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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
Forgot What He Needed.

Forgot What He Needed.
From the Republican, Mt Gil.
lad, Ohio. The editor bad an in.
terestiDg experience some time
ago, when a young gentleman
came to this office anil asked for
a copy OF the Morrow County Re.
publican. He scrutinizsd it care
fully when a copy was handed
him, and then said: Now know
"What is it you are looking ior,"
We enquired. "My wife sent M
after a hottie uf Chamberlain.
Cough Remedy, and l forgot the
name. I went to several stores
and the clerks named everything
10 the line on the shelf except
'chamberlain's. I'll try again,
and I'll never 20 home without
Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy"
The Republican wonld sugees,
to the proprietors OF stores that
they post their clerks, and never
let them substitute. Customers
lose iaith In stoees where substi-
tuting il permit ted, to cap moth
Ing of the Injustice to makers oi
good goods and the disappoint'
ment of customers. Adv.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
MuhEous German Prisoners.

Deputy United States Marshal
John Y. Jordan has taken to
Fort Oglethorps seven mutinous
Germans from the Hot Springs
internmeut camp, the Germans
being taken to the military camp
at the fort, where they will be
placed under strict guard. They
had refused to allow their finger
prints to be taken and to unswer
questions in regard to their past
history, and it was deemed best
to lnove them to the military
camy.
Since the announcement that
the Germans at Hot Springs We're
to be moved to other internment
camps in order To allow the Hot
Syringe camp to be turned into
a hospital the Germans h n v e
shown signs of dissatisfaction in
regard to the order, apparently
liking the splendid mountain re-
sort in which they we're quarter
ed and loath to leave.
With a view to keep a better
system Of Identification, iu case
any of the Germans should decide
to escnpe, the officials decided to
have all the intened prisoner.
Photographic | and their tiDge'
prints taken, making a complete
record OF each man aud thus ma
king it more easy to identity him
in case of escape.
This work has been in progress
for some time, and was prac:i.
caIly completed, but seven of the
interued subjects of the kaiser re-
fnsrd to have their finger prints
taken and otherwise mutinied n
gain>t the new rule. As a result
the fflcials decided to send them
to the military camp to Fort O.
rl-thorp -Ashevllle Citizen.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
Is Not For Young Soldiers.

"From the appeals that are
being made for soldier tobacco
funds one is likely to get the idea
that no man can fight until he
has had his tobacco ration" le-
marked j. j. Hughes, OF Cleve-
land.
"It should be emphasized that
tobacco is for the soldier who has
acquired the habit before going
over, to him a necessity, and
General Pershing has recognized
this fact and and ordered tobac-
co rations. There are young re-
cruits who never touched tobac.
co rations. There are young re.
cruits who never touched tobac-
co in their lives, have no craving
for it and, in fact, would find diff.
iculty in forming the habit.
"Now teaching of the tobacco
habit is not part If the military
curriculum, but if the use o: to-
bacco grows no boy of draft age
will think he can be a good SOL
der until he gets a cigarette in
his mouth Smoking is nota ne
cessity to all men.
W am not preaching against
the tobacco habit for use the
weed myself, but | do not believe
that 1t is q necessity for the eff
cheney of the young men in my
Office, and do not believeyoung
men should be tempted to take
up the habit just because they
are going into the military SER
vice. Washington Post.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
Crop Situation Abroad

While Americans have been
taken up with their own efforts
to increase the supply OF food
for the world and are making a
great headway in that direction,
it will encourage them to know
that those to whom we have de-
voted our surplus are doing their
utmost to help themselves. Par
ticulsrly is this true OF the Unit
el Kingdom, where agri' ulture
Is Icing carried on at the highest
pitch ever attained. In England
thp acreage sown to winter wheat
is Sc per cent greater than two
years ago, while the prospect for
tho crop IS better than in many
years. Other paintings are equ.
oily good in prospect. Scotland
returns q similar report, the
spring sowing there exceeding
former years, both in extent and
condition. Weather conditions
have been especially favorable
for farm work OF all kinds. Ire.
land is not reported on in detail,
but the disturbances over there
have had the singular effect oi
stimulating agricultural effort
and more land is being titled than
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13

was used last year. France will
have a better wheat yield, ac.
cordiug to the present outlook,
although the sown acreage is
still smaller bccause of the scar.
city Of help. Italy has not neg.
lected planting, but suffers az
does France, by reason OF short.
age OF farm labor.-Omala Bee.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
WHICH cAMPS

America today d divided into
I've camps-Ansricans and Allen
Enemy.
Those who are not for America
are against hsr-snsmies Ill.
Those who are idle, selfish or
even Indifferent ars Aliens-alisn
70 American interest
Oaly the workers. comrades IN
this great satsrpriss." hear the
houored nams-Americans.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
June The Finest Of The Twelve.
Durham Daily Sun.

