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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-09-25
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Every WOman IN LnIS Idnu Heeus HUUS
ier, and now is the opportunity youhave been
waiting Come at once and see what this
cabinet will do for YOU. Come early tomor-
row. 100000 Hoosiers already have been
sold This small lot will go like hot cakes
when women see the remarkable ways these
new Hoosiers save labor, time and money.
This sale ends when they are gone.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10

The levees Of the Mississippi
river are being made food proof
by q covering Of concrete.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10

1t is to be hoped that an exam
ination OF the hull OF the Arneri-
can steamship Nebraskan will
show that the vessel struck a
drifting mine. This is a dubious
time for another Gulfight Incl
dent.
1t is difficult to believe that, in
view of the situation between the
United States and Germany since
the sinking OF the Lusitania, the
German Government would have
authorized Its submarine Com.
manders to attack American
ships. 1t is equally difficult to
believe that a German Command.
Ter would have made an attack on
This own responsibility.
4 Such action in such circumstan.
ces would be little less than an
actof war. Noconciliatory reply
that the German Foreign Office
could make to President Wilson's
hole would balance @ deliberate
attack upon a ship flying the
American flag, at a time when
the two governments were en-
deavoring to arrive at a friendly
and honorable understanding in
respect to submarine warfare.
1t is to the credit of the Ameri.
can people that there is no great
public excitement over the Ne.
braskan affair, and that there is
ageneral disposition togive Ger.
many the benefit OF every doubt
until the essential facts can be
established. Am erican restraint,
however, does not. mean Ameri-
can indifference; for if itisproved
that the Nebraskan is a victim OF
a German, torpedo it will be i'm
possible to reconcile that action
with any expressed desire from
Berlin foracontinuation offriend.
" relations with the United
States. NJ 7. World: /. 1.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10
4 naliTieus Proposition

IN contemplation Of the job Of
taking the Dardanelles, The Oh.
server several weeks ago express
ed the belief that it would be an
unfinished task when peace shall
have been concluded. Great Bri.
tain has so far foundit only q
trap for the Navy. To enter is
to be sunk. Five battleships-
the Majestic, Goliath, Triumph,
Irresistible and Ocean havegone
to the bottom in addition to YES.
sells of smallerconsequence. ltia
evident that dependence will be
had largely to land operations
for the conquest Of this difficult
and hazardous proposition
Charlotte Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10
u,rk to the Wedding Bells I!

Now. comes lovely, love.laden
June-the month OF blushing g
brides and-well, the bridgrooms
are usually still more crimson OF
face, unless they are chalk.white
with fear.
"1n the springa a young mans"
-yoh know the rest-and in June
he most often gets his ideal-or
whatever you may call her. Why
the poet should have limited
those spring thoughts of love"'
to the mere masculine is notquite
clear, unless he meant to infer
that q young girls fancy" turn
ed seriously in the same direction
all through the year.
But let the scoffers scoff. How
ever comical loves young dream
may seem at times to the old
steIs, it is, after all, the sweetest
and the realest thing in lite, and
the most appealing. 1t is the
one real glimpse OF Heaven that
we poor earthworms get here be-
low, and poor indeed is he or she
who has never known it's Joy.
Sometimes thednamfades into
a drab reality, OF worse. Its &c.
tasy is at best but transient.
Men find they have not married
the angels they supposed, and
brides soon discover that their
liege lords are not the noble su-
per.men they thought them.
But love, albeit saner and less
idyllic, persists in q vast MAORI.
ty of American homes, and love
is the greatest fact in human ex.
istence-the greatest gift vouch.
safed to man from high. Heaven.
Let the Wedding bells ring out !
Baltimore Sun.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10
k"PrsIiminau" Note

1t issuggested in some quarters
that criticism OF the German note
should be suspended because it is
avowedly only a preliminary an.
swer to the American demand for
disavowal and reparation, de-
signed to elicit and establish q
basis OF factfor a future conclu.
sive reply. 1t is quite true that
the German note is definitely de-
elared to be merely preliminary,
but this point Immediately raises
the question OF why it took the
government at Berlin two weeks
to prepare a purely tentative
Communication. Star.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10

