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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30

PICTURES To FIGHT WEEVl
County Agent w. 3. Pace, OF Pltk
Plans to Visit Every School
House With Picture Machine.

Greenville-The new moving picture
machine used in farm demonstration
work Is creating considerable interest
throughout the county. Although 1t ar.
rived about two weeks ago. continued
bad weather has prevented County
Agent w. B. Pace from putting on his
show in more than six communities.
His present plan calls for visit with
his machine to every schoolhouse Of
the county.
At present there are four films
shown to each audience. One deals
with the potato storage house, show
ing construction. operation and gen
eral value This reel Is intended to
increase the interest in such storage
houses and show the farmers the need
for them.
A second reel is . drama Of ..ssr,.n
life, dealing With :he drudgery of the
farmers wlyss without conveniences
low so common on the more up-to.
date farms. The wife il shown hag'
gard and toll worn, Q wreck In the
prime OF life. While she is away
at a sanitarium, the farmer installs
modern improvements from the front
door to the kitchen. The contrast is
most striking.
The feature Of the "show" is con.
tanned in two reels entitled Good
bye, Boil Weevil." They show the
use of powders, calcium arsenate In
the destruction Of the pest. Differ
ent types Of machines, from the hand
pump to the gasoline machine, in full
operation, are thrown upon the screen
The government passes on the powder
before 1t is put upon the market and
approves firms selling 1t.
The cotton planters attention ID
focused when he sees how he car
increase his seed cotton 200 to 1000
pounds at $6 the acre by destroying
the pink pest by this simple method
The powder is busted upon the plant
In the afternoon and sticks to thu
leaves. When the weevil drinks thu
dew next morning, he imbibes thu
poison as we'll, so 1t Is indeed good
bye, boil weevil.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Means Millions In Taxes.

Means Millions In Taxes.
Interlocutory injunctions sought In
the federal courts by railroads doing
business in North Carolina against
the collection Of state taxes were de-
MED in . unanimous opinion handed
down by Judge Edmund Waddill, Jr,
Of the circuit court Of appeals; Judge
Henry @. Connor, OF the Eastern
North Carolina District and Judge
James e. Boyd Of the Western North
Carolina district. g.,
= BY denial of the injunctions, II the
Vopinion Is affirmed by the Supreme
Court Of the United States, to which
an appeal will be taken direct, the
taxing. units of the state will collect
annually practically one million dol
lars in I'd valorem and franchise
taxes that would not have been paid
had the decision gone the other way.
In addition, there is involved taxation
upon the incomes Of the railroads at
the rate Of three per cent upon the
taxable net income, which involves
a large amount Of money, the exact
amount Of OF which is not known. All
Of these taxes have been fixed for a
period Of three years, making the ag.
gregate amount involved well up into
the millions.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
UNITED STATES CLAIMS RIGHT
TO COMPENSATION FOR ARMY
IN RHiNELAND.
NOTES SENT TO THE ALLIES
Troops Were Sent Into Germany Upon
easls Of Right to % Paid the
Actual Cost"

Washington. - The American army
Of occupation was sent into Germany
and was continued there upon the ba-
sis Of the right of the United States
to be paid its actual cost upon An
equal footing with the allies" and this
government "is unable to conclude
that the justice Of its claim is not full.
ly recognized" according to idsntic
communications delivered by diplo.
matte representatives to the govern.
ments Of Belgium, Great Britain,
France and Japan.
The notes were delivered under in
structions from Secretary Of State
Hughes and were occasioRed by re.
cent information from American OBJ
servers In Europe that the allied gov.
ernrhents apparently contemplated ar.
rangements which would ignore Amer
ican army costs, although estimates
both for army and navy costs and re-
parations were being made on the b.
sis ofthe entire capacity Of the Ger.
man government to pay.
The amount Of the claims Of the
United States for its army cost, the
notes declared. was understood to be
free from any substantial dispute, but
It was deemed to be appropriate, I'm
vie@ Of recent developments" to &C.
quaint the allied governments with the
repeatedly reiterated statements that
the government Of the United States
was expecting full payment of the
costs of its army In the Rhineland.
Basis for the American claim, the
notes pointed out, was found in the
arinistice agreement to which the
United States was signatory and
which provided for military occupa.
ton Of Germany BY the allied and
American forces jointly. That agree.
meut, the notes recited, expressly pro.
vided that the upkeep Of the troops
Of occupation In the Rhine districts
should be charged to the German gov.
eminent and 1t was expressed as the
view Of the American government that
the armistice agreement had the
clear import" that the powers asso.
ciated in the joint enterprise should
stand upon equal footing as to the
payment Of all actual costs Of their
armies Of occupation"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Four Killed by Cloudburst.

