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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-05-13
Next Years Schools.
News and Observer.

| ''~"' sSesS SVWSwtSs
News and Observer.
The public schools are closing
for the season. Now that they
are winding up this season it is
time to face the fact that next
year the schools should be made
better, for far too many of them
have fallen short of what they
might be. 1t is useless to try to
dodge the fact that in North Car
olina as in every other state the
children are not getting what is
due them. 1t is not a matter of
money but of Indifference. We
have money enough to buy gaso-
line and silk shirts and other
things that take millions. We
cave money to buy things wenev.
er thought before of buying, and
we have an abundance of money
to make our schools a hundred
per cent better than they are. If
we do not make the improvement
it is purely a matter of indiffer.
ence, or what is worse, absolute
opposition.
The main thing the child gets
out of life is chance to live the
broadcast possible existence when
childhood is ended and manhood
begins. Not to teach a child to
read and write and cipher is a
crime. Not to advance it farther
than that is an inexcusable neg.
lect. Not to help it as far along
in education as it can 60 is an Of
fense that should never be COM
mitted. The childs welfare de.
mands the most of education that
can be given it, and when the
welfare of the child is provided
the welfare of the State follows.
What does crop of cotton or
tobacco signify as compared with
a crop of boys and girls? Yet we
pour out money lavishly to get
the best crops we know how if it
is field crops, and we dodge the
expense if it is crop of boys and
girls we undertake to raise. Fair
ness tothe children wouldprompt
that we make the financing of the
schools follow one question, how
much does it need, and then pro
ceed at once toprovide that much
We are not a poverty-burdened
State. We can care for our own
We can certainly afford education
for the child if we can afford a
hundred and ten thousand auto
mobiles.
1t is not poverty that makes
North Carolina schools less eff
cient than they should be. 1t is
plain indifference. We are con
tent to let them 60 as they are
Otherwise we would make then
different. That three millioI
people of us cannot pay a few
: million dollars for schools is ri
+, diculous.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-05-13

FOR SALE: Located in
Northern Delaware in the most
productive agricultural district
of the United States. j. A. Nc
Kelvey, Newark, Delaware.
IA lot. c.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-05-13
Stock In Watauga Supply Co., Change
Hands,
To whom it NAV Concern:

To whom it may Concern:
This is to notify all creditors of
the Watauga Supply Company
that l have this day sold my one
eighth interest in the said Wa
tauga Supply Company to Clar-
ence A. Ellis, who assumes all IL
ability of my pro rata part of any
Indebtedness of the firm. All
book accounts or other evidences
of debts due the firm will be paid
to the Company as now constitu.
ted. This the first day of May,
1920.
W. D. FARTHING.
5.6. Ate.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-05-13
VOL. XXI.
Missionary 10 China Writes
Dear Brethren and Sisters:


Again l wish to say just a per.
sonal word to you, Alexander
Brier Greek and a few other
churches in North Carolina.
Arrangements have been made
definitely. for the sailing of orr
party of eight next August. We
will D. V. be leaving North Caro-,
lima soon after the middle of Au.
gust and are to sail on the S. S.
Nile from San Francisco August
23th.
Passage money for these out
going Missionaries is gradually
coming in and we are looking to
God to supply all needed by the
time we leave North Carolina,
which will be soon after the 18th
of August.
Now I have not laid aside any
thing for my passage money and
am not planning to get any from
other sources, but want to look
to YOU and YOU alone to sup.
ply me, and I believe with all my
heart you will do it cheerfully,
and am writing this merely to
call attention to the matter and
let you know when to send in
your offerings. 1t will be best
to send in a contribution from
each church and individual who
wants to help in this, immediate
ly after you receive this letter
and then one about the first of
August. If you do this l am
sure there will be all | need on
hand when l get ready to start
in August. want this to be a
free.will Offering as a matter OF
bounty cheerfully as unto the
Lord, for in this way, alone, will
it become a real BILE ssing to you
as we'll as me-
God has wonderfully blessed
our China Direct Mission work
in, calling others to go out witt
US. One man has been called
from your midst, Brother Johr
A. Abernathy, and if you feel lee
to help him I know the Lore
would be pleased in your having
a part in his passage also, but W.
are helping that Wiseman associa
ton in Tennessee will furnish
passage money for him and sup
port him too.
While we are thankful for wha
Col has done and for the pros
. poets, we are also constantly re
minded of our own weakness ant
the need of PRAYER. So let US al
keep our eyes on Him who is ou
only hope.
Soon there will be the sad fare
wells again and it is never easy
for oh how precious are love-
ones and you all; and because Q
our fellowship in labor, sorro1
and suffering for so long you nov
seem doubly dear to me, but fol
His sake l with JOY turn my fac
my face to China again, and wha
ever else happens don't forget t
pray for me and for all OF us tina
whether it be through sufferin
and sorrow or joy and pIosperit,
we may be fruitful in leadin
many to Christ.
Your fellow laborer in Christ
T. l.. BLALOCK
Ledger, N. G.
P.S. Our date of sailing ha
been moved up a week, to tn
2lst of August. There are 9
our party who are planning del
nitely to 60 with US. Gods cal
ing these missionaries to swim
olt" on Him is a call to our chu
ches and funds for thanksgivin
and prayer as never before.
II. L. B.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1920-05-13
The Road Building Problem.
Statesville Landmark.

