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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19

at Boone, N. c., at the close of bust.
ness April %, 1921.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
Report of. the condition of
The BANK Of BLOWING ROCK

at Blowing Rock in the State ofNorth
Carolina, at the close of business,
April q, 1921:
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts 1886, 1876. lS
Demand Loans LAO 90
Overdrafts $50. 48
L. S. and liberty bonds 4550.O0
War Savings Stamps 734.2l
Mayview Construction Co. 1900. 90
Banking bOuse 25O.O
Furniture and fixtures 2,O33.W
All other real estate owned 1903
Cash in vault and net ANTS.
aue from banks, bankers
and trust companies 1O,53O.OO
Cash items held over "a hours 9O.25
Lost check account $3.50
Total 1852, ,4l2.2 .26
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paidin $4,000. 90
Surplus fund 10000
Undivided profits, less cur
rent expenses taxes paid l,229.93
Notes and Bills Rediscounted l0,0OO. 20
Bills payable 100000
Deposits subject to check 54,O57 .O3
Time certificates ofdeposit 1854. "
Cashiers checks outstanding 1880
Due to banks and bankers 1888
Total $l62, ,4l2.26
State of North Carolina, county of
Watauga. l, J. r. Miller, Cashier
of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief.
j. Il. MILLER, Cashier.
Correct attest:
j. A. LENTz
j. E. YOUNG
r. H. COFFEY
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 7th day of March 1921.
G. NJ. Suddrcth, Notary Public.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
NOTICE

BY virtue of the power vested in the
undersigned by q certain mortgage
deed which was executed by P Mast
deceased, on the "A day Of March l9l7
to secure the payment Of the balance
Of the purchase money on the lands
hereinafter described, there still re.
naming due and unpsil the last note
OF $275 with interest on ,ame past due,
and costs OF sale, / will ON the Oh
day of June 1921, sell - the hignc y
bidder for cash ~ tkc court hop s..
door in the town of Bo"ne, Watauga
County the following described land,
viz: adjoining the lands of D H Mast,
w 0 Bingham, M II Il man and ,.'y-
crs, and it being in Laurel Civek
tow nship, Watauga county, North
Carolina, and bounded as follows:
Beginning on a hickory on the top Of
ridge in the James Ha rman old line
and runs s 3 poles to stake in Jas
Thsmas line then N II degrees 4 with
Thomas line IA poles to stake on
top of a ridge, thence s 10 degrees E
with said line and top Of the ridge Is
poles to q stake, thence N 40 degrees
+ y poles to a stake, thence E IA DO.
to q stake, thence S 5S degrees E %
poles to a stake, thence S IS degrees
+ II poles to q stake thence 80 de-
grees E 4 poles to large chestnut,
thence N 80 degrees E with Thomas
line and top of the ridge 8 poles to q
stake, thence 8 rs degrees w E po.
to stake In d H Mast's line, then
N 90 poles to stake, thence N IS de-
grees E y poles to stake In D II
Mast's tine, thence N with Mast's line
II poles to q stake in said line of the
south bank of the branch near the
foot of the hill, thence 8 IS degrees w
9 poles to stake, thence 8 81 degrees
W 5 poles to cucumber marked for
o corner, thence 8 80 degrees w s po
to q stake, thence s II degrees w 4
poles to flake, thence N 70 degrees
w l8 poles to stake on the bank of
Cove Greek, then N one and one half
poles to the middle of said creek,
thence N 76 degrees w with the said
creek IA poles to q stake, thence N IS
degrees w with said creek 80 poles to
a stake in M T Harnan's line, thence
S with said line So poles to q stake on
top of the ridge thence 8 10 degrees
W with said line and top OF the ridge
IA poles to a cucumber (now down
thence S 81 degrees w with said line
48 poles to the beginning and CO on5ains
46 acres and 81 50. rds. more or less.
And for o more complete descripti' u
of said land reference Is hereby ma.,s
to Book $ of Deeds in the registers
Office of Watauga county on page 5Jl
of same as aaid mortgage was therein
regis,crck on the 23rd day of April
1917. This the 2nd day of May 1921
RERTIE DAVIS
BY JOHN Fl. BINGHAM, Atty.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19

