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tour of most mems legs do favor this STYLE The
of trousers always rather straight wrnkng
and symmetrical drape Today
little WIDER with fullness knee and bottom
before. \-
Now, there of wearing
One them swing just clear of
the accompanying sketch The other allow fex or
break slightly slightly the nsep that the line
obltered latter
avoe foreign practice whereas the American pre-
fer the effect off the boot
The cut Of trousers is the flare bottom
only becoming the TALL slim figure which requires breadth at
the Of the Most to keep
away from It.
Inserting peats wasine trousers at the ton
make them fit better and relieve bv
carrying articles In the side pockets strap leading
from the bottom Of the wastcoa the Of Is an
idea intended hold the watcoat firmly place and 70
prevent the shirt from showing
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Fascinating Book 3.
On the Orient

FATHER ZAHM'S book. from
Berlin to Bagdad to Babylon"
Appleton). is q wonderful picture
Of a fascinating section Of the
world. Here Is part Of his de-
scription Of Constantinople view
ed from the famed Galata tower:
"On the south CLEANS the silver
expanse Of the Marmora, in which
are mirrored the picturesque ISL
ands Of the Princes. over which
hover SO many morbid and volup
tuous memories of the past.
ION the east, across the strait.
stand out In bold relief the
Maiden's Tower and the Golden
City Of Scutari. both wrapped in
an atmosphere Of heavy and
exotic passion and holding their
secrets Of the Orient closely hid.
den from the eyes Of Europe.
''On the hills laved by the glim.
mering waters Of the Golden Horn
and the Marmoran sea, and bound.
ed on the west by the historic
plain Of Thrace. proudly sits, half
veiled by a tremendous. amethys-
tine haze, the peerless Queen of
the East in all her majesty and
shedding on the fascinated be.
holder strange sense Of mys-
tery-seeming not a living. pal
pable thing. but rather bril-.
liant phantasm. or a rainbow.
dream Of mystic remoteness."
CHRISTOPHER MoRLEY's
Where the Blue Begins" Dou-
bleday. Page 4 Coz. is Mr.. Morley
in a different vein. The book is
Morley intensified - his CHEEKY,
wheezy, capricious fancy In q deli.
cate vein that sometimes reminds
one Of Barrie and of Kenneth Cru
hame.
The hero II q dog wistfully.
complacent. philosophical dog, In
search of a divinity. In the de-
partment store where he Ia the
prince of floorwalkers. the favor
lite Of Mrs. Daschund and all the
wealthy patronesses. in the chapel
controlled by the fashionable Miss
Airedale. which Bishop Borxoi
entrusts to him As lay reader, on
the steam roller escaping his in
furiated pursuers. commanding q
strange ship at sea, always he
seeks divinity who II a. elusive
as the horizon where the blue be-
gins. -
Morley has happy time daily
ing with this delightful Swhimsey,
rambling amiably along from one
quaint absurdity to another. tits
q bubbling, irresponsible .story.
which owes much Of its charm to
the comfortable feeling that abso.
lutely anything may happen next.
There is also light edge of satire.
and, like all fairy tales, there h a
meaning--if one is looking for
meanings.
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Formally in Neckdress

Gentlemen Of the old school used to
perceive a clear cleavage between town
clothes and country clothes, and they
would express it by assuming the wing
collar for urban wear. The modern
generation seems to suffer from de-
generation in the matter Of fine dis
tinctions. Town and country look alike
to US. When it comes to our collar,
the only thing we seem to care about
is that it is clean, but we don't give
tuppenny whether it is starched or soft,
high or low; wing or double-band.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