Agood many citizens of Wa.
tauga county are anxious to have
q wagon road built which will
give them an outlet to. the Wa,
tauga and Yadkin River Rail-
road now pushing toward that
county. To this end a meeting
was held in North Wilkesboro
Monday to hit upon a plan by
which help could be given to such
an entefp rise. The road which is
tp receive immediate attentions
ohe from Darby, to which point
the railroad is practically COM
pleted, to Aho, eleven miles away.
Three miles Of this distance is in
Wlkee county, and it is estimat.
ed that $3.50 will be sufficient
funds tocomplete that part Of it.
AS to the remaining 8 miles, Mr..
Geo, L. Story, a merchant at
Aho, who was present at the
meeting, says can and will be
built by the Watauga people. A
petition for funds is being circu-
lated and freely signed. From
Aho to Blowing Rock is five miles
and the road is good; to Boone
is eleven miles.
!. 1t is thought that trains will
be running to Darby by August
l. The railroad will then be con.
tinued on to Rogers Mill. This
latter place is only 8 miles from
Boone and ten miles from Blow
ing Rock and is within two miles
Of the top OF the Blue Ridge.
With the continued aid Of the
3 tate it is only a matter OF time,
1t seems, until the cherished hope
Of Watauga County will be real.
lied in the proud possession OF a
railroad.-Wilkes Patriot. :
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10

The newspapers Of the State
are collectinga listof the various
devices used to 'blind tiger" stuff
into North Carolina. Thus far
the list shows that 1t is 'seed po.
tatoes" for Greensboro, ''crock-
cry" and wearing apparel" and
"shoes" for Washington, trunks
marked personal baggage" for
Wilmington, "apples" for Raj
eigh.s The Washington News sug.
gests that If the blind tigers re.
ally wanted to get in their ship.
lnents without being discovered
that they label Them beer and
whiskey.-News 8 Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10

/, In 1914 there were 149 fatal
aeroplane accidents in the world, /,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10
Mexican Intelligence

There is but one trouble that
need be anticipated in the Mexi-
can matter and that relates to
the capacity OF intelligence OF the
Mexican leaders. II they are en-
dowed with q sufficient degree of
un n1erstanding to enable them.to.
grasp the meaning Of. President
Wilson's notice, there will be no
difficulty in bringing about asat-
isfactory adjustment OF the situ-
alton. Villa has already said
Carranza is to blame for it all,
and Carranza may be depended
on to place the blame on Villa.
It Is q matter for the Mexican
factions to settle among them
selves, and past experience has
proved that the self.settlement
ofany sort4of a dispute is an al
mostimpossible ibleaccomplishment
Just how much pressure the Unit
Cd States will have to exert in
order to bring about the setting
up Of D recognizable Government
In Mexico remains to be seen. 1t
is 10 the intellectual lcaliber OF the
people ws have to deal with that
theprohlem is found, ltispretty
much like going upto a bunch OF
cats>with their tails tied together
and shouting to them to begood.
Charlotte Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10

This isOnly a part OF the land
that will be advertised, the re.
mainder will be advertised as
soon as list can be obtained from
deputies.
This 2Sth day of May, 1915.
.' E. R. EGGERs,
-. Ex.Sheriff.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10
The Newest Skin Game

