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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-06
Senator Vests Tribute to the Dog.
(Republished by Request.)

(Republished by Request.)
The best friend a man has in
this world may turn against him
and become his enemy. His son
or daughter whom he has reared
with loving care may prove un-
grateful. Those who are near
est and dearest tous, those whom
we trust with our happiness and
our good name, may become trai-
tors to their faith. The money
that a man has he may lose. 1t
flies away from him, perhaps
when he needs it most. A mans
reputation may be sacrificed in a
moment of ill-considered action.
The people who are prone to fall
on their knees to do us honor
when success is with us may be
the first to throw the stone of
malice when failure settles it's
cloud upon our heads. The one
absolutely unselfsh friend that a
man can have in this selfish world
the one that never deserts him,
the one that never proves un-
grateful or treacherous, is his
dog. Gentlemen of the jury, a
mans dog stands by him in pros
perity and in poverty, in health
and in sickness. He will sleep
on the cold ground, where the
wintry winds blow and the snow
drives fierce, if only he may be
near his masters side. He will
kiss the hand that has no food to
offer; he will lick the wounds and
sores that come inencounter with
the roughness Of the world. He
guards the sleep of his pa u
per master as if he were a prince.
When all other friends desert he
remains. When riches take
wings and reputation falls to
pieces, he is as constant in his
love as the sun in it's journey
through the heavens. If fortune
drives the master forth an out
cast in the world, friendless and
homeless, the faithful dog asks
no higher privilege than that OF
accompanying to guard against
danger, to fight against his enc.
mics, and when the last scene OF
all comes, and death takes the
master in his embrace and his
body is laid away in the cold
ground, no matter if all other
friends pursue their way, there
by his grave-side will the noble
dog be found, his head between
his paws, his eyes sad but open
in alert watchfulness, aithfu
and true even in death.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-06

No man can produce great
things who is not thoroughly sim
cere in dealing with himself. =
Lowell.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-06
Training School Lore.
(Too late for last issue. J


A committee from the Legisla-
ture visited the Traing School
Monday afternoon and evening.
We were glad to have those gen
tlemen with us. They were Sena-
tors Williamson and Cooper, and
Representative Holton, Jonesand
Griffin,
Supt. B. B. Dougherty return
ed to Raleigh the firstof the week
in the interest of the School.
During the past week talks
were made as follows: Professor
Greene on the dog law recently
passed by the Legislature; Prof.
Greer on the movement to pre-
serve the old revival and folk lore
songs, after which many of them
were sung, first by adoublequar-
tet and then by the entire school;
Miss Matney made an interest
ing talk on the origin of art; on
Saturday the time was given to
singing patriotic and OF h e r
songs in honor of Washington's
birth day and the song week that
was beingobservedb by the schools
throughout the country,
A recent writer brought out a
fine example of mother influence
in our country. The writer states
that when a French soldier was
about to die he called for his wife,
a British soldier wanted h S
sweet heart, butan Americanboy
wanted his mothor, This incident
shows the wonderful mother in.
huence, an opprtunity, and a re-
sponsibility Of motherhood that
comparatively few fully realize
and many do not comprehend
We could not wish them higher
distinction than is thusconferred
upon them. They could attain
to higher though they should
reach the highest political or 9th
er other honors. The latter sink
into insigniticanc6 when compar
ed with the former.
If those U. S. Senators, who
are so severely criticising the
the President and League Of Ma
tions, realized what little influ
ence they are having on people
who think and what contemp
they are bringing upon them
selves it would seem that they
would have sense enough to al
least be quiet. Mr.. Taft gave
them a severe jolt when he callet
them Little Americans" an(
said he would not trust them 0
YER night. 1t seems thrt he ha.
sized them up about right.
The second number of t h
pines Echo Magazine was givel
in the auditorium on Mondayev
ming. The exercises began witt
greetings by the Editor-in- Chief
Miss Gertrude Alexander, ant
was following by an original pla,
oy the Juniors. Then came an es
say, editorials, stories, poems
one from each class, interspers
ed by songs from each class, an
closing with jokes, all of whic
was of a highly creditable nature
testifying the efficiency of tn
: work in English, and withal wa
very entertaining. We shall loo
forward with interest to the ne1
number of the Magazine.
? Don't forget that the war bill
| muSt ho Daid. Koop vOur VIC
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-06

