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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11
Resolutions Of Respect

Whereas, the eye ofour Loving
Heavenly Father, who knoweth
what things are best, has seen fit
to remove from our lodge, Broth
er F. p. Mcclure. He was a
charter member of Bald Noun
tain Rebekah Lodge No. 1876, and
in losing him, we lose one of our
most loved and devoted members.
Therefore be it resolved:
1. That while we greatly miss
Brother MCGUIRE that we bowin
humble submission to the will OF
our all-wise Father who knoweth
and doeth all things well.
2. That we extend to the be-
reaved widow and relatives of
Brother Mcclure, our deepest
sympathy, and commend them tC
the care of our Father who is
able to comfort at all times.
8. That Bald. Mountain Rebe
kah Lodge no. 1876 be draped ir
mourning for thirty years.
4. That a copy Of these reso
lutions be spread upon ourLodg'
record book, and copies be sen
to the widow of the deceased, tn
North Carolina Odd Fellow, tn
Watauga Democrat, and the Ash
Recorder, with request that the
!, be published.
M. ELMA MCGUIRE
SALLIE GRAHAM Com
JENNIE TODD RAY
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11
Millions Need
Pepto-Mangan
IN MANY HOMES BETTER HEALTH
is SIMPLY A MATTER OF
BETTER BLOOD
PEpTo.MANGAN IMPROVES BLOOD
COMPOSED OF APPROVED BLOOD.
MAKING ELEMENTS PUT UP IN
LIQUID AND TABLET FORM

Are you tired and weak and
"blue?" Do you say to yourself,
What's the use of living? What
do get out of life, dragging
through this drab existence in
this unhappy way?"
You don't feel well and you
don't know why you have so lit
tie energy to do anything, and
you get all tired out before it is
done. There are millions in bu-
sy America that have such feel
ings now and then, and they are
to be pitied. But there is help.
Unless some serious malady is at
the bottom of their trouble, q few
weeks Of Pepto- Mangan willwork
a wonderful change. Pepto- Man
gan puts new vigor in the blood,
and the blood is the life-n
With plenty Of rich, red blood
coursing through ones body one
is pretty likely to feel good and
vigorous and be strong and look
hearty.
Go to your druggist and asl
for Guides Pepto.Mangan." b
sure to say Guides If Gude'
is not on the package it is no
!, Pepto.Mangan. 1t is put up Il
!, both liquid and tablet form. Tel
the druggist which you prefer
There is no difference in medi.
nal value. Adj, II,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11
THEY'VE FIXED PAUL.

The Amiable DR.. Johnson, of
Charity and Children, who does
not take kindly to woman suf-
frage, is disturbed about the
women speaking in the churches.
He says:
1t is a grave question that con-
fronts us as to what we are go
ing to do with Paul. If we dis
credit any of his writings, do we
not discredit all? If we refuse to
accept one of his injunction and
claim that it is notinspired, down
goes the whole body of what this
great apostle to the Gentiles has
left on record.
Thereupon Greensboro News
about 'teetotally ruint" the doc
tor with the following observa-
tion:
Charity and Children knows,
of course, but for the benefit of
any of our readers who may not
be we'll instructed in Biblical
lore, let us explain that Paul is
the man who wrote, Drink nc
longer water, but use a little
wine for the stomach's sake.
He also wrote Let your VIC
men keep silence in the church
es; for it is not permitted untt
| them to speak; but they are CON
manded to be under obedience
as also sayeth the law"
Come to think about it, what il
Charity and Children going to d
with Paul? We must confess tina
| we haven't an idea.
, That should hold thedoctor 70
J a while. 1t was all right fror
the prohibitionists standpoint
which was the standpoint of Dl
Johnson to reverse Paul on tn
: wine and water Injunction; bu
n the doctor forgot temporaril
j that, according to his own logi
4 one of Paul's' iniunctions havin
been ignored, "down goes tn
: whole body" The water drinl
' ers having destroyed Paurs do
a trine that one should take "a Ii
f tie wine for thy stomach's sake,
with that blow they also set asi(
!; his injunction against the ladit
i speaking in the churches. YC
It need not longer worry about Pa
r DR.. Johnson. You've helped
put into the discard the very i
j; junction about which you are CO
cerned. The Landmark.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11

