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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-21
Thirtieth Division Meets October :

Knoxville, Tenn.-At q meeting Of
the officials Of the Old Hickory (Soth
division) held here, It was decided
to hold the annual reunion of the di.
vision in New Orleans on October II
in connection with the National Reun-
ion, which will convene in the Cres-
cent City for a period Of nve days.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-21
Memorials For "FlyIns parssn.'

Wake Forest.-The name Of Belvin
w. Maynard. Flying Parson," who
was killed recently at Rutland. Yer
mont. will be perpetuated at Wake
Forest College, his alma mater. &C.
cording to faculty action taken at q
called meeting. Two memorials Will
be established. one a bronze tablet
placed in Wingate Hall, the other an
endowment scholarship bearing his
name, to be used by worthy Students
whose means are not sufficient T. en-
able them to attend college on their
own resources.
The latter memorial b exoesdtpgu
appropriate. for Maynard Alnssl -
Handicapped by . strugels a6sip -
erty during his college eosrse cl41
All scrts 81 work v dexaat N w.
| Sxs w lnuai "A
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-21
WILL Open STATE LAND BANK
HAS Paid In Capital and Surplus Of
$27s,o0o and $4,000, 900 Lending
Power.

Durham. - The Launching Of the
North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank
IN this city, with paid in capital Of
$250,000 and surplus Of $4,000 and a
lending power Of $4,0O0,0O0, was an
nounced following meeting Of the
stockholders and directors held in the
First National Bank building Of this
city.
The officers and directors of the
new bank are: Gen. Julian s. Carr,
chairman Of the board of directors; J.
Southgate Jones, president; vice-presi.
dents, w. P. Clements, of Durham;
James A. Long, Of Roxboro, and Ed.
ward H. Meadows, Of New Bern; sec.
fetary.treasurer, ]. Ed. Pegram, Of Dur.
ham. The directors are: Gen. Julian
IS. Carr, capitalist, OF Durham; J.
Southgate Jones, cashier Of the First
National Bank Of Durham; w. P.
Clements, president OF Merchants
Bank Of Durham; ]. Ed. Pegram, at
torney, Of Durham: James A. Long.
president Peoples Bank, Of Roxboro:
p. H. Meadows, capitalist and manu-.
facturer, of New Bern; D. F. Wooten,
president First National Bank Of
Kinston; Meyer Mendenhall, vice-pres'
tdent and cashier First National Bank
Of Snow Hill; G "A. johnson, president
Farmers Bank and Trust Co., Of Tar
boro; George A. Barfoot, real estate
dealer, Of Wilson; J. B. Ross, vice
president and cashier of the Bank Of
Washington, Washington, N. c.; R. B
Davis, secretary-treasurer Of the
Rocky Mount Insurance and Realty
company, Of Rocky Mount; Harry Nc
Mullen, attorney, Washington, N. c.;
DR.. Joseph Dixon, capitalist, Of Greens
Vile; w. J. Brodgen, attorney, Dur
ham: R. L. Davis. capitalist and plant
or and president Of the Bank Of
Farmville, Of Farmville; and ]. G.. God
dard, capitalist and president Of the
Martin County Savings and Trust com
pany, Of Williamson.
The bank, it is announced, will be
operated under the supervision Of the
government as provided for under ar
act Of congress and approved by the
Supreme Court of the United States
In March, 1921, and designed to fur
nish method whereby owners Of farm
land may procure funds for improve
ments or the paying off Of mortgages
and that tenants or others desiring t
enter farming might have an cas-!
method Of purchasing land. Join
stock land banks make loans only OF
farming lands at appraisals determined
by government appraisers. Loans thu
made run for a period Of SO years ant
the borrowers retire them at the rat'
Of six per cent per year and one pc
cent on principal, this amount cover
ing all payments of principal and in
terest. The borrower may pay an,
part of at any time he desires or keel
It 33 years, as he chooses.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-21
FLAMES DESTROY
CITY OF SMYRNA
FLAMES ORIGINATED IN THE Az
MENlAN oUARTERS AND
SPREAD RAPIDLY.
"A AMERICANS ARE MISSING
Turkish Irrsgulars, Who Control the
City, Arc Firing Upon Terror.
ICED Population

