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New-York tribune., 1921-10-08

trance into New England, and had Sc
cured this entrance by the purchase
Of control Of the Boston &, ALBANY
BY also adding 70 the system the Bos-
ton & Maine, Maine Central and Ban
gor & Arooetook the commissions plan
hangs onto the New York Central a
part of the New England railroads
ana thus attempts to make the New
orS Centra carry part of the New
England burden.
ihere are two sharply opposite
Polhts OF view about the feasibility Of
solving New England's problem in this
way. One view holds that New Eng
iand Is self-contained unit, within
which industrial conditions differ SO
greatly from those in other parts of
the country that industries and rail
roads must combine to compete against
otner manufacturing territories. Ac-
cordlng TO this view the inclusion of
the Boston & Maine as part-and it
would be minor part--of a system
which would have much more intere st
IN -. Louis manufactures than in
Srockton manufactures would spell
ruin for New England. This view was
apparently the one adopted bv Pro-
fessor Ripley, since he made no at
tempt to assign part of the New Eng
land railroads TO the trunk lines. This
view also was the view of the late J. P.
Morgan, and his attempt at creating
monopoly of transportation facilities S
IN New England under the New York.
New Haven & Hartford control was
based on this view.
The Other View
The other way of looking at the New
England situation. and the one sug-
gested by the commission in its as
signment of the Boston & Maine to
System No. l, apparently is that New
England industries must and can COM
pete on even terms with industries in
other parts of the country without dis
elimination in freight rates.
1t has been expressed by "et New
England come into the United States
to I've" New England now gets a
diHerential over Canadian lines.
Financial Problem
1t would appear that so far as the
financial problem is concerned the
commissions arrangement of system |
is fairly successful, but it does not
overcome the inherent weakness in the
present New York Central financial
structure. This weakness consists in
too large proportion of bonds to
stocks, and this is perpetuatcd. r.e
total outstanding stock of System /
would be s571 ,6f5oCo, from which,
however. should be subtracted the in
tercompany holdings Of stock. The
outstanding bonds Of the system would
total 81. .Os5 ,443,0 900, and there is COM
paratively little intercompany hold
ing of bonds, SO that there would be
more than twice the face value of
bonds outstanding to the stock.
The total rental which was paid the
corporations by the government owning
the parts Of System | IVES $102 ,90s 900.
Assume that average bond interest
for the total funded debt is per cent.
this wculd call for little over 500
100000, leaving $50 100000 available
for dividends on something over $500 :
100000 outstanding stock, or 10 per
cent. Such g system would be solvent
and presumably able further to finance
its needs on reasonable basis
". Z. H.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-08
Railroad Opens Rate
Var With Bus Line

LOUISVILLE, Oct. Tn an ef-
fort to regain some of the traffic
between New Albany and Corydon,
Ind, taken from it by automobile
bus lines, the Southern Railway
Company is advertising reduction
of rs cents in the round trip price
of its tickets. The line is seven
miles long and is the only railroad
entering Corydon, a town of 1000
population.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-08

Hambleton e. Co. and Hemphill, Moves
d Co. announced yesterday that the new
issue OF Fownes Brothers & Co.. Inc.
hfteen-year first mortgage per cent
sinking fund gold bonds has been sold.
appl cations having been received in
excess Of the amount of the bonds
available.
The Shaffer Oil aud Refining Com
pany announces that it will deposit
$706,666 with the Continental and Com
mercial Trust and Savings Bank Of
Chicago as sinking fund for the pur-
chase of the company's first convertible
sinking fund 6s, dated June l, 1919. at
prices not to exceed the redemption
price. Proposals must be made to the
trustees on or before October 26 1921.
Payment VIII be made for bonds deliv-
cred to the trustee December i.
The city of Syracuse will open bids
on October 18 on an issue of S260,000
municipal Improvement and $500 900 in
tercepting sewer one to twenty years
serial bonds. bidders to name the inter
est gate not exceeding per cent a
year.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-08
Markets in Other Cities
Bonds

sales Open. High. Low. Last.
'5$SS sSS e; Aa%&1s &Ss s, : s4 8. &. ~
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
Charley Oaks Released On Bond.