gain, every deed should be reg
istered before it is valid a n d
should state the exact amount
paid under the deed. The custom
of selling a $4,000 piece Of prop
erty for $1,000 and other valua-
BILE consideration is intolerable
and tends to injury in the admin
istration of the law, and if there
really other consideration it
should first be appraised ind put
in the deed at it's real cash value
in money. In transfers among
relatives this should be required
also.
again, every holder of notes,
bond stock certificates and other
evidences of concealed W ca t h
should be made to register them
if their value''is overS10O, as deeds,
! mortgages and trust deeds are
now registered.
; "This should apply to person
al and corporate property alike.
Tnis law should make it impossi,
bic for any one Ito conceal any
kind of wealth, and this done al
will pay taxes alike and the rate
must be so low thateveryone will
be delighted with it.
"Now, the next issue that ap
peals most strongly to the tax
. PAYERS is that the money shoult
" be economically expended whel
: once collected. These tax board
! might in time be given power t
advise as to the expenditure Q
~ public monies and see that non
y is wasted. This should not .
III done though until every count
is given the power to appoint it
= own board or until every count
~ is allowed to elect it's own boar'
g This, if done, should not in an
ne way embarrass or attempt
nc usurp the constitutional r'gh
8 and prerogative Of the count
.. g commissioners but should on
y y ala them in the science ol cogn
ee 4 Governments by I'D dyising alol
t{kt ~
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11
Congressman Hosy viii Not Stand Fol
Reelection.

Stating emphatically that his
course is not prompted by the
exigencies of the gubernatorial
contest, saysthe Statesville Land
mark. Hon. Clyde Hoey has made
the expected announcement that
he will not be q candidate for re.
election to Congress from the
ninth district. Here is the reason
as Mr.. Hoey gives it.
1T had never occurred to me
that the fact that | lived in Cleve-
land county and that other of my
fellow county men were holding
public Offices would be made the
basis of a fight against me, but
such campaign was waged, and
while nine of the ten connties in
the district decided overwhelm-
ingly lin my favor, yet the fight
in Mecklenburg succeededed in
creating such a sentiment in that
county in favor of Mecklenburg
having the candidate for Con-
gress that it seriously
threatened a division in the Dem
ocratic party in that county, and
| fear has left the party there in
an unwholesome condition. Neck
lenburg is the most populous
county in the district with the
largest Democratic majority and
any diminishing Of the majority
in that county would be unfortu
nate for the party in the district
"Unquestionably could be re
nominated and re, e,elected, but ]
am unwilling to be the occasion
for any division in the Democrat
ic party in Mecklenburg, or to bt
a further stumbling block in tht
way of any Mecklenburg Demo
crat, and | shall not permit any
ambition of mine tointerfere will
, the fullest party harmony. Will
no divisions in the party any
Democrat can be elected this
, year by the normal Democrati
majority, because it is a regula
election when the voters will b'
;. going to the polls anywhere t
= vote for all county, State and ne
tional candidates.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11
The Republican State Ticket.

M i. w. DOSU, WIIVCo w CiC
Greensboro Daily News a very
voluminous account of the Re.
publican State Convention held
in Greensboro on Wednesday of
last week. One lady candidate
was placed on the ticket, and in
referring to the part played by
the ladies in the convention, Mr..
Bost said:
''The convention made history
yesterday in bringing to a pres
ent issue the women voters of
North Carolina. Scattered women
delegates voting on minor propo-
sails sent a thrill into the conven-
ton which in it's platform had eX-
tended the privileges of govern
ment to all qualified people. But
when Mrs. Mary Settle Sharpe
was placed on the state ticket as
state superintendent of public in
struction, the big convention
could not contain itself. 1t wept
and it howled."
The following ticket was nom.
ed without a dissenting vote:
Governor-John J. Parker, Of
Monroe.
Lieutenant.G Governor-I. B. Tue
ker, of Whiteville.
Secretary of State BrownloW
Jackson, of Hendersonville.
Treasurer-J. j. Jenkins, 81
ler City.
Auditor-J. Ed. Mendenhall
of Asheboro.
Superintendent of Public In
struction-Mrs. Mary s. Sharpe
of Greensboro.
Commissioner of Agriculture
French Draper.
Commissioner of Labor a n
Printing!. F. Barrett, Ashe
vile.
Commissioner of Insurance
6. w. Stanton, Wilson.
Corporation Commissioner It
be tilled.)
Attorney General Herbert +
Seawell, Carthage.
Supreme Court Justices II. Z
Hicks, Henderson; J. E. Alexal
der, Winston.S Salem.
: State Chairman F. A. Lin ne,
of Boone, who was not able
t attend the convention, being j
a with influenza, was unanimousl
b. elected for ano. ,r term.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11
MY Work! Ny Work! | Must Get Back
To Ny Work.