A resident Of the lower East
Side opened the door OF his fiat
Ftosdmt . short, weltfed gentle
man with a medical odor who
said he represented the Board OF
Health. The fat dweller was
commanded to remove part. OF
his clothing and lie on the bed,
bis back uppermost, his face in
the pillow and submit to a phys.
ical examination. -
The medical man, in pursuance
OF his duty, annointed the pa.
tents back with a greasy prep.
atation calculated to bring the
physical defects to the surface,
and commanded the patient to
lie quite still until the ointment
dried. When his patience would
endure no longer the patien t
rolled over, the grease still not
dried. The medical man was
gone and 80 was the little wad of
bills that the East Side man had
worn next to his skin. @r-
Last night the police arrested
Joseph Krowl, 26, of 1886 For
tieth street, Brooklyn, and charg-
e him with being the bogus med.
|icSl man in this little scenario,
which has been played with profit
ip at least Is homes in the East
Side below Fourteenth street.
Krowl is at police headquarters
charged with grand larceny.
The police say he has a record,
that he is No. 2O,112 in the
Rogues' Gallery and that he has
been to Sing Sing.
Jacob Fein; SO Eldridge street,
shid to be the father Of Dopey
Benny, the gangster, says the
medical person got $3S from his
trousers when the scene was en-.
acted in his home. Aanie Ruben.
ield, 81 Willet street, says she
missed a after the examination
Herman Godel, IS Avenue D, says
when he decided the ointment on
bis back would neverdry $40 was
fgone from his trousers.
Abraham Dutch, SO Goerck
street, lost 500. The next day
Dutch got this letter:
II herewith return $50 OF your
money. 1t is Of no use to me
The other $40 will follow. DOC
TOR"
The 500 Dutch had treasured
in his wallet was good and lawful
money. The $50 returned wal
brand new stage money.-N. Y
lSun.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10
Is Edison Sees L

The long accepted ideas Of war.
fare have been relegated to the
past by the struggle between Ger
many and the Allies. There has
been q complete revolution in
: tactics. Mechanical strategy is
now the important factor. War
has been red uced to a science and
one OF the foremost sxponents--
Thomas A. Edison--has been
quick to catch it. MIR. Edward
Marshall, a New York Times
writer, had a talk with the in
ventor in his laboratory and
drew from that genius some en-
tirely new thoughts. Edison
thinks that in the changed con.
ditions OF warfare the unframed
soldier actually has an adyant-
age. He believes too much mill
tary training not only availed
Germany nothing, but proved to
be.herhandicap. Germany was
ready for war after the old ideas
of readiness" he says, "but her
armies never got to Paris. She
asover-ready. She was so over
ready that she asnervous. Her
trigger.fngers became jumpy. It
was an attack of hysteria, due to
over-wadiness, which plunged
Europ" into war;" Edison's OBJ
servation is that it has been a
war OF trench fighting and elabo-
rate military training and ma
neuvers count but little in that
kind of fighting. He thinks the
world has wasted a vast amount
OF money in military drill and
useles ss'forti6cations. Re is Ger
tain it has beenprovef that no1
engine of destruction or defense !
can be go effective that the inge-
nuity Of desperate men cannot
devise something which will Offset
it. Germany's new field guns, the
secret Of which had been so care.
fully kept, we're. tha sensation OF
the first weeks Of the war. yet
France matched them before it
was too late. In these facts he
sees reinsurance for America
"Ws are as cleveratRechanics,"
he says, whether they be those
ofwar or those Of peace, as any
people in the world. Wegave the
world the iron.clad vessel as the
rssultoi one emergency. Wegave
the world the submarine. The
Wright brothers perfected the
aeroplane." The inventor says
that il any foreign power should
seriously consider an attack upon
this country a hundred men OF
special training quickly would be|
at work here upon new means OF
repelling the invaders, and he,
himself, would be >at it.-Char-
lotte Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10
SALE OF REAL ESTATE FOR TAXES

At l o'clock on Monday, July
5, 1915 at the court house door
in Boone, N. c., l will seDat pub.
lie outcry to the highest bidder
for cash, pursuant to the laws of
North Carolina, all the lands in
Watauga county on which taxes
for the years 1913and 1914 have
not been paid, a list Of, which
lands'to be sold and the amount
Of taxes due thereon, with costs
added, as required by Sec! 1883,
Revisal 1905, is as follows:
BALD MOUNTAIN Township
@.'9 For 1918 p!
winebarger, W T, 5 acres 1881
clawson, G ", II 1.88
BEAVER DAM TOWNSHIP, for191S-
Miller, E B, 1874 acres $43.35
BLowlNa Rock TOWNSHIP,
For 1918 and 1914
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-06-10
What Of Italys Program