Charley Oaks, of Avery coun.
ty, who was tried at the spring
term Of Watauga Superior court,
charged with the killing of Pc,
licemaa Zeb Winters, of Elk
Park, and found guilty of mur,
der in the second degree, was re-
leased Friday evening under a
bond of $4,000, which was fixed
by Judge Shaw, pending the ac.
ton of the Supreme Court, to
which tribunal the case was ap.
pealed. The trial was a very in.
teresting and many, after the ev-
idence was all in, were of the
pinion that he was guilty of moth
ing more than man slaughter,
but the jury found differently,
and the outcome of the case will
be watched with interest. Oaks,
according to Jailer Green, has
been an ideal prisoner, taking g
his long confinement cheerfully,
ever confident that ultimately he
would again be a free man.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
Highway West Of Boone In Good Shape.

Mr.. John Greer, who has in
charge the upkeep of the Boone
Trail Highway, has just finished
machining and ditching the. road
from Boone to the Tennessee
line, and we are told that before
the recent hard rains, it was in
the best condition it has ever
been. 1t is still all right, save for
the mud. He is now at work on
the road leading from the High.
way at Villas to Vale Crucis, and
when that is completed the out.
fit will return to Boone, and let
us hope that something will be
done to improve the fearful con-
dition of the Boone and Blowing
Rock Road.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
NO32
NOTICE

BY virtue OF the power vested in the
undersigned by certain mortgage
deed which was executed by p Mast
deceased, on the "a day OF March 1917
to secure the payment If the balance
of the purchase money IN the lands
hereinafter described, rhere still re-
maining due and unpaid the last note
of r215 with interest on same past due,
ard costs IF sale, / viii on the 9th
day of June 1921. sell to the highest
bidder for cash at the court house
door in the town of Boone, Watauga
Count the following described land,
viz: adjoining the lands of D H Mast,
w o Bingham, NJ T Harman and 9TH
crs, and it being in Laurel Creek
township, Watauga county, North
Carolina, and bounded as follows:
Beginning on hickory on the top of
a ridge in the James Harman old line
and runs S poles to q stake in Jas
Thomas line then N II degrees f with
Thomas line IA poles to stake on
top of ridge, thence s 20 degrees f
with said line and top of the ridge l6
poles to stake, thence N 40 degrees
f II poles to a stake, thence E IA po.
to stake, thence s 5S degrees E %
poles to a stake, thence s IS degrees
+ II poles to stake thence s 80 de-
grceS + poles to large chestnut,
thence N 80 degrees f with Thomas
line and top of the ridge 8 poles to
stake, thence S IS degrees W E 9 po.
to stake in d H Mast's line, then
N 80 poles to stake, thence N IS de-
grceS + y poles to stake in y II
Mast's tine, thence N with Mast line
IL poles to stake in said line of the
sou tn bank of the branch near the
foot of the hill, thence S IS degrees w
poles to stake, thence S 81 degrees
w 5 poles to cucumber marked for
a corner. thence S so degrees " : 20
10 II stake, thence S II dH9r" y
poles to u flake. thence N IS dekrrc,
w Is poles TO u stake on the bank Of
Cove Creek. then N one and one half
poles to the middle O. said creek,
lhcnce N 16 degrees w with the said
creek IA poles to a stake, thcntc y 10
degrees w with said creek 38 poles to
a stake in M r Harman's line, thence
S with said line 56 poles to stake on
top Of the ridge thence : 10 degrees
w with said line and top of the ridge
II poles to a cucumber (now down ,
thence $ IL degrees w with said line
4S poles to the beginning and contains
46 acres and 81 So. rds. more or less
And for a more complete description
of said land reference is hereby made
to Book S of Deeds in the register 5
Office of WatauYa county on page 53]
of same a. uaid mortgage was therein
rcgiStcrrk on the 23rd day of Apri
1911. This tho 2nd day of May 1921.
BERTHE DAVIS
BY JOHN II. BINGHAM, Atty.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
CAN READ II EITHER way