AS she lay dying in a Red Cross
hospital in France, Miss Jane A.
Delano, an American nurse whose
life had been given to heroic work
said: my work! my work! |
must get back to my work."
Every man has a work to Go
which is as solemn duty as was
this work of this nurse, who was
literally giving her life for 9th
ers.
The world is suffering for
thousand things, for food, for
clothing, for cars and locomotives
and many other things, but the
thing which it most needs next
to religion is a new conception of
and new conservation to work,
not merely because it needs en-
larged production, but because,
to an infinitely greater extent
than it.needs food or clothing, it
needs a rebirth of character.
Without conservation to work
there can be no upbuilding Of
character.
Without a deeper realization OF
mans responsibility to God and
man to work with wholehearted-
ness, with joy for the privilege of
working, with the thrill Of crea-
tive work, whether one be shoe
ing a horse, planting a crop, bull.
ding a locomotive or cooking u
meal, there can be no moral ad-
vancement.
Into every work one must
throw his whole life or else be q
failure.
Knowing that the needs of the
world are as great as were it's
! needs when this nurse gave her
! life to serve others, the Stacker
in work, the shirker, the time
, server, the Indifferent and indo.
: lent are shining against their own
character, against their charac-
!, ter forming influence upoff their
children, against all humanity
: and against Almighty God, who
d is our supreme example as q
j worker.
0 Work then we must if we woulC
be honest at heart.
Work we must with all might
if we would not, looking deep in
to our souls, see that there is g
weakness there which tends to
ward ultimate moral decay.
III Work is Heavens great Law
and our supremest privilege. In
H deed, in all the work we do tina
is honest and honorable we are
workers with God.
With God as his partner are w
willing to be a Stacker and
}. shirker?
7 That question every man, ricl
,r poor, employer ofemploye, ol
,r young, must honestly fac
~ now, or in an agony ofshame fac
~ it on the great Judgment Day.
AZ Let us glorify work as q priv
u ege as well as q duty; as a bless
III ing, not as a curse. Manufact'
rers Record.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11

remedial lines from such facts
that come under their official du
ties. There should always be
entire harmony between toards
seeking the best for the people.
6, I'D KESTL LER |" N v
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11
The Humorous Mr.. Hoover

the capacity to take criticism in
the lighter vein. Writing to a
friend who persistently urged
him to answer some of the char
ges brought against him, Mr..
Hoover says:
p. Some things that have been
said of me cause me a sense of f.
nancial oversight. For instance,
I have made quite careful inquir-
les and I regret that so far can
not find:
"(a) The $lO,000,000 l am said
to have made in my early youth,
or any respectable part Of it.
"(b) The investments that l
am supposed to have in Great
Britain.
Like the negro porter who
was asked to change $40, am
grateful for the compliment. I
am sorry that these sums do not
exist, for they would be useful
for children's relief.
II have also given deep consid-
? GRAFTON to the other items men
toned:
"1a) Am I a British subject?
Did ever apply for such citizen
ship? No, Many generations of
, prosecuted Quaker ancestors
would rise in their graves at such
a discovery. They should re-
main quiet, however, for no Cali
fornian could live three months
in London climate and become a
British citizen if he knew it. One
thing that treasures me that this
did not happen without my know
j, ledge is that the British refused
to allow me to come into their is
! land during the war without ar
American passport. Also, | fee
that my accent was disinfecte(
of any English, French, Chines'
Russian or other taints by my
y presence in the United States {
portion of every calendar year o
' my life, except three in
cluding the five in which the Uni
y ted States has exercised it's righ
to draft my services, a good POI
tion abroad.
y 10Y Did I ever rent res
to dence' abroad? l plead guilty G
II this crime, but N mitigation | d
Iv appeal to the feelings of father
y who object to hotel life for babie
and children.
Vc) What about the polite;
! inch where l was supposed
,g nave entered upon a dreadfl
tn conspiracy against the veal
fit the American people? My re;
h. distress in this matter is not
a prove an alibi or even to complal
n that my name was not even mel
I'd toned, as the guests assert, bl
ur it is that | was not even invite
rs. and therefore lost an excellel
lunch.
ss WO plead guilty to the erin
in inal charge of pursuing my e
of gineering profession in foreie
th parts again and again. / have
fervent h ope however, that til
De- new doctrine of criminality W
of not deter our criminality will n
st deter our citizens from exten
to ing. American professions al
is business anywhere in the wor
They always bring somethi
be- home and pay taxes on it.
in "(e) l gather also that is M
al turpitude on my part to he
so managed large enterprises. I
lge hope to rise from the ranks
emf labor to the ranks of managemt
tho viii, however, probably not
~ crushed from the hearts Of
'.ie American boy even by this
she slaught."
hey =
EntrJ Notice No. 2540.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-03-11
EoL. XXI.
the RETALIATION LAW.
|Iigeat Analysis Of Its Salient Features
| By Nj. G. Ed kestIer, RspuA-
IIcan Editor Of Concord.

