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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-20
Report of the condition of
the BANK OF BloxINe ROCK

at Blowing Rock in the State of N orth |
Carolina, at the close of business,
March 4, 1919:
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts SIG, ,5l4.O4
Overdrafts unsecured 534. SO
U. S. and liberty bonds 10000
War Savings Stamps $780,
Banking bOuse 2750. 90
Furniture and fixtures 1893. 90
All other real estate owned 1904
Due from national bangs 6054.9
Due from state banks & bkrs l0260. 63
Cash items held over "A hours SIT
Gold coin l0l2.50
Silver coin, including all mi
nor coin currency 215O55
National bank notes 10000
Lost check account 1l.N
Total $143,177.A
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in SIG, 10000
Surplus fund 10000
Undivided profits less cur
ent' expenses & tax paid 558. .49
Bills payable 1900, 900
Deposits subject to check 45,907. 43
Time certificates of deposit 52,49l .55
Cashiers checks outstanding 10, ,720.47
Total $143, 177.N
State of North Carolina, county OF
Watanga. /, J. T, Miller, cashier Of
the above named bank, do solemly
swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief.
j. T. MILLER, Cashier.
Correct attest:
J. A. LENTz
/ WILL LENTZ
T. H. CoFFLY
Directors.
Subscribed cn1 sworn to before me
this 12tl day OF March 1919.
i ]. Il. GREEN, J.P.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-20

at Blowing Rock in the State of orth
Carolina, at the close of business,
March 4, 1919:
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

ate swell feed aboard and then re-
turned by launch across the harbor in
the moonlight, and back by auto
through the coconut groves to town.
"The next morning we again visit
ed the vessel, this time getting our
business done and saying good-by to
our friends on the ship, bound for the
Philippines and the States.
Last Sunday another fellow and
took a hike out into the jungles, walk
ing around one Of the beaches and
climbing out onto the coral reef that
guards the harbor, at low tide. We
took some pictures and started back
to town, after spying some of the
most beautifully colored fish we had
ever seen.
"We took a road that we thought
led to the main road, but after several
miles found we had discovered a de-
serted Spanish highway leading
through the jungles. In few minutes
we found ourselves at the leper col
ony at one end Of the island.
"There we saw the walls Of an old
Spanish prison and looked into the
Devils Punchbowl,' which is con-
traption in the ground about 20 feet
across at the top and bottom, but bulg-
ing in the center and about 100 to 100
feet deep. Then we returned to town,
took some pictures Of native women
collecting 'tody,' the juice of the CO
conut tree, from which liquor Is
made. and returned to camp"
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
Lake That Disappears.

In Georgia, near Vladosta, there is
a lake which disappears every three
or four years and then comes back
again, no matter what the weather is
like. The lake is three miles long
and three-quarters of a mile wide,
with an average depth of IL feet Of
water. There are natural subterra-
mean passages beneath it, through
which the water passes off. 1t takes
two or three weeks to disappear, when
a mammoth basin is left in its place,
which furnishes a beautiful sandy
beach. After a month or so the water
begins to return, and then in couple
Of weeks it is the same magnificent
stretch of water as it was before.
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
On Duty in Guam.

Something of the life Of a marine
on duty in the Island of Guam is told
in letter from Corp. Fred G. Taylor,
who is stationed on this American in
sular possession in the South sea.
when the last transport was here
had a very interesting excursion out
to it on official business" Corporal
Taylor writes. "a corporal and went
aboard to check the baggage of the
'homeward-b d-bounders,' and then wait
ed several hours for the captain quar-
termaster of the vessel to return from
a social affair on shore to sign the
manifest. He failed to appear. so we
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
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just plain sQuareheads, dumb looking,
stolid and unusually stupid. But two
days ago we penetrated into the won
derful Rhineland and it is glorious
here. we saw for the first time what
we had not thought to find-pretty
girls and mothers. There is nothing
so restful to tired feet as the sight of
pretty girl. No, sir
'The country we are in is more like
America than anything I've seen since
Paris. They have fine stone houses
and many beautiful mansions and ho-
tells here. This is the country Of those
famous German baden, or baths, where
elixir Of life that Ponce De Leon
failed to find in Florida"
Lieut.. Single journeyed to Neuenahr
and then visited the "Wienbergen" or
wine mountains and finally reached
Brohl, which he describes as follows !:
II am now in Brohl, a small town.
The Rhine flows two hundred yards
from my window. In front of us are
mountains and in back are mountains
terraced for grapes and on the river
at the foot Of the mountains huddle
the small towns. The river here is
about 600 yards across and flows rest
fully along into the distance. All is
in true German order and big dredg-
ers are working to make a harbor.
Last night met Captain Stone, one
of the best friends / have known in
the service. He would have naught
but that / should dine with him. We
climbed to big castle on hill back
here overlooking the Rhine. I stepped
in the door and started (like the NOV
les have it) from realistic armored
man on my left only to find a worse
scoundrel on my right. In the great
masters den were many stuffed foxes
and birds, also deer horns. Captain
Stone had roast chicken, and it was a
real meal, right in the castle of some
former German baron"
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01