JOHN I. FARIS has added another volume to his
series OF books describing vari0us sections of the
United States. The neO aoork, called "Seeing the
Eastern States is aOeu illustrated and entertaningy
acritten. U. B. Lippincott)
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The Rugged, Roustabout Foot
ball Ulster r

ball Ulster "
It's a far cry from the velvet
collared, form-fitting, knee-length
overcoat we wore years ago to the
Draw, burly ulster We put on today.
Then a man dressed to reveal the
figure; now he dresses to conceal it,
which is just as well, for the mascu-
line form malign, as distinguished
from the feminine form divine,
gains rather than loses by more
drapery.
The appeal of the latter-day ulster
or greatcoat is that it doesn't need
to fit; it hangs from the shoulders,
swing as may. Moreover, it has a
rugged, roustabout look which
smacks OF the sportsman and, some
times, Of the lumberjack. Its length
is an affair Of preference, rather
than propriety. It is usually double
breasted of heavy, fleecy wool, such
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
A Tip About Trousers

1t is commonly credited that it was
once fashionable to wear ones trous-
ers very narrow az the bottom. In
some sections, the so-called "peg-top"
shape, broad at the top and tight at
the hem, was, and maybe still is, &C
cepted as correct "among the best
dressers," those who get themselves
up once. week in their Sunday,
starchy, churchy finery.
As a matter Of fact, narrow trous-
ers were never in vogue. The con-
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

TANET A. FAIRBANKS
! has written an entertain
Eng novel of other. times
and other manners in "The
Cortlandts of Washington
Square" (Bobbs-Merriu.)
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
THE WELL-DRESSED MAN
By ALFRED STEPHEN BRYAN CBEAU NAsH')
What to Wean and When and Where to Wear 1t
Shirts With Solid -Colored Bodies
90 and Sleeves

Shirts With Solid -Colored Bodies
Al
81 and Sleeves @
Tea from a Russian quail ~TA
in aspc-these things known to the n NM IN
generality Of only by hearsay. 1t Ill N III
is much the with fashions III III III
They may stray outside the | | III lhA
tracted cotere within which they Nl
launched. Nevertheless a fashion be- NWl Gl ILL.,
gins at the top and takes its down "UI1NkM
ward; it begins at the bottom and )IAlll
takes its way upward. thing may be jNNlJV
the thing among of certain sort UpA 1lESHt '.
and yet not gain popularity for e~-AA
For example, the shirt with a coored
body and sleeves together with cuffs Of different
serving the sacrosanct set Usually such shirt made of
French corded linen. These just beginning be
popularity accepted Notwithstanding the fact that they bit
daring
About fifteen shirts Of this known
patch BOSOM because the front looked though had been
patched the body The body sleeves usually match the
ground color Of the boso but they panoored whereas
the in colors involving stripes
checks detached figures.
these shirts shown The
body sleeves plan afordng noticeable
color Just how much of this fashion will
mand conectura For othe the average
partial to the utmost simplicity in his shirts just he is
his Perhaps he does not trust his color sufficiently
to depart from the stereotyped thing.
be that why the peated BOSOM recently revived
commend itself to of though it gives much
effect than the plain front.
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<<@ ORN AT SEA, OFF CAPE
sR HORN" begins the &C
~ count Of Lincoln Colcord's
life. His new book. "An Instrument
of the Gods and Other Stories Of the
Sea-" bears witness to his sound
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02

lished, All honor is due to Har-
ding and Hughes for the work
they are accomplishing. We need
not depreciate them in the least
by giving due credit to Wilson.
But as time softens the bitter.
ness and the bias of partisan pas.
sion and prejudice, the greatness
Of Woodrow Wilson's work for
US and for all humanity is be-
coming more clear, and more
it demands that acknowledge.
ment to which Mr.. Fess has just
ly given voice. Crippled by the
wounds incurred in his battle
for peace on earth, good will to.
ward men," Woodrow Wilson is
no longer seen nor heard, buthis
silence persistently speaks, and
there is growing up q better un'
derstanding Of his purposes and
his accomplishments that is CIV.
ing him q unique and enviable
placein the estimation ofAmerica
Who can say that be failedp"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTENDANCE
FOR 1921.