Statesville Landmark.
The Federal bureau of public
roads has advised the North Car.
olina State highway commission
to curtail as far as possible the
letting of contracts for new road
construction and to accept no
bids that are unreasonable until
conditions return to normal and
road building material becomes
available in larger quantities.
The Raleigh News and Obser-
YER states that recent projects
advertised by the State commiss-
ion have been without bids of any
nature, and in one or two cases
the counties in which the pro-
jects are located, the county has
obligated to build the road for the
commission. Bids advertised for
letting last week on three impOr-
tant projects brought no offer.
The causeway over the Bruins
wick river in Brunswick county
across from Wilmington, adver-
tised for last week, received no
attention from contractors, al.
though it is one of the most at
tractive propositions offered by
the commission.
The letter to the commission
from the federal bureau is as fol-
lows:
"In view of the difficulty many
of the states are experiencing in
letting road contracts at reason
able prices, and in order that in
your conference with State high
way officials you may be better
able to indicate our position to
them, it has been thought advisa-
BILE to set forth some of the prin-
ciples it is believed should govern
US under the present conditions
in proceeding with road building
involving Federal aid funds.
"There seems no definite indi-
cation at present of any marked
recession in the prices at which
road work may be done. The
cost of living since the summer
of 1915 has steadily increased un
til it is now double the cost at
that time and it is still increasing
slowly. This is a result of the
heavy demand upon the labor sup
ply of the country for which the
exceedingly active business OF
road building is partially respon
sible.
1T, therefore, appears to this
bureau that widespread attempts
to force through a too expensive
program of road building viii
contribute very materially tofur
ther increases in costs and that
we should take a conservative
view on the letting of new con
tracts.
. 1T is thought that the pro
gram must be determined fol
the individual States or group.
of States if the individual pro
grams conflict.
I'VE believe care should be tax
en- in awarding new contracts 81
that the completion of existing
contracts may not be endangered
and States which have a larg'
amount of uncompleted contrac
work should proceed very eau
tiously in awarding new con
tracts.
1T appears desirable that
careful survey should be mad
in each State to determine tn,
possible amount Of road worl
that can be completed during tn
: year and that only in very excer
tional cases should contracts Il
awarded at this time which
seems probable may not be CON
, pleted during the year.
Where more than one State i
4 dependent upon the same sourc
" es Of supply for materials,
seems advisable that there shoul
). be an agreement between tn
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26

Iowa farmers make complaint of al
falfa that ii cannot withstand the
competition o! bluegrass. but according
to IL. ID. Hughes. OF the farm crops
section of the Iowa agricultural expert
ment station. cultivation with II spring
tooth harrow or disk harrow will eli
inmate the grass.
"Cultiyati6n is essential to the con-
tinued successful growing of alfalfa
in Iowa." says Mr. Hughes. "On the
fields of the agricultural experiment
station we get about ton more hay
per acre from cultivated fields than
from the uncultivated and we succeed
in keeping bluegrass ont by cultiva-
item The same kind of report is made
by hundreds of farmers who have tried
cultivation"
Cultivation should come immediate
ly following the second and third cut
tings. If the season is quite wet. the
spring tooth harrow is likely to give
better results; otherwise the disk har
row does very well.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Receipts From Cows Triplel.