alley
found
The association is Of the opinion that the building
in
stanc
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
Next Scientific Triumph.

Now that the Atlantic ocean has
been hoped there doesn't seem to be.
much more that can be expected in
the way of scientific trfumphs until
someone invents a full-dress shirt
stud that won't explode just at the
moment when the wearer is trying his
best to appear mportant.-Thrift
Magazine
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

ent homes a year after the signing of
peace with Germany, when an act of
congress abolishing the alleys as
places of residence becomes effective
Washington now faces the big
problem of how to provide housing
accommodations for these people in
an already overcrowded city. Congress
will be asked to help solve the prob
lem by appropriating $6,0OO,0OO to
erect 5000 sanitary homes.
About ten years ago the Alley In
provement association began a fight
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01


action will be
menced the ground that States by its Constitution is inhibited
United States under the being direct conraveon provisions
of the
amended
Several bring this action them being
Hanns Taylor minister Mckinley.
Of the Constitution.
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

educatlOn TO young Americans. RuS7
sia is in chaos now, but it can't afford
to stay in chaos much longer. And
whether it emerges socialist state, a
social democracy or republic, it's
10OO0O,0OO people must be supplied
with the necessities of life; it must be
equipped with railroads and factories {;
its forests and mines must be utilized.
And all or most of this must be done
by traders and engineers and capital
lists from the West, for Russia has
neither trained men, money nor tools.
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

Dy Wnom the hnal and conclusive de-
cision may be rendered. This third
party is the Supreme court of the
United States.
If the senate fails to ratify, the
treaty becomes void by that action,
and no appeal to the Supreme court
would be necessary.
If the League of Nations covenant
shall be ratified by the senate it will
be incumbent on congress immediate
ly to make an appropriation to cover
the United States portion of the ex-
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
How Germany Looks to Them.

How Germany looks to a marine
who was one of the first to cross the
Rhine is told in a letter from Lieut..
Carol J. Single of the Sixth regiment
of marines, to his parents who live in
Stockton, Cal From somewhere in
Germany he wrote the following:
"The people near the border were
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

for days evident
10 Of mi
The study made by government scientists shows that this assumption
of which
of important
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

the worlds the
world
that
O. umbrella
and profession and especially
hardship Russia the of the
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
Go to Russia, Young Man, to Make a Fortune

YOU want to share the greatest commercial
geogaphy and trade methods This
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

IUU-AVU UUSIy anu IIdU dCQUIT0U
reddish brown color. Similar effects
were noticed elsewhere as far east
as Vermont and New Hampshire.
This strange phenomenon was ex-
amined by several scientists. They
found that very fine dust had fallen,
States.
The strangest thing about this fall
of dust was that it occurred in a
region the greater part of which lay
under snow and had been under snow
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
Washington to Drive $1,000 People Out of Alleys

w AsHINGToN noted the world cleanliness
w $4,000 inhabitants living filthy
colored These unfortunate alley dwelers
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

kk ~ H, the English and the Irish and
the 'owlin' Scotties, too,
~ The Canucks and Austrilee'uns.
and the airy French poilu;
The only thing that bothered us don't
bother us no more,
It's only wy in ell we didn't know the
Yanks before"
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

