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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-15

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-15
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One q ths clevsr-st musical fes-
tures ever offered locally ~ van
teetlie is Eaid n - PsAux and
Hrtteg 20 come 90 the Qrpheun mkt
week The members q The COM
rary are musicians o. m ,re than or
e .uary uerif and the prod fefion -
heaufiflliy staged and c0stuned The
fun on ths oEram VIII be supplied
by Nat carr. ~ por liar Hebrew
r1onoiogist and Burh and shapiro.
comedians who ar aiwavs farorahty
received on 'heir annual visits o. The
ofpheun carr VIII have fund q
new stories and anecdotes Rna bush
and Shapiro viii miuEle song and
dan A. with their rouefy stunts a
clever one-acf piayl~t The Long
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
BLOWING ROCK BREEzEs

Rev. G. l.. Hodges is conduct
ing a revival atSkyland. Large
congregations are attending and
several have professed religion
during the time. MIR. Hodges
has been preaching only about
one year. He has the care of six
churches, two IN West Hickory,
two in Caldwell and two IN Wa
tauga county.
Rev. Edgar Tufts filled his ap-
pointment last Sunday, preach
ing an interesting sermon on the
birth, life, condescension and pas
sion of our Lord and Savior Je-
sus Christ.
Ice harvesting has been the Or
der Of the day. Nearly all the
ice houses have been filled.
Mr.. John Saunders, OF Globe
and Mr.. Deal, son in law OF Mr..
W. p. Pendley, are spending the
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. W.
p. Pendley.
Mr.. Marshall Pendley fell last
Saturday night and broke his
leg. Yesterday he was suffering
excruciating pains. We extend
our sympathy to the sufferer.
He has a host OF friends who are
sorry to know OF his misfortune.
Christmas passed off very quie-
tly at the Rock. Some of the
boys got a little too much OF the
"cook's medicine" and were rath-
er bOisterous. ..
The entertainment at Sandy
Flat last Thursday night was
well attended and a good time is
reported by all.
A large crowd was present at
the entertainment at the village
Friday night. The recitation by
Miss Annie Lee Crisp deserves
more than passing notice. En-
comiums OF praise were passed
upon her speech by all who heard
it. Many others acquitted them
selves we'll on the stage.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04

We were glad to have with us
throug che holiday season, Mr.
l.. l.. Bingham, one OF our popu-
lar young men, who is teaching
at Parlear, in Wilkes county.
Prof. Russell G.. Hodges, OF
Sands, who is teaching at Sher-
rill's Ford, in Catawba county,
was with home folks during the
holidays, leaving for his work on
Thursday.
Miss Mamie Rivers, who has
been teaching at Matney since
August, closed her school just in
time for Christmas, and returned
to her home in Boone for the hol.
idays. She reports a most salts
factory term and is highly pleas
ed with the splendid treatment
she received from the good peo'
pie in the community in which
she taught.
MIR. W. p. Beach, OF Mast,
one of Watauga's best farmers,
was q business caller at our Of
flee on Friday. He remarked that
he raised this year l 900 bushels
OF corn, but the demand has been
so great that his excess
has long since been exhaus
ted, and that, even at the high
price paid, he could have sold
thousands OF bushels more had
he had it on hand.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
Allen .HeIseIaw Elected Prosecuting
ATTORNEY in Idaho.

Mr.. Editor: For the benefit OF
my friends and relatives in Wa
tauga, | will say that on the
9TH of last Sept. at the primary
election held in the State OF Ida
no, | was nominated over my
democratic opponent for the Of
flee of Prosecuting Attorney, and
on Nov. 7 defeated my republi-
can opponent at the general cleo
tion, notwithstanding the fact
that he has resided here for ma
ny years, and | have only been
in this section of the state about
Is months. ] will take office on,
the Sth day OF Jan. for q term OF
two years.
| am delighted to know that
the Western people have learned
it is now possible, in fact an easy
matter, for the South and West
to unite and elect a President a.
gainst and without the assist
ance or cooperation OF the mon
ey powers of the East.
Fraternally,
A. A. HOLSCLAW.
st. Marns, Idaho.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
home From School.