Keeping daily records of the milk
yield of each COW, where there is no
COW testing association. is Il profitable
practice. This is shown by reports on
herd records lcceived 10y the United
Stite~ de,a rtnRnt of agriculture.
An tnce where herd has been
great! improved without increasing.
It's numin = lDy more than one cow,
is foG,d in report from Oklahoma.
III" a. rvman's cream cheeks for II
given month amounted to $7S.i2, the
cream heing obtained from Il herd of
~ c -. One year later, after doing
herd secOrd work, he was able with Il
he Il Of 2S cows. Just one mare than he
had AT the earlier date. To sell cream
To The value OF S223.60. or nearly three
times AS nuch-ka pretty good return
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Two Day Harvest Picnic.

Stratford Courier: There has been
some talk among local business men the
past week that StratfOrd should put
on one or two days for harvest pic
mic and live stock show, the affair to
be held about the middle OF September.
The bad weather of the Fourth really
spoiled the entertaining features of that
day and a good many are in favor of
an event in the future which will. in
case we have good weather, Offset the
disadvantages of rainy fourth cele-
bration. The livestock show which was
held several years ago was very sue
ceSsful at that time and another one
could now be put on which would be
much larger and better in every way.
At the same time there could be dis
play. for prizes Of the various corps
grown on the farm and a really inter-
esting event could be gotten up. \
meeting is TO be called in the near ful-
ture TO learn the opinion OF all the
local business men.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Pigs on Bluegrass Need Grain.

Plenty of grain fed to pigs on blue
grass pasture will bring more dollars
and require less labor in the end. That
is the Judgment OF John NJ. Evvard
animal husbandry specialist ut Iowa
State college, based on numerous tests
in feeding pigs.
Pigs that received only per cent
corn ration twice daily with pasture
made an average daily gain of only
II quarter of a pound ON II 3 per cent
corn rati,M another lot of pigs made ~.
pound gain daily. When pigs were
full fed shclled corn twice daily they
made an average daily gain of 20
pounds \ fourth lot of pigs settled
shelled corn and tankage in separate
feeders made average daily gains of
- pounds. After 100 days of these
various methods of feeding, the first
lot averaged only ~ pounds in weight.
while the fourth lot average .04
pounds.
IF you want to Use bluegrass as Il
pasture and feed corn and tankage to
make POO pound pigs in the least time,
with the least labor and at the lowest
cost. look to the sef.fecdcr for the in
SEPARATION and the means says Mr..
Evvard.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Secs Good Year Ahead.

Although the livestock market is
unsettled ana uncertain, believe that
the coming year will he good year
for the breeder of purebred cattle and
hogs says II. H. Kildee, head Of the
animal husbandry department ut Iowa
state college.
Farmers generally are convinced of
the value Of good blood in their herds
and "ilockS," continued Mr.. Kildee
'They know that at no time does il
pay tn 20 back on pur"hred %ire.s = nd
dams. Consequently they will continue
to be in market for tir I cl,s; animals.
The season ahead may no. bring rs
many sensational sales ~ u 4 the sou
son just past. bui belle q il will b.
marked by sound activity"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Overcome With Heat; Dies.

Stanhope Record: Saturday even
ing while Mrs. A. L. Ellington was on
her way home from town after doing
her Saturdays shopping, she was over
come with the heat near the telephone
office Mrs. F. c. Runkle noticed her
and quickly went to her aid and helped
her to the central office where medical
aid was Immediately procured. The
doctor then took her home in the car.
She showed but little improvement,
and slowly grew weaker, until Monday
morning about o'clock she dropped
into deep sleep from which she did
not awaken again to earthly pains and
sorrows The children were immediae
~ notified but some could not get here
before the latter part Of the week.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Jewell.