Mr.. u. Ed keStlef, prominent
publican editor of Concord has
tten another analysis Of the
valuation Act, which was pub
he'd in the Charlotte Observer
nday, as follows:
So general has been the treat
mt of my few thoughts on the
" revaluation law, and, by re-
est, | extend this research in
The law. The legislature will
IN meet to fix rates and a pub
discussion of the matter is the
1t way to bring out the salient
nts in the law, so it can cor
b the errors and add remedial
tions to it. TO get an absolute
bality Of property is a hard
TX for property values change
th the conditions, tlrey are af-
tied by the prices of the prod
Is from the farms, from the f.
hcial situations, and by the
bits the factories make on their
Dducts. Plenty of money ma
b high prices and scarcity OF
bney low prices. Adam Smith
b all the authorities prove this,
Nv tax rates stimulate the pur-
ase of real estate and high tax
tes discourage purchases. The
ospects of low rates have ere,
I'D a great demand for proper
as has the high prices OF COT
81. tobacco and lumber. | say
Igh prices, yet North Carolina
irt is the best and cheapest dirt
the states. Excepting Virgin
we have got the lowest values
real estate. South Carolina
nd is double in value what our
Ind is and and thousands are
elling out there and buying the
forth Carolina farms. If were
b the legislature | would amend
his law by making the state pay
me. half the cost of it's admins
ration and the county the other
alf and where there are large
kities I would make those cities
bay the the county one-fourth OF
Eheir cost. With the three divis
ons benefitting blythe law it is
OF fair to make the county pay
hll the cost. The counties alst
should appoint the man to admin
|ster the law, always keeping
both parties represented, as thl'
6s local self government and 1t e
Eliminates the political elemen
from the law. After this year th
district supervisors will not b
needed and they should be releas
ed Of duty.
"The constitution limitation G
66X should be greatly reduced
os our governor recommends
"The constitution should b
changed so that the income trol
certain kinds Of taxed propert
Gun be taxed. AS it now is a bl
merchant or mill man pays
man $1,000 q year salary ana d
if married, has to pay income Ia
on $1,000 while the owner OF I'll
store or mill may receive in dl'
dends $4,000 a year and yet
pays no income tax. This is u
just, and it taxes labor and l
lieves capital.
There is or should be no pc
titles in taxation administrator
All the people must pay tax
and in order to make this 10
nonpolitical the coming leg'sl
ture should increase the tax co
mission by one more and put
republican upon the board a
make the law so that each pal
shall always have representatl
on the commission.
Another thing.the leglslatt
should do and thatis to so anne
that every deed and mortg'
should show the address OF
grantor and grantee and also
township, ward, or other g
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-24
GOOD RECORD IN IT B" DRIVE
:offieIaI TubercuIin Testing In oeto'
;. Der, 1919, Greater Than Any
Previous Month.