well, Joe, asked them guys what the
globe and anchor stood for on their caps
and one guy speaks up and says it means
that the marines fight all over the world"
It's cute little thing, the marines
insignia. Looks something like a boiled
huckleberry pudding with a couple of fish
hooks run through it, or like lady hen
hawk trying to hatch out fractured door
knob. I'm sure you get me- Gladys Also
the marines may be identified by their
motto. Just where they wear that I've
forgotten for the moment but you're sure
to find 1t somewhere about them If you
look close. 1t is Semper Fidelis.' No it
has nothing to do with fiddles One ID
Gladys. 1t is a phrase taken from the
Sioux dialect, 1 think, meaning literally,
Where do we go from here?'"
The story of "Bluebeard" and his
seven wives, which many will recall
having read long ago, is still going the
rounds. The fable appears to have
originated in France, but it has turned
up almost everywhere in the wide
world.
Now it appears that the Virgin is
lands have "Bluebeard" of their own,
whom they claim as the original dyed
al IAAC-WOOI FlAId1u VI
Corporal Lester F. Scott of the
Thirty-fifth company, United States
marines, who is stationed at Charlotte
Amalie in the little island recently
acquired by the United States, writes
as follows of the people and their be-
liefs:
son the west shore of the bay lies
a settlement of French people called
Cha -Chas. These people came orig
inally from the Dutch and French
Leeward islands. They have not
married with the negroes, and they
live to themselves, resenting any out
side interference with their affairs.
"They are hard drinking race, yet
they are the most Industrious people
on the island, and are especially good
canoemen. Their boats are long, mar
row affairs made out Of scraps Of
wood They supply the town with fish
and the women make straw hats that
find ready sale among the negroes.
"They will never rise any higher
than the true beach-comber, because
the race has degenerated, due to in
termarriage in so small a colony. With
their ruddy faces, stiffly starched blue
shirts, tight white trousers and broad
brimmed hats, they present a curious
and unusual appearance.
"On the crest of two Of the three
hills of Charlotte-Amalie nestles the
famous old castles of Bluebeard' and
Blackboard These are the two places
Of interest on the island. The old
buccaneers were alike as two peas in
their habits, but the castles are in
no way similar. Bluebeard's castle is
the more massive and is separated
from Blackbeard's by distance Of a
half-mile. After the death of the
two pirates, a secret tunnel was found
connecting the two castles.
ut is reported that it was through
this secret tunnel the two exchanged
the women they had captured on
ships"
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
WlASHHNGTONR.} 81
SIDFLIGHTS =
Supreme Court May Have Last Word on the Treaty

VIZ
w
third the controversy
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
When Old Dame Nature Gets Ready to Scatter Seed


the the
Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01

We'll, Joe, asked them guys what the
globe and anchor stood for on their caps
and one guy speaks up and says it means
that the marines fight all over the world I"
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
UNIONS VICTORS
IN RAIL BILL
AntiStrike Provision Loses
In House BY Vote Of
l6l to l08.

The railroad brotherhoods won a
complete victory In the House yes
terday when their recommendations
for the settlement OF labor disputes
were written into the Esch railroad
control bill in lieu of the plan pro-
posed by, the Interstate Commerce
Commission which drafted the meas
ure. The vote was 16l to los.
A direct vote on a straightout anti
strike issue was avoided and the
parliamentary situation so maneuvered
as to prevent consideration Of amend
ments prohibiting walkouts before and
during arbitration.
The three plans before the House
were debated for five hours before
final action was taken. Representa-
tive Sweet. Republican. OF Iowa. was
the author OF labor's plan. but IL was
introduced by Representative Auder-
son, Republican. OF Minnesota
1t provides for strictly voluntary
cancellation by legalizing the az
justment machinery in operation
before the war and continued with
some notifications during Federal
control 1t carries no provision to
prevent strikes or to compel ac-
ceptance IL the awards Of the tri-
bunals II sets up.
The railroad employees are divid-
ed into three classes according to the
character of their work in connec-
tion with the operation OF the trans
portation industry and the Criev-
ances OF each class are TO be con-
sidered by an adjustment board
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
COMMUTERS PAY
FOR TRANSFERS.
.25,0O0 Will Be Affected
By Rule Made
Yesterday.