Mrs. J. X. King was Webster City
visitor Saturday.
Sven Stucland of Sioux Falls, S. d.,
is visiting his parents here.
Mrs. G. A. Strong of Loomis. Calf,
arrived Saturday for her annual visit
to Jewell. She is an old resident of
Jewell, having lived here many years
iago.
Miss Elletta Everett of Missouri
Valley returned TO her home Satur-
day after visiting her friend, Miss
Esther Millett.
day for Humboldt, Badger and Thor in
the interests of the college
Mrs f. L. Tallman is quite sick with
an attack of acute Bright's disease.
II. l.. Espe. the former Jewell cloth
ing merchant, now travelling for a
clothing house. left Monday for Nor
way to visit his mother.
Il. Il. Jacobson of Rose Grove has
purchased the Geo KnudSOn residence
formerly the Lear residence) and will
move his family to Jewell sometime
in the fall.
Mrs. Herman Arends and daughter
Sadie We're Webster City visitors Tues
day.
Miss LEILA +. Millett went to Slater
Saturday to spend Sunday with her
sister, Mrs. a. a. Hotel
Mrs ID. a. Richie ana son Donald
were Webster City visitors Tuesday
Mrs. .. OmundSon went 10 Randall
Tuesday to visit her daughter. Mrs
John Peterson
Christensen Bros have purchased
the hotel and restaurant building
which they occupy from the RingSted
State Bank. The cOnSidera tion was
$1,000. They expect TO do considerable
remodeling and altering in the build
ing when they get to it.
July rs.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Weeds Mean Millions Loss.

Millions of dollars of loss is caused
annually to ICwa's crops by unlawful
weeds. which are allowed to grow be
cause no one assumes the RESPONSE
bility Of enforcing the law, says DR.
l.. II. Pamnlpl. head Of the botany de-
partment at Iowa State college.
Il have been asked" says DR.. Pam
mel, why the barberry is fought
so StrenuorSly while these other I'M
lawful weeds, such as sour dock, sweet
dock, quack grass. burdock and wild
parsnip, are allowed to grow. The rca-
son is that there has been an organized
campaign against the tmrberry. while
no one is accountable for the cNtcrmi-
nation of these weeds.
Many inquiries about noxious weeds
are received every week by the botan-
zeal section The buffalo burr. about
which many questions have been re-
ceived, is an annual weed, Il member
of the potato family, closely related
TO horse ncttle and potato 1t is easily
eyterminated by cultivation. The weed
was originally found only between the
Missouri river and the Rocky noun
tains. 1t is thought to have been the
original host plant of the Colorado
potato beetle.
Many specimens of the European
morning glory have been received. 1t
is "A deep rooted perennial which Is
difficult 10 exterminate. Fields which
are infested with it should be thorough
ly and constantly cultivated. The
plants should be cut off below the sur
face and the field kept clean through
out the season. European pepper grass
has gained fOOthOld in many parts
of the state, chiefly in alfalfa fields. 1t
is thought that it is introduced with
the alfalfa seed.
1t can he extcrminated in the same
way as European morning glory by
cultivation.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Viclators Of Live Stock Laws.

Uncle sam penalized three rail
road companies. according to u report
of the bureau of animal industry, in
May. for violations of the live stock
quarantine laws. He also found judg-
ments against 10 defendants for viola
lions of the % hour law One RAILROAD
company was found guilty of R
breaches of this law and paid fine of
$4,000 with costs amounting to $125.S3.
assessed against all the violatOrS, ac-
cortling to the figures Of the bureau of
animal industry, amounted to $l2,
Cos Al.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Hard Luck.

Williams Enterprise: Mr.. and Mrs.
f. l. Johnson and daughter, Inah, and
Miss BeSs Lynch mOtOred to Webster
City Friday evening to attend chautau-
qua. Mr.. Johnson parked his car
near the tent, and as there has been Il
number OF ears stolen i'll that city he
took precautions by removing part of
the distributor After the program
they were unable to get the car start
ed, and George TalcOtt pulled it to II
garage where it started Immediately,
it having been flooded. Saturday morn
ing Mr.. Johnson discovered that the
extra tire on the rear of the car was
gone and he came to the conclusion
that parties had tried TO steal his car
andsfailing to start it they took his
extra tire instead.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Father and Son Partnership.