Burlington, Kas. - Four persons
were killed and property damage es.
timated at $4,000 done at Burlington
by a cloudburst which flooded Rock
Creek and sent 1t swooping down
upon the city without warning. The
dead are Mr.. and Mrs. T. s. MCGEE,
Mrs. Henry Ramsdell and Miss Ole.
tina Failing.
Only the body Of Miss Failing had
been recovered Nine persons report
ed missing were found to be unharm'
ed.
For several blocks store fronts
caved in and about Is homes we're
swept away. Much damage was done
also to stock and crops In this district.
Streets here were piled high with de-
bris.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Sugar Rates Stand.

Washington. - Sugar rates in the
Fordney tariff bill. on the basis Of
$1.6o per 100 pounds for Cuba raw,
were approved by the republican
members Of tho senate finance com.
mittee after q prolonged fight.
The Fordney rates were accepted
as a compromise. Senator Smoot,
ranking majority member. contended
for rate Of 81 per 100 on Cuban raw,
the duty asked for by American beet
sugar interests. This was slightly
less, however. than the tariff urged BY
the Louisiana cane induatry.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
eurIlnqton viii Re.enact Battle.

Burlington.-Scenery for the repro
duction Of the Battle Of Alamance IN
photoplay form has been prepared by
q special agent Of q moving picture
corporation. A meeting Of men and
women of the county who are authors
of historical works relative to the
Battle Of Alamance will be called
at an early date to assist in a revision
OF this scenario The local chamber
OF commerce will soon begin sending
out propaganda into all parts of the
United States for the purpose Of get.
ting recognition of the spot where
was fought the first battle Of the
American Revolution.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
BILL IS GIVEN AN ovERWHELM.
ING MAJORITY IN the
HOUSE.
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
Members OF Both Parties Divided In
General Debate and on Final
Roll Call.

Washington. - The four billion-dol-
lar soldiers bonus bill was passed by
the house by an overwhelming major
ity. 1t now goes to the senate where
its fate Is regarded as uncertain.
The vote was 333 to 10, or ga more
than the two-thirds majority necessary
for passage Of the measure under the
parliamentary procedure selected by
republicans for the expressed purpose
of preventing the democrats from Of.
fering a motion to recommit.
Party lines disappeared both in the
general debate and on the final roll
call, 242 republicans and 80 democrats
and one socialist supporting the bill
and ~ republicans and 2S democrats
voting against It.
i As passed by the house. the bonus
bill would provide for immediate cash
payments to veterans whose adjusted
service pay would not exceed $50, and
would give the other veterans the op.
ton Of these four plans:
Adjusted service certificates, with
provisions authorizing loans by banks
in the first three years after next
October ! and by the government
thereafter; the certificates to run for
20 years and to have a face value at
maturity Of the amount Of the ad'
justed service credit at the rate Of 81
. day for domestic service and $l.26
q day for foreign service, increased
by Is per cent plus interest at the rate
Of 4 ~ per cent compounded annual
y.
Vocational training after January /
1928, at the rate Of 3175 a day, the
total payments not to exceed, how
ever, 40 per cent Of the adjusted
service credit.
Farm and home aid under which
veterans who purchase or improve
farms or homes would be paid after
July I, 1928, . sum equal to their
adjusted service credit increased by
25 per cent
: Land settlements, under which
lands would be reclaimed under the
supervision Of a special board and
farm units established for sale to
the veterans at a price fixed by the
board, less the amount Of the adjust
cd service credit due the purchasers
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30

New York.-All previous low rec.
ords for German exchange at this CEN
ter were shattered when the mark fell
to 30A -one-hundredths, or less than
three for one cent. Dealers attributed
the further weakness to the changes
in the German reparation payments
announced In Paris recently and the
firm attitude of the United States
government for the payment Of the
expenses Of the army of occupation
on the Rhine.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Census For PIos to be Taken.