hauntS OF the barbarOuS SavageS
of America without murmuring
or repining and will be submiss-
i've in all things whatsoever is
communicated to me.
Il do further promise and dec
lare that l will, when oportunity
presents, make and wage relent
less war, secretly and openly, a
gainst all heretics, Protestants
and Masons, as am directed to
do, to extirpate them from the
face of the whole earth; and that
l will spare neither age, sex or
condition, and that l will burn,
hang, waste, boil, fay strangle
and bury alive these Infamous
heretics; rip up the stomachs and
wombs of the women, and crush
their infants heads against the
walls, in order to annihilate their
execrable race. That when the
same cannot be done openly will
secretly use the poisonous cup,
the strangulation cord, the steel
of the poniard, or the leaden bull
let, regardless of the honor, rank
dignity or authority of the per-
sons whatever be their condition
in life, either public or private,
as I at any time may be directed
to do so, by any agent of the Pope
or Superior of the Brotherhood
of the Holy Father of the Society
of Jesus.
I'm confirmation of which l
hereby dedicate my life, soul and
all corporal powers, and with the
dagger which l now receive l will
subscribe my name, written in
my blood, in testimony thereof;
and should l prove false or wea-
ken in my determination, may my
brethren and fellow soldiers of
the Pope cut off my hands and
my feet and my throat from ear
to ear, my belly opened and sui
phur burned therein with all the
punishment that can be inflicted
upon me by demons in eternal
hell forever.
THAT will in voting always
vote for Knight oil Columbus in
preference to a Protestant-es
pecially one of the NJ a son S
and that l will leave my
party so to do; that if two Catho
lies are on the ticket I will lsatisfy
myself which is the better sup
! porter of the Mother Church and
vote accordingly.
"That l will not deal with OF
employ a Protestant if in my
power to deal with or employ q
Catholic. That I will place Cath
olic girls in Protestant families
:. Of the heretics.
: THAT I will provide myself
with arms and ammunition thai
: I may be in readiness when The
word is passed, or I am comman
!, ded to defend the church either
] as an individual or with the mill
tia of the Pope.
"All Of which l, -- d.
swear by the blessed Trinity ant
J. the blessed Sacrament which
y am now to receive, to perform
and on my part to keep this m,
Il oath.
e. in testimony thereof, l TAX
q the most holy and blessed Sacra
y ment of the Eucharist, and wit
l. ness the same further, with m
Ii name written with the point G
n this dagger, dipped in my ow
y blood, and seal, in the face of thi
u Holy Sacrament.
n
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-06

Columbus. 4
Following is the alleged oath
:, taken by the Knights Of Colum.
bus. 1t is said to have been pho
tographed from the oath taken
from the hall Of that organization
in Greensboro. 1t is given as
reprinted from the Congression-,
al Record Sixty-Second Congress
Third Session, Vol. 49, PIP. 3216.
II, Feb. Is, 1918: Is.
II, ,--, now in the pres
ence Of Almighty God, the bless
ed Virgin Mary, the blessed st.
John the Baptist, the holy apos-
ties, st. Peter and St. Paul, and
allthe saints, sacred hosts ofheav.
en-, and to you my Ghostly Faith
er, the superior general of the
Society of Jesus, founded by st.
Ignatius, in the pontitication of
Paul the III, and continued to the
present, do by the womb of the
Virgin, the Matrix of God, and
the rod of Jesus Christ, declare
and swear, that his Holiness, the
Pope, is Christ's vicegerent and
is the true and only head of the
Catholic or Universal Church
throughout the earth, and that
by virtue of the keys of binding
and loosing given His Holiness
by my Saviour, Jesus Christ, he
hath power to depose heretical
kings, princes, States, common
wealths and governments that
they may be safely destroyed.
Therefore, to the utmost of my
power, I will defend this doctrine
and his Holiness right and Gus
tom against all userpers of the
heretical or Protestant authority
whatever, especially the Luther
an Church of Germany, Holland,
Denmark, Sweden and Norway
and the new pretended authority
and Churches of. England and
Scotland, and the branches Of
some now established in Ireland,
and on the continent Of America
and elsewhere and all adherants
in regard that they may be un
surped and hereticaT, opposing
the sacred Mother Church o1
Rome.
II now denounce and disowr
any allegiance as due to any her
etical king, prince state, named
Protestant or Liberals, or obed
ience to any of their laws, magis
trates or officials
II do further declare that will
help, assist.and advise all or an,
of his Holiness agents, in an!
. place where / should be, in Swift
zerlaad, Germany, Holland, or A
merica, or in any other territOr.
l shall come to, and do my ut
most to 'extirpate the heretica
Protestant or Masonic doctrines
and destroy all Of their pretende'
powers, legal or otherwise.
II do further promise and dc
clare that, Notwithstanding I al
dispensed with to assume any re
ligion heretical for the propaga1
ion of the Mother Church's intel
est; to keep secret and private a
her agents counsels from tim
to time, as they entrust me an
not divulge, directly or indirectl
by word, writing or circumstal
ces whatever, but to execute a
that should be proposed, given
charge, or discover unto me, b
my Ghostly Father or any of hi
sacred order.
"l do further promise and de-
lare that l will have no opinion {
will Of my own or any mental re
ervation whatsoever, even as
corpse or cadaver, (perinde &C c
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-06
NO. 2l.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