I, E. NJ. Harmon, Register of
Deeds for Watauga county, here.
oy certify that the following is a
true and correct as the same ap.
pears on the records of my office
up to Nov. 30, 1921:
G. W. Robbins Z day at
$500 per day ..$21. 90.
G. W. Robbins % days at
S4 per day,...............$88.W.
Travelled 216 miles at SC.
per mile......""........$1O.8O
]. G. Miller. Z days at
$3 per day. ...$21. 90.
J. G. Miller Z days at $4... $500,
Travelled 1872 miles at
SC. per mile..................$9.60.
L. H. Holler 5 days at $3
per day............".......$15 90.
L. H. Holler 90 days at 81
per day.....................$92.W
Travelled 70 miles at SC.
per mile... ........."."..$3 so.
This Jan. 3, 1921.
E. M. HARMON.
Register of Deeds.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
lorth Carolina, Watauga Coun

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
torth Carolina, Watauga Coun-
ty. Mary Grogan VS.. Cicero
Grogan.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action enti-
tied as above has been commenc.
ed in the Superior Court of Wa.
tauga county to obtain a divorce;
and the said defendant will fur.
ther take notice that he is requir.
ed to either appear before the
Jerk of the Superior Court, in
compliance to the statute made
and provided, before or at term
time in Watauga cc1nty, which
term will be he'd on the last
Monday in March, (the 9th day
thereof) at the court house OF
said county, in Boone, N. c., and
answer or demdr to the com
plant in said action, or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said com
plant. This the 25th day of Jan.
uary, 1922.
A. w. SMITH, :
Clerk Superior Court Wataugt
County.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02
10 the Parents and Physicians Of Wa
taugi County.

have received a letter from
the State Boar of Health telling
me that in 1922 a very accurate
record will be kept on the repor-
ting Of contagious diseases. The
accuracy of reporting one coun.
ty will be compared with that of
another. Especially interesting
will be a comparison of the re-
porting in counties with whole.
time and time county health
officers.
Let me say that reports are to
be made by parents and teachers
when cases are known to them.
If your doctor fails to report,
the householder should remind
him of it and ask me to get a rec.
ord of the case from him. .
Don't forget to report every
case. Because your house has a
placard on iG does not excuse
you from reporting other cases
as the law requires.
A large number of cases were
not reported last year. The State
Board of Health does not desire
to prosecute people, but the law
is going to be enforced m more
strictly this year than formerly.
Yours very truly,
j. W. JONES, M. D.,
Quarantine Officer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02
"

Now, what is the farmer asklngt
without trying to catalogue the ~
medal measures that have been sue
gested In his behalf, the principal rro
posals that bear directly on the im
provement Of his distributing and mar
ketipg relations pay be summarised %
folfows:-
First: storage warehouses for cot
ton, wool, and tobacco, and elevators
Tor grain. Of sufficient capacity to meet
the maximum demand on them at the
peak Of the marketing period. The
farmer thinks that either private capi-
tai must furnish these facilities, or the
state must erect and own the eleva-
tors and warehouses.
Second: weighing and grading OF
agricultural products. and certitication
thereof, to be done by Impartial and
disinterested public inspectors (this %
already accomplished to some extent
BY the federal licensing Of weighers
and graders), to eliminate undcrpey-
Ing, overcharglng, and unfair grading.
and to facilitate the utilization Of the
stored products as the basis OF credit.
Third: certainty Of credit sumcient
to enable the marketing Of products
In an orderly manner.
Fourth: the Department Of Agricui.
ture should collect. tabulate. summa-
rize, and regularly and frequently pub-
,ish and distribute to the farmers, full
information from all the markets OF
the world. so that they shall be 40 well
Informed Of their selling position q
buyers now are Of their buying pod
tion. &
Fifth: freedom to integrate the bod
ness Of agriculture by means OF CO
solidated selling agencies. co-ordlnat-
Ing and cooperating In such way assto
put the farmer on an equal footing
with the large buyers Of his pre1uc1A
and with commercial relations in ellos
industries. "a s..s
When business reQuires loe&lal
CONTINUED en- inside paHa 4
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02
II