Durham Daily Sun.
Who says June is not the fin.
est lnonth OF the whole twelve?
No one, OF course. Who. is it
that could say there was some.
thing better than the balmy
breeze that blows across hill and
dale, rustling the leaves, making
the crystal waters a merrier and
more mnsical sound as they
dash and splash down the old
mountain side of our State?
10 the mountains OF this old
State are many wonders OF Moth.
er Nature, beauty spots where
one can study Nature, the handi-
work of God. The fragrant per-
fune OF the grand old forests
seems to help one to know how
big God is. One can find peace
surely one could find it-peace
and strength.
What beautiful mornings! One
can wish their neighbor a "good
morning. and be sure OF their
getting one. When a summer
morning dawns the grass a n d
leaves are dripping wet with the
dew Iof heaven; vapor is thick
and one can barely see the hills,
but as the rosy.fiugered dawn
draws back the curtain OF night
and the Sun God shines in, ma.
king the dew.drops sparkle i k e
diamonds, 80 much so that one
might fancy they were the stars
Of heaven which had been drop
ped to deck Mother Earth's bos
ON. The mists that have risen
during the night slowly but sure.
ly clear away to the higher noun.
tains aud wrap them around in
a farewell embrace, then. slowly
disappear in the far-away blue.
The sun still climbs higher and
higher ir the heavens, the birds
sing, the crickets chirp, bees drone
flying from flower to flower, gath.
ering the sweetest of honey; then
the sun sinks nearer the noun
tains on the western horizon and
slowly drops behind the hills,
sending back rays of light aud
leaving the clouds a FURNISHED
gold or like a bed ofburning rose
petals; night wraps the earth in
twilight. For Luna pushes her
way up the leafy screen of the
mountain wall into the starry
dome of heaven until her rays
fall on the drifting mists that
again raising from the river that
winds like a silver chain through
the "Happy Valley below until
the scene is supernatural:
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13

Try This For Sour Stomach.
Eat slowly. masticate your
food thoroughly. Eat but littlr
meat nud none at all at suppee.
II you are still troubled with q
sour stomach take one of Cham
berlaiu'sT Tablets before goinn to
bed. ADV.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
ASSIST on WORK ORDER.

1t is now certain that men with
in the draft age will not be per-
mittsd to engage in non-esssen-
tial work and retain their civil
ian status. Uuder the plan as
outlined by General Crowder,
men who have been deferred and
are engaged in unessential labor
such as running elevators. wait
ers in hotels and other kinds of
work described in General Crow
der's statement, which was pub
lished in all the newspapers, will
be called into service by the To-
cal boards, regardless of the class
to which they have been assign.
cd, unless. such registrants pro-
cure employment in essential la.
Dor iu such essential enterprise.
The local boards of the state
will have a hard task before them
in determining what men are so
engaged in non-essential work.
II the spirit of the regulations is
to be effectively carried out, it
becomes necessary that the local
boards have the full cooperation
of all the business men in the
state and all enterprises IN the
state, whether essential or non.
essential. 1t is believed that the
citizenship Of this state, in view
OF the great labor needs, will
give ::all the assistance that lies
within their power to the local
boards in locating these meu.
Each local board will be expect.
ed to check over it's list OF regis
trants in order that it may have
a complete list available at all
times of this unessentlal labor.
All business men and industrial
enterprises OF every character
whatsoever are called upon to
render to thegovernnlenta a great
patriotic service by furnishing to
their respective local boards a
list OF their employees who are
within the draft age and who fall
Within the definition OF those
deemed by the provost marshal
general to be deemed by the pro-
vost marshal general to be non,
essential within the spirit Of the
regulations. These lists can be
furnished to the local boards witt L.
in twenty-four hours, The lists
should give the names of the EN-.
ployer, name of registrant and
character of employment.
1t would be a great thing for
the State OF North Carolina if the
govt rnor of the State cou | d
within one week q time report to
the president the complete coop
GRAFTON on the part OF every en-
ployer in North Carolina, and
would Establish a precedent OF
service that would be gratifying
to the war department.
JOHN l.. LANSING.
Maj Inf. U. s. R.
Special Aide to the Governor.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
The Presidents War Savings Proclamation