Charles w. Bagby has been
nominated by President Wilson
to be postmaster at Hickory, N.
G.
Edgar Ring of Mt. Airy, N. G.
who had been reported killed in
action, returned to his home last
week.
More than 25O,OOO men were in
the secret service during the
war. Nearly 10000 slackers and
deserters were rounded up and
inducted into service.
A. Mitchell Palmer was nomi.
mated to be Attorney Generallast
Thursday, the 9th inst. Mr..
Palmer is a native of Strouds.
burg, Pa, and is AZ years old.
Next fall William Howard Taft
will return to Yale University as
a member of the faculty. He
dropped his work as professor of
law when he was called to war
duties.
Representative Fredrick H. Gil
lett, of Massachusetts, was nom-
mated on the first ballot by the
Republican conference last Thurs
day night as a party candidate
for speaker in the next House of
Representatives.
Joseph Blalock of Badin, N. G.
was given term on the roads,
and was fined 1925 for running a
gambling house. After his trial
in police court he tried to assault
Chief Love. He was dragged in
to the bar and fined $3.50 more for
contempt of court.
OF 12 brothers who entered the
army, eight have been killed in
action, one lost an arm and leg,
another lost both arms, another
had an arm amputated, and the
last has been reported wounded,
degree undetermined. This is
the record of the family of Mr..
and Mrs. G. M. ellison of San An.
tonic, Texas.
Cornelius Fisk aged 1s years,
of New York, who deserted from
the Navy to join the Marines, is
now being held as a prisoner on
the steamer President Grant.
Fiske deserted from the Navy
because of desire to see active
service in the trenches, and this
desire put the boy in prison. He
took part in the fighting at Cha
teau Thierry, Belleau wood and
Soissons.
The Office and the finishing and
packing buildings Of the Lenoir
Chair Manufacturing Company
were destroyed by fire Wednesday
night, the 26th inst. $4,000 worth
of leather and fifteen cars Of fin.
ished chairs were complete loss.
The machine room and building,
and the power plant did not suff.
er any damage. The entire loss
amounted to about $4,000 The
plant will resume operations at
once.
The LenOir News says: 20. B.
Keister, general superintendent
l of southeastern district railroads
y arrived here one day last week on
his private car. accompanied by
Manager L. T. Nichols of the G.
> & N. w. They left Immediately
for Edgemont on Motor G.. They
returned durirg the afternoon
. and continued on to Hickory. Mr..
Keister is the Federal railroad
man in charge of this district,
which comprises the G. G. & O.,
Southern, G. & N. w. and other
roads. His trip to Edgemont yes
terday and his recent trip here,
coupled with the fact that there
is some considerable railroad i'm
provements now being made be
e tween here and Edgemont, caus,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-06

Don't forget that the war bills
must be paid: Keep your War
Savings Stamps and BUY more.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-28
GERMANS IN LETv|A
ARE DODC|NC ORDER
To LEAVE COUNTRY
Commander of Troops Says Sol
diers Were Promised Land
and Want to Remain.