"aat o. Itags Progran
The entrance Of Italy into the
war in Europe naturally brings
up the question as to what will
be the plan Of that country in
giving aid to the allies. Italy's
entrance into the conflict is to all
outward appearance caused by
the fact that it could not obtain
from ustra.Hungary conces.
sions OF territory it feels belongs
to it, the holding Of this by the
Dual Monarchy for years having
been a matter which hit hard into
Italian desires Of expansion.
The fact that-a great stretch
OF territory held by Austria
stretches down into Italy; and
that this territory is literally
honeycomed with Notifications,
is an obstacle which faces Italy
at the outset. Because of this
there is taken the view by many
military authorities that the
fighting in the beginning will be
on Italian soil, and that first OF
all Italy will have to drive the
German-Austrian G armies beyond
its boundaries before it can really
take, the aggressive. OF course
that is a matter which remains
to be seen, for nine months Of
waiting by:ltaly has given that
country time to prepare and to
count the cost. Even il Italy
elects to, fight for the present on
it's frontier this will nscessitate
the throwing Of a huge army to
oppose it, and the withdrawal Of
German troops from the Eastern
and thu Western theatres of war
would aid the Allies. If Italy
had acted when the Russians took
Przemysl then it's aid would have
beenzvastly effective against Ger.
many.
The Germans and Austrians are
said to ratherlook with contempt
upon Italisns pcoNeaa IA .srsE.;
The events Of 1913 and 1885 are
yetheld in mind, for then Italy
made a poor showing in its clash
with Austria. Italy in tho Sc
years, however, is not the Italy
Of day. Then it was a small
country, the northern and south.
ern sections in antagonism, lack.
ing in resources. Nowitis really
a united Italy, a country ready
to move out in the methods Of
modern warfare. United Italy
dates from 1870 when Rome be-
came the capital. Since then there
has been steady progress, max.
ing it so that it is practically a
new nation which will enter the
war, its soldiers fired with the
fame of a hatred OF the Dual
Monarchy which has broken forth
anew after years OF smouldering.
So whatever the program in the
conduct Of the campaigns in
which twill engage Italy is to be
reckoned with. Its army, esti.
mated at anywhere from a mil.
lion to a million and a half Of
meh, may lead to'an earlier day
! |ofpeaee,, for there is now to be
considered the matter OF Rouma.
MIA, Greece and Bulgaria throw.
ing in their lot with the cause es.
poused by Italy. With Italy in
the war Europe enters upon a
conflict. flercer than. that which
hitherto has been making q sham.
bles OF itssoil.- News &0bserver.
The newspapers Of the State
are collectinga listof the various
devices used to "blind tiger" stuff
| ;,A~ Novkh No ro1;0o nNhro "a :,
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

From these figures you can see that |
not only has there not been an alarming
increase of violent crime, but there has
been very decided decrease of the
same in both counties. In Kent County
there has not been such great decrease
as in Sussex, due to the fact that county
borders on "wet" New Castle County,
making it easier for the citizens of that
county to get liquor, but the number of
criminals has not reached that of 1908,
the year of the adjustment from license
to no-license, but there has been de-
crease. In the year 1914 under the
Hazel Law, crime was reduced more
than fifty per cent over what it had
been in 1908
In Sussex County there has been
very marked decrease. But twice dur
ing the six years since 1908 has the
number of criminals from that county
reached fifty per cent of what it was in
1908, and in 1914 under the Hazel Law
the number of criminals had been re-
duced to seventy-five per cent While
in New Castle County there were 258
long term prisoners in the workwouse
in 1908, in December, 1914, the number
of long term prisoners had increased to
1888. While there has been a very
marked decreased in Kent and Sussex
county under Local Option, in "wet"
New Castle Comfy there has been a
gradual, if not an alarming increase,
and none of these are drunks from Car
ney's Point.
There is this year an increase of
crime in Kent and Sussex County, es-
pecially caused by illegal sale of liquor.
The Grand Jury of Sussex County,
commenting on this fact, said that if
the will Of the people as expressed in
the special selection of 1907 were
carried out in that only small quantity
of liquor could be secured by individuals
the conditions that now exist would
cease.
The repeal of the Hazel Law, thus
allowing the unrestricted shipment OF
liquor into these counties, is the cause
of the present disorder, and yet the
, number of prisoners sent to the work
house from these counties this year il
less than fifty per cent of those sent il
1908.
n Sincerely yours,
E. C. PRETTYMAN,
Superintendent Peninsula District
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06
THAT REGAL MANIKIN