Violations of national prohibl.
ton laws have so crowded the
dockets of the Federal courts
that the creation of additional
machinery to dispose of the cas-
es is suggested. That may be
accepted as evidence of the fail
ure of prohibition of it's success
depending on the viewpoint.
The number of violations and the
persistence Of the violators can
be cited as proof that the law is a
failure. That so many of the
violators are caught that the ma
chinery of the courts is overload,
ed may be cited as proof that the
law is doing business on full
time. If they continue to catch
them and will impose a punish.
ment that will make the price
too big to pay; and a healthy and
outspoken public sentiment will
make the buying and drinking of
liquor as reprehensible as the
manufacture and sale, we may
expect to see blockading dimin,
ish, not untiFhen.
But the/ prohibitionists will
have to 9dmit that they over
stated their case a trihe when
they 4ade the stock argument
in thg old and sinful days that
-the enactment of prohibition laws
would almost put the courts and
jails and policemen and sheritfs
out of business so far as criminal
cases are concerned: on the con.
trary the officers and the jails
and the courts have an unpre-
cedented run of business; and
they would have more if they
get all that is coming to them.
Landmark.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
Entry Notice No. 1856
State of North Carolina. Watauga
county, Office of entry takcr for sal

State of North Carolina, Watauga
county, Office of entry takcr for said
county.
Mark Squires, a resident and citizen
of the State of North Carolina enters
and lays claim to a tract of land con-
tanning ~ acres. more or less in Blue
Ridge township, Watauga county.
North Carolina, on the waters of
Buffalo, adjoining the lands of Elk
Creek Lumber Co. and bounded as
follows: Beginning on stake, corner
of tract no. 80 and also corner OF
Grants no. $50 and no. 2O30 and rum
Ming north 45 degrees east with the
line of tract no. 30. 50 poles to stake
in the line of the Sloric Grant no. lO-l
then with the line of said grant south
Is degree, cast - poles to the corner
of Grant no. 10: thence south with
said line 81 poles to the corner oI
grant no. $50. then west with the line
of said Grant 6OpolcS to the beginning
The above Described land is vacant
and unappropriatcd and subject to
entry. This May l., 1921.
II. j. HARDIN, Entry Takcr.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02

There are cars, numbers of
them, we arc told, running with
out a number tag, in Watauga,
which is an open violation of the
law. 1t is up to the officers of the
county to see that this evil is o,
vcrcom. Watauga is enthusiastic
over good roads, and it seems
strange that any citizen would
try to deprive the State of the
little license fee that goes di.
rectly into the road fund. AS we
understand it, a man thus viola
ting the law is liable to a fine of
5000, and a term of imprison
ment. Procure a license and tag
and save trouble.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Watauga Count,

North carolina, Watauga county
BY virtue of the power of sale con-
tanned in u mortgage deed, executed
by l. + Watson to Il NJ Watson on
the 9TH day of August 1920, the un-
deriigncd mortgage will sell at the
court house door in Boone. to the
highest bidder for cash Oh 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 a
branch, thence with the meanders of
said branch so poles to the mouth,
thence south 50 degrees east l3 poles
to small s0urwood, thence % poles F.
with the old roadway to the top of a
ridge south poles to a chestnut oak,
thence south 10 poles to a chestnut
with the main height or the ridge Al
poles to a Spanish oak and small
white pine. thence west 4S poles to a
spruce pine on top of the Katy Rock
thence north 20 poles to chestnut
oak, thence north 20 degrees west 36
poles to a blackgum on the top of a
ridge, thence north 10 degrees with
extreme top of ridge 3S poles to sour
wood ard locust, North % degrees
west with the same 35 poles to red
oak at the edge of old field. north AZ
degrees east 40 poles to sugar tree,
II poles more or less to a black oak
Lot Green's corner, running east "a
poles south with said line I3 poles
more or less to a stake. west 81 poles
to poplar the beginning corner, con-
tanning II l-2 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.
Il. w. WATSON, Mortgage.
This April 10, 1921.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
IT DEPENDS
(Statesville Landmark

W ,uuCtoN lllC IA
The Washington news seems
to indicate that the situation as
to Mr.. Linney has been about
reversed; that instead of small
chance to be confirmed, as the
first vote of the Senate finance
committee indicated, there is
small chance that the Repu blican
state chairman can be defeated,
Notwithstanding he is said to be
standing pat with reference to
the coloreI vote in North Carroll,
ma. This optimistic attitude is
partially due to reports that at
the instance of the national Re,
publican committee, the party in
Georgia. where the colored man
has been rather conspicuous, is
to be reoryanized to relegate the
blacks to the rear; and that is the
purpose of the Republicans SO to
do in all Southern States, they
realizing that the existence OF
the party in the South, or at least
any hope of success, is dependent
on that course. Hence MIR. Lin
ney will be acclaimed rather than
cruciied for pointing the way
That programme is all right sc
far as the South is concerned
but whether it can be put ovel
depends on the influence of tn,
colored vote in the north anC
west.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02