Paris, July 25.-(Friday.) .)-By The
Associated Press. The German troops
in Letvia are maintaining their hold on
the territory they occupy and are making
every effort to avoid compliance with
the allied oredr that they shall leave the
country speedily, according to messages
received in Paris from Colonel Groome.
Of the American relief administration in
Libau.
Colonel Jones commanding the forces
sympathizing with the Germans, has dis
tribhted posters declaring that Karl u
man, head Of the government of Lethvia
is aiming with DR.. John 20 cxpell all the
Baltic barons and other Germans to
make it impossible for Germany to retain
her strong Influence in the former Baltic
province and illustrate the coming al
lance between Germany and Russia"
The poster declares tnat Premier Ull-
man and the British are endeavoring to
make a powerful ally or Russia, to the
great injury of Germany's future.
General Won Der Goltz, is also making
every effort to delay the German evacu-
alton of Letvia until after the harvest,
apparently in the hope o. not having to
leave at all, as he FRANKLY admits that
the German soldiers were promised land
in Letvia and will be greatly disappoint-
ed'' if they are forced to leave.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-28
Great Labor Temple
Planned in London

London, July 27.-Representatives Of
the principal labor organizations have
taken steps for the erection in London
of building intended to be the finest
headquarters of any democratic move
ment to be found in the world as Arthur
Henderson, labor leader, explained to the
meeting which launched the project. J
1t is to be erected in Westminster dis
trict near Parliament, and will contain
the headquarters of the Trade Union con-
gress, the British labor party (Which is
distinct from the trade unionsl, and the
cooperative trading bodies, which are
powerful in the industrial centers.
There are to be committee rooms, Of
fices for the staffs, reference library
reading rooms, hotel and restaurant. 1t
is proposed to establish permanent ex-
hibition Of cooperative products. !
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-28
SEATTLE WOMAN HEADS
ORDER EASTERN STAR
Triennial Assembly Ends With
Selection of Washington, DC,
for Next Meeting Place.

Seattle, July 27. Installation of
newly elected officers tonight brot
to close the 10th triennial as
sembly Order of the Eastern Star,
which has been in session here four days.
At the elections today, Washington, y.
c.. was chosen as the meeting place Of
the assembly in 1922.
Officers elected by the assembly
were:
Mrs Emma p. Chadwick, Seattle, right
worthy associate grand c0nductress: DR..
Will w. Grow, st. Joseph, Mo, right
worthy associate grand patron; Mrs. AL
enca Lamond, Washington, ID. C., right
worthy grand treasurer, reelected: Mrs.
Minnie f. keyes. of Michigan. grand
secretary; A. III. Turritin, Minneapolis,
chairman Of the board or trustees. Trus-
tees chosen were:
J. Earnest Tears, Cleveland, Ohio,
and Mrs. Amelia Ruehl, Chicago. re-
elected.
The other principal officers Of the
order. following usual custom. were ad-
vanced one step. Mrs. Ellis Chaplin of
Pine Meadow, Conn, became most wor-
thy grand matron.
A tribute was paid to Mrs. Lorraine
J. Pitkin, retiring right worthy grand
secretary when the assembly unanimous
ly elected her right worthy secretary for
life, with full pay. Mrs. Pitkin, who is
i'll at her home in Chicago, was unable
to attend the convention.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-28
NINE M|LL|ONMARKS
DAILY FOOD BILL Of
YANKS IN GERMANY
American Civilians in Occupied
Territory Spend Fortune for
Food Staples There.

Coblenz, July 27-Civilians in the
American occupied area of Germany have
been buying nearly million marks worth
of food daily during the last few weeks
from the United States army supplies.
The amount sold thus far totals 10000
900 marks. Germans in Treves and
Coblenz have organized non-proflt as
sociation which deals with the Inter
Allied Military Commission on Food, the
supplies being distributed to the con-
sumer thru the retailers who are allow
ed limited profit on all sales.
Such staples as bacon, rice and canned
milk were at first sold to the Germans
by the commission of experts reports
that the poorer classes, especially the
women and children, were in need OF
certain foods. Later, when thousands
of American soldiers were homeward
bound, the commission decided to open
certain stores of the army to the Ger
mans, owing to the fact that there was
more food on hand than the army had
use for.
Much of the food is brot to the occu
pied area from the army depots in
France, the Germans buying at a small
profit to the American army, plus the
transportation charges from the United
States.
To date food valued at more than forty
million marks has been sold to the civil
ians of the American occupied zone, all
from army stores.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-28
TWO YEARS IN JAIL
FOR ARMY CAPTAIN
"HardbOiled'' Smiths Superior
Officer Convicted for Misap-
preparation of us. Funds.