The following students from
the colleges named, spent the
holidays with home folks in
Boone and other parts OF the
county,:
Miss Lucy Har1in, of Green's
boro College for Women; Misses
Eddie kerley, Nelia Greer, Velma
Rivers and Dare Phillips, from
Davenport College; Messrs Fred
Farthing, Walter Johnson, Ira
cy Council, Robert Pulliam and
G. e. Miller, from the University
Of North Carolina; Messrs. Tom
Mast, Sam Horton and Alonzo
Payne, from Wake Forest Col.
lege.
The major part of them leftfor
their respective schools the lat
ter part of last week and the first
OF this, and itgoes without say
ing that each and every one OF
them had q most enjoyable time
at their homes among the hills.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
TESTED and PROVEN.
There is a Heap Of SoIace in Being Able
to Depend Upon q We!l.Earned Reputation

For months Boone readers
have seen the constant express
ION OF praise for Doan's Kidney
Pills and read about the good
work they have done in this To-
cality. What other remedy ever
produced such convincing proof
Of merit?
W. H. Crews, railroad conduc-
tor, North Wiikesboro, N. C.,
says: 81 have taken Doan Kid
ney Pills off an on for three years
and have always found them be-
nefcial. Whenever my back aches
or feels stiff, a few doses Of Doans
Kidney Pills stops it. advise
anyone who has kidney ailments
to give Doan's Kidney Pills a
good trial. know from exper-
ience that there isn't anything
equal to them and | always keep
q bCx on hand"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney pilIs-the
same Mr.. Crews had. Foster.
Mlburn Co., props. Buffalo N. Y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
Prefers Chamberlain's.

"In this course of q conversa
ton with Chamberlain Medicine
Cos. representative today, we
had occasion to discuss in agen-
eral way the merits OF their dif.
terent preparations. At bis sug.
gestion take pleasure in express
sing my estimation..of Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy. 1 have a
family Ot six children and nave
used this remedy in my home for
years. | consider it the only
cough remedy on the market, as
| have tried nearly all kinds. -
Earl G. Rose, publisher Hamil-
ton County Republican-!News.Sy Sy-
racuse, Kan.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
How TO Check That Cold.

When it is painful to breathe
and fever sends chills up and
down your back, you are in fora
cold. A timely dose OF DR.. Bells
Pine-Tar-Honey will stop the
sneezes and snlffles. The pine bal
sam lOosens the phlegm a II d
clears the bronchial tubes, the
honey soothes and relieves the
sore throat. The antiseptic quail
tiles kill the germ and the Con-
gested condition is relieved.
Group, whooping cough an d
chrome bronchial affec tiOns quick
lY relieved. At all druggists. 25c.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04

The Southern Commercial Con-
gress went on record against the
proposed embargo on foodstuffs.
Perhaps this action was unneces-
sary, but it will serve a good pur
pose, all the same, as being an
other indication of the sentiment
OF the country toward the i'm.
practicable proposition.-Char-
lOtte Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
Different Kinds Oh Coughs.

Colds lead to different kinds OF
coughs -"drycongh," winter
cough, Ia grippe cough, bron-
chial cough, aSthmetic cough,
and racking, painful cough to
raise choking phlegm. Enos Hal.
bert, Paoli, Ind, writes. II con.
tinuaily coughed, could hardly
sleep. Foley's Honey and Tar re.
lied me, curing my cough entire.
ly."
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
Sloan's Liniment for Stif Joints

Sloan's Liniment for Stiif Joints.
Rheumatic pains and 'achesget
into the joints aud muscles, ma.
king every movement torture.
Relieve your suffering with Sloan
Linimrnt;lt quickly penetrates
without rubbing, and soothes
and warns your sore m uscles.
The congested blood is st,imula.
ted to action; a single applica.
tiOn will drive out the pain.
Sloan's Linime0t is clea u, con.
veniept and quickly efiec tive, it
does not stain the skin ,or clog
the pores. Get a bottle todA,
al your druggist 25c.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
Elkin, N. G..
Signs OF Good Health.

Bright eyes, clear skins, alert
brains and energetic movements
are signs Of good health. You
don't have them when. digestion
ID impaired and firmenting, de-
caying food cIoga the intestines.
Foley Cathartic Tablets set you
right. Act without pain, gripping
or nausea. To0-stout persons
welcome the light feeling t hey
bring. Sold everywhere.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
For bpvity is very good, when
we are or are not understood. -
Butler.
Stomach Troubles.