Let Us, then, consider some Of the
farmers grievances, and see how far
they are real. In doing so, we should
remember that, while there have been,
and still are. instances Of purposeful
abuse, the subject should not be an
preached with any general imputation
to existing distributive agencies Of de.
liberately Intentional oppression. but
rather with the conception that the
marketing of farm products has not
been modernized.
An ancient evil, and q persistent
one, Is the undergradIng of farm prod
'ucts, with the result that what the
farmers sell as of one quality Is re-
Sod as Of higher. That this sort Of
chicanery should persist on any i'm.
p6ftala scale In these days Of busi-
ness integrity would seem almost In
credible, but there is much evidence
that Il does so persist. Even as I
write, the newspapers announce the
suspension Of several firms from the
New York Produce Exchange for ex-
porting to Germany as No. 2 wheat q
whole shipload of grossly inferior wheat
mixed with oats, chaff and the like.
Another evil Is that Of inaccurate
Weighing Of farm products, which, It
ls charged, Is sometimes a matter Of
dishonest intention and sometimes of
protective policy on the part OF the
local buyer, who fears that he may
weigh out" more than he "welghs in"
A greater grievance Is that at pres.
ent the field farmer has little or no
control over the time and conditions
| Of marketing his products. with the
result that he is often underpaid for
his products and usually Ofercharged
for marketing service. The differ
ence between what the farmer re-
ceives and what the consumer pays
often exceeds all possibility Of justl-
Hcation. To cite single Illustration.
Last year, according to figures attest.
ed by the railways and the growers,
Georgia watermelcn-rasers received
on the average rs cents for q melon,
the railroads got 12.7 cents for carry.
Ing It to Baltimore and the consumer
paid one dollar, leaving 1913 cents for
the service of marketing and It's risks.
as against 20.2 cents for growing and
transporting. The hard annals Of
farm-life are replete with such com.
mentaries on the crudeness Of pres.
ent practices.
/ Nature prescribes that the farmers
goods" must be finished within two
or three months Of the yean while
financial and storage Limitations gen.
orally compel him to sell them at the
seme time. As a rule. other industries
are In d continuous process of finish.
Ing goods for the markets; they dis.
tribute as they produce, and they can
curtail production without too great
Injury to themselves or the commu.
nifty; but II the farmer restricts his
output, II Is with disastrous conse.
quences, both to himself and to the
community. - - L.. !. :.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02
III

Now that the farmers are stirring.
thinking, and uniting as never before
to eradicate these inequalities, they
are subjected to stern economic lec'
lures, and are met with the accusation
that they are demanding, and are the
recipients Of, special privileges. Let
US see what privileges the government
has conferred on the farmers. Much
has been made of Section 8 Of the
Clayton Antitrust Act, which pur'
ported to permit them to combine with
immunity, under certain conditions.
Admitting that, nomnally, this ex'
emption was In the nature Of special
privilege,-thOugh l think II was so In
appearance rather than In fact,--we
find that the courts have nullified II
by judicial Interpretation. Why should
not the farmers be permitted to &C
cOmplish by cooperative methods what
, other businesses are already doing by
cooperation In the form of incorpora
ton? II 1t be proper for men to form,
by fusion OF existing corporations or
otherwise, a corporation that controls
the entire production Of a commodity,
or q large part Of 1t. why Is 1t not
proper for a group Of farmers to unite
for the marketing of their common
products, either In one or In several
selling agencies? Why should H. be
right for a hundred thousand corporate
shareholders to direct 25 or 30 or 4O
per cent of an Industry, and wrong for
a hundred thousand cooperative
farmers to control no larger proper
ton of the wheat crop, or cotton, OF
any other product?
The Department Of Agriculture h
often spoken Of as a special concession
to the farmers, but In It's commercial
results, It Is Of as much benefit to the
buyers and consumers OF agricultural
products as to the producers, or even
more. I do not suppose that anyone
OPPOSES the benefits that the farmers
derive from the educational and re,
search work Of the department, or the
help that 1t gives them In working ou'
improved cultural methods and pra.'
tices. In developing better yielding va
rietles through breeding and selection
In Introducing new varieties from re-
mote parts of the world and adapting
them TO our climate and economic con
dItion. and In devising practical meas
ures for the elimination or control OF
dangerous and destructive animal and
.plant diseases, insect pests, and the
like. All these things manifestly tend
to stimulate and enlarge production
and their general beneficial effects are
obvious.
It Is complained that, whereas the
law restricts Federal Reserve banks
70 three months time for commercial
paper, the farmer Is allowed slS
months on his notes. This Is not
special privilege. but merely such
recognition of business conditions, al
makes Il possible for country banks
20 do business with country people
The crop farmer has only one furn
over a year. while the merchant ano
manufacturer have many. Incldental
". I note that the Federal RESERVE
Board has just authorized the Fed
eral Reserve banks to discount expor
paper for a period Of six months. e
|! con form to the nature OF the ousl
I ness. =. 49, - -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02
Some Aspects Of, the
Farmers Problems
BY BERNARD M BARUcH
(Reprnted from Atlantic Monthly
(Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly
By BERNARD M. BARUCH