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 10 burning.
The population Is in a panic. All the
wives and children Of native Ameri.
cans are being evacuated to Athens.
The cause Of the fire is not yet known.
Scores Of buildings in the eastern Sec
ton Of the city have been destroyed,
Including the American consulate.
American marines and Allied soldiers
formed fire brigade, but the confla-
grafton IL beyond their control. The
property damage 10 estimated In the
millions.
The fire is said to have originated in
the Armenian quarter and spread rap.
idly.
The Turkish irregulars, who are In
control Of the city. are firing upon and
terrorizing the population.
Sir Harry Lamb, the British high
commissioner, left aboard the British
battleship Iron Duke. The British ma
rines are withdrawing, leaving the
protection Of the city to French, Ital'
Ian and Nationalist guards and Ameri
can blue Jackets.
Washington. - Fourteen Americans
are missing in the hre-swept sections
Of the city Of Smyrna, the state de-
partment was advised in cablegram
from Rear Admiral Bristol, acting
American commissioner at Constanti
nopls.
Admiral Briston said his information
came from Arthur J. Hepburn, chiel
Of star Of the American destroyer
fleet at Smyrna, who reported that the
fire. starting in the Armenian quarter
had practically obliterated the entire
European quarter Of the city, and wal
still raging.
The missing Americans were al
naturalized citizens, the dispatch said
adding that all native Americans list
ed with the authorities had been &C
counted for.
All warships Of the various powerl
In the port Of Smyrna are crowded
with refugees, Captain Hepburn re
ported, and ships were CONSTANT!
leaving for nearby ports loaded will
fugitives. The American destroys
Flotille was taking an active part II
the work, he said,the Simpson havinl
sailed with q large party for Athens
the Edsall with 600 for Salonika an,
another for Pireoeus with 400.
Among those on the last ship-th'
name Of which was garbled in trans
mission, were students and employe
Of American benevolent organization
at Smyrna and the STATS Of. severa
American commercial houses.
Earlier dispatches from Admira
Bristol had described the condition o
refugees in Smyrna az appalling" H
placed the total there at not less thai
100000.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-21
Co-operators to Institute Suit.

Co-operators to Institute Suit.
The Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Marketing Association will immediate.
ly bring suit against contract breakers
in eastern North Carolina and South
Carolina, according to announcement
Of association officials following a con-
ference in Richmond, Va, with Aaron
Sapiro, attorney for the association.
Four suits will be instituted in
eastern North Carolina, according to
Mr.. Sapiro, who said "a few men can
not block the $4,000 organized tobacco
growers Of the Carolinas and Virginia,
who have behind them the national
laws and overwhelming public opin.
ion." Although but few instances OF
contract-breaking have occurred in the
two Carolinas, where the association
has begun receiving tobacco, the Co
operative association will go to the
mat with growers who break their con
tracts and with unscrupulous persons
who endeavor to induce them to dc
80.
The directors at the meeting In Rich
mond expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the working Of the asso
citation, particularly the large deliv
cries In the Eastern and South Caro-
lima belts; also with the satisfactory
prices received from big sales made
to leading leaf dealers and manufac
turers.
A conference Of the big tobaccs
co-operators will be held in Louisville
KY, early In October at the invita-
tion Of President James c. Stone. ot
the Burley Growers Cooperative Mar
keting association.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-21

kiwanls Club Plans Apple Growing.
Kinston. apples have become
the newest hobby Of q representative
organization on Kinston business and
professional men. The Kiwanis club
does not conceal its deep interest IN
the fruit. The club, 1t is said, has eve<
invited Paul Lindley, Of Greensboro,
horticulturist, to come here and tell
1t about June apples. Andley. accord
ing to members, has accepted.
Kiwanians. like all other represeH
tative persons here, are preaching d.
versihcation. Nearly every organisa.
ton Of every kind has Joined the move
ment to promote fruit growing. truck
ing, pork.raising and dariying In the
vicinity Of Kinston. Propaganda hap
been spread that is getting material
results already. Two members Of the
club have made preparations to sxper'
iment with June apples on . tract Of
land a short distance north Of this
city.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-21
MORRISON SPEAKS |
At FARM Meeting
FIVE THOUSAND FARMERS AND
BUSINESS MEN GATHER At l
t WILLARD TEST FARM.
IS COUNTIES REPRESENTED
Other Speakers Take Part In the Ex'
ercises, Which Will be Made an
Annual Affair.