WATAUGA ROAD BONDS
Watauga County, N. c., offers
$25, 900 road bonds, semi-annual
interest, serial issue 5 to 30 years
sealed bids June 6, 1921 at one
o'clock p. m. Certified check one
per cent of bid required. Right
reserved to reject all bids. For
information write E. M. Hartman,
Clerk to Board of Commissioners
for Watauga ounty, Boone, N G.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as administrator OF
the estate of Hila Laurence, deceased
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said de-
ceased, to exhibit them to tho under
signed on or before the 18th day oi
May 1922. or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement. This 18th
day of May 1921.
SOLOMON EGGERS, Administrato,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
EXECIrTOR,S NOTICE

Having qualified as executor of the
will of A. P. Eller deceased, late of
Watauga county, N. c. this is to no.
tify all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned on or before
the 18th day of April 1922, or this no.
tice will be plead in bar of their re.
covery. All persons indebted to the
said estate will please make immedi,
ate settlement and payment. This
2Sth day of April 1921.
}. G.. BROOKSHIRE, Executor
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Watauga County

NOrtn carolina, Watauga county
BY virtue of the power of sale con.
tanned in q mortgage deed, executed
by l. F Watson to r M Watson on
the 5th day of August 1920, the un-
deriigned mortgagee will sell at the
court house door in Boone, to the
highest bidder for cash on the 9Th
DAY OF JUNE at the hour of one
o'clock m. the following described
property, lying and being in county
of Watauga, and bounded as follows:
Beginning on small poplar In o
branch, thence with the meanders of
said branch 80 poles to the mouth,
thence south IS degrees east l3 poles
to small sourwood, thence q poles Z
with the old roadway to the top of a
ridge south poles to chestnut oak,
thence south 10 poles to a chestnut
with the main height or the ridge Al
poles to o Spanish oak and small
white pine, thence west 4S poles to d
spruce pine on top of the Katy Rock
thence north 20 poles to a chestnut
oak, thence north 20 degrees west 30
poles to blackgum on the top of q
ridge, thence north 10 degrees with
extreme top of ridge 80 poles to sour
wood and locust, North rs degrees
west with the same 35 poles to o red
oak at the edge of old field. north 4S
degrees east 40 poles to a sugar tree,
Il poles more or less to o black oak
Lot Green's corner, running east 65
poles south with said line I3 poles
more or less to stake, west "a poles
to a poplar the beginning corner, con-
tanning II ~ acres more or less.
The said sale is made to satisfy and
pay note in the sum of 100000, Sc
cured, together with interest and cost
of the sale.
r. w. WATSON, Mortgage.
This April 10, 1921.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
the COUNTRY EDITOR HE IS HUMAN

Your home editor is not as bad
as he looks. Neither is he as
good or bad as you think he is.
He knows that everybody wants
space in his newspaper without
paying for it, if there is any slick
way of getting such space for
nothing.
Your home editor seldom goes
on the street but what he passes
a lot of people who have not paid
up their subscription to his pa,
per. Yet these unpaid subscrib-
ers are usually the first to find
fault with his paper or tell him
how to run it,
If the home editor would tell
all the truth about al, of US, there
would be no editors. We ought
to pay him a lot for what he
leaves out of his columns about
us. We owe the editor more
than any other institution and
seldom pay him even the interest
we owe on the debt he hasagainst
US.
Home editors will do mighty
well to save enough money in a
lifetime to pay car fare to heaven
or elsewhere. Pay up and get
your neighbor to subscribe and
pay in advance. Do it now. --Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.

Having qualified as administra.
tor of the estate of ] H Lunsford
deceased, this is to notify all per.
sons having claims against the
estate of said deceased, to exhib.
it them to the undersigned on or
before the 22nd day Of April,
1922 or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All per-
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 22nd day of April '21.
WADE l.. GREEN, Admr.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
Report of the condition of
The Watauga County Bank

at Boone, N. c., at the close of busi-
ness April %, 1921.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $50l ,Sl7.07
Overdrafts l,3SS.5l
U. s. and Liberty Bonds 7,l5O.W
Banking House 2,94O. 90
Furniture and fixtures LOO 90
Cash in vault and net ANTS
due from banks, bankers &
trust companies $3.50. 33
Cash items held over "a hours 659.OO
: Total 1851, 1888. 81
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in $50, 10000
Surplus fund 25,OOO. 90
Undivided profits, less cur
rent expenses taxes paid 6,3o4.57
Notes and bills rediscounted 7,0O0.O 90
Bills payable 53,OOO.O
Certificates OF deposit rep
resenting money borrowed l72, 1883
Deposits subject to- check l5S.45. 60
Time certificates of deposit 59,423.6e
Savings deposits 4S,272. SO
Cashiers checks outstanding l,757.3l
Total 1851, ,333.9l
State of North Carolina, county of
Watauga, l, G P Hagaman cashier OF
the abOve>named bank, do sOlemly
swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief.
G.. p. HAGAMAN, Cashier.
Correct Attest.
N. L. MAST,
F. A. LINNEY
L. A. GREENE, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of March 1921.
A. w. Smith, Clerk Superior Court
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19

