year, being whit tied out of a block of wood- Major Harper s father was post master here at thaVtime The Baltimore man is interest ed and is collecting stamps and other interesting things of that war period and in bis letter to Major Harper he wants to know if the original die can, be found or if the die cannpt be found, he asks for one of the stamps print ed froa it. Major Harper looked up an old diarv., covering the year 186 and found a place where one these stamps bad been placed However, the part of the page on which this old stamp was pasted bad been cut out aud be low it wa writteni Sold to W A. fii, Baltimore Jdsu Pos bly this WiUJi" was some of Mr. Baer s people. ERS REJECT AIL BIDS FOB HE Shoals bridges. The meeting was held in tbe supreme court room and lasted from noon until four o'clock. There were representatives of bridge companies here from Washington, Richmond, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Roanoke, Charlotte, Asheville, in addition to tw local contracting firms of Hick ory. Propositions were under discussion for the pier work sep erately and also for the complete bridge. All bids were rejected on ac count of the steepness of the figures. The cost of the bridges on the basis of the bid submitted would be about double the ex pectations of the commissioners. Another meeting will be held in Hickory April 23 between tbe Catawba and Caldwell commis sioners toreceive'a new set of bids for the Horseford bridge. TEXAN WAS FIRST TO Gl OUR FUG The Stars and Stripes have gone into battle lor the nrst time in France, according to an nofficial dispatch received here rom the British front. To a young Texan who came to Ontario to enlist and who is now lying wounded in tbe hos pital," reads tbe dispatch, 'be- ongs the nonor of first carrying tbe American flag into battle in the European war in which tbe. United States has just entered He went up into the assault at elus, carrying tbe Stars' anil Stripes on his bayonet and fell thus." MRS. FOARD AT HOME , TO THE Q. V.CLU1 - . if At her home on Trade Street, on Tuesday afternoon from 4 6 o'clock Mrs. Arthur G. Foard was hostess to the Q. V. Club. rogressive rook was played and n cutting for the prize, a beauti ful embroidered hot roll case, Mrs. R. A. Ramseur was the fortunate one. Several piano selections were rendered by Mrs. C. L. Robbins. Ice cream cake and mints were served by the hostess, assisted by Miss Margaret Meroney. Besides, the regular club, members Mrs. Foard had as ber guests Mes- dames McCormick, E. C. Ivey, E. L. Steele, A. W. Dula, D, M. Litaker, J. H. Beal. W. H. Crad dock, H. W. Courtney, G. D. Courtney, M. H. Courtney, Rv O. Powell, E, D. Pulliam, 1. Fv Allen, F. H. Coffey, J. D. Matbe -son, C. M. Hickerson, H, M. Teague, Wj L..Minish, R. A. Ramseur, J. W. Whishaht, W. 1 Pitts, Y. D.' Moore, Jr., and Miss Elizabeth Randolph. BAPTIST S. S. ASSOCIATION IS TO' MEET AT WHITNEL On the fifth Sunday in this month the Baptist Sunday School Associaiorf of Caldwell 'county ' will 'hold its annual meetings at Whltnel. The program is beitft; arranged and will be given quX early next week, The1 Reverend D. L. Miller of Henry , N. C. will preach' at tke Lutheran church Ot Lenoir ,$ujb iday.aWl a, m. .Sunday School at 10 a; m. The pVbM is cbr diiliy welcbmeV ' 1
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