NOTICE. OF ADMINISTRATIONS
Having qualified as administrator of
the estate OF llila Laurence, deceased, q,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said de-
ceased, to exhibit them to the under
signed on or before the 18th day of
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, Administrator
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02

Mr.. Amos Ward. one Of our
village black smiths and a recent
acquisition to our town, has pur.
chased the pretty cottage of Mr..
Andrew Blair, located near the
town cemetery.
Contractor Ed G. Farthing.
with several other carpenters, is
now at work on the new resi-.
dence of Mr.. Russell G. Hodges,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
EXE.CITOR'S NOTICE

Having qualified as executor of tho
will of \. L. Ellcr deceased, late of
Watauga county, n. G. this is to no.
ti,y all persons having claims against
the estate of said dccca Scd to exhibit
them to the undcrSignc on or before
the 18th day Of April J. y. OF this no.
lice will be plead in ba "' .hcir re-
covcry. All persons !, 'chted to the
said estate WI y ." 9ntr m!n"d,-
a,c settlement and ",mcnt. "h'H
18th day of April 1921
j. G.. RROOKS IbE, Eyccu'"r
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02

children of Israel pass over, you
would have had no difficulty in
recognizing that as a miracle.
But every night when the sun
goes down, a man stands in a
power.house in your city and
throws a switch, and instantly
the city and the country for
miles around are flooded with
sunshine. -
And you say TO yourself casu.
ally: "Oh, l see the lights are
on
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
GIVING SPLENDID AID

Postmasters are giving splendid
cooperation in the effort to create
new capital by increasing the num-
Der OF investors in government
savings securities. approximately
300, 900 letters have been distributed
by them since the middle Of Feb
ruary to patrons of their Offices,
through post Office boxes or by
means of the regular carriers, call
ing attention to the fact that the
man who saves even dollar out
of his income has to that extent
become capitalist, and to the alb
solute safety of government securi-
ties as investments for such saw
ings. The postmasters are to be
congratulated not only for helping
to finance the government but for
making their influence feh In be.
half Of the welfare Of their own
communities, Distribution Of these
letters means that the benefits of
saving and sound investment have
been brought directly to the atten.
ton OF thousands Of persons in
Maryland, the District of Columbia,
West Virginia, Virginia and the two
Carolinas.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02

Eight years ago Dr.. J. E.
Brooks came to Blowing Rock.
But little Of his previous life is
known here. He was born and
reared in Chatham county; edu-
Gated at the University; studied
medicine in Richmond, where
the records show he led his class.
He practiced medicine in Green's
borO for a number Of years
and t h re induced the State
to authorize the sanatorium at
Montrose, Moore county, and un.
der his leadership it was organ
lied. Broken in health and on &C.
count of overwork, he came to
Blowing Rock to seek rest and
strength. He improved here, be-
came attached to the town and
built a cottage.
DR.. Brooks was a man of fine
ability, a student and scholar.
He accumulated some property:
could have been wealthy but for
his generosity.
He taught our people SANTA
tion, greatly improving thehealth
conditions Of this section of the
State. He had a tremendous in
tluence along this linein Blowing
Rock. In Caldwell and Watauga
counties he delivered many lee
I tres- tut tes,- tea ching tha-pealale Aew- 4aeeww
to live. He was a leader in our 50.
cial life, making out programs,
organizing public meetings, ded-
icating his time and great talent
to the good of others.
Many will recall the day when
he brought Governor Beckett,
Dr.. Cyrus Thompson, DR.. Vance
and DR.. Patterson, to Blowing
Rock and to Boone to encourage
during the awful war a patriotic
spirit in the mountain counties.
DR.. Brooks loved the University
as few men ever did. Each year
he entertained the Watauga A,
lumna in his cottage. He loved
North Carolina and all her insti.
tutions. His was analtruistic life.
DR.. Brooks was a member of
the Methodist church. His be,
lief was wider and deeper than
any creed, and he had a stead
fast and an abiding faith in the
goodness of an all.wise Provi-
dence.
| was very Intimately associa-
ted with Dr.. Brooks, and during
his stay here | never heard him
indulge in any conversation that
was not the most refined. His
great respect for women was an
example worthy of all men to
follow.
He made his home at the Wa
tauga Inn, owned and operated
by Mr.. and w. P. Pendley and
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Cotfey. His
love for the family could not
have been greater. Their love
and devotion for him has been
noticed and commented upon all
these years by the people of the
town. He was fully recognized,
> it would seem, as a member OF
the family. They mourn his loss
today as his own brothers and
sisters do. Not only so, but the
! people in the town and in the
country looked upon him as q
friend. Each year they recogniz,
ed his leadership and talent. His
y like will never be seen here a
gain.
B. B. DOUGHERTY.
Miss Carrie StrOupe. of Mt
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02