Commuters on Maryland lines of the
washington Railway and Electric
Company were yesterday denied the
customary privilege of buying 2-cent
inter-company transfers for use on
connecting lines OF the Capital Trac-
tion Company. Conductors stopped
selling the transfers yesterday to pas
sengers with Communication books, on
an order from officials of the COM
pany.
This maans that passengers using
Communication tickets must nav an ad :
ditional fare of Z cents or a l-2-cent
ticket TO change within the District
TO lines OF the Capital Traction Com
pany. II is estimated that e. 100 per-
sons viii be affected by this order
in the course of a week.
Vice President Bowen. OF the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. declared yesterday that
conductors had never been author
.zed to issue 2-cent transfers on
District portions of Communication
tickets.
When attention of officials was
called to the fact that the transfers
had been issued since the adoption
Of the intercompany transfers. he
said 1t was decided to stop the
practice.
Mr.. Bowen said that It was unfair
for the company to sell transfers
for the Capital traction lines on
tickets not good on the same lines.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
FIVE HURT IN
!. AUTO CRASHES
Car Injuries Negro Lad, IS,
On Roller Skates
In Street.

Five persons were injured, one
seriously. in automobile accidents
yesterday.
Robert Scott. colored, 1S 2203
Tenth 1treet northwest. Is at Emer-
: sency Hospital in a serious conoI-
Z tion. having received a fractured
skull Scott was on roller skates
- at Ninth street and Massachusetts
avenue northwest. when he run into
an automobile driven by George w.
Boyer. sos Ninth street northwest.
80 Mrs. W. B. SOpeT. 55. 239 Lin
s~worth place southwest. was knocked
down by an automobile driven by
lester MacDill. Wardman Park Inn.
sat Fourteenth street and Pennsylva-
mia avenue northwest. Mrs. Soper
received bruises. and was taken to
her home in MacDilrs car.
Johl+ Baxter, s, OF 1874 sixth street
northwest, was treated at his home
: yesterday afternoon for cuts and
/. bruises received. when he WAS struck
r. BY a Merchants Transfer Company
wagon. driven 10y James Brown, $50
Golden street northwest, at Eighth
and streets northwest.
Henry T. Carson, s.. of 2129 G street
northwest. was knocked down by an
automobile, driven by Daniel Good
sell. 1214 Emerson street northwest.
at Madison place and Pennsylvania
Avenue northwest. yesterday after
iSnoon. Carson was treated for bruises
= on his body at Emergency Hospital
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
PURELY PERSONAL.

Jacob Wolf. Of police headquar-
ters. will make a trip to Cleveland
next week.
Miss Virginia Albright. secretary
to the governor of California will
be in Washington Tuesday for a
visit with friends at $40 Fifth street
southeast.
Lieut.. Col George D. Murphy
oUartermaster corps. on duty here
has been ordered to San Antonio
Tex.
Miss Alta Buckley, of Basic, Va
is in Washington for a short visit
Miss Lucy Spilman, of warrenton
Va. is visiting at the Darlington
apartments, 3O33 Sixteenth street
northwest.
the Alabama National Guard. has
sistant TO the chief of the militia
bureau.
p Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Tuckerman
1909 Sixteenth street northwest
have returned from Newport, R. 1.
Miss Anne Boyle, 2OO1 sixteenth
street northwest, left yesterday to
spend a week in New York.
Miss Alice Farrell, Clifborn apart
ments left last night for a week.
trip TO New York and Atlantic City
Lieut.. Col. John W. Stewart has
been ordered here from Camp Dix
for duty in the office of the chief OF
engineers.
Col Arthur s. Ehrnbeck. sta
toned here. has been ordered to
New York.
Lieut. Col. Edward Bowditch. jr.
stationed at Hoboken. has been or
dered to duty here.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Red Troops Shot Down
If They Fall Behind

new "Battalion of Death" has
been created in Russia.
The Bolshevilx minister Of war. Leon
Trotsky. has formed a battalion OF
Bolshevik soldiers In the rear Of the
Red army for the express purpose of
shooting in their tracks any Red SOL
diers who attempt to fall back. Trot-
sky recently has let it become known
that he has givei. such orders. accord
ing to advices reaching official quar-
ters here last night
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
u. 5. Workers Will Not
Quit A. F. L., Says Leader

Gripping of government departments
employing organized labor was pre-
dicted yesterday by union leaders II
the Myers rider to the District police
mems pay bill is carried favorably by
, the House and Senate. The rider was
placed in the hands of the conferees
yesterday.
That thousands of skilled workers OF
the various government departments
would quit their jobs rather than quit
the unions was the declaration made
TO members of Congress by Herbert p.
Leeman. president of Columbia Lodge.
No. la. of the Machinists' Union.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Women Want Ratification.