Washington. v The department Of
agriculture. through the help Of rural
mail carriers. will set up machinery
early in May to obtain the probable
pig population Of the IA states lead
ing in the production Of swine. More
than $4,000 carriers connected with
the $500 postoffices will take the pig
census.
As they start out with their pack Of
mail the carriers will distribute card
missionaries on which will be oh
tanned reports from. the farms on
each route. -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Many Ineomss Not Vet Filed.

Many Incomes Not Vet Filed.
Commissioner Of Revenue A. n
Watts has signifled his desire to grant
extension Of time to procrastinaSing
income taxpayers az well a. to relieve
citizens Of penalties who made their
return after March IL but legal rea.
con in both instances must be furnish!
ed the department.
Scores Of taxpayers have not yet
fled their income tax returns for the
calendar year ending December 81.
1921, while many others have sent in
their returns after March IL. which
was the final date for filing. Il ID to
check up on these classes that Com
missioner Watts is addressing letters
advising that under the law . penalty
Of Ave per cent, with interest ut the
rate Of one per cent per month must
be levied in all instances where the
tax was paid after March IL. =
"The State Department of Rev.
enue,' Commissioner Watts said,
will do as we'll by its citisens
as the Federal government in the mat
ter Of payment on income taxes, but
we would be glad to know just why
the returns are late or why they have
not been filed with the department"
The commissioner points out that the
law assesses the penalties, making 1t
mandatory upon the revenue depart
ment and that this course will be fol-
lowed except In cases where sickness.
absence from home or other causes
which could not have been anticipated
have prevented the filing of the re-
turns. :
The following letter has been sent
to all citizens who have not complied
with the letter Of the law in making
their tax returns:
"Your income tax return was r.
ceived after March IL. Under the law
. penalty Of five per cent, which In
no case shall be less than one dollar.
and interest at one per cent per month
has accrued.
III you were sick, absent from
home, or were unavoidably prevented
from making your return, within the
time prescribed by law, please write
me at once, setting forth the reason
for your failure to make the returnI
on or before March IL, and ask forI
an extension Of time. This will bel
granted and the penalty Cancelled III
your reason for failure to file in time
is q legal one.
III you we're not sick, absent ~ Nn-
avoidably prevented from taking tho
return In time, please send check for
the amount Of the penalty"
Governor Morrison has denied the
appeal for executive clemency In 20|
cases which have been laid before
him during the last several weeks.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Ford Adopts 40Hour Week.

Detroit: - Adoption OF. the, 40-hour
week as a permanent policy in all the
plants of the Ford Motor company
was announced by Edsel B. Ford, pres
ident Of the company. Under the new
plan the factories will be closed on
Saturday and Sunday and about 5000
men will be added to the force. The
change will affect approximately co.
900 employees, who will continue to
receive the minimum of $6 a day.
New employees, however. will re-
ceive a minimum Of S. daily.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Lsvee System VIII Withstand Floo

Lsvee System VIII Withstand Flood.
Memphis, Tenn.-With the Missis.
sippi river rising rapidly at all points
south Of st. Louis and with all indi-
cations pointing to the highest water.
since the food Of 1916, government
and state engineers here express con.
ldence that the levee system will
withstand the food without difficulty
and that the damage from high water
will be small and confined entirely to
unprotected lands.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Not to Delay Trlp to Shoals,

Washington.-Members Of the sen.
ate agricultural committee, after con.
sidering the request Of senate leaders
and senators not absent themselves
from sessions during consideration Of
the arms conference treaties, decided
to follow the previously reached plan
to leave Washington Saturday night
for visit, in company with house
members, to the Muscle Shoals pro-
jects In Alabama.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
VERY SHARP DECREASE IN FlRE
LOSSES FOR FEBRUARY, Ac.
coRDlNo TO REPORT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT DESTROYED
During Month 132 Fires Were Report.
ID, Reduction Of yo rom Record
! Of January.