THAT regal manikin, George V,
1 'went to the 'front.' in France
the other day to see how his big war
was coming on, and ventured on horse
back somewhere back of the firing line.
At sight of the royal carpet knight
the soldiers cheered so loudly that his
horse got scared and rearing tumbled
his majesty out of the saddle, and
cracked bone or two.
The dear little fellow should not have
been allowed to stray so far from the
royal nursery, much less to get astride
os any mount other than hobby-horse
or some gentle, well-broke Dobbin am
bling through the quiet palace grounds
at Sandringham or Balmoral.
George keeps his bed now and has
fever as high as 99.2 degrees one bulle
tin tells US! We presume the campaign
will still go on, just the same as the
big coach did without the help of the
fly on the wheel in the fable.
A very distant predecessor of his
William the Norman, met alike disaster
when his fiery charger trod on a hot
brand 1T the siege of Nantes and the
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

when that body meets. However. /
can say that the report framed by the
highest military authorities in the coun-
try, declares that such canal, permit
ting the passage Of battleships. will be
Of the very greatest value and military
Importance in the defence of our coast.
OBSTACLE TO LAND ATTACK
The report he sold, goes into details
regarding the concentration of naval
forces to resist invasion, and of the
great advantage an improved canal
would be as an obstable in preventing a
land attack through this section on Viii
mington and Philadelphia.
''These experts, said Senator Sauls-
bury, 'believe that hostile expendi-
ton would probably be landed at the
fine, undertended harbor at Lewes, Del,
and that sea-level canal along the
line of this canal would be of very great
military Importance for movement Of
craft which constitute an important
part of our coast defense system an6
would also form an almost impossible
obstacle to the passage of troops advan-
cling to attack Wilmington or Philadel.
phia, and, moreover, would be of great
use in transporting men and materia
for coast artillery in both the bays.
This enlarged canal, they say, is {
necessity for the larger project of one
connecting the Delaware with New
York bay across New Jersey, a dis
tance of 81 miles, and that a cana
through the whole distance would woulC
make the landing of hostile troops al
most impossible between Narraganset
and Chesapeake bays.
81 am greatly gratifed at the result
which has been produced by this reso
luton. believe the report of the sec
retary of war who, with the chief o.
the general staff, concurs in this repor
prepared by the chief of the War Col
lege, will cause tins great project to b,
taken up"
ADVANTAGE TO NATIONAL DEFENSE
Discussing the military advantage.
to be derived from the project, Senator
Salisbury said;
owe have no mean navy now, and
am glad to know or at least feel assur
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06

COnqueror was unhorsed and killed as
well.
1t is u far cry from William the Con-
queror to George V of England, Yet it
is the Royal Nobody's own fault that
he, is naught but sorry figurehead.
Let him get into the fight like a man
as has the heroic King Albert of the
Belgians, living in the trenches with
his men sharing their battle honors and
their battle scars as we'll
No, the dear little fellow is warrior
on carpet consideration only" anC
prefers the security and repose of the
tight little Isle" to any of the gloriei
or perils of the combat on the Cont
nent.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-06
is CRIME INCREASING?

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 80, 1915.
Dear Sir:-A Wilmington Daily re-
Gently commenting on crime in Lower
Delaware said:
'Itis fact that crime has increased
in Lower Delaware during the past ten
or more years without any increase in
respect to population that of itself would
warrant such unfavorable condition. )"
''It was contended by advocates of
Prohibition that change from license
to no-license would tend to reduce vio-
lent crime to a material extent, but it
has not had this desirable result in the
two lower counties. The courts in these
two lower conntles have had more
criminal busines to dispose of since the
elimination of licensed sale of innoxicat-
ing liquors than before"
The Local Option Law went into eff
feet January !, 1908, and if there has
been an alarming increase of violent
crime, it will be shown by the number
of prisoners received from these two
counties beginning with the year 1908.
They are as follows;