Wallace. - Five thousand farmers,
business men, agricultural demon.
strators and Investigators Of u coun.
ties and their wives and children.
gathered at the Willard test farm In
an all-day picnic brought to an enthu.
siastic climax by Goveonor Morrison's
speech In the late afternoon. Rain in.
terfered with dinner and speech.mak,
Ing. but the program was followed In
detail until the greatest gathering Of
citizens ever witnessed here was con-
cluded. Five thousand are said to bs
just i've times as many a. ever gath
cred here before in an annual picnic.
Governor Morrison reviewed the
constructive program Of the 1921 gen.
eral assembly in road building. In edu'
catisn and in the removal Of all prop
erty tax for state purposes, and
brought the vast throng to their feet
with cheers at what the state expects
to do.
I'VE are tired o. fbeing hewers Of
wood and drawers of water for New
England and the rest Of the world" he
declared. For many years We have
done It, and we are going to quit We
are going to build roads, educate our
people, develop our resources and "a
In business for ourselves. But W
are not going to do II by taxing the
poor farmer and widow women who
are now paying all the taxes they can
stand. We are going to get our money
for state purposes in the same way the
federal government gets its money
by income tax.
Last year North Carolina business
paid more taxes to the federal gov
ernnent than any three states In the
South. Al for state taxes, the cor
porations alone paid more taxes for
state purposes than all the people Of
the state put together. That's the way
we are going to run our state And
what do these big corporations care
about it? They haven't kicked about
paying this tax. They are making
their profits"
He was introduced By State Sena'
tor w. A. Brown, of Pender county.
Lieutenant Governor Cooper spoke
in the morning on cooperative ware
housing and marketing. W. A. McGirt
Of Wilmington. state highway commits
sioner, lauded the Morrison admins
tration for its constructive achieve
ments in road building and taxation
and appealed to the business interests
and the farmers to stand by the admin
istration while Governor Morrison wal
| building the state.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-09-21
DECLINE IS NOTED
IN PRICE OF COAL
THE PRICES At THE MINES DROP
FROM $500 TO $4.ss PER TON;
SHIPMENTS STEADY.
MINES ARE IN Operation
Industry on the Road Back to Normal
10 Opinion Of Fuel Director
r. O. Self.

HololG0.
Coal prices tumbled from last weeks
peak Of $500 per ton at the mines to
$4.S6 per ton, according to advices
received by State Fuel Director R. o.
Self, bringing the price down to ap-
proximately the level maintained
while the Federal Government under
took to regulate the cost at the mines.
With practically all coal mines, both
In the soft coal and hard coal districts
in full operation, the industry 10 well
on the road back to normal, In the
opinion Of Mr.. Self. North Carolina
is receiving all the coal that is needed
for industrial purposes at prices but
little higher than those prevailing bs.
fore the strike.
Prices went skyrocketing two weeks
ago when Secretary Hoover declared
that the Federal Government had no
authority to regulate them. Pricel
at the mines had been fixed at $3.50 to
$500, but after that coal went to the
highest bidder, with $11.00 being the
highest price paid. The federal gov
ernment retained only the right Il
regulate the distribution among thl
states.
Regulation for distribution has beer
carried on by Mr.. Self with de
gree Of efficiency that has enabled ev
cry coal consuming industry In th'
state to continue to operate, and tn,
work continues to be done with a stat
Of about 20 clerks. No shortage hal
occurred in any part Of the state.
But one difficulty is now to be en-
countered, in the opinion Of the STATE
director, and that is the ability Of tn,
railroads to handle shipments. Prac
tically all open top cars have been di
verted to coal and preference is be
ing given to coal shipments.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
MARQUISE CLARA LAMA.