Mrs. ]. Malcom Forbes, Of Milton
Mrs. lie Baron Russell Briggs and
Mrs. Lewis Jerome johnson. of Cam
bridge. arrived in Washington yester-
day with the Massachusetts petition
of the Women's Non-Partisan Commit
tee urging immediate ratification OF
the treaty and the league of nations.
The petition. which contains the sig
natures of 14.000 Massachusetts
women, will be delivered to Senator
Lodge today for presentation to the
Senate.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Charge Bankers Did
Unfair Trade Abroad

sale imposition on American soldiers
in France by American bankers were
made today by the president of the
Mondesir bank of Paris. He asserts
that millions OF dollars profit We're
made by these bankers in cashing
checks Of doughboys, and that this
was made possible by the arbitrary
rate of exchange fixed by the United
States War Department
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Plan Hospital Fund Drive.

ARRANGEMENTS for beginning a drive
for 10000 for the Improvement OF
the Children's Hospital We're outlined
yesterday by Admiral Willard II
Brownson. chairman of the executivs
committee in charge of the drive
More than 800 persons will solicit
funds during the drive which viii
extend from December l to s.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Warn Of British Boycotf.

London, Nov. 14.-Warningaga gainst
boycott by British cotton impor-
ters of American cotton unless il is
insured in British companies was
voiced today in special article in
the Daily Mail. Such a boycott. the
article said, would constitute a
grave danger to Anglo-American
commercial relations.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Took Sweater of Girl.

Jack Rags" otherwise William
Jackson, colored. was before Judge
Hardison yesterday charged with
stripping sweater from Dorothy
Primrose and leaving her shiverinr
on the street. Jackson claimed the
garment was his property. Dorothy
declared her husband who is in jai
gave her the sweater. The case went
over until today
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Climate Changes Kill Trees.

New York, Nov. h-Decrease IN
the annual rainfall. severe winters,
increased humidity and heavy wind
storms have caused the death OF
thousands of trees in New York
parks. Poor soil also has caused
many trees to perish after reaching
maturity.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Fine Haul for Booze Thieves.

Kansak City. Nov. H-Here's the
ffnr haul booze thieves made in the
cellar of J. E. Thrutchley. 2ses Nor
& ton avenue: One case Gordon gin,
two cases Scotch whisky. one case
champagne. eleven quarts wine, eight
quarts whisky
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Picked Up as He Drifted.

Ernest Jenifer. an apparently half.
demented negro. was Just drifting
about town picking up things thai
didn't belong to him" In the Police
Court yesterday he pleaded guilty tC
stealing the wardrobe of Daniel
James. The prisoner was placed or
probation.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15

From scores Of other candidates
at the Minneapolis convention. Frank
lin D'Olier has been chosen as the
first president OF the American
Legion.
Minneapolis, Mimi. Nov. A-Unless
the American Legion amends It's con-
stitution new honorary members can
not be added to the rolls OF the
various posts, the executive committee
decided today.
The yearly dues were placed at 81.
which included subscription to the
American Legion weekly.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
Co-Ops Strong in India.

Poona. Nov. 14.-In 1907 there were
seventy cooperative societies in In
dia. In 1918 there were 2.OS3. with a
capital OF S6.7010o0.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15

the controversy is carried 10 an ap-
peal board. Three appeal boards
constituted In the same way as the
adjustment boards are provided for.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15

comprising equal representation
from the workers OF that class and
the carriers. II an agreement Is not
reached by the adjustment board,
The Washington herald., 1919-11-15
CITY NEWS BRIEFS.

Five hundred members OF the Chi
cago club of the Washington EIks
are planning to attend the orders
convention in Chicago, July, 1929.
Washingtons delegates to the
American Legion convention in Min
neapolis returned last night.
Isaiah Smallwood demanded a
fury trial when arraigned in the
Police Court yesterday charged
with driving a vehicle while under
the influence of liquor. -
Pleading guilty to a charge OF
grand larceny in the Police Court
yesterday. William Ross was held
for the grand jury in $500 bonds.
He admitted having stolen $65.
The Red Cross yesterday acknowl-
edged receipt of $40, 900 donation
from the National Croatian Society
for the furtherance of relief work
In the newly formed European Re-
publics.