The Presidents War Savings Proclamation
This war is one OF Nations, not
of armies, and all OF our one hun
dred million people must be eco
nomically and iudustrially ad-
justed to war conditions II this
Nation is to play it's full part in
the conflict. The problem before
us is not primarily a financial
problem, but rather a problem
OF increased production of war
essentials and the saving OF the
materials and the labor neces.
sary for the support and equip
ment OF our Army and Navy.
Thoughtless expenditure ofmon.
ey for non.essentials uses up the
labor of men, the products OF the
farm, mines and factories, and
overburdens transportation, all
of which must be used to the ut.
most and at their best for war
purposes.
The great results which we seek
can 10 obtained only by the par.
ticipation of every member OF the
Nation, young and old, in a Nat.
ional concerted Thrift movement.
therefore urge that our people
everywhere pledge themselves as
suggested by the Secretary OF
the Treasury to the practice of
Thrift, to serve the Government
to their utmost in increasing
production in all fields necessary
to the winning OF the war, toco
serve food and fuel. and useful
materials of every kind, to de-
vote their labor only to the most
necessary tasks, and to buy only
those things which are essential
to individual health and efficien
~, and that the people rs evil
dence OF their loyalty invest oil
that they can save in Lib
erty Bonds and War Savings
Stamps. The securities issued
by the Treasury Department are
40 many OF them within the reach
of every one that the door OF op.
portunity in this matter is wide
open to all of us. TO practice
Thrift in peace times is a virtue,
and brings great benefit to the
individual at all times. With the
despera te need of the individual
at all times. With the desperate
need OF the civilized world today
for materials aud labor with
which to end the war, the pract-
ice of individual Thrift is a pat
riotic duty and q necessity.
Appeal to all who own either
Liberty or War Savings Stamps
to continue to practice economy
and thrift, and appeal to all who
10 not own Government seculi-
ties to do likewise and purchase
them to the extent OF eirmeans
The man who buys Government
spcuritis transfers the purchasing
power of his money to the Unit. d
Estates Government until after
this war, and to that same de.
gree does not buy IN competition
with the Government.
Iearnestly appeal to every mar
woman and child to pledge them
selves on or before the 2Sth 0I
June to save constantly and tC
buy as regularly as possible tht
securities of the Government anC
to do this as far as possible
through membership in War Sa
Wings societies. the twenty .e!ghtl
of June ends this special perioc
,of enlistment in tho great volun
teer army of production and sa
wing here at home. May there b
none unenlisted on that day.
(signed) WOODROW WILSON
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13

For a Bad Gold.
Take Chamberlain's Cough Rem
+dy. 1t has stood the test OF
time and can 5e depended upon
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-06-13
Seven Carloads Of German Prepagaata
Intercepted.
(By Charles H. Newell, Editor of
the Dallas Dispatch.)