pie lof North Carolina, both be-
fore and after the Legislature
met. This map is not q scrap
of paper. 1t was accepted in
good faith by the people and We
believe the State Highway Com.
mission will hesitate a long time
befor tearing it to pieces in any
section of the State. Winston.
Salem Journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,

Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Emaline Love
Deceased, this is to notify all
persons having claims against
the estate of said dececeased, to
exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 9Th day of April,
1922, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All per.
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment
This the 9Th day of April, 1921
W. J. LOVE, Adm.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19

Blue Ridge is the destination Of
one Of the magnificent state high
ways that will be constructed un-
der the Doughton. Connor Bowie
Act. This institution, in fact,
constitutes one of the big reasons
why it is necessary for the state
to build highways linking up
Watauga county with the balance
of North Carolina.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
GOOD FARM FOR SALE.

Two hundred acres in the heart of
the Foscoc section, l ~ miles from
Shulls Mills. and located on the f. 4.
~ w. N. c. Railroad. his farm con-
tainS two good dwelllry houses: one
good store buildi =. /, y good wood
houses: one apple h'n ., Two an
houses; two good bar % -.
good, level meadow Ia 10O ac,.-
good grazing land; lc ceres ir en..
timber and IS acres Gu rvcr 'ar'
splendid apple ovhar,l This is one
of lie best farms on IS ltauE" '.'.
F'or further particr pc
Moore or S. e. Gragg, ,inulls Mi,'s
N ! A.,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
LET the NAP STAND

Inc hlWanlS CluD VI WluSUOn
Salem favors the construction Of
roads in the seventh highway
district as laid out in the state
highway map attached to the
bill that formed the basis of the
present state highway law, and
earnestly urges the State High.
way Commission to complete
these main roads as mapped be-
fore any new projects shall be
undertaken in the Seventh Dis.
trict.
In this definite manner did the
Kiwanis Club, representing prac.
tically every business and pro-
fession in the city Of Winston.
Salem, go on record yesterday
for building first the permanent
highways linking up the Lost
Provinces" with the heart of the
state by the shortest possible
routes. The present map out.
lines these routes.
One of the roads that the XII
wants Club favors and one of the
main roads on this map is un.
doubtedly going to be built. Its
early construction was settled
finally at the meeting in Elkin
Wednesday when Chairman Page
Of the state commission, and
Commissioner Doughton, of the
Seventh District, received bids
for building a highway from
Sparta to Elkin. This is merely
q link in the great highway that
will come on through Elkin and
give Allegheny county. connec-
tion with the Piedmont section
atWinston. Salem. We think the
Commissioners are wise in build.
ing across the mountains first.
For the people of the mountains
need hard.surface roads worse
than we need them in this sec.
ton, because no soil road ever
built will stand up under the
winter freezes in the mountains
of this state.
The Journal is happy thatwork
is soon to begin on a permanent
highway giving one Of the Lost
Provinces" an outletto the State.
But The Journal agrees with the
Kiwanis Club that no time should
be lost in and no other projects
should be permitted to hinder
the construction of another high.
way into the Northwest linking
up the three other Lost Provin.
c,s with the Piedmont section by
t'le shortest possible route. That
route is a highway from Wins.
to1-Salem via Yadkinville and
Wllkesboro to Boone and Jeffer
son.
The lgrading Of the highway
from Winston Salem to Boone
has been practically completed
over the route outlined on h e
map. The engineering problem
has been solved. No finer foun'
dation for a hard surface can bt
found anywhere in North Carroll
ma. The road serves more coun
ties in the Seventh District thar
any other highway that could
possibly be built. At the same
time it gives the Piedmont, cen
tral and eastern sections of the
State the shortest road that Cal
be built into Tennessee, ther'
connecting with the great Dixi
Highway to the West. 1t is, ther
fore, the least expensive inter
State road to the West that cal
be constructed by the State.
For these reasons the people
Of the Seventh District should in
sist that this highway be bull
before any new projects are un
dertaken by the State Commis
sion in this section Of the State
After the great interstate high
way is completed, if there is an
money left, it will be time to tai
ahout other less important prt
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19
Phd, Of The Northwest.
Winston.Salem Journal.