Iowa farmers whose sons are study
ing vocational agricultural in the
Smith Hughes schools of the state will
be urged to take their boys into farm
partnership. according to plans de-
veloped at the conference of vocational
agricultural instructors at Iowa State
college last week 1t is thought that
II farm boys are given Il financial in
terest III the farm, II long step will be
taken in the problem Of keeping the
boys on the farms.
1t was suggested at the conference,
which was in charge of w. II. Bender,
state director of vocational education,
that contract be drawn up between
the father and son guaranteeing the
boy certain percentage of the. re-
turns from the farm activities. While
no definite contract was recommends
ed, it was suggested that 5 per cent
would be n suitable amount. This
would represent payment to the boy
for the work that he does on the farm
and would encourage him to take an
interest in the farm work and to carry
ont the school projects.
1t was also suggested that having
money of his own would give the boy
training in banking and the care OF
money. One proposal was that quar-
ter of the boys money be paid to him
for spending money, clothes and other
necessities and that The rest he invest
ed in his name.
Vocational instructors will endeavor
to interest the fathers Of boys in II
proposal of this sort.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Denmark Sends Much Butter.

Iowa buttermakerss are likely to
feel the results of the unloading of
Danish butter cargOes in July, aggre
eating something like G,OOO,OOO pounds.
One shipment, the largest single cargo
yet received from Denmark, comprised
1910 casks, weighing 112 pounds each.
making total of jOS9.2SO pounds of
butter. Much of this butter il .;oi&..cs
into storage Argentine ;il.it $50 u
rived III consid2...h.? 4&.,m;i.y, b"t i
was of poor grade and did not sell
well.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
***** :*-s..:*%:****
lettings About the
COllntH.
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Flies to Des Moines.

Jewell Record One Hamilton county
strictly up to date in his political ac-
tivities.
His name is r. II. Hawbaker, he halls
from Marion township. and he was a
member of the Hamilton county dele
CATION to the republican state conven-
ton Tuesday.
Hawbaker made the journey from his
home near Stratford to DeS MOines
Monday by airplane. A Fort Dodge
machine was at Stratford and Haw-
baker adopted that mode of travel to
get to Des Moines for the big republican
cOnclavc.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Farm News Department
Conducted by County Agent Chris Christensen
Agent Chris Christensen


the use of poison bait made. as fol
lows:
To % pounds of wheat bran add !
pound of paris green or arsenic, Il
oranges or lemons finely chopped;
quarts of low grade molaSscs and from
, to gallons OF water.
If this is thoroughly mixed and then
scattered over gr'aSSh0pprr infested
of them. The mixture may he scat
tered in the morning: unless it is very
dry when it should he put out in the
evening. 1t may be scattered through
n regular oats see(ler, set 10 SOW about
, bushels of oats per acre.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Hot Lunches in 1000 Schools.

Over 1000 public schools in Iowa
are serving hot lunches to their stu
dents, according to reports from So
counties covering 1919-192O collected
by the agricultural extension depart
melt at Iowa State college.
Consolidated schools have the hest
showing. OF the PAP consolidated
schools reporting. -. or 30 per cent,
serve hot lunches. About 10 per cent
of both rural and town schools are
following this plan.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26
Potato Crop OutlcG.s Coed.

Growing conditions for potatoes in
Iowa have Ecen. somewhat more fav-
Or.lble than usual, with the result that
early reports on yield indicate Il good
crop of iowa tuberS. The acreage for
the United States as; estimated by the
T.. $. crops bureau promises now to
yield 3s7, :1s6,OOO bushels this year as
compared with 357, 9O1 900 bushels last
year. Wholesale prices of potatoes in
central markets have made II decided
decline.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-26

A. Il. Watson of Mountain Lake. ~
D., says that in all his experience as
klondtke pr0spector. he never struck
pay dirt" as rich as lie did while fir.
ing a Lackawanna protest special
from Mountain Lake to Hoboken. N. j.
AS n result OF protest meeting ut
Mountain Lake Watson volunteered to
fire an, engine. and others agreed to
make up the rest of the crew. The
grateful commuters on reaching Hobo
ken made up purse of $500 for
Watson.