lhSsICVplUu.
(By Charles H. Newell, Editor of
the Dallas Dispatch.)
| Seven carloads OF German pro.
paganda destined for distribu.
tion in Mexico have been caught
at San Antonio in the mail cen.
sorship and burned since Feb. l.
More information of vital i'm.
portance in catching German
spies in this and other countries
has been caught in the same net
unearthed in New York, for the
Alamo city has been and still is
to some extent the great relay
point in this country for spy
messages.
Establishment of the bureau
in which mail to and from Mexi.
co has been censored since Feb.
l was recommended by Post.
master George D. Armistead of
San Antonio the first OF last Sep
tember. Armistead is a former
newspaper man, as we'll posted
as anyone along the border
about Mexican affairs.
The censorship bureau is not
administered by him, though it's
expense is charged to his office.
Two hundred clerks work in the
bureau, which is housed in a build.
ing all it's own near the postoffice.
More than rs, 1000 l,ieces of mail
are handled through the bureau
daily, and it has branches in the
border towns which handle mail
for Mexico that originates in
those towns or between San Ar.
tonic and the border.
The enormous amount of Ger
man propaganda caught in the
San Antonio censorship net ac-
counts for the declining power of
Hun propagandists in Mexico
to paralyze Mexican official cir.
cles. More than $4,000 names
of disloyal persons and firms in
this and other countries are on
a big list that is used in the cen.
sorship bureau. Many of those
names were gathered az a direct
result Of the work of that bureau.
Others came from similar censor.
ship bureaus elsewhere.
Letter mail read there has re.
suited in the governments learn
ing the names OF German and
other enemy agents in this coun.
try as we'll as in Mexico, and &C.
counts for the effective way in
which many ambitious plans of
the kaiser has miscarried.
Two months ago telephone
wires across the Rio Grande were
cut in many border towns. This
was done at the direction Of one
of the officials of the censorship
bureau and did not meet with the
approval of the army authorities
Col. Durfee, chief OF staff, had tel.
ephone communication across the
border restored as soon as he
could. The wires were cut to avoid
transmission of spy messages
but q more effective method of
dealing with them than by cut
ting telephone wires has been de.
vised and is working satisfecto.
ry.
The Hun propaganda 90 ial
has been consisted of newspa
per, book and magazine matter
published in Spanish and Ger
man. 1t came to San Antonio
from Spain. Cuba and Argentina
Try This For Sour Stomach.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-10
BY MARGUERITE EDWARDS.
m a Sfzf wPffer
IN 8. =. San WFI'sE-
CANTON, Pennsylyania-

Soup Aour, the concentrated Tege-
table powder. which, dissolved IN
hot water, makes nourishinE soup
IN a moments time, was discovered
and perfected by a home food con-
server-Mrs. Louis Mis- Marble, Of
this city.
Ever since America entered the
war government food experts studied
and experimental IN an effort TO dis
cover a condensed vegetable powder
which would serve the army as a
trench ration and also be practical for
domestic use Friends OF the Canton
housewife who made the successful
experiments which produced soup
-four brought her accomplishment to
the attention OF the government, and
as soon as its value was tested and
proved the government contracted
with Armour & Co. to manufacture
100000 soup rations d day for army
use. The contract has since been
doubled and triplec.
The secret of Mrs. Marbles sue
cess In making soup -four lay in two
simple discoveries. First, that Vege-
tables for the -four must be COOKED
BEFORE DRYING, and second. thSt
each vegetable must be DRIED and
GROUND SEPARATELY.
Mrs. Marble worked on the prtn-
ciple that when water is taken from
vegetable it is rendered immune
to decay. When that quantity OF
water is added to It, the original guam
tity is again restored. The formula
is 1 ounce Of dried or powdered vege.
tables to 1 cup OF water. This will
make a pint Of soup. To this may be
added liz teaspoons Of -four, or 1 to
4 teaspoonfuls OF whole grain, also
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-10

urday looking after the interest of the
boys clubs.
Mr. Tomblyn is one of those big
hearted grown up boys Just suited for
the boys, club work.
Misses Ruth and Edith Harr were
visiting MIS-. Vadie Hartley at Viola
last week.
Jesse Bowman, Miss Hazel Bowman
end Mrs. James McElfresh were visit
ing relatives at Pisgah church, Monon-
gaia county, Sunday.
Mrs. James McENresh received 4
letter last week from her husband who
has arrived In France. It was so mutt
lated by the censor that little was left.
Miss Gladys Watkins has begun her
school at Goose Creek, Union district
Miss Bertha Bowman is staying this
week with ner sister, Mrs. S. NJ. Cas-
teeI, OF Grant street, Fairmont-
Miss Essie McEHcesh is visiting
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-10
TWENTIETH
CHAPTER