Pride Of The Northwest.
Winston.Salem Journal.
In the mail that came from one
of the Lost Provinces" we have
found THE Dew Drop. We
read; THE Dew Drop is entered
as second class matter at Boone,
N. c." AS readers of The Jour.
nal know, Boone is the home Of
one of the great educational in
situations maintained by the
State primarily for the training
Of teachers. Hence it's name: ZAP.
palachian Training School. The
april mum Der of the Dew Drop
contains an inspiring story ofthe
progress of that institution. No
one can read it without feeling
that of all the fine assets the
Northwestern section can boast
great teacher-training plant is
the finest.
Prof. B. B. Dougherty is the
Superintendent of the Appa.
lachian Training School, and has
been since it was founded eigh.
teen years ago. 1t was born in
poverty, but Prof. Dougherty's
report to the trustees this year
shows that it has a plant whose
estimated value is five hundred
thousand dollars. 1t has an en-.
rollment this year Of 255, exclu.
sive of summer terms. The stu.
dents come from seventeen coun.
ties.
The school started with a fac.
ulty of five teachers. 1t now has
eighteen. At the start the State
gave the Appalachian Training
School an appropriation of $2,-
900 for teachers salaries. This
year it appropriates $4,000 for
that purpose. At first the State
appropriated $500 for the plant.
During all the schools history
the State has given for buildings,
land and equipment a total of on
ly $72,5OO. 1t is a remarkable
tribute to Prof. Dougherty's bus
mess ability that with so small
an appropriation from the State
he has managed in these eigh-
teen years to buildaschool worth
at least five hundred thousand
dollars.
From the report we learn that
no student is now admitted that
has not completed the public
school course. The work requir-
ed for graduation covers t h e
work of a standard high school
and, in addition, one years work
in college subjects. At first there
were no specials" except in
strumental music. Now there
are teachers for piano, art, agri.
culture, cookery, sewing print
ing, Shop work and pedagogy.
An interesting section of Prof.
Doughert,' s report gives in de
tail the property now owned by
the institution as follows:
Item |. The Edmisten farm O
two hundred acres.
Item 2. The New River Ligh
and Power Company's plant.
Item 3: The Coffey farm of two
hundred acres.
Item 4. The school campus
which contains forty acres.
Item 5. Administration Build
ing, Science Hall, Lovill Home
and the new dormitory. Thes
are large brick buildings. TIL
first two are used for schoo
work and the last two for dorm
tories.
Tom e Wotouoo Acodop,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-05-19

J. L. Qualls in a few d.,
will have ICE at Wholesale
and Retail. He also wants
to buy all of your good
hams at best market price.
5-12.2tc
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-08
EVOLVES OF THE NORTH"
VI AT GRAND TOMORROW

That there is a strain of the wolf
in all men is implied in evolves OF
the North" Eva Novak's screen story
Of the Alaskan wilds, which is to be
shown at the Grand theater tomorrow
only.
Norman Dawn, the Universal direc-
tor, wrote the story and produced 1t
in the far north. The result is con-
sidered to be one of the most dar-
ingly dramatic interpretations of hu-
man emotion ever screened.
As the story opens the blonde
beauty is seen as a school teacher in
a deso,ate arctic outpost. Two men
want her enough to marry her. One
is a sensitive boy; the other a beard
ed brute with bad reputation and a
good heart. Just which of them gets
the girl is never clear until the story
rushes toward it's climax. j
Supporting Eva Novak in her star
ring role will be seen Herbert Heyes,
Starke Patterson, Percy Challenger,
Barbara Tenant, William Eagle
Eye, Clyde Tracy and Mile Impo-
Ito.
evolves of the North" is said to
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-08