to make way for the expansion of the
potato acreage; next year the punish.
ed farmers mass their fields on some
other crop, and potatoes enter the
class of luxuries; and so on.
Agriculture Is the greatest and fun
damentally the most important Of our
American Industries The cities arc
but the branches Of the tree Of M.
tional life, the roots of which 60 deep
" into the land. We all flourish OF
decline with the farmer. So. when We
Of the cities read of the present uni,
versal distress Of the farmers, Of
slump Of six billion dollars In the farm
value Of their crops In a single year,
II their inability to meet mortgages or
10 pay current bills. and how, seeking
relief from their Ills, they are plan.
ping to form pools, inaugurate farm.
ers' strikes, and demand legislation
abollshlng grain exchanges, private
cottle markets, and the like, we ought
not hastily to brand them as economic
heretics and highwaymen. and hurl at
them the charge Of being seekers Of
special privilege. Rather, we should
ask If their trouble Is not ours, and
see what can be done to improve the
situation. Purely from self-interest,
Il for no higher motive, we should
aelp them. All Of US want to get back
permanently to "normalcy;" but Is It
reasonable to hope for that condition
unless our greatest and most basic In.
dustry can be put on a sound and solid
permanent foundation? The farmers
are not entitled to special privileges; /;
but are they not right in demanding
that they be placed on an equal foot.
Ing with the buyers Of their products
and with other lndustries7
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-02-02

Ihe average farmer 10 busy with
production for the major part of the
year, and has nothing to sell. The
bulk Of his output comes on the mar.
ket at once. Because Of lack Of stor.
age facilities and Of financial support,
the farmer cannot carry his goods
through the year and dispose of them
a. they are currently needed. In the
great majority Of cases, farmers have
TO entrust stOrage-in warehouses and
elevatOrs-and the financial carrying
Of their products to others.
Farm products are generally mar.
keted at a time when there Is q con.
gestiOn Of both transportation and
Anance-wheE cars ana money are
scaI e. The outcome, In mary In.
stances, Is that the farmers not only
sell under pressure, and therefore at
4 disadvantage, but are compelled 10
take further reductions IN net returns,
IN order to meet the charges for me
service OF storing, transporting, hnanc
Ing, and ultimate marketing-which
charges they claim, are often exces
Give, bear heavily on both consumer
aHl producer, and are under the c0ii.
tfol Of those performing the services
Il u true that they are relieved OF
~ risks Of a changing market BY
t1RlIng at once but they are quite will
Ing to take the unfavocnble chance
II the favorable one also Is theirs and
they can retain for themselves a part
of the service charges that are uni
form, In good years and bad. with
high prices and low. o.
While, In the main, the farmer mus,
sell, regardless of maryet conditions
at the time Of the maturity of crops
he cannot suspend production In toto
He must 90 on producing II he is 10 g
on living, and II the world Is to exist
The.most he can do is to curtail pro
duciion a little or. alter Its form, ant
that--because he Is In the dark as t
the probable demand for his goods
may be only to Jump from the frying
pan into the fire, taking the consumes
with him.
Even the dairy farmers. whose out
put Is not seasonal, complain that the!
find themselves at a disadvantage II
the marketing Of their productions
especially raw milk, because of th'
high costs Of distribution, which the!
must ultimately bear.