1t you ha,e trouble with your
stomach you should try Cham
berlaln's Tablets. So many have
been restored to health by the
use OF these tablets and t be ir
cost 10 80 little. 25 cents, that it
. worth while to give them q
trial.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04

|
Nine cheese factories have been
established in the western part OF
North Carolina since the work
was begun in 1914. This is one OF
the most surprising develop
lnents OF the whole work in the
Animal Industry Division of the
North Carolina Experiment Sta
ton. Before the work was under
taken, the whole State OF North
Carolina was producing only
about 10000 pounds OF cheese
and this sale was made in the
homes at different parts OF the
state. The factories which have
been established are now making
more than that and at a good
profit. .
The little factory at Grassy
Creek made 1886 pounds OF
cheese from July 13, 1915, to
January IA, 1916. The Cove
Creek factory made almost 49,
600 pounds up to the same date.
When it is realized that these
little factories cost from $500 to
$500, a good idea is obtained
relative to the amount of bust
ness which can be builtup around
a small equipment OF this kind.
The farmers in these cheese
communities are also building
silos and springhouses. The men
OF the Extension Service are Civ
ing them as much assistance as
is possible but one of the great
est difficulties connected with the
work is in finding men sufficient
ly trained to man the factories
after they have been established.
In most cases it has been neces-
sary to take some man in the
neighborhood and train him in
the work. This naturally takes
much OF the time OF the special.
lists in charge OF the work and it
cannot 60 forward very fast un-
til the supply of men torun them
exceeds the supply of factories.
Realizing this, the Animal Indus
try Department of A. 4 M. Col.
lege has now organized a course
i'll cheese making, the object OF
which is to assist those who wish
to tprepare themselves for posi-
tions in cheese factories. The
work will consist principally OF
instructions in cheese making and
C h eese factory management.
Twelve factories have been con.
structed, so a good opportunity
is open for young men in these
factory sections.
The course this season will open
January 16, 1917 and close on
March 3, 1917. 1t is intended to
give instruction to any one wish
ing to study the making OF cheese
and cheese factory management,
and is limited to students Is
years OF age and older. 1t IS ex-
pected that the course will be
very valuable to those who are
thinking OF building a cheese fac
tory whether they are to have
active charge OF it or not.-N. C.
Extension Service.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04
M. ]. 3. Horton Favars Road Dsnds For
y Watauga County.

Witauga County.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT: l am glad
to see that Watauga county is
taking sonic action in regard to
good roads. No county in t h e
State has built more or better
roads in the old way than Wa.
tauga, but the time has come
when the county demands a class
Of highways that oannotbe built
by free labor. The special tax
proposition that you have re-
Gently voted is far better, but 1t
is q burden to the tax payer and
a very slow way ofgetting roads.
First, it will be a year before
the taxes can be rollected 70 +
starting the work. This money,
about $8,OOO.OO, according to
assessment, will come directly
out of your business and you can
not build more than eight or ten
miles OF road each year. This
mileage, ii distributed, will give
a very little road to each town
ship, and ii connected, will bene-
fit only a few citizens living on
the road and will furnish no out
side connection.
The special tax was tried in
both Surry and Wilkes and nei-
ther county can show one mile OF
good road built by this method.
/ mean a road with a maximum
grade OF AZ per cent. and a hard
surface all the year.
Experience has shown that q
bond issue IS the quickest and
best way OF building roads, The
special tax OF $4,000. O.O0,,will pay
5per cent. interest on a bond is
sue of $16O, 100000. These bonds
can be sold in New York at a
premium. This will bring new
money to the amount OF t h is
sale into the county, and this
money in circulation, will be
worth 6 per cent. The full am
cunt OF the money comes into
the county before one penny is
spent on the work. Allowing the
same cost per mile for building.
within a year, you will have 16O
miles OF good roads which will
penetrate every township in the
county. and the citizens will have
been using the money for twelve
months before one cent OF inter
est is due. A bond issue will put
the county in line for Federal aid
which can be spent only on in
terstate or through highways.
On the bond proposition, tn e
county is$l, 10000 ahead on the
difference in interest; has $780,
10000 OF new money in circula-
tion in the county and 100 miles
Of good roads. The citizens OF
the county will save enough each
year in hauling lumber and farm
products to market to pay the
interest on the bonds. With the
advantage OF an interstate high
way, the tourists will spend en-
ough money in the county to
pay interest on the bonds each
year and to pay off the principal
when due. The jitney and auto
trucks are following good roads.
This gives the people the conve-
nience OF passenger and freight
cars in every section Of the coun-
ty, run on schedule time.
l anu sure that every thought
full citizen can see the advantage
OF the bond issue over the spec
ial tax and hope that an effort
will be made to buildgood roads
in Watauga by bond issue. As a
taxpayer in Watauga county
I feel q deep interest in this mat
ter.
Very truly yours,
j. B. HORTON.
Elkin, N. G.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-01-04