THOSE who express their thoughts In
l. terms of millinery must be at their
happiest when they, create the lovely
hats of midsummer. The gracious, days
and nights of summertime. prodigal Of
beauty, are written in these lacey and
nowery garnishings-they are truly the
poetry Of apparel, and the talent Of
the designer blossoms at it's best in
them. ~
While their. season lasts, designers
reve in them and the fashion reporter
would willingly cover pages with their
pictures. But four Of many gems, as
shown in the picture above, are sufti-
cient to reveal the character Of this
millinery and the manner IN which 1t
has been expressed this season..
The wide-brimmed, transparent hat
at the top of the picture might be ap-
prOpriately called a midsummer nights
dream; it is made of black malines.
At each side there is a cluster of white
liIies-the fragrant, old-fashiOned lilies
that bloom in gardens everywhere, re-
produced with beautiful fidelity in a
fabric. e..
Just below is one of those fine leg
horns that is never out Of style. Vel
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-08
WEDDING BELLS" AT REX
. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

One ~. of the fastest romances,
courtship and marriage on record,
with an even faster separation, is the
story of "Wedding Bells" Constance
Talmadge's latest release through AS
ISOLATED First National Pictures, Inc,
and which will be shown at the Rex
theater, commencing Tuesday.
"Love at first sight" can hardly ex-
press the instantaneous way in which
Rosalie Wayne and Reginald Carter
fell in love with one another. And
there is absolutely no phrase yet
written to- describe how quickly they
fused and separated. Nor is there
anything but Salisbury Fields clever
play that can do justice to how they
were finally reconciled.
ID Those who have been fortunate in
seeing the stage play will be glad to
know that such favorites as Harrison
Ford, Emily Chichester Ida Darling,
James Harrison, William Roselle,
Polly Vann, Dallas Wexford and
Frank Honda were. chosen to inter-
|pret the screen roles. The produc-
ton was directed by Chef Whitney.
Wedding Bells" will be the at
traction at the Rex Tuesday and
Wednesday,. = 5$$s55s sAs,ss.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-08
HE BELIEVES IT t.
SAVED HIS LIFE
Pinard Would Have Given
Anything He Possessed
for the Relief Tanlac
Brought Him

81 don't: believe there is anything
that will put man who is down and
out on his feet as quick as Tanlac
will" said Z. P. Pinard, of 1921 Min
nescta Ave. Duluth, Mimi, in relat-
ing his experience with the medicine.
"For good many years had such
a bad case of stomach trouble, and
was in such fear and dread my food
wouldn't agree with me that l
couldn't enjoy a meal l suffered so
from Indigestion and bloating, and
had such terrible pains up through
my chest that many times l would
have given anything | possessed for
relief. Why, if / hadn't gotten hold
of Tanlac IL believe I would have
been goner altogether by now Fl
''Tanlac just keeps me going, for
it has not only fixed up my stomach
but it has given me good appetite
also. | keep Tanlac on hand all the
time, and whenever / feel myself
slipping it doesn't take the medicine
long to straighten me out again. 1t
keeps up my strength and weight,
and I'm now feeling better and look
ing better than ! have in long time.
,Tanlac is the only medicine that ever
gave me relief. and am certainly
! lucky to have run across it, for it
saves me all the suffering and misery
l had endured before got hold of
it,. w.. 49, t.'ai..,. .s..
Tanlac is sold in Bemidji by the
City Drug Store, and leading drug
gists everywhere. Advertisement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-08
HORRID PLAYLET
DISGUSTS LONDON

London. IBy Mail to United Press)
---London's Grand Guignol which for
year at the Little Theater has kept
London buzzing with Its playlets OF
horrors and passion, has presented
it's masterpiece
The morning after "The Old Wo-
man" was produced, London papers
which hadn't agreed on anything In
score of years unitedly leaped upon
lit with screams of rage: .ag,
?"EmeTv y p disgusting de
basing." "Ghastly4 beyond words"
k.tSheer bestialty. "%'If MI. Levy could
Fget hold of a real corpse, disGect At
on the stage and handtthe bits out to
the audi ice in dark, would that be
a thrill?" -3g: z-..j ny sS!
All of which means that the critics
didn't AXE MIR. Levy'sl playlet IN
which strengthening lunatic old wo-
men put out with needle the eyes OF
Ea ,beautiful young girl, Miss Sybii
FThorndi ke:<.s n -, :. g. . -.
f. Tosthe. critics demand that it be
taken: B f,<Mr. Levy replied that >au-
diences were eating it up, and some
people saw it three times during the
first week. Which led a doctor to say
in an interview: ...a.. ....... 81
"Al pathological symptom, Some
people enjoy the shrieks( OF a dying
pig. They usually conceal it, though.
If they didn't, their friends would would:
avoid them" y =.
The playle lis still going strong