!; More official tuberculin testing OF
cattle was conducted during October,
1919, than In any previous month OF
ANY year, according to summary just
issued by the bureau Of animal indus
try, United States department Of az
riculture. During the month 57,27O
cattle, were tested by state and fed'
eral veterinarians engaged in COOP
!erative Observation-Disclosures work.
Herds or lots tested numbered S.2ol'
and the total number Of reactors
found was 1891, an average Of slight
lly less than one reactor for each.
From the standpoint Of the number
OF animals tested the drive against
tuberculosis was most vigorous in
Minnesota, where $3.50 cattle under
went the test. Vermont was second
with 4,035 and Washington third with
1856 cattle tested.
The figures, live stock specialists OF
the department point out, indicate the
nationwide extent of the campaign
to stamp out the disease. At the END
of October the total number OF herds
officially accredited as free from tu-
berculosis after a number Of tests
was 1924, more than double the num-
Der at the beginning Of the year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-24
LEARN OF WHEAT VARIETIES
Result Of Comprehensive Survey Made
by United States Department
Of Agriculture.

For the first time in the history OF
wheat growing in America it will soon
be possible to map the distribution Of
wheat varieties and to learn the large
number of names under which the
same varieties are known in different
parts Of the country. This result has
been made possible by comprehensive
survey Of varieties made by the United
States department Of agriculture.
through the bureau Of plant industry
and the bureau Of crop estimates work.
ing in cooperation. Schedules were
sent to about $4,000 crop reporters to
determine the distribution Of wheat
varieties, the source from which they
came, the date Of their introduction
into the community, the percentage
which each represents of the total
wheat acreage in the community. The
returned schedules have been studied
and about a thousand letters Of in
quiry have been sent asking for addi-
tional information and samples.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-24
IDENTIFY VARIETIES
OF SWEET POTATOES
Department Of Agriculture Is
Working Out a Key.
Il Is Based on Color, Size and shape
Of Stems and Leaves and In Quail
ity Of Tubers Themselves
Results Promising.

The United States department of ag-
riculture is working out a key by
means Of which varieties of sweet po-
tatoes can be identified. There has
always been a great deal Of confusion
regarding sweet potato varieties. and
this key will make it possible to posi-
lively identify all true varieties. 1t
is based on the color. size and shape
of the stems and leaves. and on the
color, size and quality Of the potatoes
themselves. That the key works ts
attested by the fact that by It's use
varieties described Mt the time Column
bus discovered America have been
identified.
The development of varieties Of
sweet potatoes for stock feed sIrup'
starch and sugar making is under way.
and the preliminary results secured in
dictate that the possibilities Of the
sweet potato have hardly been touched
upon. It is yet too soon to say just
what NAV be expected from this work,
but the results thus far secured are
very promising. This work Is being
done at Arlington Farm, Va, and at
the Pee Dee experiment station, Flor
ence, s. C..
Inyestigational work in curing sweet
potatoes has also brought out impor'
FAINT results. It was shown that with
proper handling in storage conditions
sweet potatoes can be carried through
the winter and as late as April l with
not more than I per cent OF loss from
Aorav
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-24

fly when once 1t takes possession of a
crop of wheat. Grain that is so heav-
lily infested as to afford little promise
Of a profitable yield should be deeply
plowed down and lightly narrowed as
early in the spring rs is practicable.
This should be done by March l, if
possible, so as to bury the stubble and
prevent large part Of the flies from
Issuing and reinfesting other fields Of
growing wheat or barley. The land
may then be planted to oats. corn or
other immune, quick-growing crops.
from the land during the current year
How to Fight the Fly.
The methods for combating the Hes
sian fly are in brief, as follows:
|. Practice crop rotation. Do not
SOW wheat on stubble if it is possible
to avoid doing so.
2. Plow under all infested stubble.
where possible. soon after harvest
3. Destroy all volunteer wheat by
narrowing, disking, blowing or some
other method.
i. Plow all land to he sown to wheat
as early and deeply as existing condi'
lions permit, and prepare thoroughly
pulverized and compacted seeded.
s. Conserve moisture against pc.
riod Of drought at seeding time.
6. Use good seed.
Z. FertiliZe.
8. Sow wheat during the fly-free Pc
riod as advised by your farm advisor
or state experiment station.
Adhere to these practices every year
whether the fly is abundant or scarce.
They will help to keep it scarce.
Community cooperation Is essential
If success is to be attained, because
one infested field may furnish enough
flies to damage the wheat for several
miles around.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-24
LIVE STOCK NOTES

Breeding hogs should have lots Of
exercise.
Every man who is using scrub
bull knows he ought to be using a
purebred.
With the present high prices Of
feeds and the good prices being paid
for hogs, no farmer can afford to neg
lect his pig crop.
Animals should be sheltered in wet
weather. On cold days they will do
better II confined in the barn than II
turned on pasture.