"If it's Bob's war it's my war, too.
What can I do today to help him win
it," I asked myself that night my
husband left for France. AT such
mad rate have my personal affairs
been racing lately that I'm afraid
havn't been a valuable member OF
the womau's reserve carps' but this
morning, at that I'm afraid haTnt
been Dortent-
Mother Loriner and I were taking
| Baby Bwawa for her drive and as We
turned into the Bridgeport road We
found that pretty suburb OF the city
seething with excitement.
a string OF government trucks was
expected IN an hour and the women
CT the neIshborhood were getting up
a splendid Feed" fer the boys
Mrs. Palmer started It. She's one
of the War Mothers and so Mother
Lorimer krDws her well-and she
told us about it
Evan Palmer, her son, had warned
her that he would be coming through
town with some motor lorreS-and
also a few friends-aooCt the middle
OF the week, but he was not at liberty
to be more definite. And she wrote
back to get him and his party a big
| dinner-home cooking
Now Martha. Evans wise, came
from a town % miles west, and she
wired her family to phone her when
the federal caravan pulled through the
About II O'Clock this morning the
call came. And Evans friends, II
| appeared, numbered Just So! But
that didn't disturb Mrs. Palmer. Shes
rsed to boys. she says. She simply
| drafted all the women CT the neigh,
borhood to help her prepare meal
for the crowd in an hour!
Mother Lorimer took Ben5ie's BABY
home and 1 stayed to help.
We raided a saloon, put out OF
business lately by the whiskey legts'
Iation, but the owner was keeping the
| furniture to use IN cafeteria. Some
obligirg boy scouts scrubbed the Ia
bles and chairs. and ranged them
along the sidewalk Just whereN the
lo7ries would ind good parking
And these blessed mothers and sis
tiers cot out their finest embroidered
lunch clothes-the precious stun they
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-10

during vegetable season. lay by a
goodly store OF soup -four for winter
use.
To prepare the powder Mrs. Mar
bic cooks here vegetables as for Ia
bic use Each vegetable powder IS
prepared separately and combined
later II desired. Vegetables fresh from
the garden produce the best favo-.
After thorough washing the veset2-
Bile is plunged at once into hot water
and boiled rapidly until tender, then
It IS cut up into pieces and put
through the food chopper The vese-
table paste thus produced II spread
upon a irier to the depth Of half an
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-10

and does more Eilru aay lGEatasle = -
rnRSEeE today. Tho Gho11ll1ell G.
from nseEN hRY0 convinced ne ! - = -,
and that tho uSeT OF lllll9ls - - !.
family medicine, even though h
used 10 tor 6Benty-a1O Se141 ~ -
20 increase tho dose.
Nv knowledge Of 1nodieino ad - -
suits OF tn HS0 IN my egl71 Glll--L 80
for sale, cauSed me to hGEol eF.1 80 -
us.HS'O Rsn76y 8ror1 ehe EesS
And aoVaS I End myself 1elEtl5 - 80
Wh0n must boWto the 41gy4tle- -. =.
20 smother LIE, my G9oGtels 49, - -
"a each day and Rad the 1eiseoel - go.
nan bEfngS rom people - cd g el1es
than ], who tan a having rlse
Roaelr for ten, fifteen 11d ) -f-S
and how they and Gho4e e1attl so
grandchildren bGTo boen be1g - =.
It is coasoltng thought NO as. -
4 TnSn at my ago TO 4ee4 el11es $40 -.
his own success, on0 has elol19 lel.
for hiG fellow man. Ry E1o9e1.s =
ton, my greatest hEpptne11 eoe.,, = -.
knoWledgo that tonight mora ell.l g.
million people WIN taxa O. .1ll = .I
CR Tabies5 and WIN Be beeteES
happier people for e. ! 6eRe WI
b one Of them.
xnNz-..z0
LENS HEpIoNE cos
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-10
Jane Helps to Feed A Motor Iorry Caravan

used to keep for bridge parties. Moth
irg they own Is now too fine for sol
Somebody set flowers on each table
ard it was all as honey IS side
walk spread could be done.
And the way the good things pour
ed in was miraculous-hot biscuits
and cakes and fresh pies and forty
kinds Of salad and iced drinks and
pickles and Jam crowded the countera
OF the mess kitchen we had set up
in the old saloon. But I could see
that we lacked meat to an embarras5-
ing extent. A ham will not boil in an
3. q: even to obige q soldier, and re
fr:gerators DO lot harbor vast stores
Of cold leftover meat this summer.
I know our guests would drop on
those Icrries as hungry as bears IN
the spring. we ought to serve then
about half a pound Of meat apiece
but where to get it?
Just then the Queen OF Smiles
stopped her electric near the cross
walk to watch the show Evidently
fate had sent her to save the day.
ran up to her.