Ral0lgn.
Compared with the previous month,
the average daily fire losses In North
Carolina for February fell from $685..
900 to $1,000. with an aggregate loss
Of $364,Ss5, according to the monthly
review Of fire losses issued by the
state department Of insurance. The
average losses for the entire country
incessed during the month by three
million dollars.
During the month, 1872 fires were re-
ported to the department, reduction
Of IS from the record of January.
Only ten fires did damage in excess
OF 5000. while 22 Of the 217 fires In
January entailed losses in excess Of
that amount. Residences head the
list Of destroyed buildings with an
even hald hundred. One fire depart
msnt was destroyed by fire.
Sparks falling on roofs and defec-
i've hues remain the chief cause Of
Arss reported to the department, and
carelessness Of smokers retains Sec
onl place. Exploding oil stoves, over.
heated stoves, hot ashes, moving pic.
ture Aims, exploding lamps, electric
irons and children playing with
matches are still included In the list.
Wilson again acquired leading posi-.
ton in the amount Of hre losses for
the month with an~aggregate Of $127,.
900 caused when mechanical paint
brush exploded and burned the Hack
nsy Buggy factory. Principal losses
srs accredited to other cities as foi.
lows: Charlotte, $37,roo; Kinston,
$4,000; Monroe, $4,000; Concord.
$1,000; White Oak, $4,000; Apex, $780,
900. ,'".' =, ..
Records Of other towns and cities
throughout the. state follows, with the
number Of nres reported and the total
losses: -, go
winston-s Salem, II fires, loss $S75;
Raleigh, I; 3211;' Charlotte. Is. $780,
GO; Fayetteville, 4, $1,150; Asheville,
.. S2.1s4: Newbern, 9, $1,161; Will
minston, Z, 34,sl5; Durham. 8, $2.osS;
Rockingham, a. $s.4OO; Wilson, 8,
S11s.ss5; High Point, 8, $3.50:
Greensboro. g., .ssss; \ Goldsboro, 4,
Ss5t Hamlet. g., 500; Kinston. 4.
S1s,7s5: Henderson, a, $3.50; Farm.
Vile, 3, $780, Two. each at Gastonia,
$3.50: Monroe. ;s2.11O; Elizabeth
CITY, $1.425.. One each at Albemarle,
SsSo; Salisbury. $S5: Carthage, S.;
Lumberton, $2,700; Washington, ST.
$50; Concord, IS 900; Greenville,
$50; Raeford, $1,000; oxford, $500.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30

Governor Paroles Two.
Two paroles and one Communication
. fof prisoners serving terms on the
county roads for violation Of the pro
s,hshttion Jaws were granted by Cover
nor Morrison The paroles went to
James Reach. Of Forsyth. serving 10
months. who is suffering from . Sc
vsre attack Of rheumatism, and to
+. Alex Berry, OF Forsyth, a six.montha
prisoner who had developed lung
tr6able. Upon RECOMMENDATION Of
Judge B. r. Long, the twelve-months
ssStsnce imposed on Henry Charles
tH@1 commptsd to ll,QQo and costs.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Fear For Safety Of Peach crop.

Hickory.-Orchard men in this sec.
ton were much concerned over the
safety OF the peach crop. the mercury
recording the lowest temperature in
several weeks and hefty frost oc'
curing in most places. Peach trees
are in part bloom and pear trees are
In full blossom. There was much ice,
but stiff winds the past two days dried
the trees thoroughly and 1t Is hoped
that a minimum Of damage has re-
suited from the cold.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Hickory Sells Bonds.

Hickory.-The city Of Hickory sold
$46, 900 of funding 6 per cent bonds to
Seasongood, Mayer & Co.. OF. Cincin.
natl for a premium Of $3.50, or
$1O4.44 per 500. There were II bid.
ders, and the sale was described by
bidders and city officials as highly
satisfactory.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Essay Contest on Relf Work.

Cash prizes Of $4,000, donated BY
Henry Morganthau, former American
ambassador to Turkey, will be COM
peted for by junior and senior high
school students of North Carolina
from now until June 18th, according
to announcement by Col. George H.
Bellamy, state chairman OF the Near
East Relief.
These prizes will be given for the
best essay or Grafton on the eco
nomlc and International conditions
which have to do with the present de-
plorable conditions Of the peoples in
the Near East who have for centuries
been prosecuted by the Turks in the
name of Mohammedanism. Colonel
Bellamy Is state chairman for the
Near East Relief in North Caolina
and Josephus Daniels is honorary
state chairman.
The prizes will be given for essays
from various states in the union and
three will be given for the best essays
submitted in the nation. A first prise
Of $500 In cash will be awarded the
winner of the national contest follow.
ed by 5000 for the second best and 500
for the third. In each state prise of
SIS will be given for the best essay
or oration, $40 for the second and 81
for the third.
According to the announcement By
Colonel Bellamy the grafton must
have as its theme some phase Of the
present political. social educational
or industrial condition In the countries
Of the Near East, including Turkey.
Syria, Palestine, Georgia and Armenia
and must contain not less than 1900
nor more than 1000 words.
All students who desire to enter this
contest and to familiarizs themselves
with their subject may write Colonel
Bellamy. 9o1 Citizens National Bank
building. Raleigh, and the necessary
literature will be forwarded. High
school principals. and teachers and
county superintendents Of schools are
requested by DR.. e. c. Brooks. state
chairman of the educational division.
Near East Relief. to render every ~
sistance possible to students.
Could Buy Farms with Food Money.
II the money which North Caroline
Is sending to other states each year
for food and feed products were kept
at home, the accumulation would
equal the value of all the farm sanAt
and farm buildings in the state mi
less than ten years. This striking
statement appears In = leaflet embrao
ing an analysis and summary Of Tie
agricultural situation in North caro-
limo, together with the sssgssteA
.live-at-home" movement. The re-
edies being advocated In q Su&1&s
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Plans Huge Tunnel.