LADIES and MEMS PANAMAS
Leghorns. Bancocks, Straws and
Hats of all kinds cleaned and
blocked by experts in q real hat
factory without the use of acids
paints or powders. Work guar.
antecd. 1t costs no more to have
your hats properly made over.
Mail orders given prompt atten-
tion. The largest factory of its
kind in the south. ROTH HAT
FACTORY, 40 CRANKY Street,
Norfolk, Va. 5l93.c
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02

Miss Carrie Stroupe, of Mt,
Holly, is a visitor at the home OF
her sister, Mrs. Job Cook, in
Boone.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-02
VOL. XXXII.
SOME POOR BLIND FOLK HAVE never
SEEN 4 MIRACLE

OVMI CVVn DLiWU CVlk NAVE NcvIn
SEEN 4 MIRACLE
(By Bruce Barton)
Here is an important distinc-
ton that many people overlook.
God made the world; but He does
not make your world.
He provides the raw materials,
and out of them every man selects
what he wants and builds an in.
dividual world for himself.
The fool looks over the wealth
of material provided and selects
few plates of ham and eggs, a
few pairs of trousers, a few dol.
lar bills-and is satisfied.
The wise man builds his world
out, of wonderful sunsets, and
thrilling experiences, and the
song of the stars, and romance
and miracles.
Nothing wonderful ever hap
pens in the life a fool.
A primrose by the rivers brim,
A yellow primrose is to him,
And it is nothing more.
An electric light is simply an
electric light, a telephone is only
a telephone nothing unusual at
all
But the wise man never ceases
to wonder how a tiny speck of
seed, apparently dead and buried
can produce a beautiful yellow
flower. He never lifts telephone
receiver or switches an electric
light without a certain feeling of
awe.
And to think what a miracle it
is, this harnessing of electricity
to the service of man.
Who, unless his sense of awe
had grown blunt through con.
stant familiarity, would believe
it?
The sun, the center of our uni.
verse, goes down behind the
western horizon. touch a but
ton, and presto! l have called il
back-the room is flooded anew
with light.
The thunder that men once
called the voice of God, rolls out
it's mighty waves of sound and
the sound carries only a few score
miles. But l-puny sreck upon
the face of the arth-lift a little
instrument; and behold, my whis
per is heard a Thousand miles
away.
Prometheus stole fire from the
gods and brought it down tt
oIrth. For that crime the gods
chained him to a lonely rock ant
sent a huge bird to feed upcr
his vitals. Each night the woun
healed ..and each day it was torn
open again.
That was the punishment OF
the man who dared to wrest a
way the richest treasure of tht
gods.
But re-the treasure of the
treasure of the ds-has almos
disappeared out of our daily life
we scorn it.
Do we want heat? We press
button: and 10, heat, invisible
a'l.persuasive, flows into ou
homes over copper wire.
Do we need power? we hav'
but to press another switch an
giants come to US over the sam,
slender roadway. Clothed in in
visible garments they cleans
our homes, wash our clothes
c~ank ourautomobiles do every
thing that once taxed the strengt
of men and hurried women int
unlovely old age.
Don't let your life become
prosaic affair: don't let familiar
ity with the marvels about yo
breed thoughtlessness and COZ
tempt.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

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