tionS in tiis respect. He handed out
dose after dose in the most i'll smell
ing of coarse earthenware.
But here we are confronted by an
other query: What is art?
Perhaps no word in the English lam
guage has been so persistently mis-
interpreted as the word art" Every
body nowadays is an "artist" OF some
sort, from the bespangled acrobat who
turns handsprings on the vaudeville
stage to the peroxide blonde demon
strating transformations in a depart
ment store. In this connection l am
reminded of a handsome young italian
who meny years ago called upon me
TO ask my help in securing pupils for
mandolin instruction. This occurred
just at the time when Anthony Com
stock was starting his famous crusade
to reform the morals of the COM
munity-those dear, delightful days
when we spoke OF legs as limbs" and
went to the opera in V-shaped necks
and elbow sleeves. The italian youth
explained that he was free to give
lessons only in the evening, as he was
an artist, at work all day in the Met
ropolitan Museum.
What do you do there?" inquired.
Copy the old masters or model in
clay?" Madame" he replied, placing
one hand on his heart and drawing
himself up with a superb gesture, Il
make &c fig leaf for &c statue"
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Hawaii's Farming Problems
Met in Scientific Manner
BY w. D. HORNADAY.

study of this problem c. F. Eckhart
OF Honolulu. who had been connected
with the Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association as director of it's expert
ment station. 1t occurred to Mr.. Eek
hart that strips of paper might bo
used for mulching the young cane as
a means of coping with the weed pest.
He began experiments along this line.
Under his direction a paper mill i'm
Boston, Mass, manufactured the first
paper that was tried for this purpose.
1t was found that while the grade of
this paper was not altogether satis-
factory it was a step in the right di-
rection. Further experiments were
made, with the result that the Olaa
Plantation Company built a paper mill
near here for the manufacture Of
mulching paper from bagasse. which is
the refuse of it's sugar mill that comes
from the cane after IL Is put through
the grinding process.
This mill began the manufacture OF
mulching paper in May. 1919. and the
first season Ii turned out $50 tons OF
the material. which was used to mulch
1850 acres of young cane. Last year
the output of the mill was more than
double that of the year 1919, and a
total of 3,100 acres of cane was
mulched with the paper, exclusive of
that which went to mulch the pine
apple plantation of the Hawaiian Pine
apple Company upon the island of
Oahu. BY the application of mulchins
paper to pineapple the yield was In
creased three tons per acre.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

only sure fouadation on which to buEa
individual and national charae.l..
l believe it is but fair to the people
OF this State who pay the taxes for
the support Of this institution and who
send their children here for their edu-
cation to assume that upon reaching
the university these young men and
women VIII be encouraged to attend
the church OF their fathers. and that
nothing will be done directly or indi-
rectly for the purpose OF undermining
their faith. IL later and in mature
years the student desires to leave the
church of his fathers or to forsake
church altogether, let 1t be the result
of the serious reflection of mature
mind rather than, as is now frequently
the case. the result of the students
desire to follow the style OF a pro-
fessor in the hope that marks might
follow fawning."
l am speaking now with all SINGER
ity and on behalf OF the fathers and
mothers of our State, builders of the
commonwealth who still share the
faith Of their fathers.
1t seems / can see and hear these
stern pioneers OF the prairie State we
love. Some left their Eastern homes.
where culture, learning and simple
faith, inherited from Colonial ances-
try, PREVAILED others came from for
eign lands to breathe the air of lib
erty, bringing with them homely vir-
tues OF honesty and truth: but all
were men who through the privations
of pioneer days. when sometimes the
only code was the code of honor which
generations of virtuous ancestors had
cultivated in their hereditary charac-
ter retained a fundamental reverence
for their Creator, reverence which
the freedom of the frontier never les
sened. I can see them. hear them as
they meet in their legislative assem-
blies to write the law; / see the
scanned faces. hear the rough words,
as one by one they write the statutes
that insure liberty and education to
their children. They, the founders.
call to us through the mists of the
past. There shall be no sectarian in
struction in our free schools, impos-
ing upon the minds OF our children
doctrines and dogmas distasteful to
them; neither shall there be In the
name of that liberty we prize above
possessions and with in the walls Of
these free schools we have estab-
lished any insidious undermining Of
that reverence for God and His in
spired word which through all the
tribulations of frontier life we have
found the only safe rule of life and
conduct, up which we seek to pro-
tect from the sneer of the one who
''in his heart has said there is no
God" May we heed this call hear
it's message and carry it with US
through the years.
| want to make my remol s.eence
against these practices just as strong
as it is possible for me to make IT,
am sure that all that will be reeded
is to call the attention OF the MEM
bers of the faculty to this matter and
to invite careful reading of the law
establishing the university. and of the
constitution and subsequent laws of
our State, in order to have this fault
speedily corrected and no further
cause for complaint appearing.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Once Is Enough to Read
lie Jardin des Supplies