Camp Kearney, San Diego, Cal, July
27.-Presidential confirmation of the
sentence of Captain York Coleman, for
merly of the 15Sth infantry, 40th divi-
sion. who was convicted by a general
court martial here Of misrepresentation
of company funds, was received by the
commanding general of this camp today.
The sentence calls for dismissal from
the army and confinement at hard labor
for two years at Forl Ieavenworth,
Kans., disciplinary barra :ks. Coleman
has been confined in the stockade here
for several weeks.
Captain Coleman was arrested while
the division was overseas and part of the
trial was held there, being continued in
the east after the 4Oth division returned
to this country and finished at this camp.
The amount of money alleged to have
been misappropriated by Coleman ap-
proximated $1,000, but it is understood
that restitution was mace by his mother.
Captain Coleman was senior officer
of the company of which Lieutenant
Frank H. Smith, known as Lieutenant
"Hardboiled'' Smith was first lieuten-
ant Smith is now serving a sentence
at Fort Jay. N. Y, after conviction on a
charge of abuse of American prisoners.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-28

"Thc pressing problem he said. lis
the skyroeket cost of living. 1t IS all
paid by the consumer. The country be-
iieyes nearly everybody who can is prof
iteering Nearly every man is raising the
price of everything he sells. II
nothing is done to check this IMITATION
in prices. the stage will be reached mn
ally where there will be breaking
point
Suggesting the remedy of price fixing
commissions, Mr.. Black said as far as
power Of the government to create such
commissions was concerned the same
supreme court which read the rule OF
reason into the Sherman act could read
fair prices into decision which would
validate an act creating price fixing
commissions" He pointed out that the
war labor board had fixed prices OF Ia
Dor and that the price of wheat had also
been fixed an maintained and there was
no difference in principle in this plan.
If the federal government was found not
to have jurisdiction over prices OF pro-
duction within the states, MIR. Black
proposed each state appoint commls-
sion to regulate its prices.
AS to composition of such commIs-
sions, Mr.. Black held that the unorgan-
lied consumer should be represented
He suggested that each commission
should be composed of a laborer. cap
talist, railroad man, steamship man,
farmer or miner, a manufacturer and
consumer, and should include a
woman.
Philadelphia, July 28.-(Correspond-
ence of the Associated Press THE
cost of living is likely to stay high for
a long time to come in the opinion OF
the Philadelphia board of trade. This
view is a result of a compilation OF
statistics from many lines of trade and
industry.
According to these figures the ad-
vance in prices in this country since 19l
has been about 107 per cent, in Canads
115 per cent; Great Britain 133 per
pointed out that, in spite of material
reductions in the price of steel, the ad-
vance in other commodities since the
armistice has been so great that the
average price schedules have been re-
duced but 81 per cent below prices pre-
vailing October /. 1913.
The following are given reasons why
wages will not be much less for con-
siderable period of time:
Practical stoppage of immigration
since 1914, depriving this country OF
several millions OF workers who would
normally have come to US and thus
have relieved the labor shortage which
confronts American industry upon the
resumption of capacity operations.
Retention in the government military
service of nearly 100000 workers
which. it is declared will doubtless con-
tinue an indefinite period.
Creation of new industries such as
shipbuilding manufacture of chemicals
and dyes.
Urgent demand for building and con
struction Of every class due to their
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-28
TWO ARE DEAD
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riots, but it was believed score or more
Of persons whose names were not
learned, had been struck by stones and
clubs but had escaped TO their homes.
Negroes flocked to Chicago. especially
from the south, during the height of the
war industrial activities here. Many of
them received high wages for the first
time in their lives. The question Of hous-
ing them was problem.
The negro district has been steadily
expanding for several years. Their en-
croachments on white neighborhoods
caused considerable trouble, but the
present year has seen racial misunder
standings grow Fights and shootings
have been frequent but attended with
few fatalities.
Blame Bombs to Whites.
While the several bomb explosions
within recent months have caused no
large casualty lists, the negroes have
charged that the bombs were directed
against families Of their race by white
neighbors.
A negro was found probably fatally
wounded late tonight at 39th and Hal
stead streets, two miles from the scene
of the early riots of whites and blacks
The police responded TO a riot call
but found the place deserted except by
the wounded negro who had bullet in
his chest