Lenoir-Kistler's Investigations Of
the Wilson creek power possibilities
will be completed within the next few
days.
The plan for development is to pro-
vide for q tunnel nearly 1900 feet
long leading from dam at q point
near Hutbur and emptying at the
power house at the foot Of the gorge.
At the point Of emptying the tunnel
will be 800 feet above the present
bed OF the creek. Mr.. Millner says
that there will be loss through fric.
ton equivalent to 20 feet, which will
leave a net fall Of 2sO feet for power
purposes. The present flow Of the
stream with this fall will develop
2,7O0 horsepower 20 hours out Of "a.
Officers Elected For Johnston Fair.
Smithfleld. = The directors Of the
Johnston County Agricultural Society
met here and set the date for the
1922 fair, October 81, November 1, 2
and 8 are the days set apart for this
coming event The directors were
all present except four, Mr.. NV. Ste.
phenson, who has served as president
Of this organization for several years,
rendered his resignation, but. upon
motion by Mr.. w. D. Ayers, second.
ed by Dr. r, : Soble. he was unani
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30

Submarine and All Hands Lost. I,
London. - The British submarine
H-42 has been lost with all hands in
the Mediterranean, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Gibraltar.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-30
Orders Special Court.

Governor Morrison has ordered q
speoial term OF Vance county supe.
rior court to begin Monday, April "a.
The New York herald., 1922-12-11
AMERICAN PORTS.
In. saNAaA

tBy Telegraph
ANAcoRTEs. Wash, Dec p-seiied. str FL
dorado. san Francisco.
ASTORIA, Ore, Dec o--Arrived, str Cana
dian Rover tBrJ. Ocean Falls for San Pedro.
Sailed 9th. str Kaikyu MART Jap. Japan.
BOSTON, Mass. Deo o--frrivcd, strs Brs-
merton. ~Copenhacen via Baltimore: Day
tonIan (Br), Philadelphia for Liverpool.
Arrived 10Th. strs Gan Benlto tf3r), Port
Iinon: Noruesa tNor). Christiania; George
Embiricos fGreek), Genoa: saEsporack.
Baltimore and Norfolk Htsel seafarer.
Everett, Seattle, San Francisco. San Pedro
and Colon via Philadelphia and New YORK
Newton. baltimore North Land. New York /.
motor schr Mavis (Br. 81 John, NIB tugs
pacli. Portland. towing be rres Pccono and
MusconetconH: Juno, Sandwich. towing
barge Allegheny; Guardrnan. do. towing a
lighter Sadie Ross. Wings Neck.
Sailed 9th. strs Dean Emery, Tampico:
Colonian tBr). Philadelphia. Suffolk, haiti
mote; schr Herds, Jacksonville
Sailed ION. etrs Mexicano (Nor), Berren
and Christienie: Paul Luckenbach, Pacific
coast ports via New York Selwyn Eddy,
Norfolk fron befow) n Dcvereux. Phila-
delphia; Agwimex, Port Lobos; tug Roger
williams. towing bargee.
BALTIMORE, Md. Pee fo-Arrived strs
Nantucket, Jacksonville via Savannah 1
Nancy weems, Georgetown. Charleston and
Miami; fTallgrim (Nor) Bremen. Aim (Nor)
New York: stonewall Cf3r). do Blair, Man
chester via Boston and Philadelphia.