Doubtless three more terrible books
than Huysmans's Las Bas" and Mir
beaus Liable Jules'' and lie Jardin
des Supplices' we're never penncd
'rhe reader. old and seasoned though
lie be, must be strong stomached, in
deed. IL he can 5eruse them to the
mi --s preserve mis- equanimity
James Huneker has declared that Il
would be an impossible feat for any
one to read lie Jardin des Supplies"
twice. and IL Is difficult 70 imagine any
one wanting 10 do so. Yet when the
1rst Overwhelming sensation OF hor-
ror has worn or we are conscious Of
nothing except the marvel Of the
style OF both these authors. The ac-
cumulated shocks are whrled away
like particles OF dust in a summer
wind, and we feel that our spirits have
been stirred by vision OF infinite
beauty, the beauts that lulls and en-
chants instead OF tormentinE. "Ah,"
\ hear somebody exclaim, that proves
them to be additionally corrupt
drafts OF poison none the less deadly
because inclosed in priceless flasts Of
Venetian crystal Well even so. and
7 I'm not prepared TO admit il alto
rethcr. since we must gulp down our
realism. in heavens name let us do Il
N The most delectable manner possi-
BILE. Zo.E certainly had no compunc-
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

and invulnerability Jsf grandmother.
while even the innocuous romances of
Miss Rhoda Broughton We're eyed
askance by watchful parents and
guardians owing to their intense love
scenes that we should now think as
intoxicating as page in the telephone
directory.
1t was some time in the eighties
that n very excellent novel written by
q friend of mine was turned down by
every publisher in New York because
of one chapter describing an all-night
jollification in q bachelors fiat, where
much liquid refreshment was con-
sumed And it was not until the Of
fensive paragraphs had been toned
down I'd the level Of Sunday school
morality and the conservative head
of large publishing house convinced
beyond a doubt that nothing now re-
mained calculated to bring the blush
OF shame to the cheeks of the old
maids of both sexes who constituted
the intelligentsia of the day that the
book was finally accepted and issued.
have also a clear recollection Of how
that choleric gentleman, Mr.. A. G.
Wheeler (Nym qrinkie), stood on his
hind legs. so to speak. paving the air
and foaming at the mouth. shouting
in tones that might be heard at the
ends of the earth, that every copy of
novel which yas attracting consid-
erable notice ought to be cast into n
fiery furnace. for no other reason than
that the author had permitted her
heroine, married woman who should
have known ~better. to go unattended
to a mans apartment, where natur-
ally the expected happened, although
the gentle reader was advised of her
fall by nothing worse than a very
modest row of asterisks. And that
the frail sinner did not escape the
punishment she so richly deserved
counted for naught with the irate
"Crinkle.' She had been guilty of an
immoral act, and moreover had had
the execrable taste TO take the entire
universe into her confidence. There
fore anathema. and the wretched
creature who was responsible for her
damned also. This sort of thing was
not tolerated any more than step
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
BY Use of Paper Strips
Crops Are Kept Free of Weeds

Under the old system II cost $40
to $40 an acre to hoe the cane and
keep the crop free of weeds. BY the
use Of the paper strips this cost is
eliminated. The paper does not rot for
six months and by this time the cane
has reached a size that enables its
overshadowing blades to keep tho
space between the stalks free from
weeds 1t Is authoritatively stated
that upon the plantation of the Olaa
PLANTATION Company the labor saving
obtained by the use OF tho mulching
pnper Is not less than so per cent, as
compared with the old method.
Other very important results arc
obtained from paper mulching. Il il
explained. The tests &c the yield show
gain Of more than ten cons Of cane
per acre under this method, which,
With cane selling for a little more than
SIS a ION at this time. means an addi-
tional gain OF more than $50 an acre.
Still another important fac,sr n that
by the use OF paper muich:ng .ho
teaching of soluble nitrates which are
used for fertilizing Is prevented. and
the weeds are not there to take up the
fertilizer. 1t all goes into the growth
of the cane. The paper, as already
stated, Is of a special kind. 1t is sur
faced with asphalt, which makes It
waterproof and causes 1t to absorb the
heat, thus forcing the growth of cane
and pineapples and whatever other
kind OF crops TO which II may be ap-
Piled IT keeps the ground warmer
than II exposed to the elements,