State prison for the killing Of
Martin Moretz, was granted par.
don by Gov. Craig, the result ol
a lenghthy petition and the per.
sonal efforts OF Atty. E. s. COT.
fey, of Boone, who was present
when the pardon was granted.
The News and Observer had this
to say about Wall and his par
don:
Robert l.. Walls, the Watauga
county man who brought his
commitment papers to the State
Penitentiary in 1915 and waited
in Raleigh ten days until the
sheriff arrived to induct him
properly into a term of three and
a hall years in the States Prison
tor manslaughter, was pardoned
by Gov. Craig yesterday.
During his year and q half OF
service prison authorities say
that Wallis has proven an excel
lent prisoner in every respect.
Being a skilled mechanic, he was
placed in the power house short
Iy after he entered prison and
has worked there since.
Walls has a wife and eight chill
dren in Watauga county who
have been living by the assist.
ance of his father-in-law and the
Prisoners Aid Society since he
was imprisoned. Walls own
farm, mortgaged to pay the
costs of his trial for the shooting
OF his brother-in.law, has long
since been sold. Now, it is said,
the farm of his father-ln-law is
about to go in the dire need of
the family, composed of d wife,
four boys and four girls.
Walls good character before
the homicide and tire general i'm
preston that he had acted under
the most severe provocation in
terested numbers of persons in
his case. When he came to Raj
eigh with his commitmentpap
in 1915 and was refused admiss-
ion to the state prison because
he was unaccompanled by an Of
ficer, he came to the News aud
Observer for advice and assist
ance. Mr.. Edward E. Britton,
editor, interested himself in the
case. Yesterday, his own birth
day, with E. S. Coffey, attorney,
Of Boone, he carried the pardon
to the state prison.
To Walls it was entirely unex-
pected. He was summoned from
his work to the prison office,
where he was greeted by Mr.. Cof.
fey and MIR. Britton.
walls, you are a free man."
he was told.
"What's that?" he asked as ii
not understanding, then added:
I'm glad OF that; not formyself,
but for my wife and children"
Later, he announced that his
youngest child, Duke Walls, who
was born shortly after he en- tered
the prison, should be christened
"Duke Britton Walls.
When the Watauga man left
the states prison for freedom he
went out with the good will of
guards and prisoners as well,
and with ten dollars in his pocket
due him for service. This was
not enough, however, to supply
him with clothes, an overcoat,
and q ticket home. The Caro-.
lima Prisoners Aid Society and
Individual citizens came to the
rescue with a sufficient fund.
Before he left for home and
family last night Walls had seen
Gov. Craig and had thanked him
personally for his unexpected
freedom.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-22
PERSONALS

Abe Larson, wife and children of Hot Springs, were passengers for Seattle ou the Jefferson.
 The City Seattle arrived in this port at 2 o'clock last evening an cleared for the return at 9:S0.
 Hugh Coffee, with the Canada Nondlke Gold mining company of Dawscn passed through skagway enroute to Seattle. He sailed on tha Mariposa.
 B. k. Elliot, a mining operator on Last Chance creek, Dawson dis trict sailed south on the Jefferson for Seattle where he will spend the winter mCntbs.
 John Whitaker, formerly of cold Creek, Dawson district passed thru the city enroute to his old horne ill England. He sailed from this port on the Jefferson.
 Mike Pard, who has been employ ed at the Pack Train restaurant for several months, will be a pass epger on one of the boats for Se- attl. where he will spend the win ter.
 A, E. Englehardt, who has filled position in the auditors office Of the White Pass route at Daw- son during hte past summer arriv- ed in Skagway Saturday and sail ed today for Seattle on the Mari posa.
 Will c. Blanchard, assistant to General Manager Wheeler, of the White Pass, returned from a three weeks sojourn in Juneau where he has acted in the capacity of petit juror. Mir. Blanchard returned on the City of Seattle.
 II. k. Carlisle, one of the field staff of the general land office of Juneau, arrived in skagway from flames OH the City of Seattle and will remain here for the next few days. MT. Carlisle Is inspecting the timber tracts from which timber has recently been cut, and also the eX- animation of the homesteads that have been filed on in this district.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-22
DRAWS HIGH POSITION
 MIQUE FOR THE SUMMIT

MiQue Finlaison, the popular GUS toms custodian of the Dawson wat er-front, has been promoted to a hish position for the winter. He will have the higheht possible the Summit station, at the crest of the Chilkoot range, where soft zephyrs toy with the guileless traveller who wendeth his way to the sea via the White Pass. NIiQue is sorry to go and leave them all behind, but will be pack when the flowers bloom in the spring. In the meantime he has hopes of frequently visiting the stirring metropolis at the head of Lynn canal during the winter He will sail on the Casca. - Daw- son News.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-22
TWO MORE NEW
 CREEKS STAkED

Tom Vaughan of Dawson, who ar rived in WhitehOrse Sunday morn ing, according to the Star of that city, brings word of the stalking of two new creeks on the trail be- tI en Sel!1irk and Kitchener creek. Vaughan grub-staked Bob Ensley of Dawson to go on the recent Kitchener creek stampede and the latter ell his way out on his return to Dawson staked discovery claim on creek 21 miles from SellIirk, which he named Puzzle, and four miles furhter on another, which he named Bess. Ensley did q little prospecting on both of the creeks, hut got no results worth mentioning Nevertheless he was so faYorably impressed with the indications for placer gold that he peBuaded Vaughan to stop over at Selkirk on his way up the river and go out to the claims he had located. Vaug- han liked the looks of things, too, and ca his return North in the spring he and Ensley will make ar engagements to get down to bed rock and find out what they have got.
 Tom Vaughan is an Old-timer in this country. In 1899 he came North with Yukon Councillor Chas. II. Johnston and Frank Walters, who had been associated together for years in California in railroad building and were afterward en- gagged in the same work in the con- structiOn of the w. p. Y. R. be- tween here and Skagway. He went to work as walking foreman and stayed with the job until the com pletiou of the railroad to Bennett In the Fall of 1900 he wnet to Dawson and has been there eyer since.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-22
Ina noctor,s Sin of Omission.

Dorman in his Primitive Supersti- tions" tells of an Indian who had been badly hurt by grizzly bear. The med icine man prescribed q mixture of rat tlesnakes' heads, wornOut mOCCasins and tobacco, seasoned with petroleum and red pepper, of which the patient was to take pint every half hour. He was a brave man, but he died with the ut most expedition" and at the tribal ill., quest it was agreed that the remedy was faultless, but that death was due to the doctors emitting to dance and yell.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-22

Mir. Finlaison will relieve MT. L. A. McAlister, as customs inspector at Summit, who will leave on Nov. 1, for Vancouver, where he will spend few days visiting with his father and mother, after which he will continue on to Seattle where he will be joined by his wife and li.tle son Ward, who have been wis iting Mrs. McAlister's parents near tha, city.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-10-22

J. W. Parke, a mining operator in Dawson district sailed on the Jefferson for Seattle where he will speEd the winter,
 c. s. |Boahme, Pd. D., of Boston, who is returning from Dawson where he has been featuring to fraternal societies, arrived in Skagway Sat urday night and is registered at the Golden North. Dr. Boahme will lecture before body of Masons some night this week, the day to be announced later
 Rev. Fr. TurneIl returned from Fort Seward on the City of Seattle last night, but upon his arrival he found ali urgent request for him, to go to Juneau, so he again boarded the City of Seattle for the trip to that city and will return home on the first available boat
 Mr. and Mrs. James Purdon, who arrived in Skagway Saturday, sail- ed for Seattle today enroute to the far country of Tasmania, the old home of MT. Purdon. They have lived ill Dawson for a number of years, MT. Purdon having been one of the best known contractors in the Yukon.